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"Qingzhou, Qingzhou..."

Cao * thought silently in his heart, his face was extremely gloomy.

Li Tianlong wants to take Qingzhou at this time!

"Build a springboard to the south!" Cao

* sighed in his heart.

Qingzhou is located on the Shandong Peninsula, and most of its subordinate plain counties are north of the Yellow River. This is tantamount to planting a nail in Li Tianlong's sphere of influence. No wonder Li Tianlong is so eager to take Qingzhou.

If Qingzhou can be captured, one will remove the thorn in the flesh, and the other will land south of the Yellow River as a springboard to the south.

This is naturally a good thing for Li Tianlong and for Youzhou. On

the one hand, Qingzhou has always been rich, and it is also the largest salt-producing place in the entire Han Dynasty. Qingzhou has a large population and a vast number of soldiers, and if they occupy Qingzhou, they will have enough backing strength to confront the princes of the world! Third, if Qingzhou falls into the hands of Li Tianlong, Cao * will have to face the threat of the Youzhou army, and judging from his current strength, the mantis arm will be used as a car, and he will only die!

In his heart, Cao * walked back and forth in the house for a long time before he opened his mouth and shouted outside the door: "Zhong Kang, go and inform the public station, get ready, we will go back to Yanzhou tomorrow!"

Xu Chu, who was guarding outside the door, said his promise and left.

Cao* thought for a while, hesitated for a moment, opened the door, and walked towards Li Tianlong's study again.

"Huh, Brother Meng De, is there anything else?"

At this time, Li Tianlong was sitting behind the desk, flipping through the books, and at first glance, he saw Cao * coming in and said busily.

"Hehe," Cao * smiled slightly, squinted at Li Tianlong's desk, and found that the top-secret document on it was gone, and said, "Brother Wei is here to say goodbye to the virtuous brother this time." "

Farewell

?" Li Tianlong stood up and said, "I originally intended to keep Brother Meng De here for the New Year, why don't Brother Meng De stay for some time and celebrate the New Year with me, wouldn't it be good?" "

There are important things under my brother's rule, and I have to go back to do it for my brother in person, but I am not as leisurely as my virtuous brother." The heart of the virtuous brother is received for the brother's heart. "

Cao's * is a problem.

"En..." Li Tianlong frowned and thought for a while, then sighed and said, "Even so, I won't keep you for my brother." It's important to get down to business. My two brothers are still young, and the future is long, hehehe..."

Cao* nodded and said: "But it's to disturb the virtuous brother, for the brother to leave tomorrow morning... By the way, the matter of the war horse blade armor..."

"Hehe," Li Tianlong laughed and said, "Brother Meng De can rest assured." This time, Brother Meng De returned, and he only needed to send a subordinate to answer at the Baimajin Ferry. I sent people to deliver supplies across the river.

Cao * was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "Thank you for my brother!" Liu

Biao was very puzzled when he learned that Cao * was going to leave the next day. To say that although the Central Plains is now turbulent, it has not yet reached an emergency moment, and there are still some unexpected gains from staying in Youzhou, why is Cao Jing so anxious to leave? Liu Biao hesitated for a long time, and then immediately got up and went to Cao *'s residence, wanting to find out.

"Brother Meng De," Liu Biao carefully looked at Cao *'s expression, and couldn't see any clues, so he said: "Youzhou has a lot of benefits, why are you so anxious, you have to go back tomorrow?"

Cao * glanced at him and said lightly: "The important matters under the rule need to be handled personally."

"You don't need to use this to be perfunctory, right? If you want to talk about important things, it makes sense to put it on me, after all, I am at war with Sun Jian in Jingzhou. And Brother Mengde... Hehehe..."How could

Liu Biao believe Cao*'s words? Cao*'s mind turned sharply, thinking about whether to tell Liu Biao the news, and weighing the gains and losses. In the end, Cao* decided to tell Liu Biao, but this is the Yuyang Palace, so he can't say it explicitly, and if the wall has ears, it won't be good.

So Cao * said: "Brother Jingsheng, why don't you leave with me?"

Liu Biao's eyes flashed, and he muttered for a long time, and said: "Well, I also have important things under my rule, and I have to go back immediately, hehehe..."

The next day, Li Tianlong personally sent the two people out of Yuyang City for thirty miles, and then they rushed back.

Regarding the departure of these two people, although Kong Rong and Liu Zhang had doubts in their hearts, they thought that it had nothing to do with them, so they didn't care. Kong Rong is on the line at two o'clock every day, and his residence is one by one, while Liu Zhang takes some of his entourage to wander around and enjoy the scenery of Youzhou.

