The atmosphere in the room suddenly became solemn.

Wang Yu thought about it and didn't answer it directly, but asked rhetorically: "What does the eldest brother think?" ”

Gongsun Zhan hesitated for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "With your means, you should disdain to set up a Hongmen banquet, not to mention, Liu Yu is not a person who can be frightened by the Hongmen banquet and can solve it." But if it weren't for the Hongmen Banquet, why did you invite him here, you wouldn't be able to figure it out. ”

He spread his hands, looked at Wang Yu seriously, and said, "You don't want to negotiate with him, do you?" ”

In his mind, Liu Yu secretly made a lot of small moves, Wang Yu was a person who couldn't bear to lose and couldn't bear to be angry, and he wanted to give the other party some color to see.

"Capture the thief and capture the king first, how can the Hongmen banquet be useless?" Wang Yu dodged the question again and asked Gongsun Zan with interest.

"Liu Yu, hey, Liu Yu...... Pengju, I'm not afraid of losing face as an elder brother today, I'll tell you about the past, and you'll understand. Gongsun Chan repeated this name several times, and while his eyes showed deep hatred, there was also a trace of helplessness.

From the moment Liu Yu suddenly appeared in the field of vision, Wang Yu had already been vigilant, and before officially facing the enemy, understanding the enemy was the most important thing. And the one who knows someone best is often his enemy, and it should be the most accurate to understand Liu Yu from Gongsun Zhan's point of view.

Seeing Gongsun Zhan's expression, Wang Yu knew that this opponent might be even more tricky than he expected.

"On the surface, a certain and Liu Yu had a dispute because of their attitude towards the Hu people, but in fact, where is it so simple? The land of Youyan is a mixture of Han and Hu, and the local clans have many Hu bloodlines like Xian Yu's clan, and Liu Yu is an official, which is no different from Liu Biao, Liu Yan and others. They all give priority to appeasing the local tyrants. Most of the heroes in Youzhou are miscellaneous Hu, and Liu Yu naturally wants to look at the Hu people differently......"

With Gongsun Zhan's narration, the truth of the civil strife in Youzhou was slowly revealed in front of Wang Yu.

The dispute between Gongsun Chan and Liu Yu between Hu and Han was actually a misunderstanding.

Gongsun Zhan's hatred for the Hu people is real, he has seen too many sins made by Hu people in the decades on the frontier, and he has formed too many blood feuds with the Hu people. The soldiers under his command are the Han border army, the meaning of existence. is to resist foreign humiliation, of course, there will be no mercy for the Hu people.

Liu Yu was purely out of consideration for consolidating power, and won over the local heroes, so that the local officials' decrees could be smooth and after consolidating power. Naturally, it is also necessary to meet the political demands of the other side. As for whether there is anything wrong with the other party's demands, under the theme of power, it will naturally be ignored if it can be ignored.

"Zahu are not Hu people, but many of their habits are very similar to Hu people, and they also have a natural affinity for Hu people. However, the Hu people are barbaric and often go back on their word. In addition, there are many contradictions between the various tribes on the grassland, and when they enter the Kou, they often rob the miscellaneous Hu together...... Hey, actually on the prairie. It is not surprising that the tribes are not robbing each other. ”

Gongsun Chan sneered and said: "When the Central Plains was strong, Zahu didn't dare to stir up trouble on the surface, but secretly he would communicate information with the grassland. trading goods; The Central Plains weakened, and the grasslands flourished. They brazenly jumped out, as if they were the representatives of the grassland, and at one time demanded the opening of a mutual market, allowing the grassland tribes to exchange livestock and war horses for iron tools, and at the same time demanding that the Hu people be allowed to enter the country freely...... Liu Yu's old horseman, who only cared about his official position, agreed to everything, and finally caused a big disaster. ”

"Calamity?" Wang Yu was stunned.

"With iron, the Hu people can build scimitars and arrows, enter and exit freely, and find out the border defense. At that time, Sanfu was under the onslaught of the Xiliang rebels, and in order to seize power, the old man played the imperial court again and transferred a certain person to Guanzhong to help in the war, and the result was ...... Hehe, everyone in the world says that Liu Yu made great contributions in that chaos, don't you know that if he hadn't acted perversely, how could there be such chaos? ”

Wang Yu nodded slowly.

Regarding the mutual market, he has a lot of say. The grasslands are barren in terms of minerals, not to mention iron, not even wood, and only livestock and grass. The shepherds usually hunt with bone arrows, which are lethal to the animals and each other, and once they are against the Central Plains warriors wearing armor, it will not be effective at all.

Later generations of the Central Plains Dynasty have always been cautious about mutual markets, especially the Song and Ming dynasties, which suffered greatly from the ravages of the Hu people, at least on the official side, they all banned the outflow of iron tools. Even if the mutual market is opened, it is all traded with the materials of tea and salt, which are in short supply on the grassland, but cannot affect the overall situation.

Once the official market is opened and the iron trade is allowed to flow out, the troubles will suddenly turn fierce, which is the law summed up in thousands of years of blood and tears.

In the fifth year of Zhongping, Liu Yu may not have played a decisive role subjectively, after all, Zhang Chun, who made a rebellion, was also one of the important ministers of the imperial court, and it was not surprising that this person made some preparations before officially raising the flag, such as transferring Gongsun Zhan and the like.

Liu Yu may have just been unconsciously taken advantage of.

But if because of this, Liu Yu is regarded as a harmless old and good person, it is also unscientific. This person is a very typical politician, for him, only power is the most important, and everything else is trivial.

The reality of Youzhou determines that if you want to make a difference in this kind of place, it is very important to appease Zahu, and the contradiction comes from this.

