Cao Cao's sudden change made Liu Mang still a little unable to react, because Cao Cao had always been calculating Liu Mang, when would he think about Liu Mang so much.

"Lord, it seems that the war in Hebei has entered a critical moment!" Over there, Xu Shu listened to Liu Mang's words and suddenly smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"The war in Hebei?" Although Liu Mang had sent spies in the north to inquire about Cao Cao's actions against the Yuan family brothers, but because of Cao Cao's blockade of the Central Plains, it was difficult for Liu Mang's spies to pass on the news, and Liu Mang only knew a little about it, he knew that the Yuan brothers could not stop Cao Cao, but he didn't know the specific time.

"The brothers of the Yuan family should be unable to hold it anymore!" Zhuge Liang also opened his mouth over there, but he didn't expect such a bad news to appear all of a sudden, once Cao Cao pacified the north, the first to bear the brunt was his Liu Mang Liu Hanyang's Yangzhou.

"Cao Cao did this in order to show weakness to the enemy!" Lu Su also nodded, Lu Su finally appeared on the main hall, although Lu Su came back with Sun Ce before, but Lu Su did not show his true face, but instead taught Sun Ce the credit, which can be regarded as saving Sun Quan's life to repay Sun Ce's previous reuse of himself.

Cao Cao has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Yanzhou, but once dispersed, his defense ability is not high, not only Yanzhou, Zhili, once Xuzhou and the like, then the 100,000 army is really not enough, the real soldiers and horses that Cao Ren can take out and use are less than 50,000, once the war starts, then Cao Cao's army can only be beaten passively.

And once Xuzhou is relinquished, Cao Ren has much more soldiers and horses to use. Plus after giving up Xuzhou. If you, Liu Mangjun, take over Xuzhou. This is another period of delay, and by the time you react to the danger to Yanzhou, maybe Cao Cao has already pacified the north and waved his army south.

"Then Xuzhou, don't we want it?" Liu Mang was ready to give up half of Xuzhou that Cao Cao had conceded, and directly prepared to send troops to Yanzhou to block Cao Cao's great cause of unifying the north.

"The lord's name is not right, it's not good, it's not good," Zhuge Liang opened his mouth over there, Zhuge Liang shook his head, and said to Liu Mang, sending troops is a justifiable one, Liu Mang sent troops to Jiangdong in the name of Sun Shangxiang's husband as Sun Ce and Sun Quan's sister to help mediate and get involved in family affairs. started a war with Liu Biao, that was also Liu Biao's first war.

As for Liu Bei, it is the same.

And since Cao Cao came out of Xuzhou, although there has been friction between the two sides, there has not been friction with Cheng Dù, and both sides are restrained. Even when Liu Bei's army attacked Liu Mang, Cao Cao also sent 100,000 grains and grass as a funding.

If he tore his face now, Cao Cao had Emperor Han in his hands, and Liu Mang would be able to turn from His Royal Highness the King of Shu to a traitor.

"Lord, the Ministry of Industry's combat readiness is not yet ready!" Liu Ye was also shaking his head, the hundreds of cannons were still under construction, and the Yangzhou Army had developed smoothly over the years. However, there are also many problems in it, and the war with Cao Cao is definitely not something that can be ended in a day or two. It is bound to be a bitter and protracted war, so combat readiness has become a very critical issue.

Cao Cao needs time, he Yangzhou also needs time, originally Liu Mang was thinking of taking Jingzhou and then trying to start a war with Cao Cao, only by relying on the wealth of Jingzhou can he resist a protracted war with Cao Cao.

But now it seems that time is running out.

"Lord, we have to eat Xuzhou!" Zhuge Liang said to Liu Mang.

"Huh?" Liu Mang was even more confused, saying that this Xuzhou was Cao Cao's temporary plan for Zhuge Liang and them, saying that taking half of Xuzhou was just Cao Cao delaying time, and now it is Zhuge Liang who wants to take Xuzhou.

"Since Cao Cao sent Xuzhou, it's too wasteful not to do it!" Xu Shu also nodded in agreement.

"We want this Xuzhou, and he Cao Cao also doesn't want to take the north too easily!" Lu Su's hoarse voice also rang out.

He can't fight directly with him Cao Cao, but he can also stop Cao Cao's pace.

