Jia Xu said: "My lord, why not let Lu Bu take action."
What Wang Ding has been thinking about is that now that Lu Bu has occupied Bingzhou, he wonders whether he will join forces with Zhang Miao and Chen Palace to attack Yanzhou.
But he can definitely take the initiative to let Lu Bu take action.
The relationship between Wang Ding and Lu Bu is pretty good now, and they were considered to have joined forces to get rid of Dong Zhuo.
Moreover, Lu Bu’s current position as Bingzhou Shepherd was also given to him by the king.
Originally from Bingzhou, Lu Bu liked to stay in Bingzhou.
After returning to Bingzhou, Lu Bu, in addition to controlling Bingzhou, did not send troops to attack other states and counties in the past two years. Instead, he fought many battles with the Hu people outside the wall.
These two years should be Lu Bu's happiest time.
As the shepherd of Bingzhou, no one in Bingzhou can restrain him. He can do whatever he wants. If he wants to fight the Huns, he can fight the Huns. If he wants to fight the barbarians, he can fight the barbarians.
Lu Bu spent most of his time on the grassland.
Wang Ding felt that it would be easier to persuade Lu Bu to attack Yanzhou than to recruit Ma Teng to surrender.
Relatively speaking, Lu Bu is easier to persuade.
He is brave and domineering, but his thinking is easily influenced by others.
Wang Ding just needs to explain the pros and cons to him.
As long as Lu Bu doesn't want to succumb to others and as long as he still has the desire to dominate the world, he can't always guard Bingzhou. He must step out.
Compete with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.
The reason why Lu Bu can now go to the grassland with peace of mind to deal with the Huns and Huns is because Yuan Shao is still dealing with Gongsun Zan, and Cao Cao's target is also Xuzhou, so neither of them has the time to pay attention to Lu Bu.
But as long as Cao Cao captures Xuzhou or Yuan Shao captures Youzhou, their next target will definitely be Lu Bu.
Until the other princes in the north are destroyed, the alliance between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao will not be broken.
Cao Cao needs Yuan Shao's help in terms of troops and food, and Yuan Shao also needs Cao Cao's help in blocking Yuan Shu in the south.
Wang Ding did not let Liu Xie use the imperial edict to order Lu Bu.
Lu Bu is definitely a man who takes advantage of the weak and refuses to take the hard.
Even if Lu Bu attacks Yanzhou, it will be beneficial to Lu Bu himself, but if an imperial edict passes and forces Lu Bu to conquer Yanzhou, Lu Bu is afraid that he will turn around and attack Wang Ding soon.
Wang Ding personally wrote a letter to Lu Bu and had it sent to Bingzhou.
In the letter, Wang Ding first expressed his gratitude to Lü Bu for fighting the Huns over the past year. If Lü Bu had not been in Bingzhou, the people of the Han Dynasty would have been plundered by the Huns.
Then he expressed his concern about Lu Bu and suggested that Lu Bu could take advantage of this time to attack Yanzhou.
After that, he will dominate Yanzhou and Bingzhou. He can face Yuan Shao head-on.
Of course, Wang Ding also assured Lu Bu in his letter that he could help Lu Bu if Lu Bu needed it.
Wang Ding did not say in his letter that he would form an alliance with Lu Bu.
Lu Bu is really capricious. Even if the two really form an alliance, the alliance will be easily broken.
In his entire life, Lu Bu has betrayed so many people and done so many things that he regretted halfway.
Wang Ding will never expect Lü Bu's alliance, let alone Lü Bu's guarantee.
As for his previous betrayal of Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan, there was a reason why he was not taken seriously, but Lu Bu was in Xuzhou and took advantage of Liu Bei's attack on Yuan Shu to capture Liu Bei's Xuzhou.
Then he formed an alliance with Yuan Shu, then broke the alliance. After a while, he wanted to marry Yuan Shu again, but suddenly regretted it.
He trapped Yuan Shu to death.
If Yuan Shu had not had too much expectations for Lu Bu, Duan would not have been defeated so miserably.
