Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

"Yes, I will resign at the end, please rest early, my lord."

After Dian Wei finished speaking, he bowed and retreated, but Xia Houjuan's face was extremely pale at the moment.

Just now, Li Yi's words were too firm, which made Xia Houjuan believe it. Now, as long as she closes her eyes, she seems to be able to see the scene of Xia Houyuan's death in battle.

When Xia Houjuan was in panic, she heard Li Yi yawn outside, and then slowly walked towards the door. Xia Houjuan's first reaction was to hide behind the screen again, but she just lifted her feet, and stopped again.

Xia Houjuan suddenly thought that if Xia Houyuan was tricked by Li Yi without realizing it, then she might be the only one who could help Xia Houyuan at this moment.

Even though Xia Houjuan knew that she herself was in danger, the hope of helping Xia Houyuan was very slim, and she didn't even have a general idea.

But, so what, in this case, only she still has the possibility.

Accompanied by the sound of the curtain being lifted, Li Yi stepped in. As soon as he entered, his eyes fell on Xia Houjuan, and he smiled and said, "Although this is a military camp, it's not bad. How is the situation at your home?"

Li Yi is not considered a handsome guy in terms of appearance, but he is definitely not ugly, and he has a very good temperament, and he smiles when he talks. In other times, it would definitely make people feel like a spring breeze, but Xia Houjuan felt it when he saw Li Yi Feeling uncomfortable all over, subconsciously wanted to back away, because she could hear clearly just now, Li Yi was talking fiercely with his cronies, so it is obviously a disguise to be so kind to her now.

As if aware of Xia Houjuan's fear, Li Yi smiled and said, "What's the matter, girl, are you afraid of me?"

Xia Houjuan was shocked, and then quickly squeezed out a charming and pitiful smile, saying: "Hsianghou is famous, and the little girl is just an ordinary person, so some dare not look directly at Xianghou."

Li Yi laughed, and said: "I love to hear this, come here, give me a shoulder squeeze, oh, I'm too tired to ride a horse this day"

Regarding Zhang Fei's "death news", neither Li Yi nor Xia Houyuan caused any disturbances. Things on both sides are still proceeding step by step. First of all, Li Yi received the gift from Xia Houyuan again .

According to Cheng Yu's suggestion to Xia Houyuan, Xia Houyuan only needs to give him something casually, but Xia Houyuan still can't let Xia Houjuan go. Not to mention a lot of things, Xia Houjuan even packed up Xia Houjuan's original belongings, and even gave away her maid, which is exactly the standard for marrying a daughter.

After Li Yi received the item, someone laughed at Xia Houyuan, thinking that he was too stupid, not only lost a niece, but also lost a lot of money, but Li Yi didn't say anything, because he admired Xia Houyuan in his heart of.

Regardless of talent and standpoint, judging from Xia Houyuan's actions, he is definitely a guy who loves his family very much and is very humane.

When Li Yi handed these gifts to Xia Houjuan, Xia Houjuan was very moved and wiped her tears. She knew that Xia Houyuan had "married" her out, and it was through such an abnormal process that as a daughter's family , there will inevitably be some sadness in my heart.

Fortunately, although Li Yi's behavior last night was very bad, frightened and deceived, even coaxing and deceiving her, bullying her unnecessarily, but in the end Li Yi still had a bit of conscience, and gave her a heart that would not intentionally kill Xia Houyuan. The promise made Xia Houjuan find a little solace in his grief.

Although Xia Houjuan has some knowledge, she is only a woman after all and does not have much ambition. As long as her family and those around her can live well, she has nothing to ask for in this life.

Regarding the promise to Xia Houjuan, Li Yi was not acting out of emotion, but that he never thought of killing Xia Houyuan at all.

