Chapter 97: Gongsun Chan Sends Troops
After the envoy sent by Gongsun Yue brought the news of Yuan Shu's willingness to form an alliance and the terms of the transaction back to Youbeiping to inform Gongsun Zhan, Gongsun Zhan ordered his generals to start catching a large number of wild horses on the grassland and preparing to send them to Yuan Shu.
At the same time, Gongsun Chan also personally took action and captured a few demon horses in the grassland, and his strength was equivalent to the Iron Bone Realm. And these demon horses whose strength is equivalent to the Iron Bone Realm are Gongsun Zhan's gift to Yuan Shu as a sign of his sincerity.
And after the people sent by Gongsun Yue came back, Gongsun Zan sent another person to Yuzhou again, explaining to Yuan Shu that he was ready to trade, and the first batch of war horses had already set off, so that Yuan Shu could prepare grain, grass and armor, and they would trade in the plains.
Pingyuan Taishou Liu Bei and Gongsun Chan have a friendship with each other, and the relationship is very good, this time the choice to trade in the plain is for the sake of Yuan Shu's heart, after all, Pingyuan is neither his Gongsun Zhan's territory, nor Yuan Shu's territory, but because of the relationship between Gongsun Chan and Liu Bei, such a transaction is very safe in the plain, and there is no need to worry about anything black and black.
Another reason is that Gongsun Chan plans to support Liu Bei, as a price for asking Liu Bei to wait for an opportunity to attack Yuan Shao and support himself to take Jizhou.
The transaction between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shu seems to have nothing to do with Liu Bei, but the transaction in the plains must be to give Liu Bei some benefits. Although Liu Bei and Gongsun Zhan have a friendship with classmates, they still have to give what they should give.
Of course, these things are naturally from Gongsun Zhan. Gongsun Zhan planned to leave Liu Bei some war horses and grain and grass armor after the deal with Yuan Shu was completed. Although it is far inferior to what Gongsun Chan gets, even a small thing that Gongsun Chan flows out of his fingers is enough for Liu Bei today.
Gongsun Chan is going to take the sea route from the right Beiping to transport the war horse that he is ready to trade with Yuan Shu to Le'an, Qingzhou, although the plain is not near the sea, but Gongsun Chan chose not much distance between the landing point in Le'an, Qingzhou and the plain, and first notified Liu Bei to send someone to respond, not to say that it is foolproof, but there will be no problem.
After the deal with Yuan Shu was over, Gongsun Zhan would leave Liu Bei a batch of supplies and war horses, and his own people would return to Youbeiping along the same route.
After setting the date of the transaction, Gongsun Chan ordered someone to inform Liu Bei of the matter, so that Liu Bei could make some preparations in advance.
After Liu Bei entered the plain, although he received the help of Kong Rong, the Taishou of Beihai and Tao Qian, the assassin of Xuzhou, it was not difficult to maintain the plain itself, and Liu Bei also had two peerless generals under Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban would not come to fight the plain if he had a choice, so Liu Bei still developed steadily for a while.
However, Liu Bei is also an ambitious person, and it is not his wish to be mediocre in the plains, but the food and grass supported by Kong Rong and Tao Qian are not enough to support him to continue to develop.
Qingzhou Yellow Turbans are raging, for Liu Bei, with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, he only needs to defeat a few Qingzhou Yellow Turbans to capture a large number of Yellow Turban Qingzhuang and train them into an army. But Liu Bei didn't have enough grain and grass to feed too many troops, even if the plain had developed well under Liu Bei's governance this year, but the food was only enough for the plain itself, and there was no more.
Because of these reasons, after Gongsun Chan said that he was willing to give Liu Bei some materials and only needed to trade with Yuan Shu in the plains, Liu Bei agreed on the spot. Anyway, Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shu don't have much thought about Pingyuan for the time being, so Liu Bei is not worried about luring wolves into the house or anything, on the contrary, if he can facilitate the transaction between Yuan Shu and Gongsun Zhan, then Liu Bei can take advantage of the situation to deepen the relationship with Gongsun Chan and get in touch with Yuan Shu, which is a lot of benefits for Liu Bei.
After handing over the matter of trading with Yuan Shu to the general Shan Jing, Gongsun Zhan raised an army of 50,000 in Youbeiping, including 30,000 cavalry, and left Youbeiping and headed towards Jizhou.
After the Eighteenth Road Princes Discuss Dong Alliance dispersed, Gongsun Chan returned to Youbeiping after a year of development and pulled out a mixed army of 30,000 foot cavalry, at the beginning of this year, Gongsun Chan defeated the Qingzhou Yellow Turban in the Bohai Sea, captured tens of thousands of Yellow Turban Qingzhuang, after screening, Gongsun Chan added 30,000 troops under his command.
This time, Gongsun Zhan left 10,000 troops and his subordinate general Zou Dan to guard the right Beiping, guarding against the Xianbei, Wuhuan and other alien races in the northern Xinjiang, and at the same time paying attention to the actions of Liu Yu and Gongsun Du, he led Yan Gang, Tian Kai, Guan Jing and other soldiers out of the right Beiping, and went straight to Jizhou.
Yan Gang is the first general under Gongsun Zhan, and he is also the main general of the three thousand white horse righteous servants under Gongsun Zhan, and now he has the peak of cultivation.
The three thousand white horse Yicong are naturally directly commanded by Gongsun Zhan, but after Gongsun Chan becomes a prince, it is impossible to lead the troops into battle every time to kill, so Yan Gang has become the commander of the three thousand white horse Yicong, of course, the real control of the three thousand white horse Yicong is still in the hands of Gongsun Zhan, after all, this is the sharpest knife in the hands of Gongsun Zhan, how can he give it to others?
Of the 50,000 troops, 30,000 of them are cavalry, and the remaining 20,000 are not miscellaneous soldiers. At least these soldiers don't behave in a daze on the battlefield.
After arriving in the Jizhou region, Gongsun Chan ordered his subordinate Tian Kai to lead 10,000 troops to attack Jizhou as the vanguard force, and Gongsun Chan led the remaining 40,000 troops to arrive later.
After Tian Kai received the order, he led his 10,000 troops directly into Hejian County, Jizhou. Tian Kai's 10,000 army as Gongsun Zhan's vanguard troops, that are all cavalry, although some are not elite cavalry, for most of the infantry, cavalry is a crushing existence for them, only a very small number of infantry can not be afraid of cavalry, such as heavy infantry.
Although Tian Kai's 10,000 troops are all cavalry, and they are not very good at siege, but under the prestige of Gongsun Zhan, Tian Kai is still remarkable, and when Gongsun Chan led most of the soldiers and horses into the boundary of Hejian County, the entire Hejian County has been taken by Tian Kai.
In just a few days, Hejian County was captured by Tian Kai under the command of Gongsun Zhan. When the news reached Yecheng, the capital of Jizhou, Han Fu was shocked.
(End of chapter)