Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Seeing that Cao Cao was crying, and the others were resentful, but could not come up with a good idea, Xun Yu sighed softly in his heart. He knew that someone must be a villain at this time, and Xi Zhong's background is not good. If there was an accident, he might not be able to withstand the censure of others, so he could only be the villain.

Xun Yu slowly cupped his hands, and said, "My lord, Yu suddenly realized something, I'm afraid we all fell into Li Yi's tricks!"

Everyone was taken aback when they heard the words, and Qi Qi looked at Xun Yu, wondering what schemes they could have in this situation now.

Cao Cao was also puzzled. He wiped his eyes, looked at Xun Yu with red eyes, choked up and said, "If you say this, can Li Yi have other plans?"

Xun Yu did not answer directly, but asked Guan Yu: "General Guan, may I ask if Li Yi insisted on killing the general when he was in Xuzhou, would the general escape?"

As soon as the incident in Xuzhou was mentioned, Guan Yu felt that he could not breathe well. However, although Guan Yu is indifferent to people now, he is quite tolerant when encountering problems. Usually, even if someone speaks rudely, Guan Yu will not get angry. He is an upright person, so after thinking for a while, Guan Yu replied calmly: "If Li Yi were to kill him at that time, my three brothers would have no way out."

Xun Yu said again: "This makes Yu very puzzled. Li Yi's actions today obviously wished to kill the general quickly, but when he clearly had the opportunity to kill the general at the beginning, he did not move so that the general survived in the end. Even now, hearing that General Guan's third younger brother is also living in Xinye, Li Yi doesn't seem to have made things difficult for him."

Just as he was talking, Xun Yu couldn't help but shook his head, and murmured: "Looking at Li Yi's actions in the past, he always calculated beforehand, and then acted like thunder. He has never hesitated and repeated, but the matter related to Brother Yunchang , but the attitude is repeated, not to kill when you can, and not to kill, but you would rather let Zi Lian go than kill General Guan, isn't there too much in it?"

After Xun Yu finished speaking, everyone frowned, even Guan Yu himself was no exception.

Although Liu Bei lied to the two of them in Xuzhou and let them avoid the final mortal battle, Guan Yu could actually feel faintly in his heart that Li Yi should have let them go on purpose at that time, otherwise he and Zhang It is absolutely impossible for Fei to survive.

It's just that Liu Bei's death stimulated Guan Yu too much, so he didn't think about those twists and turns, because no matter what the process was, Liu Bei was killed by Li Yi, and Li Yi was his endless enemy.

But now that Xun Yu mentioned this matter, Guan Yu began to think about it seriously, and soon, he had an answer in his heart, an answer that Guan Yu could guess but would never admit.

Guan Yu himself was like this, and outsiders like Xia Houyuan and the others found it even more difficult to understand the reason. After thinking for a long time, no one could explain why, even Cao Cao couldn't figure it out. In the end, everyone could only look at Xun Yu again. Let Xun Yu give them an answer.

Chapter 629 God Bless Me Cao

Feeling the sight of everyone, Xun Yu smiled slightly, and then said confidently: "Xun Xun asserted that Li Yi's move seemed to kill Yun Chang or Zi Lian's life, but it was not the case. Li Yi's plan was just to let the lord It's just difficult."

"Hehe, this matter looks very troublesome at first glance. The lord should not be wrong, and the next step is even worse, but once you understand the key points, it is very simple. As long as the lord ignores him, Li Yi has nothing to gain after tossing around for a while. If it feels boring, naturally I won’t be entangled anymore.”

Immediately, many people present had weird expressions. They didn't expect to let themselves be entangled. What they had been thinking about for a long time was exposed by Xun Yu so lightly, and it sounded really reasonable.

After a brief daze, someone soon came back to his senses, and Xia Houyuan said: "It's so inappropriate, it's very inappropriate, and we also know that Li Yi is trying to embarrass Meng De, but Li Yi's behavior is shameless, and Zi Lian In his hands, if Meng De doesn't respond, once Li Yi becomes angry and really kills Zi Lian, wouldn't it be too late for us to regret it?"

