"Hahaha!"

"Hahahaha!"

Sitting on the throne of the city lord of the city lord's mansion in Jixian County, listening to the earth-shattering sound of fighting outside, Gongsun Chan laughed loudly.

The scars left by the fierce battle on his body did not affect his excitement at all, and the death of Gongsun Yue was also left behind by him - Jicheng was finally taken, and there was no obstacle to unifying Youzhou!

Looking at the vast hall of the City Lord's Mansion, Li Su also showed a rare smile on his face. Only Guan Jing was a little regretful: "It's a pity that I couldn't capture Liu Yu's old thief." ”

When Liu Yan broke the city, he took advantage of the chaos to leave from the secret passage under the cover of his personal guards, and after Gongsun Zan entered the city, he only saw a dead soldier wearing Liu Yan's clothes and a body highly similar to him.

"Hahaha, it's okay, it's okay, without Jicheng to rely on, it's easy to kill Liu Yan'er, Youzhou is already in our bag."

Gongsun Chan waved his hand quite heroically and said indifferently.

"Chuan Ben ordered the general to send an ultimatum to Zhuojun and Daijun to surrender within a time limit. Otherwise, Ben will personally lead the army to conquer, and they will be told that the chickens and dogs will not stay! ”

"Yes, my lord!"

Zhuojun and Daijun originally belonged to Liu Yu's sphere of influence, and according to Gongsun Zhan's estimate, Jixian was dealt with, and the rest were minor problems, and they only needed an order, and they would fall to the wind.

"Hug! The lord of Qi, the three generals asked to see. ”

"Oh? Let him in! ”

Gongsun Chan was overjoyed when he heard this, and involuntarily stood up from his chair, looked at the door and said.

The three generals who did it were Gongsun Fan, another younger brother of Gongsun Zhan, was called the three generals because he was ranked third. is different from Gongsun Yue, Gongsun Fan is not capable, and he is greedy for money and lustful, and he has the feeling of being a gentleman.

As soon as the city was broken, Gongsun Chan arranged for Gongsun Fan to go to seize the treasury of Jixian County. Because this matter is too important and requires people to be absolutely reliable, Gongsun Chan can only arrange for this brother who is not very capable to do it (it was originally Gongsun Yue, but unfortunately he died).

Gongsun Fan walked in quickly, but his face was not very happy, but his expression was a little depressed.

Gongsun Zhan couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this, and blurted out: "Brother Fan, how is the situation?" How much property was seized? ”

Gongsun Fan shook his head and sighed: "Don't mention it, the Jicheng Mansion Treasury can starve to death of rats, except for some broken copper and iron, there are millions of stone grain left!" ”

Gongsun Fan didn't know the details of Gongsun Zhan's finances, and in his consciousness, Gongsun Zhan's financial situation might be relatively difficult, but it should not have reached the point of exhaustion.

He thought that the seizure of the Jixian County Treasury was a good job with a lot of oil and water, but in the end, he returned empty-handed, which made Gongsun Fan very angry. Of course, he didn't know that his brother had fallen into an ice cave after hearing his words.

"How is that possible? How can it be?!! How can there be no money in a huge royal city??? ”

Gongsun Zhan's eyes instantly turned red, and he couldn't help but roar.

"Brother...... Brother, you're ......."

Gongsun Fan was taken aback, and looked at Gongsun Chan a little helplessly, not knowing which tendon was wrong with him. What is the lack of money in the Jixian government treasury? The Intramural City itself is an unparalleled asset!

He didn't know how short of money Gongsun Chan was now!

"Third General, please take someone to look carefully, especially if there is any secret vault. Liu Yu has been in charge of Jixian County for many years, so he will not have no savings at all. ”

Guan Jing stood up at the right time, intending to take Gongsun Fan away.

"Oh? Okay, okay, I'll check it out again! ”

Gongsun Fan, who felt that something was wrong with the situation, hurriedly turned around and left, for fear that he would be eaten by Gongsun Chan if he ran slowly.

