When it comes to Liu Chuang, Yuan Shang’s thoughts are very complicated.

Thinking back to the beginning, Liu Chuang had to rely on Yuan's breath to survive. Especially during the period in Qingzhou, Liu Chuang had several disasters that were more or less avoided by Yuan Shao. Later, he had to rely on the bitter and cold places in western Liaoning that Yuan Shao gave to him to live.

But now, Liu Chuang is already a prince.

Not only did he take Youzhou from Yuan's hand, he also expanded his territory and captured Goguryeo, the Three Hans and the Great Xianbei Mountains, expanding the territory of the Han Dynasty for thousands of miles.

Now in the northern part of the border, Liu Chuang is already the overlord.

But what about Yuan?

However, after two major wars, the soldiers and generals were damaged and their vitality was severely damaged.

After Yuan Shao's death, the Yuan brothers closed the wall, which further gapped in the strength of the two sides.

Even Yuan Shang didn't dare to be sure to beat Liu Chuang. In some aspects, Liu Chuang's strength is even better than the Yuan brothers.

Asking for help from Liu Chuang, who had once relied on the Yuan family?

Yuan Shang felt that he couldn't bear to face... But as Yin Kui said, now Liu Chuang is probably the only one who can help Yuan. If Liu Chuang sends troops, Ma Teng will definitely respond. No matter what, Ma Teng and Liu Chuang signed a robbery together. If Liu Chuang makes any move and Ma Teng ignores it, he is likely to be scolded for fame. In this regard, Liu Chuang can bring too many benefits to Yuan.

"Liu..."

Yuan Shang took a deep breath and calmed his mind and said, "Can Liu Chuangguo send troops to help me?

He has been coveting Jizhou for a long time. It would be a blessing not to take advantage of the situation at this time. How could he really help me overcome the difficulties?"

Yin Kui smiled and said, "Liu Chuang may not be able to really help his lord, but for the moment, he has to help his lord."

"How do you say this?"

Yin Kui said: "The lord thinks, who is stronger, chuanger or Cao thief?"

Yuan Shao answered without hesitation: "It's because of Cao Qiang and Liu Ruo."

"That's it... the thief is extremely ambitious and has extraordinary strategy.

But if he had a self-knowledge, he would have been clear about the current situation. The lord only saw the thieves sweeping the north and occupies the northern border, but he did not notice that in the past two years, the thieves used troops several times, and the food and supplies were greatly damaged, and the people in Youzhou were already exhausted. Otherwise, he would not have stopped at this time, and he would have been forced to move south and pointed directly at Jizhou. When Cao thieves attacked, it would be of no use to the thieves. He needed to rest and recuperate. The best way was to cooperate with the thieves and join forces to fight against the thieves... Otherwise, if the thieves failed, he would have to face the thieves.

He is a smart person, so he naturally knows how to choose... If I guess correctly, he is planning to cooperate with his lord at this moment..."

Yuan Shang frowned slightly. "So, when he recovers, will he be enemies with me?"

Yin Kui said: "This is nature.

Just like the lord who will not let the thieves go after stabilizing the situation, this is the general trend and cannot be violated. However, at present, the thieves need to cooperate with the lord, just as the lord now also needs to join forces with the thieves and fight against the thieves together, there is no choice.

Next, we will only look at who will recover first... If the lord stabilizes the situation first, the thief should retreat."

Ju Zong said, "My lord now has Jizhou and has millions of people under him. Although he is a little turbulent, his foundation is still there. But the thief, although he has obtained the land of Youzhou, is known for his bitterness and coldness. Regardless of human, financial and material resources, he is not his opponent. Why should he worry? As long as the lord cooperates with the thief, he first retreats to the thief, and then rushes north to move the thief, how can the thief become the opponent?"

After hearing this, Yuan Shang nodded repeatedly.

I have to say the words of Yin Kui and Ju Zong, which is exactly what he wants.

But he was unable to make a decision for this matter for a while, so after pondering for a while, he said, "Let me think twice about this matter..."

