Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Of course, some people think that what Li Yi said is right, and that Liu Bei's ability to perform is obviously unwilling to be lonely, and his plans are very big.

But some people began to appreciate Liu Bei, thinking that Li Yi was jealous of his talents, or had other personal grievances, so they deliberately discredited Liu Bei, and began to sympathize with Liu Bei.

The representative figure among them is Kong Rong.

When Liu Bei performed so well at the city gate that Gongsun Zan and Tian Kai wanted to suppress him again, Kong Rong found Tian Kai, probably saying that Liu Bei is a gentleman, a good man, and a capable minister. You should not treat him like this, you should How about reuse.

Because Kong Rong is very famous, and Kong Rong likes to "see the big from the small", saying that suppressing Liu Bei will lose people's hearts, which made Tian Kai a little jealous, so he didn't target Liu Bei again, but he didn't promote Liu Bei, and kept him. Guard the gates.

It's just that the longer Liu Bei watched the city gate, the more famous he became, and the more people sympathized with him and thought Tian Kai did something wrong.

Now Gongsun Zan and Tian Kai are starting to regret that they didn't kill Liu Bei earlier, now that Liu Bei is a celebrity, it's easy to kill, but it has to be done.

Until Cao Cao led the army to go north, Tian Kai had an idea, called Liu Bei back from the gate of the city, generously gave him two thousand soldiers, and sent Liu Bei to Xuzhou like a plague god!

454 The time has come

After Liu Bei arrived in Xuzhou, Tao Qian gave Liu Bei a very warm reception. Although Liu Bei only brought 2000 people, but when the Yuzhou reinforcements were not successful and Li Yi's reinforcements were delayed, Liu Bei's troops were regarded as The first real force to come to Xuzhou to support Tao Qian, because of emotion and reason, Tao Qian could not treat Liu Bei badly.

Giving money and food, needless to say, Tao Qian also promoted Liu Bei to General Zhonglang, and stationed in Lanling. Originally, some of the soldiers and horses in Lanling City were left to Liu Bei. For a while, Liu Bei could mobilize the soldiers and horses There are six thousand.

Although this situation is only temporary, Tao Qian can take back those soldiers and horses in Liu Bei's hands at any time, but for Liu Bei who has been suppressed all the time, this situation is already very difficult.

But what Liu Bei didn't know was that because Li Yi never came, Tao Qian wanted to arrange Liu Bei to go to Xiangben and let Liu Bei guard the door for him, but Wang Lang reminded Tao Qian that the relationship between Li Yi and Liu Bei was quite bad. If Liu Bei is allowed to go to Xiangben, it's fine if Li Yi doesn't come. If he does, wouldn't the two have to fight directly when they meet?

Even if the two of them cared about the overall situation and didn't do anything, what should they do next?

Asking Liu Bei to give Li Yiteng a place is tantamount to humiliating Liu Bei, and I am sorry for Liu Bei's generous help.

But if Li Yi is asked to change places to station, then don't even think about it. With Li Yi's official position, reputation and strength, why should he give in to Liu Bei?

In short, Liu Bei must not go to Lanling, otherwise troubles will happen!

Tao Qian took Wang Lang's words seriously, so he arranged Liu Bei to Lanling, which was at the forefront.

Although Liu Bei had to face Xia Houyuan's soldiers in Lanling, it was better than facing Li Yi.

However, because of Wang Lang's reminder this time, although Tao Qian tried his best to arrange it properly, there was still a trace of uneasiness in his heart.

In Tao Qian's view, the conflict between Li Yi and Liu Bei was mostly a personal grievance that was not easy to talk about. After all, Liu Bei had a loyal and honest appearance, which made people feel close at first sight, and he didn't look like a person with evil intentions.

Tao Qian sympathized with Liu Bei, and would definitely help Liu Bei in another situation, but the one who had a grudge against Liu Bei was the well-known Jingzhou Mu, Li Xianghou, the general who conquered the South, so Tao Qian had no choice but to give up.

