Han Sui looked at his favorite counselor and directly told him the purpose of Liu Bei's envoy.
"My lord, Yuan Shu of Jizhou is already extremely powerful with the land of Jiyou and Qingzhou. Now he has captured Xuzhou. This is the land of the five states. It is certain that he will attack Yanzhou next.
If Yanzhou is captured by him, few people in the world can compete with him. Bingzhou is adjacent to Liangzhou. After he captures Yanzhou, his next target will be either Liangzhou or Yuzhou.
It's okay if he attacks Yuzhou, but if the whole army attacks Liangzhou, we will definitely have a decisive battle with him. It will be difficult for us to compete by ourselves."
Cheng Gongying frowned and then gave his own analysis.
"Then you mean we are going to send troops to Yanzhou to support Liu Bei?"
Hearing Cheng Gongying's words, Han Sui also frowned, but he was very timid if he really had to face Yuan Shu, who had strong soldiers and horses.
"My lord, we can no longer determine the general situation of the world. Even if we send troops to annex the state, relying solely on Liu Bei of Yanzhou to resist is just like a fly on a tree."
Although Cheng Gongying said so, they alone had no chance to prevent Yuan Shu from occupying Yanzhou, and there was no need to think about it.
"Liu Bei's envoy also said that Liu Jingsheng from Jingzhou, Yuan Benchu from Nanyang, Lu Fengxian from Wenhou, Li Jue from Chang'an, and Chen Wen from Yangzhou are all willing to send troops to Cao Cao."
After Han Sui thought about it for a while, he finally named all the feudal princes who were mentioned by Liu Bei's envoy.
"It's fine if these people are willing to send troops sincerely, but I'm afraid that they won't agree and it's just a smoke screen put out by Liu Bei. When the time comes, we fail to save Yanzhou by sending troops, but completely offend Yuan Shu, which will be troublesome."
Cheng Gongying was also skeptical about the words of Liu Bei's envoy. After all, he was facing Yuan Shu, and a slight mistake could lead to death.
"Then what should we do now?"
Now Han Sui was confused again, what should he do now?
You can't send people to each house to ask for confirmation, and even if you go to ask for confirmation, the answers you get will definitely be confusing.
"No need, just wait and see what happens. Now hold Liu Bei's envoys steady. If someone sends troops, we will follow. If no one sends troops, then we will just sit back and watch, and remain unchanged in the face of changes."
Cheng Gongying thought for a while and suggested that Han Sui should not act rashly and just wait and see what happened.
"Well, as you said, let's wait and see what happens."
"promise."
So far, many of the princes that Liu Bei has contacted have taken action, except for Lu Bu, and the remaining princes have all adopted a wait-and-see attitude.
As time passed, Ma Teng's envoy galloped into Jincheng, met Han Sui, and after receiving Han Sui's instructions, he quickly returned to Ma Teng's station.
"My lord, someone is coming from Chang'an."
Ma Teng was practicing martial arts with Ma Chao, and his bodyguard came to report again.
"A visitor from Chang'an?"
Now Ma Teng was really confused. What kind of ghost was coming from Chang'an?
"Father, what do Li Jue and the others mean when they come?"
Ma Chao put away his gun and stood, his eyes full of questions.
"I don't know. No matter what the purpose of his visit is, let's meet him first and then arrange to meet him in the lobby."
"promise."
After a while, Ma Teng met Li Jue's envoy in the hall.
"Zhang Fu, the detachment of General Chariot and Cavalry, please see General Zhengxi."
Li Jue sent his own personal guard team, which shows that he takes this matter seriously.
"Zhang Fu, I don't know why you came here."
Ma Teng looked at Zhang Fu, his eyes full of questioning.
"General Zhengxi, I'm just here to deliver a letter to your lord."
After Zhang Fu finished speaking, he took out a slightly wrinkled letter from his arms and handed it to Ma Teng from Ma Chao.
Ma Teng opened Li Jue's letter, and when he saw it, his brows twisted into the Chinese character "Sichuan".
"Meng Qi, arrange for Team Zhang to go down and rest."
"promise."
After Ma Chao sent Zhang Feo away, he returned.
“Father, what does Li Jue want to do?
Why do you look so expressionless?"
Ma Teng glanced at Ma Chao, said nothing, and handed Li Jue's letter directly over.
The content of the letter was not long, and Ma Chao read it in just a few glances. But unlike Ma Teng, his eyes glowed with gold and his expression was high.
"What do you think."
Ma Teng stared at Ma Chao. He wanted to hear what his favorite son had to say.
"Father, if this letter is true, I feel that we can agree to Liu Bei and Li Jue to send troops to Bingzhou. If we can take the opportunity to annex Bingzhou, then we can occupy Liangbian and Bingzhou, and our strength will more than double.
Even if Liu Bei fails to resist Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu will still damage his vitality and will not retaliate against us. As time goes by, when he recovers, our strength may not be inferior to Yuan Shu."
Ma Chao directly expressed his thoughts.
"Well, you have a good idea, but I always feel something is wrong. You should go to Jincheng immediately with the letter and see what Han Sui means. If he agrees, we will join forces to conquer Bingzhou. You should also fight for me.
Jiabo has a bright future."
Although Ma Teng still frowned, since Ma Chao could think of this, he, as Ma Chao's father, naturally could not destroy his son's majesty.
"promise."
Ma Chao nodded, put Li Jue's letter in his arms, mounted his dragon colt and ran towards Jincheng.
Ma Chao traveled day and night, and in three days he reached Jincheng and met with Han Sui directly.
"Uncle, someone from Chang'an sent a letter. My father couldn't make a decision, so he specially asked me to come to Jincheng to ask for your opinion."
Ma Chao did not hesitate and took out Li Jue's letter from his pocket and handed it to Han Sui.
Han Sui's eyes were full of doubts, and he didn't understand why Li Jue sent the letter now.
After reading Li Jue's letter, Han Sui, like Ma Teng, frowned because he didn't know why Li Jue would send them such a big gift, one as a Liangzhou pastor and the other as a Bingzhou pastor.
"Meng Qi, what does Brother Shoucheng mean?"
Han Sui put down the letter and looked at Ma Chao in front of him, this young man who was one of the best in Xiliang.
"What my father means is that he doesn't want to miss this opportunity. Bingzhou cannot be the same as before. In the past, Bingzhou was a mixed place with Hu people. It was just a land of dregs and useless.
Now the Hu people in Bingzhou have been expelled by Yuan Shu. As long as we manage it a little, it will be a treasure land. If it is true as Li Jue said, then we who own Bingzhou and Liangzhou may not be weaker than Yuan Shu."
Ma Chao expressed his thoughts.
"This matter is of great importance. Let me think about it for a while before making a decision. Meng Qi is quite tired when he came to Jincheng. You might as well take a rest and give you the answer when I think about it clearly."
In fact, what Ma Chao said is not false. In the past, Bingzhou was indeed not something that ordinary people could conquer, but now that Bingzhou has just been established, it is indeed a hot topic. If it is managed well, it will definitely lead to great development.
