The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 86 Heading to Lujiang River
Li Yuan couldn't help giving them a blank look, "Are my words so unbelievable?"

Xi Zhicai coughed lightly to cover up the embarrassing atmosphere. Although Li Yuan's words were not trustworthy, he had to pay attention to Li Yuan's foresight.

"According to the words of the lord, do we need to take action?" Xi Zhicai asked.

"Whether Zhang Miao will rebel depends on one person, and that person is Chen Gong. I heard that Cao Cao sent the whole family to the governor of Jiujiang before Chen Liu killed him. Is there such a thing?" Li Yuan knew that this had really happened. Chen Gong will definitely be dissatisfied, and the real willingness to split Cao Cao and Chen Gong in history is this matter.

At first, the relationship between Chen Gong and Cao Cao was very good, but the split was not because Chen Gong saw through Cao Cao's treacherous face, but because Cao Cao was too murderous, which aroused his dissatisfaction, and Cao Cao did not because of Chen Gong's proposal To reduce his murderous intentions, that's why he planted the foreshadowing of Chen Gong's rebellion.

Bian Rang was the former governor of Jiujiang, and later resigned and returned home to Chenliu. After Cao Cao took the governor of Yanzhou himself, Bian Rang was very dissatisfied with him and often satirized him, so Cao Cao killed him to vent his anger and harmed the whole family. Many people were dissatisfied, among which Chen Gong reacted most violently.

"According to the intelligence of the spies, this happened, and Chen Gong fell out with Cao Cao because of it." Xi Zhi recalled that this happened, but he didn't think it was a big deal, so he didn't pay attention to it.

"If this is the case, [-]% of Chen Gong may rebel against Cao Cao. We don't need to make any fuss here. We just wait for Lu Bu to arrive in Chenliu and unite with Chen Gong and Zhang Miao to rebel. At that time, we don't know whether Cao Cao has captured Beihai and other places. , if he can’t, he will have difficulty taking care of it from beginning to end.”

Li Yuan thinks that there is no need to intervene in this matter, and it can just happen naturally according to history, leaving Cao Cao busy with Lu Bu and Yuan Shao. Although he has the confidence to defeat Cao Cao, it is too early to tear up his face with Cao Cao. Attacking, even if he can win, it will be a miserable victory. Instead of this, it is better to let it go temporarily and deal with other princes first.

"My lord, after Xuzhou is stabilized, what should we plan?" Cheng Yu asked a question. After acquiring Xuzhou, Li Yuan's strength increased greatly, and now he has the power to fight no matter who he faces.

"The three heroes in the north are fighting, and we should not interfere. Compared with the north, the power in the south is relatively weak, so we must go south!" Li Yuan brought Xi Zhicai and Cheng Yu to the study room, and put the collected maps on the table. , "Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan in the north are not easy to mess with, and Cao Cao is gradually expanding his power. I decided to let them fight each other before going north. Now there are only four princes in the south, and only one of them can threaten me."

"My lord, do you mean Liu Biao of Jingzhou?" Cheng Yu pointed his finger at Xiangyang. Now there are only Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Yuan Shu of Lujiang, Liu Yao of Qu'a, and Shixie of Jiaozhou in the south. These four Liu Biao are the strongest.

"No, it's not Liu Biao, but Sun Ce of Danyang," Li Yuan pointed his finger at Danyang, "Sun Ce has been keeping filial piety for his father in Qu'a since Sun Jian's death, but he is not a mediocre person, he must want to recruit soldiers and buy horses to be his father Revenge, and even want to dominate and become a vassal."

"Sun Ce? Sun Jian is a fierce tiger in Jiangdong, but Sun Ce has never been famous, so I don't know if he has the ability of his father." Xi Zhicai had heard Li Yuan praise Sun Ce before, but he hadn't seen it before, so he couldn't make a conclusion.

In fact, Sun Ce is nothing more than that now, and he is not famous yet, so it is normal for outsiders not to know, but Li Yuan knows Sun Ce like the back of his hand.

"Sun Ce's courage is no less than Sun Jian's. He is very brave in commanding troops and fighting. His friend Zhou Yu is even more famous in the world. I want to use his hands to deal with Liu Biao." Li Yuan expressed his thoughts.

"What? To deal with Liu Biao? Why does my lord have such an idea?" Xi Zhicai didn't understand, but the next moment he understood Li Yuan's meaning, "Could it be that my lord is worried about the water battle?"

"That's right!" Li Yuan gave Xi Zhicai an appreciative look, thinking that this person is really smart enough, he thought of it so soon before he said it.

Li Yuan pointed to the map with his finger, "Jingzhou has a lot of waterways, especially if we want to cross Jingnan, we have to cross the Yangtze River natural moat. If our army only attacks Jingbei, we don't need to fight by water, but Liu Biao will definitely flee to the south and rely on Changsha. Lingling, Wuling, Guiyang and other places can still threaten us. At that time, he can attack Jingbei at any time with the help of warships, but I am not familiar with water warfare. "

Cheng Yu was puzzled, "Since my lord thinks that Sun Ce is more threatening, why not join forces with Liu Biao to deal with Sun Ce first, and kill him completely before he grows up."

"Because Sun Ce is not well-known now, even if I am willing to join forces with Liu Biao, Liu Biao's character will never send troops. You must know that Liu Biao was not bad when the heroes of the world were attacking Dong Zhuo, but he did not respond to the call at that time. It can be seen that this man No ambition." Li Yuan analyzed Liu Biao's character clearly.

"In that case, let me go and contact Sun Ce in person, and maybe even consider supporting him." Cheng Yu recommended himself.

"Zhongde, I don't need to bother you this time. I've decided to go myself." Li Yuan had long wanted to find Sun Ce. But by the way, he remembered that Sun Ce took Da Qiao as his concubine only after he captured Wan City in the fourth year of Jian'an. There are still five or six years before now, so he decided to get there first.

"My lord, you must not do it!" Xi Zhicai and Cheng Yu said at the same time, "This trip to Danyang will pass through the Lujiang River. If Yuan Shu finds out, it may be bad for you. Please ask my subordinates to go for you."

"You don't need to persuade me, I have made up my mind, for Jiangdong Erqiao, no, for the sake of the world, I must go on this trip." Li Yuan put on a righteous expression, and his heart had already flown to Erqiao.

Seeing that Li Yuan had made up his mind, Xi Zhicai and Cheng Yu had no choice but to give up persuasion.

The next day, Li Yuan packed his bags and went to Lujiang. This time he took Xu Zhu and [-] soldiers from the Huwei Battalion. No one knew, because Xuzhou was newly established and asked him to sit in Xiapi himself, so this matter had to be kept secret.

Li Yuan and his party rode fast horses, and it took three days to arrive at Shouchun. However, when passing through Shouchun, he did not inform Hua Xiong who was stationed in Shouchun. Lujiang.

Now that Yuan Shu is occupying the Lujiang River, Li Yuan had already turned against Yuan Shu when the princes formed an alliance. If Yuan Shu found out, he would definitely not let him go. Therefore, Li Yuan acted very cautiously, and even entered the city in three batches to avoid provoking people Doubt, especially Xu Zhu, who is too big and conspicuous.

(End of this chapter)