This has nothing to do with Li Yi's appreciation, but because the relationship between Xiahou's family and Cao Cao is too close, Li Yi doesn't want to die prematurely with Cao Cao,

Afterwards, Li Yi gave an order to tell the scouts not to go under the city wall of Chengxian County to provoke any more. It was to express his goodwill to Xia Houyuan, and to explain that he valued Xia Houjuan and was willing to give her face.

But this is just a superficial article. In private, Li Yi has no intention of relaxing at all.

The first is Yanzhou. With Li Yi's unremitting efforts, he finally got a very valuable news, that is, the recent transfer of several middle and low military officers in Yanzhou.

The transfer of those people was inconspicuous, and they would not attract attention if they were ordinary. After all, they were not big officials, and they didn't bring many soldiers.

However, in the eyes of a caring person like Li Yi, he found that more than half of the transferred generals were more or less responsible for the task of guarding the city gate. The general will go to "watch the gate".

This situation is very interesting.

After Li Yi continued to dig deeper, he found that although these generals had no obvious connection with Lu Bu, they had a lot of connections with Chen Liu's prefect Zhang Miao and Zhang Miao's younger brother Zhang Chao.

For Li Yi, a traverser, such news undoubtedly told him that Lu Bu was going to attack Cao Cao.

So, after this, Li Yi confronted Xia Houyuan even more determinedly, and decided that he had to wait until there was chaos in Yanzhou, and then beat the dog in the water.

It's just that after waiting like this, some people under Li Yi's command became a little anxious. They asked Li Yi to fight several times, but they were all rejected by Li Yi. Liu Bei also tried Li Yi several times, but Liu Bei's attitude was relatively cryptic, just saying yes He has reached some kind of ulterior deal with Xia Houyuan, as long as Li Yi nods, he can lure Xia Houyuan out of the city at any time.

Regarding Liu Bei's offer, Li Yi still treated it with an attitude of not accepting it, but Liu Bei's patience was really good, Li Yi didn't nod, and he didn't feel anxious at all.

During this period of time, Li Yi also received a letter from Cao Cao. Cao Cao admitted his mistake very simply, saying that he regretted the heavy killing in his anger before, and even cried bitterly and couldn't sleep at night. , so, in the future, he will definitely pay attention, and will not kill people indiscriminately again.

After that, regarding Li Yi's sending troops, Cao Cao didn't say anything about Li Yi's fault, let alone let him retreat. Instead, Cao Cao praised Li Yi's character, saying that Li Yi's ability to come to Xuzhou to appease the people is a blessing to the people of Xuzhou.

After reading Cao Cao's letter, Li Yi smiled, but felt that every word in it was full of malice.

When Li Yi first arrived in Xuzhou, Xia Houyuan gathered troops in Cheng County, and Cao Cao also slowed down his offensive against Zang Ba for a while, apparently to guard against Li Yi, fearing that Li Yi would really fight them.

But as Li Yi later showed too lack of aggression, Cao Cao might still be worried about him at first, but as time dragged on, it seemed that Li Yi really planned to coexist peacefully with Xia Houyuan. Zang Ba's offensive began to become swift and violent. As far as Li Yi knew, Cao Cao had already conquered several small cities, and Zang Ba might not last long.

Therefore, it is completely understandable that Cao Cao wrote a letter to Li Yi to express his goodwill. He wanted to stabilize Li Yi and let Li Yi give him time so that he could completely take down Zang Ba.

However, Li Yi concluded that if Cao Cao really defeated Zang Ba, then Cao Cao's next move would definitely not be to go to Tao Qian to avenge his father. Li Yi was [-]% sure that Cao Cao would retreat directly. Fifty percent, but Li Yi thought that Cao Cao would quickly return to fight Xia Houyuan, and then attack him, trying to keep him in Xuzhou.

Li Yi discussed this matter with a group of his subordinates, and everyone came to the same conclusion, so someone suggested that Li Yi must attack Xia Houyuan before Cao Cao took down Kaiyang, but Li Yi did not agree .

