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Jizhou's large-scale mobilization of soldiers and horses immediately aroused the vigilance of Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, forcing him to mobilize troops and horses as soon as possible to prevent Yuan Shao from taking advantage of the civil strife in Youzhou to rob.

In the past three years, Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao have fought several times, each with a victory or defeat, and no one has taken advantage.

However, in the Battle of Jieqiao, Gongsun Chan suffered heavy losses, and the most elite Baima Yicong under his command suffered casualties, and after the battle, only a few hundred horsemen remained, and they were already unable to form an army.

However, Baima Yicong was only a cavalry of Gongsun Zhan's family in his early years, with a limited number of horses, only a few thousand horsemen, but it would not hurt his muscles and bones, and he would collapse.

What's more, in October last year, Gongsun Zhan received a secret report from Gongsun Ji under Liu Yu's account, and Liu Yu raised an army of 100,000 to try to exterminate him. So Gongsun Zhan was forced by the shape of shì, and when the soldiers and horses were scattered on the Wuhuan border, he struck first and successfully hijacked Liu Yu and his family, forcing Liu Yu's army to surrender and collapse without a fight.

Subsequently, Gongsun Zhan did not stop doing anything, killed Liu Yu and his family, annexed most of Liu Yu's soldiers and horses, occupied most of Youzhou in one fell swoop, and became a prince all the way.

At this point, Gongsun Zhan led the Youzhou herd by himself, supported more than 100,000 troops, and assigned cronies and generals to serve as county guards, and vigorously eliminated the remnants of Liu Yu.

But after Gongsun Chan killed Liu Yu, everything was not fine, but there was constant trouble. This is because Liu Yu has served as the pastor of Youzhou for many years, has been lenient and benevolent, and has always advocated the policy of Huairou education to Wuhuan, Xianbei and the surrounding Fanbang vassal states, and has rescued the surrounding barbarians several times, and has won the respect of the leaders of Wuhuan and Xianbei, and has won the hearts of the people. In addition, Liu Yu also had a group of cronies and generals stationed at the border during his lifetime, and his strength should not be underestimated.

Therefore. When they learned that Liu Yu had been killed, these generals did not join Gongsun Zhan, but wanted to avenge Liu Yu and resisted everywhere. And the tribal leaders such as Wuhuan and Xianbei have also been at odds with Gongsun Zhan, fighting each other for many years, accumulating grievances for a long time, and it has become a situation of incompatibility. As a result, instead of taking advantage of Liu Yu's death to capture the border counties, the barbarian tribes had an ambiguous relationship with the border generals under Liu Yu's command, and seemed to have a joint resistance to Gongsun Zhan.

After Liu Yu's death, Gongsun Zhan wanted to send his head to Chang'an to ask for merit. It is claimed that Liu Yu was in collusion with Yuan Shao and others in Jizhou, conspired and rebelled, and attempted to establish himself as the emperor and usurp the throne. Unexpectedly, the guards escorting Liu Yu's head were robbed and killed on the way. As a result, the head was robbed by Liu Yu's personal military captain Wei Dun, and the body was secretly buried. And so it goes. Gongsun Chan has not yet been enthroned by the Son of Heaven. can only lead the Youzhou pastor, so as to dominate Youzhou and most of Qingzhou, and become a prince all the way.

It's a pity that Gongsun Zhan's position as the state pastor is not justified and unconvincing. This led to civil strife in Youzhou, so much so that there have been rebellions in Youzhou for more than a year. The fight continued, making Gongsun Chan busy and tired of coping.

Although Gongsun Zhan annexed most of Liu Yu's soldiers and horses, he also had more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in name. The strength is not weak, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a strong soldier. However, Youzhou and Xiliang are border states and counties, bordering many barbarian states and a large number of barbarian tribes in the territory, which forced Gongsun Chan to send a large army to the border to always guard against the large-scale invasion of barbarians.

Since then, even though Gongsun Chan has more than 100,000 troops, he has been scattered and stationed in various places, and the mobile forces in his hands are very limited, only 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses, and he cannot destroy the rebels in a short time.

