Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

It can be said that Lu Bu, although objectively speaking, Lu Bu also helped Xuzhou, but he did not have the slightest foreshadowing in advance, and his name is not as famous as Li Yi. Because of this, it is really unrealistic for them to be grateful to Lu Bu.

Therefore, regarding Lu Bu's mentality, Chen Gong could only pretend not to know, and let Lu Bu think wildly. Anyway, in Chen Gong, Li Yi has already played a role in the Yanzhou war, and it would be bad to let him participate. It is better to forget it first. , After Lu Bu completely takes Yanzhou, he will deal with the relationship with Li Yi.

In this battle between Li Yi and Xia Houyuan, not only Cao Cao and Lu Bu had various thoughts or actions, but other irrelevant people in the world also reacted one after another.

First of all, Yuan Shao. As Cao Cao's good brother, Yuan Shao felt that Cao Cao was in danger and feared that he would fall in Yanzhou, so he invited Cao Cao to the north to join him in the crusade against Gongsun Zan. After he captured Hebei, he would go back and teach those clowns.

Yuan Shu, who is also part of the Yuan family, has also made a move. Before Li Yi led his soldiers to Xuzhou, Yuan Shu was very nervous. He was afraid that Li Yi would go for him. Now Cao Cao and Xia Houyuan have all retreated. Li Yi's 3 Even if he was free, Yuan Shu felt more and more bad, so Yuan Shu endured the pain and promised many benefits to those people in the court. Finally, the little emperor forgave him, and then Yuan Shu transformed into a Hanchen again. , and even the imperial decree asked him to take the Yangzhou pastor temporarily, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is no different from the real Yangzhou pastor, it's just that the court can't hold back that face.

Li Yi naturally got the news of the actions of the two brothers of the Yuan family, which is not too surprising, but what Li Yi didn't expect was that Kong Rong in Yuzhou also joined in, and Kong Rong's letter to Li Yizhihu also made a lot of noise. Datong, the general meaning is that there is not much food in Yuzhou. When Li Yi sent his troops back to Jingzhou, did he think about it a little bit, otherwise Kong Rong couldn't just ask the family for food for Li Yi. consume.

Chapter 502 Chen Deng Arrives

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Because Li Yi has a big heart and plans far away, he has always cared about his reputation. Before Dong Zhuo, and later planning Jingzhou, Li Yi would rather go far away and cause more trouble than let his reputation be damaged. For Xuzhou's calculations this time, although he didn't have to be as careful as before, Li Yi was still cautious in everything, and he still didn't want to put his reputation on it if it wasn't necessary.

Therefore, in Li Yi's conception, Xuzhou must be acquired, but it cannot be achieved overnight, let alone respond like Cao Cao. The best choice is to proceed step by step. With this kindness to Xuzhou, we will support a few bright faces in Xuzhou. , and the spokesperson in private, let these people nibble step by step in the dark, weaken Tao Qian's control over Xuzhou, and transfer the complete power invisibly.

In the end, Tao Qian's name is still Xuzhou Mu, but Tao Qian's rest is just a name, and Li Yi is the one who can really influence Xuzhou's choice.

Of course, this is when everything is going well. As for how to operate it, it is still a bit difficult. Now Li Yi is stuck at the first step, the choice of spokesperson.

As Li Yi's eldest uncle, Mi Zhu has this status, so he is naturally close to Li Yi, so Li Yi will make Mi Zhu his public spokesperson.

When he sees Tao Qian again, Li Yi will tell him that he will send troops to Yangzhou after the spring plowing. In order to gain a strategic advantage, he decides to march in two routes. One is naturally from Jingzhou, and the other is planning to Send troops from Xuzhou.

The soldiers who sent the troops must be Li Yi's people, that is to say, Li Yi needs to set up a "military base" in Xuzhou. In order not to make it difficult for Tao Qian to do it, and not to trouble him, Li Yi simply suggested that Tao Qian be in the south of Xuzhou Choose a place and let Mi Zhu be the prefect, coordinate the rear for Li Yi, and assist in the front battle.

