Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 593 "Little Man" Succeeds

Li Yi frowned, his complexion was dark, but his cheeks were slightly hot.

He really didn't want to accept Yu Fan's statement, because it was inconsistent with his previously established strategy. Accepting Yu Fan's suggestion meant that he had to admit his mistake and slap himself in the face.

However, reason told Li Yi that Yu Fan's statement might be exaggerated in some places, for example, if he didn't fight, it seemed that he would definitely lose to Yuan Shao.

However, some general influences mentioned by Yu Fan are not wrong. If he backs down, there will indeed be a lot of troubles in the future.

As far as the current situation is concerned, compared to Yuan Shao, Li Yi actually has an advantage.

Li Yi has neither internal nor external troubles. The south is Jiaozhou, which is too remote to affect him at all. Although there are more enemies than friends in the northern border, those enemies also have no strength to threaten him.

Not to mention Yizhou, it is not easy to get in, but in the same way, if Yizhou wants to get out, it is also a big project, and Liu Zhang is a very kind lord, as long as you don't push your nose too much, he will not Will do things that cost people money.

In the chaotic times of the end of Han Dynasty, it is very rare for Li Yi's territory to have such a stable development environment, but Yuan Shao's side is not as good.

First of all, Yuan Shao's rear is not stable. Although Gongsun Zan is obviously inferior to Yuan Shao now, Gongsun Zan still has some wealth in his business for many years. If Yuan Shao wants to eat Gongsun Zan, he can only take it slowly. It will take a lot of time. Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao couldn't be bothered to care about him.

Apart from Gongsun Zan, the Yellow Turban who was active in Heishan in Jizhou and Bingzhou was also Yuan Shao's enemy.

In addition, Yuan Shao also supported Cao Cao's side, helping Cao Cao fight with Lu Bu, which was another external drag, which can be described as a lot of trouble.

In addition to these, Yuan Shao also has hidden dangers inside.

More than a year ago, Yuan Shao's hometown was taken away by the Black Mountain Army. The prefect of Weijun died in battle, and Yuan Shao's family was almost taken into captivity. There were rumors that Qu Yi's subordinates were dissatisfied with Yuan Shao's reward. The army captured Yecheng.

However, after the incident, Yuan Shao not only did not pursue Qu Yi's responsibility, but instead rewarded Qu Yi to appease him, which is to say that this incident had nothing to do with Qu Yi.

In fact, Li Yi doesn't think this matter has anything to do with Qu Yi, unless Qu Yi's brain is crazy, but for Yuan Shao, if he punishes Qu Yi severely afterwards, it means that Qu Yi still has salvation, but Yuan Shao treats Qu Yi To appease, this is enough to prove that Yuan Shao has murderous intentions towards Qu Yi.

You know, Qu Yi is not an ordinary person

Among today's active generals, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, etc. are all very outstanding rookies, but compared with Qu Yi, they are directly one level behind.

Zhang Liao and the others were able to win the battle mainly because they took advantage of Li Yi's momentum. People in the world praised them, but they all recognized Li Yi, but Qu Yi was different. Crushing Gongsun Zan's elite cavalry Baima Yicong, and severely injuring Gongsun Zan, this battle can be called a classic, directly making Qu Yi one of the world's famous generals.

However, it was not an absolute blessing for Yuan Shao to have such a famous general by his side.

Qu Yi was originally Han Fu's subordinate. After rebelling against Han Fu, he led his troops to join Yuan Shao. Qu Yi has always kept his own private soldiers. Although his relationship with Yuan Shao is master and slave, there is also an element of cooperation. If Qu Yi's performance was unremarkable, and it was okay to be honest, but he was extremely dazzling on the battlefield, and he could also cause trouble for Yuan Shao outside the battlefield. Can Yuan Shao bear it?

No matter whether Qu Yi thought of rebelling against Yuan Shao or not, at his level, it was already a disaster for Yuan Shao. Li Yi even thought that if Gongsun Zan was not still there, Qu Yi's people might have moved a year ago.

It was precisely because he felt that Yuan Shao was in a lot of trouble, Li Yi prepared to fight steadily and develop slowly after he got Yangzhou. He felt that he could afford it, and there was no need to bother to compete with Yuan Shao outside the battlefield.

But Yu Fan's reminder made Li Yi suddenly realize that although he saw Yuan Shao's disadvantages, he also ignored many possible variables.

Originally, in history, Cao Cao controlled the Son of Heaven, and his prosperity in the Central Plains greatly reduced Yuan Shao’s influence in the Central Plains. But even so, many people from Cao Cao’s side wrote to Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu. "Letter of Surrender".

Today's Central Plains is different. Under Li Yi's control, the Central Plains is now a mess, and there will be no tendency to "form" in the future. Therefore, Li Yi unconsciously has an illusion that the Central Plains can be kneaded by him .

However, if, as Yu Fan said, he boosted Yuan Shao's prestige and allowed Yuan Shao to take the opportunity to unite the forces of the Central Plains with his fame, and let these people work together to oppose him, it would definitely be a great trouble for Li Yi.

Li Yi lowered his head and thought about it. Although he hadn't expressed his opinion yet, he already had a rough decision in his mind.

After a long time, Li Yi looked up at Yu Fan, who was pretending to be an honest man, looked at him for a moment, and asked, "Since Zhongxiang has such a remonstrance, he must have a good plan in his belly, I wonder if you can enlighten me?"

Although Yu Fan has a somewhat awkward temper, he also knows when to be arrogant and when to be well-behaved. Facing Li Yi's inquiry, Yu Fan directly bowed down and said, "It's a great honor to give advice to the Marquis Xiang. Don't dare to do it."

