Cao ** thought left and right, it was difficult to make a decision in his heart, the current situation is changing rapidly, but the first task is to get rid of Lu Bu and recapture Yanzhou. Everyone deliberated carefully again, and hurriedly reorganized the troops and horses and marched to Dongjun, and at the same time ordered Man Chong to stay in the rear to recruit troops and levy food.

As soon as he entered the city, he learned from Zhang Yang that Zhencheng was broken by Liyi, and the defender Xue Lan was killed by a streamer, and Li Feng, the defender of Jiyin, saw that the enemy army was strong, and there were no reinforcements, so he surrendered the city.

Lu Bu, who had just been defeated, couldn't help but be furious after hearing this, and shouted: "Li Feng Pifu, the general has always treated you well, but now he surrendered without a fight, which is very hateful!" After that, he turned around and shouted, "Someone! Quickly lead a team of soldiers and horses to behead Li Feng's family in Dongjun! ”

Zhang Yang hurriedly persuaded: "The lord is angry! Li Feng's family has long been controlled by the last general. However, Li Feng's surrender is also a last resort, once he kills his family, Li Feng will follow Chun Yuqiong with all his heart, it is better to stay in his family first, maybe it will be used in the future! ”

Lu Bu said angrily: "Li Feng surrendered to the enemy, it is obvious to all, if the general does not uphold the military law, how can he be powerful?" This statement has to be mentioned again, and Li Feng's family will be beheaded quickly to show the public! ”

Chen Gong and Zhang Yang had the heart to persuade again, but when they saw that Lu Bu was furious, they just sighed secretly. At the moment, under the personal supervision and supervision of Lu Bu, more than a dozen members of Li Feng's family were beheaded in public, and more than a dozen heads were hung outside the gate, which was extremely bloody.

Lu Bu's anger calmed down a little, and he summoned a group of henchmen and generals in the city to discuss the matter, frowning and said: "Yanzhou has fallen, Yuan Shao's army is pressing, and Cao thieves are stalking again. ”

Chen Gong said: "Yanzhou is sandwiched between Ma Chao and Yuan Shao, and it is a place of war!" The lord is unwilling to cooperate with Yuan Shao, and he is unwilling to commit to Ma Chao, so he can only follow the path of vertical and horizontal at the moment, and ride the tiger and devour the wolf? ”

Lu Budao: "Please also speak clearly!" ”

Chen Gong said: "Some time ago, Ma Chao mobilized troops and horses and deployed heavy troops in the areas of Wuchao, Yanjin, and Baima, nominally to prevent Yuan Shao, but it was not without the meaning of the main public soldiers!" ”

"How dare he?" Lu Bu said angrily: "If the thief dares to invade Yanzhou, I will cooperate with Yuan Shao to attack Jizhou, so that he, a general, will not be able to do it!" ”

Chen Gong shook his head and sighed: "I originally planned to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and then wait for the opportunity to slowly grow bigger!" So Yuan Shao and Ma Chao obviously couldn't tolerate the lord standing by. Now, the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for us! If you want to survive, you can only choose one side to take refuge! Otherwise, without Yuan Shao and Ma Chao's hands, just one Cao thief would be extremely difficult to deal with! ”

Zhang Yang also said: "The public station is reasonable! The lord must no longer act righteously, only by preserving the vitality can he have a chance to rise? Ma Chao sits in the north, Yuan Shao is the overlord of the south, and there are Cao thieves in Yanzhou, and the lord alone resists the three soldiers and horses in this situation, which is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg! ”

Lu Bu sighed and said, "Yuan Shao is too deceitful, and Ma Chao's thief is not a good thing!" Ben will go to Xianbei at the age of seventeen, and he has been dominating the world for nearly 20 years, and although he is in a desperate situation now, he would rather die than take refuge in these two people! I have to mention this again, and think of another clever plan! ”

