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Therefore, he has already decided to surrender to Liu Xi.

Youzhou Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan are already on the verge of fire and water, and the war between them is about to break out.

It was only because of the huge threat from Liu Xi that the two of them reluctantly endured and joined forces to go out.

However, their personalities and development strategies are completely different, and they cannot cooperate any longer.

As the state shepherd, Liu Yu advocated the policy of empathy for the Xianbei and other alien races.

Gongsun Zan, on the other hand, implemented a policy of iron-blooded suppression.

Of course, Liu Yu's strategy of embracing tenderness was not blindly accommodating aliens.

Instead, while maintaining the deterrence of force, treat the barbarian nobles favorably, domesticate them, and remove their agility.

Control it economically and gradually localize it.

This is somewhat similar to the way the Manchu Qing Dynasty treated Mongolia in later generations.

He believed that the land of barbarians was not suitable for the Han people to settle down, and that blind killing would not solve the problem.

This move is good for the court and the nation, but not good for Youzhou. On the contrary, the huge expenditure will consume the strength of Youzhou.

Moreover, this strategy is too slow, and it is difficult to achieve results without decades and hundreds of years.

Gongsun Zan directly annexed.

After he defeated the aliens, he seized their horses, cattle and sheep and demoted them to slaves.

The young men of the barbarian barbarians form a slave army, and only after obtaining military merit can they be released from their slave status, and they can even rise step by step.

Relying on this annexation strategy, he wiped out several grassland tribes, and his forces expanded rapidly.

After the expansion of his power, he was naturally unwilling to be under Liu Yu, and was constrained by him everywhere.

And Liu Yu was also intolerable towards Gongsun Zan, and every time he tried his best to win over aliens, Gongsun Zan made him become estranged.

So Liu Yu led Youzhou troops and launched a siege on Gongsun Zan.

Originally, Liu Yu, as a state shepherd, commanded all the troops and horses in Youzhou, and had the support of many foreign races. His military strength was far higher than Gongsun Zan.

However, he was not good at using troops, and even more pedantically ordered all the soldiers to avoid civilian houses when fighting, and not to hurt the people one bit.

As a result, the soldiers under his command were timid and timid when fighting, and could not fully exert their strength.

Gongsun Zan personally led a white horse to follow Liu Yu's army, causing Liu Yu's army to be completely chaotic.

Then Gongsun Zan's army attacked and defeated Liu Yu in one fell swoop.

Liu Yu's advisors Guo Rang and Yan Rou protected him and fled to Jizhou.

Before the two sides fought, Liu Xi had obtained accurate information and prepared troops and horses, ready to attack Youzhou at any time.

I just didn't expect Liu Yu to be defeated so quickly, so Liu Xi accelerated his march, and before Gongsun Zan could integrate Youzhou, he directly occupied several counties.

The two hundred and fortieth chapters confrontation

Although Gongsun Zan defeated Liu Yu, he failed to kill him.

Liu Yuguang's benevolent government was very popular in Youzhou.

Gongsun Zan has not yet integrated the forces of Youzhou, and will face Liu Xi's army, and once fell behind.

Before the battle, Liu Xi told him about his old feelings and hoped that he would surrender.

Gongsun Zan was not reconciled, but he also knew that Liu Xi was powerful and he could not resist.

What's more, Liu Yu was still in Liu Xi's army. If he came forward to call, I'm afraid that the backyard would immediately catch fire.

So he proposed to fight Liu Xi.

The two sides each sent [-] soldiers to determine the outcome of the battle.

If he loses, he surrenders to Liu Xi; if he wins, Liu Xi cannot attack his sphere of influence for three years.

The advisors under Liu Xi's command did not agree with it, and when they believed that their side would win, there was no need to agree to this condition.

However, Liu Xi agreed.

At first, Gongsun Zan's troops were not weak, especially the cavalry white horses, and the slave army who was not afraid of death.

When the two sides fight, there will inevitably be a lot of damage on their own side.

Second, the old friendship is all over.

After all, Gongsun Zan had a lot of support for him in the past.

Moreover, if both Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan surrendered, the entire Youzhou could be completely preserved.

Liu Xi is still very confident in this battle.

What's more, even if they were defeated, Gongsun Zan would only occupy two or three counties such as Gao Liu, and he would not be able to make a difference.

In this battle, Gongsun Zan dispatched the most elite three thousand white horse followers under his command.

Liu Xi sent the spearmen trained by Ju Yi.

The Great Halberds were heavy armoured infantrymen. They were broad-waisted and fat-bodied. They were very tall and strong.