Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

As a result, at this moment, there was a ghastly news from Kaiyang, like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, which made the civil and military officials at the banquet feel stunned. , also scolded Zang Ba, saying that he had harmed the people of Kaiyang, and that Zang Ba should be punished.

Li Yi got the news earlier than Tao Qian. At first, Li Yi was also shocked. He secretly thought that Boss Cao was Boss Cao, and he stabbed Zang Ba before leaving, which was ruthless enough.

But then Li Yi discovered the deeper purpose of Cao Cao's move to boost morale and boost the morale of the army.

After Yanzhou was occupied by Lu Bu, there would definitely be problems with Cao Cao's morale in the army. Compared with using cannons to cheer up the soldiers and making all kinds of false wishes to let everyone fight back to their hometown with Cao Cao, there is no more effective means. The question is to prove to everyone that Cao Cao is okay through a brilliant victory, and that he was not hit by Lu Bu, so that the soldiers understand that there is still a future for following him.

Therefore, Cao Cao resisted the urge to directly return to Yanzhou to help Yanzhou. He plotted against Zang Ba when he seemed overwhelmed, and took advantage of the opportunity to win Kaiyang and obtain supplies. At the same time, he also made the soldiers jealous. , with a murderous look all over, went to Lu Bu for shopping.

Li Yi was still worried about Cao Cao before, what should Cao Cao do to go back and block Lu Bu, but now, Li Yi started to worry about Lu Bu instead, he was really afraid that Lu Bu would lose too quickly.

A few days later, Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou with his army and met Lu Bu in Rencheng. Because Cao Cao slaughtered Kaiyang, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses were in high spirits, but the number of soldiers and horses was not as large as Lu Bu's, even with Xun Yu's troops , It was only a tie with Lu Bu.

However, on the second day of the battle between the two sides, Xiahou Dun brought a 3000-man army to help the battle. Although the army was not too many, it broke the previous balance between the two sides, so Lu Bu was defeated and had to retreat for thirty miles After repairing, Cao Cao entered Rencheng and finally had a place to stay.

After that, there will be battles between Cao Cao and Lu Bu every one or two days, with the outcome being evenly divided, but due to the scale of the battle, the damage to both sides is not too large.

Li Yi, who was far away in Xuzhou, read the battle report from Yanzhou, and began to worry again. He didn't expect Cao Cao to be so fierce that he could beat Lu Bu back as soon as he returned. Breaking the balance is not good for him.

For this reason, Li Yi and his advisers and fierce generals had the idea of ​​annihilating Xia Houyuan's entire army more than once, hoping to hit Cao Cao with this. However, in the end Li Yi chose to give up because Lu Bu was not a weak chicken. I remember that the battle between Cao Cao and Lu Bu has been going on for a long time in history, and now Cao Cao's outbreak is probably only based on the momentum after Kaiyang's victory. After this momentum passes, it should weaken.

Sure enough, at the end of January, the battle situation in Yanzhou changed.

When Cao Cao fought with Lu Bu again, Le Jin, the defender of Rencheng, suddenly rebelled, causing Cao Cao's army to be in a state of confusion. Rencheng, which cannot be captured, will naturally change hands.

As for the reason for Le Jin’s rebellion, it was very simple. He was dissatisfied with the strict enforcement of the military law, so he killed his soldiers without knowing it. Therefore, Le Jin complained in his heart, so he contacted Lu Bu and turned against Cao Cao at a critical moment.

When the news reached Li Yi's camp, all the subordinates discussed and expressed their views on the matter, and the most discussed one was whether Xia Houyuan should be given a chance to leave.

Because according to the information, Cao Cao’s loss this time is too great. Only one of the two cities he originally occupied is left. You must know that the value of the city is not only high walls and deep ditches, but also there are various places in it that can support the army to continue fighting. The loss of a city now almost means that if Cao Cao cannot make an effective counterattack within two or three months at most, he will starve to death without Lv Bu attacking.

It was precisely because Cao Cao's situation was so severe all of a sudden that the people on Li Yi's side wanted to let Xia Houyuan go back to support Cao Cao.

But no matter what the people below said, Li Yi never made a decision, he just said don't worry, wait and see if Cao Cao will ask to come to the door.

