Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Tao Qian actually wanted him to fight Yanzhou, which is simply a misfortune!

The reason for saving Xuzhou is not enough at all. If Li Yizhen goes to fight Yanzhou, others will only think that he is motivated by ambition, which will not only arouse Cao Cao's hatred, but also have a great impact on his reputation.

It can be seen from this that although Tao Qian begged Li Yi for help, he didn't value him very much in his heart, otherwise he wouldn't think of using him as a winner.

However, Li Yi's mood quickly returned to calm, and he felt that Tao Qian's thoughts were understandable. After all, he himself is not a good bird, isn't he also plotting against Tao Qian?

Li Yi asked Mi Fang to write back to Tao Qian, saying that he was willing to help Xuzhou and protect the people of Xuzhou, but he had some conflicts with Cao Cao, and it was unrealistic to mediate the matter with empty words, so the only way to go was to send troops.

It is absolutely impossible to send troops to Yanzhou. Li Yi said that although Cao Cao is messing around and committing heinous crimes, the people of Yanzhou are innocent, and Cao Cao's crimes cannot be borne by the innocent people of Yanzhou.

Then, Li Yi could only send troops to Xuzhou to help Tao Qian resist Cao Cao.

According to what Mi Fang said, although Tao Qian was willing to let Li Yi send troops to Xuzhou, he did not want Li Yi to send too many troops. Putting aside various concerns about details, Tao Qian mainly wanted to use "power" to suppress others. This attitude forced Cao Cao to retreat.

Li Yi's thinking is not like this, not to mention the lack of soldiers, his strategic goals cannot be achieved, but with Cao Cao's wisdom and his elite soldiers, if Li Yi's military strength is too different, he would not dare to fight against Cao Cao. Uniform.

So, Li Yi said that when he sent troops to Xuzhou, it is estimated that he would bring 3 to [-] people there. Otherwise, he might not be able to stop Cao Cao, and his people only fight. , Post-war pensions and other issues, all have to be handed over to Tao Qian to solve for him.

Moreover, Li Yi also specifically pointed out that in order to avoid the fiasco of Yuzhou Taishici, he asked Tao Qian to keep his dispatch of troops to Xuzhou a secret in advance, otherwise Li Yi would not go.

After Tao Qian received Mi Fang's letter, he began to hesitate, wondering if it was the right decision to bring Li Yi to Xuzhou.

First of all, Li Yi led too many soldiers. So many people went to Xuzhou, and they all had to be supported by Tao Qian. This battle ranged from a few months to a year or two, or even longer. The army consumed a lot of money. Even though Tao Qian could afford Fei's expenses, he was really heartbroken.

Moreover, Tao Qian, as a person who has been in the officialdom all his life, can naturally see that Li Yi is actually not as kind as he appears on the surface.

Let’s not talk about Dong Zhuo’s affairs, just look at Liu Biao in Jingzhou. Liu Biao may not have been killed by Li Yi himself, but he was probably driven to a dead end by Li Yi step by step.

Tao Qian naturally had to think about it. He invited Li Yi to come to Xuzhou. Is this to drive away tigers and eat wolves, or to lure wolves into the house?

After Cao Cao left, what would Li Yilai do if he didn't leave Xuzhou?

Tao Qian talked about these questions in his heart to those around him. Needless to say, Mi Zhu, Li Yi is his brother-in-law, so he must have said good things about Li Yi, but Tao Qian only listened to half of Mi Zhu's words, and he cared more about others Views.

Others have different opinions, they have everything to say, and Tao Qian can't make a decision for a while.

In the end, Tao Qian's two important subordinates, Zhao Yu and Wang Lang, both said that Li Yi should be invited to Xuzhou. As for what Tao Qian was worried about, both of them thought it was nothing to worry about, because Li Yi can now gain a foothold in Jingzhou , all relying on his name of loyalty, Li Yi came to Xuzhou here, although it was to aid in the war, it was also for fame. If Li Yi had any plans for Xuzhou in the future, Li Yi's civilian background would definitely not be tolerated by the world.

Tao Qian was already shaken after hearing these words, and Zhao Yu added another fire, bluntly saying that with the current situation in Xuzhou, besides asking Li Yi for help, is there any other better choice?

Finally, under the persuasion of the two, Tao Qian decided to invite Li Yi to enter Xuzhou and let Li Yi live in Xiangben County.

