The reason why Gongsun Zan withdrew from Xianbei after receiving Liu Yu's order was not because he was afraid of Liu Yu.

But because he was afraid of the imperial court.

After all, the imperial court had just restored the state pastoral system and appointed state pastors in each state to fully manage the military and political affairs of each county this week.

If Gongsun Zan blatantly disobeys the orders of Zhou Mu and goes against Liu Yu at this time, Liu Yu will send a memorial to the court and the court will be furious.

This is not a matter of disobeying Liu Yu's orders, but a slap in the face of the imperial court and Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty had just ordered the state pastor to command all counties in the state. However, less than a month after the order was issued, Gongsun Zan, the governor of Beiping County, blatantly disobeyed the order of Youzhou pastor Liu Yu.

If Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty knew about this, I am afraid that Gongsun Zan would be kicked out of his position as the right governor of Beiping the next day, and he might even be directly imprisoned in prison.

This is not what Gongsun Zan wants to see.

Therefore, under pressure from the imperial court, Gongsun Zan had no choice but to temporarily obey Liu Yu's order and withdraw from the hinterland of Xianbei to Youbeiping.

As soon as Gongsun Zan retreated, all the tribes in Youzhou instantly became excited.

For a long time, Youzhou has been at the junction of Han and Hu due to geographical problems. As the northernmost state of the Han Dynasty, Youzhou has always been adjacent to several nomadic groups in the north.

Because all Han people make a living by cultivating farmland, as long as there are no natural disasters, there will be no shortage of food. Coupled with a high degree of civilization, the Han people can build their own cities to protect themselves from wind and cold.

But as nomadic tribesmen, the Hu people do not live like this.

They never farm, and all their food comes from hunting and grazing cattle and sheep.

In this way, whether they are Xianbei, Xiongnu, Wuhuan, or Fuyu, all of them have strong folk customs. Years of hunting have allowed these foreign warriors to develop their riding and archery skills.

But the downside of this lifestyle is instability.

In the past, when winter came, animals hibernated, and they were unable to hunt. The grasslands withered and there was no food for cattle and sheep, so they had to migrate the entire tribe to a place where cattle and sheep could survive.

Due to frequent migration, they were unable to build houses and therefore became homeless.

But I don’t know since when, these foreigners discovered that the Han people in the south lived in the city all year round.

They rarely raise cattle and sheep, so they don't need to move around, but they have food all year round, and their people are generally thin, and their army's combat effectiveness is not strong.

As a result, some lazy foreigners, such as the Huns, began to plan to rob.

As a result, these Huns gave up their migration and had no food in the winter, so they went south to Youzhou and Bingzhou to directly steal food from the people of the Han Dynasty.

If there is resistance, he will draw his sword without hesitation.

Anyway, their army has poor mobility, and their soldiers have grown up on horses since they were young. Their riding and shooting skills acquired through years of hunting can be said to come and go like the wind against the Han Dynasty troops who cannot even ride horses well.

With almost no loss, they were able to snatch back the whole tribe's food supply for the whole winter, and even brought back many Han Dynasty women for everyone's enjoyment.

This kind of unearned pleasure is hard to stop once you have it.

When other nomadic peoples saw that the Han people were so easy to bully and the Han army was so weak, they all imitated the Huns and gradually stopped migrating, and began to live by robbing the Han people of food and money.

So as time passed, the conflicts between Youzhou officials, people and various foreign races became more and more profound.

Therefore, Gongsun Zan, Liu Feng and others hated foreigners.

As long as they fight against foreigners, they will never show mercy.

Moreover, whether it is Liu Feng's Dragon City Cavalry or Gongsun Zan's White Horse Yi Cong, their combat effectiveness is extremely powerful, and they almost never lose in battles with major foreign races.

Moreover, their attitude towards the foreigners was to kill them all. Even if the foreigners were defeated and surrendered, they would not leave any prisoners behind and would kill them all.

Therefore, the white horse general Gongsun Zan and the Han dragon general Liu Feng are the two great gods in the hearts of all the foreigners in Youzhou. When they see them, they can only save their lives by running away quickly.

Previously, the newly appointed Youzhou Mu Liu Yu announced that he would adopt a gentle policy towards foreign races and prohibit the slaughter of foreign races, which gave all major foreign races hope of rising.

Now, Gongsun Zan was called back to Youbeiping by Liu Yu's order, which initially realized the hope of the rise of these alien races.

Therefore, they are naturally very excited.

Some of these people with ulterior motives saw a glimmer of hope for self-reliance.

Not long after Gongsun Zan returned to Youbeiping, Zhang Ju, a local tyrant in Yuyang County, joined forces with Zhang Chun, the former Zhongshan prefect, to rebel.

Among them, Zhang Ju funded the preparation of an army of 9,000 men and called himself the emperor, while Zhang Chun called himself General Mitian, King Anding, and King Mitian Anding.

With an army of nine thousand as their team, the two colluded with Qiu Liju, the Wuhuan leader of Yuyang County, and quickly captured the entire Yuyang County with lightning speed.

Then, relying on Qiu Liju's Wuhuan cavalry, they charged all the way, and soon captured most of Fanyang County, and the army approached Ji County, the seat of Youzhou.

At this time, Youzhou Mu Liu Yu saw that the rebels were about to attack Jixian, and he immediately panicked.

As a scribe, he had never seen such a scene before.

At that moment, based on the advice of the advisors around him, he immediately dispatched the governors of nearby counties to support him.

Liu Feng, who was far away in Liaodong, also received news of Liu Yu's request for support. Out of hatred for foreigners, Liu Feng immediately prepared to lead his army to Fanyang County.

But before Liu Feng set off, Guo Jia heard the news and came to stop him.

Liu Feng was very puzzled by this and asked Guo Jia the reason.

Guo Jiaze patiently explained to Liu Feng:"My lord, this time Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun joined forces with Qiu Liju to rebel, precisely because they saw Liu Yu's tolerance for foreigners.

These foreigners are obviously bullies and fearful of the strong. In front of the lord and Gongsun Zan, they were as weak as a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. Seeing that Liu Yu was a scribe, he felt easy to bully, so he immediately rebelled.

However, they did not have very strong combat effectiveness in nature. Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun had a total of nine thousand troops, and Wu Although Huan had a large number of cavalry, they did not go out in full force.

You Beiping is adjacent to Ji County, so Gongsun Zan will definitely attack. With the elite white horse loyal followers, Gongsun Zan can quell the rebellion without the Lord taking action.

However, since Liu Yu pursues a soft policy, he will definitely take advantage of it. This is an opportunity to show his magnanimity to the foreigners, so he will definitely forgive them.

But Gongsun Zan is extremely angry with the foreigners, and conflicts will definitely break out between the two.

The lord only needs to stay in Liaodong to watch the show."

So Liu Feng followed Guo Jia's advice. , no troops were sent to support Jixian.

But Gongsun Zan went to support Jixian as Guo Jia had guessed.

However, when he sent out troops, he did not expect that this dispatch would intensify the conflict between himself and Liu Yu.

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