When it comes to Liu Chuang, Yuan Shang's mind is very complicated.

At the beginning, Liu Chuang needed to rely on Yuan's snort to survive. Especially during that period in Qingzhou, Liu Chuang had several disasters that were more or less avoided by relying on Yuan Shao. Later, it was necessary to rely on Yuan Shao's alms to live in the bitter cold of western Liaoning.

But now, Liu Chuang is already a prince.

He not only took Youzhou from the Yuan family, but also expanded the territory, taking Goguryeo, Sanhan and Daxianbei Mountain, expanding the territory for the Han dynasty.

Now in Saibei, Liu Chuang has become the hegemon.

But what about Yuan?

However, after the two wars, the soldiers were lost and their vitality was greatly damaged.

After Yuan Shao's death, the Yuan brothers closed the wall, which caused a gap in the strength of the two sides.

Even Yuan Shang is not sure that he can defeat Liu Chuang now. Even in some aspects, Liu Chuang's strength is better than that of the Yuan brothers.

Ask for help from Liu Chuang, who used to look up to the Yuan family?

Yuan Shang felt that he couldn't pull his face down...... But as Yin Kui said, I am afraid that the only person who can help the Yuan family now is Liu Chuang. If Liu Chuang sends troops, Ma Teng will definitely respond. In any case, Ma Teng and Liu Chuang signed the edict together, if Liu Chuang makes a move and Ma Teng ignores it, it is very likely that he will be scolded for selling his reputation and reputation. In this regard, Liu Chuang can bring too many benefits to the Yuan family.

"Liu ......"

Yuan Shang took a deep breath, stabilized his mind and said, "Can Liu Chuangguo send troops to help me?"

He has coveted Jizhou for a long time, and it is a great blessing not to rob at this time, how can he really help me tide over the difficulties? ”

Yin Kui smiled: "Liu Chuang may not really help the lord, but for now. But he had to help his lord. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Yin Kui said: "The lord thinks." Trespassers and thieves. Which is stronger and which is weaker? ”

Yuan Shao replied without hesitation: "Since Cao is strong and Liu is weak." ”

"That's it...... The thief was very ambitious and scheming.

But if he had known it, he would have known the present situation. The lord only saw the thieves sweeping through the north and dominating the northern frontier, but he didn't notice that in the past two years, the thieves had used troops several times, and the loss of grain and grass was huge, and the people of Youzhou had already been exhausted. If not. He will not stop at this time, and he must have already waved his troops south and pointed directly at Jizhou. It is not beneficial for a thief to commit a crime. He needs to recuperate, and the best thing to do is to cooperate with the lord and join forces against the thief...... Otherwise, if the lord fails, he will have to face the thief and soldier.

He is a smart man and naturally knows how to choose...... If my guess is correct, he is also planning to cooperate with the lord at this moment......"

Yuan Shang frowned slightly. "So when he recovers. Not my enemy yet? ”

Yin Kui said: "This is nature.

Just like the lord will not let go of the thief after stabilizing the situation, this is the general trend and cannot be violated. However, for the time being, the thief needs to cooperate with the lord, just as the lord now needs to unite with the thief to fight the thief together, and there is no choice.

Next, it will only be up to who will recover the vitality first...... If the lord first stabilizes the situation, the thief should also retreat. ”

Fu Zong said on the side: "The lord is now sitting in Jizhou, with millions of people under his command, although there is some turmoil, but the foundation is still there. But the thief, although he got the land of Youzhou, was known for his bitter cold. Regardless of manpower, financial resources, and material resources, he is no opponent of the lord, so why should the lord worry? As long as the lord cooperates with the thief, first retreats from the thief, and then waves his troops north, and the thief becomes his opponent? ”

Yuan Shang listened and nodded again and again.

I have to say that the words of Yin Kui and Frustration are exactly what he wants.

It's just that he couldn't make a decision for a while, so after pondering for a while, he said: "This matter, let me think twice......"

This kind of thing is indeed not something that can be decided immediately.

Yin Kui and Fu Zong did not persuade again, and after discussing with Yuan Shang for a while, they decided to send someone to Liyang first to let Yuan Xi stabilize his position, and he would then send troops to support.

"If necessary, Zhang Sheng can be ordered to send troops from Hanoi to contain Cao Cao's soldiers and horses."

Zhang Sheng, a native of Hanoi, is a general of Huguan and has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command......

Historically, he was a high-ranking cadre. In the tenth year of Jian'an, Gao Gan rebelled against Cao Cao, Zhang Sheng led the headquarters between Kou and Miao, and Liu Biao in Nantong. Later, this person led troops to attack Zhong Xuan, together with Kansai Ma Teng, Han Sui and others, and killed him. This person is not well-known in history, but he does have some ability, otherwise Zhong Xuan would not have to gather Ma Teng, Han Sui and others to kill this Zhang Sheng in one fell swoop.

However, at this time, Zhang Sheng was still under Yuan Shang's orders.

If he goes out of the pot pass and is in Hanoi, it can indeed bring great trouble to Cao Cao.

