Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

"So, with Li's current situation, it's fine to just protect himself in Nanyang. It's really difficult for General Jiang Xiawen to send troops."

"Ugh."

Wen Pin sighed, and said: "Wen knows that Marquis Xiang is in trouble, but as long as Marquis Xiang is willing to send troops, Pin has more than [-] sets of armor and weapons in his family, and he is willing to give them all to Marquis Xiang without taking any money!"

Li Yi glanced at Wenpin in surprise. He knew that many aristocratic families have a large number of weapons and armor hidden in their homes these days. If something happens, the owner of the family can quickly form a private army with an order. Some private soldiers The level of elite is even better than that of the official army, which is also one of the backgrounds of the aristocratic family.

However, Li Yi did not expect that Wenpin was willing to take out the bottom of the box at home for the sake of Jingzhou.

If it were Li Yi, he would never be so generous.

For people like Wenpin, no matter what Li Yi said, he would respect him in his heart. Therefore, Li Yi stopped being tricky and said: "General Wen's hard heart, Li admires him, so, let's do that." Let’s be blunt, as long as we do the following, Li will be able to send troops to Jiangxia immediately, and he will surely win!”

Seeing Li Yi's resolute tone, Wen Pin couldn't help being shocked, and hurriedly sat up straight, pretending to listen attentively.

"First, this battle is for both Jiangxia and Jingzhou. As the prefect of Nanyang, if Li wants to participate in the battle, the required weapons and armor, as well as food and grass should be replenished by Liu Shijun. We must leave Nanyang as many as possible!"

"Secondly, the grievances and grievances between Yi and Liu Biao will not be repeated. It is really unwilling to ask someone to help him. Therefore, Liu Biao must personally invite Li Yi to send troops!"

Wenpin nodded lightly. He felt that the two points were not too difficult. Liu Biao now placed all his hopes on Anlu, hoping to block the advance of the Yangzhou Army, but Wenpin knew that the city of Anlu was not as tall as Xiling. The storage of food and grass is not as good as that of Xiling. Even if Zhang Yun's more than ten thousand soldiers and horses enter the city smoothly, at most they can only help Huang Zu hold on for more than a month. Or to boost morale, once the siege started at all costs, Anlu would only persist for two or three days at most.

As for Anlu, there is no barrier to the east of Xiangyang. If the imperial court has no troops to help, no matter whether Liu Biao is willing or not, he has to ask Li Yi for help, because it is not a matter of face, but a matter of life and death for the entire Jingzhou, even Liu Biao. If Li Yi is not invited, others will force him to invite Li Yi.

Wenpin thought that Li Yi was talking about these two points, and was about to nod his head. He still has many friends in Xiangyang. He can be a middleman to facilitate this matter by mobilizing his relationship. Li Yi did not want to show three fingers again, and then said : "There is one more thing, which is also the most important one. When Li sends troops, he must obtain the imperial order. If there is no imperial order, even if Xiangyang City is destroyed, Li Yi will never send a single soldier!"

"Imperial decree, how could this happen?"

Wenpin was stunned. He didn't expect that Li Yi wanted the imperial decree. This is really a bit too much. Does the imperial decree mean that he wants it?Moreover, even if there was an imperial edict issued by the imperial court to urge local officials to deal with Yuan Shu, it would still be given to Liu Biao in terms of emotion and reason.

In Wenpin's view, Li Yi's request was almost impossible to fulfill, and he couldn't help but began to wonder if Li Yi used this as an excuse to refuse to send troops.

Li Yiwenpin's complexion was not good, and he smiled secretly in his heart. Naturally, he would not tell Wenpin that before the news of Jiang Xia reached Nanyang, he had already sent that hapless boy Wang Can back to Chang'an as an envoy.

