Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Li Yi stared at Yu Fan for a while, Yu Fan kept his saluting posture unchanged, his figure didn't shake at all, and even his breathing was normal, which proved from the side that even if Li Yi deliberately ignored him , his mentality is still the same as before, which shows that he himself is not an impatient person.

In the end, Li Yi couldn't stand it anymore. His subordinates were disobedient and made mistakes. Li Yi would beat them up and teach them a lesson, but he would not easily humiliate them too much, because Li Yi was worried about those who had been humiliated.

"sit!"

"Thank you, Marquis Xiang!"

Li Yi raised his hand lightly, and Yu Fan also thanked him, then straightened his back, took three steps forward, and knelt down on the straw mat.

From when Yu Fan stood up to when he finally sat down, Li Yi didn't even blink, and then he realized that there was nothing inappropriate about Yu Fan, whether it was his actions, his manners, or his speech. Not obsequious, polite but not rigid, with a calm expression and steady movements. Generally speaking, Li Yi feels very good if the previous conflict with Xu You hadn't happened.

Li Yi pursed his lips and asked: "I heard that Mr. Cai was famous before, and I sent Lu Zijing to Kuaiji to invite him. Unfortunately, Zhongxiang went out for a wandering, and Zijing returned empty-handed. I am very sorry, but I never I think, it is really a coincidence that the master appeared in Xiang'an and met me."

Li Yi is a more realistic person. Since it took him time and energy to let Lu Su invite Yu Fan, he must let Yu Fan know about it and let Yu Fan understand that he attaches great importance to him. There is no need to hide it. Tuck it in.

Yu Fan bowed down and said: "Although Fan has a little reputation in Kuaiji, it has mixed reputation and reputation. Many people think that Fan is an arrogant person with no one in his eyes. They don't like Fan Duo, especially those who are in positions of authority. However, Marquis Xiang didn't regard Fan as evil, and even sent his cronies to invite him, Yu Fan was so moved that he asked Marquis Xiang to be worshiped three times by Yu Fan!"

After all, Yu Fan bowed to Li Yi three times, sincerely.

Seeing Yu Fan like this, most of Li Yi's original depression disappeared in an instant.

It's not that Li Yi's ears are soft, it's that Yu Fan's words are too sweet, and Li Yi's realm has directly surpassed other high-ranking people. This kind of praise is much more comfortable than those Chiguoguo flatterers.

Yu Fan continued: "Fan was not at home before, not because he was traveling in the clouds, but because he heard that Marquis Xiang had won a great victory over Yuan Shu in Shouchun, and thought that Marquis Xiang had already become powerful, and his future prospects were limitless, so he wanted to join Marquis Xiang's command for the great cause of Marquis Xiang. , for the sake of the people of the world, to do my best, and for Yu Fan himself, to seek a prosperous future."

Li Yi nodded. Yu Fan's words were a bit blunt, and he even said that he wanted to join him because he defeated Yuan Shu.

However, Li Yi still asked: "When you asked for an interview, you only said that you were asking for an official, but you didn't mention these reasons."

Yu Fan smiled and said: "Serving for the Marquis Xiang, this official has to do it, so it is not wrong to say that he is seeking an official, but it is just pointing at the root."

Li Yi laughed, then his expression gradually became serious, and he asked: "Since you want to work for me, do you know how much influence you will have on the relationship between me and Yuan Shao if you compete with Xu You for a while today?" ?”

Yu Fan lowered his head and replied, "I know."

Li Yi asked again: "Then why did you do it deliberately when you knew it? I can see that Xu You did something wrong today, but as long as you clearly refuse, after three or two times, even if he is unwilling It's not enough to stalk you, let alone fight with you, in fact, you are deliberately provoking him and making things big, right or wrong!"

Regarding Li Yi's questioning, Yu Fan didn't panic at all, looked up at Li Yi, and replied calmly: "As expected, you are worthy of being the Marquis of Xiang, with bright eyes like torches, and it is true that Fan deliberately provoked Xu You."

