When Bingyuan sent Yuan Shao as an envoy, Tian Chou, who set out from Liaodong and went to Jiaozhou by sea caravan, had also arrived in Jiaozhou, and at this time, Xi Zhong had just set off from Chang'an, and it would take more than a month to arrive in Jiaozhou!

And Tian Chou took a merchant ship, so he didn't play all kinds of honor guards, so after entering Jiaozhou, Tian Chou first visited the entire Jiaozhou privately, but he also had a general understanding of the entire Jiaozhou military and political affairs!

A month later, Tian Chou learned that Xi Zhong had returned to Nanhai County, so he set up a guard of honor and came to Taishou Mansion!

After visiting Jiaozhou for more than a month, Tian Chou naturally learned that Xi Zhong was not in Nanhai County, and not even in the entire Jiaozhou, so Tian Chou confirmed his guess again!

After entering the Taishou Mansion again, Tian Chou also found that whether it was a soldier, a military general, or a civil servant, they all called Xi Zhong Taishou, so Tian Chou had basically determined the conjecture in his heart!

This time, Tian Chou sent an envoy, in fact, there was no difficulty, Liu Bei had already explained to Xi Zhong, and tried to support Gongsun Chan as much as possible under the allowable conditions, but the main condition for trading with Gongsun Chan was the war horse!

After more than ten years of development, the number of Yizhou merchant ships has been very large, and all the merchant ships are also large merchant ships, although Gongsun Du was in charge of Liaodong before cutting the section can trade with Yizhou, but Jian Yong and Zhong Xuan still rely on the sea transportation line and Jiaozhou, Yangzhou, southern Youzhou and other places have trade contacts!

Therefore, the whole negotiation was very smooth, Xi Zhong was willing to trade all the products of Jiaozhou, grain and grass, silk from Jiangnan, tea, salt, and so on, and Gongsun Chan could trade with Xi Zhong with iron ore, war horses and other things! As for Tian Chou's proposal to buy goods with money, Xi Zhong did not agree at all, because there were too many types and quality of currencies in the world at this time!

After sending Tian Chou away, Xi Zhong ordered Gao Shun to lead 50,000 trapped troops to enter Zhuya Prefecture by boat according to Liu Bei's arrangement.

As for the 200,000 troops in Jiaozhou, Xi Zhong appointed Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang to lead 50,000 troops to garrison in Nanhai County to guard against Yuan Shu.

Lü Bu, Zhang Fei, and Guan Yu each led 50,000 troops to garrison Jiaozhi County, Yulin County, and Cangwu County respectively. On the one hand, Zhu Fu in Yulin County, and Liu Biao in Jingzhou on the other, while preparing to attack Nanzhong!

At this time, in the Yuzhou Prefecture Governor's Mansion, Sun Ce ushered in Cao Cao's envoy, and this time Cao Cao sent Dong Zhao to envoy Sun Ce!

However, when Dong Zhao arrived, Sun Ce only met symbolically, but he didn't discuss with Dong Zhao in person at all, but sent Zhou Yu to discuss with Dong Zhao!

"Brother Gongren, I still need Brother Gongren to thank the general for my lord for the previous incident of seizing Yuzhou! I don't know what the next brother came to say? Zhou Yu was the first to speak!

"Gong Jin has seen the outside, but the next time my lord sent a certain person to tell Sun Yuzhou a secret!" After that, Dong Zhao informed Zhou Yu of the speculation about Xi Zhong and Liu Bei confirmed by Cheng Yu!

And Zhou Yu was also very shocked when he heard about this, and after arranging Dong Zhao to the post house, he hurriedly went to the state pastor to inform Sun Ce with this news!

"What? Jiaozhou Xizhong is under Liu Bei? Liu Bei seized Nanyang, it can be seen that his ambition is not small! Sun Ce was shocked when he heard this!

"Lord, I am also surprised, now this matter must be a fact, so we still need to think of countermeasures, not to mention that Dong Zhao will definitely not come to inform the lord of this matter this time, there will definitely be corresponding countermeasures, but the lord needs to consider whether Cao Cao's countermeasures are beneficial to the lord!" Zhou Yu said!

"That's true, Dong Zhao will be summoned tomorrow, and I will discuss with Gong Jin!" Sun Ce thought about it and said!

The next day, Dong Zhao followed Zhou Yu into the Prefecture Governor's Mansion, and after meeting Sun Ce, Zhou Yu spoke: "Presumably, Brother Gongren is not here to inform my lord Liu Bei and Xi Zhong about it, there must be other important matters to discuss with my lord, right?" ”

"Sun Yuzhou, when the princes of the Eighteen Roads discussed Dong, my lord had a deep relationship with Sun Yuzhou's father, and he also knew that Sun Yuzhou was the dragon and phoenix among the people, so he had the previous cousin Sun Yuzhou as the pastor of Yuzhou!

