When everyone heard Yuan Shao ask, they immediately started to discuss.

After a while, Feng Ji stood up and said: "Ming Gong, I thought that I could fight again, but I couldn't pin my hopes on Cao Cao." ”

"Cao Cao has now given up the Central Plains and is too busy to take care of himself, where does he have the energy to fight against the Wu State?"

"And our strength is indeed enough to go south again."

"Although the previous defeat was damaged, it did not shake the foundation."

"Moreover, the more than 200,000 soldiers in Youzhou that we have captured have not yet been dispatched."

"They should also be able to use the drills of the past two years."

Quite a few people nodded.

Ye Cheng Ling also stood up and said, "I think what Yuan Tu said is extremely reasonable. ”

"Ming Gong has been decadent recently, and there is indeed something wrong."

"Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers."

"We still have more than 200,000 Youzhou prisoners who have not been sent to the battlefield."

"As for the cavalry, the soldiers of Zhuojun, Yanmen and other places, who have fought against the Hu people since they were children, are proficient in cavalry and archery, and we can completely gather them."

"War horses, you can buy them from the Southern Xiongnu and Wuhuan."

"They have a good relationship with us, and they should be willing."

"With these combat forces, we are enough to go south again and take the state of Wu!"

Yuan Shao nodded silently.

At this moment, Guo Tu also stood up and said, "Yuan Gong, I object!" ”

Yuan Shao looked at Guo Tu and said, "Say." ”

Guo Tu glanced at Feng Ji and the trial, and said: "Now, my Hebei has just been defeated, and the morale of the soldiers has been greatly damaged. ”

"The generals have lost a lot."

"Especially Gao Ran and Zhang He, they are important commanders of our army."

"They know our soldiers inside out."

"If we rashly go south again this time, Wu will definitely deploy against our soldiers."

"It's equivalent to me being the enemy and the enemy."

"We've suffered a big loss."

After a pause, Guo Tu continued: "Moreover, the eldest prince and the second prince have only led the army to quell the rebel forces in the territory. ”

"If we go south again."

"What will the people think?"

"What will the soldiers think?"

"They will say that Yuan Gong, you are reckless!"

"Over the years, we have been living and working in Jizhou, so the people have always looked up to Yuan Gong."

"Once we go south again, the prestige that you have managed to manage with great difficulty may be gone."

"Again, although Wuhuan and the Southern Xiongnu have been friends with us over the years, they have always been wolf ambitions, and they can't afford to be profitable."

"Once we really march south again, when the time comes, our territory will definitely be empty."

"Who can guarantee that Wuhuan and the Southern Xiongnu will not take the opportunity to invade?"

"Who can guarantee that we will be able to stop them at that time?"

"And-"

Guo Tu looked at Yuan Shao and said in a deep voice: "Jiangdong has already promoted the new emperor, and shamelessly asked the new emperor to canonize Lu Yi as the king of Wu and establish the state of Wu. The world's scholars, even if they can't accept this result now, will forget it after a long time, and then acquiesce. ”

"If we don't put up our new emperor in time, we will be controlled by Jiangdong."

"Even if we don't care about their new emperor's so-called edict at all, it's enough for them to disgust us."

"At that time, we in Hebei will bear the infamy of being a rebel and even a traitor."

"In general, it's not good for us."

Guo Tu let out a long breath and said, "Look at Yuan Gong and think twice!" ”

"After the civil strife is pacified and the new emperor is over, it is not too late for us to consider going south."

Xin Ping said loudly: "Seconded!" ”

Suddenly, the entire hall resounded with the sound of fierce quarrels.

Officials from the Jizhou faction and the Yuzhou faction competed with each other one by one.

Some even rolled up their sleeves and looked ready to fight.

Yuan Shao only felt one head, two big.

Moreover, it has just experienced defeat.

Thinking that he was the one who had easily defeated Gongsun Zhan.

In the end, he was defeated by a young man like Lu Yi, and he was defeated so completely that he couldn't afford the courage to fight again.

Especially Guo Tu's last suggestion, which made him even more reluctant.

That is, he doesn't want to be restrained by the new emperor promoted by Lu Yi, and he doesn't want to be overpowered by Lu Yi in righteousness.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao said loudly: "It's all quiet!" ”

Only then did the civil and military officials slowly quiet down.

Yuan Shao rubbed his eyebrows and said: "The matter of the southern expedition will be put aside for the time being, and the matter of the new emperor's accession to the throne will be discussed first." ”

"I, Hebei, is the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty today."

"Lu Yi'er, who gave him the power to promote the new emperor?"

"Now, everyone continues to discuss the new emperor's accession to the throne."

The trial is to continue to speak.

Yuki pulled down his sleeve and shook his head.

As the first group of people who followed Yuan Shao to fight in the south and the north, he knew Yuan Shao's temper better than anyone else.

At this time, Yuan Shao obviously didn't want to mention the Southern Expedition.

He was a little scared.

All the time, after being the fourth and third dukes, he has been smooth sailing.

Now, with such a big heel in the hands of a young junior, he doesn't give him time to adjust, and I don't know what he will do in a hurry.

In particular, the examples of Tian Feng and Fu Zhu are in front.

Disobey him, he will really drive people to death!

The judge and Feng Ji glanced at each other.

Although the trial was very anxious, he could only forcibly press it down.

He could only sigh secretly.

That's it.

If it really doesn't work, then we can only give up unification for the time being and row the Yellow River to rule.

Liangzhou.

Ayang City.

Ma Chao took Ma Yunlu, Ma Dai, Pang De, Deng Zhi and other soldiers to retreat here.

