Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Kuai Yue got up immediately and said with a smile: "My lord, after getting the news last night, my subordinates discussed with Gong Da and others, and they all agreed that there should be a degree of relaxation now. Although Cheng County continues to besieged, it should not be too tight! "

"Oh"

Li Yi thought about it first, and then said, "Tell me in detail."

"Here!"

Kuai Yue said: "Nowadays the news of Yanzhou's change, whether it is Cao Cao or Xia Houyuan, the soldiers and horses under his command must be in turmoil. However, the soldiers under Cao Cao's command are all from Yanzhou. In the future, there will be chaos in the future. Parents, wives and children are unknown, so they must be anxious. , can't wait to go back to Yanzhou, if they directly block their return route at this time, go up to Xiahouyuan, down to ordinary soldiers, in despair, they will probably follow the example of the ruined boat, and go all out to fight the lord to the death .”

"As my lord is wise, although Xia Houyuan will be defeated even if he fights to the death, the lord will suffer some losses. Therefore, since the lord is already invincible, why not block Xia Houyuan while discussing with him about releasing him? You can use money to buy the way, or you can ask for weapons and food, in short, to leave Xia Houyuan with a glimmer of life, and my subordinates assert that as long as there is no dead end, Xia Houyuan will never dare to fight the lord to the death!"

"In this way, after ten days, Xia Houyuan's army will definitely wear off. Even if he wants to fight the lord to death, his combat power will not be as good as before. After ten days, there will be deserters in the city, and the prestige of the general will no longer be. As for the future, if the lord can keep Xia Houyuan In the city for one month, hehe, Xiahouyuan may die at the hands of his own rebels."

Chapter 486 Warm water boiled frog

Li Yi already has a lot of talents under his command, basically they have all kinds of personalities, but who is the most ruthless among them, Li Yi always thought that Jia Xu was doing his part, but now it seems that Kuai Yue is not necessarily better than a poisonous man How much worse.

Kuai Yue's proposal is very familiar to Li Yi, and it is completely a military version of boiling a frog in warm water.

This strategy sounds easy and casual, but it is quite cruel when it is actually implemented. It is like boiling a frog, slowly torturing the opponent from the human nature, making him fear, and giving the opponent light and hope in the dark, making the opponent guard Survive with that little false light, and when the other party finds out that something is wrong, he has already been swallowed by the abyss.

This is an out-and-out poisonous plan!

But what's the problem with poisonous tricks?

Kuai Yue is on his side!

Li Yi nodded and said approvingly: "The strategist's plan is very clever. I expected that after Cao Cao got the news of Yanzhou, he would withdraw his troops immediately. Even if he knew Xia Houyuan was in danger, it would be difficult to come to rescue him. In this way, Xia Houyuan's army alone will follow the strategist's plan. Annihilating them all in silence is not a difficult matter, but "

Li Yi spread his hands and asked everyone: "What I want is not to kill Xia Houyuan, nor is Cao Cao directly defeated, and it is also not to make Lu Bu the real master of Yanzhou, but to let the two of them stand at loggerheads in Yanzhou , and then I can free up my hands to plant a dark spot in Xuzhou, and at the same time completely eliminate Yuan Shu's scourge."

"So, I'm a little worried. If Xiahouyuan's entire army is annihilated here, will Cao Cao feel fear, and then simply abandon Yanzhou and go to Yuan Shao in Hebei?"

"This"

Kuai Yue frowned slightly, hesitated, and dared not answer easily, because Li Yi's request was too difficult.

Generally, marching and fighting are all about winning the battle and expanding the results of the battle as much as possible. This is the pursuit of many commanders, but Li Yi not only wants to win the battle, but also wants to control the battle situation at an appropriate scale. It is a matter of the war itself, but it is possible to grasp all aspects of information very accurately and make absolutely accurate predictions.

As long as there is a little carelessness, the final result will deviate from expectations.

Seeing that Kuai Yue didn't continue to speak, Xun You stood up and said, "My lord, I think that we should not only reduce Xia Houyuan's troops, but also let Cao Cao stay in Yanzhou to fight against Lu Bu. Too difficult."

"Oh, why is that?"