Cao * and Liu Biao left Yuyang City, and immediately galloped on the galloping road that extended in all directions in Youzhou, but in more than a day, they left Youzhou and entered the territory of Jizhou.

At this time, Cao * breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother Meng De, you should talk to me this time, right?" Liu Biao was very unhappy with the repeated unsuccessful inquiries. But he could see that Cao *'s words did not dare to speak in Youzhou, thinking that it must be an extremely important matter, so he also pressed it down.

It wasn't until he entered the Jizhou range that Liu Biao saw Cao *'s tense face relaxed, so he asked.

Cao * nodded and said, "I didn't come to talk to Brother Jingsheng in Youzhou, but it was because Li Tianlong had been running Youzhou for many years, and he was afraid that he would show his feet and not get out." However, this Jizhou, although it is also under the rule of Li Tianlong, is after all fashionable and shallow, and the minions have never been everywhere.

Liu Biao nodded yes.

"Brother Jingsheng," Cao*'s face turned grim, and he said, "Brother Wei accidentally saw a top-secret document in Li Tianlong's study. "

Oh?!" Liu Biao perked up, but asked: "Since it is top secret, how can it be easy for Brother Meng De to see it, isn't it a fraud?"

Cao * shook his head slowly and said, "It shouldn't be like this." I've thought about it carefully, and it's a coincidence.

Cao* explained in detail how he saw the top secret.

"Well, after all, it's young, and it's a little careless.

When Liu Biao heard this, he pondered for a moment and said, "Maybe I'm in a hurry, otherwise Brother Meng De would not have encountered such an opportunity." "Well," Cao * nodded yes, and continued: "That top secret said that after the end of the year, before the spring ploughing, we should cooperate with Beihai Kong Rongli and take

Qingzhou quickly!" "What!?"

Liu Biao was startled: "Qingzhou?!" "Not bad!" Cao * was full of seriousness: "If Qingzhou falls into the hands of Li Tianlong, we will no longer be able to prevent it from going south!" Liu

Biao nodded slowly and said, "Then, Brother Meng De, in your opinion, how should this matter be handled?"

"Secretly contact the princes of the Central Plains to resist Li Tianlong's strategy together!" Cao * said: "Li Tianlong's southward movement is related to the interests of everyone such as us, and we must work together."

Liu Biao bowed.

When the New Year was happily celebrated in Yuyang City, the Central Plains was secretly in trouble.

When Cao * quietly passed on Li Tianlong's intention to take Qingzhou to the major princes, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Yang Feng, Wang Kuang and others had all kinds of thoughts in their hearts, each with a ghost in their hearts.

For example, Yuan Shao has made it clear that he wants to prevent Li Tianlong from taking Qingzhou; there are also Yuan Shu and others who think that they are far away from Qingzhou and have little to do with it.

The most anxious is none other than Liu Dai, the assassin of Qingzhou.

Regarding Li Tianlong's desire to take Qingzhou, he was the most complicated and uneasy in his heart.

First, he is the lord of a state, and he has some ambitions, if he really wants to dedicate Qingzhou to Li Tianlong for free, he is quite reluctant.

On the other hand, if he had served Li Tianlong, what would Li Tianlong do to him?

This is also a big problem.

So Liu Dai didn't think about tea and dinner these days, and the whole person lost a lot of weight.

"Brother!"

the door opened, and a young man walked in outside the door, with a national character face, a clean face, and quite upright.

"Zhengli, you're here. Liu Dai's face was overjoyed, and he said: "You came just in time, for my brother I have something important to do, I need you to help take the master!"

This person is Liu Dai's brother, Liu Xuan, Liu Zhengli.

"Brother, why is he so anxious to summon the younger brother?" Liu Miao was very puzzled. Because of the advent of Li Tianlong, history has changed slightly, and Liu Miao was not named Yangzhou Mu, but became the county guard of Donglai County under his brother Liu Dai.

The day before yesterday, Liu Dai got the matter of Li Tianlong's desire to take Qingzhou, and he couldn't make up his mind, so he immediately sent someone to deliver a letter and summoned Liu Miao to discuss together. Liu Miao didn't know, but knew that his brother was anxious, so he hurried back to Linzi.

No, as soon as I entered, I saw Liu Dai's face full of sorrow, his body was withered, and he didn't look like a person.

"Alas," Liu Dai asked Liu Miao to sit down, and sent someone to serve tea and water, and the two of them were done, and Liu Dai said: "Zhengli, my Qingzhou is in danger!"

Liu Dai was stunned and said, "Why did my brother say this?"

So Liu Dai told Liu Miao the news passed by Cao * one by one.