When the news of Tao Qian's reply was sent to Li Yi, Li Yi looked at the map. Now Tao Qian is in Tancheng in Donghai County, and Xiangben is next to Tancheng, not far to the east of Tancheng. If Cao Cao wants to To break Tancheng, you must first take Xiangben.

Li Yi was not very satisfied with this position, because he wanted to go to Xiapi, but Xiapi was far away from Tancheng, and Cao Cao didn't go there for the time being. Li Yi really had no reason to ask for it, so he could only agree to be stationed Xiangben, as for Xiapi, we can only take one step at a time. Anyway, Xiapi is not Li Yi's primary goal.

Therefore, Li Yi's plan to send troops to support Xuzhou was decided in this way. However, Li Yi just paid close attention to Xuzhou's movements and did not make any specific actions. Tao Qian waited for a while, but he was a little impatient when Li Yi sent troops over. After repeated urging, Li Yi just squatted in Xiangyang and did not move. He only said that the soldiers and horses were still being rectified, and he needed to wait, and wait. Tao Qian was so anxious that his mouth was bubbling, but he didn't dare to tell Li Yi. Serious words, facing Li Yi's rhetoric, he can only be anxious.

While Li Yi was delaying the time, the stalemate in Xuzhou finally made progress. Cao Cao broke through Yinping County, and because of the long-term siege, Cao Cao suffered a lot of losses, so he once again raised his hand to the people after the city was broken. Butcher knife, it is said that after Cao Cao's army retreated, there were no people in Yinping County for dozens of miles, and the situation was extremely tragic.

The fall of Yinping made Tao Qian terrified. He urged Li Yi to send troops almost one letter a day. At the same time, he also asked Tian Kai of Qingzhou for help again.

Originally, Tian Kai should have stood still, but at this time, Cao Cao's strategic direction changed.

In Hebei, Yuan Shao finally decided to attack Gongsun Zan, but in order to ensure the stability of the rear, Yuan Shao asked Cao Cao to deflect the attack direction to the north of Xuzhou, and finally he was able to defeat Langya, and then put pressure on Tian Kai of Qingzhou to prevent him from helping Gongsun Zan.

At this time, Cao Cao had a very good relationship with Yuan Shao, and the county towns in Donghai County were defended to death, which made it very costly for him to attack the city, so he readily agreed to Yuan Shao's request, leaving Xia Houyuan to preside over the battle in Donghai County, while Cao Cao himself, Take the remaining soldiers and horses to the north, and kill in the direction of Kaiyang.

Cao Cao's strategic change greatly relieved the pressure on Tao Qian, and the need for reinforcements was no longer so urgent, but Qingzhou Tian Kai became nervous.

Tian Kai didn't know if Zang Ba stationed in Kaiyang was as useless as Tao Qian, whether he could block Cao Cao's troops, Tian Kai didn't dare to bet, because once Cao Cao captured Kaiyang and occupied Langya, then Qingzhou would face Cao Cao's troops are at the forefront, and if Yuan Shao does something else behind, Qingzhou will be in danger.

Therefore, Tian Kai, who had not moved all this time, finally responded.

Tian Kai himself led [-] troops to Anqiu, and asked Liu Bei to lead [-] troops to the East China Sea to help Tao Qian.

Tian Kai was more careful. Anqiu was in Qingzhou. If Zang Ba was vulnerable, he would send troops immediately. If Zang Ba could stop Cao Cao, his army would be a spectator and would not really participate in Xuzhou. in the battle.

As for Liu Bei

That day Li Yi hacked Liu Bei from head to toe in one go in the allied tent. Afterwards, although Gongsun Zan did not do anything to Liu Bei because of his former classmates, he kept Li Yi's words firmly in his heart.

After returning to Youzhou, Gongsun Zan met Zhao Yun directly, and found that although the guy looked gentle, he was indeed as Li Yi said, so vigorous that he felt ashamed.

Gongsun Zan asked Zhao Yun about Liu Bei. Zhao Yun admitted that he had a lot of contacts with Liu Bei, and that Liu Bei took the initiative to approach him.

This made Gongsun Zan very angry, so Gongsun Zan hinted to Liu Bei several times that Liu Bei should serve him as the master, or that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei would work for him and help him fight Yuan Shao, but Liu Bei vaguely understood them all.