The two saw that Lu Bu was very resistant to Yuan Shao and Ma Chao, and they were quite helpless, and after a moment of silence, Chen Gong said: "In this case, we can only repair it with Ma Chao before he turns his face, Yanzhou is adjacent to Jizhou in the north, Yu and Yang in the south, and can directly attack Bishui Pass and Tiger Prison Pass to the west, and Qingzhou and Xuzhou are adjacent to each other in the east, and the strategic location is extremely important, and because of this, Ma Chao will never watch Yuan Shao eliminate the lord and control Yanzhou!" ”

Lu Bu nodded and said, "Although the words are good, but Ma Chao's thief tried to give my beloved daughter to that puppet son as a concubine, which is really hateful!" ”

Chen Gong said: "Ma Chao's move is just to win over the lord, the lord only needs to do this, so Ma Chao will definitely send troops to attack Yuan Shao with all his might!" At that time, we will only need to deal with Cao **! ”

Lu Bu was full of disbelief when he heard this, and wondered: "It's that simple? ”

Chen Gong nodded pretentiously, and said confidently: "This move is in line with the respective interests of the lord and Ma Chao, Ma Chao is not a stupid person, and he will never do stupid things!" ”

Three days later, Cao ** waved 40,000 troops to the city of Dongjun, and Lu Yi and Chun Yuqiong sent troops to guard against Ma Chao across the river, and at the same time divided their troops to besiege Dongjun, trying to completely annihilate Lu Bu.

Although Lu Bu was brave, he could not withstand Yuan Cao's hundreds of thousands of allied troops, so he could only defend the city. Fortunately, the Dongjun city is the seat of Yanzhou, the city is solid, the grain and grass are sufficient, and there are nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses to guard it, which is by no means something that can be taken in the short term.

However, he said that Ma Chao was about to stop in Wuchao, and was about to send troops to Yanzhou to attack Lu Bu, but he didn't expect to be preempted by Yuan Shao, and Suo surnamed came to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. During this time, Ma Chao was not idle, and transferred the idle trial and Gao Shun to Wuchao, and ordered Fu Zhu to raise grain and grass, prepare all the ordnance, and prepare for a full-scale war with Yuan Shao's 200,000 army in Yanzhou.

This time, Ma Chao and Xun You, Xianping, Gao Shun, Cao surnamed and others were discussing matters, and suddenly a personal soldier came to report: Qin Yi brought Guo Jia and Du Xian to see. Ma Chao was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed and went out to greet him in person. Now that the decisive battle is imminent, there is a lack of military wizards like Guo Jia to give advice, and he plans to attack Lu Bu with all his might, part of the reason is to rescue Guo Jia.

When I went out, I saw Qin Yi leading two young scribes to bow their hands, and said respectfully: "Qin Yi (Guo Jia) (Du Xi) to meet the lord!" ”

"You don't have to be polite! This time, Lu Bu was held hostage, and the rescue was not effective, but the three of them were wronged! ”

The two didn't dare to shout, Guo Jia and Du Xian took the time to look at Ma Chao, and it was not until today that they saw this world-famous champion for the first time. Ma Chao is not like this, Guo Jia is of medium stature, about twenty-three or four years old, white-faced and beardless, energetic, eyes are bright, ruddy face, and full of anger when he speaks, how can he be a little sick? Du Xian is about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with a short beard, a delicate face, and the same bright eyes!

Ma Chao remembered that Guo Jia was born in 170 and died of illness in 207, and now it is only 193 years, according to the original history, there are still more than ten years to live, enough to persist until he dominates the world. And Guo Jia is the most unruly prodigal son, although he has high intelligence, he is addicted to wine, which is also one of the culprits of his short life.

After the ceremony, Ma Chao was busy and ordered someone to prepare a banquet for the three of them. During this period, Ma Chao asked Qin Yi alone and learned that Chen Gong personally sent them out of the city before the siege of Yuan Cao's coalition army, and there was nothing to say except to make amends. And they were only under house arrest during their imprisonment in East County, except that they had no personal **, good food and drink, and women to sleep with.

Ma Chao knew that it must be Chen Gong's arrangement, and it was also to leave a way back for himself, and this move was nothing more than to reconcile with him, so as to achieve the goal of using his strength to fight against Yuan Shao. Don't say anything at the moment, it doesn't matter if Yuan Shao is preempted this time, as long as he doesn't give him time to operate, he can recapture Yanzhou at any time, as for how to treat Lu Bu, you have to think carefully about it.

