At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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They used their clever brains one after another to plot plans for Yuan Shao.

Feng Ji stood up first, and said to Yuan Shao: "The current situation is not good for me. The general has only two options. First, lead the army to the south and compete with Guo Peng for Yanzhou. Second, eliminate Gongsun Zan as soon as possible and occupy Youzhou. , to ensure that the rear is safe and invincible."

Xu You agreed, Ju Shou and Tian Feng had nothing to say, and felt that these were indeed Yuan Shao's two paths.

Yuan Shao thought about it.

"Going south to attack Guo Peng, the chances of winning are not great. Guo Peng has capable people and strong generals under his command. It is unwise to compete with them."

Yuan Shao is unwilling to admit that he is inferior to Guo Peng, but he can't ignore the facts, so he can only blame him.

The subordinates took the pot honestly.

Then there is only the second way to choose.

Defeat Gongsun Zan as soon as possible, eliminate Gongsun Zan and occupy Youzhou before Guo Peng finishes rectifying Yanzhou and conspiring against Jizhou.

This will not be easy, Jizhou does not have enough military strength to destroy Gongsun Zan, let alone annex the entire Youzhou.

Unless both Gongsun Zan and the clan members are dead, Yuan Shao can annex Youzhou as soon as possible and remain invincible.

This process will not be quick.

However, once Guo Peng finished rectifying Yanzhou, with Yuan Shu in the south, he would definitely move his troops northward and try to unite with Gongsun Zan to eliminate Yuan Shao.

Unless, find another opponent for him.

"Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, has been the governor of Xuzhou for a long time, and his power is deeply entrenched. If we can win Tao Qian to wait for foreign aid for me, we can contain Guo Peng."

Fengji said so.

Xu You shook his head.

"Tao Qian wouldn't do that. If he was in trouble with Guo Peng, Guo Peng would be to the north, and Yuan Shu would be to the south. Under the attack from the north and the south, would Tao Qian be able to hold on? He is more likely to seek refuge with Yuan Shu and form an alliance with Yuan Shu and Guo Peng." Alliance, the Central Plains can no longer be an obstacle to Guo Peng's Northern Expedition."

Yuan Shao's complexion became very bad.

"Then, what about Liu Biao, governor of Jingzhou?"

Ju Shou said: "Before, we joined forces with Liu Biao to attack Yuan Shu, drove Yuan Shu out of Nanyang County, and cut off Sun Jian, a big scourge. If we can join forces with Liu Biao, we might not be able to attack from the north and the south."

Xu You and Feng Ji looked at each other.

"It's not impossible, but whether Liu Biao will agree to send troops northward for us is still a question."

Yuan Shao's expression turned even worse.

Seeing that his Central Plains strategy was completely frustrated, and the Central Plains was about to become the territory controlled by Yuan Shu, he launched a north-south attack against him, which made Yuan Shao very worried.

At this time, Tian Feng, who had been silent all this time, said, "Gongsun Zan is also a subordinate of the clan member, and the clan member is the governor of Youzhou. Gongsun Zan has repeatedly sent troops south to invade Jizhou. Does the clan member really agree?"

This question aroused Yuan Shao's interest.

"What does Yuan Hao mean?"

"General, Gongsun Zan invaded Jizhou, and Youzhou is his backing. I have heard about this clan member for a long time. He is a mature and prudent man. He has talent and is more than successful, but he is not aggressive enough. He may not be willing to see Gongsun Zan fight with the general. endlessly."

Tian Feng's words made Yuan Shao realize that there was a third party in the war between himself and Gongsun Zan.

This third party is the actual controller of Youzhou, and Gongsun Zan's official official position is only a prefect of Zhuojun.

Gongsun Zan provoked a war, would the clan members really want to see it?

Yuan Shao realized what Tian Feng meant.

If the conflict between the clan members and Gongsun Zan could be provoked, perhaps the clan members could be used to get rid of Gongsun Zan, then the mature and prudent clan members might not become Yuan Shao's troubles, and the situation would be reversed immediately.

When the situation was in crisis before, Yuan Shao also used his identity and advantages to turn around in one fell swoop, occupy Jizhou, and pull an alliance against Yuan Shu.

Although the alliance has failed now, Yuan Shao may not be unable to strengthen himself, and once again operate to the limit to reverse the general trend of the world.

Yuan Shu slandered him that Yuan Shao was not a descendant of the Yuan family, and caused Yuan Shao to be ridiculed by the world. He would not let Yuan Shu go for this enmity, and he would kill this bastard with his own hands.

And Guo Peng, Guo Peng will be deep-fried in a frying pan until the outside is crispy and the inside is tender!

But to accomplish all of this, Yuan Shao still has a lot to do.

Under the plan of the counselors, Yuan Shao did three things.

First, write a letter to the clan member with a large amount of gifts to sow discord between him and Gongsun Zan, saying that Gongsun Zan is overstepping his position and robbing the clan member of his status and prestige.

