After Chen Qun arranged Suo Xu's affairs, he returned to the Chinese army's tent again. At this time, Zhang Xiu, Wang Shuang, and Qian Hu had all left, and Ma Chao was the only one in the entire tent.
"See your Majesty."
"Excuse me. Chen Qun, what do Suo Xu say? Is he willing to obey my order?" Ma Chao was still worried about Suo Xu. After all, he was one of his generals.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. From now on, Suo Xu will only listen to Your Majesty's orders and will not disobey Your Majesty's wishes."
"Haha, I knew you had a way, and you are worthy of being my military advisor."
Chen Qun said: "Thank you for your compliments, Your Majesty. I just did what I should do. By the way, Your Majesty, how are you going to reply to Cao Cao?"
"I have made arrangements for Qian Hu to send someone to deliver a message to Cao Cao. We will meet at noon tomorrow at a place fifteen miles away from the camp. Only four people are allowed to accompany him, and no troops are allowed."
Chen Qun said: "Since the king has made a decision, in my humble opinion, Cao Cao is treacherous. In order to prevent his scheming, it is better to set up an ambush in advance and capture Cao Cao when they meet. With him in hand, the Wei army will not have to worry.
We can also use our strength to let the Wei army attack the armies of other kings."
"Are you referring to the Yan army that just crossed the Yellow River?"
Chen Qun nodded and said: "Exactly. This time the Yan army crossed the Yellow River south, the five tiger generals opened the way, and the eighteen hussars were their minions. They also included Xun You, Guo Jia, Xu You and other resourceful people. With one hundred thousand
The soldiers came slowly towards Guandu, looking at
I have an ulterior motive here. In my humble opinion, when the Yan army meets the emperor, blood will inevitably be shed in Guandu. I am afraid that Guandu will become a test stone for various countries to compete in the Central Plains. Whoever wins will have a chance.
Aim for the Central Plains in one fell swoop!"
Ma Chao said: "I expected this, which is why I asked my father to personally lead one hundred thousand Xiliang cavalry to support me from the beginning. This time, I, Ma Chao, will become someone respected and feared by everyone in the world."
Man, I want everyone in the world to know that I, Ma Chao, am a great hero in protecting the country and the sword of the emperor. Anyone who dares to disobey me is disobeying the emperor, and I will kill him."
"The king is ambitious and I admire him endlessly."
"Haha, you have been busy all day, go down and rest."
"promise!"
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In the days of late spring and early summer, the afternoon sun has already acquired a certain degree of penetration, shining its hot light on the lifeless land of Guandu.
The wilderness was silent and empty. There were two or three hungry crows that were busy pecking at a fat, black, dead dog among the grass.
A few days ago, hundreds of households living in the Guandu area heard that Cao Cao was leading an army, and they all left the place in a hurry. In the panic, a stampede occurred, but there were no casualties, only a dog died.
The crows flew several feet high in the air, pointing their paws at their prey, as if there were invisible ropes connecting them. They spread their wings and swooped down, as if they were training to cooperate.
They seem to have a tacit understanding of each other. At the same time, they also stare at all dangerous things around them with sharp eyes.
Suddenly, in the wilderness, five war horses came quickly. The crows immediately flew away, flapping their wings and flying high into the sky, shouting resentfully.
The five war horses came to a slow stop. The leading horse carried Cao Cao in military uniform on its back. His sharp eyes were looking around, but there was nothing but the breeze blowing his clothes, the sun above his head and the dissatisfied voice.
Outside of the crow, there was no movement.
"Your Majesty, it's almost noon, but that guy Ma Chao hasn't come yet, could he be playing tricks on us?" Cao Ren looked around and saw no trace of anyone, so he asked.
"Ma Chao is also the King of Qin after all, so he should keep his word. There is still a little time before noon, so let's just wait for him." Cao Cao said.
Cao Ren said "Promise" and said to Cao Chun, Cao Xiu and Dian Wei who were traveling with him: "You three should keep your eyes open for a while and remember Ma Chao's appearance."
Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, and Dian Wei all nodded.
Not long after, Ma Chaoying galloped over with Zhang Xiu, Wang Shuang, Qian Hu, and Chen Qun, and appeared in the sight of Cao Cao and others.
As soon as Cao Cao saw someone appearing, he immediately blocked the sun, frowned, and looked forward from a distance. When he saw Ma Chao, he was young, handsome, and suave, so he said: "Jin Ma Chao is indeed well-deserved, even though he is only a teenager."
, but the childishness on his face has long since disappeared, and instead there is a little more perseverance."
"No way, it was this pretty boy who defeated Xu Chu?" Cao Chun said in disbelief after looking at it.
As soon as Ma Chao appeared, Dian Wei felt a very strong aura, approaching him from far to near, silently watching Ma Chao's heroic figure on horseback, and said slowly: "This person, very
Strong and a good opponent."
Cao Ren, Cao Chun, and Cao Xiu trusted Dian Wei's words very much, because Dian Wei rarely spoke, but once he met an opponent that excited him, he would be motivated and want to compete with him.
"It seems that Ma Chao is really strong, otherwise you wouldn't praise him. Dian Wei, has Xu Chu recovered?" Cao Cao remained calm, looking at Ma Chao who was slowly approaching him, he suddenly felt something in his heart.
