Handan City is located in the south of Jizhou. This is a city with a long history, since the Zhao Wuling King Hu Fu cavalry shooting, Zhao has long occupied the status of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period. Handan, on the other hand, served as the capital of Zhao hundreds of years ago, witnessing the decline of this once-powerful vassal state.

The streets in the city are criss-crossed, the pavilions and pavilions are connected by the eaves, and the wooden pavilions above the second floor can be seen everywhere, and the whole city is not much more depressed than Chang'an after Dong Zhuo moved the capital.

Riding a tall war horse, surrounded by Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang and other generals, Liu Wei slowly marched through the streets of Handan.

On both sides of the street, rows of soldiers of the Jizhou Army in ragged clothes and armor stood in rows. Behind the officers and soldiers of the Jizhou Army standing on the side of the street, there were many people watching the excitement.

Walking slowly along the bluestone-paved streets, along the way, Liu Wei found that most of the people standing on the side of the road watching the excitement were women, and very few men's faces appeared.

"Little General!" Puzzled in his heart, Liu Wei turned his head and whispered to Yuan Xi, who was riding a horse behind the side, "Why are there so many women in this Handan City?" ”

"Back to Your Highness!" When Liu Wei asked this, Yuan Xi smiled very embarrassedly, lowered his voice and said to Liu Wei: "The area of Jizhou has been harassed by the Yellow Turban all the year round, and has been at war with Gongsun Zan several times. Years of military disasters, there are a lot of losses in men, not only in Handan, but also in many cities. ”

"Ugh!" After Yuan Xi's explanation, Liu Wei nodded, didn't speak again, and gently clamped his legs towards the horse's abdomen, urging the war horse to speed up.

Liu Wei's speed was a little faster, and the people who followed him also urged their horses to follow. His Royal Highness and the generals quickened their speed, and the army behind them would not be left behind, and tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of Handan City like a rapid march.

Although the speed of the march was much faster, the formation of the Luoyang army was not disordered at all. The red patch on the street is full of Luoyang soldiers with neat steps, and the scene is spectacular. Watching the lively people on the street, at first they were somewhat afraid of the army entering the city, but later, the women actually forgot about their fears, and talked to each other about which Luoyang soldiers in the team looked lovely.

Because Liu Wei walked too fast, the people of Handan crowded on both sides of the street, and even most of them did not see his appearance clearly.

Accompanied by Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang, Liu Wei marched quickly along the streets of Handan City and went straight to the Handan official mansion.

The government of a big city is different from the government of a small and medium-sized city. However, compared with many official mansions that Liu Wei has been to in the past, Handan's official mansions are a bit too grand.

When he arrived at the gate of the official mansion, Liu Wei rode on a horse, looked up at the tall door, frowned slightly, and said to Yuan Xi on the side: "This Handan official mansion is a rare style. ”

Yuan Xi, who had been to Luoyang before, knew that Liu Wei didn't like luxury, and when Liu Wei said this, he only felt a cold sweat on his back spine.

Liu Wei did not dismount, and Yuan Xi did not dare to jump off the horse first. When he was asked by Liu Wei's words, he was stunned in his heart, and he didn't know how to answer, so he just lowered his head and answered twice.

Yuan Shang on the side didn't know much about the situation in Luoyang City, and he didn't know that Liu Wei would occasionally make him a few sets of luxurious clothes except Tao Huanniang on weekdays, and his clothes were generally extremely simple, and he was also very disgusted with luxury.

However, Yuan Shang saw some clues from Liu Wei's face and Yuan Xi's expression, smiled slightly, hugged his fists and saluted Liu Wei and said: "Your Highness doesn't know, this Jizhou has Zhongshan, Changshan and other countries, as well as Lu County, Wei County and other counties. This Handan is where Zhao Guozhi was located when the Seven Heroes were located, and it was already magnificent. Although hundreds of years have passed, the Qin Dynasty has not been damaged, and the government does not need to build it on a large scale, but only repairs the previous palace, and it has the current scale. The officials of Jizhou just ordered someone to plant some flowers and plants in the mansion to add a little more vitality to this place! As for the cost, it doesn't need to be much. ”

After listening to Yuan Shang's explanation, Liu Wei couldn't help but glance at him more.

