The news that the Youzhou army left Wuruan Pass and followed the township of Sanxian was transmitted to Gongsun Zhan's tent stationed in Wu County garrison Yuan Shao two days later.

It wasn't his turn to be angry.

Compared to the hatred of exterminating the clan and the hatred of killing the son, what are these?

The hatred between Gongsun Zan and Yanbei is great, and it is not at all about these ten thousand stones of grain and grass or hundreds of old soldiers. Until now, neither of them will delve into who or how the hatred between them arose or intensified...... The hatred between the two of them is the hatred that grows between tens of thousands of people in the two states of Youji. In the previous offensive wars between the two, the casualties on both sides have involved the lives and deaths of tens of thousands of people, and it doesn't matter where these hatreds come from.

Gongsun Zhan, who put down the book, only felt a little confused, and the heroic White Horse General in the past looked extremely depressed after his family and career suffered multiple blows in recent years, and raised his head blankly and asked Guan Jing, the only strategist under his subordinates: "A certain family, what should I do?" ”

Guan Jing was originally born in Youzhou and was not treated by others, but he became famous because of Gongsun Zhan's affection, so he was loyal to Gongsun Zhan. It's just that this person is not a wise man, so how can he solve Gongsun Zhan's doubts?

Gongsun Zhan's heart is splitting all the time, and his people must be here to guard against Yuan Shao's attack, but his heart has already flown to the border of Youji and has a bloody battle with Yanbei. With the death of the clan and the suffering of relatives and children, the successive blows made Gongsun Chan lose his original accurate judgment of the battle situation and appear impulsive and desperate, and successively lost the land of Qinghe Kingdom in the battle with Yuan Shao, and the north was recaptured by Yanbei Zhuo County, making the living space smaller and smaller.

When the situation is good, Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses are like tigers descending from the mountains, plundering all directions; But once it comes to adversity, it seems that all the resentment accumulated on weekdays bursts out. They had no place to produce weapons, only a few hundred craftsmen from the general's headquarters, and no minerals, so they could only build a furnace by craftsmen in the wilderness to rebuild the discarded armor...... In victory, this arrangement seemed to be very good, and the craftsmen followed the army and smelted iron wherever they won, and with little money spent, they were able to forge discarded war profits into new weapons.

But once they lost the battle and lost their armor, they only had so many weapons, and they were powerless to follow.

In addition to these, their control over the county and township has also been reduced for a while, or in other words, their control over the county is only through fear to gain respect. The people respected them because Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses were always able to win battles, so the people were afraid. But once Gongsun Chan could no longer win the battle, all he had was the soldiers who were still loyal.

Other than that, there is nothing.

"Can you, can you stop with Yuan Shao first, stop fighting." It would have been extremely difficult for someone as proud as Gongsun Chan to say a truce, but he couldn't seem to think of a better way at this time. Don't talk about surrender, the truce alone made Gongsun Zhan's voice reveal a sense of resignation, "How can you stop fighting with Yuan Shao?" ”

His subordinates are not talents who can take charge on their own, and the so-called war completely relies on Gongsun Chan alone to support the overall situation. Countless wars have proven that the White Horse Righteous Servant with the White Horse General and the White Horse Righteous Servant without the White Horse General are not the same army at all.

He could no longer sustain such a war on his back.

It's just that the huge sadness revealed in Gongsun Zhan's tone made Guan Jing's nose sour, and his lips and teeth trembled and he couldn't speak.

When had he ever seen the swaggering Gongsun Bogui with such a look?

"Why is the general like this? We have tens of thousands of people, and the Shao is just a dirty thief, so why should we practice and make peace with him? Guan Jing arched his hand, wept, and almost shouted: "This midwinter is coming, so I will ask Shao for peace, whether it will be successful or not, if you rush to attack Yuan Shao in Jizhou, and take its Bohai Sea to ride back, and wait for the next year to form a large army to go north, abandon the land of Jizhou and fight Yanbei Xiaoer, then the outcome is unknown!" ”

The comical strategic guiding ideology of Gongsun is at work, and the gains and losses of one city and one place are not important; The gains and losses of one county and one county are not important; As long as the battle is won, it's fine.

If the staff in Youzhou said such a thing, Yanbei would definitely laugh off his big teeth, but under the rule of Gongsun Zan in Jizhou, they have always been this way of survival, and they don't think there is anything wrong. Because he has never governed those counties on the left and right, what does it matter if he is not in his own hands?

"Even so, Zhongshan Changshan can't be thrown to Yanbei for disaster, gathering soldiers and horses to crusade against Yuan Shao first, it's also a method, but if the damage is too large, if Yanbei comes, where will there be soldiers and horses to resist?"

"Why don't you form a good Black Mountain Army and make it a reinforcement?" As soon as Guan Jing spoke, he was vetoed by Gongsun Zhan, and waved his hand: "Zhang Yan of Montenegro is deeply favored by Yanbei, but I am afraid that not only will it not be used by me, but it will form an alliance with Yanbei and defect...... Don't be careful. ”

"Since Montenegro and Yanbei intersect irreversibly, the general must ask him to come out of the mountain and attack Yuan Shao." Guan Jing said: "If Montenegro does not move, sooner or later it will be used by Yanbei, it is better to make it attack Yuan Shao first, and both will be defeated. ”

Gongsun Zhan's eyes lit up for a moment, but then dimmed, and he said in a deep voice: "In this case, I will persuade the Black Mountain Army according to your ideas, and ask them to send 5,000 soldiers and horses to flank me and attack Yuan Shao." ”

Yuan Shao, Yan Bei, Yuan Shao, Yan Bei...... These two names are like Gongsun Zhan's nightmare, symbolizing the two strong enemies in the east and north, making him unable to take care of everything, and at this moment he lost contact with Liu Bei in Qingzhou, which made Gongsun Zhan disheartened.

It is precisely because of this that Gongsun Chan is forced to want to defeat Yanbei as soon as possible.

Youzhou is not a good place, far inferior to Jizhou or the Central Plains, but Youzhou also has an advantage that other states and counties are far beyond reach, Youzhou is remote and closed enough. The narrow strip of land is surrounded by mountains to the east, grasslands to the north, and an endless sea to the south.

If you can capture Youzhou, you won't have to face different enemies on multiple sides, right?

Gongsun Chan thought so, and finally had a little expectation for the coming year in his heart.

Next year, next year, he will get the head of Yanbei Xiang and take the entire Youzhou, maybe at that time, his grandson Bogui can also throw away his inherent ideas and lead the government like Yanbei!