Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 458 Returning to Zhongshan 2
After a few days of delay in Jizhou, Gongsun Xu finally led his people to leave. He really wanted to trouble Yuan Shao, but now is not the best time.Chang'an has already undergone a regime change. Now the Xiliang army is in charge of the government, and the situation in Chang'an is even worse than when Dong Zhuo was in charge of Chang'an.

At least, these Xiliang army generals were forced to do anything.In order to make the princes of the Guandong happy, Chang'an has appointed officials to Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others one after another, and because Youzhou wants to have a good relationship with these princes and can't force them to the opposite side, the Youzhou court also Only an imperial decree can be issued to show the legitimacy of the interests obtained by the princes.

In this way, the Kwantung princes could be said to be pleasing to both sides, taking advantage of all the advantages. Otherwise, Cao Cao would not have the confidence to dare to trouble the Northern Army in private. Yuan Shao even dared to seek Gongsun Xu's bad luck. However, I saw a bad signal, that is, all the princes have the will to stand on their own, and they don't want to be suppressed by the court of Youzhou.Therefore, at this time, no matter how much benefits Chang'an offered them, they would accept it without hesitation, and even if the Youzhou court dared to criticize them, they would join hands to fight against it.

Of course Gongsun Xu understood why Cao Cao and others dared to do this.The key is because the Northern Army has just experienced the Battle of Hetao in the Northern Expedition. Even if the Northern Army took the Hetao at the least cost, it is undeniable that the Northern Army has consumed too much supplies and savings. With so many refugees, the Northern Border Army was even more unable to deal with other people.

Regarding this point, Gongsun Xu has also seen clearly for a long time. This is the reason why he sent Huang Zhong and the navy out immediately after the war. Whether it is food, gold or silver, Gongsun Xu needs a lot of supplements. Huang Zhong went to sea to fight. It is to find more strategic materials for the Northern Xinjiang Army.

On the way back to Youzhou, Gongsun Xu discussed with Guo Jia that there would be another feast in northern Xinjiang. Such a feast was very necessary.All the princes in the world have the intention of despising the Northern Border Army. At this time, Gongsun Xu must not admit defeat, so he must let other princes see that the Northern Border Army still has enough strength to destroy those who dare to fight against the Youzhou court. Only by deterring them in momentum can the Northern Xinjiang Army avoid many unnecessary troubles.

At the same time, Gongsun Xu did a lot of business with other princes in the world during the last martial arts exercise in Northern Xinjiang, which brought huge benefits to the Northern Border Army.But one income can't satisfy Gongsun Xu's appetite. He must open up the sources of income in Beijiang, so that all merchants in the world can see that Beijiang has any commodities they want. Only the Xinjiang army can recover in the shortest time, and even drive the development of grasslands and Hetao.

From the moment Gongsun Xu just stepped into Yuyang, messengers took Gongsun Xu's invitation letter to convey goodwill to the princes of the world, and a feast was held in northern Xinjiang, firstly to celebrate the victory of the Northern Expedition to Hetao, and secondly to celebrate Millions of refugees prayed for blessings, and Gongsun Xu was going to take a concubine again, which was considered a happy event.Of course, these are all excuses for inviting the princes to come to Northern Xinjiang. The real highlight is that the Northern Xinjiang Army will continue to do business with them. Whether it is war horse leather or cattle, sheep and ginseng, as long as it is available in Northern Xinjiang, Gongsun Xu can provide it. The premise is that the price should be negotiated.

This time, Gongsun Xu planned to hold a feast in Zhongshan, not only because Youzhou and Bingzhou were busy with the migration of refugees, but also because Zhongshan was the hometown of the Zhen family, and the Zhen family was very powerful in Zhongshan. If he wanted to do business like this, he would probably rely on the Zhen family's assistance a lot. Furthermore, with the Zhen family in the middle, the business would be better.

After 20 days, most of the world's lords sent representatives to northern Xinjiang to celebrate, except for Chang'an, Jiaozhou, Bashu and other places did not send people over, most of the other lords sent representatives, even Xiliang Ma Teng and Han Sui did not miss it, Moreover, this time Ma Teng also sent his daughter here, which is what Ma Teng had discussed with Gongsun Xu before. Ma Yunlu married Zhao Yun, and the Northern Xinjiang Army and Xiliang Ma Teng Army formed an alliance.

After the representatives of the world's princes arrived in northern Xinjiang one by one, Gongsun Xu certainly warmly entertained these people. Among them, Yuan Shu sent the representative Ji Ling, Ma Teng sent the representative Pang De, and Kong Rong sent the representative. Representative Liu Bei and Zhang Liao, the representative sent by Lu Bu, were all warmly received.

Yuan Shu wanted horses, weapons and armor, Ma Teng wanted to form an alliance, Kong Rong came to thank him, and Lu Bu hoped that the Youzhou court would give him an official title so that he could find a place to settle down. For the loss of cavalry horses, Lu Bu also wanted Gongsun Xu to order nearly [-] horses and a lot of cattle and sheep.

These four are Gongsun Xu's best allies for the time being. The reason is that these people have no conflict of interest with Gongsun Xu for the time being, and they still have something to ask of Gongsun Xu. Of course, Gongsun Xu has to seize this opportunity to pull them over. Come to your camp.

