Although the words are beautiful, they can deceive people's emotions.
But in fact, Ma Chao really had no idea about this war, which was confusing and difficult to send backup.
At this time, it was gradually becoming clear that the Ma family, Lu Bu and others were allied with Yuan Shao, Liu Xie, and Cao Cao to compete for Yanzhou.
Among them, Ma Chao and Yuan Shao have always been very careful and forbearing.
They have not crossed the bottom line of raising an army.
They just manipulate each other's chess pieces and fight on the chessboard of Yanzhou.
For any politician, this situation can be regarded as a contest of soft power: if this side takes the initiative to send troops from the rear of Chang'an to join the war, Yuan Shao, who is forced to have no choice but to fight, will have no choice but to fight.
Jizhou sent troops to defend the Ma family, which set off an all-out war between the two most powerful princes during the Xingping period of the Han Dynasty.
Neither Ma Chao nor Yuan Shao wanted to see such a result: the two sides were like two wild beasts facing each other at this time, and neither one was willing to take the initiative until they were completely sure of a fatal blow.
I'm afraid that while they are fighting to the death, other small princes will take the opportunity to grow stronger and the fishermen will benefit.
Therefore, the only resources Ma Chao can use at this time are the soldiers and generals under Lu Bu and Chen Gong.
As for whether Chen Liu and Zhang Miao, who are ostensibly united with Lu Bu, can be mobilized, it has to be said another time.
"Fengxian," Ma Chao opened his mouth, but suddenly felt that he was still a little weak in his heart: due to military considerations, naturally he could no longer call Lu Bu his father-in-law.
After Lu Bu officially accepted the appointment as General Fenwu of the Ma family, Ma Chao could only address Lu Bu as his lord.
However, the complicated bond between son-in-law and father-in-law that had been entangled for more than two years, coupled with Lu Bu's world-famous reputation and unruly temper, really made Ma Chao feel a little scared.
However, after seeing Lu Bu's frank and indifferent expression, Ma Chao relaxed his mind and continued to ask: "What I need to know now is how Liu Xie took advantage of the Dingtao incident, which led to My grand plan in Chang'an has turned into a ridiculous drama."
"My lord is saying that the culprit who tempted us to accidentally attack Yuan Shao's honor guard army, which caused the decline of Fengxian Gong, was not Cao Cao, but the emperor of the Han Dynasty."
When Chen Gong heard Ma Chao speak first, Chen Gong couldn't help showing incredible shock in his eyes.
In line with courteous etiquette, Chen Gong took a step forward and asked quickly: "My lord, is this information true?"
"Although there is no definite evidence, judging from the many years of confrontation between me and Liu Xie, this move must have been done by him."
Ma Chao looked at Chen Gong's expression and suddenly realized that he might have made a big mistake unintentionally: Chen Gong is a defender of Confucianism. , the concept of loyalty to the emperor is in his heart and is carried out from the bottom of his heart.
If I rashly say this today, will Chen Gong be disappointed?
However, what worried Ma Chao did not happen.
After listening to Ma Chao's words, Chen Gong didn't look ashamed.
Instead, he lay down on the map and pointed: "In this way, everything will make sense.
I can't believe that the land of Xuchang , there was actually an emperor of the Han Dynasty who planned it, no wonder Cao Cao was able to recover quickly without knowing it."
At this time, Chen Gong was no longer surprised, but Ma Chao was confused.
Seeing this, he couldn't help but approached Chen Gong and said: "Why did Gongtai say this?
What is the situation that made Gongtai suddenly realize this?"
" "My lord."
At this time, Chen Gong's face did not show the slightest sadness or regret after hearing the news about Liu Collaboration.
Instead, he pointed at the Zhencheng icon with a happy face and said: "Before the drought and the locust plague, Fengxian Gong and Palace, many times sent troops to fight with Cao Cao fought with wits and courage, and relied on guarding Puyang's strategic location and waiting for work.
Cao Cao's 300,000-strong army was reduced to less than 20,000.
The original plan was to send out all the troops and annex Yanzhou calmly when Cao Cao was short of food and grass and his army's morale was unstable."
When Ma Chao heard this, he couldn't help being shocked: He had only seen the thief eating meat, but he had never seen the thief being beaten.
It turns out that the traitor Cao Cao, under the joint efforts of Lu Bu and Chen Gong, was in such a difficult and miserable situation.
And if all of this is as Chen Gong said, and the early war in Yanzhou was so good and gratifying, then Lu Bu and Chen Gong can be said to be famous generals with good plans and strategies, each with their own culture and one military, complementing each other, one strange and one upright.
