Ma Liang's tone didn't take Le Jin seriously at all.

This invincible general who followed Cao Cao's expedition to the south and the north was already destined to put his fate in the hands of Ma Liang after deciding to coexist with the famous men of Xiangyang.

He is not as good as Liu Biao back then, at least Liu Biao still has the identity of a clan relative and the reputation of "Eight Jun", Le Jin Yijie Wufu is so gullible about others, and in the end he can only become a tool for Ma Liang to use to subdue other clans.

Fortunately, Ma Liang is his own person.

Seeing that Guan Ping was silent for a while, Ma Liang's face was slightly gloomy.

His ghostly tricks are too powerful, and now the clans in Xiangyang are all suppressed by Ma Liang's troops with Lejin, and Xiang Lang, the head of the Xiang family, worships Ma Liang as a saint. If Ma Liang is Guan Ping, it is estimated that he will also feel a chill in his back, and the consequences will be unimaginable if he dies here.

"Ah Ping." Ma Liang smiled bitterly, but he didn't know how to dissect his heart.

Guan Ping smiled and waved his hand:

"I know what I'm thinking, why should Ji Chang worry about it."

He said with a little emotion:

"When we were in Gangneung, we all saw those celebrities and gentlemen, and these days I have seen a lot of deception, In addition to lamenting the impermanence of the troubled world, I also feel that the people who keep the righteousness and integrity in this world cherish the preciousness.

Ji Chang is willing to take risks and deal with me in the heart of the enemy, so this section is worthy of full trust. ”

Ma Liang grinned at this time:

"To say that there is no selfishness is false. It's just that I've heard people say since I was a child that Jingchu barbarians don't keep the courtiers' festivals, and only the Central Plains scholars are honest and reasonable gentlemen.

I don't believe it, since the day I met Kong Ming, I have always vowed to do something that will leave a name in history, compared to this...... Hey, the wealth, the property, and the reputation don't seem to be much of a difference right now. ”

Belch......

As soon as he mentioned this, Guan Ping began to secretly admire Zhuge Liang's ability, it turned out that the military advisor was so powerful when he was a teenager, and he was able to transform the scheming Ma Liang persuasion into a hero who was willing to devote his life to the cause of the Han with a heart to the big man.

It would be nice when I had such a skill.

He thought for a moment and said:

"I thought it wasn't time to start with Lejin for the time being."

"Oh, then let's listen to the high opinions."

Guan Ping has experienced a lot of things these days, and he has gradually gotten rid of the image of a simple martial artist.

He pondered for a moment and said:

"Now we still haven't occupied the land of Jingnan, and even if we do, we are still far from controlling the entire Jingzhou.

General Sun has always been at odds with the soldiers of Jingzhou, and there are few people in Jiangdong, so he can't garrison a large army in Jingzhou, if we kill Lejin, we may not be able to occupy Xiangyang, but we will expose our identities in advance, so that my hard work and calculations have been in vain. And Cai Mao is stationed in Caizhou, this person is known to be calculating, won the hearts of the people, if Le Jin dies, he can take over the Xiangyang land as the pastor of Jingzhou, but it is convenient for Cao thief.

If the lord leads a large army to attack Xiangyang according to the words of the military advisor, I will wait for someone to respond. ”

"For the sake of today's plan, we should make a good alliance with Cai Mao, and use Cao Cao's wealth and the name of Lejin to develop well in Xiangyang, and build this place into a base for us. In this way, Xiangyang is in our hands, but nominally it still belongs to Cao Thief. ”

"A few years later, even if Cao Cao sees the mystery and wants to lead the army to fight again, Xiangyang can also become a fortified city against Cao's army, why not?"

Ma Liang nodded again and again, and muttered, "Base area." Well, that's quite a tasteful name. What the little general said is exactly what I want, then I have to be a loyal minister of Cao Jun for a while. ”

Ma Liang and Guan Ping's cooperation is most worried about Guan Ping's willfulness, after all, Guan Ping is outside, he is by Lejin's side, and one day Lejin can't run away if he doesn't agree with him and gives him a knife.

However, today, Guan Ping's skills and insights are already quite famous, which makes Ma Liang feel good and has more trust in Guan Ping.

"I also thought it would be better to run in Xiangyang for a while. It's just that there is one section that has not been figured out what to do. ”

"Is Ji Chang talking about Cai Mao?"

"Not bad. Before Lejin was worried about Cai Mao, I recommended you in front of him to appease, if you can make peace with Cai Mao, we will use more means, and in the future, we will be like a fish in water in Jingzhou, naturally no problem. ”

Cai Mao's problem is not over, he is quite friendly for the time being, but if he doesn't handle it well, there will be endless troubles in the future.

Ma Liang had considered getting along with Cai Mao a lot before, but it was obvious that the conditions he could give were too few, and he was just being manipulated by him to negotiate with Cai Mao.

But Guan Ping is different, the characters he can represent are of a higher level, and he can put forward more conditions, and Cai Mao must be willing to talk to him more.

Guan Ping smiled and said:

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to me, Cai Mao is my good uncle, he sent Zhong Miao to show goodwill before, this time I came to Xiangyang, and I have to thank him."

"You're going to Caizhou? Be careful. Don't look at these Jingxiang celebrities who are respectful to me now, if Cai Mao comes back, I'm afraid that only Xiang Lang is the only one left who can still listen to my orders.

