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In early summer, when the grass and trees look green, the sun is high, the breeze blowing from the mountains makes people feel quite comfortable.

On the rugged mountain road, a neatly-shaped army was marching. At the front of the team was Dian Wei, who was riding a black war horse and carrying two large iron halberds. Behind him were two hundred sword and shield soldiers. Behind him were Han Zhan and Guo Jia, who were riding horses in parallel, followed by one hundred powerful crossbow soldiers, two hundred spearmen soldiers, and one hundred migrant workers who were pushing wheelbarrows.

Guo Jia, who was wearing a feather fan in Lunwu, rode on a gray war horse. Although he was walking side by side with Han Zhan, he never said anything. To be honest, if it weren't for Xun Yu's efforts to persuade him, he wouldn't want to accompany Han Zhan to go out for this trip. There were only a dozen bandits, and the hundreds of people you led to trample them all to death, and he still had to do it himself. Isn't this killing a chicken with a ox knife?

Because of this reason, Guo Jia has never said a word to Han Zhan since he was here. Han Zhan was not angry when he saw Guo Jia so cold to him. After all, the other party was one of the best strategists in the Three Kingdoms period, and it is normal for him to have a little temper. This time he used a little trick and asked Xun Yu to take the initiative to invite Guo Jia out, but it was just to get close to him so that he could successfully recruit him in the future.

After walking for a while, Han Zhan asked with concern: "Fengxiao, in the brothel these two days, can the madam treat you slowly? If so, please just say it bluntly, when I return to the city, I will go to her to argue with you."

After hearing what Han Zhan said, Guo Jia was embarrassed to remain silent anymore. After all, all the expenses he had in the brothel were paid by the young Shuguo Ling in front of him. He could only bow to Han Zhan and said politely: "Thank you for your concern. Jia is fine in the brothel, with wine and meat, and beautiful women to choose from. All of this is thankful to the messenger."

"Brother Fengxiao," Han Zhan didn't want Guo Jia to feel that he was trying to please him, so he quickly changed the topic and talked about the secret mountain village he was about to go to: "I was on my way to take office, and I wiped out a group of bandits, just to call Black-clothed. Who knew that when I took people to the bandits, I saw that there were only a group of poor women and children among the bandits, and there was no gold, silver and treasures that I stolen at all."

When Xun Yu persuaded Guo Jia last night, he only told him to accompany Han Zhan to wipe out a bandit, without revealing any more inside information. At this moment, when he heard Han Zhan say that, he immediately realized that this matter was not as simple as Xun Yu said. He couldn't help but ask curiously: "Emister, is the bandit you are going to wipe out today related to the treasure in black?"

"Yes," Han Zhan nodded and replied, "I once heard a surrendered bandit say that in addition to the one I had been to, Black Clothes also had a hidden village, which was intended to store the gold, silver and treasures he stolen. Unfortunately, only his confidant knew the specific location."

"Where did the envoy know where the hidden mountain village is located?"

Han Zhan smiled faintly at Guo Jia's question, and then asked back: "Fengxiao knows that I executed a rebel who colluded with the Yellow Turban yesterday."

Guo Jia was stunned at first, but he quickly guessed the truth: "I understand that the person who was killed yesterday was the insider. After being scared, he confessed all the news he knew to you, the messenger." He shook his feather fan lightly and nodded slightly, "Gao, the trick he used by the messenger is indeed high."

Guo Jia turned his head and looked at the wheelbarrow convoy following behind, and said with emotion: "Eunuch, this convoy is used to transport treasures? It's true that in such a rugged mountain road, only this kind of wheelbarrow can be as good as walking on flat ground." After pausing for a moment, he said to himself, "Does people who can build such a car understand the mechanism of the Mohist school?"

"Cough cough cough," Han Zhan was a little complacent when he heard Guo Jia praise him. When he heard what he said behind him, he couldn't help but cough loudly, and then said a little embarrassedly: "I'm not hiding Fengxiao, in fact, I made this car. But I don't understand any of the Mohist techniques at all."

"What, you made this car?" Guo Jia widened his eyes and said in surprise: "It's simply incredible."

Han Zhan smiled and said, "I have been awarded the award. The structure of this kind of wheelbarrow is simple, and I am just thinking about it."

