C93

The original name of Bo Ling is Li, Li County, which was once used by Liu Yi as a government office for the waiting countries, and was very prosperous in those years. Its wealth was the greatest in the entire river country. In recent years, the cities had been breached many times, the people had been killed and captured, and countless houses had been burned to ashes.

When Gongsun Zan first occupied the Jizhou, he once recruited a few servants to repair the houses and walls of different places. However, after Yuan Shao rose to prominence, he occupied a large half of the Jizhou, afraid that he would become someone else's concubine, thus he stopped his attempts to restore the lives of the people. Two months ago, when Zhang Yan led the Army of Heishan and stayed in the Hejian County, they had to fix the houses and strengthen the walls day and night in case the Yuan Shao Army suddenly attacked.

"Congratulations Uncle Zhang!" Gongsun Xu cupped his hands and congratulated Zhang Yan: "As the saying goes, everyone is united. Taishan shift. This nephew truly admires you greatly! "

"What a good 'Everyone is in sync', Taishan Shift!" Zhang Yan said with a sigh: "You've really exposed the truth with a single sentence! For our Army of Heishan to be able to hold on till now, we all relied on the three words, 'people and hearts'! "

Yang Feng, Bai Rao and the rest all nodded their heads in agreement. Tao Sheng also agreed with them as a look of contempt and contempt flashed in his eyes.

When they arrived at the fork in the street, Zhang Yan asked Gongsun Xu, "This old man is preparing to place Nephew's men in the military camp beside the prefectural governor's mansion.

"Zi Long will do." Gongsun Xu answered, then waved his hand at Zhao Yun: "Zi Long, lead your men to go settle down there."

"Gui Gu, bring them over for a while, you can't have the slightest bit of negligence. Du Chang, bring some people to receive some food and to properly entertain the brothers who have come from Youzhou. " After Zhang Yan was done with his arrangements, he called Shan Meng who was about to leave with him and smiled: "The relationship between this old man and General Dan is not bad.

"Here!" Shan Meng bowed and said: "Thank you for the invitation, Lord Prefecture Overseer."

Zhao Yun led the group and followed Gui Gu to the army camp. Yang Hong, who was escorting the supplies, brought the servants and followed Du Chang to the treasury. Zhang Yan and the rest were walking in front, while Gongsun Xu and the Gongsun Xu brothers were leading the hundred over people behind. The group was chatting and laughing as they walked towards prefectural governor's mansion.

The prefectural governor's mansion was actually the marquis' marquis' marquis' marquis's marquis's marquis's marquis, this place took up a lot of land, and its scale even surpassed that of the marquis' marquis' marquis' marquis' marquis' marquis. Zhang Yan was not interested in the beautiful decorations of the houses. He merely renovated them a little.

Upon entering the main hall of the Hou Mansion, the furnishings inside were even more shabby. One could see that the walls were originally hung with quite a few weapons and calligraphy, but now it was completely empty. The hall was filled with shabby tables. The only precious thing that could be considered an item was the golden silk Nan Mu chair that was placed in the main seat. Perhaps it was because it was too big and too heavy, but some of the inlaid items had long since disappeared.

"Nephew, please take a seat." Zhang Yan walked in front of the master's seat and apologetically said as he looked at Gongsun Xu: "This place is very simple and crude, sorry to have caused this nephew to laugh."

Gongsun Xu shook his head: "Uncle Zhang has always been diligent and frugal, always thinking for the sake of his subordinates and soldiers.

"Heh heh." Zhang Yan smiled as he extended a hand to invite him, "Nephew, the young son of the Dan family, please take a seat."

"Thank you, Uncle Zhang."

"Thank you, Lord Prefecture Overseer. However, you just need to stand."

After the two of them thanked him, Gongsun Xu followed Zhang Yan's instructions and sat in the first position on the left, while Shan Meng stood behind him using the sword.

Zhang Yan smiled and waved for everyone to sit.

Yang Feng sat in the first seat on the right, followed closely by Tao Sheng, while Bai Rao sat below him. Judging from the seating arrangements, Zhang Yan clearly had a higher level of trust towards Yang Feng. When Tao Sheng sat down, a hint of a cold smile quickly flashed across his face, and he had coincidentally been caught red-handed by Gongsun Xu.

Zhang Yan clapped his hands, "Serve the wine and dishes!"

A group of Army of Heishan wearing crude clothes came in while carrying a tray. A jar of wine, a few big bowls of meat, and a short knife were placed on everyone's table. The meat seemed to be horse or donkey meat with traces of blood on it. Gongsun Xu looked at it and lost his appetite. He did not know what brewed the wine, but it smelled very sweet.

"Nephew, please eat more!" Zhang Yan cut a piece of it with his short blade and smiled as he shook it at Gongsun Xu.

In Gongsun Xu's previous life, when he was a mercenary, he had even eaten things like frogs and earthworms. Although he had no appetite, he cut a piece of meat and fed it to Zhang Yan to eat.

Yang Feng and the others cut off the meat and started to chew. It seemed that they were used to this.

