That night, within the county capital.

In the lobby of Liu Lan's bedroom, there are only three people: him, Tian Chou, and Guan Yu.

Compared with Tian Chou and Guan Yu, Liu Lan had a lot of leisure to look at the picture of a hundred cranes hanging on the wall, this painting was painted by Gongsun Zhao, the cranes are different, vivid.

Tian Chou and Guan Yu glanced at each other, and they didn't know why Sima was still so calm at this time, so they had to speak: "Sima, what Hu Wu said today is not trivial, don't be careful." ”

"Yes, Sima, now that Liaodong's internal worries have not been eliminated, if you respond to Meng De, should you send troops then? If it comes out, once it is set on fire, Liaodong will be in danger. ”

The reason why Liu Lan is calm is because Cao Cao called on the princes of all towns to fight against Dong Zhuo really happened, and it was also because he expected that Liaodong was initially decided, and there were still many things to be solved urgently. Although Cao Cao played the slogan of the Qing monarch's side, it was naturally a great achievement to win, and he was a traitor for the country, but once he was defeated, it would be all over, and the disparity between gains and losses was too great, and it was wise not to send troops.

But Liu Lan disagrees with the ideas of the two, judging from the current situation, Liu Lan's bold move seems very reckless, but it is not the case, because he knows the trend of history, and at the moment of the two of them's advice, Liu Lan has already waved his hands and smiled: "Dong Zhuo is also a thief, coercing the Son of Heaven, and the palace is forbidden." Chaos, living beings. All the people of insight in the world who do not want to get rid of the righteous dynasty, now Meng De holds high the banner of righteousness. How can we turn a blind eye to such an opportunity? Liu Lan paused, stared at Guan Yu, and said in a deep voice, "Even if it fails in the end, what's the matter?" If we uphold justice and disregard our personal interests, even if we lose, we can win the support of the people of the world. How can this be compared with a county in Liaodong? ”

Liu Lan's generous speech made Guan Yu quite moved, bowed his head slightly, and said: "If it is just like what Sima said, we should indeed respond to Cao Cao!" ”

Tian Chou was taken aback, Yun Chang was persuaded by Sima, and broke out: "Sima, do you have to send troops?" ”

Liu Lan nodded affirmatively, stroked the goat's whiskers, and said, "I just saw Hu Wushi." I have already inquired with him about the situation in Luoyang, and now the situation in the court can be said to be under my control, and I want to get rid of the national thief Dong Zhuo, just like Cao Cao said. There is only one way to the 'Qingjun side'. ”

Tian Chou sighed, looking helpless: "Although the matter has come to this point, how many people will respond to Cao Mengde in the end?" If then, only Sima will respond. Isn't it a complete rebellion? ”

Of course, Liu Lan knew that he would not be the only one to respond, according to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there were not eighteen princes. Even if it is not according to the romance, there are dozens of people in history who participated in the discussion of Dong. So whether it is Cao Cao's call or Liu Lan's response, it will not become a joke in the world, but even if Liu Lan knows it now, he can't guarantee it in front of the two of them, so he can only say euphemistically: "We can press this matter first, and wait to see how many people will participate in the discussion of the Dong Hui League, if there are more, we will raise troops to go to Yanzhou to meet Cao Mengde, if Cao Cao is alone, then we can only give up." ”

"Sima's move is very appropriate." Guan Yu stroked his long hair and laughed softly: "It seems that this Cao Mengde values Sima very much, otherwise he would not have sent his henchman Hu Wu to come to Liaodong in the cold, but judging from Sima's current position, I am afraid that there is no second person in the world who can be so valued by Cao Mengde." When he was about to come, he sighed: Cao Mengde still has vision. ”

"Not really."

Tian Chou shook his head and carefully analyzed: "Now that the undercurrent is surging in the court, Dong Zhuo is the heart of the scholars, and he pardons the sins of Cai Yong and other great Confucians, and even pursues Chen Fan, Dou Wu and the party members, and restores his title, and seals Situ Huang Wan as the captain, Sikong Yang Biao as Situ, and Guanglu Xun Xun Shuang as Sikong, this is to win over the so-called people's hearts, but now Cao Cao is in internal and external difficulties, and if he wants to succeed, he must win over some people to hold big things with him, and there are not many people who can be regarded by him as a battle, but Sima is the only special case, In Dong Zhuo's eyes, Sima is just a small county order, and he is in Liaodong, it doesn't matter if he fights or not, but for Cao Cao, who has worked with Sima, Sima has become a person who must fight, because Sima has resources in his hands that he does not have, and he is a good general, and this is what Cao Cao has to rely on, otherwise he would not have sent Hu Wu to Liaodong in person. ”

Liu Lan and Guan Yu nodded in unison, thinking deeply, the resources controlled by Cao Cao now, in addition to the county soldiers, can only recruit some new people to accompany them, but such a miscellaneous army has the slightest chance of winning against the elite Xiliang Army or even the Xiyuan Army, so some powerful generals under his command have become his first choice instead of those famous Confucians, this sounds unbelievable at first, but if you think about it, it is still like this, after all, those Confucians with high status may not be willing to join the descendants of the eunuch party such as Cao Cao, But the generals who did not have much high status in the Eastern Han Dynasty were different, and they would never refuse to respond to Cao Cao's call because of his background, after all, who of the generals of this era did not dream of one day entering the temple and standing under the steps of the Son of Heaven?

Liu Lan and Guan Yu couldn't help but be convinced after listening to Tian Chou's analysis: "It's this reason, isn't the current situation what you say, but the reason why Dong Zhuo despises me, I think it's because he trusts Gongsun Du more, now think about Gongsun Du dare to blatantly eliminate dissidents as soon as he arrives in Liaodong, eighty percent of them have Dong Zhuo behind them, otherwise an old fox like Gongsun Du will not be attacked everywhere, and finally end up dismally." ”

"Whether it's or not, anyway, Gongsun Du's wishful thinking in Liaodong can't be played."

The three of them laughed, for a while, the laughter was put away, Liu Lan smiled, and said: "Regardless of whether we finally send troops, some things must be put on the agenda as soon as possible, and now we put Liaodong like this, and the county orders have become the emperor of the soil, and it won't be long before we really have the idea of competing with us for Liaodong, followed by the Xiangping clan, no wonder Gongsun Du wants to attack them, it turns out that they control the lifeblood of food, no matter who it is, it is impossible to sit idly by, followed by the Liaodong Army, but the border counties of the rest of the counties, The soldiers and even the county soldiers are still a large force, in order not to follow in the footsteps of Gongsun Du, these three things must be handled carefully. ”

"Sima, the affairs of the Xiangping clan have actually been handled by Gongsun Du for us, and the Liaodong Army and the county orders can be classified as one and dealt with together."

Anyway, Liu Lan has been up and down in the sea for nearly seven or eight years, as soon as Tian Chou spoke, he understood what he meant, he was in the bureau before, and Liu Yin was missing from the side, which was the authority was confused, and now Tian Chou reminded him, and immediately became clear, and nodded slightly: "What you said is good, but in this way, this matter can not be rushed, and let me think about it, maybe the predicament of Liaodong will be solved." ”

"This should be carefully considered." (To be continued......)