Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Now that he had achieved his goal, Yi Ji didn't want to stay any longer, so he got up and asked, "Since that's the case, why not go back to Xiangyang now and discuss this matter with the envoy, so that the Marquis of Xiang can send troops as soon as possible?"

Li Yi waved his hand and said, "No hurry, no hurry, Li hasn't finished talking yet."

Seeing this, Yi Ji could only sit down again, suppressing his eagerness, and waited for Li Yi to write.

Li Yi said: "The 20 grain and [-] soldiers mentioned earlier are the same as before. I think you won't have any objections, will you?"

"Yes, it is natural."

That being said, in fact, Yi Ji wanted to leave overnight just now, so he meant to skip the matter because Li Yi didn't open his mouth.

"That's fine."

Li Yi smiled and said: "In this way, the matter can be settled roughly, but in the end, Li still needs to ask Liu Shijun for someone!"

"I don't know who Xianghou wants?"

Yi Ji was a little strange, he thought that Li Yi would ask for something else as an excuse, but he didn't expect that Li Yi wanted someone, which made Yi Ji puzzled.

Li Yi paused for a moment, and then slowly said: "I heard that before Cao Cao sent envoys to Xiangyang, conspired with Liu Shijun, and wanted to put Li to death. I don't know if this is true or not?"

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Yi Ji's breathing suddenly became much heavier, and his forehead also tended to sweat. He was shocked and angry, and hated those guys who passed the news to Li Yi.

However, Yiji's face was also very thick at the critical moment. Although his forehead was wet, he still said without changing his face: "Cao Cao does have an envoy in Xiangyang, but he definitely has no intention of murdering the Marquis of Xiang!"

Li Yi chuckled, too lazy to distinguish with Yi Ji, but said: "Cao Cao first made people humiliate me, and then conspired to harm me. He couldn't breathe, and Li's thoughts were not clear, so Li decided to send troops. Let Cao Cao's envoys come to offer sacrifices to the flag, by the way, that person is called Mao Jie, right?"

Yi Ji said with a bitter face: "Mr. Xiang, this is not very good, is it?"

Li Yi frowned, and said with a cold snort: "Why, Li went out to fight for Liu Shijun, and the casualties are tens of millions, but Liu Shijun is reluctant to even give up some small envoys from other people's families. Is it possible that he is still thinking about the future? With that Cao Cao plotting against someone Li?"

Yi Ji shook his head again and again. The relationship between Liu Biao and Cao Cao was already dead, but that didn't mean that Liu Biao could give Cao Cao's envoy to Li Yi to sacrifice the flag.

Although the world is chaotic these days, the bosses are still very particular about their work. When the two armies are at war, it is absolutely necessary not to kill them. Just like Mao Jie, as long as the court does not order, Liu Biao will not embarrass him, and even ask for a period of time If there is no movement from the imperial court, Liu Biao will politely send Mao Jie back to Yanzhou.

This is demeanor, and it is also the default rule of the big shots, but if Liu Biao sent Mao Jie to Li Yi to vent his anger in order to beg Li Yi to send troops, it would be too immoral, and Liu Biao would definitely become the laughing stock of the world.

Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 391 His Poisoner, My Licorice

After all, Yiji set off overnight and returned to Xiangyang.

Although Yiji was unwilling in every possible way, when Li Yi insisted that if he didn't give him Mao Jie to kill the sacrificial flag, there would be nothing to talk about, Yiji could only bite the bullet and agree.

In fact, Yi Ji was quite puzzled. Even if Li Yi was angry with Cao Cao, he could make a fuss about Cao Cao's collusion with Yuan Shu. There was no need to stare at a mere Mao Jie.

Killing Mao Jie is not only bad for Liu Biao's reputation, but also defeats Li Yi's character, which is not worthwhile, and with Li Yi's wisdom, it shouldn't be so.

So, after thinking about it, Yiji finally felt that the biggest possibility was that Li Yi wanted to vent his anger on the woman in his family who was said to be effervescently beautiful.