"Didn't Cao* go to Youzhou at the invitation of Li Tianlong a few days ago, and how long did it take? It must be because of this!" Liu Dai said sadly.

Hearing this, Liu Miao frowned and thought about it, and said after a while: "This matter is a little strange. Is Cao*'s words really credible-) He stole Yanzhou, bordering my Qingzhou, and regarded him as a human being, how could he not covet the wealth of Qingzhou? Brother must not fall for his tricks!"

"Alas," Liu Dai sighed and said, "These are also considered by brothers. Although Cao Mengde was a little suspicious, it could not be ruled out that Li Tianlong really wanted to attack my Qingzhou! The plain is located in Hebei, but for Li Tianlong, it is a thorn in the flesh, so it is reasonable for him to take Qingzhou!"

Liu Xuan's brows furrowed even tighter, and he said, "There is some truth. He

was a smart man, and he quickly thought of the near or far benefits that Li Tianlong had obtained after obtaining Qingzhou.

"So I summoned you back for my brother, and I wanted to ask for a plan. Will you unite with Yanzhou Cao* and Xuzhou Tao Qian to fight against Li Tianlong, or will you raise your hand and vote for Li Tianlong?" asked Liu Dai. "Resist?" Liu Yan sneered: "Brother, don't forget how Cao Mengde obtained Yanzhou! Cao * wolf's ambition, if he allies with him, he will inevitably let his army enter, which is tantamount to luring the wolf into the house! Tao Qian is an old man, but he is not to be afraid. What's more," Liu Miao laughed at himself: "The Tripartite Alliance, can it really resist?" "

Brother Xian said this, is he going to surrender to Li Tianlong for his brother?"

Liu Dai said slowly.

Liu Dai glanced at his haggard brother, and did not answer directly, but said: "What does my brother think of Li Tianlong Li Tianlong

?" "En?" Liu Dai glanced at Liu Xuan, and then replied: "He is a bit complicated. Defeating Xianbei and Wuhuan and pacifying Liaodong is a great feat, there is no doubt about it. But he openly broke with the Son of Heaven, saying that he was disloyal, and it was not right.

Every time the court is in trouble, he actively supports, and in that kind of situation where he wants to be killed, he just broke with the Son of Heaven and did not take drastic actions, he is a soldier, if he changes to a general, I am afraid the consequences are unpredictable.

Liu Miao nodded and said, "The little brother admires Li Tianlong very much. In my opinion, openly breaking with the Son of Heaven seems to be disloyal, but in fact, hatred of iron does not make steel. If you are really disloyal, you will not leave, but you will be like Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao and others, coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes!"

Liu Dai was a little stunned when he heard this.

"So the virtuous brother agrees to serve Li Tianlong for his brother?"

asked Liu Dai again.

Liu Miao still didn't answer, and said, "Let's do an analysis first." "

The news from Cao Mengde said that Li Tianlong and Kong Rong Beihaili should join forces and take Qingzhou. We don't have a good way to deal with this. Kong Beihai is the twentieth grandson of Confucius Sage, one of the main representatives of Confucianism, in the eyes of the world, its status is so high that it has to overshadow the three princes and nine kings. If the elder brother sends troops at this time and wipes out a thousand people in Beihai, he will inevitably lose the hearts of the people and the gains outweigh the losses. Brother will not do it!"

Liu Dai nodded and said: "I have been friends with Wenju for many years, if you take this opportunity to sit down and teach me how to endure it?" "

That is to say, Li Tianlong's plan to cooperate with the inside and outside, we can't break it, this is a naked conspiracy! Liu Miao said: "Second, the plain is located in Hebei, and it is easy for Li Tianlong to take it. If we want to rescue the army, we still need to cross the Yellow River, and the whip is beyond our reach!"

Liu Dai bowed: "But that's the case. But if you give up the plains, you can't rule across the river!" Liu

Miao shook his head when he heard this: "This is not good!" "

Why not?" Liu Dai was confused. The Yellow River has always been dangerous, and if it is really a confrontation across the river, he doesn't believe that Li Tianlong still has the ability to fly through the natural danger!

"Water Army!" Liu Miao said in a deep condensation.

"Haha, courtesy. The northerners are good at horses, but not good at water, this is a law that has always been true. Liu Dai laughed.

"Brother, for my brother to be in charge of Donglai, but I have also discovered some confidential matters!" Liu Miao looked at Liu Dai, who was laughing, still with a calm face.

Liu Dai's face froze, and he said, "What's the matter?"

He intuitively felt that Liu Miao's discovery had something to do with this matter.