This request is a little too much at first glance, because it is completely setting aside a county in Xuzhou for Li Yi to use temporarily. Among them, Tao Qian, the lord of Xuzhou, will not be able to intervene in the military and government affairs, money, food and taxes for a long time to come. , but Li Yi firmly believed that Tao Qian would agree.

After all, Li Yi is Xuzhou's benefactor now, and Li Yi still made his request in the open. Although there is a suspicion of thanking him for his gratitude, he can be regarded as open and upright, which is easier for people to accept.

Of course, there is another very important point. Now Li Yi's [-] troops are still in Xuzhou. You ask Tao Qian to refuse to take it?

Therefore, regarding Mi Zhu's arrangement, Li Yi is sure, but one Mi Zhu is not enough, because Mi Zhu is Li Yi's eye-catching target. Mi Zhu can help Li Yi get benefits from Xuzhou, but he absolutely cannot do it Too much, because Tao Qian is not stupid, once Mi Zhu goes too far, he can definitely think that Li Yi has thoughts about Xuzhou, so he ordered Mi Zhu to do this.

At this time, Li Yi needs another spokesperson. Taking advantage of Mi Zhu attracting Tao Qian's attention, this spokesperson will use a bone scraping knife to cut off the roots of Tao Qian's old tree bit by bit, and become Li Yi who stole Xuzhou. The true killer of power.

For this person, Li Yi has very limited choices in his mind. Chen Deng is naturally the one who ranks first. In Li Yilai, only Chen Deng can successfully complete his goal, like other Xuzhou officials, not to mention that Li Yi still needs to go further. To win them over, even if they win them over, Li Yi is not at ease about their abilities.

However, Li Yi secretly sent someone to Xiapi to get in touch with Chen Deng, but the result was that they were kept closed and couldn't see Chen Deng at all. This made Li Yi very helpless, but he didn't want to give up. Because of this, Li Yi had to spend time in Lanling.

In a blink of an eye, Li Yi has been in Lanling for less than half a month. He is relatively free these days and spends most of his time with Xia Houjuan. After all, Li Yi was a bit cruel to Xia Houyuan. Xia Houjuan was very sad. In order to prevent the backyard from raising officials to speak to Tao Qian, Yi said that Li Yi's behavior may be a precursor to conspiracy, and suggested that Tao Qian should be prepared and be careful not to drive the wolf into the tiger.

At that time, Tao Qian was very angry, and severely reprimanded the person who made the suggestion, and then dismissed him from office. After that, he didn't send anyone to test Li Yi's intentions. He should still trust Li Yi's character, but Li Yi knew that What kind of person is he? In order not to cause Tao Qian to become suspicious, or to be caught by Tao Qian, he must put the future on the agenda.

While Li Yi was thinking, he came to the backyard and was about to go in when he heard footsteps behind him. When he turned his head, it was Dian Wei who rushed over quickly.

Li Yi wondered, "What's the evil?"

Dian Wei clasped his hands and said, "My lord, someone outside asked to see you just now. The guards saw that the man in black robes did not look like a good man, so they reported it to me. When I went over, the man was actually Chen Deng!"

"Chen Deng!"

Li Yi was very surprised, and subconsciously blurted out, "Shouldn't he still be in the Pit?"

Dian Wei naturally couldn't answer this question, and Li Yi didn't give Dian Wei time to think about it. He immediately thought of a possibility, clapped his hands vigorously, and said with joy, "I see, this is cheating the world, he I'm trying to avoid suspicion, I bet you that Chen Deng will have something to offer tonight!"

After that, Li Yi turned around and strode forward, saying as he walked, "Where is Chen Deng now, bring me to see him quickly, and in addition, let the guards in the mansion block the mouth, Chen Deng's matter must be kept secret!"