He sighed, and then Yiji began to think, in order for Li Yi to contribute well in the following battles, maybe Liu Biao could find some beautiful women for him and send them there.

If Li Yi knew that Yi Ji had misdirected his intentions on women, he would laugh until his stomach ached.

Indeed, everyone has a love of beauty, especially for those who have left their names in history, Li Yi loves them all the more, but Li Yike has not yet reached the point where he has become dizzy, let alone Diao Chan did not sway Li Yi. Even if Yi killed Cao Cao's envoy, Li Yi would not agree even if he was forced to do so.

Who is Mao Jie? Li Yi doesn't remember the details of Mao Jie's life very clearly, but there are two points that Li Yi is very impressed with.

First of all, there are words like "accepting the emperor to order the princes" or "serving the emperor to order the princes". During the Three Kingdoms period, several people said that Cao Cao's being called a traitor had a lot to do with this sentence, and he raised this to Cao Cao. It was Mao Jie who made the first plan, and Cao Cao did exactly what Mao Jie said, and also used this to gain a great advantage in the middle and early stages of the struggle for hegemony.

Whether Li Yi wants to follow Cao Cao's route, let alone for the time being, the important thing is that history has proved that the policy Mao Jie gave at the beginning was very suitable for Cao Cao, and it can be described as Cao Wei's version of Longzhong. Great talent is never an exaggeration.

In addition, because Mao Jie was an upright and honest official, someone in later generations gave him the nickname of "anti-corruption fighter", which again gave Mao Jie extra points.

As the protagonist, Li Yi is in the stage of "starting a business" again. He needs to win people's hearts, so he can't be too harsh on his subordinates. Inevitably, there will be a very serious problem, that is, some officials who are close to Li Yi are arrogant, relying on Li Yi's attention and protection to corrupt the law and oppress the good.

Naturally, Li Yi can punish those people severely, and the punishment is official, but people's hearts are so complicated. Li Yi indulges his subordinates, some people will be unscrupulous, Li Yi is too harsh on his subordinates, and some people think Li Yi is cool, and then Criticism.

Therefore, Li Yi will definitely do the clean government, but he will not end in person. Therefore, Li Yi needs a stern and selfless judge to let him maintain the officialdom and beat those who have stepped on the line. Take away the hatred of those people, and Li Yi only needs to burst into tears or can't eat when someone's head is beheaded. This will not only show his affection, but also achieve the effect of punishing lawlessness.

Li Yi had only Zhuge Xuan who was barely suitable for this role, but Zhuge Xuan's character was too soft and his health was not good, so it was not a long-term solution. Li Yi had been looking for someone else, so when he heard that Mao Jie appeared in Xiangyang, Li Yi Yi was not annoyed at Cao Cao's calculations at all, but laughed three times, thanking Cao Cao for sending him the future director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau.

Therefore, as soon as Yiji came to Nanyang, Li Yi regarded Mao Jie as one of the goals of the negotiation, and it was a goal that must be achieved. Just to save trouble, Li Yi had to ask Mao Jie in the name of offering sacrifices to the flag. How to keep Mao Jie in the future, Li Yi hasn't figured it out yet, but he himself estimates that Mao Jie should not be born and died for Cao Cao now, it is not difficult to persuade Mao Jie, if not, then lock it up first If you raise him for three or five years, don't believe that he won't give in.

After sending Yi Ji away, Li Yi went to see Yuan Shu's envoy Han Yin overnight, and then confessed what he had said to Yi Ji almost unabashedly.

This was what Li Yi had thought about a long time ago. Based on his private negotiations with Liu Biao, some rumors would definitely leak out. If Yuan Shu was aware of something, he would definitely strengthen his defenses. Therefore, Li Yi simply did not cover up. He took the initiative to tell Yuan Shu his plan. Of course, regarding the ultimate goal, Li Yi naturally had another argument:

The city of Xiangyang is high and deep, and Yuan Shu's army can attack by force. Although it can be conquered, it will take a long time and there will be countless casualties. As for the food and supplies spent, it is even more difficult to calculate. While making a response, it is very likely that Yuan Shu will no longer have the upper hand in the overall situation.

