Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

However, in order to appease people's hearts, Li Yi also revealed that he is negotiating with Liu Biao. As long as the negotiation is in place, the Nanyang soldiers and horses are likely to take action.

Although Li Yi's answer was a bit vague, it was still an explanation. In addition, people in the world now basically believe that Liu Biao sent someone to assassinate Li Yi. Therefore, Li Yi's hesitation was understandable, and no one continued to talk about it after that. The problem continued.

Halfway through the banquet, Li Yi went back to the front and sat down. Someone came to toast Li Yi alone one after another. Of course, the toast is second. The important thing is to express some attitude during the toast, such as expressing his firm support for Li Yi's work in the future How about something like that, or just be more direct, expressing congratulations for the academy, and sending some food, pig iron or something to Li Yi

Those who came to do these things were all invited guests. As for Li Yi's own people, no one was messing around, but after everyone was almost done, he saw Pang Ji walking up to Li Yi with a box in his hand, and said softly: : "My lord."

"Zi Shang, why did you come to give me a gift?"

Li Yi laughed and joked, but his brows were frowned, and there was a trace of regret in the depths of his eyes. This time the academy opened, his vice presidents, besides Cai Yong and Huang Chengyan, originally Li Yi had prepared The position of a vice-principal is Lord Pang De.

But Mr. Pang De was too difficult to invite. Liu Biao had been rejected three times earlier, and everyone knew about it, so that Li Yi didn't dare to come to the door rashly, even though he felt itchy.

Later, Li Yi approached Huang Chengyan and asked him to help, but Huang Chengyan said self-effacingly that he himself, a hermit, is actually trying to gain fame, and Pang Degong is a scholar of heaven and man, but he has no self-satisfaction in his official career. Li Yi may spend some energy on it. Friends, but I want to make it difficult for Mr. Pang De to be a minister!

So, Li Yi knew that Mr. Pound and Tao Yuanming are two kinds of people. If you give him enough face and let him be chic, you can coax him to do things for you, but Mr. Pound is a real hermit. If you want nothing, it will be difficult to start.

But Li Yi was still somewhat unwilling, so he wrote a rare letter in his own hand a few days ago and asked Pang Ji to take the letter to Duke Pang De.

In order to attract Mr. Pang De's attention, Li Yi expressed many of his views and viewpoints in the letter, which exploded a lot of dry stuff that can make people admire. Long, but in the end it turned out that Lord Pound still didn't come.

Pang Ji specifically asked Li Yi for this, but Li Yi didn't blame him carefully, but it was inevitable that he felt depressed.

So, seeing Pang Ji giving him a gift, Li Yi thought he was trying to make amends or something, Li Yi was a little unhappy, he was really careless, wouldn't it be misleading for Pang Ji to do this?

Seeing that Li Yi seemed a little depressed, Pang Ji hurriedly explained: "My lord, this item was not prepared by Ji, but was sent by my uncle as a congratulatory gift from the Lord's Academy."

"Oh?"

Li Yi's expression changed slightly. Since it was sent by Mr. Pang De, the previous unhappiness dissipated, and turned into anticipation, and quickly said: "Hurry up and have a look with me."

"Here!"

Pang Ji responded, and put the box in front of Li Yi. Seeing this, Jia Xu and the others also came over, curious about what the Pound Guild gave Li Yi.

Pang Ji opened the box, and there was a stack of leather scrolls on it. Pang Ji held it up and handed it to Li Yi, saying: "When my uncle traveled around the world in his early years, he liked mountains and rivers. Everywhere he went, there were records. Uncle learned that the lord is a wise man. My lord, to keep the people safe and healthy, I compiled the previous atlases, including the topographic maps of Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and Yuzhou, as well as other prefectures and counties, and handed them over to Marquis Xiang today, hoping to help the great cause of the lord."

Hearing this, Li Yi was so excited that he didn't even have time to respond to Pang Ji. He picked up the top picture and saw that it was Jiangxia's topographic map of mountains and rivers. The outlines of rivers and mountains were all marked. The maps of later generations are not accurate, but for now, they are better than most of the maps Li Yi has seen.

