Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Wei Yan was stunned, looking at the three of Li Yi in astonishment, and didn't speak for a while, apparently his mind was stuck.

Seeing Wei Yan's stunned look, Li Yi couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay, I won't tease you anymore, come on, let's get on with business."

Wei Yan scratched his face, suddenly realized, and then laughed. He probably knew that he seemed to be acting a little too aggressively, but Wei Yan didn't regret it at all. What happened to being teased by Li Yi? The performance, the world does not know how many people want to be teased by Li Yi, and there is no such blessing yet.

The expression on Li Yi's face has returned to solemnity, and he said: "On the way, I discussed with the military adviser and others, and I think it will not be difficult to win the battle with Yuan Shao in the future, but the natural danger of the Yellow River is an obstacle. How many soldiers' lives were filled into the Yellow River, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands?"

Because the topic was serious, Chen Deng and the others were very serious, for fear of missing a word.

"I had an idea at first, to lure Yuan Shao across the river, and then gather together to annihilate them. However, crossing the river with a big victory is just a difficult strategy. Whether it succeeds or not depends almost entirely on how Yuan Shao chooses, which is very important to us. Passive, and the weapon of the soldier, if you hand over the first hand to Yuan Shao, it is tantamount to giving up the advantage, which is unwise."

Zhang Liao nodded approvingly. As for the future battle with Yuan Shao, Zhang Liao, as the commander of the army, has naturally thought about it, and his opinion is very clear. It's just how to attack, which is more troublesome. Zhang Liao So far there is no clear idea.

Chen Deng frowned slightly. He was only talking about Yuan Shao's words. He was actually in favor of being on the defensive. He would wear Yuan Shao down little by little, and then he could win easily.

It's just that it takes time, and Yuan Shao is not the only one in the world. If there is too much time, unexpected changes will easily occur.

Considering what Li Yi said before and after, and contacting Li Yi again, it seems that Li Yi intends to let him go to Qingzhou, and Chen Dengruo understands.

In the end, Wei Yan became more honest. Although he thought in his heart that he could be a pioneer and seize the river bank, he didn't say a word.

Li Yi waited for a while, leaving enough time for the three of them to think, and then continued: "If you can't defend, then you can only attack. I plan to deploy heavy troops in the East County of Yanzhou. I think Yuan Shao will also deploy there. The main force, so the Dongjun area is likely to be the main battlefield in the future."

"It's just that, as I said before, when the Dongjun war started, there would be no casualties, and it would take a lot of time. We can win, but I'm afraid that we will lose our vitality after the war. Therefore, I intend to arrange an extra kill in Qingzhou." trick!"

Chen Deng and the others shuddered, waiting for Li Yi's next words.

Li Yi drew a few lines on the ground with his toes, and outlined the general appearance of Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Jizhou, and the Yellow River, and said: "If I deploy heavy troops in Yanzhou, then Yuan Shao's center of gravity will naturally also be in Yanzhou. The layout is very limited, maybe it's Yuan Tan, or maybe someone else is deploying defense there, in short, the defense force is definitely not strong."

"It's just crossing the river to fight. Unless the army has several times the advantage, it will be difficult to take advantage in the early stage. In addition, Yuan Shao is not a stupid person. At that time, there will be many sentries on both sides of the river. He wants to secretly deploy heavy troops in Qingzhou. Sneak attacks are rare, almost impossible."

Li Yi looked at Chen Deng and said, "So, I appoint Mi Zhu as governor of Yuzhou, and I am going to appoint Yuanlong as governor of Qingzhou. What do you think Yuan Shao will think if he finds out?"

Chen Deng immediately continued: "Young Confucian student, I can't stand a fight!"

Li Yi laughed and said, "That's right, Yuan Shao would indeed think so, but that's not enough."

Zhang Liao asked, "Could it be that it's going to fall on the last general and the chief?"

"Not bad, but to be precise, it should be long."

Li Yi nodded, looked at Wei Yan, who was still pretending to be serious, and said, "I was by my side when I was in Chang'an, and then I defeated Yuan Shu twice and put down Yangzhou. Now I am a famous general in the world. Yuan Shao will despise the governors of Qingzhou and Xuzhou, but absolutely If you don’t underestimate Yuan, then this matter will fall on Chang.”

Wei Yan was shocked, and immediately planned to express his loyalty to Li Yi, but Li Yi followed up and said: "Normally speaking, I should appoint Yuan as the governor of Qingzhou, and take charge of Xuzhou's military affairs, but now in order to make Yuan Shao underestimate the enemy, I naturally It has to be changed, Yuanlong will be the governor, and the chief will assist in military affairs, while Yuanyuan will temporarily station troops in Xuzhou, and the front will change, and then send troops to the north to support."

"Everything is according to the master's words!"

Zhang Liao immediately took the lead with his fists in his arms. Although he felt a little regretful that he couldn't be on the front line of Qingzhou, Li Yi also understood what he said. The real main force here is still him. Positioning is just a striker who opens the way for him.

Li Yi is very satisfied with Zhang Liao's attitude. His power is growing, and his generals are also growing. In the earliest days, Zhang Liao was the person who wanted to make meritorious service the most. He always wanted to fight, but now there has been a significant change, calm There were too many, and Li Yi reckoned that most of them would not be without Jia Xu's guidance.

