In the next half month, a lot of things happened. First, Gongsun Zan left Liu, Guan and Zhang to guard Guangzong City, and brought the army back to Youzhou with his own troops. Then, the Black Mountain Army led by Du Chang and Hu Zhi conquered Rencheng, but unfortunately, Xinpi disguised himself and fled after the city was broken.

Shortly after Jiang Fan brought strong crossbow soldiers to surrender, Xun Yu also came from Sheguo County to Jizhou City, and brought Han Yan, Han Bing, Lihua and others. Sheguo County is now temporarily appointed as the county magistrate by Hua Hu; and Sun Liang, who was loyal to the Liu family, served as the county magistrate of Sheguo County.

With Xun Yu's efforts, the court had already recognized Han Zhan's self-control of the governor of Jizhou; but he proclaimed himself as General of Guard, but he had to give up because he was opposed by many ministers.

Yuan Shao, who returned to Yecheng, felt angry when he thought that he was driven away from Jizhou by Han Zhan and Gongsun Zan, and his two sons were not sure about their lives and death. He ordered Feng Ji, Shen Pei and others to summon troops from all over Wei County to prepare to counterattack Jizhou.

Ju Su hurriedly persuaded: "Lord, our army is newly defeated, so we should wait quietly for the time of the weather. We should not prosper the army, as there is no advantage!"

Feng Ji, who had always been incompatible with Ju Su, took the opportunity to slander Yuan Shao: "The lord raised an army to attack the Han family's children. Why did Ju Su say such an unknown word? Could it be that he had secretly colluded with the Han family's children?"

Yuan Shao was sad about the unknown life and death of his two sons. When he heard Feng Ji say this, he was furious. He suddenly stood up from his seat and shouted outside the hall: "Come here!"

With the shouts, two personal soldiers with helmets and armor came in from outside the hall. Yuan Shao pointed at Ju Zu with his hand and said angrily: "Drag Feng Ji out and behead me." The two personal soldiers agreed, stepped forward and grabbed one of Ju Zu's arms from left and right, and prepared to drag them outside.

"Let's go!" Xin Ping saw that Yuan Shao was about to kill Ju Su, and quickly called his personal soldiers and pleaded with Yuan Shao and said, "Lord, Ju Jianjun dissuaded his lord not to send troops. It was also a kind intention. Please don't blame him."

When Xun Chen was in Jizhou, he had a very good relationship with Ju Su. Seeing that Yuan Shao was going to kill Ju Su, he naturally wanted to come out and plead: "Lord, please spare the life of Ju Supervisor!"

Seeing that the two strategists he trusted were pleading for Ju Su, Yuan Shao knew that Ju Su could not kill him, but he was not happy to let him go, so he ordered the two personal soldiers: "Prepare him to prison, and wait until I destroy the Han family's children and Gongsun Zan, and then punish him with the wise order."

Ju Su, who dissuaded the troops, was imprisoned and there was no opposition in the hall. Feng Ji, Shen Pei, Xin Ping and others all took Yuan Shao's orders to mobilize the troops from all over Wei County.

Ten days later, soldiers from all over Wei County gathered in Ye City, and there were actually 100,000 people. Yuan Shao left behind Xin Ping, Xun Chen and others defended the city, and personally led a large army to Guantao.

The garrison of Guantao was the captain Gao Lan. When he heard that Yuan Shao's army was invading, he was shocked and sweated. While arranging people to carry rolling wood, stones and gray bottles to the city wall, he wrote a letter of help to Han Zhan and sent his confidant to bring a letter to Jizhou with a quick whip.

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When Yuan Shao was in Guantao City, Han Zhan was summoning a group of civil and military officials under his command to discuss matters in the prefecture and the governor's office. Now most of Jizhou has fallen into his control. The theme of his convening everyone to discuss how to implement a series of policies to restore economic production and social order, expand military farming, build water conservancy, reward farming and sericulture, resettle exiles, etc., thus making Jizhou, which had just experienced the war, gradually stabilized and had a turning point in the economy.

Just as Xun Yu was expressing his opinion, Rob suddenly rushed in from outside. He knelt down in front of Han Zhan on one knee, holding his fists and saluted: "Report to the lord, the commander of Guantao, the commander Gao Lan, sent someone to deliver the letter."

Han Zhan was very unhappy when he saw the matter being interrupted, but when he heard that Gao Lan sent someone to deliver the letter, he guessed that there might be something important, so he quickly ordered: "Send the messenger to the court."

Rob soon brought in a dusty team leader from outside. The team leader held a letter in both hands, knelt in front of Han Zhan on one knee, and said loudly: "Report to the lord, Yuan Shao has all the troops of Wei County to besiege Guantao. The college lieutenant is afraid that our army is small and weak and will be unable to resist Yuan Shao's army, so he sent a small Xingye to Jizhou to ask for help from the lord!"

