Jia Xu's words aroused Liu Ming's great interest. Liu Ming looked at Jia Xu and asked, "Wenhe, why are those two people not ordinary?"
Before Jia Xu could answer, Guo Jia and Yang Jun thought of one person almost at the same time and asked in unison: "Is it the Nanyang Cen Hang?"
Liu Ming became more interested when he heard this. It seemed that this person has a good reputation.
Jia Xu nodded and said, "It is the Cen Han in Nanyang and Cen Gongxiao. This person is a prominent local tribe in Nanyang and the contemporary patriarch of the Cen clan. He is also one of Liu Biao's friends, and he is the eighth Jiangnan with Liu Biao.
Jun. And Chen Zhen is also a famous scholar in Jiangnan. When I first heard about these two people, I suspected that these two people came to Liu Biao to respond. Now I will find out in detail that there is nothing suspicious about these two people.
People should sincerely come to join the lord. With the fame and influence of these two people in the Jiangnan Shilin, as well as their family power, the two people lobby for the lord will succeed and easily convince Liu Biao and Liu Yao to unite with us."
When Liu Ming heard this, he complained: "Wouldn't you say such a famous scholar earlier? Let's go and invite him quickly."
Jia Xu was a little embarrassed. Jia Xu said in his heart: I'm not cautious. Who knew that those two people with such a great reputation would not directly submit to officials, but instead started with our grassroots officials according to the rules.
Guo Jiaze smiled and said, "My lord should be anxious. It's too late now. Although the lord is eager to seek talent, they still have to rest. It's not good to disturb them like this. Anyway, these two people come.
It’s not too late for us to come here for a day or two. It can be seen that they are sincerely joining us. Please don’t worry, lord. We are formally invited to come tomorrow, and it will not be too late."
Liu Ming laughed when he heard this, and he was too anxious.
Liu Ming and his group of people returned to their mansion by car.
The night continues, and the full moon is still shining brightly. The selfless full moon is so fair to everyone. No matter wealth, poverty, justice, or evil, he also generously spreads her glory.
However, just as Liu Ming and his friends were experiencing this sleepless night, Li Ru's camp in Tongguan was also brightly lit and he was talking nonstop.
With Liu Ming's army withdrawing from Sili, as time passed day by day, Dong Zhuo's troops, Yuan Shu's troops, and Ma Chao's troops were all in their own positions.
However, due to Guan Yu's defense in Shouyang Mountain, the five camps at the foot of the mountain were supporting each other and stretched for dozens of miles. They blocked the road. The flags were planted everywhere on the mountain, and the camps seemed to appear and appear. I don't know how many ambushed soldiers were. Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shu's
The army didn't want to try the dangers on their own, so they all delayed here.
Especially Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shu's army, although they all had their own commanders, their respective lords did not come. Their respective commanders were not subordinate to each other, they were all on par, and they were not convinced by each other, and they were afraid that their army would suffer losses.
It's even more inconvenient to command.
Yuan Shu didn't come, because Yuan Shu thought the journey was long, and he was afraid that he would lose his foundation like Cao Cao's expedition to Xuzhou after leaving. He was also afraid that he would make any mistakes when he came to Dong Zhuo's territory, so Yuan Shu did not personally expedition, but sent a general.
Zhang Xun led 200,000 troops to Tongguan to join the alliance. When Dong Zhuo saw that Yuan Shu had not been there, he felt that he had dealt with generals of Zhang Xun and fought in joint operations, which was a relegation to his identity. Therefore, Dong Zhuo did not come in person.
, but asked Li Ru to lead his troops to fight for him, and brought Guo Si and Li Jue to lead 300,000 troops here. In fact, this was also Dong Zhuo's deep fear of Liu Ming and did not dare to face Liu Ming in person.
However, although Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shu did not come in person, there were a lot of trouble. However, this was not without benefits. At least the command of the idiots in the army of this alliance has also increased a lot. And
The running-in between Li Ru and others and others is much easier than Dong Zhuo and others. So, tonight, they got together. There is nothing else, Li Ru and others are having a headache about consuming food and grass here with hundreds of thousands of troops, so
Want to discuss a countermeasure.
In fact, this issue has been discussed many times, but they are not willing to lose their troops first and be eliminated early, so they are all here to be cautious. However, the supply of food and grass for hundreds of thousands of troops is every day.
How much food is there? These people have not had such rich family backgrounds, which makes them unable to bear until today. They must come up with a solution tonight.
