Zhang Liao won a great victory, and the eastern front suddenly advanced a lot.

Cao Cao and Zhao Yun, who were Zhang Liao's flanks, also successfully advanced for ten or twenty miles. Zhang Liao collected carts of weapons and armor and sent them directly to the garrison county, while the captured grain and grass were carried with the army.

The supply trucks passing by Cao Cao's defense area made Cao Cao so envious that he almost wanted to rob them.

At the foot of Fuzhen Mountain, in Liu Qing's temporary camp, Liu Qing was discussing the next deployment with Guo Jia. Guo Jia came back from Dongping and went straight to meet Liu Qing.

"The next stage is for Xuande to station in Duchang County, Uncle Ju to station in Hanting, I will cross the Wenshui River again and station in Chunyu County, and Mengde will move from the three counties to the area between Jiaoshui and Gushui, and continue to lead from point to point, so that

The Yellow Turbans dare not fight, they have no way to attack, so they have to retreat!" Liu Qing drew another line on the map.

"This method is very effective, but there is a problem that my lord needs to consider."

"What's the problem?"

"The smaller the scope, the more Yellow Turbans gather together. If there are tens of thousands of Yellow Turbans, the lord will naturally not pay attention to them, but what if there are hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans?"

Guo Jia's words awakened Liu Qing, but he had not considered this issue carefully.

Because in Liu Qing's subconscious mind, how could a weak chicken like the Yellow Turban be unable to defeat his armored army?

However, when the number of Yellow Turbans gathers to a certain number, it may really become difficult. After all, if there are too many ants, they can kill ferocious beasts.

"What Fengxiao said is not unreasonable. If hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans gather together, it will be really difficult to deal with them. It seems that we need to change our strategy and we cannot blindly shrink the encirclement."

"Lord, there is another way, but..."

"But it doesn't matter."

"It's just going to be darker. My lord, have you ever thought about it, if there are millions of Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, what will they eat? You know, there have been natural and man-made disasters in Qingzhou for several years, and the food that can be robbed will be exhausted long ago."

Liu Qing glanced at Guo Jia and thought about the dark side with great reluctance.

"What's more, after Wenyuan's victory, the Yellow Turbans are obviously shrinking. Lord, we have to guard against this change!"

Guo Jia's reminder was very timely. When he originally decided on the strategy of hunting the Yellow Turban, he was still too idealistic.

"On the premise of gathering and annihilating them, we should also look for opportunities in advance to separate and attack them, so as to reduce the accumulated strength of the Yellow Turban Army as much as possible. The best strategy is to combine the two." Guo Jia suggested.

As for who will be the person to split the attack, Liu Qing has already chosen someone.

For this task, who else should I give up?

"I will revise the book now and order Wenyuan to take over Zilong's defense line. Zilong will lead his troops to enter the net and kill the fish!"

"In addition to worrying about the fish in the net biting you back, the Lord also needs to be wary of other fishermen."

The Riddler Guo Jia is online again. Liu Qing didn’t understand what “fisherman” meant?

"What does it mean to be filial?"

"Lord, don't forget who was eyeing Qingzhou and sent troops there before."

Tao Qian!

Guo Jia reminded Liu Qing.

It is true that Liu Qing misjudged Tao Qian a lot. Based on his established impression, he thought he would not be a monster. However, in fact, Tao Qian had done similar behavior before, in Taishan County of Yanzhou and Donglai County of Qingzhou.

Everyone has learned from the past.

"What Fengxiao said is not unreasonable. It seems that we still need to take precautions as soon as possible. But now that all the officers and soldiers under my king's account are fully scheduled, who will watch over Tao Qian?"

Liu Qing thought for a while, and now Zhu Ling is the only one left. Taishan County has a large border area with Xuzhou. Once Zhu Ling is stationed on the Xuzhou border, Tao Qian should not dare to move rashly.

…

In Pengcheng, Xuzhou, Tao Qian had just seen off a guest.

This guest was very mysterious, and even Mi Zhu and other Tao Qian's confidants were sent away.

After the guests left, Tao Qian suddenly gathered troops from various battalions. Although Mi Zhu didn't know what Tao Qian wanted to do by gathering troops, he only had a vague guess.

At present, except for Qingzhou where troops are being deployed, it seems unlikely to happen elsewhere.

On this day, Mi Zhu was taking a rest and taking care of family business, when an old man suddenly came to visit.

As a giant businessman in Xuzhou, Mi Zhu was supposed to be busy with business and have numerous guests.

However, in order to further develop the family, Mi Zhu joined politics again. From then on, he used politics to clear the way and developed the Mi family further. However, due to his limited ability and distraction, he failed to do both things well.

But those who came today were a little different.

He is Chen Gui, the head of the Chen family in Xiapi.

As the most prominent family in Xiapi, Mi Zhu naturally treated him with courtesy. Chen Gui was also in politics, but now he has retired and returned to his hometown.