"There are fishermen in Donglai who go out to sea to fish, and they have seen a huge fleet rowing across the sea!" Liu Miao said: "Look at that flag, it is undoubtedly the Youzhou Sailor!"

"What!?" Liu Dai stood up violently and said incredulously: "Could it be that Li Tianlong has already prepared to go south

-" Liu Miao nodded heavily: "A large-scale naval army cannot be formed in one or two days." From this, it can be seen that Li Tianlong had been secretly preparing for the establishment of a sailor even many years ago

!" "Moreover, that sailor can gallop in the terrifying sea, and its combat power cannot be evaluated!" Liu Miao sighed and said: "Moreover, I heard the fishermen say that the boat of the Youzhou sailor is very special, it is actually an iron ship!

Iron ship?!" Liu Dai said incredulously: "The iron ship can also be launched?!"

"I don't know. Liu Xuan said: "When I first heard it, I was also very puzzled, and I sent my general Tai Shici to investigate, and after many verifications and observations, it was confirmed the day before yesterday."

Liu Dai was stunned for a long time, and finally sighed dejectedly: "In this way, natural danger is no longer natural danger, and it can't stop Li Tianlong's footsteps?" "Can't stop

it!"

Liu Miao shook his head slowly. "Another strategy. Liu Miao said again: "Unite Cao * and Tao Qian to fight against Li Tianlong."

"If we really resist Li Tianlong together, my Qingzhou is still very dangerous, and Cao * and other figures will not let go of even the slightest opportunity to enter Qingzhou! At that time, as the main force to resist Li Tianlong, our Qingzhou army will inevitably suffer heavy losses, how can we resist the conspiracy of Cao * and others?"

"In other words, my two brothers have already fallen into a dilemma.

Either surrender to sincerity or shatter jade?"

Under this discussion, countless hidden crises were revealed, pointing directly at Qingzhou.

"It seems that it's time to think about retreat!" Liu

Dai sighed.

"yes. Liu Miao said: "I can't please Qingzhou, so it's better to think of a way out early, and it is right to protect my family." "

Alas?" Liu Dai's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said: "I think of a plan for my brother, maybe I can save Qingzhou!"

"Unite Cao * and Tao Qian to fight against Li Tianlong." Then unite with Tao Qian to fight against Cao*!" Liu Dai said urgently

: "Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Yanzhou are three-legged, if my Qingzhou is merged by Yanzhou, Xuzhou will not escape the doom, so Tao Qian will definitely spare no effort to help me and resist Cao*!" "Brother is false!" Liu Miao shook his head: "Who is Tao Qian? This person has no edge and lacks progress, and now that he is old, this is even more so! He will definitely not offend Cao*, the great enemy of my Qingzhou! Even if he knows that Qingzhou has fallen to Cao* After the hand, Xuzhou will also suffer, and he will not have the power to help his brother! Therefore, this strategy is too sinister, I think it should not be taken!

" Liu Dai was stunned when he heard this: "Do you have to take refuge in Li Tianlong?"

"Not bad!" Liu Miao said categorically: "My two brothers are also the relatives of the Han clan. Take refuge in him, and there is a great chance of being reused. What's more, if the situation is gradually becoming clear today, Li Tianlong has the greatest chance of obtaining the artifact! Passive is better than active, and icing on the cake is not as good as sending charcoal

in the snow! If we offer Qingzhou, in Youzhou, it is a great achievement to obtain a springboard to go south, and Li Tianlong attaches great importance to love and righteousness, how can he treat my two brothers badly?!"

"On the contrary, if you take refuge in Cao *, hey, with Cao *'s personality and my brother's identity, if you don't get killed, you will burn high incense, let alone be reused?!".

Liu Xuan's analysis made Liu Dai speechless.

"That being the case... Okay!" Liu Dai gritted his teeth and said, "You go and secretly contact Jizhou Tian Feng, and say that my two brothers will sacrifice Youzhou! Moreover, if you want to do it, you must be ruthless and bigger! Then send someone to contact Cao * and Tao Qian, and lure the two to lead the army into Qingzhou, and my brother will capture him and dedicate it to Li Tianlong together with Qingzhou!"

Liu Miao was overjoyed and said with a smile: "What my brother said is very true!"

Yanzhou.

After Cao* took Yanzhou, for the convenience of his rule, he set up the capital in Fenggao, Taishan County.

Fenggao Chengzhong, the state governor's house.

Cao* was discussing a major matter with Xun You and Chen Gong.

"Gongda, Gongtai, Er, etc., how will Liu Dai and Liu Gongshan respond? Will they ally with Cao to fight against Li Tianlong?"

Xun You said: "Liu Dai is ambitious, but not big, his mind is not easy to grasp!"

