Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

While talking, Li Yi suddenly looked at Mi Fang and asked, "How is Zang Ba's situation?"

Mi Fang replied: "Tao Qian wanted to conquer Zang Ba twice before, but he was dissuaded by Chen Deng and my elder brother, and he spoke a lot for Zang Ba. Zang Ba also knew that this was the master's order, and he had a good impression of the master, but the master temporarily The solicitation has not been directly proposed, so some things are still to be determined.”

"That's it."

Li Yi thought for a while, and said, "If someone persuades Tao Qian to send Zang Ba to the north to help in the battle under the pretext of driving away tigers and wolves, and then hints that Zang Ba will not seek meritorious service, but just delay for a few months, is it feasible?"

Kuai Yue immediately agreed and said: "This method is very good, but Lord Tian Kai of Qingzhou should also contact one or two, and promise that Yanzhou is willing to send troops to help after the war. I hope he can hold on to the city and delay Yuan Tan's offensive. Otherwise, if Tian Kai is timid, Abandoning the city and fleeing, I am afraid that everything will be lost."

"Ok!"

Li Yi responded heavily, and then said: "The matter is settled like this. Zifang has been in contact with Zang Ba a lot recently. As long as Zang Ba is willing to surrender me, there will be no changes in Xuzhou."

Mi Fang hurriedly responded: "My lord, please rest assured!"

Li Yi said again: "The matter of Tian Kai and the envoy of Yuan Shao will be handled by Zijing."

"Here!"

After Lu Su accepted, Li Yi looked around the crowd and said with emotion: "Now that I have occupied the land of the three states, Yanzhou and Xuzhou are at my fingertips. Whether I rule the people or the soldiers, I will beat Yuan Shao. Let me become the target of public criticism. The heroes of the world, whether they support the Han family or have other plans, will regard me as an enemy. Therefore, if the great cause is not achieved, one day should not be taken lightly. I should be like this, and so should you! "

Chapter 662 Cao Cao, Yanzhou, Abandoned Son

The plan is established, and the subsequent development of things will naturally be orderly.

First of all, he ordered people to contact people like Liu Chong, Zang Ba, and Tian Kai, and at the same time rectified the army and prepared to go north.

The meticulous work does not require Li Yi to do it himself. When the army is being repaired, the main thing Li Yi does is to appease the soldiers who surrendered in Yuzhou and meet the local gentry officials. The sense of identification with him will make it easier for him to work hard for him later.

For this reason, Li Yi even did not hesitate to go off in person, and spent a whole day giving porridge and rice to the people. Even if he was a show, he was full of sincerity.

After two days like this, Yuan Shao's envoy arrived, and as expected, it was his old acquaintance Guo Tu.

Same as last time, Li Yi still warmly entertained Guo Tu, but after Guo Tu expressed Yuan Shao's wishes, Li Yi directly turned down his face and threw Guo Tu to Yu Fan, the king of talking.

According to Guo Tu's statement, Yuan Shao hopes that Li Yi will give him face and let him do something for Li Yi and Cao Cao. As long as Li Yi agrees not to beat Cao Cao, he is willing to recommend Li Yi as the general of the hussars and give Li Yi a lot of money treasure.

In the end, Guo Tu told Li Yi with a mean face that Yuan Shao specially found [-] extra young women for him, all of whom were of first-class appearance, and as long as Li Yi nodded, they would send them to Xiangyang immediately.

This made Li Yi's face very dark. Although Zhen Mi was the one he called for last time, he even did not hesitate to exchange the "Chuan Guo Yuxi" for this.

But Li Yi himself didn't think so, he always felt that his style was still very decent, but Yuan Shao was lucky, he really regarded him as a hungry ghost, and a mere hundred and ten beauties wanted him to retreat, which not only insulted him His IQ is an insult to his character!

The proposal of another Hussar general is good. With Li Yi's current power, the whole south is under his control. Later, there will be Yanzhou, Xuzhou and other places. If you change your mind a little more, I'm afraid you can't help but proclaim yourself emperor. Now, although Li Yi is not in such a hurry, the mere title of Jingzhou Mu is obviously not enough, and Li Yi has to go further in both emotion and reason.

However, Li Yi doesn't need to look at Yuan Shao or the face of the court at all. Even without Yuan Shao's recommendation, the people around Li Yi will push him to the top. Why should Li Yi owe Yuan Shao a favor for nothing?

