Shan Jing thought that Lu Zhu would be angered by Gongsun Zhan's arrogance, and was unwilling to take the initiative to see Gongsun Zhan, but he didn't expect Lu Zhu to agree without any hesitation. With rich gifts, he rushed to Yi County to meet Gongsun Zhan, with thoughtful etiquette and a sincere attitude.

Gongsun Chan was very satisfied, caressing the beautifully decorated and mysterious war knife, and couldn't put it down.

"Do all General Sun's subordinates use such good knives?"

Elk Zhu smiled and shook his head. "This is General Sun's specially customized sword for the general, which is unique in the world." Lu Zhu stepped forward, pointed to the inscription of the swallowing mouth, and said: "This is a white horse, this is invincible, and together it is an invincible white horse." ”

Gongsun Chan laughed and looked at it several times. He had read books, but his knowledge was very average, and he could barely guess the word white horse, but he couldn't guess the word invincible. He is known as the White Horse General, and Sun Ce gave him such a knife, which can be said to have scratched his itchy flesh, and the envy, jealousy and hatred in his heart have long been thrown out of the clouds.

"What kind of text is this? Nanyang's newly discovered ancient texts? ”

It is the old text of Kure County. A year ago, Wu County found a piece of Wu Wangge, which was this kind of writing. General Sun said that he is a hero of Wuhui, born in the southeast, general, you are a hero of Youyan, fighting in the northeast, and you should cherish each other. Brother Ling and General Zhengdong fought side by side, unfortunately died in battle, Sun and Gongsun have the righteousness of robes, and they should save each other. This knife is given to the general, and I hope that the general will hold this to drive away the Hulu externally, and remove the rebels internally, and be happy with the enmity. ”

The smile on Gongsun Zhan's face was a little reluctant. He pretended to appreciate the war knife, and only after a while did he say: "Now the main thing is to rebel against the general? ”

"Exactly."

Gongsun Chan laughed twice with mixed feelings. "Sun Zhengdong can let it go, it seems that he does have a good son." He patted his thigh and placed the new knife on the table. "In that case, let's talk. To tell the truth, although Qingzhou is half lost, I am not short of food, and the grain is three million stones, which is enough for me to support for a few years, you have to take something else. At the time of the war, the supply of war horses was not in supply, and the price may be higher than usual. ”

Elk Zhu nodded in agreement. Gongsun Zhan immediately arranged for his subordinate Le He to negotiate with Lu Zhu, and he took a few white horses to practice riding and shooting. Le He is about fifty, described as obscene, although he is dressed gorgeously, his demeanor is full of a small family spirit that cannot be concealed. After announcing his name to Lu Zhu, he was taken aback first. He was born in Jia, and he was no stranger to the Donghai Elk family, and when he learned that the middle-aged man in front of him was the head of the Elk family, he suddenly felt three points shorter, and even his speech became a little cramped.

After saying a few words to Le Hedang, knowing Le Hedang's identity, Lu Zhu was very unhappy. Gongsun Zhan not only lacked respect for Sun Ce, but was even more rude to him, and did not treat him as a messenger at all, and actually only sent a small businessman to negotiate with him, obviously treating him as a businessman.

They are both from poor families, and it is unimaginable that Gongsun Zan and Sun Ce's attitudes towards businessmen are so different.

However, Sun Ce invited Lu Zhu as an envoy to see Gongsun Zhan, on the one hand, because Lu Zhu was a special driver in Xuzhou and could claim to be Tao Qian's order, and on the other hand, it was indeed because he was a businessman and was good at negotiation. To deal with a small businessman like Le Hedang, Lu Zhu almost didn't need to use any means, and he directly crushed it from the momentum. He offered Le He Dang a generous condition to complete the transaction of a war horse, regardless of the transaction price, he would pay Le He Dang a commission of 1,000 yuan.

Le He used to be a small businessman, and he was satisfied with giving more than 10,000 yuan a year, and being an official under Gongsun Zhan was only expensive, and his status had improved, but his income had not increased too significantly, but his expenses had skyrocketed, making him feel like he couldn't make ends meet.

