Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

However, Jiang Gan failed to notice that those who agreed with the surrender were the second- and third-tier talents under Li Yi, such as Cai Zhong, Pei Yuanshao and others. Did not hear the same.

Li Yi shook his head secretly, Jiang Gan, you can't say he's not smart, but his smartness seems to be in small places, and it's obviously not enough for the overall situation.

Li Yi didn't directly reject Jiang Gan, but said leisurely: "There are so many powerful people in Jiangdong, far better than Jingzhou, and even many private ministries are far better than the local government and army. This situation is the only one I have ever seen in my life."

Just after hearing this sentence, Jiang Gan couldn't laugh anymore, followed by a dark secret, and even wanted to give himself a slap in the face.

Li Yi glanced at Jiang Gan, and continued: "Zheng Bao, local tyrants dare to besiege and kill the officers and soldiers openly by gathering some young and strong men. Whether it is a misunderstanding or other reasons, it can be seen that this person is How daring to act recklessly, how blind to the law, seeing the big from the small, how many Zheng Baos are there in the whole of Yangzhou if there is one Zheng Bao in Chaohu?"

"The court is in turmoil, warlords everywhere are in chaos, rituals and music have collapsed, and those young people no longer know what to respect. Therefore, this time I am certainly angry at Zheng Bao for killing my soldiers. If I don't kill them, I will have no face to face the entire army. But at the same time, I also want to use Zheng Bao as an example to make some people sober and get rid of their wrong thoughts, otherwise I can smash Zheng Bao to pieces, or make them wipe out their families!"

Everyone present was awe-inspiring, as long as Li Yi was not fighting a war this time, but was going to raise a butcher's knife against some ignorant people.

Jiang Gan was sweating even more on his forehead, cursing himself for being stupid, bowing his head and saying: "It turns out that the lord wants to be an upright teacher and do upright things to show his majesty. Alas, my subordinates are dull and can't understand the lord's deep meaning. I'm really ashamed and ashamed!"

"It's okay."

Li Yi smiled, he didn't intend to deliberately hit Jiang Gan, so naturally he wouldn't chase him.

After a slight pause, Li Yi continued: "I decided to set off as soon as the army was repaired. General Huang was wounded, so he guarded Shouchun with his army division, and then Gongming led 1 troops to advance from Liyang to Lujiang. I will lead [-] troops. When we arrive in Hefei, together with Gong Du's troops, we will kill Zheng Bao first, and then go south. As for Yuzhang, we can send [-] troops far away. If you have no objections, I will send an order to prepare for battle tomorrow. !"

Chapter 568 Sun Ce and Zhou Yu

Because of Zheng Bao's incident, Li Yi interrupted the original repair plan and had to advance the time for dispatching troops, but this did not have a significant negative impact on Li Yi's military morale.

First of all, although the battle of Shouchun was a bit brutal, it ended quickly. Li Yi’s losses were not too big, and Li Yi rewarded the soldiers after the war relatively generously. Taking money, let the soldiers taste the sweetness of fighting, and Li Yi also said that even if the soldiers are injured, he will support them for a lifetime. What reason do they have not to work hard?Not to work for Li Yi?

In addition, there is another reason that Li Yi has traveled smoothly all the way, and the soldiers under his command have also been undefeated, which makes them inadvertently form a kind of arrogance that is very powerful, especially after defeating Yuan Shu. This kind of emotion in the army was raised to the peak, but at this moment, their five hundred robes were killed by a local tyrant, which was a shame and shame for the bloody men in the army, and they were all filled with righteous indignation. Not killing Zheng Bao is not enough to avenge my shame!

Under such circumstances, if someone makes anti-war remarks, without the action of those generals, Pao Ze around him will kill him socially through various contempt.

Therefore, although Li Yi's war mobilization was a bit hasty, it went smoothly. After just eight days, Li Yi ordered [-] troops and took Dian Wei, Wei Yan, Lu Su and others to Hefei. At the same time, Xu Huang and Xun You partnered to send troops to Liyang.