When killing Dong Zhuo earlier, as a last resort, Li Yi let Lu Bu, Zhang Xiu and others all follow suit, but in fact, Li Yi is a person who likes to eat alone.

Li Yi didn't want to be a sharp knife in the hands of others, so he really wanted to gamble with Lu Bu to see if he couldn't help but beat Xia Houyuan first, or if Lu Bu couldn't help but copy Cao Cao's lair first.

The strategy set by Li Yi is only known to the core few people. As for the outsiders, they are quite confused. What they see is that Li Yi and Xia Houyuan are in peace. They have been facing each other for a long time, but there is no friction. .

Regarding this, it was okay at the beginning, but as time went by, Tao Qian couldn't wait any longer. First, he sent a letter to test Li Yi's military strategy. Li Yi was worried that Tao Qian would leak the news to him, so he didn't say anything. It's just that I have planned it.

Such an answer only reassured Tao Qian for a few days, and then Tao Qian couldn't help but began to send letters urging Li Yi to fight Xia Houyuan as soon as possible.

Zang Ba from Kaiyang also received a letter, but Zang Ba was more tactful, but the main meaning was to hope that Li Yi would fight Xia Houyuan, otherwise he might not be able to withstand it.

Regarding Tao Qian, Li Yi replied that he had his own strategy in mind, and told Tao Qian not to worry. As for Zang Ba, Li Yi comforted him a few words, and then said that he was worried that the swords and soldiers would bleed for thousands of miles, and he couldn't bear it. I hope Zang Ba can hold on

Li Yi's reply was a bit irritating. Tao Qian and Zang Ba would definitely be dissatisfied with him, but Li Yi wanted to put his own interests first, and before Li Yi concluded that Cao Cao had retreated, Tao Qian would never dare to follow him. He turned his face, so Ben, the situation in Xuzhou remained stalemate until the arrival of the new year.

At the end of the year, Li Yi and Xia Houyuan tacitly restrained the scouts of each family, and Cao Cao also temporarily stopped the offensive against Zang Ba, taking advantage of the new year to breathe.

On Li Yi's side, Li Yi's original plan was to have fun with everyone in the military camp. However, many people from Xuzhou's aristocratic families gathered in Lanling and sent an invitation to Li Yi, expressing that they would hold a big banquet. Expressing gratitude for the helping hand.

For this invitation, Li Yi didn't want to go at first, but after Mi Fang investigated, she told Li Yi that the momentum of this banquet was really extraordinary. Almost all the famous families in Xuzhou were there, and Tao Qian Wang Lang was also sent over there in the name of Lao Jun.

In this case, if Li Yi refuses, it is basically equivalent to not giving face to the upper class in Xuzhou.

Although Li Yi is not afraid of these people, and these people can't do anything to Li Yi, but for a person who made up his mind early on to occupy Xuzhou, Li Yi must think about it in the long run, and don't ask all the Xuzhou aristocratic families to accept their heads against him. Bye, but at least you shouldn't make the other party feel bad because of some trivial things.

So, after Li Yi made proper arrangements at Daying, he took the two generals Dian Wei and Gan Ning with him, ordered another two thousand soldiers and horses, and returned to Lanling on the last day of December.

Chapter 484 Sorry, Uncle Emperor

The boatman tried to avoid Mr. Liu several times, but Mr. Liu stopped him with his hand.

At the ferry there were still many servants brought by Xu Tong who hadn't left, and he didn't want to be rough on Mr. Liu in front of him, for fear of attracting the attention of those servants at the ferry.

"Don't even think about leaving. Come with me to see the officials. You tiger flags dare to kill even the officials ordered by the court. I want to see who can protect Liu Heng this time." Mr. Liu said coldly.

Seeing that he couldn't break free, the boatman stopped thinking about going around, but stood on the spot, facing Mr. Liu, and said, "Since you guessed it, I won't hide it from you, Xu Tong was killed by me."

Mr. Liu was taken aback for a moment.