Such things can't be decided immediately.

Yin Kui and Ju Zong did not persuade him anymore, and discussed with Yuan Shang for a while, and decided to send someone to Liyang first to let Yuan Xi stabilize his position. He would then send troops to support him.

"If necessary, Zhang Sheng can send troops from Hanoi to restrain Cao Cao's troops."

Zhang Sheng, a native of Hanoi, was the general of Huguan, and his troops were over 10,000...

In history, he was a senior cadre. In the tenth year of Jian'an, senior cadre rebelled against Cao Cao, and Zhang Sheng led his troops to attack Yu Jun and Mian, and Nantong Liu Biao. Later, this person led troops to attack Ma Teng and Han Sui and others for Guanxi to lead troops to kill him. This person was not famous in history, but he did have some skills. Otherwise, Zhong Yao would not have to gather Ma Teng and Han Sui and others to kill Zhang Sheng in one fell swoop.

However, Zhang Sheng was still obeying Yuan Shang at this time.

If his troops leave Huguan and attack Hanoi, it will indeed cause great trouble to Cao Cao.

After Yin Kui offered his advice, he said goodbye and left.

When he returned home, he went straight to the study room, but saw a young man who had been in the house.

This young man is Zhen Xin.

In addition to being the governor of Yuzhou, Yin Kui also has another identity, which is Zhen Dao's father-in-law. Zhen Dao is the third sister of the god Luo Zhen Mi. In other words, Yin Kui and the Zhen family are in-laws, and the two families have close contacts. Even the position of the governor of Yuzhou in Yin Kui was funded by the Zhen family and was able to obtain it. Although the Zhen family resigned from Zhongshan, the two families did not cut off their relationships because of this...

On the contrary, after Liu Chuang gained a foothold in Sebei, Yin Kui and the Zhen family's correspondence were closer.

"I have conveyed the emperor's intention to the third son, and the third son seems to be a little moved.

But..." Yin Kui laughed and said, "After all, he is a young man, and he can't help but feel embarrassed, so he didn't reply immediately. However, the third young master is a smart man and will definitely agree with this matter. Youcheng, I heard that you are quite powerful in front of Uncle Liu now, and you must take more care of him in the future."

Youcheng is the word "Zhen Xin".

He laughed and said, "Uncle is too good, we are just a merchant, where can we get the power but not the power.

However, the emperor is also polite to my family. Not only did I hand over the construction of the General Mansion of the Yanjing Cheqi and Cavalry to us, I heard Shuxian say before I set off that Mrs. Mi came forward on behalf of the emperor and proposed to my uncle, and prepared to marry my little sister. I guess I will be able to pass the door during this period."

Yin Kui's heart was full of distaste.

A businessman with a stinking smell of money, but so lucky?

Not to mention that he gave birth to five beautiful daughters, the youngest daughter was so rich.

First, I was valued by the second son, but now I was attracted by the Uncle Liu... Unfortunately, my wife was not good at ease and only gave birth to a bunch of disabled people.

Yin Kui's son was quite a playboy, which also made Yin Kui very upset.

He is a smart person, so how could he not tell that Yuan's decadence is decadent?

But let him surrender to Cao Cao? He was reluctant... The reason is simple. He and Cao Cao had several confrontations.

Liu Chuang doesn't look strong now, but thinking about his rise speed, Yin Kui still decided to invest in Liu Chuang.

There are two other reasons here. One is the relationship between the Zhen family, and the other is that he and Xun Chen have some friendship than joining Cao Cao, without anyone taking care of him.

Before leaving, Zhen Xin got the advice and there was no need to explain too much.

Yin Kui also got the information he wanted, so he naturally had no intention of continuing to ask.

"Don't worry, Youcheng, I will urge the third son to join forces tomorrow to try my best to unite with the emperor's uncle."

"Then please uncle."

Zhen Xin said goodbye and left. Yin Kui did not try to keep him again.