Xun Yu shook his head lightly, and asked, "After Zi Lian was captured by Li Yi, did Li Yi make a request? Let the lord redeem him?"

Xia Houyuan was silent, but Cao Cao said: "I once sent someone to contact Li Yi, wanting to exchange property and beauties for Zi Lian and others to be free, but no matter how much money or beauties, Li Yi refused, and asked him what he wanted. , Li Yi never responded."

Xun You spread his hands, and said: "That's it. Li Yi naturally has a plan to detain Zi Lian, but it is not measurable by money. For example, Yun Chang, if Zi Lian was used to exchange Yun Chang's life, Li Yi would be happy, but , Li Yi also knows that it is absolutely impossible to seriously agree to this matter with the wise master, so "

After a pause, Xun You looked at the crowd and said, "Shu Yu said it directly. Since Zi Lian was imprisoned by Li Yi, he can only be Li Yi's bargaining chip if Zi Lian is still alive. If Zi Lian dies, the lord is certainly heartbroken. But it is not beneficial to Li Yi."

"On the contrary, if Li Yi really kills Zilian, it will only make our army share the same hatred. If you want to kill Li Yi to avenge Zilian, it will be harmful to Li Yi. Therefore, if it is not necessary, if the lord kills He has a general under his command, otherwise Li Yi would never really kill Zi Lian!"

As for Xun Yu's later explanation, more people listened to it. At least Xiahou Dun sighed, obviously not wanting to argue anymore. If you don't do it, just watch Zilian being humiliated by Li Yi?"

This time Xun Yu didn't speak, and followed Xia Houyuan himself silently, because Xia Houyuan could hardly absolve himself of the blame for Cao Hong's disaster today.

After a while, Cao Cao suddenly asked, "How are Mao Jie and Cheng Yu's family?"

Xiahou and the others didn't know why they mentioned them for Cao Cao, but Xun Yu and Xi Zhong guessed right away, they exchanged glances, and Xi Zhong replied, "Everything is fine for now."

"Ugh!"

Cao Cao sighed, and said quietly, "Make arrangements and send them to Jingzhou."

Hearing this, Xia Houyuan's and Cao Ren's expressions changed, as if hesitant to speak.

Xi Zhong bowed deeply to Cao Cao and said, "My lord is kind!"

Cao Cao shook his head, and said, "Cheng Yu and Mao Jie were captured by Li Yi one after another, but it was not their own fault, and I was unable to rescue them afterwards, so I am sorry for them."

"The two of them persisted in the prison for half a year, and finally had no choice but to agree to work for Li Yi. After hearing this news, I felt mixed emotions in my heart, but I never blamed the two of them. I only hated myself for not being able to deal with Li Yi. "

Cao Cao's words are very embarrassing, there is no falsehood in the slightest, because every confrontation with Li Yi is like cutting flesh for him, except for Mi Heng, who committed suicide, every other loss makes his heart ache terribly .

"At that time, someone said that Cheng Yu and Mao Jie were betrayed, and their family members should be killed to make an example to others. I reprimanded the person who said that, because they were innocent. Yi sent someone to escort my son Cao Zhi back, and he and Li Yi sold themselves in exchange for me."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao pursed his lips, his teeth were slightly strained, and his mouth made a creaking sound. If possible, he would really rather not have that son than give up Cheng Yu and Mao Jie.

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Breathing out the turbid air, Cao Cao continued: "It can be seen from this that Li Yi attaches great importance to the two of them. At that time, I thought that if Li Yi sent someone to ask for his family members, I would give them money and send them to Jingzhou for reunion. , However, it was a long time since Li Yilai contacted me. I was puzzled at first, but later I understood that it must be because the two of them felt ashamed in their hearts and were unwilling to make demands on me."

"However, now that Li Yi is taking Zilian as an example, he might as well take this opportunity to send their family members to Jingzhou. They should also be members of the regiment. Moreover, Li Yi can be more worried in this way, and maybe he can treat Zilian kindly." inexpensive."

As soon as Cao Cao's words fell, the matter was considered to be a conclusion, and it was just enough to make do with it. It didn't have any impact on Cao Cao's interests, but the hearts of everyone were not at all relaxed. On the contrary, they all felt aggrieved and panicked. .