Therefore, Li Yi came up with his "ingenious plan", pretending to assist Liu Biao to send troops to fight against Yuan Shu, and then take over part of Xiangyang's city defense in the name of reinforcements. As long as he occupies a random city gate and lets Yuan Shu's army enter the city, Xiangyang City will be at your fingertips.

Han Yin was really excited when he heard Li Yi's "ingenious plan".

The reason why Yuan Shu did not advance quickly after taking Anlu was because Xiangyang City was too strong to be attacked, so he wanted to delay it. On the one hand, he repaired the army, and on the other hand, he lured Liu Biao to send troops to attack. In order to weaken the strength of Xiangyang's defenders on the field battlefield, it also used this to further damage the morale of the Jingzhou army.

But now with Li Yi's "ingenious plan", Yuan Shu doesn't have to work so hard. Han Yin, as the envoy, repeatedly expressed that he would ask Yuan Shu for credit for Li Yi, but Li Yi said very intimately that this matter was regarded as his relationship with Han Yin. Yin and Yin came up with it together, and everyone has credit for it after it's done.

Han Yin was so happy, he almost regarded Li Yi as his own brother, but he didn't realize that it was just Li Yi's poisonous bait for him because he was worried that Han Yin would not try his best to persuade Yuan Shu.

However, when it came to the specific date of dispatching troops at the end, Li Yi had a disagreement with Han Yin.

Han Yin wanted Li Yi to implement the plan as soon as possible and win Xiangyang in the shortest possible time, but Li Yi said that although the strategy was good, it was not easy for Liu Biao to fully trust him, or to really make up his mind to ask for help. Therefore, Li Yi's suggestion is to let Yuan Shu send troops after a while, first destroying the two groups of soldiers and horses of Huang Zhong and Zhang Hu along the road, and then Chen Bing under the city of Xiangyang, every day, false or real, or really attack, Or a feint attack, in short, it is to constantly put pressure on Xiangyang and completely push Liu Biao to a dead end. When Li Yi leads his troops there, Liu Biao must be like a man against the current, and he will definitely catch Li Yi's way vitality.

After Han Yin thought about it, he thought it made sense, so the matter was settled. Early the next morning, he hurried back to meet Yuan Shu with the news.

In fact, Han Yin has another mission here, which is to inquire about Yuan Huan's whereabouts.

Because after Yuan Huan sent a letter asking Yuan Shu to deliver military supplies to Cao Cao, he disappeared completely. Naturally, Yuan Shu couldn't ignore this matter.

First of all, Yuan Shu suspected Cao Cao, but after sending an envoy, Cao Cao refused to admit that he had asked him for the armor. Yuan Shu was very angry, but there was no evidence, so it was not good to directly accuse Cao Cao, so he asked Han Yin to ask Ask Li Yi if he knows any news here.

And Li Yi naturally just asked three questions. Han Yin originally wanted to investigate carefully, but after receiving Li Yi's clever plan and sharing half of the credit with him, Yuan Huan's matter was left behind. I care about it.

After sending Han Yin away, Li Yi didn't rush to do anything about the Jingzhou matter, and he didn't urge Liu Biao, but devoted himself to the final construction of the academy.

Originally, because the war in Jingzhou was earlier than expected, Li Yi wanted to put aside the matter of the academy, but Jia Xu firmly opposed it, saying that everything could be postponed, except the matter of the academy.

Li Yi was puzzled at first, but after Jia Xu explained to him in private, Li Yi finally understood Jia Xu's "hard work".

Li Yi had seen the number of college students given by Jia Xu before, and they were basically the children of his subordinates, especially those in the army. After all, there are so many people in the army, and there are only a few civil servants in total.

The reason why Jia Xu firmly opposed Li Yi's postponement of the academy's enrollment was because of those military children.