Cao Cao, for the sake of his own interests and the retreat of the Yanzhou army, he really made a bloody investment. Let's talk about Wuling, he has just occupied it for a short time, so he has to give it to Sun Ce and Liu Bei, and then he has to take out more materials for the two of them, in the final analysis, isn't it just to let his side occupy Xiangyang, and then he can rest assured.

After Sun Ce and Liu Bei heard Cao Cao's conditions, they were happy in their hearts, after all, Cao Cao could come up with such conditions, and they were indeed satisfied. As for making him bleed more, both of them also understand, but they really can't force Cao Cao too hard. As the saying goes, a dog jumps off the wall in a hurry, and a rabbit bites when he is in a hurry, so let alone his first powerful prince in the world, Cao Cao Cao Mengde.

Therefore, in the end, the two agreed to Cao Cao so lightly, and the three of them reached an agreement, and in the end, Cao Cao used these conditions to exchange for Xiangyang, which can be said to be the use of these, so he can be exchanged for Xiangyang. Of course, this is also indispensable, because they have already formed an alliance. At least whether it is for Cao Cao, or for Sun Ce and Liu Bei, they all have a common enemy, that is, Ma Chao's Liangzhou army-

In the end, the three of them began to discuss when to hand over Xiangyang, in Cao Cao's position, of course, he hoped that the sooner the better, after all, he would be able to rest assured that he would occupy Xiangyang as soon as possible.

So he said to Sun Ce and Liu Bei: "Two, let's not tell lies in front of real people. For our army, it is natural to hope that the sooner we take over Xiangyang, the better. Naturally, the handover of Wuling. It will definitely be done earlier, and the land will be merged into the forces of the two, I wonder what the two think? ”

When Sun Ce and Liu Bei heard this, they knew that Cao Cao was indeed in a hurry. I can't talk about him, in fact, if you want to say who this matter is, it is estimated that everyone has to be in a hurry. It's not just Sun Ce and Liu Bei, let's say it's Ma Chaohe. If you encounter this, it is estimated that you will have to be the same as Cao Cao, nothing. It's all human nature.

Sun Ce thought for a while, and then said to Cao Cao: "Since Cao Sikong wants to solve this matter as soon as possible, then Ce naturally raises his hands in favor, and I believe that Xuande Gong is the same!" ”――

said. Sun Ce looked at Liu Bei with a smile. As soon as Liu Bei heard Sun Ce's words, he looked at his expression again, and said in his heart, "You Sun Bofu is doing this for everyone to see, but what else can you do, don't you have to follow others."

So at this time, Liu Bei said to Cao Cao: "Ah, that's good! General Sun's words are very true, and my intention is to hand over Xiangyang and Wuling with Cao Sikong as soon as possible, and strive to resolve this matter as soon as possible. When the time comes, we will fight together against Ma Mengqi and the Liangzhou Army! ”

And after Cao Cao heard what Sun Ce and Liu Bei said, he laughed. can be regarded as a piece of his heart disease, or maybe when, his head wind disease will have to be committed again, this thing is absolutely inevitable. But it's okay now, at least for a while, he won't make this old mistake.

The last few people discussed the completion of the handover, which was nothing more than the three of them joining together to attack Jiangxia together. However, this time it is not quite the same as Sun Ce and Liu Bei's joint army, although it is also a good joint army, but it is clearly distinguished, the Yanzhou army is the Yanzhou army, and the Sun-Liu coalition army is naturally the Sun-Liu coalition army, this Cao Cao and them are still very clear-

If it is said that the union of Sun Ce and Liu Bei is more of a last resort, it will not work if it is not united, out of helplessness. So although Cao Cao said that this was the case, he would never join forces with the two of them, like the Sun and Liu coalition forces. He can join forces with the two of them, which is already his biggest bottom line, and the rest is not negotiable.

This also has to be said that Cao Cao's control of military power is very tight, at least on this, whether it is Sun Ce or Liu Bei, it is not good, and it is not as good as others. Just like someone described the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu, Cao Cao's side is actually like such a large company that is fully controlled, and his subordinates are branches one by one. As for Liu Bei's side, he seems to be the largest shareholder, and his subordinates are all small shareholders. As for Sun Quan's side, he is more like a franchise store, and his subordinates are all franchised.

