Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

Chapter 426: Two families form an alliance, the new year has come

After Guo Jia sent the man away, he went back home directly.

He looked down upon Guo Tu, so naturally he would not recommend him.

On the other side, Guo Tu and Ju Shou came to Gongsun Zan's side.

Gongsun Zan naturally recognized Guo Tu and Ju Shou, and also knew that these two were Yuan Shao's capable advisers.

"Yuan Benchu, what kind of trouble are you making? Why did you two come together?"

Gongsun Zan looked at the two people in front of him and asked some strange questions.

When Guo Tu heard this, he looked at Ju Shou.

He felt that after all, it was Jushou who proposed the alliance, so let Jushou do the talking.

Jushou was not polite when he heard this and said directly: "General Gongsun, Guo Tu and I are here this time to form an alliance between my lord and the general!"

"An alliance?" Gongsun Zan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he couldn't help laughing: "What an alliance. Yuan Benchu ​​attacked Yanzhou before, and I didn't take the opportunity to attack him, so I gave him face."

"Now, you are still shamelessly trying to form an alliance? What a big joke!" Gongsun Zan laughed at Ju Shou with disdain.

Guo Tu, on the other hand, had long expected that Gongsun Zan would make sarcastic remarks, so he chose to shut up and let Ju Shou speak.

Facing Gongsun Zan's sarcasm, Jushou just smiled and said, "General Gongsun, don't you understand the meaning of this?"

"The conflict between my lord and the Cao Group is irreconcilable. Now that the New Year is approaching, there will be a short-term peace. After the New Year, there will be a battle between my lord and the Cao Group."

"It's just that the current Cao Group has strong troops and horses. My lord will definitely not be its opponent. But when my lord is defeated, General Gongsun, will you still have a way to survive?"

Jushou looked at Gongsun Zan with a serious face.

When Gongsun Zan heard this, he smiled disdainfully: "There is no irreconcilable conflict between me, Cao Cao and Cao Ang. Could he still kill me?"

After listening to Gongsun Zan's remarks, Jushou couldn't help but look at him like a fool.

After a while, Jushou finally calmed down and continued to speak to Gongsun Zan.

"General Gongsun, haven't you ever heard of a saying that says, "Under the bed, others can sleep soundly?"

"The Cao family and his son have long wanted to devour the world. Does General Gongsun think that they will still let you be a frontier official in Youzhou?"

Jushou's words really spoke to Gongsun Zan's heart.

In fact, Gongsun Zan had already expected that there would be a battle between the Cao Group and Yuan Shao.

Originally, he thought that the two families were evenly matched and that he could get some benefits from them.

This alliance is just an excuse for Yuan Shao not to want a war on two fronts.

But now, Gongsun Zan was a little surprised by Ju Shou's words.

"Could it be that there is a big gap between Yuan Shao's strength and Cao Cao's strength?"

When Jushou heard this, his face looked a little ugly, but he still nodded.

"Originally, we thought that after the Cao Group rebuilt Luoyang, it would have spent a lot of manpower, material and financial resources. However, we did not expect that the construction of Luoyang did not seem to shake the foundation of the Cao Group. We don't know where the Cao family came from. A lot of money.”

After Jushou finished speaking, he frowned. He really couldn't figure out where the Cao family got so much money.

You know, basically all the money in the imperial treasury was squandered by that guy Dong Zhuo.

And asking those aristocratic families to contribute money obviously didn't show it.Although these princes also gave a lot of gold to the Cao Group, it was only a drop in the bucket for the money needed to rebuild Luoyang.

"If you can know how the Cao family makes money, my lord can definitely recruit a team stronger than the Cao family!"

Jushou said with a serious face that he didn't care what others thought of Yuan Shao, but when he came to him, he was loyal to Yuan Shao.

Even to the point of foolish loyalty.

Gongsun Zan and even Yuan Shao's subordinate Guo Tu couldn't help laughing after hearing Jushou's words.

Gongsun Zan feels that it is true that you, Yuan Shao, are the hero of the party, but that is all based on the reputation of your Yuan family as the fourth generation and the third prince.

As for Yuan Shao's talent, Gongsun Zan felt that he was inferior to him.

Guo Tu, who was on the side, couldn't help but cast a sidelong glance at Ju Shou as he listened to Yuan Shao's boasting.

If he hadn't known that Ju Shou was truly loyal to Yuan Shao, he would have felt that these words were mocking Yuan Shao.

And Guo Tu, this guy, has always been an exquisite egoist.

As long as it is profitable for him, he will do it.

Now, seeing that Yuan Shao was about to be crushed by the Cao Group's army, he would not wait to die stupidly.

"I think my letter has been delivered to Guo Jia. In this way, even if Yuan Shao is defeated and dies, my Guo family can escape intact."

Guo Tu felt much better when he thought of this. He stepped forward and said, "General Gongsun, this is not the time to talk about such trivial matters."

"Jushou and I are here this time to represent my lord and form an alliance with you, General Gongsun, to jointly fight against Cao's army."

"General Gongsun, I think there is nothing to hesitate in this matter. The Cao family is so powerful that neither your family nor my master's family can withstand their attack."

"Only by joining forces can we compete with it, and then find a way to break it!"

Guo Tu immediately analyzed that he wanted Gongsun Zan to form an alliance with Yuan Shao.

In his opinion, as long as the Cao Group dares to attack Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan will definitely be included in it.

In this case, even if these two people join forces, they probably won't be able to win.

What Guo Tu said was similar in content to what Ju Shou said before. He just added fuel to the fire when Gongsun Zan hesitated.

After Gongsun Zan listened to Guo Tu's words, he waved his hand: "Come here, bring me a pen and ink. I want to write a letter to Brother Benchu ​​to discuss the important matter of alliance!"

Hearing that Gongsun Zan called Yuan Shao his brother, Ju Shou and Guo Tu naturally knew that this alliance was done!
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As time goes by, the new year has come.

According to custom, at the end of the year, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty would attend the royal banquet.

And this is also the first year since the reconstruction of Luoyang, so naturally this banquet must be well organized!

Cao Cao and Cao Ang were so busy before the new year because they were preparing for this banquet.

On the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month, Liu Bian, who had disappeared for a long time, finally appeared in front of the civil and military officials in the palace.

"My dear friends, I have been ill and have been away from government affairs for a long time. Thanks to all of you for your dedicated assistance, I would like to express my gratitude to you."

(End of this chapter)