"Brother Han Yu, I don't know why you came here today."

Chen Gui smiled and wrinkled his brows.

"The Mi family is doing business, so I came here to discuss cooperation with my brother Zizhong."

"Oh? We are in troubled times right now, and it is not easy to do business in these troubled times."

Chen Gui found that Mi Zhu was deliberately avoiding his topic, so he got straight to the point: "I think that Tao Gongzu of Xuzhou is not a good master. Xuzhou is rich and will be plotted by others. Tao Qian will never be able to defend him. I think Zizhong

Brother, you have already thought of a way out."

Of course I have thought about it! Mi Zhu thought to himself, thinking about it almost all the time, but he still cupped his hands and said, "Brother Han Yu, please tell me."

Chen Gui secretly said: "I think the person who can be worthy of Xuzhou must be Yuan Benchu ​​from Yuzhou."

Mi Zhu suddenly realized that it was Yuan Shao. Now, all the connections were connected.

Perhaps Tao Qian's guest should also be from Yuan Shao.

It seems that such a battle has not been concluded.

Chen Gui smiled and said, "Brother Zizhong, what do you think?"

Chen Gui has blocked his feet. As a result, there will be no place for people like him in Xuzhou.

But in fact, Mi Zhu had his own ideas. When he came in, he was paying attention to King Bohai in many ways. He found that King Bohai not only acted decently, but also had a business background. Mi Zhu felt particularly close to him. Maybe this was the secret.

coincide.

When he voted for Yuan Shao, it wasn't like he hadn't thought about it. Tao Qian had already voted for Yuan Shao. What was the result?

Now faced with Chen Gui's questioning, Mi Zhu had no choice but to do the opposite and persuade Chen Gui to come.

"Brother Han Yu, you are well-informed, do you think Yuan Benzhu is the master of success?" Mi Zhu said tit for tat.

Chen Gui also didn't expect that Mi Zhu already had his own idea. In this case, it would be redundant for him to say more.

"In that case, I'll take my leave!"

Mi Zhu also clasped his fists coldly, letting several figures follow Chen Gui, and finally twisted into a monster like a door. Mi Zhu understood that on the other side of the door was the Yuan family.

The reason was that Mi Zhu wanted to wait a little longer, wait until the King of Bohai wiped out the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou and came to Xuzhou, and then persuaded Tao Qian to surrender to the King of Bohai. However, now, Yuan Shao has intervened, and there are powerful people like Chen.

’s existence can be described as full of confidence.

For a while, Mi Zhu couldn't make up his mind, and he still couldn't commit the act of openly surrendering to the enemy.

Then, Tao Qian suddenly asked him to discuss matters with him.

Mi Zhu went there, frankly, and Chen Gui was absent due to illness. Hearing this news, Mi Zhu couldn't help but feel ridiculous.

However, not long after she smiled, Mi Zhu's smile suddenly froze. It turned out that Tao Qian had assembled his troops and was preparing to attack Qingzhou.

Tao Qian couldn't hold it back after all.

"I want you to think twice. Qingzhou has its own governor, and the King of Bohai is in Qingzhou right now. You must not blame him. Please think twice."

"I've already thought about it!" Tao Qian said, "Qingzhou suppressed the bandits. I have no merit but hard work, right? What's the result?"

"How is it reasonable for King Bohai to ask others to leave as soon as he arrives?" Tao Qian said angrily.

"Your Majesty, the King of Bohai is also planning for the long term. Why don't you write a letter and I would like to take it to the King of Bohai. If your Majesty requests it, you can write it down in the letter. In this way, your troops will not be wasted."

Tao Qian was silent for a while, thinking about the gains and losses over and over again. What he had just done was quite shocking. If Mi Zhu wanted it to be done, could it be done?

In fact, Tao Qian currently has no ambition to annex other forces. Except for Guangling in the south, he is mostly in a state of self-preservation.

Mi Zhu understood Tao Qian's appeal, so he felt more confident during his trip to Qingzhou.

What he was most worried about was that Yuan Shao promised Tao Qian some things that he didn't have, which aroused his ambition.

A few days later, Mi Zhu found out that King Bohai had arrived in Jiaodong, so Mi Zhu went straight to see him.

These days, it is extremely easy to advance troops. Liu Qing found it strange that the Yellow Turban Army seemed to have disappeared.

"Fengxiao, what you and I were most worried about has happened! Now that the Yellow Turbans have given up their territory and let us attack it, I'm afraid he will do something big."

Guo Jia thought thoughtfully, "If the Yellow Turbans really intend to fight our army in Guanyang, and if they are well prepared, it is not impossible."

"Fengxiao has an idea, please tell me!"

"Report——"

"My lord, don't drive Mi Zhu to Xuzhou to ask for an audience."

Mi Zhu? Why is he here? Liu Qing is puzzled.
To be continued...