"Brother Meng De, what you said makes sense. I agree!”
"That's right! For now, the most important thing is to destroy Dong Zhuo.”
"Dong Zhuo is relying on the Western Liang Army to hold Your Majesty hostage and order the vassals. If we don't destroy him, how can we face the people of the Great Han Dynasty?”
"That Dong Zhuo dared to hold the emperor hostage. We have to exterminate him and return the Great Han Dynasty to justice.”
“……”
Several dukes in the tent said.
Hearing the change in tone, Gongsun Zan's gaze towards Cao Cao became darker. Not only him, even Yuan Shao began to hate his old friend.
After all, the Yuan Clan was the greatest clan in the world. They had four generations and three dukes. Their businesses were spread all over the Great Han Dynasty, and their students and old officials were countless.
Qin Mu's extermination of the great clans was clearly a challenge to Yuan Family's status.
Moreover, Yuan Shao wanted to become an emperor in the future.
Therefore, he didn't care about the life and death of the Emperor in Luoyang. He hoped that Dong Zhuo would kill the Emperor first.
Then, he would attack Luoyang. At that time, he would overthrow Dong Zhuo in the name of avenging the former emperor and take over the throne himself.
Therefore, at least before Dong Zhuo killed the emperor, he didn't want to break through Mushui Pass.
In comparison,
He wanted to kill Qin Mu even more. After all, such a dangerous person might be an obstacle in his fight for the world. However, after Cao Mengde's words, the dukes present were clearly more afraid of Dong Zhuo.
No matter what, they didn't seem to have any enmity with Qin Mu. Even if he really became powerful in Liaodong Prefecture, he might not attack them.
But Dong Zhuo was different.
With the Western Liang cavalry in his hands, as well as Lu Fengxian and Hua Xiong, his strength could not be underestimated.
Especially during this period of time, they had completely offended Dong Zhuo. If they couldn't kill Dong Zhuo, they might be the ones to die in the future. Therefore, they all agreed with Cao Cao's suggestion.
At this moment, a guard suddenly ran in from outside the tent.
The latter knelt on the ground and said,"
"Reporting, reporting to all sirs, our army has just intercepted Dong Zhuo's secret message. Liaodong Prefecture Governor Qin Mu has already been conferred the title of Northern Battlefront Marquis, and this edict was delivered by Dong Zhuo's Sima. Not only that, he also brought along twenty thousand armor, ten thousand kilograms of rations, and a fine horse.”
As soon as he finished speaking,
The tent, which had just calmed down, suddenly started discussing again.
After all,
Everyone knew that this so-called Northern Battlefront Marquis was Dong Zhuo's method to win Qin Mu over. As for the military equipment and grain, it was to make Qin Mu submit to him. In addition to the battle report they had just received, Qin Mu's army had broken through North Peace Chang City.
This series of actions…
It seemed to have revealed something, which was that Qin Mu had sided with Dong Zhuo.
Even Cao Mengde was a little uncertain. While all the dukes were thinking, a person stood up from the left seat. The latter was the Governor of Changsha, Sun Jian. He said,
"What a joke. What a joke.”
"Hmm? Why is Governor Sun Jian laughing?"
Everyone looked at Sun Jian questioningly.
"I'm laughing at Dong Zhuo for thinking that he's smart. He actually thought of such a move, but he didn't expect to shoot himself in the foot. In the end, he revealed a flaw.”
"Everyone, that Qin Mu, the governor of Liaodong Prefecture, only took half a day to break through Chang City, while it would take several days to travel from Luoyang to Liaodong Prefecture. Just from this point, it can be seen that Dong Zhuo didn't know anything when he attacked Chang City.”
"Besides, what kind of talent is Governor Qin? He traveled thousands of miles to attack the Wuhuan and Xianbei tribes, and he killed Gongsun Du with lightning speed to quell the rebellion. How could such a hero not know the general trend of the world and help Dong Zhuo? It was obvious that this so-called military intelligence was just a provocation.”
"If I'm not wrong, Dong Zhuojun intentionally intercepted this military report to drive a wedge between us.”
After Sun Jian finished speaking,
Several dukes in the tent couldn't help but nod. Indeed, there was some truth in what he said.
Just from Qin Mu's past achievements, he was definitely a hero who had the world in his heart. Since he was such a person, how could he collude with Dong Zhuo?
Moreover, there was clearly a time gap in the military intelligence.
"Hmph, since there's no collusion? Then why did Qin Mu attack Beiping?”Gongsun Zan snorted and stood up.
Sun Jian sneered,""Don't you know the reason? Or do you want me to say it out loud?”
As soon as he said this, everyone forcefully suppressed their laughter.
Everyone knew that the reason why Qin Mu attacked Chang City was for revenge.
After all, Gongsun Yue took advantage of the chaos in other counties to send troops to attack five cities. How could he not be retaliated?
"Even if that's the case, what if Qin Mu marched straight in and attacked the hinterland of Beiping? Since everyone is unwilling to help, then I can only lead the troops back to Beiping to defend. Farewell!”
Gongsun Zan's face turned red. Indeed, he could not stay still.
He planned to take the opportunity to leave.
Naturally, the dukes present would not let him leave. They had no way of conquering Mushui Pass in the first place. If Gongsun Zan left at this time, it would definitely cause the entire alliance to fall apart. When that time came, it would collapse on its own.
The so-called demotion was a joke.
"Don't worry, Mayor Gongsun. I have an idea. Since you're worried that Qin Mu will take the opportunity to attack Beiping County, why don't you invite him into the alliance? This kid was able to pacify the Xianbei and Wuhuan in a short period of time and even conquered them…So, he definitely has some ability. If he joins us, our army might be able to march straight in and conquer Luoyang. What do you think?”
Cao Mengde quickly stood up and said.
Moreover, when it came to conquering Chang City, he just passed it by.
"Alright, in that case, Meng De, send someone to invite him over!”
Yuan Shao, who was seated on the main seat, opened his mouth and said. After all, he had already spoken up to this point. If he still did not agree, then his position as the alliance leader would probably end.
Furthermore, in Yuan Shao's view, it was a good thing to be able to use the power of the minister to exhaust a little of Qin Mu's strength.
"Here! Alliance Master!"
Hearing this, Cao Cao turned around and arranged for a messenger to go to Liaodong Prefecture.
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