Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

"Okay, then send Chen Qun!" Cao Cao nodded.

Liu Bei was able to abandon Zhuo County and Beihai County, which he had acquired, and go to the land of Bashu to start anew, so how could Cao Cao not abandon the land of Huainan that he had already conquered.

Changing the south to the north, Li Chen ruled the south, and Cao Cao ruled the north. Only in this way can he compete with Li Chen for the world.

After Cao Cao listened to Guo Jia's suggestion, he immediately sent Chief Shi Chen Qun to Jinling to renew the alliance with Li Chen.

It is said to be a renewal of the alliance, but in fact it is Qin and Wei dividing up the territory of the Yuan brothers.Cao Cao took Yuan Shao and asked Li Chen to take Yuan Shu.

In this way, everyone has something to do, so there will be no conflict between Qin and Wei for the time being.

Qin, Jinling.

Although Li Chen has not formally moved the capital to Jinling yet, this Jinling has vaguely become the capital of Qin Dynasty.

After Chen Qun came to Jinling, he couldn't help admiring Li Chen.This Li Chen, from a bandit team of thousands of people, has developed into the number one prince in the world in just a few years.

This really is luck!

After Chen Qun arrived in Jinling, without the slightest delay, he immediately handed in Cao Cao's document to Li Chen.

After understanding Chen Qun's purpose, the civil servants and generals on Li Chen's side also blasted the country one by one.

These generals naturally want to fight, and the promotion channel for generals is military merit. Where do you get military merit if you don't fight.

The general of the water army thought that Yuan Shu should be attacked, because the water army was the main force to fight Yuan Shu.The army generals believed that they should not be led by the nose by Cao Cao.They want to fight Yuan Shao, we won't let them fight, let's just fight Yuan Shao.Because this is fighting Yuan Shao, the army is the main force.

"If my old Cheng sees it, let's just fight together. What Yuan brothers, Cao is lying, let's fuck the fuck together!" Cheng Yaojin said cursingly.

4Chapter 16 Qin and Wei re-discuss the alliance

Cheng Yaojin's so-called three families fighting together is pure nonsense.Just listen to it and enjoy it, but don't take it seriously.

Now that Soochow has just been won, Li Chen has thrown away all the chassis in the fight against Soochow.In order to take down this Soochow, although Li Chen would not say that he was hurting his muscles and bones, it would take a lot of trouble to go there.

Now, for Li Chen, the afternoon is to digest Jiangdong well, not to engage in any big battle.As the saying goes, if you eat too much, you can't chew it. If you eat too much, you will be stuffed to death.

"This Cao, you really have offered a bargaining chip that I can't refuse! If we are taking Yuan Shu's land, we will take most of the world."

"Yuan Shu's territories are all rich places." Li Chen said with a sigh.

I have to say, Cao ah, this kid is very understanding of people's hearts. Li Chen really couldn't refuse the bargaining chip he offered.

The reason why Yuan Shu was able to become one of the most famous princes in the world is precisely because his territory can be said to be rich.

Li Chen has already said so, how can these civil servants and military generals not understand Li Chen's meaning.From Li Chen's point of view, he agreed to Cao Cao's request.

Liu Bowen came in front of Li Chen and reminded: "King Qin, I'm afraid Cao has evil intentions in hiding it. This is a trick of the ghost Guo Fengxiao."

"King Qin, if we are taking over Yuan Shu's territory, we will occupy half of the world in one fell swoop. However, it is almost all in the south. Since ancient times, not many princes in the south have won the world."

"There are no horses in the south! If Cao Ahmai defeats Yuan Shao, then this place and the land of horse production in Erzhou will all be in Cao Ahmad's hands. I'm afraid Cao Ahmad thinks that as long as we cut off our horse source , even if we win the entire south, he can compete with us in the world."

Horse, this is indeed a very important factor in the struggle for world hegemony.

As the saying goes, cavalry has horses, but infantry has no horses.

Only with horses can cavalry be developed, and without horses, only infantry can be developed, and cavalry is the most powerful arm in ancient warfare.