Li Yi prepared a lot of property for Wang Can, and asked Wang Can to settle down temporarily after entering Chang'an. When the Jingzhou battle report was introduced to Chang'an, and when everyone knew that Liu Biao had been defeated repeatedly and could not stop Yuan Shu at all, he sent those properties to Li Yi. In Jue's house, try to persuade Li Jue to recommend Li Yi as the general who conquers the South!Let Li Yi lead the war in Jingzhou, conquer Yuan Shu, and put down the chaos in Jingzhou!

Li Yi's current title is General Zuo, and Liu Biao is General Zhennan. Simply speaking, in terms of rank, Liu Biao is higher, but the difference is not big. If both are officials in the court, it can even be ignored, but in terms of locality It is said that Li Yi's left general was thrown away by Liu Biao in one fell swoop.

Four expeditions and four towns, such titles of generals are generally awarded to those who hold military and political power in the local area.

For example, Liu Biao served as the shepherd of Jingzhou, and the imperial court named him General Zhennan to guard Jingzhou.

Just after Chinese New Year, Tao Qian sent people to pay tribute to the emperor, who was rewarded by the emperor, and Tao Qian was named General An Dong, which meant the same as Liu Biao.

These are general titles with substantive meanings for different regions, but Li Yi’s Zuo General, although noble, lacks such a meaning, especially in wartime, when the rank is pulled away immediately up.

This time, if Li Yi operates smoothly and gets the title of General Zhengnan, and at this critical time, it can be said that the court will let Li Yi take charge of the war in Jingzhou. Even if Yi directly forcibly seized Liu Biao's military power in this way, it can be justified in principle.

Just imagine, if Li Yi even took over Liu Biao's military power and drove away Yuan Shu, Li Yi wouldn't be able to grab the state shepherd's position. Li Yi's.

Because of the current situation in the world, what the imperial court seeks is stability, and there must be no more rebellion. As long as Li Yi has a firm grasp on Jingzhou soldiers and horses, the imperial court will not dare to cross the river and demolish the bridge at all. At most, it will come to him Officials at the frontier are just a little bit more blocking.

As for the possibility of Li Yi getting the title of General Conquering the South this time, after several discussions with several counselors around him, Li Yi believed that there was at least [-]% chance of success.

The first is Li Jue's side. Although the property Li Yi gave him is valuable, it does not lie in the property itself at all, but uses the property to express Li Yi's friendship.

Li Jue is now very powerful in Chang'an, and he is no less intimidating to the officials than Dong Zhuo, but for the whole world, because Li Yi killed Dong Zhuo, Li Jue is only a representative of the remnants of Xiliang's forces, and his power cannot be compared with that of Quan Sheng. Compared with Dong Zhuo, Li Yi would probably not refuse after Li Yi expressed his intention to befriend him. Anyway, all he had to do was push it, and it was not too cost-effective to exchange his favor with the imperial court's reward.

As for whether the officials in the court will object, some people will definitely object, but for more people, it doesn't matter if Li Yi is not Li Yi. Those who calmed down, however, those local forces near Yangzhou were either unable to fight, dared not fight, or had no way to fight, and few of them could come in handy.

In addition, there is another solution, which is to reactivate old generals like Huangfusong and Zhu Jun and let them lead the army to counter the rebellion.

It's just that these two old generals may have exhausted their spirits due to fighting for half their lives. They were not tough when facing Dong Zhuo and Li Jue and Guo Si, but stayed in the court for the elderly. They looked a little bit more reliable than Dong Zhuo, so what are the chances of them going out again?

Even if they are willing to go out, where will the soldiers come from, and where will they come from?

The former horse boys are now the management side. Even though they are thinking of the old kindness in their hearts, it is too difficult for them to turn around and continue to be small, and even if they are willing, their subordinates will not.

Therefore, combining many factors, as long as there is Li Jue's recommendation, and the court does not have a suitable general to use, the court's dead horse will be used as a living horse doctor, just like no one could kill Hua Xiong at the beginning, and Li Yi found him in the end. The same as the opportunity to play, Li Yi really has a great chance of ascending to the position of General Zhengnan this time.

