Chapter 655

"No, what if that Gu Linzhi takes this opportunity to invade our Jizhou, what should we do?"

A certain high-level member of the Jizhou aristocratic families voiced the question in everyone's hearts.

After the words fell.

Ju Shou and Shen Pei looked at each other.

Subsequently, Shen Pei answered on their behalf:

"Gentlemen, with Gu Linzhi's personality, he can indeed do anything."

"Therefore, we do indeed need to make preparations in advance."

"But... with our own military strength, I fear we cannot block Gu Linzhi at all."

When saying this, Shen Pei's face was full of helplessness.

The army inside Yecheng that belonged to their Yuan camp, including that group of striking veterans, was only 130,000 people.

The rest were reinforcements from Cao Ren, Supuyan, Yan Rou, and others.

This Yan Rou, who was previously Liu Yu's subordinate, now owed allegiance to the puppet emperor Liu He.

The armies of the three of them, to put it bluntly, were still outsiders.

And the matter of the Jizhou common people fleeing Jizhou was Yuan Shao, Ju Shou, and the Jizhou aristocratic families' family business.

How could outsiders participate in the Yuan camp's family business?

However.

The factual situation was now clearly presented before everyone's eyes.

Once Gu Yi took advantage of the common people fleeing Jizhou to lead an army to attack, relying solely on the Yuan camp's own army, they simply couldn't block him.

After thinking it over, Ju Shou finally said in a deep voice:

"Gentlemen, in special times, we should treat things specially."

"This time, I will request help from Cao Ren, Supuyan, Yan Rou, and others."

"Presumably... they shouldn't refuse."

As he spoke, Ju Shou himself felt some murmurs in his heart.

It was clearly the Yuan camp's family business.

Now, however, they had to request help from outsiders.

If this matter were to spread, it would be truly damn shameful!

But there was no help for it; if they didn't do so, I fear the large numbers of Jizhou common people would really belong to Gu Yi's command.

……

Soon.

Ju Shou personally came to the post station to explain the situation to Cao Ren, Supuyan, and Yan Rou.

Supuyan and Yan Rou were fine, and they agreed to this matter quite readily.

But Cao Ren would not let go of this good opportunity to mock Yuan Shao.

In front of Ju Shou, he mercilessly mocked the incompetence of the Yuan camp.

Regarding this, anger surged in Ju Shou's heart.

But the fact he had to admit now was.

After the last defeat, Yuan Shao's strength was clearly not as good as Cao Cao's.

Furthermore, this time, in order to invite Cao Cao to support Jizhou, Yuan Shao and Ju Shou also paid Youbeiping Commandery and Liaoxi Commandery of Youzhou as a reward.

Comparing the two,

The gap between Yuan Shao's and Cao Cao's strength widened even further.

In the past, Yuan Shao's strength had always been above Cao Cao's.

Before the chaotic times arrived, Cao Cao had always respectfully addressed Yuan Shao as "elder brother."

But what about now?

A mere Cao Ren dared to mock them like this!

Yet Ju Shou couldn't think of any way to refute him.

Time waits for no one.

Because they had to rely on the group of soldiers brought by Cao Ren this time, Ju Shou had no choice but to temporarily endure this humiliation.

But he firmly believed that as long as they could defeat Gu Yi this time, the Yuan camp's strength would soon exceed the Cao camp's again!

……

In the Taihang Mountains

Generals Gao Shun, Xu Huang, and Pang De led 40,000 elite infantry and 8,000 of the Trapping Battalion to quietly arrive in this mountain range.

This great mountain was originally the territory of Zhang Yan and the Heishan Bandits.

"Million Heishan," although this statement had elements of bragging.

But it was enough to see how strong the cohesion was under Zhang Yan, the former strongest mountain bandit under heaven.

However.

Times have changed.

Zhang Yan had now surrendered to Gu Yi.

Along with the tens of thousands of people in the Taihang Mountains, they were also undergoing an orderly migration.

What?

By absorbing so many people, would Gu Yi be unable to provide land?

Of course not!

Gu Yi's command lacked everything, but it damn well didn't lack land!

In the past, the land in each province was severely annexed by local aristocratic families and wealthy gentry.

But now.

Any old aristocratic family under Gu Yi's rule that was unwilling to obey him had already been eliminated through the previous coup! (See Chapter 204 for details) ===== CHAPTER 656 =====