Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

At the beginning, when Liu Bei was Prime Minister of Pingyuan, Tao Qian wanted to give him Xuzhou. Liu Bei didn't say anything, he abandoned Pingyuan County, and came to Xuzhou with his family.It's just a pity that Li Chen got ahead of him.

Later, Liu Bei managed to occupy the land of Beihai County and Zhuo County, and decisively abandoned the foundation of these two counties. After listening to Zhuge Liang's persuasion, he went straight to Bashu and started from scratch.

Among the princes in this world, if he is willing to give up, he must be Liu Bei who is the first.

"King of Shu, let's entrust Hanzhong to Ma Chao and make him a prefect of Hanzhong. Ma Chao will definitely come to vote." Zhuge Liang shook his goose feather fan and said.

Needless to say, Zhuge Liang is really generous.You know, the land of Bashu now occupied by Liu Bei is divided into three parts, Shuzhong, Nanzhong, and Hanzhong.

Feng Ma Chao as the prefect of Hanzhong, and hand over Hanzhong to Ma Chao to garrison, which is equivalent to handing over one-third of Bashu to Ma Chao.

"No, no!"

"This horse hasn't achieved an inch of merit, how can he be allowed to be the prefect of Hanzhong first, how can the soldiers below be convinced?" Without waiting for others to speak, Zhang Fei, who had a bad temper, spoke first.

Looking at Guan Yu, although he didn't say much, the expression on that red face seemed somewhat abnormal.

Obviously, Guan Yu didn't agree with Ma Chao's appointment as the prefect of Hanzhong.

As for Huang Zhong and Wei Yan, the two had just joined Liu Bei not long ago, so they did not speak out against it.

"Kong Ming, is it too much to be a Hanzhong?" Xu Shu asked Zhuge Liang.

"Yuan Zhi, this is also a helpless move!"

"If you want Ma Chao and the [-] Ma family army under his command, you have to commit to Hanzhong!"

"Since Ma Chao intends to abandon Xiliang, he must not only look for our family. Presumably, another team of Ma Chao's envoys is now talking with King Qin in Jinling!"

"Ma Chao is going to shop around! Now the world is divided into three, only Li Chen is the strongest. We can say that we don't have the slightest advantage over the King of Qin. Since we have no advantage, how can we let Ma Chao give up the strong to the weak."

"The only thing is to pay a high price!"

"I predict that Li Chen will not be able to offer Ma Chao the price of a county's land. Therefore, if we give him Hanzhong, he will definitely come to vote."

"However, if we are reluctant to part with Hanzhong, I am afraid that Ma Chao will vote for Qin!" Zhuge Liang talked eloquently.

Zhuge Liang has always been an exhaustive planner, and he must be more than [-]% sure of everything before he will make a move.This is a person who never wants to take risks.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang was certain in his heart that as long as Hanzhong was offered as the price, Ma Chao would definitely come to vote.

Hanzhong, which is one-third of Bashu.Liu Bei was still thinking at this time, if Hanzhong was really given to Ma Chao.

Ma Chao has one hundred thousand Ma's troops under his command. If Ma Chao separatizes Hanzhong, what if he takes the opportunity to attack him?

Liu Bei looked sad, unable to make a decision, and he was willing to let Ma Chao be stationed in Hanzhong.However, he was afraid that Ma Chao would be unreliable!

"Military Master, do you think this Ma Mengqi can be relied upon?" Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang didn't speak bluntly, but smiled slightly, came to the side of the map, and said to Liu Bei: "Look, my lord, this is the location of Hanzhong."

"Hanzhong is bordered by Cao Cao's territory, but Ma Chao has a vengeance with Cao Cao to kill his father. If Ma Chao dares to rebel, we can cut off his retreat. At that time, Ma Chao will definitely die at the hands of Cao Cao."

"So, unless Ma Chao doesn't want to avenge his father and can resolve his grievances with Cao Cao, Ma Chao will definitely not rebel."

"Letting Ma Chao defend Hanzhong is to use [-] Ma's troops to resist the pressure of Cao Cao in the north for us."

Zhuge Liang's words can be said to have enlightened Liu Bei.Yes, if Ma Chao is arranged elsewhere, then he still needs to worry about whether Ma Chao will turn against him.

The only thing is, if Ma Chao is arranged in Hanzhong, there is no need to worry about Ma Chao's rebellion.Hanzhong, which is the border with Cao Cao.Ma Chao was stationed in Hanzhong. He and Cao Cao had a feud against their father, and the conflict between the two could not be resolved at all.

"The military division thought it over properly, and I have made up my mind, and I will appoint Ma Chao as the prefect of Hanzhong!" Liu Bei said firmly.

Ma Chao and the [-] Ma family troops are really important to Liu Bei. As Liu Bei said, he is bound to win.

As long as it can be confirmed that after giving Hanzhong to Ma Chao, Ma Chao will not turn against him, then it doesn't matter if Hanzhong is given to him.