In ancient wars, due to information and geographical limitations, in slightly remote places, the marching often had to rely on scouts to open the way, and walked forward rashly with a dull head. It was easy to be ambushed, or even lead a large group of troops to go the wrong way. This kind of thing sounds like this Ridiculous, but there have been many similar situations in history.

But now that I have the topographic map sent by Lord Pang De, it can be said that within the three states, Li Yi's soldiers and horses will have great convenience in marching. Don't underestimate this convenience. An hour or two of the enemy's advance may be enough to determine the success or failure of the battle.

Li Yi couldn't bear to look down a few more, and then came back to his senses, looked at Pang Ji and said with emotion: "Pang Gong is such a generous gift, Yi is so happy, alas, Zishang, tell me, Pang Gong really can't come In Nanyang, Li can promise that apart from teaching and educating people, he will never force Pang Gong to do anything against his will."

The people next to Li Yi also looked at Pang Ji. They were all smart people, so they naturally knew the value of the map sent by Mr. Pang De.

Being watched by everyone, Pang Ji was under a lot of pressure, he lowered his head and smiled wryly: "Please look, my lord, there is one more thing in the box."

Pang Ji took out a roll of bamboo slips from the box, and said: "Uncle said, there are two proud things in his life, one is these topographic maps, but although these are helpful to the lord, they can only help the lord. For a while."

Li Yi's eyes lit up, and he asked: "Mr. Pang is too modest, I don't know what the other is"

Pang Ji unfolded the bamboo slips and said: "In the time before my uncle, apart from traveling, most of them were studying the "Book of Changes". Today, what I present to you is the general outline of the Book of Changes. Annotations, a total of more than 30 articles, have been sent to the city for the Lord."

After a pause, Pang Ji's tone changed slightly, and he said: "Uncle asked Ji to tell the lord that the way of the Book of Changes is the way of the Book of Changes, even if the uncle has devoted all his efforts, he dare not say that he can get a glimpse of it. I also hope that the lord will choose a trustworthy person to teach it. If you can study it carefully, it can be used by the lord, whether it is thunder, fire, wind and rain, or the sun and the moon."

When Pang Ji said this, he was a little guilty. He actually lied. After receiving Li Yi's invitation, Pang Degong came to Wancheng directly. Even just now, Pang Degong witnessed Li Yi's performance in the crowd.

Then Lord Pang De recruited Pang Ji and said that he had a very high evaluation of Li Yi. Pang Ji was very happy. He felt that with Lord Pang De around, his back would be hardened. After a pause, he gave him the wooden box and asked Pang Ji to give it to Li Yi. As for himself, he said that he was going to travel around the world and asked Pang Ji to work hard with Li Yi, don't worry about it, and then left

At that time, Pang Ji was in a mess. He couldn't understand why Mr. Pang De was like this, but he didn't dare to disobey. He could only give the things to Li Yi according to Mr. Pang De's instructions. But after explaining Mr. Pang De's words, Pang Ji felt that Mr. Pang De's gift was true. They are all "treasures", but the second gift seems to be a bit too much. Does Li Yi feel that he is bragging?

Pang Ji was still restless, and didn't notice that Li Yi subconsciously grabbed the scroll of bamboo slips after hearing what he said, as if he was afraid that someone would come and snatch it away, until he realized that he had overreacted. Only then did Li Yi let go of his hand, and then took the bamboo slips to look at them carefully.

This volume of bamboo slips is the general outline of the Book of Changes. After each entry, there is a similar subtitle, and then it is added which volume the specific annotations are in.

After a while, Li Yi carefully closed the bamboo slips. He knew who Zhuge Liang learned his skills from.

Li Yi put the bamboo slips back into the box, feeling joy and comfort in his heart, but also regrets.

Because Li Yi knew that Duke Pang De sent these things out, which naturally meant that there was no possibility of him becoming an official at all.

Li Yizheng sighed, and suddenly seeing Pang Ji's expression tense, he couldn't help shaking his head and smiling, and then said to him seriously: "The gift from Pang Gong is worthless, please tell me about it, and the Pang family will live up to it." Li Yi, Li Yi will live up to the Pang family!"

Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 394: Conquering the South General!

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Wenpin's figure swayed slightly, but Li Yi's question gave him a deep sense of powerlessness.

Indeed, Wenpin has that self-confidence, relying on his prestige, he is absolutely sure to grab Zhang Yun's military power, but things can't be done like that, Wenpin is not that kind of person, not to mention, this is a war, it's too taboo Things can't be done, otherwise he would snatch Zhang Yun's military power, and it is estimated that he will receive the "reward" from Yuan Shu the next day.

As for seeking Liu Biao's death advice, hehe

Before, we had a bad quarrel with Liu Biao, Wenpin resigned from office, and Liu Biao invited him several times, but Wenpin stayed behind closed doors, which made Liu Biao very dissatisfied with Wenpin, and he didn’t even allow anyone to mention Wenpin’s name in front of him. .

But after what happened in Jiangxia, Wenpin couldn't sit still. If Liu Biao recruited him again at this time, Wenpin would definitely agree to it without hesitation. He did this not for Liu Biao, but for Jingzhou. Naturally, grievances are nothing.

However, Liu Biao did not invite Wenpin, which shows that Liu Biao still remembers what happened at the beginning. If Wenpin came to the door at this time and expressed his willingness to listen to Liu Biao, with Liu Biao's heart, he would definitely accept him, but if it was according to what Li Yi said , Wenpin passed at this point in time, let Liu Biao change his orders day and night, and changed his generals just before the battle, or changed Liu Biao's trusted generals. It is impossible to think about it.

"Zhongye, come here, don't be in a hurry, sit down and talk slowly if you have something to say."

At this time, Guo Jia got up with a smile and pulled Wen Pin back. Wen Pin was slightly entangled, and Guo Jia took advantage of the opportunity to push him to the seat. After a few mouthfuls, he was really depressed.

Li Yi and Guo Jia exchanged meaningful glances, cleared their throats, and said, "After Li heard the news that day, he was in a difficult situation and wanted to send troops. However, Mr. Wen He advised that if I go to Jiangxia to meet Yuan Shu , it is very difficult to support each other with Huang Zu, and Liu Biao will never send a single soldier to Jiangxia until all the soldiers under my command are dead or injured. I will probably have to assign soldiers and horses to raise food by myself."

Wenpin is a general who leads troops, so he naturally understands what it means to raise food by himself.

"In such a situation, Li's previous hard work will all disappear and he will return to his white body. Even if he saves his life for a while, the winner after the event, whether it is Liu Biao or Yuan Shu, will never tolerate my life. General Wen is a man. Smart man, do you think what I said is true or not?"

Wenpin lowered his head, although he didn't speak, he acquiesced to this meaning.

Li Yi smiled slightly and continued, "General Wen lives in Wancheng, so he must know that Liu Biao has refused to subsidize food and grass in Nanyang. I went to Yangzhou a few years ago, and at that time I noticed that Yuan Shu was recruiting and buying horses, sharpening his knives. It is a sign of war, but because there is no conclusive evidence, so I dare not speak nonsense, let alone tell Liu Biao, I can only recruit as many soldiers and horses as possible, just in case, but the lack of weapons and armor makes it impossible to form an army, and I have to be bold. Liu Biao begged, but my emissary was kicked out by Liu Biao, alas, Li has lost all face!"

Wenpin didn't answer the question. In fact, in his opinion, Li Yi and Liu Biao are not as kind as they seem on the surface. If you have to compare, except that Liu Biao's assassination of Li Yi is too wrong, the other two people It's almost the same.

One is not broad-minded enough, a lot of age, can't even tolerate a young man, and the other is terrible, doesn't do things in a down-to-earth manner, and thinks about climbing up every day. If such two people can get along, they will be damned.

Li Yi didn't know that Wenpin was planning him in his mind, and continued to say: "General Wen is an upright person, so I won't be fooled. To tell you the truth, I have [-] soldiers under my command. Although the morale is good, but More than [-]% of them usually use wooden shields and wooden spears, and they cannot go into battle at all."

"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."