After everyone digested the latest news, Liu Cun raised his baton and pointed to the line between Hejian and Anping: "This place has always been a battleground for soldiers, and it is only more than two hundred miles away from Fanyang City, which is besieged by tens of thousands of troops of General Gongsun in the north, and there have always been less than five thousand Yuan troops garrisoned. ”

"This time, Yuan Shao's 100,000 elites will go north, and they will definitely use Hejian or Anping as the camp of the Chinese army to conquer north, and this place will also become an important supply base for Yuan's army's grain, grass and ordnance materials."

"Ziyi, Junyi, Xiaohe, from today you must concentrate your forces and come up with a corresponding battle plan, if the troops are insufficient, you can transfer two reserve divisions that are being trained from Qingzhou, I have only one request: if you don't move, you must completely defeat the enemy!"

"Only in this way can we reduce the pressure on the middle route army that I am attacking Yecheng, as for the battle in the direction of Hanoi, you don't have to bother, just leave it to Guan Hai and Xu Sheng."

"Understood!"

Tai Shi Ci and the three of them were overjoyed.

With the movement of Yuan Shao's army, the main battlefield of the Battle of Jizhou was finally placed in front of them, as long as Yuan Shao's 100,000 troops to the north were defeated, their names and the prestige of the Qingzhou army would surely shake the world. Even without the assistance of Gongsun Zhan's tens of thousands of troops in the end, Tai Shici and others were confident that they would defeat the 100,000 Yuan army that lacked training and lax military discipline.

Zhao Rong, the military advisor who was in charge of formulating the battle plan for Jizhou, suddenly remembered Liu Cun's safety, and hurriedly advised: "My lord, now that Yuan's army has moved north, the border of Youji will soon become a place for scouts from all sides, and the road to Changshan in the west will also become dangerous. Do not personally take risks. ”

Liu Cun smiled and waved his hand: "It's not a big deal." I'm not going west along the border of Youji. If you go down, you will go all the way north into the hinterland of Youzhou, and go straight to Jixian, the base camp of General Gongsun, to meet him, and sign an alliance before going south to Changshan from the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain in the west......"

"According to the intelligence, this road is currently under the control of General Gongsun, Yuan Shao can't take care of the direction of Changshan for a while, and it is generally safe, not to mention that I have General Geng Wu and General Min Chun, who are familiar with the terrain, and Zhai Chao's personal guard battalion of five hundred iron guards."

Geng Wu and Min Chun, who defected to Liu Cun after the death of the former Jizhou Mu Han Fu, immediately puffed up their chests. Confidently tell everyone that they need not worry, they will put their lives on the line for the safety of their lords.

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In the early morning of the next day, Gongsun Pei, a special envoy sent by Gongsun Zhan, arrived in a hurry, and in less than an hour, Liu Cun and his party and five hundred iron guards had already been assembled, and Gongsun Pei and his party, who had hurriedly had breakfast and did not want to stay for half a minute, quickly went north.

More than 1,000 people on both sides of the guest and host rode war horses, and after entering Quancheng on the border of Youzhou, they took a short rest and increased their war horses, and then went straight to Jixian County non-stop.

At noon on the third day, a cloud of dust and smoke rose from the end of the meadow in the far south, and the red battle flag was faintly visible. Gradually, it became clearer, and the distance was getting closer. Gongsun Zhan, who had been waiting in front of the grass pavilion outside the south gate of Jixian County in the morning, finally showed a smile, and the three thousand white horses neatly arranged behind him began to cheer.

More than 1,000 horsemen with two horses rumbled, and Liu Cunyuan, who was under the banner, restrained the war horse fifty steps away, turned over, and walked quickly towards the oncoming Gongsun Zhan.

The two heroes, who have been friends for many years and have done countless businesses, are still meeting for the first time, but the four big hands have been tightly clasped together, and their faces are full of excitement and joy.

"Brother Xian, Brother Fool has been waiting for four years for this day!"

Gongsun Chan was so excited that he shook his hand again and again, and the shining armor on his body clanged.

