Everyone took a breath of cold air when they heard this, in this troubled world, which powerful family doesn't do something against the law? Ma Chao's move is simply to find an excuse to attack the local heroes in Qingzhou. The purpose is to seize the materials in their hands to feed millions of displaced people, and the means are not ruthless, but when I think of Ma Chao's "previous convictions" against Jizhou Haoqiang, I am relieved.

Kong Rong hugged his fists and said: "The idea of the lord to exterminate the powerful and feed the displaced people is also feasible, but this move is very likely to be resisted by the joint resistance of the local powerful and powerful. Once there is a move, it is not difficult for the rest to see the intentions of the lord, in case they roll up their wealth and flee to Xuzhou and Yanzhou, will it not be a bamboo basket to draw water. ”

Ma Chao nodded and said, "What Kong Beihai said is very reasonable!" This matter should not be taken lightly, first of all, we must make preliminary preparations, secretly dispatch troops, try to take advantage of their unpreparedness to start at the same time, and have Gongda and Junyi to be responsible for this matter, and I don't think there will be too much mistake! ”

"The last general understands!"

Ma Chao looked at Kong Rong again and said: "Kong Beihai is full of wealth, he is a great writer in the world, and as a descendant of the Confucian sage, it is useless to govern local internal affairs. Kong Beihai can take his family and his handwritten letter from Jizhou to Luoyang to find Cai Yong and Chen Lin, who are all literati in the world, and should be responsible for preaching and teaching. ”

Kong Rong was originally committed to the matter of education, Beihai County has more schools than any state and county, and the name of the descendants of Confucius is not a vain, many literati and writers have rushed to attach themselves to him, if Cai Yong, Chen Lin, Kong Rong and other great Confucians are gathered together, the most authoritative scribe team in the world will be complete, enough to attract more scholars to come and follow.

In addition to these people, there are also Zheng Xuan and Lu Zhi, two great Confucians, but Ma Chao doesn't want to reuse them. The reason is that these two people are too old, and they don't have a few years to live, and Lu Zhi is even more of a diehard member of the Han family, if they secretly promote remarks unfavorable to him, it is really worth the loss, it is better to let them fend for themselves.

Ma Chao and others did not mention the formulation of various policies in Qingzhou, but said that Liu Bei led Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Sun Gan, Jian Yong and others to lead an army of 50,000 to Pengcheng, Xuzhou. Because of the inquiry in advance, he learned that Ma Chao led the army into Qingzhou, and this time he didn't even want Pingyuan County. After several days of rapid marching, the army finally rushed to the vicinity of Xiaopei, and was only a hundred miles away from the main force of Cao Ying, who was besieging Pengcheng.

Liu Bei has been in exile for more than ten years, knowing that it is not easy to make a fortune, and he does not want to fight with Cao Ying's main force this time, so he sent someone to send a letter to Cao Ying, the wording is very humble, expressing his willingness to take on the role of peacemaker, so that the two sides can stop the army and make peace.

Cao Ying couldn't deny it, and after sending the messenger away, he said disdainfully: "Liu Xuande is just a county order, and he actually interfered in the grievances between me and Tao Qian's old thief, which is really beyond his strength!" ”

Xun Yu frowned and said: "The lord should not underestimate Liu Bei, this person emerged in the crusade against the Yellow Turban, and then took refuge in Gongsun Zan for many years, and successively participated in the battle against Zhang Chun and Dong Thief, and his subordinates Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are all ten thousand enemies. Now that the Yellow Turban is strong, the power has begun to form, and staying in Xuzhou will be the enemy! ”

Cao Ying nodded secretly, pondered for a while, and said, "From Wen Ruo's point of view, how should I deal with it?" ”

Xun Yu sighed slightly: "The lord can first reply to a letter promising to withdraw the army to stabilize his heart, and then send troops to return to Yanzhou from Xiaopei, and take advantage of his unpreparedness to annihilate his main force in one fell swoop, and the rest are not to be feared!" ”

Cao Ying frowned when he heard this: "Although this plan is wonderful, it is not a gentleman's doing, since ancient times soldiers are not tired of cheating, it is nothing, but Liu Bei still has two tiger generals, I want to take it for my own use, this move may not convince him!" ”

