"Qingzhou, Qingzhou"

Cao Ying thought silently in his heart, and his face was extremely gloomy.

Liu Yuan actually wanted to take Qingzhou at this time!

"Build a springboard to the south!"

Cao Ying sighed in his heart.

Qingzhou is located on the Shandong Peninsula, and most of its subordinate plain counties are north of the Yellow River. This is tantamount to planting a nail in Liu Yuan's sphere of influence. No wonder Liu Yuan was so eager to take Qingzhou.

If Qingzhou can be taken, one will remove the thorn in the eye, and the other will land south of the Yellow River as a springboard to the south, killing two birds with one stone!

Cao Ying thought so in his heart.

This is naturally a good thing for Liu Yuan and Youzhou. But for Cao Ying, it is tantamount to a knife and axe!

On the one hand, Qingzhou has always been rich, and it is the largest salt-producing place in the entire Han Dynasty. The two Qingzhou have a large population and a large number of soldiers, if they occupy Qingzhou, they will have enough backing to confront the princes of the world! Three, if Qingzhou falls into the hands of Liu Yuan, Cao Ying will have to face the threat of the Youzhou army, with his current strength, the mantis arm is a car, only death!

In his heart, Cao Ying walked back and forth in the house for a long time before he opened his mouth and shouted outside the door: "Zhongkang, go and inform the public station, get ready, we will go back to Yanzhou tomorrow!" ”

Xu Chu, who was guarding outside the door, said his promise and left.

Cao Ying thought for a while, hesitated for a moment, opened the door, and walked towards Liu Yuan's study again.

"Huh? Brother Meng De, is there anything else? ”

At this time, Liu Yuan was sitting behind the desk, flipping through the books, and at first glance, Cao Yuan came in and said busily.

"Hehe," Cao Ying smiled slightly, squinted at Liu Yuan's desk, and found that the top-secret document on it was gone, and said, "Brother Wei is here to say goodbye to Brother Xian." ”

"Farewell?"

Liu Yuan stood up and said, "I originally intended to leave Brother Meng De here for the New Year, why don't Brother Meng De stay for a while and celebrate the New Year with me, wouldn't it be good?" ”

"There are important things under my brother's rule, and I have to go back to do it for my brother in person, but I am not as leisurely as my virtuous brother. The heart of the virtuous brother is received for the brother's heart. ”

Cao Ying's shape is difficult.

"En" Liu Yuan frowned and thought for a while, then sighed and said, "Even so, I won't keep you for my brother." It's important to get down to business. My two brothers are still young, come and say Fang Chang, hehehe"

Cao Ying nodded and said: "But it's to disturb the virtuous brother, because the brother will leave tomorrow morning, the matter of the war horse blade armor"

"Hehe," Liu Yuan laughed and said, "Brother Meng De can rest assured." This time, Brother Meng De returned, and he only needed to send a subordinate to answer at the Baimajin Ferry. I sent people to deliver supplies across the river. ”

Cao Ying was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "Thank you for my brother!" ”

Liu Biao learned that Cao Ying was going to leave next time, and he was very puzzled. To say that although the Central Plains is now turbulent, it has not reached an emergency, and there are still some unexpected gains in staying in Youzhou, why is Cao Ying so anxious to leave? Liu Biao hesitated for a long time, then got up and went to Cao Ying's residence, wanting to find out.

"Brother Meng De," Liu Biao carefully looked at Cao Ying's expression, and couldn't see any clues, so he said: "Youzhou has a lot of benefits, why are you so anxious, and you are going to return tomorrow?" ”

Cao Ying glanced at him and said lightly: "The important matters under the rule need to be handled personally." ”

"You don't need to be perfunctory, right? If you want to talk about important things, it makes sense to put it on me, after all, I am at war with Sun Jian in Jingzhou. And Brother Meng Dehehe, "How could Liu Biao believe Cao Ying's words?"

