Yuan Shao's speed was too fast, and he quickly took over the post of Yuzhou pastor, and got the support of the Yuan family and the Yuzhou clan, so that Gongsun Zhan had almost no time to react.

And Gongsun Zan is not a good person, he comes from the Gongsun family of the big clan in Liaodong County, and he also asked for family support after obtaining the position of state pastor. He had received many times of support from his family before, otherwise he would not be able to organize thousands of cavalry to go to Liangzhou, and he would not be able to get the support of his family, nor would he be able to establish a huge cavalry force in Liangzhou, and now that he has become a state pastor, he believes that his family will provide greater support.

At this time, the head of the Gongsun family was Gongsun Du.

Gongsun Du, born in 150 years, the word Shengji, a native of Xiangping, Liaodong (now Liaoyang, Liaoning), was a small official in Xuanwu County at the beginning, and then promoted to Shang Shulang, Jizhou Thorn History,

Gongsun Du's father, Gongsun Yan, escaped to Xuansu County, but Gongsun Du became a county official. At that time, Xuansu was too protective of Gongsun Chen's son, Gongsun Leopard, who was eighteen years old, but he had already died. Gongsun Du was also called Gongsun Leopard when he was young, and he was the same age as Gongsun Chen's son, and when Gongsun Chen saw him, he loved him very much, sent him to study, and married him a wife.

In the second year of Jianning (169), the imperial court issued an edict to recommend a man of the Tao, and Gongsun Du was recommended to serve as Shang Shulang together with Xie Bi of Dongjun and Chen Dun of Donghai (Langzhong in the Later Han Dynasty), and later promoted to Jizhou Assassin Shi, but because of rumors, he was immediately deposed.

After the rise of Gaoshun, Gongsun Du tried his best to make good friends with Gaoshun's forces, and once gave ten car gifts, but Gao Shun had some resistance to the Gongsun family, neither suppressed the Gongsun family, nor supported the Gongsun family, but let it develop.

Gongsun Du received a letter of help from Gongsun Zhan, and did not dare to make his own decisions, so he asked to see Pingzhou Mu Sun Cheng and military advisor Xu Rong; If he can't get the support of the government, not to mention that he can't recruit troops, even if he has soldiers, he can't safely transfer the army to Yuzhou.

Xu Rong and Gongsun Du have long been familiar with each other, and they have a very good personal relationship, so they naturally hope that Zhou Mu Sun Cheng will support the Gongsun family.

Zhou Mu Sun Cheng did not refute Xu Rong's face, so he agreed to the Gongsun family to support Gongsun Zhan, but at present, he was only allowed to recruit 2,000 cavalry to go to Yuzhou, and charter sea boats, so that they could go directly to Yanzhou from the seaport of Yuqi County, so that they could transfer to Yuzhou and save time and money; As for the need for more and greater support, it is necessary for Gongsun Du to go to Jizhou in person and meet Gao Shun.

This move has made Gongsun Du very happy, and he hurriedly ordered his eldest son Gongsun Kang and two retainers, Liu Yi and Yangyi, to recruit 2,000 cavalry and go to Yuzhou.

Now the situation in Pingzhou is stable, although many Wuhuan and Xianbei people have been subdued and settled as people, but they are not engaged in agricultural work and live a hard life, and the conditions for recruiting cavalry by the Gaoshun forces are extremely harsh, so that many barbarians who have submitted to the army cannot meet the conditions for joining the army, which has created very good conditions for Gongsun Du to recruit cavalry.

Pingzhou was stable, and the Gongsun family relied on its advantages to engage in commerce and trade, obtained huge profits, was very rich, and offered favorable conditions, and in just five days, it recruited 2,000 cavalry; These cavalrymen all brought their own war horses, which greatly facilitated the needs of Gongsun Du.

In order to integrate these barbarians into the life of the Han people as soon as possible, Xu Rong suggested that Sun Cheng should allow the families of these cavalrymen to follow them to Yuzhou; Since this move could reduce the number of barbarians in the border counties, increase the proportion of Han people in the border counties, and be conducive to the stability of the border counties, Sun Cheng agreed to Xu Rong's suggestion.

At the end of the year, the troops led by Gongsun Kang arrived in Yuzhou, bringing not only two thousand cavalry, but also a large amount of money, which greatly strengthened Gongsun Zhan's power.

Now that the Central Plains is in turmoil, the population has suffered a lot of losses, and the nearly 10,000 barbarian people who have arrived one after another have become the wealth that Gongsun Chan values very much.

