Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Liu Bei thanked, and Xun You, who had made trouble before, also bowed and retreated. In fact, Xun You also knew that Li Yi would not blame Liu Bei, but it was Li Yi's reason why Li Yi didn't care. It must be brought up, otherwise it is inevitable that some people will think that Li Yi really doesn't care about these rules, and some people will have thoughts that they shouldn't have.

Liu Bei continued: "The people who contact Xia Houyuan should be able to bring back the news tonight at the earliest, or tomorrow night at the latest, and then only wait for the consent of the Marquis Xiang, then they can set up an ambush to lure Xiahouyuan out of the city, and then win the battle. As long as Xia Houyuan is defeated, Cao Cao's retreat is blocked, and he has no choice but to retreat, then the crisis in Xuzhou can be resolved, and Marquis Xiang will surely become famous all over the world again!"

After Liu Bei finished speaking, he stopped talking and waited quietly for Li Yi's statement.

Xun You, Kuai Yue, and the others also remained silent. They were all thinking about Liu Bei's thoughts, wondering how much of it was true and how much of it was false, and how Li Yi should choose in order to get the greatest benefit.

As for Li Yi himself, he was rubbing his chin at this time, he was a little unsure of Liu Bei's thoughts.

To say that Liu Bei was planning to cheat Xia Houyuan was designed to cheat Xia Houyuan. Although it is very possible in terms of the relationship and relationship between the two parties, it is too stupid for Liu Bei to do so. We all know that Li Yi wants to kill Liu Bei, and it is unlikely that he will follow Liu Bei's idea, but Liu Bei really proposed such a strategy, which is not weird.

But if it is said that Liu Bei is really helping Li Yi to plot against Xia Houyuan, this is also a bit of nonsense. Liu Bei has a good temper, but he is not without temper. Li Yi treats him so well, why does Liu Bei really work hard for Li Yi?

Li Yi couldn't understand Liu Bei's thoughts for a while, but it was on Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's side. Li Yi had a feeling that Liu Bei might have sent them away in some way to save their lives. After leaving the mourning hall, if Zhang Fei reappears in the future, where will Liu Bei's face be put?

Thinking about it this way, struggling, Li Yi's guilt towards Liu Bei's three brothers before was quickly consumed with Guan Zhang's departure, and Liu Bei's confusing operation until it was almost zero. .

Li Yi took a deep breath. Instead of responding to Liu Bei's "ingenious plan", he asked, "Guan and Zhang have escaped. Can you send someone to chase them down? How sure are you of getting them back?"

Liu Bei couldn't help but looked up at Li Yi, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

In Liu Bei's view, Li Yi's target is him. Li Yi has never been very murderous towards Guan and Zhang. On the contrary, he still has some talents. Therefore, before he came to see Li Yi, he had already decided in his heart that Li Yi should not embarrass him about Zhang Fei anymore, but unexpectedly, Li Yi still said it.

Liu Bei frowned slightly, but soon, a look of understanding flashed in his eyes, but the frown deepened.

Li Yi didn't have much hostility towards Guan Zhang, so it was Liu Bei who brought them up.

Liu Bei secretly thought that he was negligent, but Li Yi had already made a move, so he could only take it with a stiff neck.

Liu Bei replied truthfully: "Bei, I didn't send anyone to look for it."

Li Yi couldn't help showing a smile, and Kuai Yue watched his words and expressions, and immediately said: "General Liu is like this, is he ignoring the military order?"

"Don't dare!"

Liu Bei leaned over slightly, and explained: "It's not that Bei didn't want to send troops to chase after the two of them. It's because the two of them are very skilled in martial arts, and they don't know where they are going. Then, the number of people sent out is less, so don't say they can't chase them." If you know them, even if you meet them by chance, it will be difficult for them to go south."

"However, if a large number of soldiers and horses are dispatched for the sake of the two of them, it will be too much work. Moreover, it is getting late and a large-scale mobilization of troops and horses is suddenly carried out. Once Xia Houyuan takes advantage of it, the event will be ruined, so please ask the Marquis Xiang understanding."

Li Yi nodded and said, "You're right, it's true!"

Liu Bei was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard the words, but he heard Li Yi's tone change, and said again: "However, the law is not merciful, you can't be the first to obey, and Zhang Fei can't be strictly guarded after committing a crime. The second crime is the last. The two of them fled, but you gave up the pursuit for various reasons, which really disappointed me."

The corner of Liu Bei's mouth twitched, but he didn't say anything, just bowed his head, looking very submissive.

Li Yi stared at Liu Bei without blinking, and finally said: "In view of these three points, it can be seen that although you are an official, you are not a good general. Why don't you leave the three thousand Xuzhou soldiers to Wei Yan for temporary management? Take the two thousand Qingzhou soldiers to practice hard first, and then I will return the three thousand Xuzhou soldiers to you after making meritorious service in the future, do you have any objections?"

Chapter 482

Seize military power!

Li Yi is taking Liu Bei's military power!

Everyone present understood Li Yi's meaning in an instant, and turned their heads to look at Liu Bei, wondering if he would agree to Li Yi's request.

Liu Bei lowered his eyes and didn't respond immediately.

In fact, this is not the first time Li Yi has used Liu Bei's military power.

Before Liu Bei was stationed in Lanling, Li Yi asked Liu Bei to lead [-] troops to Chengxian County. Although it was only dispatched and did not directly mobilize the troops in Liu Bei's hands, in fact, those who stayed in Lanling are now all Xuzhou local generals. Commander, if Liu Bei and Li Yi's orders are sent at the same time, they must obey Li Yi, that is to say, those people have escaped Liu Bei's control.