The cavalry's war horse is not just any horse, just like the pony that Yu Qian's family raises, it will definitely not be a cavalry war horse.Cavalry war horses must be carefully selected and excellent breeds, so that they can become cavalry war horses.

Once Cao Cao controls Ma Yuan, the development of Li Chen's cavalry will naturally fall into a state of being constrained.

Why since ancient times, it has always been the princes in the north, or the nomads in the north who have won the world.It is precisely because they have the resources of war horses that the strong cavalry can conquer the world.

Calculated from ancient times, there is only one Hongwu Emperor who conquered the world by conquering the north from the south.The most critical factor why Emperor Hongwu was able to successfully conquer the North with the South was that the Ming Dynasty had gradually replaced cold weapons with firearms.

The cavalry is powerful, but they are restrained by artillery.Is Nurhachi powerful or not, thirteen sets of armor set out to fight the world, but in the end he died under the red-clothed shells.

Cao Cao wanted to use the world's horses to restrain Li Chen, but Li Chen was really not afraid of such constraints.

Cannons have been used on the ships of the Qin Army early, and the manufacturing process of artillery is mature for the Qin Army.The artillery used on the ship can be used on land as long as a base is added.

The times are changing. Cao Cao thought that he could dominate the world with the advantage of cavalry, but he didn't know that the times had changed.

"Cao Cao, this little black fat man, doesn't look very good, but he thinks beautifully. He really thinks that cavalry is really invincible."

"This king is planning to reorganize the army after he settles down. For this king, this cavalry is really tasteless, and it's a pity to discard it!" Li Chen smiled slightly.

In Li Chen's plan, after Jiangdong stabilized, the army would be restructured.The army is divided into two types: field army and city defense army.

The Qin army took so many prisoners from the Wu army, it can be said that the combat effectiveness has not become stronger, but has become weaker.Therefore, reorganizing the army has become a noon plan.

However, it now appears that Yuan Shu's land must be taken before the army can be reorganized.

"King Qin, there is one more thing. Even if we agree to form an alliance with Cao Cao temporarily, we should not take it lightly. Once Cao Cao takes Yuan Shao's land, he will definitely form an alliance with Liu Bei, the King of Shu, to fight against us." Liu Bowen said.

As a counselor, Liu Bowen had to tell Li Chen everything he thought of, and then he could let Li Chen make a decision.

Liu Bowen is very similar to Zhuge Liang, both of them belong to the kind of all-rounders who can do everything, and both belong to the kind of people who are quite stable in doing things.

"Brother Bowen, don't be afraid of this!"

"I, Jia Xu, have a plan to make it difficult for Cao and Liu to form an alliance!" Jia Xu said, stroking his beard.

"Oh!"

"What's Wen He's strategy?" Li Chen asked Jia Xu.

"This plan, don't say it!"

"But King Qin, don't worry, I, Jia Xu, will use this head to guarantee that it will definitely make it difficult for Cao and Liu to form an alliance." Jia Xu said confidently.

Li Chen still trusts Jia Xu, the poisonous man's strategy.Since Jia Xu said there is a way, then he must have a way.

In this way, this last worry has also been resolved.Li Chen seemed to have no reason not to hit Yuan Shu.

"In that case, please tell Mr. Chen Qun!" Li Chen ordered.

Now that he has decided to agree to Cao Cao's request, it is natural to meet Chen Qun, the envoy of Cao Wei.

"Da da da!"

After a short burst of screaming, Chen Qun went outside and entered the main hall. As soon as he entered the main hall, he looked at Li Chen who was wearing a black python robe above the main hall. Chen Qun bowed his head and was defeated: "Wei Chen, Chen Qun, pay homage to the King of Qin."

"Mr. Chen please stand up, no need to be polite!" Li Chen raised his hand to signal Chen Qun to stand up.

"Mr. Chen Qun, I, Great Qin, just defeated Soochow, and the King of Qin is busy now. If you have anything to say, just speak up!" Liu Bowen said to Chen Qun.

