The so-called lord in the mouth of this messenger is Gongsun Zhan.

Tian Kai is a subordinate of Gongsun Zhan, and even his position in the history of Qingzhou Assassin was canonized by Gongsun Zhan. Therefore, the entire Qingzhou can be regarded as Gongsun Zhan's sphere of influence.

Even Kong Rong, the minister of Beihai State, can be said to be a subordinate of Gongsun Zhan.

Tao Qian was an ally of Gongsun Zhan, while Cao Cao was Yuan Shao's minion. Now that Cao Cao is attacking Tao Qian, even if Tao Qian does not come to ask for help, Tian Kai will never sit idly by.

What's more, Tao Qian also sent someone over.

Tian Kai knows his catties very well. He also knew that it would be difficult to rescue Xuzhou on his own.

In the past, when Yuan Shao sent troops to attack Qingzhou, there were several times when Tian Kai relied on Liu Bei's three brothers to repel Yuan's army. Therefore, he hit Liu Bei with the idea.

Liu Bei has always wanted to get rid of Gongsun Zan because of his actions. And this time to rescue Xuzhou is a great opportunity.

At that time, no matter whether Tao Qian is defeated or not, Liu Bei will be able to fight for a good reputation and take the opportunity to get rid of Gongsun Zhan.

However, it was said that Chen Gong was not angry with Cao Cao to kill Bian Rang, and he was unwilling to drag the state into the war, so he abandoned Chen Xu and went to meet Zhang Miao.

Chen Gongnai is a famous person in Dongjun, and he has always had a close relationship with Bian Rang. When Zhang Miao was Chen Liutaishou, he repeatedly conquered Chen Palace, but Chen Palace rejected him.

When Zhang Miao heard that Chen Gong was coming, he was overjoyed and hurriedly went to greet him in person.

"Gongtai, you don't work in Bingzhou, why did you come to Chen Liuyu to look for me?"

After Chen Gong entered the Taishou Mansion, he looked at Zhang Miao for a while, and suddenly cried bitterly. Seeing this, Zhang Miao said a little helplessly: "Why is the public station like this? ”

Chen Gong didn't answer, just cried bitterly.

Thinking of Bian Rang, who was killed by Cao Cao, Zhang Miao's heart moved, and then he comforted Chen Gong and said: "I know that Gongtai has a close relationship with Wenli, but the deceased is gone, and Gongtai still has to mourn!" ”

Hearing Zhang Miao's words, Chen Gong suddenly stopped crying, looked at Zhang Miao with a smile, and said: "The one I cry for is not for others, but because of your ears!" ”

Zhang Miao suddenly heard Chen Gong's words, his face changed, and he said unhappily: "Why did Gongtai curse me like this? ”

Chen Gong looked at Zhang Miao for a while, shook his head, and then sighed heavily.

Seeing this, Zhang Miao asked, "Why does Gongtai sigh?" ”

Chen Gong's eyes narrowed, and he said softly: "The day of the king's death is now, don't you know it yet?" ”

Zhang Miao was shocked, pressed the sword with his right hand, and angrily reprimanded Chen Gongdao: "The public platform is going to be alarmist!" ”

Chen Gong straightened his clothes, stared at Zhang Miao and said, "Cao Mengde wants to put the king to death for a long time, so that the king doesn't know?" ”

"Boom!"

Zhang Miao suddenly pulled out the saber in his waist, put it on Chen Gong's neck, and said in a cold voice: "I respect Gongtai as a famous person in Dongjun, and coupled with the past friendship, I will endure you again and again." ”

"If the public platform wants to separate me and Meng De because of Wenli's death, it is too underestimating me Zhang Miao!"

Chen Gong laughed twice, stared at Zhang Miao fearlessly, and said, "Meng Zhuo actually already knows it in his heart, why do you still deceive yourself? ”

At this time, Chen Gong did not call Zhang Miao an envoy again, but called him directly.

Chen Gong continued: "Meng Zhuo directly called Cao Cao Cao Mengde, and did not call him the lord. It can be seen that in Meng Zhuo's heart, he never regarded Cao Mengde as the lord. ”

"With Cao Mengde's character, how can he look at the territory of Yanzhou, there is a force that does not sincerely surrender to him? Usually he didn't embarrass you, but he was afraid of being disappointed. ”

"However, even a famous person like Wenli, Cao Mengde dares to do it, let alone Meng Zhuo?"