Sure enough, a few days later, Xiahouyuan's envoys and Cao Cao's envoys came to Li Yi's camp one after another. They did the same thing. I hope Li Yi can let Xiahouyuan go and let Xiahouyuan go to support Cao Cao, otherwise Cao Cao would be in danger.

Although there may be some exaggeration in the envoy's words, Cao Cao's situation is indeed bad. Even Kuai Yue and Xun You feel that the heat is almost ready, and they think that if they squeeze Xia Houyuan a little more, they will let him go.

Sitting at the top, Li Yi looked at the almost one-sided attitude of everyone below to let Xia Houyuan leave. He had an inexplicable sense of superiority in his heart that everyone was drunk and I was sober, and he couldn't help showing a smile similar to that of a villain. .

However, there are many smart people around Li Yi, and someone immediately noticed that something was wrong with Li Yi's expression.

"My lord, the general's heart is sinking. It feels like my judgment is biased. But the general is too dull, and I can't figure out the reason. I wonder if the lord can give me some pointers?"

It was Wei Yan who spoke. This guy is greedy for merit and likes to flatter. Li Yi's mood is often his attitude. It is for this reason that Wei Yan is one of the people who can best figure out Li Yi's mind. I just use myself to make a step for Li Yi, and I don't care about integrity.

Li Yi glanced at Wei Yan with satisfaction. Talents who are capable and good at flattering are the most attractive.

Following Wei Yan's speech, everyone looked at Li Yi, and some of them noticed that Li Yi's attitude seemed a little ambiguous, but they didn't have a specific clue for a while, because judging from the current situation, it was indeed Xia Houyuan who stopped. You must know that Li Yi's time is not unlimited, and it is impossible to spend it with Xia Houyuan forever.

Li Yi coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and said, "According to the information we have now, Xia Houyuan should indeed be let go, but the premise is that the information is absolutely reliable."

Sitting down, Mi Fang was startled. Most of the people collecting information are from his Mi family. Does Li Yi mean that there is something wrong with their Mi family?

Mi Fang immediately wanted to get up and explain one or two things. Li Yi couldn't help laughing when he saw this, and said, "Don't worry, brother. I'm not saying that the collected information is wrong, but that there are problems with the information itself. What should we do?"

Mi Fang breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the words, she bowed her hands to Li Yi and sat back down. Even though he is one of Li Yi's eldest uncles, Li Yi has always called him elder brother, but this brother-in-law is more majestic now. As it got heavier, Mi Fang was still very afraid of Li Yi.

There are many smart people in the tent, Li Yi just started, Xun You suddenly got up, and then asked solemnly: "Could it be that my lord is saying that Le Jin is a false surrender!"

"How is this possible? It's clear from the news that Le Jin has had conflicts with Yu Jin for a long time. Could it be that Cao Cao was ready to let Le Jin feign surrender at that time?"

"Even if it's a feigned surrender, the price Cao Cao paid is too high. A city of Ren and the troops of Commander Le Jin are quite a lot of people!"

"Exchanging Xia Houyuan with a false surrender is obviously a loss-making business."

"It's not necessarily true. Maybe Le Jin has a backhand who can take Lu Bu's life?"

Because this topic was a bit too unexpected, before Li Yi could speak, everyone couldn't help expressing their opinions. Although Xun You had already pointed out Li Yi's intentions, there were still very few people who believed in the false surrender.

Li Yi understood this very well, because if he wasn't a time traveler, he would have believed in Le Jin's false surrender.

The conflict between Le Jin and Yu Jin happened when Cao Cao had just left Kaiyang. At that time, Cao Cao had not directly fought against Lu Bu, but Le Jin's false surrender happened at the end of January, almost a month later. Therefore, this incident It doesn't look like it was deliberately arranged.

In addition, Cao Cao only had two cities at that time. Although he won the battle as soon as he came back, in terms of the overall situation, Lu Bu still had an absolute advantage. Under such circumstances, it is entirely possible for someone to betray Cao Cao and switch to Lu Bu understand.

Therefore, Le Jin's betrayal of Cao Cao is very credible, at least it seems more reliable and rigorous than Zhou Yu's later beating of Huang Gai.

