Xuande

Chapter 554 The Floating Gongsun Zan

In this regard, Yuan Shao had no choice.

He also clearly realized that he could no longer find any help from inside. If he didn't want to perish quickly, he could only adopt Tian Feng's suggestion.

So he sent envoys to the north of Bingzhou and Youzhou to contact the Huns, Xianbei and Wuhuan, and strive to form an alliance with them and let them lead troops south.

Whether it is Dong Zhuo or Gongsun Zan, they are all threats from his rear. If these two threats are not eliminated, he will not be able to deal with Liu Bei wholeheartedly.

Among them, Gongsun Zan must be the best to deal with, because he has the weakest foundation and is the easiest to be shaken. Dong Zhuo is an old gun, full of intelligence, and has a lot of troops. He has his own foundation and is difficult to deal with.

In order to win over the Huns, Xianbei and Wuhuan, Yuan Shao even made preparations to cede part of Youzhou and Bingzhou to let them move inland.

He knew that these people had always been more eager to move south and live in a place where the land was warmer and the land was more fertile.

Some people under Yuan Shao’s command objected to this, such as Xin Ping. He thought that these barbarians on the grassland were rude and rude. They only knew how to destroy but not how to build. Just give money. There is no need to give land. Giving land is just an easy way to ask God It's a difficult situation for God.

At that time, Yuan Shao will have to deal with Liu Bei and deal with their many unreasonable demands. Isn't it just asking for trouble?

The reviewer and Xin Ping had always been at odds, and at this moment I felt that Xin Ping was very smudged, not like a man.

"If you want to give, you have to give it in place. Only when you give it in place can they really deal with it and help us deal with Gongsun Zan. Now is the time to think about surviving no matter what, not the time to think about the future. If you can't survive, there will be no future. What is there? Can you be scrupled?"

The words of trial and match entered Yuan Shao's heart.

I can't even survive, so what else do I care about?
He immediately reprimanded Xin Ping for being weak and incompetent, praised the determination of the judge, and then gritted his teeth and said that even if he couldn't survive, he would let the Xianbei, Huns and Wuhuan people disturb Liu Bei's life.

"He destroyed my clan, and I will destroy his clan too, and make him miserable for the rest of his life!"

Yuan Shao set his goal on Youzhou, intending to completely destroy Youzhou. Not only that, but he also planned to personally lead troops to attack Zhuo County, Zhuo County, so that the Liu family of Zhuo County, Zhuo County, would become a piece of history before it made a fortune, and Liu Bei family was completely destroyed.

One for one, the deal is fair.

During September and October of the sixth year of Zhongping, especially in October, Yuan Shao made a lot of moves.

He spent a lot of money, recruited soldiers on a large scale, and even increased the army by recruiting strong men, expanding the army to [-] to [-] in a short period of time.

Of course, there are risks in doing so. For example, a large number of strong men absconded and hid, resisting arrest, and local powerful clans formed strongholds to resist Yuan Shao's rule, and even small-scale battles against Yuan Shao started in some places, causing Yuan Shao I have a headache.

In the end, how many people in his army were captured by the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, he himself couldn't count.

But this is not important anymore, Yuan Shao doesn't have much time anymore, he can't take care of these anymore.

He arranged three troops in Wei County and Qinghe State to guard Dong Zhuo, Qiao Mao and Liu Yu respectively, and then he reorganized the main force of about [-] people, preparing to wipe out Gongsun Zan in the shortest possible time, destroy Zhuo County, and make Liu Bei regret .

Of course, he must also resolve this battle in a short period of time and obtain the resources of Youzhou. Otherwise, with his current resource size and mobilization level, this main force of 4 people will last for less than three months. It is bound to collapse.

In other words, this war must be resolved before the end of the six years of Zhongping. Whether it is victory or defeat, death or life, it depends on this time.

Between life and death, Yuan Shao didn't hesitate at all.

Around October 21, the sixth year of Zhongping, Yuan Shao, who was well prepared, received news from the southern Xiongnu, eastern Xianbei and Wuhuan tribes.

As for his intention to seek cooperation, only the Southern Huns who were born in Yufulo expressed their rejection, while Su Li and Mi Jia, the two masters of the Eastern Xianbei, and Qiu Liju, the leader of the Wuhuan tribe, expressed acceptance.

Yuan Shaoxu gave them benefits other than money and goods. He also planned to put Xuantu County, Liaodong County and Liaodong vassal state under Wuhuan Tribe, Liaoxi County and Youbeiping County to Suli, and Yuyang County And Guangyang County was placed under the ownership of Mijia.

In short, give money, give land, give people, give everything, as long as they send troops to help deal with Gongsun Zan and the resistance forces in Youzhou, then everything belongs to them.

