Chapter 40: The Banner

With Cao Cao and the snake?

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"If Cao Cao doesn't believe that I am sincere, and instead sends troops to fight me before the decisive battle with Yuan Shao, what can I do?" Qin Feng asked.

Yang Hong and Yan Xiang glanced at each other and smiled.

"My lord, rest assured, Cao Cao will definitely not be like this!" Yan Xiang said with a smile.

Qin Feng beckoned to the guards outside the tent: "Come on, go prepare wine and food, I want to drink with the two gentlemen!" โ€

The guards quickly brought food and drinks and laid them down in front of the three of them.

Qin Feng picked up the wine cup and gestured to the two, drank it all, and then asked, "Please also ask Mr. to solve your doubts!" โ€

Yan Xiang drank a glass of wine and began to speak: "The lord knows that Cao Cao has only taken Xuzhou and Huaibei for more than half a year, and his rule over the local area is still unstable. Second, Nanyang Zhang Xiu originally surrendered to Cao Cao, but Cao Cao forcibly occupied his aunt and made him rebel, it is reported that Cao Cao almost died, and also took the life of his eldest son and fierce general Dian Wei, Cao Cao wanted to deal with Zhang Xiu, if the lord was a minister, he would not want to make extraneous branches; Third, Runan is backed by Jingzhou, isn't Cao Cao worried that the main referendum will vote against Liu Biao and get the support of Liu Biao's ordnance, grain and grass soldiers to confront him? โ€

Qin Feng nodded again and again when he heard this, and poured wine into the wine cup again, "Mr. Gaojian, please drink this cup to the full!" โ€

"Thank you, please!"

After Qin Feng finished drinking, he asked Yang Hong again: "Yang Gong, what about the second step?" โ€

Yang Hong said: "The second step is to recruit troops, absorb the bandits in Runan, expand the army, and strengthen the power!" โ€

At this time, Yan Xiang also agreed, "I also agree with this move, if you can recruit a group of soldiers and horses, and then integrate the Runan bandits, you can increase your strength several times!" โ€

Qin Feng slapped the table and laughed: "Wonderful, wonderful, the two gentlemen will drink this cup again!" โ€

The three of them drank together again.

After drinking, Qin Feng put down the wine cup and asked, "Sir, is there a third step?" โ€

"Yes!" Yang Hong put down the wine cup and nodded, and immediately said: "The third step is Xijie Zhang Xiu and Nanlian Liu Biao!" The lord said to Cao Cao that the ministers were just seeking the land of Runan to temporarily recuperate and accumulate strength, not to take refuge sincerely, so naturally he could not pray that Cao Cao would treat the lord sincerely, presumably Cao Cao would not believe that the lord was sincerely attached, it was just an expedient measure! โ€

Therefore, in order to prevent Cao Cao from turning his face, the lord is bound to make friends with the surrounding princes! Zhang Xiu has formed an alliance with Liu Biao, and his military supplies are all from Liu Biao, but in fact, Liu Biao does not send troops, so only Zhang Xiu is alone against Cao Cao, if the lord and Zhang Xiu form an alliance, Zhang Xiu will be happy, Nanyang and Runan are each other's horns, isn't it beautiful? โ€

"Speaking of Liu Biao again, there is Zhang Xiu blocking Cao Cao for him, Jingzhou has enjoyed peace for many years, if there is one more Runan in front of him, Jingzhou will not be as stable as Mount Tai? Why wouldn't Liu Biao? Besides, the lord still has an enmity with Jiangdong, and Liu Biao has an enmity with Jiangdong, so the lord and Liu Biao are natural allies, how can Liu Biao not know this? At that time, the lord only needs to send a messenger to Jingzhou to meet Liu Biao Chen Ming, and Liu Biao will definitely support the lord! โ€

Qin Feng affirmed Yang Hong's strategy, "Yes, if we can get the support of Jingzhou's grain, grass and ordnance, the strength of our army can be raised to a higher level!" โ€

Then, Qin Feng changed the topic, "It's just that, two gentlemen, Nanyang and Runan are both places of four wars, and it is feasible for us to recuperate and accumulate strength in Runan, but if Cao Cao wants to fight with Yuan Shao, he will never allow the slightest threat from his back, and he will definitely think of eradicating me and Zhang Xiu!" โ€

Yang Hong also lived: "The lord is very worried, Runan is not a place to stay for a long time, at most a year and a half, the lord must leave Runan to find land elsewhere to survive!" Jingzhou has Liu Biao, the lord has no chance, we can only go all the way to the west! โ€

"To the west? Where to go? Qin Feng's heart skipped a beat and he asked deliberately.

Yang Hong said: "Hanzhong! โ€

Qin Feng pretended to be puzzled and said, "Seek refuge in Hanzhong Zhang Lu? โ€

"Yes! Lord, Hanzhong has many fertile fields, fertile land, rich products, when Dong Zhuo caused chaos in Chang'an, tens of thousands of people fled into Hanzhong, and the population at this time was only afraid of no less than 200,000! โ€

"I also heard that since Liu Yan's death, his son Liu Zhang succeeded to the throne, and Liu Zhang is weak, Zhang Lu arrogantly does not listen to orders, and his subordinate Zhao Wei is plotting against him, so Yizhou is not stable internally!" ใ€

"Zhang Lu is the lowest among the princes, and it is said that he also likes to recruit talents, but because of his low background, there are no wise men to assist, and there are no famous generals under him, if the lord goes to Zhang Lu, he will be reused, just see Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang, who want to put each other to death, does the lord still lack the opportunity to make contributions under Zhang Lu's account?"

