After several months of preparation, with the harvest of summer grain, the expedition to Qingzhou was finally on the agenda.

However, the matter of going to Qingzhou was not a solid piece of Jizhou. A group of civil officials led by Tian Feng tried their best to oppose this matter. Tian Feng even advised Han Zhan: "The lord and Gongsun Zan are both ministers of the Han Dynasty, so why should they attack each other?"

"Yuan Hao's words are wrong. Gongsun Zan is not a person who is willing to be inferior. Even if this marquis does not attack him, he will take the initiative to send troops when he is full of wings in a few years." Han Zhan looked at Tian Feng and said, "Instead of waiting for the creatures to be miserable at that time, it is better to eradicate him while he is not rich now."

"As far as my subordinates know, Gongsun Zan once sent people to present gold, jade and jewelry to many ministers in the court. Once the lord wants to send troops, I believe the opposition in the court will be very loud." Tian Feng continued to persuade: "Please think twice."

"Yuan Hao is too worried." Han Zhan said with a smile: "Don't say that Gongsun Zan has bribed several court officials, even if all the civil and military officials in the court helped him speak with Gongsun Zan, this marquis will not change his intention to conquer Qingzhou."

Seeing that Han Zhan was so stubborn, Tian Feng still tried to convince him. Just as he was about to speak, a guard suddenly came in from outside, and Han Zhan reported: "Report to the lord, there is a messenger from Prefect Zang, who came from the Beihai."

When Han Zhan heard that it was Zang Hong who sent a messenger from Beihai, he guessed that something might have happened and quickly ordered the guards: "Please ask the messenger to come in quickly."

A moment later, a messenger walked into the chamber. He came to Han Zhan and knelt down, took out the letter from his arms, held it with both hands and raised it over his head, and said respectfully: "See lord, this is a letter sent by the villain Zang, who was ordered by the villain." Han Zhan winked at Rob, who was standing next to him, and the latter hurriedly stepped forward to take the letter from the messenger's hand and handed it to Han Zhan.

Han Zhan took the letter and opened it to see the contents clearly. He couldn't help but be overjoyed. He slapped the tables in front of him with his palms and said excitedly: "That's great, this is really great. It's just God bless me too."

"Lord!" Seeing Han Zhan so excited, Guo Jia stepped forward and asked curiously: "I wonder what did Prefect Zang say in his letter?"

Han Zhan handed the letter to Rob and signaled him to hand it over to Guo Jia. At the same time, he said, "The Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou have been in trouble in just ten days, and even five cities were taken down. Prefect Zang was worried that Beihai would be in trouble, so he asked us to send troops to reinforce us quickly."

Although the situation in Beihai was critical, it was a great thing for Han Zhan. Tian Feng was worried that sending troops to Qingzhou would be opposed by the court officials. But now the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou have started a crime and have contacted and captured five cities within ten days. Only an empty court will be left, and they will definitely not be able to send any troops and can only rely on the princes from all over the country to clear them out. Han Zhan sent troops at this time, no one can say the reason for opposition.

After reading the letter, Guo Jia handed it back to Han Zhan and said, "Lord, the food and equipment we have fought against Qingzhou are all in Beihai City. If the Yellow Turban Thiefs captured it, our army's Eastern Expedition will have to be postponed."

"Dian Wei obeys the order!" Han Zhan also agreed with Guo Jia's statement. In order to facilitate supply, most of the baggage for Qingzhou in the east are now stored in Beihai City. If the Yellow Turban Thiefs seized this city, they will be like a tiger. Han Zhan will definitely not allow this situation, because he ordered Dian Wei: "You immediately lead 5,000 cavalry to Beihai day and night to assist Zang Taishou to defend the city."

Before handing the command arrow to Dian Wei, Han Zhan said earnestly: "Ziman, whether our army's eastern expedition can be successful depends on whether the batch of supplies stored in the North Sea can be kept. Do you understand?"

"I understand!" Dian Wei took the command arrow from Han Zhan's hand and said with a serious expression: "As long as Dian is still breathing, he will never let a Yellow Turban thief enter the North Sea." After that, Dian Wei took the command arrow, turned around and walked out of the conference hall with great strides, and hurried to the military camp to order troops.

When they learned that the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou was in rebellion, the opposition within Jizhou disappeared. Because everyone knew in their hearts that as long as they sent troops to Qingzhou under the banner of fighting against the Yellow Turban thieves, no minister in the court dared to jump out and say the word "no". Even though they knew that Han Zhan was named to fight against the Yellow Turban thieves, they were helpless in order to seize Qingzhou.

"Lord, the uprising of the Yellow Turban Thief happened to give us an excuse to send troops." Guo Jia looked at Han Zhan and asked, "I wonder when we will send troops?"