"Meng Zhuo once reprimanded Yuan Benchu bluntly and face-to-face when the princes were discussing Dong, which has made Yuan Benchu resentful of Meng Zhuo."

"He once instructed Cao Mengde to kill Meng Zhuo, but because Cao Mengde's strength was not strong at that time, he needed to rely on Meng Zhuo a lot, so he categorically refused."

However, today Cao Mengde owns the land of Yanzhou, and he led troops to attack Xuzhou, which is like splitting bamboo. Meng Zhuo's role in Cao Mengde is much smaller. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Gong sighed and said sincerely: "Meng Zhuo, people don't hurt the tiger's heart, but they are sad. After Cao Mengde obtains Xuzhou, he will definitely not sit idly by and watch Chen Liujun and be out of his control. ”

"At that time, whether Cao Mengde was trying to curry favor with Yuan Shao or to take back Chen Liujun, he would attack Meng Zhuo!"

"Cao Mengde's killing of Wenli did not mean to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys!"

At this time, Zhang Miao's heart was in turmoil. He threw away the saber in his hand, grabbed Chen Gong's arm tightly, and said, "Please also ask Gongtai to teach me!" ”

When Chen Gong saw Zhang Miao's appearance, his heart was immediately excited, and he raised his head and said: "Today, the heroes are rising, and the world is falling apart." Meng Zhuo is a thousand miles away, when he is in the land of four battles, he cares for the sword, and he is proud of others, and he is not contemptible! ”

"Today's Yanzhou army is marching eastward, and it is empty. Runan Yuan Highway, although he is not a successful person, his subordinates are many generals and have the heart to look at the world. ”

"Moreover, Yuan Highway has always been at odds with Cao Mengde and Yuan Benchu, and has repeatedly clashed. If the right to welcome Yuan Highway, a total of Yanzhou. ”

"At that time, Wen Zhuo will connect Tao Gongzu of Xuzhou in the east, Gongsun Bogui of Youzhou in the north, and then borrow troops from Yuan Highway, and it is not impossible to borrow the power of the princes of the four roads, first cut off Cao Mengde's return road, and then cut Yuan Benchu in Jizhou."

"Then, Meng Zhuo looked at the situation in the world again, and with the adaptation of current affairs, this was also a longitudinal and horizontal, and the strategy of leaving a name in history was also a bad one, wouldn't it be better than being controlled by others?"

After listening to Chen Gong's words, Zhang Miao's heart was pounding. When he was young, Zhang Miao, Yuan Benchu, and Cao Mengde were all friends of the run, and they had a good relationship.

However, today the other two people both own a state of land, on the other hand, he Zhang Miao, first offended Yuan Benchu and almost lost his life. and then relied on Cao Mengde's account and was controlled by others.

In Zhang Miao's heart, don't you have any other thoughts? Definitely not!

Chen Gong's words aroused Zhang Miao's ambition, and he felt that his entire body was trembling with excitement.

Fortunately, his self-control was strong, and after taking a few deep breaths, Zhang Miao said worriedly: "Yuan Highway was newly defeated by Cao Mengde, and fled back to Yangzhou in a hurry, and the people's hearts are undecided, how can they easily send troops?" ”

"Besides, in Yanzhou, Cao Mengde's henchmen don't know how much, if I raise troops to rebel, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get the support of other counties!"

Chen Gong laughed twice and said, "Although Yuan Highway is newly defeated, the soldiers have no heart to fight. However, Meng Zhuo should not forget that this person is the one who will repay him. If Meng Zhuo sent someone to contact Yuan Highway and jointly attack Cao Mengde, he would definitely raise a large army to avenge his previous revenge. ”

As for the rest of the counties in Yanzhou, Meng Zhuo doesn't have to worry. Cao Mengde killed Wen Li in vain, and he was disappointed, Meng Zhuo only needed to raise his arms and shout, and all states and counties would definitely respond! ”

When Zhang Miao heard this, he felt a little relieved.

