The general trend of the world is brewing endless variables. After Gongsun Kang sent an envoy to attack Cao Cao, Han Sui of Xiliang once again sent envoys to Lujiang.

His purpose was also to take advantage of the crisis that Cao Cao was currently facing and invite his elder brother to send troops to attack Cao Cao.

Learning from the lessons of the failure of the previous negotiation, Han Sui seemed to know the weight of the Ma Dai brothers in the mind of the elder brother. When he came to negotiate again, the envoy specially brought a gift - the bones of Ma Teng and the fourteen most direct descendants of the Ma family, hoping to ease the relationship with the Ma Dai brothers.

But unfortunately, Han Sui made too simple estimates of the hatred of Ma Dai brothers.

The Ma family had more than 130 people, including Ma Teng, who were killed by Han Sui. For Ma Dai, Ma Xiu and Ma Tie, there was no third way to choose from except death (either Han Sui died or Ma Dai's brothers died).

When the eldest brother ordered people to carry out the bones of the fifteen Ma family members, including Ma Teng, carefully and cautiously, the three Ma Dai brothers and Pang De were in tears, and Ma Dai even fainted from crying on the spot.

After Ma Dai and others' emotions gradually calmed down, the elder brother explained everything to them.

After understanding the situation, Ma Dai didn't say much, and just asked his elder brother to make the decision for his Ma family.

It should be said that reaching an agreement with Han Sui to fight Cao Cao together is of great benefit to us from the overall strategic perspective. But the eldest brother has long promised to conquer Han Sui in the future to avenge the Ma Dai brothers...

Just when the eldest brother made up his mind to reject Han Sui's request, Zhuge Liang made a suggestion--- Han Sui's request for joint attack should be temporarily agreed, but the conditions must be taken to return the bones of the rest of the Ma family.

Zhuge Liang explained his intention in detail - through this method, the bones of the Ma clans can be properly placed and buried.

Since it takes several months to complete the return of the skeletons, in these months, Han Sui can create a certain illusion, allowing him to prepare for attacking Cao Cao with confidence.

During this period, we can send a detailed account to spread rumors about Han Sui's upcoming storm under Cao Cao's rule, so that we can restrain Cao Cao's military power and cause great trouble to Cao Cao's rule.

Han Sui is very good at changing his mind. As long as he sees Cao Cao, he will definitely not dare to act rashly. At that time, we will naturally have a reasonable reason to stop the agreement with Han Sui.

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It should be said that Zhuge Liang's plan was quite thoughtful.

After careful consideration, Ma Dai also expressed his approval.

On December 17th, Han Sui, who received a positive answer, set off for Xiliang with satisfaction.

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Entering the 12th year of Jian'an (in 207, because the new emperor was not established, the Jian'an reign title was still temporarily used), the Han Dynasty was facing major changes.

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Cao Cao sent out Xuchang in various names, and many "different voices" originally existed within the Xuchang court also disappeared one after another. In addition, a scholar who was loyal to Cao Cao began to write a statement, spared no effort to prepare for the new emperor's strategy.

Zhuge Liang predicted that before March of spring, Cao Cao might formally establish a new emperor.

In Lujiang, after repeated diagnosis by the imperial physician, the expected delivery date of Queen Fu's birth was basically set at mid-May, and the imperial physician predicted that the fetus in Queen Fu's womb would be a prince.

In this way, it means that by June this year, there will be two emperors at the same time in the Han Dynasty.

This situation is also extremely rare in the long period of the Han Dynasty for more than 400 years (those who proclaim themselves as emperors like Yuan Shu all have their own national names and are not considered emperors).

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In the early morning of the eighth day of the first lunar month, accompanied by my elder brother and me (the second brother has returned to Shouchun). Zhao Yun, who had been waiting anxiously for 4 hours, finally welcomed his first offspring - a fat boy weighing about eight pounds.

When he took over the baby from the midwife, Zhao Yun, who had always been fearless on the battlefield, could not control the excitement in his heart and his arms trembled slightly.

On the 11th, the elder brother held a banquet in Lujiang and invited all civil and military officials to celebrate Zhao Yun's happy victory in Lin'er.

At the banquet, Zhao Yun respectfully asked his elder brother to give his son a name. After careful consideration, the elder brother gave him a name broad. It means broad, meaning that he hopes that the child will have a broad future in the future.

Zhao Yun, who rarely drinks alcohol on weekdays, completely let go of his alcohol content and refuses anyone toasting. Wei Yan, who deliberately rushed back from Guangling, was always respectful of "unpredictable" and was very stance that he would not give up until he got drunk.

Quan Cong and Ding Feng, the younger generations who usually admire Zhao Yun, also followed Wei Yan's "makes" and "makes" without any scruples.

Seeing this scene, I felt funny. Although Zhao Yun rarely drinks alcohol, it does not mean that he has poor alcohol tolerance. From my understanding, Zhao Yundi's real alcohol tolerance is much greater than Wei Yan.

Wei Yan, who didn't know these things, deliberately wanted to destroy Zhao Yun. Although he finally achieved his goal, he paid the "huge" price of himself, Quan Cong and Ding Feng, who were drunk and unconscious.

