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This question made Zhao Yun a little difficult to answer for a moment.

Seeing this, Guo Jia stepped forward and saluted to relieve Zhao Yun, saying.

"It's not like that. I was ordered by my teacher to go and discuss some government affairs with Liu Gong about expanding the trade of farming cattle and war horses. Liu Gong saw that we had few soldiers and was afraid of accidents along the way, so he handed these two thousand Wuhuan cavalry to us."

Gongsun Zan also had some impression of Guo Jia. He had seen this person beside Li Ji during the campaign against Dong Zhuo.

Hearing about the trade, Gongsun Zan's eyes couldn't help but light up.

In the past, Gongsun Zan secretly engaged in war horse and farming cattle trade with Liu Bei, thinking only of helping Liu Bei and earning some private money to raise some private soldiers.

However, what Gongsun Zan never expected was that after the establishment of Jinmen Port, it was simply a hen that laid golden eggs like rain. A huge amount of money and food continuously poured into his pocket through Jinmen Port.

In addition, the Wuhuan tribe can now be considered completely subdued, becoming a cow in Gongsun Zan's eyes that specializes in producing milk, grazing horses for Youzhou.

Otherwise, how could Gongsun Zan have built a cavalry force of 60,000 in the relatively barren Youzhou?

Therefore, even though Gongsun Zan was not proficient in government affairs and trade, he would definitely agree with both hands when he heard about expanding trade.

"Did Liu Bo'an object?"

Gongsun Zan asked anxiously at first, and then said.

"If Liu Bo'an has any objections, Fengxiao can just tell me, and I will personally go and talk to Liu Bo'an."

This made Guo Jia feel a little dumbfounded, and he quickly explained.

"Lord Liu has already agreed in principle, but there are many details in this expanded trade, and further implementation requires Lord Liu and the teacher to discuss in detail."

"Yes."

Gongsun Zan responded, and his eyes showed a bit more kindness when he looked at Guo Jia, as if he were looking at a wealth-bringing boy.

After all, Gongsun Zan knew very well where the bulk of the money and food for building a large army came from, which was the income from trade through Jinmen Port over the years.

He benevolently accepted the war horses and farming cattle raised by the Wuhuan for the Han Dynasty, and then sold them through Jinmen Port at market prices. The price difference allowed Gongsun Zan to earn a lot of money.

It was just that Liu Yu forcibly took away a considerable portion every year, otherwise Gongsun Zan felt that the army might be able to expand by another third.

And Gongsun Zan deliberately brought the army here, naturally not just for escorting.

While inviting Zhao Yun and Guo Jia to Guangzong City, Gongsun Zan pointed to the vast and boundless cavalry with satisfaction and asked, "Zilong, Fengxiao, is my cavalry majestic?"

"Majestic!"

Zhao Yun replied concisely and continued to add, "Both majestic and strong!"

Guo Jia said with a bit more emotion.

"It is the most majestic in the world!"

"Hahahaha!"

Gongsun Zan was overjoyed, pointing his horse whip to the south and saying, "That's right, don't you know that if my cavalry throws their whips into the Yellow River, they can cause the Yellow River to temporarily cut off its flow."

"It's ridiculous that Yuan Shao, a brat, relies on his background and dares to occupy my Bohai Commandery. I will teach him to turn into dust under the iron hooves. It's good that Zilong and Fengxiao are here, so you can witness it for me."

Zhao Yun remained noncommittal about this, but Guo Jia's brows furrowed unconsciously.

This was both for Gongsun Zan's inflated arrogance. 60,000 cavalrymen were indeed a force to be reckoned with, but the idea of throwing whips to cut off the Yellow River was really something he couldn't agree with.

But at the same time, the magnificence and elite nature of Gongsun Zan's cavalry army was indeed shocking to Guo Jia.

Especially in Jizhou, which is mostly plains, the power of the cavalry can be maximized. Will Yuan Shao really be Gongsun Zan's opponent?

Various doubts arose in Guo Jia's mind. He accompanied Zhao Yun to the banquet set up by Gongsun Zan in Guangzong City, and then began to understand the current situation in Guangzong from all aspects.

