Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

When Guo Jia said this, Kuai Yue remembered something and asked, "Did Feng Xiao say that Chen Liu is a famous scholar?"

Guo Jia nodded and said: "It was Bian Rang, Bian Rang was killed by Cao Cao because he slighted Cao Cao, and Chen Gong, as Bian Rang's close friend, vowed to kill Cao Cao to avenge Bian Rang, but Chen Gong also knew that he was powerful Shan Ligu was not Cao Cao's opponent, so he chose Lu Bu and encouraged Lu Bu to be Cao Cao's enemy."

"hehe"

Guo Jia chuckled, and said: "If that's the case, it's okay. After all, no one has an enemy yet. However, judging from the previous battle in Yanzhou, although Cao Cao had few troops at the beginning, but judging by his deployment of troops, it was Yanzhou who was planning to attack. In the overall situation, although Lu Bu's side had the upper hand at first, they were only focusing on Cao Cao himself. Cao Cao found a gap, avoided the real situation and attacked the weak, and moved back to the disadvantaged bit by bit. In Jia's view, this was Chen Gong's eagerness to kill Cao Cao. Therefore, if Chen Gong could look at the overall situation, fully consider Lu Bu, and take the advantage of the army to fight steadily, Cao Cao should have withdrawn from Yanzhou long ago."

A look of displeasure flashed in Li Yi's eyes. He also knew what Guo Jia said, but Li Yi didn't think about it conveniently before, but now that Guo Jia picked it out, he immediately had a negative view of Chen Gong.

Kuai Yue coughed lightly, and asked, "Could it be that Feng Xiao is planning to let people contact Chen Gong secretly, and let Chen Gong facilitate my Lord's assistance in the war on the grounds of killing Cao Cao?"

Guo Jia smiled and said, "That's right, I don't know what the Lord wants?"

Li Yi nodded slightly. He felt that this matter might be possible. However, Li Yi frowned again and asked: "This matter has a lot to do with it. I'm afraid it's not easy to convince Chen Gong with letters alone. You must be eloquent and eloquent." Gentlemen are just insurance, is there anyone for Fengxiao?"

Without waiting for Guo Jia to answer, Xun You introduced himself: "This subordinate is the one who went through this for the Lord!"

Li Yi almost didn't even think about it, he just shook his head and said, "No, Mr. is a great talent, it's absolutely unavoidable, this matter should be arranged for other people to do it."

Seeing Li Yi's attitude, Xun You knew that Li Yi valued himself, and was very relieved, but at the same time he was a little dumbfounded.

Li Yi is notoriously unfriendly to visiting envoys. Cao Cao, Kong Rong, and Yuan Shao all suffered from him. Scared.

Li Yi is very worried that others will follow suit and use despicable methods against his envoys. Therefore, when Li Yi negotiates with foreign countries, he usually sends an insignificant envoy. As for those who have weight, they never Send them out, for fear that they won't be able to come back once they go out.

Kuai Yue and Guo Jia also knew this well, and they all laughed secretly, but they didn't express their views, but Xun You had no scruples, and said again: "Please rest assured, my lord, my subordinates went to see Chen Gong to rescue Lu Bu, even though Lu Bu knew As for other accidents, even if a subordinate accidentally bumps into Cao Cao's men, their lives will not be affected, and if the lord returns Cao Cao's son, the subordinate can return safely."

Li Yi couldn't help laughing, but he was still a little worried, and asked, "Yi Ji is eloquent, how about asking him to meet Chen Gong?"

Xun You shook his head and said, "Yi Ji is calm and resourceful, but he lacks quick wit and is not good at adapting to changes. Let him go to see Chen Gong. Can the Lord be at ease?"

Li Yi was speechless, when Yi Ji dealt with him at that time, he was almost bullied and cried by him, but this time Chen Gong was obviously not a good one.

Seeing that Li Yi seemed to be wavering, Xun You said again: "No one else is suitable for this matter except my subordinates, and after this battle, the master's great career can be expected, if the subordinates don't hurry up and make some contributions, I am afraid it will be too late Alright, my lord will allow it."

Li Yi looked at Xun You, then at the two silent people beside him, finally sighed softly, and said, "Forget it, I will write a handwritten letter later, you set off tomorrow and meet Chen Gong in person!"

After all, Li Yi couldn't help but reminded again: "I asked Dianwei to send a personal guard for you. If there is an accident, other things are not important, sir, you must protect yourself!"