Suddenly, he seemed to remember something, stared at Chen Gong with an unkind face, and said, "Since Gongtai defected to Chen Wenzhao in Bingzhou, how can he do his best to plan for me?" ”

Chen Gong stared at Zhang Miao's eyes and said angrily: "In vain, I tried my best to plan for the annexation, but I didn't want to ask Chen Wenzhao to send troops to Yanzhou this time to avenge Wenli, but he categorically refused." ”

"It is precisely for this reason that I was angry, abandoned the official and left, and came to join Meng Zhuo."

Zhang Miao was overjoyed and no longer doubted. Because he knows how close the relationship between Chen Gong and Bian Rang is. If Chen Gong did all this in order to avenge Bian Rang, it would be reasonable.

But it is said that there is a person in Xiliang, whose surname is Ma Mingteng, and his name is Shoucheng.

Ma Teng is more than eight feet long, with a large body, a majestic face and nose, and a virtuous and loyal personality, which is respected by everyone.

When Ma Teng was young and poor, he had no property, and often cut timber from Zhangshan and carried it to the city to sell it to support himself.

At that time, Hu Beigong Boyu and Xian Lingqiang united to raise troops against the Han Dynasty, and coerced Liangzhou celebrities Han Sui and Bian Zhang as the leaders of the rebels. In the third year of Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Han Sui launched a mutiny, killed Bian Zhang and Beigong Boyu, and hundreds of his cronies, with more than 100,000 troops, and marched to encircle Longxi.

The imperial court appointed Geng Wei as the assassin of Liangzhou, and led the soldiers and horses of the six counties to crusade against Han Sui.

When Geng was recruiting state and county warriors, he saw the tall Ma Teng, and he liked him very much in his heart, so he appointed Ma Teng as an army to lead the troops. Later, Ma Teng made meritorious contributions to the war, was promoted to military commander, and moved to general.

It can be said that Geng Contempt has the grace of knowing Ma Teng.

But he didn't want to, when Geng Sui was quelling Han Sui's rebellion, Han Sui took advantage of the contradictions between the officers and soldiers and used countermeasures to let Geng Sui be killed by his subordinates.

After hearing that Geng Cong had been killed, Ma Teng, who served as a military commander under Geng Cong, defected to the rebels and became brothers with Han Sui.

When the Xiqiang rebelled, Bian Zhang, Han Sui and others rose up together in Liangzhou and repeatedly plundered Sanfu. It was by suppressing the Xiqiang rebellion that Dong Zhuo became a warlord on one side.

Later, although the Xiqiang rebellion was suppressed by the imperial court, Han Sui and Ma Teng still seized one side in Liangzhou.

After Dong Zhuo took power, in order to win over Ma Teng and Han Sui, he wanted to summon them to Chang'an and make them high-ranking officials, so that the two of them could become his minions.

But he didn't want to, Ma Teng and Han Sui were still on the way to Chang'an, and Dong Zhuo was killed by Lu Bu. After they arrived in Chang'an with their troops, Li Dao and Guo Yan had already occupied Chang'an.

Li Dao and others worshiped Han Sui as the general of Zhenxi and returned Jincheng; Ma Teng was the general of the expedition to the west, and he was stationed in Yi.

After Ma Tengtun Bingyi County, he asked Li Dao for personal matters, but was rejected by Li Dao. Ma Teng was furious and sent troops to attack Li Dao.

Emperor Liu Xie sent an envoy to persuade peace, but Ma Teng refused and continued to fight with Li Dao. Later, Ma Teng's sworn brother Han Sui also sent troops to come to make peace with the two, and after saying that the peace failed, he joined forces with Ma Teng and attacked Li Dao together.

The courtiers Chong Shao, Ma Yu, and Liu Fan wanted to kill Li Dao and others, so they secretly contacted Ma Teng and were willing to respond internally, but because the matter was revealed, they had to flee to Huaili.

Li Dao and Guo Yan resented Ma Teng and Han Sui for attacking each other, so they sent Fan Chou, the general of Xiliang, and Li Li, Li Wei's nephew, to lead troops to attack Ma Teng and Han Sui.

For a time, in the land of Guanzhong, war broke out again.