The more he understood, the less hope Guo Jia had for Yuan Shao.

At present, the forces gathered in Guangzong, in addition to the 60,000 Youzhou cavalry led by Gongsun Zan, also included the allied forces composed of 40,000 Jizhou infantry sent by Han Fu.

In contrast, Yuan Shao, who was holding firmly at Jieqiao along the Qing River, had only 40,000 troops, of which only a meager 6,000 were cavalry.

To be fair, Yuan Shao was able to build such a large army with three commanderies, which shows that he had sufficient money and food and a deep foundation.

However, if he wanted to rely on this force to fight Gongsun Zan in the field, the combat power of the two sides was undoubtedly unbalanced.

It's just that the predicament Yuan Shao faced was that he had to fight, otherwise, once Gongsun Zan passed Jieqiao and entered Qinghe, he would cut Yuan Shao's territory in half.

If Qinghe was intercepted and cut off, Bohai Commandery and Wei Commandery would not be able to connect, and Yuan Shao would undoubtedly be waiting for death.

Therefore, Yuan Shao could only defend Jieqiao to the death, but field battles were completely not Gongsun Zan's opponent.

"Difficult!"

Guo Jia, who came to help Gongsun Zan, couldn't think of how Yuan Shao should break the situation.

However, after Guo Jia arrived in Guangzong City for four or five days, what made Guo Jia quite puzzled was that Gongsun Zan had not used his troops for a long time.

Out of doubt, Guo Jia asked around, probing for information.

Gongsun Zan didn't deliberately hide anything and replied, "Don't worry, I'm still waiting for Yuan Benchu to gather his forces."

Guo Jia was slightly stunned and couldn't even understand Gongsun Zan's thought process for a moment, and asked.

"Why? Wouldn't it be better to take advantage of Yuan Shao's unstable footing, directly break through Jieqiao and enter Qinghe?"

"Superficial!"

Gongsun Zan raised his wine glass with one hand and replied, "It seems that although Fengxiao is Zikun's proud student, he is still inexperienced and his vision is too shallow."

Guo Jia, who was put on airs by Gongsun Zan, turned green and cupped his hands.

"Please enlighten me, General Gongsun."

"In the past, when I fought side by side with Zikun, I realized a truth, that the use of troops should not be limited to one victory or one defeat, but should focus on the overall situation."

As Gongsun Zan spoke, he drank the fine wine and said with a big laugh.

"Therefore, I led the cavalry to roam the desert, sweeping thousands of miles, burning countless Wuhuan settlements, and then defeating the Wuhuan."

"Now, my cavalry is good at field battles, but not good at attacking cities."

"Even if we break through Jieqiao while Yuan Benchu is unprepared and enter Qinghe, Yuan Benchu will definitely defend the city to the death, which will cause the battle to fall into a long siege stalemate."

Hearing this, Guo Jia tried hard to take his eyes away from the fine wine and gradually understood Gongsun Zan's plan.

Gongsun Zan's tone became more and more high-pitched as he continued to say.

"Guangzong is nearly a thousand miles away from Youzhou, and it is so difficult to transport food and grass. Now the supply of food and grass all depends on Han Fu's supply. Once we fall into a long stalemate, it will be very unfavorable to me and I will be controlled by that idiot Han Fu."

"What's more, the infantry is the main force when attacking a city. If Han Fu's infantry takes the city, who will the city belong to?"

"Therefore, instead of being so troublesome, it is better to station troops in Guangzong and force Yuan Benchu to constantly deploy heavy troops at Jieqiao to defend. Wouldn't it be wonderful to decide the victory or defeat in a field battle?"

After hearing this, Guo Jia gained a deeper understanding of the complex triangular relationship in Jizhou.

From Gongsun Zan's point of view, it was excusable to do so. Instead of falling into a siege warfare that was unfavorable to the cavalry, it was better to force Yuan Shao to decide the victory or defeat in a field battle in order to plot greater benefits.

(End of this chapter)