"My lord, the messenger of Gongsun Du is still in Yangzhou!" Zhuge Liang and the others said to Liu Mang.

"Liaodong Gongsun Du!" Liu Mang remembered this person, and he was also a bright eye, Gongsun Du now said that the relationship with Liu Mang is really good, Yangzhou lacks war horses, Liu Mang opened up such a water road, so that the war horses in Liaodong are continuously sent to Yangzhou, and some retired war armor in Yangzhou, as well as excess grain and grass, are also sent to Liaodong.

The two sides can be regarded as happy cooperation.

"The lips are dead and the teeth are cold, as long as you make it clear to that Gongsun Du, this Gongsun Du believes that he can't sit still!" Liu Mang's strategists with bad stomachs began to plan.

"The Yuan family brothers are no longer Cao Cao's opponents, if there is one more Gongsun Du, they will still be able to persevere!" Liu Mang also nodded.

"We can give up a little benefit from Gongsun Du, in order to let Gongsun Du support the Yuan brothers, and even let him send troops."

After the group of people negotiated, Liu Mang, the envoy of Gongsun Du over there, also made an appointment, and the envoy of Gongsun Du said that the matter was important, and he did not dare to make a decision lightly that he needed to go back to Liaodong to discuss with their master.

Liu Mang also nodded, not embarrassed Gongsun Du.

In Xuzhou, Liu Mang's order was also issued, and Chen Deng of Guangling also sent troops, with Chen Deng himself as the main and Lu Meng as the vanguard, and soon spread from Guangling City to all directions of Xuzhou.

Xiapi, Pengcheng, Langxie, these important cities in Xuzhou, Cao Cao have all let out.

Liu Mang's Yangzhou army took it all the way without encountering resistance at all, and Liu Mang simply gave all the land to the local people, and the same treatment as the people in Yangzhou, and soon received the support of the locals.

Originally, Lu Bujun went out of Xuzhou, and many veterans of Xuzhou couldn't help but cry when they arrived in Xuzhou's hometown.

In the middle of Shouchun, the Ministry of Industry also put down some civilian matters and went all out to produce weapons for war readiness. Sit and prepare for the next big battle.

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"Good news. Good news! Cao Cao's army naturally got the news that the Yangzhou army took over the city of Xuzhou. Those titles and official positions, Liu Mang also accepted them all unceremoniously.

Isn't this exactly what Cao Cao needs, first feed Liu Mang, the tiger, to him, let him burp, and when he is hungry again, he Cao Cao has already prepared his sword. Let's clean up Yangzhou again, but Cao Cao doesn't understand a little bit that once a beast like a tiger gives him the blood. That's really out of control, and his wildness is about to be exposed.

"Congratulations to the Lord, congratulations to the Lord, the great cause of the unification of the world in the north is just around the corner!" Yangzhou Liu Mang was deceived, and waiting for Cao Cao to clean up the Yuan family brothers, who occupied two-thirds of the world, and then to clean up the other princes is not the same as playing.

Although the two brothers of the Yuan family are not capable in Hebei, the two have a good father, the appeal of this father is too strong, and if the two of them do not die, Hebei will not be pacified.

"Haha!" Cao Cao was immediately smiling when Cheng Yu said this, and he was very proud.

The Guo family on the side frowned, this Yangzhou army was too refreshing, and Guo Jia even prepared for the worst, that is, Liu Mang was not fooled and immediately sent soldiers and horses to Yanzhou. Guo Jia also made Cao Ren have to close the city gate and defend the main place.

Even if Yanzhou loses most of it. As long as Xu is not lost, it doesn't matter, Cao Cao took Hebei, and then sent a text to ask for rebellion, I believe that the princes of the world will still cater to it.

"Lord, how does Gongsun Du respond?" Guo Jia asked Cao Cao, the envoy to Liaodong had already been sent, and it stands to reason that news had already arrived.

Listening to Guo Jia's question, Cao Cao's originally happy expression frowned.

That's because, originally Gongsun Du had already said that he would obey Cao Cao's selection, and the negotiations between the two sides were also very ambiguous, but in the end, Gongsun Du was sent away with official words, which made Cao Cao very annoyed.