Yu Fuluo was originally promised benefits to the three counties of Yunzhong, Yanmen, and Dingxiang in Bingzhou, but Yuan Shao didn't understand that the Southern Xiongnu didn't want the cold land in the north at all, and wanted the Hedong County in the south.

They want warmer and more fertile land to survive.

But Hedong County was not under his control, so he said that the Southern Huns would go to fight Hedong County if they had the ability.

But Yu Fuluo often dealt with the Luoyang court, he had many worries, and thought of Zhang Yan and Dong Zhuo, so Yu Fuluo simply gave up, didn't want to, and lay down and died.

He has experienced the strength of the Han army, and he knows that the Han army is difficult to deal with. If he really wants to annoy the Luoyang court, he has no good fruit to eat.

So he chose to sit on the sidelines.

Qiu Liju, Suli, and Mijia lived far away from the core area of ​​the Han Empire. They also heard that the emperor had just died in the Han Empire. They felt that they must be busy with the emperor's funeral and had no time to deal with border troubles. Be more ambitious and dare to put it into practice.

After the cooperation agreement was reached, Yuan Shao was very happy. He agreed with them to start the army on the [-]th of November, but before that, he couldn't bear it anymore, and felt that waiting one more day would be torture.

Around October 28th, Yuan Shao's troops had completed their preparations for the expedition, the elite troops were fully armed, and the cannon fodder had been tamed. Yuan Shao felt that he could not bear it anymore.

So he brazenly ordered to send troops, not waiting for the Xianbei and Wuhuan people.

Anyway, any fight is a sneak attack, as long as the speed is fast, Gongsun Zan will definitely not be able to react.

However he was wrong.

Gongsun Zan really didn't react, but at the same time, he really didn't need to react.

Because Gongsun Zan beat him before him.

In fact, Gongsun Zan's start of this wave is really Tianhu's start.

There was a teacher who served as a lieutenant in the court, and a junior who served as an assistant general in the court. In Youzhou, few people were willing to object to the fact that Gongsun Zan was appointed as the governor of Youzhou at the beginning.

In contrast, many people in the Luoyang court opposed Gongsun Zan's appointment as the governor of Youzhou on the basis of the principle of the three mutual laws, but Liu Bei believed that the matter should be done urgently, and the extermination of Yuan Shao is the most important thing now, and Youzhou is not enough. Let someone trusted by the court be the chief.

Gongsun Zan and his relationship with Lu Zhi are trustworthy, and he also has many victories in the Liaodong vassal states as testimonials, so he was temporarily appointed as the governor of Youzhou, and the position will be arranged after Yuan Shao is wiped out.

Liu Bei's statement was supported by many people, and relying on his own prestige, the appointment was approved.

So the whole of Youzhou knew that Liu Bei and Lu Zhi, the masters and apprentices of Youzhou, were now well-off, and they were all looking forward to going to Luoyang to obtain a position and start an era belonging to Youzhou people. Therefore, for Gongsun Zan, the spokesperson of Liu Bei and Lu Zhi, They are very willing to obey.

Even the Gongsun family in Liaoxi County looked at Gongsun Zan with admiration because of this incident. They flattered him a lot, gave him various gifts and flattered him, and talked about all kinds of nonsense about being proud of Gongsun Zan.

In the end, by accident, Gongsun Zan said hello.

In short, Gongsun Zan lost himself in the sound of "beautiful boy" and drifted away.

When he first served as the governor of Youzhou, he was quite cautious and kind to other officials, but soon, this kind of cautiousness disappeared, and he began to become superior, and began to treat the prefects of various counties and local tyrants. Boss around.

In the process of forming the army, he asked for a lot from local officials and powerful families. When he lacked money for soldiers and horses and steel for making weapons, he would ask them for it, taking it for granted, and not giving anything in return.

After the army was formed, due to the lack of control and discipline, his army often went out to plunder the goods of merchants and travelers, and evil things such as extortion and robbery often occurred.

But Gongsun Zan didn't react too much to this, he just blindly increased the number of troops, and wanted to form a powerful army as soon as possible to attack Yuan Shao, so his popularity gradually decreased.

Wen Shu, the prefect of Zhuojun, thought about Gongsun Zan's social relations, and tried to persuade him with good words, hoping that Gongsun Zan could restrain the army, spread kindness, and restore popularity, but he was somewhat concerned about the reputation of Liu Bei and Lu Zhi.

Unexpectedly, Gongsun Zan didn't care about these things at all.

"They are all here for my teacher and Xuande, and not for me. I know what they want, and they also know what they want. If that's the case, they should pay some price, right? ?"

Wen Shu didn't expect Gongsun Zan to be so arrogant and unreasonable, he was very disappointed with him, and was frightened by the power of Liu Bei and Lu Zhi, so he didn't dare to resist, so he could only keep his distance from him, no longer made suggestions to him, and didn't make any plans for him .

(End of this chapter)