Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Although it was a bit too much for Cao Cao to force God to save his face, Guo Jia was overjoyed, knowing that Cao Cao had been persuaded by himself, and immediately bowed: "My lord is wise!"

But Cao Cao waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, Cao already understands the meaning of ambition. After thinking about it carefully, Li Yi is indeed not to be underestimated. However, as you said before, although Li Yi If you are not a loyal minister, but you have the name of loyalty, although the words of Zhicai can make you worry about your heart, but you can't convince the world, what can you do?"

Xi Zhong sighed softly in his heart. He felt that his lord was good in everything, but he couldn't let go of some burdens. Otherwise, with the current foundation, and then imitating Li Yi's methods, there would definitely be great things to do.

As for people like Yuan Shao, Xi Zhong doesn't like him. Although he is very powerful, he has exposed his mind to the world, and he has become a leader. Become someone else's wedding dress, so although it is worthy of vigilance, there is no need to be afraid.

But Li Yi is different, compared to Yuan Shao, Li Yi is like a lurking poisonous snake, growing and growing in the dark, he will be bitten at some point, and end up in a miserable end like Dong Zhuo.

That's all, when Li Yi tears off his disguise, that's the most terrifying time, because at that time, it may be difficult for anyone in the world to check and balance him.

Therefore, now that he has seen this threatening opponent, no matter from which angle he looks at it, Xi Zhong hopes that Cao Cao can get rid of him as soon as possible, even if he gambles on his reputation.

"Actually, it's not impossible to preserve your reputation."

Suddenly, Xun Yu spoke, which attracted the attention of the two.

"What's Wen Ruo's plan?"

Cao Cao's eyes lit up, he knew that Xun Yu was steady, since Xun Yu said he had a solution, he would definitely not let him down.

It's just that Xun Yu didn't speak in a hurry, he was feeling a little depressed now, and he was happy that the big man had such a pillar of talent, but now after listening to Xi Zhong's analysis, this pillar was as treacherous as loyal, which made Xun Yu Yu was hit hard.

Cao Cao also noticed that Xun Yu didn't seem to be in high spirits, and after a little thought, he knew why, so he just waited quietly without asking, and the same was true for Xi Zhong.

Shaoqing, Xun Yu arched his hands apologetically, and said, "Although fighting with Li Yi will damage the reputation of the lord, it is the lord who raised the army on his own initiative, but what if the person who raises the army is not the lord?"

Cao Cao's first thought was that Li Yi took the initiative to trouble him. He was about to say it was impossible, but when he thought about it, he suddenly realized, and shouted, "You mean Liu Biao?"

"Exactly!"

Xun Yu explained: "Before Miheng was killed by someone, and Xiangyang's behavior was successful. My lord can use this as an excuse to send envoys to Xiangyang and present a heavy gift. There is no need to provoke, just express that it is the delay of the previous envoy's apology. Liu Biao will definitely Treat me grandly, and then let the envoy stay in Xiangyang and make good friends with Liu Biao."

"In this way, once there is a change in Jingzhou, as long as Liu Biao can't take down Li Yi in one go, in order to stabilize the people in Jingzhou, he will definitely find a helping hand, and the lord is close to Li Yi, making friends with Liu Biao and having a rift with Li Yi, naturally it is the first choice. At that time, troops from the north and the south will be sent, and Li Yi will surely perish!"

"As for the reputation, I don't need to bother my lord. If Liu Biao wants to launch an army, he will definitely think carefully. My lord is only at the request of the imperial court and the prefect. What's the problem with the name? And if the matter is successful, the lord will go to a strong enemy. If the matter fails, the lord will also turn around. room."

When Cao Cao heard this, he couldn't help but pulled Xun Yu into a big laugh and said, "Very good, Wen Ruo's words are very kind!"

Xun Yu immediately bowed slightly to show his modesty, so neither of them noticed the worried look in Xi Zhong's eyes.

