Chapter 142: Reckless Rise, Treacherous Dilemma
Xizhou, as one of the five continents of Kyushu, its area is not much better than that of Zhongzhou, but the mountains and rivers in the continent are horizontal, and there are many natural dangers, and it has been easy to defend and difficult to attack since ancient times.
However, now in the land of Xizhou, the war is raging, and the soldiers are endless, even if there is a natural danger to block it, it is difficult to stop the footsteps of the princes fighting for hegemony.
Shuzhou, the country of abundance, has a large number of people in the state, more than four million, and Liu Bang, as a reckless and reckless man in the Dayu Dynasty, but because of his previous friendship with the righteous people of the rivers and lakes, he rose in this troubled era and became a prince, which is quite dramatic.
And Liu Bang, although he is a prince, but full of ruffians, and a group of people who rebelled with him, called brothers and brothers, there is no rule at all, but it has a miraculous effect, all battlefields serve death, every battle will be won, like a bamboo, in just over two years, it has become a powerful prince.
"Brothers, now that Cao Cao, the king of Wei Wu, is in high spirits, and he has sent his generals Xiahoudun and Xu Huang to attack the Moon Worship City, what should our army do?"
In the White Emperor City, a person sitting on the main seat had a sad face, asking for advice from the person below, this person has a high nose bridge, and long hair on both sides of his cheeks, which does not seem to be mighty, this person is Liu Bang.
"Big brother, little Cao thief, I'm afraid that he will do something, please give me a soldier and horse, and a certain person will cut off his dog's head and offer it to the eldest brother, hum..."
When a black-faced and rough man sitting in the second place on the lower left of Liu Bang heard this, he immediately stood up, and said with an urn sound, like thunder, which exploded in everyone's ears, and everyone's ears buzzed.
"Fan, Hugh is talking nonsense, what do you know as a reckless man? King Wu of Wei's subordinates are full of talents, Xiahoudun and Xu Huang are all extraordinary, in fact, they can be repelled casually? ”
When a middle-aged Confucian student sitting next to him heard this, he hurriedly scolded him not to talk nonsense.
"Lord, although what the second brother said is good, but our army may not be worse than them, please give a certain army of soldiers and horses, and go with General Fan, and you will be able to defeat the Cao army in one fell swoop..."
A general sitting opposite Fan Xu also stood up and began to clear the war, this person was Liu Bang's general Peng Yue, who had extremely extraordinary command ability and won Liu Bang's trust.
"Okay, since Brother Peng Yue is willing to try the combat power of the Cao army, then Gu will let you take 50,000 soldiers and horses to Baiyue City and fight against the Cao army..."
Liu Bang saw that Peng Yue took the initiative to ask for help, so he also took advantage of the situation and agreed to his request.
"Slow, lord, please don't be so anxious, the minister has a plan, and he will be able to retreat from the enemy without much effort..."
At this moment, the Confucian student, who was sitting in the first place, suddenly spoke out to stop Liu Bang and told him not to worry first, and he listened to him.
When Liu Bang heard this, he naturally urged Chen Ping to hurry up and tell the plan.
"Borrow a knife to kill people, encircle Wei to save Zhao!" Chen Ping said with great confidence.
"What should I do?"
"The minister is willing to personally send an envoy to join the state Yuan Shaobu, Yuan Shao has always been at odds with Cao Cao, and he is in the same situation, as long as I go to unite with this person on behalf of the lord, when the time comes, the forces of the two sides will be able to repel the Cao army, and even go further, and go straight to the land of Qingzhou..."
Chen Ping shook the feather fan lightly, extremely calm, and in the midst of strategizing, he won the victory thousands of miles away.
"Great goodness, the third brother is resourceful, let the lonely shame..."
Liu Bang's face was ashamed, and he seemed to be extremely ashamed of himself, but a trace of cunning in his eyes still flashed, and then he scratched his cheeks and nose, and looked at Xiao He, the No. 1 think tank next to him.
"Second brother, what is this plan? Can it be used? ”
"Lord, Brother Chen's plan is very good, with Brother Chen's ability, it should not be difficult to promote the alliance. It's a clever plan to kill two birds with one stone..."
Seeing his subordinates' think tank speak, Liu Bang naturally did not hesitate any longer, and immediately sent Chen Ping as an envoy to merge the state to discuss the matter of unity.
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Qingzhou, Xudu City.
"Lord, this expedition to the Moon City, Liu Bang must send his generals Fan Xu, Peng Yue and others, if you want to break through quickly, you must use strange strategies, Yichen can see that our army can be completely surprised, attack it unprepared, let General Xiahou pretend to attack the Moon City, and then send General Cao Bin to secretly lead the army to fight Jiangdu City, it will definitely be able to receive miraculous results..."
