Three Kingdoms: Jiuyuan Tiger

Chapter 391 Siege of Zhongshan Country

It is said that everything is difficult at the beginning, in fact, Zhang He, Ju Shou and others also have plans in their hearts to join Lu Bu, but it is just because of their affection, it is not easy to be the first to speak.

Now that Pan Feng expressed his attitude, Zhang He, Ju Shou and the others had no scruples, and they simply made their minds clear.

In this way, Han Fu's former troops in Bohai City all agreed to change their courts to work under Lu Bu's command, Zhang He, Pan Feng, Gao Lan, Zhao Fu, Cheng Huan, Jushou, and Shenpei without exception.

Afterwards, Zhang He and others opened the gate of Bohai City, and brought all [-] cavalry and [-] infantry outside Bohai City.

Zhang He and other generals didn't put on airs. After all, they were surrendered generals. Opening the city gates and waiting for the Youzhou army to come in was not what a surrendered general would do.

Seeing this, Qin Qiong nodded secretly: "It's not in vain that my lord values ​​them so much, they are all smart people!"

Then Qin Qiong led his troops into Bohai City, and began to reorganize the surrendered troops, food, grass and equipment.

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Jizhou, Zhongshan State.

After Zhang Liao joined Guan Yu, the second general led his troops to march towards Zhongshan.

After the scouts under Gongsun Zan found out the information, they immediately reported the news of the Youzhou army's invasion to Gongsun Zan.

Gongsun Zan was shocked when he heard the news. At this time, his cavalry had assembled, and he was about to go around Yecheng to see if he could find any bargains. However, the sudden appearance of Youzhou iron cavalry completely disrupted Gongsun Zan's plan.

"How many people did Lu Bu send here?" Gongsun Zan asked hastily.

"Report to my lord, the enemy is so powerful that you can't see the end at a glance. Judging from the sound of horseshoes, there are at least [-] cavalry!" The scout replied.

In the beginning, Gongsun Zan started his career in Youzhou, and he had many elite soldiers under his command. There were not a few people who could roughly judge the number of enemies from the sound of horses' hooves. Obviously, this scout was one of them.

"Fifty thousand cavalry? What a great deal!" Gongsun Zan said bitterly.

Excluding the [-] cavalry sent to Liu Bei, the Zhongshan Kingdom, including the county soldiers, has a strength of just over [-].

If the county soldiers were removed, Gongsun Zan's men who could fight were only [-] white horse followers and [-] cavalry.

Gongsun Zan had a headache, he rubbed his temples in pain, what should he do now?

Yan Gang, who was beside Gongsun Zan, persuaded, "Master, you don't have to worry too much. In the end, the general may not mobilize troops against you, my lord."

After Gongsun Zan heard this, he asked, "Why? If you don't mobilize troops against me, could it be that the fifty thousand cavalry came to visit me?"

Before Yan Gang could speak, Gongsun Zan went on to say, "I don't know if Yuan Shao and Han Fu will win or lose."

At this time, Gongsun Zan didn't know the news that Han Fu and Yuan Shao had both died. This was the shortcoming of not establishing an intelligence system.

The so-called preemptive strike must have good intelligence and logistics as a guarantee, otherwise how can it be called "first"?
Yan Gang shook his head and said: "My lord, the reason why the general dared to march his troops into Zhongshan country so recklessly is that the war in Yecheng must have ended."

After hearing this, Gongsun Zan said, "You mean, Han Fu and Yuan Shao were both defeated? That's not the case, right? The combined number of soldiers and horses of these two is no less than that of Lu Bu."

Yan Gang replied: "The world is unpredictable, who can say clearly about such things?"

Gongsun Zan was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then said: "Forget it, it's a blessing or a disaster, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided. Soldiers come to cover up the water and cover it with soil! Send the order and get the army ready for war!"

Yan Gang cupped his hands and said: "No! The final general will go down and prepare."

