Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Everyone was startled, they didn't expect Li Yi to be so dark-hearted, but they soon laughed, feeling that Li Yi's tough attitude was reasonable.

In the past two days, Li Yi's camp moved from Zhongli to Yinling, and at the same time, the results of the previous battles were also counted.

In the previous few battles, all the [-] troops under Li Yi's command were dispatched, and the final casualties were less than [-].

On Yuan Shu's side, a total of about [-] soldiers were deployed on the front line, and the exact number of casualties is difficult to estimate, but in the end, Li Yi had a total of nearly [-] soldiers, and the rest were mostly killed or seriously injured, only a few People and horses fled.

In another situation, the [-] surrendered soldiers may be difficult to digest, and even become a burden, but these surrendered soldiers are all local people in Yangzhou, and their loyalty to Yuan Shu is very limited. For a while, officials were sent to appease the people and maintain order in the city. Therefore, although Li Yi sent troops to Yangzhou, no matter whether it was the people or the soldiers, he really didn't have much resistance to Li Yi, otherwise Li Yi would not be able to accept so many prisoners.

So Li Yi separated the [-] surrendered soldiers according to their hometowns, and compiled them together with the Yangzhou soldiers of the same hometown under his command. These people are all fellow villagers, and many of them even know each other. Many, those soldiers from Yangzhou also talked about Li Yi's various acts of benevolence and righteousness, which made those surrendered soldiers feel reliable to follow Li Yi. Soldiers are just a matter of time.

In addition, news also came from Zhang Liao, telling Li Yi that Liu Xun had been frightened by him before he made a move. If Li Yi hadn't explained to Zhang Liao before, let him be very careful, be careful, and don't make rash advances. Otherwise, even if Zhang Liao can't take down the whole territory of Yuzhang now, it is really not a big problem to take down Nanchang, the governing place.

On the other side of Wu County, the powerful Yan family brothers also expressed their favor to Li Yilai, and sent some gifts, vaguely intending to take refuge in Li Yi, but their defection is conditional, and they probably hope that Li Yi can let them take charge of Wujun. County, in fact, wants to be the emperor in Wu County.

Regarding the request of the Yan family brothers, Li Yi asked Xu Shu to write a well-intentioned but somewhat ambiguous letter to reply to the past, which can be regarded as temporarily appeasing the Yan family brothers. Do you want to lose face?

Combining all kinds of intelligence and information, Li Yi's current situation is already very good. Even if there will inevitably be fierce battles in the future, but in this case, Yuan Shu wants to negotiate peace with Li Yi, unless he "leaves the house", otherwise he can't get out.

Seeing that everyone agreed with each other, Li Yi ordered: "Come here, please come in Yang Changshi."

Following Li Yi's order, a guard led Yang Hong, who was a little disturbed, in after a while.

Yang Hong lowered his head, and subconsciously walked lightly when he walked. He told Yuan Shu that he was [-]% sure of his trip, but along the way, he saw the appearance of his own soldiers, and after entering the city, he saw the elite of Li Yi's side. , before he saw Li Yi, the confidence in his heart was already at least [-]%.

As his thoughts continued to turn, Yang Hong walked to the center of the hall, bowed to Li Yi and said: "Yangzhou Mu's chief Shi Yang Hong, under the order of my lord, is here to pay a visit to the Marquis Xiang."

As he spoke, Yang Hong presented Yuan Shu's letter and gift list with both hands.

"You and I are old acquaintances, Yang Changshi doesn't need to be polite, and the journey is hard, let's drink first."

Li Yi didn't deliberately snub Yang Hong because of his current power. Instead, he personally stepped forward to take the letter and gift list, and led him to sit in a newly added seat next to the main seat.

"Thank you, Marquis Xiang."

Yang Hong bowed again to express his thanks, and then he raised his head and looked at Li Yi seriously. From this point of view, although Li Yi was still as young as before, little changed from the last time we met, the demeanor between his words and actions was far away. Even in the past, when talking and laughing, he was full of gentleness and dignity, even if he and Li Yinai are now in a hostile relationship, he still has to praise his good demeanor in his heart.

But immediately Yang Hong thought of Yuan Shu who was still sick in Shouchun. One of the two was flourishing like the rising sun, while the other was getting dark and dark. Compared with the two, Yang Hong couldn't help but want to cry. .

