Chapter 550: No Kingsoft takes action

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? Time quickly verified what Zhao Xing said to Qin Yilu: Fighting in war is financial resources, and the one who can persevere to the end is definitely the State of Jin.

Yuan Shao couldn't hold back first. His territory was already severely shrunk, and he had to bear the expenses of more than 100,000 troops in Jizhou. He could still deal with it in one or two months, but three months later he began to catch up. When the Jin State Commercial Bank was seized and the goods collected did make Yuan Shao a small fortune, but then Jin State beat him up without hello, completely pushing Yuan Shao to the brink of bankruptcy. The tax provided by Wei County, Qinghe Country, Julu County and Zhao State alone was difficult to support the people of more than 100,000 troops to eat horses. If you don't think of an idea, Yuan Shao's destruction is just around the corner.

Zhao Xing's "coque" remarks before Jinshan have spread throughout the Han Dynasty, which made Yuan Shao so angry that he wanted to go crazy. Now he has only 30,000 troops left under his command, and even one army of Jin cannot deal with it. Although Zhu Jun and Cao Cao's coalition came to support Jizhou, in order to preserve their strength, they only confronted each other across a ceasefire line with the Jin army. There has not been a large-scale war yet. As for the 80,000 southern coalition forces temporarily transferred from Yangzhou, Yuzhou and Jingzhou, they are even hiding by the Yellow River, and they are still not even brave enough to meet the Jin ** team.

Several of Yuan Shao's advisers saw the increasingly deteriorating financial situation and were anxious. Staff Xu You suggested that Yuan Shao show up with the coalition forces, and put on a barefoot rogue posture, let the coalition forces prepare food and grass by themselves, otherwise they would be poor sooner or later. Staff Guo Tuze proposed a plan to drive away tigers and swallow wolves. He suggested that Yuan Shao persuade the idle Southern coalition forces to enter Qingzhou and Xuzhou to "reliance" and grab supplies from Kong Rong and Tao Qian!

Yuan Shaozhen, who was in a hurry to seek medical treatment, adopted the suggestion of Xu You and Guo Tu. When he was about to send someone to show off with the coalition general, he was blocked by the first counselor Ju Shu.

Ju Su said: "Since you are going to attack Qing Xu, has Mr. Yuan forgotten the original alliance with Cao Cao?"

Yuan Shao looked puzzled, and for a moment he couldn't remember what agreement he had made with Cao Cao.

Ju Su then reminded Yuan Shao: "When Yuan and Cao formed an alliance, they agreed to jointly plan the land of Qingxu, among which Jizhou took Plain, Le'an, Qi, and Jinan, and the rest were all returned to Yanzhou. Now there is not much left in Jizhou. If Yuan Gong stopped going forward and lost the opportunity to abolish Qingxu, where would the world be invincible?"

After hearing Ju Su's words, Yuan Shao felt as if he was being poured out of timely rain in his heart, and he suddenly thought of his own way out.

Yuan Shao looked at Ju Su and asked in a deep voice: "Now there are only 30,000 soldiers left in our hands, and the Jin army is pressing forward step by step. Jizhou will sooner or later fall into Zhao Xing's hands. What will Mr. Gong teach me?"

Seeing that Yuan Shao was pretending to be confused, Ju Su had to bite the bullet and say, "Since Jizhou is no longer in danger, then just throw this mess to the court! Wei County is located in the east of the Sili County, and after crossing the Yellow River, it will be Hulao Pass. If Jizhou is completely occupied by Zhao Xing, the next step will be to worry the court and Cao Cao!"

Yuan Shao asked Ju Shu with a sad look: "If Jizhou is gone, where will we settle down?"

Ju Su felt sorry for his heart, but he answered Yuan Shao without any expression on his face: "Kong Rong in Qingzhou is incompetent and incompetent, and he secretly occupied the wealthy land for a long time, why not take it away?"

Yuan Shao asked Ju Su hesitantly: "The army came out of Wuming and rashly used military force against Qingzhou. If the court stopped it, how should we deal with it?"

Ju Su replied: "What excuse did Jin State use to attack Jizhou? Although we killed some salt merchants, we did things in accordance with the will of the court. Zhao Xing said that he would attack Jizhou, so three large armies came out together. Is the court really in charge of our lives or death?"

Before Yuan Shao's answer, Ju Su said again: "Now Qingzhou and Xuzhou are secretly communicating with Jin State and have achieved good harvests year by year. The people of the two states are even rushing to Jin State's national debts, and they buy tens of millions of taels. If we don't take such a rich and fertile land, we will only make the Cao Cao and Yuan Highway in vain!"

When Yuan Shao heard this, he finally stopped beating Ju Su. He asked Ju Su very seriously: "Even if we have Qingzhou, Zhao Xing's army can still fight from Bohai County to Pingyuan County in Qingzhou in the future. We hide in this way, but we have received temporary breathing, and we still haven't fundamentally solved the problem!"

