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Chapter 298 Liu Bei's scheming plan to plot against Zhang Yang
As Liu Bei's voice fell, Chen Deng, who followed behind Liu Bei, stood up and said angrily: "Feng Yao killed hundreds of members of my Chen family! I will avenge this revenge!!"

Yuan Shao asked in surprise: "Yuanlong, you and Feng Yao have no enmity or enmity, it's just a hostile relationship. How could Feng Yao kill your whole family? I've heard that the misfortune was caused by the fire. Could it be that one of them Is there another reason?"

"No, there is no other reason!" Chen Deng immediately denied that he could not tell the secret of the Chen family.

"But...! But..." Chen Deng blushed, suppressed the grief in his heart, looked at the puzzled expressions of the people, and suddenly thought of Li Tong's experience, so he took a deep breath and said loudly : "But the whole family of Langling Li Tong was killed by Feng Yao!!"

Yuan Shao nodded and said: "That's true, but I heard that it's because of Feng Yao's righteous brother Zhou Cang. Li Tong once killed Zhou Cang's family. It is understandable for Feng Yao to avenge Zhou Cang!"

"Anyway, Feng Yao is our common enemy!" Chen Deng said.

"Yes, yes, what Chen Yuanlong said is correct. We must be careful of Feng Yao. Now because of Feng Yao's relationship, Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, Zang Ba, and Zang Hong from Dongwuyang are all united. This is Our enemy! My subordinates, please appoint the eldest son as Qingzhou shepherd!" Guo Tudao
"It's absolutely impossible, our ally Cao Yanzhou is attacking Qingzhou, and this will divide our strength and make us unable to unify the north!" Tian Feng said loudly.

Seeing that the two were arguing again, Yuan Shao said angrily, "Shut up!!"

Guo Tu gave Tian Feng a hostile look, and dared not say any more.

Tian Feng was so angry that he wanted to leave with a flick of his sleeves, but he was persuaded by Ju Shou as soon as he turned around, so he could only shake his head and sigh.

"Okay! Don't say any more, I want to hear Liu Shijun's opinion!" Yuan Shao said.

Liu Bei immediately bowed respectfully, Yuan Shao said: "Liu Shijun, you have also managed a state, and now the crisis we are facing in Jizhou, what do you think is the most appropriate way to do it?"

"Yuan Gong, I think that you should stop focusing on the Central Plains. Instead of fighting against Lu Bu and Feng Yao in the Central Plains, it is better to stop the war and fix it, and focus on other places! For example, the North, Northwest, and even Guanzhong! "Liu Bei said.

"Guanzhong!!" Yuan Shao's eyes lit up immediately, but he sighed quickly: "Most of our troops are fighting Gongsun Zan in the north, and the Heishan bandits in the northwest often attack our counties and counties. How can there be any troops to attack Guanzhong? what!"

Liu Bei cupped his hands and said: "As long as Yuan Gong bluffs and Chen Bing is near Hanoi, I can serve as an internal response, easily obtain Hanoi County, and then use Hanoi as a base to capture Bingzhou and trap the Black Mountain bandits to death. In this way, Yuan Gong can Don't worry about attacking Youzhou with all your strength!"

Yuan Shao glanced at Liu Bei, and said coldly: "Liu Shijun's strategy is really good. After obtaining Bingzhou, he can attack my Jizhou from behind!!"

Liu Bei said in horror: "Duke Yuan, Feng Yao and I have hatred for seizing the state, and we will never do such a bad thing. The result of doing so will be bad for all of us! If Duke Yuan can't believe it, after winning After Hanoi, Yuan Gong can appoint one person as the governor of Bingzhou, and I only want to get Hanoi County, and it is enough to live and work in peace!"

Yuan Shao stared at Liu Bei for a long time, and thought to himself: "Anyway, Hanoi is not my territory now. Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi, has repeatedly violated the law, and has an old relationship with Lu Bu. If Liu Bei is replaced as the new prefect of Hanoi, Liu Bei will be in harmony with Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, and Feng Yao. Waiting is a deadly enemy, even if you don't send troops to attack, at least you can attract Lu Bu's troops!"

