"What General Zang said is true." It wasn't until this moment that Liu Lan found that Zang Ba had been standing in place, very sorry, and said, "I've neglected General Zang, and I ask General Zang to sit down and rest." After he sat down, he said: "Yuan Jun conquered Linzi, must have a short rest, and will never dare to attack rashly again, and this is the opportunity for Xuangao, just take advantage of this opportunity to wave his army into Beihai, help Kong Tai defend the city, and when Xuzhou is completely pacified, Liu will rush to Qingzhou with the army to support Xuangao as soon as possible!" ”

"The envoy is going to ......" Zang Ba regretted it as soon as he spoke, how could Liu Lan reveal such a confidential matter to himself, but what he didn't expect was that he didn't hide it at all, which forced him to have only two options, either to help or to die.

"Xuangao, I can't hide it that my main purpose for this gathering of troops is to go to Guangling to solve the problem, so whether Xuzhou will fall into the hands of the Yuan family, or will I wait for the Jedi to counterattack in the minds of General Tibet!"

"This ......" Liu Lan has already made it very clear, and even chose a good path for him, can he have other ideas? Ban Yan smiled awkwardly and said, "Can Zang think about this matter for a few days?" ”

Liu Lan saw that his expression was different, and knew that it was difficult for him to make a decision in his heart, so he said seriously: "General Zang, there is an old saying that it is better to be sooner rather than later, and the march and battle are more important to a soldier and speed, if the news reaches the ears of Yuan Jun in Qingzhou, I am afraid that General Zang's casualties will be incalculable!" ”

"This Zang is naturally clear."

"But General Zang is not clear at all, if General Zang thinks about the fact that Beihai is broken in the past few days, what should General Zang do when he goes to Qingzhou?"

Zang Ba was shocked. Then he looked at Liu Lan and said, "Could it be that you want Zang to give an answer immediately?" ”

"I'm not going to force you."

Zang Ba sneered, although Liu Lan said that he would not force it. But the tone was for him to make a decision on the spot, as long as he refused. Then the result can be imagined, looked at him, and said: "Since this is the case, then the envoy will wait for Zang's news, one or two days later, three or four days later, Zang will definitely give the envoy an answer." ”

"Okay, then I'll wait for General Zang's good news again."

"Then the general will retire." After Zang Ba finished speaking, he immediately surrendered and came to the tent door. looked back at Liu Lan and said, "Could it be that you trust Zang so much?" If Zang only agreed superficially, after the envoy went to Guangling, he would fight back, what should the envoy do then? ”

"Haha."

"If it weren't for General Zang's words, Lan might not have thought about this." Liu Lan suddenly solemnized and said: "Liu Mou has already said to General Zang just now, now is the time to choose a side, once the general chooses a side to stand on Liu's side, then General Zang had better place his family in Xuzhou." Liu is okay, take care of it properly, no! ”

Zang Ba didn't speak again, he rushed away angrily, looking at his back, Liu Lan said: "It's not that Liu doesn't trust General Zang. I hope that General Zang will understand! ”

Zang Ba looked back and smiled, and said, "You don't have to explain too much, I can understand this!" ”

Along. Zang Ba was thinking about what Liu Lan said, Qingzhou Thorn History. He still has 30,000 troops in his hands, and all the big and small affairs in Qingzhou are under his control. Such attractive conditions, such courage, how many people in this world can have. Although it is difficult to gain a foothold in Qingzhou, it is not difficult to break out of the world, and a small person like him, if he does not agree, then at the end of the day, at most he is just a Lang evil appearance, but now Liu Lan appoints him as the assassin of Qingzhou, such a condition, he is a little moved, but he is a little angry, he is most disgusted by being threatened, but he knows in his heart that Liu Lan dares to give him Qingzhou, the main point is that Qingzhou is ruined, not enough for the foundation, and then he still needs Xuzhou's money and food support, plus his family is controlled, Under the double insurance, Liu Lan is naturally very relieved of his loyalty after going to Qingzhou, but his worries are superfluous, with today's situation, he Zang Ba is not enough to compete with anyone, he can only be attached, but will other forces give him such free space to play like Liu Lan? Will he be handed over to a state like him to show his strength, it is obviously impossible, and I am afraid that only he will have such courage in this world.

In addition, Zang Ba was originally from Taishan County (belonging to Yanzhou), and when he was closer to his hometown, his reputation could naturally spread to the township, so isn't it the glory of his ancestors? Let the world know that I am Zangba, this is what the husband does!

Zang Ba's eyes appeared bright, and at this moment he finally made up his mind to break out of the world in Qingzhou, so that the world would know his reputation as Zang Ba!

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The next day, Liu Lan camped in tent.