While speeding up his steps to lead the way, Dian Wei replied, "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates have already explained it just now, and I will remind you again later!"

Li Yi gave Dian Wei a satisfied look, and then went to the next room with a happy face. As for the previous entanglement, all of them had already dissipated.

Soon, Li Yi arrived at the courtyard where the guest room was located, and saw Chen Deng wrapped in a cloak, walking back and forth in the courtyard with his head bowed, as if he was thinking about something. Hearing the movement, Chen Deng looked up to Li Yi, and immediately He was about to salute to Li Yi, but Li Yi walked a few steps forward, grabbed Chen Deng's arm, and asked with concern, "Long time no see, how is Yuanlong's health, is the old lady still okay?"

Chen Deng couldn't go on with his courtesy, so he could only lower his head slightly and say to Li Yi, "I feel ashamed to let the Marquis of Xiang miss you. Since he was diagnosed and treated by the Marquis of Xiang, Deng's health has improved and his energy is far better than before. Healthy, no disease, alas, I have worried the Marquis of Xiang, and I hope the Marquis of Xiang will forgive me."

Li Yi laughed. Chen Gui was pretending to be sick. Although there was no real evidence, Li Yi had thought of it a long time ago. Today, Chen Deng admitted in person, which was not too surprising to Li Yi.

Li Yi pulled Chen Deng, walked into the house, and said, "What is the crime? The old man is the pillar of the country. As long as he is in good health, I will be relieved. Where can I blame him?"

"Oh, thank you, Marquis Xiang, for your understanding!"

Chen Deng responded, and walked in with Li Yi, but his eyes never moved away from Li Yi's face. He wanted to know whether Li Yi was really so open-minded, or that Li Yi was already very angry in his heart. Talking and joking is just pretending.

It's just that, waiting for the two of them to enter the room, Chen Deng didn't notice the slightest bit of camouflage on Li Yi's body, and that kind of joy was intentional anyway.

Chen Deng couldn't help admiring Li Yi's open-mindedness in his heart. At the same time, he secretly affirmed the correctness of his trip, but he didn't know that Li Yi was actually a little narrow-minded and liked to hold grudges. The reason why he was so open-minded this time was completely It is because he is Chen Deng, Chen Yuanlong.

Sitting down in the house, Li Yi was not in a hurry to talk about business, but ordered the waiter to bring broth and hot wine to Chen Deng, but it was because Li Yi saw Chen Deng thinking about something in the yard before, so he let him warm up first , so as not to suffer from the wind and cold.

Li Yi was so kind, Chen Deng didn't refuse, and simply drank a bowl of broth. Seeing that Li Yi was busy pouring wine for him again, and even serving him the soup with his own hands, he finally couldn't help it, and asked Li Yi, "What a shame!" May I ask Marquis Xiang, after this great victory, where will the army go?"

Li Yi glanced at Chen Deng, and replied, "Later, I will ask Tao Shijun to appoint Mi Zhu as the prefect of a county, and then I will leave [-] soldiers here to attack Yuan Shu after the spring plowing, as a countermeasure!"

Although Li Yi didn't say his plot against Xuzhou, but in terms of what he said, he was telling the truth, but Chen Deng shook his head when he heard it, and said, "Xianghou is like this, so he can indeed go to Yangzhou, but it's just that." But how will we take Xuzhou in the future?"

Li Yi's expression changed slightly. He originally thought that Chen Deng would slowly get along with him, but this guy actually spoke out his ambition in less than a few words. It was too straightforward.

Li Yi looked at Chen Deng, a smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth, then he patted his shoulder vigorously, and said, "Yuanlong also knows me!"

This kind of answer is a direct admission of his ambition. Li Yi doesn't want to play sloppy with a smart person like Chen Deng, especially if they are all here, it would be a bit boring for him to pretend.