During these eight days, Li Yi did not receive any response from Zheng Bao. Obviously, after Li Yi expressed his intention to kill, Zheng Bao was determined to die with Li Yi. Yi's prediction is also what Li Yi hopes to see, because he needs a chicken to stand up. Although the Zheng family's incident was an accident, it was also what Li Yi needed. Even if the Zheng family did not jump out, Li Yi would not I will find a stabbing head in Yangzhou and kill him first.

The only thing that Li Yi cares about is that after Zheng Bao's messenger was executed in public that day, Shouchun City became much cleaner at once, and the children of those aristocratic families began to become extremely low-key, and at the same time, many local aristocratic families in Shouchun found him under his command The officials, all kinds of insinuations, asked Li Yi what he wanted to do, whether he was dissatisfied with the Zheng family or the entire Yangzhou family.

After receiving the report from the people below, Li Yi also secretly said that he was just killing a messenger. Although the movement was louder, some people in those aristocratic families actually guessed his real intentions, which made him have to sigh with emotion. It's not a big dog, but there are still capable people in their hands.

However, although he lamented the family's sensitive nose, Li Yi did not hesitate, and directly asked the people below to express his opinions on the Yangzhou family.

In order to avoid making enemies for no reason, Li Yi limited his opinions on the Yangzhou family to the "private part".

In Li Yi's view, with his current dominance over the two states, as long as he doesn't do too much, no one from those aristocratic families will confront him on this issue, not to mention that he has a bright future now, and there will be so-called rumors every now and then. The children of the aristocratic family came to seek refuge and asked for service, which showed that Li Yi had already taken the initiative. Under this premise, Li Yi could naturally show a certain degree of aggressiveness instead of blindly giving in and compromising.

Of course, if some idiots really feel that Li Yi is too arrogant and want to wrestle with Li Yi, Li Yi doesn't mind taking the butcher's knife a few more times. Anyway, after killing someone, he can still steal his family's money, so why not?

Li Yi's side is sharpening their knives against the Zheng family, but it will take some time after all. However, in another place, Zhou Yu has already reached Wan County first.

For the arrival of Zhou Yu, a good friend, Sun Ce was very surprised and very happy, and warmly hosted a banquet to entertain him. However, after the public entertainment was over, when Zhou Yu explained his intentions in private, the atmosphere between the two of them changed. No more joy.

Zhou Yu looked at Sun Ce and persuaded him earnestly, "Bo Fu, I know that you have great ambitions, and that you are both wise and brave. However, Marquis Xiang has taken the lead. He won Jingzhou first, and then Yangzhou. He is so powerful that he can almost be called the number one prince today. Moreover, Marquis Xiang has a very good reputation. Helping Marquis Xiang, under such circumstances, if Bo Fu still insists on fighting against Marquis Xiang, it will be like striking a stone with an egg, and nothing will be gained in the end, and even his life will be in danger!"

What Zhou Yu said was sincere and sincere, and he was completely thinking of Sun Ce, but Sun Ce was like an elm monk. No matter how Zhou Yu tried to persuade him, he would pour and drink slowly. There was no word response either.

"Bofu!"

Zhou Yu called out again, seeing that Sun Ce was still just drinking like a normal person, he couldn't help feeling furious, reached out and grabbed his wine glass, slapped it heavily on the table, splashing the wine, and shouted: "Mr. Xiang is afraid at this time. You have sent troops to leave Shouchun and come south, but you are still drinking, drinking, drinking! You are almost dying, and you are still drinking!"

Zhou Yu was also a little annoyed by Sun Ce's attitude, thinking that he took the risk of being suspected by Li Yi to persuade Sun Ce, it can be said that he was sincere, but in the end Sun Ce was so tired and lazy, he had no formality at all, this is Zhou Yu How can I not be angry when I feel that I have fed the dog with all my heart?

Contrary to Zhou Yu's anxiety, Sun Ce just shook his head, stretched out his hand and took out a wine glass from below, Zhou Yu was so angry that his stomach hurt, and he clasped the table with both hands, and was about to lift the table. Now Sun Ce couldn't calm down anymore, and hurried Pressing down on the table, he said with a smile: "Gongjin has already said that my life may not be guaranteed. In this case, you still want to prevent me from tasting fine wine, isn't it unreasonable?"

