Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 975 Three-party trends
Lu Su was still young at this time, only twenty-five years old, about the same age as Yuan Xi, but Yuan Xi had fought many more battles and plotted against many more people than Lu Su.

What's more, Lu Su is a kind-hearted person. Seeing Yuan Xi personally accompany him every day, he thought that Yuan Xi was willing to sit down and talk with Jiang Dong. After all, in his understanding, Yuan Xi must personally fight in every battle. At this time If you still stay in Shouchun City, you probably haven't thought about breaking up with Jiang Dong yet, right?
Little did they know that Yuan Xi had actually arranged all the strategies and plans before Lu Su arrived. Zhuge Liang, Lu Xun and others had already gone their separate ways. Lu Su suffered a loss because he understood Yuan Xi's arrangements for his subordinates, and he also Waiting stupidly, it turns out that Yuan Xi is bullying an honest person.

Yuan Xi had no pressure on him. Lu Su was a good person, but that didn't mean that Jiang Dong behind him was trustworthy, especially Sun Quan, who was very ambitious. In the end, the only thing that could make him lower his head was his fist.

As for Zhuge Liang's verbal quarrels with the Confucian scholars in later generations, it was a helpless move. If Jiangdong could be destroyed, who would bother talking to those people?

So these days, Yuan Xi went to Lu Su's place to sign in and clock in during the day, and when he came back, he watched Da Qiao chatting, hugged and kissed Xiao Qiao in the afternoon, and had close contact with Feng in the evening. His schedule was full, waiting for everyone. News from the other party.

One day later, the news could no longer be hidden. Lu Su came to Yuan Xi early in the morning with an ugly face and said: "I heard that Jiangdong attacked Jiangxia Shaxian. They attacked the city several times and the city was about to be destroyed. However, They were suddenly attacked by an army, and their uniforms were completely different from those of Huang Zujun!"

"Many generals identified and claimed that they were soldiers and horses under your command. Su boldly heard this. Is it true or false?"

Facing the anxious Lu Su who was sweating profusely, Yuan Xi waved leisurely, "Mr. Zijing, please sit down and speak slowly if you have anything to say."

Although Lu Su was anxious, he sat down reluctantly. Looking at Yuan Xi's appearance, he had already guessed what was going on. At any other time, Lu Su would have left angrily, but now he couldn't. If he wanted to go back, how could he ask the question? Sun Quan explains?
Yuan Xi saw that Lu Su's face was getting more and more ugly, so he said, "Sir, I haven't had much contact with you, so you may not know that I am actually a very vindictive person."

"In the Battle of Chaohu, Jiangdong betrayed his trust first. Although he was repulsed by me, my generals suffered heavy casualties. I will always remember this account."

Seeing that Lu Su wanted to speak, he waved his hand and said, "Sir, please listen to me first."

"I understand that when two parties fight, both sides will lose in the final fight. It is very stupid to let others laugh. So in today's world, even if everyone is fighting life and death, in the end they can almost sit down and talk."

"Actually, it's not like I haven't talked with Cao Jun. Of course, I'm not like Jiang Dong, who is willing to serve as a pawn for Cao Cao."

When Lu Su heard this, he knew that Yuan Xi was being sarcastic, but it was the truth and he couldn't argue with it.

Yuan Xi continued: "Since we are talking about interests, in fact, I have not done everything possible. Otherwise, in the current Yangtze River waterway, I promise that no matter how many casualties there are on my side, Jiangdong's fleet will not even think about occupying Jiangxia." "

Lu said in a solemn voice: "In that case, why did you go to help Huang Zu while you were perfunctory with me?"

"What good does this do?"

Yuan Xi looked strange, "If I don't help Huang Zu, why should I help Jiangdong?"

"What is the relationship between Jiang Dong and me now?"

Lu Su almost cried, "Isn't this what we are talking about?"

Yuan Xi looked innocent, "But nothing has been negotiated?"

Lu Su was almost vomiting blood from being surrounded, "But you didn't tell me that we were going to fight during the conversation?"

Yuan Xi's face turned solemn, "Mr. Zijing, is Jiang Dong thinking too well?"

"You have to stop fighting just by talking about it. How can anything in the world be so cheap?"

"Tell me, are the conditions Sun Quan gave you really sincere?"

Lu Su said depressedly: "Then the envoy didn't say he was dissatisfied before?"

"How can we talk and fight at the same time?"

Yuan Xi couldn't help laughing, "Sir, you're right, the rules in my hometown are to fight while talking!"

From the beginning to the end, Yuan Xi's purpose has been clear. What he cannot get on the battlefield cannot be obtained at the negotiation table. There must be bargaining chips on the negotiation table, which is to annihilate a large number of enemies. He must be fully prepared for a protracted war to win peace talks. , this is talking and hitting at the same time, using hitting to promote the conversation.

This kind of thinking was unexpected by this group of scholars in Jiangdong in this era, so they were led by Yuan Xi.

Lu Su was silent for a long time, and then said solemnly: "I will report back to the lord immediately and renegotiate the terms."

“But this time”

Yuan Xi said calmly: "I will not stop until Sun Quan can show enough action and sincerity. My soldiers are not puppets who can be manipulated at will. I must be responsible for their efforts. I cannot just say a few words." Make them stop!"

Looking at Lu Su's hurried away figure, Yuan Xi thought in his heart that Lu Su was still young and it was time. Even if Sun Quan was willing to cut his flesh, Jingzhou could no longer stop.

