The imperial examination was in full swing, but a messenger left Jinyang and began to go towards Jixian.

Until the end of the imperial examination, Liu Tao's last letter to Liu Bei was sent to him. Liu Bei opened it and looked at it, was silent for a while, and finally sent someone to call Gongsun Zhan over and waved the others away.

"Bogui, I called you over this time because of this letter of state...... "Liu Bei handed over the letter of state to Gongsun Zhan.

"Are you embarrassed to come and recruit us?" Gongsun Chan glanced at it a little and said with some indignation.

The year before last, he played him a lot of tricks and caused him to lose his troops, but this year he finally recovered some vitality. It's just that Youzhou's population is so large, and Liu Bei has expanded his troops to 50,000, which is already the limit that Youzhou can afford at this stage.

Even so, on the one hand, you have to deal with the attack of the Uhuan, and on the other hand, you have to be careful of the harassment from the Goguryeo side. In the end, he had to devote himself to a two-front battle with the Han Dynasty.

After all, the army of the Han Dynasty may be killed from Daijun and Jizhou at any time, and it is not a strange thing to fight on two or even three lines.

Facing thousands of enemies alone, then it is possible to rely on some terrain and means to achieve the effect of defeat. But in the face of the Northern Han army, which is 350,000 and has been prepared, can they face it calmly?

It can only be said that the Jin Kingdom was destroyed too quickly, so fast that people couldn't react, otherwise they could provide support when necessary.

It doesn't make sense to say this now, the focus is on how to deal with it, maybe next year, maybe two or three months later, the Northern Han who came over.

"They have surrounded us, so they are naturally qualified to surrender." Liu Bei was a little helpless, under the absolute strength, the means of being able to exhibit were very limited. Half of the surrender will be lost, and if you don't surrender, you will definitely die in the end, and you will be sent to the execution ground as a rebel and die in the most humiliating way.

Of course, you can choose to escape, but where can you escape? Like Zhang Ju, fled to the grassland and was with Wuhuan?

Speaking of which, the reason why Gongsun Chan and Wuhuan don't deal with each other is actually here. After all, what Zhang Wen wanted to mobilize at the beginning was Wu Huan Yicong, but he was cut off by Zhang Chun, which led to the follow-up fight.

Although Zhang Chun was finally rewarded by Liu Yu, he was then killed by his generals. But Zhang Ju escaped into the grassland, and now on Wuhuan's side, there are rumors from time to time that he has been seen somewhere.

It's not that Gongsun Chan hates the Hu people and kills Wu Huan, but the two are already antagonistic and can only fight to the death. In this case, Liu Yu, who advocates friendship with the Hu people, is actually sitting back and watching Gongsun Zhan and the Hu people fight to the end.

In this case, Gongsun Zan killed Liu Yu, but there was an element of self-preservation. After all, instead of facing two enemies in the end, it is better to directly kill the most obstructive one, integrate his subordinates, and then deal with Wuhuan with all his might.

In other words, it is impossible for Wuhuan to become an arm helper, and even become an enemy in some cases. Xianbei's side was seriously injured, and he couldn't send reinforcements for three or five years......

"So, you're intrigued?" Gongsun Zhan looked at Liu Bei.

"If you surrender, you can still be crowned king, why don't you be tempted?" Liu Bei smiled faintly, "If there is still a chance to enter the three provinces and six ministries, it will be more comfortable." ”

Then he looked at Gongsun Zhan and continued: "The prince on your side may not be able to keep it, but it should be able to be crowned a marquis." Liu Pet is being the general of Zhendong, and you and I may not have a chance. ”

"What does Xuande mean by breaking into the interior of the Northern Han Dynasty and then forming its own forces?" Gongsun Chan understood. Naikan bar Chinese network

"That's the only way I can see going right now." Liu Bei sighed, "With the information collected, Bo Gui should also know that there are actually quite a few factions under Liu Tao's command. Everyone's interests are different, but the world is undecided, so they are temporarily united together, and the other is that Liu Tao has indeed brought benefits to them and eased the contradictions between various factions. ”

As long as the world is peaceful, then naturally in order to compete for the right to speak, various factions will begin to fight. He could have added fuel to the flames and made everything a little more violent. It's up to Liu Tao to face the enemy from within......

If you don't want to be an emperor, then you can be a powerful minister, or even a powerful minister who controls the emperor.

In contrast, the humiliation of surrender or something, ignoring it is. Liu Tao did not misunderstand Liu Bei, his cheeks are indeed very thick, as long as the interests are enough, then he can not have any cheeks.

"Will they allow it?" Gongsun Chan looked at Liu Bei, of course he meant those old ministers of Liu Yu's era.

"If they don't allow it, then let them face the Han army by themselves, and our headquarters will take it away." Liu Bei did not abandon their reluctance at all.

"My side will always be your ally!" Gongsun Chan said with a smile, the relationship between the two is indeed good, but the most important thing is that he knows very well that compared with him, an 'outsider', Liu Bei, a 'Han clan relative', is more competitive in the system.

"I am the main text, you are the main army, our faction will eventually become an existence under Liu Tao's command that cannot be ignored!" Liu Bei nodded, already making up his mind in his heart.

The next day, he convened a court meeting and brought Liu Tao's national credentials. At the same time, he said that when Liu Tao was fighting Dong, he had actually surrendered once, and it was the second time that he started the war two years ago. Now that he surrendered for the third time, Liu Bei felt that it was worth seriously considering, so he asked everyone's opinions.

Gongsun Chan naturally stands on Liu Bei's side unconditionally, and he chooses whatever Liu Bei chooses. It's just that Gongsun Chan is also cunning, he doesn't say what he chooses at all, and he gives Liu Bei the choice, which is somewhat ambiguous.

"Your Majesty wants to surrender, and I can't persuade anything...... It's just the prince what to do? Yan Rou stepped forward and asked.

At present, there are nothing more than three factions in the court, first of all, Liu Yu's original faction, then Gongsun Zhan's faction, and finally the faction of ordinary scholars who defected to the court.

The last faction aside, Gongsun Zhan is on Liu Bei's side, so it is Liu Yu's old department that is worth wooing.

"He is still my heir, but from the crown prince to the prince." Liu Bei replied, "Of course, if you don't want to, you can also support him as the emperor, anyway, I will give up the throne." ”

Everyone keenly noticed that Liu Bei no longer regarded himself as 'I', which meant that he was obviously serious.

It's just that with their support, can they face Liu Tao's general in an all-out attack alone? As expected, Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan are estimated to take away most of the troops, and only a few thousand of the 50,000 can stay at most.

In other words, you don't have a choice in the first place. Taking 10,000 steps back, the son of the world is also a good choice, and it may not be unacceptable to end everything peacefully.

They finally compromised, and with Gongsun Zhan's side, even if those scholars were unwilling, they couldn't change anything.

"Your Majesty!" A few days later, Qian Fu came to Liu Tao excitedly, "Yan Han officially sent a letter of surrender, and they surrendered!" ”

"It seems that Liu Bei is still the same Liu Bei......" Liu Tao sighed silently, blessings and misfortunes depend, and he will have a headache in the future.