Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Wenpin felt that Li Yi praised too much, and waved his hands again and again to be modest, but Li Yi squinted his eyes. He was really very happy.

After learning about Wenpin's work and behavior, Li Yi felt that it was a bit difficult for him to join him, but Liu Biao's side, with the changes in the war, once Zhang Yun's troops were not strong enough, Liu Biao was likely to Recruiting Wenpin, thinking that Wenpin, which puts the whole Jingzhou in the first place, is likely to agree to Liu Biao's invitation.

For Li Yi in that situation, not only was he missing a general, but Wenpin would even confront Li Yi from the standpoint of Liu Biao in the future.

Because Wenpin is very prestigious among Jingzhou soldiers, if Li Yi gets Wenpin's help, it will probably be like Liu Bei's Yan Yan, which will make Li Yi a lot more convenient in the process of completely controlling Jingzhou, otherwise, it will be troublesome a lot.

Now although Li Yi didn't directly bring Wenpin under his command, he got Wenpin's promise, which was regarded as a deposit. As long as Li Yi's performance in the future didn't disappoint Wenpin too much, Wenpin would not run away in his hands.

Li Yi was very happy, so he naturally wanted Wenpin to stay at noon and have a good meal and drink together. Wenpin was not unreasonable, so he agreed.

And just when Li Yi started to eat and drink, in a small room not far behind, Jia Xu happened to arrange for Yi Ji who came from Xiangyang with a smile on his face, although Jia Xu was very considerate. Yiji prepared good food and drinks, and even accompanied him himself, but Yiji's heart was shattered.

It was a bit of a coincidence that Wenpin was welcomed into the prefect's mansion by Guo Jia, and Yiji followed, and the two almost met each other.

Before Guo Jia spread the word to the outside world, saying that Li Yi had something important to do, and he was not allowed to disturb him normally, so when the guards at the gate learned that Yi Ji was the envoy from Xiangyang, they did not notify Li Yi, but reported it to Jia Xu.

Who is Jia Xu? The old fox who ranks among the best in the Three Kingdoms, when he heard that he was from Xiangyang, he guessed in a blink of an eye what Yi Ji came here to ask for, the reason behind it, and Liu Biao's mentality.

So, Jia Xu wrote a note and asked someone to give it to Li Yi, and then went to see Yi Ji in person and talked with him.

Yiji and Jia Xu talked about the war in Jiangxia, Jia Xu told him that Yuan Shao in Hebei was very powerful, and Yiji said how Liu Biao was.

Jia Xu's words seemed to be rambling and changing the subject, but they seemed to contain deep meaning, and there was a hint of danger, Yi Ji's heart sank when he heard it, and he couldn't help but think about it.

After a while, Yiji couldn't stand it anymore, and said that he wanted to see Li Yi, but Jia Xu said that Li Yi had something important to do, and he couldn't get away, and couldn't see outsiders. Yiji had nothing to do, so he could only wait.

At noon, Yi Ji followed Jia Xu to the dining place, and vaguely heard the sound of talking and laughing from the partition wall, and then Yi Ji couldn't eat anymore, because he could tell that one of the voices was Li Yi , there is another one, but it is Wenpin!

Although Liu Biao made a preliminary countermeasure that night, Liu Biao didn't have a clue in his heart. Later, Yi Ji spoke up and asked Liu Biao to ask Li Yi for help. Although Liu Biao refused decisively at the time, Yi Ji's words were like a seed , soon sprouted in Liu Biao's heart.

So the next day, Liu Biao turned around and found Yiji, and asked Yiji to go to Nanyang quietly. There were two tasks. The first was to let Li Yi ignore the past and rescue Jiang Xia, and the second was to let Yiji go to Wenpin. Ask Wenpin to take charge of the army again.

Although there were some small conflicts with Wenpin, Liu Biao believed in Wenpin more than Cai Mao and Huang Zhong. In addition, the situation in Jingzhou was severe, so it was foreseeable that Liu Xiang would call for Wenpin, but it was only a matter of time.

For inviting Li Yi to send troops, Liu Biao's thoughts were much more complicated.

Now the whole Jingzhou, and even the whole world know that Liu Biao and Li Yi are not dealing with each other, and they are almost tearing their faces apart. For a face-saving person like Liu Biao, it is really too difficult to ask him to save his face and beg Li Yi to send troops. is impossible.

But Liu Biao made it clear on his own.

If Li Yi goes to Jiangxia to stop Yuan Shu, what is it? Dog bites dog. In Liu Biao's mind, Li Yi's Nanyang troops should not be weaker than Huang Zu's. People and horses, not to mention blocking Yuan Shu for three months, be careful, with the help of the city, two months is always enough, right?

With so much time, not to mention that Jingzhou can prepare properly, even the imperial court can come up with countermeasures, and Xiangyang will naturally be stable by then.

What Liu Biao lost was nothing more than some face.

Besides, after Yuan Shu retreated, even if Li Yi was not disabled by Yuan Shu, he was definitely tired of running the army. How could he pose a threat to him? Isn't it up to him?

From another point of view, as long as Li Yi can confront Yuan Shu early and form a grudge, even if Li Yi is defeated and leaves, Liu Biao can at least feel at ease in Nanyang, and there is no need to be afraid that Li Yi will suddenly fall to Yuan Shu.

It was under such circumstances that Yiji was ordered by Liu Biao to come to Wancheng. However, Yiji had no choice but to go when he heard Li Yi talking and laughing with another of his mission targets before he met the real master. Guess, has some ulterior connection been established between Li Yi and Wenpin?

This annoyed Yiji very much. He had inquired before that Wenpin had no contact with Li Yi when he was in Wancheng. Therefore, for his visit this time, considering that Li Yi is the prefect of Nanyang, he came to visit Li Yi first. As for Wenpin, we will make plans after meeting Li Yi.