Cao Ying's mind turned sharply, thinking about whether to tell Liu Biao the news, and weighing the gains and losses. In the end, Cao Ying decided to tell Liu Biao, but this is the Yuyang Palace, and he can't say it explicitly, in case the wall has ears, it will not be good.

So Cao Ying said: "Why don't Brother Jingsheng leave with me?" ”

Liu Biao's eyes flashed, he pondered for a long time, and said: "Well, I also have important things under my rule, and I have to go back immediately to do it, hehehe."

As he spoke, Liu Biao arched his hand and walked away.

The next time, Liu Yuan personally sent the two people out of Yuyang City for thirty miles, and then they rushed back.

Regarding the departure of these two people, although Kong Rong and Liu Zhang had doubts in their hearts, they thought that it had nothing to do with them, so they didn't care. Kong Rong has two points and one line every day, and his residence is the college; And Liu Zhang took some entourage to wander around and enjoy the scenery of Youzhou.

Cao Ying and Liu Biao left Yuyang City, and immediately galloped on the galloping road that extended in all directions in Youzhou, but after a while, they left Youzhou and entered the territory of Jizhou.

At this time, Cao Ying breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother Meng De, you should talk to me this time, right?" Liu Biao was very unhappy with the repeated unsuccessful inquiries. But he could see that Cao Ying's words did not dare to speak in Youzhou, thinking that it must be an extremely important matter, so he also pressed it down.

It wasn't until he entered the Jizhou range that Liu Biao saw Cao Ying's tense face relax, so he asked.

Cao Ying nodded and said, "I didn't come to talk to Brother Jingsheng in Youzhou, but it was because Liu Yuan had been running Youzhou for many years, for fear that he would show his feet and not be able to get out." However, this Jizhou, although it is also under Liu Yuan's rule, is after all fashionable and shallow, and the minions have never been everywhere. ”

Liu Biao nodded yes.

"Brother Jingsheng," Cao Ying's face turned grim, and he said, "Brother Wei accidentally saw a top-secret document in Liu Zihong's study. ”

"Oh?!" Liu Biao's spirits perked up, but he asked: "Since it is a top secret, how can it be easy for Brother Meng De to see it, isn't it a fraud?" ”

Cao Ying shook his head slowly and said, "It shouldn't be like this." I've thought about it carefully, and it's a coincidence. ”

Cao Ying explained in detail how he saw the top secret.

"Well, after all, it's young, and it's a little careless." When Liu Biao heard this, he pondered for a moment and said, "Maybe I'm in a hurry, otherwise Brother Meng De wouldn't have encountered such an opportunity." ”

"Well," Cao Ying nodded yes, and continued: "In that top secret, it is said that after the end of the year, before spring ploughing, we should cooperate with Beihai Kong Rongli and take Qingzhou quickly!" ”

"What!?" Liu Biao was taken aback: "Qingzhou?!" ”

"Not bad!" Cao Ying's face was full of seriousness: "If Qingzhou falls into the hands of Liu Yuan, we will no longer be in danger of hindering it from going south!" ”

Liu Biao nodded slowly and said, "Then, Brother Meng De, in your opinion, how should this matter be handled?" ”

"Secretly contact the princes of the Central Plains and resist Liu Yuan's strategy together!" Cao Ying said: "Liu Yuan's southward movement is related to the interests of everyone such as us, and we must work together." ”

Liu Biao's head was bowed.

When the New Year was happily celebrated in Yuyang City, the Central Plains was secretly in trouble.

When Cao Ying quietly passed on Liu Yuan's intention to take Qingzhou to the major princes, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zhan, Wang Kuang and others had all kinds of thoughts in their hearts, each with a ghost in their hearts.

Like Yuan Shao, he has made it clear that he wants to prevent Liu Yuan from obtaining Qingzhou; There are also Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan and others, who think that they are far away from Qingzhou and have little to do with it, although they say that they will resolutely resist it, but secretly they have the attitude of sitting on the mountain and watching the play.