"It's not good, then Yangzhou Liu Mang also sent an envoy!" Guo Jia immediately discovered that this Gongsun Du had an ambiguous attitude, first, he did not refuse Cao Cao, and secondly, he did not agree to Cao Cao, which was obviously waiting for the price to sell. There must have been a better choice, otherwise it wouldn't have been like this.

"What a good thing this is!" Cheng Yu was very anxious on the side, "How can this Gongsun Du be so untrustworthy!" "Cheng Yu's problem is here again, Guo Jia rolled his eyes on the side, who still drinks you to talk about faith in this era. Those who believe in righteousness, such as our great Confucian Kong Rong and others, are either hung up or placed under house arrest.

"Even if there is no grandson of his father, I will take down the Yuan family brother." Cao Cao was also annoyed, and said with a frown.

"No, lord, if this Gongsun Du favors Liu Mang's side in Yangzhou, then not only will we not get his help, but in turn, this person may also send troops to help the Yuan family brothers." Guo Jia said to Cao Cao.

"He dares!" Brother Xiahou's eyes widened and he burst out with murderous intent.

Guo Jia didn't argue about anything, what dare not, there are good and good things, I believe that no one will refuse, only the possibility increases.

"Lord, what are the conditions you gave to that Gongsun Du?" Guo Jia asked Cao Cao on the side.

"My lord, the conditions for that Gongsun Du are General Wuwei and the Marquis of Yongning." Cheng Yu said to Guo Jia.

"General Wuwei!" Although this is a miscellaneous general, it is the highest official position in the frontier, the land of Liaodong, if in the era of the Han Dynasty, this official position can control Liaodong.

"Yongning Township!" Although this is a township, but Yongning, it is indeed a very wealthy place under Cao Cao, there is a food estate, not those titles that Liu Mang begged for, only nominal, there is no benefit to going, to put it bluntly, it is just a document.

And the one who gave this grandson is a real deal, a thousand households.

And you have to know that this is the way to let Gongsun Du agree to come down, if Gongsun Du sends troops later to help Cao Cao take down the Yuan brothers, Cao Cao will definitely have a reward, at least the title will be at the level of the Marquis of Wanhu.

But that's it, our grandson Du children's shoes still don't agree.

"Kang Yu, do you know geometry about this Gongsun Du?" Guo Jia turned his head to look at another inconspicuous man standing behind Cao Cao, this person was a eunuch, but he should not be underestimated, because this person was a fan of Cao Cao's hands, just like Yang Hong under Liu Mang's command.

"This Gongsun Du's father, Gongsun Yan. Escaped to Xuansu County. But Gongsun Du became a county official. At that time, Xuansu was too shou Gongsun Chen's son, Gongsun Leopard, who was eighteen years old. But it has already folded. Gongsun Du was also called Gongsun Leopard when he was young, and he was the same age as Gongsun Chen's son, and when Gongsun Chen saw him, he loved him very much, sent him to study, and married him a wife. Later, he recommended him to others and let him serve as Shang Shulang, and later he was promoted to Jizhou Assassin History. But because of rumors, he was immediately deposed. Fellow villager Xu Rong was a Zhonglang general under Dong Zhuo, and he recommended Gongsun Du to be the Taishou of Liaodong. But because Gongsun Du started from a small official in Xuansu County, the people of Liaodong County looked down on him. Prior to this, Gongsun Zhao, a vassal state of Liaodong, was the county commander of Xiangping, and he made Gongsun Du's son Gongsun Kang serve as the commander of the army. As soon as Gongsun Du took office, he arrested Gongsun Zhao and whipped him to death in Xiangping City. The wealthy families in the county, such as Tian Shao and other families, had no grudges or hatreds against him, but they were all killed by him with an excuse. He ruined his family. There were more than a hundred, and everyone in the county was terrified. He also went east to Goguryeo. The western expedition to Karasuma shocked overseas. This Kang Yu really did his homework on Liaodong, and soon Gongsun Du's experience was spoken by this person.

"This person is so talented?" Cao Cao's love for talent rose again, this Gongsun Du pacified Liaodong, Cao Cao may not be able to look down on it, but this Gongsun Du was able to conquer Goguryeo in the east, and the expedition to Karasuma in the west made Cao Cao look at it a little more. If you get this person, not only this Liaodong may be pacified, but also use this person to give him Cao Cao one more powerful boost, like a tiger with wings.

