Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

After finishing speaking, Xi Zhong retreated to his seat, while the others looked uglier than the other.

The reason why Li Yi is feared is Li Yi's personal factors, but more, Jingzhou's family background is too strong, because wars are often about consumption, consumption of population, consumption of money and food, whoever can't stand it first will lose In this regard, except for Liu Zhang who is in a corner, no one in the world can beat Li Yi, let alone Cao Cao, who has been fighting with Lu Bu for a long time.

Among these people today, either Wang Zuozhi is a talent or a famous general in the world. It is impossible for them to have not thought of these problems mentioned by Xi Zhong. However, no one has put it on the surface before, which is obviously abnormal. of.

Cao Cao gave Xi Zhong a complicated look, and seemed to be dissatisfied and somewhat helpless.

As a hero of a generation, how could Cao Cao not know Li Yi's advantages, but he had no choice, even Cao Cao thought about a worse situation than what Xi Zhong said, for example, Li Yi didn't care, and directly brought [-] to [-] troops to pounce on him. Going to Yanzhou and fighting him desperately will certainly affect Jingzhou's production, but Cao Cao is definitely doomed.

Therefore, in the worst case, Cao Cao can think in his heart, but he can't say it out of his mouth. If he says it, he can't fight Li Yi again.

It's just that Cao Cao didn't expect that Xi Zhong pointed out this problem. Although it was not the worst, it was definitely a blow to everyone's confidence.

Of course, Cao Cao also knew that Xi Zhong didn't intend to shake the morale of the army. He just didn't agree with aggressiveness and wanted to adopt a more secure defense. As far as his status was concerned, what Xi Zhong did was not wrong.

However, Cao Cao had another consideration in his mind.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have a very good relationship, and they are the ones who made the best friends. Cao Cao was able to fight against Lu Bu step by step against the trend, and finally even turned into an advantage. This is inseparable from Yuan Shao's support, which shows the relationship between the two It's deep.

Many people in Yanzhou are very grateful to Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao himself is no exception, but gratitude is gratitude, but Cao Cao doesn't want this relationship to continue.

Although Cao Cao had great ambitions at the beginning, his ambitions were not much. It was his lifelong wish to defend one side for the imperial court.

However, before he could realize his ambition, the world had changed.

The dignified son of heaven has become a plaything in the hands of others, and even the big man himself is already in danger.

And those so-called loyal ministers and righteous men, how many are still loyal ministers now?

Cao Cao knew that Yuan Shao supported him in fighting Lu Bu in Yanzhou. Although he had a personal friendship, the real purpose was to let him occupy a place in the Central Plains for Yuan Shao. After he unified Hebei in the future, Yuan Shao could cross the Yellow River and take Yanzhou as Step on the pedal, conquer the Quartet, and achieve the hegemony of his Yuan family!

To put it simply, Yuan Shao wants to rebel and let him Cao Cao be an accomplice!

But Cao Cao didn't want to rebel, especially with others.

After the crusade against Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have always stood on the same front, and they are very close to each other, but because of this, Cao Cao gradually looked down on Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao felt that Yuan Shao wanted to plot the world, but he himself was indecisive. He didn't have the appearance of an emperor at all.

Moreover, as he gets older, Yuan Shao has lost the heroic spirit of his youth. Although he still looks bright, his heart has become more and more difficult to tolerate. Although Cao Cao regards Yuan Shao as the leader in everything, he does not recognize Yuan Shao as the leader. Lord, most of his subordinates are in-laws of his own clan. In the future, even if he hands over all the military power to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao will easily be suspicious of him. After all, Han Fu is a lesson from the past.

Also, during the battle in Yanzhou during this period, Cao Cao was really tired, physically and mentally exhausted. He almost died in the hands of Lu Bu several times. Cao Cao is also a human being, and he also cherished his life. But he worked so hard, but in the end he just paved the way for Yuan Shao How can Cao Cao be willing to build a bridge?

So, slowly, Cao Cao came up with the idea of ​​breaking away from Yuan Shao, and to achieve this goal, he must first have his own territory and be self-sufficient, so that he can get rid of his dependence on Yuan Shao. Therefore, Yanzhou is for Cao Cao. , is determined to win, and it is also doomed that Cao Cao cannot take a defensive position in Yanzhou.

Because once he enters the defensive state, it will be a war of attrition, and Cao Cao must continue to rely on Yuan Shao's support, but Yuan Shao's things are taken for nothing. Now Cao Cao doesn't know how many people around him have been drawn by Yuan Shao.

Moreover, he had to face Li Yi, a powerful enemy. While Cao Cao was fighting for Li Yi, he also had to think about Yuan Shao's possible schemes. Those days were simply unbearable.

Therefore, although Xi Zhong's remonstrance is safe, for Cao Cao who already has his own ideas, he will not adopt it. He would rather take more risks and fight with Li Yi. With Li Yi's reputation, he became the lord of Yanzhou.

If you lose, it's another matter if you lose. Anyway, Cao Cao is unwilling to be the victim of the tug-of-war between Li Yi and Yuan Shao.

After reconfirming his thoughts, Cao Cao took a deep breath and said slowly: "Li Yi, the hero of troubled times, Dong Zhuo, Liu Biao, Yuan Shu, many romantic figures are folded in his hands, it seems that no one can be, but Cao does not believe it. !"

Cao Cao stood up suddenly. Although he was not tall, the pressure on others was extremely strong, and the others couldn't help standing up, and then saw Cao Cao suddenly draw out his long sword, and said sharply: "Although Li Yi's past is always invincible, but relying on It is the righteousness of the name, now Li Yi occupies Yangzhou, and pretends to be the destiny of heaven under the guise of ghosts and gods. The heart of disobedience has been clearly revealed. If Li Yi raises an army to attack, he will guard the territory for the emperor and punish the country's thieves for the great man, even if he is smashed to pieces, there is absolutely no reason to back down, and anyone who says to retreat in the future will definitely be killed!"