Therefore, although Yuan Shao's proposal is very tempting, it cannot really impress Li Yi.

However, after Yu Fan reported the conversation with Guo Tu, Li Yi discovered another problem.

Guo Tu was only talking about Yanzhou and Cao Cao the whole time, but he didn't mention anything about Yuan Tan and Qingzhou's recent situation. Showing his fangs, Guo Tu should at least test Li Yi's attitude.

Li Yi discussed with Kuai Yue and others, and immediately came to the conclusion that Yuan Shao was determined to win Qingzhou, and Yanzhou and Cao Cao were likely to be regarded by Yuan Shao as abandoned sons who delayed Li Yi's progress.

For Yuan Shao, Yanzhou is indeed very important, otherwise Yuan Shao would not have helped Cao Cao many times before, allowing Cao Cao to reverse the situation in Yanzhou, but at that time Cao Cao's opponent was Lu Bu, but now he is much stronger than Lu Bu, even Yuan Shao himself Strong Li Yi.

Then, let Cao Cao defend Yanzhou under the pressure of Li Yi, and the investment required is not comparable to that of Lu Bu. Even if Yuan Shao goes all out, he is not sure of victory, but it is very likely that Yanzhou will become a trap for both sides. quagmire.

That's all for Li Yi, he occupies a favorable location, and it is very convenient to send troops to Yanzhou. Even if Yanzhou becomes a mess, it will not have a big impact on Li Yi, but Yuan Shao is different, not to mention that there is a Yellow River in the middle, and the cost of supporting Yanzhou is much higher than that of Li Yi. Once his rear was empty, Gongsun Zan behind him was not easy to deal with.

Under such circumstances, instead of spending a lot of money and taking big risks to compete with Li Yi for a Yanzhou with an inexplicable future, it is far better for Yuan Shao to directly change places and eat Qingzhou, a soft persimmon, in his mouth.

Li Yi and the people around him were happy when they came to this judgment at the beginning, but soon, many people began to look worried.

Because even if Yuan Shao gave up Yanzhou, he would not really surrender Yanzhou, and Guo Tu came from Cao Cao, so any resourceful person can easily think that Yuan Shao has a great possibility. It will make Cao Cao stop Li Yi at all costs in Yanzhou.

Under normal circumstances, Li Yi has more soldiers, Cao Cao has fewer soldiers, and Cao Cao has less food and grass, and the logistics cannot keep up. Then when Cao Cao faces Li Yi's army, there is a great possibility that he will choose to start a decisive battle when Li Yi is not stable. , Betting on a chance of victory in the decisive battle.

But if Yuan Shao asked Cao Cao to abandon Yanzhou and delay Li Yi's footsteps, then Cao Cao would probably disperse his troops and stick to them one by one, until he could no longer afford to spend, then he would withdraw from Yanzhou.

Moreover, most of the soldiers under Cao Cao are natives of Yanzhou. It is no problem for Cao Cao to let them fight in Yanzhou, but if Cao Cao retreats to Hebei, the soldiers below will not go with him. So, Cao Cao is very determined to let the soldiers fight Li Yi to death It is also possible.

However, for this point, Li Yi's subordinates also have another voice.

Kuai Yue believes that although Cao Cao is looking forward to Yuan Shao's leadership, Yuan Shao's power in Hebei is already relatively stable. If Cao Cao loses Yanzhou and crosses the Yellow River to defect to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao will have no place for Cao Cao to control the military power of a state. The greatest possibility for Cao Cao is to become a subordinate adviser.

Moreover, Kuai Yue also believes that the relationship between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao is not as good as it seems on the surface. After Cao Cao loses Yanzhou, he is likely to be suppressed by Yuan Shao, or even completely annexed.

Therefore, although Yuan Shao's calculation is good, Cao Cao may not act according to Yuan Shao's plan.

On this point, everyone is arguing, even Li Yi is not sure about Cao Cao's specific reaction, because the current Cao Cao is not the Cao Cao in Guandu. He may have ambitions, but he is definitely not as big as he was later, so it cannot be called a setback. After that, he really packed up his clothes and worked with Yuan Shao.

However, Li Yi is not in a hurry about this. Anyway, after sending troops to Yuzhou, he can see what Cao Cao is planning when he sees Cao Cao's troops. Li Yi has time to deal with it.