An invisible pressure.
"Your Majesty, Fatty Xu is fine at all. He just feels that he has no face to see your Majesty, so he is thinking about his mistakes behind closed doors." Dian Wei replied.
"Okay, that's good, and it makes me feel relieved."
Not long after, Ma Chao and others approached, with a distance of twenty meters between the two sides.
"Hello, King Qin." Cao Cao shouted loudly first, breaking the silence.
This was the first time Ma Chao saw Cao Cao. Before, he had only heard of his name but not the person. Hearing people say that Cao Cao was a capable official in governing the world and a traitor in troubled times, he always wanted to see Cao Cao with his own eyes.
However, today he got his wish and found that Cao Cao's image was completely different from what he had in mind. He was not handsome at all. To be honest, he could even be described as ugly.
"Are you Cao Mengde?" Ma Chao raised his bright silver spear and pointed at Cao Cao and asked.
"If it's true, I'll tell you the truth. I'm the only one in the world who dares to call me Cao Cao."
"It's better to be famous than to meet you. What business do you have with me?" Ma Chao didn't find any trace of a hero in Cao Cao. Instead, he felt more and more like a peasant.
Cao Cao smiled and said: "For the King of Qin, this is a good thing. I want to join forces with the King of Qin to deal with the Yan army. I wonder what the King of Qin wants?"
Ma Chao burst out laughing after hearing this.
Cao Cao saw Ma Chao laughing and laughed too.
"Why are you laughing?" Ma Chao felt that Cao Cao was strange and asked.
"Then why is King Qin laughing?" Cao Cao asked.
"I laugh at you for being too naive. To tell you the truth, I, Ma Chao, never need to join forces with anyone to do things. I can attack wherever I want. The Yingchuan County you Cao Ah concealed is the truth. If we hadn't exposed the slightest bit at that time
I should have captured Yingchuan County long ago, and even the entire Yuzhou..." Ma Chao said.
"Well, it's a pity that God did not allow King Qin to succeed. In the end, he was defeated. He was chased by my army like a wild dog, but he just wanted to survive. Does King Qin think Gu is right?" Cao Cao said sarcastically.
After hearing this, Ma Chao sneered and said: "What King Wei said is wrong, it seems that I am leading King Wei by the nose. Wherever I go, King Wei's dogs will follow. Let me
The King of Wei was fooled around, and even how I entered the Kingdom of Wei, I’m afraid the King of Wei still doesn’t know about it, right?"
After Cao Cao heard this, instead of being angry, he continued to laugh and said: "It is remarkable that King Qin has such eloquence at such a young age. However, these are just arguments of words. I just want to ask King Qin whether he is willing to talk to me."
Join forces to attack the Yan Kingdom?"
"Excuse me, King Wei, why should I join forces with you, and why should I attack the State of Yan? You must know that King Yan Gao Fei has surrendered his throne, which is something that the major rebel kings in the world do not have."
"This is just a show. Let me ask the King of Qin, who was the first in the world to claim the title of king? Who instigated the relationship between the princes, causing two great melees in the Central Plains, causing the people in the old capital to move elsewhere? Or was it?
Who, holding the jade seal passed down to the country, stole it for himself? I am afraid that King Qin knew better than me that all of this was given by Gao Fei. After all, Gao Fei is the most unloyal minister, and he should have already
Remove.”
After hearing this, Ma Chao did not answer, but fell into deep thought.
Seeing this, Cao Cao hurriedly added: "King Qin should know the news about Gao Fei crossing the Yellow River south with a hundred thousand people, right? King Qin just issued an edict to the world to meet the emperor in Guandu, but Gao Fei came personally with a hundred thousand troops.
, and all the troops dispatched are good soldiers and generals. It seems that
This has a profound meaning. Based on my understanding of Gao Fei, he definitely wanted to take the emperor away from the hands of King Qin, and then use the emperor as a coercion to command the kings to control the world, trampling all the authority of the Han Dynasty under his own feet.
Such people are actually a scourge to the Han Dynasty and must be eliminated as soon as possible."
Ma Chao said: "What are the benefits of my joining forces with you?"
"Of course there are benefits. King Qin, just imagine, our Wei State has a small number of soldiers and a lack of internal coordination. In the past two years, riots have occurred in Xuzhou, Qingzhou, and Yuzhou in succession. It was difficult to calm down this one, and that one started again. It is really miserable.
Ah. The King of Qin led hundreds of thousands of troops into the Central Plains. Once he wiped out those who tried to conquer the Central Plains,
Gao Fei, who was originally the hegemon, then the whole of Hebei belongs to King Qin. In this way, who in the world dares not to obey King Qin? When the emperor sees King Qin’s great achievements, he will definitely abdicate to King Qin. As long as King Qin ascends the throne
The throne of the Nine-Five Supreme Being is my honor and the honor of the world."
Ma Chao knew that Cao Cao's words were very inflammatory, but he did not reply. Instead, he replied: "That's all for today. Let me go back and think about it."
"Well, King Qin, don't think about it for too long. When the Yan army arrives at Guandu, it will be difficult to get rid of it." Cao Cao urged.
"Don't worry, tomorrow morning, I will still be here at this place, and I will definitely give you a good answer." Ma Chao said.