Cao Cao squinted his eyes and looked at the adviser in front of him with an expression of arrogance and anger.
"Surrender the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans? Haven't you learned enough from last time?"
When the counselor heard this, he did not tremble with fear, but spoke in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.
"My lord, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army is not a collusion. I don't believe that this old thief Liu Hong is so capable that he can surrender all the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army."
"It is unwise to allow these Yellow Turban remnants to wreak havoc in Qingzhou. I hope my lord will think again!"
Cao Cao thought for a long time, sighed and nodded in agreement.
"The current plan can only be this. As you can see, the troops are divided into two groups. Send people to recruit the rest of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou and make peace with Xuzhou at the same time."
Before he finished speaking, Cao Cao stared at his adviser and spoke word by word.
"I'll leave this matter to you. I don't want to see what happened before happen again."
Regarding Pei Yuanshao, once is enough.
If it were to happen again, it wouldn't be as simple as breaking one's muscles and bones.
A chill ran down the counselor's spine, and he took on the matter bravely.
He immediately sent people to implement two plans at the same time.
A letter was sent directly from Qingzhou to Xuzhou.
Xuzhou Prefecture Mufu.
Tao Qian looked at the secret letter in his hand, his eyes twinkling.
The letter clearly states that once Yanzhou Liu Hong becomes too powerful, he will definitely set his sights on Xuzhou.
He still understands the meaning of lips dying and teeth cold.
Only jointly fighting against Yanzhou is the right strategy at the moment. After all, both Qingzhou and Xuzhou are adjacent to Yanzhou.
The reason why Liu Hong did not send troops to attack him was not because of Xuzhou's strength.
But with the power of Yanzhou, it can only take care of the three states at the same time.
However, once Qingzhou is destroyed, he may be next.
After a long silence, Tao Qian summoned his advisers to discuss the situation.
"Sir, Liu Hong is now so powerful and his generals and soldiers are so powerful. It would be unwise for us to become his enemy right now."
A scribe came out and expressed his opinion.
The counselors in the hall also nodded.
Tao Qian couldn't deny it. He was currently the enemy of Liu Hong, and he was not so brainless.
Yanzhou's soldiers and horses are strong. Although he has never fought with them head-on, he knew from the fact that Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Dong Zhuo couldn't get any benefits from them, that he was definitely not easy to mess with.
Now, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Liu Hong were fighting to death, and he only had to be a fisherman, sitting on the shore and watching the fire.
The fire will not burn him.
It would be unwise to rashly get involved.
If he takes action, who can guarantee that Liu Hong will not point the finger at him.
When the time comes, not only will Cao Cao not help him, but he will probably be happy to see him suffer misfortune and recharge his batteries.
Xuzhou's little wealth cannot withstand his spending.
What's more, he just wants to sit in this state and wait for the world's situation to stabilize, then support the new king and become a hero.
I don't want to participate in the battles between these princes.
"It's just that if we don't participate in the fight between the three parties, the Yanzhou family will become the dominant one, and we may not be able to escape this disaster."
Another counselor raised his hand and said.
Hearing this, Tao Qian rubbed his temples.
This is indeed the truth. If Qingzhou is annexed by Yanzhou, with Liu Hong's ambition, he and Yuan Shao will be the next to suffer.
And the one with the greatest chance is him.
Due to the tyranny of Yanzhou's soldiers and horses, Qingzhou is flanked by Qingzhou.
It was only a matter of time before Xuzhou was annexed.
But of course he would not be willing to give up Xuzhou.
Nowadays, chaos abounds in every state and county, and there are rebellious officials and traitors in the court who are controlling the affairs of the court and bringing chaos to the world.
In case of chaos, this state will be the foundation for his descendants.
If you just give it up like this, wouldn't it be like letting everyone be a human being?
"In this case, we will neither participate in the war of three states, nor sit back and watch Qingzhou and Jizhou be destroyed. We only need to agree to help Cao Cao if he is in danger of being destroyed."
