After arranging many matters, Ma Chao handed over the affairs of the Luoyang area to Tian Feng, Zhong Xuan, Chen Qun, Zhang Zhao and others to take care of, and he himself went north to Jizhou Hejian, planning to meet Zhao Yunhou to use troops against Gongsun Zhan, and of course he was accompanied by two disciples, Ma Jun and Zhuge Liang.

When he arrived at Chaoge, Ma Chao summoned Ma Xiu, Fu Hu, Cheng Lian, Zhao Fu, Li Li and others, who were in charge of the defense of Baima and Yanjin, to discuss the matter. This area is densely populated, the Yellow River flows gently, the terrain is relatively flat, it is the gateway to the south of Jizhou, whether it is Lu Bu or Yuan Shao, if you want to directly invade Jizhou, the first choice is Guandu, Baima, Yanjin, Wuchao strongholds. The same is true for the opposite, in history, Yuan Shao attacked Cao Ying, and also sent troops from this area.

Such an important strategic place has always been under the sole responsibility of Huang Zhong, and the talents and martial arts of Ma Xiu, Fu Hu, Zhao Fu and others are simply not competent, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Ma Chao immediately made strategic adjustments after careful consideration.

First of all, Ma Xiu was transferred to Luoyang to take charge of the army, and together with Tian Feng, he was responsible for the defense of the passes around Luoyang. Then Dian Wei was transferred to Xiapi to assist Xu Huang against Yan Liang, Yan Liang's courage was not something Xu Huang could match, but Dian Wei could clean up Yan Liang, plus Xu Huang and Wen Ping's ability to use troops and Tao Qian's assistance, it was enough to kill Yan Liang's 100,000 army. In the end, Huang Zhong and the surname Cao were transferred to Chaoge to regain their old business, and with the frustration of sitting in Yecheng, even if Lu Bu and Yuan Shao joined forces, they would not be defeated.

After issuing an order, Ma Chao rushed to the river without stopping, and ordered Zhang He, who was sitting in Qingzhou, to divide 20,000 troops to Bohai County to support Ma Chao's Northern Expedition. In the past two years, Zhao Yun has been sitting in Jizhou Hejian, Zhongshan, and the Bohai Sea to prevent and deter Gongsun Zhan, Jizhou is a plain area, and close to Yanmen and Mayi, which is the most suitable for training cavalry. Of course, Ma Chao will not let go of such a good advantage, therefore, half of the 50,000 soldiers and horses under Zhao Yun's command are cavalry teams, including not only the elite troops of the Xiliang cavalry, but also an ace cavalry unit created by Ma Chao.

However, it was said that as soon as Ma Chao's Han quarterly report spread, not only the common people in the world were shocked, but also the princes of all walks of life were also very angry. Especially with Yuan Shao and Cao Ying as the most, these two are the most famous in history, Ma Chao, as the person who crosses, also knows them best, and even the two of them stealing other people's brides when they were young have been exposed.

And Cao Ying, not to mention, was directly slandered by Ma Chao as a eunuch and annihilated the villain. When he was young, he got sick and deceived his uncle, abandoned his wife and children in Luoyang City, took revenge on Lu Bohao's family, beat his life-saving benefactor Chen Gong with an ungrateful stick, slaughtered ordinary people in Xuzhou, accepted yellow turban thieves, and robbed women from good families.

The people in the south were disheartened, and the princes from all walks of life were shocked and angry, especially after seeing Ma Chao's paper quarterly report, they were even more surprised, but there was no turning back when they opened their bows, so they could only choose to fight to the death with Ma Chao. Ma Chao's move is too ruthless, which is equivalent to digging their foundation. In this era, the transportation is inconvenient and the cultural popularization rate is extremely low, which leads to the closure of information, the people are ignorant, and it is difficult for ordinary people to know the world's major events in time.

Now after Ma Chao's instigation, the army and the people are in an uproar, and the heroes of the family are all in danger, for fear that Yuan Shao will be defeated, and Ma Chao's army will enter Yu and Yang. The common people and the slaves of the family were just the opposite, and they were eager for Ma Chao's army to immediately liberate the southern land and unify the world.

This is an irreconcilable contradiction between the powerful landlords and the poor people, but it is not entirely a contradiction between the exploiter and the exploited, because Ma Chao is also an exploiter, and he is the biggest exploiter in the world. To be precise, this contradiction is the final battle between the feudal system and the slavery system, and whoever can be kind to the common people and let them live a good life will be able to win the hearts of the people.

The people's hearts were shaken, the army's morale was weakened, and Yuan Shao and others couldn't sit still. Now that the armies from all walks of life have sent troops to their respective battlefields, a big battle is about to start, and Yuan Shao, who is in charge of Shouchun and commands the overall situation, immediately gathered his advisers to discuss countermeasures.

Yuan Shao held a quarterly report in his hand, his face was gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Ma Chao's thief is extremely deceitful, and he actually slanders us in this way, agitates the people's hearts, and disturbs the hearts of our army. ”

Everyone frowned when they heard this, they didn't have Ma Chao's printing and papermaking skills, and if they used silk to copy 200,000 copies of the inscription to fight back, it would definitely not be possible to do it in a short time. And Ma Chao's reputation is extremely high, not to mention, there is the Son of Heaven as a disguise, the Han family is crumbling, the four hundred years of grace are still there, the court has not fallen, the world is in the court, issuing decrees or promising the most authoritative surname.

These princes are not, it has only been ten years since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and the local people are not enough to renew their generations, and no matter how high their reputation among the people is, they are not as high as the edict of the Son of Heaven who has passed on the jade seal of the country. At this time, the people's hearts were still biased towards the Han Dynasty, except for Ma Chaoguang's blessings to the northern states, the rule of the other princes was far from reaching the point where all the people returned to their hearts.

