"Kong Ming, please speak!"

"No! Dare to ask the lord, who is this son Liu Qi? ”

Liu Bei smiled, "Everyone in the world knows that Liu Jingsheng has two sons, the eldest son Liu Qi and the youngest son Liu Cong!" ”

Zhuge Liang nodded, "What the lord said is good, that's exactly the case." Therefore, if the lord wants to win Jingzhou, he must have Liu Qi to help! ”

Liu Bei listened, "What does Kong Ming mean?" ”

"Lord, Liu Jingsheng's body is already getting worse day by day, so it may not be that one day, he may never be able to get up again. So at that time, if the lord does not make a move, then Jingzhou will definitely fall into the hands of the Cai family, and the most lull will either be occupied by Ma Mengqi's Liangzhou army, or by Cao Mengde! ”

"Then, what does this have to do with Gongzi Liu Qi?"

Zhuge Liang smiled, "Lord, the prince Liu Qi is Liu Jingsheng's eldest son, as long as he unites with the lord, then the lord can enter Jingzhou in the name of supporting Liu Qi, so the world can't say anything!" ”

When Liu Bei heard it, Zhuge Liang was actually right, but this matter was ......

He still said, "Kong Ming, this matter ......"

"My lord, my son Liu Qi is not very ambitious. If his father is a 'dog of the household', then he is inferior to his father, so he is extremely well controlled. and they indulge in wine, as they ......"

I have to say that after Liu Bei listened to Zhuge Liang's words, he was really moved. Because Liu Qi is in his own hands, then he has the title of Jingzhou, and Liu Qi is easy to control, and he is addicted to wine, so there is no need to worry about it.

"Kong Ming, this matter still needs to be considered in the long run!"

Zhuge Liang also understood that he wanted to let his lord go directly to capture Jingzhou. He probably doesn't want to be like that just yet. After all, you can't help but care about the world's Youyou, but what can you do, you don't even have much of a chassis, how can you go to talk to Ma Mengqi. Cao Mengde, they went to contend with-

Qinghe Kingdom, Ganling City, and Ma Chao also brought a large army here.

As a result, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao both felt a lot of crisis. After all, Ma Chao brought an army of nearly 70,000, and everyone understands what he is here to do.

In Cao Cao's big tent of the Chinese army. At this time, he was discussing with everyone how to deal with Ma Chao's Liangzhou Army now. After all, at this time, the three parties are in Ganling City, so if one is not good, maybe you will probably suffer a loss.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now the Liangzhou Army is also here. I don't know what the Liangzhou army thinks here? ”

Xun You said: "Lord, Ma Mengqi came with troops. It should be for Yuan Benchu. And the gains and losses of the city, thinking about it, are not the most important thing for them! ”

Cao Cao asked, "What does Gongda mean?" ”

"Lord, we can send an envoy to the Liangzhou army camp and ask the Liangzhou army to break through Ganling City. At that time, Yuan Benchu returned to the Liangzhou army, and his land belonged to our army. Isn't that the best of both worlds? ”

When Cao Cao heard this, could the Liangzhou Army agree to this?

"This, Gongda thinks this is feasible?"

Xun You smiled and said with certainty. "Feasible!" ——

It's not that Cao Cao doesn't believe in Xun You, it's just that if it were him, he would definitely not be like this. But after all, this matter is Ma Chao, his own Meng Qixian brother, so it is really not impossible. After all, his character as a brother of Meng Qixian is there, so it's not like he can't do it.

You see, Yuan Benchu forced the party to death Zhang Yang and Uncle Zhang Zhi, so he and Ma Mengqi had already formed a grudge. So when the Liangzhou army came to Ganling today, Ma Mengqi may still be, more to avenge his friends, for Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu, not to capture Ganling City. So what Xun You said is not unreasonable.

