Chapter 151

Therefore, Yuan Shao had no choice but to say:

"Since you all don't have any suitable solutions for the time being."

"Then why don't we discuss it further after Mengde and Bo Gui arrive."

Everyone nodded repeatedly.

Anyway, it was the same saying, let the fellow Daoist die, not the poor Daoist.

It was Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan whose grain and fodder were burned.

It did not infringe on the core interests of the other six warlords.

Under such circumstances.

The other six warlords would naturally not put their own soldiers in danger to help Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan.

Soon.

Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan led their soldiers to the coalition camp outside Hulao Pass.

After several hours of trekking, it was almost night now.

The coalition of warlords originally planned for Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan to be responsible for leading a portion of the troops to stay outside Sishui Pass to contain Gu Yi and Hua Xiong.

The other six warlords would take the opportunity to attack Hulao Pass and take it down as quickly as possible.

But now, Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan's grain and fodder had been ambushed and burned to the ground by Gao Shun leading the Trapping Army.

The two of them naturally dared not stay outside Sishui Pass any longer.

And this also declared the complete bankruptcy of the coalition's plan to divide the troops.

After the two entered the coalition's main tent.

The other five warlords, except for Yuan Shao, quickly surrounded them and asked Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan about their well-being.

However.

When Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan talked about their intention to borrow some grain and fodder as an emergency.

These warlords all acted like mutes, unable to let out a single fart.

Seeing this, how could Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao not guess their thoughts?

The straightforward Gongsun Zan immediately said to Tao Qian and Kong Rong:

"Gongzu, Wenju, could it be that you two intend to stand by and watch us die?"

"Don't forget, it was precisely because of the existence of my Youzhou Legion that Xuzhou and Qingzhou were not overrun by the remnants of the Huang Jin!"

Hearing this, Tao Qian and Kong Rong lowered their heads deeply.

The matter Gongsun Zan mentioned was a real event.

It happened one year after the Battle of Jieqiao.

As everyone knows, during the Battle of Jieqiao.

Gongsun Zan and his White Horse Followers met their fated nemesis, Qu Yi and the Vanguard Death Soldiers.

The White Horse Followers were wiped out in that battle.

Even Gongsun Zan's right-hand man, his trusted general Yan Gang, died at the hands of Qu Yi.

Gongsun Zan's Youzhou Legion could be said to have suffered heavy losses.

And at the same time.

The original number one of Yanzhou, Yanzhou Governor Liu Dai.

And the original number two of Yanzhou, Jibei Chancellor Bao Xin.

Also died one after another at the hands of the Huang Jin.

Cao Cao was ordered to take command in a crisis, and under the recommendation of Zhang Miao, Chen Gong, and others, he replaced Liu Dai as the new Yanzhou Governor.

But even so.

Hundreds of thousands of people, claiming to have over a million Qingzhou Huang Jin, swept across four states: Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and Youzhou.

The momentum could be said to be extremely vast!

Cao Cao, Kong Rong, and Tao Qian were all involved.

All three were worried that the Huang Jin would recklessly rush towards their territories!

But a strange scene appeared!

The Huang Jin, not knowing who they listened to, were bewitched.

After the Battle of Jieqiao, nearly 300,000 Qingzhou Huang Jin collectively moved north with the intention of attacking Youzhou!

Perhaps they felt that Gongsun Zan had lost at Jieqiao, his strength was not as good as before, and he was already a dying insect.

Youzhou would become meat on their chopping block!

Little did they know.

Gongsun Zan had only lost at Jieqiao.

He had only lost to the Vanguard Death Soldiers.

It did not mean that the Youzhou Legion under his command was something to be easily manipulated!

Hearing the news of the Huang Jin moving north.

Gongsun Zan immediately gathered 20,000 troops.

He went south to the border between Qingzhou and Youzhou, near Dongguang County, and launched a decisive battle with the Huang Jin!

In this battle, Gongsun Zan defeated 300,000 Huang Jin with 20,000 elite Youzhou soldiers!

The number of people directly beheaded exceeded 30,000.

The number of captives approached 70,000.

The remaining 200,000 Huang Jin were defeated and scattered.

(PS: This battle is clearly recorded in many historical books, but because the Romance does not mention this matter, not many people may know about it. Interested handsome readers can go and check this matter by themselves. The little author will not repeat it here.)

If it weren't for Gongsun Zan defeating these 300,000 Qingzhou Huang Jin, I am afraid Tao Qian and Kong Rong would definitely have been the first to suffer.

At the same time.

It was also precisely because of this battle.

The remaining Qingzhou Huang Jin changed their original style of burning, killing, and looting, and instead accepted the reorganization of various Guandong warlords.

Therefore, from a certain perspective, Gongsun Zan could be considered to have done a favor to Kong Rong and Tao Qian.

But now.

Facing Gongsun Zan's request to borrow grain and fodder, the two of them chose to play dead together.

Seeing that the two were still silent.

Gongsun Zan shook his head in disappointment.

He understood that these two people probably intended to carry out this act of playing dead to the end today.

Seeing Gongsun Zan's eyes turning red with anxiety, Liu Bei gritted his teeth tightly, then came to Gongsun Zan's side and said:

"Brother Bo Gui, I can share a portion of the grain and fodder under my command with you."

"But... I am afraid I can only provide the share for 20,000 troops for ten days at most."

Hearing this.

Gongsun Zan turned his head to look at Liu Bei and said with a fist salute:

"In that case, this brother thanks Xuande for his generosity."

Gongsun Zan roughly knew what the situation was under Liu Bei's command.

Although he now occupied Huainan.

But to put it bluntly, Huainan was still the world of local noble families.

Liu Bei did not have extra money and grain in his hands.

Taking out the grain and fodder share for 20,000 people for ten days was already Liu Bei's limit.

However.

These grain and fodder were ultimately just a drop in the bucket for Gongsun Zan.

He still had more than 20,000 soldiers under his command, and if he couldn't get a stable source of grain and fodder, I am afraid something would happen sooner or later.

Thinking of this, Gongsun Zan turned his head to Yuan Shao and said:

"Alliance leader, as the initiator of this coalition, you can't just ignore the members of the coalition, right?"

Being questioned like this by Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao couldn't help but have black lines all over his head.

This set of moral kidnapping had always been used by him on other warlords.