Lord in the Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 126: The Trade in You Yang

He currently has a good relationship with Gongsun Zan and can engage in mutual trade in the future.

Gongsun Zan in the north has many war horses, but lacks long spears. Because Youzhou is a harsh land with extremely scarce iron ore resources.

While in the south, Long Chen has fewer war horses, but many long spears. This is because the terrain in Yangzhou is rugged and uneven, with few plains, resulting in few war horses, but extremely abundant iron ore resources.

This also leads to Long Chen having a large number of stored long spears.

At that time, the two lords could complement each other’s weaknesses.

After all, Youzhou and Yangzhou are separated by tens of thousands of miles, very remote, and not the main opponents of Yangzhou. Gongsun Zan’s opponents are people like Yuan Shao in Jizhou.

Therefore, Long Chen can form an alliance with Gongsun Zan, trade war horses and long spears with him, strengthen Gongsun Zan’s strength, and let him clash with Yuan Shao and others, ultimately consuming each other’s military and national strength.

Anyway, Long Chen’s mind was full of cunning plans.

After arriving at the coalition camp, Long Chen saw a thrilling scene.

He saw Cao Cao angrily reprimanding Yuan Shao for why he was hesitating.

Clearly, Dong Zhuo had already left to the east, and he must not have reached Chang’an yet.

If the coalition forces could gather heavy troops at this time and rush to chase Dong Zhuo overnight, they might be able to catch up.

After all, according to the frontline scouts’ reports, Dong Zhuo had brought millions of Luoyang residents with him.

There were also a lot of supplies, and it was said that there were several thousand carts of gold and silver treasures alone.

The marching speed must be very slow, like a tortoise.

If the coalition forces could gather cavalry from various lords and chase after him with all their might, they would definitely be able to catch up with Dong Zhuo’s main force.

Watching Cao Cao speaking confidently, Long Chen couldn’t help but nod. ƒгeewebnovёl.com

Because what Cao Cao said was extremely reasonable. If they really launched an attack according to his method, Dong Zhuo might really be chased and killed by the coalition forces halfway!

Unfortunately!!!

Long Chen shook his head again, and at the same time, he cast his gaze on Yuan Shao.

Why shake his head?

Because Long Chen knew Yuan Shao’s character very well, or rather, he had seen through Yuan Shao!

Sure enough, Yuan Shao’s handsome face showed a hesitant expression, which gradually turned into determination in the end.

It wasn’t a decisive agreement, but a decisive refusal.

"Mengde! It’s not that I don’t agree with your strategy, but the coalition forces have been fighting for days, and their physical strength is exhausted. The army is tired."

"And if we pursue Dong Zhuo now, it will inevitably stretch our front line too long, leading to inadequate supply replenishment!"

Yuan Shao’s words were very reasonable, and other lords also agreed with Yuan Shao’s words, nodding in agreement.

"Yeah, that’s right! What the leader said is true!"

"Mengde! Since the leader has spoken, let’s listen to the leader!"

"That’s right, there’s no rush to chase after a few days of rest!"

These words directly amused Cao Cao!

Rest for a few more days? By the time you catch up again, you’ll only see Dong Zhuo’s backside. Even if you win, I’ll say you lost...

Ah...

Cao Cao sighed deeply...

He knew all too well the mentality of the coalition forces shrinking from battle!

But now, he was unwilling to face this reality.

What reality?

That these lords had come to the coalition grand alliance to put on a show, just for appearance’s sake, to show the world that they were loyal ministers, thereby increasing their prestige.

As for the current emperor, they had long forgotten him...

Cao Cao shook his head and sighed, "Forget it, forget it, forget it!

Since you won’t go after Dong Zhuo, I’ll go alone!!!"

With that, he waved his hand to summon Cao Hong and Xiahou Yuan to gather his cavalry under his command.

Before leaving, Cao Cao looked deeply at Long Chen, then whispered, "Brother Jueming... you... are indeed right... sigh..."

After saying this, he didn’t hesitate anymore and went forward boldly! frёewebnoѵēl.com

Honestly,

Long Chen was really shocked by Cao Cao’s imposing manner of "I’m going alone among ten thousand men"!

The current Cao Boss still cared about the Han dynasty! In his eyes, the emperor was not just a tool, but his belief.

It’s a pity...

Long Chen, who knew the historical facts well, knew that in the future, Cao Cao would become like a villain.

No longer the vigorous young man he used to be.

After the departure of Cao Cao, the rebel camp returned to its former warmth.

Fine wine and dancing girls were abundant.

The lords were all brimming with joyful smiles.

Why?

Clearly, Dong Zhuo had not yet been defeated by them, and the emperor had not yet been rescued by him.

The reason for such joy was because they had obtained Luoyang City without expending a single soldier.

Although it was a dead city, already empty, a broken city covered in scorched earth.

However, the symbolic significance of Luoyang City as the capital of the Han Dynasty is extremely important and deeply ingrained in people’s hearts.

Capturing Luoyang City signifies that these lords have gained considerable merit, and their reputation is bound to soar.

However,

Long Chen didn’t have time to deal with these useless things with these lords.

He went straight to the side of Gongsun Zan and bowed, saying, "I wonder if Brother Bo Gui would be willing to give up his seat?"

Seeing that it was Long Chen who had come, Gongsun Zan quickly made a seat available for him.

With a smile, he said, "Of course, why do you and I need to exchange such polite words?"

Gongsun Zan still remembered vividly how just a few hundred soldiers had exchanged for a large amount of gold.

After all, in this era, there weren’t many fools like Long Chen.

However, if Gongsun Zan truly knew what kind of talent he had missed, he would probably immediately snatch Zhao Yun back.

After bowing, Long Chen quietly revealed his intention to trade with him.

"Brother Bo Gui, I have a way for us to strengthen our power together!"

Upon hearing this, Gongsun Zan was indeed very interested.

He clasped his hands and asked, "What is it? I hope Brother Jueming can enlighten me."

Long Chen immediately laid out his plan.

Sure enough,

After listening, Gongsun Zan’s eyes sparkled, and he nodded in agreement.

Finally, the two clasped hands in agreement.

It was agreed that after dealing with Dong Zhuo, they would send envoys to trade with each other...

The scope of trade was not limited to just spears and warhorses, but also included local specialties and goods from Youzhou and Yangzhou...

Liu Da’er, who was squatting next to Gongsun Zan, felt itchy because he couldn’t hear these secret matters.

However, since this was a secret between Gongsun Zan and Long Chen, how could he let Liu Bei hear it, even though Gongsun Zan had a good relationship with Liu Bei?

But in the face of absolute interests, the former still couldn’t compare to the latter...

After discussing with Gongsun Zan, Long Chen didn’t stop for a moment and immediately left the coalition camp.

Although the leader Yuan Shao was puzzled about where Long Chen was going, he only thought about it for a moment before continuing to revel in the capture of Luoyang City.

When Sun Jian saw that the lords had no intention of continuing to attack Dong Zhuo, he lost half of his confidence and faith in the future of the coalition forces.

This laid the ideological foundation for his later decision to leave the coalition and return to his old home in Changsha for development.