However, what Li Yi did last time was relatively polite, and each other's faces were good, but this time it was different. First, he attacked Zhang Fei, and then used this incident to directly ask Liu Bei's Xuzhou soldiers. Step by step, Liu Bei was forced to the road of desperation.

You know, if those three thousand Xuzhou soldiers were handed over, Liu Bei would really have nothing left.

Li Yi felt in his heart that Liu Bei would probably shirk, because although Liu Bei was dispatched by him, Tao Qian gave Liu Bei the military power, not Li Yi. If Liu Bei used Tao Qian as a shield to reject Li Yi, there would be no problem at all. Yes, under such circumstances, if Li Yi insisted on taking Liu Bei's military power, he would somehow mean not to give Tao Qian face.

After waiting for a while, Liu Bei didn't speak. Just when Li Yi thought Liu Bei would decline, he saw Liu Bei asking, "I don't know when General Wei Yan can hand over. Is it tonight or tomorrow?"

Li Yi looked a little surprised, Liu Bei didn't even refuse, and didn't even delay, but agreed so simply.

Doesn't he not know that when only 2000 people are left when Xuzhou soldiers are handed over, whether it's Li Yi or Xia Houyuan, a random wave of troops can easily destroy him?

Now Liu Bei nodded, and Li Yi's goal was achieved, but he couldn't understand Liu Bei's thoughts even more.

Xun You touched Li Yi lightly, Li Yi came back to his senses, coughed lightly and said: "Xuande understands righteousness deeply, I am very relieved, it is too late today, so it is naturally inconvenient to transfer, wait until tomorrow, tomorrow I will Let Wei Yan go to your army to divide up the soldiers and horses with the military order, do you think it is good?"

Liu Bei responded, "It's all up to the Marquis Xiang."

Li Yi nodded, showing a very pleased expression, and then continued: "As for Xuande's plan to lure Xia Houyuan out of the city"

Li Yi deliberately paused for a while, wanting to see Liu Bei's reaction, but Liu Bei's reaction was just no response, with his head down and motionless, Li Yi couldn't see anything.

After watching for a while, Li Yi gave up and said, "Xuande can continue to contact him, but there is no need to make an appointment. I just said that I have been very guarded against you recently, and it is difficult to get a chance to use the phone, so please wait patiently and wait for the time to come." Say it again."

Liu Bei responded, "Bei, I got it."

After talking about this, there wasn't much business to do, and Li Yi hypocritically exchanged greetings with Liu Bei, and Liu Bei excused himself to leave with the excuse that there were important matters in the camp.

As soon as Liu Bei left, someone from Li Yi's side asked, "My lord, why didn't you agree with Liu Bei and take this opportunity to make Xia Houyuan suffer? Even if it goes well, this battle can make Cao Cao retreat."

It was Wei Yan who spoke, probably because Li Yi gave him the command of Liu Bei's three thousand Xuzhou soldiers, Wei Yan was more excited, so he spoke very positively.

Li Yi smiled and said nothing, seeing this, Huang Zhong said: "How can Liu Bei really plan for the master, most of them are fraudulent."

Wei Yan didn't think so, and said: "I don't think it's a majority, but there must be fraud, but what's the matter? My lord has elite soldiers and fierce generals, twice as many as Xia Houyuan. We just need to be careful, even if Liu Bei wants to plot against the lord, he won't Don't be afraid, as long as Xia Houyuan comes out of the city, can't my lord just follow suit?"

Huang Zhong shook his head and stopped talking. It's not that he can't beat Wei Yan, but that with Li Yi around, it's enough for him to express his attitude, and there's no need to argue with Wei Yan.

Wei Yan also knew what was interesting, so he didn't say any more, but just looked at Li Yi expectantly, and wanted Li Yi to do whatever he could.

Li Yi glanced at Wei Yan, feeling a little funny, because Wei Yan became more and more obedient because of the more beatings, but this guy still wanted to go up when he saw the credit, which was a kind of nature that couldn't be changed.

Li Yi said slowly: "Just now I heard Liu Bei's offer of advice. My initial thought was just like what Wen Chang said, if I want to use the trick, anyway, Xia Houyuan has few soldiers. As long as he leaves the city, why not let me decide?"

Wei Yan's expression darkened, he knew that it was impossible for Li Yi to do this.

Seeing that Li Yi shook his head slightly, he said: "However, Liu Bei is not a stupid person. I have had a grudge against him for a long time, and today there is something about Zhang Fei. Instead of being angry, he came to offer advice to me. Does Liu Bei think this behavior , I will believe that he is sincere?"

Everyone shook their heads subconsciously, obviously agreeing with this point.

Li Yi continued: "So, if I agree to Liu Bei's suggestion, in Liu Bei's view, I must be planning to follow suit, but the reason for this is too obvious, and everyone can understand it. On the contrary, what did Liu Bei do there? I don't know anything about the backhand, and I can't see through his true intentions at all. Compared with the two, I have lost him in terms of strategy, so why should I take the trick and cause trouble for myself?"

Wei Yan stepped forward and saluted, and asked, "My lord, if this is the case, don't we have to continue Xia Houyuan's stalemate and procrastination?"

Li Yi looked at him and smiled, and said, "As for the military formation, most of you here are far better than me."