Qian Liu and Ma Yin's future was already doomed from the time they subconsciously expanded their power.
For a monarch, the key is whether you want to threaten them, but whether you have the ability to threaten them! At this point, Qian Liu and Ma Yin have begun to violate taboos!
Besides, when Qian Liu and Ma Yin took advantage of this opportunity to constantly deploy their own people, it already showed that their intentions were impure!
After this war is over, when the time comes to free up his hands, any normal monarch will probably not tolerate the existence of Qian Liu and Ma Yin!
Therefore, Zhang Yi used this as an entry point to continuously attack the psychological defense lines of Qian Liu and Ma Yin.
There really weren't many paths left for Qian Liu and Ma Yin to choose. From the moment they started, there was actually no way out. Once you start on some paths, you can't retreat, you can only
Keep going unswervingly!
It was also under this environment that Qian Liu, Ma Yin, and Zhang Yi, who lobbied them, reached a tacit understanding. Huo Qubing continued to cause sabotage in Chi You's base camp, and Qian Liu and Ma Yin took this opportunity to continue to expand their strength.
As for Zhao She and others who came to encircle and suppress Huo Qubing, they had never paid attention to the problems existing within Chi You, and they had no need to pay attention.
Zhao Kuangyin and Cao Cao are not philanthropists. Their alliance is only to deal with common foreign enemies, but it does not include helping each other solve internal problems! If there are any internal problems, it can only be said that each of them is doing their own thing!
In fact, they are eager to see what problems will arise within each other! When the common foreign enemies are solved and it is time to attack the allies, none of them will be soft-hearted! At this time, the allies are in a worse situation. As an ally,
The more they do, the more comfortable their lives will be in the future!
After all, Qian Liu and Ma Yin were not stupid. Expanding their power was all about expanding their power. Even though they had become more and more powerful under Chi You, they still did not publicly stand against them, let alone openly do so.
Stand on the side of the Jin army.
This is the bottom line for Qian Liu and Ma Yin. No matter how eloquent Zhang Yi is, Qian Liu and Ma Yin cannot cross this bottom line!
Once they cross this bottom line, they are not far from death.
They still maintain this state. As long as they do not openly side with the Jin army, the other princes only regard it as Chi You's internal conflict. Those princes probably did not see it at the time and were prepared to defend them at the critical moment.
Seek profit for yourself.
It can be said that because of Qian Liu and Ma Yin, the three princes of the Central Plains, who were originally very different from each other, became even more like bedfellows at this time, and each of them didn't know what they were thinking!
There is also Huo Qubing. Although Zhao Kuangyin and three other princes from the Central Plains have formed a coalition to deal with Huo Qubing, although Zhao She and others are also famous generals, they cannot compare with Huo Qubing in terms of cavalry tactics.
On the one hand, this is also a great opportunity for Cao Cao to take advantage of him! By sucking the flesh and blood of his allies to supplement himself, he can develop and grow. You can also ask me, Lao Cao, if there is any reason to do this kind of thing.
Psychological burden?
However, on the other hand, among the three major princes of the Central Plains, Zhao Kuangyin is indeed the more powerful one. From a rational analysis, Cao Cao needs allies like Chi You to help him share the pressure of Zhao Kuangyin!
What's more, if that situation really develops, Chi You may be forced to use the power of the princes to help him solve this difficulty!
However, if Qian Liu and Ma Yin really stand on the side of the Jin army, then these princes cannot turn a blind eye. They are now allied to fight against the Jin army. At this time, two people suddenly appeared, known as
He is the younger brother of the Jin army and is provoking all the princes. If these princes do not respond, what is the meaning of their alliance?
As far as Zhao Kuangyin was concerned, as a prince who aspired to unify the three states of the Central Plains, Chi You showed such a big flaw at this time. If he had pretended not to see it, then he would not be as coy as he is today!
Now Zhao Kuangyin, even if he did not intervene due to alliance reasons, he must always pay attention to the development of the situation. Once the right opportunity to seek benefits comes, you can see if Zhao Kuangyin will be soft on Chi You?
As far as Cao Cao is concerned, he may be in a dilemma at this time!
Huo Qubing acted like the wind and did not give Zhao She the possibility of a head-on confrontation. He avoided Zhao She wholeheartedly and focused on concentrating destruction!
Huo Qubing and his team, to put it bluntly, are going to the Central Plains to cause destruction. Naturally, they don't have much mercy when they take action. Looting food and grass, killing people and setting fires are just trivial things. Take ten thousand steps back.
Generally speaking, Huo Qubing, who does not have any logistical support, wants to solve his logistical problems, so he can only choose cruel methods.
On the contrary, Zhang Yi remains in this state now, which makes it easier to contain the energy of those Central Plains princes.
If Zhao She failed to keep an eye on Huo Qubing and allowed Huo Qubing to slip out of their sight for just half a day, tens of thousands of refugees would probably be born.
As far as Chi You was concerned, there were obviously people in the rear who wanted to rebel against him. How could he maintain a stable mentality and fight peacefully on the front line? I'm afraid that even if he was still on the front line, his mind had already wandered.
Back to the rear!
It can be said that with Huo Qubing outside and Qian Liu and Ma Yin inside, they have begun to work hard to make things happen. Chi You is already worried and has no extra mood to pay attention to the war on the front line.
He paid more attention to the battle situation at the rear.
Among the three princes of the Central Plains, and even all the princes who sent troops to the Jin army, Chiyou was the most unlucky. If this situation continues to develop, even if the Jin army can be eliminated in the end, it will not be worth the loss for him. Purely
Just to let other princes benefit!
If something went wrong in the rear, no matter how lively they fought, it would be meaningless to Chi You.
If his own forces are no longer able to compete for world hegemony, even if he defeats the Jin army, it will be the other princes who will benefit, not Chi You himself!