Chen Qun was also direct, without hiding anything, and directly stated his purpose.

In fact, there is nothing to go around. Before Chen Qun came, Cao Cao's advisers had already analyzed this matter.According to common sense, Li Chen has no reason to refuse this matter anyway.

You know, the current Yuan Shu has been beaten to a half-mutilation by Cao Cao, and Cao Cao gave Yuan Shu to Li Chen, which is tantamount to letting Li Chen take advantage of it.

After listening to Chen Qun's words, Li Chen was also very straightforward, and said straight to the point: "This matter is allowed by the king, but since it is an alliance, please ask the king of Wei not to do anything. All the cities south of the Huaihe River , this king needs the king of Wei to personally hand over to this king."

"If the king of Wei disagrees with this matter, then this king will not get involved in the muddy waters of the Central Plains!"

4Chapter 17 No effort at all

As soon as Li Chen said this, Chen Qun broke out in a cold sweat. He felt as if he had been stripped naked and looked at.

Cao Cao wanted to form an alliance with Li Chen, and gave Li Chen the semi-disabled Yuan Shu who had worked so hard to fight, and went to fight Yuan Shao himself. It was really that simple, and Cao Cao could really watch Li Chen take advantage of it?

The alliance is naturally true, and it is also true that Cao Cao wants to give up Yuan Shu to fight Yuan Shao, but he will not let Li Chen take advantage of such a big advantage.

Who is Cao Cao, he would rather let the world down than let the world down on me, he can be so kind.

There are tricks in it, and it's a trick within a trick!

Cao Cao said that he wanted to give Yuan Shu to Li Chen and give Li Chen all the cities south of the Huaihe River that had been captured.

Among them, Cao Cao was holding back his evil intentions. He wanted to wait for Li Chen to send out troops, then retreat abruptly, return these cities to Yuan Shu, and let Li Chen fight Yuan Shu again, so as to consume Li Chen's troops.

However, Li Chen saw through Cao Cao's little thought.Li Chen said, you, Cao Cao, have to cede all the cities north of the Huaihe River to me before my army can move.If Li Chen's army doesn't move, then Cao Cao will be the one who is anxious.

Now that the situation in the world is clear, Cao Cao can't take it at all, and he doesn't dare to take Yuan Shu.After taking Yuan Shu, Cao Cao is at the center of the world.Li Chen, Yuan Shao, and Liu Bei all surrounded him, no matter who fought, they had to pass through his territory.No matter who fought the war, he was the first to suffer.This kind of terrain, no one can bear it.

Therefore, now Cao Cao can only fight Yuan Shao, he has no choice.It is precisely because of this that Cao Cao rushed to form an alliance with Li Chen.

"Cough cough!"

"King Qin is worrying too much. Since he is an ally, how can our King Wei do such a thing behind his back. The whole world knows that our King Wei is upright." Chen Qun said with a dry laugh.

Hearing what Chen Qun said, Li Chen was overjoyed.Returning the King of Wei is open and upright, and everyone in the world knows it.Wei Wang is bright and upright, everyone knows whether Li Chen doesn't know.Anyway, everyone in the world knows that King Wei likes Ren Qi, not only the world knows, but even the people of later generations know.

Is Cao Cao really aboveboard?Of course not.However, he Cao Cao has a lot of eyes, and Li Chen also has a lot of eyes.

There are people behind Cao Cao who have ideas, and there are many people who have ideas behind Li Chen.Therefore, the two sides are also playing tricks.

"It's best that King Wei is open and aboveboard, and this king is also honest and trustworthy!" Li Chen nodded.

Cao Cao is aboveboard, and Li Chen is honest and trustworthy. As for this man, the more he lacks something, the more willing he is to mention it.

After some words, Chen Qun took out the letter of alliance that Cao Cao had prepared in advance, and Li Chen used the seal.He left a list for himself, and asked Chen Qun to bring the other list to Cao Cao.

