Liu Biao carefully weighed the pros and cons, and finally didn't dare to turn his face with Ma Chao, and these materials could solve his urgent need, and he pondered for a moment and said: "Mrs. Huang is justified in what he said, and now we are already in a difficult situation to ride a tiger!" Ma Chao can't be offended, Yuan Shao also has to be wooed, just wait for the two sides to fight with all their might, and then they can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight!"

Everyone claimed that it was, and Kuai Liang moved his lips, but he didn't say anything. After three days, Liu Biao had just sent Chen Qun away with his front foot, and then sent Kuai Yue to envoy Yuan Shao with his back foot, and gave him 100 catties of gold, 10 jade belts, and 50 pearls.

Yuan Shao heard that Ma Chao strongly supported Liu Biao, and he already suspected that Liu Biao had taken refuge in Ma Chao. And this time, Liu Biaohu sent an envoy to give a heavy gift, which made him a little overwhelmed. Kuai Yue didn't play fancy things, so he immediately said what Ma Chao meant, and expressed his attitude on behalf of Liu Biao, and the two abandoned their previous suspicions and did not invade each other.

Yuan Shao inquired carefully, but he didn't ask any clues, but he didn't dare to agree to this matter easily, so he could only prevaricate with ambiguous words. Afterwards, Yuan Shao immediately anxiously asked his advisers to discuss the matter.

Everyone heard the rumors and discussed, Guo Tu said: "Ma Chao's move is nothing more than to win over Liu Biao, and he wants to pocket Jingzhou without blood, and Liu Biao neither wants to belong to Ma Chao, nor does he want to participate in the lord's horse alliance, intending to be celibate, left and right!" The lord should focus on major matters, and let Liu Biao go for the time being, if he can defeat Ma Chao, Liu Biao will surrender without a fight! ”

Yuan Shao nodded and said, "That's right!" The top priority is to send troops to drive Ma Chao back to Xiliang and build the work of King Qin! There are so many troubles! And Liu Biao is just a dog guarding the house, and he can be destroyed by raising his hand! ”

"My lord!" Feng Ji hurriedly stood up against it, clasped his fists and said: "Let me ask the lord, if you want to crusade against Ma Chao, where should you send troops from?" ”

Yuan Shao said confidently: "I have a large army of millions, and I will send troops from Shouchun to Xuzhou and Qingzhou, just waiting to capture Jizhou and Merge Prefecture, and Ma Chao will be gone!" ”

Feng Ji said: "Although the lord has an army of millions, most of them are rabble, and it is extremely difficult to supply. And Ma Chao's soldiers are strong and strong, the grain and grass are full of warehouses, and he has a lot of talents, and he has won the hearts of the people in the north, and he has the Yellow River natural danger and Xiangyang cannon in hand! And heavy troops have already been deployed in Xuzhou, Qingzhou and important strongholds of the Yellow River, how dare the lord easily win? ”

Yuan Shao was very unhappy when he heard this, and frowned: "According to Yuantu, how should this father act?" ”

Feng Ji said: "Recently, there is a folk song circulating in Shouchun City, think about it carefully, it is very appropriate to describe Liu Biao!" ”

"Oh! There is such a thing! Yuan Shao was quite curious and continued: "Yuantu try to say! ”

Feng Ji said: "In the past, there was a farmer Zhang San, who accidentally had three hundred taels of silver, buried it underground and set up a wooden sign on the ground, and left a word on it: 'There is no silver three hundred taels here'. That night, Wang Er next door stole the silver, for fear that Zhang San would come to the door, so he left a note on the door and wrote: 'Wang Er next door has not stolen'. The folk song sang: There are no three hundred taels of silver here, and Wang Er next door has never stolen it. The metaphor tries to hide things and cover them up, but it turns out to be exposed. ”

After a pause, he said: "Ma Chao is such a deceitful person, how could he send such a heavy amount of money to Liu Biao for no reason?" As I expected, Liu Biaoding has already taken refuge in Ma Chao, just wait for the lord and Ma Chao to fight with all their might, he can be Ma Chao's surprise army to smash Runan and Shouchun, then the lord can not take care of each other, the situation is critical! ”

Yuan Shao's face changed when he heard this, and when he got up, he threw the gold and jewelry sent by Liu Biao to the ground, and said angrily: "Good you Liu Jingsheng!" I wanted to let you go, but I was almost deceived by you! I swear to kill them! ”

When the other strategists heard this, they also felt that they were reasonable, and Feng Ji said: "The lord is angry, this is Ma Chao's ambush plan!" Now that he has the favor of God, how can he fall for Ma Chao's plan?"

