Although he said it beautifully, he was emotional. But in fact, for this confused and difficult to send backups for this war, Ma Chao really has no bottom in his heart.

At this time, the situation gradually became clear that the Ma family, Lu Bu and others allied with the alliance of Yuan Shao, Liu Xie, and Cao Cao to compete for Yanzhou. Among them, Ma Chao and Yuan Shao have always been very cautious and forbearing, and did not cross the bottom line of the Qinti army, but just manipulated each other's chess pieces to fight on the chessboard of Yanzhou.

And this situation, for any politician, can be regarded as a contest of soft power: if Ma Chao's side took the initiative to send troops and horses from the rear of Chang'an to participate in the war, then Yuan Shao, who was forced to have no way out, could only send troops from Jizhou to defend the Ma family, thus setting off a full-scale outbreak of the war between the two strongest princes during the entire Xingping period of the Han Dynasty!

Such a result, whether it is Ma Chao or Yuan Shao, they do not want to see: the two sides are like two beasts against each other at this time, and no one is willing to take the initiative to attack until they have completely found the certainty of killing each other with one blow. lest when they are fighting to the death, other small princes will take the opportunity to grow stronger and profit.

Therefore, the only resources that Ma Chao could use at this time were the soldiers under Lu Bu and Chen Gong. As for whether Chen Liuzhang Miao, who is ostensibly united with Lu Bu, can be mobilized, there is another matter.

"Fengxian," Ma Chao opened his mouth, and suddenly felt that he was still a little empty in his heart: above the military discussion, he naturally could no longer call Lu Bu his father-in-law. And after Lu Bu officially accepted the appointment of General Ma Jia Fenwu, Ma Chao could only call Lu Bu as the lord.

It's just that the complicated bond between such a son-in-law and his father-in-law for more than two years, coupled with Lu Bu's megatronomic reputation and unruly temperament, really made Ma Chao feel a little worried in his heart. However, after seeing Lu Bu's frank and indifferent face, Ma Chao relaxed his mind and continued to ask: "What I need to know at present is the matter of Dingtao!" In that place, how was Liu Xie exploited the loophole, which led to my plan in Chang'an Jiubu, becoming a ridiculous drama! ”

"The lord is saying that the culprit who tempted us to mistakenly attack Yuan Shao's honor guard army, which led to the decline of Fengxian Gong's rivers and rivers, was not Cao Cao, but the emperor of the Han family?!" Chen Gong heard Ma Chao take the lead in opening his mouth, his eyes couldn't help showing incredible shock, not caring about the etiquette of the minister, Chen Gong took a step forward, and quickly asked: "Lord, is this information true?!" ”

"Although there is no definite evidence, judging from my years of confrontation with Liu Xie, there is no doubt that this move was done by him." Ma Chao looked at Chen Gong's expression, and suddenly realized that he might have unintentionally made a big mistake: Chen Gong is a Confucian defender, and the concept of loyalty to the monarch is in his heart, and it is implemented from the bottom of his heart. If he rashly said this today, would it make Chen Gong .........

However, what worried Ma Chao did not happen. I saw that after Chen Gong listened to Ma Chao's words, his face did not show much shame, but he leaned on the map and pointed: "In this way, everything can be explained." I really can't imagine that in the land of Xuchang, there is still a Han Dynasty Emperor from it, no wonder Cao Cao was able to recover quickly without knowing it! ”

At this time, Chen Gong was not surprised, but Ma Chao was confused, he couldn't help but lean in front of Chen Gong when he saw this, and said, "Why did Gongtai say this?" What kind of situation made the public station so suddenly realized?! ”

"Your lord." At this time, Chen Gong's face did not show the slightest sadness and regret after hearing the news of Liu Xie's trouble, but instead pointed to the Zhencheng icon with a happy face and said: "Before the drought and locust plague, Feng Xiangong and the palace sent troops to fight with Cao Cao many times. Originally, the plan was to send troops in an all-round way when Cao Cao's food and grass were short and the army's morale was unstable, and he calmly annexed Yanzhou! ”

When Ma Chao heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked: he had only seen a thief eating meat, but he had never seen a thief being beaten. It turned out that Cao Cao, a traitor in the first life, had such a difficult and miserable situation under the joint efforts of Lu Bu and Chen Gong!

