After Cao Cao finished reading the letter, his face suddenly changed, and he said to Xiahoudun beside him: "Liu Xin is going to do it!" ”

Xiahoudun nodded and said, "The two-year period has passed, and I expected him to be unable to hold it back." It's a pity that our army and Yuan Shao lost both sides, but they took advantage of him. ”

In fact, Liu Xin's dispatch of troops was carried out very secretly, and Liu Xin ordered all borders to be blocked, and only entry and exit were allowed. Even if Cao Cao and Yuan Shao lurked in various places to get the news, there was no way to pass it on.

But there must be a mistake in a hundred secrets. While Liu Xin blocked the border, he also ordered the Mi family to interrupt the smuggling of grain to Cao Cao. It was precisely because of the sudden cut off of the food source in the south that Xun Yu became vigilant, and he sensitively deduced that Liu Xin was going to make a big move.

Cao Cao muttered: "The enemy is on the belly and back, this battle can no longer be fought, immediately send an envoy to Yuan Shao, and the two families will negotiate peace." ”

As soon as his people arrived in Yecheng, they saw people shouting and neighing in the fields outside Yecheng, and there were aliens with deep eye sockets and high noses, trampling the wheat that was about to ripen in the field.

Chen Qun didn't expect the Wuheng Heng army to come so quickly, and his heart sank, so he hurriedly hit his horse and entered the city. The two countries did not cut off the two countries, and the soldiers who guarded the gate did not stop them.

Hearing that Cao Cao had sent an envoy, Yuan Shao sneered: "You all advised me not to recruit foreign soldiers lightly, how about now?" Xianbei's men and horses have not yet arrived, and Wuheng's men and horses alone are so scared that Cao Cao softened! Someone, bring Cao Cao's messenger up! ”

In fact, Yuan Shao was scheming and decisive, and his advisers also had many disagreements about inviting foreign reinforcements, and they argued for a long time before making a decision. Now that he saw that the foreign reinforcements had taken effect, Yuan Shao immediately took all the credit on himself.

In the hall, Yan Liang, Wen Chou and other civil and military officers all looked at Chen Qun with great momentum, but Chen Qun was not timid, he handed the letter in his hand to the guards beside Yuan Shao, and then said: "General Qiyu, what the prime minister of my family means is that the two families will make peace and join forces to deal with Liu Xin, I don't know what the general wants?" ”

The general was given to Yuan Shaofeng by Cao Cao in the name of Liu Xie, and later Yuan Shao supported Liu Biao as the emperor, so he continued the title of general. Anyway, whether it is the prime minister or the general, they are all high-ranking officials above the three dukes, and Yuan Shao's side has done it more thoroughly than Cao Cao. He didn't need to worry about the old ministers of the previous dynasty, what Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong were all appointed by him at will, and they were all his cronies.

However, due to the timely blockade, whether it is Cao Cao or Yuan Shao, it is not yet known that Liu Xin has been proclaimed emperor. Because Liu Xin knew very well that no matter how indecisive Yuan Shao was, as soon as the news of his proclamation as emperor was announced, Yuan Shao would understand who his strongest enemy was.

Yuan Shao was really arrogant, he didn't even read Cao Cao's letter, and said contemptuously: "You go back and tell Cao Cao, don't look at Liu Xin's current occupation of the division, as long as he is willing to hand over Liu Xie and serve the emperor as orthodox, Liu Xin doesn't have to worry!" ”

Chen Qun knew Liu Xin much more deeply than Yuan Shao, and he was about to explain Liu Xin's awesomeness to Yuan Shao, when he suddenly saw a messenger outside the door running in in a panic and said loudly: "General Qiqi, it's not good!" ”

This messenger was so eyeless that he didn't notice that there were outsiders present, Yuan Shao was very displeased, but it was inconvenient to be angry in front of Chen Qun, so he had to pretend to be calm and said: "What's the matter, get up and speak." ”

The messenger stood up and said breathlessly, "General Hui, the Xianbei army has set fire to Yanmen City. ”

"What!" This time, Yuan Shao couldn't sit still, "Huo" stood up and said, "Xianbei is the reinforcement I invited, how could they burn Yanmen City?" Could it be that the Yanmen guards prevent them from entering the country? Hmph, dare to spoil me......"

The messenger kowtowed again and again: "The general is angry, my family did not prevent them from entering the country, but those Xianbei people burned and looted after entering the city, ** women, all kinds of evil, my family went to dissuade them, but they were killed!" ”

Yuan Shao was taken aback and asked repeatedly, "What did you say?" Xianbei people dared to kill Yuan's subordinates! How many of them are there? ”

The messenger didn't dare to raise his head, knelt on the ground and said, "The villain doesn't know how many of them there are, but there must be fifty or sixty thousand people who have entered Yanmen City." However, the villain has lived in Yanmen for a long time, but he can understand Xianbei words. On the way to Taiyuan, the villain vaguely heard that they had dispatched a total of 200,000 troops this time. ”

"Two hundred thousand troops!" Yuan Shao had some impulses to burst out, and shouted angrily, "Didn't I ask them to send out 100,000 people? How did they come here with 200,000 people, and could they not rebel? Fengji, it was you who proposed to ask Xianbei to send troops, what do you say! ”

This Yuan Shao is a child of a family in vain, and he is too characterless. Just now he felt that this trick frightened Cao Cao, so he took all the credit on himself, and now when he encountered Xianbei people burning, killing and looting, he put the responsibility on his subordinates. Actually, Yuan Shao was not like this before, he was still very good at making superficial articles. It's just that he has always been smooth, and he fought fiercely with Cao Cao with superior forces for a year, and it was difficult to distinguish between him, which made his mentality change a lot, and the hidden deep nature was gradually revealed.