Gongsun Zhan made adjustments according to the situation, and the king and the prime minister of Peiguo retreated to Pei County, and took the six northern counties of Pei State, as well as Xiayi County, Dangshan County and Heng County of Liang State, which were taken over from Taishou Chenglian of Jiyin County, a total of nine counties, as the new Pei State; Nine counties in the southeast of the original Peiguo, plus Shansang County of Runan County, a total of ten counties, are Huaiyang County, the county is governed in Qi County, and Taishou is Gongsun Kang.

In the northern part of the Liang Kingdom, the isolated and easily defensible Bo County continued to be occupied by Cheng Lian and was not returned to Gongsun Zhan.

Huaiyang County mainly defended against the attack of Yuan Shao of Runan County, and deployed defenses along the Vortex River, Longkang and Shansang Counties.

Shansang County originally belonged to Runan County, but because it was north of the whirlpool, it was isolated and inconvenient for defense, so it was occupied by Gongsun Zhan.

Allied with Niu Fu and Cheng Lian, the rear was stable, and with the support of his family and Xuzhou, Gongsun Zhan was even more wealthy, actively promoting his benevolent government, violently attacking Yuan Shao's illegality, privately separating the prefectures and counties, and poisoning the people, so he actively fought for Chen Guo and Liang Guo, and planned the six western counties of Peiguo.

The external activities did not stop, and once again sent someone to contact Qingzhou Mu Fang Liang, if he got Fang Liang's support, he would have a greater chance of defeating Yuan Shao and recovering the entire Yuzhou.

Fang Liang couldn't call the shots, so he wrote to Gao Shun for instructions, and at a similar time, Gongsun Du also arrived in Jizhou and met Gao Shun.

Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia strongly agreed with Gao Shun to support Gongsun Zhan, weaken the strength of the warlords in the Central Plains, and take advantage of the situation to seize Yuzhou.

However, Gao Shun refuted their point of view, and now he does not want to intervene in the situation in the Central Plains too early, and must take the stabilization of the border counties as the important task; I don't want to make a wedding dress for Dong Zhuo.

replied to Fang Liang, paid close attention to the situation in the Central Plains, let them fight fiercely, and when Gongsun Chan was at a serious disadvantage, he could secretly support some; Gongsun Chan must not be allowed to destroy Yuan Shao, let alone be eliminated, and it is the best situation to be evenly matched.

Gao Shun's request to Gongsun Du was that he would never transport cavalry and horses into the Central Plains, nor would he act on the support of the government on the surface, but he could secretly organize infantry to go to Yuzhou, and he must not claim the support of the government to the outside world, which was only a family act.

Since the time for entering the Central Plains had not yet arrived, Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia did not insist too much on their own opinions.

Gao Shun's decisions have already made Gongsun Du overjoyed.

The reason why Gao Shun did not allow cavalry and war horses to enter the Central Plains was that he did not want to cultivate stronger enemies and increase the difficulty of his unification of the Central Plains in the future.

Gongsun Du received Gao Shun's tacit approval, immediately returned to Liaodong, recruited down-and-out aliens as a companion, and secretly sent them to Yuzhou.

Gongsun Kang enlisted in the army since he was a child, fought with foreign races for many years, was familiar with the art of war, battle formations, and was extremely contemptuous of the officers and soldiers of the Central Plains.

Gongsun Kang not only reformed the army, but also extensively united the big clans in the jurisdiction, carried out trade cooperation, hired the ships of Gao Wei, the governor of the navy, and transported a large number of leather goods, ginseng and other materials from Liaodong into the Central Plains in exchange for money in the Central Plains, and then exchanged grain from the Gaoshun forces and transported them into Yuzhou, making Huaiyang County gradually rich.

During Han Fu's reign, trade with the outside world was basically cut off, and now the trade with Gongsun Kang has benefited the Huaiyang County clan a lot.

What made the big clan support the Gongsun family even more was that the taxes were low, the military was strong, and the situation was stable, which attracted a large number of displaced people, and a large number of barren arable land was leased out, which was the most direct source of income for the big clan, much stronger than when Han Fu ruled.

Yuan Shao's territory was similar to Han Fu's management before, and the foreign trade of the big clans was basically cut off, and the life of those big clans was not easy.

The clans of Huaiyang County did not want Gongsun Chan to be defeated by Yuan Shao, so that they would return to their previous state of life, so they increased their support for Gongsun Chan's forces.

The alien warriors recruited by Gongsun Du arrived one after another, and with the support of the big clans internally, the situation was stable, and Gongsun Chan and Gongsun Kang greatly increased their confidence and immediately conspired to attack; Although the Gongsun family is rich, it is by no means able to support tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, and Xuzhou's aid is limited after all, and there is only a two-year period, they must expand their territory as soon as possible, increase the number of people, increase taxes, and be self-sufficient, otherwise they will be destroyed by Yuan Shao.