Shortly after Tian Feng, who was appointed as the chief of Qingzhou, set off for Qingzhou, the communication platform built by Guo Jia and Ju Su also officially broke ground.

At this moment, Yuan Shao, who was far away in the Bohai Sea, began to get ready. He summoned the few remaining civil and military officials to the main hall to discuss matters and discuss what to do next.

After the discussion began, Yuan Shao asked Xinpi, who was standing in the lower head: "Mr. Xin, now we are in Bohai County. If we continue to develop accordingly, we will either be destroyed by the Han family's children or be driven to the death by Gongsun Zan."

Since Fengji's death, the two brothers Xinpi and Xinping have become Yuan Shao's most trusted strategists. In the past few months, the two have also been seeking a way out so that they will not have a place to die in the future.

Especially Xin Pi, when Han Fu was the governor of Jizhou, in order to please the other party, he betrothed his daughter Xin Xianying to Han Fu's second son. After Yuan Shao took Jizhou skillfully, he immediately couldn't wait to break the engagement, preparing to betroth his daughter to Yuan Shao's second son Yuan Tan when the time was right.

But what he never dreamed was that Han Fu's eldest son Han Zhan could turn over and use Han Fu's death to raise an army to attack Yuan Shao. Not only did he regain Jizhou, but he also regained Qingzhou. Now he even allowed the current emperor to move the capital to Yecheng, which was beyond his imagination.

He was determined to show his kindness to Han Zhan and secretly sent someone to Yecheng to contact him. But the sent people were like stones sinking into the sea and there was no news. Seeing that he couldn't turn back, he could only serve Yuan Shao with determination.

Hearing Yuan Shao’s question at this moment, he hesitated for a moment and replied: “Lord, the population of Bohai County is limited. Even if we recruit soldiers, the total strength cannot exceed 80,000. With such strength, let alone confronting the Han children, it will be very difficult to deal with Gongsun Zan in the north.”

"George," Yuan Shao was secretly surprised when he heard Xinpi say this. He asked quickly: "Then what should we do to reverse the current adverse situation?"

"The reason why Qin State was able to annex the six kingdoms in the past was to unify the world," Xinpi said to Yuan Shao: "The strategy that depends on is nothing more than the four words of "family and close to attack."

"Far and close attack?" After hearing Xin Pi say this, Yuan Shao asked politely: "Mr. Xin, can you tell me in detail, what should we do?"

"Lord, my subordinates heard that Yang Qi, the minister of the court, and 38 other court officials, had sent people to assassinate him because they were worried that the Han family would become the second child of Dong Zhuo." Xinpi said: "Now these court officials have been demoted and have been appointed as prefect and county magistrate of Donglai County in Qingzhou. If we can send people to contact Yang Qi and others and attract them as a supporter, they will provide us with money, food, and troops. In time, when the troops are strong, they will be able to go north to annex Gongsun Zan and expand our strength."

Xin Pi's words made Yuan Shao feel excited. He knew very well that although Qingzhou lacked food, it had enough soldiers. If the people he sent could convince Yang Qi to join forces with him and let the other party provide him with soldiers, he could consider dealing with Gongsun Zan in the north first and seizing his Youzhou.

Just as Yuan Shao began to consider who should be sent to contact Yang Qi, he heard a voice saying, "Lord, no, never. Don't listen to Xinpi's nonsense."

Yuan Shao looked at the person who was speaking and found that it was another adviser Shen Pei under his command. He asked with a stern face: "Shen Zhengnan, why did you say this?"

Although Shen Pei and Xin Pi were both counselors under Yuan Shao, they were close to Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan respectively. Some time ago, when Yuan Shao’s whereabouts were unknown, they fought for control of Bohai County. Therefore, as long as Xin Pi and Xin Ping’s two brothers gave Yuan Shao the idea, Shen Pei would jump out and sing the opposite tune.

"Lord!" Shen Pang said to Yuan Shao: "Not to mention that Bohai County is far from Donglai County, even if it is adjacent, it is useless for us to contact Yang Qi. He is just a civil servant, and there is no available army in his hands. According to his subordinates, he would still order people to contact Tadun of Wuhuan in western Liaoning and ask him to send troops to attack Gongsun Zan so that we can have the opportunity to take Youzhou."

"It's a thousand miles away to the west of Liao, and it's also inconvenient to contact us." Since Shen Pei was in opposition to him, Xin Bi naturally wouldn't be polite and quickly retorted: "If we ask Tadun to send troops to attack Gongsun Zan together. If Tadun asks to divide Youzhou with us after seizing Youzhou, do you think the lord is equally divided or not?"

Yuan Shao was originally a person with no opinion. Seeing that the two strategists under his command had proposed two different plans, he didn't know which one to choose for a moment. He couldn't help but sigh and said with regret: "It's a pity that Feng Ji Fengyuantu died too early, otherwise I wouldn't have lived in this small place in the Bohai Sea."

Yuan Shao said this a bit heartbroken. If Feng Ji had not made a bad idea and asked him to lure Gongsun Zan to send troops to seize Jizhou together, how could the two sides have become as incompatible as they are now? If it weren't for Xin Pi, Shen Pei and other advisers who had done their best to assist him, even Bohai would have been occupied by Han Zhan or Gongsun Zan. How could he have been his turn to sigh here?

When Yuan Shao heard such words, neither Xin Pi nor Shen Pei showed an embarrassing expression on his face. The two of them might have never dreamed that they would do their best to assist Yuan Shao, but in his mind, they could not match Feng Ji who had long been dead.

Seeing the silence in the conference hall, Xin Ping hurriedly came out to smooth things over: "My lord, my subordinates believe that whether it is my brother or my husband, it must be reasonable. It is better to work together and send envoys to Donglai County and Liaoxi at the same time to contact Yang Qi and Lord Tadun."

"Mr. Xin is right, and I will discuss it!" As soon as Xin Ping finished speaking, Guo Tu, who was in the same camp as him, stood up and echoed: "We should send envoys to the two places at the same time to strive to form an alliance with them to deal with the Han family and Gongsun Zan together."

Although Yuan Shao's civil and military personnel, in order to support Yuan Tan or Yuan Shang, they are divided into two factions that are hostile to the ground. They are usually against each other and are incompatible. But what we are discussing today is related to everyone's life and death, so both sides have to temporarily put aside their prejudices and seriously consider their next external strategies.

Seeing that Shen Pei did not jump out to sing the opposite tune, Xin Pi planned to adopt a two-pronged strategy according to Xin Ping and Guo Tu's proposal, and at the same time form an alliance with Donglai County and Liaoxi. Since he proposed to form an alliance with Donglai County, then the mission of visiting Yang Qi is naturally the only one.

He stood in the hall, bowed to Yuan Shao, and said, "Lord, my subordinates are willing to go to Donglai County to lobby Yang Qi to form an alliance with us."

"Lord!" Seeing Xinpi volunteering, Shen Pei naturally did not dare to show weakness: "The subordinates were originally going to western Liaoning, and with their 3-inch tongue, they persuaded Tadun to form an alliance with our army."

Yuan Shao was very satisfied with the performance of the two. He smiled and nodded: "Since both gentlemen want to be messengers and serve on behalf of Bohai, I will agree to your request. After the meeting, you will go back to select the accompanying people and prepare gifts for Yang Qi and Tadun. We will set off tomorrow morning."
Chapter completed!