Yanshi, the military tent of the Ma family.

More than a dozen people from the Ma family, sitting in two rows, waited for today's military issue.

"100,000 Yuan troops, under the heavenly descent of Cao Cao's divine soldiers and skillful tactics, decided in a battle, captured more than ten Yuan family generals under Qingzhou Mutian Kai and Wang Xiu, broke more than 80,000 enemies, and captured countless military assets and trade....... Ma Chao on the main seat took the wind paper in his hand, read out the content leisurely, and couldn't help frowning: "This Cao Cao, if you don't do it, if you do it, you can do it, and if you do it, it is so shocking!" ”

Putting down the information in his hand, Ma Chao habitually knocked on the table a few times, and after sorting out the context in his mind, he asked Huang Yuan first: "Has the shadow sent to deliver the letter to Mi Mi already delivered the letter to her?" ”

"It's already delivered," Huang Yuan stepped forward to reply, seeing that Ma Chao's expression was not too unhappy, he asked: "Lord, you have clearly said that you will eradicate Liu Bei, why do you still send a letter to Mi Mi this time, asking him to inform Liu Bei and tell Cao Cao that his next intention is in Xuzhou?" ”

"There are no eternal enemies, no eternal friends, only eternal interests." Ma Chao was not used to sitting for a long time, so he simply stood up and turned around the case twice, frowned and said slowly: "The Ma family and the Cao family, the Cao family and the Yuan family, the Yuan family and Liu Bei, in general, these families are now in the same battle group." The final result, which is also very clear, is that one of them annexes the remaining three. So what I said angrily at the time was also the truth. But this does not mean that the Ma family must give up Liu Bei's value when he is useful, and the process of the princes fighting for unification needs to be adjusted and used, so that they can be invincible. ”

"Liu Bei had Yuan Tan to resist Cao Cao, so he dared to send troops to fight against Yuan Shu and defend his treasure land in Xuzhou. But Cao Cao has also coveted Xuzhou for a long time, and the Ma family and Yuan Shao's plan to compete with each other, he can only swallow Xuzhou first, so that he can grow and develop in the gap between the two powers. What's more, it can be seen from his alliance with the Ma family that he ceded Bingzhou and Jizhou to the Ma family, the purpose of which was to let the Ma family resist Yuan Shao for him, so that he could crisscross between Qing and Xu. ”

The ugly brother was quick-witted, and when he heard this, he already understood the five flavors, and said: "Lord, I understand, Cao Cao wants us An Ansheng to fight Yuan Shao for him, then we will let Liu Bei guard against Cao Cao." Anyway, use each other, and no one will let anyone agree. ”

This sentence is quite rough, but in fact, Li'er is right. After hearing this, Ma Chao couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Yes, that's what it means." At present, on the western and eastern fronts, Yuan Shao was defeated, and the situation of the Ma Cao family was relatively relaxed, so the two families made stumbling blocks with each other and fought in secret. ”

"Between the lord and Ma Cao, it is the most beneficial alliance. The Ma family wants to infiltrate the Kanto region and compete with each other. And Cao Cao wants to fish in troubled waters. As a result, the most uneasy person who stirred up the place was Yuan Shao, who took the blame for himself. Now our army has 400,000 troops, and it can be said that the long drive into the capture and the state can be described as a bag to get things, why is the lord trapped in Yanshi, not taking advantage of the victory to pursue, and advancing to Gao Gan? Zhang Liao saw that Ma Chao was worried about the war, so he opened his mouth to suggest.

At this time, more than ten days have passed since Ma Chao's interception of military rations, and after Gao Gan withdrew his troops to Gongxian, the 400,000 troops of the Ma family had already been assembled in Yanshi, and Yan Liang's 100,000 troops also joined Gao Gan in Gongxian. But when the army was waiting for the end, there was a very strange 'peace' period between the two families at this time.

Ma Chao did not order the march to Hanoi Zhisuohuai County, and Yan Liang, who had already become the commander of the Western Front, did not come to attack Yanshi. It seems that nearly 600,000 troops separated the two banks of the Yellow River, just to watch the water and enjoy the water. Zhang Liao was also a general of the Ma family at this time, and after Xu Huang, Zhao Yun, Tian Yu, and Pang De had outstanding performances, he had been responsible for the training of the army, and he had the heart to fight.

"This is naturally the result of the selfishness of the Ma Cao family." Ma Chao sighed and answered: "Yuan Shao lost on the two fronts, so he was naturally furious and vowed to take revenge on the Ma Cao family. Therefore, the pressure on whichever side he sends troops to attack will increase. I stationed in Yanshi but the Yellow River, and sent Yang Song under Yuan Shao's men, naturally I wanted to test Yuan Shao's reaction. It's a pity....... hey! ”

Speaking of this, Ma Chao couldn't help but sigh again. Because Ma Chao and Cao Cao were too consistent in dealing with Yuan Shao's main force, this led to a mistaken ending.

