"Well, does Zhongzhi have any good ideas?"
For a family like the Yuan family, the daughter is basically raised for one purpose, and that is as a bargaining chip for marriage. She can marry anyone. If she can exchange for a land in the state, it will be a very cost-effective deal. But if his daughter gets married but Qingzhou fails to get her back, it will really be a joke. It is precisely because of this that Yuan Shaofang worries about gains and losses. At this moment, he heard that Xin Ping seemed to have his own opinions, and Yuan Shao immediately He quickly pushed the issue aside.
"Returning to my lord, since Gongsun Ming is determined to have a grand ceremony in Pushan City, my lord might as well go with the flow. It doesn't matter if he agrees. I just ask him to lead his troops to withdraw to Pushan City first. After all his troops have crossed the river, my lord can do it again. Just let her get married."
How could Xin Ping have any good ideas? All he said together was just the word "procrastination". Of course, when the situation is inferior to others, this strategy is not unreasonable, but in this way, the Yuan family The suspicion of selling his daughter is too obvious.
"Well...since Zhongzhi is so confident, then he can go to Linzi for me."
The reputation of selling daughters is not good, but compared to the land of Qingzhou, Yuan Shao is willing to give up such a face, but he can't help but worry that Gongsun Ming will have other ideas, but he saw his brows furrowed and thought for a long time. After a while, I finally decided not to bother the two masters, and simply left this difficult problem to Xin Ping to solve it.
"promise."
Xin Ping's original intention to come forward was just to lose face to Yuan Shang, but he never wanted to cause trouble in the end. Yuan Shao actually took advantage of the situation and stuffed the hot potato into his arms. When he thought of Gongsun Ming's difficulty, Xin Ping's heart He was really bitter, but Yuan Shao had already made his decision in public, so he had no choice but to pretend to be calm and accept the matter...
"Report, my lord, Yuan Shao has sent an envoy Xin Ping, who is on his way to Linzi City."
Yecheng is a key deployment location of the Military Intelligence Bureau, so the information is very well-informed. No, Xin Ping had just left Yecheng, and the information had already been reported to Gongsun Ming.
"Oh, when the wrangling people come, I won't see this bully anymore. The head of state can just deal with it on his behalf. When there is movement in Xiangping (today's Liaoyang), he can just agree to his request."
There was no need to think about it, Gongsun Ming could guess the purpose of Xin Ping's visit, so he didn't take it to heart, and he didn't intend to talk nonsense with Xin Ping. He neatly entrusted the matter to Xu Shu.
"good."
When you have something to do, your ministers should obey you. This is what you should do. Xu Shu didn't mind chatting with Xin Ping...
"That old man, Cao Ahao, took a useless old hat and wanted me to take grain from the fire. It's so ridiculous!"
On September 17, the two imperial edicts prepared by Cao Cao were finally delivered to Gongsun Du, who claimed to be the Marquis of Liaodong. Gongsun Du was obviously extremely disdainful of this. Not only did he not kneel down to accept the edict as expected by a minister, he only sent His eldest son Gongsun Kang went to deal with it and settled the matter. After reading the edict, he even looked down on Cao Cao impatiently.
"What your lord said is true. We can live freely in Liaodong. It doesn't matter what Cao Ah Man's schemes are, just ignore them."
General Liu Yi had always followed Gongsun Du's footsteps. When he heard Gongsun Du ridiculing Cao Cao like this, he immediately jumped out and agreed with him with a look of flattery on his face.
"My lord, this is Cao Ah's strategy to drive away tigers and devour wolves. According to the general's opinion, we must deal with it carefully. If my lord really has no intention of antagonizing that Gongsun Ming, he must immediately resign from Youzhou Mu, and This is to be announced to the world. In addition, in order to clear Gongsun Ming’s suspicions, I may have to send someone to explain to him urgently, so..."
General Yang Yi has always been knowledgeable, and he obviously saw the crisis, so he cautiously gave some advice.
"Hmph, after all, I am still my cousin. If I ask you to bow to me, the world will laugh at you!"
Gongsun Du has always been arrogant, and even Cao Cao doesn't look at him. Now it's impossible for him to bow his head to Gongsun Ming. Besides, it also involves an old incident that Gongsun Du doesn't want to recall - -Although Gongsun Du is also surnamed Gongsun, he is not actually a member of the Gongsun clan, a prominent family in western Liaoning. Gongsun Qi, the former prefect of Liaodong, is a serious member of the Gongsun clan in western Liaoning. In terms of seniority, he is Gongsun Zan’s cousin. When he was young, Gongsun Du wanted to go there. Climbing up, he wanted to curry favor with Gongsun Xi and considered him his father. With the help of Gongsun Xi, he gradually ascended to a high position in Liaodong. However, as soon as he gained power, in order to ensure that his dominance was not affected, he turned around and took Gongsun Xi as his father. All of Qin's descendants were killed, and they formed a blood feud with the Gongsun clan. Now that they were strong, they had already planned to develop within the pass. The reason why they despised Cao Cao's edict was just to show off. It's just his IQ, so naturally he couldn't listen to Yang Yi's words that showed he was inferior to Gongsun Ming.
"My lord, please calm down. If you don't plan to be on good terms with Gongsun Ming, you must make plans to advance the army early. Now Gongsun Ming is far away in Qingzhou. If my lord can join forces with Tadun to level Ji County in one fell swoop and cut off its foundation, great achievements can be made." Well, if you hesitate to advance and are unwilling to live under this person, you may cause trouble."
Yang Yi obviously knew Gongsun Du's arrogant temperament very well. What he said before was just to test Gongsun Du's attitude when entering the military pass. Now that he heard that he wanted to take advantage of the situation, he immediately gave a suggestion. .
"Hmm...what do Bo Fang think?"
Gongsun Du was very ambitious and had long had the idea of annexing the entire Youzhou. The reason why he never implemented it was due to two factors. One was that the Wu Heng Kingdom in Tadun blocked his way into Bingguan. The second is that when Gongsun Zan was still alive, his military power was so great that Gongsun Du really didn't have the courage to become an enemy of Gongsun Zan, who was known as a famous frontier general. Then Gongsun Ming suddenly rose up and his military power was even greater than that of his father, so Gongsun Du died. The thought of marching into the pass, and now that the fighter opportunity has appeared, Gongsun Du's ambitions have naturally expanded. However, he is still worried, so he hesitates and does not dare to make a decision. Instead, he throws the problem to the person he forcibly recruited. Liang Mao, a famous Sanyang scholar on the staff.
"If you continue to cut off, you will be subject to chaos!"
Liangmao, a native of Changyi, Shanyang, was rarely studious and famous for his erudite knowledge. He lived in Liaodong to avoid the Yellow Turban Rebellion. He was appointed by Cao Cao as the prefect of Lelang, but he was detained by Gongsun Du before he could go there. , was forced to serve as an aide. He had always regarded Cao Cao as the wise master of peace in the world, and had long been determined to join Xudu. Because of this, even though he had seen Cao Cao's sinister intention of deliberately provoking the rebellion in Youzhou, However, he did not intend to truly analyze the pros and cons for Gongsun Du, but without hesitation expressed his support for Gongsun Du's attitude towards using troops in Jixian.
