Liu Jing, who has been waiting in your Youzhou City for a long time, received a report letter from Gaoyang City, this letter was written by Jian Yong himself, he put Chen Gong, Zhang Liao, Cao Xing and Hao Meng and others all surrendered, and Lu Bu was angry, and the news of Gao Shun's departure was all written into the report letter, and in the letter, Jian Yong also wrote some of the twists and turns and stories in detail. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After Liu Jing read the letter, he handed it to Zhuge Liang, and sighed: "Hey! I didn't expect this Lu Fengxian to be so arrogant, in this way, how his fate will develop, it depends on him, there is no way, he can only ask for more blessings! ”

Zhuge Liang took the letter paper, read it roughly at a glance, and sighed: "If Lu Fengxian gets rid of this arrogance and impulsiveness, he can be regarded as a brave general, with Chen Gongtai, Zhang Wenyuan and other such wise men and tiger generals as the assistant, how can there be anything that can't be done?" All the cause and effect relationships are from the hands of Lu Fengxian alone, pity, pity! ”

After Liu Jing sighed, he changed his color, and said happily: "Not to mention Lu Fengxian, if it weren't for him, how would Gongtai and Wenyuan have the opportunity to invest in my account?" In this way, our lineup has grown a lot unprecedentedly, and then we are about to enter an era of rapid development! ”

Zhuge Liang heard Liu Jing's confident statement, and he was naturally happy in his heart, that is, he said: "Yes, at present, the civil ministers and generals gathered under the lord's account have become lush, and our soldiers and horses are also recuperating for a long time, it is time to carry out the siege of the city and sweep away the strong forces in those places!" ”

When Liu Jing heard Zhuge Liang say this, he said happily: "Okay, Mr. is right, it's time for us to make a move, now Cao Mengde is ready to move, Sun Wentai and Sun's father and son in the south are also moving frequently, Jiangnan has now become a three-legged trend, Liu Junlang, Liu Jingsheng and Sun Wentai can be said to be the world of Jiangnan in three parts, if we go on like this, if we don't make any moves, I'm afraid we will fall behind!" ”

Zhuge Liang responded: "The lord can wait for Gongtai and Wen Yuan to enter the city, summon the two generals Yun Chang and Yide back, and then arrange the crusade to the south!" ”

Liu Jing nodded and said: "Well, at the moment, the Yuan brothers in Qingzhou and Zhang Mengzhuo in Yanzhou are the two people who want to take the brunt of the attack, and the first stop of my southward crusade is them, this time, I want to take a big go, wipe out these two forces in one fell swoop, and directly destroy Cao Mengde's eastward expansion plan, as well as Sun Wentai's northward plan, so that I can take the initiative!" ”

After Liu Jing finished speaking, he began to think in his heart, thinking that Cao Cao, who was like-minded with him and full of fighting friendship, has become potential competitors today, because both of them have meticulous minds, ambitious ambitions, and indomitable spirit, as well as the ability of Corporal Lixian to discern people.

Therefore, the two of them are really on the tip of a needle, their strength is on par, and their style of action is also comparable, so in the end, the strife and chaos in the north will eventually return to the duel between Liu Jing and Cao Cao, unless one side seeks another direction to develop.

According to the topography, Liu Jing's next development mainly includes two aspects, one is to go south, enter Yanzhou and Qingzhou, and finally hit the Yangtze River Basin, and confront Sun Wentai and Sun's father and son across the river from Jiangnan; The other aspect is to advance westward, attack and merge states and Sizhou, and develop westward.

But once this happens, Liu Jing's goal will directly become Cao Cao, in that case, Liu Jing and Cao Cao will directly become enemies, which neither Cao Cao nor Liu Jing wants to see, so Liu Jing can only develop south.

And there are more choices in front of Cao Cao, one, he can go west to Guguan and Tongguan, capture Yongzhou and Xiliang, and defeat Han Sui and Ma Teng who had disturbed him, which is also a matter of time, because, even if Cao Cao does not provoke them, there will be a day when Ma Teng and Han Sui will gather troops and horses to attack Cao Cao.

The reason why Ma Teng and Han Sui had a gap with Cao Cao was because Cao Cong captured Bingzhou and defeated Ma Teng and Han Sui's close friends and subordinates Bian Zhang, the three of them were in a group, Cao Cao killed Bian Zhang and captured Bingzhou, which was equivalent to making a feud with Ma Teng and Han Sui, so there must be a battle between them.

The other is also going south, for Cao Cao, now going south is also a way out, Liu Yan and Liu Biao in the south, in fact, are the clansmen of the Han family, speaking of which, they should contribute to the revival of the Han family, but they each occupy their respective fiefdoms, peaceful and peaceful, the war in the Central Plains, love to ignore, morally speaking, they should not do this.

Moreover, in terms of strength, whether it is Liu Yan who occupies Yizhou or Liu Biao who occupies Jingzhou, their military strength is not comparable to Cao Cao, of course, they are not as good as Liu Jing, so if Cao Cao goes south, he will encounter less resistance than the Western Expedition and the Eastern Expedition.

So to sum up, for Liu Jing, he has no other choice, he can only go south to conquer, and when he goes south to conquer, the opponents he faces are Zhang Mengzhuo in Yanzhou and the Yuan brothers in Qingzhou.

And the Yuan brothers in Qingzhou are a very headache existence, now Yuan Shu still has forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses in his hands, although the combat effectiveness is not strong, but it is really a big opponent, so Liu Jing's best choice is to capture Yanzhou first and defeat Zhang Mengzhuo.

For Cao Cao, Zhang Mengzhuo has a good relationship with him, so Cao Cao will not have the idea of capturing Yanzhou for the time being, even if Liu Jing invades Yanzhou, Zhang Miao asks Cao Cao for help, and Cao Cao does not necessarily offend Liu Jing in order to save Zhang Miao.

Therefore, Liu Jing made up his mind to concentrate on taking Yanzhou in one go.

Just when Liu Jing was preparing to attack Yanzhou, Yuan Shao also began to enter Xuzhou, the letter to Tao Qian has been sent out for three days, Yuan Shao, who is in Qingzhou, still has not received a little reply, the messenger of the message is riding a fast horse, with a hundred miles of expedited speed to Xuzhou to deliver the letter, but the long three days have passed, Yuan Shao did not receive any reply.

At this time, Yuan Shao was already a little anxious, and did not receive Tao Qian's reply, Yuan Shao began to think nonsense, for example, after Tao Qian saw the letter, he was very angry, and beheaded the messenger in a rage? Or was Tao Qian very frightened after seeing the letter, and hurriedly sent someone out to contact foreign aid? Or maybe the messenger has returned with news of success, maybe something happened on the way, etc.