So it can also be seen from this that who is stronger, of course, Cao Cao is the strongest, there are many factors for this, and it is not only so simple.

But now he has to bow his head to Sun Ce and Liu Bei in exchange for the safety of the Yanzhou army, so he has no choice, there is no way-

Ma Chao has had mixed feelings recently, why do you say that, it's actually very simple.

Naturally, Huang Zhong, Zhang Fei and Ma Dai seized the entire territory of Changsha, and they already occupied the two counties of Jiangxia and Changsha, which can be regarded as expanding their territory a lot in Jingzhou. As for the worries, of course, it was the war in Nanyang, after Pang De had no choice but to withdraw from the army, he wrote a letter and sent it to Jiangxia, so although Ma Chao couldn't see the war in Jianyang with his own eyes, it was not difficult to imagine how his side suffered.

gathered his subordinates and told everyone about the current form of the Jingzhou Army, as well as the battle in Nanyang Jianyang, and when everyone heard it, it turned out that so many things had happened. As for Sun Ce and Liu Bei, they don't know what they are going to do now, they seem to be safe, but Ma Chao knows in his heart that this is definitely not a good thing.

Just like Guo Jia said, Cao Cao and they may be about to form an alliance, or even an alliance, and they are about to meet the biggest opponent, so can they not pay attention to it.

After telling everyone about all these situations, Ma Chao asked, "I don't know what everyone has to say?" ”――

The first to speak was Guo Jia, only to hear him say at this time: "Lord, in the Nanyang war, General Ling Ming and De'ang are a little inconsiderate. Although Li Wenda did spell out 10,000 people to Hanzhong to support, but since he dared to do so, doesn't it show that he is sure to deal with our army, so General Ling Ming and De'ang are not thoughtful, so the lord should punish him! ”

Guo Jia doesn't mind being such a "wicked person", to be honest, he looks at it like this, his father-in-law didn't mean to punish the two, but if that's the case, it will definitely not work. If the rewards and punishments in the army are not clear, then it is easy to have an accident. Wrong is wrong, right is right, meritorious service must be rewarded, and in the same way, if you do something wrong, of course you will be punished.

Yes, Pang De and Li Hui, their lords have already ordered them to take full authority to deal with who in Nanyang is cheap, this is nothing. But they didn't think it through, they thought it was beneficial to their own side and sent troops, and in the end they had no choice but to retreat, this was their mistake, so not punishing them, but it definitely won't work.

When Ma Chao heard this, he was indeed a little reluctant, after all, he didn't regard this matter as a big deal. But as soon as Guo Jia said this, he looked at everyone's attitude again, and he understood that Pang De and Li Hui were not good if they didn't punish them. After all, if the rewards and punishments are unclear, then really, this is definitely a big deal. To be honest, punishment is not a big deal, but if the rewards and punishments are not clear, then it is definitely not a trivial matter.

He was still very glad in his heart at this time, fortunately it was Guo Jia who reminded him, otherwise he hadn't taken it seriously. Indeed, if you are wrong, you will be punished, and if you don't have the influence of your own soldiers, it will be too bad.

So Ma Chao said to Guo Jia at this time, of course, he also said to everyone, "The words of filial piety are very good, and our army should be rewarded and punished clearly!" Everyone in the world knows that the Yanzhou army is strictly disciplined, but in fact, where is our army going! ”

Although it is true that he is not convinced, Ma Chao also has to admit that Cao Cao's Yanzhou army is much stricter than his own in terms of military discipline and rewards and punishments, and this is indeed true, it can't be fake-

Hearing what his lord said, Guo Jia hurriedly said: "The lord is wise! ”

In the same way, it also led the crowd, and the audience said in unison: "The lord is wise! ”

To be honest, if Ma Chao doesn't say anything about punishing Pang De and Li Hui, then there will definitely be someone to admonish after Guo Jia. But now that Guo Jia is a budding bird, he has done all the things that offend people, so the rest of the horse shooting is naturally everyone's together.

As for Ma Chao, at this time, he smiled bitterly, waved his hand to everyone, and said: "Don't shoot either, let's be serious, what is the next step for our army now?" ”

This is the most important thing for the Liangzhou army now, Ma Chao glanced at Guo Jia, and then asked: "Fengxiao, what do you see, how should our army be?" (To be continued......)