Shen Rong returned to the city overnight.

The Shen Ying brothers were responsible for the south gate of Yecheng, and Shen Rong came and went freely without any trouble.

Seeing that Shen Rong was back so soon, Shen Ying knew something must have happened, so she quickly asked Shen Ying about his departure from the city. Shen Rong did not hide it and told him all the stories he met with Feng Ji. The Shen family was far away in Yin'an, and they were out of reach. Feng Ji thought that whenever the Shen family would be destroyed. If they did not cooperate with Feng Ji, the people in the city who could survive would be the people in the city, and the ancestral homes and hundreds of tribesmen there would be death, let alone the industry. Those who could be stolen were stolen, and those who could not be stolen were burned out. There are many such examples outside Ye City.

There are still many people in the old house of Shen Family, including the old mother of Shen Ying brothers and Ji Di.

Besides, Shen Pei died in the Battle of Guandu, was captured by Sun Ce, and was humiliated, which was considered a grudge to kill his father. Even if he surrendered to Sun Ce with Yuan Tan, the Shen family would not have a good future. Instead of doing this, it is better to take a gamble and solve the current difficulties first.

Shen Rong also said that Yuan Tan was from Yuzhou, and now the generals of the Ruying clan were killed in battle. Even Gao Lan was promoted to death not long ago. Most of the people guarding Yecheng were from Jizhou, and Feng Ji would definitely not only contact their brothers. If the Shen family did not cooperate with Feng Ji, others would cooperate with Feng Ji, and Yecheng would definitely not be able to defend Yecheng.

Shen Ying and Shen Jun were very confused. Of course, they could not watch their mother and younger brother died at Feng Ji's hands, but they also had no confidence in Liu Bei. Yuan Tan is not Sun Ce's opponent, so Liu Bei could do it? Besides, the main force supporting Liu Bei was the natives of Hebei, and the conflicts between northern Hebei and southern Hebei have been around for a long time. As a representative of the Hebei family, can the Shen family get along with the people of northern Hebei? It would be better to surrender to Sun Ce directly. Even if there is no chance for the time being, with the strength of the Shen family, they will sooner or later recover.

What Jiang Gan said: As long as he can cooperate with the new policy, if the industry does not increase but decreases in five years, they will make up for the vacancies. Although this cannot be fully trusted, it can be seen that Sun Ce is sincere.

Feng Ji was a strategy, but Ju Su and Tian Feng were stupid? At such a critical period, how could they not be prepared? Maybe Shen Rong's whereabouts had long been mastered by them. The three thousand personal guards around Yuan Tan were commanded by Ju Hu. Even if they succeeded in offering the city, Yuan Tan could still retreat to the inner city, defended with three thousand personal guards, and persisted until the reinforcements arrived.

The Shen brothers had different opinions and were unable to make up their minds for a while. Finally, they decided not to act rashly and first look at the situation. If Feng Ji really contacted others at that time, it might be possible to successfully seize the city, and it would not be too late for them to respond.

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Guo Tu slowly entered the door, raised his eyelids, glanced at Yuan Tan, and several deep wrinkles appeared on his forehead.

Yuan Tan suddenly felt sad. Guo Tu got old. After a few years, he went from being a teenager to walking much slower. Speaking of which, he failed Guo Tu. Since he refused to kill Tian Feng, Guo Tu gradually faded out of his vision. When he was named King of Wei, Guo Tu was unable to serve as the prime minister and only became a nameless general. This is due to his possession of many intelligence personnel. Once upon a time, Guo Tu was one of the few elders he was closest to and trusted the most. After he was captured, he was able to inherit Yuan Shao's career, and Guo Tu played a very critical role.

Yuan Tan stood up and stretched out his hand to caress Guo Tu. "Mr. Guo, what happened?"

"It's okay, I can't come to see the king?" Guo Tu smiled. Although he was dissatisfied with the current situation, he also knew that Yuan Tan was involuntarily. He was the people of Jizhou who interfered with him. Yuan Tan himself respected him. Whenever he met, he called him Mr. Guo and no one was allowed to be rude to him.

"Mr. Guo, look, am I worried about tiring Mr. Guo?"

"I'm so old?" Guo Tu grinned, took his seat along Yuan Tan's hand, and gently patted his knees. "The king is ready to surrender to the King of Wu?"

Yuan Tan was very embarrassed. So far, he had not officially reported Guo Tu's incident. "Mr. Guo, I..." He hesitated for a while and sighed. "I am ashamed of the previous king and Guo Gong. I really don't know how to speak. Please ask Guo Gong Haihan."

Guo Tu looked at Yuan Tan for a while, and his eyes gradually softened. He waved his hand. "Okay, Xian Si, this is fate, I can't blame you. When the previous king was alive, he was defeated by Guandu? You have tried your best. I think he will understand your difficulties. If you don't help, I can take the lead and explain it to you."

Yuan Tan looked at Guo Tu in surprise. He knew that Guo Tu would not object to surrender. Anyway, he was an outsider in Wei State. If he surrendered, he would only be better and worse with Guo Jia's relationship. But Guo Tu was still a little surprised that Guo Tu was so considerate of his difficulties. He couldn't figure out whether Guo Tu was showing his true feelings or perfunctory, and had other plans. However, he was still very moved by how he could hear someone calling him "showing thoughts". Now the only one who could still call him like this seemed to be Guo Tu in front of him.

