The next day, with a stroke of his pen, Ma Chao once again signed an alliance with the Cao family. However, the strange thing is that it stands to reason that Cao Ang's mission is completed, and he should return to Xuchang to resume his life. But Ma Chao added an article to the covenant, leaving Cao Ang in Xiangyang. The reason is naturally that Ma Cao's previous two covenants ended in breaking the covenant, and this time he had to guard against it.

To put it bluntly, Ma Chao is begging for protons. This kind of thing is common in the later period of the Three Kingdoms, after all, in the early days of the Three Kingdoms, there were frequent melee between warlords, and it may be that the alliance between the two families has been reached for less than half a month, and the princes of the other side may be wiped out. So, it is quite unreasonable and unnecessary to do so. However, at this moment, what Ma Chao did seemed very reasonable and necessary.

Although in terms of strength, the Ma family is completely superior to the Cao family. In terms of identity relationship, Ma Chao is the king of Yong, but Cao Cao is also the king of Wei, and there is no half-division relationship between the two at all. And the overall situation of the world has become clearer, and it seems that the two families will not be killed by Liu Bei and Sun Ce within ten days and a half months. Therefore, leaving Cao Ang as a hostage to this matter was unanimously approved by the Ma family, and Ma Chao was shouted for his wisdom.

When the news reached Xuchang, Cao Cao's reaction seemed to be very approving of it. Cao Cao didn't even respond to the half-point accusation of Ma Chao's rudeness, but instead reorganized the 100,000 Qingzhou army on the same day, sent troops from Xuchang, and went straight to the Lujiang River.

On the same day, Ma Chao also issued an order for Gan Ning, Guo Jia, and Wen Ping to suspend the attack on Lujiang, and put the main work on rumors and public opinion. On the same day, Ma Cao reallyed, and the panic rumors that washed Jiangdong flew to the six counties of Jiangdong like wings. Sun Ce of Lujiang obviously did not have a great deal to deal with this rumor offensive, and after several attempts of persuasion by Zhou Yu failed, he made the most wrong choice for a martial artist to deal with rumors.

The specific method of Ma Chao's rumors is to print the covenant of the Ma Cao family in large quantities, and say that the Ma Cao family's large-scale attack on Jiangdong is the story of the Ma family daring to provoke the majesty of the Ma family in retaliation for Sun Ce, and Cao Cao saw that his daughter was abused in the Sun family and wanted to raise troops on a large scale.

Although politically speaking, this reason for raising the army is simply bullshit. But ordinary people who only understand the shortcomings of parents believe in such stories that cannot stand scrutiny, and after several disseminations, several versions have been derived. Even the details of the grandmother Wu's forcing Cao Nu to wash the toilet came out, and the statement about 'North Manan Nansun' was even more noisy.

Lujiang was originally the place of hatred where Sun Ce killed Lu Kang's family back then, Sun Ce heard that the rumors were getting more and more fierce, and he was immediately shocked, and he ordered to gather all the documents found on the front line and burn them.

However, after the Ma family Shadow processed and improved the version of the story again and again, they invented a new way of transmission, they put the bamboo carved inscription in the upper reaches of the river, and let it flow to the Jiangdong Daying; Through the caravan, quietly bring the text over; Through meticulous work, the text is conveyed in secret......

Sun Ce was helpless, and ordered that those who dared to check and pick up the text should be beheaded immediately; Those who dare to pass on the text will be beheaded; If you dare to talk about the text, you will be killed! To this end, he also sent countless secret agents all over the people, eavesdropping on the conversations of the common people, setting up checkpoints on the road, posting lists to intimidate, and hanging human heads in the city to achieve the goal of killing chickens and monkeys. But these measures are like watering a forest fire with a spoon, and such high-pressure policies do little and do nothing at all. From Chaisang to Lujiang, from Wuxian to Huiji, from Jianye to Yuzhang, large and small counties, counties, townships, and pavilions, such inscriptions appear almost everywhere.

The people under high pressure spontaneously broadcast and transmitted. The more Sun Ce ordered that no one should be allowed to look at this thing, the more it aroused the curiosity of the people, and the faster this thing spread among the people. Later, this inscription sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and its spread was like a fire burning the wilderness, burning the prairie everywhere, everywhere, word of mouth, and everyone knew it.