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"Do you look good today?" I walked into the room and greeted Zhang He who was reading Jianshu with a smile.

"I have been here for three days, otherwise how could Zhang look so good!" Zhang He threw Jian Shu on the table beside him, raised his head and sneered, "If you still come to persuade Zhang to surrender, don't waste your saliva!"

I smiled disconcertingly, so I found a chair in the room and sat down.

Zhang He was originally detained in Xiangyang, but was sent to Lujiang by the Jinfan Navy more than half a month ago. In more than half a month, my elder brother and I visited and persuaded him many times, hoping that Zhang He would surrender, but the results were minimal.

Zhang He was tough. When his elder brother came to persuade him for the second time, he directly pointed out to him that he would either kill or let him go. But he should not make the idea of ​​making him surrender.

When I mentioned the bet I had made before, Zhang He simply kept silent.

In more than half a month, my elder brother came to lobby three times, and I visited five times myself, but I couldn't let Zhang Hesong say anything at all.

During this period, Cao Cao sent envoys to Yangzhou twice, hoping to negotiate with his elder brother about repatriation of Zhang He and Yu Jin. By the second time, Cao Cao's conditions had even been opened to a county - as long as the elder brother was willing to return Zhang, Yu and the other two were released.

Then you can choose a county in Yan and Henan provinces as a condition of exchange.

This condition is tempting.

Zhang He was unwilling to surrender at all. Although Yu Jin trained troops for our army in Danyang, it was not realistic to lead troops to fight on the battlefield. Using such two people to exchange for a county in Yan and Henan provinces should be quite cost-effective from the surface.

But if you think deeply, you will find that there is a huge trick here. Zhang He and Yu Jin are rare famous generals in Cao's camp, so they will be defeated and captured.

The reason is largely because the army went deep into the army and suffered a great strategic loss from Cao's army, which has nothing to do with their own abilities.

Although they are useless (or cannot be used), once they return to Cao Cao's command, they may become a major threat to our army again.

In addition, the exchange conditions between Yan and Henan provinces promised by Cao Cao to choose a county and land is even more a big trap.

At present, the eldest brother and Cao Cao were planning the Huai River. With the blockade of the Huai River and the strong combat power of the Jinfan Navy, Cao Cao would face great difficulties in going south to attack. Similarly.

If our army wants to cross Huaibei to attack Cao Cao, who has the advantage in attacking the superior forces, it will also encounter great difficulties. The previous second brother and Wei Yan were almost trapped in Huaibei and unable to retreat, which is a clear evidence.

The counties in Yan and Henan are all in Huaibei. Even if the eldest brother can get a lonely county through exchange, it will probably be difficult to resist the attacks from all over the Cao army in the future.

If the eldest brother wants to protect that county, he must continue to increase troops, which will actually hit Cao Cao's wishes. Cao Cao can completely use the method of surrounding the points to attack and help our military force bit by bit.

In view of this, the eldest brother finally rejected Cao Cao's proposal for negotiation.

"I used to think that Yan Zhao men were all men with a promise, but Junyi made me feel disappointed!" I shook my head and sighed.

"Zhang Fei, don't use provocation to me again. The same trick will be useless if it is used twice!" Zhang He picked up the Jianshu and read it again, "If Zhang willingly makes a promise, he will fulfill it even if he dies. It's considered that I don't notice it.

I actually got your trick of provoking me!"

"Is Cao Cao really worthy of your loyalty?"

"Is Liu Bei so worthy of your loyalty?" Zhang He said without raising his head.

It was simply ineffective! I sighed helplessly: "Cao Cao sent someone to negotiate the day before yesterday. I want to exchange a county for you to go back!"

Seeing Zhang He showing a shocked and excited expression, I smiled. I immediately poured a basin of cold water: "You don't have to be too excited. This exchange is simply a trap to play with people.

And you are just a bait designed by Cao Cao!”

Regardless of whether Zhang He was listening or not, I spoke on my own about the attempt to use Cao Cao to consume our military strength: "I don't know what Junyi's position is in Cao Cao's heart, but if he really cherishes you, he shouldn't have designed such a clumsy strategy (in fact, it's not bad. At least most of us have not been able to see it, so it's still a pity that Zhuge Liang revealed the secret of heaven in one sentence).

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Zhang He still held the book of the simplified book in his hand, but his eyes were a little wandering.

"I will go back to Jingzhou tomorrow. Before leaving, I advised me..." I stood up, walked slowly to the window, looked at the blue sky, and whispered, "If Junyi still insists on his own opinion, then before my brother and Cao Cao decide the final victory or defeat, you can only live such a seclusion life.

Maybe it's five years, maybe it's ten years, or it's twenty years...

I don’t know what Junyi thought, but I think that as a general in the army, being unable to gallop on the battlefield and drinking on the frontier is the greatest regret in life...

It is good to stick to your own opinions, but taking a step back may lead to a vast sky!”

After saying the last sentence, I walked away without looking back.

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"Bang!" Jian Shu was thrown back to the table again, Zhang He's face no longer had an indifferent expression, he looked up at the sky with a little confusion, and then he was stunned for a moment...

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Chapter completed!