In the third year of Jian'an, mid-May.

The situation in the world's thirteen states has become clear.

Yuan Shao dominated Hebei, occupied Qing, Hebei and Hebei, with hundreds of thousands of armor, and the people under his rule were recorded with millions. Just by destroying Gongsun Zan, he could occupy Hebei and overlook the Central Plains.

Cao Cao and the Central Plains, with Yan, Yu and Xu, and had more than 100,000 armors, second only to Yuan Shao, Hebei. Now he even put his hands into Guanzhong and wanted to occupy the old capital of Han.

In addition to these two people, such as Zhang Xiu, Liu Zhang, Sun Ce, Yangzhou, and Shi Xie, the four of them divide Jiangnan, Sichuan and Shu, each occupying a territory of one state, with the strength of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

Then there are the powerful people from all walks of life in Xiliang, including Gongsun Du in Liaodong, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, Zhang Yang in Heilongjiang in Heizhou, or Liu Bei who entered Guanzhong.

They are all small princes who split the land and made kings.

During this period, Jingzhou Governor Zhang Xiu married Yuan Shu's daughter as his wife, and relied on his wife to enter the ranks of aristocratic families. He was still the most superior Yuan family, and the princes in the world were shocked.

The civil and military generals under Yuan Shu were fighting for the first time to surrender, and the civil and military generals who were interested in Zhang Xiu's future development also came to Jingzhou. After all, Zhang Xiu's position as the descendant of the aristocratic family was of great significance.

Sikong Cao Cao sent the left general Liu Bei to lead the army into Guanzhong, summoned many powerful people in Guanlong to attack and kill Li Jue, and Guan Yu was brave. He fought and took his head to pacify the war in Guanzhong.

After pacifying Guanzhong, Liu Bei worked hard to restore the past life of Guanzhong, which was thousands of miles away, while sending Guan Yu to station troops outside Wuguan, and a village was established.

At the same time, Liu Bei treated the virtuous and nobles and kept visiting the powerful people of Guanlong, and kept writing to the princes of Xiliang, trying to win over Ma Teng and accompany Han Sui and other powerful people to strengthen himself.

As for Cao Cao, he sent people to stabilize Xuzhou and manage people's livelihood, while planting fine works to capture Hanoi and Qingzhou. Of course, he concentrated more troops.

Liu Bei was ordered to join forces with the princes of Guanlong to camp outside Wu Pass, join forces with Sun Ce, and send another envoy to Jiaozhi. It was already discussing the joint capture of Jingzhou and wanted to conquer Nanyang in one battle.

Cangwu County, capital, Guangxin.

In the general's mansion, Shi Xie looked at the envoy sent by Cao Cao and said politely: "The envoy comes from afar and is exhausted. Let's go down and rest first. As for the alliance to attack Jing, let me think about it for a moment."

Chen Jiao frowned, and he asked to come to the alliance. If Cheng could be promoted, he would be promoted. But Shixie actually said he would think for a moment, which made him a little unhappy.

"Your envoy must think clearly that our Lord Cao Cao represents the will of God. In this battle, our Lord formed an alliance with Sun Ce and raised hundreds of thousands of troops. He is determined to win. If you go against the will of heaven, I am afraid...,"

Chen Jiao said this and said cheerfully: "Of course, if the envoy is not stingy to help and send troops to Guiyang, echoing our lord from afar. When the work is completed, the three counties of Jingnan will return to the envoy's name, wouldn't it be nice?"

After saying that, Chen Jiao looked at Shi Xie with a bright look.

"What the envoy said is very true, but sending troops to help is a major matter. I cannot make the decision alone. I will give me half a day, and I will talk to you in half a day." Shi Xie said with a smile.

"Then the envoy should think carefully and leave first." Chen Jiao clasped his fists, said in a bad tone.

Watching Chen Jiao leave, Shi Xie's gloomy eyes.

On both sides, his brother Shi Yi, Shi? Seeing his elder brother frowned and hesitant, he couldn't help but say, "Brother, why don't Cao Cao use the emperor to issue an edict to surround Zhang Xiu?"

"Yes, brother, Cao Cao has allocated all the Marquis and the three counties of Jingnan to us. And this time, Cao Cao's main attack, we will sit and watch it change and echo each other."