Li Yi saw that Yang Hong's expression was different, and he had guesses, but he couldn't be sure, so he poured a glass of wine for him and asked, "Long time no see, is Mr. Yuan okay?"

Hearing this, Yang Hong calmed down, glanced towards the end of the hall, and saw two generals Lei Bo and Chen Lan standing in line. Knowing that Yuan Shu's condition might not be a secret, he sighed secretly, and then said: "There is something for Mr. Lao Xiang!" Concerned, my lord was a little unwell a few days ago, but now that the weather is getting warmer, he is already in good health, if not for the war between the two armies, my lord would have personally entertained Marquis Xiang when he came to Yangzhou."

Li Yi smiled. He asked about Yuan Shu's situation in detail, and asked Hua Tuo to speculate. In the end, although Hua Tuo couldn't determine what kind of disease Yuan Shu had, he said that Yuan Shu was probably dying. It's okay to take care of him, otherwise I'm afraid it will be difficult to survive the next winter.

Therefore, Yang Hong said that Yuan Shu's good health was purely deceitful, but Li Yi didn't point it out. Unless he encounters the situation where Kong Rong is hated by others, he is more polite at other times, at least On the surface it is.

Li Yi said with a smile: "If that's the case, I'm relieved. Well, I got two hundred-year-old ginseng in Xuzhou a few days ago. I don't need them. Why don't I ask Yang Changshi to pass them on to Mr. Yuan as a gift in return?"

As he said that, Li Yi glanced at the gift list, but he didn't care much about the specific content. Anyway, after taking Yangzhou, all the good things of Yuan Shu belonged to him.

"Xianghou is being polite. On behalf of my lord, Hong thanked Xianghou for his kindness."

Yang Hong thanked Li Yi, Li Yi just smiled, and began to persuade Yang Hong to drink. At first, Yang Hong's kindness was hard to stop, and he drank a few glasses, but seeing that Li Yi didn't mean to talk about business, he couldn't help it. I didn't take the initiative to speak.

"Xianghou, please!"

He offered a glass of wine to Li Yi, and the two drank it. Yang Hong suddenly let out a long sigh, and then wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, looking as if he was crying.

Seeing this, Li Yi asked curiously, "What's wrong with Yang Changshi? Could it be that Mr. Li neglected Chang Shi because of his poor hospitality?"

Yang Hong shook his head and said: "No, Mr. Yang is very grateful for the kindness of the Marquis Xiang, but thinking of the relationship between the two families now, Mr. Yang is worried that he will never be able to drink with Marquis Xiang again in the future, so he sheds tears."

Li Yi heard that it was funny in his heart, and his calm expression almost couldn't be maintained. After all, although he and those people in Yangzhou knew each other, the friendship was nothing, and there was a lot of enmity. Others present found that they were all sitting upright, without the slightest surprise on their faces, which made Li Yi complain secretly, and then sighed solemnly, as if agreeing with Yang Hong's words.

Yang Hong continued: "In fact, there is no enmity between the Marquis Xiang and my lord. On the contrary, my lord praised the Marquis Xiang's talent a lot. Marquis Xiang also helped the Yuan family escape in Luoyang. Speaking of which, my lord and the two families of the Marquis Xiang It's the depth."

Li Yi nodded, but didn't speak, because although he had already made up his mind, there were too many pitfalls in the literati's words, and he didn't want to be caught by Yang Hong, and lose face when he met him.

Li Yi was silent, but Yang Hong couldn't listen, and he continued to say: "The four generations and three princes of the Yuan family are all loyal people, and my lord is dedicated to serving the country, otherwise he would not have summoned the heroes of the world to attack Dong Zhuo. Hou knows everything."

Yang Hong observed Li Yi's face and found that there was no change, so he lowered his eyes and said softly: "A year ago, my lord was confused and sent troops to Jingzhou. I don't complain to Marquis Xiang at all, but I am more grateful, because it was Marquis Xiang who acted in time, which prevented my lord from making a big mistake, and Yang is here to thank Marquis Xiang on behalf of my lord."

Li Yi's hand holding the wine glass paused slightly, marveling in his heart, secretly saying that the integrity of a literati should not be taken seriously, Yang Hong actually said that Yuan Shu thanked him, and he didn't blush or heartbeat, which is really amazing.