Second, write a letter to give gifts to Liu Biao, asking Liu Biao to send troops north to occupy Yuzhou, compete with Yuan Shu, and cooperate with Yuan Shao to attack Yuan Shu's alliance.

Third, Yuan Shao was going to send someone to send a secret letter to Dong Zhuo. If the first two things were not handled well, he would not care about attacking Dong Zhuo in order to survive.

He directly promised to make great profits, hoping that Dong Zhuo could send troops to occupy Chenliu County and contain Guo Peng. He was willing to join forces with Dong Zhuo to fight against the alliance between Guo Peng and Yuan Shu.

Dong Zhuo was sent to Chang'an by the alliance of Guo Peng and Yuan Shu. He must have a lot of resentment in his heart. Yuan Shao was willing to cooperate with him to destroy Guo Peng and Yuan Shu.

The third matter was decided by Yuan Shao in private, and he was not ready to carry it out yet, but once the first two things could not be pushed smoothly, the third matter must be pushed forward.

Because Dong Zhuo is still powerful, the Central Plains cannot contain Guo Peng and Yuan Shu, so they can only start from Kansai.

Nothing is better than survival, and the combination of vertical and horizontal is to fit in every stitch, and they can't be allowed to grow to the point where they can't fight.

Yuan Shao would not be Song Xianggong.

At the end of the first month of the third year of Chuping, when Guo Peng was promoting the farmland policy aimed at stabilizing the local area in the counties and states of Yanzhou, the clan members received letters and gifts from Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao analyzed the current situation for the clan members, and told him that Gongsun Zan was gradually getting out of control.

Gongsun Zan no longer regards himself as a subordinate of the clan members, but develops himself as an independent force. This is the reason why he wants to occupy Jizhou.

Yuan Shao also said that Gongsun Zan was young and the clan members were old, once Gongsun Zan had the idea of ​​replacing him, the clan members would not be able to stop him.

In order to control Youzhou and live in peace, the clan members must cut off the threat of Gongsun Zan.

Gongsun Zan is not yet full-fledged, and it is time to eliminate him. If he waits until his full-fledged, it will be too late.

In order to make the clan members more likely to cooperate with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao once again sent his No. 1 mouth Xun Chen.

Xun Chen brought a lot of gifts to visit the clan members, stated his interests for the clan members, and sowed the relationship between the clan members and Gongsun Zan, which can be regarded as doing his best.

"Gongsun Zan invaded Youzhou with his own banner and his own selfish desires. He didn't pay attention to the envoy at all. Now Yuan Jizhou can still fight against Gongsun Zan. Once Yuan Jizhou is defeated and Gongsun Zan occupies Jizhou, at that time, How should the envoy deal with himself?"

Xun Chen said: "Gongsun Zan is tyrannical, mean and ungrateful. He is not a person who can be controlled for a long time. Shijun originally wanted to use Gongsun Zan to frighten the aliens, but he made Gongsun Zan grow stronger and had tens of thousands of troops. The situation has reached this point. To make you feel worried."

Chapter 263. 260 Second Gongsun Zan had a bold idea in his heart

To be honest, it is impossible for the clan members not to fear Gongsun Zan.

Originally, the clan members wanted to train Gongsun Zan to become the second Guo Peng, and work together with him to guard Youzhou, so they announced him as the prefect of Zhuojun.

But looking at it now, it seems that Gongsun Zan has some ideas of his own. He raised an army in Zhuojun and fought against Yuan Shao's prefecture.

Members of the sect blamed Gongsun Zan several times, but Gongsun Zan didn't care. He neither apologized nor changed his behavior, but intensified it.

So when Xun Chen said this, the clan members began to consider whether to continue pampering Gongsun Zan.

"That's what I said, but I'm the governor of the state, not the governor of the state. Gongsun Zan is the governor of the county. As far as power is concerned, I can't restrict what Gongsun Zan does. I can only participate in him. I understand Yuan Jizhou's worries. However, I have more than enough energy.”

The Zong members wanted to see what Xun Chen had to say.

Xun Chen shook his head again and again.

"You are confused, the current court is Dong Zhuo's court, not the court of the great Han, even if you get a response to the performance, it is Dong Zhuo's response, not the emperor's response.

Today the world is chaotic, everyone is thinking for themselves, who can take care of the puppet set up by Dong Zhuo?Shijun doesn't think about himself, but Gongsun Zan thinks about himself, one goes up and down, Shijun, do you still need me to continue talking? "

Xun Chen's expression of worrying about his own children made the clan members feel their hearts pounding.

Seeing the shaken look on the face of the clan members, Xun Chen decided to take advantage of the victory to pursue and come up with a unique move.

This is the trick that Yuan Shao allowed him to use. In order to win over the clan members, it doesn't hurt to use such a trick.

