Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

After thinking for a while, Li Yi couldn't make a decision, so he simply changed the subject and said, "How long will it take for the follow-up troops?"

Seeing that Li Yi didn't want to talk about Lu Bu, Kuai Yue couldn't force him, so he could only reply: "You should have entered Yingchuan, and if there is no accident, you can reach Yangdi in five days."

"it is good!"

Li Yi nodded, then motioned to Lu Xun, and ordered: "Tomorrow, let Xu Sheng lead five thousand troops and station in Xu County eastward, pay more attention to the news in Yuzhou, and don't underestimate Kong Rong just because he is not good at fighting. After the army arrived, let Wei Xu and Song Xian lead the way, Xu Huang and Mr. Xun led [-] troops, went north to Chenliu, temporarily stationed in Jiyang, and only defended but did not attack. If Lu Bu urged him, he said that this battle will not be determined overnight. , and without our military order, we cannot send troops.”

"In addition, you wrote a letter to Kong Rong, saying that I had no intention of occupying Yingchuan, and that I came here only to protect the people of Yingchuan. When I go northward in the future, I will return Yingchuan and let him take care of it."

Lu Su wrote down Li Yi's order in a hurry, while Kuai Yue secretly laughed in his heart. Although Li Yi didn't want to kill Lu Bu, he was not polite at all when he did it, and Lu Bu might be very angry. Light, but in this way he was relieved, what Kuai Yue cared about was not Lu Bu's life or death, but worried about Li Yi's softness, but now it seems that he was worrying too much. "

After Li Yi finished speaking, Lu Su was going to pass the order, but at this moment, Mi Fang hurried in, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, I just got the news. Leaving Chang'an, looking at the direction, it is heading towards Yuzhou!"

"So fast!"

A look of joy suddenly appeared on Li Yi's face.

He has occupied Yingchuan, and has torn skins with Yuzhou. Those words of fooling Kong Rong are only delaying the conflict between the two sides, and there will be a battle afterwards.

But compared to Kong Rong, Li Yi is more anxious, because there is Cao Cao in the north, Li Yi can't delay in Yuzhou for too long, so if Liu Yao doesn't come, Li Yi can only go to Runan to touch porcelain , but since Liu Yao is on the way, Li Yi's affairs are much easier to handle.

So Li Yi stopped Lu Su and said: "Change the previous things and leave 2000 people to guard Yangdi. The rest of the soldiers and horses will follow me to Xu County under the pretext of supporting Yanzhou, and the follow-up soldiers and horses will also come to Xu County." Let's meet up and wait for Liu Yao to arrive, Yuzhou hehe!"

Chapter 635: Liu Yao

Li Yi's efficiency is more than ten times better than that of Kong Rong. Although he decided to go to Xu County temporarily, no one arguing with him, ordered him to go on, and made preparations for the transfer that afternoon, and then the next day. Early in the morning, the army set out on the road.

Wei Xu and Song Xian walked together naturally, but their men and horses marched with Li Yi's army, but they were quite uncomfortable.

After all, people want face. Li Yi's soldiers walked neatly, walked with their chests upright, but Wei Xu's men looked elite at first, but when compared with Li Yi's soldiers, their aura suddenly became weaker.

This made the two of them feel very ashamed. At the same time, they admired Li Yi more and more, and wanted to join Li Yi more and more. After all, with such elite soldiers and Jingzhou Yangzhou as their support, who can resist Li Yi's Bingfeng?

After doing this for several days, on February [-]th, Li Yi entered Xu County. The reason was that Xu County was used as a food storage place to prepare for the battle of Yanzhou, but in fact, he was making the final preparations for the march into Yuzhou. foreshadowing.

After these days, Li Yi also had a more detailed understanding of Liu Yao's situation.

When Liu Yao came to Yuzhou this time, he only brought five hundred people with him. There were also a few generals who led the army, such as Fan Neng, Zhang Ying, Yu Mi, etc. It is said that they have some skills, but Li Yi has never heard of them Although Li Yi told the people below to take the name of the person seriously, he actually didn't take it seriously.

However, not long after Liu Yao left Chang'an, there was another person who joined him on the way, Zhu Hao, the eldest son of Da Siong Zhu Jun.

This person is called Li Yi, who cares a lot.

Regardless of Zhu Hao's own ability, the key is that his father is too powerful.

Zhu Jun made great military exploits during the Yellow Turban Rebellion and was respected by the world. Like the eighteen princes who begged for Dong, they were basically his descendants, and even many of them fought with him at the beginning, as far as Li Yi knew. , Cao Cao and the current Runan prefect Xu Wei are Zhu Jun's old subordinates.

Then Zhu Hao's sudden joining seemed very interesting. Although Cao Cao was not something that Zhu Hao could subdue, if Zhu Hao used his father's prestige to temporarily tie Yuzhou and Yanzhou together, it would not be too difficult.

Therefore, although Li Yi did not want to persecute Zhongliang, he still stroked Zhu Hao's name lightly.

Naturally, Li Yi's move to Xu County cannot be hidden from others.

First of all, Lu Bu breathed a sigh of relief. Cao Cao had been working too hard during this period, which put him under a lot of pressure. Li Yi's arrival, no matter whether he had ulterior motives or not, finally relieved his pressure.

Therefore, although Lu Bu was short on money, when Xun You rushed to meet Li Yi, he ordered Xu Si to go with him and prepared a lot of things as a reward for his labor.

Compared with Lu Bu, after Cao Cao got the news of Li Yi, his head grew bigger, and he even greeted Kong Rong's family from a distance.

Cao Cao asked himself that his plan was very good, let Kong Rong delay Li Yi, and then he took the opportunity to take Lu Bu down. After taking the upper hand, the rest of the matter can be handled easily.