Xun You looked solemn, bowed to Li Yi, and said solemnly: "Your subordinate will never let the lord down!"

Li Yi waved his hand. He didn't want to say too much about it, otherwise he was worried that the flag would be planted, so he skipped the matter and continued to say: "If the contact with Chen Gong goes well, it will be half a month soon, and a month later, Ying There must be changes in Sichuan, filial piety, dispatch of soldiers and horses, supply of grain and grass, we must make preparations now, not to delay the war, but we must also keep news in a timely manner, so as not to affect the spring plowing as much as possible."

Guo Jia immediately clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, my lord. There are [-] soldiers available now. We can deploy [-] to [-] more troops in ten days. After the spring plowing, if necessary, we can add another [-] or even more!"

Hearing the number reported by Guo Jia without hesitation, Li Yi straightened his back subconsciously. This is Jingzhou's confidence, he has soldiers in his hands, and he doesn't panic.

Guo Jia followed up and said: "According to the estimates of my subordinates, Cao Cao and Lu Bu's troops should be around [-], and there are quite a few miscellaneous soldiers among them. As far as the elite are concerned, Cao Cao should have more troops. Therefore, The subordinates suggested that the lord should gather the army before entering Yingchuan, claiming that a [-] army would surely deter Cao Cao from acting rashly. Time to clean up Yuzhou."

Li Yi nodded and said: "That's very good. I didn't want to fight Cao Cao quickly. It's better to wait until the spring plowing in Yanzhou before starting the war, so that the people will suffer less setbacks. Otherwise, Yanzhou will starve this year." Many people died."

"The Lord is righteous!"

Everyone praised them one after another. Although some people felt that Li Yi was still thinking about ordinary people's farming at this time, and seemed to be a bit of a mother-in-law, Li Yi's attitude made them feel at ease.

Li Yi continued: "The matter is settled in this way, but before the real mobilization, I have to cause some trouble for Cao Cao."

Li Yi looked at Guo Jia and said, "Let's arrange the matter I said a few days ago. Let Cao Hong write a letter to Cao Cao, and exchange Guan Yu's head for his free body. I'll see how Cao Cao responds."

Guo Jia smiled and said, "Don't worry, my lord. Cao Hong was noisy at first, but now he is very peaceful. He will definitely cooperate with this matter."

Li Yi said to Kuai Yue again: "Since we are going to send troops to the north, we can't delay other matters. I have already asked Zhang Xiu to persuade Duan Yao, but I am not at ease. My husband wants to urge you. In addition, the matter of Zang Ba in Xuzhou also needs to be dealt with." To put it on the agenda, for Xuzhou, I don't want to use swords again. In the end, it is Liu Zhang of Yizhou. He is a kind man. The paper business will not make him any money. I will send him directly in my own name and let him owe him favors. Hope it will come in handy in the future.”

Chapter 625

Shanyang, Changyi.

Chen Gong left Lv Bu's official office and was walking back to his temporary residence with a sad expression on his face.

The recent situation in Yanzhou is really bad. First, Cao Cao continued to gain power and took Dongping, Jibei, Taishan and other places one after another, completely breaking Lu Bu's advantage.

Then, Yuan Shao made a move.

Although Yuan Shao supported Cao Cao in the battle against Lu Bu in Yanzhou before, he only supported Cao Cao with money, food, military equipment and manpower, and never directly sent troops to participate in the battle. However, for some reason, Yuan Shao suddenly appointed Zang Hong as the prefect of Dongjun, and let him lead the troops into Dongjun. Stationed in Dongwuyang on the north bank of the Yellow River, Lu Bu's side didn't want to fight Yuan Shao directly, and couldn't bear the pressure of fighting on two fronts, so they withdrew the Dongjun soldiers and horses to the south of the Yellow River, giving up half of Dongjun.

Although Zang Hong didn't intend to continue to go south after that, and it was not easy to go south due to the natural danger of the Yellow River, but Zang Hong put a lot of pressure on Lu Bu's side. From Lu Bu to ordinary soldiers, he was worried that Yuan Shao would suddenly send troops south. , Formed a double-teaming trend with Cao Cao.

These problems caused Chen Gong a headache in the first place, and he couldn't solve it after thinking hard. However, to make matters worse, Lu Bu himself also had problems.

Now the main battle between Lu Bu and Cao Cao is in the vicinity of Dayeze. Brothers Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao are stationed on the line between Fan County and Gucheng in Dongjun County, which is the north of Dayeze, to prevent Cao Cao's troops from advancing westward. Cao Cao arranged in this direction. There are not many troops, and Zhang Chao and Zang Hong have a very good personal relationship, so the war in the north is generally stable.