Yuan Shao nodded, secretly exclaimed, and suddenly said loudly: "Someone!" Immediately take Kuai Yue and the others to take down the heads of all the commanders, and send the heads to Xiangyang to return to Liu Biao, and the prince does not say that the soldiers will be sent to Jingzhou! ”

A samurai had already received the order and was about to go to get someone, but Feng Ji hurriedly stood up and objected loudly: "The lord is angry, this move must not be!" ”

Yuan Shao said: "Since Liu Biao has taken refuge in Ma Chao, attacking Liu Biao is attacking Ma Chao, why not?" ”

Feng Ji said: "It is naturally feasible for the princess to send troops to Liu Biao, but at the moment, she can't turn her face with Liu Biao, and she still needs to think about it in the long run!" ”

Yuan Shao frowned and said, "How do you say this?" ”

Feng Ji said: "The lord's dispatch of troops to Jingzhou can be said to have a lot of benefits, if Jingzhou can go straight to Luoyang, so that Ma Chao's heavy troops deployed along Xuzhou and the Yellow River are useless, this is one of them; The people of Jingzhou are scattered, the army is relatively weak, and there is no natural danger to defend, if the lord attacks Jingzhou with all his strength, Liu Biao can be captured alive in less than three months, which is the second; The lord sent troops to Jingzhou, Ma Chao will send troops to rescue, then Jingzhou is the decisive battle between the lord and Ma Chao, and Jingzhou is adjacent to Yuzhou in the east and Jiangdong in the south, which is greatly beneficial to the supply of grain and grass materials and soldiers! And Ma Chao has no foundation in Jingzhou, and he has an advantage over us! ”

Yuan Shao thought so, and said with a smile: "Yuan Tu's words made me suddenly, and now I should maintain friendly relations with Liu Biao and promise him a non-aggression covenant." Secretly, he wants to mobilize the army, and once the preparations are completed, he will send troops to Jingzhou with lightning speed, and he will definitely be able to catch Liu Biao off guard! ”

Feng Ji bowed down and said: "The lord is wise, it should be like this!" ”

After making up his mind, Yuan Shao set up a banquet to entertain Kuai Yue, not only agreed to what he wanted, but also sent a return gift to Liu Biao. Secretly, he sent the generals Wen Chou and Ko Yi to mobilize the army and prepare for the dispatch of troops to Jingzhou.

Ma Chao made a big plan, and while waiting for Yuan Shao to attack Liu Biao, he asked Chen Lin to be the matchmaker and proposed to Cai Yong, the secretary of the dynasty. Cai Yong knew about Ma Chao and Cai Yan for a long time, and he couldn't wait to see that Cai Yan was about to reach the age of a weak crown. After strict etiquette procedures, the two set their wedding date for the second day of March next year.

Ma Chao had just married Princess Wannian at the beginning of the year, and it was really unruly to marry twice within a year. As for Du Xiuniang, she married into the Ma family as a concubine, the two have long been famous, Ding Yuan saw that Ma Chao had more and more women, and he didn't care about the name when he was anxious to hold his grandson, anyway, Ma Chao's women's status was equal, so it was better to promote good things as soon as possible. If Du Xiuniang competes for luck, she can be the first to give birth to Lin'er, and it is very likely that she will inherit Ma Chao's status in the future.