But now that Li Yi has hooked up with Wenpin, it will be difficult for him to see Wenpin again in a short time.

It's fine if Li Yi doesn't want to send troops at all. If Li Yi intends to send troops, if he rashly contacts Wenpin, he will probably offend Li Yi and ruin his hopes.

During the meal, Yiji couldn't help asking Jia Xu, saying that the voice next door was familiar, but Li Yi and Wenpin, but Jia Xu is a modest and polite person, with a gentle smile that represents not eating or sleeping, He blocked Yiji's question back.

However, Yiji is also a person with a relatively good mentality. Although the unexpected discovery at noon caused a certain amount of pressure in his heart, Yiji was not discouraged. He forcibly settled down, and then he should eat, drink, and prepare to wait in person. Try again when you see Li Yi, anyway, you can't lose your momentum first.

Jia Xu saw Yi Ji's performance in his eyes, and nodded secretly, thinking that Yi Ji was a good-natured person, and he admired him a little bit, so after dinner, before Yi Ji could figure out how to start the conversation with Li Yi, Jia Xu told Yi Ji first , I'm sorry, the prefect is diligent and has already reviewed the documents. Do you think you should continue to wait here, or cough, find a place to sleep, and see if Li Yi has time when you wake up?

Yi Ji had a stomachache at the time, what could he do, just keep waiting.

However, two hours later, when Yiji asked Li Yi again if he had time, he was told that the prefect was worried about the people outside the city and had already gone out to inspect the city, why don't you wait?

Yiji almost vomited his lunch when he heard the words. When he asked before serving tea, he said that Li Yi was working, but he ran out of the city in the blink of an eye. Could it be that he couldn't fly?

At this time, if Yiji couldn't see that there was a problem, he would be stupid.

However, as Liu Biao's envoy, before Yi Ji confirmed that Li Yi simply wanted to embarrass himself, put Liu's face on the surface, or that he didn't want to see him at all, he suppressed his dissatisfaction and told the prefect's mansion that he If there is something urgent, can you please prepare a carriage for him and let him go outside the city to meet Li Xianghou.

Regarding this aspect, no one in the prefect's mansion made things difficult for Yiji, and soon someone prepared a carriage for him, a coachman, and a few guards to carry Yiji out of the city, heading for Anmin Town in the northwest.

Although Yiji really wanted to see Li Yi soon, his mind was not messed up. He was watching the people he met along the way through the curtains and seeing what the people in Wancheng looked like. But Yiji was greatly surprised.

Before Yiji entered the city, he entered the city through the south gate, and there were few people outside the south gate, so he could not see anything, but now he came out from the west gate, and as far as Yiji could see, the people, old and young, were all doing their own thing, with a calm expression on their faces. There was no sign of panic.

Seeing this, Yi Ji couldn't help thinking of Xiangyang.

After the news of Jiangxia's war spread, the people outside Xiangyang City were in panic all day long, swarming into the city, as if Yuan Shu had already been killed.

Comparing the two places, the difference is really too big.

Yi Ji was amazed in his heart, even if he was a member of Liu Biao, he had to admire Li Yi's strength. The people's stability was naturally all because of Li Yi.

In addition, there was another situation that Yi Ji was very concerned about. When Liu Biao was traveling, the people around the road would take the initiative to back off and then stand in the distance to salute, for fear of accidentally offending Liu Biao's majesty and attracting punishment.

This is not because Liu Biao was harsh on the people, but because the people were afraid of being an official.

However, Yiji found that since the horse-drawn carriage left the city, the nearby people would stop what they were doing when they saw the carriage, and came over on their own initiative, saluting the carriage from a distance that wasn't too close, but not too far away.

Yiji was curious, thinking that the time was not too far away, he called the coachman to stop, walked down by himself, met an old man who was about to salute the carriage, and said with a smile: "Old man, the younger generation Yiji, first arrived in Wancheng , there is something I don't understand, can I ask my husband to explain it for me?"

The old man didn't expect the carriage to stop in front of him, and when he saw someone coming down, he was so excited that his beard was shaking at first, but he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he saw a strange face getting off the carriage, but since it was this carriage that got off The old man also respected him from the bottom of his heart, and hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Excellency, feel free to say what you want. It's just that the old man has never read and read, so I'm afraid he doesn't know anything. If you say something wrong, I hope you will not blame me."

Yiji smiled and looked very affectionate. He took the old man's arm and asked, "May I ask the old man, most of the spring plowing is over now, but why are there still so many busy people on the road?"

"Ah, this, this is me waiting to build an academy for Marquis Li Xiang. These people have finished the work today and are going to go back to rest. I am an old man too."

Yiji nodded, and asked again: "I think the old man is not young, so it is quite hard work?"

The old man shook his head repeatedly and said: "It's not hard work, it's not hard work. Although I'm an old man, the Marquis Xiang doesn't dislike me. I just do some leisurely things, so I can have enough food for a day, and I can take some back with me."

As the old man said, he opened the basket by his side and let Yiji have a look. There was some food in it. Yiji estimated the amount, which could feed one person, but if it was just to save his life, it would be enough for a family of three to share.

"I see."

With a sound of agreement, Yi Ji carefully covered the basket for the old man, and continued to ask: "It's just that the old man has heard that Jiangxia is fighting now, and the people of Wancheng are not helping the defense of the city, but are managing the academy. In case Yuan Shu If troops come to attack, won't Wancheng be destroyed?"

Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 382 Yi Ji's Experience

The expression on the old man's face was obviously stunned when he heard the words. Yiji couldn't help showing a smile when he saw this. He felt that he had frightened the old man by talking about the Jiangxia war, but right away, Yiji felt something was wrong. .