Chapter 631

Cao Cao is a decisive person. After he was determined to compete with Li Yi, he immediately took action.

First of all, it is natural to send someone to contact Kong Rong and invite Kong Rong to send troops to Li Yi, at least to check Li Yi's footsteps, and then spread rumors that Lu Bu was seriously injured and dying, so that Lu Bu's subordinates surrendered as soon as possible, and disturbed Lu Bu as much as possible military spirit.

At the same time, Cao Cao ordered Xiahou Dun to station 2 troops in Shouzhang to guard against Zhang Chao and Zhang Miao brothers. Cao Cao himself took more than [-] people to Juye to prepare for a decisive battle with Lu Bu.

Cao Cao's move was not small, so naturally he couldn't hide it from Lu Bu's eyes and ears, and then Lu Bu was furious, but after being furious, he was helpless, and finally nodded in agreement with Chen Gong's offer.

After Chen Gong talked with Xun You that day, although Chen Gong went to Lu Bu to persuade him confidently, things did not go smoothly.

At the beginning, Chen Gong and Lu Bu proposed to use Li Yi's hand to fight against Cao Cao, but Lu Bu was unwilling.

Lu Bu didn't care about helping Li Yi take Yingchuan and send him off to Chen Liu.

But the question is, can Li Yi's appetite really be satisfied with just one Chenliu?

Therefore, Lu Bu was afraid that it would be easier to ask the gods than to send them away. If Li Yi killed Cao Cao and even cleaned him up, he would have no place to cry.

Also, what Chen Gong said about the fisherman's profit, let him seize the opportunity and take the time to calculate Li Yi. Although Chen Gong said the truth, Lu Bu didn't have any confidence at all. It wasn't that he underestimated Chen Gong. Chen Gong was calculated, Li Yi can still make it to this day?

As for Chen Gong's idea of ​​marrying Lu Lingqi to Li Yi to leave a way out for the future, Lu Bu has no objection to this point.

If it was at the beginning, Lu Bu was asked to send his daughter to Li Yi as a concubine, Lu Bu would naturally not allow it, but now Li Yi is too powerful, and Lu Bu has turned the original Yanzhou victory into what it is today. Even he himself was injured by Guan Yu. Under all kinds of blows, Lu Bu may still be tough in his mouth, but he can no longer be proud in his heart.

Chen Gong persuaded Lv Bu for two days, and Lv Bu was still struggling at first, but after another two days, he got the news that Cao Cao had mobilized troops and horses, and there were even rumors outside that he was seriously injured and dying, and people panicked for a while.

Finally, under this pressure, Lu Bu had no choice but to bow his head, and ordered to invite Li Yi to send troops to Yanzhou with a sigh.

However, what Lu Bu finally agreed to was slightly different from what Xun You and Chen Gong talked about in private.

What Xun You meant was that he hoped that the two families would get married as soon as possible, but although Lu Bu agreed to the marriage, he backed off the matter and waited until Li Yi defeated Cao Cao for him before he could marry his daughter to Li Yi.

In this regard, Xun Youlue thought about it and agreed on Li Yi's behalf. Anyway, it is Lu Bu who needs this relationship the most, not Li Yi. Now that Lu Bu himself is not in a hurry, what else is he asking for?

The other thing is to send troops to Yingchuan.

Because Cao Cao moved too fast, Lu Bu had to defend, so he could only send [-] troops to Yingchuan. As the generals, Lu Bu originally appointed Gao Shun and Cao Xing, but he learned that Li Yi had an enmity with the Sima family. After that, Lu Bu replaced the leaders of the army with Wei Xu and Song Xian.

Although Gao Shun was decisive in killing on the battlefield, his sense of justice was too strong at ordinary times. Gao Shun was not good at killing people.

So, the matter was settled, and then he was sent to Xiangyang quickly. At the same time, Li Yi was quite busy in Jingzhou.

Li Yi's preliminary plan was to send [-] troops this time. Except for Li Yi's personal guard battalion, ordinary soldiers who had participated in the Battle of Yangzhou, as well as officers below the military marquis, were no longer mobilized.

Although those veterans were eager to fight and wanted to participate in the war, Li Yi had to consider their psychological endurance. To be safe, he could only keep them temporarily. After the spring plowing, he would continue from these veterans or other places depending on the situation. The deployment of soldiers and horses is expected to be around [-].

This time a lot of soldiers and horses were used, and many of them were recruits who had never been on the battlefield. Among the first batch of 4 people, only half of them were elite. Therefore, mobilization and encouragement are very important. Walk around in the army camp, contact with officers large and small in the army, and boost morale.

Although Li Yi couldn't know everyone of these soldiers who were about to go to war, each of them basically knew Li Yi.

Moreover, in the process, Li Yi also received two unexpected surprises.

Although Li Yi didn't publicize the use of troops these days, he mobilized troops on a large scale, and many people could tell that he was going to use force. Maybe some old antiques would say that a war is bound to die, but there will also be people who choose to take the initiative. Joining the army, because wealth and wealth are sought in danger, if you have some knowledge of martial arts in troubled times, joining the army to fight for fame is indeed a way out.

Li Yi has been getting news one after another these days, knowing that many people have come to join him, some of them with identities, Li Yi even had a drink with them once.

However, there are two of them that Li Yi cares about very much.

One is Li Yan, the original loyal minister of the Shu Han, who was left alone by Liu Bei and then pushed down by Zhuge Liang.