Sanguo: Banzi Shengtian, you call him Yanque?

Chapter 201 Breaking the pot!

But Ye Fan just smiled slightly and said slowly: "Prime Minister, why don't you want them all!"

"Want them all?"

Everyone looked confused, not understanding how Ye Fan wanted to operate.

Ye Fan looked at everyone and said with a smile: "Everyone expresses his own opinion, but he thinks that the other party's method has disadvantages. But if the two are combined, the disadvantages will naturally be reduced."

The more Cao Cao listened, the more he felt it made sense, and he became more curious, so he hurriedly asked: "Sir, don't be so secretive. You'd better tell us quickly."

Ye Fan nodded, and then slowly told his plan.

"Prime Minister, Ma Chao's unwillingness to surrender is simply because he does not want to surrender. Therefore, the Prime Minister can ask the emperor to issue an imperial edict to recruit Ma Chao and let him attack Zhang Lu."

"He doesn't want to listen to the Prime Minister's orders, but he can't refuse the imperial court's orders, right?"

"Moreover, letting him attack Zhang Lu can weaken the strength of Zhang Lu and Ma Chao at the same time. This will be beneficial to us."

Cao Cao's eyes lit up and he nodded: "Yes, since I can't conquer this person, then I will make the best use of him and let him display his due abilities."

Ye Fan also smiled and nodded: "Yes, that's exactly it."

But Liu Ye came out at this time and asked: "Sir, what if Ma Chao breaks the can and ignores the imperial court's will?"

Ye Fan seemed to have expected that someone would ask this question, so he said directly: "I said that the combination of the two is the best."

"If Ma Chao does not accept the order, then we will have a reason to attack Ma Chao, and we can take advantage of the situation to eliminate Ma Chao!"

"You know, Ma Chao's men are all Xiliang cavalry, which is their weakness when it comes to defending the city. But now that they have entered Yiling City, they are seeking their own death."

After hearing this, Cao Cao suddenly smiled.

"Yes, yes, sir, I like your proposal very much. Please hurry up and do it!"

The land of Jiangdong.

Ever since the defeat in the Battle of Chibi, the entire Jiangdong has fallen into panic.

Especially the clans were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, constantly moving around and discussing countermeasures.

Moreover, Zhou Yu was seriously ill, causing these clans to forget all Zhou Yu's previous warnings.

After all, can you still stand up and threaten us?

This is what all the clans think.

An incident a few days ago made the clans even more eager to surrender.

That was when Lu Xun sent troops to take Liu Bei back to Jiangdong.

This move is tantamount to irritating Cao Cao. If Cao Cao is angry and sends troops to attack Jiangdong, how can Jiangdong resist it with the current situation?

Jiangdong will inevitably end up with a river of blood!

Therefore, all the clans seemed to be crazy. They wanted to see Sun Quan every day and jointly submitted a letter to ask for surrender, which was called for the sake of the people of Jiangdong.

At this time, Sun Quan was exhausted every day.

He did not dare to go to see those clans because he did not want to surrender. If he surrendered now, others would survive, but he, Sun Quan, would not. He knew this from the beginning.

"These old guys are really bullying people. Do you want to use my life in exchange for the stability of their clan?"

"Stupid, if Ye Fan is allowed to enter Jiangdong, how can these clans live a good life? They are too afraid of death!"

Sun Quan looked at the letters asking for surrender and became furious.

Next to him stood Lu Su. Because he didn't know how to deal with it, he recalled Lu Su overnight. "Zijing, in your opinion, what should we do?"

"Nowadays, there seems to be no solution to internal and external troubles. Do you really want me to surrender? I can't bear to ruin the foundation of the Sun family for three generations!"

Lu Su's face was solemn, he shut up and began to think deeply.

After a long while, he struggled to come up with a solution.

"My lord, we are at the end of the road now. At the moment of life and death, you don't want to surrender, and Jiangdong doesn't want to fall into Cao Cao's hands, so there is only one way!"

Sun Quan quickly asked: "What can we do?"

"burn one's boats!"

Lu Su said seriously.

"With no way to retreat, we have to fight a last-ditch battle, but this battle will stake the fate of the entire Jiangdong. If we win, Jiangdong will be saved. If we lose, Jiangdong will be destroyed!"

Even Sun Quan understood that the consequences of burning the boat would be to completely break the relationship between Jiangdong and Cao Cao, with no possibility of easing.

It would be easy to say if they win, they Jiangdong can continue to persevere.

But if they lose, the Sun family and other Jiangdong clans will probably be wiped out!

Therefore, when Sun Quan faced this risky proposal, he did not respond at all. Instead, he frowned and pondered.

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On the other side, in Yiling City.

After occupying Yiling City, Ma Chao let his army rest for a few days.

Although they fought first against Cao Cao's army and then against Liu Bei, they did not suffer much loss. This made Ma Chao feel proud, so he did not mention the surrender to Cao Cao again.

But now, Cao Cao obviously will not let them go easily. This is the consensus of Ma Chao and other generals.

On this day, Ma Chao finally received the imperial edict.

The content of the imperial edict was to ask him to organize his troops and go to attack Zhang Lu.

Zhang Lu founded the Five Pecks of Rice religion, which attracted countless people to believe in it, and a large number of people also entered Hanzhong. Zhang Lu was indeed a threat to the imperial court.

The content of this imperial edict is beyond reproach, but Ma Chao and others understand that the imperial edict is what Cao Cao meant.

"It seems that Cao Cao wants us to conquer Zhang Zhanglu."

Ma Chao sighed.

Pang De snorted coldly: "Cao Cao is really insidious. Zhang Lu is a powerful force. If we are asked to attack Zhang Lu, isn't it just to consume our strength?"

Ma Dai sighed and said slowly: "I'm afraid Cao Cao's idea is not that simple."

"If we don't surrender to Cao Cao, we are a threat in Cao Cao's eyes. How can he keep a threat by his side?"

"Zhang Lu is also the opponent he needs to eliminate. He appears here for us to attack, just to kill someone with a borrowed knife. Kill us with Zhang Lu's knife, or kill Zhang Lu with our knife!"

Ma Chao immediately slapped the table angrily: "This Cao Cao is indeed ruthless and cunning. He has just driven away Liu Bei, and he can't wait to attack us."

"Hmph, no matter who killed my father, Cao Cao is so annoying. If I am cornered, I might turn around and attack Cao Cao again to see if he panics!"

There was a hint of anger in Ma Chao's words, but everyone else knew that this was Ma Chao's character, so they didn't care and just tried to persuade him.

"General, Cao Cao's army is powerful. Last time we had an advantage in Cao's army, I'm afraid they have begun to think about how to deal with it. If we attack Cao Cao, the gains will definitely outweigh the losses."

(End of this chapter)