Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 303
"Come, come, Mr. Xi, I offer you a toast!"

At night, Liu Wei set up a banquet to entertain Xi Zhicai.

"Your Highness is polite!"

Xi Zhicai also hastily raised his glass, and drank it down.

"Good wine!"

Xi Zhicai praised him, and then said to Liu Wei: "My lord, you are clear about the purpose of my visit this time, what do you think?"

"Hehe, I am sitting in Liaozhou, and Yuan Shao is not in conflict with Yuan Shao, why should I join forces with Cao Mengde to fight Yuan Shao?"

Liu Wei took a sip of his wine, then asked with a smile.

"Hehe, the king of Liao was just joking. Yuan Shao is now sitting in the land of four states, with nearly a million soldiers and horses. As the saying goes, he has enough soldiers and food. He can't take Liaozhou now, but if he wins Yanzhou and Xuzhou Well, is the King of Liao still sure of defeating Yuan Shao?"

Xi Zhicai asked back.

"Oh? What you mean is that Yuan Shao is going to attack Cao Mengde? Besides, Cao Mengde can't resist Yuan Benchu?"

Liu Wei also estimated that the Battle of Guandu was about to start, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

"I never said that my lord could not resist Yuan Shao's attack, but if Yuan Benchu ​​attacked us recklessly, it would not be safe! At that time, King Liao, you will be a thorn in Yuan Shao's eyes, a thorn in his flesh, and as far as I know, You have often let Yuan Shao suffer in your hands, I think the lord understands the reason why the lips are dead and the teeth are cold!"

Xi Zhicai said again.

"Hehe, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold? Cao Mengde is the lips and I am not the teeth! Yuan Benchu ​​can suffer from me one after another, and I can make him unable to please me all the time!"

Liu Wei drank the wine in the glass confidently, and then said nonchalantly.

"Well, my lord, let me put it another way. You don't want to continue to develop in the Central Plains, but you have always been in the frontier. As long as the two of us join forces and defeat Yuan Shao together, how about we share the land of the Yuan family equally?"

Xi Zhicai didn't say that he was defeated by Yuan Shao this time, but said that he would join forces to attack Yuan Shao.

"Oh? Divide the Yuan family's territory equally? Interesting!"

Liu Wei also became interested, looking at Xi Zhicai in front of him with great interest.

To be honest, Liu Wei didn't intend to occupy the territory of the Central Plains. There are three reasons. First, the late emperor Liu Hong was kind to Liu Wei. If Liu Hong didn't trust him, Liu Wei wouldn't be where he is today.Second, the Central Plains is now in chaos, and the princes of all walks of life are fighting with each other, and he doesn't want to go out and get involved.The third is that Liaozhou is still developing and has not yet reached Liu Wei's ideal Liaozhou.

But now the first one is no longer valid, because Liu Wei already knew from Wang Yue that Liu Hong was very worried about him, and even sent Wang Yue to assassinate him, Liu Wei's gratitude to Liu Hong My heart is gone too.

As for the second point, there are only three major powers left in the north, that is, Liu Wei, the king of Liao, Yuan Shao, the general, and Cao Cao, the prime minister.

Seeing that Liu Wei had some interest in carve up Yuan Shao's territory, Xi Zhicai thought it was interesting, and continued: "My lord, although you got millions of immigrants from Montenegro a few days ago, the total number of people in Liaozhou is less than 300 million. , but Yuan Shao has fully controlled four states, with nearly ten million people in his hands. Are you not tempted?"

Seeing that Xi Zhicai had spoken again, Liu Wei came back to his senses and said to Xi Zhicai: "Xi Zhicai, I, Liu Wei, are loyal to the big man. This big battle will not be subsided in a few days, at most A few years, at least a few months, that will make people miserable, and the common people will suffer from the war, I can't bear it!"

"My lord, do you think Yuan Shao will stop if you don't go to war? Yuan Shao's ambition is not small!"

After Xi Zhicai finished speaking, Guo Jia, who was sitting next to Liu Wei, also stood up, walked to Liu Wei, leaned over Liu Wei's ear, and said to Liu Wei: "My lord, what did my brother say?" Wrong, we can't let Yuan Shao's family dominate, but we don't have enough troops, so it's better to agree to him first, but we are only playing a diversionary role, let Cao Cao and Yuan Shao consume, if Yuan Shao loses to Cao Cao, we will send troops to occupy Youzhou, or even Jizhou, If Cao Cao loses to Yuan Shao, we will make another plan!"

After hearing what Guo Jia said, Liu Wei also nodded, and then said, "Xi Zhicai, I can agree to your request, but we need to discuss the specific matters in detail!"

"It's natural. Before I came, Yuan Benchu ​​intended to garrison Liyang. It seemed that he wanted to start a war with us, so the prince only needed to garrison Beiping to put some pressure on Yuan Shao. In this way, our pressure was reduced a lot. We defeated Li Yang from the front. To fight against Yuan Shao, the lord only needs to make Yuan Shao's rear uneasy!"

Xi Zhicai said.

"Well, that's great!"

Liu Wei also nodded.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Liu Wei and Xi Zhi just finished talking about the cooperation, and then they drank happily and chatted a lot about customs and customs.

Liu Wei and the other generals tried to urge him to drink again and again, making Xi Zhicai so drunk that he ordered his servants to take Xi Zhicai back to the inn to rest.

After Xi Zhicai left, Liu Wei drank two bowls of hangover soup, and then sent someone to call Guo Jia and Jushou to the study.

"What do you two think about today's matter?"

"My lord, I guess what Xi Zhicai said is right. Yuan Shao must be attacking Cao Cao. Cao Cao was afraid of losing to Yuan Shao, so he sent Xi Zhicai to the alliance!"

Ju Shou said.

"Well, but we can't be their spearmen. My senior brother is very resourceful. He asked us to station troops in Beiping. He must let Yuan Shao focus on us and let Yuan Shao attack us! So the alliance is fine, but in Cao Cao and Before Yuan Shao goes to war, we absolutely must not use troops!"

Guo Jia also spoke.

Hearing what Guo Jia said, Liu Wei couldn't help but look at Guo Jia strangely, and then asked, "Feng Xiao, that's your senior brother, why are you plotting against him like this?"

"Hehe, it's true that he is my senior brother, but now we are our own masters. He is not here to catch up with me, but to persuade you, my lord, to fight against Yuan Shao!"

Guo Jia said seriously.

"Well, then tomorrow I will show them the style of our Liaozhou army! Tomorrow, let the Huben Guard and the trapped camp select elites to train on the school grounds!"

"By the way, Feng Xiao, who is that black fat man who came with your senior brother? I think he must be a man with extraordinary martial arts skills!"

Liu Wei asked Guo Jia.

"Oh, that person is Xu Chu, Cao Cao's guard, whose name is Zhongkang. He has the courage of all men. This time he came here, and Cao Cao was afraid that he would be in danger on the road, so he sent him to protect my brother. Safety!"

Guo Jia replied.

"Oh? He is Xu Chu! Tomorrow, Dian Wei and his generals will all go to the school grounds. Let me see if my guards are better or Cao Cao's guards are better!"

Liu Wei stroked his mustache with great interest.

(End of this chapter)