That night, Ma Chao held a banquet in the mansion, except for Qin Yi, Guo Jia and Du Xian, Xun You. Judge, Gao Shun, Cao and others also attended. After three rounds of drinking, Ma Chao put down his wine glass and said: "Lu Bu is unrighteous, he would have had the heart to support him, but he is an ambitious person, and now the city is besieged by Yuan Cao's coalition army and has fallen into a desperate situation, and sooner or later the city will be ruined!" ”

Everyone had different expressions when they heard this, Gao Shun, Cao surnamed and Qin Yi went out with Lu Bu and merged with the state, and they couldn't bear it in their hearts, while Xun You and the trial match were expressionless and waited for the following.

Guo Jia and Du Xi have worked together with Lu Bu for nearly a year, although they have been distrusted or even rejected, but they know the situation in Yanzhou well, and they can't help frowning slightly when they hear Ma Chao's words.

After pondering for a moment, Guo Jia suddenly hugged his fists and said: "Jia has a word, I don't know if I should say it or not?" ”

Ma Chao smiled and said: "I will listen to Gongda's words: Guo Fengxiao was born, and he is a hero." The history of the scriptures is hidden in the abdomen, and the hidden armor soldiers in the chest. Today, I can see that I am very happy in my heart, and I have something to say about filial piety, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it! ”

Xun You was puzzled in his heart, this short poem was not what he said, it was clearly Ma Chao praising Guo Jia in his name.

Guo Jia glanced at his old friend Xun You gratefully, didn't even dare to say it, got up and said: "Lu Bu took advantage of the lord's power to dominate Yanzhou, and the lord's purpose is nothing more than to use Lu Bu to balance the ambitious Cao **!" This plan is very wonderful, Cao ** has risen since the defeat of the Yellow Turban and the Yanzhou herd, but because the lord supported Lu Bu, Cao ** lost most of Yanzhou and became a lost dog. ”

After a pause, he said: "However, now that Cao ** has not been destroyed, Lu Bu has the value of existence, and he must not watch the Yuan Cao coalition army destroy Lu Bu and stabilize the situation in Yanzhou!" ”

Ma Chao nodded and said: "Feng Xian's words are very reasonable, but Lu Bu is a person who forgets his righteousness and is ambitious, and it is almost impossible to completely subdue this person." Back then, Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo were not kind to Lu Bu, but they were both attacked by Lu Bu. Ben Jiang has also vigorously supported Lu Bu in the past two years, but the result is thankless, which is really chilling! ”

Everyone nodded in unison, and Guo Jia said: "If the lord wants to achieve great things, he must endure what ordinary people can't bear, even if Lu Bu is not, he still has a use value that cannot be ignored!" Now that the decisive battle between the lord and Yuan Shao is imminent, everything may become the key to victory or defeat, as far as the current situation is concerned, leaving Lu Bu is beneficial and harmless to the lord, otherwise he will be in a hurry, and Lu Bu will definitely put down his skin and take refuge in Yuan Shao! Then the lord will have one more enemy! ”

Ma Chao nodded, knowing that what Guo Jia said was true, and immediately said: "According to Fengxiao, how should Ben face Yuan Shao?" What are the odds? ”

Guo Jiadao: "It took only two years for Yuan Shao to pacify Yu and Yangzhou, and it was only because of the support of the world's powerful families that he had the strength to fight with the lord. It has been several years since the lord ran the merger and the two prefectures of Hebei, supported the people of the poor family, suppressed the local heroes, opened tuntian to save the people, and pioneered the three-point grain system, all kinds of measures have won the support of the people. At the same time, pay attention to the development of the military, excellent ordnance, rigorous military system, and abundant talents, if you give the lord another ten years to develop, it is easy to calm the world! And although the world is chaotic now, the general trend is always in the hands of the lord! If the lord does not make a fatal mistake, defeating Yuan Shao and pacifying the princes of the world is the trend of the times, and no one can reverse it! (To be continued.) )