Chapter 178: Trouble in Youzhou

"Moreover, Gongsun Zan has already integrated the ten thousand troops of Liaodong Commandery; currently, he has sixty thousand troops and is planning to attack the eastern commanderies of Xuantu and Lelang!"

After Tai'a finished speaking in a deep voice to Liu Bian, he looked at Liu Bian with a solemn expression.

"Hmph!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Bian let out a cold snort and said in a great rage:

"How does he, Gongsun Zan, dare to do this?"

"Just by relying on the tens of thousands of troops in his hands, he dares to openly resist the imperial court? He is courting death!"

Seeing Liu Bian in a great rage, Tai'a said cautiously:

"Your Majesty, Gongsun Zan is using the pretext of a Xianbei invasion to support Liaodong Commandery!"

"Hmph! The excuse Gongsun Zan found is a bit too poor, isn't it!"

"Does he, Kebineng of the Xianbei, dare to attack Liaodong Commandery at a time like this?"

After listening to Tai'a's words, Liu Bian let out a cold laugh and said with disdain.

At this time, Liu Bian already controlled seven provinces of the Han.

If Kebineng had even a bit of brains, he would not choose to attack Liaodong Commandery at this time.

This clearly shows that it was just an excuse Gongsun Zan found.

He just wanted to take advantage of Liu Yu's return to the capital to seize Youzhou.

Subsequently, he asked Tai'a:

"Where is the Inspector of Youzhou, Shen Pei, now?"

Upon hearing this, Tai'a immediately responded respectfully to Liu Bian:

"Returning to Your Majesty, the Inspector of Youzhou, Lord Shen Pei, has already arrived at Zhuojun in Youzhou; in one more day, he will be able to reach the seat of Youzhou, Ji County."

Hearing this, Liu Bian nodded.

It seems that the speed of Shen Pei's party was quite fast; within a short five days, they had already rushed to Zhuojun in Youzhou.

"What about Yan Rou, the General Who Crushes the Wuhuan whom I conferred? Has he received my imperial edict!"

Upon hearing this, Tai'a immediately replied respectfully to Liu Bian:

"Returning to Your Majesty, General Yan Rou received your imperial edict of appointment two days ago."

"After receiving the news of the rebellion in Liaoxi yesterday, he has already gathered fifty thousand troops of Youzhou and is planning to go on a punitive expedition against Gongsun Zan."

"You are to immediately send a message to the Dark Guards in Ji County, telling Yan Rou to wait for Shen Pei in Ji County first."

"By the way, also notify Shen Pei, telling him to rush to Ji County overnight to rendezvous with Yan Rou."

"At that time, the two of them will go together to launch a punitive expedition against Gongsun Zan."

"As for Xuantu Commandery and Lelang Commandery, they are right next to Liaodong Commandery; if one wants to send troops from Ji County, there are still the two commanderies of Youbeiping and Liaoxi in between, so these two commanderies cannot be saved!"

"With the fifty thousand troops Yan Rou has gathered, plus the two hundred personal guards with the strength of Second-rate Martial Generals that Shen Pei brought with him, they will certainly be able to withstand Gongsun Zan's army."

Thinking of the current situation in Youzhou, Liu Bian immediately said to Tai'a in a deep voice.

"This subject obeys the decree!"

Tai'a immediately bowed and responded to Liu Bian.

He immediately conveyed Liu Bian's order to the Dark Guards in Youzhou through his identity jade token.

After Tai'a conveyed the message, Liu Bian said to him solemnly:

"You are to immediately notify the cabinet and the Ministers of the Six Ministries, the six Grand Commanders, and the Generals to come to the Imperial Study to discuss matters!"

Upon hearing this, Tai'a immediately responded respectfully to Liu Bian:

"This subject obeys the decree!"

After Liu Bian finished speaking to Tai'a, he waited in the Imperial Study.

By the way, he also thought about which legion to send to suppress the rebellion this time.