Rob took the letter from the team leader and respectfully handed it to Han Zhan. After Han Zhan quickly browsed the contents of the letter, he put the letter on the table, and then said to the Wenwu in the hall: "Everyone, in order to avenge the murder of his son, Yuan Shao launched all the Wei County army and besieged Guantao. There were only 5,000 soldiers and horses in Guantao City, while Yuan Shao's army had more than 100,000 people. If we don't go to rescue as soon as possible, the city would probably not be able to defend."

When the 100,000 army heard this number, the civil and military officials in the hall couldn't help but breathe a breath. Although there were tens of thousands of troops since the dispatch of troops in Sheguo County, compared with Yuan Shao, the number of people was still at an absolute disadvantage. Han Zhan turned his attention to Guo Jia, wanting to hear what he thought, but he was thinking in his heart that he would not put forward the famous view of "ten wins and ten defeats" now, right?

Unexpectedly, before Guo Jia could speak, Tian Feng stood up first: "Lord, since Yuan Shao is launching troops under the banner of revenge for his son, then we only need to return the second son to him. If he has no excuses, he will inevitably withdraw his troops."

"The Yuan thief is unwilling to be taken to Jizhou by us. Even if he returns Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, he will continue to attack our city." As soon as Tian Feng finished speaking, Zhao Yun stood out from the queue and said to Han Zhan: "Lord, there is a saying that soldiers are coming to block the water and soil. Since the Yuan thief is coming to attack, we cannot show weakness. Yun is willing to lead the troops to meet the enemy."

"And I!" Dian Wei continued unwillingly: "I am willing to lead troops and work with General Zhao to kill Yuan Shao's army until it is not returned."

After Han Zhan waited for Zhao Yun and the others to finish speaking, his eyes swept across everyone, and then asked, "I wonder who has different opinions?"

"Report to the lord," Xun You walked out of the queue and bowed to Han Zhan: "Although there are many Yuan troops, it is not worth fearing. Our army is all elite, and all of them are worth ten."

Xun Yougang put forward his own opinion, and Xun Yu also walked out of the queue: "Although the Yuan army is numerous, it is not as brave as our army; and the 100,000 army consumes a lot of food and grass every day, Yuan's army is in a hurry to fight. Our army is full of food and grass, and we just need to stick to it. Over time, Yuan Shao's army will naturally be defeated without fighting."

"Fengxiao," among so many subordinates, what Han Zhan wants to hear the most is Guo Jia's opinion, so he finally asked Guo Jia: "I wonder if you have any way to retreat Yuan Jun?"

"Return to the lord," Guo Jia walked out of the queue and said respectfully: "Although Yuan Shao has many soldiers, they are all a group of temporary mobs, and we are enough to fight and win."

Hearing Guo Jia say this, Han Zhan suddenly became confident. He immediately stood up and started to give orders: "Feng Xiao, Gong Da~!"

"I'm here!" Guo Jia and Xun You hurriedly stepped forward and answered.

"You go out with me to give me advice!"

"Subordinate to obey the order!"

After the two of them returned to the queue, Han Zhan continued to shout: "Shi Xun, Tian Bie!"

Xun Yu, who had just been appointed as the chief of Jizhou, hurriedly stepped out with his deceased Tian Feng and replied in unison: "I am here!"

"You two stay in the city to help defend Jizhou City, and at the same time provide food and grass for the army to go on the expedition!"

"Zilong, Dian Wei, Han Sheng, Xiahou Lan!"

The generals who were named by Han Zhan all came out and answered neatly: "The last general is here!"

"Two days later, this marquis will lead three thousand cavalry, three thousand crossbow soldiers, and ten thousand infantry soldiers to Guantao to rescue Gaolan. You four will follow this marquis to fight!"

"The last general will obey the order!" the four of them replied at the same time.

Han Zhan finally turned his gaze to Zhang He who was standing in the queue, and smiled and said to him: "General Junyi!"

Seeing that Han Zhan had allocated his manpower and he had never been included in the expedition personnel, Zhang He guessed that the person who stayed to defend the city was him. He heard Han Zhan calling him, and quickly stepped out and replied, "The last one is here!"

"General Junyi, I will leave you five thousand troops to defend Jizhou City." In order to attract Zhang He's attention, he also specifically emphasized: "The defense of Jizhou City is of great importance and there must be no mistakes. Once Jizhou is in a mistake, our army will collapse due to food shortage and the cutting of the rear route. Do you understand?"

"I will understand." Zhang He replied with a serious expression: "My lord, don't worry, as long as Zhang is still there, he will never let Jizhou get a break."

