Chapter 836

Gongsun Du, on the one hand, spared no effort in reorganizing armaments in Liaodong. At the same time, he sent his confidant Yang Yi to take a sea boat from Anping port, ride the wind and waves, and sail across the sea to Xuzhou, all the way to Pengcheng.

In the conference hall, Cao Cao sat high on the throne and looked at Yang Yi from afar.

"It's hard for Mr. Yang to come all the way."

"The Lord is not tired."

Cao Cao and Yang Yi said polite words to each other for a while, but they still refused to lead the topic to the right track. Yang Yi couldn't help feeling a little depressed.

"According to my Lord's order, I discussed with Prime Minister Cao about important matters."

Cao Cao's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile, "Oh? Gongsun Taishou is far away in Liaodong. It is said that he is independent and the emperor is far away. Is there anything else that needs to be discussed with the prime minister? "

Yang Yi said, "Yuan Shao is a traitor of the imperial court and refuses to obey the court's jurisdiction. Now my Lord is going to send troops to attack him, so I come to see the prime minister. Yuan Shao and the prime minister were good friends in the old days. Please take the world as the most important thing. Don't listen to yuan Benchu's words and send troops to rescue yuan thieves. "

"My Lord is willing to honor the son of Pengcheng as emperor and return several counties in Donglai to Prime Minister Cao's command. He only asks the Prime Minister not to send troops to interfere in the war between our army and Yuan Shao. My Lord is very grateful."

"Well? Donglaishu county was originally under the command of the imperial court, and the son of Pengcheng was the eldest son of the former Emperor. Isn't all this justified? What's more, the prime minister had planned to send troops to recover Donglai several counties. Now Gongsun Du himself has given up. How can I let him give up rescuing yuan Benchu? "

Hearing Cao Cao's words, Yang Yi's face suddenly became ugly: "prime minister, don't underestimate Liaodong. We have 100000 troops and hundreds of navy in Liaodong. Since we can win Yingzhou across the sea, can't we capture the whole Qingzhou?"

Hearing this, Cao Cao's eyes flashed with cold light: "are you threatening the original appearance?"

"Well?"

Xu Chu suddenly stood up and held the sword handle on his waist. His eyes almost glared out and glared at Yang Yi.

Startled by Xu Chu, Yang Yi lowered her eyebrows and said, "I dare not. I just want to ask the prime minister to think about it. If the prime minister agrees, our army can hand over Yingzhou to the prime minister. There is no need to use military horses. After all, our army has water troops to help us in Yingzhou, and we can entangle with the Prime Minister for a few days. "

"What's more, if our army can't help but join the Xiliang army after seizing Youzhou, our army will be able to contain the Xiliang army for the prime minister at that time. For the prime minister, he can kill two birds with one stone without paying anything. In addition to using troops to spend food and grass, Yuan Shao got nothing. I believe that with the foresight of the prime minister, can you not understand this truth? "

Yang Yi was also clever. He used both sticks and carrots. On the one hand, he used the Liaodong army to attack Qingzhou across the sea as a threat, and on the other hand, he used the Liaodong army to contain the Xiliang army as a bait. Cao Cao thought it was good.

However...

"if gongsundu can agree to one more request of Benxiang, it would be good for me to sit and watch gongsundu and Yuan Shao fight each other." Cao Cao said slowly.

Yang Yi said in a hurry: "I don't know what else the prime minister wants? Come and listen. "

"It's very simple. Gongsundu needs to give 3000 horses to our army, and he will trade with our army every year and sell more than 1000 horses to our army every year. How about that?"

There are three major horse producing areas in the Han Dynasty, of which Liangzhou and Bingzhou have already fallen into Liu Ye's hands, leaving only Youzhou out of Liu Ye's hands.

Cao Cao, who had no land for horse production, was naturally in short supply of war horses. What's more, in recent years, the number of soldiers was countless, so was the war horse.

The most famous Xiliang army is the Xiliang cavalry, which has incomparable impact. In the future, there will be a war between Cao Cao and Liu Ye sooner or later, and Cao Cao will definitely fight Xiliang cavalry with cavalry.

What's more, if there are not enough horses, how can we organize tigers and leopards to ride?

Hearing Cao Cao's words, Yang Yi's face turned ugly: "3000 horses? Is this... Too much? "

Liaodong is located in Youzhou. Naturally, it also produces war horses. However, Gongsun Du himself also needed to form cavalry. He gave Cao Cao 3000 horses for nothing, which naturally caused great losses.

"There is also a big gap in the horses under my command, but the face of Prime Minister Cao still needs to be given."

Yang Yi bargained: "how about a thousand horses for the prime minister? In the future, our army will be able to trade more than a thousand horses a year with the prime minister in exchange for grain and armor. "

"Too little, too little."

However, Cao Cao was unwilling to bargain with Yang Yi for a while. Finally, both of them stepped back. Gongsun Du returned Yingzhou to Cao Cao and respected Liu Bian as orthodox. At the same time, he gave two thousand horses to Cao's army. After that, he traded more than 1000 horses with Cao Jun every year.

In return, Cao Cao promised that he would not help Yuan Shao. At the same time, he made gongsundu the governor of Youzhou.

After reaching an agreement with Cao Cao, Yang Yi was relieved. After spending several days in Pengcheng and meeting Liu Bian, he could not wait to take a big boat and return to Xiangping city.

"Well, did Cao Cao agree?"Seeing Yang Yi, Gongsun Du asked in a hurry.

"I'm lucky to live up to my life!"

After listening to Yang Yi's words, Gongsun Du couldn't help laughing: "very good. In this way, the death date of Yuan Shao's child will come. Ha ha ha!"

"However, Cao Cao had other requirements."

"Well?"

What else does Mr. Sun ask for

Yang Yi said in a hurry: "Cao Cao asked our army to give him 2000 horses. After that, he would trade more than 1000 horses with Cao army every year."

Seeing Gongsun Du turning happy into anger, Yang Yi quickly added: "in return, Cao Cao asked the emperor of Pengcheng to make the Lord governor of Youzhou."

"Well, the governor of Youzhou, did Liu Ye and Cao Cao have a long discussion? All of them have been appointed governor of Youzhou. "

Gongsun Du snorted, waved his hand and said, "that's all. If you can exchange two thousand horses for Cao Cao's not interfering, it's just worth it. When Cao Cao and Liu ye go to war in the future, he will have to find the field."

Gongsun du not only has ambition, but also has great vision. He has seen for a long time that the world situation has basically been determined. Liu Ye and Cao Cao occupy the East and the west respectively. Their struggle for hegemony will definitely determine the direction of the world.

When Gongsun Du occupied Youzhou, what he had to do was to restrain the strong and help the weak. If Liu Ye was in a strong situation, he would help Cao Cao to fight against Liu Ye; if Cao Cao was in a strong situation, he would send troops to help Liu ye fight against Cao Cao, so that Youzhou could exist for a long time.

After making an agreement with Cao Cao, Gongsun Du immediately ordered Yang Yi to send two thousand horses across the sea to Qingzhou. At the same time, when he came back, he abandoned Yingzhou and took the soldiers stationed in Yingzhou back to Liaodong.