Xun You said: "The lord must not have the heart to subdue Liu Bei, this person is definitely not a person who is willing to live under others, otherwise it is very likely to raise a tiger!" ”

Cao Ying disagreed, and asked, "Where did Wen Ruo say this!" ”

Xun You said: "Liu Xuande and Gongsun Chan are both students of Lu Zhi, and the two have always had the love of brother and sister, but Liu Bei has been under Gongsun Chan for many years, and can they have the same meaning?" ”

Cao Ying said: "Gongsun Chan is just a disciple of the gate valve, how can he be compared with me, I have a good relationship with this person, if he is good at persuasion, he will be able to surrender!" ”

Xun Yu felt helpless for a while, but it was not good to oppose Cao Ying again, so he said: "In this case, the lord can give it a try!" ”

Cao Ying made up his mind, so he personally handed a letter to Lu Qian, and asked him to act as a messenger to rush to Xiaopei to persuade Liu Bei. As soon as Lu Qian left on his front foot, two fast horses rushed to the camp on his back foot, one of which was the full favor who stayed in Yanzhou.

Cao Ying saw that Manzhong's face was dusty, and he knew that things were not good, and asked anxiously: "Why is Birding here?" Isn't it?"

Full of favor hurriedly said: "Lord, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good!" ”

Cao Ying said: "Why are you so panicked? ”

Man Chong gasped and said: "Lord Qiqi, a few days ago, Lu Bu was named Yanzhou Mu by the imperial court, led the post of general of Zhengdong, and poured out from Yingchuan to attack Chen Liuliang. Taishou Zhang Miao couldn't resist it, so he and Chen Gong and others welcomed Lu Bu into Yanzhou as the state pastor. Now the local county officials have joined one after another, only the three counties of Dongjun are still under our control, and most of Yanzhou is in the hands of Lu Bu! ”

"What?" Cao Ying almost fainted when he heard this, and waited for Man Chong to repeat it again before he believed it, his face was as white as paper, and he was stunned for a long time before he frowned and asked: "Then Lu Bu has been entrenched in Yangzhai and Yuan Shao provided grain and grass, how could he suddenly send troops to Yanzhou?" ”

Full of favor said: "Lu Bu's Yanzhou Mu is sealed by the imperial court, and the imperial court is in the hands of Ma Chao, as expected, it must be Ma Chao who transferred grain from Jizhou to support Lu Bu." ”

Cao Ying hated, gritted his teeth and said: "Ma Mengqi, I never provoked you, but now I have come to copy my back road, and I vow not to give up with you!" Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai also frowned, all kinds of signs on the surface, Ma Chao is ready to attack Cao Ying and other princes, with Cao Ying's current strength, he can't fight with Ma Chao at all, and he started much later than others.

Just as he was hesitating, Mao Jue, who was in charge of intelligence, walked in, hugged his fists and said: "Lord Qi, Ma Chao was invited by Tao Qian to lead an army of 50,000 to cross the river from Bohai County into Qingzhou, according to the spies just reported, Tian Kai and Kong Rong have been attached to Ma Chao. ”

Cao Ying was completely dumbfounded when he heard this, if he wanted to say that Lu Bu was secretly instructed by Ma Chao, then this time he sent troops to Qingzhou to directly crusade against him, and a big war was inevitable. And he lost his hometown in Yanzhou again, the people of Xuzhou all hated him to the core, Tao Qian's hard bone couldn't be gnawed down for a while, and Liu Bei, a mad dog, could bite him at any time, the situation was extremely unfavorable!

After calming down, Cao Ying pondered for a long time and couldn't come up with a clever plan to get the best of both worlds, so he asked: "Ma Chao's army is about to come, and Yanzhou was attacked by Lu Bu again. ”

Xi Zhicai said: "Yanzhou is the foundation of the lord, and there must be no mistakes, although Ma Chao is powerful, Lu Bu is a brave and unscrupulous person, even if there is enough food and grass, he is definitely not the opponent of the lord." The first task at the moment is to wave the army to recapture Yanzhou, as for Ma Chao, the lord can ask Yuan Shao for help, and Yuan Shao will not watch the lord be destroyed by Ma Chao! (To be continued.) )