At the same time that Gongsun Chan led his troops to attack Jizhou, Yuan Shu, who had received specific news of the transaction with Gongsun Zhan, also collected a large amount of grain and grass and a small number of weapons and armor, and prepared to send a general to the plain to trade with Gongsun Zhan.

Although the transaction between Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shu not only includes grain and grass, but also military armor, but Yuan Shu, a strategic material such as weapon armor, will definitely not vigorously support Gongsun Zhan, this time is the first transaction with Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shu prepared the materials of grain and grass is the majority, and the armor is slightly added.

Of course, Gongsun Yue, who stayed under Yuan Shu's command, naturally knew what Yuan Shu meant, compared to grain and grass, the armor could directly increase the combat power of Gongsun Jun, Yuan Shu and Gongsun Chan formed an alliance to let Gongsun Chan deal with Yuan Shao, but he didn't want Gongsun Chan's momentum to be irreversible after Yuan Shao fell. Therefore, although Yuan Shu agreed to trade armor with Gongsun Zhan, the number will not be very large, and the real bulk of the transaction is grain and grass.

Youzhou is located in a bitter cold place, and there are Xianbei, Wuhuan and other alien races for the border chaos, the people's lives can be described as dire and miserable, in that place where the alien race will come to loot at any time to take their lives, can you let them farm well? Even if you can farm well, because Xianbei, Wuhuan and other alien races enter the territory of Youzhou from the northern grassland to fight the autumn wind and plunder the people of Youzhou every time they harvest in autumn, the harvest in Youzhou is generally not very good.

Liu Yu's policy towards foreign races is Huairou education, while Xianbei and Wuhuan do not act against Liu Yu's area for some reason, but how many places can Liu Yu really control? Therefore, most of Youzhou is the object of Xianbei and Wuhuan raids.

Even the prestige of General Gongsun Zhan and General Baima could not prevent Xianbei and Wuhuan from going south to plunder. Because of the southward raids, if they run into Gongsun Chan, they may die in the hands of Gongsun Chan, but if they don't go south to plunder, many of them will definitely die in the coming winter.

Raiding Youzhou, if you run into Gongsun Zhan, it is estimated to be a dead end, but if you don't run into Gongsun Zhan, there is basically no problem, if you run into Liu Yu, it will be even better. But if you choose to raid Youzhou, then when the cold winter comes, many people will inevitably die in this winter.

Therefore, before the autumn is high and the horses are fat, the Hu people in the north will go south to plunder, so in fact, the people of Youzhou often do not have enough to eat. Even Gongsun Chan can only ensure that the soldiers under his command can have a full bite to eat, and as for the people under his rule, Gongsun Chan is also powerless.

If the deal between Yuan Shu and Gongsun Chan can be successful this time, then at least Gongsun Chan will not have to worry about food and grass this year.

Therefore, even if there is not a large number of weapons and armor in the transaction between Yuan Shu and Gongsun Zhan, Gongsun Chan is still willing to trade with Yuan Shu with war horses. Weapons and armor are not very short of Gongsun Chan now, but there is a real shortage of food.

This time, in order to ensure the first transaction with Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shu sent Ji Ling to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to escort this batch of grain and grass to the plains to trade with Gongsun Zhan, and at the same time, in order to reassure Gongsun Zhan's side, Yuan Shu also asked Gongsun Yue to lead a thousand elite cavalry under his command to go together.

The five thousand soldiers and horses under Ji Ling, together with the one thousand elite cavalry led by Gongsun Yue, transported this batch of grain and grass to the Qingzhou Plain, although it was necessary to pass through Yanzhou on the way, but although there is a Yanzhou assassin Liu Dai in Yanzhou now, Liu Dai's control over Yanzhou is not very good, so there is no need to worry about this.

The most important thing is that with the current power of Yuan Shu and Gongsun Zhan, no one must be interested in this batch of grain and grass without opening their eyes, even if there is, with Ji Ling in the middle of the Condensation Realm and a thousand fine horses under Gongsun Yue, if anyone thinks about this batch of grain and grass, it is estimated that there will be no return.

And Yuan Yao also followed Ji Ling to escort this batch of grain and grass to the plain this time, and at the same time, Yuan Shu also allowed Yuan Yao to bring a thousand people.

Yuan Yao had a total of 3,000 people, and there were three military horses, namely Wei Yan, Liao Hua, and Zhou Cang, this time Yuan Yao brought a thousand people, and at the same time brought Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao, leaving Wei Yan and Liao Hua to continue to train the remaining 2,000 soldiers and horses in Runan.

At the same time, this time, Yuan Yao was accompanied to the plain by a new soldier recruited by Yuan Yao, and Yuan Yao's brother-in-law Huang Yi continued to stay in Runan.

Chen Chi, whose name is Gongxi, is a native of Runan County, Yuzhou, although he is young, he has lofty ambitions. Chen Chi was attracted by the library in Runan, and after being discovered by Yuan Yao, he managed to take Chen Chi under his command.

Chen Chi is only at the age of a weak crown now, but he is taking the path of two initiates of body refining and soul cultivation, and his cultivation is not bad, and the cultivation of the body is already dead in the early stage of cultivation, and as for the soul cultivation, it has reached the middle stage of spiritual consciousness. In order to subdue Chen Chi, Yuan Yao spent a lot of effort, but fortunately, all this effort was worth it.

Chen Chi is a person who is both civil and military, not only proficient in government affairs, but also quite accomplished in military training. Overall, this is a talent who can stand on his own no matter where he puts it. However, Chen Chi is still relatively young now, and he still needs to hone it well.

This time, Yuan Yao also had his own plan in his heart, so he brought Chen Chi with him, so that Chen Chi could give him some good suggestions at a critical time.

The 1,000 soldiers and horses under Yuan Yao's command were counted under Ji Ling's command, so this time, a total of 6,000 soldiers and horses were escorting a large number of supplies to the plains. There is a distance of more than 1,000 miles from Runan to the plain, and even if the soldiers who escorted this batch of supplies this time are all elite, it will take at least half a month or even a month for the materials to be delivered to the plain. But fortunately, although it was a long way to go, there were no unsightly bandits who came to trouble Yuan Yao and his party.

Half a month later, Yuan Yao stepped into the boundary of Pingyuan County. Although they passed through Yanzhou Taishan on the way, neither Yanzhou Thorn Shi Liu Dai nor Taishan Taishou Yingshao had any thoughts about Yuan Yao and his party, and they were quite stable along the way.

Before Yuan Yao and his party came, Shan Jing had already come to Pingyuan County with the three thousand war horses that he traded with Yuan Shu, and during this period, because Gongsun Zhan was a very good person, Liu Guanzhang and the three of them were very happy, so Shan Jing and Liu Guanzhang got along very well.

When Yuan Yao and his entourage came to Pingyuan County, the three brothers Shan Jing and Liu Guanzhang joined forces to greet them.

(End of chapter)