During this time, the cooperation between the three major forces of Bingzhou and Jizhou was actually very good.

The state was short of food, but because the reserves of coal and iron ore were not bad, a lot of weapons were created. From a simple ring-headed knife to a stone bow, you can get it as long as you give money. Coincidentally, the three major forces in Jizhou are not short of money and people, but they are short of weapons.

With the craftsmanship of this era, the efficiency of crafting weapons was not fast, not to mention that the caravans were actively poaching local craftsmen while selling goods. The three-way melee made the annexation of states without war naturally the first choice for craftsmen to take refuge.

The tripartite forces, which further lacked craftsmen, naturally made it more difficult to obtain sufficient weapons. They are not short of food and money at this stage, but how to obtain enough weapons is the key. If there are not enough people, it's good to catch a batch to fill the number, but weapons can't appear out of thin air, right?

The caravan from the state appeared, and the weapons were traded to them, and the price was fair, so they were naturally grateful to Dade.

The quality of the equipment that was replaced by the state army was slightly higher than the level of the time, and although it was a little old, the tripartite forces were still very satisfied with this batch of weapons. It's just that no matter how good the quality is, it's just an iron weapon, and if you fight a few times on the battlefield and collide with the opponent's weapon a few times, it's almost scrapped.

This is a very normal thing, and the tripartite forces will not say anything, except to increase the number of weapons purchased, there is no other way. At most, I will find a way to make more weapons myself, but in terms of quality, they are not comparable to the weapons I bought. The most important thing is that the three of them suddenly found that the weapons they built were much more expensive than the ones they bought.

Han Fu directly gave up the idea of building his own and concentrated on buying weapons. Although Gongsun Chan felt that this was not good, he also bought weapons to the maximum. Only Yuan Shao had just come up with this idea, and he was reminded by the strategists under his command, saying that he was putting his life and death in the hands of others.

Yuan Shao was shocked when he heard this, and while buying weapons, he naturally began to organize manpower to build to the maximum. Poor quality is poor. It's good to be able to make it, it's better than being controlled by others, especially that Fang Yun.

At the same time, Yuan Shao also followed Guo Tu's suggestion. continued to infiltrate and buy Han Fu's subordinates, but this time it didn't start with the close ministers, but from those foreign ministers such as the county guards.

Han Fu obviously didn't have much to do with the situation of these subordinates, if he hadn't been told by the secret department who had found out about the matter, he would still be at a loss. It's just that I found it that day. After at least seventy percent of the county orders under his command were bought by Yuan Shao, he only felt cold in his heart.

Now, as long as Yuan Shao raises his arms, at least seventy percent of the county orders will directly defect. The reason why Yuan Shao didn't make a move was only because the two sides were still in the stage of forming an alliance, and his first task was to defeat Gongsun Zhan, who was heading south. As for Han Fu, after the war, he only needed to move his fingers to basically be co-opted.

Han Fu, who learned of this, was also furious, and despite the opposition of his courtiers, he dissolved the alliance with Yuan Shao, and at the same time sent a letter to Gongsun Zhan, expressing his request for an alliance. It doesn't matter if Jizhou is divided equally with him.

Gongsun Chan happened to be overwhelmed by the two, but he didn't expect to receive a letter of alliance at this time. Han Fu even sent him a lot of supplies for this alliance, which can be regarded as showing enough sincerity.

Gongsun Chan also felt that Han Fu was not worth mentioning, but it would be beneficial to be able to form an alliance with him, so he agreed to form an alliance. The two sides instantly turned around and launched an attack on Yuan Shao, who was immediately caught off guard.

Taking advantage of this time, Han Fu also actively changed people and planted real henchmen in the local county. At the same time, he also actively promoted the original county chief or county chief to ensure the control of the counties under his command.

Yuan Shao's original war with Gongsun Chan had already occupied an absolute advantage with the cooperation of Han Fu, and he only needed to exhaust Gongsun Zhan's material supplies. Then it is almost possible to win this war.

Not to mention the elite troops led by his Liyi, the 'First Dead Soldier', who shot Gongsun Zhan's younger brother with a strong crossbow not long ago, as well as his general Tian Kai, killed more than 20,000 Gongsun troops and captured thousands of prisoners in a battle.

Since that war, Gongsun Zhan's power has been greatly damaged. also had to maintain a defensive posture, and then silently licked the wound.

It's just that now with Han Fu's help, he suddenly began to gain the upper hand again. Yuan Shao suffered from the enemy on his back and shoulder, and it was inevitable to divide his troops to meet the enemy, and he was bitten off by Han Fu and lost two county seats. Gongsun Chan also took advantage of this opportunity to bite down fiercely and took back the three county towns that had been lost in the previous defeat.

"Gentlemen, the situation is critical now, I don't know what you have to teach me?" Yuan Shao was now in turmoil, so he could only summon his ministers over and ask for advice.

"It's hard to break Gongsun Zhan! But it's not difficult to get Gongsun Chan to turn the direction of his attack and find trouble for others! Feng Ji thought about it and spoke.

"Oh, I don't know what the trick is?" Yuan Shao immediately lifted his spirits and asked with a little excitement.

"Without him, borrow a knife to kill someone! Gongsun Chan was originally driven by Fang Yun from Youzhou, so he and the three of us traded weapons, so that we could consume each other. Just need to buy the near side of Gongsun Chan and let him complain a few words occasionally, in terms of Gongsun Chan's little family, I am afraid that he will naturally not be able to stand it. At the same time, he hinted that Fang Yun had abundant money and food, and he might have to return to Youzhou in the north! Feng Ji said with a smile.