At this moment, Ma Chao was standing on the city wall, looking in the direction of Wuzhi City, his eyes were bloodshot.

Wuzhi City was again breached by Cao Cao's army.

Even, Cao Cao sent someone to send him two pictures.

One picture shows Cao Cao strangling his three-year-old son.

Another picture is of his wife, naked, shivering.

Thinking of the tragic death of his son and the ruined scene of his wife, Ma Chao smashed his fist on the city wall, gritted his teeth and said: "Cao thief, I, Ma Chao and you, are incompatible!" ”

"When he has a chance every day, I will definitely pull my tendons and sleep on your skin!"

Ma Yunlu stood behind Ma Chao, listening to Ma Chao say this, his eyes were full of complicated colors.

There is disgust.

There is also sympathy.

In disgust, he killed his father!

Killed two brothers!

However, no matter how much he is not as good as a beast, he is his brother after all.

His wife and son are his relatives after all.

At this time, she is still here, with only one purpose.

That is to find an opportunity to recapture his father's soldiers and horses, give him a sword, and avenge his father and two brothers.

However, she also knows that her own abilities are absolutely insufficient.

Moreover, if you are a woman, the soldiers will not listen to you.

Therefore, she has been looking for Deng Zhi all this time.

Although Deng Zhi is still very young, he is the original person from it, and his talent is very outstanding.

As long as you can convince him to help him, this is possible!

It's just that this Deng Zhi oil and salt don't enter, and he hasn't agreed, but he just told himself to abide by the rules.

However, he did not seem to tell his brother what he was planning.

Beside Ma Yunlu, Ma Dai stepped forward, patted Ma Chao lightly on the shoulder and said, "Brother, you have to cheer up now, you can't be decadent." ”

Pound also chimed in: "General, cheer up! ”

Ma Chao turned around, looked at Deng Zhi and said, "Bo Miao, what should I do now?" ”

"We've lost and we've been defeated."

"After the Cao thief got the strength of Han Sui's old thief, his strength increased greatly, and now he is winning consecutive victories, and his morale is like a boom."

"If this continues, how long will we have to lose?"

Ma Dai and Pang De also looked at Deng Zhi.

Deng Zhi pondered for a moment, looked at Ma Chao and said, "I have a plan, even if I can't stop Cao Cao's attack, but I can also hold it back." Even, as long as we cooperate properly, we may turn defeat into victory. ”

Now this situation is greatly detached from the task that Deng Zhi received.

Deng Zhi received an order to lurk beside Ma Chao, wait for Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to stalemate, and even if Cao Cao had the upper hand, he instigated Ma Chao to attack Cao Cao from Guanzhong, so that Ma Chao and Cao Cao could consume each other, so as to provide an opportunity for Jiangbei to destroy the two families.

Therefore, after Tongguan was forced to defeat Cao Cao by Ma Chao, he did not dare to speak again.

He was afraid that Ma Chao and the princes of Guanzhong would take advantage of the situation to completely destroy Cao Cao.

But what he never expected was that Cao Cao gave up the Central Plains and attacked Guanzhong with all his might, looking like he wanted to capture Liangzhou and Guanzhong at any time.

Moreover, he is also waiting for Wu Jun's mission.

It wasn't until yesterday that he received a new order.

It was sent by Shangluo's Wenpin faction: the Son of Heaven died, Yuan Shao went south, Wu Hou personally defeated Yuan Shao's army, and now the new emperor is promoted, the year name is Tai'an, Wu Hou was canonized as the king of Wu, and the state of Wu was founded.

In addition to these messages, there are three other documents.

One was the new emperor's canonization of Liangzhou Mu Weikang as the general of Zhenxi.

One was the new emperor's canonization of Ma Chao as General Fubo.

One was written to him by Jia Xu, asking him to lobby Ma Chao to join forces with Liangzhou Mu Weikang and Hanzhong Zhang Lu.

Now, seeing Ma Chao's question, Deng Zhi didn't twist it, and directly threw out a strategy: "That is the Lianliang Regiment Hanzhong to resist Cao." ”

Seeing that everyone didn't seem to understand, Deng Zhi explained: "It is to unite Liangzhou Mu Weikang, Hanzhong Zhang Lu, and our three forces to fight against Cao Cao together." ”

Ma Dai questioned: "Liangzhou Mu Weikang and Hanzhong Zhang Lu? They're not going to work with us, are they? Moreover, we don't have any friendship with them. ”

Deng Zhi smiled: "I didn't have any friendship before, but now I have a common enemy." ”

"That's Cao Cao."

"Cao Cao's attack this time, there is no doubt that he wants to take Guanzhong, Liangzhou, Yongzhou, Hanzhong, and finally go south to Yizhou."

"He wants to take possession of the west."

"If Liangzhou and Hanzhong don't unite with us, once we perished, Cao Cao's next opponent will be them."

Looking at Ma Chao, Deng Zhi said with a serious face: "If the general is relieved of me, I am willing to send an envoy to Liangzhou first, and let Liangzhou Mu send troops to assist us in defending the city." After that, I went to Hanzhong and lobbied Zhang Lu in Hanzhong. ”

Ma Chao said with a calm face: "How sure are you?" ”

Deng Zhi raised eight fingers and said, "Eighty percent, probably?" ”

Ma Chao let out a long breath, stretched out his hand and pressed Deng Zhi's shoulder and said, "Bo Miao, then everything is up to you." ”

"At all this time, you have always followed me, and I believe in your loyalty."

"Moreover, in Tongguan before, if it weren't for your advice, I wouldn't have been able to kill Cao Cao and lose his armor."

Deng Zhi hugged his fists and beckoned a few of Ma Chao's guards to leave with him.

(End of chapter)