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Xuchang, Prime Minister's Mansion. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yuan Shao's envoy had already come to Xuchang, but Cao Ying had not received him for a long time. It wasn't until the envoy ran out of patience that Cao Ying ordered someone to invite him into the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"What is the point of letting you come in the first place?" Now Cao Ying sits on the three states of Yanyu and Xu, with more than 300,000 soldiers under his command. Although it can't be compared with Yuan Shao, it can also compete with Liu Zhang. However, this is only an advantage in terms of troops, if you really think about it, Liu Zhang's army of more than 300,000 will definitely be able to resist 500,000 Cao's army! As for Yuan Jun, even if there are really millions, it won't be of much use!

"Cao Gong, my lord is at war with Liu Zhang, I hope you can help!" The messenger was very clever and didn't play any tricks in front of Cao Ying.

"Will I ask for help in the first place?" Cao Ying laughed, no matter how he looked at it, he felt a little gloating.

"My lord and Cao Gong are friends, and now contacting the heroes of the Quartet to deal with Liu Zhang is not a request for help!" The envoy smiled and said: "My lord said that if you defeat Liu Zhang, you will give up Yizhou!" ”

"It's good to calculate!" Cao Ying sneered: "Even if Liu Zhang is defeated, he will only lose the state, if he shrinks the defense line and retreats to Chang'an, there must be no way to do it at the beginning!" In the pass, there was a solidity of Kuihan, and in the past, it was said that the violent Qin used this terrain to resist the alliance of the six countries. Even if Liu Zhang really loses Chang'an, Yizhou is not so easy to break! The original was too generous, and with just a piece of painting cake, he wanted to let Benxiang send troops? ”

"The condition is that my lord opened it, if Cao Gong is dissatisfied, you can say it directly!" The messenger smiled: "As the saying goes: ask for a price in the sky, pay back the money on the spot." Doesn't Cao Gong understand? ”

"Sir, so eloquent!" Cao Ying smiled: "So be it! If Liu Zhang is defeated, Ben Xiang is willing to rule by rowing the river with Ben Chu! ”

"This—" The messenger lowered his head, pretended to think carefully for a while, then raised his head and said, "Yes! ”

Cao Ying smiled and didn't break the messenger. Just when Cao Ying was negotiating with the envoy, the same scene was staged in Xiangyang, Wuhuan Mountain, and the Xiongnu royal court in Jingzhou!

After another half a month, the envoys sent by Yuan Shao basically returned to Yangquan. Unlike Yuan Shao's prediction, although Karasuma and the Xiongnu agreed to send troops, they only helped with part of their forces, rather than pouring out. However, even if this is the case, it is enough to restrain the cavalry under Liu Zhang's command! Of course, Yuan Shao thinks so.

Jingzhou, Xiangyang, Thorn History.

After seeing Yuan Shao's envoy, Liu Biao hesitated for a long time before inviting Liu Bei over. Speaking from the heart, Liu Biao still admires Liu Bei, the so-called same sect, after all, Liu Bei is from a white body, and he has been a hard mixer to this point. But no matter how much Liu Biao admires Liu Bei, he doesn't want to go against Liu Zhang. One is a natural genius, the other is a genius who works hard, most people will choose a natural genius, and Liu Biao is no exception!

"Brother Jingsheng summoned me here, what's the matter?" Liu Bei knew that Liu Zhang had written a letter to Liu Biao, asking Liu Biao to kill him. But Liu Biao didn't do anything, but his attitude was much colder. Speaking of which, Liu Biao is also worthy of him. Therefore, even if Liu Bei looks down on Liu Biao a little, he is still very respectful!

"Xuande is still used to Xiaopei?" As soon as Liu Biao opened his mouth, Liu Bei was startled, and Liu Bei thought that Liu Biao was going to drive him out of Jingzhou!

"Get used to it! I'm so used to it! Liu Bei didn't understand what Liu Biao meant, and looked a little flustered.

