241 Gongsun Zan's Ambition 4
Gongsun Zan heard it was right, why did Yuan Shao do this? Guo Tu laughed and said, "You don't know that my lord's army is now stranded in Hanoi. It's not that my lord doesn't want to go back to Bohai, but mainly because there is no food and grass. Now there is only the big bear in Bingzhou. He is a madman who is ignorant and ignorant, and he dares to do anything, and my lord dares not provoke him easily. So he went to Lord Han Fu of Jizhou to borrow food.
Cao, originally, the relationship between my lord and Han Fu should be feasible, but Lord Han Fu said that the grain was bought by the Big Bear in Bingzhou and lent the excess grain to my lord. Then wouldn’t my lord’s army be even more unstoppable? If my lord’s army continues to stay in Hanoi, firstly, there is no food or grass support in Hanoi, and it will also arouse suspicion of Big Bear in Bingzhou. This strategy was only made without any choice, and this was done."
After hearing this, Tian Yu sneered, looked at Guo Tu and said, "Mr. Gongze, since that's the case, why didn't Yuan Benchu attack Jizhou by himself? With the army in Yuan Benchu's hands, Han Fu from Jizhou cannot resist at all. Why don't you come to cooperate with my lord? Isn't Yuan Shao better hold Jizhou alone? Yuan Shao's alliance with my lord shouldn't have any kindness?"
When Gongsun Zan heard it was right, why did Yuan Shao cooperate with me if he wanted to attack Jizhou? The problem is not that simple, maybe it was a conspiracy?
Guo Tu smiled and said, "My lord also wants to defeat Jizhou alone, but we are not sure to defeat Han Fu in an instant. Our army does not have a large number of food and grass support. Once we fall into a protracted war, there will be problems with our army's food and grass supply. I think you are all knowledgeable people and you won't know the importance of food and grass to the army. If we join forces with General Gongsun, we can quickly conquer Jizhou. Although half of the territory of Jizhou is divided to the general, it is better than nothing."
Gongsun Zan was moved, and all the generals under his command were moved. This temptation was too great. Half of Jizhou, what a joke? Who doesn’t know that Jizhou is rich? If you can own half of Jizhou, it is actually much stronger than owning all Youzhou. Jizhou is a large plain and fertile land. It is one of the richest states in the Han Dynasty.
Gongsun Zan said to Guo Tu: "Mr. Gongze, you go back to the inn first to take a rest. I will discuss with my civil and military officials and then give you a reply."
Guo Tu happily saluted everyone and left. After Guo Tu left, Gongsun Yue was the first to say: "Brother, do it, this is a good opportunity. Having half of Jizhou is much stronger than having Dai County and Shanggu, and even half of Jizhou is stronger than our entire Youzhou."
After hearing this, Guan Jing said, "Lord, I think it should be the trap that Yuan Shao and the others have put on our army. I haven't figured out what the specific conspiracy is yet, but my intuition tells me that Yuan Shao must have a trick."
After hearing this, Yan Gang said, "What's so scary about this? We are not joining forces with Yuan Shao. We just discuss the joint mission with Yuan Shao. Will we leave the territory of Jizhou we captured to Yuan Shao? Will the territory that Yuan Shao has captured give us? In fact, it is just that we both sides will grab the territory of Jizhou. Whoever grabs the territory of Jizhou will belong to whom, and what equal division is definitely a nonsense. So what are we afraid of Yuan Shao?"
After hearing this, Tian Yu shook his head and said, "I'm afraid there won't be such a simple thing. Who is Yuan Shao? Will he suffer a loss after the fourth generation and the third generation? There must be a problem in it, but we still don't understand it for the time being."
Gongsun Yue said: "Brother, let's not care about Yuan Shao's conspiracy. As long as the army is in our hands, what's scary about us? Just be more careful when attacking Han Fu. This is a good opportunity."
Gongsun Xu said: "Father, I don't have to care about Yuan Benchu's conspiracy, but as long as I control the army well, I should not be afraid of Yuan Shao's tricks. Yuan Shao can't take away the territory he captured. As long as he possesses most of Jizhou, his strength will increase greatly. If he wants to have territory, he has to rely on swords to speak."
After hearing his son's words, Gongsun Zan thought for a while and said, "Don't say anything, I decided to join forces with Yuan Shao to attack Han Fu in Jizhou, and everyone went down to prepare for the war."
When everyone heard that Gongsun Zan had decided, there was nothing to say. Then Gongsun Zan asked someone to invite Guo Tu and discussed the joint troops to Jizhou together. After the two sides discussed the time and route of sending troops, Guo Tu returned. When Guo Tu returned to Yecheng, he sent a lot of news in the city that Gongsun Zan wanted to send troops to attack Jizhou, which caused a stir in the entire Yecheng, while Guo Tu returned to Yuan Shao happily.
However, after Yuan Shao's army arrived in Hanoi, there was no food or grass to continue moving forward, so he had to stay in Hanoi. Later, I heard that Lu Ning bought a large amount of grain from other counties and prefectures around the world. Now the most grain in the world is the area under the jurisdiction of Lu Ning, Xuzhou, Jingzhou, Yizhou, Hanzhong and other places, and there is also a part of the grain reserve in the official warehouse of Jizhou. However, the most grain reserves around Hanoi were Lu Ning's Bingzhou, so Yuan Shao, the fool, had the idea of attacking Lu Ning Bingzhou.
Then Yuan Shao's exploration of the horses found out that Lu Ning's army was going to fight a decisive battle with the 150,000 cavalry of the Huns coalition. Yuan Shao felt that the opportunity had come. This was the best time to annex Lu Ning Bingzhou. Yuan Shao immediately studied how to annex Lu Ning Bingzhou with his civil and military officials and Wang Kuang from Hanoi. After Yuan Shao's men arrived, Yuan Shao said: "Everyone, I called you to study how our army attacked Bingzhou. You all told me what good solutions were there?"
When everyone heard this, be good, go and provoke the big bear on the northern prairie. Are you mistaken? Maybe you will lose your life. The big bear will kill people without blinking and will not talk to you about any etiquette. It is entirely based on his own personality, and will not call you a famous scholar or aristocrat. If he is unhappy, he will kill him immediately. This is not a joke. Xu You glanced at Yuan Shao and said, "Lord, why do you want to provoke someone? The big bear is illiterate, ignorant, and not following the rules. It is not easy to provoke. Besides, the big bear army is not something that our army can do if we want to."
After hearing this, Yuan Shao laughed and said, "Ziyuan doesn't have to worry. Now that Lu Ning is going to fight the 150,000 cavalry of the Huns Allied Forces. At that time, he will definitely take time out of the troops in Jinyang, Shangdang and other places. As long as Lu Ning sends troops, we will take down his nest. Anyway, he will not be unable to defeat the 150,000 cavalry of the Huns. Let's help him manage Bingzhou."
Chapter completed!