Liu Bei analyzed in detail many unfavorable factors for his side.

The army fought fiercely with the Yellow Turban Army continuously, and the soldiers were very tired. The 100,000 soldiers recruited from the Yellow Turban Army captives had not been repaired, and the morale of the army was extremely unstable. Although we have won over some people's hearts with money, after all, these people are all ant thieves who have been burning and looting for two years, and they may rebel at any time, and there is even a danger of rebellion.

The army was seriously short of food, grass and ordnance. Although we have captured a large amount of grain and grass from the Yellow Turban Army, the number is really limited and cannot support the needs of the army of more than 100,000.

In addition, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians who accompanied the army were basically displaced people who followed the Yellow Turban Army in the past to fight in the south and north, and they also needed food, and we could not afford to supply it for the time being. It will take at least a month for the situation to improve. A month later, the army that had seized Bohai County would send food and ordnance one after another.

But even then, food and ordnance were far from sufficient. We will have nearly 140,000 troops, a number that is too large for us to support.

And the most important reason, what if we lose? Liu Bei looked at Gongsun Zhan and stopped talking.

In the past few years, he has worked hard to run Pingyuan County, and he has finally accumulated a little strength, but last year's battle against Dong Zhuo buried all his previous years of hard work. Fortunately, the territory of Pingyuan County was not lost, he returned to Pingyuan County again, and after more than a year of hard work, he finally pulled up another 10,000 horses, which was barely recovered.

This time, relying on Gongsun Zhan's strong strength, he thought that his fate could be changed, but who knew that Gongsun Chan suddenly decided to drive away Yuan Shao and capture Jizhou.

Gongsun Zhan's decision surprised him. But if you think about it carefully, although Gongsun Zhan's move is amazing, it is also a helpless move, and it can even be said to be a wise move.

Hejian Kingdom is surrounded by Zhongshan Kingdom, Julu County, Bohai County and Zhuo County of Youzhou in Jizhou, and now the hussar general Li Yi obviously wants to take Jizhou, so that Hejian Kingdom is completely surrounded by the hussar general's territory in the middle. If Gongsun Chan goes back again, not to mention what he has done, his survival will be a problem in the future.

If there is a big chaos today, Yuan Shao swaggered away and drove Han Fu away to set himself up as the pastor of Jizhou, and Liu Biao secretly ran to Xiangyang to say that he was the pastor of Jingzhou. And Cao Cao didn't have anything, but he also occupied Peiguo in a grand manner. The hussar general was even more arrogant, stretched out his hand to Yuzhou, and beat Sun Jian, Xu Jing, Zhou Ang and others out of Yangzhai City.

Since these world-shattering bigwigs can ignore the people of the society and do whatever they want unscrupulously, why can't Gongsun Zhan, who has made great achievements in the world? Should he just sit in that place in the River Country and wait for him to die?

Liu Bei is unfair for Gongsun Zhan, and he is also unfair for himself. When he met Li Yi for the first time, both of them were white. But more than eight years have passed, Li Yi is already a hussar general, and he is only a plain guard, which is still valued by Taifu Liu Yu, otherwise this plain guard will not be able to sit steadily.

Nowadays, the world is getting more and more powerful, and everyone is not relying on merit to get promoted, nor is it spending money to buy officials, but to see whose fists are hard to grab officials. Whoever has the strength and who can grab a piece of land will be rich and powerful, and now even the leader of the Yellow Turban Army knows that he has made himself a general.

Let's fight. Although he is the Taishou of the Plains, he is also a big official of two thousand stones, but he doesn't have much strength, and he can't speak at all in the Gongsun Army, if it weren't for Gongsun Zhan to give face, he wouldn't even have the qualifications to enter the big tent.

If Gongsun Zhan really defeated Jizhou, then his strength soared. With his relationship with his classmates, he may be able to grab a few more counties with him, instead of guarding the plain county anymore.

With the territory and strength, Gongsun Zan and himself are qualified to talk to Dong Zhuo, Li Yi, and Yuan Shao about the world's major events to save the society and save the common people.

However, things suddenly broke out again, and the Northern Frontier Army suddenly appeared in front of them like a leopard that had been hidden for a long time.

The importance of Jizhou to Northern Xinjiang is self-evident, Li Yi has not had the eldest princess sitting in Quanzhou in the past two years, without the fetters of the two well-known edicts of the first emperor, and without the containment of Dong Zhuo and Luoyang, it is estimated that he would have already revealed his hideous face, opened his bloody mouth, and swallowed Jizhou in one bite.

Liu Bei keenly felt that Gongsun Zhan, a white horse that was not inferior to the ducks, crashed into the tiger's hunting area under the temptation of Yuan Shao's old fox.

Gongsun Chan is in danger.

Gongsun Zhan turned around, pointed at Liu Bei and said, "Xuande, tell me, what if we are defeated?" ”

Liu Bei pointed to the map and said helplessly: "Brother Boqi, you see, now we are in front of the Northern Xinjiang Army and the Jizhou Army, to the south is the Yellow River, to the north is Bohai County and my Pingyuan County, but because the time is too tight, we have not yet fully controlled Bohai County." Therefore, if defeated, the only way for Brother Bo to retreat is to withdraw to the River Country, and I can only return to Plains County. ”

Liu Bei suggested that Gongsun Zhan stop immediately, and sit down with the hussar general and Yuan Shaoxu to talk about the future of Jizhou, and then take advantage of this opportunity to immediately send troops north to control Bohai County. At the same time, taking advantage of the fact that the Yellow River had not yet been frozen and the Yanzhou Yellow Turban Army had just been defeated, it immediately sent troops to cross the river to the south and capture the northern counties of Yanzhou.