"Gongzhi, what do you think of this plan?" Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he heard this, but he was not sure, so he looked at his other strategist, Guo Tu.

"This plan is a great good!" Guo Tu couldn't think of anything more cost-effective than this plan, so he gave it back.

In this way, Yuan Shao also made a decision, and immediately spent a lot of money to buy Yan Gang, a close minister under Gongsun Zhan. Yan Gang also followed Gongsun Chan when he made his fortune, and he can be regarded as an old subordinate. Because of this, I naturally trust him more.

Who would have thought that under the temptation of Yuan Shao, Yan Gang still did not keep his temperance in the end. In fact, he is also a little selfish, thinking that if he can return to Youzhou, it would be good, compared to his family in Youzhou, as a clansman, he naturally hopes to be able to help his family nearby.

It's just that after Gongsun Zan received the status of Jizhou pastor given by Fang Yun, he directly gave up Youzhou and went south, which is not very acceptable to them old ministers.

"Hmph, that side is very hateful! On the one hand, he supported a certain to take the Jizhou pastoral, and for this reason, he also gave up the foundation of Youzhou and went south. On the one hand, they made a deal with the other two forces and let them deal with so-and-so together, and they really didn't make a fool of so-and-so? After Gongsun Chan listened to Yan Gang's words, he really jumped like thunder.

It's just that just when Yan Gang felt that the plan had succeeded and everyone was about to return to Youzhou, Gongsun Chan made a decision unexpectedly. That is, he still did not return to Youzhou, but attacked Huguan, and then directly entered Bingzhou.

The reason is very simple, Fang Yun has arranged a large number of people in Youzhou, and his grandson Zan is just looking for abuse when he goes back.

But there was one place that Fang Yun didn't pay much attention to, and that was Huguan. There are only more than 1,000 people deployed to defend there, and it is really impossible to open it if it is a husband and a wife?

According to Gongsun Zhan's meaning, persimmons should also be pinched softly, and since the pot is so easy to attack, it naturally can't be let go. As long as they control Huguan, then the caravans of the state are under their own control, unless they don't plan to do business, or plan to take a long detour, otherwise they will have to obediently be subject to themselves.

Even tariffs can quickly replenish increasingly scarce sources of revenue. Not to mention, Huguan is adjacent to Wei County and Zhao State, which was originally the place he was going to attack in the future, and now although he has formed an alliance with Han Fu, he also has to guard against this guy's sudden betrayal of the alliance. After all, didn't he also form an alliance with Yuan Shao before, but now he patted his ass and directly turned his back on the alliance and formed an alliance with himself, this kind of person can't believe it!

As for Yan Gang, he somewhat knew that this old subordinate, and even a few other old subordinates, had the idea of returning to Youzhou. People are selfish, so it's not easy for him to blame anything. But as the commander of one side, how to choose what is more beneficial to him must be considered.

If his grandson Zan is a reckless man, how can he get to this point as a concubine?

made up his mind, didn't ask anything anymore, gathered all the people, and arranged the front-line defense. He personally took 5,000 white horses, 5,000 light cavalry, and 10,000 infantry to the south.

At the beginning, Han Fu's people were also frightened, and secretly said Do you Gongsun Zan plan to betray the alliance? Later, I found out that I was going to attack Huguan. And all the way through, it was also no offense against them.

Anyway, instead of attacking himself, Han Fu was also happy to get Gongsun Chan to find trouble with Fang Yun. It cost him a lot of money to buy weapons and other things during this time, and it would be impossible to say that there was no grudge at all.

So he told his subordinates that he could be released, but he also had to take precautions, and no one knew if he was a fake Taoist.

As a result, Gongsun Zhan walked directly in his territory, but he did not commit any offense against him, and Han Fu was relieved. At the same time, some food was sent, which was a sign of friendship for allies.

Gongsun Zhan naturally smiled at the food sent for free, which could save him a lot of military rations. As for what Han Fu meant, he also knew that everyone was the buyer of that batch of weapons, and it was impossible to say that he had no idea.

It's just that when he masters the pot pass, when Yuan Shao and Han Fu want to get enough weapons, it will be impossible!

When the time comes, how can they, who have no weapons, resist their elite?!

Ten days later, the army came to the bottom of the Huguan Pass and officially knocked on the pass. The new army will naturally not start the war so quickly, but only cut wood to make engineering tools and prepare for a large-scale attack.

Gongsun Zhan also knew the importance of time, and planned to capture the checkpoint within three days, so as to ensure that even if Fang Yun was reinforced, it would be too late.

It's just that what he didn't know was that Fang Yun was at the southern foot of Taihang Mountain and ambushed more than 5,000 people from Zhang Yan's department. At the same time, Zhang Xiu was arranged as a ranger to support the battle situation between the two places at any time.

Not to mention, Yang Feng, the guard general of Huguan, is also extraordinary, and the deputy generals Huang Long and Huang Ran are not vegetarians. As for the three deputy generals Liu Bi, Le Jie and He Yi, they have been transferred to Shangjun and Xihe County to guard the town. (To be continued.) )

PS: Those who can be princes are not stupid, although Guo Jia offers advice to fight economic warfare, but he is not sure that the other party will not see through it. In fact, looking at the fact that the other party and himself are using the same type and quality of weapon, what can a fool think of?