Chapter 204: Choose Me Again, I'll Come Back
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Gongsun Chan now regrets it.
regretted why he was so greedy, listened to Yuan Shao's words, and as a result, he took the army to Jizhou and had just fought a battle with Han Fu, and was about to be forced to return.
Now I haven't caught anything, but I'm going to lose my Beiping County.
If you can go back to the past, Gongsun Chan will definitely follow Liu Bei's advice and stay in Beiping County and not go anywhere.
"Where can we go now?" Gongsun Chan asked.
Liu Bei said: "Fanyang County, Jicheng, and the south to seize Jizhou." ”
Chen Hong, the Taishou of Fanyang County, was also biased towards Gongsun Zan before, but now he has entered Shanggu County with a large army and is in a confrontation with Tai Shici.
Gongsun Zan can temporarily go to Fanyang County, relying on Fanyang County, and continue to compete with Zhao Hui for Youzhou.
It's just that Zhao Hui has already occupied the three counties of Shanggu Yuyang and Beiping, and Gongsun Zhan wants to defeat Zhao Hui, and it is more difficult than before.
Even Liu Bei felt that it was too difficult, and there was little hope of success.
Choosing to go to Jicheng is equivalent to Gongsun Zan choosing to defect to Liu Yu, as Liu Yu's state pastor, if they can persuade Liu Yu to deal with Zhao Hui together, they will have a greater hope of defeating Zhao Hui.
Take a step back, you can also let Liu Yu come forward to make peace and let Zhao Hui withdraw from Beiping County.
In Liu Bei's opinion, it is better to choose to go to Jicheng than to go to Fanyang County.
It's just that for Gongsun Zhan, Jicheng is not a good place to go, and with his previous relationship with Liu Yu, Liu Yu may not help him.
If one is not handled well, it will be difficult for Gongsun Chan to gain a foothold in Youzhou.
After all, now Youzhou is not only Gongsun Zhan, but also Zhao Hui.
The last option, with the tens of thousands of people in his hands, to attack Jizhou, this is even more risky.
Yuan Shao was no easier to deal with than Zhao Hui.
And the grain and grass that Gongsun Chan has now can't last long. If you can't take a few cities in Jizhou, now these tens of thousands of soldiers can only drink the northwest wind.
"My lord, the enemy army has been found in the west, and the leader is Zhao Yun."
The appearance of Zhao Yun made Gongsun Zan unwilling, and he could only lead his troops to withdraw at this moment.
However, Gongsun Chan only retreated for dozens of miles before re-encamping. Wait for Yan Gang to lead the arrival of the baggage team.
He still has to fight Zhao Hui again.
It's all easy to say if you win.
If defeated, he would choose to take another path.
Yuan Shao, who was in Jizhou, was also very annoyed at the moment.
Naturally, he didn't want to share Jizhou with Gongsun Zhan.
The purpose of inviting Gongsun Zan to attack Jizhou was to put pressure on Jizhou Mu Hanfu.
thus forcing Han Fu to give up Jizhou.
Yuan Shao can get the entire Jizhou without spending a single soldier.
However, Gongsun Zhan had just won a small victory, and as a result, he immediately returned to Youzhou with his troops.
made Yuan Shao's previous preparations all in vain. Without the pressure of Gongsun Zhan, how could Han Fu give Jizhou to him.
The envoy sent to Yecheng was called back by Yuan Shao halfway.
The reason for Gongsun Zhan's return to Youzhou, Yuan Shao already knew. He could only temporarily put aside the operation to seize Jizhou.
Just as Zhao Hui didn't want Youzhou to have too much internal friction, Yuan Shao didn't want Jizhou to be greatly damaged because of internal friction.
It's just that there are now two people in Youzhou, Zhao Hui and Gongsun Zhan, and no one in the two is willing to take a step back, so they can only use war to solve it.
Jizhou now has no character who can compete with Yuan Shao, as long as Han Fu gives up the position of state pastor to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao can sit firmly.
