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Chapter 97 The reason for the alliance

Guo Fengxiao was Cao Cao's first military advisor at this moment, but because there were no opportunities in history, not many people who defected to Cao Cao, especially in Yanzhou, which was in chaos. Many knowledgeable people did not seek refuge in Cao Cao or Yuan Shao. However, these people would not support Tang Quan, because under Tang Quan's rule, they would deprive the land of the aristocratic families and the opportunity for the hegemony of the aristocratic families to be hegemonic families.

This Guo Jia is so beautiful that he is greedy for alcohol. He has no good health at all. After buying the Lusu brand Laobaidian, Guo Jia is often drunk. Even for this occasion of important matters, he came half drunk and half awake. When he heard Liu Zhang's inquiry, he burped and made the hall smell sour and smelly, and said:

"What's wrong with this? Tang Quan, a place in Yanzhou, will surely win. After pacifying Bingzhou with his military strength, perhaps the first thing to do is to attack us. If we fail, we will lose one ally and the power will be even less;

When I came, I had already looked at it. Jingzhou was quite territorial and the King of Chu was a relative of the Han Dynasty. I don’t think I would like to see the dynasty change so quickly, right?

If the King of Chu is willing to hand over Jiangxia and Hanshou to the King of Wei and Qi to the King of Qi, we can move the people of Yanzhou to these two places to block Sun Jian's army for the King of Chu. Nanyang is originally Jingzhou and cannot make any mistakes. If the King of Chu sends an army to station in Xinye to become a horn with the King of Nanyang, we can support the Tang Quan army even if it attacks."

Liu Zhang looked at the others with a cold smile. None of them thought that Liu Biao would let two jackals come to resist the tiger. However, they were not planning to sarcastically, Liu Biao nodded and said:

"Guo Fengxiao is right. At this time, we can only join forces, confront Tang Quan first, and then recruit a large army to prepare food and grass to fight with him on the front line of Jiangxia to Maicheng. If we defeat us, we may counterattack the Central Plains. If we lose us, we will have no way out. Therefore, I plan to hand over the Jiangxia line to the jurisdiction of King Qi of Wei, and I will be responsible for the territory in the future of Xiangyang Nanxiang;

However, in this way, there are only Liangzhou, Jingzhou and Yizhou. Although Jingzhou, Yizhou is rich, it is very difficult to support a million troops for a long time. Therefore, we only have one chance. Everyone must hurry up, otherwise even if they want to unite in the future, there will be no chance."

Liu Biao's performance was very speculated. It turned out that Guo Fengxiao had arrived in Jingzhou a few days ago and had hooked up with the important officials under Liu Biao. He and those guys stated various harms to Liu Biao, so Liu Biao agreed to the two princes to his territory.

Li Ru and Jia Xu looked at each other silently. Both of them were cruel and evil military advisors, and their wisdom was far beyond the vast majority of the people present. Even Guo Jia was just a match for them. At first glance, you knew that this was Cao Cao's plan. Yuan Shao and Liu Biao were Cao Cao's opponents. As long as you lead the wolf into the house, the land of Jingzhou would soon have to change its master.

Although the Tang Quan army was able to attack in one fell swoop and even had a great chance of winning, why did he just recover one by one? That was to capture one place and settle down one by one and avoid chaos in the occupied area;

Li Ru and Jia Xu analyzed in detail that it would take at least six months before Tang Quan could attack Liangzhou and Yanzhou. In between, he would stabilize the occupied land. If he wanted to attack Jingzhou, at least one year later.

The original alliance now seems to be very likely to cause civil unrest. The two military advisors just listened and stopped expressing their opinions. After a few days of discussion, the envoys and Liu expressed an agreement. Liangzhou's army had many soldiers and was mainly responsible for protecting the front line of Chang'an. If they were attacked, Yuan Shu and Liu Biao's army would go out to Nanyang to attack Yanzhou, while Cao Cao and Yuan Shao retreated to the front line of Jiangxia attacked Jiangdong, making it impossible for the Tang Quan army to gather superior forces to win in one fell swoop.

The two armies of Liu Biao and Liu Yan continued to recruit a large number of troops, reaching or exceeding the Tang Quan army, and were also responsible for the initial supply of military rations for Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

Leaving Xiangyang, Jia Xu and Li Ru rushed to Liangzhou. While resting halfway, Li Ru narrowed her eyes and looked ahead and said:

"Wenhe, can you see the future?"

"Wenyou, can you see the light again?" Jia Xu asked with a smile.

Li Ru shook his head and said:

"When I assisted the Prime Minister, I burned Luoyang and drove millions of people in Sizhou to Chang'an. There were countless casualties along the way. According to the people of the world, I was very guilty and only died to thank the world. However, I cannot die yet. If Chang'an experiences a war again, I don't know how many people will die."

"It's a pity that Li urging Guo Si and the other two are ambitious, and you and I can't persuade you." Jia Xu said with a wry smile.

"Ma Teng..." Li Ru said.

Jia Xu said in a daze:

"Look, if he had ambitions, the troops in Liangzhou would probably be very miserable. The cavalry everywhere, and if they did not surrender, they would be destroyed. If they stood under the army of the Tang cavalry, they would have to die. It seems that I have to plan a way out."

Li Ru smiled and said:

"Well, by the way, that boy Guo Fengxiao clearly saw that no one in the world could block the cavalry army, but he was still loyal to Cao Cao to plot against him. So what if Cao Cao seized Jingzhou? Do you think there really is a chance?"

Jia Xu said:

"He just forgot the confrontation and mutual support between the two armies. Unfortunately, he only had Cao Mengde in his heart, but forgot how long it would take for Tang Quan to attack the city. If he really attacked Nanyang and Chang'an, maybe before the news reached their ears, the city had fallen. Forget it, let's go back and prepare for our business."

When Tang Quan learned that the princes were preparing to fight against each other, he didn't even have the spirit of paying attention. At first, he thought there would be many battles in this world. After careful calculation, he would only take action once, but he killed Guan and Zhang.

Liu Da'er now defected to Liu Biao and led 5,000 troops to Xinye, but only Jian Yong was under his command. Not to mention how many gains and losses were calculated, he did not even have the chance to grow up in the current chaos in the world.

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao drove the people across the Yangtze River. The already hot Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou became even bigger and bigger. After driving away less than 500,000 people, they could only quickly transport all the military supplies across the Yellow River. However, as soon as they left, the Tang Quan army entered Yanzhou, the Yellow Turban Army disappeared in an instant.

After picking up a Yanzhou and an empty Sizhou for free, Tang Quan stopped after deploying 300,000 troops along the river. Then some people in Qingzhou and Xuzhou began to migrate to Yanzhou and Sizhou.

After Bingzhou and Jiaozhou were captured, Tang Quan, the general of the Cavalry, who occupied most of the country, stopped attacking and began to develop people's livelihood, which made the lord coalition forces, which had been nervous, unable to find anything to do.
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