Li Yi already had a certain amount of resistance to Yu Fan's changing attitude, so he immediately raised his hand to signal him not to be too polite.

Yu Fan got up, cleared his throat, and immediately said: "Fan asked Marquis Xiang to compete with Yuan Shao, not to let Marquis Xiang provoke Yuan Shao for nothing, disregarding reason, and fighting for power and profit. The Lord can."

Li Yi couldn't help but rolled his eyes, there was nothing to provoke, and he thought to himself, wouldn't Yu Fan blush when he said this?

Yu Fan continued: "What the Marquis of Xiang has to do is to fight for every reason, to fight for every reason, to give him a point for no reason, and to hit him seven inches for a reason!"

This time even Dian Wei looked at Yu Fan a little differently, because this guy really felt shameless.

Yu Fan looked calm, and cupped his hands and said, "Yu Fan begged the Marquis to use Xu You as an envoy, but he used the name of the envoy as an excuse to separate the deployment, so that people would come to the door to reprimand him, make him feel ashamed, and then limit him to leave Yangzhou within three days." , this matter should be witnessed by the local gentry, so that people can know that Marquis Xiang is not afraid of Yuan Shao."

Yu Fan paused for a moment, seeing that the corners of Li Yi's mouth seemed to be twitching, and his voice slowed down slightly, he said, "At the same time, Marquis Xiang should write a letter to inform Yuan Shao of this matter before Xu You returns, declaring that Marquis Xiang is hereby. It is not aimed at Yuan Shao, it is because Xu You is too reckless and has damaged the relationship between the two families, the Marquis Xiang has no choice but to expel him from Yangzhou, and implore Yuan Shao to send another wise man to replace Xu You."

"Yuan Shao is very successful, and he likes flattery the most. As long as Xianghou's words are appropriate, Yuan Shao may think that Xu You's fault is indeed the fault of Xu You, and then Xu You returns to Jizhou with resentment. Not only will he not If you get comfort from Yuan Shao, you will be blamed by him instead."

"I think that although Xu You is loyal to Yuan Shao, he is not a loyal and courageous person. On the contrary, he is narrow-minded and always counts pennies. This time Xu You was humiliated in Yangzhou. If Yuan Shao can't get back his face, Of course he will resent Marquis Xiang, but he will also blame Yuan Shao, it is a half-step tactic, although it is of no use for the time being, it will be difficult to say in the future."

Li Yi nodded slowly. What Yu Fan said was very good. He didn't head-on with Yuan Shao like he was most worried about. Instead, he focused on Xu You, the unlucky guy.

In this regard, Li Yi thinks it is feasible, and at the same time, Yu Fan also gave him a lot of inspiration.

Around Yuan Shao, Xu You is not the only one who can use the trick of alienation.

Moreover, Yuan Shao's foreign enemies can be used as direct targets.

Seeing that Li Yi didn't respond immediately, although Yu Fan was very confident in his heart, he still felt a little nervous when the critical moment came.

After a while, Li Yi suddenly asked: "Zhongxiang is here to seek an official position. I wonder if he has made any plans. What kind of official position is he planning to take?"

Hearing this, Yu Fan immediately opened his eyes wide, full of joy. He knew that the matter was over, bowed down and bowed down, and said loudly: "Yu Fan has little talent and virtue, and is a vulgar person. He doesn't dare to hope for a high position. Be a halberd-wielding man by the side of the Marquis Xiang, and I will be satisfied!"

Li Yi laughed loudly and said: "Okay, from today onwards, you will serve as the captain of the halberd under my account, and serve in the personal guard camp!"

"Thank you my lord!"

Yu Fan thanked him loudly, Li Yi patted him on the shoulder, and then said to Dian Wei: "Come on, pass the order down, I want to raise the account to discuss the matter!"

Li Yi's discussion took a long time this time, from noon to night, and even dinner was used in the meeting hall.

If it was another time, Xu You would definitely be able to smell something unusual, but today Xu You's heart is full of being provoked by Yu Fan and the humiliation that Li Yi ignored, all he can think about is how to get revenge on Li Yi and Yu Turn over, who would have the heart to guess Li Yi's meeting spirit?

But although Xu You is a good counselor, it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. Even Yuan Shu can't beat Li Yi. How can he cause any damage to Li Yi in a short period of time by himself?

Throughout the night, Xu You kept tossing and turning until it was twilight, and then because of overuse of his brain, he fell asleep in a daze, but even when he fell asleep, he was still gnashing his teeth in his dream.

After a long time, after a long time, I finally fell asleep, but was woken up by the sound of banging on the door outside the yard.

Xu You rubbed his eyes, and saw that the sky outside the window was already bright, and he usually woke up early at this time, but he was so tired last night, Xu You still felt dizzy in his head, but the sound of knocking on the door outside did not stop, This made him very irritable, and couldn't help saying angrily: "Who is making noise outside!"

After Xu You finished speaking, no one responded, just as he was impatient and was about to shout again, the door of the bedroom was pushed open, and his servant ran in with a pale face, and hurriedly shouted: "Master, the big thing is not good, there are many people outside. Soldiers surrounded the yard!"

When Xu You heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, then frightened, but after frowning slightly, his expression was extremely angry.

Xu You clenched his fists, took a deep breath, stood up and dressed, and asked, "Who leads the army, and why?"

Although there was anger in Xu You's tone, he was still calm on the whole, so the servant calmed down a lot. He bowed and replied, "The leader of the army is Yu Fan from yesterday. The personal guards of the Marquis Xiang, they said "Master"

The servant gritted his teeth and said: "They said that the master is called an envoy, but he does meticulous things, which is humiliating cough cough, so they want the master to leave Yangzhou."