Seeing Yu Fan's appearance that I was justified in provoking me, Li Yi's anger that had been suppressed just now seemed to rekindle, and he asked in a deep voice, "What's the reason?"

Yu Fan looked as usual, and replied calmly: "There are two reasons. First, although Xu Ziyuan's reputation is not small for a long time, it is a pity that the name is not worthy of the name. But to act like a villain, it's too low, I'm sick of it, I don't scold him, I don't think well."

Li Yi immediately felt as if he was choking on food. He didn't expect Yu Fan's reason to be so simple. If he saw that he was upset, he would go up against him. Is this honest or stupid?

Looking at Li Yi's blushing face, Yu Fan continued to say, "Although Fan doesn't like Xu You, he doesn't dare to abolish the government for personal reasons, and bad Xianghou." This is not the way of a minister."

Li Yi exhaled foul breath, feeling that this was still a human sentence, breathing steadily, looked at Yu Fan, and waited for his next point.

Yu Fan cupped his hands at Li Yi, and said, "Forgive Yu Fan for being presumptuous, but if you dare to ask Marquis Xiang, he intends to befriend Yuan Shao temporarily, let the people recuperate, save food and grass, train soldiers and horses, and then sweep the Central Plains in one go, and finally Yuan Shao will fight? "

Li Yi hesitated for a moment, nodded his head slightly, and admitted his thoughts.

Seeing this, Yu Fan shook his head, got up and saluted Li Yi, then turned and walked out.

Li Yi was taken aback when he saw this, and called out, "What is Zhongxiang doing?"

Yu Fan stopped, turned his head to look at Li Yi, and said with a sigh: "Yu Fan came here to seek an official and seek a rich future, but the Marquis Xiang is about to die, so what's the use of staying here, why don't you come back as soon as possible?" Go, give Xu You a generous gift to make amends, and maybe you can become a safe and rich man."

"Bold!"

Dian Wei immediately roared angrily, stepped forward, pointed at Yu Fan with his right hand, pressed the hilt of the sword at his waist with his left hand, and looked fiercely.

It's okay for Yu Fan to cause troubles before, but Dian Wei didn't care about those intrigues, but Yu Fan dared to curse Li Yi in front of him, this is courting death.

Although Yu Fan is not bad at martial arts and can hang and beat Xu You, but his heart is empty when facing Shang Dian Wei. However, Yu Fan still insists on standing there without moving, raising his head and chest, looking straight at Li Yi , he wanted to know Li Yi's reaction to his words.

Li Yi took a few deep breaths in a row, reminding himself not to be angry, not to be angry, and then he scolded people for his bravado several times in his heart, finally resisted the thought of teaching Yu Fan a lesson, and signaled Dian Wei not to Impulsive, he poured a glass of wine himself, put it on the side of Yu Fan's seat, and said, "Li Yi, I would like to hear from you, sir."

"Here!"

Yu Fan bowed and said yes, then quickly returned to his seat, and raised his hand to finish the drink Li Yi handed over.

"Good wine!"

After applauding, Yu Fan put down his wine glass and said solemnly: "The Marquis of Xiang occupies the land of Jingyang and Yangzhou. If he wants to compete in the Central Plains, Tao Qian, Cao Cao, and Lu Bu are nothing to worry about. In today's world, there is no one who can compete with Marquis Xiang. Only Yuan Shao from Hebei will be the one to fight!"

Li Yi nodded lightly. Now that Liu Bei is dead, Sun Wu has also been strangled. Because of him, Cao Cao failed to make progress in Xuzhou, and is still fighting with Lu Bu. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with Yu Fan's contempt for Cao Cao .

Yu Fan continued: "Although Gongsun Zan was originally at a disadvantage, he was still able to compete with Yuan Shao, but he killed Liu Yu and threatened the angel. It can be said that the morale of the army and the people have been lost. I thought it would take two or three years sooner, and five or six years later. Yuan Shao Gongsun Zan must be defeated, and then Qingzhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Jizhou will all be owned by Yuan Shao!"

Li Yi still nodded, Yuan Shao in history did indeed do this.