Today, the world has been divided into five, Liu Zhang, Cao Ying, Sun Jian, Liu Biao, and Yuan Shao. Of course, Cochin is too remote and has no development prospects, so it is not considered a prince. But although the world is big, if Liu Bei leaves Jingzhou, there will be no place to stand! Even if he barely left his surname, his ambition could not be realized.

"Just get used to it!" The corners of Liu Biao's mouth twitched, he didn't have Liu Bei's thick skin. After being silent for a long time, Liu Biao suddenly asked, "Xuande, do you hate Champion Hou?" ”

"I... cough cough..."Liu Bei picked up the tea bowl and was about to take a sip, when Liu Biao's question made him choke. However, Liu Biao didn't want to listen to Liu Bei's answer, because he knew how Liu Bei would answer.

"Xuande! If there was a chance for you to defeat the champion, would you be willing? Liu Biao threw out another big bait, Liu Bei's face turned red, he really didn't know how to answer, but Liu Biao said to himself again: "Yuan Benchu was competing with the champion Hou to merge the state, and he actually asked me to send troops." Although I have a strong army, I have no available generals. I wonder if Xuande is willing to take a trip? ”

"This..."Liu Bei hesitated. Although he hated Liu Zhang very much, he did not dare to face Liu Zhang head-on, after all, there was a huge difference in strength, and not everyone dared to challenge an existence stronger than himself.

"What? Xuande is unwilling? Liu Biao wanted to take the opportunity to drive Liu Bei out of Jingzhou, so he naturally wanted to force Liu Bei.

"It's not that he is unwilling, but the younger brother's strength is shallow, and he is really powerless..."Liu Bei began to cry poor again, if he had just come to Jingzhou, Liu Biao might have sympathized with him, but now Liu Biao has regarded him as a plague god.

Liu Biao smiled: "No problem, I will support you with 50,000 elite soldiers!" ”

"This..."Liu Bei had long known that he couldn't stay in Jingzhou, and seeing that Liu Biao intended to send him to fight, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he stood up and said: "Since my brother wants me to help Yuan Shao, I will send troops from Nanjun to Yizhou!" ”

"Good!" Liu Biao was overjoyed, he didn't care how Liu Bei played, as long as Liu Bei left Jingzhou. Soon, 50,000 elite soldiers and money and food were ready, and Liu Bei took the four generals of Wei Yan and commanded the army to Nanjun!

Si Li, Hongnong.

In fact, Kushan is not far from Jizhou, and Yuan Shao's two million stone grains and grass were also transported quickly. Looking at the cart of grain and grass in storage, Zhang Baiqi didn't know what he was thinking. However, Wulu, who was in charge of the grain and grass, was very happy. With this batch of grain and grass, this winter, no one in the Yellow Turban Dazhai will starve to death!

When the last cart of grain and grass was transported into the cottage, Zhang Baiqi had a calm face and only said one sentence: The big tent is a discussion. And he left the grain depot. Everyone knew that he was ready to send troops. In fact, even if Zhang Baiqi broke his promise, it was not a big deal, and Yuan Shao didn't have time to trouble him. It's a pity that Zhang Baiqi is not a hero, he is very trustworthy. The mighty Yellow Turban Army set out from Kunshan and came to Hangu Pass.

Jinyang, Liu Zhang stayed here for a month and a half, but Yuan Shao didn't move, which made him very puzzled, could it be that Yuan Shao had too much grain and grass, and deliberately went to Yangquan to consume grain and grass to play? Presumably the surname may not be big!

"Alas!" Standing on the head of Jinyang City and looking into the distance, Liu Zhang seemed to see the wolf smoke of Yuci, and he couldn't help sighing. How can we create an immortal dynasty? As for [***] and capitalism, they are not in line with the productive forces of the Han Dynasty at all, and even if they are forcibly made, they will not be able to exist for a long time.

"Lord, there's news!" Guo Jia searched for a long time and finally found Liu Zhang.

"Say!" Seeing that Guo Jia was in such a hurry, Liu Zhang's face became very serious.