Zhang Xun said, "Two, my generals are in a sincere alliance. Therefore, I ordered me to lead the army, but now this situation is delayed. We will not fight, and we will not leave. We will really feel disappointed in our army. So today,
There is no explanation. Our army can only return and report."
Zhang Xun is taking retreat as a step forward. Li Ru will not come to this strategy. But Ma Chao is not the case.
Not to mention Ma Chao and his father Ma Teng are hostages with Cao Cao. Just regarding the family background, Ma Chao has the thinnest family background. This time, Ma Chao pulled out all his elites. And he ignored Han Sui's opposition
Now that he has consumed so much food and grass, he has never made any achievements back. Ma Chao can't afford to lose that person or that loss.
Therefore, Ma Chao said, "Are General Zhang afraid? He didn't turn back when he opened the bow. Now you say you're going back, don't you think it's a bit late?"
Li Ru sat there steadily, without interrupting, just listening quietly. Why is Li Ru anxious? This is Dong Zhuo's territory, which is convenient for supply. There are also 300,000 stones of food and grass recently supported by Liu Zhang. Although overall,
Dong Zhuo's grain reserves are not as high as Yuan Shu and others, but if they continue to consume, Dong Zhuo is definitely more lasting than Yuan Shu and others. Anyway, according to the agreement with Cao Cao and others, if they cannot beat Liu Ming, they will swallow Ma Chao and Yuan Shu who suffered the loss.
.What else can Li Ru be anxious about?
Li Ru was not in a hurry, but Zhang Xun grabbed Ma Chao's words and said, "Are you not afraid? You are not afraid. Why don't you lead troops to find out what is the truth?"
"This?" Ma Chao lost his words.
Although Ma Chao is really not afraid. With Ma Chao's ability, he is invincible to the horse with his crotch and shot his palm. Who has Ma Chao been afraid of since his birth? But Ma Chao is not afraid. That doesn't mean that Ma Chao is just a fool, two hundred and five.
Ma Chao was a young man who joined the army and led troops to fight for many years. Ma Chao was also very smart. Of course, Ma Chao knew that he had led 50,000 elite troops this time. When these 50,000 people fought against the battle, they would definitely be a sharp knife.
But if you want to make these 50,000 people a single piece of Liu Ming's army, there is definitely a fat man who beats the dog, and there is no return. The difference in the strength of the troops is too great, even if it is the elite of his ace army.
There is no effect. Maybe I may have survived with my extraordinary skills, but I will definitely have to rely on my own family background. Without an army, I will have to rely on others in the future. Then I will be done.
Is it?
Looking at Ma Chao who changed his face and color, Li Ru felt that the opportunity had come. Although consuming Ma Chao and Yuan Shu's food and grass was also a good strategy to drag down their economy, how could this be compared to Ma Chao, Yuan Shu's military horses and Liu Ming.
The troops fought each other outright. This was a good opportunity to directly consume the troops of Ma Chao, Yuan Shu and Liu Ming.
Li Ru smiled sinisterly and said, "If you are afraid, you are afraid. What's there to hide? Originally, I was a young hero of General Ma, but I didn't expect General Ma was such a hypocritical and vulgar person!"
Ma Chao's popularity suddenly jumped up. Ma Chao has extraordinary skills. He is a hero in Xiliang. Who doesn't say the word "super"? Who can't give a thumbs up when he sees Ma Chao? How did Ma Chao suffer this?
Ma Chao angrily scolded: "What are some people afraid of? Tomorrow, some people will see each other on the battlefield with Liu Ming's army." Speaking of this, Ma Chao's mind became clearer and quickly turned back and said: "It's just us."
The three families are allied together to siege, and I am the one who sends troops? You all have hundreds of thousands of troops, so it doesn't matter if you lose some. There is only such a small number of elite troops in a certain family, which was originally intended to help you and Liu Ming meet the tough battle. Such losses are a pity
.Which family of yours lends me tens of thousands of troops, I will take them to explore the reality of Liu Ming’s camp tomorrow.”
Li Ru and Zhang Xun were both a little stunned. They didn't expect Ma Chao to turn so quickly. They obviously fell into the trap, but they shrank back. You, Ma Chao, are fighting, but you consume our soldiers. What do I do with you?
?Li Ru and Zhang Xun were both a little helpless.
Li Ru rolled his eyes and said, "General Ma, there is no need to be so troublesome. We are just not sure how many military horses Liu Ming and others have laid out here. We came from afar, but Liu Ming's army relied on the right place.