Yu Fan continued: "Right now, Marquis Xiang is planning to go north with Jingyang as his base, while Yuan Shao intends to control the four prefectures of Hebei and march south. No matter which side of Marquis Xiang and Yuan Shao moves first, it will be thunderous and unstoppable! "

"If Yuan Shao goes south first, he can take Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou and other places lightly, and then the Marquis of Xiang will be in danger. Similarly, if Marquis Xiang goes north first and wins Xuzhou and other places first, Yuan Shao can certainly defend according to the Yellow River, but the cold weather in the north will last a long time. Under the battle, lacking food and clothing, sooner or later I will be defeated by the Marquis Xiang."

Yu Fan cupped his hands and asked, "Hsianghou and Yuan Shao's envoys pretended to be submissives and maintained harmony with each other in order to make Yuan Shao despise the south, and then take the opportunity to develop and gain time to go north?"

Li Yi nodded and said, "That's right, that's right."

Yu Fan sighed, and said: "There is nothing wrong with such a strategy, but, has the Marquis Xiang thought about how people in the world will react if he takes the initiative to make peace with Jizhou, so that Yuan Shao's prestige overwhelms Marquis Xiang?"

"People from all over the world?"

Li Yi frowned slightly, this time he really didn't understand.

Yu Fan said in a loud voice: "In today's world, only Marquis Xiang and Yuan Shao are heroes. There are not a few who can see this. There is a conclusion."

"Xianghou led his troops into Yangzhou, and fought with Yuan Shu and won consecutive battles. After he stationed his troops in Shouchun, Xianghou went to Wujun, Danyang, aristocratic families, and various counties. Seeing Xianghou's banner, all of them fell in anticipation of the wind. Talented people from all over Yangzhou Scholars, such as Yu Fan himself, all hope to serve under the command of the Marquis of Xiang and find a position as an official, so, although the Marquis of Xiang is not known as Yangzhou State Shepherd, he is the real master of Yangzhou!"

Yu Fan asked, "How did the Marquis Xiang go so smoothly in Yangzhou? Everything seems to be helped by God?"

Before Li Yi could answer, Yu Fan said by himself: "Because of Yuan Shu's disastrous defeat in Jingzhou, against Xianghou, he made a three-pointer before the battle started. The Yangzhou family thought Yuan Shu could not last long and was unwilling to help. Defeated, and finally retreated to Shouchun, Yangzhou people scrambled to go to Xianghou!"

"If the Marquis of Xiang is giving in to Yuan Shao for the sake of stability for a while, the people around Marquis Xiang know that Marquis Xiang actually has big plans, but what would those outsiders think, Marquis Xiang has never thought about it."

"hiss"

Li Yi suddenly took a breath, he understood what Yu Fan meant.

Yu Fan cupped his hands, and continued: "Xianghou and Yuan Shao are just like Yuan Shu and Xianghou before the battle of Yangzhou. Xianghou has few soldiers, but his momentum is like a rainbow, so the people of Yangzhou are in Xianghou."

"Now that Marquis Xiang has given way to Yuan Shao, people in the world will think that Marquis Xiang is afraid of Yuan Shao. Since this is the case, how will Marquis Xiang compete with Yuan Shao in the future? In addition, the Yuan family has four generations and three princes, and his disciples and old officials are all over the world. As long as Yuan Shao is steady and steady, he can control Hebei Afterwards, taking the Central Plains is as easy as turning the palm of your hand, even if Marquis Xiang goes north ahead of time, but the people of the Central Plains are not in Marquis Xiang, even if Marquis Xiang wins the Central Plains, he will be dragged down within a few years, when Yuan Shao goes south, how will Marquis Xiang resist?"

"so!"

Finally, Yu Fan raised his voice and said: "Yu Fan believes that if the Marquis of Xiang wants to win against Yuan Shao, he must fight. If he fights, everything will benefit the Marquis of Xiang. If he retreats, the good situation will be handed over. Yu Fan kowtows, and I implore the Marquis of Xiang to think twice!"