At this time, Cao Cao nodded, "What Gongda said is reasonable. I don't know what else you think? ”

Cheng Yu said: "Lord, his subordinates also agree with what Gongda said. If it is really impossible to negotiate, then each will attack its own, and the two sides will fight again, and the victory will naturally be to seize the Qinghe State. However, his subordinates thought that it was unlikely that such a situation would be possible, unless Ma Mengqi was going to fight with our army in Jizhou, but if this was the case, it would not be of any benefit to both sides! ”

"What Zhong De said is right, exactly!"

In fact, Cao Cao felt that Xun You and Cheng Yu were reasonable, but in fact, he was thinking about these things now-

And then Cao Cao asked a few more times, and everyone said that it was basically the same as Xun Yu and Cheng Yu, and Cao Cao said: "Today, according to what you said, who wants to go to the Liangzhou military camp?" ”

Full Favor said: "Lord, my subordinates are willing to go!" ”

Full of favor is self-volunteering and unyielding. When he tried to persuade Zhang Yan before, he was unsuccessful, and then let his lord intercept Ma Chao halfway, but he failed again. But this time he went to the Liangzhou military camp, and Man Chong felt that there should be no problem with him, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to send an envoy to the Liangzhou military camp.

Cao Cao looked at it, "Okay, Berning goes, I'm relieved!" In this way, there is a trip to Lauberning! ”

"No!"

In Manzhong's opinion, his lord still trusts him, or it is impossible to let him go. After all, I had already failed once before, and I didn't make any contributions, so this time, no matter what, I have to succeed too-

The Yanzhou army camp, Cao Cao's Chinese army tent, everyone is discussing the next step. In the camp of the Liangzhou Army, in Ma Chao's Chinese army tent, everyone was also discussing the next step.

At this time, I heard Ma Chao ask: "Everyone, now that we have come to Ganling City, I don't know what you think?" ”

Guo Jia said: "I don't know what the lord thinks? ”

Ma Chao smiled, "This time I came to Ganling." I don't mean to be in Qinghe Country, but in Yuan Benchu, Jizhou Army, I don't know if you can understand? ”

Everyone nodded, and they all knew what their lord meant. In fact, his lord still doesn't want to fight with the Yanzhou army, because it won't benefit anyone, and he doesn't care about such a county. But for Yuan Benchu and his people, as well as the Jizhou sergeants, it seems that they are all taken by their own lords.

Guo Jia said again: "If the lord wants to take the initiative in Ganling, then send someone to call Zhang Yan to Ganling!" ”

Ma Chao listened. The eyes lit up, yes, there is a Zhang Yan under him. He came here with tens of thousands of troops, whether it was Yuan Benchu's Jizhou army or Cao Mengde's Yanzhou army. Basically, I don't dare to act rashly. As for why Wei Lang has changed from hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands, it is because Ma Chao has already completed the integration of the Montenegrin Army. So it was reduced from 100,000 to tens of thousands. It's just that Ma Chao hasn't let them move. But it seems that it is time for Zhang Yan to come out and do activities.

Ma Chao still believes in the strength of Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army, no matter what, as long as he comes with a large army, then it will be guaranteed that his strength will rise in a straight line, and when the time comes. He is the one who holds the initiative among the three parties. And he, Yuan Benchu, still has Cao Mengde, who can only be more passive than himself-

After a while, Ma Chao said: "Okay, everything is according to what Feng Xiao said!" ”

Then there was a pause. Said to Zhao Yun: "Zilong! ”

"The last general!"

"Ordered you to go to Zhang Yan in Montenegro and order him to send troops immediately. As for the family members of the soldiers, you will personally escort them to Changshan Zhending, Zilong must handle this matter! ”

"No! The lord handed over this matter to the last general, and please rest assured! ”

Ma Chao nodded, to be honest, he was indeed very relieved of Zhao Yun. Now there is not so much need for Zhao Yun on the battlefield, but for a major event like this, Zhao Yun has to be let go. After all, there are more family members of the Montenegrin Army than soldiers, so it is Zhao Yun, who can handle these well, or others, Ma Chao is indeed not at ease. As for the placement of the families of the Black Mountain sergeants, Ma Chao also thought about it for a long time before, because almost all of them were from the Hebei region, so it was naturally better to arrange it in Jizhou.