Although what Xun Yu said was safe, Cao Cao was not allowed to take the lead, but in this way, the initiative was handed over to others, and he fell into a passive position in the situation.

Moreover, Li Yi is not easy to handle. If there is any change in it, Cao Cao may suffer.

However, after thinking for a while, Xi Zhong didn't speak, and he also acquiesced to Xun Yu's statement, because he knew that it was not easy for Cao Cao to make such a decision. As for Li Yi, although Xi Zhong had concerns, he really couldn't see it. , what will happen.

Chapter 355 Jingzhou Clouds

Just when Cao Cao began to face up to Li Yi and was about to unite with Liu Biao, a cloud was shrouded in the sky over Xiangyang City.

Liu Biao is not the kind of decisive and ruthless person. He has entered the year of destiny, and the death of his old wife has dealt a great blow to Liu Biao. In addition, he has noticed some overt and secret changes recently. Liu Biao's heart felt as if a big rock had been crushed, and his dull whole body lost a lot of vitality.

Li Yi went to Yangzhou to meet Yuan Shu, which made Liu Biao very dissatisfied. He didn't believe that Li Yi was for Zhuge Xuan's two nieces, but he wrote to ask Zhuge Xuan, but Zhuge Xuan told him solemnly that Li Yi Just for his two nieces, haha

Liu Biao really wanted to reprimand Li Yi, but he couldn't say that. Who made him fail to help Zhuge Xuan?

Knowing that Cai Yong appeared in Wancheng, Liu Biao sent several letters to invite him, his tone was very polite and full of sincerity, but Cai Yong wrote back saying that he was old and his legs and feet were not good, so he didn't want to move.

Liu Biao just wanted to ask Cai Yong, Li Yi brought you to Nanyang, why didn't you say that your legs and feet are not good!

Also, Li Yi sent Dianwei to Xuzhou, beat gongs and drums all the way, and made a lot of noise, which also made Liu Biao dissatisfied. Li Yi was too capable and made him more famous than him, the state shepherd. How could this make Liu Biao happy? ?

As for buying food, Liu Biao didn't care much. Li Yi bought food, so he had a reason to cut off food for Nanyang.

If it is Li Yi's various performances that make Liu Biao unhappy, Liu Biao can still regard it as a disease of ringworm and scabies. What really makes Liu Biao feel nervous is the change in the attitude of the core forces in Xiangyang, or Jingzhou.

First, Li Yi's reputation suddenly rose in Nanjun. With such a change, Liu Biao naturally wanted to investigate, and soon learned that it was the Kuai family's work. Later, Kuai Liang also took the initiative to write to Liu Biao to explain, saying that the move was to resolve the situation. Enmity between the two sides.

At that time, Liu Biao felt that this reasoning made sense, so he didn't think too deeply about it, but right afterward, something went wrong with the Cai family.

Cai Mao's sister fell ill out of nowhere and couldn't eat, so she went to Wancheng to see a doctor after the New Year's Eve.

No matter how you think about it, this matter is a bit wrong. Liu Biao felt vigilant, so he brought up the matter of the two marriages with Cai Mao again. Although Cai Mao did not refuse, he only said that he would wait for Cai Yu to recover. How could Liu Biao not see it?

Thinking of the deep-seated reason why Cai Yu went to Wancheng, Liu Biao couldn't help being ashamed, and immediately wanted to take revenge on Li Yi, but there was nothing he could do, so he could do nothing.

As for venting his anger at the Cai family, he doesn't have the confidence, and if he really wants to do that, Li Yi will probably applaud him.

Therefore, Liu Biao was not reconciled, so he thought of an idea and decided to let Kuai Yue come back and give Jingzhou a rest. He left Xiangyang and went to live in Nanjun.

This situation made Liu Biao feel very bad, so he hurriedly wrote to Kuai Liang, explaining his intention to let Kuai Yue come back, and hinted that in the future, the Jingzhou aristocratic family should be headed by the Kuai family.