However, Li Yi is a time traveler, and he knows that Le Jin is one of the five good generals in the future, and he is Cao Cao's hardcore. Now Le Jin's feelings for Cao Cao may not be as deep as after many years of fighting, but anyone who has made great achievements People, not to mention talents, but their hearts and minds are extremely stable. If Le Jin betrayed Cao Cao because of such a trivial matter, such a frivolous person, I am afraid that he will not be able to win the title of five sons.

Moreover, Cao Cao's way of controlling people is also very powerful. Li Yi brought Mao Jie with him this trip, and talked to Mao Jie many times on the way, but he never left Cao Cao, which made Li Yi want to kick Go up and ask Mao Jie how he is worse than Cao Cao, and you still don't surrender after this.

Mao Jie, who was tossed by Li Yi for a long time, refused to betray Cao Cao. So, could Le Jin stab Cao Cao because of such a trivial matter?

Li Yi absolutely didn't believe it.

However, believe it or not, Li Yi has to admit that Cao Cao is so powerful, and most of his subordinates still think that Le Jin is really betrayed. That is, Cao Cao must have seen his intention to manipulate the battle situation in Yanzhou early in the morning, and concluded that Xia Houyuan was safe for the time being. Therefore, as soon as Cao Cao left Kaiyang, he began to lay the groundwork for Le Jin's false surrender. At the same time, it can also be used to deceive Li Yi, making Li Yi think that Cao Cao is going to die, and in order to keep the stalemate in Yanzhou, Li Yi is very likely to do so in this case. Let Xia Houyuan go back to help in the battle, so that the forces of both sides can be rebalanced.

But the fact is, once Xia Houyuan really goes back and Cao Cao's strength recovers, with his previous momentum of killing red eyes in Kaiyang, plus Le Jin who mingled with Lu Bu, I am afraid that the battle of Yanzhou can be drawn in less than a month. It's the full stop.

Seeing through all this, Li Yi was both fortunate and afraid. If it wasn't because he was a traverser, he would definitely be tricked by Cao Cao this time, and then he made a wrong step, and his future grand strategy might be defeated by this time. calculations to affect.

Li Yi looked at the people who were still discussing, raised his hand, and everyone was quiet for a while, then Li Yi said: "You don't need to argue, Le Jin is a false surrender!"

It is rare that Li Yi speaks very simply, without explaining the reason, and without showing off, he directly gives a conclusion.

The big tent that had just quieted down was suddenly so quiet that even the sound of breathing could not be heard.

Everyone didn't expect Li Yi to come up with such a conclusion, but after waiting, Li Yi couldn't give an explanation, and finally Kuai Yue bowed and asked, "Dare to ask my lord, is this matter calculated?"

Although the atmosphere was serious, Li Yi still wanted to laugh. He skipped the explanation and gave the conclusion directly. He really didn't know how to analyze this matter for everyone, unless he said that Cao Cao was very tall, but Li Yi could admit his opponent He is powerful, but he is unwilling to hold him too high.

But I didn't expect Kuai Yue to directly think of Li Yi's counting, and I don't know if he really believed it, or just to make Li Yi's statement more convincing.

Li Yi nodded, as he agreed with Kuai Yue's statement, and immediately saw the original expressions on everyone's faces. Obviously, the credibility of Li Yi's calculation was stronger than that of "telling the facts." Reason".

Now that Li Yi has settled on Le Jin's fraudulent surrender, the rest will be easy to handle.

Xun You was the first to say: "My lord, since Le Jin feigned surrender, and there is information that Lu Bu treats Le Jin very kindly, so I thought that I should send a letter to inform Lu Bu of this matter immediately, otherwise Cao Cao has no intention of calculating, and Lu Bu I'm afraid I'm going to be defeated."

Li Yi nodded and said: "I also have the same intention, but there is no need to be too anxious. Cao Cao has obviously seen through our intention to besiege Xiahouyuan, and wants to trick me into letting Xiahouyuan go by feigning surrender and defeat, so, As long as we haven't made any moves in Cheng County, Le Jin won't be able to attack Lu Bu in a short time."

Xun You heard the deep meaning in Li Yi's words, and asked, "My lord is going to attack Xia Houyuan?"

Li Yi smiled and said: "Cao Cao has been very powerful recently. He returned to the carbine and slaughtered the city again. He defeated Lu Bu in the first battle when he returned to Yanzhou. This time he almost succeeded in the calculation. Ha ha, so, in the past In terms of friendship, it's time to help Lu Bu."