Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Even though Cao Cao hadn't figured it out until now, where did Li Yi have such a big hatred for him.

Let's take it a step further, even if Li Yi is not considered, it is impossible for Yuan Shao to agree.

Cao Cao fled to Jizhou, Yuan Shao not only didn't care about his loss of Yanzhou, but greeted him with care. This Yuan Shao won a lot of admiration, but Cao Cao knew that Yuan Shao did have a very deep friendship with him, but that It is based on the premise that he has lost the city and land and is already a waste. If he had brought thousands of troops with him when he defected to Yuan Shao, Cao Cao could conclude that his best result would be to be locked up by Yuan Shao and kept in captivity. It is very possible to die.

However, Cao Cao didn't want to say these words to Xiahou Dun, because Xiahou Dun didn't have that forbearance, and now only Xiahou Dun was left as his former companion. I feel like I can't live anymore.

Cao Cao felt that he was just trying to survive now, because he carried the deaths and injuries of Guan Yu, Xi Zhong, Cao Anmin, and tens of thousands of soldiers on his back.

At this time, Cao Cao was not the Cao Cao of Chibi. After Chibi, he still had energy left and hoped to make a comeback, but now he was completely defeated and lost everything. Even Cao Cao couldn't bear this blow.

Sighing silently in his heart, Cao Cao said to Xiahou Dun: "Yuan Shao has already made a plan for this matter. Zhang He led his troops to suppress the rebellion, and I expected it to be true. He may also be stationed in Dongjun at some time. Therefore, don't fight in Dongjun. , it's not your turn."

Cao Cao thought that what he said here should be enough to appease Xiahou Dun, but he didn't want Xiahou Dun to clenched his fist, and suddenly said: "I am not reconciled, Dongjun is not successful, then I will go to Yuan Tan's tent and meet Li Yi in person!"

When Cao Cao heard this, he was startled and said angrily, "Stop messing around!"

Xiahou Dun pouted his neck and said: "This is nonsense. Although Yuan Tan has few troops, it is precisely because of the few soldiers that Li Yi underestimates the enemy. With my martial arts, there is no chance to kill Li Yi and take revenge!"

Xiahou Dun was just depressed at first, so he suddenly said this, but after he said it, he found that there was some truth to it. Li Yi might underestimate the enemy, and he might kill Li Yi.

Although, that possibility is very small.

Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun have known each other since they were young, and by looking at Xiahou Dun's expression, he immediately knew that he was really moved, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Don't be confused, you have led troops for many years, don't you understand the dangers of the battlefield, and Li Yi has always been careful in his actions. Say you don't have a chance, even if you have a chance, there are so many fierce generals around him, you will only die if you go!"

In the past, Xiahoudun would definitely listen to Cao Cao's persuasion patiently, but now they have nothing, and even fighting Li Yi has become a luxury, so Xiahoudun didn't care about Cao Cao's words at all, and he was only thinking about how to enter the In Yuan Tan's army.

Cao Cao was even more anxious, thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Some time ago, there was news that Miaocai and others were imprisoned by Li Yi, but Li Yi did not intend to kill them all, but you If you go to Qingzhou, it’s fine if Li Yi can’t see you, if you find out your identity and kill Miaocai and others in anger, can you afford the lives of dozens or hundreds of people?”

Xiahou Dun is a fierce man, he himself is not afraid of death, but when he mentions the people captured by Li Yi, Xiahou Dun wilts instantly.

The two families that Li Yi captured were not only those on the battlefield, but also many family members who were too late to evacuate, all of which became Li Yi's captives, although Li Yi did not do anything cruel, such as the earliest Cao Cao's wife and daughter He was also treated kindly, but it was Li Yi who was not angry, which really annoyed Li Yi, and God knows what the consequences would be.

Seeing that Xiahoudun had calmed down, Cao Cao sighed and said, "Forget it, don't even think about looking for Li Yi. In today's troubled times, Miaocai and the others can save their lives. It's not bad. As for you and me, let's forget about this revenge. If you can't avenge it, force it." Behavior is of no benefit to others or to oneself."

Xiahoudun said unwillingly: "Let's forget it? Can you be reconciled to the Yanzhou war? Besides, I am a good man, in this troubled world, just making meritorious deeds, how can we be depressed like this?"