In fact, many people are like this. When they learned about Liu Bei, especially when they saw him being suppressed in Qingzhou, many people sympathized with Liu Bei in their hearts, but very few were willing to speak out for him, because Liu Bei's opponent It's Li Yi, one is the city gate official, and the other is the lord of Jingzhou. How many people in the world are willing to feud with Li Yi for an irrelevant Liu Bei?

Worried that Li Yi would not let Liu Bei go, and then the two fought in Donghai County, Tao Qian also had the intention of transferring Liu Bei to Kaiyang to resist Cao Cao with Zang Ba.

However, Tao Qian's idea was persuaded by Mi Zhu. Mi Zhu's reason was that although Li Yi had some conflicts with Liu Bei, Li Yi is now well-known and the lord of Jingzhou. His Kuaiyue can be reused regardless of previous suspicions, who else can't be accommodated by Li Yirong?

What's more, Li Yi came here to rescue Xuzhou. As long as Tao Qian treats him with courtesy, as long as Liu Bei doesn't take the initiative to provoke him, how can Li Yi lower himself and target a mere Liu Bei?

Even, Mi Zhu swore that if Liu Bei was willing to take the initiative to show his favor to Li Yi, Li Yi would definitely smile away his grievances.

Although Tao Qian was still a little uneasy in his heart, thinking about what Mi Zhu said did make sense, with Li Yi's current status, Liu Bei didn't threaten him at all, so it shouldn't be possible to ruin Liu Bei's reputation, so Tao Qian said I believed Mi Zhu's words of dispelling grievances with a smile, and temporarily let go of my worries about the relationship between Li Yi and Liu Bei.

It's a pity that Tao Qian didn't know Li Yi's reaction when he learned that Liu Bei had arrived in Xuzhou, otherwise he would definitely give Mi Zhu a big mouth.

After receiving Mi Zhu's letter about Liu Bei, Li Yi summoned all the ministers in Xiangyang overnight, discussed the matter until midnight, issued dozens of orders, sent messages to various places in the starry night, and then was busy for another day. Gathered [-] elites, and drove to Xuzhou mightily.

It was the end of October at this time. Through the military coupons, Li Yi had basically digested and absorbed the Yangzhou army captured earlier, and now Jingzhou's military strength is already very strong.

Regarding the four counties in Jingnan, except for the standing guards in each county, Cai Mao was in charge of 1 infantry in Changsha. In addition, Li Yi also put him in charge of the navy, with a number of about [-].

As for Wuling, Lingling, and Guiyang, Li Yi limited all the mobilizable troops in these three places to six thousand. Although it was a little less, as long as there was no rebellion, it was enough to fight bandits and stabilize the place.

Regarding the four counties in Jingnan, although most of the officials in charge have been replaced, Li Yi is still a little uneasy, so he has more constraints on the strength of the troops here, and Li Yi also asked the soldiers and horses of Nanjun to rotate with Jingnan, so that even in the future Some people intend to cause chaos, and it is difficult to completely control the soldiers and horses.

In addition, while Li Yi let the four counties in Jingnan open up wasteland and cultivate land, he strictly controlled the grain storage in various places in Jingnan. He only kept one year's grain in the local area to prevent natural disasters and famine years. Li Yi's reserve military rations.

In this way, although Jingnan's food was enough to eat, it was not enough to rebel, which reassured Li Yi a lot.

Then there are the three counties in Jingbei. There are more than 2 people in Jiangxia. They are guarding against Yuan Shu and should not be moved lightly.

There are also nearly 2 people in Nanyang, all of whom are elites, but the task is also heavy. Not only must we guard against Yuzhou, but we must also pay attention to the movements of Cao Cao and Lu Bu.

There were fewer soldiers and horses in Nanjun. After Jingnan was pacified, Li Yi withdrew the soldiers and horses that had been supplemented to Cai He before, leaving only more than 8000 people in Nanjun.

