Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 346 Gongsun Zan: Xuande, let me go

On September 20th, Gongsun Zan, who had finally bowed his head, brought Liu Yu and his family to Ji County to meet Liu Bei.

After handing Liu Yu over to the Han soldiers, he, Gongsun Fan, Tian Kai and Tian Yu dismounted and looked at the tall city walls of Ji County.

Gongsun Zan, who had a thick beard and a sturdy figure, looked haggard, perhaps because of the long journey or some other reason.

"Ji County, I never thought I would have the chance to set foot here in this lifetime, but Yuan Shao will never have the chance again."

Thinking of this, Gongsun Zan's mood couldn't help but improve a little.

Xuande had avenged him by beheading Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and exiling Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang and others to Lelang County.

But he also felt a little regretful that he did not completely eradicate the Yuan family.

Fortunately, Tian Kai finally woke him up. Instead of resisting the King of Han and ending up with the destruction of his clan, it would be better to bow his head and submit to the Han family.

In the future, he will look for an opportunity to completely destroy the Yuan family and avenge his brother.

Because he was born in Liaoxi, he was familiar with the terrain of Liaodong, and he was classmates with the King of Han. If he made meritorious contributions in the campaign against Gongsun Du, he could be appointed as the governor of Lelang or Liaodong, and then he could be assigned to a position according to the circumstances.

When this plan came out, Gongsun Zan was quite excited.

That's right. There were often rebellions by barbarians in Lelang County, and the Yuan family was related to the Wuhuan people by marriage. Perhaps they still had evil intentions and wanted to rebel against the Han Dynasty and establish their own regime.

If I were the local governor, and were faced with an urgent situation, I would kill the entire Yuan family. Even if Xuande blamed me, the worst that could happen to me, Gongsun Zan, would be the loss of my life. What would I be afraid of?

Now the Gongsun family is strong and the Yuan family is weak, there will always be a time to seize the opportunity.

While letting the soldiers collect the swords, Gongsun Zan recalled Tian Kai's earnest advice to him that when he apologized to the King of Han, he must be sincere and not be arrogant, and not follow the example of Peng Chong in the past.

"Xuan De, you are no longer the same as before..."

Gongsun Zan felt mixed emotions.

Led by the sergeant, we walked through the narrow path to the courtyard and waited.

Even though he learned that the King of Han wanted to meet Liu Bo'an first, Gongsun Zan did not dare to get angry anymore, especially when he saw the fat-waisted and broad-backed armored captain guarding the gate of the courtyard, glaring at them covetously.

Gongsun Zan felt an inexplicable chill down his spine. His intuition from years of life-and-death battles told him that if this strong man drew his sword and attacked him, even if he, Tian Kai, Tian Yu, and Gongsun Fan were wearing iron armor, they might not be able to kill him.

What's more, he has no blades on his body and is only wearing a few thin layers of robes. If a fight breaks out, his robes will be covered in blood and he will die in this courtyard in a short while.

Gongsun Zan suppressed his fear in his chest, his eyes fixed, and then he bowed and asked: "I am Gongsun Zan from Liaoxi. May I ask who you are, warrior?"

The warrior grinned and clasped his fists in return, saying, "Dian Wei from Chenliu, greetings to General Gongsun."

"Dian Wei..." Gongsun Zan pondered the name carefully and found that he had never heard of it. However, the world is so big, there are so many heroes and there must be people he has never met.

Youzhou is a frontier county that has long been plagued by war. Everyone likes to make friends with fierce and aggressive people, and Gongsun Bogui is even more so.

Looking at Dian Wei's burly figure, Gongsun Zan couldn't help but sigh: "Dian is a mighty warrior, just like a bear. I didn't expect that there are also fierce warriors in Yanzhou."

"I guess there aren't many people under the Han King's command who can defeat the warriors, right?"