But during the Chinese New Year, when Kuai Liang returned to Xiangyang, he told Liu Biao face to face that Kuai Yue's comeback would inevitably intensify the conflict between Xiangyang and Nanyang, which would be detrimental to Liu Biao, so it was absolutely not advisable. He honestly stays at home to study and cultivate his character.

Kuai Liang spoke very politely at that time, as if he was really thinking of Liu Biao, but Liu Biao only felt cold all over his body when he heard it.

What does not intensify the conflict between Xiangyang and Nanyang? It sounds good. In fact, it is that the Kuai family does not want to have another conflict with Li Yi. Reminiscent of Kuai Liang’s previous move to build momentum for Li Yi in Nanjun, there is a deep meaning in it. Liu Biao never dared to Think down.

But after getting in touch with Kuai and Cai, other Jingzhou officials and aristocratic families, I don't know if they got some kind of instruction or they guessed something, Liu Biao always felt that this Xiren's attitude towards him was also alienated, and sometimes he even looked at him in the same way. Somewhat weird.

Therefore, this new year, for Liu Biao, was really not happy at all. The departure of his old wife made Liu Biao's sluggish spirit even worse, and he even had the idea of ​​complaining to the court for a while.

By the way, Liu Qi is also responsible for this. God knows how naive this young man is, and he even took Li Yi's article to ask Liu Biao for advice. Thanks to Liu Biao's relatively strong body, otherwise he might be angry.

Liu Biao felt that being a shepherd in this state was really boring, and even some old friends from the past secretly expressed in letters that a man should be broad-minded, and don't get angry with young people and ruin his reputation.

In fact, it means that Liu Biao shouldn't send someone to assassinate Li Yi, ruining his reputation.

Liu Biao wanted to vomit blood when he saw those letters. If the time could be restarted, he would definitely ask someone to kill Li Yi. It's not like now, he didn't do anything, but his reputation was stinky.

But Liu Biao is Liu Biao after all. Historically, he has controlled Jingzhou for 20 years. Even if his character is not domineering enough, how can he be weak?

After a short period of depression, Liu Biao made a series of personnel changes under the premise of not touching the interests of Kuai and Cai as much as possible.

First of all, Liu Biao summoned Huang Zhong back to Xiangyang on the grounds of the New Year's report, and then ordered Huang Zhong to lead an army of about 5000 people outside the city. The original [-] people in Jingnan were led by Liu Pan.

Compared with the previous joint command of the army with Liu Pan in Jingnan, the arrangement for Huang Zhong is somewhat improved now, but Huang Zhong left the old army, and his control over the soldiers and horses under his command is far less than before.

To be more realistic, in Jingnan, Huang Zhongneng killed Liu Pan, and he controlled the 5000-man army. Although he alone leads an army, his actual power has been greatly reduced. It can make the army's heart and belly clean up Huang Zhong.

Obviously, Liu Biao knew about Huang Zhong's son, and he wanted to win over Huang Zhong, but he was also afraid that he would fall to Li Yi, so he adopted this method.

Liu Biao also asked Jiyu Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangxia, who also returned to Xiangyang to report on his duties. He hoped that Huang Zu could help him with the current situation.

But although Huang Zu had a good relationship with Liu Biao and was willing to help Liu Biao, letting him live in Xiangyang was far less enjoyable than in Jiangxia. In addition, this matter was too difficult to operate, so Huang Zu rejected Liu Biao's proposal, but It's not that Huang Zu didn't say anything, he recommended his general Su Fei to Liu Biao, and also sent two thousand elites to Liu Biao for deployment. Although these people were not many, they were quite a lot, and more importantly, Liu Biao didn't worry about it.

In addition, Liu Biao also began to reuse Zhang Hu, Chen Sheng and other generals who were not valued at first, either by giving him official positions or rewarding money. Righteousness, and even promoted two levels.