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Outside of Galleon were many strongholds. The fluttering flags extended across the entire city for dozens of miles, surrounding the entire city so tightly that not even a drop of water could trickle through. Inside the handsome tent at the north side of the city, Gongsun Zan was drinking and chatting with Zhang Yan, who had just arrived at the high city. The two of them were chatting merrily, with Guo Jia and Guan Jing beside them.

happily agreed to what Gongsun Xu had said about him taking Zhang Yan as his foster father. Gongsun Xu had promised to take Zhang Yan as his grandson in the future and inherit the Chu Family (Zhang Yan's real name was Chu Feiyan; Gongsun Zan knew very clearly that with Gongsun Xu and Zhang Yan's relationship, Army of Heishan merging into the Youzhou Army would be a foregone conclusion, and there wouldn't be too many ripples either.

Zhang Yan made such a stupid decision in the eyes of others. He had never placed any importance on power, nor did he have any ambitions, it was just that the situation had forced him to be the leader of the Army of Heishan, he just wanted to live a peaceful life with his family members and a million Army of Heishan.

All these years, Zhang Yan had been racking his brains for the sake of the Army of Heishan, but because of various reasons, the situation in the Army of Heishan continued to deteriorate, and Zhang Yan was exhausted. As a result, allowing all the Army of Heishan s to join him was a form of consolation and relief. This way, his future days in the Army of Heishan would come to an end, not to mention that Gongsun Xu had promised him a continuation of the fire and incense, which was even more so undesirable.

This time, Gongsun Zan led the army to the south, but Zhang Yan did not go with them, because he did not want to affect Gongsun Zan's authority.

Only Zhang Yan was not in Bo Ling County, then would Tao Sheng dare to rebel. If Zhang Yan was to stay in Bo Ling city the entire time, even if Tao Sheng was given ten guts, he would still not dare to take action! He then quickly found Gongsun Zan and explained the importance of this matter to him. Gongsun Zan ruthlessly scolded Gongsun Xu and immediately sent people to Bo Ling to invite Zhang Yan to Gao Yi, using the excuse of "urgent military affairs".

Originally, Gongsun Xu had only used Zhang Yan as a chess piece, and it was impossible for him to tell the other party about Tao Sheng. After the two of them had discussed deeply, they had become friends, but Gongsun Xu had still not mentioned it, mainly because he was worried that if Zhang Yan decided to attack Tao Sheng, Tao Sheng might ignore everything and break his net, which would cause some of the things that Gongsun Xu had planned for a long time to lose its meaning. Other than that, Gongsun Xu was also worried that Zhang Yan might try to sow discord between them. After all, he had captured Tao Dayong's subordinates who were still in Youzhou and were unable to obtain the set of equipment that Yuan Shao had gifted him within the short term. Based on his conversation with Tao Dayong, it was hard to say what kind of choice Zhang Yan would make.

When Zhang Yan heard the news, he was extremely shocked. He thought that something had happened to the southern army, so he led another forty thousand troops to Gao Yi without stopping. Gongsun Zan had not even launched an attack towards Gao Yi, and felt that he had been deceived, causing Zhang Yan to be puzzled and angry at the same time. If not for the fact that he was personally welcomed by Gongsun Zan to the handsome official restaurant to set up a banquet as soon as they arrived at Gao Yi City, and his attitude was extremely friendly and respectful, he probably would have been unable to resist and asked about this matter.

Seeing that Zhang Yan wanted to say something but hesitated, Gongsun Zan could not help but sigh, and cupped his hands: "Fei Yanxiong, the reason this old man invited you over was actually to apologize!"

"Oh?" Zhang Yan was shocked, he quickly returned the greeting: "Why does Bo Guixiong say that?"

"This matter …" Gongsun Zan had an awkward expression as he shook his head and sighed, "This matter was caused by this brat. Let him explain it to Fei Yanxiong." At this point, he shouted towards the outside of the tent, "Son, hurry up and get in here to apologize!"

Hearing that, Gongsun Xu walked in with his head lowered. He leaned on his upper body and carried a few thorns, walked up to Zhang Yan and picked up the thorns, and with a thump, he kneeled on the ground and offered the thorns up with both hands, and said softly: "I have been deceived.

"Aiya!" Zhang Yan cried out in alarm, and quickly went forward to support Gongsun Xu, muttering: "What are you doing? We're all family, what's there to not talk about? Furthermore, you have always been very respectful to this old man. Even if you don't want to tell this old man some things, this old man will understand! Hurry and get up! "

"Foster father!" Gongsun Xu let out a cry, and continued to kneel on the ground even after struggling free from Zhang Yan. He raised the thorny branch and softly said: "This child has a great matter that I have deceived my foster father.

Zhang Yan's expression immediately became solemn. He knew that Gongsun Xu was not a frivolous person, and since his words came to this point, it was obvious that the matter they were about to talk about was not trivial. In fact, it would definitely be related to the Army of Heishan. Zhang Yan turned his head to look, only to see that Gongsun Zan's expression was solemn, Guo Jia and Guan Jing were at a loss, and his heart immediately felt a little better. No matter what Gongsun Xu wanted to say, it seemed that he had mentioned it to Gongsun Zan before, and did not make it known to everyone.