This is Ma Chao's idea, in fact, there is no more suitable place than Jizhou. As for the Zhending arranged in Changshan, it was because that place was the hometown of Zhang Yan and Zhao Yun, so Ma Chao arranged people there. As for the question of money and food, to be honest, it is really not a problem.

After finishing speaking, Zhao Yun took the order and left. This matter is in a hurry and not in a hurry, so he also knows that the sooner the better, so after getting the military order from his lord, he took his leave-

Just when Ma Chao and everyone were about to talk, they heard the soldiers come to report, "Report to the lord, there is a Yanzhou army envoy outside the camp who asks to see you!" ”

Ma Chao smiled when he heard this, "Everyone, it seems that Cao Mengde still can't sit still first!" ”

After speaking, he was laughing, and everyone was laughing, but wasn't it, now that his army had just arrived, it was less than a day, and this Cao Cao sent a messenger to come, and he really couldn't sit still.

"Okay, please let the messenger into the account!"

"No!" ——

Full of pets is in the big tent, and at a glance, the people under Ma Chao's tent are all there.

"The Yanzhou army is full of favors, and I have seen a hussar general!"

Ma Chao smiled, "Hahaha!" Berning, sit down! ”

"General Xie!"

"I wonder why Berning is here today?"

When he heard this, he said, "You Ma Mengqi asked knowingly, don't you still know the way?" However, although he thought so, he couldn't show anything yet, so at this time, he said with full favor: "General, I have been ordered by my lord to send an envoy to your army camp, and I have something to discuss!" ”

When Ma Chao heard this, he raised his eyebrows, "I don't know what Berning said, what is the matter?" ”

"I dare to ask the general, I don't know if the general came to Ganling again. Is it for? ”

"Hahaha! Naturally, it is to seize the Qinghe country, does this need to be asked? ”

Man Chong also smiled when he heard this, "What the general said is not true, is there nothing else besides this?" ”

Ma Chao stared at Man Zhong intently, and then said, "Then according to the meaning of Boning, what do I mean by coming?" ”

"Hahaha! The general is here for Yuan Benchu! ”

"Of course, if I can capture him alive, or kill him, I will naturally not be happy to do so!"

Ma Chao has nothing to hide about this. Many people in the world basically know that they have a lot of grudges with him Yuan Benchu, so it is normal for them to kill him. And now that Manpet has directly mentioned it, he has nothing to say. It's not a secret in the first place. So what can't be said -

At this time, I heard Man Zhong say: "In this case, can the general cooperate with our army?" ”

"Since cooperation. I wonder what your father-in-law's sincerity is? ”

Full of petted smiles. "The lord made it clear that the two armies attacked Ganling City together, and the most rearmost city belonged to our army, and Yuan Benchu returned to your army!"

After Ma Chao heard this, he laughed ha, but this time he laughed for a long time. It's like he'd never heard anything so funny.

Puzzled, he asked, "Why is the general laughing like this?" ”

Ma Chao only relieved himself at this time, and only heard him say: "Mr. Berning, Cao Mengde is playing wishful thinking. Let our army and the Yanzhou army attack Ganling together, and then take the city after the last one. The city belongs to you, and Yuan Shaoqi belongs to me, is this possible? ”

When he heard it, it seemed that there was still a little discrepancy with what he thought. That is, Ma Mengqi not only wants Yuan Benchu, but even the city, it seems that he is not ready to let go? However, Man Zhong still felt that something was wrong, so he asked, "What does the general mean by this?" ”

Ma Chao shook his head, "Mr. Boning, we are 'Ming people don't talk darkly', and we want to attack Ganling with our army, it's okay." Then after the city is broken, Yuan Benchu will belong to me, and the city will belong to you. But the northwest of Qinghe Country must belong to our army, or there is no need to talk about it! ”

