The military parade and flag awarding ceremony held in Xiangping caused a huge sensation in Pingchen Erzhou, and the influence of the military parade and flag awarding was also spreading outward at a very fast speed.

It was not only Li Sunsin and the leaders of the steppe tribes who were shocked, but the other princes were even more terrified.

Stimulated by this, the princes also began to take action, and those who were far away gradually accelerated the pace of expansion to narrow the gap with the merchants as much as possible.

However, the distance was close, and those directly threatened by the Shang Ji began to find ways to delay the development of the Shang Ji army by various means.

The most obvious of them is Gongsun Chan!

More than a month ago, Gongsun Zhan's raid on Lulong Fortress failed, not only failed to conquer Lulong Fortress in Shang Ji's absence, but instead lost his troops. After the defeat, Gongsun Zhan was in a panic all day long, for fear that Shang Ji would raise troops to kill him in the next moment.

However, waiting left and right, there was no movement of Shang Ji for a long time, and Gongsun Zhan seemed to see a glimmer of hope, and hurriedly sent a messenger to Xiangping with gifts, looking forward to turning the war into a jade silk.

It's just that Shang Ji has already made up his mind to take Gongsun Zhan to open the knife, and Gongsun Zhan's envoy even ate behind closed doors in Xiangping, and was beaten back without even seeing anyone.

Gongsun Chan was ashamed and angry, and began to expand his armaments frantically, hoping to give it a go.

Because of the large expansion of the army, the number of troops under the command of Gongsun Chan swelled like a balloon, and looking at the growing army, Gongsun Chan regained a little bit of pride and ambition.

But this pride and ambition came and went quickly, and Xiangping's military parade and flag awarding ceremony made Gongsun Zhan's hard-earned courage disappear.

In desperation, Gongsun Chan started the mode of self-abandonment, completely ignoring government affairs, and not caring much about military affairs, drinking and having fun all day long, quite a feeling of being drunk today.

Gongsun Zhan's approach is very bad for the generals under him, and the lives of many of them have been linked to Gongsun Zhan, and if Gongsun Chan dies, they will not end well.

But now Gongsun Chan can't listen to the persuasion at all, it's okay to feast and drink together, but whoever wants to get down to business, Gongsun Chan immediately turned his face.

"Drink, it's all dry!"

Listening to the noisy feast in the hall, Gongsun Zhan's most trusted strategist Guan Jing was anxiously turning around outside the hall.

He has persuaded Gongsun Chan many times to cheer up, and at first Gongsun Chan was perfunctory to him, but later as soon as he mentioned it, Gongsun Chan's face was full of displeasure, and after a long time, Gongsun Chan even began to refuse to see him.

Guan Jing lingered at the door of the hall for a while, and finally stomped his foot, turned around and went straight to Li Su.

At this time, Li Su's position in the Gongsun Chan army was very embarrassing, before he was Dong Zhuo's envoy, he successfully persuaded Gongsun Chan to surrender, and Gongsun Chan's whole army flattered him in every possible way, trying to sell Dong Zhuo through it.

However, there were unforeseen circumstances, and just after Gongsun Chan made a bet, Dong Zhuo's army was defeated, and the arrogant Xiliang army was wiped out in a very short time. At the same time, Li Su's status also plummeted, and some people even proposed to kill Li Su to show goodwill to the coalition forces.

Fortunately, Gongsun Zhan was still sober and did not agree to this proposal, but left Li Su.

Although his life was saved, the soldiers under Gongsun Zhan's command attributed Li Su to such an end today, and their hostility towards him was quite obvious.

Li Su also has self-knowledge, and he lives in seclusion all day long, low-key and low-key, for fear of arousing the disgust of others.

If it weren't for the fact that he was now carrying the name of Dong Zhuo's remnants, everyone in the world would have shouted and beaten, and Li Su would have found another way out long ago.

"Knock knock!"

Li Su was sighing secretly in the house, but he heard a sharp knock on the door, which frightened Li Su into a spirit, immediately grabbed the spear in his hand, and asked urgently, "Who is it?" ”

"Brother Ji Yong, it's me Guan Jing."

Li Su breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, got up and said, "It turned out to be the chief official, please come in, please come in quickly." ”

Even if Gongsun Zhan wanted to kill him and show favor to Shang Ji, it would not be Guan Jing's turn to come forward.

"Brother Ji Yong, the net worth and life we are waiting for today can be all thanks to Brother Ji Yong!"

Guan Jing came in and bowed, which confused Li Su.

Hurriedly helping Guan Jing up, Li Su said quickly: "What is the chief of the customs officer doing?" Will you not torment me? ”

"Dissatisfied with Brother Ji Yong, there is a merchant sharpening his knife Huo Huo next to him, and the lord is languishing, our army is in danger at this time, and only Brother Ji Yong can save our army from danger!"

"This, this, this...... Where does this begin? I really don't hide it from the chief, at this time, it can be said that he is a lost dog, thanks to the grace of the lord to survive, how can he save the whole army from danger? ”

Li Su's eyes widened and he looked at Guan Jing suspiciously. He now suspects that Guan Jing is engaged in some conspiracy and wants to take the opportunity to kill himself!

"No, no, no, Brother Ji Yong is too humble, brother has this ability!"

After a pause, Guan Jing said again: "Now our biggest problem is that the lord is not in good spirits and lacks time, if the lord can regain his strength and seek another two or three years of development time, our army will not have the ability to resist the merchants." ”

"What does the chief mean, let me go down and persuade the lord to cheer up?"

Li Su is also a smart person, and he heard a little clue from Guan Jing's words, and couldn't help asking.

"Yes, just as Ji Yong thought!" Guan Jing simply nodded.

Li Su hesitated a little, and used his ability to persuade Gongsun Chan to cheer up temporarily, it was not difficult, but the difficult thing was how to maintain it. In Li Su's eyes, he really can't see any chance for Gongsun Chan to turn the tables.

The ethereal chicken blood can't last long, and once the skill effect passes, Bi will usher in a deeper decadence.

"Brother Ji Yong doesn't have to worry about this, how to make the lord completely cheer up, I have my own means, as long as Ji Yong can make the lord temporarily cheer up, he can listen to the advice of the contrary, and leave the rest to me."

"Okay, since the chief official has spoken in person, I will give it a try in the next place, and I implore the chief official to go with a certain one to see the lord."

"Please!"

After the discussion between the two ended, they immediately went together to ask to see Gongsun Zhan.

After many requests to meet, Gongsun Chan finally couldn't stand their soft grinding and hard bubbles, struggled out of the wine and beauty, and met Guan Jing and Li Su.

The specific process of the conversation between the three is unknown to outsiders, but it is only known that after more than an hour of secret talks, Gongsun Chan was in a new spirit, and appeared in the barracks that afternoon to visit and comfort the officers and men of the army. When dealing with official duties, he also forgot to sleep and eat, and spent all his energy and time on military and government affairs.

And just when Gongsun Chan was concentrating on the development of his forces, his most confidant general, Yan Gang, personally led a thousand elites and escorted a carriage to Xiangping with great fanfare.

This time, the envoy group led by Yan Gang did not encounter the embarrassing scene last time, and met Deng Yan, the first person in the government affairs system under Shang Ji, very smoothly.

In the afternoon of the same day, Deng Yan went to see Shang Ji.