"What do you think?"

Pei Qing looked at the great strategists beside him and asked with a faint smile.

I saw Hu Zhao nodding and said: "Zhao thinks this matter is feasible, Zi Yang is right, the enemy we need to deal with most urgently should be Yuan Shu, and now Yuan Shu's vitality is greatly damaged, it is when we defeat him in one fell swoop, as for Cao Cao, but we need a protracted war, we defeat Yuan Shu, not only for our army to win prestige, but also to obtain a large number of materials, and these materials will be an important basis to support us to continue to fight with Cao Cao, fortunately, Xie Taishou sent troops in time to occupy several counties in the south of Xiapi, This will be an important step to hinder Cao Cao and Yuan Shu from colluding together, but there is one more thing to note, I hope that the lord can successfully persuade Chen Deng to surrender, at least so that he will not surrender to Cao Cao, otherwise, once Cao Cao and Yuan Shu are connected in the north and south, then we may not be able to successfully complete the plan. ”

"This is a problem, but now Chen Deng's movements are unknown, and it is not so easy to persuade him to surrender, right?" Strategist Zhang listened to Hu Zhao's words and immediately spoke.

At this time, I heard the strategist Chen Jiao step forward and say: "Jiao's hometown is in Guangling, and I am more familiar with the local officials, so let me go to see Chen Yuanlong, and I must try my best to persuade Chen Yuanlong to surrender the county." ”

When Pei Qing heard this, he immediately said happily: "If Ji Bi can come out, I believe that we will be able to persuade Chen Yuanlong, as long as Chen Yuanlong surrenders and Cao Cao's connection with Yuan Shu is completely severed, we will be able to put our minds at ease and deal with Yuan Shu's traitors." ”

When Chen Jiao heard this, he hurriedly stood up and said goodbye to Pei Qing, and after some preparations, he took a few of his own soldiers to Guangling to meet Chen Deng.

And Pei Qing and the others continued to hold meetings to discuss the next combat strategy.

At this time, I saw Liu Ye step forward and said: "Pei Gong, Ye thinks that the most important thing for our army at present is Chen Bing Xuzhou, taking advantage of Zhang Min's defeat and quickly marching into the army, resulting in a decisive battle with Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao has no time to take care of others, if he leads his troops to conquer Guangling at this time, our plan will have to be rewritten." ”

But seeing Pei Qing said with a smile: "Chen Bing Xuzhou is necessary, but attacking Guangling, Cao Cao will definitely not do this now, first, he also wants to win Chen Deng's internal attachment, this second, don't underestimate Chen Yuanlong, with his ability, Cao Cao wants to conquer Guangling, it is impossible without 350,000 elites, and with the current situation, how dare Cao Cao send so many troops to attack Guangling?" ”

At this time, he saw Zhang Chao and said: "Xiaguan heard that Zhang Miao fled to Zang Hong in Liyang, Jizhou after the defeat of General Fengxian, Zang Hong is righteous, and wants to send troops to attack Cao Cao and avenge his old friend, but he was resolutely opposed by Yuan Shao, and put Zang Hong in prison, Xiaguan thinks, although Yuan Shao has experienced the defeat of the first battle in Hanoi, but the main force is still there, there is no obvious fault in this period of time, even if we crusade, we are unknown, in this case, why don't we use him? Before Cao Cao seized Yuan Shao's Qingzhou, which made Yuan Shao angry, the alliance between them exists in name only, we only need to send a wise man, Chen said the benefits, I believe that Yuan Shao will definitely agree to establish an alliance with our army, at that time, only need Yuan Shao to attack Cao Cao's Qingzhou and Yanzhou from behind, Cao Cao can only take the defensive in the situation that he can't take care of, but we take this opportunity to crusade against Yuan Shu, so that there is no worries. ”

"Brilliant plan!" Pei Qing's eyes lit up after hearing this, to be honest, he really didn't expect this, now that he thinks about it, he really thinks that this strategy is wonderful, but Pei Qing's next dilemma is that the two talents under his command who are good at diplomacy and vertical and horizontal are not around, Deng Zhi is far away in Chang'an, but Pang Shu is in the party, and if they are notified to go to Jizhou, I am afraid that they will make a mistake.

At this time, I saw Liu Ye open his mouth and said: "Lord, there is a candidate for the lower official." Dongcheng Lu Zijing is good at talking, generous, and knowledgeable, and can do this job. ”

Pei Qing's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he was overjoyed: "Why did I forget him?" This Lu Zijing is a figure who has single-handedly promoted the Wu Shu Alliance, and his ability is naturally beyond doubt......."

But then he saw that all the generals under his account had blank expressions, and suddenly realized that he had inadvertently revealed the original history, so he hurriedly found an excuse to vaguely past: "I mean, Lu Zijing is like Lu Zhonglian in ancient times, who can solve problems and promote our subordinates to establish an alliance with Yuan Shao." ”

Then Pei Qing ordered, gather the whole army of soldiers, the army pressed the border, threatened Cao Cao's Xuzhou, sabre-rattling, made an offensive posture, and continued to make tentative attacks, and at the same time let Lu Su's deputy general Li Tong temporarily take over the army, send Lu Su directly to Yecheng to meet Yuan Shao, persuade Yuan Shao to agree to establish an alliance with himself, and start attacking Cao Cao's land in Henan, and can promise Yuan Shao that once the matter is completed, he is willing to recognize Yuan Shao's occupation of all Cao Cao's land, and can worship Yuan Shao as a lieutenant, and record Shang Shushi.

Lu Su rushed to Yecheng immediately after receiving the order, constantly analyzed the situation on the road, and finally determined that the probability of success this time could reach more than eighty percent, so he sighed silently: "The lord made such a big concession this time, I can't help Yuan Shao disagree, the two brothers of the Yuan family are stupid, short-sighted, and forget their righteousness, but unfortunately Yuan Shao will not have much to gain in the end, at most it is Qingzhou, and even Qingzhou is difficult to occupy, on the surface, it seems that this transaction Yuan is very cost-effective, but with Cao Cao's shrewdness, Of course, he knows what is important, even if he gives up Xuzhou, he will not give up the fundamental important Yanzhou and Henan Yin. ”

In fact, it was originally necessary to go from the Liang State where Yuan Shu was located to Yecheng through Cao Cao's defensive land Dongjun, Cao Cao and Lu Su were hostile, and it was not easy to pass through, and if it was a detour, it would be too far to reach it for a month, but Lu Su was not flustered, because he had already done the relevant work and made some road guides in Dongjun through his previous business partners.

So Lu Su fraudulently called a businessman, got a batch of goods and went directly on the road, and it took a few days to cross the Yellow River, come to Yecheng, and meet Yuan Shao.

"Lu Zijing, you and I are hostile, what are you doing in Jizhou at this time? Could it be that you are here to declare war? As soon as Yuan Shao saw Lu Su, he immediately remembered his fiasco in Hanoi, so he said with a gloomy face.

Lu Su arched his hand and said: "The reason why Xia Guan took the risk to come to Yecheng to meet Yuan Gong is mainly because he came to establish an alliance with Yuan Gong on the order of my lord. ”

As soon as Lu Su finished speaking, he saw the judge in the tent and said loudly: "Establish an alliance? Haha, I really don't know what jokes you're making? Lord, don't hesitate, just pull him down and behead him. ”8)