"The family of Yuan Jizhou's fourth generation and three princes is willing to make friends with the general. If the general has the heart, Yuan Jizhou is willing to marry the daughter of the envoy for the eldest son Yuan Tan. The two families are very close by marriage. Wouldn't it be beautiful to advance and retreat together in the future?"

Seeing the hesitant look on the face of the clan members, Xun Chen showed his trump card.

The Zong member was taken aback.

Although Yuan Shu said that Yuan Shao was a concubine, a servant of his family, not of Yuan family blood, but Yuan Shao's official identity was the heir of Yuan Cheng's family, not a simple concubine.

As far as the patriarchal system is concerned, Yuan Shu's status is indeed higher than Yuan Shao's, but Yuan Shu can't say that Yuan Shao is his family's servant, that's too disrespectful.

So although many people ridiculed Yuan Shao in private, some people felt that what Yuan Shu said was too much and did not take the patriarchal clan system seriously.

Yuan Shao had status in the Yuan family, if he was just a bastard, Yuan Shao would definitely not have such a great reputation.

So the Zong members were very surprised.

"What Jun Xun said is true?"

"Can this kind of thing be faked? Yuan Jizhou is willing to marry the envoy. In this way, the two families will become a family, and Youzhou and Jizhou will become one, advancing and retreating together. The envoy still needs to worry about a little Gongsun Zan ?"

The sect member's heart was suddenly shaken violently.

Not for anything else, but for my daughter to be able to marry into the family of the fourth generation and third father, and complete the leap in life. If so, the status of my family will also be improved. It's a famous family!

No one can refuse the marriage proposal of the family of four generations and three princes.

The priests think so.

So it was no surprise that the sect members were captured successfully.

The clan members agreed to marry Yuan Shao, and the two families were very close by marriage, taking care of and supporting each other.

In the future troubled times, being able to receive the care of the family of the fourth generation and the third father, the clan members feel that their lives are complete.

So naturally, taking such a big advantage and raising the family's status so much, the clan members will reciprocate.

So the clan members began to restrict Gongsun Zan's actions.

Gongsun Zan, who was preparing for the next battle, was surprised to hear the news of the marriage between the clan member and Yuan Shao, and immediately realized that something was wrong.

Sure enough, he soon received a warrant from the clan members. The clan members ordered Gongsun Zan not to invade Yuan Shao, otherwise his food supply would be cut off, his position would be dismissed, and he would become a rootless duckweed.

Gongsun Zan immediately felt very annoyed and desperate.

He never expected that Yuan Shao, who was tied with him on the battlefield, would actually use such tricks to limit his attacks, which directly put him in a very embarrassing situation.

Gongsun Zan finally realized that the rich heritage of the Family of the Four Generations and Three Dukes was not comparable to his own.

On the battlefield, he could be evenly matched with Yuan Shao, but outside the battlefield, he was hoisted and beaten from all directions.

But Gongsun Zan also knew that as long as Yuan Shao was killed, everything would cease to exist.

To deal with the Four Generations and Three Dukes, one must learn from Dong Zhuo and directly destroy humanity, which is the most convenient.

Now that the way of humane destruction is artificially blocked, do you still have a chance of winning?

Dzong member!

Dzong member!

The anger in Gongsun Zan's heart was burning fiercely.

But the clan members didn't know what Gongsun Zan was thinking.

Gongsun Zan knew very well that once Yuan Shao really married the clan members, he would have nothing to do with him. The power of the clan members would be used by Yuan Shao, and he would die without a place to bury him.

You want me to die, but I will not die!

The resolute side of Gongsun Zan's character erupted with extremely powerful strength. Prompted by his strong desire to survive, a bold idea came to Gongsun Zan's heart.

This time is February of the third year of Chuping.

Guo Peng is promoting the policy of garrisoning farmland in Yanzhou, and recruiting strong men into the army to enrich his military strength.

In addition to selecting strong men from civilians and captured Yellow Turban soldiers to join the army, there were also some small and medium-sized powerful landlords who admired Guo Peng's reputation, scattered their wealth, and pulled a team of hundreds of people to join Guo Peng.

One of them is the Li family in Juye County, Shanyang County. The head of the family, Li Qian, has a reputation for being brave and heroic in the local area. He was awarded the position of Qu Junhou.

When Guo Peng saw this record, he laughed.

With a great reputation and great power, you don't need to recruit yourself, and there will naturally be capable people who will come to seek refuge.

In addition to recruiting strong men to join the army, Guo Peng also interacted with some famous people in Yanzhou, asked where there were talents, visited them personally, and invited them to serve as officials.

Through this network of celebrities, Guo Peng successively visited Chen Gongtai from Dongjun, Man Chong Man Boning from Changyi in Shanyang County, Mao Jie Mao Xiaoxian from Pingqiu in Chenliu County, and Lu Qian and Lu Zike from Renchengguo.

Guo Peng went to the table and recommended them to serve as the local county magistrate, Guo Peng's state pastoral mansion and Zuo general's mansion.