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

Cao Ang thought for a moment and said, "Sir, you are right. We should send out spies. This way we can know the situation in Qingzhou."

"In this case, my lord, I am willing to lead an elite force to sneak into Qingzhou." Ju Su made the request.

"This." Cao Ang was embarrassed.

"My lord, if you don't send me, even if I know the situation in Qingzhou, I will have no chance to act. Please help me." Ju Su continued to plead.

Cao Ang took a deep breath and finally agreed to Ju Su's request.

"In that case, I'll leave it to you, sir." Cao Ang said to Ju Su.

"Thank you, lord." Ju Su breathed a sigh of relief. What he feared most was that Cao Ang would not agree to his suggestion. After all, Cao Ang did not like others commanding his troops. Now that Cao Ang agreed, Ju Su was naturally happy.

After Ju Su left, Cao Ang fell into deep thought.

Although Cao Pi did not unite with Cao Hong, the conflict between them cannot be ignored.

Cao Hong controlled Yanzhou and Xuzhou, while Cao Pi controlled Yangzhou.

They are hostile forces, how could Cao Cao allow them to unite?

And Cao Ang didn't like these two people either, especially Cao Pi.

In Cao Ang's eyes, Cao Pi was almost useless except for his good looks.

Not only does he lack literary talent, but he also has no ability at all.

Cao Ang once tried to win over Cao Pi, but was despised by Cao Pi. Cao Ang was furious and almost killed Cao Pi.

Fortunately, Xun Yu stopped it at that time, otherwise Cao Ang would have killed Cao Pi long ago.

Cao Ang did not mention these things to anyone, not even Cao Cao.

The current situation is very obvious, Cao Cao is already seriously ill. This is the best opportunity for them.

If they don't take this opportunity to expand their military forces and strengthen their strength, I'm afraid they will have no chance once Cao Cao returns to the west.

Therefore, Cao Ang decided to take a risk. Even if he failed, it would not cause much impact.

"Someone, tell Generals Zhang Xun and Zhao Yun to come see me." Cao Ang called his personal guard and asked him to go to Xiangyang City to call people.

"Yes, my lord." The guard took the order and left.

Not long after, Zhang Xun and Zhao Yun hurried to Cao Ang's mansion.

Cao Ang didn't waste any words and told them the situation directly.

Zhang Xun and Zhao Yun were both extremely surprised that such a sudden change would occur.

Zhang Xun pondered for a while and then said, "My lord, I think what we need most now is to conquer the noble families of Qingzhou.

Only these noble families have the potential to compete with other noble families."

"That's right, my lord. We must take control of the Qingzhou nobles as soon as possible.

Otherwise, Qingzhou will not belong to you, my lord." Zhao Yun echoed.

"You are right. But these noble families are hiding in the dark, and it is difficult for us to obtain their specific information.

How can we gain their support?" Cao Ang asked distressedly.

Zhang Xun and Zhao Yun were also worried. If they wanted to find a noble family, they first had to know the location of the noble family before they could negotiate.

But the Qingzhou families are all hiding in the dark, and finding out their locations is harder than climbing to the sky.

"It's not that there is no solution." Ju Shou said suddenly.

"Sir, do you have any solution?" Cao Ang looked at Ju Su excitedly.

Ju Su smiled slightly: "My lord, please look!"

Ju Su took out a roll of paper from his arms and handed it to Cao Ang.

When Cao Ang opened it, his face changed drastically.

"These people are actually colluding with Yuan Shu in private?" Cao Ang was shocked. "Yes, these people are colluding with Yuan Shu." Ju Su said calmly.

"Damn it!" Cao Ang was furious. What he hated most were the aristocratic families and Yuan Shu's rebels.

"But this matter is nothing, because these noble families are just small players, and the truly powerful noble families have not made any moves."

Ju Su comforted Cao Ang for a moment, then said, "My lord, these noble families are targeting Yuan Shao.

There is a great grudge between them and Yuan Shao, so they will definitely choose to go against Yuan Shao."

"I see." Cao Ang nodded, and then asked, "Sir, do you have any plans?"

"These noble families must want to use the name of our lord to declare war on Yuan Shao." Ju Su said with a smile.

"My lord, aren't you going to recruit these noble families? I think it would be more appropriate for you to be in charge of this matter yourself."

"Okay." Cao Ang thought this was a good idea, but Cao Ang thought of another problem.

"Then how can we convince these noble families to join our camp?"

“It’s simple. My lord can tell them that as long as they join, we will give them enough rights and benefits.

These noble families have always relied on Yuan Shu to grow and develop.

Yuan Shu has done them a great favor. Now that Yuan Shu has fallen, they will definitely stand up and support their lord," said Ju Su.

"Wonderful." Cao Ang exclaimed.

Then, Cao Ang ordered his personal guards to prepare a banquet immediately. He wanted to entertain the noble families in Qingzhou and get them to join him.

Yecheng.

Yuan Tan was stationed in Yecheng, reorganizing his troops and preparing to attack Jizhou.

This time Yuan Tan was well prepared. He not only wanted to take Youzhou, but also Jizhou.

But Jizhou is too far away, and it will take Yuan Tan a lot of time to take it.

However, Youzhou was too close to Yecheng, and Yuan Tan did not want to spend so much time on it. He thought he could get rid of Yuan Shang first.

"Report, my lord, Mr. Chen Gong is here to visit." At this time, the doorman came in to report.

"Oh, Yuan Hao is here. Haha, please come in." Yuan Tan showed a look of joy and quickly asked someone to welcome Chen Gong in.

As soon as Chen Gong entered the room, he felt the strong murderous intent from Yuan Tan.

"My lord, it's so late, why haven't you rested yet?" Chen Gong asked puzzledly.

"Yuan Hao hasn't slept either." Yuan Tan said with a smile.

Chen Gong frowned. Yuan Tan's attitude made him feel weird.

Yuan Tan should hate Chen Gong to the core, but now he acts so eagerly.

This made Chen Gong alert.

"What's the matter, my lord?" Chen Gong asked coldly.

Yuan Tan felt a pain in his heart when he heard this, but he still smiled and said, “Yuan Hao, you and I have known each other for several years, so we can be considered friends.

I have a business to do with you. What do you think, Yuan Hao? "

Yuan Tan's words were tantamount to acknowledging that the two of them were friends.

Chen Gong's heart skipped a beat. What was Yuan Tan up to? He asked worriedly, "My Lord, what are you going to do?"

"Haha, Yuan Hao, don't worry, I will never hurt you." Yuan Tan seemed to know what Chen Gong was thinking and said with a smile.

"My lord, if you have any problem, please tell me directly. I, Chen Gong, will do my best to help." Chen Gong said cautiously.

"Don't worry, Yuan Hao, as long as you agree to work with me, I will guarantee that you will enjoy endless wealth and glory." Yuan Tan tempted. (End of this chapter)