Ju Su replied: "The situation is changing rapidly now. After occupying Qingzhou, we can continue to attack Xuzhou south, allowing Cao Cao to directly fight against Zhao Xing across the Yellow River, but we can unite with Yangzhou to keep warm. Zhao Xing, the Jin State, is becoming increasingly powerful. If we cannot form a firm alliance, we are afraid that everyone will be gradually swallowed up by him in the future..."

Yuan Shao and Ju Su secretly discussed for a night, and the next day he sent an envoy to Chenliu. When he formed an alliance last time, Yuan Shao sent Xu You to Cao's camp, and this time he still sent Xu You as a lobbyist.

After seeing Cao Cao, Xu You first complained to his old friend, saying that his life in Yecheng is really hard now, and Yuan Shao was about to be unable to withstand. Later, Yecheng was captured by Jin State, so he had to flee to Yanzhou to surrender to Cao Cao.

After hearing Xu You's nonsense, Cao Cao smiled and comforted Xu You, saying, "If the days are far away, I will definitely wait for the guests!"

After some irrelevant chat, Xu You finally expressed the purpose of the trip. Xu You said to Cao Cao: "Have you ever heard from someone that there is a mountain of gold in Qingzhou?"

Cao Cao shook his head and said he didn't know, and asked Xu You back, "Can Yuan Benchu ​​be so tired now that he is so tired of money and is confused about Jinzi?"

Xu You told Cao Cao with a serious face: "Cao Gong can you tell where the gold mountain at the entrance of the Jin Dynasty's peasants, soldiers and merchants' gold shops was made of gold? It was the gold mine in Qingzhou!"

Cao Cao was also surprised to hear Xu You speak so positively. He did hear his subordinates say that the merchants of Jin State recruited people to mine in Qingzhou, and had been digging continuously for seven or eight years. Now it seems that it is a large gold mine.

Although Cao Cao was surprised, he asked Xu You without changing his face: "There is gold in Qingzhou, what does it have to do with Yanzhou?"

Xu You knew that Cao Cao was in a deep state, so he didn't go around the circle and told Cao Cao directly: "Yuan Gongyi and Meng De took it together!"

Cao Cao pretended to show a surprised expression and said, "This matter is very important, how can it be a joke! If he had no name for his master, wouldn't he be criticized by the people of the world?"

Xu You nodded, fully agreed with Cao Cao's remarks, and then continued: "The merchant of Qingxu did not follow the Han laws. He secretly sold the banned salt produced by Jin to Jizhou and Yanzhou for personal gain. Qingzhou Mu Kong Rong and Xuzhou Mu Tao Qianyang obeyed the slander. He knew the law and violated the law. He condoned his subordinates to participate in it. He secretly colluded with the traitor Zhao Xing, and his crimes were too numerous to be written. Therefore, Jizhou and Yanzhou formed a coalition force to fight it together!"

Xu You's words expressed the reason why Jizhou and Yanzhou sent troops to Qingxu. Although they were not high-sounding enough, they could not find any flaws.

Cao Cao finally asked a key question, and he asked Xu You: "Now Yuan Benchu ​​has only tens of thousands of soldiers available. He has to protect himself and wants to send troops to Qingzhou. Do you really think that no one in Qingzhou calls me?"

Xu You replied to Cao Cao with a strange look: "Duke Yuan plans to return it to the court in Jizhou. If Meng De is interested, he might as well take it!"

After hearing Xu You's words, Cao Cao greeted Yuan Shao's ancestors in his heart. It's not that Cao Cao was angry. Yuan Shao's boy obviously couldn't beat Zhao Xing, so he simply withdrew to Qingzhou with his last capital and directly exposed Yanzhou to the iron hoof of Jin State. In the future, he and Zhao Xing directly fought against him across the Yellow River.

Although he was furious, Cao Cao still did not get angry on the spot. He understood Yuan Shao's situation. Now if he was the one, he had to find a way to find a new place to settle down. Staying in Jizhou and confronting the army of Jin State, the astonishing expenses would drag people to death.

Since Yuan Shao was about to grab territory from Kong Rong, Cao Cao could not be behind, so he urgently summoned his advisers to discuss how to let Yuan Shao rush forward, and then Yanzhou followed behind to pick up a wallet.

According to Cao Cao's calculations, Qingzhou and Xuzhou were eventually his territory. Yuan Shao was at best a sucker who took the lead. At that time, he would be a good thing for the infamous Yuan Shao to be criticized. As long as he annexed the lands of Qingzhou and Xuzhou, Cao Cao would have the capital to fight against Jin. Even if he confronted the Jin army across the Yellow River, he would not necessarily lose to Zhao Xing.

ps: Volume 11 ends here. Since there are too many forces involved, the context of the article may not be clear enough. Please spend more time thinking about it. Volume 12 is about to unfold. Zhao Xing will occupy all the vast land north of the Yellow River, destroy Gongsun Du from Liaodong and Ma Teng from Xiliang, and extend his power infinitely to the east and west sides. The Jin Navy, who has been secretly accumulating strength, will also take the stage for the expansion of the Xinghe Empire outward. Let's wait and see! ~


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