"Mr. Chen, since the matter has been settled, I will not keep you any longer. After you go back, set a date with your King Wei and directly hand over all the cities south of the Huaihe River to my navy, General Gan Xingba. That's it."

"As for the city near Shouchun, I will order people to attack after I get things in order in Jiangdong!" Li Chen said to Chen Qun.

When Cao Cao and Li Chen formed an alliance, Cao Cao sent Yu Jin to help contain Liu Bei, and Li Chen sent Gan Ning and Gan Xingba to help Cao Cao.

This is really nowhere to find, and it takes a lot of effort to get it.Originally thought that he sent Gan Xingba to help Cao Cao fight Yuan Shu, but now it seems that Cao Cao has always been contributing to his feelings.If this person's luck improves, nothing good will stop him.

After completing the purpose of this trip, Chen Qun rushed back to Xudu to meet Cao Cao.

Xudu, Wei Palace.

After Chen Qun met Cao Cao, he told Cao Cao everything about Li Chen, King of Qin in front of him, word by word, like a bamboo tube pouring beans.

"This Li Chen, he really just doesn't see the rabbit and doesn't scatter the eagle!"

"It's really difficult for us to plot against him." Cao Cao said with a sigh.

Since Li Chen made his debut, he has developed from a bandit in Yunlong Mountain to the present. It has always been Li Chen who schemes against others and takes advantage of others.He has never seen Li Chen suffer a loss. He, Cao Cao, still wants to plot against Li Chen, but he has no idea.

"It's a small way, since Li Chen doesn't know the way, let's just give up!"

"King Wei, we have to cede the city north of the Huaihe River to Gan Xingba as soon as possible, and draw out our troops."

"It's better to attack Yuan Shao sooner rather than later. Now that Yuan Shao's troops are besieging Beiping, let's catch Yuan Shao by surprise." Guo Jia said to Cao Cao.

"Yep!"

"What Feng Xiao said was that even if he, Liu Xuande, was able to start over, how could I, Cao Mengde, be reluctant to part with this mere land of Huainan?"

"Give me an order to cede the city and Gan Xingba as soon as possible. We will attack Yuan Shao immediately and take Yecheng directly!" Cao Cao ordered.

This person likes to mention whatever he lacks.Especially if there is something missing, I like to put something in the name.

What lack of gold, lack of water, lack of fire, they all like to be included in the name.Another example is Cao Mengde and Liu Xuande, what they lack is obvious.

Cao Cao and Gan Xingba handed over the city, and were eager to draw troops to backstab Yuan Benchu, not to mention for the time being.

Let's talk about Yuan Shao's side.

Youzhou, Beiping.

Beiping is also the Beijing generation of the later generations, and this is the base camp of Gongsun Zan.Before Gongsun Zan was crowned King of Yan, he was the prefect of Beiping.

After Gongsun Zan became the King of Yan, his superior Youzhou Mu Liu Yu became his subordinate instead.

However, under Yuan Shao's attack, Gongsun Zan was retreating steadily, and now only the county of Beiping was left, and even Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou, now took refuge in Yuan Shao.

Actually, it was expected that Gongsun Zan lost to Yuan Shao.Gongsun Zan is capable of managing a county even if he breaks the sky, and he doesn't have the ability to manage a large territory.

Gongsun Zan is a person who likes to employ relatives rather than talents.He doesn't use those capable people, he just likes to reuse his relatives.

A big bull like Zhao Yun was loyal under Gongsun Zan's command, but he was forced to leave by Gongsun Zan.You are looking at who Gongsun Zan reused, brothers Gongsun Yue, Gongsun Fan, son Gongsun Xu.

A good Youzhou is in the hands of Gongsun Zan, and it has been managed as a family business.Can this family business grow bigger and stronger?That was obviously impossible, and Liu Yu understood this, so he voted for Yuan Shao.

Gongsun Zan is now trapped in Beiping Mansion, and the city will be destroyed sooner or later.Although Yuan Shao is not Cao Cao, Li Chen's opponent.However, beating up a dozen Gongsun Zan is not a big problem.

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