If Liu Ming and his army had the same strength as us, we would definitely not be able to fight. Then there was no need for us to spend money and food here. However, Liu Ming had just defeated our army, although I
The army was defeated, but it hurts one thousand enemies and one hundred of them. Then Liu Ming must have suffered some damage. Moreover, although Liu Ming pacified Liaodong, he would directly face the various tribes of the Xianbei. Even Liu Ming and Xianbei were the ones who were Liu Ming and the Xianbei.
They repaired it, but Liu Ming still had to leave some troops to garrison. General Ma and our army should understand this. Moreover, Prime Minister Cao restrained Liu Ming's part of the troops.
In Jizhou and Beihai, although we don’t know how many troops Liu Ming has, we think they will not have too many troops stationed here. If Liu Ming’s troops are just suspicious of the troops garrisoning here, then we will retreat like this.
But it makes people laugh at us for being incompetent. Therefore, we have to explore Liu Ming's garrison's strength. However, testing the opponent's strength does not necessarily require the entire army to attack their camp. As long as we challenge them, if their troops are empty, their strength is
They absolutely dare not respond. Even if they want to deceive us, their troops watching the formation must be comparable to those of us. If they do not have so many troops to support the formation, their shortcomings of insufficient troops will be revealed.
It's out. And if we talk about martial arts, General Ma is the leader in our coalition. If General Ma challenges them, even if they have enough troops, General Ma can kill a few of them and show the majesty of our coalition."
When Ma Chao heard this, it was okay. But Ma Chao asked in a little puzzled manner: "Since that's the case, why not let the three of us take action at the same time and challenge their five camps at the same time. In this way, even if some camps are empty, some camps are
It's true, so we can see it in one go?"
"No, absolutely not." Before Li Ru could speak, Zhang Xun took over the conversation and said, "If so, the five armies attacked at the same time, our strength would be exposed to Liu Ming's troops. If Liu Ming was indeed there
There are large troops stationed here, which will trigger a decisive battle at once. Wouldn't our army and horses suffer a great loss?"
Zhang Xun cursed in his heart: You, Ma Chao, have brought such a little force, and you will occupy one road with five battalions. Then, will our two families occupy two roads? Then we are not at a loss.
Of course, Li Ru understood Zhang Xun's idea. However, Li Ru did not point it out, but followed Zhang Xun and said: "That's right. We don't need to take this risk. And every time you test a camp, we will be in the dark.
If you are in charge, even if Liu Ming's army suddenly fights with you, it will never cause you to suffer a loss. Besides, our horses are also monitoring Liu Ming's army's camps day and night. If there is a force mobilization between them, then
It's definitely impossible to hide it from us. And they don't know which camp we are going to challenge, so we can test it slowly. We can definitely test Liu Ming's troops."
Li Ru did not intend to help Zhang Xun, but for Li Ru, they were all allies and could harm him, but the benefits that could be obtained by harming Ma Chao were relatively large. After all, Ma Chao's territory was next to his father-in-law Dong Zhuo's territory.
It's time to make a break here. My father-in-law Dong Zhuo can swallow Ma Chao's territory with his backhand. Yuan Shu represented by Zhang Xun is far away from here. Yuan Shu's territory is next to Cao Cao. Even if Li Ru cheated Zhang Xun, then
It was Cao Cao who was picking up the bargain, and Li Ru did not need to work hard for Cao Cao. Although his father-in-law Dong Zhuo had already agreed with Cao Cao to make the world three times, after Liu Ming was removed, Cao Cao would be his father-in-law Dong Zhuo's opponent, and Li Ru was not prepared to let Cao Cao develop.
So happy, as long as my father-in-law Dong Zhuo can destroy Ma Chao and Han Sui, the power can be greatly expanded, and then with the terrain of Tongguan that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, my father-in-law will take over Hanzhong and Bashu. It is not a difficult task.
With the support of Bashu, which is rich in rice and grain, it will slow down the world. If Cao Cao had not developed at that time, he and his father-in-law would not mind fighting against Liu Ming. As long as he helps his father-in-law increase his troops, he will surpass Liu Ming in terms of military strength.
Sooner or later that day, my father-in-law will be.
Looking at Zhang Xun and Li Ru who were in a unified opinion, Ma Chao had nothing to say. After all, Ma Chao's military strength was only 50,000. If he broke up, Ma Chao would definitely not have any good results in Li Ru and Zhang Xun's hands.
Everything depends on tomorrow. Ma Chao's heart was full of fighting spirit, and he was determined to kill the generals of Liu Ming's fifth camp tomorrow.
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