Gongsun Yue looked at Pingyu City in front of him, and then recalled what he saw and heard along the way from Youzhou to Yuzhou, and had to sigh that Youzhou and Yuzhou are really incomparable.

Youzhou is located in the north of the world, is a bitter cold land, and there are Xianbei, Wuhuan and other alien races in the north of Xinjiang, the people can be said to be living in dire straits, if it were not for the fact that Gongsun Chan was born in Youzhou in recent years, led his white horse Yicong to play a prestigious name, and was afraid of Xianbei and Wuhuan, and the life of the people of Youzhou was torment.

Gongsun Yue is the younger brother of Gongsun Zhan, and what he believes in is naturally Gongsun Zhan's "not my race, his heart will be different", and he is disdainful of Liu Yu's so-called Huairou policy.

In the eyes of Gongsun Chan and others, the reason why Youzhou is what it is today is that people like Liu Yu are making trouble, if Liu Yu is willing to fully support Gongsun Zhan, then Gongsun Chan would have expelled Xianbei and Wuhuan to where they were.

It's a pity that Liu Yu not only didn't support Gongsun Zhan, but was pulling Gongsun Zhan's hind legs, which made Gongsun Chan annoyed. However, if Liu Yu continues to work against Gongsun Chan like this, it will be a matter of time before the contradiction between Gongsun Chan and Liu Yu breaks out.

But although Gongsun Chan has been in the north of Xinjiang in the past two years, the life of the people in Youzhou is not very good, at most they can only mix food and clothing, and even a lot of people will die in Youzhou in winter. Yuzhou is located in the Central Plains, the environment is suitable, the population is large, although there have been several wars in recent years, but compared with Youzhou, the people live quite well.

After Yuan Shu became the ruler of Yuzhou, the taxes in Yuzhou and Nanyang were enough for him to feed his army and provide for his own pleasure, so Yuan Shu did not set any harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes. Or that Yuan Shu disdained to exploit these ordinary people.

Yuan Shu, the talent who appeared among the people, went back to pay attention to it, because they were talented, but these ordinary people, Yuan Shu did not look at them. But it is precisely because he doesn't look at it that Yuan Shu will not exploit these people. The pride of being born in a family made Yuan Shu never worry about these ordinary people under his rule. As long as the taxes collected now can meet Yuan Shu's needs, then Yuan Shu will no longer set up harsh taxes and forced taxes.

And now there is no natural disaster outbreak in Yuzhou and Nanyang, and the people's harvest is not bad, and there is still some surplus after paying taxes, and life can be regarded as good.

The news that Gongsun Yue led a thousand elite cavalry to Runan naturally could not be concealed from Yuan Shu, but Gongsun Yue was not a reckless person, as soon as he entered the boundary of Yuzhou, he showed his attitude, and after arriving at Pingyu City, he left the thousand elite cavalry he brought this time outside Pingyu City, and did not bring them into Pingyu City, but only entered Pingyu City with some guards, which made Yuan Shu's vigilance drop a lot.

After Gongsun Yue entered Pingyu City, Yuan Shu met with Gongsun Yue with a group of civil and military officers under his command, and Gongsun Yue also put forward a request for an alliance with Yuan Shu in a timely manner.

Yuan Shu looked at Gongsun Yue and said lightly: "So Gongsun Bogui plans to form an alliance with me?" ”

Gongsun Yue said: "Exactly, my eldest brother ordered me to lead a thousand elite cavalry to discuss the alliance with the general. ”

Yuan Shu raised his eyebrows and said, "One thousand fine horses, this Gongsun Zan also underestimates me, what role can a thousand fine horses play?" ”

Gongsun Yue smiled: "General Hou misunderstood, my eldest brother knows that General Hou occupies Yuzhou and Nanyang, but there is a lack of cavalry under his command, so he specially ordered me to lead a thousand fine cavalry to Yuzhou, as long as General Hou can form an alliance with my eldest brother, my Gongsun Yue will stay under General Hou to listen." ”

Yuan Shu's eyes widened: "What you said is true?" ”

Gongsun Yue said: "Naturally, it's true. ”

After thinking for a moment, Yuan Shu said to Gongsun Yue, "What does Gongsun Bogui need?" ”

Gongsun Yue smiled, Yuan Shu has said this point, it means that Yuan Shu is already excited, as long as the next conditions are negotiated, there is no suspense about this alliance.

"We need food, grass and armor, and the more the better." Gongsun Yue looked at Yuan Shu and said.

"Grain, grass, armor?" Gongsun Yue's request was not too unexpected by Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zhan's current territory is Youbeiping, located in the land of Youzhou, grain and grass have always been in short supply, and Yuan Shu is now not short of grain and grass, Yuzhou and Nanyang are rich land, last year's harvest was good, coupled with the grain storage in Yuzhou and Nanyang, so that although Yuan Shu has just occupied Yuzhou and Nanyang, he does not need to worry about the materials in this area, so Yuan Shu can afford to raise an army of 100,000.

As for Bingjia, it seems that Gongsun Chan is planning to do it, but I don't know if Gongsun Chan's target is the entire Youzhou or Yuzhou or Merge Prefecture?

"Okay, I promise you, but I have one condition."

"General Hou, please speak." Gongsun Yue said.

Gongsun Chan is now preparing to go out of Jizhou, and needs a large amount of grain and grass armor to ensure his logistics, although with Gongsun Zhan's current ability, it is not impossible to make up these grain and grass armor, but it is also a bit reluctant, if Yuan Shu can support it, it will be better.

"I need you to trade your war horses for food, grass and armor. It would be better if you could get a demon horse. "Although Yuan Shu is planning to get a demon beast cavalry, but if he has the opportunity to get a large number of war horses now, Yuan Shu will not give up. Who would dislike the small number of cavalry under his command?

"No problem."

There is no shortage of war horses in Youzhou, you can encounter a lot of wild horses by running a few laps on the grassland, although the number of white horses under the command of Gongsun Chan is only three thousand, but it does not mean that Gongsun Chan's cavalry is only three thousand. With the geographical advantage of Youbeiping, Gongsun Chan could match as many horses as he had, but the infantry with horses was still infantry, and only after training could he convert from infantry to cavalry.

"However, the distance between Yuzhou and Youzhou is not close, and there are Yanzhou and Jizhou in the middle, even if I give you grain, grass and armor, you can't transport it."

Gongsun Yue smiled and said: "General Hou can rest assured, but we also need General Hou's help in this transportation, and we need General Hou to transport grain, grass and armor across Yanzhou to the plains, and we will both trade in the plains, which is a good place for both of us." Moreover, Liu Xuande, the Taishou of Pingyuan, is my eldest brother's classmate, and we have already talked to him. ”

"Liu Xuande?" Yuan Shu said: "If Liu Xuande is okay, the plain is not bad." ”

(End of chapter)