Hearing this, Guan Yu took a breath, shook his head and said: "Since we have become brothers, the eldest brother is still my eldest brother no matter what!"
Obviously, Guan Yu also knew Liu Bei's bad reputation, but Guan Yu valued love and righteousness, how could he abandon it casually?
Zhang Liao said with a smile: "My lord made you a general, but you have been missing for the past few days. Does this mean you don't trust my lord and are unwilling to serve my lord?"
The two of them were good friends, so they naturally had no inhibitions about talking about these things and spoke out directly.
Guan Yu nodded lightly, and Zhang Liao was not surprised by this, but said calmly: "Do you still remember that I once served under Lu Bu?"
"There is actually a secret about my surrender to Lu Bu after I divorced him."
During this period of time, Guan Yu naturally remembered that Liu Guan and Zhang were also in the team to attack the princes.
"What secret?"
Zhang Liao smiled slightly and said: "When hundreds of thousands of troops poured into Hulao Pass, why was Lu Bu able to escape? Do you really think that Lu Bu was so brave that he could break through tens of thousands of me on his own?"
Hearing this, Guan Yu was slightly shocked, but a little unsure.
"Brother Wenyuan, what do you mean?"
After a glass of wine, Zhang Liao told what had happened.
"The condition for my surrender is that if there is a chance in the future, I will ask the lord to let Lu Bu go. In fact, I let Lu Bu go with my own hands."
Hearing this, Guan Yu roared in his heart, how could Cao Cao be so trustworthy?
You must know that Lu Bu's influence is not much worse than Dong Zhuo. If Lu Bu is let go, all the eighteen princes will be angry.
But Cao Cao forcefully let Lu Bu go!
"I didn't expect that Lu Bu was actually let go by you."
Guan Yu also fought against Lu Bu and knew how powerful Lu Bu was. However, Cao Cao actually had the courage to let Lu Bu go. Even he had to admire him.
Zhang Liao drank another glass of wine and said, "So, this is also the reason why I have been working for the Lord."
"Brother Yun Chang, don't worry that the Lord will regret it after you take action. If Liu Bei is found, the Lord will definitely let you go, but it will be you, Yun Chang!"
"Since you promised to surrender, you have repeatedly failed to come to the parliament. This is not your style!"
Hearing this, Guan Yu took a breath and nodded and said: "This matter is indeed Yun Chang's fault!"
"Brother Wen Yuan is preaching that Guan will never be absent from tomorrow and will definitely serve Duke Cao!"
Seeing Guan Yu agree, Zhang Liao smiled slightly, he had completed the task assigned to him by the military advisor.
Likewise, he also showed a smile. He was quite happy that this friend, who had a similar personality to himself, could work for the same lord together.
"Okay, Yun Chang, let's have a drink!"
Guan Yu waved his hand and said: "This old man is too energetic, let's stop it."
The two looked at each other and laughed.
At this moment, outside Qingzhou City, countless soldiers were approaching the surrounding counties.
Relatively speaking, these soldiers look very normal to others, but if they are Cao Cao's soldiers, there are actually some differences.
These soldiers were not wearing armor, and Yuan Shao's spies seemed to have missed this detail.
"Lord, it seems that Cao Cao has noticed the news that we deliberately released it. Now a hundred thousand troops have gathered outside Qingzhou City!"
Hearing this, Yuan Shao burst out laughing, then looked at the people aside and said, "General Bogui, have I ever lied to you?"
"Then Cao Cao will definitely send troops to defend Qingzhou!"
Gongsun Zan on the side snorted coldly and said calmly: "Don't forget what you said at the beginning. After the matter is completed, all Jizhou and the prefectures will belong to me, and the rest will belong to you!"
Obviously, Gongsun Zan was not willing to suffer a loss, so he doubled the previous conditions.
However, seeing Gongsun Zan look like this, Yuan Shao became even more relieved and smiled.
Cooperation without interests is destined to be a piece of loose sand. You can never do it under the banner of reviving the Han Dynasty, and then you don't want anything.
Since Gongsun Zan cares so much about those two states, it means that the cooperation with Gongsun Zan is more reliable!
Because now the two of them have a common goal.
"Haha, General Gongsun is too distrustful of Benchu, isn't he? Now that the three counties of Jizhou are in your hands, have I ever regretted it?"
Yuan Shao showed a smile. Although Jizhou is rich in food and has a large population, no matter how you compare it, it cannot compare with Chenliu Xuchang.
The food in just one county can feed two states!
If he takes these two places, will Yuan Shao still be interested in Jizhou? It doesn't hurt to give it to Gongsun Zan!
Gongsun Zan looked at Yuan Shao, with a hint of greed in his eyes: "What should we do next?"
Nowadays, everyone knows the capital of Cao Cao's men. Not only are all his soldiers wearing armor, but they also have an extremely abundant supply of food.
I heard that Cao Cao's granary is full of food, and there are countless fertile fields around it. More importantly, the snow salt sold by Zhen's Chamber of Commerce and Lao Baigan both have Cao Cao's shadow!
How does this leave them without any ideas?
Gongsun Zan is also very ambitious. If he had no ambition, would he occupy the land of Youzhou and become a prince?
Yuan Shao smiled lightly and said, "Ziyuan, tell me."
Xu You on one side stepped forward and said: "My lord, general!"
Then he put on a confident and proud look.
"Now that the news we deliberately spread, Cao Cao has believed it to be true. Now we just need to seize the opportunity and transfer all the supplies to Bingzhou!"
"Then gather General Gongsun and attack with our 400,000 troops. Cao's army will be defeated!"
Hearing this, Yuan Shao frowned and asked: "Move all the supplies out of Jizhou? Isn't this a bit bad?"
Xu You said calmly: "Jizhou is far away from Guandu. If we transport food, it will be easily intercepted by Cao's army. We might as well transport all the supplies to Bingzhou in one fell swoop and leave an empty city behind!"
"If we want to keep the land of Jizhou, it will be too much of a waste of troops. If we abandon this place directly, what will Cao's army think when they attack and find that it is an empty city?"
"When he comes to his senses, our army will occupy Chenliu and Xuchang!"
When Xu You said this, Yuan Shao couldn't help but feel excited.
Gongsun Zan on the side brightened up and said directly: "This plan is wonderful. When the time comes, an empty city will be left. Maybe Cao Jun will think this is a plan!"
"And we directly took the opportunity to capture Cao Cao's Yanzhou land in one fell swoop, exchanging an empty city for a Yanzhou with rich supplies!"
It was obvious that this plan was already perfect in the minds of the two of them after discussing it up to this point.
"Okay! Everything is arranged according to Ziyuan's instructions!"
Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan once again had a sage discussion, and the two laughed happily.
"Haha, happy cooperation with Brother Benchu!"
"Brother Bogui please!"
The two of them walked out of the meeting hall hand in hand.