After Yin Kui offered advice, he said goodbye and left.

When he returned home, he went straight to the study, but saw a young man waiting in the room.

This young man is Zhen Xin.

In addition to being the assassin of Yuzhou, Yin Kui also has another identity, which is Zhen Dao's father-in-law. And Zhen Dao is the third sister of Luo Shen Zhen Mi. In other words, Yin Kui and the Zhen family are in-laws, and the two families have close contacts, which is the position of Yin Kui's Yuzhou assassin history, and it is also funded by the Zhen family to be able to obtain it. Although the Zhen family rebelled out of Zhongshan, the two families did not cut off contact because of this......

On the contrary, after Liu Chuang gained a firm foothold in Saibei, the correspondence between Yin Kui and the Zhen family became closer.

"I have conveyed the emperor's uncle's intention to the third prince, and the third prince seems to be a little moved.

It's just ......" Yin Kui laughed and said, "After all, he is a young man, and he can't pull down his face, so he didn't reply immediately." However, the third prince is a smart man and will definitely agree to this matter. Youcheng, I heard that you are quite powerful in front of Uncle Liu Huang now, and you will have to take more care of you in the future. ”

Youcheng is Zhen Xin's expression.

He smiled when he heard this, "Uncle has a good reputation, we are just a businessman, where do we come from."

However, Uncle Huang was also polite to my family, not only handed over the construction of the Yanjing Cheqi General's Mansion to us, but I heard from Uncle Xian before I set off that Mrs. Elk came forward on behalf of Uncle Huang and proposed to my aunt and was ready to marry my little sister. It is estimated that during this time, you will be able to pass through the door. ”

In the heart, it is full of taste.

A copper-smelling businessman. But lucky?

gave birth to five daughters who were like flowers, not to mention. That little daughter is so rich.

was first valued by the second son. Now he is favored by Uncle Liu Huang...... It's a pity that my mother-in-law has no stomach and only gives birth to a bunch of wasted people.

Yin Kui's son is quite shy, which also makes Yin Kui upset.

He is a smart person, how can he not see the decadence of the Yuan family.

Can he take refuge in Cao Cao? He was reluctant...... The reason is simple. At the beginning, he and Cao Cao had several confrontations.

Liu Chuang doesn't look strong now, but think about the speed of his rise. Yin Kui still decided to invest in Liu Chuang.

There are two other reasons for this, one is the relationship between the Zhen family, and the other is that he has some friendship with Xun Chen, which is better than going to Cao Cao's side and no one cares about him.

Before leaving, Zhen Xin was advised, and there was no need to explain too much.

And Yin Kui also got the information he wanted, so he naturally had no intention of continuing to ask.

"Don't worry, I'll urge the third prince again tomorrow, and try my best to promote the union between the third prince and the emperor."

"Then please uncle."

Zhen Xin said goodbye and left. Yin Kui didn't go to keep it anymore.

Everything that needs to be said has been said, and everything that needs to be understood has been understood. There's no need to be intrigued. The next task is to try to promote the union of Yuan Shang and Liu Chuang. Yin Kui believed that under the current situation, Yuan Shang had no other choice but to unite with Liu Chuang.

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As Yin Kui guessed, Yuan Shang finally made up his mind to join forces with Liu Chuang to fight against Cao.

In the face of such a behemoth as Cao Cao, when Yuan Shao was alive before, Yuan Shang did not feel too much pressure. But now that Yuan Shao is dead, and his brother is working against him again, Yuan Shang really feels the threat brought by Cao Cao. Liu Chuang is also very dangerous, but compared to Cao Cao, he is much weaker after all. At least in Yuan Shang's opinion, the threat was within his tolerable range.

So, Yuan Shang decided to send someone to Youzhou to talk to Liu Chuang.

At the same time, a heated debate is taking place in Jixian County......

and Yuan Shang to join forces to fight Cao is something that everyone agrees with. Just as this is Yuan Shang's best choice, joining forces with Yuan Shang is also Liu Chuang's best choice. After all, although Youzhou has won big victories one after another, the actual situation is not a secret in the eyes of discerning people.

In the past year, Youzhou has spent as much as 1.7 million yuan on military rations alone.

This is equivalent to the harvest of the entire Youzhou in the past two years. If it weren't for Liu Chuang's hoarding of a large amount of grain before, if it weren't for the Zhen clan coming to invest and bring a large amount of grain and grass, if it weren't for Liu Chuang's efforts to start a war outside the territory, this number would probably be even more amazing, and Youzhou would be even more tired......

Under such circumstances, it is really not appropriate for Youzhou to continue the war.

Last year, Sanhan achieved good results in popularizing Champong rice, so this year Youzhou has also begun to gradually promote it.

At the same time, Nanshan Academy also put forward many ideas. For example, fertilizer-increasing fillers, such as interplanting soybean crops, etc...... If the spring of the next year can be carried out smoothly, after the autumn, Youzhou will inevitably usher in a bumper harvest. But now, it is indeed not appropriate for Youzhou to continue the war, otherwise the consumption of civil power is too great, and if it is not done well, it will cause huge turmoil, which is by no means something that Liu Chuang can bear now.