Zhou Yu's breathing was stagnant at first, and then he felt more angry in his heart, and continued to lift the table, but he was not as strong as Sun Ce, but Sun Ce couldn't help it, but he didn't admit defeat, so he competed with Sun Ce, his face flushed red , is completely an attitude of not giving up until the table is turned.

Seeing Zhou Yu like this, Sun Ce was also afraid of making him angry, so he finally put down his glass and said with a wry smile, "Gong Jin, alas, let me say, is it okay?"

Seeing that Sun Ce seemed to finally face up to his own problems, Zhou Yu also let go, panted and sat back in his original position, staring straight at Sun Ce, refusing to move away even if he coughed.

Sun Ce shook his head, subconsciously going to grab the flagon again, but after thinking about it, he withdrew his half-stretched hand and asked Zhou Yu, "Gong Jin, what do you want in this life?"

Zhou Yu was taken aback, he didn't expect Sun Ce to ask such a question, but it was not too difficult to answer, and he had nothing to hide from the relationship between the two of them, so he said bluntly, "When you go out, you go into the prime minister, and you leave a legacy in history."

Sun Ce nodded, and said, "Being a prime minister and becoming a general, Gong Jin has a lofty ambition. I also believe that with Gong Jin's talent, it is not difficult to achieve this wish. However, this is Gong Jin's ambition, but it is not what I want in my heart."

Sun Ce raised his head slightly, looked into the distance through the window, and said leisurely: "My father was the prefect of Changsha at the beginning, and he cleared up the local bandits. My father has elite soldiers and horses. Ordinary bandits are not an all-in-one enemy at all, but the banditry has not calmed down for a long time. , why? It's not because of improper command, and it's not because the soldiers dare not use their lives, it's just that the superiors are so stupid that they can only use [-]% to [-]% of their strength."

"Later my father and the feudal lords discussed Dong, and the [-]th Route feudal lords met in an alliance, and the momentum was overwhelming. At that time, I only knew Dong Zhuo, so I was definitely not a hero in the world. Most of the so-called heroes here are selfish people, their ambitions are the same as Dong Zhuo's, and only my father and that Cao Mengde have a few people who are really willing to kill the enemy and serve the country."

Having said that, Sun Ce felt a little uneasy, and picked up the flagon again. This time Zhou Yu did not stop him, and Sun Ce filled a glass for each of them, and continued: "Later, my father died, and I had no choice but to take shelter under Yuan Shu. Follow him to build a career, but Yuan Shu is a man of gold and jade, who is ruined among others, cronyism, unknown rewards, extravagant and extravagant, but he still thinks highly of himself, stupid and unaware, hehe, especially after he befriended Li Yi, I concluded at that time , Yuan Shu will be killed by him sooner or later!"

Zhou Yu was a little speechless for a while. Long ago, he watched Yuan Shu's prosperity and decline, and felt that someone was manipulating the layout. After getting in touch with Li Yi recently, he was completely sure that Yuan Shu was being plotted by Li Yi from the beginning to the end. use.

This made Zhou Yu, who privately boasted of his resourcefulness, admire him, but at the same time he had to admit that Li Yi was indeed quite insidious when targeting his opponents.

Sun Ce drank the wine in his glass, and said: "Since then, I have figured it out, since there are so many mediocre and evil people in the world, why should I entrust myself to a villain, and use my grandson's family's reputation to raise my arms high?" Huh, you can gather three thousand armored men, and then hold a sharp knife, expel Xiaoxiao, control Jiangdong, and then use Jiangdong's people to look at the Central Plains. It was done by a man!"

Sun Ce's words were full of pride, but when Zhou Yu heard it, his heart was full of disappointment.

As a good friend, Zhou Yu naturally talked with Sun Ce about his ideals. At that time, Sun Ce expressed his desire to master Jiangdong, and invited Zhou Yu to make a big event together. At that time, Zhou Yu readily agreed, but now, Zhou Yu has agreed to join Li Yi's command, and Sun Ce is already in danger.