Seeing Li Yi being so frank, Chen Deng showed a smile on his face, but soon, Chen Deng restrained his smile, and said seriously, "Xiang Hou owed Chen Deng his life, and he can't repay it. There is only a clumsy trick, or It can help the great cause of Xianghou."

Seeing Chen Deng's solemnity, Li Yi was unambiguous, bowed his hands to Chen Deng, and said, "Yuanlong, please speak, and Yi listens all the time!"

Chen Deng returned the gift, and then said, "Deng asked the Marquis of Xiang to immediately dispatch three hundred elite soldiers to participate in a small number of soldiers from Yanzhou. Let them change into Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, pretend to be defeated soldiers, and rush to Yanzhou in the starry night to kill Zerong!"

Li Yi exhaled lightly, Chen Deng's words really surprised him.

In Li Yi's mind, the so-called offer of advice should naturally be based on calculations, but Chen Deng was so fierce that he directly asked Li Yi to kill Ruo Rong!

Although Li Yi himself doesn't like the download address xbzs Ruo Rong, and has long thought of killing Ruo Rong, but Ruo Rong is also a first-level prefect official, so how can he be so easy to kill? The aftermath of the problem is the big problem.

Chen Deng seemed to have expected that Li Yi would be surprised, so he was not in a hurry, but waited for Li Yi to digest it for a while, and then explained to Li Yi, "There are five counties in Xuzhou, and Pengcheng was broken by Cao Cao. It is already broken. If you want to restore the prosperity of the past, it will take 20 years, so it is useless for the Marquis Xiang to bring such a place, but it will be a burden."

"Langya was previously occupied by Zang Ba and others. Although he was named Tao Qian's subordinate, in recent years Zang Ba's troops have become stronger and stronger, and Tao Qian can no longer restrain him. But this time when Cao Cao sent troops to Langya, Zang Ba's main force was almost wiped out. The people of Yangman City are in distress, so Deng is [-]% sure that Tao Qian will use Zang Ba to go out of the city to fight without authorization, and the army will be defeated and the city will be destroyed, so he will take Langya back under his jurisdiction."

"But Zang Ba is not a mediocre person, and Tao Qian will definitely not let Tao Qian easily fulfill his wish. In addition, the trauma suffered by Langya is second only to Pengcheng. Even if Tao Qian takes it back, it will only be an extra burden, and it will not benefit his own strength at all. .”

Chen Deng pointed out three fingers, and said, "Now the essence of Xuzhou is located in Donghai, Xiapi, and Guangling. Donghai is where Tao Qian himself is. There is no need to think about it. Xiapi Ruorong is Tao Qian's confidant. Tao Qian will definitely not." He will be dismissed, so the Marquis of Xiang can open his mouth to borrow Guangling temporarily, and Tao Qian will definitely agree to the Marquis Xiang's kindness to Xuzhou."

"However, since the Marquis of Xiang wants to annex Xuzhou, how can a mere Guangling succeed? What's more, once the war in Yangzhou begins, Guangling will definitely support the front line with all its strength, and there is no time to act in Xuzhou. Therefore, if Marquis Xiang wants to seek Xuzhou, he must first take down Pi Once occupying Xiapi Guangling, although there are only two counties, it will be a reversal of host and guest, and take the lead, and when Tao Qian finds out that something is wrong, everything will be closed!"

Speaking of this, Chen Deng's eyes flashed a fierce look, and he said, "Zuo Rong is the prime minister of Xiapi, so if the Marquis of Xiang wants to take down Xiapi, he must die. Moreover, before Tao Qian asked Ruo Rong to be in charge of Guangling and Xiapi. Regarding the transfer of taxes in Pi and Pengcheng, according to my inference, nearly half of the money and grain were cut by Ruo Rong. Outsiders say that the Mi family is the richest man in Xuzhou. In fact, this statement is wrong. The real rich man in Xuzhou is Ruo Rong. As long as Ruo Rong dies and gets his money and food, the Marquis of Xiang will attack Yangzhou without costing Jingzhou any more!"