"If we can defeat the Yellow Turban Army within a few months, capture the three counties of Dongjun, Jibei and Dongping, and even take the two counties of Taishan and Lu, Brother Boqi can not only make more meritorious deeds and get more money, food and counties, but also quickly change the battlefield situation, control the initiative on the battlefield, and be invincible in both advance and retreat."

Gongsun Zhan, Tian Kai, Guan Jing and others crouched around the map and nodded again and again.

Gongsun Chan praised loudly: "Xuande, this method is good, great." Li Yi and Yuan Shao joined forces, not only did the army have a large number of troops, but also sufficient food and grass, and it was difficult for us to defeat them in a hurry. We do need time, and a hard fight is a dead end. ”

"If we now go north to occupy Bohai County, and go south to defeat the Yellow Turban Army and occupy the northern counties of Yanzhou, then we can connect the Hejian Kingdom and Bohai County in Jizhou, the five counties in the north of Yanzhou, and Qingzhou, and the three of Taifu, you, and I will be able to echo each other. By next spring, we will have the strength to compete with the Northern Xinjiang Army and the Jizhou Army. Four months later, we had not only enough strong troops, food, grass and ordnance, but also enough counties. ”

"If we win next year, we will be able to ask King Dong Qin and save Sheji. If we lose the war, we will go north with one army and one force south, relying on the two counties of Hejian and Bohai in Jizhou, Qingzhou and several counties in the north of Yanzhou, to reorganize our army, attack from the north and south, and hold on to our existing territory. Gongsun Chan smiled happily, "Even if we are completely defeated by Li Yi, we can still retreat north to Hejian State, or retreat south to Qingzhou." But no matter where we retreat, we can regroup and start all over again. ”

"Good way." Gongsun Zhan slapped the case hard, his face was bright, and he swept away the frustration and worry just now, "Xuande, I said a long time ago, as long as you and my brothers work together, we will be able to build a world-shattering career, haha......"

"So what do we do next?" Tian Kai asked, "Did you immediately send someone to make peace with Li Jing?" ”

"No," Guan Jing shook his hand, "......I want to fight, and I want to beat hard." ”

Guan Jing said: "Looking at what Li Yi has done in the past two years, he is actually the same as Dong Zhuo, one holds the Son of Heaven and the court hostage, and the other relies on strong force to dominate northern Xinjiang, all of them are ministers of calamity, despicable and shameless, and traitors. Taifu Liu Yu was forced back to Qingzhou, which must have been Li Yi's trick, and he was worried that Taifu would gain a firm foothold in the imperial court and complement the lord's civil and military affairs, thus affecting his ambition to dominate the northern Xinjiang and usurp the Han Dynasty. ”

"Li Yi's force is too strong, although there are only more than 30,000 troops of Li Jing, Zhang He and Xu Da in the direction of Jizhou, but there are still tens of thousands of foot cavalry troops outside the Saiwai, once he sees that our strength is too strong next spring, and the army is drawn from outside the Saiwai to the south, we may not be able to beat him. Therefore, we must now attack with all our strength and consume the strength of the Northern Frontier Army as much as possible. ”

After a pause, Guan Jing looked left and right, and then said: "At the same time, our determination and momentum to attack Jizhou can also shock Li Yi and Yuan Shao, and we will definitely be able to get more benefits from them when we negotiate peace." ”

"It's going to be fought." Gongsun Chan said, "We divided our troops to the north, and we needed food, grass and ordnance to go south, but we didn't have much reserves on hand. If these 100,000 Yellow Turban soldiers can die half of them in the battle of Panhe, the grain, grass and ordnance will be saved. ”

"In addition, the troops going north and south will definitely use our original army, and as soon as the main force leaves, the number of troops to monitor the Yellow Turban soldiers will be insufficient, and if these Yellow Turban soldiers suddenly rebel, it will be troublesome. Therefore, this battle must be fought, and the more fierce the fight, the better. We don't care about the cost, we don't care how many people die, but the losses of the Northern Frontier Army are quite amazing. ”

Gongsun Zhan's face turned cold, and he gritted his teeth and said, "They killed my brother, how can this revenge not be avenged?" ”

"If you die too much, the morale of the Yellow Turban will ......" Liu Bei couldn't bear it, and persuaded in a low voice, "Brother Boju, I think it's better to stop in moderation." ”

"Morale?" Gongsun Chan sneered, "The more you die, the greater the hatred, and the Northern Frontier Army will wait to die next year." There are still many battles, especially with the Northern Xinjiang Army, and those surviving Yellow Turban soldiers will soon become warriors who are not afraid of death and become the main force of our army. I think ten days and a half of playing here is comparable to training them for a year. ”

Guan Jing praised: "The lord has a point. As far as I know, Li Yi cherishes the lives of his subordinates very much and is unwilling to make too many sacrifices. If we go crazy and show a reckless momentum, the Northern Frontier Army will definitely retreat in order to reduce casualties. (To be continued.) )