Ma Chao didn't shirk it, Du Xiuniang had set a name with him as early as five years ago, and she was a stunning beauty with a virtuous surname and a posture comparable to Diao Chan, if you want to say that you are not tempted, it is fake. Besides, Du Xiuniang and Ding Yuan are both from poor families, and their identities and status are much worse than Princess Wannian and Cai Yan, and it is justified to marry into the Ma family as concubines.

As for the gift of concubine, it is much simpler, literally, the wife is a woman lying beside her, and the concubine is a woman standing beside her. The concubine cannot enter through the main door, but through the side door, cannot worship the parents of heaven and earth, and cannot wear red in the wedding dress, but can only wear pink. In short, you can't do it according to the specifications of the wife, you can't be too public, you can't be too extravagant, at most you just find some relatives and friends to eat and drink.

But Ma Chao completely ignored everyone's opposition, except for not telling the world, all specifications must be done in accordance with the courtesy of the wife. Worship heaven and earth, bow down to parents, there are many happy words in red robes, Ding Yuan and Ma Teng and his wife both attended. Ma Chao's subordinates, except for those who really couldn't pull away, all gathered in Luoyang. is called a concubine, and its specifications are no less than half a point worse than the wife of the son of an ordinary prince.

Ma Dai, Ma Xiu and Ma Tie also rushed to Luoyang to attend the wedding, and Ma Chao took the opportunity to tell Ma Dai about the daughter of the Cao family in Xuzhou. Ma Dai naturally has no reason to object, in this era, the elders arranged marriages, Ma Dai's biological father died early, only his uncle Ma Teng and his widowed mother, Ma Chao as a cousin, it is natural to arrange Ma Dai's marriage.

So far, Ma Chao's general's mansion has lived in the six main mothers of the Wannian princess Liu Li, Diao Chan, Yang Wan, Dong Xuan, Cai Yan and Du Xiuniang, as for Zhen Mi, Fu Shou and Fu Yan, the three daughters are too young to leave the identity of the dowry maid for the time being. Of course, this is only in name, Ma Chao will find three little Loli to contact the relationship as soon as he is free, and the relationship is deep.

Among the three daughters, Zhen Mi is twelve years old, and Fu Yan is thirteen years old. The three of them are not lonely in the general's mansion, not only do they have a few sisters who take good care of them, but also several maids who serve them specially, how can there be any "treatment" that a maid should have! Under Ma Chao's love offensive, Fu Shou and Fu Yan, who were forced into the General's Mansion, have long since lost the same attitude as they did at the beginning, and Xiao Lori Zhen Mi is even more like a fart, and she is extremely attached to Ma Chao.

And the relationship between the women is also quite harmonious, among which the eldest Cai Yan and Liu Li are the leaders. Cai Yan is versatile, reads and writes the most, and is proficient in music and vocabulary, and has become an amateur teacher for many women. Liu Li was born noble, reasonable, and far more mature than all the women, and has already taken on the responsibility of the eldest woman. Diao Chan is from a family, has a clear mind, can sing and dance, and plays the pipa well, the most rare thing is to be proficient in the house, and is the most favored by Ma Chao. Although Du Xiuniang is not literate, she is ingenious, and she is the best at women's popularity, Ma Chao's clothes are basically from Du Xiuniang's hands, and she is also a teacher of all women.

Today, I said that I got married to Du Xiuniang, and finally gave Du Xiuniang a correct name, which is really a happy thing. Ding Yuan was even more drunk, and only hoped that the two could give birth to a son and a half daughter as soon as possible. At the beginning, Ma Chao promised that as long as the son born to Du Xiuniang was not the eldest son, he could take Ding as his surname and pass it to the Ding family, but Ding Yuan never forgot this.

That night, Du Xiuniang's boudoir became a cave room, and the girls had already stayed with Du Xiuniang for most of the day. At this moment, when I saw Ma Chao coming drunk in a red wedding robe, I knew what was going to happen next, even the youngest Zhen Mi was no exception.

Ma Chao saw that all the women were there, and he was even happier in his heart, and said with a smile: "All the ladies are here, do you still want to stay in the cave room?" If so, the husband is very welcome! As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and hugged Yang Wan, who was closest to him. (To be continued.) )