Liu Lan pointed to the parchment a few days ago and said to Xu Shu, who was accompanying him, and said: "This is Zhen Yan's strategy to take Qingzhou to attack Jizhou, Yuan Zhi tell me what you think!" ”

"The lord's analysis has been very thorough, and Yuan Zhi does not approve of the strategy of attacking Jizhou." Xu Shu thought for a while, and said thoughtfully: "Originally, the lord abandoned Youzhou and chose Wanli Xuzhou, and now he abandons Jizhou, but I don't know where the lord wants to attack this time?" ”

"I've been thinking about this for a long time." Liu Lan slowly took out a silk cloth map from his arms, unfolded it and put it in front of the low table, pressed his finger on the map, and said, "If we attack here, I don't know what chance of victory?" ”

Xu Shu looked at the map of Yanzhou in Liu Lan's hand, his heart tightened, he opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything, and for Xu Shu's rainbow-like and colorful expression, it seemed that he had not seen it, although capturing Yanzhou and marching into the Central Plains was one of Tao Qian's strategic ideas, but compared to taking Jizhou, Liu Lan hoped to fight for Yanzhou.

Countless thoughts flashed in Xu Shu's heart, he didn't think about taking Yanzhou, but it was too difficult, so he had to persuade Liu Lan to abandon such thoughts: "Now that the locust plague in Yanzhou is raging, and Cao Cao and Lu Bu are in trouble, if the lord goes to stir up this troubled water again, I'm afraid it will not be the best policy!" ”

The dilapidation of Yanzhou is simply appalling, because the locust plague has made many people change their children and eat, because the war disaster has withered, and Yanzhou's household registration has been sharply reduced from more than 3 million to less than one million now since the Yellow Turban Rebellion. If you really get it, not only will you not get the necessary money and food from it. On the contrary, he had to rely on Liaodong and Xuzhou to help, which added a big burden to himself. Pay for one's whistle.

And this is not the main reason why Cao Cao pointed the spearhead at Xuzhou and Jizhou, especially after the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao got the Jizhou capital with only 300,000 people left, but think about the population of the Central Plains and Jizhou at that time to what terrible extent, after all, Jizhou was known as the first state in the world at that time, as later generations said that the lake is ripe for the world, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was headed by Jizhou, only Jizhou can harvest, then the world will be abundant.

Liu Lan pondered for a long time. said: "I also know in my heart that it is better to go to Yanzhou than to target Jizhou, but after all, Cao Cao is my real confidant, if I can get rid of it as soon as possible, then the Central Plains will be mine!" ”

"But has the lord thought about it, Cao Cao has 100,000 troops, if he can get rid of it, then Lu Bu has already succeeded, how can it be the current situation?" Xu Shu didn't know why Liu Lan was so jealous of Cao Cao, with Cao Cao's strength. In Kanto, it is only second-rate, if you talk about the trouble of the henchmen, it has to be the Yuan family brothers, but it seems that the lord does not take them to heart.

Xu Shu was a little worried. He had to get the lord to change this concept, Cao Cao may be talented and have the attainment of leading troops. But in the face of absolute strength, in the face of Yuan's younger brother, he had to retreat. Of course, relative to Yuan Shu. Yuan Shao's danger is greater, in just two years, Yuan Shao's strength in Jizhou has increased several times, Mo Ti his main spearhead now is aimed at Youzhou, that is, he is waving his army to the south at this time, and there are a few people in the Central Plains who can block his front, and it only takes ten months to collect the hinterland of the Central Plains.

But the lord is obviously still looking forward to the big victory over Yuan Shao back then, maybe Gongsun Chan is not like this, so that Yuan Shao can recover the Hejian Kingdom in a short time, Xu Shu must remind him to put away such arrogant soldiers, but after thinking about it, he gave up such an idea.

He began to doubt, judging from the consistent performance of the lord, he would never underestimate any opponent, otherwise a mere Zang Ba would not gather a large number of soldiers to oppose him, which can only show that the lord is doing it deliberately, but he doesn't know why he deliberately despises Er Yuan and attaches importance to Cao Cao!

"If you unite with Yuan Shu to deal with Cao Cao!" It can be said that Cao Cao is the big trouble in Liu Lan's heart, in this world, there may not be anyone too optimistic about Cao Cao, but there will definitely be no Liu Lan among these people, let this old friend disappear early on the stage of history is the most urgent idea in his heart at the moment, knowing the history, he knows that Cao Cao's future achievements must not be compared with the strength at this time, although the Yuan brothers are stronger, but Cao Cao's potential is more terrifying.