Especially Xun Yu, Xun Yu noticed that Cao Cao looked at him twice halfway, with complicated meanings in his eyes, and then Xun Yu knew that Cao Cao had already understood his thoughts.

Xun Yu told everyone before that Li Yi would not kill Cao Hong, but in fact he was not as confident as he said in his heart. After all, Cao Hong was only a captive, and he was destined not to surrender to Li Yi. Li Yi could keep it for some reason. He, but if Li Yi really wanted to kill him, he would be against Cao Cao, and this reason was enough.

But Xun Yu knew this, but he still wanted to say that Cao Hong was fine, mainly because he wanted to stand up for Cao Cao and put this matter on him. Even if something happened to Cao Hong in the future, it would be Xun Yu's misjudgment, not Cao Cao. make a mistake.

Xun Yu's move was well-intentioned, but Cao Cao was not without conscience. Maybe he didn't want Xun Yu to take the risk, or maybe he was really afraid that something would happen to Cao Hong, so he sent Cheng Yu and Mao Jie's family members to Jingzhou as favors.

At first glance, this move was nothing, and outsiders would think that Cao Cao was kind, but in fact, it set a very bad precedent for Cao Cao.

Before Cheng Yu and Mao Jie surrendered to Li Yi, although Cao Cao understood them, how could Cao Cao treat them indifferently?

Regardless of what Cao Cao said casually, if Li Yi really wanted their family members at that time, Cao Cao would definitely ask Cao Hong to exchange them, and even take advantage of the trend to propose a price that Li Yi could not accept at all.

Because Cao Cao must let outsiders know that the price of betraying him is very high. Otherwise, if one of his subordinates is arrested in the future, he will defect one, and then let Cao Cao support his family. Do you really think that Cao Cao is an honest man?

It's just that Li Yi seemed to have guessed Cao Cao's thoughts, and never made any demands on the family members of the two, but instead talked about Cao Hong. Cao Cao had no choice but to let their family members go and let Li Yi accept favors.

Gradually, the two brothers Cao Ren and Xiahou also figured out the twists and turns. They were so angry that Xiahou Dun even blurted out: "Li Yi is so bullying, it can be tolerated, which one can't be tolerated!"

After Xiahou Dun finished speaking, Cao Ren wanted to answer, but Xi Zhong suddenly shouted, "That's not good!"

Xi Zhong's words were abrupt, and everyone looked at him, but Xi Zhong ignored the eyes of others and said directly to Cao Cao: "Master, Li Yi is afraid that he will send troops to Yanzhou soon, please make preparations early!"

Xi Zhong's words were earth-shattering, and Cao Cao was startled directly, and subconsciously sat up straight.

Guan Yu slowly opened his slightly narrowed Danfeng eyes, flashing murderous intent.

The rest of Cao Ren Xiahou and other generals all looked solemn, not daring to be slighted.

Don't look at how they were filled with righteous indignation before, and they all wanted to go shopping with Li Yi soon, but if they really met Li Yi, even just thinking about it, the pressure would make them a little hard to bear, and Cao Cao was no exception , Guan Yu alone was fearless, and he had no other thoughts in his mind except to kill Li Yi.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the room was so tense because of Xi Zhong's guess, Cao Cao was dissatisfied, but he had no choice but to force himself to calm down and asked slowly, "Why did Zhicai say that?"

Xi Zhong pointed to the letter in front of Cao Cao and said, "Because the timing of this matter is too coincidental!"

Cao Cao looked down at the letter, his eyelids twitched immediately, and his heart was broken.

Seeing Cao Cao's reaction, Xi Zhong knew that he already understood, but the others were still puzzled, so he explained: "At the time when Lv Bu attacked the rear of Yanzhou, the lord had to withdraw his troops from Xuzhou. Miaocai's troops, not only Miaocai himself could not be spared, but the princess's army was going to be flanked by Li Yi and Lu Bu. Given the situation at the time, there was no chance of winning. However, Li Yi just stopped immediately after winning for a while. Didn't unite with Lu Bu, why?"