In this regard, Yuan Shao did not have any choice.

He was also very aware that he could no longer find any helpers from within, and if he didn't want to die quickly, he could only take Tian Feng's advice.

So he sent envoys to the north of Bingzhou and the north of Youzhou to contact the Huns, Xianbei and Wuhuan people, and strive to reach an alliance with them and let them lead their troops south.

Whether it is Dong Zhuo or Gongsun Zhan, they are all threats from his rear, and if these two threats are not eliminated, he will not be able to deal with Liu Bei wholeheartedly.

Among them, Gongsun Chan is definitely the best to deal with, because his foundation is the shallow and the easiest to be shaken, Dong Zhuo is an old cannon, he is full of hearts and eyes, and there are many troops, and he has his own basic plate, which is not easy to deal with.

In order to win over the Huns, Xianbei and Wuhuan, Yuan Shao was even ready to cede part of Youzhou and Bingzhou to let them move inward.

He knew that these people had always been eager to move south and live in warmer, more fertile places.

There are some people under Yuan Shao's command who oppose this, such as Xin Ping, who thinks that these barbarians on the grassland are rude and rude, they only know how to destroy and don't know how to build, just give money, there is no need to give land, giving land is a situation where it is easy to invite God and difficult to send God.

At that time, Yuan Shao will have to deal with Liu Bei again, and he will have to deal with many of their unreasonable demands, isn't he asking for hardship?

Judging and Xin Ping have always been at odds, and at this time, I feel that Xin Ping is very ink, not like a gentleman.

"If you want to give, you have to give it in place, and they can really deal with it to help us deal with Gongsun Zhan, now is the time to think about surviving no matter what, not the time to think about the future, if you can't survive, there is no future, what can you scruple about?"

This sentence of judging and matching spoke to Yuan Shao's heart.

I can't survive, what else do I care?

He immediately reprimanded Xin Ping for being weak and incompetent, praised the determination of the trial, and then gritted his teeth and said that even if he couldn't survive, he would let the Xianbei people, the Huns and the Wuhuan people make Liu Bei unhappy.

"If he destroys my clan, I will also destroy his clan, and I will make him live in peace for the rest of his life!"

Yuan Shao set his goal on Youzhou, planning to completely destroy Youzhou, not only that, but he also planned to personally lead troops to attack Zhuo County, Zhuo County, so that the Liu family of Zhuo County and Zhuo County would become a piece of history before they had yet to make a career, and let Liu Bei's family be completely destroyed.

One-for-one, it's a fair deal.

In September and October of the sixth year of Zhongping, especially in October, Yuan Shao's actions were very big and very many.

He spent a lot of money, recruited soldiers and horses on a large scale, and even increased the army by catching strong men, expanding the army to 70,000 or 80,000 in a very short period of time.

Of course, there are also risks associated with this, such as a large number of strong men absconding and hiding, resisting arrest, and local powerful clans forming villages to defend themselves and resist Yuan Shao's rule, and some places have set off small-scale battles to resist Yuan Shao, which makes Yuan Shao have a headache.

In the end, he couldn't count how many of his troops were captured by the old, weak, sick and disabled.

But it doesn't matter anymore, Yuan Shao doesn't have much time left, and he can't take care of these anymore.

He arranged three troops in Wei County and Qinghe State to guard Dong Zhuo, Qiao Mao and Liu Yu respectively, and then reorganized the main army of about 40,000 people by himself, preparing to eliminate Gongsun Zan and destroy Zhuo County in the shortest possible time, so that Liu Bei regretted it.

Of course, he must also solve this battle in a short time and obtain the resources of Youzhou, otherwise, with his current resource volume and mobilization level, this main force of 40,000 people will inevitably collapse after less than three months.

In other words, this war must be resolved before the end of the sixth year of Zhongping, whether it is victory or defeat, death or life, it depends on this time.

Between life and death, Yuan Shao did not hesitate.

Around October 21, the sixth year of Zhongping, Yuan Shao, who was well prepared, received news from the Southern Xiongnu, Eastern Xianbei and Wuhuan tribes.

As for his intention to seek cooperation, only the Southern Xiongnu from Yufuluo did not accept it, and the two Xianbei people in the east, Suli, Micah, and Qiu Liju, the leader of the Wuhuan tribe, expressed their acceptance.

In addition to money and goods, Yuan Shaoxu also planned to assign Xuansu County, Liaodong County and Liaodong vassal country to Wuhuan tribe, Liaoxi County and Youbeiping County to Suli, and Yuyang County and Guangyang County to Miga.

In short, give money, land, population, everything, as long as they send troops to help deal with Gongsun Zan and deal with the resistance forces in Youzhou, then everything is theirs.

Yu Fuluo was originally promised the benefits of Yunzhong, Yanmen and Dingxiang counties in the state, but Yuan Shao did not understand that the Southern Xiongnu did not want the cold land in the north at all, and wanted Hedong County further south.

