Liu Bei pinched his fingers with a solemn expression.

Jian Yong met Sun Ce's envoy Lu Zhu, but the conversation did not go well. After walking with Lu Zhu, it seems that an agreement has been reached, and Lu Zhu wants Liu Bei to make a choice, and he can't meet left and right between Liu Yu and Gongsun Zhan. This truth is not difficult, but it is not a good choice for Liu Bei. If he wants to gain a foothold in Youzhou, he must rely on Liu Yu's support. Youzhou Han and Hu live together, Gongsun Zan has a very poor relationship with the Hu people, but Liu Yu has a good relationship with the Hu people, Liu Bei has few tribes and weak strength, without the support of the Hu people, he can't gain a foothold.

What's more, his relationship with Gongsun Chan has never been very good, and now he looks even more detached. Even if he wants to get closer to Gongsun Zhan, it depends on whether Gongsun Chan gives him this face.

"I didn't expect to look forward to such a result." Liu Bei let out a long sigh. "Youzhou's wealth is insufficient, and it is difficult to achieve great things if you are controlled by others."

"Xuande, why do you feel this way?" Guan Yu strode in and said loudly.

Liu Bei glanced at Jian Yong. Jian Yong was patient and told him how he met Lu Zhu. After Guan Yu listened, the lying silkworm raised his eyebrows. "Why don't you say that we will take Youzhou by ourselves, not for anyone?"

Jian Yong turned his head to the side, not wanting to talk to Guan Yu. Standing and talking doesn't hurt your back, even Yuyang is in the name of Liu Yu, and you still want to ride the whole Youzhou, just three thousand steps, can you win Liu Yu, or can you win Gongsun Zhan? This Hedong'er is really ghostly, obviously he stayed in Nanyang, why did he come to Youzhou thousands of miles away. In this way, Liu Bei trusts him even more, and no one can compete with him. Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun said that Jian Yong was originally not on good terms with Guan Yu, and now they can't talk about going together, so they can try not to contact each other if they can.

Seeing this scene, Liu Bei coughed: "Xianhe, you go and see what Guorang is doing, and ask him to contact Brother Xianyu, this matter is related to Liu He, and Liu Gong should be prepared." ”

Jian Yong nodded in agreement and turned around. Guan Yu frowned and snorted disdainfully. Liu Bei waved his hand and persuaded in a harmonious voice: "Yun Chang, your temper has also changed." Xianhe was busy before and after, and it was very hard. You are my general, and Ling Zun is in Jingzhou, you should not express your position easily, it is not only rash, but also makes people feel selfish. ”

Guan Yu pursed his lips and disagreed. "Xuande, the gentleman walks straight, why care too much. Although my father is in Jingzhou, I am out of public interest and do not seek benefits for General Sun, so I can't say anything to others. ”

"I understand, but others may not know." Liu Bei knew that Guan Yu couldn't persuade with words, so he hurriedly changed the topic. "How is the recent training going, if you really want to take Youzhou by yourself, is it possible?"

When Guan Yu heard this, his eyes immediately lit up. "Xuande, do you have this intention?"

Liu Bei smiled but said nothing.

Guan Yu rubbed his hands excitedly. "If you want me to say, it should have been done a long time ago. That Liu Yu will only sell favors and invite reputations to please Hu Ren, on the surface, he is clothed and sloppy, but in fact, he doesn't know how much benefit he has received. It's obviously a clan, but it's secretly colluding with Yuan Shao, these hypocrites are left to do something, get rid of ...... earlier"

Seeing that Guan Yu couldn't hold his mouth as soon as he said it, Liu Bei hurriedly interrupted him. "Yun Chang, get down to business."

"Uh-oh." Guan Yu laughed embarrassedly twice, and said: "The training of the recruits is going well, but there are fewer troops. However, with me, Yide, and Zilong as generals, one is enough to defeat Liu Yu. At that time, the soldiers of Youzhou can be ridden 20,000 times, if Gongsun Zan knows the current affairs and is willing to use it for us, we will leave him with a life, otherwise we will kill him together, and then chase the Central Plains. ”

"With our current strength, can we defeat Gongsun Zhan?"