The most anxious is none other than Liu Dai, the assassin of Qingzhou.

Regarding Liu Yuan's desire to take Qingzhou, he was the most complicated and uneasy in his heart.

First, Liu Yuan is a clan, and so is he, although there has never been any relationship between the two, they have some blood ties after all. For Liu Yuan, he admired it in his heart, and even had a sense of wanting to hand over Qingzhou to Liu Yuan.

Both, he is the lord of a state, and he has some ambitions, if he really wants to dedicate Qingzhou to Liu Yuan for free, he is quite reluctant.

Three, if he serves Liu Yuan, how will Liu Yuan treat him? This is also a big problem.

So Liu Dai didn't think about tea and dinner these days, and the whole person lost a lot of weight.

"Brother!"

The door was pushed open, and a young man walked in outside the door, with a Chinese face, a clean face, and quite a righteous atmosphere.

"Zhengli, you're here." Liu Dai's face was overjoyed, and he said: "You came just in time, for my brother, I need your help to make up ideas!" ”

This person is Liu Dai's brother, Liu Xuan, Liu Zhengli.

"Brother, why is he so anxious to summon his younger brother?" Liu Miao was very puzzled. Because of Liu Yuan's arrival, history has changed slightly, and Liu Miao was not named Yangzhou Mu, but became the county guard of Donglai County under his brother Liu Dai.

In the previous day, Liu Dai got the matter of Liu Yuan's desire to take Qingzhou, and he couldn't make up his mind, so he immediately sent someone to deliver a letter and summoned Liu Yuan to discuss together. Liu Miao didn't know, but knew that his brother was anxious, so he hurried back to Linzi.

No, as soon as I entered, I saw Liu Dai's face full of sorrow, his body was withered, and he didn't look like a person.

"Alas," Liu Dai asked Liu Miao to sit down, and sent someone to serve tea and water, and the two of them were done, Liu Dai said: "Zhengli, my Qingzhou is in danger!" ”

Liu Miao was stunned and said, "Why did my brother say this?" ”

So Liu Dai told Liu Miao the news passed on by Cao Ying one by one.

"Didn't Cao Ying go to Youzhou at Liu Yuan's invitation a few days ago, how long has it been? And came back. It must be because of this! Liu Dai said sadly.

Hearing this, Liu Miao frowned and thought about it, and said after a while: "This matter is a little strange. Is Cao Ying's words really credible? He stole Yanzhou, bordering my Qingzhou, with him as a human being, how could he not covet the wealth of Qingzhou? Brother, don't fall for his plan! ”

"Alas," Liu Dai sighed and said, "These are brothers who have also considered it. Although Cao Mengde is a little suspicious, it cannot be ruled out that Liu Zihong really wants to attack me in Qingzhou! The plain is located in Hebei, but for Liu Yuan, it is a thorn in the flesh, so he wants to take Qingzhou, but it is justified! ”

Liu Xuan's brows furrowed even tighter, and he said, "There is some truth. ”

He was a smart man, and he quickly thought of the benefits that Liu Yuan had gained from Qingzhou.

"So I summoned you back for my brother, and I wanted to ask for a plan. Did he unite with Yanzhou Cao Ying and Xuzhou Tao Qian to fight against Liu Yuan, or did he surrender to Liu Yuan? Liu Dai asked.

"Resist?" Liu Yan sneered: "Brother, don't forget how Cao Mengde obtained Yanzhou!" Cao Ying's wolf ambition, if he allied with it, he would inevitably let his army enter, which was tantamount to luring the wolf into the house! Tao Qian is an old man, but he is not afraid. What's more," Liu Miao laughed at himself: "The tripartite alliance, can it really resist?" ”

"Brother Xian said this, is he going to surrender to Liu Yuan for his brother?"

Liu Dai said slowly.

(To be continued)