"Brother Ye, if Lord Zhou Mu can't hold back the Huns, then we are defenseless, and the consequences are unimaginable, so with such passivity, it is better for us to take the initiative to attack, as long as the Huns are hit hard, then they will not dare to go south easily in the future."

Gongsun Zhan's hatred of the Huns and Wuhuan has reached the extreme, regardless of the strength of his own strength to fight, in fact, he now has confidence, he now has 8,000 soldiers and horses, 5,000 ordinary soldiers, 3,000 white horses, this is his confidence.

Ye Chen agreed with part of Gongsun Zhan's point of view, peace can be made, but it is equal peace, and it cannot be bought at a huge price.

Ye Chen recognized the promotion of peace by war, only in this way could the Xiongnu be jealous and not dare to go south easily.

The Xiongnu are different from Wuhuan, and their strength is more powerful, more than ten or twenty times that of Wuhuan, but only one part of the Xiongnu has expanded eastward, and the rest are scattered all over the vast grassland.

The Xiongnu lived in pursuit of water and grass, and it was destined that there could not be too many people in one place, otherwise the grassland on the grassland would not be able to stand it.

"Brother Gongsun, please rest assured, I will go to Xuansu County tomorrow, and I will definitely ensure that Wuhuan will not go south. However, this matter is important, and it should be discussed with the state pastor. ”

Regarding the discussion with Liu Yu, Gongsun Zhan was very unimpressed, because one master and one main battle could not be discussed at all, but when he heard Ye Chen's guarantee that Wuhuan would not go south, he was immediately relieved.

"Brother Ye, thank you for your kindness. The people of Youzhou should remember your kindness. Gongsun Chan said to Ye Chen with a fist.

Looking at Gongsun Zhan's appearance, Ye Chen knew that he didn't plan to discuss it with Liu Yu, or the two had already discussed it, but they just disagreed.

But no matter what, Ye Chen can't ignore it, first of all, he must go north and do a good job in the defense of Liaodong, once the Xiongnu go south, it is very likely that they will enter Liaodong through Liaoxi, so he must also be on guard.

"Brother Ye, there is one more thing I want to ask you to help with."

"Brother Gongsun, please speak."

"I need a batch of ordnance, especially bows and arrows, and at least 100,000 arrows." Gongsun Chan said.

"It seems that Gongsun Chan is determined to start a war with the Huns." Ye Chen said secretly in his heart.

Seeing that Ye Chen didn't answer, Gongsun Chan hurriedly said: "Brother Ye, don't worry, when it comes to expenses, my Gongsun Chan will definitely not miss you, now that the autumn harvest has begun, there will be tax revenue soon, and when it is collected, I will definitely pay it back to you first." ”

"Okay, I believe in Brother Gongsun, but if there is a war, our defense of Wuhuan will also be indispensable. Fortunately, the Huns will not do it immediately. ”

Gongsun Zan felt justified when he heard it, people have to deal with Wu Huan, and the pressure doesn't have to be small, so he also feels that his requirements are a bit high.

"I don't know if Brother Ye has a way?"

"Naturally, there is a way, my Ye family also has a workshop in Xuansu County, which can be produced. The Huns in front of them will not attack so early, and even if the Huns attack, Wuhuan will not follow immediately. Therefore, our army's own weapons can be given to Brother Gongsun first, and I will step up production myself, presumably it will be too late. ”

"Good, good. Brother Ye is righteous. When Gongsun Chan heard that there was a way, and Ye Chen still sacrificed his own interests, he praised Ye Chen.

"It's easy to say, but Brother Gongsun, my Ye family also has difficulties." Ye Chen glanced at the excited Gongsun Zhan, and thought in his heart, since he has a request for me, he has to scrape some oil and water from him.

"Brother Ye, please speak, if it is useful, just give orders." Gongsun Chan is not stupid, he knows that he has taken the benefits of others, how can he not pay a little price.

"Actually, it's nothing, it's just that it needs to be produced temporarily, and a large number of craftsmen are needed, and my Ye family has not enough craftsmen, so I want Brother Gongsun to collect craftsmen in Liaoxi and send them all to me, so that I can arrange for them to produce, so as not to delay the war."

As soon as Gongsun Chan heard the reason, if he could produce one more arrow in wartime, he would have a better chance of winning, and patted his chest and said that it was no problem.

"Brother Gongsun, not only the craftsman himself, but also his family must come with him, otherwise anything can happen when the war is together."

Listening to Ye Chen's words, Gongsun Chan nodded thoughtfully, he thought that Ye Chen wanted to take their family members as hostages, and Ye Chen also said this on purpose, in fact, in order to swallow these craftsmen.

Gongsun Chan agreed, he didn't think Ye Chen was despicable, but thought that it should be so, if he was not ruthless for the king, many things would not be done.

Later, Gongsun Zhan not only gathered a lot of craftsmen in western Liaoning, but even recruited many craftsmen to Ye Chen in the entire Youzhou, these are all talents, plus his family, Ye Chen actually increased the population by nearly 10,000.

You must know that there are less than 100,000 people in the entire Xuanwu County, and now that he has obtained so many people, Ye Chen is almost cramping with laughter, so many people, even if those weapons are given to Gongsun Zhan.

Gongsun Chan is not stupid, but he and Ye Chen have different thinking, and they can let him take such a big advantage because Gongsun Chan at this time has never thought about competing for hegemony, and no one knows the importance of population now.

At this time, Gongsun Chan only had national righteousness, Ye Chen sacrificed his own interests to help him, of course he had to help Ye Chen as much as possible.

Moreover, Gongsun Zhan, like everyone else, regarded the population as extremely low, and in his opinion, that population was nothing at all.

Ye Chen made a fortune in a muffled voice, in fact, he prepared a lot of arrows, when the workshop did not have a production task, Ye Chen asked to reduce the intensity of labor and reserve for his own production points, plus when Wuhuan attacked Yejiabao at the earliest, there was a shortage of arrows, so he deliberately produced more.

The information is not equal, Gongsun Chan doesn't know these at all, and under normal circumstances, no one will hoard so many weapons and equipment, unless there is a rebellion, Gongsun Chan doesn't know that these are destined to be slaughtered.

But even if he knew, he had to be slaughtered, because he needed these supplies.

After discussing with Gongsun Zhan, Gongsun Zhan returned to Liaoxi overnight, and he was going to prepare for battle.

And Ye Chen called Guo Jia over, he was very embarrassed, because he was sandwiched between Gongsun Zhan and Liu Yu.

Of course, he could clean things up and simply let them fight, but Ye Chen found that he couldn't, at least if the Xiongnu really came in, his interests would be damaged, and Liaodong would also be threatened.

"Fengxiao, that's the case." Ye Chen told Guo Jia what he knew.

"My lord, no matter what, we must start preparing for war, and it can't be wrong. On the side of Gongsun Chan and Liu Yu, we can inform them and tell them about our preparations, and as for the future, it will depend on how things develop. ”

Guo Jia gave Ye Chen a sound idea, there is nothing wrong with preparing for war, although Wuhuan will not go south, but it must be just in case.

"Well, yes, it's just that we have to start building cities, we didn't plan to start building new cities so soon, and now we have to speed up." Ye Chen said.