Imperial Power Of Han Dynasty

Chapter 836

On the one hand, Gongsundu was arrogantly arranging arms in Liaodong, and at the same time, he sent his confidant Yangyi to take a sea boat from Anping Port, ride the wind and waves, and cross the ocean to Xuzhou, all the way to Pengcheng.

In the chamber, Cao Cao sat high above the main seat, watching Yang Yi coming from afar with interest.

"Mr. Yang came from afar, it's really hard."

"I came here by the lord's order, not tired."

Cao Cao and Yang Yi spoke with each other for a while, but they always refused to lead the topic on the right track, and Yang Yi couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

"On the order of my lord, discuss special important matters with Prime Minister Cao."

Cao Cao's eyes flashed, and he smiled and said: "Oh? Gongsun prefect is far in Liaodong. I heard that he is the king of self-reliance and the emperor is far away. Is there anything else that needs to be discussed with the truth?"

Yang Yi said sternly: "Yuan Shao is a rebel of the imperial court, who refuses to submit to the jurisdiction of the imperial court. Now my lord is going to send troops to attack him, so he is here to meet the prime minister. Yuan Shao and the prime minister are old friends. Please, the prime minister must put the world first. Do not listen to Yuan Benchu's remarks and send troops to rescue Yuan thief."

"My lord is willing to honor the emperor of Pengcheng as the emperor, and at the same time return several counties in Donglai to Prime Minister Cao. I only ask the Prime Minister not to send troops to interfere in the battle between our army and Yuan Shao. My lord is grateful."

"Huh? The counties of Donglai were originally under the imperial court. The emperor of Pengcheng was the eldest son of the first emperor. He was born in an orthodox form. Isn't this all right? What's more, he originally planned to send troops to recover the counties of Donglai. It doesn’t matter if you send it, how can you let Benxiang give up helping Yuan Benchu?"

Hearing Cao Cao’s words, Yang Yi suddenly looked ugly: "The prime minister, don’t underestimate my Liaodong. I also have an army of 100,000 and hundreds of navy ships. Since we can win Yingzhou across the sea, can we not take it? The whole Qingzhou?"

Hearing this, Cao Cao's eyes flashed coldly: "Are you threatening the truth?"

"Ok?"

Xu Chu abruptly stood up, holding the hilt of the sword at his waist, his eyes almost staring out, and he glared at Yang Yi.

Surprised by Xu Chu, Yang Yi lowered her eyebrows and said, "I don’t dare to, just ask the prime minister to think about it. If the prime minister agrees, our army can hand over Yingzhou to the prime minister without using a military horse. After all, I The army has a navy in Yingzhou to help, and it can also be entangled with the prime minister's army for a few days."

"Furthermore, if our army takes the Youzhou, it will inevitably border the Xiliang Army. At that time, our army will be able to contain the Xiliang Army for the prime minister. For the prime minister, it does not have to pay anything, and it can kill two birds with one stone. And to assist Yuan Shao, except for action. Except for consuming food and grass with soldiers and horses, nothing can be obtained. I believe that with the great foresight of the prime minister, he understands this truth?"

Yang Yi was also clever, using both sticks and carrots. On the one hand, he used the Liaodong Army to attack Qingzhou across the sea as a threat, and on the other hand, he used the Liaodong Army to contain the Xiliang Army as a bait. Cao Cao felt good.

but...

"If Gongsun Du can agree to another request from Ben Xiang, then it would be OK to let Ben Xiang sit and watch Gongsun Du and Yuan Shao fighting each other." Cao Cao said slowly.

Yang Yi hurriedly said, "I don't know what else the prime minister wants? Please tell me."

"It's very simple. Gongsundu needs to give our army 3,000 war horses, and he will trade with our army every year to sell more than 1,000 war horses to our army. How about?"

Dahan mainly has three major horse-producing areas, and Liangzhou and Bingzhou have fallen into Liu Ye's hands, leaving Youzhou not in Liu Ye's hands.

Cao Cao, who has no horse producing area, is naturally short of war horses. What's more, in recent years, the soldiers have lost countless soldiers, and the war horses have also suffered a lot.

The Xiliang Army is most famous for the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, with unparalleled impact. Sooner or later, there will be a battle between Cao Cao and Liu Ye. Cao Cao will definitely fight the Xiliang Iron Cavalry with cavalry.

What's more, if there are not enough horses, how can we organize a tiger and leopard ride?

Hearing what Cao Cao said, Yang Yi looked ugly: "Three thousand horses? Is this... too many?"

Located in Youzhou, Liaodong naturally produced war horses, but Gongsun Du himself also needed to form cavalry. He gave Cao Cao 3,000 war horses in vain. Naturally, the wastage was not small.

"My lord's war horse has a big gap, but Prime Minister Cao still has to give him the face."

Yang Yi bargained and said: "How about giving the prime minister thousands of war horses? In the future, our army can trade more than 1,000 war horses with the prime minister every year, and only need to exchange food and armor."

"Too little, too little."

Cao Cao was unwilling and had a bargain with Yang Yi. In the end, the two took a step back. Gongsun Du returned Yingzhou to Cao Cao, respected Liu Bian as orthodox, and gave Cao Jun two thousand horses. Every year, he would trade with Cao Jun More than a thousand horses.

In return, Cao Cao promised not to assist Yuan Shao, and at the same time canonized Gongsun Du as the governor of Youzhou by the order of the emperor.

After Yang Yi and Cao Cao reached an agreement, he was finally relieved. After meeting Liu Bian in Pengcheng for a few days, he couldn't wait to take the big boat back to Xiangping City.

"How about it, can Cao Cao agree?"

Seeing Yang Yi, Gongsun Du hurriedly asked.

"Fortunately not insulting my life!"

Hearing Yang Yi's words, Gongsun Du couldn't help laughing: "Very well, then Yuan Shao's child's death will be over, hahaha!"

"It's just that Cao Cao asked otherwise."

"Ok?"

Gongsundu frowned: "What else do you want?"

Yang Yi hurriedly said: "Cao Cao asked our army to donate two thousand horses to him. From now on, he will trade more than one thousand horses with Cao Jun every year."

Seeing Gongsun Du turned his joy into anger, Yang Yi quickly added: "In return, Cao Cao asked the emperor Pengcheng to make the lord the governor of Youzhou."

"Hmph, Youzhou governor, is it possible that Liu Ye and Cao Cao had already discussed it? Both named Gu as Youzhou governor."

Gongsun Du snorted and waved his hand: "It's nothing, two thousand horses, if they can be exchanged for Cao Cao's non-intervention, it will be barely worth it. When Cao Cao and Liu Ye start a battle in the future, they must find this place back."

Gongsun Du is not only ambitious, but also very visionary. He has long seen that the situation is basically determined as it is today. Liu Ye and Cao Cao are occupying things separately, and their struggle for hegemony will definitely determine the direction of the world.

Gongsundu occupies Youzhou. What he has to do is to restrain the strong and help the weak. If Liu Ye is in a strong situation, then he will help Cao Cao to fight against Liu Ye; if Cao Cao is in a strong situation, then he will send troops to help Liu Ye fight against Cao Cao. In this way, Youzhou To exist for a long time.

After confirming the agreement with Cao Cao, Gongsun Du immediately ordered Yangyi to go on horseback again and transport two thousand war horses across the sea to Qingzhou. At the same time, when he returned, he abandoned Yingzhou by the way and brought back the soldiers stationed in Yingzhou. Liaodong.