"Mr. Guo..." Yuan Tan held Guo Tu's hand and mixed feelings. He told Mrs. Yuan's letter and Sun Ce's conditions, and everything was missing. Guo Tu listened quietly, snorted softly, and smiled and said, "I'll give you the household registration in Yecheng, and the household registration in Handan will give you Wenwu. I wonder how many households I can get?"

Yuan Tan was stunned and ashamed, and hurriedly said, "This is just a joke on the King of Wu, not necessarily so. If this is the case, Tan is willing to take half of the household registration in Yecheng and thank Mr. Guo for many years to assist me in the relationship between my father and son."

Guo Tu laughed, stroked his beard, and patted Yuan Tan's shoulder. "Then I thank Xiansi first. Although the city's household registration has been consumed over the years, there are still five or six thousand households. I have half of them, at least two thousand households, which are enough for retirement. There are no need to look at Fengxiao's face anymore." He smiled for a while and said, "Xiansi, in order to keep the coffin book of these two thousand households, I want to remind you that when the flag is changed, people's hearts are easy to move and uneasy, so you should be careful. Ruying's civil and military personnel are withering, and now those guarding Yecheng are all from Jizhou. Liu Bei, Feng Ji is rampant outside the city, and people in the city are inevitably distracted. There are many people who want to use your head to ask Liu Bei for his merits and exchange for wealth."

Yuan Tan understood that although Guo Tu did not prepare for the idea, he still had some intelligence power, especially the situation in Yecheng. He came suddenly, probably because he had mastered some of the situation, and it was related to his own safety. Although Ju Su had arranged for people to monitor the generals, it was always good to have one more news. As Guo Tu said, it was most likely to rebel at this time. He moved forward, sat with Guo Tu on his knees, and held in all four hands.

"Mr. Guo is a wise man, please give me advice."

"Shen Rong has left the city, do you know?"

Yuan Tan's eyes shook slightly and he shook his head. "When did it happen?"

"Out of the city is before dawn, and after sunset when returning to the city is after sunset."

Yuan Tan pondered for a moment. Guo Tu's words sounded simple, but actually meaningful. Shen Rong left the city all day long, and he could walk a long way, meet many people, and do a lot of things. Besides, he left the city before dawn, but he has not received any news yet, indicating that someone is hiding the news. This is naturally directed at Tian Feng and Ju Su, who are the two most influential Jizhou people in the city, especially Ju Su, who controls the meticulous camp.

"I'll send someone to check right away, what else?"

"Xiansi, have you ever thought about where Zhang He will go if you applaud the King of Wu?"

"Zhang He...what happened?"

"Xiansi, you are so noble, you are so kind of forgot about it." Guo Tu sighed: "Did you forget it? In the Battle of Guandu, Zhang He killed Han Yin in the face of the battle. Han Yin is Han Sui's legitimate son, Han Sui is a hero in Liangzhou. His daughter and son-in-law are all under the tent of the King of Wu. Zhang He killed Han Sui's legitimate son. How will he face Han Sui's daughter and son-in-law in the future? "

Yuan Tan also became nervous. To put it in detail, it was indeed not a good choice for Zhang He. He was from Hejian. Now that Hejian is in Liu Bei's control, it is said that Liu Bei is still very concerned about the Zhang family and may have had contact in secret. In the battle of the Bai people, Zhang He said that it was blocked by Xiahou Lan and failed to arrive at the battlefield to reinforce in time, but who knows what the reason behind this is?

Can Xiahou Lan stop Zhang He?

Seeing Yuan Tan's face changing, Guo Tu knew that he was suspicious, and then said, "Think about it again, how did Gongsun Zan die? Can Gongsun Xu and Zhang He smile to eliminate their grudges?"

Yuan Tan took a breath of cold air and his face turned pale. "Handan is in danger."

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Handan.

Zhang He held the city wall, squinted his eyes, looked at Zhang Fei who was riding with a spear across the moat, and challenged him loudly.

But his focus was not on Zhang Fei, but on a Confucian scholar further away.

He had a good eye and recognized that this was his old friend at first sight. Bei Zhan, a famous scholar in Hejian Kingdom. He heard that Bei Zhan was highly valued by Hejian Xiangzhao because of his knowledge and was attracted to him, so he introduced him to Liu Bei, the king of Zhongshan.

It is not surprising that Bei Zhan appeared in Zhang Fei's camp, but it is inevitable that he would be suspicious when he appeared in such an occasion. When Zhang Fei's challenge was in contact, he suspected that this was just a cover - the battle between the two armies would not depend on one person, and he could ignore Zhang Fei at all. When he was tired outside the city, he would naturally go back - his real purpose was that Bei Zhan would come to persuade him to surrender.

Should I meet Bei Zhan? Zhang He was a little hesitant. After leaving the city, no matter whether he talked to Bei Zhan or not, he would lose his word. When the matter reached Yuan Tan's ears, he would inevitably have suspicion. But he really wanted to hear what Bei Zhan would say. Yuan Tan had decided to surrender to Sun Ce, but he was pushed to an extremely embarrassing situation.

He surrendered to Sun Ce, how can he get along with Yan Xing in the future? Yuan Tan surrendered only at the end of his journey. He had no qualifications to negotiate, and he could not even protect his own interests, let alone others. As a surrendered general, he had a bloody feud with Sun Ce's confidant general, and his future was almost imagined.

What's more, it is possible to take the lives of the tribe members.

Zhang He hesitated for a while, patted the battlements, and sneered: "Open the door, I will fight Zhang Fei, and learn how powerful this spear is."

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