And at this time, Shen Pei, who was in Zhuojun, also received Tai'a's message.

After reading it, Shen Pei was also in a great rage.

"Gongsun Zan, I, this Inspector, actually treated you as a hero!"

"I never expected that you would actually be a rebel thief."

"Truly damnable!"

After cursing Gongsun Zan thoroughly, Shen Pei immediately shouted to his personal soldiers:

"Someone, go tell Captain You Quan to quickly assemble the troops; something has happened in Liaoxi Commandery, we must rush to Ji County overnight!"

Following Shen Pei's urgent words, the personal guard team of over two hundred people immediately assembled and took Shen Pei to rush toward Ji County overnight.

Fortunately, Shen Pei and the others had all cultivated; otherwise, with such an intense marching speed, ordinary soldiers would have long since been unable to endure it.

In Shen Pei's accompanying team, Liu Bian had specifically arranged for him a personal guard captain at the Postnatal First Layer, two deputy captains at the Divine General Realm, two Centurions with the strength of First-rate Martial Generals, and the other personal guards all had the strength of Second-rate Martial Generals.

And the You Quan that Shen Pei called was precisely the name of his personal guard captain.

These were all personal guards that Liu Bian had specifically selected for the Provincial Inspectors from Zhang Liao's original Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry.

At that time, Zhang Liao had complained for a long time.

Zhang Liao had originally intended to incorporate these people directly into his Xuanwu Legion.

Time returns to two days ago.

Youzhou, inside the Prefect's Mansion of Liaoxi Commandery.

"My Lord, Liu Yu has been in the capital for so long, and I, the end general, have heard that that old scoundrel Liu Yu was kept in Luoyang by the little Emperor Liu Bian under some pretext."

"We cannot just watch like this and do nothing!"

"Such a heaven-sent opportunity is precisely the best time for us to eradicate Liu Yu's subordinates in one fell swoop and occupy Youzhou!"

At this time, Gongsun Zan's top general, Yan Gang, said eagerly to Gongsun Zan.

Yan Gang was the commander of Gongsun Zan's ace unit, the White Horse Volunteers.

He was Gongsun Zan's true trusted general.

Upon hearing this, a look of being moved appeared on Gongsun Zan's face.

However, it was quickly suppressed by him, and he said seriously to Yan Gang:

"I, this General, am a minister of the Han; how can I send troops to attack Youzhou!"

"Hehehe, My Lord, this is not called attacking; this is called supporting!"

At this time, just as Gongsun Zan's righteous words fell, the middle-aged scholar sitting in the first seat on the left-hand side below Gongsun Zan slowly spoke.

"Oh, I wonder what this 'support' that Master Guan speaks of is?"

Seeing that it was his chief strategist, Guan Jing, who spoke, Gongsun Zan asked him with confusion.

And Guan Jing, after seeing Gongsun Zan ask, smiled slightly at the crowd, then stroked his sparse beard with one hand, shook his head, and said:

"My Lord, fellow colleagues, I believe everyone knows that Liu Yu has always treated the foreign tribes with a policy of appeasement."

"Now, the people of the foreign tribes are dissatisfied with Liu Yu's conditions and have taken the opportunity to send troops to plunder Liaodong Commandery."

"And Inspector Liu is far away in the capital of Luoyang; in order to prevent the people of the foreign tribes from slaughtering the people of our Han Empire, we should also send troops to support!"

"And we are very close to Liaodong Commandery; in terms of propriety, we should even more so send troops to support Liaodong Commandery."

"Thus, in terms of both emotion and reason, we should send troops to support Liaodong Commandery!"

Guan Jing finished speaking his thoughts to the crowd with pride.

"Hahaha, My Lord, Master Guan's words are extremely correct; we should send troops to support Liaodong Commandery!"

Following Guan Jing's words, Yan Gang, on the side of the military generals, said excitedly.

At this time, he also understood Guan Jing's intention.

In this way, isn't the reason for sending troops already there? ===== CHAPTER 179 =====