Gongsun Zan was very disappointed, and his relationship with Liu Bei became estranged, and he even felt a little more disgusted in his heart. He just thought of the friendship of his classmates back then, so he didn't do anything to Liu Bei. However, Gongsun Zan didn't want to see Liu Bei anymore, so he sent Liu Bei away. Go to Tian Kai and make him a county magistrate of Pingyuan.

Tian Kai also knew the reason why Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei were estranged, so after Liu Bei went to Pingyuan, Tian Kai ignored Liu Bei's love, even when Liu Bei came to pay a visit, he closed the door and didn't see him.

However, half a year after Liu Bei became the county magistrate of Pingyuan, Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses crossed the border to plunder, and many towns were damaged along the way, but when they passed through the plain, they were repulsed by Liu Bei's troops.

Tian Kai was very surprised when he heard about this incident, so he ordered someone to investigate. Only then did he learn that after Liu Bei arrived in Pingyuan, the internal laws were strict and fair, and he drove the bandits abroad to stabilize the place. In addition, Liu Bei was kind and treated the people well. He has no pretensions on weekdays, so the scholars support him, the common people love him, and even the refugees in the surrounding places attach themselves to him one after another.

It happened that Yuan Shu raised troops in Jizhou, so Liu Bei recruited strong men in the name of protecting the environment, and the people enthusiastically signed up. Now Liu Bei has a team of [-] people. Although the soldiers are not uniform, they have considerable combat power .

In all fairness, Liu Bei's performance in Pingyuan was very good. No matter how you look at it, he outperformed ninety-nine out of ten officials in the world. For places like Hebei where wars are fought repeatedly, it is necessary for local officials to recruit soldiers to protect the country and the people. Officials in many counties are doing this.

But unlike Liu Bei, those officials didn't get much support from the common people, and the manpower they recruited was very scarce. They usually managed to fight bandits, but they were useless when they encountered regular troops.

Therefore, Liu Bei's performance was very good, but because Li Yi blamed him, Liu Bei's actions, in Tian Kai's view, all became evidence of evil intentions, so Tian Kai wrote to Gongsun Zan, to the effect that Liu Bei This person is too powerful, even if he is a small county magistrate, he can gather a large group of people. If it takes a long time, how can it be worth it?

So, after Gongsun Zan found out about it, he no longer cared about his friendship with classmates in the past, ordered someone to seize Liu Bei's soldiers, and removed Liu Bei's Pingyuan county magistrate, and transferred him to Linzi, the governor of Qingzhou, to be a civil servant in the Governor's Mansion.

When Liu Bei left the plains, the local people were extremely reluctant, old and young, dragging their families with them, and sent Liu Bei dozens of miles away, so they gave up.

When Tian Kai heard about this, he told Gongsun Zan that Liu Bei was so popular with the people that Gongsun Zan felt even more jealous. As soon as Liu Bei arrived in Linzi, he was demoted by Gongsun Zan to the rank of captain. Only the power of the military marquis, the specific task is to guard the east gate of Linzi City.

Gongsun Zan's arrangement this time already smacked of humiliation. He might even want to force Liu Bei to leave. The result was just like the county magistrate in Pingyuan, and in less than half a year, a city gate official let Liu Bei do something.

At this time, the aristocratic family is very powerful. After the city gate is closed at night, the children of the aristocratic family who came back from playing will have to reopen the city gate. He never walked through the east gate again.

City gate officials also had the responsibility of arresting robbers. Liu Bei guarded a city gate and arrested more than 30 people in half a year, so that there was a joke among the bandits in Linzi City, "It is better to go to the governor's mansion than the east gate."

Liu Bei was strict with lawbreakers, but he was extremely friendly to the people. After taking charge of the city gate, he strictly ordered the soldiers at the city gate not to extort property from the people for the purpose of interrogation. Gradually, people would choose Liu Bei when they went to and from the city, as long as the road was not too far away. Responsible for the East Gate.

There are many other things like this. In short, Liu Bei complied with that sentence, gold will shine everywhere.

Neither Gongsun Zan nor Tian Kai expected Liu Bei to be so capable. Even a small city gate official made him famous. If it were another person, they would definitely think that he was a capable official, capable minister, and would use him highly. But Li Yi was there In front of the statement, they think that Liu Bei is a bit dangerous.

Even Gongsun Zan once wanted to kill Liu Bei.

Fortunately, although Liu Bei's persistence was not flattering to Gongsun Zan, it was not without rewards.

Although Li Yi hacked Liu Bei severely at the beginning, he also helped Liu Bei become famous.