Taihang Mountain.
Gongsun Shu was sitting on a big tiger-skin chair, playing with a sword he got by accident.
A few years ago, when Yuan Shao was harassing Qingzhou, Gongsun Shu organized a group of troops to go down the mountain to find Yuan Shao's displeasure. He also took advantage of Yuan Shao's absence to cause a lot of trouble for Yuan Shao.
Moreover, Gongsun Shu also took the opportunity to plunder a lot of money, food, and even population.
However, Gongsun Shu's move directly angered Yuan Shao and Yuan Datou. Yuan Shao was forced to turn his gun and shoot at Gongsun Shu. Gongsun Shu, who had finally fought with some improvement, retreated steadily, and in the end he could only shrink into the mountains and dare not come out again.
However, although he could not defeat Yuan Shao who had unified Jizhou, it was more than enough for Gongsun Shu to bully some small bandits in the Taihang Mountains.
In the past two years, Gongsun Shu defeated and subdued more than ten groups of bandits, large and small, including Shang Qingshan, Xia Yushan, Tang Guoren, and Yuchi Nan.
Now, as the snowball continues to grow, Gongsun Shu's power continues to grow, and now he has accumulated 20,000 to 30,000 bandit soldiers. Although there may be some problems in terms of combat power, there has been improvement in terms of superficial momentum.
It's a pity that Shang Qingshan, Xia Yushan, Tang Guoren, Yuchinan and others were originally planning to seek refuge with the princes, but before they could take action, they were pinned to the ground by Gongsun Shu and beaten.
However, although his men had accumulated some strength, Gongsun Shu was completely discouraged and had no intention of competing with Yuan Shao. In that battle that year, Yuan Shao only sent a female general named Han Jie, but Gongsun Shu had barely escaped death and fled not long after the fight.
Therefore, during this period of time, Gongsun Shu did not dare to touch Yuan Shao's tiger beard again.
However, the trees want to be quiet but the wind does not fight, and Gongsun Shu's place is about to become lively again.
"My lord, the envoys from King Qin Zheng of Qin and King Liu Bang of Yan are here. I wonder if my lord will receive them!" Shang Qingshan slowly stepped forward and said respectfully.
Although Gongsun Shu has been bullied somewhat miserably by Yuan Shao's forces in the past few years, Gongsun Shu is still very intimidating in the eyes of Shang Qingshan and others.
Currently in Gongsun Shu's hands, none of them can sustain ten moves in Gongsun Shu's hands. What's more, what Shang Qingshan didn't know was that Gongsun Shu was short of manpower. Based on the idea that mosquitoes are still meat when they are small, he was determined to subdue them, so he didn't use the killing move.
"Oh, these two people actually came together!" Gongsun Shu put away the sword in his hand and said thoughtfully.
In the past few years, the two men, King Qin Zheng of Qin and King Liu Bang of Yan, fought fiercely. However, Qin Wang Qin Zheng was obviously on the advantageous side.
Now that people from these two parties actually came to him at the same time, Gongsun Shu guessed that there might be some dispute between these two groups of people.
Of course there was going to be some kind of dispute. Qin Zheng started dispatching troops and generals with great fanfare, and Liu Bang suddenly became nervous.
At the same time, both princes took a fancy to Gongsun Shu, a force on the border between Jizhou and Youzhou. If Qin Zheng gets help from Gongsun Shu, he can jointly deal with Liu Bang from two directions, west and south. .
Moreover, although Qin Zheng looked down upon Gongsun Shu's manpower, he also understood that if he brought Gongsun Shu to his side, he could at least contain part of Liu Bang's power.
Besides, Gongsun Shu wanted power but no power, and talent but no talent. After Liu Bang was dealt with, he would naturally have countless ways to deal with Gongsun Shu.
As for Liu Bang, he needs Gongsun Shu's power more than Qin Zheng. After all, he is now inferior to Qin Zheng in all aspects, and can only join forces with other weak forces to fight against strong enemies.
Li Xiang was powerful, so Liu Che and Zhu Yuanzhang made great efforts to support Liu Xiu, and this was why several princes outside Hulao Pass joined forces.
But now, Qin Zheng is stronger than Liu Bang, so Qin Zheng is about to attack now, and Liu Bang has only one way to unite other weak forces.
In the past two years, the relationship between Qin Zheng and Yuan Shao of Jizhou began to become tense. After all, if the territories of the princes of the two sides were not bordering before, since the last time Qin Zheng attacked Liu Bang, Qin Zheng's territory has begun to border Jizhou.
Since the territories of the two sides have begun to come into contact, it is natural to be on guard and to be on guard.
Although several exits at Hulao Pass have been united, their relationship with each other is not as close as it seems. Otherwise, everyone would not be left with a group of strong generals to look after their own affairs.
"Tell these people to come in!" Gongsun Shu said with a half-smile.
To put it bluntly, he has now been kicked out of the ranks of the world's princes, and he is even just a mountain king. Gongsun Shu naturally cannot be reconciled to the current situation.
Just like, the two princes in Youzhou seemed to be in conflict again, and this also gave Gongsun Shu some ideas in his mind to see if he could gain some benefits while the two princes competed with each other!
If the two princes really couldn't afford to conflict, Gongsun Shu really didn't have the courage to take action rashly. There are only these three princes around him, and Yuan Shao is already his mortal enemy. It is impossible to easily provoke the remaining two princes together.
Not long after, in the lobby of the cottage, two middle-aged handsome guys and several guards with them walked in one after another.
The person coming from Qin Zheng's side is not a small person, but Qin Zheng's confidant Fan Ju. Although he is not the earliest civil and military personnel of Qin Zheng, he has already followed Qin Zheng from a very early stage. He usually works for Qin Zheng. The government has come up with many good policies.
On Liu Bang's side, it was Wang Qinruo, whom Liu Bang had only recruited in recent years. Although he usually has some shortcomings of opportunism, this person does have some talents. Liu Bang is indeed in short supply of talents, so he hired this person.
A few years ago, Wang Dan, Wang Qinruo, Wang Zeng, and Shi Xizai traveled to Youzhou together, but these four people had different views on the two princes Qin Zheng and Liu Bang.
Wang Dan and Wang Zeng were more optimistic about Qin Zheng, who had strong soldiers and numerous talented people, believing that Qin Zheng would eventually win in this complicated situation.
However, Wang Qinruo and Shi Xizai believed that Qin Zheng had Li Tang in the east and Liu Bang in the west, and Qin Zheng had wars with these two sides.
Now the Qin government seems to be strong, but if it is an enemy on both sides for a long time, it will not last long. Therefore, Wang Qinruo and Shi Xizai paid more attention to Liu Bang, a clan member of the Han Dynasty.
