Chapter 839: Take and Merge the State First
"Yu see the lord!"
In Chang'an City, Dian Wei and Cheng Yu are carrying the civil and military officials of the Guanzhong generation out of the city to greet Zhou Fan, who has just arrived.
"Zhongde, don't be polite, I've worked hard for you all these years!" Zhou Fan said with a smile.
"Hehe, the lord has been fighting for many years, but I stayed in Chang'an all day to guard, so why do I have to work hard!" Cheng Yu said calmly, compared to Zhou Fan, who has won Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Jiaozhou and other places in a row over the years, he has just guarded Chang'an over the years, and he has not done anything else, and there is really nothing to work hard.
"Hahaha, it seems that Zhongde is not willing to be lonely, so good, this time you will go on an expedition, but you will have to work hard!" Zhou Fan laughed and said, he is really a group of belligerent maniacs under his command, even if it is an old fox like Cheng Yu, he is not willing to be lonely, and wants to display his talents.
"It's not as good as the Lord's mission!" A gleam flashed in Cheng Yu's eyes and said, "Lord, it's windy outside, let's go to the city first!"
"Good! The army follows me into the city! Zhou Fan nodded, waved his hand to the people behind him, and the group also drove directly into Chang'an City.
"I haven't been to Chang'an for a long time, I didn't expect Chang'an to become so prosperous, Zhongde, you really have a lot to do!"
In the Taishou Mansion, after Zhou Fan and the others sat down, they couldn't help but say.
"The lord has a good reputation, this Chang'an is still too much worse than Chengdu, not to mention that Chang'an is already prosperous, Yu has no credit!" Cheng Yu hurriedly said.
In the past, Chang'an was originally the second largest city after the imperial capital Luoyang, and the foundation was originally good, coupled with the technical support of Zhou Fan's side, it was naturally not bad, but even so, compared to Chengdu, it was still a lot worse, no way, Chengdu was Zhou Fan's lair, and all the best things were first provided to Chengdu, which was naturally the most prosperous.
"Yes, this Chang'an is already prosperous, but it's a pity that Luoyang!" Zhou Fan couldn't help but sigh with emotion, during the period of Emperor Ling, among the cities in the world, Luoyang was the first, Chang'an was the second, and Chengdu could be ranked third, and now Luoyang, although because of Zhou Fan, there is no Dong Zhuo to fight the fire in history, but now it has fallen into the hands of Li Dao and Guo Yan's two thieves, I am afraid it will not be much better, but Chengdu is completely new because of its own arrival, and now in the world, there is no doubt that Chengdu is the first, Chang'an is second, and Luoyang does not know what it has become, which is really embarrassing.
"The two thieves of Li Dao and Guo Yan are not good at governance, they only know that they are fighting all day long, and Luoyang is in their hands, and it is already deserted!" Cheng Yu said with a sneer.
Chang'an is only two hundred miles away from Chengdu, and the only checkpoint in the middle, Hangu Pass, is also in their hands, so he is naturally clear about the situation in Luoyang, Si is in the hands of Li Dao and the two, it can really be said that the people are not living, in his opinion, even if no one cares about Li Dao and them, it will not be long before they will bring about their own destruction, if there is still an emperor in his hands, it is not worth mentioning at all.
"That's it, let's not mention Luoyang, our purpose is to merge with Youzhou and Youzhou Y, how is the situation in Youzhou now?" Zhou Fan said, on the side of Emperor Si Li, he doesn't want to take care of it yet, and no prince is willing to take care of it now, after all, there are still 200,000 troops under the command of Li Wei and Guo Yan, even if they are in the garbage, they can't stand the crowd.
"Lord Qiqi, two days ago, Gongsun Chan was defeated by Yuan Shao at the boundary bridge, Gongsun Chan was seriously injured, and at this moment he has retreated to Jixian County, avoiding without fighting!" Cheng Yu said.
"What? Five days ago, didn't you still say that Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao were evenly matched, why had they already been defeated in just a few days? Zhou Yu chewed with a shocked face, they have received news from Youzhou every day these days, he still remembers that when the news was sent five days ago, he also said that there was no problem in Youzhou, why it was only a few days, Gongsun Chan had already been defeated, and he was already seriously injured.
"Second son of Qiyu, it's like this" Cheng Yu slowly said what had happened in the past few days.
In fact, the matter is also very simple, originally Gongsun Zhan knew that Yuan Shao had united the Xianbei Karasuma clan, and he also knew that he was not their opponent, so he stubbornly held on, planning to wait for Zhou Fan's army to come to relieve the siege.
But just two days ago, Gongsun Xu came back from Zhou Fan's side, and before he planned to go back to Youzhou, he didn't know what this apricot thought, and he actually wanted to take the risk to find out about the situation on Yuan Shao's side, but the result was good, and he was directly arrested by Lu Bu, and Yuan Shao and Lu Bu also took this opportunity to use Gongsun Xu to coerce Gongsun Chan to surrender, Gongsun Chan had no choice but to send troops to save his son, and this ending can be imagined, although Gongsun Xu was rescued, but he also lost a lot of soldiers and horses, And he himself was hit by Lu Bu's halberd, although he didn't hit the vital point, but he also needed to be raised for a while to recover, so he had no choice but to give up a lot of territory and retreat to Jixian County.
Hearing this, Zhou Fan was speechless, there was still this kind of thing, originally he thought that Gongsun continued to be a dog with no ability, but now it seems that this guy is a cheating guy at all, even if Gongsun Chan can lay down a piece of the world, he will be defeated by Gongsun Xuan after a hundred years.
"So, the situation in Youzhou is already very critical?" Zhang He asked.
"It's not a threat, Jixian County is strong, plus there is enough food and grass in the city, even if Yuan Shaolu Bu's army is 300,000, if you want to break through Jixian County, I'm afraid it will take several months, unless that Gongsun Chan dies of injury, then Jixian County is afraid that it will be a matter of moments." Cheng Yu said.
"That's very good, in this case, the Youzhou side can drag on for a few more days, we have to solve the merger first!" Zhou Fan said.
Between Liangzhou and Youzhou in Guanzhong, there is also a merger and Si Li, and he doesn't want to care about it for the time being, so if he wants to send troops to Youzhou, he has to go through the merger, so he doesn't have to bother so much, just find a way to take the merger, anyway, there are no strong princes in the state, the only thing that exists is probably Lu Bu, who just returned to Jingzhou a few days ago to recruit troops.
"Qiyu, the lord, it is not difficult to merge the state, now the merger of the state, almost a masterless thing, the only Lu Bu, in the merger of more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, this attack on Gongsun Zhan, has already brought out 30,000, the rest of the thousands of soldiers and horses are all left in Wuyuan, with our strength, if we want to take the state, it is not effortless!" Cheng Yu squinted his eyes and said.
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