Just when Lu Bu made a response to Xiang Ji's expedition to Hebei, the three brothers of the Yuan family in Hebei who were involved also received the message.
But the three of them had different reactions to this matter.
Yuan Xi, who was far away in Bingzhou, just had a mentality of watching the fun, and ignored the matter as it had nothing to do with him.
Fight, fight with all your might, young master, I have an army of 150,000 men guarding Hu Pass, who can get in?
Yes, Yuan Xi hoarded all the country's troops at the front line of Huguan, obviously wanting to seal off the country.
However, he forgot that Lu Bu of Xiliang could bypass the Xiongnu base from Chang'an and attack Bingzhou.
As for Yuan Shang, the most powerful among the three brothers?
He didn't even care about Xiang Ji's expedition to Hebei.
I'm just kidding, young master, if I raise my arms and raise my arms, I can gather millions of troops from Hebei, why are I still afraid of you, a mere official?
You know, in Yuan Shang's opinion, the death of his father was entirely due to Yuan Shao's carelessness.
In a head-to-head confrontation, who is the opponent of the Hebei army?
In fact, Yuan Shang wished that Xiang Ji would send troops to destroy Yuan Tan.
After all, he was also his biological brother. Due to public opinion, Yuan Shang could not send troops to conquer his biological brother.
But if Xiang Ji is willing to do it for him, Yuan Shang is determined to agree with it.
Different from the attitudes of his two younger brothers, the person involved, Yuan Tan, was really panicked after hearing the news that Xiang Ji was going to conquer Hebei.
"Mr. Guo Tu, please find a way to save me quickly. That damn Chu State Xiang Ji is about to attack!"
Obviously, Yuan Tan, the weakest among the three brothers, really did not have the courage to confront the enemy.
At this time, Yuan Tan only had a hundred thousand soldiers under his command, and most of them were newly recruited soldiers with insufficient training.
The generals under his command were only Gao Lan, and his advisers were only Guo Tu, Xin Ping and Xin Pi.
This can truly be said to be the weakest prince in the world, bar none.
Of course, Liu Bei does not count. Liu Bei has already surrendered to Liu Yan and is busy showing his loyalty and building up his prestige.
"Lord, according to the plan, our army should now send envoys to where Yuan Shang still has the certificate of Chu State."
What!? Why didn’t I understand?
Yuan Tan, who has a low IQ, said that he did not understand Guo Tuzhi's words at all.
What does this mean? Xiang Ji wants to attack me, but I send an envoy there? Should I seek peace? Or surrender?
And that damn Yuan Shang! Want me to send an envoy to him?
Obviously, Yuan Tan doesn't have any good ideas about his younger brother.
If it weren't for his limited strength, Yuan Tan would never care about the influence of public opinion like Yuan Shang.
"Military advisor, please put it simply, I don't understand what you mean?"
After thinking about it, he still didn't understand what Guo Tu meant, so Yuan Tan could only lick his face and ask.
"Lord, what the plan means is that we can send envoys to Yuan Shang first.
If Yuan Shang thought of brotherhood and sent troops to jointly reject Chu's nationality, then the lord's Qingzhou would naturally have no worries.
We can even excuse the lack of troops and sit on the mountain to watch the tigers fight."
Hearing this, Yuan Tan was happy.
This strategy is too good for my taste, isn’t it? Sitting on a mountain and watching tigers fight? Haha!
However, why did the military advisor say that he would send an envoy to the Chu State Registration Office?
"Lord, send an envoy to Xiang Ji. The intention is that we can paralyze Xiang Ji and pretend that the lord intends to submit to the Chu State and is willing to send troops to attack Yuan Shang together!
This is also linked to the first strategy.
As long as that person falls into the trap, even if Yuan Shang doesn't want to send troops, I'm afraid he will have to send troops!"
Guo Tu was deeply satisfied with his plan to drive away tigers and devour wolves.
Hum hum, what is the title of Chu Kingdom, what is Yuan Shang, aren't they being played around by me?
"Wonderful! Wonderful! This is a brilliant plan by the military advisor!"
Someone came and sent an order to inform Xin Ping, brother Xin Pi, and to order them to send envoys respectively to Yuan Shang and Xiang Ji of Chu State."
After getting the solution, Yuan Tan's pressure suddenly relaxed.
While Yuan Tan was busy sending envoys, Xiang Ji's army also arrived at Chengyang County in Qingzhou.
"Tai Shi Ci meets Overlord!"
"The last general Gongdu meets the Overlord!"
After several years of experience, Gong Du has now become Tai Shici's right-hand man.
Although this kid has mediocre martial arts skills and is not particularly reliable as a person, he has an advantage that no one else has.
It's just his luck that is truly unbelievable.
Whether it was the discovery of the Hebei Army's granary before or the subsequent battles, Gong was always able to escape with his life in desperate situations.
After several battles, Gong Du's official position was promoted again and again, and even Xiang Ji who was far away in Pengcheng heard about him.
Looking at the two big men kneeling on the ground, Xiang Ji was filled with emotion.
Now, Xiang Ji has been in this world for nearly ten years.
Taishi Ci also followed him all the way and fought for Xiang Ji for ten years.
"Ziyi! Thank you for your hard work."
Xiang Ji could not express more to this general who fought for him in all directions and guarded the frontiers.
However, Xiang Ji knew that this kind of life would probably end soon.
As long as he can occupy Hebei, Xiang Ji will have the capital to compete for world supremacy.
When the time comes, even if the war starts on multiple fronts, it will definitely not be able to drag down Chu's national strength.
In today's world, in Xiang Ji's opinion, the only ones who can be his opponents are Xiliang Lu Bu and that damn big-eared thief Liu Bei.
Lu Bu is easy to deal with, after all, this guy is more than brave but not very resourceful.
But that Liu Bei has now conquered Zhuge Liang and entered Xichuan just like in history. I am afraid that this guy will be the final trouble.
But Xiang Ji didn't know that Liu Bei, whom he regarded as his great enemy, was not happy at the moment.
"Brother! Did this old thief Liu Yan do it on purpose? He actually sent our brothers to this damn southern barbarian land?
Mud, these damn mosquitoes can bite me to death."
Regarding the complaints from his third brother Zhang Fei, Liu Bei felt helpless.
This Liu Yan was obviously on his deathbed, yet he was still so defensive?
You know, when the three Liu Bei brothers led their troops to surrender, Liu Yan did as Zhuge Liang expected and readily accepted Liu Bei's allegiance.
But Xichuan is not without its resourceful people. Some people still saw the purpose of Liu Bei and others.
This also caused the three Liu Bei brothers to be kicked to Jianning by Liu Yan before they could straighten out the relationship between Xichuan Civil and Military Affairs.
The euphemistic name is to let Liu Bei guard against the invasion of the Southern Barbarians.
Although Liu Bei had no choice about this, he could only obey his orders.
"My lord, three generals.
In fact, coming here to Jianning is not a bad thing for our army."
In Zhuge Liang's view, being able to come to Jianning at this time is far better than being sent to the front line as cannon fodder by Liu Yan.
At the very least, when Liu Yan dies, who is Liu Zhang? There is nothing to worry about.