Shortly after Gongsun Zan and Han Zhan's army were dispatched, Zhang Yan, who was far away in Black Mountain, received a report from the spy. He quickly summoned all his trusted generals to the meeting hall and discussed with everyone the matter of sending reinforcements to the expedition.

Seeing that all his subordinates were here, Zhang Yan asked Hu Zhi, who was sitting in the lower left: "Military advisor, Gongsun Zan and the Han family have sent troops to attack Yuan Shao, what should we do?"

Hu Zhi is now Zhang Yan's military advisor, responsible for giving advice for him. When he heard his question, he immediately stood up and replied: "General, since we have made an appointment with the Han family's son, we should send troops as soon as possible."

Guan Gu, who was visiting Zhang Yan, was the leader of another Black Mountain Army. After hearing Hu Zhi's words, he couldn't help but interrupt and asked: "Military Hu, now the tripartite battle is in a melee. If we go to assist Yuan Shao, after he defeated the two groups of troops, he might give us some benefits. Do you think so?"

Although Zhang Yan was very dissatisfied with Yu Gu's interruption, it was not easy to turn against him in front of many subordinates. He could only say to Hu Zhi: "Military advisor, tell me what you think?"

Hu Zhi stood up, bowed slightly to Zhang Yan, and then said, "General, after Yuan Shao gained a foothold in Jizhou, he will launch an attack. Although we have millions of people, they are not the opponent of Yuan Shao's soldiers of hundreds of battles. Therefore, we must assist Gongsun Zan or the Han family's son to eliminate Yuan Shao to prevent future troubles."

After hearing this, Guan Gu asked again: "Mr. Hu, are you so confident and think that Yuan Shao will be defeated? Maybe it won't take long before Yuan Shao will be able to beat Gongsun Zan and the Han family's princess."

After hearing this, Hu Zhi smiled faintly and said, "Although Yuan Shao has occupied Jizhou for some time and has replaced a large number of officials loyal to the Han family, the subordinate counties do not favor him, and there are still many officials. From the fact that Gongsun Zan and the Han family prince sent troops, the cities along the way surrendered, it can be seen that Yuan Shao has not yet fully controlled Jizhou. If nothing unexpected happens, he will be driven out of Jizhou by the two of them sooner or later."

After hearing this, Guan Gu pondered for a moment, and then asked: "I think we should go to help Gongsun Zan. After all, he was granted the title of Jihou and General Fenwu by the court. He was not that little bit of the country's orders."

"Don't look at the Han family's son who is just a small national order," Hu Zhi heard that Gun Gu specially mentioned Gongsun Zan's identity, and was afraid that Zhang Yan would be shaken. He quickly persuaded: "But he is the son of Han's family after all. When those old Han subordinates of Jizhou saw him, they would give him some thin face, which would give him some chance of winning for him to regain Jizhou."

When Guan Gu wanted to ask a few more questions, Zhang Yan had already stood up and shouted at Du Chang standing on the lower right: "Where is Chang Du?"

Chief Du hurriedly stepped out, bowed to Zhang Yan with his fists, and replied loudly: "The last one is here!"

Zhang Yan said: "I ordered you to lead 50,000 troops and join the military advisor to Jizhou to meet with the Han family's son."

"The last general will receive the order!"

When Hu Zhi, Du Chang and others were preparing to go to the war, Guan Gu looked at Zhang Yan and asked, "Brother Zhang, I don't understand why you have to send someone to help the Han family's young master, a yellow-mouthed child can defeat Yuan Shao, the fourth generation and third generation?"

Zhang Yan stared at Guan Gu for a while and said, "Brother Guan Gu, there are two reasons why I want to send troops to help the Han family's son. One is that the Han family in Jizhou has many old subordinates, and they can help them defeat Yuan Shao; the second reason is that the Han family's son's sworn brother Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong are my Zhending fellow villager. In this way, the Han family is also half of my fellow villager. How can I sit back and ignore the fellow villager when I have trouble?"

Hearing Zhang Yan's far-fetched reason, Guan Gu shook his head and said, "Brother Zhang, I have said everything I should say. Since you are so stubborn, then you should take care of yourself." After that, he stood up and bowed to Zhang Yan, "I'm saying goodbye."