They want warmer and more fertile land to survive.

But Hedong County was not under his control, so he said that the Southern Xiongnu would fight Hedong County by himself if he had the ability, he didn't care anyway, the Southern Xiongnu were really going to attack Hedong County, and they could help him contain Liu Bei, he was even happier.

But Yu Fuluo often dealt with the Luoyang Imperial Court, and he had many worries, and he thought of Zhang Yan and Dong Zhuo, so Yu Fuluo simply gave up, didn't want to, and lay down and rotten.

He had learned that the Han army was powerful, and he knew that the Han army was not easy to deal with, and he really wanted to annoy the Luoyang court, and he had no good fruit to eat.

So he chose to watch from the sidelines.

Qiu Liju, Su Li and Micah lived far away, a little away from the core of the Han Empire, and heard that the Han Empire had just died of the emperor, and felt that they must be busy dealing with the emperor's funeral and had no time to deal with the border troubles, so they were more ambitious and dared to put it into practice.

After the cooperation intention was reached, Yuan Shao was very happy and agreed with them that the date of the army was November 5, but before that, he himself couldn't help it, and felt that waiting for one more day was torture.

Around October 28, Yuan Shao's preparations for the campaign had been completed, the elite troops had been fully armed, and the cannon fodder had been tamed, and Yuan Shao felt that he could no longer bear it.

So he brazenly ordered to send troops, not waiting for the Xianbei and Wuhuan people.

Anyway, no matter how you fight, it's a sneak attack, as long as the speed is fast, Gongsun Chan will definitely not be able to react.

However, he was wrong.

Gongsun Chan really didn't react, but at the same time, he really didn't need to react.

Because Gongsun Chan called him before him.

In fact, the beginning of Gongsun Zhan's wave is really the beginning of Tianhu.

There is a teacher who served as a lieutenant in the court, and a junior brother who served as an auxiliary general in the court, in the local area of Youzhou, there were really few people who were willing to oppose the fact that Gongsun Chan was the assassin of Youzhou at the beginning.

On the other hand, there are many people in the Ruyang court who oppose Gongsun Zan as the assassin of Youzhou with the principle of three mutual laws, but Liu Bei believes that the matter is urgent and the most important thing is to eliminate Yuan Shao now, and Youzhou does not have enough people to be trusted by the imperial court to serve as the governor.

Gongsun Zan and his relationship with Lu Zhi are trustworthy, and he also has many achievements of Liaodong vassal states to testify, so he is temporarily appointed as the assassin of Youzhou, and will arrange a position after the elimination of Yuan Shao.

Liu Bei's statement was supported by many people, and relying on his own prestige, this appointment was approved.

So the whole Youzhou knows that Liu Bei and Lu Zhi, the two masters and apprentices of Youzhou, are now developed, and they are all waiting to go to Luoyang to get a position and open an era that belongs to Youzhou people, so they are very willing to obey Gongsun Zhan, the spokesperson of Liu Bei and Lu Zhi.

Even the Gongsun family in Liaoxi County was impressed with Gongsun Chan because of this incident, and there were many stammers, all kinds of gifts and all kinds of flattery, and what such as being proud of Gongsun Chan was open.

As a result, he accidentally said hello to Gongsun Zhan.

In short, Gongsun Chan lost himself in a beautiful voice and floated away.

At the beginning, when he served as the assassin of Youzhou, he was still quite cautious and kind to other officials, but soon, this caution disappeared, and he began to become high-minded, and began to dictate to the county and the local heroes.

In the process of forming an army, he demanded a lot from local officials and powerful clans, and when he lacked money and food for soldiers and horses, and steel to build weapons, he would ask them for it, taking it for granted and not giving anything in return.

After the army was formed, because of the lack of discipline and military discipline, his army often went out to plunder and travel goods, extortion and robbery and other evil things often occurred.

Gongsun Chan didn't react much to this, but blindly increased the number of troops and wanted to form a strong army to attack Yuan Shao as soon as possible, so the popularity gradually decreased.

Zhuojun Taishou Wen Shu thought about Gongsun Zhan's social relations, and persuaded him with good words, hoping that Gongsun Zhan could restrain the army, spread kindness, and restore people's popularity, but also worried about the reputation of Liu Bei and Lu Zhi.

Who knew that Gongsun Chan didn't care about these things at all.

"They are all here for my teacher and Xuande, not for me, I know what they want, they also know what they want, since this is the case, there should be some price, right?"

Wen Shu didn't expect Gongsun Zhan to be so arrogant and unreasonable, he was very disappointed in him, and he was afraid of the power of Liu Bei and Lu Zhi, so he didn't dare to resist, so he could only stay away from him, no longer make suggestions to him, and not make any plans for him.

(End of chapter)