Li Yi looked at Xun You expectantly, and the others also turned their eyes to him, wondering what explanation Xun You would give.

Xun You considered the sentence in his heart, and said: "For Cao Cao to leave Yanzhou and go to Yuan Shao, the premise is that Cao Cao has no hope of regaining Yanzhou, and then he will choose to go to Yuan Shao. I will give up Yanzhou, because although Cao Cao has a very close relationship with Yuan Shao, both of them are now shepherds of the state, and they also rule over one side, such a character has his own pride, how many people are willing to do the thing of relying on others?"

"So, my lord should not go too far when dealing with Xiahou Yuan, but there is no need to be overly careful. As long as Cao Cao is not completely defeated, my lord can rest assured that Xiahou Yuan will be trapped in the city."

Li Yi asked: "But what if Cao Cao loses to Lu Bu because he lacks Xia Houyuan's support?"

Xun You smiled and said, "My lord has sent [-] troops to Xuzhou, but Nanyang and Xiangyang are still rich in troops. Therefore, if Cao Cao loses to Lu Bu, my lord can send a partial army. It doesn't need too many troops, just [-] soldiers and horses." Well, send troops to occupy Yingchuan and look north at Yanzhou, so Lu Bu must be suspicious and dare not continue to attack Cao Cao with all his strength. At the same time, let Xia Houyuan open a hole here, so that Cao Cao's crisis can be resolved, and the war in Yanzhou will continue to be stalemate .”

"That's it"

Li Yi frowned in thought. Anyone who knew him well knew that Li Yi didn't agree with it.

Seeing this, Xun You was not in a hurry, and just waited for Li Yi to speak.

After a while, Li Yi coughed lightly, and said: "What you said is indeed feasible, but in this way, if I send troops to occupy Yingchuan, I will directly hate Lu Bu, and at the same time, Kong Rong in Yuzhou may also take the opportunity to fight with me. Although I am not afraid of him, it seems a little unwise to make enemies at this time. Moreover, Lu Bu's marriage with Cao Cao made me feel unhappy, but that is not a big deal. Now that I have sent troops to hinder him, wouldn't the world criticize me ?”

Regarding Li Yi's question, Xun You didn't take it seriously, and said: "Kong Rong in Yuzhou is just a pedantic person. If the lord sends troops, Kong Rong will be furious, and he will also send troops to intervene, but the lord only needs a letter. Kong Rong retreats obediently!"

Li Yi asked curiously, "What letter?"

Xun You said with a smile: "It is said that gentlemen deceive people with their own methods. My lord, you only need to write a letter explaining that sending troops was not to covet Yingchuan's land, but to mediate disputes in Yanzhou. For the sake of the people in Yanzhou, Kong Rong will probably admit it. , even if he doesn’t admit it, the lord can retreat, withdraw troops, and then ask him to mediate the affairs of Yanzhou, wouldn’t it be better?”

Li Yi couldn't help laughing, although he hated Kong Rong, but when Xun You said this, he felt like he was bullying an honest person, which made him feel weird.

Seeing Li Yi smiled, Xun You continued: "As for Lu Bu, once the Lord sends troops, he will definitely turn against him, but so what?"

"In today's world, there are mostly ambitious people. Among the many state shepherds, how many people are really friendly with each other?"

"Especially after the lord wins Yangzhou, he must take Yangzhou into his own hands. At that time, people like Cao Cao, Lu Bu, Tao Qian, and Kong Rong are worried that the lord will take away their land in the next step. Naturally, the lord will retaliate with hostility. Now It's just a little bit earlier to fight against Lu Bu, so why not?"

This time Li Yi stopped talking. He has always used the mask of a loyal minister and a good man to disguise himself, but what Xun You meant was to tell him to stop pretending and fight for hegemony. This made Li Yi a little uncomfortable. Or rather, he wasn't ready yet.

Although he is a time traveler, it took only a year to become a superior person. Although his xinxing has grown a lot, he is not perfect, and he is still inferior to others in many aspects. To show face and reveal his ambitions to the outside world, Yuan Shu would definitely agree without saying a word, but Li Yi hesitated.