Liu Bei showed no signs of fear, he didn't seem guilty, and looked straight at Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao laughed loudly and said, "Okay, if Liu Shijun can gain Zhang Yang's trust, I will Chen Bing near Hanoi!"

Liu Bei immediately bowed his hands to thank him, said goodbye, and led the people back to the boat, and along the Yellow River, let the fleet sail to Hanoi County, and said to Zhang Yang: "Yuan Shao, the shepherd of Jizhou, is narrow-minded and can't tolerate people, because he bears a grudge against Bei. I almost sent someone to kill Bei, but after thinking about it for a while, you are the only one in the world who can accommodate Bei!"

Although Zhang Yang had doubts at the beginning, but under Liu Bei's explanation, he immediately had a good impression of Liu Bei, and he kept Liu Bei, but he did not have real power with Liu Bei.

After gaining Zhang Yang's initial trust, Liu Bei gave Zhang Yang and Zhang Yang's generals a large amount of money and beauties, and soon grasped Zhang Yang's internal truth, and quietly sent a message to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao took a compromise approach to the strategy of the generals. He neither withdrew his troops from Dongjun, nor planned to die in the Central Plains war. As the governor of Qingzhou, he led an army to Qingzhou to support Cao Cao.

At the same time, he wrote a letter to Lu Bu, saying that if he wanted a truce with Lu Bu, he could stop the siege of Dongwuyang and let Zang Hong go, but Dongwuyang and the territory on the north bank of the Yellow River must be owned by Yuan Shao.

After Lu Bu captured Juancheng, he was planning to reorganize his army. The next step was to break the siege of Dongwuyang. After receiving Yuan Shao's letter of truce, he summoned all the generals.

Chen Gongdao: "Zang Hong restrained a large number of Yuan Shao's troops in Dongwuyang. If we agree to Yuan Shao's request, we will fall into Yuan Shao's arms. How can you guarantee that Yuan Shao will not take the opportunity to send a large army from Dongwuyang to cross the border? Cangtingjin, let's attack Dong'e County, if Dong'e and Fan County are lost, Juancheng will be in danger!"

The other generals agreed, and some disagreed. Lu Bu couldn't make a decision. After returning home, he frowned and thought about countermeasures.

When Yan saw it, he asked why, and said, "Has your husband forgotten our son-in-law? Now this kind of major decision is related to the entire strategic layout. No matter what the result is, it will have a great impact on our daughter and son-in-law. We are not young anymore, we can take one side for the rest of our lives, but they can't, husband, please think twice!"

Lu Bu suddenly came to his senses, and said: "Madam's words are very true, and I just want to send someone to take over Taishan County!"

Taishan County, Laiwu City

After Feng Yao returned from victory, he handed over all the chores to the military adviser Xu Shu, and then fell asleep for a day and a night.

During this period, Wei Yan had already occupied Banyang City, and news of success came.

After Xu Shu learned that Lu Chang led three thousand elite soldiers to sneak into the Taishan Mountains behind Laiwu City, he immediately sent people to sneak back to Fenggao, and set up a plan to lure Lu Chang into the trick, and besieged Lu Chang in the ravine. Chang didn't bring much food, and he was flanked by Xu Shu's army and was defeated. Most of the [-] elite soldiers died in the battle, and they were captured exhausted and taken to Laiwu City.

Qingzhou Qi State, Linzi City
After Cao Ren's lieutenant Cao Yong escaped from the battlefield, he fled back to Linzi in a hurry. When he met Cao Cao, he cried and reported the news that Cao Ren's army was defeated and Cao Ren, Niu Jin, and Chun Yudao were killed in battle.

Cao Cao was shocked and grieved, and asked: "Zi Xiao is extremely brave, and the Qingzhou soldiers he brought are all elite. Even if he fell into the enemy's trick, the remaining troops are still equal to the enemy's strength. Why did he end up in such a big defeat?! "

(End of this chapter)