Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

The play has been done enough, and Zhuge Xuan is almost moved, Li Yi said to Jia Xu: "I have made up my mind on this matter, please don't persuade me any more. If you are really worried, you should think about how to make my whole body feel better." And retreating is the best policy.”

After all, Li Yi held Zhuge Xuan's arm again, looked at his face, and said with concern: "Although you can leave the matter of Yangzhou to me, as for the official affairs in Nanyang, sir, don't work too hard. You should take a good rest and take care of yourself. No, I welcome the family members of the husband back, but the husband has a sick face, right?"

Zhugexuan suddenly choked up again. He has been busy with business affairs to numb himself recently, so that his complexion is not very good. He didn't expect Li Yi to be so concerned about his body. It felt like a thousand words, and he didn't say anything.

Zhuge Xuan saluted Li Yi deeply, and then withdrew slowly, because he felt that Li Yi was going to talk to Jia Xu and Guo Jia about something that might not be convenient for him to know.

Although he was excluded, Zhuge Xuan didn't complain at all, instead he walked towards the government office. Apart from working hard now, otherwise he really doesn't know how to repay Li Yi's deep kindness.

As soon as Zhuge Xuan left, the atmosphere in the room changed subtly. Li Yi returned to the main position and said, "You don't need to think about my safety. Even if there are thousands of troops besieging the city, I am absolutely sure Get away safely."

Jia Xu and Guo Jia looked at each other without saying anything. Although they didn't fully understand the uniqueness of Li Yi, they had seen the scene of Li Yi jumping over the courtyard wall with a slight leap, and knew what Li Yi said True.

"In addition, if I go to Shouchun, I will give Yuan Shu a great gift. I ordered someone to forge that seal a few days ago. If there is no accident, it will fall from the sky before I enter Shouchun, and fall into the In Yuan Shu's mansion, what you two have to consider is the changes in the future."

For a while, Jia Xu and Guo Jia felt a little turbulent, because they knew very well that the moment Yuan Shu got the jade seal, the world would really be in chaos, and at that time, it was also the real beginning of Li Yi's participation in the world's struggle.

After communicating in a low voice for a while, Jia Xu said, "Because of Zhuge's presence, some things were actually reserved."

"What's the matter?"

"The matter of Yuzhou!"

Jia Xu responded, and then said in detail: "I have thought about the expansion of troops and horses in Nanyang before, and I have already thought about it in Yangzhou. It is said that as long as I follow the original idea, I have dealt with Yuzhou because of the purchase of grain. , but found some clues."

"The governor of Yuzhou, Zhou Xin, was a general of Yuan Shao's department, and was later promoted by Yuan Shao as the governor of Yuzhou. From this, it can be seen that Zhou Xin has a deep relationship with the Yuan family. According to common sense, the relationship between Zhou Xin and Yuan Shu is not bad. I thought so before, but That's not the case!"

"According to what the grain merchants in Yuzhou said, before Yuan Shu plundered in Nanyang and harmed the people, Zhou Xin publicly reprimanded Yuan Shu for not being a son of man more than once, which disgraced the Yuan family. Difficult, but ordered the gates of the cities along the way to be closed, not to mention letting Yuan Shu enter the city, and even half a grain of food was not provided to Yuan Shu, which shows that the relationship between the two sides is tense."

"There is such a thing?"

Li Yi couldn't help being very surprised, and at the same time he figured out some of the original confusion.

Li Yi was very puzzled before, since the governor of Yuzhou is the Yuan family, Yuan Shu has no reason not to occupy Yuzhou. After all, it is a huge piece of land, and it is located in the Central Plains, with great potential.

Looking at it now, it was Zhou Xin who did not get along with Yuan Shu. As a result, Yuan Shu could not get Yuzhou because of Zhou Xin's obstruction.

Jia Xu continued: "More than that, Zhou Ang, the former governor of Jiujiang, and Zhou Yu, the current governor of Danyang, are both brothers of Zhou Xin."