"In this way, neither Liu Hong nor Cao Cao will be offended."
The counselor thought for a long time and finally said slowly.
Tao Qian frowned and nodded helplessly.
"That's all it can do."
Beihai County, Qingzhou, Prefecture Mufu.
Cao Cao looked at Tao Qian's reply, laughed angrily, and tore up the letter with his backhand.
"Extremely stupid!"
He knew that Tao Qian was relatively old-fashioned, more than conservative and not enough to develop.
If you are not completely sure and want the other party to take risks, it is better to hope that Liu Hong, an old thief, will make a mistake.
However, as the letter said, as long as this old guy Tao Qian is not an old fool, he will definitely not sit back and watch Qingzhou be annexed by Yanzhou.
By then, the Xuzhou Army can be regarded as a rare force.
"That's all it can do."
He sighed quietly.
On the other side, in Changyi County, Liu Hong was reviewing official affairs in the mansion.
Tong Yuan suddenly came to visit.
Liu Hong looked at Tong Yuan in front of him with doubts in his eyes.
This old boy has been staying in the military camp since he defected to him. He never left the door or took a step forward. He was completely silent and unable to extricate himself from the military training. What kind of wind blew him here today.
"But something went wrong in the military camp."
Liu Hong smiled and asked Tong Yuan to sit aside, and asked casually.
"Sir, what happened when I came here this time."
Tong Yuan cupped his hands and said.
"A certain person once took in three disciples. Recently, a disciple came to visit. I heard that you are very thirsty for talents. This boy has not yet belonged to him. If you like him, you can take him as your subordinate."
Liu Hong was stunned when he heard this, and then remembered that Tong Yuan had three disciples in his life, but none of them have belonged to him yet, and the only one is Zhao Yun, the young disciple.
Liu Hong looked at Tong Yuan, who had a reserved look on his face. This old boy is quite good at suppressing his desires before he wants to show off!
Even if Zhao Yun's strength is not as good as Lu Bu's, he is at least a first-class general, comparable to Guan Yu.
The most important thing is that Zhao Yun is young and has unlimited growth potential. Zhao Yun at his peak is probably also a peerless general.
Liu Hong was in a good mood when he thought that Zhao Yun was coming.
I didn’t expect that by accepting a gun prodigy named Tong Yuan, I could also give him a disciple of a peerless military commander.
This old boy is really a gifted boy.
If it weren't for the gender incompatibility, he would really want to kiss this guy.
"Don't worry, as long as you are not mediocre, I will treat you well!"
Liu Hong agreed immediately.
Tong Yuan nodded and stopped lingering.
"Sir, Yuan has gone back to training."
After Liu Hong watched Tong Yuan leave, he could no longer suppress the smile on his lips and laughed softly.
He has already won three of the Five Tiger Generals of the Shu Han Dynasty, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Huang Zhong.
If we add another Zhao Yun, it will almost be complete.
Sure enough, although the theory of luck is illusory, sometimes there is indeed destiny in it.
If he doesn't look for it, he will come and vote automatically. This is destiny.
Just as he was thinking about it, an official came over.
"Sir, there was an argument between two warriors in the Recruitment Hall, and the soldiers were unable to stop it. What should we do?"
Liu Hong frowned when he heard this.
The Talent Recruitment Hall is the place where he recruits talents, but some blind people dare to fight in the Talent Recruitment Hall.
Doesn't it mean that you don't take him seriously?
As for the officials who came to him specifically for this trivial matter, it was naturally his order.
In the recruitment hall, no matter how big or small something happens, you must first ask for his instructions.
So as not to lose any talented people.
Originally he wanted Dian Wei to go and deal with it, but after thinking about it, he had nothing to do anyway, so Liu Hong simply went over in person to see who was so bold.
When he arrived at the Recruitment Hall, Liu Hong felt two powerful auras colliding with each other before he stepped inside.
The escaping aura made the surrounding guards tremble with fear.