"The auspicious day of the zodiac signs in two days," Han Zhan said casually: "At that time, Zilong and Gongda will lead a large army to Qingzhou to wipe out the Yellow Turban thieves who are doing evil there."

"Please designate the commander of the commander!" Guo Jia and Han Zhan finished speaking, and hurriedly said: "And the troops who went to the expedition."

Although Han Zhan mentioned the expedition to Qingzhou many times before, and even appointed Zhao Yun as the main general, Taishi Ci as the deputy general, and Xun You as the military advisor, it was still early before the expedition, and the candidates for the troops could change at any time. Han Zhan thought for a moment, and then stood up and said, "This time he went to Qingzhou, Zhao Yun as the main general, Xun You as the military advisor, Huang Zhong as the deputy general, and Taishi Ci as the vanguard. He led 60,000 troops and sent troops at less than three o'clock the next day."

After hearing Han Zhan's order, several people quickly walked out of their respective positions, stepped forward and bowed to salute, and said in unison: "The last general (under) obeys the order!"

When Zhao Yun received the order, Taishici, who was standing behind him, couldn't help but think: Didn't the lord plan to appoint me as his deputy general, but why did he become a pioneer?

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The news that the soldiers in Jizhou were about to go to Qingzhou soon reached the ears of the court officials. After receiving the news, the Grand Tutor Ma Riyi immediately went to the palace to meet Emperor Xian of Han.

As soon as he saw Emperor Xian of Han, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it's not good. The governor of Jizhou plans to send troops to Qingzhou."

"Send troops to Qingzhou?" Emperor Xian of Han was stunned when he heard Ma Riyi say this, then waved his hand and said, "Teacher Ma, as long as the governor of Jizhou does not make things difficult for you and my monarch and ministers, he will send troops wherever he likes to send troops, and there is no need to meddle in other people's business."

"But, Your Majesty." Seeing that Emperor Xian of Han was unwilling to ask about this matter, Ma Riyi said anxiously: "The governor of Jizhou and General Gongsun are both his Majesty's ministers, how can they let them attack each other? What kind of tradition does this become?"

"Teacher Ma," Emperor Xian of Han walked to the desk that Han Zhan gave him, sat on a chair backrest, looked at Ma Rizhen and asked, "You also said that Gongsun Zan is my minister, but look, after I established the capital of Yedu, did he send someone to congratulate me? Who knew that there was no greeting letter. In his mind, he thought I was a puppet of the Jizhou Governor and ignored me at all. Since he did not regard me as his emperor, why should I care about his life or death?"

Ma Riyi also complained about Gongsun Zan's actions, but he was worried that once Han Zhan seized Qingzhou, he would definitely find a way to unify the four northern states. If Qing and Youji prefectures were all in Han Zhan's hands, it is still unknown whether he would listen to Emperor Xian of Han in the future. In order to prevent this situation, it is necessary to suppress it before his strength expands. This is the purpose of Ma Riyi's visit to Emperor Xian of Han today.

But at this moment, he found that Emperor Xian of Han was very dissatisfied with Gongsun Zan, and knew that it would be meaningless to continue persuading him. He could only say goodbye to Emperor Xian of Han, left the palace unhappily, and went to find Yang Biao and Zhu Jun.

Ma Riyi came to Yang Biao's mansion and unexpectedly found that Zhu Jun was also here. He asked Zhu Jun curiously: "Grandmaster, are you here today? Is it because you are here for the Jizhou Governor to send troops to Qingzhou?"

"That's right, it's exactly this." Zhu Jun nodded and said, "I'm talking about this with the Grand Marshal, but I didn't expect the Grand Marshal to come."

Hearing that the two were also discussing Han Zhan's troops, Ma Riyi suddenly felt like he had found the organization. He hurriedly said, "You two don't know anything. You have just gone to the palace to meet His Majesty. I hope he can stop the Jizhou Governor from sending troops, but the Holy Lord is unwilling to ask about this matter."

"Uncle Weng, you are too reckless in this matter." Yang Biao called Ma Rizhe and said, "You and I are all on the territory of Jizhou now. If the Jizhou governor can really unify the four northern states, it will not be a bad thing for us. At least your Majesty's imperial edict can play a role in the four states."

Yang Biao's words were a little beyond Ma Riyi's expectations. He hesitated for a moment and asked back, "Taiwei Yang, do you agree with the Jizhou Governor's troops?"

"That's right, I'm thinking so." Yang Biao nodded and said, "Think about it, when we were in Chang'an, the imperial edicts we issued were drafted by Li Jue and Guo Si. What the emperor could do was not just put a jade seal on it. But since we arrived in Yedu, the imperial edicts that the emperor would issue were still very effective in the boundary of Jizhou."