"Making achievements and careers?"

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and smiled, as if he was thinking about something beautiful, but soon, the smile on his face was replaced by loneliness, and he sighed: "In troubled times, there is no leader in the world, and there is no leader for the heroes. A heroic man should break through and fight for a prince of all ages. However, Li Yi's family now dominates and occupies the Central Plains. Looking at the world, there is no rival except Yuan Shao. However, Yuan Shao is also getting old and not as heroic as before. Alas, When I was in Yanzhou, I was able to fight Li Yi, but after that, the situation has been decided, and if we continue to fight, it will be against the trend, and it will be of no benefit to the world, to you or me."

Listening to Cao Cao's words, Xiahoudun felt like a basin of cold water fell, making him cold. He didn't expect that Li Yi's blow to Cao Cao would be so great, and it completely shattered Cao Cao's fighting spirit. He wanted to stimulate him again. To provoke Cao Cao, but he didn't know where to start, because Li Yi was really too powerful, so powerful that no one dared to resist.

Xiahoudun stood in the yard blankly. After a while, he didn't see Cao Cao's voice. He hurriedly looked up, but saw that Cao Cao was gone, and the whole yard was empty, only himself, and the hand held by him. The long knife he threw on the ground.

Chapter 705

After Tao Qian went to Nanyang to take office, Li Yi stayed in Donghai County for more than half a month before heading north with his army.

In the past half a month, under the leadership of Mi Zhu, Chen Deng, Zhao Yu, and Cao Bao, Xuzhou officials, regardless of their military rank, have generally cooperated with Li Yi's work. A few are dissatisfied with Li Yi, such as Sun Qian. Humanoids were basically approved by Tao Qian to resign before Li Yi entered the city.

For these people, Li Yi showed his magnanimity. Not only did he not embarrass him, he also gave them carriages, books, and even travel expenses, which minimized the hostility of these people towards him.

Of course, as a superior, Li Yi couldn't be all gentle.

With the cooperation of "internal thieves" like Mi Zhu and Chen Deng, before entering Xuzhou, Li Yi got a list of officials and aristocratic families who were extremely dissatisfied with him, criticized him publicly, and even hated him.

After Li Yi took over Xuzhou, most of the officials on the list resigned and returned to their hometowns. Li Yi had nothing to say about these people and would not be embarrassed, but there were a small number of people who scolded Li Yi in their hearts and kept calm. It was a bit unbearable for Li Yi to sit still in his official position.

Li Yi has always been a bit of a stingy person, and he has always been calculating others. Now someone is scolding him and eating his salary at the same time. How can there be such a cheap thing in the world?

As a result, none of these officials were left, and all of them were suppressed by Li Yi in the name of checking accounts and anti-corruption. Among them, those who were corrupt and violated the law were serious, or those in Yurou Township who used their power were all beheaded by Li Yi in the name of making decisions for the people , a small number of problems are relatively small, and they will not lose their positions. Li Yi asked people to start with their family members and relatives. As a result, none of the guys who were dismissed by Li Yi were wronged. No retaliation at all.

After cleaning up the officials, you will be a family, which is more convenient. Those who have serious bad deeds and even aroused complaints from the people will directly search their homes. For those with little bad deeds, Li Yi's methods are relatively gentle, and ask someone to check them. The land property and Dingkou under the name, see how much the actual number is different from the official records, confiscate what should be confiscated, and then see if there are any murderers or even rebels in the family, but in the troubled times, there are not many families A fierce man with a few lives on his back?

So, after another check, a group of aristocratic families who stood on the opposite side of Li Yi fell into bad luck.

Although these things that happened in Xuzhou seem to be a bit of a toss, but because of the sufficient preparation work, it was actually very efficient to deal with, and it didn't take much experience. Many times Li Yi drank, slept, and woke up the next day. Somebody got it right for him.

The things that Li Yi really cared about were all in the north.

First of all, according to the predictions of Li Yi and his subordinate Wu, Yuan Tan and Yan Liang learned of his arrival, and the whole journey was in turmoil. They should take the initiative to retreat. If they continue to stick to Qingzhou, they will simply cut their own way, which is no different from seeking death. .

Therefore, Li Yi's original plan was very good. When Yuan Tan retreated, he would lead his troops to take over the empty city, and said to the outside world that he had taken down the city from Yuan Tan. Kai confessed.