Hearing this, Li Yi raised his eyebrows almost subconsciously.

This week's house is amazing.

Although compared to those incomparably bright advisers and generals in the Three Kingdoms, the Zhou family is not very famous in later generations, but the three brothers of this family, one assassin and two eunuchs, are really against the sky.

As if he had guessed Li Yi's thoughts, Jia Xu took the initiative to explain: "Although the Zhou family is indeed great in terms of official positions, they have prestige even though they occupy their positions, but their talents are insufficient and they cannot act arbitrarily. In terms of influence, the brothers of the Zhou family can only be said to be average. Moreover, after Yuan Shu entered Jiujiang, Zhou Ang, the prefect of Jiujiang, was ashamed of Yuan Shu as a man and ashamed to be with him. His elder brother Zhou Xin."

Li Yi didn't know what to say for a while, the Zhou family brothers really didn't give Yuan Shu face this time.

Li Yi asked: "According to what Mr. Zhou sees, is the Zhou brothers' attitude towards Yuan Shu because of Yuan Shao's secret instigation, or is it because they are simply not ashamed of Yuan Shu?"

Li Yi is very concerned about this point. If the reason is the former, Li Yi will not think about participating in Yuzhou for the time being, but if it is the latter, maybe he can get some benefits from Yuzhou.

Jia Xu said apologetically, "I can't be sure about this for the time being, but the brothers of the Zhou family are upright, benevolent and love the people, and have a very good official reputation. They are definitely not the same as Yuan Shu. Otherwise, even with Yuan Shao's advice, Zhou Ang would not Abandoned the position of Jiujiang prefect."

Li Yi asked again: "If Yuan Shu leads troops to Yuzhou, will Zhou Yu of Danyang take action to support his elder brother?"

Jia Xu smiled wryly and shook his head. He couldn't answer this matter. He is good at calculations, but the calculations did not come out of thin air. There is no information for reference. Without knowing the personalities of the Zhou brothers, some things really cannot be guessed casually. .

Li Yi also understood that it was not easy for Jia Xu to make those judgments before, so he didn't demand more. After thinking for a while, Li Yi suddenly said: "Since I don't know, Yuan Shu probably doesn't know either."

Jia Xu and Guo Jia were stunned for a moment, and then their expressions changed slightly. If Yuan Shu was not sure, he really didn't dare to attack Yuzhou easily, otherwise he would be followed by others.

Then, Yuan Shu's goal can only be chosen between Xuzhou and Jingzhou.

It is not easy to go to either of these two sides, otherwise you will fall into the quagmire, and the gain outweighs the loss.

However, for Li Yi, although he doesn't want Yuan Shu to come to fight Jingzhou, he really wants to see Yuan Shu make trouble in Jingzhou, so that he can find benefits. After all, Xuzhou is too far away, even if it is broken, Li Yi will not have half a point benefit.

Li Yi pondered in his mind for a while, and said, "How long will it take if another [-] soldiers are recruited after the spring plowing next year?"

Jia Xu looked at Guo Jia, and Guo Jia said: "With the current prestige of my lord, if there is no restriction from Xiangyang, it only takes more than a month to recruit soldiers. However, to form a combat force, it will take several months to train. , weapons, if we prepare these by ourselves, the time required will be unpredictable."

Li Yi nodded, now he wanted to make Yuan Shu stir up trouble, give a start to the ambitious people in the world, and muddy the water in Jingzhou by the way, Li Yihao took advantage of the situation to develop.

This was a plan Li Yi had long ago, but when it was time to implement it, Li Yi had to be careful, because if the process was not well grasped and Yuan Shu tricked him, he would be digging his own grave!

Chapter 270 Prepare to pit Huangzu

Li Yi was tangled in his heart, worried that one of the steps made a mistake in his calculations and would affect the overall situation. At this moment, Guo Jia suddenly said: "My lord, why do we have to lure Yuan Shu to the border of Nanyang?"

"Ok?"