Yang Hong bowed deeply to Li Yi, then got up and said: "Afterwards, my lord reflected on it for days, learned from the pain, and wrote a letter to the emperor, willing to lead him to death. Not only has my lord been exonerated, but he has also been allowed to continue to manage Yangzhou, the emperor is like this, we are lucky, and the people of the world are blessed!"

After finishing speaking, Yang Hong shed two tears, then turned around, and bowed deeply in the direction of Chang'an.

Ordinarily at this time, the people on Li Yi's side should have expressed something, but Li Yi was just tasting wine and didn't make any extra moves at all.

Seeing that his performance failed to drive Li Yi, Yang Hong was regretful, but not surprised. After all, Li Yi was not a loyal minister in his heart, so after Yang Hong saluted, he turned his head to look at Li Yi, and said sincerely: "Xianghou, now that my lord and Xianghou are both Han officials, why should we continue to kill and cause innocent people to suffer?"

Li Yi shook his head, put down his wine glass, made a regretful look on his face, and said: "The matter of fighting is not what Li wanted. It is true that the emperor appointed me as General Zhengnan and asked me to march into Yangzhou. There were many incidents before. After the second delay, I was already extremely terrified, now that I have entered Yangzhou, how can I give up lightly? After all, this is the emperor's will."

Chapter 522 Is Bo Fu Still Alright?

Yang Hong was dumbfounded. Long before Li Yi arrived in Yangzhou, Yuan Shu's staff had considered letting Li Yi retreat in the name of the emperor, but after much deliberation and testing, they found that doing so was more difficult than It is even more difficult for the emperor to pardon Yuan Shu.

Pardoning Yuan Shu can explain that the emperor is generous and nostalgic. Even if he is sorry for Lu Kang, he can forcefully say that the emperor was negligent.

However, if the emperor directly ordered to prevent Li Yi from sending troops to Yangzhou, it would be to ask the emperor to beat his own loyal ministers, and to force Li Yi to part ways with the emperor would be to self-destruct the Great Wall, unless he put a knife on the little emperor's neck, Otherwise, I'm afraid that I won't agree to anything.

Therefore, after Li Yi moved out of the emperor, Yang Hong knew that this road would not work, but it was not a pity, because he was just trying to test Li Yi's attitude.

"Yes, the will of the Son of Heaven must not be violated."

After echoing Li Yi's words, Yang Hong changed the subject and said, "Although the Son of Heaven asked Marquis Xiang to send troops to Yangzhou, he didn't say that Marquis Xiang sent troops to Yangzhou, did he?"

Li Yi turned to look at Yang Hong, feeling that he should have something more important next, so Li Yi didn't answer, but just looked at Yang Hong like this, motioning him to continue talking.

Yang Hong took a deep breath, approached Li Yi, and said in a deep voice: "Yang has a plan here, which can make the Marquis Xiang and my lord get closer, not only to live up to the high expectations of the emperor, but also to save the people of Yangzhou from the suffering of swords and soldiers." , I wonder if the Marquis Xiang is interested?"

"Oh? There is such a clever plan?"

Li Yi showed a look of interest, and asked, "Please tell me, sir."

Yang Hong stroked his beard slightly, and said: "My lord intends to hand over Yuzhang and Wu Jun to the Marquis Xiang. From now on, the two counties will send soldiers and horses, and the appointment and dismissal of officials will be decided by the Marquis Xiang. As entrusted by the Son of Heaven, my lord and Marquis Xiang also ceased fighting according to the situation, in this way, neither the peace between the two families will be hurt, nor the common people will suffer, isn't it the best of both worlds?"

After all, Yang Hong made a look of anticipation, waiting for Li Yi's answer, but before Li Yi could respond, he heard a "pop" next to him, and then someone shouted loudly: "Bullshit!" Too many people!"

This sudden roar startled Yang Hong, and when he turned around, he saw a mighty man, who looked up at him and glared at him. Looking at his seat and clothes, Yang Hong immediately recognized the identity of this man, it should be Xu Huang no doubt.

"Cough cough!"

Li Yi cleared his throat, and asked slowly, "Why is Gongming so angry?"