"I have always been respectful to the Lord of Jizhou." After several months of observation, Zhu Jun realized that Han Zhan was unwilling to interfere too much in the affairs of the court, so he often called him sick and refused to court, and his impression of him gradually changed. At this moment, he helped Han Zhan: "If he unified the surroundings, it may not be a good thing for the court and your majesty."

Ma Rizhe went to the Taiwei Mansion today, mainly to persuade Yang Biao to enter the palace with him, and asked Emperor Xian of Han to issue an order to stop Han Zhan's campaign in Qingzhou. At this moment, seeing Yang Biao and Zhu Jun were both talking to Han Zhan, he couldn't help but feel angry. He stood up and said to the two of them: "I really didn't expect that you two are so greedy and afraid of death. They are different and do not plan for each other. Ma said goodbye!" After saying that, he turned his head and left.

"Uncle Weng stay, Uncle Weng stay~!" Seeing that Ma Rizhe said he would leave, Yang Biao hurriedly called out a few times behind, but Ma Rizhe seemed to have not heard it and soon disappeared from their sight.

Seeing Ma Riyi leaving, the two smiled bitterly and shook their heads, continuing the topic that they had not finished talking about just now. Yang Biao said to Zhu Jun: "Gongwei, if I remember correctly, you still have many old friends in Qingzhou and are now working for Gongsun Zan. If you send them a letter to them and let them turn against each other when the army of Jizhou arrives, maybe you can still remember your friendship after the Jizhou governor is unified around the world."

"Wenxian," Zhu Jun said to Yang Biao: "You have many old friends in Youzhou. After the Jizhou governor pacified Qingzhou, it will be a matter of time before he took Youzhou. I think you should prepare early and let your old friends serve the Jizhou governor."

The two talked a lot about letting their disciples in various states surrender to Han Zhan. Finally, Zhu Jun said to Yang Biao: "Wenxian, the Jizhou army will go to the expedition in two days. I think we should go to the provincial governor's office and tell the Jizhou governor's plan to go."

Hearing Zhu Jun's proposal, Yang Biao seemed a little hesitant: "Gong Wei, I have had many misunderstandings with the Jizhou Mu some time ago. Do you think we will be turned away by him when we visit us?"

"Wenxian is worried." Seeing Yang Biao hesitating, Zhu Jun said to him: "The Mu of Jizhou is a generous person. I believe he would not be petty about some of the old grievances in the past."

After convinced Yang Biao, the two of them came to the provincial governor's mansion where Han Zhan was. Han Zhan, who was chatting with Xiahou Yun and Zhang Ning in the backyard, was stunned when he heard the patch report that Yang Biao and Zhu Jun came to visit, and thought to himself that these two adults had not come to their residence for a long time. They suddenly visited the door today. Is there anything big happening?

In the conference hall, Han Zhan saw Yang Biao and Zhu Jun waiting here, and he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "I have met two sirs. I wonder if the two sirs came to Han's place today, would you have any advice?"

"I dare not see the teachings." Zhu Jun said with a smile: "We are here today to give gifts to the Jizhou governor."

"Give gifts?" Han Zhan heard Zhu Jun say this, quickly tilted his head and looked outside, and found that there were no gift boxes in the yard, and Zhu Jun and Yang Biao were also empty-handed. Therefore, he asked curiously: "I wonder what gifts the Grand Secretary-General is going to give Han?"

Zhu Jun smiled slightly, then took out a roll of paper from the sleeve of the robe and handed it to Han Zhan, saying, "The people above are all my husband's old subordinates. Now they are working for Gongsun Zan in Qingzhou. I plan to compile a book for them so that they can turn against each other when the army in Jizhou arrives to avoid the disaster."

Seeing that Zhu Jun had already taken the lead, Yang Biao quickly took out the prepared paper roll and handed it to Han Zhan: "Jizhou Mu, this is the list of my disciples and old friends. Most of them are in Youzhou now. If you want to unify Youzhou in the future, they can send some uses."

Han Zhan never dreamed that Zhu Jun and Yang Biao would give him such a heavy gift, and hurriedly bowed to the two of them and said gratefully: "Two sirs, Han represents the people of Qingzhou and Youzhou, thank you. With the help of your disciples and old friends, more people can avoid the loss of life."

Zhu Jun hurriedly stepped forward to help Han Zhan up and said with emotion: "Governor of Jizhou, I know that it will be a matter of time before you unify the four northern states, so I will give you this generous gift. I hope that after you dominate the north, you can treat the people well."
Chapter completed!