Not long after the patch left the house, he brought Chu Ge in casual clothes into the room. Chu Ge came to Han Zhan, knelt down on his knees, and said, "Little Cong Ting Hou!"

"The Chu Junhou is here," Han Zhan said politely: "None of them are outsiders, so there is no need to be so polite, please sit down!"

When he saw Chu Ge, Han Zhan remembered Zhao Fu and Cheng Huan who had died in Yuan Shao's hands, and said, "The more than 10,000 powerful crossbow soldiers led by Zhao Fu and Cheng Huan are a powerful brigade in Jizhou in the past. But Qu Yi only recruited more than a thousand people and defeated Gongsun Zan's cavalry at Jieqiao to suffer heavy losses."

"When the Marquis of Ting," Chu Ge heard Han Zhan's question, and quickly stood up from the table and replied respectfully: "When the two adults Zhao Cheng refused to submit to him, Yuan Zhe sent someone to privately win over the Marquis of the Marquis of the Army and Sima below. When they were almost wiped out, they would dispatch troops to encircle and suppress them.

Although the soldiers below were bribed by the military Sima, the number of soldiers below was still loyal to the two adults. Faced with the Yuan thief's attack on the army, most of them stood on the side of the two adults. Later, the two adults were killed by Yan Liangwen Chou, the general under Yuan thief. In addition to those who surrendered to Que Yi, almost 6,000 people died in battle."

Han Zhan calculated silently in his heart that the number of people who were eliminated by Yuan Shao and Que Yi was only seven thousand, which means there were still three thousand powerful crossbowmen left. He asked quickly: "Horse Chu Jun, do you know where the remaining three thousand powerful crossbowmen are?"

Hearing Han Zhan’s question, Chu Ge smiled and replied: “Marquis Ting, the young man, was ordered by the two adults to lead the top 500 crossbow soldiers to Sheguo County to join the Marquis Ting. After they were surrounded by Yuan bandits, a small number of them were disbanded and came to join me. As for the remaining more than two thousand people…”

Seeing Chu Ge's words halfway, he suddenly stopped. Han Zhan asked anxiously, "Where are the remaining two thousand people now? Do you know?"

"I came here today for this matter." Chu Ge said with some embarrassment: "A former colleague disguised himself as a disguise and mixed up in the city. He found me at the military camp and said he was willing to bring people to join him. But he was worried that the Marquis of Ting would not take them in, so he asked me to talk about the Marquis of Ting first."

"Former colleague?!" Han Zhan suddenly stood up when he heard this and asked in surprise: "But your colleague in the Forced Crossbow Camp?"

"That's right, it was the colleagues in the strong crossbow camp at that time." Chu Ge nodded and gave Han Zhan a positive answer. However, he was worried that Han Zhan would not want to accept such an unknown army, so he said tactfully: "If the Marquis of Ting refused to accept them, the young man would immediately return to the camp and kill him away."

Thinking that Tuo Yi used only a thousand powerful crossbow soldiers to beat Gongsun Zan's cavalry across the north to search for teeth, Han Zhan was thinking about trying to expand the scale of powerful crossbow soldiers. Unexpectedly, there were old people from the powerful crossbow camp who came to the door for voluntarily. If you think about sleepy, you would not be able to let go of the good thing that someone would give you a pillow. He hurriedly ordered Chu Ge: "Marquis Chu Jun, take this person here, and this Marquis wants to have a good talk with him."

"Little one obeys the order." Chu Ge knew that he was planning to take in this powerful crossbow soldier, so he stood up happily and left.

After Chu Ge left, Han Zhan walked back and forth around the house with his hands behind his back, thinking: With Chu Ge's ability, he could serve as a military Sima, or even a lieutenant. However, considering that he planned to send his sister to the mansion to be a concubine for him, if he was promoted, someone would gossip and say that he was nepotism, so he had always been wronged by him as a Qu Junhou. If he could really recruit two thousand, no, even if there were only one thousand powerful crossbowmen, he would have promoted him to a military Sima.

He stopped and shouted to the outside, "Patch, patch, are you outside?"

"The villain is here!" As the shouting, the patch entered the study and asked, "Young Master, I wonder what you have to give?"

"Have my elder brother returned from the military camp?" Since Zhao Yun did not have a mansion in Jizhou City, he either lived in the military camp or the backyard of the provincial governor's mansion. "If he has returned, please invite him here immediately."

"Here!" Patch knew that Han Zhan was in a hurry to call Zhao Yun, and there must be something important, so he quickly agreed and after exiting the study, he ran to find Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun had something to talk to Han Zhan, but as soon as he walked to the study, he saw the patch running out of it, and hurriedly called him and asked, "Patch, where are you planning to go in a hurry?"

