After all the generals left, Xu Guanzhong came to Luo Gan's side, and said with a serious expression: "Lord, there is not much grain and grass in Pingyuan City, and it was besieged by Jizhou soldiers before, and the grain and grass were cut off. ”

Luo Gan nodded first, and then reassured: "Don't worry, when I crossed the river, I had already asked Jinan Taishou to transport grain and grass, and if I calculated the time, the grain and grass should be delivered today." Don't worry about that. ”

Xu Guanzhong didn't seem to hear it, or rather, he had thought of it a long time ago, and he was not surprised, but continued: "Lord, our army has fought many times. The lord first led the army into Yanzhou and fought with Cao Cao. He also divided his troops to attack Xuzhou, and then Pingyuan County was attacked by Yuan Shao. The lord and his generals fought for a long time, and the results were remarkable. Backwards captured half of Yanzhou and half of Xuzhou. But my Qingzhou's strength has come to an end. ”

Luo Gan gasped, in fact, he really wanted to talk about it. With the land of Qingzhou, he defeated Cao Cao and Liu Bei, captured half of Xuzhou and half of Yanzhou, and fought with Jizhou.

Although in the end, it didn't reach the point of that kind of life-and-death battle to completely eliminate the other party, but it was almost consumed of Qingzhou's heritage. Coupled with the previous Yellow Turban Rebellion in Qingzhou, the current Qingzhou is a bit of a limit to its operation.

If it weren't for the fact that Luo Gan attached great importance to Tuntian, intensified efforts to rectify the rule of officials in Qingzhou, and vigorously developed agriculture, Qingzhou would not have been able to support Luo Gan as an enemy on three sides. At the same time, he was the enemy of Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao.

Xu Guanzhong saw that Luo Gan had a clear understanding, so he persuaded again: "This time, the Jizhou soldiers and the Xuzhou soldiers are attacking my Qingzhou from the north and south, and Cao Cao is eyeing my Qingzhou. In fact, Qingzhou has reached the edge of the cliff. In order to keep the place where he lived, the lord mobilized all the soldiers and horses in Qingzhou, and if a military horse suffered a heavy loss, the Qingzhou army would be in danger. Fortunately, the princes of the world could not work together to deal with my Qingzhou, and the lord led his troops to defeat Liu Bei and Yuan Tan. Now the situation is very favorable to our army, and at this time, Yuan Tan's army has been blocked in Ande City. But if the lord really destroys this Yuan Tan, I'm afraid it's not a good thing. ”

Now Luo Gan has the strength to eliminate the Yuan Tan army that has lost grain and grass, but it will also pay a lot of casualties, and angered Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao sent the Jizhou army to come to conquer, with Luo Gan's current strength, unless it is to shrink the force and gather all the soldiers and horses, in order to really fight with the army led by Yuan Shao himself.

It is still difficult to say whether the winner will be defeated, and Xu Guanzhong wants to persuade Luo Gan not to put Yuan Tan to death now.

"The military advisor's intention is to make peace with Yuan Shao?" Luo Gan said calmly.

Xu Guanzhong nodded and analyzed: "To say that the lord is now equivalent to owning the land of two states, and the territory is not small, but the newly acquired land has not yet been governed, the people's will has not yet been annexed, and it is difficult to raise grain and grass taxes." Therefore, we should first armistice before the war, govern the prefectures and counties, develop agriculture, and at least wait for the next year's harvest of grain and grass, and then go to war. You can negotiate peace with Yuan Shao first to avoid a full-scale war with Yuan Shao now. ”

Luo Gan expanded his territory, but he also divided his troops and horses, and these harvested territories have not yet been digested and become his strength. Pull the rhythm of the whole body, and when you digest these places, your strength will inevitably increase greatly.

"Okay, now Yuan Shao's second son Yuan Xi is in our hands, and his eldest son Yuan Tan is also trapped in Ande County by us. Then there will be a trip to the army and ask Yuan Shao if he wants his son. With Yuan Xi and Yuan Tan as hostages, Yuan Shao was asked to withdraw all the soldiers and horses from Qingzhou, and the two sides agreed that no war would occur within three years. Let him exchange 300,000 grains and grass for Yuan Xi and Guo Tu. Luo Gan smiled and said to Xu Guanzhong.