He had long heard that among Yuan Shao's three sons, Yuan Shang was the most intelligent. Fang Cai saw each other outside the city and didn't feel anything, but Yuan Shang's answer was an understatement to erase the key to the problem, which made Liu Wei's disgust with the luxurious official mansion in front of him much less.

After staring at Yuan Shang for a long time, Liu Wei suddenly raised his face, smiled, and said to everyone behind him: "This king just feels that this place is quite grandiose, so he just asks casually!" There is no need for everyone to be so nervous, but it seems that the king is speaking coldly. ”

Liu Wei smiled, although the people who followed him didn't think it was funny, but they all forced a smile and laughed, especially the Yuan brothers who secretly wiped their sweat, because they laughed too reluctantly, their smiles were very ugly.

Turning over and jumping off the horse, surrounded by the Yuan brothers and Pang Tong and the generals, Liu Wei entered the Handan official mansion.

Fang Cai was just standing outside the main gate of the official mansion, just looking at the towering door, he felt that this place must be magnificent, and when he entered the official mansion, he realized that compared with the real thing, his guess just now was simply too shabby.

Just the front yard of the government is the size of four or five football fields. The pavilions in the courtyard are connected, the corner towers are connected, especially the front hall facing the main entrance, there is also a long staircase, which extends to the front hall door, and its momentum is not far behind compared with the Luoyang Palace.

What is particularly regrettable is that this long staircase is made of white marble polishing, and even the stone platforms on both sides of the staircase are all white marble carvings.

In addition, what also amazed Liu Wei was that it was now late autumn, and it stands to reason that it should be the season when the grass and trees are withering and the white flowers are not thriving. But in the front yard of the official mansion, chrysanthemums are blooming everywhere.

If it was just a garden full of chrysanthemums, Liu Wei would not feel amazing. But the chrysanthemums in full bloom in the garden are not the same color, yellow, red, white, pink, ink...... All kinds of colors complement each other and are colorful. At a glance, if you don't look closely at the blooming petals, you will think that you have come to the garden in the spring of March.

With such a wide variety of chrysanthemums, even if it is to find flower seeds, I am afraid it will take a lot of manpower and material resources, so it can be seen that Yuan Shang's explanation just now is just an attempt to hide the real consumption.

"Elegant, really elegant!" Looking around the courtyard, the corners of Liu Wei's mouth twitched slightly, let out two sighs, and walked towards the stairs leading to the front hall.

When Liu Wei raised his feet and walked away, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang glanced at each other, knowing that the entire county seat of Jizhou was such a luxurious two, and they couldn't help but secretly wipe a cold sweat.

Although the Montenegrin army was defeated, Gongsun Zhan still led the army and the Jizhou army to attack each other. Liu Wei stayed in Jizhou, I'm afraid there will be some time, if he goes to the official mansion more, I don't know what kind of impression he will have of the Yuan family in Jizhou.

Although they were worried in their hearts, there was nothing the Yuan brothers could do at the moment, Liu Wei had already walked towards the front hall, and they had no choice but to follow.

Soon after Liu Wei entered Jizhou City, Deng Zhan, who was suspicious of the soldiers in the west of the city, led 500 dragoon guards, holding the banner of the Luoyang Army, and swaggered towards Handan.

Following behind Deng Zhan, the mood of all the dragoon guards was not very high. After the whole battle was fought, the dragoon guards hiding in the woods could only listen to the shouts of killing outside, anxious, but there was nothing to do.

While the others were killing outside, the Dragoon Guards had to tie branches behind their horses' buttocks and drag them around the forest.

The long sword at the waist did not have a chance to drink the blood of the enemy, but in their stomachs, they did not drink the smoke and dust that filled the forest.

Coming out of the forest, the dragoon guards were covered with dust one by one, and their gray faces were very embarrassed.

