Cao Cao didn't care what Ye Teng was thinking, and said: "General Liu's speech has clearly explained the general direction of the alliance, and I will add two supplementary suggestions here. With that, he glanced around.

"Please!" Sun Jian gestured.

Cao Cao nodded, raised his right index finger, and said: "First, since it is a long-term covenant, it is not necessary to set the terms in too much detail, such as the scope of application of the covenant, the specific troops waiting for each dispatch, as long as it is determined that the four of us must not provoke each other, not regard each other as adversaries, maintain smooth communication, and inform each other of major events." ”

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Cao Cao raised his right middle finger again and said, "Secondly, when signing a secret treaty, you can propose an exclusive clause to your allies. For example, either side can propose its own hostile forces, and ask the other three parties of our Quadripartite Alliance not to form alliances with them, and when any party makes a new ally, it must also ask the new ally to avoid this hostile force, and if there is an alliance that has already been signed, it can be raised immediately, so as not to cause misunderstandings in the future! ”

Cao Cao's speech was very reasonable, so everyone agreed.

At this point, the leaders of the Quartet did not speak on Ye Tengwei, and Sun Jian smiled and said: "I have asked General Ye to put forward valuable opinions, and we will listen to them!" ”

Ye Teng said with a smile: "The speeches of General Liu and General Cao are not only to the point, but also show sincerity, which can be said to be very constructive.

"As you may know, I have signed a state alliance with three other allies before. At that time, one of our practices basically laid the foundation for avoiding internal conflicts, and I would like to put forward it today for your reference. ”

Seeing that everyone was listening, Ye Teng continued: "At that time, before signing the alliance, we first delineated the short-term strategic goals of each party's forces, and the long-term sphere of influence, and compromised with each other in order not to overlap and conflict!" ”

"Well, that's good!" Sun Jian applauded, turned his head sideways and asked, "What do you think of Gong Jin?" ”

Sun Jianzhi's question made Cao Cao pay a lot more attention to Zhou Yu at once, and couldn't help asking: "Could it be Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin, the nephew of the late Taiwei Zhou Zhong, the son of the former Luoyang Ling Zhou Yi, and known as Wang Zuozhicai?" ”

Zhou Yu saluted Cao Cao and said, "Thank you Gong Cao for remembering my father and uncle, as for Wang Zuozhi's talent, it's just a rumor, and I can't believe it, and I don't dare to bear it!" ”

Cao Cao returned the salute and said: "It is groundless, not for no reason." Please Zhou Lang express his high opinion! ”

"It's just a humble opinion." Zhou Yu first greeted Cao Cao, and then bowed calmly to Sun Jian, Liu Tao, and Ye Teng respectively before he spoke:

"In response to the exclusivity clause proposed by Cao Gong, Yu is a little puzzled, please ask the public to solve his doubts.

"Take ours, for example. The discord between my lord and Liu Jingzhou is known to the world! After the alliance of the four parties, if one day, our lord and Liu Jingzhou have a war, will you give moral support, or will you directly send troops? Liu Jingzhou's invasion of Changsha is the same as our lord's dispatch of troops to Jingbei's territory, and the support of the princes is the same? ”

When Liu Tao heard this, he said with a smile: "This question is very acute and fundamental. I will first make my position clear, if you go to the left and to the right, the Chinese Alliance can accept it, but as long as it is a civil war in China, I do not approve of the other three parties sending troops, because if this is the case, it is easy to cause unnecessary panic and crisis to other forces, and if you don't do it, you will become the target of public criticism! ”

Ye Teng said: "This is reasonable. Our alliance should be mainly reflected in our internal goodwill and external consistency.

"That is, in times of foreign war, unity; In the event of a civil war, at least take a goodwill stance towards your allies. As for whether and how many reinforcements should be sent in the event of a civil war, my suggestion is that a matter of one should be discussed by both sides, three parties, or even four parties.