"No! After some preparations, you can send an envoy to Yuan Shao, but during the period when the lord wants to repair, he should improve the relationship with the surrounding princes, and at least let them not come to attack our Qingzhou. Xu Guanzhong hugged his fists.

Luo Gan shook his head and thought about it carefully: "Strategist, we want to be friends with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Liu Bei now. That's impossible, unless I can give up half of Yanzhou and half of Xuzhou. I think it is better to be friendly with them than with other princes, and to divert their attention. Oh, no, now the lord of Southern Xuzhou should be Lu Bu, and Liu Bei seems to have attached himself to Lu Bu. ”

Xu Guanzhong said: "You can form an alliance with Yuan Shu in Yanzhou to contain Xuzhou." can instigate Jingzhou Liu Biaobei to deal with Cao Cao. In addition, I don't know what the situation is in Youzhou? Then Gongsun Chan still has no soldiers and horses? ”

The situation in Youzhou seems to be a bit special, Yuan Shao united Liu Yu's old department in the battle of Youzhou, and the Xianbei people defeated Gongsun Zhan, forcing Gongsun Zhan to shrink in Yijing. However, Yuan Shao was not able to fully control Youzhou, and Xian Yufu and Yan Rou also had tens of thousands of horses in their hands, and they wanted to support Liu Yu's son Liu He as the lord of Youzhou, rather than subordinate to Yuan Shao.

In addition, there are still Xianbei people and Wuhuan people in Youzhou, and Ye Luhui in the north of Youzhou seems to be also involved in the affairs of Youzhou. The princes are the Taishou of the original counties of Youzhou and most of the county orders were appointed by Gongsun Zhan, although after Gongsun Chan was defeated, some people chose to belong to Yan Rou, some chose to belong to Yuan Shao, and of course some continued to support Gongsun Zhan.

All Youzhou is still very chaotic, and it has not completely decided who is really in control of this land.

"Gongsun Chan sent a messenger to me a while ago and asked me to send troops to rescue him, but unfortunately, I didn't have any extra soldiers and horses to help. However, now they can send a few more envoys, whether it is Gongsun Zan or Yan Rou, to win them over and contain Yuan Shao in Youzhou. In addition, you can divert their attention from staring at the East and looking at the West more. Luo Gan combined the information of the system and the intelligence of the scouts and analyzed.

Xu Guanzhong's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "The lord is talking about the son of heaven?" Let them get involved in the affairs of the court? ”

Luo Gan nodded: "At the beginning, the princes of the Eighteenth Route of Kanto jointly crusaded against Dong Zhuo, although it failed, but Dong Zhuo also moved the imperial court west to Chang'an. After that, the various princes of the Kanto region suppressed the remnants of the Yellow Turban forces and fought against each other, all of which were focused on the Kanto. But now in the Chang'an generation, the Luoyang area is also very attractive, after all, the imperial court is still the imperial court, and the emperor is still the emperor. ”

Xu Guanzhong also helped Luo Gan deal with some information, and he also had some understanding of the affairs of the imperial court: "When Dong Zhuo died, Wang Yun and Lu Bu's Bingzhou faction suppressed the Liangzhou faction, and then Dong Zhuo's Li Dao, Guo Yan and other generals with heavy troops killed Wang Yun and drove Lu Bu away. Subsequently, Liangzhou was discordant and fought with each other, and the imperial court was very chaotic. can let Cao Cao and Yuan Shao compete for the Son of Heaven, so as to give us a chance to recuperate, and even let Cao Cao turn Yuan Shao's face and let them attack each other. ”

"Okay, there is the labor division, and this matter is entrusted to you. I'm in charge of trapping Yuan Tanjun. Luo Gan said confidently.

"No!"

Xu Guanzhong also went to do something.