In less than half a month, when Cao Cao's army was approaching the city of Lujiang, different voices finally appeared in the entire foundation of Jiangdong, and Sun Quan of Wu County took the lead in avoiding Sun Ce's high-pressure policy, and actively sent envoys to Cao Ying. As a result, he was intercepted by Sun Ce halfway through, and Sun Quan was explicitly relieved of his power in the rear. But at this time, Sun Ce realized that he underestimated his second brother too much, and Sun Quan immediately ordered Sun Ce's military rations to be cut off, and those who supported Sun Quan in the land of Jiangdong were surging, forcing Sun Ce to consider retreating and returning to Jiangdong.

But just when the contradiction between the two brothers was on the verge of fire, the Ma family added fuel to the fire again: Ma Chao, the king of Yong, and Cao Cao, the king of Wei, jointly declared the world and only recognized Sun Quan's legal status in Jiangdong. Such an approach naturally aroused the eager opposition of His Majesty Xichuan, and a holy decree denounced the treason of King Yong and King Wei for ignoring imperial power and wantonly attacking each other. It's a pity that such a saint is so powerless under the oppression of the Ma family and the Cao family's almost 300,000 army......

Jiangdong decisively rose up a burst of political activities of 'supporting power and abolishing policies', and many wealthy families in Jiangdong stood under Sun Quan's command with a clear banner, and Sun Ce, who was isolated in Lujiang, was simply helpless and anxious. And at this time, the 100,000 elites of the Ma family, who had been stationed in Xiangyang for a month, finally started the journey of the Eastern Expedition without waiting for Liu Bei's army to make a move.

Such a sensational news came to make matters worse for the already precarious Sun Ce Group. In the case of internal and external difficulties, it seems that with a gentle push from the combined forces of the Ma family army and the Cao family's army, the Sun Ce regime in Lujiang will completely collapse. Not to mention, there have been countless riots and civil uprisings in Lujiang City.

It's a pity that the peak of things turned around, and it appeared just before the eastward crusade of Ma's super army.

Just when Ma Chao came out to lead the army from the county guard's mansion, on an inconspicuous restaurant in Xiangyang City, a group of people sat around a table in front of the window. The group seemed a little leisurely and faintly worried, sitting at the table and talking in a whisper, as if discussing something.

This restaurant is a typical wooden pavilion-style building, up to four floors, square, each floor with a bucket arch to support the waist eaves, from this restaurant, you can clearly see the county guard and Xiangyang Street every move. Since today is a big day for Ma Jiajun's troops, many people in Xiangyang ran to the street to give a special gift to Ma Chao, and there were only these few people on the entire third floor. The little child who had to wait outside the door on the side was very depressed because he couldn't look at the mighty Ma family's army from afar.

"Guess," one asked the three next to him, "where would they set up an ambush?" Everything is ready, if you want to assassinate, this is the last chance, but we don't know where they will do it yet. ”

"I guess it's a drawbridge." One person replied, looking very young, with a kind of excitement and excitement for the first time, "The suspension bridge is the narrowest part of the journey out of the city and into the camp, and it is perfect if it is used as a place for assassination." ”

After saying this, he was immediately blinded by the eyes of everyone at the table. One of them was obviously the leader of the group, and a smile appeared on his extremely handsome face, and he patted the head of the man just now and said, "Assassination is a very technical thing, how can you just think about killing the other party, but you don't want to get out?" Is it true that after killing the enemy, you are just waiting to be killed? That kind of unskilled dead soldier, do you think the drama will be as idiotic as you? ”

The young man was ashamed for a moment, but bowed his head again and was irrefutable. And one person who had not spoken at the moment suddenly said: "I guess, Xi Zhicai is estimated to be the same, he will hide in a shop on Xiangyang Street that has been bought off a long time ago." Xiangyang's business has developed well recently, and in the past two years, there have been more foreign customers, but the management is not as strict as Chang'an's. ”

"It's kind of interesting." The leader smiled again, but finally rejected the speculation: "There are so many people watching the ceremony on the street today, and you can only use bows and crossbows to start in the shops, and the opportunity may be fleeting." A person who is so cautious in Xi Zhicai will not choose to start in such a chaotic environment. ”

"That big brother, where do you say Xi Zhicai will attack you?" The young man was anxious, so he simply asked the leader directly.

"I guess Xi Zhicai won't move anywhere. I can hide my golden cicada's plan to get out of the shell, but I can't hide it from his inner response in Xiangyang. Ma Chao took off the hat on his head and completely exposed his appearance to the sun.