However, it was not a simple matter to join Yuan to resist Cao.

Among them, the details are complicated, and there are many crux of the problem...... How to unite? How? Who to send to unite?

These items are displayed one by one, which is enough to give Liu Chuang a headache. First of all, it is impossible for Liu Chuang to stand idly by and watch, and he must send troops to help. How many troops and horses are out? Who to send? Those who returned from Jizhou before must not be usable.

Zhang He, Gao Lan, Fu Hu, Tian Shi, Xin Ping...... Not even Xun Chen.

And Liu Chuang's troops are not easy to mobilize.

Many people have already been assigned positions, and it coincides with Youzhou at an extremely sensitive time, so it is not easy to be transferred.

"Why don't you let me go?"

Zhuge Liang said.

Liu Chuang shook his head again and again, "Kong Ming is now, you can't act rashly.

One of the two bosses is in charge of the surrendered city, and the other is responsible for contacting Zhang Yan, and they can't take a break. Now Youzhou is in ruins, Yanjing is about to be built, many affairs need to be coordinated in the middle, Kong Ming must stay, otherwise it may be difficult to coordinate......

This time I joined forces with Yuan Shang to fight against Cao, and I have made a decision in my heart.

After all, Yuan Shang is the son of Yuan Shao, and he is now the lord of Jizhou...... We need him to buy us time at the front now, so we need to show sincerity. The only person who can talk to Yuan Shang is me, except for the extremely old man. So if the joint is successful this time, I will go and meet with Yuan Shang. When others go over, Yuan Shang will not take it seriously, but will miss a big thing. ”

In Liu Chuang's hands, there are not many older people.

There are only a handful of big people who can be deployed......

When he had finished speaking, the crowd fell silent.

Although he didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that Liu Chuang was the most suitable person.

"What the lord said, it is true."

Zhuge Liang glanced at each other, and shook his head helplessly.

Indeed, they are too young and not famous enough to hold down the scene...... In this way, the person who came forward was none other than Liu Chuang.

"How many soldiers and horses does the lord want to bring? Who is the general? Who is a military advisor? ”

Liu Chuang had already discussed this matter with Xun Chen, and Xun Chen also felt that Liu Chuang should come forward.

Liu Chuang said: "Today, Youzhou is tired, and all the soldiers and horses have been fighting again and again since last year, and they have long been miserable.

Now Ziyi, Hengruo and Wenchang's troops must be stationed in northern Xinjiang and cannot be transferred; General Hansheng stationed troops in Beishan, and Wen Xiang monitored the Southern Xiongnu and Gao Gan, and he could not be transferred. General Zhang Liao needs to be stationed in Zhongshan, Zilong is a person from Zhongshan, and he has a friendship with Zhang Yan; And Junyi and Guanzhi were Yuan Shao's subordinates before, and if they went with me, it would not cause conflict...... None of these troops can be mobilized.

I thought about it, this time I went to Yecheng, I didn't need to lead too many soldiers and horses, which was easy to arouse Yuan Shang's suspicion.

Now that Yuan and Liu are cooperating, they should be sincere and united, so that they can fight against Cao Cao...... Any factors that could trigger conflict must be considered.

So I decided that it would be enough to only bring the old battalion and my headquarters 800 flying bear guards. ”

"Only the old camp?"

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he couldn't help blurting out: "This is too little." ”

The regular full capacity of the old camp is 3,000 people, plus Liu Chuang's 800 flying Xiongwei, it is less than 4,000.

To fight against Cao Cao, 4,000 people are too few, and even Zhuge Liang feels that Liu Chuang has some child's play......

Liu Chuang said with a smile: "There is no shortage of soldiers and horses in Hebei, I am going to Yecheng just to show my sincerity in cooperating with the Yuan family. ”

"Then Zhong Kang is going to follow?"

"It's nature!" Liu Chuang thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "Except for Zhong Kang, Ling Ming is enough to accompany him.

In addition, after transferring Lu Xun from Zilong's side, plus the Zi family, he can deal with all kinds of rights and wrongs, and he doesn't have to lead others. ”

"No!"

Zhuge Liang immediately stood up and objected loudly.

This time, even Sima Yi, who has always sung against Zhuge Liang, also expressed his approval.

"I don't doubt the talent of the Zi family.

It's just that he hasn't experienced a big scene, and he is inexperienced when he encounters trouble. I know that the lord wants to experience the son's family, just like when the lord took me to Xuzhou. But today's situation is far from being comparable to that of the past. I'm not saying that Wen Hou is inferior to Yuan Shang, but that the situation in Yecheng is too complicated to allow the Zi family to experience; As for Lu Xun...... Although General Wenyuan praised him a lot, he was not the lord's person after all. Only let the two of them follow the lord to go, Liang definitely can't rest assured, please think twice. (To be continued......)