Nodding his head approvingly, Li Yi went on to say: "In the future, the Yellow River will be at war in the north and south, and the trade routes will be greatly affected. Yuanlong can secretly sell private goods, such as paper and wine, to the other side, and take the opportunity to make friends with the officials on the other side. Reach an agreement, you and him will not attack each other, and everything will just wait for the end of the battle in Yanzhou."

"Then, when the other party's vigilance is reduced to the minimum, you can use merchant ships to cover the river at the right time, first pull out the enemy's sentry post, and then use the elite to occupy the river bank for the follow-up soldiers, then the rest will be very easy to handle, Yuan What does the dragon think?"

"My lord's trick!"

Chen Deng praised first, and then said: "The lord's plan is very clever, but it is not easy to win the trust of the enemy general."

Li Yi smiled and said, "Yes, it's really not easy, but that's why I asked the three of you to come here."

The three of them were puzzled, and they all looked at Li Yi.

Li Yi smiled and said: "Yuanlong and Chang are not far more famous, and I chose you two to be in Qingzhou because of the lack of reputation of the two of you, and even being criticized by others from time to time, ha ha."

Wei Yan's face was a little embarrassed, and Zhang Liao couldn't help laughing. Back then, it wasn't a big deal that Wei Yan betrayed Li Yi and gave Jingnan two counties. The first beauty was given to Li Yi, and Li Yi accepted it directly.

If this matter is not done well, there are naturally noble people who can't stand it, but they dare not say anything wrong with Li Yi, so they can only point the finger at Wei Yan, saying that Wei Yan is flattering and exchanging a woman for a military position, which is contemptible.

At first, many people in the army didn't like to see Wei Yan. It wasn't until later that they got to know Wei Yan that he didn't have much moral integrity, but he also learned from the facts, and the military position was not recruited by beauties.

At this time, Chen Deng had basically grasped Li Yi's thoughts, and asked tentatively, "Could it be that the lord wants his subordinates to be villains with the boss?"

Li Yi admitted: "That's right, if an unknown person sits in Qingzhou, even if Yuan Shao despises him, he will still be wary, but for villains, especially shameless villains, he can really let him down, and then we will There is an opportunity to take advantage of."

"My lord, don't worry, my lord's great cause, don't talk about mere fame, what's the point of giving up your life!"

Wei Yan clasped his fists, with a righteous face on his face, he really didn't care about those little reputations, anyway, it was not good at all, and it was not as real as flattering Li Yi than building a reputation.

Li Yi pointed to Chen Deng and said, "It's more appropriate for Yuanlong to say this."

Chen Deng hurriedly bowed and said, "My subordinates naturally don't care about mere fame, but it's just to prevent Yuan Shao from seeing the clue, but it's not too easy."

Li Yi nodded slightly, and said: "This is also where I am in trouble. I have no idea how to make you squeeze far away to Xuzhou, so I just let you think about it yourself, haha, how to flatter you."

All three couldn't help laughing, and Zhang Liao was the first to say, "Bribe?"

Before Li Yi could speak, Chen Deng said with a smile: "General Zhang's words are wrong. For ordinary officials, bribery is acceptable, but my lord"

Just as he was talking, Chen Deng suddenly paused, his eyes lit up, apparently thinking of something.

And almost at the same time, Wei Yan's expression also changed, and it was obvious that he also thought of a way.

Zhang Liao didn't have too many thoughts, so he couldn't help asking curiously: "What clever plan do you two have, why don't you come and listen to it?"

Wei Yan was about to speak right away, but looking at Chen Deng, who was dressed as a sergeant beside him, he took a step back silently, and decided to give this good opportunity to Chen Deng.

Chen Deng glanced back, his face remained normal, and said: "My lord, to confuse Yuan Shao, my subordinates have a perfect plan, but I just need the lord to use another person."

Li Yi asked, "Who is it?"

Chen Deng cupped his hands and said, "Cao Bao!"

Li Yi was very curious and asked, "Why is this? As far as I know, this Cao Bao is mediocre in all aspects."

Chen Deng rubbed his nose, and said with a little embarrassment: "This subordinate and Cao Bao have known each other for a long time. Although they are not as old as him, they are also of the same generation as far as their ancestors are concerned. Although Cao Bao himself is not very special , but there is a beloved daughter in his family, rumored to be extremely beautiful, and now it is the right age to marry, and it should have a home, and the hero is a hero, this expedition is busy, hard work, but there is no one to take care of him, Therefore, if the subordinate wants to keep a matchmaker in the middle, isn't this the best of both worlds?"

"cough cough"

Li Yi couldn't help coughing for a while, and he swore that this result was really not caused by him on purpose.

Regarding how to make Chen Deng and Wei Yan "villains", Li Yi really had no good solution. After much deliberation, Li Yi decided to leave this issue to them to figure out for themselves. After all, employees should share the boss's worries.

But what Li Yi didn't expect was that Chen Deng looked serious, but he was so caring, and he cared about his personal life when he came up. Although Wei Yan on the side didn't express his opinion, but judging from his expression, he obviously had the same meaning as Chen Deng.

Then Li Yi also felt that this method was very good, and it was good in all aspects, but it was precisely because of this that he was a little embarrassed to agree directly, otherwise it would be more or less suspected of doing public affairs for personal gain, as if he had taken the initiative to instruct Chen Deng to do this.

Li Yi feels that he is not that kind of person, how bad is it to be misunderstood?