Everything that should be said has been said, and everything that should be understood has been understood. There is no need to be intrigue. The next task is to try to promote the alliance between Yuan Shang and Liu Chuang. Yin Kui believes that under the current circumstances, Yuan Shang has no other choice but to join forces with Liu Chuang.

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As Yin Kui guessed, Yuan Shang finally made up his mind to join forces with Liu Chuang to fight Cao.

Faced with a giant like Cao Cao, Yuan Shang did not feel much pressure when Yuan Shao was alive before. But now that Yuan Shao is dead, his brother is fighting against him, which makes Yuan Shang truly feel the threat brought by Cao Cao. Liu Chuang is also very dangerous, but compared to Cao Cao, he is much weaker after all. At least in Yuan Shang's opinion, the threat is within his tolerance range.

So, Yuan Shang decided to send someone to Youzhou to talk to Liu Chuang.

At the same time, a fierce debate is taking place in Jixian...

Joining Yuan Shang to fight against Cao is something that everyone agrees with. Just as this is Yuan Shang’s best choice, joining forces with Yuan Shang is also Liu Chuang’s best choice. After all, although Youzhou has won consecutive victories, the actual situation is not a secret in the eyes of discerning people.

In the past year, Youzhou consumed as much as 1.7 million hu of military rations alone.

This is equivalent to the harvest of the entire Youzhou in the past two years. If it weren't for Liu Chuang's stockpiling of a large amount of grain, if Zhen hadn't brought a large amount of food and grass, if Liu Chuang had tried to start a war outside the territory, this number would have been even more astonishing, and Youzhou would have been even more tired...

In this case, it is not appropriate for Youzhou to continue to start a war.

Last year, Sanhan popularized Chamengdao and achieved good results, so this year Youzhou has also begun to gradually promote it.

At the same time, Nanshan Academy also put forward many ideas, such as weight-enhancing fillers, such as intercropping soybean crops... If it can be successfully implemented in the spring of the next year, Youzhou will inevitably usher in a bumper harvest after autumn. But now, Youzhou is indeed not suitable to continue to go to war, otherwise the people's power consumption will be too high, and if it is not done well, it will cause huge turmoil. It is definitely not something that Liu Chuang can bear now.

However, it is not an easy thing to join Yuan to resist Cao.

The details are complicated and there are many crux of the problem... How to unite? How to unite? Who will unite?

These items are displayed one by one, which is enough to give Liu Chuang a headache. First of all, when he joined forces with Yuan to fight against Cao, Liu Chuang could not stand by and watch, and he must send troops to help. How many troops are sent? Who will be sent? Those who surrendered from Jizhou before will definitely not be able to use it.

Zhang He, Gao Lan, Ju Hu, Tian Shi, Xin Ping... and even Xun Chen didn't need it.

And Liu Chuang's troops are not easy to mobilize.

Many people have already arranged positions, which coincided with Youzhou being in an extremely sensitive period, so it is not easy to transfer.

"Why, let me go?"

Zhuge Liang spoke.

Liu Chuang shook his head repeatedly, "Kong Ming cannot act rashly now.

One of the two elders was in charge of the surrender city and the other was responsible for contacting Zhang Yan, but they were unable to get out of here. Now Youzhou is in a mess and Yanjing is about to be completed. Many matters need to be coordinated. Kong Ming must stay, otherwise it may be difficult to coordinate...

This time I joined forces with Yuan Shang to fight against Cao, and I had made a decision in my heart.

After all, Yuan Shang is the son of Yuan Shao, and he is the lord of Jizhou now... We need him to buy time for us in front, so we must show sincerity. Apart from the extremely old man, I am the only one who can talk to Yuan Shang. So if the alliance is successful this time, I will go to meet Yuan Shang. If the others are gone, Yuan Shang will not take it seriously, but will miss the big thing."

There are not many older people in Liu Chuang's hands.

There are even fewer big names who can be dispatched...

After he finished speaking, everyone fell silent.

Although he was unwilling to admit it, he had to admit that Liu Chuang was the most suitable candidate.
To be continued...