Xu Shu didn't speak, but just put aside the silk paper map in front of the short table, picked up a few tea cups, placed them in Yanzhou, Yangzhou, Xuzhou and Qingzhou, and pointed to the tea cups in the direction of Xuzhou and said: "This is Xuzhou." He pointed to other teacups and said, "This is Yanzhou, this is Yangzhou." After speaking, he raised his head to Liu Lan and said: "Yangzhou will not care about Liu Miao south of the Yangtze River for the time being, and said that Yuan Shu, who is entrenched in Huainan, can be said to be full of soldiers and food, and the power is also the strongest. ”

"What Yuan Zhi said is good, but Yuan Shu is a dry bone in the mound, so don't worry!"

"The lord must not despise Yuan Shu." Xu Shu smiled bitterly, it seems that his idea is really wrong, Liu Lan is indeed despising Yuan Shu: "Although Yuan Shu was defeated by Cao Cao, his strength is still strong, if we rely on our current strength, it will be difficult to shake its foundation." Speaking of this, he changed his words and said: "Let's not talk about Yuan Shu for the time being, let's talk about Cao Cao as the lord said." ”

He pointed to the tea cup representing Yanzhou, and said: "Cao Cao is the prince of the Central Plains second only to Yuan Shu, although he and Zhang Yang and Lu Bu gathered in Yanzhou, but in this situation, until the locust plague is eliminated, I am afraid that Lu Bu and others may not have a good momentum at this time." ”

Liu Lan nodded and praised: "What Yuan Zhi said is true, Cao Cao is a masterpiece in the world, if Lu Bu wants to shake him, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult!" ”

"That's the case, then whether this teacup is Lu Bu or Cao Cao in the future, the lord will unite with Yuan Shu to deal with the people in it, but has the lord thought about it, with Yuan Shu's strength, just like the lord said before Jizhou, if it is really united with Yuan Shu to attack Yanzhou, then in the end, Yanzhou will not make a wedding dress for others?"

"This ......" Liu Lan was speechless, he wanted to say in his heart that even if Yuan Shu was allowed to occupy Yanzhou, what could he do, as long as he could destroy Cao Cao, what would Yuan Shu do? But he didn't say it, after all, with the difference in status, many words can never be said casually when they think of something.

Xu Shu continued to analyze and said: "And it has been a taboo for soldiers to unite with the strong to deal with the weak since ancient times, which is tantamount to seeking the skin of a tiger, so the lord will definitely not do such a thing that makes the relatives and enemies happy." ”

"Didn't Yuan Zhi say before that Yuan Shu was not invincible?" Liu Lan looked at Xu Shu with burning eyes and said: "The main thing is that I have been friends with Meng De for many years, and I know his spleen and tolerance very well. ”

"It seems that the lord has misunderstood what Yuan Zhi said."

Xu Shu smiled bitterly and said: "Yuan Shu can be shaken, but it is not the master's family, we must seek external forces, and external forces are none other than Cao Cao in terms of the current situation, but if the lord is not united with Cao Cao but is dealing with Cao Cao with Yuan Shu, when Cao Cao is destroyed, then Yanzhou will not fall into the hands of the lord in the first place, and will inevitably fall into the hands of Yuan Shu, so that Yuan Shu after getting Yanzhou will become the most in the Central Plains in one fell swoop, just like Mount Tai, and no one can compete with it." With a sigh, he said: "Although the lord at that time solved Cao Cao, who had great potential in the future, he also supported an unshakable Yuan Shu, such a situation is completed, I am afraid that the situation in the Kanto region will really be controlled by the Yuan family brothers!" ”

Liu Lan was shocked in his heart, because Xu Shu's words made him think of a terrifying thing, that is, if there is another battle of Guandu, I am afraid that it will really become a civil war between the Yuan brothers, and such a result will naturally not be what Liu Lan wants to see, because before that, both families may crush him with an absolute advantage, worried, and said: "Yuan Zhi means to unite with Cao Cao to deal with Yuan Shu?" ”

"Exactly." Xu Shu at a point on the map, said: "Now the 'north' is strong and the 'south' is weak, it is the general trend to get out of the south and enter the north, the lord of Xuzhou and Cao Cao to turn the war into jade silk is more urgent, as long as the lord can get out of the south and enter the north, and then join forces with Cao Cao to wage war against Yuan Shu, if you can share the land of Huainan with Cao Cao, with the wealth of the land, it will not take a few years to compete with Cao Cao, and if you can defeat it, you can get the hinterland of the Central Plains." ”

Maybe others won't know the meaning of Xu Shu's last sentence, but Liu Lan knows very well the meaning of that sentence, such a bold move, such a bold plan makes him a little weak-hearted, and he can't even believe that such a strategy will come from the mouth of a calm and thoughtful person like Xu Shu, if this strategy comes out of Chen Deng's mouth, he will definitely not be surprised, but from Xu Shu's mouth, it is a different scene. (To be continued.) )