Watching Guan Gu leave, Zhang Yan couldn't help asking herself: "Am I wrong? Even if I want to help, I should help Gongsun Zan, instead of following the advice of the military advisor, and helping the Han family's son?"

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Han Zhan's army stayed in Guangnian City for two days. Seeing that Han Zhan had no sign of leaving for a long time, Xun You could not sit still. He said to Guo Jia, who was in the same room, "Fengxiao, we have been staying in Guangnian for two days. I wonder when the envoy will set off?"

Guo Jia, who was drinking, glanced at Xun You, drank the fine wine in the wine bottle in his hand, and then spoke: "It's not that you don't want to leave, but the time has not come."

"The time has not come?" Xun You was confused by Guo Jia's words. He stared at Guo Jia with wide eyes and asked, "Fengxiao, what do you mean?"

"Don't be anxious," Guo Jia said to Xun You with a smile: "Do you still remember that I accompanied the envoy to search for the treasures in black?"

"Yes, I remember this." Xun You nodded and said, "The gold and silver utensils, jewelry and copper coins found from the cave were transported by hundreds of wheelbarrows for more than a dozen times before they were all shipped out."

After Xun You finished speaking, Guo Jia asked with a smile: "Do you know where these gold and silver utensils and copper coins are used?"

"Is this a matter of repairing cities, reclamation of wasteland, building docks and ships, buying food and grass, etc., these do not require money..." Xun You said this and suddenly stopped abruptly. He stared at Guo Jia and said in surprise: "Is there any purpose I don't know?"

Guo Jia laughed: "Gongda, it seems that you have finally figured it out. The envoy and the county magistrate Xun sent people to send all the gold, silver utensils and jewelry decorations to Chang'an, the capital, and presented them to the current emperor."

Hearing this, Xun You suddenly realized: "So that's it!" He thought for a while, nodded and said, "The uncle and the envoy are indeed wonderful. I believe that the envoy will be promoted in no time."

"That's right, that's exactly that." Guo Jia nodded slightly and said affirmatively: "We stay in Guangnian for the time being, and have three purposes: one is to wait for the arrival of the angels and give the envoy a title; the other is to let Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan fight to the death, and when they fight to the death, we will enjoy the benefits of the fisherman..."

Seeing that Guo Jia had said this, Xun You stopped and was slowly pouring wine into his wine bottle. He quickly snatched the wine pot in his hand and asked anxiously: "Then there is another purpose, what is it?"

"Wait for someone," Guo Jia snatched the wine pot from Xun You and said slowly: "If I'm not wrong in guessing, the army sent by Zhang Yan is on the road and can join our army soon."

As the two were talking, Rob ran in from outside. He said a little outragedly: "Mr. Guo, Xun Shaofu, please ask the two to rush to the main hall immediately."

After hearing Rob's words, Guo Jia smiled at Xun You and whispered: "It seems that an angel is coming!"

But Xun You still didn't believe Guo Jia's judgment, so he asked Rob curiously: "I'm in a hurry to summon us. Is there anything wrong?"

"If you go back to the Shao Mansion," Rob quickly replied, "The angel who came to deliver the order is outside the city. The envoy asked the two to go to the main hall to welcome the angels."

When the two hurried to the main hall, they were already under high alert. In addition to the soldiers of the Han family, there was also a group of Yulin soldiers wearing red clothes. Seeing Guo Jia, Xun You and the others rushed over, and immediately the Yulin soldiers came forward to stop him: "The idle people are not allowed to enter!"

Rob hurriedly bowed to the other party and said, "This is Lord Xun and Mr. Guo of Shaofu. The envoy ordered me to summon me."

After hearing what Rob said, the Yulin Army immediately flashed aside and asked Xun You, Guo Jia and others to pass.

When the three of them walked into the main hall, they heard a eunuch wearing a black palace uniform holding an imperial edict and chanting in a sharp voice: "...Han Zhan, the commander of the country, conquered the Yellow Turbans, quelled the bandits, and rescued the lord Liu Gui, who was trapped in the thief cave, and made an unparalleled contribution. He was specially appointed as the Marquis of Zhangshuiting..."
Chapter completed!