The Power of the Three Kingdoms at the End of the Han Dynasty and the Imperial Power of the Han Dyna

Qingzhou, Pingyuan County.

Compared to Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan was even more miserable. Not to mention losing all his territory, he only had [-] men under his command, most of whom were wounded. He went from being a high-spirited man to being a bereaved dog, from heaven to hell, in just one month. time.

"General, Ambassador Liu came to visit and said he had something important to discuss."

Gongsun Zan faced the same embarrassing situation as Yuan Shao - living under someone else's roof.

Not only did he live under someone else's roof, but he also lived under his former younger brother.

Compared with Yuan Shao's ability to bend and stretch, Gongsun Zan could not hide his face. He did not want to admit that he was defeated. Therefore, since he escaped from death and came to Pingyuan County, he deliberately locked himself in this small area and did not interact with Liu Bei.

Gongsun Zan: "Xuande?"

Liu Bei came, followed by Jian Yong, "Brother Gongsun, I'm here today to discuss important matters."

Gongsun Zan fled to Pingyuan County for nearly a month. Although Liu Bei came to visit him every now and then, this was the first time he was so anxious.

Gongsun Zan: "Xuande, what happened?"

Liu Bei looked at Jian Yong, who saluted and said: "My lord, General Gongsun, the latest information obtained shows that the King of Hejian is no longer in Jizhou, but has gone to Chang'an."

Jian Yong's words cheered up Gongsun Zan. Without him, Gongsun Zan cared about everything about Liu Han. He wanted revenge, he wanted to regain the lost place, and avenge his brothers and sisters.

Gongsun Zan: "In that case...we might as well take advantage of his absence and Jizhou's emptiness to retake the Bohai Sea? Xuande, can you lend me some troops? I..."

Liu Bei saw that Gongsun Zan was about to fall into madness, and he regretted telling Gongsun Zan the news. He didn't want to collide with Liu Han before he had grown up, so he thought of taking advantage of the fact that the King of Hejian had no time to take care of them, and first took advantage of them. Qingzhou is in the bag.

"Brother Bogui, I know you are anxious. Don't be anxious yet. Listen to me. Although the King of Hejian has left Jizhou, there is still Xu Rong in Jizhou and an army of hundreds of thousands. With only our twenty thousand Human, it’s simply impossible.”

Gongsun Zan calmed down when he heard that Liu Han still had troops left in Jizhou, "This... Xuande, you have many ideas. Tell me, what should we do?"

Liu Bei expressed his thoughts: "Brother Bo Gui, although I don't know what happened in Chang'an, the King of Hejian swallowed up Jizhou and half of Sili in one go, and he will never have the energy to go south in a short time. I thought We should take advantage of this opportunity to strike preemptively, capture the entire Qingzhou, strengthen ourselves, and then join forces with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Tao Qian, Yuan Shu and other princes to attack the King of Hejian."

Gongsun Zan was moved. If there were really so many people, he wouldn't be afraid of Liu Han. "In what name?"

Liu Bei: "The seizure of Jizhou without an imperial edict is for rebellion. Even if he is the emperor's uncle, it will not work."

Gongsun Zan: "Okay! Just follow what Xuande said!"

After Liu Bei got Gongsun Zan's answer, he happily said: "Brother Bogui will rest for a few more days, and we will take action in a few days."

Gongsun Zan nodded.

Liu Bei left, still thinking about Chang'an, "Xianhe (Jian Yong), why do you think Liu Han suddenly sent troops to Chang'an? What happened in Chang'an that warranted his mobilization of troops like this?"

Not only Liu Bei was puzzled, but all the princes in Shandong didn't understand, because the news from Chang'an had long been blocked. The latest news they got was that Li Jue and Guo Si had conquered Chang'an, Lu Bu led the remaining troops to escape from Wuguan, and Wang Yun committed suicide.

Others, know nothing.

Jian Yong shook his head, "My lord, no matter what happens over there, the most important thing right now is to quickly improve your strength." Liu Bei nodded. Without the title of clan clan member of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei no longer had to care too much about benevolence and righteousness, and no longer concealed his ambitions. Fight when it’s time to fight. "I, Liu Bei, should have a place in this world!"

Liu Bei always remembered the humiliation brought to him by Liu Han and Dong Zhuo when they first suppressed the Yellow Turbans. When they attacked Dong at Hulao Pass, he tried his best but was scorned by the princes and looked down upon by many.

It's because I don't have the strength, it's because I don't have the status.

"As long as I can capture Qingzhou and have a state, next time the princes challenge Liu, I will no longer be an unknown person, and I can be on an equal footing with those sanctimonious guys. I really want to see their faces!"

Jian Yong quietly asked Liu Bei: "My lord, will General Gongsun..."

Liu Bei smiled, but this smile was chilling, "Xianhe, you don't have to worry about this. I believe Brother Bogui will make the right choice."

Later, Liu Bei said in his heart: "Because he has no choice."

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  After Liu Bei left, Gongsun Zan's confidant Tian Kai came over and said, "My lord, Liu Xuande..."

Gongsun Zan: "Tian Kai, you don't need to say anything."

Gongsun Zan is brave, but he is not a brainless man. He naturally knows what Liu Bei means, "I am really blind. It's a pity that I always regard him as my brother Liu Bei!"

Although Liu Bei didn't say it explicitly, his meaning was very clear. He needed Gongsun Zan to be his thug.

Tian Kai: "Lord, it's not as good as us..."

Gongsun Zan immediately interrupted: "Tian Kai, needless to say, since I decided to follow the princes to fight against Dong, I have already chosen to betray him. He will not want me."

Gongsun Zan was also puzzled at first as to why the King of Hejian would place him in such a strange place as Bohai County. Now he understands, but he also regrets betraying him in the first place.

If he had not followed the princes to attack Dong, but stayed in Bohai and waited for the princes to return after being defeated, Gongsun Zan could have directly stabbed Han Fu and Yuan Shao in Bohai, and the King of Hejian would have captured Jizhou at a much smaller price.

Now, it's too late to say anything, there's no way to go back.

Gongsun Zan: "Let the army rest for a few more days and prepare to go south."

Tian Kai: "Here."

Now that he saw Liu Bei's face clearly, Gongsun Zan also had to figure out his own way out. After all, he had followed Liu Han, served as a prefect, and was also one of the princes. With his own temperament, he would never consider others as his master.

"Cao Cao must be sure to win Yanzhou, Qingzhou has become Liu Xuande's forbidden love, and only Xuzhou and Yangzhou are left."

"There is Tao Qian in Xuzhou, and there is the new governor Liu Yao in Yangzhou. Tao Qian has Danyang elite soldiers under his command, who are not easy to mess with, so only Yangzhou is left."

(Liu Yao, courtesy name Zhengli. A native of Mouping, Donglai. A minister of the clan in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, after the mourning of King Hui Liu Fei, he was the nephew of Taiwei Liu Chong and his brother Liu Dai.)
  Liu Yao was initially elected as Xiaolian and awarded the title of doctor. When he was the magistrate of Xiayi County, he gave up his official position because he refused to be entrusted by the county governor. Later, he was recruited as a vassal of Sikong. In addition to being appointed as a censor, he was unable to take up his post due to the war and took refuge in Huaipu. In the second year of Chuping (191), he was appointed governor of Yangzhou by Dong Zhuo.

On the way to take office, Dong Zhuo was killed by Wang Yun. Chang'an was in chaos, so he had no choice but to go to take office. He had just arrived in Yangzhou and had no place to gain a foothold.

"I'm afraid...the land of Jiangdong is not suitable for northern men like us." (End of Chapter)