Tian Feng's suggestion was a perfect solution for Han Zhan. He was promoted to Cao Mengde in name but actually transferred him from Dongjun. Even if he could bring his confidant generals to Yedu to take office, he would not be able to transfer tens of thousands of soldiers from Dongjun. This was like the Jade Emperor in Journey to the West. Seeing that his heavenly soldiers and generals could not defeat Sun Wukong, he was granted the Monkey King in order to appease the other party, but in fact he was just a false title and had no real power. He could have let Emperor Xian of Han recruit Cao Mengde to the capital and grant him an official position without real power.

Seeing Han Zhan silent, Tian Feng thought the other party disagreed with his point of view, so he quickly added: "Lord, if you obtain Dongjun, Jizhou can be connected with Qingzhou. Whether it is going north to Youzhou, south to Xuzhou, or Yangzhou in the future, it will be much more convenient now."

Han Zhan was very moved by connecting Jizhou and Qingzhou into a whole. With a complete territory, you can concentrate your precious troops in several key cities for defense, while the city located in the belly only leaves a small number of alert troops to fully develop agriculture and commerce.

Thinking of this, Han Zhan nodded at Tian Feng and said with praise: "Yuan Hao's plan is very wonderful. If Cao Mengde is willing to enter the capital obediently, we can get half of the East County without bloodshed. If Cao Mengde is not rude and insists on resisting the order, we can send troops to support Zhang Miao, attack Cao Mengde, and divide the East County equally."

Speaking of this, Han Zhan turned his eyes to Xun Yu, who was standing beside Ju Shu, and said to him: "Sir, on the morning court tomorrow, I would like to ask your Majesty to report to His Majesty that the prefect of Dongjun Cao Mengde is both talented and virtuous, and is deeply supported by the people. If he continues to serve as the prefect, he may feel a little wronged, so he will immediately recruit him into the capital and give him a title."

Although Han Zhan said it highly, everyone knew in their hearts that transferring Cao Mengde to the capital could not be to weaken his strength and reduce his military power, so as not to become a major concern in Jizhou. Therefore, as soon as Han Zhan finished speaking, Xun Yu and Han Zhan immediately agreed readily: "Subordinate to obey the order!"

Seeing that Xun Yu promised to submit a copy to Emperor Xian of Han tomorrow and recommended Cao Mengde to the court as an official, Guo Jia came over and reminded Han Zhan: "Lord, since we have already made a plan, should we notify Chen Gongtai of this matter?"

"Come!" Hearing Guo Jia's proposal, Han Zhan hurriedly shouted outside: "Come!"

Hearing Han Zhan’s shouts, Chen Dao and Rob quickly walked into the main hall, bowed to Han Zhan, and asked, “I wonder what the lord has to give me?”

"You two go to the inn and invite Chen Gongtai here." Han Zhan ordered the other party, "I have something important to discuss with him."

"Lord," Seeing Chen Dao and Rob leave, Ju Su asked Han Zhan with some concern: "Do you plan to tell Chen Gongtai the truth?"

"This is natural." Although Han Zhan didn't understand Ju Su would ask, he answered truthfully: "If we can't tell the truth, how can we cooperate with Chen Liu's side?"

"But if the news leaks out, Cao Mengde will be alert and it will probably not be that easy to let him enter Beijing." Ju Su said anxiously: "I hope the lord will think twice."

"Don't worry, dude," Seeing Ju Su's worried look, Guo Jia hurriedly comforted him and said, "Didn't you hear what the lord said just now? As long as you have an imperial edict, whether Cao Mengde is obeying the imperial edict or not, Dongjun is the thing in our pocket. The only difference is that one is that the army is not bloody, and the other is that you jointly send troops to fight with Chenliu."

After Guo Jia's explanation, Ju Su immediately got into trouble. The strategy proposed by Tian Feng made Cao Mengde unable to preserve the territory of Dongjun no matter how he chose. He was lucky, so he could hold an insignificant official position in the court. He was unlucky, and after Han Zhan and Zhang Miao seized Dongjun, he could only become a prisoner.

Not long after, Chen Gong appeared in the main hall. When Chen Gong saw more than 20 civil and military officials in the hall, he was shocked. After greeting Han Zhan, he asked in surprise: "Marquis Anyang, I don't know what the matter is that?"

"Public Terminal," Han Zhan asked someone to bring an embroidery pier to Chen Gong, and after he greeted him to sit down, he spoke, "I have already told you about your origin and all the civil and military officials in Jizhou. Look, it's them."

Chen Gong stood up, bowed to everyone, and then looked at Han Zhan again and asked, "Marquis Anyang, you are summoning here, is it related to this matter?" Seeing Han Zhan nodding in agreement, Chen Gong's mood suddenly became sunny. He quickly asked, "I wonder if Marquis Anyang has ever discussed what result."

"Public Terrace, this marquis can agree to divide the East County with the Prefect Zhang," Han Zhan said to Chen Gong with a smile: "But this marquis cannot send troops for the time being. Also, after you return to Chenliu, you must persuade the Prefect Zhang not to send troops for the time being."

Han Zhan's words confused Chen Gong. He didn't understand why Han Zhan agreed to divide the East County equally, but he didn't send troops, and he also persuaded Zhang Miao not to send troops. What's going on? With this question, he asked in confusion: "Marquis Anyang, I don't understand what you mean. I wonder if you can explain it one or two?"

Seeing that Chen Gong didn't understand, Han Zhan said to Chen Gong a plan to remove the firewood from the cauldron that he wanted to go to the court to be an official. Finally, he said confidently: "No matter how Cao Mengde chooses, Dongjun will no longer be surnamed Cao. By then, this marquis will be able to divide Dongjun equally with Zhang Prefect."

After hearing Han Zhan's plan, Chen Gong couldn't help but nodded repeatedly and said in a stack of voices: "The trick, Anyang Hou's plan is indeed a trick. I believe that as soon as the imperial edict arrived in Dongjun, Cao Aman could only come to the capital to be an official." After pausing for a moment, Chen Gong said anxiously again, "I want to tell the news as soon as possible, so it's better to say goodbye."

"Don't be anxious about the office. It's not too late and the city gate is closed." Seeing that Chen Gong was in a hurry to leave, Han Zhan spoke and asked him to keep him, "Even if he wants to leave, it's not too late to rest in the city for a night before leaving."

Hearing Han Zhan speak to keep Chen Gong, Guo Jia also echoed: "Public platform, don't be impatient, you might as well wait for the imperial edict in the court tomorrow. It's not too late to rush back to Chenliu."

Seeing that Han Zhan and Guo Jia were trying to keep him, Chen Gong thought for a moment, and felt that he would be able to do nothing for the time being. It would be better to stay for another night to see if the court would issue an order to call Cao Mengde to the capital. After having the exact news, he would return to Chenliu and discuss with Zhang Miao how to divide the East County with Jizhou equally with him. He bowed and bowed to Han Zhan: "Since the Marquis of Anyang tried his best to keep him, it would be better to obey his orders."
Chapter completed!