Lu Su may not have understood that Sun Quan actually had only two ways to go. If he wanted to negotiate with Yuan Xi, he would have to break with Cao Cao, and if he wanted to side with Cao Cao, then Yuan Xi would definitely not be able to agree to Sun Quan's proposal.

Sun Quan had to choose a side in the end. From the perspective of direct benefits, joining forces with Yuan Xi to deal with Cao Cao was actually the cheapest option. After all, his territory did not border Cao Cao.

If it were other people in Jiangdong who kept the status, they might have agreed, but Yuan Xi understood that Sun Quan was not this kind of person. Sun Quan is still young, so he has big enough ambitions, so in the end, Sun Quan will inevitably choose to join forces with Cao Cao and start a full-scale war with Yuan Xi.

On the surface, this situation is very unfavorable to Yuan Xi. Jiangdong will in turn use this choice to put pressure on Yuan Xi. Yuan Xi guesses that this is Sun Quan's wishful thinking, taking advantage of both sides.

But what Yuan Xi wants to do is to completely subvert Jiangdong's cognition and go all the way.

From the beginning, his strategic purpose was to cripple Jiangdong.

For this reason, he led his troops to Shouchun and attacked Cao Cao first. He did so in a hypocritical and real way, making it difficult for people to understand what he was thinking, just to make Sun Quan jump into this trap.

What he has to do now is to wait quietly for the situation to change. This change is naturally Cao Cao's action.

Among the three parties, Cao Cao, the most powerful, was the main force stirring up the situation. Yuan Xi, Zhuge Liang and others made a lot of deductions, and most of their energy was devoted to dealing with Cao Cao's forces.

At this time in Xudu, a group of counselors from Cao's camp gathered together. They had learned about the war in Jiangxia and the intervention of Yuan Xijun, and were discussing countermeasures.

The top position was empty because Cao Cao had another headache and was unable to come in person. Xun You was worried about this. It seemed that Ming Gong's headaches were becoming more frequent. This was not a good sign!
To make matters worse, Cheng Yu finally couldn't hold on any longer. The injuries he suffered in the past few years had been tormenting him. He was finally bedridden a few days ago, and the intelligence of the spies he was responsible for was also greatly affected.

Nowadays, there are many counselors in Cao camp, but there are more or less problems. The previous mastermind Xun Yu has given way.

On the contrary, it was the two people from Jizhou, which Xun You felt was extremely pity.

One is the trial match, whose ability is no less than anyone in Cao Ying, but he refused to surrender and died in prison.

The second is Xu You.

Previously, Xun You didn't know Xu You well, and thought that he was just a nepotistic gangster under Yuan Shao. However, after Xu You came over, his remarks on certain matters made Xun You realize that this person was capable of being a counselor in Jizhou. Among them, I'm afraid he can even be ranked in the top three. The reason why he is not doing well is because of his foul mouth that offends people.

Now Xu You seems to have been investigated several times because of previous incidents, and it seems that Cheng Yu was responsible. This makes Xu You very unhappy, and he often uses the topic to curse others.

However, a few days ago, someone finally reported that Xu Youming had defected to Cao Cao, but in fact he was Yuan Xi's insider. Many information about Cao Ying was leaked by Xu You.

Apparently there was some basis for this accusation, so Xu You was imprisoned.

This made Xun You, who was in charge of the planning today, extremely uncomfortable. He actually expected Xu You to come up with some ideas!

He turned his attention to the last person present. This person was dressed in black and looked inconspicuous. He was sitting in the most remote place, but no one dared to look down upon him.

Because he is now the most popular person under Cao Cao besides Zhong Yao.

Dong Zhao.

Xun You had quite complicated feelings about this man who was born in Yanzhou and was previously a close minister of the emperor Liu Xie. Later, he openly defected to Cao Cao and asked him to become a duke for Cao Cao.

Because there are rumors that Dong Zhao will succeed Zhong Yao as Sili in the next step, which means that he is highly valued and trusted by Cao Cao.

Xun You suppressed his annoyance and said, "Since everyone is here, I'll get straight to the point and won't waste everyone's time."

"According to intelligence, Fierce Tiger sent troops from Shouchun, and at the same time transported two groups of cavalry by water."

"An army led by Zhang He invaded Ruyin, Yuzhou, and Zilian Wenqian led his troops to resist."

"An army led by Xu Huang sneaked into Jiangxia and was attacking Shaxian. The Jiangdong army led by Han Dang was defeated by a sneak attack and retreated in embarrassment."

"What you all want to discuss now is, how should we respond?"

Xin Pi immediately said: "What are you still discussing? We should immediately send troops to go south to Yuzhou to repel Zhang He!"

"Then at the same time, he ordered Jiangdong to increase his troops and continue to attack Jiangxia, while here he sent troops to contain Liu Bei so that he could not support Liu Biao and Fierce Tiger!"

The reason why I say containment is because in the past two years, Cao Ying has been unable to attack Fancheng for a long time, and he can no longer say that he will definitely defeat Liu Bei.

The reason why Liu Bei was so difficult to fight was beyond Cao Ying's expectations. Everyone guessed that one was that he had the help of the Jingzhou nobles, who had powerful advisers to give advice, and the other was that he had Liu Biao's back, and his soldiers had no shortage of food and fodder, but he had repeatedly blocked him. According to Cao Cao, Liu Bei has grown to an extremely troublesome level.

So now that Xin Pi is speaking, he no longer dares to say that he defeated Liu Bei and captured Fancheng. He can only say that he has achieved his goal if he can contain him.

(End of this chapter)