After Gongsun Fan left, Gongsun Chan held on to the last bit of hope and interrogated several captured senior generals of Liu Yujun's army.

I heard that Liu Yujun had not been paid military salaries for three consecutive months, and Gongsun Zhan's last bit of hope was shattered!

"Liu Yu, an old bastard, occupies the royal city of Jixian County, how can he have no money at all???"

In desperation, Gongsun Chan couldn't help but scold.

"Don't worry, the lord has no money in the treasury, but there are other places!"

Guan Jing took a step forward and said in Gongsun Zhan's ear.

"What?" Gongsun Chan was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and said with some doubts: "Where is the money?" ”

"In Jicheng, there are Zhen's, Mi's, Chen's, Wei's, Yang's, Lu's, Jia's and other firms, they have huge assets, and with their help, why worry about the lack of military resources?"

Gongsun Zhan was stunned when he heard this, and his face was cloudy.

Previously, in order to boost morale, he promised to plunder the city for three days after breaking the city. But this big raid is also particular, for example, the raiding area is limited to the outer city, and under normal circumstances, it will not take the initiative to rob those gate lords and super merchants, and the really unlucky ones are the ordinary people.

And according to what Guan Jing said, there are many people who have offended.

Zhen didn't talk about it, he had already turned to Shang Ji in an all-round way; Among them, the Mi family represents the Mi family, which is now under Liu Bei; Wei refers to Wei Hong, who wears a pair of pants with Cao Cao; Lu is Lu Su, who now serves under Sun Ce; The Yang family represents Yuan Shu, and the Jia family is Diao Chan's white glove.

Although there are many major wars between the princes, they are generally not implicated in the business name they represent. Gongsun Chan and Shang Ji were hostile to each other, but this did not affect Zhen's firm to continue to do business in the Gongsun Chan area.

Speaking of which, Gongsun Zhan was able to launch the last battle of Jixian, thanks to Shang Ji who sold him a batch of cheap grain, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to get together military rations!

Of course, the White Wolf Firm under Gongsun Chan was also unimpeded under Shang Ji's rule.

If it is really a large-scale robbery of these businesses, of course, it can solve the urgent need, but it will break the unspoken rules between the princes, and the future will not be easy.

"Report!"

Just when Gongsun Chan hesitated, the lieutenant suddenly sent an urgent report.

"Lord Qi, on the side of Chang'an, the demon girl controls the imperial court, and once again issued an edict, under the pretext that you used the sword to kill your colleagues, deprived you of all official positions, declared you a rebel, and called on the princes to crusade together!"

"This demon girl, sooner or later, kill her!"

Gongsun Zhan's eyes flashed with ruthlessness when he heard this, and he said in a cruel voice.

Having said that, Gongsun Chan didn't pay much attention to the news. This is the third time that he has been removed from all official positions by Diao Chan, and it is also the third time that he has been declared a rebel, but except for Liu Yan, who responded once, the other princes ignored it.

Before the captain of the summons had retreated, another captain rushed in.

"Urgent military intelligence!"

"Lord Qiyu, Marquis Yan, General Che Cai, Pingzhou Herdsman announced in Xiangping that in response to the call of the imperial court, he will send a large army to crusade against the lord on a certain day!"

"What??"

Gongsun Zhan stood up suddenly, walked in front of the captain in three or two steps, snatched the document from the captain's hand, and hurriedly swept it.

"Report, urgent military situation!"

Before Gongsun Chan could finish reading, another announcement came.

"Lord Qi, Changshan County, Jizhou, and Beihai County, Qingzhou have a large-scale rebellion, and there is a chaotic army in Changshan County called itself the Black Mountain Army, and the leader is the old general Zhang Yan of the Yellow Turban Army, and there is a chaotic army in Beihai County called the Qingzhou Army, and the leader is the old general of the Yellow Turban Army, Guan Hai, and the two armies conquered Yuan County (Changshan County) and Juxian (Beihai County) respectively."

Gongsun Chan was stunned when he heard this, and then sat on the chair, as if he had no soul.