"For example, one day, I started a war with Yuan Benchu, if General Cao wanted, the two sides could join forces, and if the battle was won, Yuan Benchu's territory could be divided. However, General Sun and General Liu, who are far away, do not need to be involved. Even if I participated, I and General Cao might have to come up with another payment. ”

Sun Jian said: "Reasonable! Because according to General Ye's suggestion just now, Yuzhou and Jizhou are likely not within the sphere of influence of General Liu and me, let us send troops, if there is no additional payment, it will be to work for the two of you for nothing, which is indeed difficult for a strong man. ”

Cao Cao also said: "I also agree!" In this case, we might as well follow what General Ye said, and first delineate the short-term strategic goals and spheres of influence of all parties. ”

Liu Tao smiled: "Very good! I believe that the goals of our China League will not conflict with you, so let me talk about it first.

"The strategic goal of the Chinese League is to integrate the entire Jiaozhou, including Zhuya Island! In other words, we regard Jiaozhou as our sphere of influence. ”

Sun Jian continued: "My Sun family has no intention of crossing the Yangtze River, our short-term goal is the four counties of Jingnan, if we talk about the sphere of influence, I am afraid we have to add Yangzhou south of the Yangtze River!" ”

The inertia of history is really stubborn, and the Sun family still aims at Jiangdong.

Cao Cao looked at Ye Teng.

Ye Teng knew in his heart that Cao Cao's appetite must be relatively large, and he said it first was the king's way, so he smiled and said: "As long as General Cao's soldiers and horses do not cross the Yellow River north, there will be no strategic conflict with my Tianma City."

"Whether in the short term or in the long term, my goal is to merge with Jizhou, of course, including the territory north of the Yellow River in Qingzhou, in short, I have neither the will nor the ability to cross the Yellow River south to compete with General Cao."

Cao Cao stroked his palms and laughed: "Thank you for your humility, in fact, you should all know my goal, it is nothing more than Yan, Yu, Qing, and Xu." Neither crossing the Yangtze River in the south nor crossing the Yellow River in the north is my clear commitment to you!

"In this way, I believe that we have basically reached an agreement on the general principle of forming an alliance, and the remaining specific provisions will be negotiated by Gongda.

"I am here to make a statement for everyone, going abroad and exalting in a foreign land is also my Cao someone's dream since childhood, so please vacate a wall of Guangye County, let me guard him for Huaxia and for you!"

After saying that, Cao Cao got up with pride!

As for whether it is to brush up meritorious service or pure enthusiasm for serving the country, only Cao Cao understands it in his heart.

Sun Jian also stood up and said enthusiastically: "Very good, then please ask the personnel involved in the specific consultations from all parties to stay." The rest of the distinguished guests accompanied me to visit the beautiful scenery of Dongting and Sun's sailors, how about it? ”

"I don't dare to ask for ears!"

"Guests are as they please!"

"Thank you, General Sun!"

Cao Cao, Liu Tao, Ye Teng and others all agreed!

…

At dusk, when Ye Teng, Cao Cao and others returned from Dongting Lake, Chen Gong and others had discussed all the provisions of the covenant and reached an agreement.

This time, the Quadripartite Alliance signed two covenants, two of which were signed at the same time, and two of which were also notarized by the system!

One is the "National War Alliance Treaty" that is about to be announced to the outside world and is only for the defense of Guangye City, and the main content is that each of the four sides will defend a city wall, and those who are insufficient will mainly be helped by Cao Cao. For cross-border transmission fees, Ye Teng will give all three allies and their affiliated forces a two-fold discount.

There is also a secret pact that will never be made public, mainly for the division of spheres of influence between the parties in the event of a civil war, as well as the Quadripartite Mutual Assistance Treaty.

On the whole, once the covenant was signed, all parties were satisfied. promised to go back and dispatch troops, and from tomorrow, the troops will be transferred to Guangye County one after another.