Guan Yu thought for a moment and shook his head. "The disparity in strength is too great, even if it can win, it will be a miserable victory, which will only allow Liu Yu to take advantage."

Liu Bei didn't ask again. With Guan Yu's arrogance, the crushing victory he said was almost a desperate bet, and the possibility of winning was infinitely close to zero. It was easy for him to accumulate these 3,000 cavalry, and he practiced with Sun Ce's training methods, and he was still counting on them to seize Youzhou, but he couldn't Meng Lang.

This matter still has to be discussed with Zhao Yun and Tian Yu, which is more reliable.

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Gongsun Chan tightened the reins, and the snow-white war horse slowly stopped, just in front of Shan Jing. Gongsun Zhan raised his hand and threw the double-headed iron spear in his hand to a white horse Yicong, with one leg lying across the saddle, leaning forward, looking down at Shan Jing, and the corners of his mouth were crooked.

"Tsk, this isn't my Yanzhou assassin history. I heard that Yuan Tan was defeated and captured, did you come back to offer the prisoner? ”

The white horse servants who followed laughed. Shan Jing was so embarrassed that he couldn't wait to dig a crack in the ground and get in. He regretted it very much, he knew that he shouldn't have come back like this, staying in Qingzhou, or simply surrendering Sun Ce and Tao Qian was better than coming back and being humiliated.

Seeing Shan Jing's cowardice, Gongsun Chan was even more displeased. He jumped off the horse, and a white horse Yi brought a Hu bed and brought wine, Gongsun Zhan took the wine glass, sat down on the Hu bed, and tasted a sip of wine, and then signaled someone to bring a Hu bed to Shan Jing and let Shan Jing sit opposite him.

"Tell me what news you brought back."

Shan Jing replied in a sneering manner, and sat down opposite Gongsun Zhan, holding his hands on his chest, cowering. "My lord, I ...... I was with General Sun's merchant ships, and after General Sun captured Rencheng, Yuan Shao was preparing to go south to Yanzhou after the autumn, and General Sun hoped to ......"

"The General Sun you are talking about is Sun Ce?" Gongsun Chan interrupted the Shan Sutra, drank all the wine in the cup, patted his knees, and stood up again. Shan Jing had no choice but to stand up, looked at Gongsun Zhan's heroic but obviously displeased face, and nodded blankly. He didn't know what he had said wrong. Gongsun Zan glanced at him and said coldly, "What did Sun Ce say?" Do you want me to attack Yuan Shao and be a pawn for him? ”

Shan Jing opened his mouth and didn't say anything more. Sun Ce really hoped that Gongsun Chan could send troops to attack Yuan Shao, but looking at Gongsun Zhan's face, he was obviously very repulsed by this. In his opinion, this is simply the best opportunity for Gongsun Chan to attack Yuan Shao, not only to avenge the revenge of Jieqiao and Longcuo, but also to form an alliance with Sun Ce, and will receive a steady stream of support in the future, and many people can't ask for it. Isn't that the purpose of Liu Bei's sending Jian Yong to wait at the dock.

However, on the way here, Lu Zhu had already told him that if Gongsun Zan was unwilling to form an alliance with Sun Ce, he didn't have to force it. If you don't align, you can still do business. Youzhou has war horses, Yuzhou has money and grain, and the two sides are still a good choice.

Sure enough, as soon as he heard about the mutual market, Gongsun Zhan's face was much better, and he who had planned to get back on the horse and ride and shoot again.

"Tell me, what things Sun Ce can provide, and how to send them over." Gongsun Chan grinned, his eyebrows raised. "How many horses does he want to buy, and how much is he going to pay for one? I don't sell it if it's cheap. ”

Shan Jing frowned, enduring the discomfort. "General, you should talk to Lu Zhu directly about these things. Lu Zhu's younger brother rode for Sun Ce, and his sister married Sun Ce as a concubine, and he could decide on behalf of Sun Ce. ”

"Okay, then let Elk Zhu come, I'll talk to him." Gongsun Chan stood up again and walked towards the war horse.

Shan Jing also stood up, watched Gongsun Chan turn over and get on the horse, and went away surrounded by the white horse Yicong, and sighed softly.