As soon as he heard Ma Chao say this, Man Chong understood that Ganling City belonged to him, and Ma Chao didn't care. However, he wanted to clear the northwest of the river country, which he did not expect. Also, now that Ma Chao has led his troops to the outside of Ganling City, if he wants Yuan Benchu alone, it is estimated that this matter is indeed unlikely. However, for his own side, giving the northwest of Qinghe Country to the Liangzhou Army is ...... this matter-

After thinking about it for five minutes, Man Zhong said, "General, please allow me to inform the lord of this matter in the next camp, everything must be decided by the lord, and I can't be the lord here!" ”

Ma Chao was funny in his heart, and said in his heart that when you came to Manman, no one told you anything at all, so you really can't be the master of such a thing. So you can only go back and ask Cao Mengde, but when Zhang Yan comes, I'll see what else you can do.

Ma Chao really didn't want to fight with Cao Cao's Yanzhou army just because of a county in Jizhou. He always felt that it was really not worth it. What's more, now in Ganling City, there are still Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of Jizhou troops, so ......

Before Guo Jia's proposal, Ma Chao immediately agreed. For him, now he has an army of 70,000, and Cao Cao also has 40,000, so Cao Cao didn't think so. But when Zhang Yan brought tens of thousands of horses and horses, it was impossible for Cao Cao not to feel anything, and he had to think about his problem. So Ma Chao can give Manzhong time and ask him to ask Cao Cao what he means.

"Okay, in that case, then Mr. Berning, please go back first, I will wait for Mr. Berning to return again!"

Full of pets is a wry smile in his heart, here, he doesn't grasp any initiative at all, he is passive. Now it is even more so, let people invite them away, and directly send themselves back to the Yanzhou Army camp. Of course, I must go back to this thing, but this is how I went back-

Full of favor is also helpless, so he has to say goodbye, no way, what can he do if he doesn't leave, do you continue to stay in the Liangzhou military camp, that's impossible. It's better to hurry back and ask your father-in-law.

So in this way, after saying goodbye to Ma Chao and the others, he returned to the Yanzhou military camp.

After Man Pet left, Ma Chao asked everyone: "Look, what Man Boning said before may our army accept?" ”

Guo Jia smiled, "Lord, Cao Mengde, they didn't take our army too seriously, but in fact, our army didn't take them seriously." It's just that it's not appropriate to make a big move now, and after Zhang Yan brings the troops here, they naturally don't dare to act rashly! ”

Ma Chao smiled. "What Feng Xiao said is true, in fact, I think the same way. Just because now our army is only more than 20,000 people more than the Yanzhou army. Although it can make Cao Mengde tie his hands for a while, it is not a long-term solution. So Guo Jia said to go to Zhang Yan to come, but it was the best, as long as Zhang Yan brought the troops to come. I don't believe that his Yanzhou army still dares not to pay attention to our army? ”

After saying that, everyone laughed. Plainly. It's still a question of strength. When your strength is only a little stronger than the other party, no matter how much the other party attaches importance to you, it is impossible for them to have an attitude towards you for a long time, and even no one has a good attitude. But when your strength is a lot higher than the other party, then the other party has to pay attention to you. I don't dare not pay attention to you anymore, isn't that what is going on?

And now putting aside the Yuan Benchu Jizhou army in the shrinking city, let's just say that Cao Cao's Yanzhou army looks at Ma Chao's Liangzhou army, isn't that actually the case. He really felt that it was not appropriate to act rashly. After all, Ganling City in Qinghe Country is now a three-way game, so if you take a wrong step, it is easy to make a big mistake. But you have to make Cao Cao think how much Ma Chao's Liangzhou army is, how much importance does it take, to be honest, it really hasn't reached that level yet-

Man Zhong returned to Cao Cao's Chinese army tent, and Cao Cao looked at it, "Berning is so fast? ”

Full of favor is a bitter smile in his heart, and his heart said that my lord, it's not that I'm fast, but that people directly invited me out.

"Back to the lord, this matter has changed!"

"Oh? How about it goes? ”

"Lord, Ma Mengqi said......"

So, Man Chong repeated what Ma Chao said, and basically didn't drop a word.