"He has been my enemy for several years, and the most harmful one was that he almost buried a certain and his brothers in Guanzi City, Liaoxi! Pengju, you should know my temper, isn't it strange why I didn't take revenge on him? ”

"Could it be that the eldest brother has any scruples?" Wang Yu asked softly. Although Gongsun Zhan is not as outrageous as Lu Buao, after all, he is also a proud person with a fiery personality, and it is difficult for him to swallow his anger.

"It's not just a scruple, it's completely impossible to start!"

Gongsun Zhan slapped the table and said loudly: "This person doesn't leave his hands behind, and he never leaves a handle in his work, although he knows that he leaked my marching route to Qiu Liju, but he can't find any evidence." When I got rid of Qiu Liju's lair, I once arrested a few people who participated in this matter, tortured them, and asked the truth, and those people insisted that it was done by a captain in our army who died in battle, but that captain has been following me for a long time, how can he ......?"

Gongsun Chan shook his head and sighed helplessly: "With this person's reputation, status, and identity, rashly provoking a conflict without evidence can easily cause chaos." It's out of control. ”

Wang Yu nodded.

Reputation is supported by people, Liu Yu has won the heart of Youzhou, and he can put on a show, of course, this reputation will not be bad; In terms of status, this person is the Youzhou Mu of the Emperor Ling, and as Gongsun Zhan, he rashly made a move on him, which is unreasonable. Even if there was no open conflict, Gongsun Chan was still called a bully, and if he really did it, it was no different from rebellion.

Of course, after the death of the Spirit Emperor. The Central Plains has officially entered the era of princely disputes, and it doesn't matter if it's down or down. But Liu Yu also has the identity of a clan, a clan with a virtuous name, whoever takes the initiative to do something to him will definitely be scolded by the world as a chaotic minister and thief, such as: Sun Jian.

Fame, identity is all false, and more importantly. Liu Yu has already integrated the Haoqiang of Youzhou, this force is very huge, so huge that Gongsun Zhan, who has a heavy army, has to look sideways.

Of course, Haoqiang is only Haoqiang after all. Even if they join forces, they may not be the opponents of Gongsun Zhan's elite soldiers in a hundred battles. But what cannot be ignored is the identity of these powerful people, they are miscellaneous beards, miscellaneous beards that have been swinging between the Central Plains and the grassland. Push them too hard. They will not sit still, but will lure the wolf into the house.

Gongsun Chan is stronger. There are no three heads and six arms, so naturally they can't resist it, and even if they do, they are bound to suffer heavy losses. Hu people who have internal responses, and those who do not have internal responses, are completely different things.

Wang Yu knew very well that the reason why Gongsun Chan brought up this topic was that he was worried that he would be too impulsive and follow in his footsteps.

Liu Yu's power is not as strong as Yuan Shao, but he cleverly tied himself to most of Youzhou and even the grassland tribes. Dealing with him is not a solution that can be solved by winning one or two battles. The Hongmen banquet directly took it down, which is tantamount to poking a hornet's nest.

"The advice of the eldest brother, the younger brother can save it, and take it to heart." Wang Yu raised his fist to thank him, and said calmly: "However, the eldest brother doesn't have to worry, the younger brother's invitation this time is not for him alone, but for all the princes of Hebei. This also includes the eldest brother. ”

"Oh?" Gongsun Chan was stunned.

Although Wang Yu is very concerned about the forces of all parties in Hebei, after the great victory in Qingzhou and the movement after the complete defeat of Yuan Shao, the attention of the princes from all walks of life is much more solemn than Wang Yu's attitude towards all parties.

Qingzhou is no longer a small force limited to a corner of the mountains and seas, but a decisive behemoth, Wang Yu's movements are directly related to the life and death of the princes.

After this battle, the Qingzhou army captured countless baggage, the surrender army belonging to Qingzhou alone was as high as 80,000, Tian Kai, who had been fighting side by side with Wang Yu, but only more than 10,000 prisoners, the strength and weakness of the situation were clear, which can be seen.

There are also war horses, the Hun cavalry killed one person and three horses, and there are more than 70,000 war horses! was completely wiped out in one fell swoop, and nearly half of the war horses were lost on the battlefield, but there were nearly 40,000 intact.

In other words, if Wang Yu is willing, he can recruit rebels and form an army with a total of 100,000, and more than 30,000 cavalry alone!

With such a large army, no one can resist it head-on, even if the princes of the three routes in Hebei join forces. In the world, no one can match the strength.

In a series of battles, the Qingzhou army also lost a lot of elites, the second battalion of Yulin and Zhenfeng lost more than 2,000 casualties, the shooting battalion was reduced to about 600, and the cavalry unit suffered the smallest loss, only more than 300.

But on the whole, the combat power has not been greatly damaged, even if it is another big battle like yesterday, it can survive.

The strength and weakness have been clearly distinguished, and it is said that falling with the trend is the most harmless way to hurt the peace.

However, although Gongsun Chan was friendly with the other party, he was a little uneasy in his heart. He himself is not in love with power, but the fate of the old brothers is something he has to consider, and he himself cannot calmly hand over the entire power, people will always change, who can guarantee that after the transfer of power, will Wang Yu's attitude change?

Wang Yu suddenly said that he wanted to gather the heroes, which made Gongsun Chan very troubled and worried. However, as soon as Wang Yu's next sentence came out, he was only surprised in his heart.

I only heard Wang Yulang say in a loud voice: "This invitation to the heroes is not for anything else, but to clearly demarcate the borders, restrain the military horses of all parties, and return the people of Hebei to a bright and peaceful year." ”