Guo Jia said seriously: "I am too humble. If the army uses this kind of wheelbarrow to transport military rations during marching and fighting, it can save a lot of manpower and animal power, and the food and grass consumed along the way can be greatly reduced. By the way, the envoy intends to use this kind of wheelbarrow to transport the seized gold, silver and treasures, right?"

"That's right," Han Zhan replied truthfully, "Since Black clothes have hidden his treasures in such a secret place, it is estimated that there are quite a lot of them. If there is no suitable means of transportation, it will be very difficult to transport them all back to the county town."

After hearing what Han Zhan said, Guo Jia couldn't help but smile on his face: "Eunuch, if Jia is not wrong, are you planning to use these treasures to recruit soldiers and horses?"

"I guessed it well, and I did think so." Seeing that Guo Jia could guess his intentions, Han Zhan said without any chance: "But it is easy to get a general in a thousand troops. I lack effective counselors under my command. How about Fengxiao coming out to help me?"

Guo Jia did not immediately reply to Han Zhan's request again. He secretly considered whether the person in front of him was worthy of his service. After a moment of silence, he asked slowly: "Eunuch, Jia has something to ask you for advice."

"It's okay to be filial but say it." Seeing that Guo Jia did not reject him, Han Zhan felt that there was a way to seek talent, so he quickly said carelessly: "As long as I know it, I will know everything."

"Jia wants to know what the envoy wants after the envoy is strong and the horse is strong?"

"After my envoy's army is strong, he will naturally leave Taihang, and the military peaks are directed to Jizhou City." Han Zhan said confidently: "Even if he cannot regain Jizhou City, he can still seize the surrounding cities to expand his strength."

Han Zhan's idea was not a whim for Guo Jia, and it was indeed feasible. After thinking for a while, he spoke: "Emistress, as far as Jia knows, the invitation of a group of civil officials from Yingchuan in Jizhou was mainly the initiative of a group of civil servants from Yingchuan in Jizhou City. In addition, Gongsun Zan occupied Anping City in the north, which intimidated the security of Jizhou City, which made them try their best to convince Ling Zun and force him to give up Jizhou. Now, although Jizhou City is in the hands of Yuan, there are many people in Jizhou who are not convinced by Yuan's family. If you choose the right time to send troops, I believe there will be many people corresponding."

Han Zhan listened carefully to Guo Jia's analysis and did not interrupt. He felt that what Guo Jia said was roughly consistent with his analysis. After finally waiting for Guo Jia to finish his words, he asked tentatively: "I don't know when Fengxiao thinks it is the best time."

"Unless Yuan's war with someone in the near future, he has no time to clean up those prefects and county magistrates who are dissatisfied with him." After saying this, Guo Jia slowly shook his head: "However, Jia believes that it is unlikely that Yuan's war with is likely to go to war with him in the near future, but he does not mention his identity as the third prince of the fourth generation. Even if he is the leader of Dong Zhuo's eighteen vassals, no one will get into evil with him."

When Han Zhan heard this, he couldn't help laughing, thinking that although you, Guo Fengxiao, are extremely intelligent, are definitely not as good as me, a time traveler, who knows history better. He coughed gently and said to Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, we two might as well bet on a bet, will anyone start a war with Yuan this year? If you win, I will never bother you anymore; but if you lose, how about staying and playing for me?"

Guo Jia didn't expect that he had already fallen into Han Zhan's trap without realizing it. After carefully considering the situation in Qingzhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou, Yanzhou and other places around Jizhou, he nodded resolutely and said to Han Zhan: "A gentleman speaks and whip it with his horse. Since the envoy said that, Jia will gamble with the envoy. Of course, there is no need to say that if he loses, Jia will be the envoy as his lord; but if Jia wins by chance, please don't make things difficult for you."

"A word is determined." After the two of them finished speaking, they immediately slapped their high-highs to confirm the bet they had just made.

Guo Jia looked at the surrounding terrain and said to Han Zhan: "Emister, we are so swaying towards the mountain village, it is easy to be seen by bandits. It is better to let Dian Junhou lead the sword and shield soldiers first, and catch them off guard before the bandits noticed it."
Chapter completed!