Just as Li Yi was weighing between his face and the situation, a personal guard suddenly opened the curtain and ran in, interrupting Li Yi's thoughts. The personal guard saluted Li Yi, and then presented a letter with both hands, Loudly said: "My lord, Nanyang Jia prefect urgent report!"

Chapter 487 A pot is served

Li Yi originally felt that the guard was reckless, but when he heard the words of Nanyang's urgent report, his expression immediately became tense, and he ignored the problem he was thinking about, so he got up and took the letter, opened it and read it.

Nanyang is the place where Li Yi started his family. Li Yi values ​​Nanyang even more than Xiangyang, and more than the four counties in Jingnan. Otherwise, he would not have kept Jia Xu, who has the "highest score" under his command, in Nanyang. Yes, in order to prevent accidents from happening in Nanyang.

The other people present also knew that Nanyang's meaning was unusual, so they stepped forward one after another, wanting to know what happened there.

Soon after Li Yi read the letter, he couldn't help laughing, but the meaning of the laughter was a little unclear, it seemed to be angry, and it seemed to be a little excited, which made everyone a little confused.

Looking at the incomprehensible eyes of everyone around, Li Yi shook the letter in his hand, and said slightly mockingly: "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, I was waiting for Lu Bu to fight Cao Cao, but Lu Bu calculated me first." suffered."

Kuai Yue took the letter from Li Yi, read it again, his face changed slightly, and then said to everyone: "Lv Bu's incident in Yanzhou was a sudden attack, and with the assistance of internal staff, Cao Cao was caught off guard. Including Cao Cao, the families, wives and children of dozens of major officials in Yanzhou were all captured by Lu Bu."

Having said that, Kuai Yue paused for a moment, glanced at Li Yi again, and then said solemnly: "The family members of those officials are nothing more than that, Lu Bu did not harm them, but only temporarily held them as hostages, but Cao Cao's Those family members, on the day when Lu Bu got it, he arranged for a pair of soldiers and horses to escort Cao Cao's wives, concubines and children to Jingzhou."

Hearing this, everyone was in an uproar, followed by expressions of anger on their faces, Wei Yan spoke quickly, and directly cursed: "This guy Lu Bu is too shameless, he wants to bring trouble to the east!"

Although Kuai Yue didn't scold anyone, he still had a sullen face, nodded slightly, and said, "It's true that the misfortune has been brought to the east. Just after Lu Bu's people entered Nanyang, they were discovered by General Wenpin. But the men and horses suddenly fled in chaos, and when everything was settled, General Wen went to check, and only then did he learn from those detained that they were all Cao Cao's family members!"

Xu Shu took a step forward and asked cautiously, "Military Master, did any accident happen when those escorts fled?"

"good."

Kuai Yue couldn't help but glanced at Xu Shu approvingly. Among the young people under Li Yi, besides Guo Jia, a high-ranking official, Xu Shu was actually an outstanding person. It was only because there were so many talents in Jingzhou that he kept quiet, but Anyone who has been in contact with Xu Shu admires him very much.

Kuai Yue nodded to Xu Shu and sighed: "Yuan Zhi's words are correct. General Wen found a young man shot by several arrows and died by the side of the road. It was very miserable. After asking someone to identify him, it was confirmed that he was the eldest son of Cao Cao. Cao Ang is correct."

If it was said that Lu Bu sent Cao Cao's family to Jingzhou, some people were angry, but they didn't take it too seriously. Anyway, if Lu Bu can send them, they can send them back. It's no big deal.

Unexpectedly, Lu Bu was so ruthless that he killed Cao Cao's eldest son directly. This time, the problem became serious immediately.

Regardless of whether Cao Cao misunderstood the process, even if he was sure that Cao Ang did not die at the hands of Li Yi, how could the pain of losing a son be easily exposed?In addition to Cao Cao and Lu Bu's endless death, they must also make a heavy note of Li Yi!

Speaking of this, Kuai Yue put down the letter and handed it over to everyone for review, saying: "General Wen knew that this matter was not small, so he didn't dare to make decisions on his own, so he sent Cao Cao's family members to Wancheng to take care of them first, and Jia Taishou urgently reported to the lord, My lord, please decide."