Before Gongsun Zan finished his sigh, Dian Wei interrupted him with a smile and said, "Wei is only a little brave. When it comes to defeating an army and killing a general, there are countless people who can defeat me in the front line." "Guan Taishou, who is in charge of Weijun, Julujun, and Dongjun, as well as Zhang Taishou of Nanyang, Zhao Taishou of Shanyang, Taishi Xiang of Xiapi, and Guan Taishou of Jiujiang. In addition, there are Lü Fengxian, Zhang Wenyuan, Sun Bofu and others."

Gongsun Zan was slightly stunned when he heard this, and immediately asked, "Could it be Guan Yu, Zhang Yide, Zhao Zilong, or Taishi Ziyi?"

He had seen some of these people before, and had only heard rumors about some of them. It was said that Xuande had many brave and capable generals under his command, comparable to the Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai. He did not expect it to be true.

"By the way, Zan heard that there is also Xu Chu, the Xu Zhongkang who killed Zhu Ling. He is also a fierce general in the army. He often rushes forward with a hammer for the King of Han. Wherever he goes, he smashes heads and bodies. No one can stop him."

"May I ask who is stronger, Xu Zhongkang or Dian Qiangshi?"

Gongsun Zan suddenly became curious.

Dian Wei was speechless for a moment, his face tanned by the sun unable to hold back. If it came to arm-to-arm combat, he had never really had the upper hand.

As the leader of the Yuzhou rangers, Xu Chu is indeed quite capable. In terms of strength, he is not afraid of others, but his skills are slightly inferior.

But how could he say such a thing out loud? Wouldn't that be embarrassing for him?
Dian Wei immediately shook his head and sighed: "Although Xu Zhongkang is brave and strong, he is brave but not wise..."

"cough!"

Before he finished speaking, a cough sounded from behind him. Xu Chu came over with a dark face, holding his knife, glanced at Dian Wei, and set his eyes on Gongsun Zan and others. He bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please invite the two Generals Gongsun and the two Lords Tian to come to the hall."

After hearing this, Gongsun Zan's eyes flashed with a trace of panic. He had been unruly before and had been repeatedly summoned to Wuzhong County but had not been able to come. Although he had come now, he had been delayed for several days. It was inevitable that he would be a little afraid when the time came.

But he was a local lord after all, so Gongsun Zan suppressed his panic in a moment, bowed to Xu Chu, and followed him with his officials.

Dian Wei, who was caught gossiping, was left standing there with a blushing face and sighing secretly: "It really is true that one should not act according to one's heart, nor should one speak according to one's mouth."

He never said anything bad about Xu Zhongkang again.

On the other side, Liu Bei stood in front of the hall waiting for Gongsun Zan to arrive. When he saw the other party, he immediately raised his finger and pointed and said with a smile: "Bogui, why are you so late? Don't you want to be a minister of the Han Dynasty?"

When Gongsun Zan first saw Liu Bei, he thought that Liu Bei came to greet him in person because of their old friendship, and he immediately felt secretly delighted.

However, when they heard Liu Bei's accusing tone when they met, Gongsun Zan and others were so frightened that their hearts suddenly skipped a beat and they almost lost their souls.

Several people immediately knelt on the ground and apologized. Gongsun Zan said anxiously: "Gongsun did not know the power of the King of Han, did not know what was good and what was bad, was self-righteous, and almost went astray. Today, I return and let the king deal with me. I am willing to die."

Gongsun Fan, Tian Kai and Tian Yu also kowtowed and apologized.

Liu Bei remained silent for a long while before pointing at Gongsun Zan and saying, "I have already helped you deal with the matter of imprisoning Liu Bo'an so that the other party will not pursue the matter any more."

"I have been waiting here for more than a month because of our past friendship. Since you are at my disposal, I will first dismiss Gongsun from all his official posts and move the entire Liaoxi Gongsun clan to Gong County in Sili, and set out with the army."

Liu Bei didn't beat around the bush and spoke directly and directly.

He planned to follow the example of the Gongsun clan and move to Sili, where the people were sparsely populated, to fill the local population.

Hearing this, Gongsun Zan's face turned pale instantly, and he wailed in his heart: "It's over, the Gongsun family can never go back to Liaoxi again."

(End of this chapter)