Chapter 1072 Arrival at Ji County

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Gongsun Zan raised the wine glass in his hand to signal to Huangfu Chaobo, then drank it all in one gulp, and then asked: "What the wise brother just said outside the city, is it true?"

Huangfu Chaobo also quickly picked up the wine glass on his desk, drank a glass with Gongsun Zan, put down the glass and said: "To be honest with you, brother, this time I went north to Youzhou, and I did come for Hebei. Brother should know that at the beginning of this year I launched an army from several counties to attack Cao Cao, intending to secure Yanzhou in one battle, and then turned around and sent troops to Hebei with my brother. However, I underestimated the heroes of the world. Although I captured several counties from Cao Cao, I also lost two counties in Qingzhou. place."

Seeing that the two people were already chatting about the situation in the Central Plains, everyone in the field slowly calmed down and listened quietly to their conversation.

"At that time, my brother sent troops to Hebei, but he accidentally fell into the trap of Yuan Shao's son. In a hurry, he had to ask Zhao Yun to lead the cavalry to come to help, but he still failed to arrive in time, causing his battle to be defeated. After this battle , the younger brother realized that the threat from Yuan Shao's army was getting bigger and bigger, so he thought that if the people of Qingzhou could be moved to Longhua, Jie Shi could organize tens of thousands of troops and send troops to Hebei together with his brother to solve the problem of Zuo Siyou. After thinking about it, I decided to come to Youzhou in person to discuss the matter with my brother. "

Although he heard Huangfu Chaobo mention the Battle of Jieqiao, no matter how nice he said it, he could not hide the fact that he was defeated and returned. Gongsun Zan felt extremely ashamed and angry at this time. However, Huangfu Chaobo did not say much about this, but directly moved to the immigration matter, which made Gongsun Zan feel better.

Hearing Huangfu Chaobo talking about business, Gongsun Zan also knew that this was not the place for discussion, so he waved his hand to stop him from continuing and said: "This is not the place for discussion. My dear brother and you all should follow me to the meeting hall. Let’s discuss it in detail!”

With that said, he stood up and left the table, striding towards the meeting hall. Huangfu Chaobo and everyone in Youzhou also quickly stood up and followed closely behind.

After everyone entered the house, Gongsun Zan waved back all the guards, then turned to Huangfu Chaobo and said, "What my dear brother just said, do you have a detailed strategy?"

Huangfu Chaobo said: "Brother, you should know that Yuan Shao and I have been at war almost every year in the past few years. However, in this year's war, my original intention is to completely defeat Cao Cao, and then deal with Yuan Shao together with my brother. It's just because of Cao Cao's strength, not me. It can be defeated in a short time, and since I am located in the Central Plains and facing enemies on all sides, I don’t have much energy and troops to deal with Yuan Shao.”

"And brother should have seen that the relationship between Yuan Shao's Wei army and Lu Bu's Zhao army has been getting better and better in the past two years. Yuan Shao obtained a large number of war horses from Lu Bu to expand Jizhou's cavalry, while Lu Bu obtained a large amount of grain, grass and weapons from Yuan Shao , so as to increase his strength in merging the state. If we don't make plans early, within three to five years, the strength of the two families will become stronger and stronger. It will be hard for everyone to resist.”

Next, Huangfu Chaobo moved hundreds of thousands of people from the two counties of Qingzhou to Longhua, and explained in detail to Gongsun Zan his idea of ​​expanding Longhua's military strength. Of course, the matter of Laoting is also included. Huangfu Chaobo's reason is that Laoting Port is the only way to connect the two families, so if Gongsunzan agrees, he is ready to support some immigrants in Laoting and let him settle on the seaside to the west of the port. Build a city to better protect the port.

After the strength of Longhua and Leting increased, they were still able to provide strong support when Wei and Zhao sent troops to Youzhou, so it was a win-win for the three families. Another point is that Huangfu Chaobo mentioned to Gongsun Zan that although Gongsundu in Liaodong now only has three counties, if he is persuaded by Yuan Shaojun to attack the Yan army from the east, it will cause the Yan army to face two sides. The enemy is under attack, so it is recommended that the Yan army deal with it as soon as possible to avoid future troubles.

Regarding Huangfu Chaobo's suggestion, Gongsun Zan did not express his position from beginning to end, but the rest of the Yan army, such as Guan Jing and Gongsun Ji, had some thoughts.

But seeing that his lord didn't speak, he remained silent for the time being.

After Huangfu Chaobo finished speaking, Gongsun Zan was silent for a moment, and then slowly said: "What my dear brother said is indeed reasonable, but this matter is of great importance. How about I allow you to think about it carefully before making an answer?"

"Brother, I am very worried. I will stay in Jixian for two more days. Good news, brother Jinghou. Brother, you should know that in fact, I have no idea about Yandi. I just want to keep the horse training land of Longhua. If our Tang army loses With the war horses produced in Longhua, my cavalry will inevitably have no war horses to supplement, and Jie Shi will lose all its advantages in cavalry."

After saying that, Huangfu Chaobo saluted Gongsun Zan and the Yan army present, turned around and left.

Huangfu Chaobo and his party, who left the Duke of Yan's Mansion, moved into a house of the Shadow Guard in Jixian County. This was also an official contact point arranged by Huangfu Chaobo under Gongsun Zan's rule, which was equivalent to a country's representative in other countries. The embassy is a general matter. If Gongsun Zan needs to contact Huangfu Chaobo for anything, he can get in touch here.

When Huangfu Chaobo and his party returned to their residence, they did not rest immediately. He and Guo Jia were carefully observing the pigeon messages coming from Luoyang in the inner room. In the past month, Huangfu Chaobo has been on the road. , although some important news had been received when arriving at Leting, Shi Adu had arranged for all the details to be sent to Jixian, and Lou Jing handed them over to Huangfu Chaobo for inspection.

Now that the situation in the Central Plains is basically stable, Huangfu Chaobo and the others read all the intelligence brought by Lou Jing, and after understanding the situation of each county under their jurisdiction, they shifted the topic to Gongsun Zan again.

"The biggest difficulty this time is to persuade Gongsun Zan. Now I don't know how the discussion in the Duke of Yan's Mansion is going." Huangfu Chaobo said;

"My lord has been friends with General Baima for many years. How confident do you think you are this time?" Guo Jia smiled;

Huangfu Chaobo shook his head: "Gongsun Zan has always been strong. If it was before, he could still listen to others, but after killing Liu Yu..."

"Now, my lord has done everything he should do. He can only do his best and leave it to fate. If Gongsun Zan is unwilling to adopt our strategy, he will have to look for other ways." Guo Jia comforted;

Just as Huangfu Chaobo guessed, since they left, the discussion hall of the Duke of Yan's Mansion has been noisy.