When Cao Cao heard this, it turned out to be so. It seems that what he thought before was not completely right, Ma Mengqi was right for Yuan Shao, but he also wanted the northwest part of Qinghe Kingdom, that is, the part of Anping Country and Julu County bordering Qinghe Country.

Cao Cao thought for a while, and then said, "Come on, please come here with two gentlemen, Gongda and Zhongde!" ”

After the soldier came in, he hurriedly promised, "No! ”

Then he retreated to find someone, and not long after, Xun You and Cheng Yu came to the big tent. Fu Zhu was left in Yecheng by Cao Cao, so at this time, the two of them were left in Ganling. And if Cao Cao has anything, almost their participation is indispensable-

After the two of them entered the tent and saw their lord, they hurriedly greeted each other, and then nodded to Man Pet. They also felt that why did the full pet come back so quickly. However, they and Cao Cao thought differently, the two of them felt that there was probably some change at this time, and looking at their lord's expression, it was impossible to do nothing.

And Man Chong also bowed his hand to the two, which was considered to have been seen, Cao Cao said to the two, "Gongda, Zhongde, sit down!" ”

"Thank you, lord!"

After the two sat down, Xun You asked, "The lord asked us to come here, is there something wrong with Ma Mengqi?" ”

Cao Cao smiled, "It's better for Berning to tell you!" ”

Then Man Chong said what Ma Chao said again, Xun You and Cheng Yu both understood when they heard it, and said in their hearts, it turned out to be like this, and there was really some change.

Xun You said: "Lord, this matter is a lack of consideration by his subordinates, indeed, although Ma Mengqi and his people are unwilling to fight with the main force of our army, they also feel that they will not be afraid of anything. The same is true of our army. Therefore, his troops entered the Qinghe country, not only for Yuan Benchu, it seems that he really wants to occupy the northwest area of the Qinghe River, so he used this to negotiate with our army! ”

Cheng Yu also nodded on the side, "Yes, lord, that's right!" And his subordinates think that if Ma Mengqi says this, his people must rely on it! ”

Cao Cao asked, "Rely on what?" ”

Cheng Yu said: "Don't forget the black mountain Zhang Yan!" ”

"A word to wake up the dreamer", Cao Cao suddenly realized at this time, yes, how did he forget the Montenegrin Army. Of course, he asked Man Chong to persuade Zhang Yan, but the result was unsuccessful. But Ma Chao went in person, and the result was the most successful. But after Zhang Yanqi joined the Liangzhou Army, there has been no movement. So these days, they let themselves be ignored, but although the Montenegrin Army was ignored by themselves, they were a major force in Hebei that they could not be ignored by themselves-

This time, there was no need to ask, Cao Cao said directly: "It seems that our army really has to agree to this matter!" ”

What else can Xun You and Cheng Yu say, that's true, they can't agree if they don't agree. As soon as the Montenegrin army comes, it is estimated that their own side will have no advantage, unless after breaking Ganling at that time, the Liangzhou army will suffer heavy losses, and their own side will have no losses. But is it possible, at least it doesn't happen. But what will happen is that Zhang Yan wants to bring the Black Mountain Army here, and his own side has no advantage, so maybe he will have to look at people's faces at that time.

Although they are not afraid of anything, if they really fight in Qinghe Kingdom, it will really not be beneficial to both sides.

Xun You nodded, "What the lord said is good, but now it can only be like this." Since Ma Mengqi did not enter Wei County and did not dare to besiege Yecheng, it shows that the Liangzhou army does not want to fight to the death with our army in Jizhou. So he wants to clear the northwest of the river, then give it to him! Now that our army has endured for a while, if there is a chance in the future, it is natural to find an opportunity to seize it back! ”

At this time, Xun You could only say this, in fact, he didn't want his side to fight with the Liangzhou army. After all, this time it was the Jizhou Army battle between himself and Yuan Benchu that came, and it was to let his lord seize Yuan Benchu's place, not with Ma Mengqi's Liangzhou Army. (To be continued......)