The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 120 Supporting Gongsun Zan

Tian Yu's request was very simple, that is, Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan sent troops to attack Jizhou at the same time, and jointly carve up Yuan Shao's territory. At first, Chen Ziming was really tempted.

But he immediately realized that this was a way to seek death. Although Gongsun Zan's strength was strong, it was far from the current Yuan Shao. Gongsun Zan was no longer a great threat to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao only needs to send a large general to lead a group of troops to hold Gongsun Zan's troops, and then attack Liu Bei in a big way. Although Chen Ziming is confident to block Yuan Shao's attack, he can even seriously injure Yuan Shao's vitality.

But then, Liu Bei has so many troops now, what if he runs out, Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan are not good birds, maybe Gongsun Zan will not come to fight Liu Bei, but Cao Cao, who has been waiting for a long time, will never let go of this opportunity.

The last possibility is that Liu Bei and Yuan Shao will be seriously injured, Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan, one will capture Yuan Shao's territory, and the other will capture Liu Bei's territory.

It's okay to ask Liu Bei to send troops to attack Yuan Shao, but there is a premise that Liu Bei must have enough strength to defend Cao Cao, otherwise nothing will be discussed.

Now Liu Bei's situation is a bit embarrassing. Although he owns the land of two states, the successive battles consume a lot of troops. The two states only have a maximum of 40 troops.

40 soldiers and horses are a lot, but when you break it down, it’s just that little. The main reason is that the enemies around Liu Bei are too powerful, so powerful that Liu Bei dare not move.

Now Liu Bei can neither attack Yuan Shao nor Cao Cao, and he can't even draw troops to attack Yuan Shu, because he can't lose too much, otherwise he will be swallowed by Yuan Shao or Cao Cao.

On the other hand, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao didn't have such worries. For Yuan Shao, losing 20 soldiers and horses was not a problem. He still had nearly 50 troops, and at worst he just recruited more troops.

As for Cao Cao, the big deal is that he will break the pot and fall. Liu Bei provokes him, so he joins forces with Yuan Shao and destroys Liu Bei first. Now Liu Bei has no ability to resist the simultaneous attack of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

Chen Ziming received a secret report from the secret guard that Yuan Shao sent envoys to contact Cao Cao, but it seems that no agreement was reached. Although he did not get the specific content of their discussion, but thinking with his ass, Chen Ziming knew that it must be Tian Feng and other counselors who gave Yuan Shao Pay attention, first unite with Cao Cao to kill Liu Bei, and then slowly clean up Cao Cao.

Fortunately, Cao Cao was not an idiot. Instead, he took this opportunity to threaten Liu Bei so that Cao Cao could withdraw to capture Yuzhou.

In fact, Chen Ziming also thought about joining forces with Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan to attack Yuan Shao and destroy this troublemaker first. Unfortunately, Xun You disagreed. Xun You made it clear that before Cao Cao took Yuzhou, he would never attack Yuan Shao with Liu Bei.

The reason is very simple. After defeating Yuan Shao, Cao Cao now has the weakest troops. When fighting for Yuan Shao's territory, he may not be able to snatch Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan. Without Yuan Shao's restraint, Liu Bei is absolutely capable of destroying Cao Cao.

"Now my lord has just gone through the battle of Xuzhou. It is a pity that my lord suffered heavy losses and was unable to attack Yuan Shao with meager troops. But my lord and General Gongsun are classmates and friends, and we will definitely help General Gongsun." Chen Ziming shook his head and refused to ask Tian Yu to ask Liu Bei A request to attack Yuan Shao together with Gongsun Zan.

"I don't know how Uncle Liu Huang will help my lord resist Yuan Shao's army?" Tian Yu was a little disappointed. If Liu Bei could send troops to attack Yuan Shao, then Gongsun Zan's Youzhou would be safe, and he might even have a chance to counterattack Yuan Shao's Jizhou or Bingzhou.

"Food, I'm sure that General Gongsun's successive battles will consume a lot of food and grass. My lord can give General Gongsun a large amount of food and grass so that General Gongsun will have no worries." The only thing Chen Ziming can do now is to send some food to Gongsun Zan.

"The land from Qingzhou to Youzhou is under the rule of Yuan Shao. How could Yuan Benchu ​​let Qingzhou's grain and grass into Youzhou? Mr. Ziming, don't deceive me." Tian Yu immediately put on a serious face after hearing Chen Ziming's words, thinking that Chen Ziming was fooling around he.

"Mr. Guorang, don't worry, I have the freedom to transport the grain and grass to Youzhou. After my lord gets married, Mr. Guorang can return to Youzhou with the first batch of grain and grass that my lord sent to General Gongsun. I know." Chen Ziming didn't talk about transporting grain by sea either.

Otherwise, Tian Yu knew that Liu Bei could transport grain to Youzhou by sea, and of course he could also send troops to Youzhou by sea. Then he might stalk Liu Bei and ask Liu Bei to send troops to Youzhou by sea to help Gongsun Zan.

Based on Chen Ziming's understanding of Liu Bei, if Tian Yu took Gongsun Zan's help to Liu Bei in the past, maybe Liu Bei would really agree to Tian Yu's sending troops to Youzhou to help Gongsun Zan resist Yuan Shao.

"Actually, General Gongsun can still find a way to reinforce the army." Seeing that Tian Yu was a little bit lost, Chen Ziming pointed out a way out for Tian Yu.

"Oh, who is Mr. Ziming talking about? My lord Cao Mengde of Yanzhou and Ma Shoucheng of Liangzhou sent people to contact them, but neither of them would send troops to help." Tian Yu immediately became excited. If he did not get reinforcements, Gongsun Zan would definitely Not Yuan Shao's opponent.

"Mr. Guorang, do you know the Marquis of Liaodong?" Chen Ziming arrested Gongsun Du, the Marquis of Liaodong, who was in peace.

"Gongsun Du, the Marquis of Liaodong, sealed off the frontiers and did not communicate with our lord. It is hard to say that he sent troops." Tian Yu didn't think of Gongsun Du who was of the same sex as his lord Gongsun Zan.

Although both of them are Gongsun, they have nothing to do with each other at all, and Gongsun Du's attitude is very obvious, you hit you, don't bother me, I just want to be the emperor of a remote place.

"My lord cannot send troops, but my lord has money and food. General Gongsun can send people to Liaodong to exchange food and money for him to send troops to help." is missing.

Now that Liu Bei's territorial navy has just formed, he can land in Liaodong and do business with Liaodong, but he needs a connection point. If he uses Gongsun Zan's way to contact Gongsun Du, then Liu Bei's people can enter and exit Liaodong in a legitimate way. As long as there is an opportunity, Chen Ziming will send a large army to land from the sea and occupy Liaodong.

Liaodong is a good place, rich in mineral resources. The most important thing is that once the sea and land are opened, the Liaodong Peninsula will definitely be a strategic place that must be won.

"That's very good. I'll send someone to send a message to my lord immediately. Please contact the Marquis of Liaodong immediately." Tian Yu also knew that this was indeed a way out. Liu Bei gave Gongsun Du the money to send troops, and Gongsun Zan had nothing to lose.

The alliance between Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan has been tentatively finalized. Liu Bei provides money and food, and Gongsun Zan provides personnel.

(End of this chapter)