When Yang Song was dispatched, Ma Chao did not have the intention of borrowing a knife to kill people, but he knew that Yang Song's character ability to buy the world for money and have supreme means would definitely make him make a fortune in the Yuan family. Therefore, before sending Yang Song as an envoy, Ma Chao deliberately let Yang Song hear the Ma family's latest plan in order to make Yuan Shao believe in Yang Song: Black Mountain Army!

After Yuan Shao completely pacified Gongsun Zhan, only the Montenegrin army was in trouble. The Montenegrin army has been attacked several times, but it has been repeatedly suppressed, but under the command of Zhang Yan, there is a tendency to divide the land. And Zhang Yan also has a vision of the overall situation, and when Ma Cao joined forces to reject Yuan Shao, he was also fierce. After the shadow detective learned of this news, Ma Chao told Yang Song to win Yuan Shao's trust.

But later, after Yang Song initially established himself under Yuan Shao, he sent a dark shadow to send a letter to Ma Chao, telling Yuan Shao that he wanted to send troops to attack Cao, but Cao Cao also planned for this, and even used the lovely peasant rebel brother Montenegrin Army - with the secret funding of the Wei clan of Hedong County, Zhang Hei raised 100,000 troops and was ready to move, causing Yuan Shao's 400,000 army to temporarily run aground.

"My lord, Yuan Shao shrank his head and tail so much, hesitating. The lord should be even more vigorous, take down and merge the state, and show the military prestige of my Ma family! Pang De spoke, in the defeat of the first Yanshi, Ma Chao not only reprimanded Pang De, but rewarded him for his merits. Under such a generous favor, Pound wanted to fight again to repay his kindness.

General Pang didn't understand the lord's mind, Yuan Shao now has the Ma family, Cao Cao, and the Montenegrin army in trouble, and he is already calm and clear. At this time, he is responding to all changes with the same, gathering a large army, shrinking the front, and waiting for the opportunity. If our army attacks vigorously and annexes the state, Yuan Shao will definitely have no choice and make the Ma family the enemy first. In this way, Cao Cao lost his deterrence, and attacked Qing and Xu to his heart's content, isn't the Ma family a knife in the hands of the Cao family? Yang Fu, a veteran strategist, was still closer to the veteran general, and opened his mouth to explain for Ma Chao.

"But the 400,000 army has come here, pounding on the cotton, this kind of grievance, is it the style of the Ma family?" The ugly brother was impatient, although he understood the love, hatred, and interests of the Ma family, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao. But as he said, that feeling of grievance is really uncomfortable.

"So, we're in a dead end now. moving, they will make wedding clothes for others; If it does not move, it will consume grain and grass again, and the military prestige of the horse family will fall; Such a dilemma is today's topic, and you have far-reaching wisdom, but you can think about it and say it. Ma Chao spread his hands and signaled that the military discussion would enter the main topic and officially begin.

Speaking of specific strategies to break the enemy, the Ma family expressed their opinions for a while and talked endlessly. This is the scene that Ma Chao likes to see the most, those foxes of the Ma family, with a bad stomach, do not pour out and harm others, it is really too tyrannical. In terms of military discussions, whether in terms of tactics, diplomacy, military resources, national strength, or even weather and terrain, each fox has good strategies, and Sima Yi is particularly active, he has said more than ten plans in a blink of an eye from sneak attacks to stubbornness. Later, he also wanted Ma Chao to let him go back to Hanoi, and wanted to help Ma Chao's soldiers take Hanoi County without blood.

Most of the other generals also have a speech, generally the ministers make suggestions, the generals consider the execution, with Yang Fu as the referee, mediation and reporting, take it available, so that Yang Xiu, who is making a record on the side, is so busy that his pen is flying and his eyes are shining. It's a pity that after talking for a long time, Ma Chao suddenly found that those so-called strategies were still subplots, and they couldn't open the tripartite dilemma of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and the Ma family.

It wasn't until later that when the generals Huang Yuan and Fa Zheng shouted, they said angrily: "No, it's just not good!" If you say that, it's better to kill Yuan Shao directly, and then the Ma family will attack and completely annex Yuan Shao, so that you can ......."

At this time, Ma Chao couldn't remember what bad idea Fa Zheng had come up with, but after listening to Huang Yuan's words, his eyes lit up, and he said: "Yes, we are trapped in a dead end, why don't we take a salary from the bottom of the kettle?" Killing Yuan Shao, isn't everything easy to solve?! ”