But what Li Yi didn't expect was that Yuan Tan did withdraw his troops, but he only withdrew half of them. Now Yuan Tan's main force has gathered in the Jinan area, as if he was about to defend to the death.

For this reason, Li Yite invited everyone to discuss. He suspected that Yuan Shao was deceitful, and even secretly sent more troops to Qingzhou. However, after several scouts and investigations, he found no sign of an increase in the number of soldiers and horses in Qingzhou.

Li Yi also suspected that Yuan Tan secretly shook hands with his opponent to make peace, and colluded with Zang Ba or Tian Kai to fight against him, a powerful enemy.

Li Yi was very suspicious. He was worried that the gutter would capsize, so he ordered people to warn Zang Ba not to make mistakes. Surrender to Li Yi, and give up the soldiers and horses in his hands.

It's just that Zang Ba made an additional request. He hoped that Li Yi could promise to kill Cao Cao and Xiahou's family members to avenge the massacred people in Kaiyang and Pengcheng.

In this regard, after careful consideration, Li Yi only promised to kill Cao Cao in the future, but Cao Cao and the Xiahou clan would not be implicated.

Among the heroes of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao is Li Yi's favorite, which is even higher than Liu Bei.

But Li Yi felt guilty when he killed Liu Bei, and Li Yi might feel sorry for Cao Cao, but he would definitely not have the slightest psychological burden when he killed Liu Bei.

Just what Cao Cao and his gang did in Xuzhou is enough to wipe out his nine clans several times.

However, killing Cao Cao is punishment, not hatred. Li Yi is not going to destroy all his families, let alone targeting Xia Houjuan and Cao Cao's daughters who were pre-ordered by him. How can Li Yi be cruel?

Therefore, Li Yi only agreed to kill Cao Cao.

After the news was sent, Zang Ba responded quickly. He did not bargain with Li Yi on this issue. After all, Zang Ba delayed his statement until now. He was also afraid of demanding too much, which annoyed Li Yi and asked Li Yi to clean up. Cao Cao dealt with him first.

However, what Zang Ba didn't know was that after Li Yi received his reply, he was not overly happy. Li Yi was still guessing whether Yuan Tan used any conditions to impress Zang Ba, and the two teamed up to set a trap for him in Qingzhou .

People around Li Yi didn't think that Li Yi's suspicion was unfounded. It was because Yuan Tan's chances of winning in Qingzhou were too small. Since Yuan Tan dared to fight, he must rely on something. It was normal to suspect Zang Ba.

In addition to these two, it was Qingzhou Tian Kai's side. Li Yi once again proposed to go to Qingzhou to help the war, but Tian Kai still sternly refused, and Li Yi was resolutely not allowed to interfere in Qingzhou's internal affairs, which made Li Yi very unhappy.

When Yuan Tan withdrew his troops, Tian Kai did not pursue them, and he has not moved until now. He clearly wanted to see Li Yi and Yuan Tan have a fight first, so that he could take the opportunity to participate, or simply benefit from it.

From Tian Kai's point of view, what he did was right, but Li Yi just felt bad.

Although Li Yi is still unwilling to be hostile to Gongsun Zan, if Tian Kai really doesn't give him face, Li Yi can only let go of his shame. Anyway, there is still Yuan Shao between him and Gongsun Zan, and Li Yi doesn't believe Gongsun Zan. Soldiers and horses can cross Jizhou to fight with him.

As for Tian Kai himself, Yuan Tan was able to take down half of Qingzhou with ease as if he had entered the land of no one. It is not uncommon for such a talent to give Li Yi away for nothing.

The situation in Xuzhou is roughly the same. There are mostly bad news, and the only good news is suspected to be fraudulent by Li Yi. The overall situation is not good, but fortunately, Li Yi's own advantages are large enough, and the status quo in the north will not affect the final result. It has a substantial impact, and it will not spoil Li Yi's mood, because there are still a lot of good news in other places except Qingzhou.

The first thing Li Yi knew about was the civil uprisings in the counties of Hebei in Dongjun.

When they first heard the news, many people, especially the local officials in Xuzhou, thought it was Li Yi's handwriting, and it was Li Yi who asked people to stir up trouble in Dongjun to cause trouble for Yuan Shao.