Shen Pei looked at Gongsun Zan in silence. He could feel Gongsun Zan's sincerity. Because of this sincerity, Shen Pei discovered for the first time that besides being headstrong, brainless, and self-righteous, Shen Pei also had admirable shining points.
[Perhaps Gongsun Zan did make countless mistakes, but as a general guarding the border, he could indeed face the people of the world with no shame. His mistake was just that he chose the wrong opponent. He never suffered a loss in terms of righteousness! ] Shen Pei thought silently.
Looking at Gongsun Zan at this moment, Shen Pei couldn't help but feel awe, and no longer treated Gongsun Zan with the same contempt he had before.
Internally, he Shenpei and Gongsun Zan were enemies, but externally Gongsun Zan was a hero. When dealing with heroes, especially heroes of one's own side, even if they had political disagreements, they could not erase his achievements or insult his personality.
"This is the message Chen Kongzhang wrote for you." Shen Pei took out the messy message from his arms and handed it to Gongsun Zan, which made Yuan Shao angry.
Gongsun Zan frowned, opened the paper handed to him by the reviewer, and laughed after reading it once, "Hahaha, as expected of Chen Kongzhang who is famous for his words. What he said was so true to my thoughts. He scolded me well."
"It's not to show this memorandum to the general." Shen Pei shook his head and said, "After all, this memorandum has a huge impact on my lord. I will not show it to the general unless necessary. Does the general know that Chen Kongzhang is here? Under what circumstances did you write this statement?"
"When else could it be." Gongsun Zan said with a sneer, "These literati know how to indulge in writing and do not want to serve the country. Yuan Benchu must have offended him. I am just the spear he used to attack Yuan Benchu."
Gongsun Zan is not stupid, and he and Chen Lin have nothing to do with each other, so Chen Lin's speech for him cannot be explained by just sighing about his loyalty and integrity.
"That's not the case, it's because a big event happened in the Central Plains, and I came here because I saw an opportunity in this big event." Shen Pei said with a smile. It was precisely because he learned that Lu Bu was marching north that he decided to I saw a glimmer of hope to convince Gongsun Zan.
"What major event happened in the Central Plains?" Gongsun Zan was stunned for a moment, and then sighed, "It is located in Liaodong, and there is little information. It can't even take care of the Central Plains."
Shen Pei looked at Gongsun Zan's face and sighed inwardly, then recounted the whole thing without any emotion at all.
Gongsun Zan listened quietly to Shen Pei's retelling, and sighed deeply when he heard Lu Bu returned to the north and swore to conquer the Hetao.
"This is the case, general. I think the general understands what I am here for. I ask the general to think deeply. If my lord Yuan Benchu can tolerate Wen Hou's return to the north and merge with the state, then as long as the general swears to the people of the world to garrison the northern border, I think my lord It must be acceptable." The judge bowed to Gongsun Zan solemnly.
"Lu Fengxian returned to the north and merged with the state. Yuan Benchu actually has such courage, and he is also Yuan Benchu. Although Hulao's performance was unsatisfactory at the beginning, he still faced Dong Zhuo's Yuan Benchu after all." Gongsun Zan murmured to himself.
"General, my lord does not have a mortal enemy with you. On the contrary, my lord admires those generals who guarded the north to protect the Central Plains during the Great War. The conflict between you and my lord, as far as the Han Dynasty is concerned, is just a matter of his brothers' family property. Disputes, and foreigners are our real enemies." Seeing Gongsun Zan muttering to himself, Shen Pei quickly struck a chord while the iron was hot with signs of recognition.
"What was the initial conflict between me and Yuan Benchu?" After hearing Shen Pei's words, Gongsun Zan began to look at his battle with Yuan Shao from another angle. He couldn't help but think of the initial reason for their conflict.
"I can't believe Yuan Benchu!" Gongsun Zan, who was still thinking, suddenly flashed a cold light in his eyes, "The reason why I fought with him is because he lied to me. There is no other reason, just because he lied to me!"
The judge opened his mouth, but Gongsun Zan, who was already tempted, inexplicably rejected his proposal, and the reason was that he didn't believe Yuan Shao.
"You probably haven't joined Yuan Shao's army at that time. You may not believe it when I tell you. When he told me to help him expel Han Fu, he said he would give me half of Jizhou after the event was completed. I saw that he did have the style of an alliance leader, so I helped him." Gongsun Zan saw the puzzled look in Shen Pei's eyes, so he said with a nostalgic look on his face.
"Speaking of it, I really didn't have any superfluous thoughts when I helped Yuan Shao. As for dividing Jizhou equally, I never thought about it. I am in the north of Youzhou, and there is Liu Bo'an between me and him. If Liu Bo'an doesn't die, I will even join Youzhou. If I can't capture all the states, and I can't capture Youzhou, how can I divide Jizhou equally?" Gongsun Zan seemed to have been greatly wronged and now someone finally listened to him.
Hearing this, Shen Pei felt his hands and feet were cold. He couldn't help looking at Gongsun Zan with confused eyes and asked, "Then, since you don't need Jizhou, why do you ask for it?"
"Are you asking for it? I just sent my brother to congratulate him. I am at odds with Liu Bo'an. He is holding on to my logistics. I am helping Yuan Benchu. One is because he is the leader of the alliance, and the other is to not be restricted by Liu Bo'an in the future. Why do I need an enclave as my territory?" Gongsun Zan shook his head and said.
"..." Shen Pei finally understood why when Gongsun Yue went to claim Jizhou, he did not bring troops and horses, but only a few civil servants. The other party came to congratulate Yuan Shao, and formed an alliance with Yuan Shao, hoping to use half of the agreed upon After the exchange of Jizhou, Gongsun Zan went north to conquer the grain of the Hu people, which meant that he hoped that Yuan Shao would support Gongsun Zan in conquering Wuwan Xianbei.
Gongsun Yue is Gongsun Zan's younger brother. If he really came to claim Jizhou, how could he not know the danger? How could he not bring his white horse followers with him? They are the fastest cavalry in the world. Not to mention fighting, at least there are white horse followers, so nothing special happens. The terrain means that if you want to run, no one can stop you.
[I see, it makes sense to think about many unreasonable places in the past. At that time, Gongsun Zan was already the only tough external general in the north. He really needed people to support him, and Jizhou was indeed an enclave for him. He just I just don’t want to be controlled by Liu Boan. 】The trial match finally understood many unreasonable things at the beginning. It turned out that they had wrong ideas from the beginning.
[Gongsun Zan was not a show-off like the Central Plains aristocratic family. At that time, he was just a lonely general who needed support. After Gongsun Yue's death, Gongsun Zan didn't think twice about fighting our lord. He just launched an army out of anger. He didn't even do the logistics well at that time. No wonder he had already attacked Wei County, but several counties in the north had not shown any signs of digestion. . 】
Shen Pei completely understood that Gongsun Zan had not made preparations at all to capture Jizhou. He just wanted to extinguish the fire. However, the combat effectiveness of Youzhou's infantry cavalry that had been tempered was really terrifying. Even if the logistics were not guaranteed, Yuan Shao was still almost killed. Only then did Gongsun Zan come up with the idea of occupying all of Jizhou. (To be continued.)