This person is swaying, it is best to invite him to talk to him on the river, if he goes to Caizhou and retreats with his whole body, he is afraid of danger and danger, and it makes Le Jin suspicious. ”

Guan Ping smiled: "This shouldn't be ...... Although Lejin has a rough temperament and likes to kill, he ...... Hey, in the future, I will wait for the revival of the Han Dynasty and strive not to hurt this person's family. ”

Ma Liang nodded silently and patted Guan Ping's shoulder heavily.

At noon, Le Jin held a banquet in his camp to entertain Guan Ping, and he first talked very boldly about giving Guan Ping all the wasteland around Da Xian Mountain, so that he could build his own house, and taxes and forced labor could be temporarily exempted.

Although Guan Ping had heard about this from Ma Liang a long time ago, he still pretended to be sincerely afraid, and quickly fell to the ground and respectfully expressed his gratitude to Le Jin.

"If it weren't for General Le, he would either still be farming in the mountains now, or he would have died on the battlefield a long time ago, where would he be able to leave his name.

If the general has an order, he will not frown in the wind and rain. ”

Le Jin grinned, and said embarrassedly about asking Guan Ping to negotiate with Cai Mao.

"In the past, he and De Jue were quite discordant, but now it is the time to work together to fight against a strong enemy, and I also ask De Jue to put aside his prejudices and discuss everything."

"The general wants me to go to Caizhou?"

"Not bad." Le Jin is really embarrassed to speak, Cai Zhou is run by Cai Mao like an iron bucket, if there is any mistake, Le Jin can do nothing but strongly condemn.

"If someone else wants me to go, I don't want to. But the general gave me food and money, and gave me land, so I am naturally willing to share the general's worries.

Needless to say, I have eaten a lot today, and I will go to Caizhou to find Cai Mao, if he refuses to do things for the general, I will look for an opportunity to assassinate this person, and never suffer in the future! ”

"Don't, don't!" Le Jin hurriedly waved his hand and grabbed Guan Ping's palm with emotion, "I never thought that Jing Chu would have such loyal people as Tanzhi and Ji Chang, it doesn't matter whether this matter is negotiated or not, please Tan Zhi must leave a useful body, and never fight with Cai Mao again." ”

"This time, Tan Zhi can negotiate on my behalf, I believe in Tan Zhi's ability, no matter what the negotiation is, I will accept it, if the prime minister blames it, I will also bear it!

If Cai Mao dares to be rude to Tanzhi, I will be punished by the prime minister, and I will fight with him fiercely! ”

Guan Ping breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a strong bow: "Don't worry, general, I will definitely persuade Cai Mao." ”

·

All the land in Caizhou is the private property of Cai Mao's family.

As the top nobleman, Cai Mao built a large number of Wu forts here, most of which were built of brick and stone, as well as many villages built along the mountain, which could be turned into powerful strongholds in the event of an enemy invasion.

With strong fortifications, sufficient grain and grass, and more than 1,000 large and small warships on the Han River, Cai Mao, who is "recuperating and waiting to die" here, sits firmly on the Diaoyu Tai, but this does not mean that he is really eating and waiting for death.

The reason why Cao Cao didn't dare to move him was because he was worried that Cai Mao would be in a hurry to join Liu Beijun directly, and took advantage of Cao's weakness to move north.

Now Cai Mao's position of power is really far beyond that of Liu Biao's era, Cao Jun, Liu Beijun and even Sun Quanjun have to woo him, for fear that he will suddenly join the other side and destroy the balance of the war. It can be said that Cai Mao's current power has far exceeded that of Liu Biao's era, and any Confucian celebrity has to be at his mercy on the battlefield of Jingzhou.

But Cai Mao knew that this kind of thing would not last long.

Cao Cao was slowly regaining strength, and both Liu Bei and Sun Quan were actively expanding their power.

This delicate balance will one day be upset.

Sun Liu has now maintained his offensive momentum, and within three to five years, he will swell into an opponent that Cai Mao cannot face alone.

Cao Cao will even be able to recover in two years, and after that, he will definitely not tolerate Cai Mao continuing to give himself eye medicine in Jingzhou like this.

In other words, in about two years, Cai Mao must make a choice.

Either fall to Liu Bei or to Cao Cao.

Of course, he wants to grab greater and more benefits for himself on the premise of protecting his family.

If you can't meet Cai Mao's requirements, then I'm sorry.

He still has tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, and he still has great prestige and many supporters in Jingzhou.

This is his confidence and capital.

On this day, Cai Mao got up early as usual and personally taught several children and nephews in the clan to write.

A few days ago, the great Confucian also wrote a letter to himself, saying a lot of good things for Cao Cao, saying that Cao Cao can seal Cai Mao as the marquis of ten thousand households, in addition to Luoyang, Xudu, Yecheng, where the food arrangement is left to Cai Mao to choose.

This condition made Cai Mao's heart pound, but reason told him that he had to listen to other prices.

He waited patiently for a few days, and when he heard that Yunshan had defeated Guan Yu, he almost laughed out loud, and hurriedly wrote a letter in person to praise General Yunshan's heroic performance.

The hard work pays off, this Yunshan general is really a good offspring who is humble and polite, and he actually came to Caizhou to meet him in person.

"Master, do you want to invite General Yun to the study?"

"Of course not." Cai Mao wiped her hands and said with a smile, "I said before that I was sick and didn't see any outsiders, and General Yun came from afar to work hard, so it was better to stay in the dormitory first."

The younger generations, etc., don't worry. ”

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