"If the lord can take advantage of the civil strife in Yizhou, the great cause can be accomplished!"

These words made Qin Feng's eyes flash when he heard this, occupy Yizhou? He had considered it before, but he thought it was too difficult, although Liu Zhang was a waste wood, but his generals and Wenchen were not wasted at all, if he hadn't killed himself and asked Liu Bei to send troops to Hanzhong to deal with Zhang Lu, how could Liu Bei have a chance?

As the saying goes, it's easy to invite God and it's hard to send God, who doesn't understand this truth? But Liu Zhang just listened to his subordinates and recruited Liu Bei.

Qin Feng thought about the difference between himself and Liu Bei, at that time, Liu Bei had already occupied most of Jingzhou before entering Sichuan, and there were a large number of civil and military generals under him, all of whom were top-notch!

What about him? He didn't have a fart at this time, and there were only 3,000 rabbles under him, the loyalty of Yang Hong and Yan Xiang remains to be seen, they didn't work hard before, and they don't know what the situation is in the future!

The two are so different that they are not comparable at all.

But having said that, Yizhou is a good place, a good base, with a large population, rich products, and no worries, but who doesn't want anyone who has the ambition to dominate the world?

Maybe his previous decision to go to Hanzhong to look for opportunities was right, this is basically the same as Yang Hong's words, as the so-called heroes see the same, Qin Feng thought.

Although the idea proposed by Yang Hong is not as good as the three-point world proposed by Zhuge Cunfu and Liu Bei in terms of pattern, it at least proves that he has a long-term political and strategic vision.

"Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years! Mr. Gaojian, I admire it in my heart! Qin Feng got up and saluted Yang Hong.

Yang Hong hurriedly got up and dodged, "Don't be like this, the lord is in trouble!" โ€

Next, Qin Feng continued to have in-depth conversations with Yang Hong and Yan Xiang, and determined the specific details of the future one by one.

In the camp tent next to the big tent of the Chinese army, the lights were still on in the middle of the night.

The butter lamp burned with a slight crackling sound from time to time, and little Joe sat under the lamp, holding a piece of gray cloth held in place by a wooden frame in his left hand, and embroidering on the cloth with a needle and thread in his right hand.

"Miss, haven't you rested yet? It's late at night, so let's rest early! The maid walked in and persuaded.

Xiao Qiao raised his hand and wiped the embroidery needle on his hair, and continued to embroider on the fabric, "Only the finishing touches are left, you should go and rest first!" โ€

The maid came over and looked at it, "It's so well embroidered, Miss, what is this embroidery?" โ€

"Go and rest, don't disturb me! Come at dawn and give this to the bad guy! Little Joe drove the maid.

"Alright then!" The maid said a word and left.

It wasn't until dawn that Little Joe was finally finished, yawning and walking to the bed next to him to close his clothes and sleep.

The sky was bright, the camp was lively, Qin Feng sent away Yang Hong and Yan Xiang, who had been chatting with him all night, gathered people and began to train the soldiers, first took the soldiers to run and exercise, and then had breakfast after running and exercising for an hour.

The camp was more lively during breakfast than during exercises, and the soldiers lined up to receive food, and when they received it, they came to the side and sat around and chatted.

"Captain Qiyu, Miss Qiao's maid is here!" When Qin Feng was eating breakfast, a guard came in to report.

When he heard this, he said in his heart, could it be that there is something wrong with Xiao Qiao? He raised his hand: "Let her in!" โ€

The maid walked in with an object in both hands and said Wanfu and said: "I have seen the captain, this is the young lady who rushed out for several days, and it was completed at dawn today, and I specially ordered the slave and maid to send it to the captain!" โ€

"What's going on?" Qin Feng got up and walked over, asking as he took it.

He unfolded the fabric, only to see a huge flame embroidered on the gray fabric, this flame embroidered vividly, extremely expressive, immersive, feeling that there was a flame burning beside him, as if the temperature had risen!

This is the Flame Army flag?

Qin Feng's eyes widened, Xiao Qiao actually embroidered a Flame Army flag in the past few days?

He took the military flag and hurriedly asked, "Where's Miss?" โ€

"I'm sleeping!"

Qin Feng hurriedly put down the military flag, turned around and walked out of the big tent and walked towards the camp where Xiao Qiao was resting.

The maid hurriedly caught up, "Captain, the young lady has only slept for an hour!" โ€

"I know, I won't go in, just look outside the tent!"

Qin Feng said and walked outside the tent, lifted the curtain and looked inside, and saw Xiao Qiao lying on his side, listening to his breathing evenly, he really slept deeply.

He turned around and asked the maid, "How is the body and bones of the young lady?" No more discomfort, right? โ€

"Miss has been so good, there has been no discomfort in recent days!" The maid replied.

Qin Feng was relieved, and returned to the big tent of the Chinese army to summon the guards to call Lu Sheng.

Since the future course of action has been agreed with Yang Hong and Yan Xiang last night, let's start implementing the established strategy.

Soon Lu Sheng walked into the big tent and hugged his fists and said: "I have seen the Du Lieutenant, I don't know what the Du Wei commands?" โ€