Now, my lord has rescued the Son of Heaven, but Liu Bei began to plot the world when the first emperor was in power, and sent his subordinates to Huiji County and Jiaozhou to seize the territory as a foundation.

And now the whole Jiaozhou thinks that the drama is loyal, and Liu Bei occupies the northwest land, if he is allowed to seize Jingzhou, then the world will be taken by Liu Bei in the north, where is the Son of Heaven? What about Sun Yuzhou?

Yes, the next time my lord sent Zhao to come, but he wanted Sun Yuzhou to form an alliance to resist Liu Bei! Dong Zhao said!

"Oh, how to form an alliance?" Zhou Yu asked.

And Dong Zhao heard Zhou Yu's question, but Sun Ce sat on it and smiled, and knew that Zhou Yu was the key person in this alliance!

"Gong Jin, Sun Yuzhou, now Liu Bei has won Nanyang, and has arranged heavy troops to defend in Nanyang, and when it is bound to be successful, he can lead the army out of Nanyang and attack Jingzhou with Jiaozhou!

Yes, my lord wants to cut off Liu Bei's arm and drive Xizhong out of Jiaozhou, so that Liu Bei's Nanyang will be held in such a place, and Liu Bei will have no possibility of getting out!

In this way, my lord can work with Sun Yuzhou to pacify the princes of the world and then return to the Son of Heaven! Dong Zhao roughly told Cao Cao's idea!

"Brother Gongren, Yuzhou and Yanzhou do not border Jiaozhou, how can they attack Jiaozhou and defeat Xizhong?" Zhou Yu asked!

"In this regard, my lord has his own clever plan, the next time he came to Yuzhou, there is a great good thing to send to Sun Yuzhou!

For example, today's son is in Xudu, although Xudu was included in Yanzhou by my lord, but it was originally returned to Yuzhou, even so, Sun Yuzhou did not take advantage of the situation to attack Xudu.

It is because my lord is willing to share Xuzhou with Sun Yuzhou, but my lord's intention is that Sun Yuzhou and my lord will send 100,000 troops to guard the junction of Nanyang County, so as to contain Liu Bei and prevent him from having the opportunity to go south to threaten Jingzhou!

Then my lord will send envoys to Jingzhou and Yangzhou, in the name of the Son of Heaven to force Yuan Shu and Liu Biao to send troops to attack Xi Zhong, and at the same time in Jiaozhou will also let Zhu Fu as the internal response, so that Xi Zhong will be defeated, and Jiaozhou will be divided for Yuan Shu, Liu Biao and Zhu Fu, so Liu Bei is gone!

Since Sun Yuzhou helped with this, my lord wanted to share the land of Xuzhou with Sun Yuzhou, and the Xiapi County and Guangling County on the border with Yuzhou in the south were seized by Sun Yuzhou; Dongguan County in the north, Langya Kingdom, Pengcheng Kingdom, Donghai Kingdom, and Siguo County were taken by our lord! In this way, Sun Yuzhou did not send troops in vain! Dong Zhao continued!

"Oh, all such good things? It is not impossible to send troops to contain Liu Bei, but if Liu Bei leads a large army to attack me, what should the general do? Sun Ce asked!

"Since the alliance is formed, if Liu Bei attacks Sun Yuzhou, my lord will send troops to attack Liu Bei in order to respond to Sun Yuzhou. Vice versa! Dong Zhao said!

"Attacking Xuzhou, if I capture Xiapi County and Guangling County, I may continue to attack Xuzhou in the north?" Sun Ce continued to ask!

"I can't!" Dong Zhao is straightforward!

"So unfair to my lord, why did the general of the six counties of Xuzhou get four of them, but my lord only got two, and Pengchengguo is not far from Yuzhou, why don't you let my lord take it?" Zhou Yu asked very angrily!

"Don't worry, Gongjin, Xiapi County and Guangling County are vast and populous, and they are similar to the four northern counties, so my lord arranged it like this!" Dong Zhao said!

"In this case, if our lord fails to take the Xuzhou counties after capturing Xiapi County and Guangling County, and is unable to fight again, can my lord continue to go north?" Zhou Yu asked again!!

"Naturally, it can, and vice versa, but the forces that contain Liu Bei Nanyang can't be moved lightly!" Dong Zhao agreed step by step according to Cao Cao's request!

After that, things became clear at a glance, Sun Ce and Cao Cao took over a short-lived alliance, and then Dong Zhao said goodbye to Sun Ce and went south again, but he sent envoys to Jingzhou and Yangzhou!