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

Tao Qian thought like this and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, now that the young general has spoken, I will not refuse. This time, uncle Huang and Fengxian, all the food and grass for you two to go to Yuan Shu will be provided by me, Xuzhou!"

After receiving Tao Qian's reply, Lu Bu's expression softened a lot.

"In that case, thank you for being here, Bu! Drink up this cup, Bu!" Lu Bu said, and drank all the wine in his glass in one gulp.

Zhang Fei curled his lips at Lu Bu. He and Lu Bu were both good drinkers, so he knew that Lu Bu simply couldn't help but want to drink the wine when he saw it.

We can't let this kid Lu Bu monopolize these fine wines!
Zhang Fei thought about it, picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp.

When Liu Bei saw Zhang Fei drinking one glass after another, he couldn't help but glance at his third brother.

Guan Yu instantly understood the look in his eldest brother's eyes, so he poked Zhang Fei: "Third brother, don't be greedy for drinks, we have business to do later!"

When Zhang Fei heard this, he asked in a low voice: "Second brother, what's the matter? Are you planning to attack Lu Bu secretly?"

Guan Yu shook his head helplessly when he heard this and responded in a low voice: "What? Tao Qian agreed to allocate the food, grass and baggage. When we leave here later, we will naturally take it directly."

"You're right, you're right!" Zhang Fei nodded hurriedly and put down the wine glass.

As for Lu Bu, he came alone and on a horse, so naturally he couldn't take away the food and baggage, so he directly asked Tao Qian to send someone to send the food and baggage allocated to him to Xiapi.

Seeing that the matter between Liu Bei and Lu Bu was resolved, Liu Qi looked at Cao Ang expectantly: "Young General, I wonder what I can do to dissuade Yuan?"

Cao Ang smiled when he heard this: "There are many things you can do, such as persuading your father and taking the initiative!"

"This... I'm afraid it will be difficult at this time. My father is very determined and wants to defend and refuses to take the initiative." Liu Qi shook his head, saying that he was afraid that he would not be able to handle this matter.

"There is nothing difficult to do at this time. When you go back, tell me that it was me who told you to let your father attack Yuzhang County from Jiangxia and Changsha, and my army will attack Lujiang County from Geyang and Anfeng."

"I attract Yuan Shu's army from the front, and he attacks from behind. There are only advantages and no disadvantages. And if you tell him again which county he captures, I will report to the court and hand over which county to him!"

Cao Ang knew that although Liu Biao's heroic spirit had been wiped out by Wenrou Township at this time, as long as the benefits were in place, this guy would still dare to take action.

After listening to Cao Ang's words, Liu Qi couldn't help but asked nervously: "Major General, is this okay?"

"Don't worry. When the banquet is over, I will write a handwritten letter. You can bring it to your father when you go back. He will definitely take the initiative!" Cao Ang signaled Liu Qi not to worry about you, everything was under his control.

Liu Qi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

Soon, the banquet was over, and Liu, Guan, and Zhang returned to Langya with their food, grass, and baggage.

Lu Bu also caught up with the soldiers escorting the food and baggage and returned to Xiapi with them.

After they all left, Cao Ang wrote down everything he had promised in a handwritten letter, stamped it with his general's seal, and asked Liu Qi to take it back.

Liu Qi took the handwritten letter and expressed his gratitude to Cao Ang.

"Thank you so much, young general. With this handwritten letter from you, I will go back and ask my father for orders to be the prefect of Jiangxia and take the initiative to lead the army to attack Yuan Shu!"

Cao Ang heard this and patted his shoulder: "Fight well, I'm very optimistic about you!"

"Thank you, Young General! Liu Qi will take his leave then." At this time, Liu Qi couldn't wait to take the handwritten letter to Jingzhou.After Liu Qi left, Tao Qian said to Cao Ang: "Young General, what should we do with Uncle Liu Huang and Lu Bu?"

"It's easy to say, you let Lu Bu attack Huainan, and you and Liu Huangshu attack Wu County, put pressure on Yuan Shu on all fronts!" Cao Ang said calmly, he wanted to let Yuan Shu start the war on multiple fronts, be overwhelmed, and defeat him in one fell swoop!
Tao Qian nodded hurriedly: "Okay, then I will listen to the Major General!"

After Cao Ang arranged the tasks of these people, he left Xuzhou and returned to Yuzhou.

After all, he still needs to lead this 30-strong army.

……

At the same time, Liu Zhang of Yizhou, Yuan Shao of Jizhou, and Gongsun Zan of Youzhou all received edicts from the imperial court.

And the content of the edict is very simple, that is, the imperial court is going to attack the traitor Yuan Shu. Since you are far away, you are not required to send troops. Just provide money and food.

not out?

Then treat him as a traitor!

At this time in Yizhou, Liu Yan was already terminally ill, and Liu Zhang had the final say in all matters of Yizhou.

After receiving the imperial edict, Liu Zhang asked various counselors for their opinions.

"Everyone, this imperial edict asks us for money and food. What should we do?"

After hearing this, Fazheng stood up directly: "Young lord, we must give this money and food. After all, the lord is really sick now. If we don't give it, the Cao family and his son will be dissatisfied. After they have dealt with Yuan Shu, I'm afraid they will join forces with Liu Biao and attack us."

In Yizhou, Fa Zheng was the leader among counselors, and basically no one objected to what he said.

Liu Zhang's heart was bleeding at this time. The money and food Cao Ang asked for was not a small amount: "Is there no way not to give it?"

Fazheng pondered for a while and then said: "Yes!"

"Oh? Xiaozhi, tell me quickly!" Upon hearing this, Liu Zhang hurriedly asked Fazheng to speak.

Fazheng said calmly: "Attack Sizhou from Yizhou, seize Chang'an and Luoyang, and enter the capital to serve the king!"

As soon as Fazheng finished speaking, everyone present was stunned.

This is blatant rebellion!
Liu Zhang was stunned for a long time before he shook his head: "Absolutely not. Even if Cao Ang takes away 30 troops, the Cao family still has [-] troops, not counting the Forbidden Army and the Northern Army!"

"We in Yizhou only have [-] troops. If we take action, with this gap in troops, we have no chance of winning!"

Fa Zheng saw Liu Zhang wanting to refuse, so he continued: "The urgent march from Guanzhong to Chang'an and Luoyang only takes half a month, and the Northern Army has no time to react."

"Besides, if we start the war without declaring it, we will catch Cao Cao off guard. We are 80.00% sure that we can capture Luoyang!"

After Liu Zhang heard what Fazheng said, he waved his hand directly without thinking too much: "Forget it, father is still ill. I have no intention of war, so I'd better arrange some money and food to send to Yuzhou."

Fazheng looked at Liu Zhang, a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

At the same time, the other princes were similar to Liu Zhang. (End of chapter)