During the siege of Zhongshan this time, Guan Yu had [-] Bingzhou wolf cavalry under his command, Zhang Liao had [-] Wuhuan cavalry under his command, and the two generals led a total of [-] troops.

After besieging the Zhongshan Kingdom, Guan Yu slowly came to the base of the city with the Qinglong Yanyue Saber upside down, and Fu Xu shouted to the tower: "Where is the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Gongsun?"

"Gongsun Zan is here! May I ask what orders the General has?" Gongsun Zan said loudly.

"The general has a letter to Gongsun Guoxiang, please put a hanging basket down." Guan Yu replied.

"Put down the hanging basket!" Gongsun Zan waved his hand and told his soldiers to put the hanging basket down.

Although he didn't know what kind of medicine Lv Bu bought in the gourd, Gongsun Zan had no reason to refuse Guan Yu's request. Anyway, after reading the letter, he knew what was going on!
"Brother Bogui." It was written on the envelope.

After opening the envelope and reading it, Gongsun Zan's expression was full of shock.

The letter stated the news of the death of Yuan Shao and Han Fu, and also told about Lu Bu's recovery of Jizhou by the emperor's edict.

Then Lu Bu thought back to the past, and talked to Gongsun Zan about the old days. In the end, Lu Bu expressed his attitude, that is, he did not want to meet Gongsun Zan with swords, but he was going to settle the Zhongshan Kingdom. It was up to Gongsun Zan to decide whether to leave or stay.

If he was willing to submit to the imperial court, the emperor would grant Gongsun Zan the position of the Nine Ministers; if he did not want to submit, Lu Bu didn't want to embarrass Gongsun Zan, so he just asked Gongsun Zan to leave Jizhou with his troops.

After Gongsun Zan read the letter, he remained silent for a long time.

For the sake of Lu Bu being able to do this, Gongsun Zan had nothing to pick at, and indeed he couldn't pick anything wrong.

Lu Bu's trick of playing hard to get is not very clever, but it is very practical.

Lu Bu didn't use any conspiracy, all he used was conspiracy.

My plan is on the bright side, it's up to you how you choose.

On the basis of strong strength as the backing, sometimes conspiracy is more useful than conspiracy, and it can also gain a good reputation, so why not do it?

Although the position of Jiuqing is a high position, it is not what Gongsun Zan wants.

Although Gongsun Zan was not smart, he was not stupid either. How could he not know that once he surrendered to the imperial court, he would never even think about leading troops to fight in this life!

Moreover, Gongsun Zan did not want to be inferior to others, and would rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. This is a choice many people will make.

But Lu Bu saved Gongsun Zan's life, and now that he walks away, the debt owed to Lu Bu will not be cleared!

The hardest thing in this world to repay is favors, and a bold northern man like Gongsun Zan is even more unwilling to owe favors.

The grace of saving life has not been repaid, how can I continue to owe others favors?
Lu Bu saved Gongsun Zan's life, but Gongsun Zan repaid Lu Bu by sending an unknown pawn, Zhao Yun, to Lu Bu. In Gongsun Zan's eyes, this was just a trivial matter. How could he pay back the favor?
Zhao Yun was studying the art of war with Yue Fei at this time, and he hadn't fought any tough battles, so his reputation was not obvious. Gongsun Zan had almost forgotten about it, so in Gongsun Zan's view, he hadn't repaid Lu Bu's life-saving grace.

Or will it drop?Gongsun Zan thought to himself.

No!

How can a real man live in heaven and earth for a long time in depression?
Looking up at the Youzhou iron cavalry under the city, Gongsun Zan said, "Let me think about it before I give you an answer."

Guan Yu stroked his beard and said, "Don't worry, Prime Minister Gongsun Guo will just think about it slowly."

After thinking about it, Gongsun Zan felt that he should adopt a compromise method to deal with this matter and return Lu Bu's favor, otherwise he would feel uneasy!

If you can't deal with things frankly, how can you talk about competing in the world?

　The second watch arrives!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)