Li Yi's main forces are all concentrated around Xiangyang, including 2 people Li Yi brought from Nanyang at the beginning, [-] from the original Jingzhou Army, and [-] from the reorganized Yangzhou Army. A small number of elites were drawn by Li Yi from Jingnan.

That is to say, Li Yi can easily dispatch 2 troops to the outside world without mobilizing troops and horses from the counties of Jingzhou and leaving Xiangyang with [-] people to defend the city!

If the war is urgent, Li Yi can still make up about [-] more.

This kind of power is enough to make any prince in the world fear!

When Li Yi saw the data in his hands, he was very happy, but also very emotional. He lamented that Liu Biao was really an unambitious person. Otherwise, if he planned early with Jingzhou's family background, it would be really hard to say the world structure.

However, Li Yi did not inflate because of the skyrocketing strength. He didn't want to expose all these powers to the public, and he didn't want to attract people's fear. Therefore, this time when he sent troops to Xuzhou, Li Yi weighed it again and again, and finally set the number at 3. superior.

These 3 people are not used to deal with Cao Cao, but for Liu Bei, because Liu Bei is the first goal of Li Yi's trip, and even the plan for Xuzhou has to be delayed. Li Yi has always said to wait for the opportunity. In fact, it is waiting for Liu Bei to enter Xuzhou.

After setting the number of soldiers and horses, Li Yi was in a bit of a dilemma when deciding who to accompany this time.

Those who go to Xuzhou must have enough talent, while those who stay in Xiangyang need not only talent, but also prestige, and Li Yi must be absolutely at ease, because the time to go to Xuzhou should not be short.

In the end, after struggling for a long time, Li Yi reluctantly left Guo Jia in Xiangyang, and let the two most down-to-earth generals, Xu Sheng and Huo Jun, stay to assist Guo Jia in guarding Xiangyang.

Guo Jia was not dissatisfied because Li Yi left him. On the contrary, he knew that Li Yi really wanted to take him by his side, but Xiangyang was so important that Li Yi could only and must hand over Xiangyang to him. The person he trusts the most.

In order to reassure Li Yi, Guo Jia restrained his usual frivolous demeanor, and solemnly stated to Li Yi that before Li Yi returned from Xuzhou, Guo Jia would never touch a drop of wine, or he would lead the army himself!

After explaining the matter to Guo Jia, Li Yi called Xu Sheng and Huo Jun over.

When Xu Sheng defected to Li Yi, Li Yi said that he would let Xu Sheng return to Xuzhou in a glorious manner, but this time he broke the appointment.

However, although Li Yi was apologetic, Xu Sheng didn't mean to be dissatisfied at all. When he beat Yuan Shu last time, he had already won a Tinghou. Got it, now that Xu Sheng has regarded Li Yi as a reborn parent, what if he complained to him?

As for Huo Jun, it was not a big problem, because Li Yi brought his brother with him this time, so Huo Jun was naturally happy that his brother followed Li Yi to be promoted.

The main personnel who will stay in Xiangyang have been determined, and those who follow Li Yi to send troops are easy to say.

In terms of generals, Xu Huang is still the chief general of the Chinese army, along with Dian Wei, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Gan Ning, Su Fei, Ling Cao, Cai Zhong, Gong Du, Pei Yuanshao, Huo Du and other generals.

Some of them are the backbone, such as Xu Huang, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and Gan Ning. Li Yi specially took them to practice "upgrade". After all, famous players have to be cultivated to truly become famous players.

Finally, there is another kind of person, that is Cai Zhong. Li Yi brought him not because he wanted Cai Zhong to charge forward, but because Cai Zhong was there, Li Yi could feel more at ease with the Cai family.

As for the civil servants, Li Yi mainly brought four "consultants", namely Kuai Yue, Xun You, Zhang Zhao, Xu Shu, Yi Ji who was recently used by Li Yi to do ideological work, and Mao Jie who was still a captive.