"Yes." Chen Gong said: "His younger brother Liu Miao is not a simple person, if you want to calculate with him, it is difficult to easily obtain Yanzhou."

Hearing this, Cao* raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "If you have ambitions, you can deal with them!" Those who have ambitions will not easily give up the power in their hands, and even if they want to give up, they will have to do so when the mountains and rivers are exhausted.

Now that the war has not yet begun, Liu Dai will definitely not do the stupid thing of surrendering!" "

As a careerist, Cao * has a good grasp of people's psychology.

Liu Dai is indeed as he said, he is unwilling to give up the power in his hands easily, but he can't help but have a Liu Miao who can speak well

!"The lord is wise!

" Xun You said: "In case of accidents, why don't the lord add a fire?"

Chen Gong also smiled: "But that's the case." If you let your subordinates go to Xuzhou and talk about Tao Qian, it must be much easier to unite

!" "Oh!" Cao*'s eyes lit up, and his heart was reasonable. If you can show your interests and say that Tao Qian takes the initiative to contact Liu Dai, then this matter will be much easier.

"Is the public platform sure

?" Chen Gong nodded and said: "The subordinates have 1 day with the Chen family in Xuzhou, and they should be able to succeed

!" "The Chen family?!" Cao*'s eyes lit up again, and said: "But Chen Gui and Old Master Chen?"

"Exactly

!" "That's good! That's good!"

Luoyang.

Yuan Shao said to Guo Tufengji: "What do you think about this matter?"

Guo Tu pondered for a long time and said: "Cao*'s words should be true. However, the lord is now in the division, and he can't reach the whip of Qingzhou, even if he really wins Qingzhou, it is also an enclave, and it is not easy to control, so why not let it go, the lord sits on the mountain and watches the tiger fight.

Feng Ji also smiled and nodded.

"Although this is a good word, how can I let Li Tianlong easily get his wish?" Yuan Shao raised his eyebrows, faintly resentful: "I don't share the sky with Li Tianlong, as long as I can cause trouble for him, I will be happy! You two will spread the message of the forces hidden in the Bohai Sea, and when Li Tianlong attacks Qingzhou, you will stab him in the back! Bit, you will also bite off a piece of his flesh for me!"

As he spoke, Jing gritted his teeth.

"Yes, my lord. Guo Tu and the others replied respectfully, and then looked at each other, feeling a little pity in their hearts. Those shadows will have a great effect in the future, and now they are exposed, which is very unwise. It's a pity that Yuan Shao was determined to fight against Li Tianlong to the end, and the two didn't dare to dissuade them.

"My lord, taking advantage of the fact that the eyes of the princes of the world are attracted to the matter of Qingzhou, I can't wait to take Hanoi!" Feng Ji flattened his body and said: "Wang Kuang of Hanoi has repeatedly refused to listen to the dispatch of the lord, divided one side, and directly threatened Luoyang, if he is not uprooted, it is not good

!" Yuan Shao nodded and said: "This is a great good!" Hedong

, Anyi.

Yang Feng is the Taishou of Hedong, and he is also a prince, and his army is tens of thousands, but it can be regarded as powerful.

But who doesn't want to be stronger?

No, after Yang Feng learned the news that Li Tianlong was going to attack Qingzhou, he also moved his mind.

Qingzhou is too far away from him, and he can't see it, so it has little to do with him. However, it would be wonderful if Qingzhou could take advantage of the time when Qingzhou attracted the attention of people all over the world and won more territories.

So Yang

Feng hit the idea to Yongzhou Zuo Feng Yi! Zuo Feng Yi, a county in Yongzhou, is bordered by Youfufeng in the west, Jingzhaoyin in the south, Hetao in the north, and across the river from Hedong in the east.

If Yang Feng wants to increase his strength, he must expand.

And if Hedong County wants to expand, there are only three directions. To the north, it is a state. He didn't dare to go against Li Tianlong now, so he ruled it out. To the east is Hanoi. Hanoi Wang Kuang was not in his eyes, but if he wanted to take Hanoi, Yuan Shao, the secretary of the division, would inevitably send troops to intervene, and it would be difficult to achieve his will.

After thinking about it, he could only focus on Zuo Feng Yi.

Although Yongzhou has become Yuan Shao's territory, Zuo Fengyi's geographical location is special. It faces Chang'an across the Weishui River to the south and the Yellow River to the east. If he can occupy Zuo Feng Yi, no matter how annoyed Yuan Shao is, there is nothing he can do.

In this way, the princes of the world heard the wind and moved, each with a ghost, and it was really an undercurrent, and it was about to explode.