As soon as Liu Bei said this, it was a certainty.Naturally, no one dared to refute Liu Bei among the civil servants and military generals in the room.Only Zhang Fei felt that the eldest brother was a little too flattering.

After Liu Bei made a decision, Dang even began to negotiate with Xiliang on this condition.I heard that Liu Bei was going to hand over Hanzhong to Ma Chao as his garrison.Moreover, Ma Chao was still in charge of Xiliang's [-] troops.This condition couldn't help but make the Xiliang envoy feel that his heart is really throbbing.

Chapter 516 Three Legs Standing Together

after March.

Qin, Jinling.

Qin Palace.

"Damn it, this Ma Chao is really not a thing. Others have a bone in the back of their head, but this guy probably has a head in the back of his head." Above the hall, Li Chen cursed angrily.

But what made Li Chen so angry, this matter has to start from the beginning.

Didn't Ma Chao send someone to ask Li Chen and Liu Bei to surrender at the same time?

This road to Shu is more difficult than going to the blue sky, and the road to Shu is difficult to walk, no matter whether you are going or coming back, it is very difficult to walk.

Therefore, the two groups of envoys naturally went to Jinling to go back first.The envoy sent to Jinling returned to Xiliang first, and shared Li Chen's conditions with Ma Chao.

On the frontal battlefield, Yuan Jun retreated steadily, and he was about to be wiped out by Cao Cao.Therefore, Ma Chao panicked and was eager to find a next home.

Therefore, after the envoy from Daqin came back, Ma Chao began to discuss with Daqin without hesitation, discussing the details of surrender.

However, just when Da Qin and Ma Chao were talking about the same thing, the envoy from the Kingdom of Shu came back.After hearing the conditions given by Shu Wang Liu Bei, Ma Chao immediately regretted it.

Turning around, he immediately started negotiations with Shu.A few days ago, he even directly led his troops to Liu Bei, the king of Shu, to take it.

It can be said that Li Chen woke up early and caught up with the evening set.Usually it was Li Chen who cut off other people, but this one was cut off by his big-eared thieves.

This makes Li Chen not angry.

It doesn't matter whether Ma Chao is accepted or not, Li Chen is not sure about winning Ma Chao and his [-] army.

The most important thing is that I can't stand this anger.

However, this time is not the time for him to launch an army, so Li Chen can only endure it first, and when he launches the unification war, he must take care of this big-eared thief.

In the blink of an eye, another few months passed.

Many things have happened in the past few months, and the pattern of the world has been completely settled.

Ever since Yuan Shao vomited blood in Yanjin, he was frightened and frightened. After returning to Yecheng, he fell ill.

Cao Cao's army was like a broken bamboo all the way, and directly hit Yecheng.Hearing that Cao Cao had attacked Yecheng, Yuan Shao was so angry that he died.

Once Yuan Shao died, Yuan Jun was leaderless, and he was no match for Cao Cao.Cao Cao took down Yecheng in the first battle, and then pacified the entire north.

At this time, the pattern of three parts of the world has been set.

The King of Qin, Li Chen, is the most powerful, occupying the entire south, as well as the land of Xuzhou where the north and the south meet.

Wei Wang Cao Cao's power is second only to Qin Wang Li Chen, occupying the entire north, and owning You, and two states, which is equivalent to mastering the horse source of the entire world, and he can be called the strongest cavalry.

Liu Bei, the king of Shu, occupied the land of Bashu. Although he was unable to attack, he was able to rely on the steepness of the Shu road to protect Bashu without worry.

Wei Wang Cao Cao is a veteran prince. Since the beginning of the separatism of the world, his strength has been in the middle and upper reaches.

Qin Wang Li Chen, since his rise to power, has pushed all the way, as if no one in the world is his single enemy.

Qin Wang and Wei Wang had the last laugh, which was expected.However, no one thought that Liu Bei, the king of Shu, who had been counting among the princes, would laugh at the end.

You know, among the many princes, Liu Bei has always been the weakest.

You know, Jin Wang Yuan Shao, Qi Wang Yuan Shu, Wu Wang Sun Quan, even Liang Wang Ma Teng, Yan Wang Gongsun Zan are much stronger than Liu Bei, the Shu king.

However, these people disappeared one by one, and it was Liu Bei, the king of Shu, who had the last laugh.

Now, Ma Chao led the Xiliang people to join Liu Bei, and for a while, Liu Bei's strength vaguely had the capital to compete with Cao Cao.

I have to say that although the first half of Liu Bei's life was rough, the second half of his life seemed to be on the hook.

Now, the situation in the world has been fixed, and it can be predicted that in the next few years, no one will easily provoke a war.

After years of continuous wars, the world has come to a time when it is urgent to cultivate and recuperate.If the fight continues, it is only possible that both sides will suffer, and no one will benefit.

Time is like water, the sun and the moon are like shuttles.

In the blink of an eye, two years have passed.

Today's world is a three-legged confrontation, and the three-clan confrontation is far more stable than the two-strong struggle, because any party that dares to launch troops first will face attacks from the other two parties.