Listening to Kang Yu's introduction to Gongsun Du over there, he shook his head, "Lord, put away your love for talent, this person is also a tiger and wolf, and he can't surrender, just like that Lu Bu, the recipient can only hurt himself!" "From Kang Yu's introduction to Gongsun Du, this person is a character who will be revenged, whoever looks down on him will kill whoever he wants, and who will take revenge, such a person will not be a character who seems to be with. The eastern expedition to Goguryeo and the western expedition to Karasuma show that this person is not a person who dares to condescend to others.

Although Guo Jia dissuaded him like this, Cao Cao's eyes still lit up, this is obviously a character who does not hit the south wall and does not look back.

Kang Yu on the side looked at Cao Cao's appearance and couldn't bear to see Cao Cao crash into the south wall, he and Guo Jia Guo sacrificed wine is general idea and spoke again, "This Gongsun Du is in charge of the army in Liaodong, and he travels mostly by Luan,"

"What, bold, what is this person going to do, rebel?" Cheng Yu couldn't help but shout out first, what is called Luan Jia, only the emperor can do it, even His Royal Highness Liu Mang, the Holy King, did not dare to use this Luan Jia in order to avoid being tongued, but this Gongsun Du actually took out Luan Jia, this is not what audacity is.

"Rebellion, hehe! The current Han family still has prestige. Although the people thought this in their hearts, they still did not say it.

"Not only that, there are nine jade strings hanging from the hat, with the cavalry wearing the hat as the Yulin Army" Kang Yu's words here really made Cao Cao die, the nine jade strings can only be worn by the king or above, the supreme of the nine, and Liu Mang only carries eight beads. Yulin Army, that was in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up a name for his forbidden army, you are the Yulin Army, so doesn't it mean that you are the emperor.

"This Gongsun Du wants to be the king of Liaodong." Guo Jia quickly understood the idea of this Gongsun Du, the building will fall, the prestige of the Han family will no longer exist, and there are countless people like Gongsun Du, if it weren't for Cao Cao, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, becoming stronger day by day and maintaining the last fig leaf of the Han family, maybe the emperor who is called the king in the world will not know how many.

"Lord, with my 50,000 soldiers and horses, I will immediately go out to Liaodong and arrest this Gongsun Du thief for you!" The Xiahou brothers on the side were immediately dissatisfied, such a traitor wanted to be the king and emperor, where did you put Xu Du? Where did you put Cao Cao, the prime minister?

"50,000 soldiers?" Guo Jia shook his head, although Cao Cao brought nearly 300,000 troops in Hebei, including more than 100,000 elites, but 50,000 soldiers and horses really can't take Gongsun Du, this man who wants to be the king of Liaodong has more than 20,000 cavalry under his command, and there are as many as 50,000 feet, adding up to 70,000 soldiers and horses, you fight Gongsun Du, then it is clear that Gongsun Du pushed towards the Yuan brothers.

The Yuan brothers now have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, plus Gongsun Du's soldiers and horses, that is an army of more than 100,000, so it is a completely bitter battle for Cao Cao's army.

"What then!" Brother Xiahou is also dissatisfied, you can't pull the fleece here, and you can't fight. Why is that? Now half of Xuzhou can be given to Yangzhou. What happens after that? Could it be that Yanzhou is being made?

"My lord. This king of Liaodong, we give! Guo Jia said suddenly to Cao Cao over there.

"To the King of Liaodong? Are you crazy about Bonghyo? Someone over there exclaimed.

"Guo Jia Guo Fengxiao, where are you going to put the lord? Where are you going to put Emperor Han? "Although Cheng Yu has no hope for the Han family, but don't forget it, Cao Cao used the banner of the Han Emperor to sell his dog skin plaster, and coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, as long as this righteousness is in hand, then he Cao Cao will beat whoever he wants. But it's not the same for the king, although the princes and the princes are only one word apart, but there is a world of difference, the princes and kings have a feudal country, which is equivalent to standing on their own, and they only need to give the Han Emperor an offering, if he is unhappy with you, as long as he doesn't beat you, you can't call people a thief, at most you don't obey orders.