Shan Meng felt his heart ache when he saw this, and immediately lowered his head, not looking at the meat in the bowl.

After eating a little and drinking a few cups of wine, Zhang Yan coughed lightly and waved his hand to dismiss the soldiers who were serving him.

The few of them knew that Zhang Yan had something to say, and stopped eating to look at him.

Zhang Yan frowned slightly, and spoke of the recent situation: "Last winter, highway provided Sun Ce with food, and made him attack Liu Biao, the one who led tens of thousands of soldiers to attack Xiao Pei. As a result, Sun Ce won against his father, Jiangxia, and killed his enemy, prefecture chief Huang Zu. However, Yuan Du was defeated by Liu Bei and his ally. It has been a few months since then, and during the four times when we went north to attack the Hejian County, we have been forced to retreat. It is a pity that this old man has also lost control of the surrounding small cities, and now, only the Hejian County is left, the situation is already extremely critical! "

Everyone present was aware of the situation, so their expressions did not change, as they looked at Zhang Yan and waited for him to continue.

Zhang Yan looked at Gongsun Xu, and said respectfully: "Since this old man and Marquis Jin had formed an alliance three years ago, Youzhou had always been our Army of Heishan's most reliable ally. This old man has helped the old man and his subordinates several times in times of crisis, and now, you have painstakingly helped this old man and his subordinates find a place to rest.

"Uncle, no need to do this!" Gongsun Xu shook his head, and cupped his hands: "My father always said that his uncle is willing to help the heavens, and is one of the best men in the world. He has always regarded my uncle as his most reliable friend! Since he was a friend, he had the right to make money. A little money was nothing! Yuan Shao was the common enemy of the Youzhou Army and their two families. It was natural for the two families to lend a helping hand, and the reason why my father and uncle helped me was to help me. This time, I hope uncle can sincerely cooperate with my father and completely drive Yuan Shao's power out of Jizhou and Qingzhou! "

Gongsun Xu's words were spoken beautifully, and Yang Feng immediately praised his loudly. Bai Rao nodded indifferently, and Tao Sheng followed suit. When he looked down, his eyes were dark.

"Well said!" Zhang Yan clapped his hands and sighed: "Bo Guixiong's righteousness is strong, and this nephew is so reasonable, no wonder the Youzhou's strength is increasing by the day! Nephew, rest assured, this time, this old man and his subordinates will listen to Bo Guixiong's orders! In terms of fighting, this old man is far inferior to Bo Guixiong! "

Gongsun Xu laughed: "Uncle is too polite, my uncle is good at offense, uncle is good at defending, as long as both sides sincerely cooperate, who in the world can be his opponent?"

Yang Feng and Bai Ruo's eyes lit up when they heard this, Gongsun Xu's words revealed an intention to rope them in, it was clear that this was also Gongsun Zan's intention. The current Youzhou was incomparably wealthy, and the young duke in front of him had even grasped a large number of secret techniques to make green salt. The Youzhou might very well become wealthy in the future, and if all the Army of Heishan turn to Ji Houfuzi, their lives would definitely be ten times better than they were right now! Furthermore, when the Great Marshal said that he was willing to listen to the orders of the Marquis Jin, he seemed to have revealed the intention of a master and servant. Perhaps the Great Marshal had already had this intention for a long time.

Tao Sheng lowered his head and did not speak, his brows knitted even more tightly. If Zhang Yan really joined Gongsun Zanfuzi's side, his plan of seizing the position of Army of Heishan's Great Marshal would simply be a dream!

"Haha!" Zhang Yan laughed loudly, "Nephew sure knows how to speak! It shouldn't be hard for this old man and Bo Guixiong to defeat Yuan Shao together, even if they say that is invincible under the heavens is definitely a little arrogant! My dear nephew, I wonder how many soldiers Bo Guixiong is preparing to bring this time? "

Gongsun Xu said without hesitation: "Including this nephew's White Horse Camp's troops, there are a total of fifteen thousand cavalry, fifty thousand walking soldier, and a total of sixty-five thousand people. There are also over thirty thousand auxiliary force's! I dare ask uncle, how many troops does Yuan Shao have with him?

Zhang Yan slightly muttered: "Yuan Shao should have at least one hundred and fifty thousand troops and horses, and many of them are from the Jizhou, the great families of the Cyan Plains, and the personal guards of powerful individuals. Their fighting strength is extremely astonishing."

"One hundred and fifty thousand." Gongsun Xu thought for a while and asked: "Does uncle know where Yuan Shao's main forces are stationed?"

"Yuan Shao's main forces should be in the vicinity of the Xindu County, the Great Deer County, and the Qinghe County. He should be about two hundred kilometers away from the Hejian County." Zhang Yan briefly introduced, and then sighed: "The elite soldiers under their command have come and gone like the wind, often coming to the Hejian County to attack and capture.

"Let's go to camp!" When Gongsun Xu heard this name, he was somewhat shocked. This was one of the most powerful elite soldiers of the Three Kingdoms era.