Li Yi and Jia Xu looked at Guo Jia, Jia Xu was thoughtful, and Li Yi showed a trace of doubt in his eyes.

Li Yi wants to recruit soldiers in a legitimate way, and he wants weapons and armor. All these need reasons before he can get Liu Biao's nod. Therefore, it is best to let Yuan Shu make a feint in Nanyang. It is precisely because of this that Li Yi will be at risk. I don't know if Yuan Shu's brain will turn into an actual combat in a blink of an eye.

As for Guo Jia's words, Li Yi actually wants to understand, because Yuzhang is Yuan Shu's territory, and Yuzhang is next to Jiangxia, Guo Jia wants to lure Yuan Shu to the border of Jiangxia to make troubles. One shrinks a lot.

"Feng Xiao, you want to talk about Jiang Xia, but if Jiang Xia is used as a stepping stone, no matter how things change in the future, how can I recruit soldiers and horses while waiting in Nanyang? Even if I recruit, the number is very limited."

Li Yi asked the questions in his heart very directly, because he believed that Guo Jia was not a nonsense person.

Guo Jia didn't answer in a hurry, but thought it over in his heart first, and then said: "Before I was in Xiangyang with my lord, Jia knew that the Cai family and the Kuai family were the right and left arms of Zhou Mu, but later, when chatting with Huang Lao When talking about Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangxia, I learned that Huang Zu's loyalty to Zhoumu is actually no less than that of Cai and Kuai, and it is even higher than the two."

"Nowadays, the master loves Cai Hao, and he has a cough with Cai. In the future, even if the Cai family can't help, it can guarantee to stay on the sidelines. As for the Kuai family, although the Kuai family is powerful, it is still in charge of literati and lacks generals. Although the family There are quite a few private soldiers, but when it comes to fighting, we have Generals Zhang Liao and Xu Huang on our side, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

"So, under Liu Biao's command, only Huang Zu sits in Jiangxia, which is a serious problem for the lord!"

"Huang Zu leads the army all the year round, and there are many generals under his command. According to what Huang Lao said, his combat ability is superior to that of Cai Mao. Moreover, Huang Zu's troops are the elite of Jingzhou. There are 2 people, if you count the family’s private soldiers, and even temporarily mobilize the people to recruit, it is even more immeasurable.”

"Therefore, if the lord wants to take Jingzhou in the future, besides the state shepherd himself, there is also Jingnan. Huang Zu is the real number one threat, so"

Guo Jia lowered his voice subconsciously, and said with some gloom: "If my lord can borrow Yuan Shu's hand, he can severely injure Huang Zu, even let Huang Zu die, and cut off Liu Biao's wings. It can also hit Liu Biao's reputation, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone, wouldn't it be wonderful?"

Li Yiting clicked his tongue secretly, Guo Jia was usually listless, but he was so ruthless at the critical moment, he directly drove Huang Zu to death.

In fact, Huang Zu, although Sun Jian died in Huang Zu's hands, if you look carefully at the process, you will know that Huang Zu took advantage of it, and if he is really famous, Sun Jian will probably be able to crush Huang Zu. ancestral.

But this is not to say that Huang Zu is a waste.

In Huang Zu's life, when Sun Jian was removed, although he didn't have any particularly strong record, he was even beaten by the Sun family of the Eastern Wu all the year round, and even suffered consecutive defeats, but there is an indisputable fact that Jiangxia's land is not in Huang Zu threw away half an inch from his hand, this alone already showed Huang Zu's ability.

You must know that the people in Soochow are not idlers, and the civil and military equipment is quite luxurious. It is really not easy for Huang Zu to stick to Jiangxia for many years.

Before, Li Yi also thought about contacting Huang Zu to see if he could win him over, but there was no chance of contacting him, which made him very helpless, and gradually faded away from this idea, but he didn't want to, this time the two sides may overlap However, he directly wanted to kill Huang Zu.

Li Yi complained that Guo Jia was cruel enough, but at the same time he was secretly moved. If he could do this, it would be a good deal.