"General Zhao!" Patch saw Zhao Yun appearing here, and was overjoyed and quickly said to him: "Young Master has something urgent to discuss with you, so you can go in quickly."

Shortly after seeing the patch, Zhao Yun walked in from outside and said in surprise: "Brother, this patch runs so fast. I just asked him to invite you, and you came."

"Second brother, I happened to have something to look for you. As soon as I walked to the near study, I saw the patch. He said you have something urgent to look for me." Zhao Yun sat down on the mat opposite Han Zhan and asked, "I wonder why my second brother is looking for me?"

"Brother, that's it," Han Zhan repeated what Chu Ge told him, and then repeated it to Zhao Yun, and finally emphasized: "Brother must be very clear that the reason why Qu Yi defeated Gongsun Zan at Jieqiao was that his one thousand powerful crossbowmen suppressed the charge of the cavalry. If we can recruit these two thousand powerful crossbowmen, we can greatly improve the combat power of our army."

"That's right, the reason why Qu Yi was able to defeat Gongsun Zan in the Battle of Jieqiao was certainly because he had the advantage of the geographical advantage, but if there were no one thousand powerful crossbowmen, it would be almost impossible to block Gongsun Zan's cavalry charge." After talking about his own opinions, Zhao Yun suddenly said: "Second brother, I think Chu Ge is a rare talent and can completely allow him to hold a more important position."

Regarding Zhao Yun's proposal, Han Zhan was silent for a moment and said, "Brother, I also know that Chu Ge is very capable, but he mentioned to me some time ago that he planned to send the girl to my mansion as a concubine. If I promote him as a military marquis or a lieutenant, will anyone gossip about me and say that I am nepotism?"

"The sister of Chu Junhou?" Zhao Yun suddenly became interested when he heard Han Zhan say this: "As the saying goes, marry a wife and a virtuous person, take a concubine and be spoiled. I wonder how his girl looks?"

"Why did you forget my brother? You've seen him before." Han Zhan smiled and reminded Zhao Yun, "It's the woman you and I rescued from Zhu Zhen!"

"So it's her." After Han Zhan reminded him, Zhao Yun immediately remembered the woman he and Han Zhan saved in the city. After a brief recollection, he nodded and said, "It turns out that it is a beautiful country. My second brother takes her as his concubine, which is not considered insulting her."

"But brother should know that I am still observing the mourning period, how can I marry and take a concubine?" Han Zhan said with some embarrassment: "I can't let Chu Ge send his sister into the mansion, and then follow me for three years inexplicably, right?"

"It's okay," Zhao Yun saw Han Zhan's embarrassed expression, and quickly gave him advice: "You can decide on this marriage first. After the three-year filial piety period expires, it's not too late to take her as a concubine."

…………

At the same time, in the military camp in the city, there were two men in casual clothes in Chu Ge's tent. A man of medium size, a little older, bearded, was walking back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back. A tall and thin man sat next to him, looking up at the man walking back and forth, and asked anxiously: "Sima Jiang, the Chu Junhou has been there for so long, why haven't he come back yet? You said, will this Zhangshuiting Hou accommodate our brothers?"

The man, known as Jiang Sima, stopped and said to the sitting man: "Don't be impatient, wait for news here with peace of mind. Chu Ge has a good relationship with you and me, and I believe he will do his best to speak good things for us."

Jiang Sima's surname, Jiang Mingfan, is the most trusted by Zhao Fu and Cheng Huan. He was the Sima of the army who was the most trusted by Zhao Fu and Cheng Huan. He led more than 2,000 powerful crossbows. After a bloody battle, he broke out of the siege and fled into the nearby mountains to hide. It was not until recently that Han Zhan raised an army to attack Yuan Shao and seized Jizhou that he had the idea of ​​resigning. But because he was worried that Han Zhan would not accept them, he disguised himself as another Qu Jun Hou Chen Man and mixed up into Jizhou City, found his former colleague Chu Ge, and asked him to talk about Han Zhan's tone.

Seeing that Chu Ge has not returned for a long time, he was more anxious than anyone else, but on the surface, he still tried his best to remain calm: "If the Marquis of Zhangshuiting refuses to accept us, when he returns to the mountains, let the brothers disperse themselves."

"Sima Jiang," Chen Man couldn't help but be anxious when he heard Jiang Fan say this, "If the brothers of nearly two thousand are allowed to disperse, many people will probably become bandits because they have no food and clothing. We are officers and soldiers, how can we become bandits who can rob families?"