If you hit him, then you don't take advantage of it. Given this Liaodong Gongsun Du, the other princes of Liaodong will think so, and what will those scholars in Xudu think. Isn't that a mess? Once this king of Liaodong is rewarded, then Cao Cao's position as prime minister is really worthless. That fig leaf of the Han family may be completely torn apart.

"Huh. Whether this king of Liaodong can get it depends on whether his grandson Du has that life! Guo Jia didn't care about Cheng Yu's duties at all, but sneered.

"What do you mean by Bonghyo?" Cao Cao seemed to understand something.

"King of Liaodong, isn't it just a letter!" Guo Jia said very indifferently, "If you give him Gongsun Du, how can you wait to take down the Yuan family brothers, whether this Gongsun Du is the king of Liaodong or not, and it is not the lord who has the final say."

Everyone listened to Guo Jia's words over there, their eyes lit up, there are no stupid people here, this Guo Jia's strategy is to sit on the ground and pay back the money on the spot, isn't your Gongsun Du ambitious!

Okay, I'll give you this Xinye, I'll draw you a big pie, that is, I'll give you a Liaodong king, as long as you help me take down the Yuan family brothers, this Liaodong king is yours.

But if you want to make an idea, the premise is that you want to take down the Yuan family brothers, once one of the Yuan family brothers is killed by Cao Cao's army, or this Yuan family brother commits suicide, then you don't want this Liaodong king.

As for you're going to turn your face with me then, okay! I wish you and I would turn their faces and destroy the Yuan brothers, what is your grandson, I want to fight you, send troops to Liaodong, I don't want to fight you, I only need to leave tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in this Liaodong land and leave a commander general, I can completely block you in Liaodong.

Gongsun Du is not a brother of the Yuan family, the brother of the Yuan family is the third prince of the fourth world, as long as his Yuan family is not destroyed, this appeal will not disappear, once Cao Cao can not get rid of the evil, then the Hebei scholars may not be able to produce moths, just like when Lu Bu entered Yanzhou from Puyang, Cao Cao at that time was in Xuzhou to attack Tao Qian, seeing that Tao Qian was about to clean up, Xuzhou can be said to be at his fingertips, but Lu Bu entered Yanzhou, if Lu Bu only entered Yanzhou, then Cao Cao didn't care at all, No matter how well you Lu Bu can fight, you are just a martial artist, I have Xun Yu Xun Yu under my hands, and Xiahou as a general, these individuals are enough to keep you out of Yanzhou.

But an accident appeared, Lu Bu was so powerful that he won most of Yanzhou, if it weren't for the Xun family brothers' ability, Yanzhou would have disbelieved Cao a long time ago, even so, Xun Yu Xun You would have to ask for help.

What is the reason, there is a person with internal collusion, that is Zhang Miao, some people say that Zhang Miao and Lu Bu are friends, so they helped Lu Bu take Yanzhou, this is not nonsense.

When the princes of the Eighteenth Road met Dong Zhuo, Zhang Miao was one of them, and he drank Lu Bu to face him, the two were still hostile, how could they be friends, even if they were friends, he Zhang Miao was stupid, Cao Cao asked Zhang Miao to be in charge of Yanzhou when he fought in Xuzhou, it can be said that Zhang Miao is the nominal supreme governor of Yanzhou, he Zhang Miao is stupid, and he wants to use his future to help someone who is not a friend.

And the fundamental reason is in Yuan Shao's letter, that is, the appeal of the Yuan family, Lu Bu was put in Yanzhou by Yuan Shao, in order to disgust and disgusting Cao Cao, he asked Zhang Miao to open the city gate to welcome Lu Bu with a letter, which shows the appeal of the Yuan family.

Those Hebei scholars, Cao Cao can't all eradicate them, most of them are, Cao Cao is now strong and they don't dare to move more, Cao Cao is under his eyelids, if Cao Cao leaves, then maybe.

So now the most terrible enemy for Cao Cao is this Yuan family brother.

Therefore, the brothers of the Yuan family are not removed, and Cao Cao can't sleep well, the king of Liaodong! Even if the king of Liaodong really gave him his grandson! Cao Cao gritted his teeth, "Okay!" Yes! (To be continued......)