Now, the original Liu Yu's account Youzhou engaged in Xian Yu Fu, Xian Yu Yin Brothers and Zhonglang General Qi Zhou, as well as several opposition forces such as Wei Dun, who took Liu Yu's head and buried him, secretly colluded with each other and fought each other, and now they are fighting with the army under Gongsun Zhan. In addition, the leaders of Wuhuan and Xianbei tribes elected Yan Rou, the former general under Liu Yu, as Wuhuan Sima, and was willing to send troops to help, kill Gongsun Zhan, and avenge Liu Yu.

Until now, Gongsun Chan has been fighting with the rebels for more than a year, but with little success, not only has he not been able to destroy the Xianyu auxiliary rebels, but the situation has become more and more unfavorable. The Xian Yufu brothers and others secretly discussed with Wuhuan Sima Yan Rou, and there was a tendency to unite to counterattack Gongsun Zhan. Such a bad shape made Gongsun Chan so busy that he didn't care about his head and tail, he was in a hurry, and he was tired of parrying.

The roof leak happened to rain overnight. Just when Gongsun Chan was in a dilemma, Jizhou Yuan was also deploying troops, and it was very likely that he would take advantage of the civil strife in Youzhou to wait for an opportunity to attack Youzhou.

In the past two days, Gongsun Zhan was busy deploying troops to prevent Yuan Shao from sending troops to attack Youzhou. But today, I got a detailed secret report, Yuan Shao requisitioned more than 100,000 foot cavalry and did not go to the border of Jiyou, but secretly went south day and night, and the troops are currently stationed in Zhao County, and the troops are not moving. In this way, as long as he is not a fool, he can naturally see that Yuan Shao's mobilization of heavy troops this time is not to attack Youzhou, but to have other plans. Therefore, Gongsun Chan urgently summoned several cronies to discuss what Yuan Shao wanted.

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Jixian Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, main hall.

The majestic Gongsun Zhan sat on the throne and drank tea without hurry, which was the biggest difference between him and the generals under his command.

Because of the cold climate in Youzhou, most of the people in the territory love to drink alcohol and do not like to drink tea, the Central Plains states are still in the middle of summer, Jixian County has begun to get cold, at this time drinking does not need to be hot, just drink directly. Therefore, at present, everyone else in the main hall is drinking, and only Gongsun Chan drinks tea alone, which is a habit he developed when he studied with Lu Zhi in his early years.

However, as his status continued to rise over the years, Gongsun Chan gradually gave up the habit of drinking tea, usually drinking. But today is different, because Jizhou Yuan Shao's move is strange and suspicious. Therefore, before the meeting, Gongsun Chan specially instructed the attendants to make tea, which was conducive to him to think about the problem with a clear mind, so as not to be greedy for a cup and make mistakes.

At this moment, there are not many people sitting in the hall, only four people, they are: Gongsun Zhan from the younger brother Gongsun Fan, the eldest son Gongsun Xu, Changshi Guan Jing and Gongsun Ji.

These four people are all close confidants of Gongsun Zhan, except for Changshi Guan Jing, the other three are all relatives of Gongsun Zhan, among which Gongsun Ji is the biggest contributor to Gongsun Zhan's occupation of Youzhou and killing Liu Yu.

"You have all seen the report, Yuan Shao mobilized 120,000 troops to the south in half a month, and all of them were day and night, and their movements were very suspicious. At present, the person who remains on the border of Jiyou is still the general Ju Yi of Jizhou, and the famous Hebei Siting Zhu has all been transferred to the territory of Zhao State to station, waiting for the opportunity to move. On the main seat, after the four people in the hall read the report, Gongsun Chan gently put down the teacup and said in a deep voice.