If someone obstructs it, or wants Li Yi to be someone's coolie, I'm sorry, Li Yi definitely doesn't mind being a second-to-none boy, he doesn't believe it, when Liu Biao or other forces are defeated by Yuan Shu, How will the court choose.

Li Yi told Wang Can that if Li Jue's recommendation fails, let him stay in Chang'an, and when the war situation in Jingzhou gets worse again, he will visit Li Yi's old father-in-law, Fu Wan, please come forward, I recommend Li Yi again.

This time, in order to conquer the position of General Nan, Li Yi went all out. Regardless of the previous unhappiness, he called Fu Shou, and the two wrote a letter to Fu Wan together, to the effect that he would help him out of Weng's son-in-law's sake. Hey, hello, hello, everyone, of course, Li Yi also implicitly said that if you don't help, I will take your daughter to escape in the future.

Li Yi believes that Fu Wan has also heard about his affairs in Nanyang. Li Yi obviously has a good future now.

Thinking of General Zhengnan who might be in his hands, Li Yi couldn't help but smile, looking at Wenpin inexplicably, he couldn't help asking: "Why is Xianghou laughing?"

"cough cough"

Li Yi knew that he had lost his composure, coughed dryly, and forcibly changed the subject: "It's nothing. In fact, in order to deal with future wars, I have already prepared for it. When the time is right, I can send troops. It's just that now the front army and the rear army have commanders. Only the Chinese army still lacks a general, I wonder if General Wen will be willing to serve with me in the Chinese army in the future?"

Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 381

"This"

Wenpin immediately fell into hesitation.

As early as the first time he asked to see Li Yi, Wenpin thought that Li Yi might take the opportunity to recruit him, and he was prepared for this situation in his heart.

Speaking of which, as early as when Li Yi was still in Xiangyang, Jia Xu wanted to see Wenpin many times, and Wenpin was a little aware of it at that time. Later, when Li Yi returned to Wancheng, Wenpin was completely sure that Li Yi wanted to recruit him.

However, although Wenpin had an unhappiness with Liu Biao at the time, in the end there was no real enmity, but if he followed Li Yi, Liu Biao would lose face completely, so Wenpin avoided this matter.

Now that such a big event happened in Jingzhou, Liu Biao was still there, still crony, Wenpin was completely disappointed with Liu Biao, so naturally he didn't care about his previous concerns.

However, if Wenpin is allowed to follow Li Yi, there is a prerequisite, that is, Li Yi sent troops to Jiangxia to stop Yuan Shu, otherwise, why would Wenpin follow Li Yi? Could it be possible to fight Xiangyang?

Therefore, Li Yi's offer of solicitation now makes Wenpin very embarrassed, and he agrees, but he is a little unwilling.

If you don't agree, don't you offend Li Yi?

Just when Wenpin was hesitating, Li Yi added to him very considerately: "General Wen, don't worry, Li just admires the general's talent, so he couldn't help asking this question, not to embarrass the general, let the general immediately Give in to Li."

Seeing that Li Yi spoke politely and didn't seem to be embarrassing, Wen Pin bowed his body and cupped his hands, waiting for Li Yi's next words.

Li Yi continued: "Li just wanted a promise from the general today. How about joining me again when I send troops to Jiangxia to fight Yuan Shu? As for before that, Li promises that he will never ask the general to do anything." Embarrassment."

Li Yi obviously took a step back, and it was just in line with Wenpin's original expectations. Wenpin breathed a sigh of relief, and after a moment of pondering, he solemnly replied: "As long as the Marquis Xiang can drive away the foreign thieves for Jingzhou, Wen will So what if I hand over my life to Marquis Xiang?"

"Hahaha!"

Li Yi couldn't help laughing, patted Wenpin's shoulder vigorously, and said happily: "In the future, with Zhongye's help, Yuan Shu's reckless generation, why can't he break it with his backhand?"

"Hey, the Marquis of Xiang is too famous, and Wen is ashamed."