Chapter 0022 Back to Jizhou
Two more days later, the sky finally cleared, and Yuan Shao's army was able to set off for Jizhou.
When he left, Han Zhan originally wanted to ride a horse, but Zhang He and others refused and insisted on letting him ride a carriage with Xun Chen. Zhang He said politely: "Young Master, He is ordered to protect you and Mr. Xun. Now he is about to return to Jizhou. If there is any mistake, the last general will die and not give up."
After Zhang He finished speaking, Zhao Yun and Zhang He also said, "Young Master, what the Army Sima said is very true. You should sit in the carriage. Even if you are attacked by thieves on the way, we can still protect your son from being safe."
Seeing that Zhang He and Zhao Yun were both persuading him to ride a horse, Han Zhan did not intend to make things difficult for both of them. After thinking for a while, he readily agreed: "Since everyone said that, I will ride a carriage today!"
Hearing Han Zhan agreeing to ride the carriage, Zhang He and Zhao Yun both breathed a sigh of relief. In order to ensure the safety of the carriage, Zhang He specially arranged twenty cavalrymen with shields to guard both sides of the carriage so that when attacked, they could block the crossbow arrows from both sides of the carriage.
The army marched on the road for two days before approaching Jizhou City. The assassin leader who was responsible for assassinating Han Zhan disguised himself as a merchant and followed far behind on horseback. Although there were hills and forests along the way, due to Zhang He and his friends' protection measures, he did not find any opportunity to take advantage of it. Not to mention sneaking into the military camp while the night was in the dark, even approaching a two hundred steps was a luxury.
Seeing that it was only five or six miles away from Jizhou City, the assassin leader knew that he wanted to assassinate Han Zhan again was like a fool. He sighed, pulled out the sword he was wearing, and put it on his neck. When the sword edge cut through the skin of his neck, he suddenly had a thought: I was only employed by the young master, and I am not his subordinate. I have not been able to complete the assassination mission. At worst, I don’t have the remaining half of the bounty, so why should I break it on my own?
Thinking of this, the Assassin Leader moved the sword away from his neck and inserted it back into the scabbard. He looked in the direction of Jizhou and sneered, "Young Master, I'm sorry, although you haven't fulfilled your mission, Chen doesn't want to die so early, so let's go!"
After pausing for a moment, he continued, "Mr. Han, your subordinates have killed three of my brothers. I will settle the accounts with you sooner or later. You wait, I will come back to find you again!" After that, he turned his horse's head and headed towards the direction he came.
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The apricot-yellow "Han" flag on the Ximen Tower of Jizhou was swinging back and forth in the wind. Inside and outside the city gate, the people of Jizhou stood in the middle of the road. The clearly-clad Jizhou army, holding long spears, stood on both sides of the road, and the people who were not allowed to watch the fun rushed to the middle of the road. Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou who received the news, personally led his civil and military officials to welcome Yuan Shao and his party outside the door.
A faint sound of horse hooves came from afar, which immediately attracted everyone's attention. Not long after, thousands of cavalrymen appeared in the distance, moving slowly towards Jizhou City. In front of the cavalry team was a team of flag bearers, with a large flag in the middle, with a bean-sized word "Yuan" written on it.
When he saw Yuan Shao's cavalry appear, the most excited thing was Xin Ping. He pointed at the big flag with his finger and said excitedly: "Mr. Fu, look, that is the flag of the Marquis of Weixiang." He was eager to change the door, but did not realize that he had a hasty name for Han Fu, and had changed from the former "lord" to the "monarch".
Han Fu noticed Xin Ping's change in her name and showed an unhappy expression on her face. However, considering that if she scolded Xin Ping for the question of her name in public, it would probably affect her reputation, she could only endure this anger.
The cavalry came very quickly, and in an instant, it was less than a hundred steps away. The big flag stopped, and the flag bearer who followed him also stopped, then went to both sides neatly to make a passage. Yuan Shao took Yan Liang, Wen Chou and Feng Ji, rode out of the passage on horseback and slowly came towards the position where Han Fu stood.
Han Fu hurriedly came up to him, stopped at a place more than ten steps away from Yuan Shao, gave a deep salute, and said respectfully: "Han Fu from Jizhou, welcomes the Marquis of the Marquis of the Weixiang Mountains, and the general of the chariots and cavalry!"
Yuan Shao quickly turned over and got off the horse, walked forward with a smile, held Han Fu's hand, and said with a smile: "Wenjie, you and I are old friends, there is no need to be so polite."
Just as Han Fu and Yuan Shao were talking, Han Zhan and Xun Chen also got off the carriage and rode a horse to catch up. They stopped more than twenty steps away from the two. After they turned over and dismounted, they quickly came to Han Fu.
Xun Chen stepped forward and bowed to Han Fu, while Han Zhan knelt on his knees unwillingly, kowtowed to Han Fu, and said respectfully: "Father, I am fortunate that my child has not been humiliated and has invited Yuan Cheqi to Jizhou."
"Zhan'er, thank you for your hard work." Han Fu hurriedly stepped forward and helped his son up from the ground.
"It is the child's duty to serve his father." Han Zhan replied without blushing, "I will go through fire and water without hesitation."
"Wenjie," Yuan Shao and his father and son said a few words, and interrupted, "Although the man is young, he has outstanding knowledge. With time, he will definitely become your right-hand man."
"The Marquis of the Weixiang City have been awarded." Han Fu smiled happily when he heard Yuan Shao praise his son. But he did not forget the main business and waved to the back. A carriage that had been prepared long ago came over and stopped beside the few people.
Han Fu drove the driver out of the car, bowed to Yuan Shao and said, "Please get on the bus, take Fu to drive you personally!"
"Why should Shao be worthy of driving for Wenyue?" Yuan Shao pretended to refuse: "I think it's better to walk into the city." When Han Fu persuaded him for the second time, Yuan Shao stopped refusing and couldn't wait to get on the carriage.
After the carriage driven by Han Fu started, Xun Chen, Han Zhan, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Feng Ji and others who had just arrived followed closely. Behind were the 200 cavalry brought by Zhang He and the 500 elite cavalry under Yuan Shao.
When the onlookers saw Yuan Shao sitting in the carriage, someone asked curiously: "Is this the General Yuan Cheqi of the Fourth Generation and Three Dukes?"
"That's right? This is the Marquis of Weixiang, Yuan Benchu, the prefect of Bohai." An insider immediately replied: "I heard from a relative who was on duty that Han Fujun had given Jizhou to Weixiang Hou. Nuonuo. The young man following behind the carriage was Han Fujun's eldest son, who personally gave Jizhou's seal to Weixiang Hou. From now on, Jizhou has changed his surname to Yuan."
The people of Jizhou have a simple idea. As long as the world is peaceful, everyone can live and work in peace. So who is the governor of Jizhou has really nothing to do with them: "This is really great. I said that Gongsun Zan was going to fight here some time ago, which made people panic. Now that the Marquis of the Binxiang is here, Jizhou will be peaceful."
Chapter completed!