After a long time, no one was willing to answer, Yuan Shao was about to get angry, but he saw a middle-aged scribe standing up and hugging his fist and said: "Ma Chao has been widely benevolent in the north for several years, suppressing the Tuntian family, developing water conservancy, creating a collective tuntian system, accommodating displaced people and refugees, which can be said to have won the hearts of the people. Although there is a desire to usurp the king and claim the title of emperor this time, the princes and doctors of the world are also well known, but the common people do not know. The sage has a cloud: Heaven and earth are not benevolent, when all things are dogs! The people, on the other hand, support whoever is good to them. Ma Chao is far-sighted and has already taken the lead, and it is almost impossible for the lord to defeat Ma Chao in terms of public opinion and morality! ”

Yuan Shao was secretly annoyed in his heart, and said with an unkind face: "Mo Feier and the others will also betray their father, and they will not succeed in joining Ma Chao!" ”

Everyone was shocked, and they didn't even dare to say it, the lord Bo Fengji said: "Don't worry, although Ma Chao has the support of the small people, he is deeply hated by the powerful of the family, and the lord is just the opposite, and he is deeply supported by the doctors of the family." The moral struggle is just a war of words, and victory or defeat is difficult to affect the overall situation. If it's late, the odds of winning will be one point less! ”

Yuan Shao's face improved slightly, and he nodded: "What Yuan Tu said is very meaningful!" In the end, the battle of morality depends on who can have the last laugh! Immediately send an order to let the local government quickly arrest the spies sent by Ma Chao, and once they are found, they will be executed in public! In addition, passing on the orders of the leader of this alliance to all the armies, Ma Chao's evil words are not enough to win the trust, if anyone dares to surrender without a fight, his family will be beheaded! Then order the wives and children of the high-ranking generals to be sent to Shouchun, Runan and other hinterlands to supervise! ”

"The lord is wise!" Officials from all walks of life chimed in.

Yuan Shao nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "What Yuan Tu said about the two-pronged approach, but is this the case?" ”

Feng Ji had the heart to refute, but he had the face to refute Yuan Shao, so he hugged his fists and said: "The lord is far-sighted, and he is by no means comparable to a super thief!" This time the million-strong coalition army will be able to win the victory and achieve a great cause! ”

Yuan Shao smiled when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Once the war between Jingzhou and Xuzhou starts, Gongsun Zan of Youzhou will definitely raise troops to respond and stab Ma Chao in the back. ”

Guo Tu shook his head and said: "Ma Chao has been guarding against Gongsun Zan in the north for many years, and sent Zhao Yun, the first fierce general under his command, to lead heavy troops to deploy defenses in Zhongshan and Hejian. As a result, Gongsun Chan did not dare to act rashly after the princes asked Dong, although he promised the lord to send troops to respond, but he alone may not be able to shake the cornerstone of Jizhou. Liu Yu's only son Liu He is in the hands of Ma Chao, and he has never dared to oppose Ma Chao's arbitrariness, if the lord wants to seek Jizhou, the key is still on Lu Bu! ”

Xin Ping also said: "That's right! Xuzhou is rich, and there are 100,000 troops led by Ma Chao's generals Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Wen Ping and others, if Tao Qian tries his best to provide supplies for Ma Chao's army, it may be difficult to capture the 100,000 troops of Yan Liang and Cao Ying. The lord still needs to plan early, if he can force Liu Xuan, Zhao Yu and others in Guangling to participate, and the three-way army will crusade against Xuzhou, then Xuzhou can be determined! If Xuzhou goes down, Qingzhou, which is full of holes, is naturally a matter of pushing the boat along the river! ”

Yuan Shao said disdainfully: "How can Huang Zhong and Xu Huang's generation be compared with my henchman Yan Liang?" Tao Qian's old husband is just a dog guarding the house, there are mountains of gold and silver, but he was beaten by Cao Ying! With these two people, attacking Xuzhou will be successful! Liu Miao has a grudge with his father, how easy is it to win over? It's better to extinguish it early to get rid of future troubles! ”

While he was talking, a young general suddenly stood up and interjected: "The lord is wise! Liu Miao sits in Guangling and has a good relationship with Tao Qian, if he helps Tao Qian during the war, it will not be beautiful! The last general is not talented, and he is willing to lead 50,000 troops to crusade against Liu Xuan, take advantage of the situation to attack Xuzhou, and form horns with General Yan Liang and Cao Ying, then great things can be done! ”

Everyone looked at it, but it was Sun Ce, the hostage Sun Ce who Sun Jian left at Yuan Shao's place. After Yuan Shu's death, Sun Jian took refuge with Yuan Shao and won Yuan Shao's reuse. Subsequently, with Yuan Shao's strong help and his foundation in Jiangdong, he quickly pacified most of Jiangdong, and it can be said that except for the powerful local snake Yan Baihu, Jiangdong has basically fallen into the hands of the Sun family.

Yuan Shao is not a fool, in order to prevent Sun Jian from breaking away from him and becoming independent, while adding an official to Sun Jian, he summoned Sun Jian's most favored son Sun Ce to his side as a general, in fact, he was left as a proton. Not only that, Yuan Shao also asked his eldest son Yuan Tan to marry Sun Jian's eldest daughter Sun Ning as his wife, trying to firmly control Sun Jian in the palm of his hand.

Although Sun Jian has a territory, he has been in business for less than two years, the soldiers are not strong, the horses are not strong, and Jiangdong cannot be compared with the rich land in the north, coupled with the chaos in Shanyue from time to time, all kinds of reasons add up, so he does not dare to disobey Yuan Shao's intentions at all, so he can only temporarily be a thug for Yuan Shao to help Yuan Shao fight the world. (To be continued.) )