But the problem is, Kong Rong is too annoying.

In Kong Rong's reply letter, he agreed very simply, saying that he would deal with Li Yi together, but after a few days, none of the soldiers and horses in Yuzhou moved. What made Cao Cao mad was that it was fine if Kong Rong didn't attack, but he didn't even have any preparations for defense, and Yingchuan was occupied by thousands of people.

Cao Cao is going crazy, he really can't understand Kong Rong's brain circuit, if he can't walk away, he wants to kiss him, peel off Kong Rong's head, and see what he has been thinking about these days, in a daze He gave up the initiative to Li Yi.

However, if you are angry, Cao Cao still has to face up to the situation in front of him.

Li Yi's army is claimed to be 15, Cao Cao naturally does not believe it, but the ordinary soldiers below are not clear, many people are afraid of Li Yi, and even Cao Cao himself is somewhat uneasy, because bragging also needs confidence, Li Yi There will definitely not be too few soldiers and horses.

As a result, Cao Cao fell into an embarrassing situation.

Continue to attack Lu Bu. If Changyi has not been defeated, and Li Yi first comes to cooperate with the inside and outside, it will be a bad dish.

But it is even more impossible to turn to defense at this point, because it is really cowardly before the battle. The personal face problem is small. Once the army's morale is lost, Cao Cao can go directly to be Yuan Shao's younger brother.

Therefore, Cao Cao was in a dilemma. Although he still stationed his soldiers and horses outside Changyi City and maintained a strong posture, he stopped attacking very much, and the two sides entered a temporary truce and wait-and-see.

In the end, it was Kong Rong. If Kong Rong was slow to respond at first, it could be said that Li Yiyin had slapped him, then Kong Rong's reaction afterwards was something that even Li Yi couldn't understand.

After Li Yi sent a letter to Kong Rong, Kong Rong did not reply, and Kong Rong did not send anyone to contact Li Yi to express his condemnation, not even dispatching troops. According to intelligence, Kong Rong Day by day, he just stayed at home with those prefects, seemingly trying to hold back a big move, but after so many days, nothing came out, and Yuzhou's defense was no different from a sieve.

Regarding Kong Rong's reaction, Li Yi was a little thankful that Liu Yao came in time, otherwise he would not be able to find anyone even if he wanted to touch porcelain.

A few days later, on this day, a group of people came from Yangcheng County to the west of Yingchuan, and it was Liu Yao and his party who came from afar.

Liu Yao stepped out of the carriage and looked around. Because it was noon, he could see smoke rising from the city from a distance. It was obvious that households were cooking. Seeing this, Liu Yao felt a little relieved in his heart, but deep in his eyes, There is also a touch of worry.

A few days ago, Liu Yao had learned about the changes in Yingchuan, first the so-called rebels, then Li Yi, in short Yingchuan had been taken over.

This is undoubtedly a blow to Liu Yao.

In fact, as early as when Li Yi planned Jingzhou Mu, the imperial court wanted Liu Yao to replace Liu Biao, but Li Yi was too powerful at that time, and the imperial court could not suppress Li Yi's credit, and Li Yi had mastered Jingzhou soldiers and horses, not the state shepherd was better State Mu, Liu Yao did not dare to compete with Li Yi for the position of State Shepherd. In addition, Li Yi was still a model of loyalty and goodness in the world at that time, and Liu Yao did not want to become enemies with Li Yi, so he gave up the opportunity to compete for Jingzhou Mu.

However, what Liu Yao didn't expect was that Zhongliang in his eyes had the same wolf ambition as Dong Zhuo, and it was much deeper than what Dong Zhuo had hidden. After the court understood, Jingyang and Jingyang were all in Li Yi's hands.

Therefore, the imperial court found Liu Yao again, and expressed his righteousness, hoping that he could accept the order in the face of danger and plan the south for the imperial court. He did not ask him to defeat Li Yi, but at least let Yangzhou return to the imperial court.

Liu Yao is a very knowledgeable person. He knows how difficult this task is, it is almost impossible to complete it, and if you are not careful, you may even have your life in danger. However, compared with the last time, Liu Yao is not much more Hesitation took over the heavy burden entrusted by the court.

The reason is simple, his surname is Liu, and he is a clan member of the Han Dynasty. If he doesn't stand up at critical times, who will stand up?

But what Liu Yao didn't expect was that the situation was worse than he expected. Before he arrived, Yingchuan suffered a series of accidents, which cast a thick layer of haze on his future.

However, after seeing the situation in Yangcheng, it made Liu Yao feel a little more unspeakable.

After watching the smoke quietly for a while, Liu Yao jumped out of the carriage, and said to Zhu Hao who was following him, "Ming, follow me into the city, how about it?"

Zhu Hao blinked, and before he could speak, Zhang Ying on the side hurriedly persuaded him: "My lord, no, now that Yingchuan has been taken over by Li Yi, there may be Li Yi's troops inside, and my lord enters the city. In case Li Yixin What should I do if I have malicious intentions?"

Liu Yao shook his head and smiled, "You also said that Yingchuan was occupied by Li Yi, and I am in Yingchuan now. If Li Yi wants to harm me, it doesn't make any difference whether he enters the city or not, and"

After a pause, Liu Yao emphasized, "Yingchuan is still the Yingchuan of the Han Dynasty!"

Zhu Hao, Zhang Ying, and Fan Neng and Yu Mi on the side were all in a state of mind for a while, and when they looked at Liu Yao again, their eyes were full of reverence.

Zhu Hao smiled slightly, and said to Zhang Ying, "You take a team and enter the city together."