Yuan Shao's goal is the whole world, not just a state.
He chose the richest Jizhou, because he valued the geographical advantages here.
When he left Luoyang, Yuan Shao already had a preliminary plan in his heart, and he occupied Youzhou, Jizhou.
Then unite the northern grasslands, there is a natural danger of the Yellow River, he can retreat and defend, advance and attack, and strive for hegemony in the south, and great things can be accomplished.
It's just that the alliance was dissolved and he returned from Luoyang, and for most of the year, Yuan Shao had made all kinds of preparations, but he still failed to take Jizhou, let alone Youzhou.
However, Yuan Shao doesn't need to worry for the time being, the area south of Jizhou, the princes of Yanzhou and Yuzhou are now controlled by Cao Cao and Liu Dai, and Yuan Shao doesn't have to worry about them going north.
Moreover, Yuan Shao was the leader of the alliance army before, and these princes would not take the initiative to attack Yuan Shao now.
"Haha, Gongsun Zhan's Beiping has been robbed." Yuan Shao said with a smile: "Let me repair another book with it, and I don't have to worry about Gongsun Zan not coming." ”
Yuan Shao's Tanma had already sent information about Youzhou.
However, in this letter, Yuan Shao did not say that Jizhou would be divided equally, but asked Gongsun Chan to come and help him, and after he obtained Jizhou, he would in turn help Gongsun Chan recapture Youzhou.
Yuan Shao's intelligence acquisition speed is almost no less than that of Zhao Hui.
When his newly written secret letter was delivered to Gongsun Zhan, Gongsun Zhan was still in the camp a hundred miles south of Beiping. It happened to make peace with the baggage team led by Yan Gang and prepared to attack Beiping.
"Xuande, what do you say?"
Unconsciously, when Gongsun Chan made various decisions, he paid more and more attention to Liu Bei's suggestions.
From only treating Liu Bei as a gold medal fighter before, Liu Bei has now become his think tank.
As a hero, Liu Bei is not as good as Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in terms of wisdom. But compared to the other generals in Gongsun Zhan's hands, Liu Bei is very conspicuous.
Liu Bei said: "You can promise Yuan Shao." Even if he repents, we can still wait for the opportunity to seize Zhongshan, Changshan, and Hejian. ”
For Gongsun Zhan, capturing these three places is easier than defeating Zhao Hui.
"Okay, I'll listen to Xuande this time." Gongsun Chan said.
Facing Zhao Hui alone, Gongsun Chan really has no confidence now.
Although he has now made peace with Yan Gang's baggage team, in the past few days, Zhao Hui has also been transferring troops to Beiping City.
At the beginning, Gongsun Chan still had a little advantage in terms of strength, but after such a long time. The Zhao Hui army in Beiping City has surpassed Gongsun Zan in terms of numbers.
After all, the 20,000 people left behind by Gongsun Chan in Beiping were all swallowed by Zhao Hui.
Now he only has the 30,000 people he brought to attack Jizhou before.
And Zhao Hui has already incorporated 20,000 soldiers from Yuyang County. Of the more than 10,000 captives who came, some were dismissed, a few thousand remained.
The captives were dispersed and placed in various squads.
Some were transferred back to Shanggu County, some were stationed in Yuyang County, and some came to Beiping County.
Now Zhao Hui's troops in Beiping City have reached 30,000.
Although Gongsun Chan is still stationed hundreds of miles outside Beiping City, he has no confidence in recapturing Beiping County at all.
He immediately accepted Liu Bei's suggestion, he now has 30,000 people in his hands, which can pose a threat to Jizhou.
If all of his 30,000 people were consumed under Beiping City, then Yuan Shao would not need him.
"Zhao Hui, I'll be back."
Although he had no confidence, the unwillingness in Gongsun Zhan's heart did not decrease. He will never give up Youzhou. Now it's just a strategic realignment.