"That's natural, but it depends on your performance. Now the Xiliang army is almost at the end of its journey, and the strength of Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew has been greatly reduced. Can we continue to be as glorious as today? Besides, our lord Pei Envoy 100,000 soldiers and 100 generals under our command, and we have a strong appeal in Guandong. We will definitely reunite the Yi army to attack the Xiliang army soon. At that time, the Xiliang army is like a rat crossing the street, everyone shouts to fight. Where can we have a foothold? If you can cooperate with our army and surrender Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew, you will naturally have a goodbye? Since I and Zhang Ji have a certain number of colleagues, how could we seize his wife? But it depends on your sincerity."

"I will do my best to surrender Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew, so don't worry, General." If it was not a last resort, who would be willing to give up his husband and turn to someone else's arms? Zou's previous attempt was just to exchange for the opportunity to survive, so he thought about compromise. Now that he saw that he did not have to be humiliated, he could also exchange for the opportunity to reunite with his husband, so he was naturally very surprised and quickly made a promise.

Chen Dao was very satisfied with this. He nodded, and then ordered someone to take Zou to a special courtyard, send a special person to guard him, and ask the maid to take care of him. No man was allowed to step into the courtyard, and the violators would be executed immediately without mercy.

Then Chen Dao made a list of people to restorate the people, rectify the city defense, and immediately reported the specific situation to Pei Qing and ordered people to send them to Qiao County at an expedited speed of 800 miles.

Pei Qing, who received the news, suddenly laughed and said, "Haha, okay, I didn't expect that Chen Shuzhi would move so quickly and easily break through Shang County. In this battle, we killed more than 5,000 enemy troops, recruited more than 3,000 people, and garrisoned the city of 30,000 people was taken down by him in one meal. Moreover, Zhang Ji's wife Zou was captured alive. This battle was very satisfactory. Chen Shuzhi made such a great contribution to the world and shocked the evil. It has been half a year since he returned to Chang'an. This autumn, our army's food harvest has been greatly improved, and more than 100,000 hu of food and grass were accumulated, which is enough to support this battle. The bandits in Xiliang killed each other and suffered heavy losses. It seems that it is time to raise an army to attack them."

Pei Qing's three major strategists did not stop this. They also believed that it was indeed time to take action at this time. The Xiliang army was already seriously injured. Even if they united again, it would be "uneven military forces" and could not resist the attack of the Kwantung Alliance.

Moreover, in their opinion, the Xiliang army is now in decline, and any princes with strength and conditions will not miss this good opportunity to seek credit. In this way, the Kanto Alliance Army will work together to sweep the Xiliang army with the momentum of the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves and restore Chang'an.

Pei Qing was very happy when he heard this and immediately ordered Wang Can to draft a manifesto in his name, inviting all the princes from all over the world to lead their troops to serve the king, to wipe out the evil forces in Xiliang, and to restore the Han family's world.

After the news came out, Tao Qian from Xuzhou was the first to respond and ordered his general Zang Ba to lead a 5,000 army to assist in the war.

Then, Zhou Gan, the former governor of Yangzhou, Kong Rong, the former prime minister of Beihai, and Fu Qian, the former prefect of Jiujiang, responded and came to Qiao County to pay homage to Pei Qing. Among them, Zhou Gan, Fu Qian and others brought hundreds of troops, while Kong Rong, the prime minister of Beihai, personally brought the famous scholar Zheng Xuan and two thousand soldiers. At the same time, Guan Ning and Bing Yuan, the natives of Beihai, also came to like each other.

Later, Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, responded and sent his son Liu Qi to lead three thousand soldiers to serve.

A few days later, Pei Qing received news that Liu Bei, the prime minister of Qingzhou Plain, led 5,000 troops to respond, but he was on the way now and it was estimated that it would take a few days to arrive.

When the news reached Changyi in Yanzhou, Cao Cao summoned his advisers to discuss countermeasures.

The general Man Chong said, "Lord, in the opinion of Chong, we do not have to participate in the battle between Pei Qing and the Xiliang army now. We just need to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight, or take advantage of Pei Qing not taking Yuzhou in Yanzhou, or lead the army to conquer Xuzhou and expand our strength. When Pei Qing and the Xiliang army were both defeated, we will take action to clean up the mess. In this way, the Central Plains can be obtained and the world can be determined."

However, Mao Jie, an intern in Yanzhou, disagreed and bowed and said, "Lord, the officials thought that Man Boning's words were wrong. Now the Han Dynasty is in decline, but it has not completely lost the people's hearts. In this case, if we want to develop, it is best to follow Guan Zhong's approach and respect the king and expel the barbarians. If today I need to serve the king, if we send troops to deal with Pei Qing and his allies, it will cause criticism from the world. In this way, although we have land, we will lose the expectations of the world and further consolidate Pei Qing's alliance. Pei Qing will inevitably conquer us in the name of the court, and then we will be isolated."

Later, the adviser Cheng Yu agreed with Mao Jie's view, believing that at this time, we should not start a war with Pei Qing and his allies, and we should take this opportunity to gain enough political capital. At the same time, we suggested that Cao Cao go to Qiao County to compete with Pei Qing for the position of leader.

Xun Yu also stepped forward and said, "Lord, the lower officials also think that Mao Xiaoxian and Cheng Zhongde's opinions are correct, but I don't think we need to go to Qiao County, let alone compete for the position of leader."

"Why is this? With the position of General Zhendong of the lord, can't he compete for his miscellaneous general Pei Qing? When he was attacking Dong Zhuo, the lord was the first righteous army. It was just because Yuan Shao's fourth generation and three generations could easily summon the heroes of the world to better summon the position of the leader. It would be fine if Yuan Shao, but what is Pei Qing's son? Is it worthy of the lord's concession?" Cheng Yu was very confused about this and asked.

Xun Yu explained: "Zhong Dexiu is going to get angry. Although Pei Qing is not famous, he is the princess' fiancé after all. In addition, his general Chen Dao captured Shangxian in one fell swoop, which greatly increased his reputation. If the lord fights for the position of leader, it would not be possible. But at that time, Pei Qing will definitely propose to use the princess as the leader, and the princess is determined to appeal to Pei Qing, and she will definitely propose to use Pei Qing as the deputy leader and dominate the leader. In this way, we will fight for nothing and become a joke. Therefore, Yu thought it would be fine if this leader did not fight."

"Then, Mr. Wenruo, what do you mean is that we are willing to stay at the bottom of it and let Pei Qing's command and dispatch?" Cheng Yu was unwilling to give up and asked again.

But Xun Yu said, "This is not necessary. We can respond to Pei Qing, but we don't have to act with him. Just act in a separate way for both sides to act in a friendly manner. Now Li Jue sent his nephew Li Huan to guard Hongnong. What role is Li Huan? If it is ordinary power, it would be fine, but if the lord led his army to go, how could it be stopped? In this way, our army will conquer Sishui, Xingyang, Luoyang, and Mianchi through Chenliu, occupy Hongnong, stationed in Huayin, attacking and defending. It is not only leading troops to defend the king, but also expanding its own strength. It is a beautiful victory for both to kill one's own goal?"

Cao Cao asked Guo Jia again what he had to say, but Guo Jia said, "Lord, Jia also agrees with Mr. Wen Ruo's words. At the same time, Jia offers another suggestion, which can make the lord take over the emperor and order the refusal to be detained, and gain a great political advantage."
Chapter completed!