Deng Zhan, who was as depressed as the dragoon guards, had a cold face, as if someone owed him 10,000 yuan and didn't pay it back, and his eyes were gloomy and scary on the way forward.

"General, I'm really fucking aggrieved!" Following behind Deng Zhan, the more a dragoon guard officer thought about it, the more he felt uncomfortable, and whispered to Deng Zhan and said: "My brothers, after the general's training, although all of them are not superb, although their swordsmanship is not excellent, they are much stronger than those Yulin Guards who only know how to stand guard with ******. They can defend the walls, but we will run into the woods and drag the branches; Others are chopping and chopping happily, but I have drunk a stomach full of dust......"

"Shut up!" Without waiting for the officer to finish speaking, Deng Zhan turned his head and glared at him, and said to him: "Chatter, if you look like a girl again, beware of General Ben pumping your tendons!" ”

was drunk by Deng Zhan, and the dragoon guard officer really shrunk his neck and didn't dare to say anything. Although there was still a trace of anger on his face, he really didn't dare to say more.

At this time, Deng Zhan was also upset, this battle Luoyang Army defeated hundreds of thousands of Black Mountain Army in one fell swoop, but he led the Dragoon Guard, a team that was more elite than Yulinwei, hiding in the woods and dragging branches to play.

If he says it, I'm afraid that people who recognize him Deng Zhan will have to laugh off their big teeth. Riding on horseback, seeing that he was about to walk to the gate of Handan City, and seeing the open gate of Handan, Deng Zhan sighed heavily in annoyance.

Just as he was leading the dragoon guards to enter the city gate, two Jizhou soldiers stepped forward to stop them, and one of the Jizhou soldiers stretched out his hand and made a stop gesture, and said to Deng Zhan: "Please stay general!" ”

was blocked by two Jizhou soldiers, Deng Zhan, who was already irritable in his heart, frowned slightly, looked at the two soldiers from head to toe, and said angrily: "What? Why don't you let me wait to enter the city? ”

The dragoon guards behind Deng Zhan were all wearing red robes, although they were covered in dust, the golden feathers on the helmet were extremely eye-catching.

"Not really!" Fighting side by side with Yu Linwei for many days, the Jizhou army admired the feather Linwei with red feathers on the helmet, and now saw the dragoon guard with golden feathers on the helmet, although he didn't know how powerful the dragoon guard was, but he didn't dare to underestimate it, the two Jizhou soldiers hurriedly hugged their fists and bowed, and saluted Deng Zhan, one of them said to him: "I also hope that the general will report his name and surname, and I will wait for the inquiry before letting the general enter the ......city."

"Deng Zhan!" Holding the reins in one hand and squinting at the two Jizhou soldiers standing in front of the horse, Deng Zhan responded angrily.

"Please stay with the general!" got Deng Zhan's surname, and a Jizhou soldier quickly ran into the city and asked Yu Linwei, who he was familiar with, about Deng Zhan's surname.

After a while, under the guidance of the Jizhou soldiers, more than a dozen Yulinwei, who had not had time to change their clothes and armor, trotted out of the city gate, and saw Deng Zhan, the leading Yulinwei officer bowed with his fists, and said to Deng Zhan very respectfully: "The general forgives the sin, the brothers of the Jizhou army don't recognize the general, and they collided with the prestige, the villain is late, really damn it!" ”

"Phew!" Without waiting for Deng Zhan to speak, a dragoon guard officer standing behind Deng Zhan on horseback spat on the ground, muttering and scolding: "Mother, you have made a little breakthrough, even your own general dares to stop it, but it gives birth to a good pair of dog eyes!" ”

"Who the fuck are you scolding?" The soldiers of Yulinwei are all carefully selected from the Luoyang army in a hundred battles, and they are full of blood, and they can hear the dragoon guard officer scolding and muttering, and the Yulinwei officer, who is very respectful to Deng Zhan, glared at him, and actually forgot that Deng Zhan was still in front of him, and said to the dragoon guard officer: "They are all their own brothers, be careful when you speak." If it weren't for the general here, he would have beaten you into a dead dog today, would you believe it or not? ”