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After Yuan Shao's army stationed outside Guantao City, he immediately sent Feng Ji to the city to persuade Gao Lan, trying to seize Guantao without any effort. Feng Ji received Yuan Shao's order and immediately brought a dozen followers to Guantao City.

The soldiers on duty at Guantao City saw a small team of people coming out of Yuan Jun's camp and hurriedly reported to the team's leader. When the team arrived at the city, Ji Ye happened to be by the moat. The team's leader shouted loudly: "Stop the person coming. If we take a step forward, we will shoot arrows!"

After warning Feng Ji, the team leader rushed around and shouted: "Arrowman ready!"

Following his order, more than 20 archers standing at the top of the city immediately set off their bows and aimed at Feng Ji and his party under the city.

Feng Ji looked up at the city wall and said loudly: "Go to report to your university captain, and say that the chief of the Marquis of the Wei Township will see him and ask him to open the city gate immediately and let me in."

Hearing that the person below was Feng Ji, the team leader in the city quickly ordered the archers to put down the bow and arrow, and then ordered a soldier to rush to Gaolan Newspaper. After the soldiers left, he lay down on the battlements and rushed down and shouted: "Please wait for a moment, Feng Changshi, I have sent someone to invite my lieutenant, and he will come soon."

When Gao Lan heard that Feng Ji was coming, he quickly ordered someone to notify the team leader on the top of the city and open the city gate and let Feng Ji come in.

After hearing the reward from his subordinates, the team leader immediately shouted: "Put down the suspension bridge and open the city gate!"

Seeing the suspension bridge slowly lowered and the city gate opened, Feng Ji showed a smug smile on his face. He felt that he could convince Gao Lan to take down Guantao without any blood.

Under the guidance of the team leader, Feng Ji came to the mansion where Gao Lan was. As soon as he saw Gao Lan with a helmet and armor, he walked over with a smile on his face, and shouted loudly: "Captain, long time no see, are you safe?"

"It turns out to be Feng Changshi." Gao Lan had greeted Feng Ji many times when he was in Jizhou City in the past, so he naturally knew the other party. He asked politely: "I wonder what is the price for Changshi to come here today?"

Seeing Gao Lan greeting him with a smile, Feng Ji felt that the chance of persuading Gao Lan was even higher. He pretended to be mysterious and said, "Feng Ji came here to save the life of the school captain!"

"Save Gao's life?" Gao Lan said this and showed a confused expression on his face: "Why did the Chief Secretary say this?"

"Didn't the college lieutenant see the army outside the city?" Feng Ji realized that Yuan Shao's army was supporting him from behind, so he said with confidence: "My lord personally led a 100,000 army to come here, and he will definitely win Guantao City. If the college lieutenant knows the current affairs and turns against each other, he will not lose his wealth in the future; if he wants to resist stubbornly, everything will be powdered wherever our army goes."

After hearing this, Gao Lan sneered, then asked back: "Have Feng Changshi finished his words?"

Feng Ji was stunned when he heard Gao Lan say this, but he soon realized that Gao Lan had no idea of ​​surrender. However, he still said unwillingly: "The captain of the high school, the troops on both sides are now very different. If my lord attacks the city, he can break through the city in at most two or three hours. Feng also asked the captain of the high school to think twice and go there and don't make unnecessary resistance, otherwise it will be too late to regret it."

Gao Lan said seriously: "Gao was originally a subordinate of Han Fujun, but because Jizhou was taken away by Yuan Cheqi, Gao temporarily surrendered to his command. Now Han Fujun's prince Zhangshuiting Marquis has recaptured Jizhou, so Gao naturally wants to serve the old master. Feng Changshi's kindness, Gao thanked him! If Yuan Cheqi insisted on attacking the city, Gao was willing to accompany him to the end." After saying that, he ordered someone to send Feng Ji and his party out of the city.

After hearing Feng Ji's return, Yuan Shao was immediately angry and immediately ordered Yan Liang and Wen Chou and the others: "You two will lead 10,000 troops and attack from the east and west sides of Guantao at the same time. Be sure to take down the city before dark."

"The last general will receive the order!" Yan Liangwen Chou agreed and went out of the tent and ordered troops.

As for the south of Guantao, Yuan Shao personally led a large army to attack. However, the north gate only sent some probes to monitor so that the breakthrough of the defenders in the city could be displayed in a timely manner.

But Yuan Shao underestimated Gao Lan's ability to defend the city. Whether it was the south of the city he personally supervised or the east and west of the city that Yan Liang and Wen Chou were responsible for, he attacked for two consecutive days, and the soldiers were killed and injured, but he did not even attack the city wall.
Chapter completed!