And all this is as Chen Gong said, the war in Yanzhou in the early stage was so superior and gratifying, then Lu Bu and Chen Gong can not be said to be a famous general with one article and one martial arts, complementing each other, one strange and one upright, and eloquent and strategic. It's a pity that a natural and man-made disaster forced the two to be isolated, so Cao Cao turned around, and under the storm, he defeated the two with the help of resources from all sides.

Therefore, people have to admit that the defeat of the two people in history in Yanzhou can be completely summarized by the explanation of non-war crimes.

"And even if the natural disaster comes, we retreat to Shanyang County to eat, and Cao Cao is still at a disadvantage. After that, we happened to be funded by the Ma family, and we had a source of grain and grass, and Cao Cao was dying in momentum. But then the matter of Tao broke out, and the two families were good and bad, and they turned around for a while! Cao Cao raised 100,000 soldiers and horses in an instant, and devised all kinds of tricks and poisonous schemes, and within more than ten days, we were dizzy and unable to react........"

Hearing Chen Gong say this, Lu Buyin's deep face couldn't help but show some doubts, and said: "Yes, all the changes were made after the day of the Dingtao Incident. On that day, after I received the news that Yuan Shao had united with Cao Cao, ordered Yan Liang and Wen Chou to be the vanguard, and sent 20,000 troops to attack Yanzhou, I had to prepare for war to resist. However, when he went to the front line, he realized that it was just Yuan Shao's honor guard to welcome the Son of Heaven. But what is puzzling is that Yan Liangwen and Chou launched an attack on our army without saying a word........"

"The past is gone, and it cannot be traced." After listening to Chen Gong and Lu Bu's narration, Ma Chao was more sure of his guess, and at the same time understood the reason why Chen Gong was suddenly shocked: Cao Cao had been exhausted in the early stage and lacked the skills to return to the sky. If it weren't for an outsider, then how could he suddenly turn things around and come back to life?

After having such an understanding, Ma Chao's thinking became clearer and clearer, and he couldn't help but interrupt Lu Budao: "Since Liu Xie has a plan, he will naturally provoke from both Feng Xiangong and Yuan Shao. In the future, there will be detailed information from the shadows. And at the moment, what we can grasp is the current situation! "That's it

Speaking of this, Ma Chao also glanced at Chen Gong worriedly-although Chen Gong has not shown any signs of being foolish and loyal to the monarch so far. But Ma Chao knows that these scribes are the masters of the dead hands behind their backs with the same expressions on their faces. Especially this Chen Gong, who has a criminal record, united Zhang Miao and Lu Bu to explode Cao Cao's chrysanthemums, which really made Cao Cao's chrysanthemums crippled and injured all over the ground.......

When Chen Gong saw Ma Chao's expression, he immediately understood what Ma Chao meant, and explained with a smile: "Lord, don't think that the minister is the kind of rotten Confucianism who doesn't know how to change. There is a saying that the people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light. The minister still knows these truths. ”

After Chen Gong's words, Ma Chao was relieved this time, and his evaluation of Chen Gong couldn't help but spontaneously raise two grades: The person in front of him is the wise man who really understands the Confucian Dao!

As a result, Ma Chao no longer had any scruples, pointed to the map, and said concentratingly: "When I came, I learned that after Cao Cao broke through Dingtao, he had already harvested all the wheat grains nearby. This trick is both yin and poisonous, and it doesn't give us the opportunity and conditions to breathe at all! ”

When he said this, Ma Chao felt a faint chill in his heart: At this time, Lu Bubing was demoralized, and he only had less than two counties in his hands. Coupled with Cao Cao's harvesting of grain and grass, it is undoubtedly even worse.

If you still use the analogy of two boxers, then the situation in front of you is that Lu Bu has been chased and beaten by Cao Cao on the ground at this time, and he can't hold back his breath. But Lu Bu is strong after all, and if he only punches and kicks, he is afraid that he will not die, so Cao Cao simply covered Lu Bu's nose again, making him completely breathless, and wanted to suffocate Lu Bu alive!

"However, we still have a glimmer of opportunity at this juncture." After abandoning the distracting thoughts in his heart, Ma Chao's eyes suddenly burst out with a strange look of perseverance, and said categorically: "So far, the two families are still a war of grain and morale, we only need to wrap up the decline of the losing streak and suddenly have a big victory, and we can re-establish our momentum and prestige!" And Cao Cao's absolute superiority will be crushed in one fell swoop, until he is completely driven out of Yanzhou! ”