Qin, Jinling.

Qin Palace, the main hall.

Above the solemn and magnificent hall, the civil and military officials of Daqin were lined up on the left and right. Everyone's faces were gloomy, obviously something bad happened.

Chen Deng stood up, cupped his hands towards Li Chen, and said, "King Qin, the State of Wei sent envoys to send a letter of credence, demanding that we cut off the grain and iron trade with our Daqin, and urge our Daqin to withdraw within three months." The garrisons of the iron mines, and the miners."

A few years ago, when several companies jointly distributed Cao Cao, Cao Cao tried to ease the food shortage.Reached an agreement with Li Chen to exchange iron ore for food. Now, there is no war in the world, and two years of recuperation have passed.

The grain produced by the State of Wei has already been able to initially supply domestic needs, so the agreement of the year was torn up immediately.

Between countries, each takes what it needs.There is no friendship at all, only interests.

Moreover, tearing up this agreement has many benefits for Cao Cao.

First of all, the grain of Daqin is now dispensable to Wei.In the past, the iron ore in Wei State mainly came from open-pit mines, which contained very little iron and a lot of impurities.

However, many of Daqin's mines in Wei's land have already used Qin's exclusive mine technology.Qin State is a fine iron ore collected from the ground, with extremely high iron content and few impurities.

Now, by tearing up the original agreement, Wei State can accept these iron ores from Qin State, and obtain refined iron ore from the mines that Qin State has already dug.

Li Chen's face was a little gloomy, this Cao Mengde is too worthless.Last year, he wanted to exchange Daqin's new grain seeds and mine technology, but after being rejected by himself, this year he really started to act like a demon.

Potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, these high-yield new grains are absolutely kept secret in Daqin.Even the grain of the common people must be crushed into finished grain before being distributed.

How could it be possible for Li Chen to trade the grain that can determine the ownership of the world to Cao Cao.In the same way, the mining technology is also unique to Daqin, and it is impossible to trade these in any case.

Now that the matter has come to an end, since Cao Mengde has issued the letter of credence, the miners on Daqin's side, as well as the garrison at the mine, must retreat within the stipulated time.

At this time, it is impossible for Li Chen to start a war because of this incident, so now he can only retreat.

Fortunately, Daqin has hoarded a large amount of smelted iron ore over the years, enough for the next few years.Daqin can use these few years to find new iron ore in Daqin.

Chapter 517 Iron Ore Controversy

Cao Cao felt that Li Chen would not trade Daqin's grain seeds and mine technology to him, so he unilaterally tore up the agreement and wanted to be a successor to accept Daqin's mines in his country of Wei.

After all, is he a man from the Cao family?I understand everything, I am an old receiver.

However, Li Chen's order, can anyone take it?

Who is Li Chen? It can be said that he has only taken advantage of him in his life, and has never suffered a disadvantage. How could he suffer from Cao Ahhou.

Even if he withdraws from Wei State territory, these mines cannot be left to Cao Ah in vain.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Chen immediately issued an order: "Go ahead, the mines in various places will stop working, and all the refined iron that has been smelted and the ore that has not been smelted will be thrown into the mine. Then, use gunpowder to give me all The mines all collapsed."

He Cao Ahwan wanted to take advantage of this, but it was impossible for Li Chen to let him take advantage of it.

"King Qin, if that's the case, I'm afraid Cao Cao may not be able to let our people leave the country!" Liu Bowen cupped his hands and said.

"Order Chen Qingzhi to send 20 soldiers, and Zhang Liao to send [-] soldiers to help me push the army to the front line of Zhuojun."

"If he, Cao, dares to detain our people, he will order Chen Qingzhi to call me in and pick them up!" Li Chen immediately ordered.

"King Qin, the Great Qin's vitality has not yet recovered. I'm afraid it's inappropriate to launch troops now!" Chen Deng hurriedly stopped.

"My Qin has never recovered his vitality, and his Wei's vitality has not yet recovered. Since he, Cao Cao, is not afraid of war, why should we be afraid of it?"

"I pass on the king's order, Cao, if you don't let him go, you will hit Zhuojun for me!" Li Chen said resolutely.

Li Chen's words are very reasonable, and now the three forces are in the middle of the three forces.Cao Cao was the last to end the war, and it stands to reason that he was the least recovered party.

Li Chen was betting that even if all the mines were blown up, even if Cao Cao was furious, he would not dare to start a war rashly.

Of course, if Cao Cao really dared to detain Li Chen's people, then Li Chen would really hit his mother.

The reason why Li Chen did not launch a war to unify the world was not because he was not sure of defeating Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

It was because he was not sure that he could easily defeat Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

Now that the war is forced to start, Li Chen is still sure of winning.It's just that if we fight hard now, I'm afraid it will be a protracted war.Even if Li Chen wins and unifies the world, the world will inevitably be riddled with holes.

Li Chen is waiting, waiting for an artifact. Once this artifact is researched, Daqin will have the possibility to end the war in a short time and complete the unification.

After more than a month.

Wei Di.