The most powerful general in the Three Kingdoms

Amid the reluctant farewells of the common people.

Ma Yunlu finally led his Guards Regiment to leave Shangdang City.

Prepare to pass through Hedong, Yongzhou, and then arrive at Tianshui.

Let’s go meet Ma Teng first.

Tell the story of Zhou Cheng's marriage proposal.

And handed over the seal and ribbon given by Zhou Cheng.

And Zhou Cheng also left Shangdang at this moment.

We headed all the way to the Yellow River Ferry, intending to follow the Yellow River all the way eastward.

Go to Beihai to inspect the current situation of the shipbuilding workshop built by Pang Tong.

In Xishu, after more than two months of development.

Bajun and Badongjun were under the governance of Zhuge Liang and others.

It is also a prosperous scene.

These situations attracted Cao Cao's attention and trouble.

On this day, Cao Cao was sitting in the meeting hall of the Prefect's Mansion.

Sitting below were Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cheng Yu, Wang Lang and other civil servants and generals.

Cao Cao looked very worried at the moment.

Looking at his generals

"Liu Bei occupied the two counties of Ba and Badong, and was assisted by Zhuge Liang and others"

"Liu Zhang also received support from Liu Zhang with a large number of supplies and troops."

"Now that the forces are growing stronger, the threat to us is getting bigger and bigger."

"I wonder if you have any strategies to deal with this? Xiahou Dun quickly said:"

Why don't you let me lead the army now? I will capture this man and hand him over to my lord." Wang

Lang, who was on the side, pondered for a moment after hearing this.

Then he said,"Liu Bei is so powerful at the moment. You can't quarrel with him casually. It's really a bad idea to lead troops to attack." Xia

Houyuan got angry when he heard this and stood up immediately.

He shouted to Wang Lang:"Do you think my brother is not strong enough?""

Wang Lang felt unhappy, but he knew that Xiahou Dun and Xia Houyuan were both relatives of Cao Cao.

He didn't dare to argue with them at will.

So he had to pretend not to hear and stopped talking.

Xiahou Yuan was angrily there, but Wang Lang ignored him..

He didn't dare to make a mistake in front of Cao Cao.

Xiahou Dun also hurriedly advised:"Sit down quickly, we are all colleagues and we can express our opinions, so there is no need to get angry."

Hearing these words, Xia Houyuan could only sit down.

At this time, Cheng Yu smiled and stood up.

He said to Cao Cao:"My lord, since it is not appropriate to attack Liu Bei at this time."

"Then why don't we send people to join Liu Bei and attack Liu Zhang together?"

"Once Liu Zhang's territory is captured, it will be divided equally with Liu Bei."

"In this way, we don’t have to face the difficulty of attacking Liu Bei, nor do we have to worry about being alone."

"Facing Liu Zhang alone"

"If necessary, you can also involve Zhang Lu, who has a deep hatred for Liu Zhang."

Cao Cao nodded after hearing this, saying that Cheng Yu's idea was quite feasible.

So he said:"In that case, I'll trouble Zhongde to go down and sort out the matter."

"Zhongde was also asked to provide candidates for the subsequent envoys to unite the two forces."

Cheng Yu bowed his head and saluted, agreed to the matter, and then sat back in his seat.

Cao Cao discussed some things with everyone again.

So he announced the adjournment of the meeting.

Everyone left.

A few days later, in the mansion of the Hanzhong Prefecture,

Zhang Lu sat down. At the main seat, there were Zhang Wei, Yan Pu, Yang Ang, Yang Ren, Yang Song, Yang Bai and others.

Wang Lang stood below and was stating what Cao Cao meant.

After listening, Zhang Lu fell into deep thought.

I thought to myself that this alliance with Cao Cao to attack Liu Zhang may not necessarily bring any benefits.

Moreover, it would consume too much and it would be meaningless.

I was thinking about rejecting Wang Lang.

While I was thinking about it,

Yan Pu stood up and spoke:" Report to my lord, Duke Cao’s move is an opportunity for us to break through the current predicament. Zhang

Lu was quite puzzled, so he asked,"I wonder what Zi Mao has to say?" Yan Pu smiled and said:"

Now we are trapped in Hanzhong, with Zhou Cheng in the north, we are unstoppable and absolutely unmatched.""

"There is Liu Biao in the east, Cao Cao and Liu Zhang in the west, and Liu Bei in the south."

"Cao Cao and Liu Bei are both heroes in the world, so they must not be offended easily."

"After all this calculation, only Liu Zhang and Liu Biao can plot"

"And we are trapped in Hanzhong with no way to develop."

"Once Zhou Cheng sorted out the northern territory, led his army south, defeated Liu Biao and occupied Jingzhou,"

"We are bound to not be spared, so we might as well take this opportunity to fight for a chance of survival."

After Zhang Lu listened to Yan Pu's words, he didn't find anything wrong with him.

He nodded slightly to agree.

Then he turned to Wang Lang and said,"If Duke Cao can convince Duke Xuande, we can join the alliance together."

"I will definitely join"

"However, if Mr. Xuande is unwilling to join, I am afraid that we will have no choice but to do nothing."

Zhang Lu knew that just by relying on himself and Cao Cao, the troops in the two counties were not enough.

It was extremely difficult to compete with Liu Zhang or Liu Biao.

Therefore, it was necessary to bring Liu Bei into the alliance. Only then could there be a There is no chance of victory.

Moreover, he hates Liu Zhang extremely and is not willing to let go of any opportunity to attack Liu Zhang.