Although Yuan Shao was very satisfied with Xu You's opinion, Yuan Shao felt that he should still shirk the blame.

After all, the emperor issued an edict for everyone to attack Xianbei, but now he wants to conquer Gongsundu in the name of attacking Wuhuan and Goguryeo.

It's a bit of a disobedience. If you agree to this without hesitation, wouldn't it let everyone see your ambition?

As the saying goes, Duke Zhou feared the day of rumors, but Wang Mang was humble and did not usurp the throne.

He is not fully prepared yet, and the people of the world have not yet won over to his side.

Whether it is public opinion or military superiority, Yuan Shao does not have much advantage over Liu Xie.

On the contrary, in terms of people's hearts, because the Han Dynasty successively regained various prefectures and counties, the people felt that the Han Dynasty was endless. This led to Liu Xie being much better than Yuan Shao in terms of people's hearts.

Therefore, Yuan Shao felt that he should be more stable at this time. After all, he had never thought about rebellion before, and he was not prepared for many things.

Rebellion is a rigorous and careful thing. Throughout the ages, many heroes and heroes have tried to rebel, but they failed and ended up dead.

Why is this? It’s not because we don’t do things rigorously!

Yuan Shao felt that no matter what he said, after the Fourth Generation and the Three Dukes, his starting point and knowledge were higher than those people.

Therefore, rebellion, a highly artistic thing, must be done beautifully.

"Ziyuan, is this really a good idea? After all, His Majesty said he was going to attack Xianbei." Yuan Shao said hypocritically.

Who is Xu You? He is Yuan Shao's childhood friend. It can be said that they have known each other for decades.

When they were young, they were iron brothers who climbed over the widow's wall together.

Xu You can guarantee that even if Yuan Shao sticks his butt out, he will know whether Yuan Shao is shitting or farting.

Hearing what Yuan Shao said, Xu You knew that Yuan Shao was definitely moved, but he couldn't save his face.

As soon as Xu You rolled his eyes, he thought of a rhetoric.

"My lord, you are the general of the dynasty. You have the absolute right to dispatch troops and generals. And as the saying goes, generals will not accept the orders of the emperor."

"Now, as far as I am concerned, the Xianbei barbarians must be dealt with by the emperor himself. And the Xianbei people's gang members, those Goguryeo and Wuhuan, also need someone to deal with them."

"The emperor is currently raising troops to attack Xianbei, and there is no spare force to conquer these two tribes."

"Since my lord is a general, I should share your majesty's worries and resolve these two tribes."

Xu You spoke with awe-inspiring righteousness, as if Yuan Shao's failure to exterminate these two tribes would lead to the failure of Liu Xie's Northern Expedition.

After hearing Xu You's words, Yuan Shao was very happy in his heart. Others felt that it was not impossible to attack Wuhuan, Gongsundu and Goguryeo first.

If it can really be defeated, then whether you want to stand on your own feet or use this opportunity to negotiate with the court, you can do so.

These civil servants and generals under Yuan Shao are not like Boss Cao's subordinates. There are more or less loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty.

The people on Yuan Shao's side are either busy fighting among themselves, or they don't have much expectations for the big man.

And those who were truly powerful were also squeezed out of the core circle by Yuan Shao's other advisers.

Even for people like Tian Feng and Ji Feng, they don't want the big man to get well again.

Because once the big man gets better, the importance of these counselors will be greatly reduced.

This is also because the system of selecting scholars in the Han Dynasty is still an election system. How can these poor families with no power compete with those aristocratic families?

When Yuan Shao heard what Xu You said, he looked at the others and saw that they had no objections, so he made his decision.

"Since all the princes think so, I, the general, have decided to continue to advance the army!" Yuan Shao said in a deep voice.

Immediately afterwards, Yuan Shao looked at Gao Lan below.

"Gao Lan, you will lead 200,000 troops to Jicheng this time. After joining Zhang He, you will continue to march to Liaodong."

"No!" Gao Lan heard Yuan Shao's words, quickly stepped forward, raised his hands to Yuan Shao and said.

"Lord, where is Gongsun Zan? Do we still want to send people to chase him?" Wen Chou on the side saw that Gao Lan had been sent out by Yuan Shao, and he also wanted to move around.

Hearing Wen Chou's words, Yuan Shao was stunned for a moment. To be honest, he didn't want to give up the pursuit just like that.

But the problem is that it has been several days since Gongsun Zan broke out, and it is too late to pursue him now.

Moreover, Zhang He also wrote in the letter that Gongsun Zan found a young general from somewhere and defeated Zhang He with twenty moves and killed Lian Zhao with one move.

Although Yuan Shao didn't want to see Zhang He, he still knew Zhang He's abilities very well. Being able to defeat Zhang He with twenty moves was enough to show that this young general was a fierce man.

On my side, the only one who can be said to be a sure winner against Zhang He is Yan Liangwen Chou.

If Yan Liang, Wen Chou was sent out, and he lost, then he would have no one available on his side.

It also had a great influence on the subsequent Liaodong strategy. So now Yuan Shao is not very interested in pursuing Gongsun Zan.

Xu You below saw Yuan Shao's thoughts, so he stood up and said to Yuan Shao: "My lord, my subordinates think that Gongsun Zan has lost Youzhou and is nothing more than a lost dog."

"Now, we should take advantage of this good opportunity to occupy Liaodong, and then send our troops south to occupy Qingzhou."

"In this way, the lord can acquire the land of the three states and set his sights on Yanzhou and Xuzhou."

These words spoke to Yuan Shao's heart. At this time, he no longer took Gongsun Zan seriously.

In the past, when Gongsun Zan had Youzhou, I was not afraid of him and could defeat him head-on. Now that Gongsun Zan has lost Youzhou, why should I be afraid of him?

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao was instantly overjoyed.

Although Yuan Shao was sometimes very entangled in making decisions and hesitated, but when everyone agreed and he thought the same way, he made a decision very quickly.

After Yuan Shao made his decision, Gao Lan led an army of 200,000 to the north that day.

Just when Yuan Shao sent Gao Lan out of Yecheng, Gongsun Zan and others also took the remaining Youzhou soldiers deep into the grassland.

Since the declaration of war between the Han and Xianbei had already reached Kebineng's ears, he now heard news from his tribe that a Han army had been discovered.

Ke Bineng didn't even think about it, and directly asked people to prepare to hunt down this Han army.

But when Kebineng's men met the Han army, they discovered that it was Gongsun Zan.

As the saying goes, when enemies meet, they will be extremely jealous.

So Ke Bineng's men launched an attack on Gongsun Zan without saying a word.

When Gongsun Zan saw the Xianbei army rushing towards him, he did not give up. He directly asked Zhao Yun to be the vanguard, and he personally led tens of thousands of Youzhou soldiers to fight against Ke Bineng's army.

In just half a day, Ke Bineng's army fled. Gongsun Zan was in a hurry and did not pursue anyone.
Chapter completed!