Unfortunately, a natural disaster later forced the two of them to be isolated and helpless, so Cao Cao turned around and defeated the two of them with the help of various resources under the circumstances.
From this, one has to admit that the explanation of the defeat of Yanzhou by the two men in history can be completely summarized by the explanation of crimes other than war.
"Even though natural disasters came later, we retreated to Shanyang County for food, and Cao Cao was still at a disadvantage.
Later, we happened to get funding from the Ma family, and we had a source of food and grass, which even overwhelmed Cao Cao to the point of dying.
Then we decided to decide Tao.
When the outbreak broke out, the military strength of the two families was overturned in an instant.
Cao Cao immediately mobilized a hundred thousand soldiers and horses, and used all the cunning and vicious tactics.
Within more than ten days, we were overwhelmed and unable to react."
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Hearing what Chen Gong said, Lu Bu's gloomy face couldn't help but show some doubts, and he said: "Yes, all the changes happened after the Dingtao Incident.
And that day I received news that Yuan Shao had united Cao Cao made Yan Liang and Wen Chou the vanguard After hearing the news that a total of 20,000 troops were sent to attack Yanzhou, they could only prepare for war.
However, when they arrived at the front line, they realized that it was just an honor guard sent by Yuan Shao to welcome the emperor.
But what is puzzling is that Yan Liang, Wen Chou and others said nothing.
Without saying anything, he launched an attack on our army."
"The past is gone and cannot be recalled."
After listening to Chen Gong and Lu Bu's narration, Ma Chao became more certain of his guess.
At the same time, he also understood the reason why Chen Gong was suddenly shocked: Cao Cao had been exhausted in the early stage and had to die.
Lack of skills.
If no outsider had interfered, how could he suddenly turn things around and come back to life?
With this understanding, Ma Chao's thinking became clearer and he couldn't help but interrupt Lu Bu: "Since Liu Xie has a serious plan, he will naturally instigate it from both Feng Xiangong and Yuan Shao.
In the future, there will be shadows sending detailed information about this matter. .
And now, what we can control is the current situation."
Having said this, Ma Chao looked at Chen Gong with concern, even though Chen Gong had never shown signs of being a foolish and loyal king.
But Ma Chao knew that these scribes were masters with unchanging expressions on their faces and deadly hands behind their backs.
Especially Chen Gong, who had a criminal record, teamed up with Zhang Miao and Lu Bu to explode Cao Cao's chrysanthemum, which really left Cao Cao's chrysanthemum broken and injured all over the ground.
When Chen Gong saw Ma Chao's expression, he immediately understood what Ma Chao meant.
He smiled casually and explained: "My lord, don't think that I am a rotten scholar who doesn't know how to adapt.
As the saying goes, the people are the most important, and the country is the second most important.
I still understand these truths.”
After hearing Chen Gong's words, Ma Chao felt relieved this time, and he couldn't help but raise his evaluation of Chen Gong by two levels: The person in front of him is the wise man who truly understands the Confucian way.
From this, Ma Chao no longer had any scruples, pointed to the map with his trusty finger, and said attentively: "When I came here, I learned that after Cao Cao defeated Dingtao, he had already harvested all the wheat grain nearby.
This move is both sinister and poisonous, and it will not give any hope at all.
The opportunity and the conditions for us to breathe” When he said this, Ma Chao felt faintly frightened in his heart: At this time, Lu Bu's army was demoralized and he only had less than two counties in his hands.
Coupled with Cao Cao's harvesting of grain and grass, it will undoubtedly make things worse.
If we still use the metaphor of two boxers, then the situation in front of us is that at this time, Lu Bu was already pressed to the ground by Cao Cao, chasing and beating him fiercely, and he couldn't hold back his breath.
But after all, Lu Bu was very strong.
If he only punched and kicked him, he might not be able to kill him, so Cao Cao simply covered Lu Bu's nose again, completely suffocating him, and wanted to suffocate Lu Bu to death.
"However, when we are at the end of our rope, we still have a glimmer of opportunity."
After getting rid of the distracting thoughts in his heart, Ma Chao's eyes suddenly burst out with a perseverance and strange look, and said decisively: "To this day, the two families are still a battle for food, grass, and morale.
In the war, we only need to take advantage of our losing streak and suddenly win a big victory to re-establish our momentum and prestige.
Cao Cao's absolute advantage will be shattered in one fell swoop until he is completely driven out of Yanzhou." s: There is another chapter today, probably around 12 o'clock
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