"Yuan Shao sent people to attack us everywhere, and now Cao Ying has accepted Yuan Shao's request and is ready to send troops to the Tiger Prison, Sun Jian is hesitating. However, Liu Biao seems to have signs of sending troops! Guo Jia took out the information and read it to Liu Zhang page by page, his face was extremely serious.

"Gather the people, and the council chamber will be discussed!" After listening to half of it, Liu Zhang had a little headache, and even Liu Biao was ready to send troops, which means that Chang'an may be unstable. Although Liu Biao is incompetent, his generals Wen Ping and Strategist Kuai Yue are not easy to deal with.

In the conference hall, Guo Jia told Yuan Shao's movements one by one, and everyone fell into deep thought. Even Jia Xu frowned. After a while, Zhou Yu suddenly asked, "Big brother, Yuan Shao contacted Cao Ying, Liu Biao, and Sun Jian, will he contact foreign clans?" ”

"This..."Everyone was stunned by Zhou Yu's words! Cao Ying and Liu Biao are okay, they are still Han. But for the Han people, most of the foreign races are not people!

"Probably not!" Zhang He, who was born in Jizhou, said with a smile: "The people of Jizhou are quite repulsive to foreigners, if Yuan Shao colludes with foreigners, does he still want to stay in Jizhou in the future?" ”

"Definitely!" Jia Xu is deeply aware of the surname, he frowned and said: "With Yuan Shao's surname, he will never care about the people, I dare to say that he will definitely collude with foreign clans!" ”

"This..."Zhang He was stunned: "If this is the case, what should we do?" Compared with Yuan's army, there is already a huge difference between our army. If you add Cao Ying, Liu Biao, Sun Jian, and other clans..."

Zhang He didn't say any more, but everyone understood what he meant, the difference in strength was too great! However, even so, everyone's faces were only solemn, but there was no worry or fear.

Liu Zhang thought for a while and asked, "Yuan Hao, back then, I ordered you to gather the people of Bingzhou near Jinyang as much as possible. What is the population of the other counties in the state today? ”

Tian Feng arched his hand and said: "According to the meaning of the lord, except for Taiyuan County, other counties and counties try not to arrange population. As a result, most of the counties in the state have no population. It's just that there are some people who covet ownerless land, and there are some families who cultivate crops in Shangjun, Xihe and other places! ”

"Good!" Liu Zhang sneered: "Since the foreign clan is coming, then I will be strong and clear!" Yuan Hao, pass the order, within three days, in addition to the people of Taiyuan County, the people of other counties must converge to Jinyang. Of course, if you don't want to come to Jinyang, you can also go to Chang'an and Yizhou! If you don't want to go, don't blame me for the raids of foreign tribes when the time comes! ”

"Yes!" The strong wall is the best way to deal with the enemy, and when the foreign people come to the Han, they will not bring too much grain and grass. Although Jizhou is a major grain-producing state, Yuan Shao's burden is already very heavy. If foreigners can't grab food when they come to the state, they need Yuan Shao to provide for them. The large number of soldiers is indeed an advantage, but it is also a burden.

"Lord, if you clear the wilderness, you can't lose Yangqu!" Fa Zheng pointed to the map and said, "Yangqu is the throat leading to Jinyang. If Yangqu is lost, the foreign tribes will be able to go straight to Jinyang to plunder the people. ”

Liu Zhang thought for a while and said: "Order Pei Yuanshao and Liao Hua to lead troops into Meng County, and Zhang He and Zhang Liao to settle in Yangqu!" The others followed me to guard Jinyang, waiting for Yuan Shaobing to come to the city! ”

"Yes!" Liu Zhang's order was given, and everyone immediately carried out their own orders.

Yangqu City was crumbling by Gao Lan, and Zhang Liao and Zhang He settled in, which reversed the situation. Standing at the head of the city, Zhang He and Gao Ran looked at each other, the original friends, but they had to fight on the battlefield! However, neither of them spoke. They all know that it is impossible for the other party to be persuaded to surrender!

(To be continued)