Feng Ji shuddered for a moment, and arched his hand and said: "General Hui, my subordinates think that the top priority is to prevent the Xianbei army from continuing to move south. ”

Yuan Shao said angrily: "Do you want Yuan to transfer troops to fight them?" ”

What he meant was that the strongest opponent now was Cao Cao, but he completely forgot that Cao Cao's envoy was still standing in the hall.

Seeing the delicate situation in the hall, Chen Qun said in a timely manner: "The general is too worried, my prime minister really wants to negotiate peace with the general." It is reported that Liu Xin is fighting hard to eat you and me in one fell swoop when you and I are exhausted. If you and I don't join forces again, I'm afraid that disaster will not be far away! ”

Yuan Shao groaned and said, "What did Xianbei say over there? ”

The judge, who had been silent, suddenly said: "Hu Lu is greedy for money, as long as he is given gold, silver and jewelry, he will retreat." Taiyuan City is tall and strong, and the Xianbei people have no siege equipment, and the general can order the ** to stick to Taiyuan, and the Xianbei people are not allowed to enter the city. Then the lord sent a messenger to send gold silk, why worry about being humble and not retreating? ”

** is Yuan Shao's nephew, now the history of the state assassin, sitting in Taiyuan. The soldiers in Taiyuan City are full of food, as long as they don't take the initiative to open the city gate, Xianbei people will definitely not be able to enter. In fact, after this Yanmen messenger fled to Yanmen City, his first stop was to ask for help. And ** was timid and cautious, neither willing to send rescuers, nor letting the messenger into the city, but directly let the messenger come to report to Yuan Shao. Based on the understanding of the pair, he can be sure that the Xianbei people will not be able to enter Taiyuan City.

When Chen Qun heard this, he suddenly stroked his palms and laughed: "Mr. Review's words are wrong! It's easy to please God, it's hard to send God, instead of spending money, it's better to lead the water to the west! ”

If you want to let the 200,000 Xianbei army retreat, it is not something that can be sent away with a little money, Yuan Shaozheng was distressed, listened to Chen Qun's words, couldn't help but feel refreshed, and returned to the appearance of an open-minded and studious corporal, and arched his hand and said: "Why did Mr. teach me?" ”

Chen Qun said with a smile: "Xianbei people are looking for money, who is the richest today?" Naturally, it must be Liu Xin. The two of us joined forces to fight against Liu Xin together, why not let Xianbei people take the lead. ”

After a pause, Chen Qun continued to stir up his three-inch incorruptible tongue and said: "What Liu Xin is relying on is nothing more than the benefit of the cavalry, but no matter how powerful his cavalry is, can it still be able to defeat the Xianbei people who grew up on horseback since childhood?" As long as the Xianbei people can break Liu Xin's cavalry, you and I have an army of 800,000, why worry about the big thing? ”

In the battle outside Xiangyang City that year, it was Zhao Yun who arrived in time with 5,000 cavalry, killing Cao Jun who lost his armor and corpses all over the field. Although Chen Qun had not personally experienced that battle, he often heard others mention the strength of the Han cavalry.

Regarding Chen Qun's proposal, Yuan Shao was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "It's okay to do this. It's just that you and I join forces, who is orthodox? ”

Chen Qun didn't expect that at such a critical juncture, Yuan Shao was still concerned about who was orthodox, and he couldn't help crying and laughing. But Cao Cao did not fully authorize Chen Qun before leaving, and Chen Qun really couldn't call the shots in this matter. However, Chen Qun was well aware of the current situation, and he had to persuade Yuan Shao to agree to join forces with Cao Cao, otherwise once Liu Xin really made a move, it would be too late for anything.

After a short hesitation, Chen Qun suddenly had a plan, and said with a smile: "General Hui, why don't we learn the story of Gaozu, and the one who enters Xiangyang first is the king!" ”

In fact, Yuan Shao and Chen Qun both know that both Liu Xie and Liu Biao are just puppets, just decorations. The real purpose of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao was, of course, to replace Liu Han. If Liu Xin is really defeated, it is not known who is in this world, but Chen Qun can be sure that there will be a battle between the two families at that time. Therefore, the plan that Chen Qun is talking about now is actually just a blank check.

Yuan Shao was obviously moved by Chen Qun's proposal, pondered for a while, and said very seriously: "No, it should be the one who advanced Luoyang is the king!" ”

Xiangyang is in the south, far away from Yuan Shao's territory, and Luoyang is about the same distance from the two families, and it is the former capital of the Han Dynasty. And Yuan Shao is not stupid, he knows that Liu Xin is rebuilding Luoyang and Chang'an, and he can use Luoyang as his capital, but he and Cao Cao don't know that Liu Xin has officially moved the capital to Chang'an.

As long as Yuan Shao agreed to join forces, Chen Qun's move would be regarded as the completion of the task, and he would naturally agree to Yuan Shao's request.

Who knows, Yuan Shao said again: "Also, you must withdraw from Liyang City!" ”

Cao Cao captured Liyang again, originally intending to use it as a bargaining chip, but Chen Qun immediately said that there was no problem with this.

Yuan Shao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, I'll send someone to contact Xianbei Shan Yu Kuitou immediately!" ”