Tian Kai's face changed, and he was embarrassed: "There has never been a jade seal of the country." I heard that the jade seal of the country was lost in the extermination of the ten permanent servants, since the young emperor succeeded to the throne, the edict of the Son of Heaven has no seal, but there is a personal seal of the Son of Heaven! If the general wants to take a look, he will immediately send someone to fetch it! ”

Ma Chao waved his hand and said, "No need to do this!" Ben will ask you, what position does Gongsun Chan have? ”

Tian Kai said: "General Ren Fenwu!" ”

Ma Chao smiled: "According to the practice of the current dynasty, only higher-level officials recommend lower-level officials, General Fenwu is just a miscellaneous general, with an official position of two thousand, but the history of a state assassin is two thousand stones, but I don't know what the reason is?" ”

"This" Tian Kai was speechless for a moment, and frowned: "If the general doesn't want to admit the position of assassinating history in Xiaqingzhou, it is okay, and he can give up this position in Xiada!" Where is General Gongsun, Ben will tell the truth! ”

Ma Chao said coldly: "Are you using Gongsun Chan to threaten the general?" It doesn't hurt to tell you the truth, Gongsun Chan colluded with the northern alien Wuheng to plot a rebellion, before coming here, he had asked the Son of Heaven to send an edict to Youzhou Mu Liu Yu, so that he could send troops to exterminate Gongsun Zhan. ”

"Don't dare! Please also ask the general to take a look! Tian Kai was shocked, and finally figured out that Ma Chao was not good.

Ma Chao saw that the scare was almost over, so he persuaded with good words: "Since you pacified the Yellow Turban, you have made a lot of small contributions, if you can completely break away from Gongsun Zhan, know your way back, and hand over the soldiers and horses in your hands, you will be able to show you to be an official in the court as an official in the post of Shang Shulang, and ensure that you are rich and noble for a lifetime, if you are obsessed again, Hugh blame will not give you a chance!" ”

Hearing this, Tian Kai and Kong Rong glanced at each other, hugged their fists and said: "Thank you for the general's love, but the stakes are very high, how about I think about it later?" ”

Ma Chao said: "That's right, I will garrison outside the city, give you three days to wait, where to go is all in one thought!" Let's hope we don't disappoint Ben! ”

Tian Kai said: "Don't worry, general, after three days, the two of us will have an explanation!" The general has been bumpy and tired all the way, why don't you go into the city with me to bathe and drink the feast? ”

Kong Rong also hugged his fists and said: "That's right, please be sure to appreciate the general's face, and let the two of us do the friendship of landlords." ”

Ma Chao frowned, and he inevitably hesitated in his heart, as soon as he entered Zibo City, it was equivalent to entering someone else's territory. But if you don't agree, it will be too insincere, after all, the purpose of this is to recruit the two of them, and they don't even dare to go to the banquet, obviously they can't trust each other.

Weighing the pros and cons carefully, Ma Chao nodded happily and said with a smile: "It's hard to be gracious, so it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, and when Ben will make arrangements, I will go into the city with the two." ”

The two of them were full of admiration, Kong Rong hugged his fists and said, "General, please!" ”

Ma Chao is also certain to be sure of this, first of all, Kong Rong is a descendant of Confucius, a humble gentleman, and it is impossible to do despicable things and seek his surname. In history, Kong Rong saw that Yuan Shao was powerful, so he gave up Beihai County and took refuge in Cao Ying's court, and later criticized Cao Ying repeatedly because of different political views, which caused Cao Rong to be unbearable and killed Kong Rong's family in a fit of anger.

However, Tian Kai was the main force in Qingzhou against Yuan Shao in history, and he was friends with Tao Qian and Kong Rong, but he was defeated and died, and he didn't hear of any bad deeds. Since you can make friends with Kong, your character will not be too bad, after all, things gather by like, and people by groups. Besides, he only needed to take Dian Wei, Chen Dao, and a hundred personal soldiers with him, even if they had bad intentions, he could get out.

Back in the formation, all the generals heard that Ma Chao was going to enter the city for a banquet, and they all spoke out against it, this matter was too dangerous, in case Ma Chao was more than three long and two short, their group would also be in danger of collapse. But Ma Chao has made up his mind, he is determined to enter the city to express his sincerity, although the two princes of Qingzhou are not strong, but it will take a lot of effort to send troops to exterminate, if they can take Qingzhou without a fight, that is the best policy.

Everyone couldn't persuade Ma Chao, so they had to prepare for the siege of the city, ready to attack the city at any time, even if the casualties were large, they couldn't care about it. Xun You even arranged for 200 personal soldiers to enter the city, so that 100 of them would go out of the city every other time for tea, and one person would be responsible for reporting safety, and if there was any interruption, he would immediately attack the city. In this way, a hundred men were enough to last four hours, and everything was done.

Although Ma Chao felt that it was unnecessary, he didn't want to brush off Xun You's kindness, and reluctantly agreed. At that moment, Huang Zhong and Xun You were ordered to preside over the overall situation, while on guard, they set up a military camp and waited for Zhang He's infantry to arrive, and he took Dian Wei and Chen Zhi to lead two hundred personal soldiers into the city for a banquet.

Tian Kai and Kong Rong saw that Ma Chao was so bold, and they were completely impressed in their hearts, and after the group entered the city, they went straight to the Qingzhou Thorn Mansion. In order to show their sincerity, the two deliberately let Ma Chao's two hundred personal soldiers enter the inner mansion to be responsible for the vigilance work, and immediately ordered someone to cook soup and set up a banquet without mentioning it.

Ma Chao is not polite, at this time it is the spring ploughing time, the wind and sand are permeated, the horse galloped for a few days, the body was already uncomfortable, immediately jumped into the big wooden barrel and comfortably soaked in the hot bath, Dian Wei and Chen Zhi personally guarded the door.

Taking advantage of this, Tian Kai and Kong Rong hurriedly summoned their confidants to discuss the matter, and when everyone heard it, they were all silent, the stakes were very high, who dared to propose it arrogantly, anyway, they were the same as whoever mixed it up, judging from the current situation, Ma Chao, who owned the land of Sanzhou and controlled the imperial court, was the most powerful, and it might be better to follow him. Moreover, the treatment of the Central Army is not comparable to that of these local armies that they have patched together haphazardly.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Tian Kai said: "I don't know what Brother Wenju's plans are?" Whether to fight or surrender, I must have made a decision in my heart! ”

Kong Rong said: "Qingzhou was originally a rich land, densely populated and wide, but after several years of yellow turbans raging, now it has long been dilapidated, and the people have either become yellow turban thieves, or fled to a foreign land, it is really difficult to have the strength to fight." On the other hand, although the champion Hou has a heart of disobedience, he has never done anything immoral, and he has eradicated Haoqiang, carried out education, and loved the people like a son, which is by no means comparable to Dong Zhuo's generation! Kong is just a literati, and he is really tired of intrigue, so it is better to live in Luoyang City and study wholeheartedly, and maybe he can make some achievements! ”

Tian Kai sighed deeply, frowned, and said: "Brother Wenju's words are very pertinent, my brother's reputation is well known in the country, and he is a local official appointed by the imperial court. ”

Kong Rong nodded and said, "This is also true, but if your current forces confront the general, it will be tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and it will be a ruin!" The two of us are far inferior together! Looking around, Liu Bei had just withdrawn to Qingzhou, he had already expected this step, Tao Envoy Jun and Cao Thief were in a fierce battle, how could they have the spare strength to help me? Although Yuan Shao in the south has the strength to fight, it is difficult to save the fire from afar, unless" (To be continued.) )