"Alright, tell me about it." Zhang Yan did not persist and helped Gongsun Xu up. He walked back to his seat and sat down and looked at Gongsun Xu with an anxious gaze, afraid that Gongsun Xu would say some world-shaking bad news.

"A few months ago, in order to catch Zhao Yun, I passed by a village," Gongsun Xu spoke slowly, telling them everything that he had learned from Tao Dayong after capturing him.

After Zhang Yan heard half of what he said, his eyebrows slowly relaxed. He was not as angry as Gongsun Xu had imagined, but instead, he quietly listened.

Gongsun Xu felt that it was a little strange, but when he was satisfied with his curiosity, he continued to talk about making Tao Dayong the jailer of the Hou clan, and when Yang Feng and Tao Sheng went to the Jizhou to seek help, he talked about how Tao Dayong had requested for an audience a few days ago at Bo Ling County. Only then did he slowly stop.

Guo Jia and Guan Jing had only been listening from start to finish. Other than some changes in their expressions, they did not say a single word. Only, the two of them felt a chill in their hearts, Gongsun Xu had actually planned this matter a few months ago, it showed just how scheming he was! However, the two of them did not think that it was a bad thing. Right now, the chaotic world was more suitable for the Gongsun clan to grow stronger quickly.

Gongsun Zan sighed, and cupped his hands towards Zhang Yan: "Fei Yanxiong, not only is this brat hiding it from you, even this old man is hiding it from you. It was only a few hours ago that this old man found out about this and ruthlessly scolded this brat.

"Sigh." Unexpectedly, Zhang Yan also sighed, and shook his head: "There's no need for punishment! "My people, can you tell me why you're hiding this from me?"

"Reporting to foster father, your son still wants to make good use of Tao Sheng as a pawn in this war. As a result, I'm worried that your foster father might be enraged when he attacks Tao Sheng after hearing the news. Not only would that affect the morale of the army, it would also destroy your son's long planned plan." Gongsun Xu did not say the other reason, and that was because he was worried that Zhang Yan did not trust him.

"Child," Zhang Yan pointed at Gongsun Xu and sighed, "Could it be that in your heart, this old man is just an impulsive and rash person?"

"Your son doesn't dare!" Gongsun Xu hurriedly denied it.

"Bo Guixiong." Zhang Yan looked at Gongsun Zan and said softly, "Actually, I also noticed something abnormal with Tao Sheng. The reason why I didn't follow the great army to the south this time is because I didn't want to interfere with Bo Guixiong's command in battle. Actually, not only Tao Sheng, there are also other people in the Army of Heishan who are colluding with Yuan Shao. I cannot bear to cut off many years of friendship, and so I deliberately ignored their actions. "

Gongsun Zan said in shock: "So Fei Yanxiong had already prepared for this. This son of mine has become a vile person for nothing!"

"That's not true either!" Zhang Yan shook his head, his expression easing up, and said softly: "If this commoner had not told me, I would never have known that Tao Sheng was hiding so many weapons and equipment in the great green mountain! The elite army is already following Bo Guixiong south. If Tao Sheng's men equip themselves with those good weapons and take the opportunity to suddenly attack while Bo Ling is still empty, I might not be able to suppress them! "

Gongsun Zan frowned: "This time, Fei Yanxiong has brought another forty thousand troops. If Tao Sheng were to suddenly rebel, wouldn't that mean that he has given over Bo Ling to him?"

"I won't!" Zhang Yan shook his head confidently: "I am extremely familiar with Tao Sheng, he has always been a gloomy and tolerant person. He would never do something if he was not seventy to eighty percent sure of it! If this battle were to win, Tao Sheng would definitely choose to continue enduring and give up on the idea of betraying him! If our army were to accidentally lose to Yuan Shao, Tao Sheng would definitely add insult to injury, and cut off all our paths of retreat. This is his style. "

"Fei Yanxiong means to say that …" Gongsun Zan probed: "For the time being, you don't care about Tao Sheng at all?"

Zhang Yan shook his head: "It's not like I don't care, although I believe that I will definitely defeat Yuan Shao this time, if anything goes wrong, I think we should prepare ahead of time. My White Horse Camp Cavalry can travel four to five hundred li in a day, why not send a horse and soldier to lead the way, we should sneak into the mountains and steal the weapons and equipment ahead of time!"

"This is feasible!" Gongsun Zan nodded his head in agreement, then asked: "However, if Tao Dayong suddenly disappears, I'm afraid it will definitely arouse Tao Sheng's suspicions!"

"No worries!" "I will pass down an order to Bo Ling to have all of the children and nephews of the great Qu General come to Gao Yuan to join the siege warfare. After the war, their ranks and statuses will be immediately raised."

"This is a good plan!" In that case, Tao Sheng will definitely not doubt it! " Gongsun Zan clapped his hands in praise, and shouted while staring at Gongsun Xu: "Son! Do you know that you're being smart? "

"Your son is in the wrong, please punish him!" Gongsun Xu sincerely apologized again as he walked forward to pass the Thorny Rod to Zhang Yan.