Liu Cun stared at the tall and majestic Gongsun Zhan, who was full of sincerity, and sighed in a low voice with admiration: "I didn't expect my brother to be so majestic and dignified, half a head taller than my younger brother!" ”

Gongsun Chan laughed, and the generals of both sides who surrounded the side also laughed in unison.

Unexpectedly, Liu Cun was so cordial, Gongsun Zhan immediately took Liu Cun's hand and personally sent Liu Cun on the horse, and then boarded the sturdy war horse led by the guards, and returned to the base camp in the city with Liu Cun in the cheers of the soldiers.

Gongsun Zhan's handsome mansion was originally located in the center of the city of Jixian County, the scale is small but simple and elegant, quite imposing, the two side by side, through the main hall that began to arrange the banquet, came to the backyard to wash up, full of interest to sit under the towering ancient cypress, whispering.

After a few polite words, Liu Cun truthfully informed Gongsun Zhan of the information he had obtained about Yuan Jun, and when he saw Gongsun Zhan's frowning brows, he immediately understood that he had received the news that Yuan Shao had taken advantage of the fire to rob, but he didn't know it in detail.

Despite this, the grim situation still made Gongsun Chan feel deeply in danger, and now the city of Fanyang, which was surrounded by his more than 40,000 troops, was extremely strong, and the 20,000 remnants of the city and the 18,000 people who did not flee were all sworn to follow Liu Yu's sworn friends.

In the past ten days of siege, Gongsun Chan launched four tentative attacks, all of which were repelled by the Fan Yang soldiers and civilians in the city who were not afraid of death, and the city had abundant water and sufficient grain and grass, which could fully support the consumption of 40,000 soldiers and civilians for half a year.

However, if Fan Yang is not broken through and Liu Yu is killed as soon as possible, once the Yuan army, which is holding high the banner of justice to reinforce Liu Yu, arrives and marches north, Gongsun Zhan, who has endured for several years and is now victorious, will definitely fall into the dilemma of being attacked at home and abroad.

Liu Cun drank tea silently, he knew that Gongsun Zhan, who was beginning to ooze beads of sweat on his forehead, could not give up the desire in his heart, but now Gongsun Chan should understand the situation in front of him and clearly know how to make the right trade-off, so Liu Cun is not in a hurry at all.

Although the envoys who had secretly exchanged between the two sides had established the will and most of the terms of the alliance, the future ownership of Jizhou had not been negotiated, and Gongsun Chan still remembered the Jizhou that he once owned but soon lost.

After an embarrassing silence, Gongsun Zhan finally made a choice: "If the virtuous brother gets Jizhou, what compensation will the foolish brother get?" ”

Liu Cun laughed in a low voice: "After this battle, in addition to fully assisting my brother to put the entire Liaodong in his hands as soon as possible, the younger brother will also send 15,000 cavalry, and then provide my brother with 1 million stone grain and 20,000 sets of our Qingzhou military standard weapons free of charge, so as to exterminate the Wuhuan departments that have been harmful for many years, and completely merge the grasslands and mines occupied by the Wuhuan departments inside and outside the Great Wall into the territory of Youzhou. However, I also ask my brother to take care of him and help my younger brother with some war horses, cattle and sheep as much as possible. ”

Gongsun Zhan was overjoyed, Liu Cun's promise had far exceeded his highest expectations, he thought that Liu Cun would be able to fully support him in destroying his long-standing enemies Wuhuan tribes, but he did not expect that Liu Cun would fully support himself in his quest to seize the rich Liaodong full of furs, jewelry, war horses and ginseng.

Although the unruly Liaodong Taishou Gongsun Du came from the Gongsun family, he had never looked at his brother Gongsun Chan in the same clan, but had a close relationship with Buyeo and other foreign races and even Gongsun Zhan's enemies, Wuhuan tribes, which made Gongsun Zhan, who loved and hated clearly and ambitious, how could he endure it?

Therefore, how to get rid of Gongsun Du and take Liao Dong for himself has long been in Gongsun Zhan's plan, but he is not capable of doing it.

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