Chapter 154

Just like that, the young Fa Zheng was recommended by Zhang Song.

Not long after, his name reached Gu Yi's ears through Zhang Song's mouth.

As a transmigrator, Gu Yi naturally knew Fa Zheng's ability.

Therefore, he immediately transferred Fa Zheng from the rear of Chang'an to the front line of Sishui Pass.

And so, the following scene happened.

Gu Yi sent Fa Zheng and Huang Zhong.

To visit Gongsun Zan's camp at night with Wang Men.

Huang Zhong's skill naturally goes without saying.

With him protecting Fa Zheng, Gu Yi was more at ease.

After listening to Fa Zheng's self-introduction.

Gongsun Zan frowned tightly.

Dong Zhuo's army was the enemy.

The enemy wanted to talk about a big deal with him, Gongsun Bo Gui, could that be a serious deal?

Looking at Gongsun Zan's frowning appearance, Fa Zheng smiled:

"General Gongsun, if I am not mistaken."

"The reason why you left the coalition camp with your army."

"Should be because you wanted to borrow grain and fodder from that group of Guandong warlords, but they didn't lend it to you, right?"

Having his thoughts guessed by Fa Zheng, Gongsun Zan said coldly:

"So what if it is?"

"Could it be that you can give me grain and fodder?"

As soon as the words fell.

Fa Zheng laughed loudly:

"General Gongsun is truly powerful."

"You are right, I can indeed give you grain and fodder."

"And these grain and fodder are so much that you won't be able to use them up even after a long time!"

"This..."

Gongsun Zan gasped.

Although his intuition told him that Fa Zheng might be drawing a pie for him.

But Gongsun Zan at this moment was truly pushed to the limit.

Without grain and fodder, he couldn't even be sure if he could successfully return to Youzhou.

Therefore.

Even if Fa Zheng came from Dong Zhuo's army.

Gongsun Zan felt as if he was being scratched by claws in his heart, urgently wanting to know where Fa Zheng would conjure grain and fodder for him.

"General Gongsun, actually you should have known long ago."

"That guy Yuan Benchu, the reason why he tricked you into participating in the coalition was just to use you as a sucker."

"If the coalition can successfully enter Luoyang, do you believe that the next person Yuan Benchu wants to deal with is you, Gongsun Bo Gui?"

"Actually, whether it is me or Mr. Linzhi, we are a bit puzzled."

"General Gongsun, why do you have to hang out with this group of Guandong warlords?"

"You were originally an iron-blooded general guarding the frontier!"

"If the chaotic times had not come, perhaps you would have become a figure like Wei Qing or Huo Qubing."

"The chaotic times came, and the ambition in your heart drove you to compete with Yuan Shao for the four provinces of Hebei."

"However, are you really not as good as Yuan Shao?"

"Before the Battle of Jieqiao, you were so powerful that you even forced him to take the initiative to send someone to seek peace with you."

"After the Battle of Jieqiao, although the White Horse Followers all died at the hands of the Vanguard Death Soldiers, the Youzhou soldiers are still there!"

"With your iron courage, you can still lead them to break 300,000 Qingzhou Huang Jin at Dongguang!"

"But as you fought, you discovered."

"No matter how you fight, you seem to be unable to beat Yuan Shao."

"The soldiers under his command are endless, like the surging Yellow River, the more you fight, the more there are!"

"And you?"

"Every elite Youzhou soldier who dies is one less."

"Every soldier is your brother."

"But you can only helplessly watch them fall under the swords and guns of the Yuan army."

"You think there is a gap in economic strength between you and Yuan Shao."

"Therefore, you hope that your nominal superior, Youzhou Governor Liu Yu, can provide you with more grain and fodder and funds."

"Only in this way can you catch up with the economic gap between you and Yuan Shao."

"However, Liu Yu did not listen to you."

"Instead, he hooked up with Yuan Shao and defined you as a rebel."

"Angry, you killed Liu Yu."

"The soldiers under his command, after learning about this, mostly chose to defect to Yuan Shao."

"This is completely different from your original expectation."

"And at the same time, your territory suddenly became panicked."

"More and more Youzhou noble families and powerful clans chose to surrender to Yuan Shao."

"It wasn't until Yuan Shao sent an envoy to instigate you to join the coalition together that all this suddenly stopped."

"My General Gongsun, could it be that you still think you are not as good as Yuan Shao?"

"It's not you who lost!"

"It's your family background that lost!"

"Your family background is not as good as Yuan Shao's!"

"Guandong is the world of noble families!"

"And in their eyes, you are just a soldier, a pawn!"

"You betrayed your own class and wanted to integrate into them."

"But have you ever thought about whether they are willing to accept you?"

"This..."

Facing what Fa Zheng said, Gongsun Zan could not find a reason to refute.

Because what Fa Zheng said was indeed what he had truly done.

Does Gongsun Zan have ambition?

Of course he does!

And the ambition is very big!

Before the Battle of Jieqiao, Gongsun Zan had privately appointed Yan Gang as Jizhou Governor, Dan Jing as Youzhou Governor, Wang Men as Bingzhou Governor, and Tian Kai as Qingzhou Governor.

Just imagine, his four trusted generals were all appointed as state-level governors.

Then what about himself?

At least he would start as the master of Hebei!

Even, it was not impossible to directly want to be a Grand General or even an Emperor.

But what was the result?

A Battle of Jieqiao completely stunned Gongsun Zan.

Not only were the White Horse Followers wiped out, but even the general Yan Gang was killed by Qu Yi.

After that, Yuan Shao gradually gained the upper hand in the war with Gongsun Zan.

In fact, it was not that the soldiers under Yuan Shao were powerful.