"Hmph, it's so stupid." Shi Xie shook his sleeves and said in a dim manner: "I really think Cao Cao is kind-hearted? He just wants to pull us as gun envoys."

"What's more, who is Zhang Xiu? With just a few thousand soldiers, he can stand in the four battles in Nanyang. Not to mention the defeat of Cao Cao, he also pacified Liu Biao to determine Jingzhou, destroyed Zhang Xian to restor Jingnan, and expelled Sun Ce to seize Lujiang."

"How could we provoke such a overlord?" Shi Xie said coldly with a fierce look.

Other scholar Xie has been in Jiaozhi for more than ten years and has allowed the people to live and work in peace and contentment. He is not a mediocre person. It is unwise to offend Zhang Xiu so easily, but Cao Cao represented the emperor and lived in several states in the Central Plains, and was also the overlord.

Simply put, when the gods fight, he doesn't want to get involved, but he has to express his opinion.

"Brother, do you mean not to help Cao Cao?" Shi Yi frowned and said in a deep voice.

"No, Cao Cao has already pulled me into the water. Even if we want to sit and watch the changes, we will be unwilling tolerated by Zhang Xiu. Now we can't keep ourselves alone." Shi Xie said.

"What should we do? If it really doesn't work, let us refuse Cao Cao? Let Chen Jiao bring those gold, silver and jewelry back to Xuchang?" Shi asked.

"Hmph, Cao Cao wanted to kill someone with a knife, and Zhang Xiu was not a good person. So it would be better for us to sit on the wall and watch the flowers and leave ourselves clean, but we can please both sides."

Shi Xie narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a trace of splendor.

"What do you mean by brother?" The two met each other and were surprised.

"Didn't Cao Cao send someone to bring gold, silver and jewelry to form an alliance? Then we agree and agree to respond to it, and we can also accept these gold, silver, pearls and jade."

Speaking of this, Shi Xie curled a sneer on his lips, and then said, "But after Cao Cao's envoy leaves, we will send someone to envoy Zhang Xiu to inform Cao Cao of the alliance with us."

"Tell all Cao Cao's plan at that time, and tell Zhang Xiu that we will pretend to echo Cao Cao at that time, but we will never send troops to help."

"In this way, Cao Cao is grateful to us, and Zhang Xiu is also kind to us."

"Haha, great kindness, in this way, Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu are both grateful to us. No matter who wins, we will benefit from it!" Shi Yi said with a smile.

"It's just a small profit," Shi Xie snorted coldly, and then said: "Cao Cao and Sun Ce form an alliance to attack Jingzhou. Then let's wait and see if Sun Cao wins, then our army will attack and take advantage of Zhang Xiu's unpreparedness to capture the rear and occupy Jingnan."

"On the contrary, if Zhang Xiu repels the two of them, then we will be tribute. I think Zhang Xiu will not have time to pay attention to us for a short time." Shi Xie said with a sneer.

Cao Cao used him as a gun, and Zhang Xiu would not let him go sooner or later. Instead of doing so, it would be better to prepare early and make sure that he could do everything.

"Brother, this plan is very good," Shi Yi said with a smile.

"Okay, let's put Cao Cao's envoys away first, and I'm going to respond at noon." Shi Xie said loudly: "In addition, the food, grass and weapons in various places have been adjusted recently."

"Try to mobilize all the food, grass and weapons to Cangwu when Zhang Xiu was not aware of it. As for the troops and horses in various places, practice more from now on to prepare for emergencies."

Shi Xie said in a deep voice.

"No!" Shi Yi and the others responded.

Seeing the two retreat, Shi Xie frowned slightly. His family's sixth generation and Jiaozhi had already been deeply rooted in management, and he was really unwilling to surrender.

What's more, Cao Cao and Sun Ce are both heroes. The two join forces, even if Zhang Xiuxiong is talented and has no choice but to defeat the two. By then, as long as he captures Jingnan, he will be confident to challenge.

PS: Today’s birthday, just one chapter.

I had a happy day, but I was also very irritable. The physical examination a few days ago showed that my blood lipids were too high, I had a fatty liver, and my brain hurt.

I was in poor condition, so I slowly and rationalized my thinking.
Chapter completed!