Then he paused for a moment, and said suspiciously: "What does Yuan Shao want to do?" Could it be that he wants to capture Yanzhou? But at present, Yanzhou has been captured by Lu Bu, and the state army is a victorious division, and the troops are in full swing, and Yuan Shao is attacking Lu Bu at this time, which is really unwise. Such a simple truth, even if Yuan Shao can't understand it, many strategists under his command must see it clearly, and they will inevitably give a reminder. Therefore, it is expected that Yuan Shao's mobilization of troops to gather a large army should not be to attack Lu Bu. So what did he want? ”

"Since Yuan Shao's mobilization of the army is not to attack us, why should my brother bother himself!" Before Gongsun Zhan's words fell, his younger brother Gongsun Fan immediately answered, and then analyzed: "The purpose of Yuan Shao's army going south is nothing more than two possibilities. First, as his brother said, he wanted to take advantage of the war in Yanzhou to send troops to help Cao Cao defeat Lü Bu and capture Yanzhou. The second is to wait for an opportunity to capture the division or merge the state. There is no third possibility. ”

"What the three generals said is extremely true." Changshi Guan Jing nodded and agreed: "A few months ago, Yuan Shao had led his troops to exterminate the Black Mountain thieves, although he did not win a complete victory, but he also achieved initial results, and dealt a heavy blow to the Black Mountain thieves, so naturally there is no need to send troops to suppress the thieves again in the short term." As a result, in addition to my Youzhou, the only states and counties bordering Jizhou are Yanzhou, Sili and Merge Prefecture. As the lord said, the battle of Yanzhou has come to an end, and Lu Bu won a complete victory, causing Cao Cao to shrink into three small counties, and he is already struggling to breathe, and his destruction is imminent. At this time, Yuan Shao had already missed the best opportunity to attack Yanzhou, so it was unwise to mobilize 120,000 troops to attack Yanzhou. It can be seen from this that the real purpose of Yuan Shao's secret troop transfer this time must not be Yanzhou, but should be Si Li or Merge with Zhou. ”

Guan Jing talked eloquently, and the meaning was roughly the same as what Gongsun Fan said, which was equivalent to not saying anything. However, after hearing this, Gongsun Chan smiled slightly, obviously quite useful. Because the main purpose of Guan Jing's words is to take the opportunity to flatter Gongsun Zhan, but this flattery is reasonable, righteous and strict, so that people can't see that he is patting Gongsun Zhan's ass. This not only makes Gongsun Chan happy, but also does not depreciate his identity, this is Guan Jing's true intention, and it is also the key reason why he has always been valued by Gongsun Chan.

In terms of talent alone, Guan Jing has no great talent, and he is a mediocre person through and through. In terms of martial arts, he was less than seven feet eight inches tall, skinny as wood, and he was like a weak scribe with no power to restrain a chicken. However, it is such a person who is not able to do anything, but he is deeply trusted and appreciated by Gongsun Zhan, and he was promoted to the governor of the state pastor's office, as if he was above 10,000 people under one person, and his status was very respectful. And this qiē is Guan Jing's mouth in exchange, because he is a flattering, cowardly snob.

At the same time, Guan Jing is also the person who knows Gongsun Zhan's character and temper best. Every time he speaks, it must be a slap on the back of Gongsun Chan without a trace, which makes Gongsun Chan, who has an excellent face, very useful and happy. It is precisely because Guan Jing has always been clever and speaks very well that Gongsun Zhan especially appreciates him, and he has been entrusted with important tasks and occupies the position of long history.

After Guan Jing finished speaking, Gongsun Zhan's eldest son, Gongsun Xu, nodded slightly, and said very simply: "The third uncle and Changshi are reasonable, and the child thinks so too. ”

At this time, Gongsun Ji, who betrayed Liu Yu's military plan last year, opened his mouth and said: "My subordinates think so too. However, at present, bandits are rampant in Bingzhou, and there are still many black mountain thieves stranded in Bingzhou, so the time is not yet ripe for Yuan Shao to attack Bingzhou. ”

At this point, Gongsun Ji's face suddenly changed greatly, and he exclaimed: "Could it be that 、、、 Yuan Shao wants to lead his troops to attack Si Li?" This is the territory of the great general Li Li, and there are nearly 100,000 Xiliang troops stationed on both sides of the river, could it be that Yuan Shao is arrogant enough to defeat the Xiliang army? ”

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