Money can make ghosts grind, and then there is no need to waste any tongue in the elk, Le He shook his tongue in front of Gongsun Zhan, and tried his best to persuade Gongsun Zhan to trade with Sun Ce. He also made up several reasons: First, Sun Ce's strength was strong, so he could entangle Yuan Shao. Second, Gongsun Chan doesn't sell horses, some people are willing to sell them, Liu Yu, Liu Bei and even Gongsun Du are all waiting in line, if they exchange war horses for Sun Ce's food and ordnance, it is obviously not good news for Gongsun Zhan. Compared with going to Zhuojun, Sun Ce's fleet was more convenient to Liaodong.

Therefore, it is not only necessary to sell horses, but also not to raise the price of horses, but to dictate the business so that others cannot touch it.

Gongsun Zan was moved by Le Hedang's words and decided to trade with Sun Ce, but he was unwilling to use his war horse reserves to weaken his strength, so he accepted Le Hedang's suggestion and sent people to Hu City to forcibly levy, Hu people sold horses in Hu City, the expensive ones were only five or six thousand horses, and they were snatched and sold to Sun Ce, and they could be sold for ten thousand, even if they were repaid according to the price, the difference was four or five thousand. If you don't give Hu Renma money, it will be tantamount to picking it up for nothing.

There is another advantage to going to Hu City to forcibly recruit war horses, so that Liu Yu and Liu Bei have no horses to sell, even if they want to make a deal with Sun Ce, they can't find war horses in a hurry. Draw salary from the bottom of the kettle, killing two birds with one stone.

Gongsun Chan said he would do it, and sent people to nearby counties to collect horses. For a time, chickens and dogs jumped in several surrounding counties, complaining, and large and small conflicts broke out one after another. When Liu Yu heard this, he was furious, and while ordering someone to stop Gongsun Zhan, he warned Yuan Shao about the urgency, and at the same time ordered Liu Bei to prepare for war and prepare to forcibly expel Gongsun Zhan. When Gongsun Chan received the news, he didn't dare to slack off and waited for it.

Lu Zhu returned to the sea boat and waited for good news.

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After receiving the report from Youzhou and Liu Yu's request for help, Yuan Shao immediately convened the review, Guo Tu and others to discuss the matter.

Youzhou was the main source of Yuan Shao's cavalry and war horses, and Gongsun Zhan sent people to Hushi to rob horses obviously in response to Sun Ce, not just for trading. It is not easy to transport horses by sea, even if a big ship can carry 200 horses, 2,000 war horses is the limit of capacity, and Gongsun Chan does not need to rob all the nearby Hu markets.

Without horses, there would be no superior cavalry. Without the superior cavalry, Yuan Shao could not cope with Sun Ce's elusive cavalry tactics, and the advantage of the infantry could not be brought into play, the battle was bound to be protracted, and the consumption of grain and grass would increase exponentially. When the stakes increase to a certain extent, the post-autumn offensive may not be realized.

Therefore, it was rare for the judges, Guo Tu and others to unify their opinions, and suggested that Yuan Shao first defeat Gongsun Zan and stabilize Youzhou. Even if you can't kill Gongsun Zhan, you must defeat his arrogance, make Liu Yu a firm ally of Yuan Shao, and make Youzhou a stable rear of Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao stationed heavy troops in Hejian and Bohai, and he did not need to mobilize too many men and horses to complete the deployment for the war. Because the autumn harvest was getting closer and closer, Yuan Shao decided to lead the main force to the battlefield in person and unify the command in order to make a quick decision. At the same time, he transferred the general Lu Yi, who was on the campaign against Montenegro, to the army.

Taking advantage of this time, Fu Zhu asked Yuan Shao for instructions, and asked his son Fu Hu to join the army and listen to orders in the Lu Yi army.

Yuan Shao was very satisfied with Fu Zhu's attitude of taking the initiative to let his son join the army, and agreed.

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