Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

Chapter 343 Declare no war, just to put pressure on you
Cao Ang looked around and smiled faintly.

Everyone didn't quite understand what Cao Ang meant, but due to their status, they didn't dare to speak for fear of offending this young general who was in the ascendant.

Even Liu Bian was embarrassed to ask after hearing this.

"These old guys usually talk more nonsense than each other, but now they don't dare to open their mouths?"

Liu Bian complained bitterly about these old guys in his heart.

Fortunately, Cao Cao finally spoke: "Zixiu, stop being so pretentious and tell everyone what you really think."

When Cao Ang heard this, he spoke softly: "I mean, just declare war with Xiliang, not fight them."

"Oh? Why is this?" Cao Cao asked in confusion.

"Based on the current situation in Xiliang, they are not monolithic internally. As long as there is some pressure from the outside, they will fall apart internally."

"If we take action at that time, we will get twice the result with half the effort. We can easily capture Xiliang and bring back King Chenliu."

After everyone listened to this analysis, they understood what Cao Ang meant.

Declaring but not fighting will put pressure on you!

……

Soon, the imperial court's letter of war was sent to Xiliang.

One share for Li Jue and Guo Si, one share for Ma Teng and Han Sui.

"The imperial court has declared war on us? How could it happen so quickly? Didn't they have to prepare in advance?" Li Jue looked at the letter of war in his hand with a look of horror on his face.

Guo Bang's face on the side was also very ugly. The two brothers had fought against Cao Ang before, and they still have shadows in their hearts.

Although the current gauntlet is a gauntlet from the imperial court, who in the world doesn’t know that the royal family wears the same pants as the Cao family?
Li Jue took the letter of challenge and paced back and forth, then turned to Guo Si and said, "Otherwise, let's surrender!"

When Guo Bang heard this, his face became very ugly: "Surrender? Do you think there will be any good ending after the two of us surrender?"

When Li Jue thought about the previous conflict between them and Cao Ang, his heart suddenly became cold.

Right now, the two of them are fighting but they dare not fight, and they are unable to surrender.

At the same time, Ma Teng and Han Sui also received a letter of challenge.

Han Sui took the letter of war and began to read: "Today, at the beginning of the afternoon, you Xiliang rebels went against the grain and tried to coerce the false emperor to establish themselves. This is not tolerated by heaven and earth. I am leading 50 righteous troops to send troops after the autumn harvest. Xiliang aims to wipe out the rebels and return Xiliang to the Qingming Festival!"

After listening to the contents of the gauntlet, Ma Teng's face became a little ugly.

They relied on Liu Xie's reputation to recruit some new soldiers.

However, these new recruits have not yet formed a fighting force. If they go to war like this, it is tantamount to giving away their lives.

The number of soldiers who can go to the battlefield now is only about [-]. Facing the imperial army that is nearly ten times their strength, it may be difficult to defend against danger.

At this time, Ma Chao, who was standing on the side, smiled disdainfully: "To put it nicely, Cao Mengde and Cao Zixiu have their eyes on our Liangzhou people."

"This letter of challenge is just an excuse. Sooner or later, there will be a battle between us and Cao Cao. If we keep recharging our strength with them, they have a large territory. If things go on like this, the gap between us and them will only get wider and wider. Come bigger.”

"But now, they take the initiative and travel long distances, so our chances of winning are much higher!"

When Ma Teng heard this, he looked at Ma Chao: "Meng Qi, it seems that you have a way to defeat the enemy?" "Hahaha, father, don't worry, there is no one in Cao's army worthy of my attention. Who can do it?" Vanguard, during the battle between generals, I picked the opponent with one shot, how can they still fight?"

"Okay, okay!" Ma Teng shouted three times in a row. He naturally knew that his eldest son was highly skilled in martial arts. Looking at the world, he was afraid that only Lu Bu could fight with him.

But Lu Bu definitely can't listen to the Cao family's orders, so it is feasible to defeat the enemy according to Ma Chao's method.

However, to be on the safe side, Ma Teng still sent people to Li Jue and Guo Si and asked them to lead their troops to join forces to fight against Cao Cao!

When Li Jue and Guo Bang learned that Ma Teng wanted their troops to join forces, they were immediately unhappy.

"Ma Teng, let us lead the troops. I am afraid that when the time comes to fight against Cao Cao, they will let us go first. By then our family will be wiped out. After repelling Cao Cao, we two brothers will not have a foothold." land."

"That's true, but if we don't go, it won't make sense."

Li Jue and Guo Si were in a dilemma.

The original Li Jue and Guo Si, after living a comfortable life for a while, finally fought for power and parted ways.

But now the two of them have had a hard time and traveled all the way, but instead of having any conflicts, they are united like never before.

After seeing Li Jue pacing back and forth, he said to Guo Bang: "I think we'd better surrender!"

Hearing this, Guo Si looked at Li Jue with an ugly face: "I think even if we two surrender, I'm afraid Cao Cao and Cao Ang will kill us two."

"Of course you can't just vote like this. When Lu Bu voted for Dong Zhuo, didn't he still want to take Ding Yuan's head? It's just that he, a common man, didn't succeed."

When Li Jue said this, his eyes were dark.

Guo Si on the side understood instantly: "Brother Li, do you want to take action against Ma Teng and Han Sui?"

"That's right, they want us to be cannon fodder. That's impossible. He's unkind, so don't blame me for being unjust. The two of us took the heads of Ma Teng and Han Sui and dedicated them to Cao Cao. That's a great achievement for us. The mistakes the two brothers made before are nothing."

"Okay, then I'll listen to you, Brother Li, but the two of us still have to plan this matter carefully."

Immediately afterwards, Guo and Li began to plot.

……

At this time, in Luoyang City, there was the Cao family meeting hall.

Cao Cao was sitting on the side, looking at Cao Ang who was surrounded by a group of generals with a smile on his face.

A group of generals, such as the Xiahou brothers, the Cao brothers, etc., all gathered around Cao Ang.

There is no other reason than to compete for the vanguard position when going out.

Cao Ang has already chosen someone other than the vanguard, but he is not in a hurry to go on an expedition now, so he has not announced who this candidate is.

Although Ma Chao is only ten years old now, he grew up in the army and his combat prowess has far exceeded that of other generals.

For example, the Xiahou brothers and the Cao brothers are really no match for them.

Especially Xiahou Dun!If you let him be the vanguard, you basically can't win.

It's just that Cao Ang was embarrassed to say it clearly at this moment, so he could only find an excuse to distract these energetic generals.

(End of this chapter)