Guan Jing did not leave because of Yuan Shao's words, and said with a smile:
"Why does the alliance leader have to be so worried, now that Zhao Yun, a General under our army has been taken away by Han Yu, this made General Gongsun hate Jizhou so much.
What's more, the white horse cavalry under General Gongsun is very courageous and is the best in war, and with General Gongsun's abilities, he had enough strength to take his Cavalry out to seek Jizhou.
This all happened only because General Gongsun thought that the leader Yuan was also the prefect of a county in Jizhou, and the leader of the coalition army. Moreover, he did not want to leave the alliance leader and take Jizhou alone, so he sent me to propose our alliance with you Lord Yuan to plan the takeover of Jizhou between us.
I did not expect the leader Yuan was so timid, and still intended to always be Han Fu's subordinate.
What's more, with the current strength of Bohai County, without the help of General Gongsun, it would not be easy for leader Yuan to seize Jizhou in the future! It is no longer appropriate for me to speak any further since the alliance leader refuses to ally, Jing will retire!"
"Shiqi please wait!"
Hearing that Guan Jing was leaving, Yuan Shao was a little impatient, and Guo Tu, who was beside him, had already stood up to discourage him.
"This one is Guo Tu of Yingchuan, an advisor under Lord Yuan. The facts that Shiqi just said are very important to us and we cannot decide immediately. Please wait for a while, and let master Yuan discuss with the others and me first. Only then will we make the decision!"
Guo Tu stopped Guan Jing.
Guo Tu knew very well that Yuan Shao had plans for Jizhou, and now Han Fu was slowly overtaking Yuan Shao's reputation in Jizhou.
Yuan Shao wanted to plan everything and only owed it to himself.
Moreover, the difficult thing is his military force or external pressure.
Yuan Shao's reputation was very high, but the army, horses, food and grass, and even his realm were not as good as Han Fu's was.
However, Gongsun Zan had soldiers and generals in his army, which was exactly what Yuan Shao could use.
Guan Jing had long expected that Yuan Shao would not agree to their proposal.
Since Guan Jing knew that Yuan Shao lacked armies and horses, it was impossible to seek Jizhou alone.
Yuan Shao will have to rely on external forces that is to ally with others.
Sure enough, as Guo Tu spoke to Guan Jing, Guan Jing stopped, turned around, and said:
"It turns out that you are sir Guo from Yingchuan, I have long admired your name. Since that's the case, I hope leader Yuan will discuss it as soon as possible, and I will also tell General Gongsun as well."
Guo Tu nodded and arranged for someone to take Guan Jing to another tent to rest.
"Lord Yuan, why did you just refuse Guan Jing?"
After Guan Jing left, Guo Tu returned to the tent and said to Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao shook his head and said, "Advisor, although I have the intention to plot against Jizhou, now I, Yuan Shao am the leader of the 18th Warlords Alliance. What's more, if I agree with Gongsun Zan, once this is spread and this is not guaranteed, I am afraid the world will be against me!"
"Although what Lord Yuan said is reasonable, you are being too cautious."
Guo Tu said with a smile: "Now that Han Yu had only used twenty horses to get Zhao Yun from Gongsun Zan's army, Gongsun Zan's subordinates hated Han Fu a lot.
Liu Yu, the Governor of Youzhou, controlled that wolf Gongsun Zan's ambition, which is why he had long wanted to seek other people's territory, and Jizhou was his first choice.
However, Jizhou prospered and had many soldiers and generals. How can it be achieved easily? Now that Gongsun Zan sent Guan Jing to come here for an alliance, he also had to know that Jizhou could not be taken with him alone."
Yuan Shao was puzzled and asked, "According to Gongsun's nature, if I promise Gongsun Zan to conspire for Jizhou, won't Gongsun Zan take advantage of me?"
Guo Tu smiled and said: "Lord Yuan, you are mistaken. Gongsun Zan wanted to use Lord Yuan, and Lord Yuan too could use Gongsun Zan.
With the soldiers and horses in Bohai County alone, and Han Fu also just got Zhao Yun, it is difficult for us to get Jizhou.
Nevertheless, if we did not seek Jizhou soon, Lord Yuan could only succumb and lose to Han Fu, and it is by no means a long-term strategy.
However, once Gongsun Zan is willing to send armies to attack Jizhou, Lord Yuan could also ally with Zhang Yan, a bandit from the Black Mountains; he can also join forces to attack Jizhou.
At that time, Han Fu would face enemies on both sides, Han Fu's army was used to defeat the Black Mountain bandit, and naturally, he would not be able to defend against Gongsun Zan.
Moreover, Lord Yuan just needs to keep a low profile and accumulate strength. When both sides fight, no matter who wins, their strength will be greatly decreased, and they will no longer have the strength they have today."
Another advisor of Yuan Shao, Pang Ji, also got up and said: "What sir said makes sense, and Ji believes that with Master Yuan's prestige and family background, we can also buy the loyalty of the people behind them and turn Han Fu's officials to us.
After all, Lord Yuan is the third Warlord of the fourth generation, he is famous, and Han Fu was a disciple of the Yuan family. With Han Fu's cowardly temperaments, when the enemy attacked Han Fu, he would ask Lord Yuan to lead the military affairs of Jizhou. At that time, Jizhou will be in Lord Yuan's hands, and this is a countermeasure against their plans."
Yuan Shao was a petty and narrow-minded man.
Yuan Shao initially refused to agree, as he was worried his reputation would be affected.
Now listening to the analysis of two of his advisors Guo Tu and Pang Ji, Yuan Shao suddenly felt that joining forces with Gongsun Zan was profitable, and suddenly changed his mind.
What does Yuan Shao want the most now?
Of course a great territory! Just like in Jizhou.
To be honest, Yuan Shao did not want to attack Dong Zhuo.
In his opinion, even if he defeated Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao would only be one of the 18 or 9 Warlords in terms of merit.
Even as the leader of the alliance, this feat was not a big deal. It was far from Yuan Shao's original plans.
Now that the Han dynasty is at its end, what Dong Zhuo did was exactly what Yuan Shao wanted to do but he could not do it.
In this case, it is better to preserve his strength and take the opportunity to expand his realm!
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