Until the day before the grand feast, all the princes of the world who were supposed to come, and who could come, basically came.It was time for Gongsun Xu to hold the banquet as originally planned.However, he is still waiting for news of the last person.

"Report,,,,,,," a cavalry rode over, and then dismounted to report: "I tell my lord, there are no other representatives of the princes within a radius of one hundred miles."

"Hey, really." Gongsun Xu sighed and said, "Where did Sun Ce go? If he doesn't come to Beijiang to look for me at this time, will he have a chance to see me in the future?"

"My lord, it's a long way to the east of the river, so I'm afraid Sun Ce won't be able to come." Dian Wei advised, "Besides, after the death of General Sun Jian, the Sun family basically collapsed. Sun Ce was still a child, so he couldn't support the Sun family. Even It was Sun Jian's generals Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and their subordinates who were recruited by the later general Yuan Shu. The tree fell and the monkeys scattered, and the Sun family was defeated."

"Hehe, it's evil, you don't know my righteous brother. If I were him, I would definitely seize this opportunity." Gongsun Xu looked at the distant sky and said, "This is a great opportunity to revitalize the Sun family." , I believe Sun Ce will not let it go."

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In the afternoon, on the official road more than 100 miles away from Zhongshan, two people and four horses were galloping. The four horses were all panting. They seemed quite tired, and the two young men on the horses were even more tired. People are all dusty and tired, but they still insist on walking.

"Bo Fu, we must stop and rest. We have driven for three hundred miles in a row. Even if we can bear it, the horses will soon be overwhelmed." The young man behind shouted: "Maybe there will be an ambush from Jingzhou ahead, We have to keep our spirits up."

The young man in front finally reined in his horse and stopped. He stroked the horse's mane lovingly and said, "Fortunately, I got these few good horses from my elder brother. Otherwise, after such a long journey, they would be my hard-earned horses." Also get tired.

Hmph, Liu Biao of Jingzhou is really hateful. He set up many ambushes on the way we must pass, forcing us to take a detour to avoid it. Now is the last day of the feast, Gongjin, we don’t have much time, let’s move on It is within the jurisdiction of the Northern Border Army, no matter how long Liu Biao's arms are, he cannot reach here.We must be there before the banquet starts tomorrow. "

"I understand how you feel, but we must rest well now. The horses are almost losing their hooves. We can't collapse on the last stretch of the road."

"Just rest for half an hour. I hope to catch up with the banquet. This is our only chance to make a comeback."

"Don't worry, with you and my brother here, the sky still won't fall. We still have [-] cavalry in Jiangdong. Although we only have [-] horses left, it is still possible to cross Jiangdong. I hope the general can give us more help."

"I hope, I don't know if the eldest brother will help me, hey, the Sun family can't fall in my hands,,,,,,"

The next day, just after dawn, Zhongshan was very lively. Although the banquet had not yet started, the representatives of the various princes had already discussed business with each other. After all, they also had good things that others wanted, not just The Northern Border Army wants to do business with them, and besides, this is a good opportunity to connect with each other, these representatives don't want to miss it.

And Gongsun Xu is also busy with related matters at the moment. The [-] Qingzhou Army is now staying in Zhongshan to maintain order, and the [-] Selected Front Army is guarding all the main roads. For the infantry of the Huben army who came back from the grassland just now, Zhang Fei also led the army to drive a large number of cattle, sheep and horses to participate in the feast.Liaodong, Sanhan and other places also sent various materials to support Zhongshan. Now Zhongshan can be said to be a big warehouse.

When the banquet was about to begin, Gongsun Xu and the generals of the Northern Border Army entered the venue first, followed by representatives of other princes.Every time a representative of a power came in, the soldiers at the door would shout out which prince's representative it was.

"The representative of Jizhou came, the representative of Yanzhou came, the representative of Beihai came,,,,,,"

After all the delegates had finally entered, there were no more seats in the hall. Gongsun Xu was about to announce the start, but the soldiers at the door shouted: "Representative Jiangdong, come here."

Everyone's eyes turned to the door, and two young men with disheveled hair appeared in everyone's sight. They were ragged and disheveled, with blood stains on their clothes and a foul smell on their bodies.

Gongsun Xu's eyes lit up, but he didn't say anything, but Cai Mao, Liu Biao's representative, scolded: "Where do you come from beggars, dare to pretend to be Jiangdong envoys, and don't even look at this place, how can you allow you to act wild."

"Sir, General." Sun Ce knelt down and saluted, "Jiangdong Sun Ce, you are late."

"It's not too late, it's not too late, hehe, it's good to be here." Gongsun Xu said with a smile: "You go down and wash and change your clothes, and it's not too late to come back later."

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu led the order to retreat, and they also knew that it was really not suitable for them to stay here. After all, there are people with status in the hall. If the two of them pass by like this, it will only make others disgusted.

When everyone is here, the banquet can begin. Musicians play music, singers dance, and everyone toasts each other. Gongsun Xu naturally understands the importance of adjusting the atmosphere. Don't be in a hurry, this banquet has really begun.

(End of this chapter)