Sun Ce's voice fell, but Zhou Yu did not respond. He looked down at him, shook his head, and continued: "Yuan Shu ordered me to attack Lujiang. According to my prediction, I will use Lujiang as the foundation to fight against Yuan Shu in the future. Given Yuan Shu's current decline, we will attack Lujiang in three years. I can win by fighting, and in another three years, I can take all the land in Jiangdong, but "

Sun Ce sighed softly and said, "Then Li Yi seems to be my nemesis. He doesn't come early, he doesn't come late, but when I was most critical, he sent troops to Yangzhou, so that all my plans would be paid before I even started. Liu, Gongjin, who do you think, privately, Li Yi has a family feud with me, and Yugong, Li Yi ruined my ambitions, should I hate him?"

Zhou Yu was speechless. According to what Sun Ce said, the conflict between him and Li Yi was basically irreconcilable. As for Sun Jian's matter, it was even more confusing. These mixed together made Sun Ce bow to Li Yi. It is extremely difficult.

However, the two were friends after all, even though he knew that Sun Ce was unlikely to bow his head, Zhou Yu would not give up easily.

I saw Zhou Yu asking: "I know that Bo Fu is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, but Bo Fu has never thought about it. If you insist on fighting with the Marquis Xiang to the end, even if you don't care about your own life and death, but now everyone in the Sun family is fighting with Marquis Xiang Now, you are fighting with Marquis Xiang, how do you tell them to deal with themselves?"

Probably thinking of the people in his family, Sun Ce clenched his fist, then opened it again, and then said slowly: "Li Yi is too hypocritical, he cares about his reputation, and he wins people's hearts all the time, so I guess he will not Attack my family, not to mention"

Sun Ce gritted his teeth, and said word by word: "Isn't he going to be the son-in-law of my Sun family? Hehe, if he is not afraid of being stabbed in the back, he can do it to the Sun family!"

After saying this, Sun Ce's teeth were already gritted, as if he wanted to swallow Li Yi alive. Zhou Yu also sighed. He understood Sun Ce quite well. After all, what Li Yi did was really a jerk.

But bastards are bastards, and Zhou Yu didn't deny it. Li Yi did this shamelessly, but it was a wonderful move, which directly prompted the Sun family to abandon Sun Ce, and made Sun Ce's people panic.

Sun Ce's anger came and went quickly, he quickly smiled, patted Zhou Yu's shoulder and said, "Besides, with Gong Jin around, with Gong Jin's talent, it will not be difficult for him to become a general in the future. As long as Gongjin is beautiful, I wouldn't let my younger brothers and sisters be bullied, at least it can protect them from worrying about food and clothing, right?"

Sun Ce's voice was very hearty, but in Zhou Yu's ears, it seemed as if he was explaining the funeral, which made him feel sour.

Uncertainty nodded, but Zhou Yu was still not reconciled, and said: "Bo Fu's mother is Zhou Yu's mother, and Bo Fu's younger siblings are also my brothers and sisters. However, has Bo Fu thought about it for many soldiers under his command? "

"There is one thing that Bo Fu may not know. After the Shouchun War, the Marquis Xiang promised his soldiers that not only would all the disabled be healed, but they would also be taken care of by him in the future. The whole city praised the benevolence of Marquis Xiang. After hearing the news, the Yangzhou army soldiers cried bitterly and regretted endlessly. Some people even fought impulsively with the original generals, because Xianghou's benevolence and righteousness were only for his own people, not for outsiders. Although the wounded soldier, Marquis Xiang, did not commit any act of massacre, he still left him to fend for himself, and even though the other soldiers were disorderly recruited, their treatment was very different from that of an old soldier."

"With all due respect, if Bo Fu insists on being an enemy of the Marquis Xiang, even if the soldiers who followed Bo Fu survived today by chance, their lives will not be easy in the future, and they even resent Bo Fu because of this. Is this what Bo Fu wants to see? ?”