"You think, if this letter is sent out, will Lu Bu send troops?"
Wang Ding wrote it in front of Jia Xu and the others. While writing, Jia Xu and Sima Lang also helped to make supplements.
Jia Xu said: "In terms of time, there is still time. If this letter fails to persuade Lu Bu to send troops, we can contact Lu Bu then."
If even Lu Bu couldn't be persuaded, Jia Xu felt that he should give up his title of military advisor to others.
The letter could not persuade Lu Bu. When the time came, he would go out and do it in person, and he would not be afraid that Lu Bu would not take action.
Except for Sima Yi at the beginning, when Wang Ding asked him, after he said an old sentence, he listened honestly after that.
If he hadn't kept his eyes open, Wang Ding would have thought he was asleep.
The letter was sent out, and Wang Ding called Han Sui.
"What are Ma Teng's hobbies? Can he surrender?"
Han Sui said: "I have known Ma Teng for many years. When we were in Liangzhou, we treated him like brothers. There is nothing special about Ma Teng's preferences. It is difficult to tempt him with ordinary benefits."
Wang Dingdao: "What if we grant him an official title?"
Han Suidao: "Maybe it can be done."
Wang Dingdao: "You will write another letter, express it with emotion and reason, and persuade him to return to the imperial court. I will also express my gratitude to Your Majesty and grant him a title... What do you think would be good to grant him?"
I'm afraid it would be difficult for Ma Teng to be attracted by an ordinary position.
After all, he is in Liangzhou, a separate country, free and at ease. If he surrenders, he will have to take orders and be controlled by others.
Jia Xu said: "Make him the general of Zhenxi."
Wang Ding said: "Is it too high?"
Ma Teng was just recruited and surrendered, but his military rank was higher than that of Han Sui, Li Su and others. Especially Han Sui, it was inevitable that he would feel unbalanced.
He surrendered early, and also followed Wang Ding to conquer Zhang Lu and made great contributions.
Now Ma Teng has done nothing. As long as he submits to the imperial court, his military position will surpass that of Han Sui and be equal to Zhang Liao and Gao Shun.
No matter how high it is, it will definitely not work. It is absolutely impossible for Ma Teng to surpass Zhang Liao and Gao Shun.
Han Sui said: "My lord, I think it's okay."
Han Sui expressed his stance first. Even if he had opinions in his heart, Han Sui knew that he could never object now.
When he was in Hanzhong, Han Sui regretted it a lot, and now he didn't want Wang Ding to think that he was petty.
Wang Ding nodded: "Then make him General Zhenxi."
Jia Xu said: "My lord, you can't just be kind to him, you have to use force to demonstrate."
"What do you mean by the military advisor?" Wang Ding asked.
Jia Xu said: "You can order General Zhang Liao to lead the cavalry and enter Liangzhou. There is no need to attack the city. You only need to circle around the boundaries of Liangzhou a few times."
Jia Xu was well aware of the habits of the Qiang people in Liangzhou.
If it is just a surrender, Ma Teng may not necessarily agree. Even if he agrees, Ma Teng will never go to Chang'an alone.
He will accept the imperial court's offer of surrender, but he will definitely continue to stay in Liangzhou and support his troops with self-respect.
Wang Ding needs to force him to surrender and then bring his family to Chang'an, so that Liangzhou can be stabilized.
Wang Ding nodded and asked Zhang Liao to train the cavalry. He originally wanted to deal with Liangzhou.
Just considering that Liangzhou is too big, even the cavalry will have a hard time conquering it in a short time.
Perhaps using cavalry as a deterrent would be more effective.
"Where is Yizhou?" Wang Ding asked next.
Jia Xu said: "Yizhou can be put aside for the time being. Liu Zhang is weak and difficult to control Yizhou."
If conditions exist, Jia Xu will definitely advise Wang Ding to capture Yizhou.
But compared to Liangzhou, Yizhou can be put aside temporarily.
Even if Liu Zhang was given a few years, Yizhou would still be the same Yizhou, and it would be difficult for Liu Zhang to integrate all the wealthy gentry in Yizhou.