The think tank under his command began to analyze the pros and cons and feasible strategies for Cao Cao.
"Zhicai, what I'm worried about is not this, with the ability of Liu Bang's strategists, it is better than being able to anticipate the enemy's opportunities, and I and Yuan Shao are old enemies, and I don't want to see me take the opportunity to become bigger this time, so I will definitely send troops..."
Cao Cao's face was embarrassed, a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes, he was very resentful of this Yuan Shao, and he did not hide a trace of killing intent.
"Well, what the lord said is good, so my army must take this into account and prepare in advance, in case Yuan Shao takes the opportunity to attack, since Liu Bang has united with Yuan Shao, our army can also unite with Yuan Shu in Ruzhou, Yuan Shao's dog thief is despicable and shameless, as a concubine, he openly usurped the merger that originally belonged to Yuan Shu, and drove it out of the merger, Yuan Shu hates it to the core, as long as we send someone to say it all, we will definitely persuade this person, but with this person to contain Yuan Shao, our army can have a heart left..."
Cheng Li also opened his mouth to analyze the situation and give advice to Cao Cao.
"Great goodness! I don't know who is going to persuade Yuan Shu? When Cao Cao heard this, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and he felt that this plan was feasible, so he asked who was willing to persuade Yuan Shu to send troops instead of him.
"Minister Zhang Bin is willing to go to Ruzhou and persuade Yuan Shu to send troops!"
At this time, Zhang Bin, who didn't hear a person, suddenly came out of the ranks, and Mao recommended himself.
Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhicai when he heard this, he didn't know much about Zhang Bin, this time the matter was very important, but he didn't dare to be careless, Zhang Xintou, only when he was close to Xi Zhicai, did he look at Xi Zhicai.
"Lord, Meng Suncai is still above me, if you go to Ruzhou, you will be able to persuade Yuan Shu, and great things will be done!"
Xi Zhicai and Zhang Bin don't have a deep relationship, but Zhang Bin's talent has to convince Tan, so he naturally won't object, but instead promote this matter.
"Okay, Meng Sun, this Qingzhou situation depends on you, and please Meng Sun must invite Yuan Shu to send reinforcements..."
"Please rest assured, your subordinates will do their best to persuade Yuan Shu to merge with the state!"
Zhang Bin is neither humble nor arrogant, with a little excitement on his face, but his words and deeds are quite decent.
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A few days later, Liu Bang sent Chen Ping and Cao Cao's envoy Zhang Bin to Bingzhou and Ruzhou Wangcheng respectively, and met with Yuan Shao, the king of Bingshan, and Yuan Shu, the king of Runan.
"Who is Your Excellency? Why did Cao Cao send you this time? Yuan Shu was arrogant and arrogant, looking down at Zhang Bin, Cao Cao's envoy below, his eyes were full of contempt, and he didn't give much respect.
"Back to the king of Runan, my lord Cao Cao sent him to ...... this time, so the combination is two benefits, and the division is two harms, and please think about it, once my main army is defeated, Yuan Shao's strength will definitely increase greatly, and it will not be easy for the king to hate it..."
Zhang Bin was neither humble nor arrogant, his eyes looked directly at Yuan Shu who was sitting evilly above, and there was an unprecedented light of disdain and pity in his eyes.
"Yan Xiang, what do you think? Did you agree to Cao Cao's request? When Yuan Shu heard this, a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes, and he asked Yan Xiang next to him.
"Back to the lord, what this gentleman said is good, once Yuan Shao becomes bigger, it will be extremely unfavorable to the lord, but now that the lord has taken the initiative, Cao Cao is more anxious than the lord, so the lord can take the opportunity to blackmail..."
Yan Xiang thought for a while when he heard this, and then replied.
"Okay, Cao Cao's request has been agreed, but the lonely king has been fighting for days, and the grain and grass are indeed a little poor, and I hope that Cao Cao can take some help, so that my soldiers can avoid worries and concentrate on the enemy..."
Yuan Shu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately said.
"In the next place, Zhu agreed to the king's request!"
"Our soldiers are not in a good position, please return..."
"Agreed..."
"Our army..."
"Agreed..."
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Yuan Shu said nine i's, and Zhang Bin agreed one by one, but his face was a little ugly, and finally Yuan Shu, who was satisfied, agreed to the request to send troops.
On the other side, Chen Ping relied on his three-inch incorruptible tongue and the assistance of Xu You, who had been bribed in advance, to naturally easily persuade Yuan Shao...
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