Jiang Fan asked with a wry smile: "Mr. Chen Jun, then do you have a better way to settle your brothers?"

Chen Man thought for a while and said carefully: "Or why don't we go and join Gongsun Zan. Although he is strong and powerful, he will definitely be able to contain him when he sees a group of people like us."

"No, I will definitely not." Jiang Fanyi rejected Chen Man's proposal with righteous words, "If Gongsun Zan did not send troops to attack Jizhou at the same time with Yuan Shao, how could Han Fujun be deceived and surrendered from Jizhou?"

While the two were worried about their future, they suddenly heard a burst of rapid footsteps outside the tent, and then the curtain was lifted from outside. Chu Ge leaned in and said to the two excitedly: "Two brothers, good news, Mr. Ting wants to see you two."

"Marquis Ting wants to see us?" Jiang Fan was stunned at first when he heard Chu Ge say this, and then asked tentatively: "Would Mr. Ting be willing to take us in?"

"It's all right," Chu Ge said with a smile: "If he refuses to take it in, he will ask me to invite you two. Get it clean up quickly and follow me to see the Marquis of Ting."

...

Jiang Fan and Chen Man followed Chu Ge to the provincial governor's office and entered Han Zhan's study. After seeing Han Zhan, the two immediately knelt down and said, "Sima Jiang Fan of the Crossbow Camp Army, Chen Man, see the Marquis of Zhangshuiting!"

When Han Zhan saw that Chu Ge brought two people, he was stunned for a moment, but soon came to his senses and stepped forward to help the two and said, "Sima Jiang, Chen Junhou doesn't have to be too polite!" Then he introduced to the two: "This is General Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong!"

The two hurriedly bowed to Zhao Yun and said, "Small, please see General Zhao!"

After everyone took their seats back, Han Zhan looked at Jiang Fan and asked, "Sima Jiang, I heard that you have nearly two thousand brothers under your command. I wonder where they are now? If it is cold today, will they have winter clothes and enough food?"

Han Zhan's series of questions made Jiang Fan's worry disappear. He quickly stood up and said gratefully: "Mr. Tinghou, you didn't ask Xiao when he would lead the troops to surrender, but you were concerned about whether we had the quilt and food for the winter. Xiao was so grateful."

"Sima Jiang is so heavy." Han Zhan looked at him and said with a smile: "You would rather hide in the mountains than bow to Yuan Zhe. This is worthy of Han's admiration. Even if you refuse to lead people to join me, I will provide you with enough winter quilts and food."

When Chu Ge heard this, he coughed heavily, reminding Jiang Fan that Han Zhan had agreed to accept them and let him go with the flow and agree to surrender. Jiang Fan understood Chu Ge's intention and quickly pulled Chen Man, who was still sitting aside with his hands, and then knelt down in front of Han Zhan again: "I beg the Marquis of Ting to take in the brothers of the Crossbow Camp!" Seeing that Jiang Fan had knelt down, Chen Man hurriedly knelt aside.

After Han Zhan and Zhao Yun looked at each other, they helped Jiang Fan up and said to him with a smile: "Jiang Sima is willing to bring people to join him, and Han is reluctant to ask for it. If Jiang Sima doesn't dislike it, please continue to serve as the Sima of the Army. The powerful crossbow soldiers of Chu Ge's troops are also under your jurisdiction. I wonder what you mean?"

When Jiang Fan heard Han Zhan say this, he couldn't help but look at Chu Ge. Seeing the other party smiling and nodding slightly, he quickly bent down to Han Zhan and bowed: "Meng lord will not abandon you, Jiang Fan is willing to serve you."

Thinking that there was a powerful crossbow soldier of nearly 3,000 people in his hand, Han Zhan was so happy that he couldn't even close his mouth. He quickly ordered Zhao Yun: "General Zilong, you need to arrange the area for Jiang Sima and the others as soon as possible, and prepare enough quilts and food for them. Do you understand?"

In front of everyone, Zhao Yun did not call Han Zhan as brothers, but answered respectfully as the following dependents: "The general will receive the order! The general will arrange the station for Jiang Sima and the others as soon as possible, and prepare the quilts and food required for the troops."

Seeing that Han Zhan had arranged everything, Jiang Fan bowed to him again and said, "Since the lord has prepared everything for Xiao, Xiao will return to the mountains and take his brothers to Jizhou at night."

"Sima Jiang," Zhao Yun asked behind him when he saw Jiang Fan and Chen Man leaving: "I wonder when your troops can arrive in Jizhou?"
Chapter completed!