On the south side of Onozawa, in the area of ​​Shanyang and Rencheng, this location is the focus of the battle between the two sides. For the time being, Sanyang is in the hands of Lu Bu, but Juye has been occupied by Cao Cao. From Juye to Rencheng, it belongs to both sides The battlefield, and the form has been biased towards Cao Cao's side. Cao Cao has always taken the offensive. If Lu Bu hadn't led the main force to Shanyang, Changyi would have been lost now.

According to Chen Gong's prediction, although the current situation is not good, as long as Lu Bu himself is in Shanyang, at least the southern line can be guaranteed. When the veterans of Cao Cao's division are exhausted, Lu Bu may not be able to counterattack. Something happened.

Chen Gong saw with his own eyes that Lu Bu had a deep knife wound on his left arm, and a scratch on his chest. Although it was not fatal, in a few months, Lu Bu would not be able to fight with others, that is to say, Lu Bu could not lead troops out of battle. The impact on Lu Bu's side was simply fatal.

What made Chen Gong even more angry was that Lu Bu's injury could have been avoided originally, but after recovering from his serious injury in the prison, Lu Bu's strength was not as good as before. Of course such an important matter should be kept secret, but Lu Bu didn't say anything to anyone, like It was Chen Gong and Gao Shun, including Lu Bu's personal guards, who were not aware of this matter. Otherwise, if everyone was more careful, even if Lu Bu lost to Guan Yu, he would not be seriously injured.

As long as Chen Gong closes his eyes now, he can immediately remember the expression on Gao Shun's face at that time. Obviously, Gao Shun didn't expect that Lu Bu would even hide it from him.

Speaking of Gao Shun, although the relationship between the two is not good, Chen Gong really admires Gao Shun. Just now, Gao Shun advised Lu Bu to ask Li Yi to send troops to rescue Yanzhou. Unfortunately, the result was

Chen Gong shook his head and couldn't help sighing, he was a little confused now, he didn't know whether he was right or wrong when he chose Lu Bu.

Listlessly arrived at his temporary residence, Chen Gong was about to enter, but the concierge at the side said: "Master, there was a visitor who claimed to be Mr. Bian's old acquaintance in Luoyang. If you dare to be negligent, let him have tea in the hall."

Hearing the word "Mr. Bian", Chen Gong, who was in a daze, lifted his spirits and subconsciously took a step forward, but he immediately frowned and stood motionless on the spot, thinking about it for a while. Only then said: "Take me to meet the guest, and besides, don't spread this matter to outsiders."

Soon, under the leadership of the servants, Chen Gong met a middle-aged man, who was Xun You who was sent as an envoy under Li Yi's order.

The two looked at each other, Chen Gong was speculating about Xun You's origin, and Xun You was evaluating Chen Gong, and soon, Xun You secretly said in his heart that it was a pity. I think it is still very good, but because of the Yanzhou incident, especially with Guo Jia's words, even if Chen Gong joins Li Yi in the future, it will be difficult for Li Yi to reuse him.

The two looked at each other for only one or two breaths, and soon looked away from each other. Chen Gong went straight to the host seat and sat down, then motioned for Xun You to also take a seat, and calmly showed the relationship between host and guest.

Because of the scrutiny just now, although Chen Gong couldn't see Xun You's background at a glance, he probably knew that the person in front of him was definitely not just a friend of Bian Rang. I'm afraid it was either from the south or the north, so the other party must have made some demands. So, of course he was about to pose.

After taking his seat, Chen Gong asked: "I don't know where your Excellency came from, and what is the so-called reason for coming to the door today?"

Xun You didn't care about Chen Gong's intentional act of showing his identity, so he bowed his hands flatly, and Shi Shiran said: "Xun You is a counselor under the account of Jingzhou Mu Li Xianghou. come."

Chen Gong frowned, he was a little surprised by Xun You's identity.

Although Xun You's official position with Li Yi is not high, he seems to be just an ordinary counselor, but since Li Yi got Xun You, he has been going everywhere, which shows that Li Yi attaches great importance to Xun You.

Then, Li Yi sent Xun You over, the intention must be not small, and Li Yi has always been close to Gao Shun, Li Yi should contact Gao Shun first, but it is a bit unreasonable to find him.

After regaining his composure for a while, Chen Gong returned the salute with a smile, "So it's a famous person visiting, so I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"