Therefore, Li Yi did not meet with Guo Tu again, and only let Yu Fan contact him if he had something to do, and arranged many guards to follow him day and night to prevent Guo Tu from spreading information. Guo Tu was slightly dissatisfied with this, but he did not protest. He stayed in Li Yi's army honestly. Regarding this, Li Yi thought that Guo Tu should have other things on his trip, such as making some representations to him when the battle situation changed.

A few days later, Liu Yao from Peiguo and Liu Mi from Liangguo sent replies one after another, expressing their willingness to write a letter to support Li Yi's appointment of Cai Yong and Huang Zhong, which was a tacit consent to Li Yi's governance of Yuzhou.

A few days later, Liu Chong and Luo Jun of Chen Guo also chose to bow their heads to Li Yi after some entanglement. Immediately, Li Yi arranged for people to take over Chen Guo's soldiers and horses, and ordered Luo Jun to be transferred to Lu County The prefect, He Qi, Sun Ben, Zhou Yu and others led the army to accompany them.

Three days later, Xu Sheng and Huo Jun led troops to Qiao County to meet Li Yi. So far, the interior of Yuzhou was basically stable, and the army of Li Yi's headquarters and the original Yuzhou soldiers and horses had also been reorganized. Therefore, after thinking about it, Li Yi decided not to When Cai Yong took office, he raised [-] troops and headed north to Yanzhou.

Li Yi's series of actions in Yuzhou naturally cannot be concealed from others, and the first to bear the brunt is Lu Bu and Cao Cao who are still facing each other in Changyi.

Lu Bu was very annoyed when he first learned that Li Yi had killed Yuzhou in the name of helping him. However, as the news came that Li Yi was in Yuzhou all the way, Lu Bu's anger was gradually suppressed.

Li Yi's soldiers are so fierce, even if Lu Bu is annoyed, what's the use of it, can he still call the teacher to ask the crime?

Moreover, just a few days ago, Jingzhou added more troops to Xu Huang's place. Now Xu Huang has more than 5000 people under his command. Including Li Yi's headquarters and the recruited Yuzhou soldiers, Li Yi alone has more troops than Lu Bu and Cao Cao. The sum is too much, even if Lu Bu is unwilling, he can only do nothing.

Fortunately, although Li Yi's support for Lu Bu was only in words, but as the record of Yuzhou's record continued to spread, the soldiers under Lu Bu's command were inexplicably encouraged when they thought that it was their own strong support. It boosted some morale, and Lv Bu found a trace of complex comfort in the endless melancholy.

Although Lu Bu was not happy, it was because he did not compare with Cao Cao, otherwise Lu Bu would definitely feel lucky.

Although in the offensive and defensive battle in Changyi, Cao Cao had always had an advantage at first, but he was not able to break through the city in one go. Then the morale of Cao Cao's soldiers and horses began to decline, and after the Yuzhou battle report came, it plummeted even more, let alone ordinary soldiers Uneasy in their hearts, many generals began to be afraid. Li Yi was like no one in Yuzhou, so how could they resist it?

In this regard, Cao Cao could at first say that it was not Li Yi's bravery, but Kong Rong's incompetence, which fueled Li Yi's arrogance and wanted to use this to inspire the army. , even Cao Cao's own heart was cold.

After that, Cao Cao discussed the matter for two days in a row. Then, Cao Cao gave up continuing to attack Changyi, withdrew his troops for [-] miles, and turned to the defensive.

At the beginning of May, Li Yi's army had already entered Yanzhou, and when it reached Dongxie, it could approach Changyi immediately, and Xu Huang's troops also passed through Chengshi County, which was also not far from Changyi.

According to this momentum, Cao Cao is facing a terrible situation of being surrounded by three times stronger enemies, but Cao Cao still stands still, which makes Li Yi strange, but also quite vigilant, sending letters to Xu Huang again and again, telling him to march slowly, Also be very careful, beware of Cao Cao's tricks.

However, although there is no clue about Cao Cao himself, Li Yi has sent a lot of news from other aspects.

The first is Zhang Chao and Zhang Miao brothers. They said that as long as Li Yihui sent troops from Lu County, they were willing to take the initiative to send troops to attack Xiahou Dun and try to break Cao Cao's back.