The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 125
"I said, I said, don't fight. The younger and younger Qiao were captured by General Lu's soldiers in Fan County." The soldier hurriedly confessed honestly that he was afraid that Li Yuan would continue to attack. With Li Yuan's strength, he had to go halfway if he didn't die. Life.

Hearing this, Li Yuan already guessed seven or eight points. Fan County is located in the north of Xiaopei, very close to Dongping, but in fact it is not the boundary of Xuzhou, but belongs to Yanzhou. Er Qiao may not know that he has crossed the boundary, and Lu Bu In the rebellion in Puyang, the nearby county towns had already surrendered. Seeing Er Qiao's stunning beauty, his soldiers felt malicious in their hearts, so they arrested him and dedicated it to Lu Bu. Li Yuan felt distressed when he thought of this.

"General Li, what should we do?" Qiao Guo burst into tears. He only scolded these two daughters, but he actually regarded them as the jewels in his palm. The most important relative, Qiao Guolao was even more sad when he thought that Er Qiao was going to marry Lu Bu.

"Don't worry, Mr. Qiao, I, Li Yuan, will definitely bring you back the second and younger Qiao intact." Li Yuan assured Qiao Guolao.

"General Li, then I'll leave it to you. I, Qiao Guo, have no power, no influence, and no one to rely on. I only have this pair of daughters. I hope you can bring Er Qiao back for me." Qiao Guo is now Can only rely on Li Yuan.

Li Yuan nodded, and then took the soldier to the mansion to be imprisoned, and then asked people to summon civil servants and generals to go to the governor's mansion to discuss matters.

Half an hour later, everyone came to the governor's mansion, and Li Yuan had been waiting for the main seat for a long time.

"My lord, I don't know what it means to call us here this time?" As the head of civil servants, Xi Zhicai asked first. Seeing Li Yuan's serious face, he knew that it must be an important matter.

"Do you know what progress Cao Cao has made in suppressing the rebellion?" Li Yuan asked instead of answering Xi Zhicai's question.

"My lord, now Lü Bu occupies only one city in Puyang, and only the counties near Puyang have surrendered to Lv Bu. Before Lv Bu had time to attack all parts of Yanzhou, Cao Cao has already returned to suppress the rebellion. Now that he has captured Fan County and Juancheng, he is besieging Puyang, but After more than a month of fighting, Puyang still cannot be captured." This is the latest information that Xi Zhicai has obtained.

"It seems that under Chen Gong's ingenuity, Puyang's defense is impeccable. It is not easy for Cao Cao to attack in a short time." Li Yuan is well aware of Chen Gong's wisdom, and having him assist Lu Bu is like adding wings to a tiger.

"And as far as I know, Liu Bei has attached himself to Kong Rong in Beihai, but his ambition is not small. He wants to take advantage of Cao Cao's crisis to attack Jibei, Licheng, Jinan and other places, and wants to recover the cities that Cao Cao captured before. "

Xi Zhicai has always felt that Liu Bei is just a county magistrate, and it is difficult to achieve great things, but Li Yuan told him to pay attention to Liu Bei. Although Liu Bei has no power and power now, he has the posture of a potential dragon, so he has to be cautious. Only Xi Zhicai noticed that Liu Bei had plans to send troops. If Li Yuan hadn't told him, he probably wouldn't have found out about Liu Bei's sending troops.

Li Yuan frowned tightly. Liu Bei attached himself to Kong Rong in Beihai and attacked Jibei and other places when Cao Cao had no time to take care of it. expected.

If Liu Bei is allowed to successfully capture Jibei and other places, Cao Cao's power will definitely be greatly reduced, and with Liu Bei's ambition, he will not be satisfied with this, and it is very likely that he will suddenly attack Cao Cao who is attacking Puyang. The army strength is probably less than 3, and it must be very difficult to face Lu Bu and Liu Bei at the same time.

Seeing Li Yuan frowning and not speaking, Xi Zhicai couldn't help asking, "Is my lord planning to send troops to deal with Cao Cao?"

Xi Zhicai knew Li Yuan's temperament very well, he could easily guess what Li Yuan was thinking, but this time he didn't guess what Li Yuan was thinking.

Li Yuan shook his head, "No, no, on the contrary, I don't want to deal with Cao Cao, but to help Cao Cao."

"Help Cao Cao? Why does my lord think so?"

Xi Zhicai doesn't quite understand, as far as he knows, Cao Cao should be more threatening than Lu Bu and Liu Bei. Cao Cao has countless advisors and generals. He and Le Jin are both talented generals, and Cao Cao himself is extremely resourceful. If he is allowed to develop successfully and occupy Yanzhou and Qingzhou, he will definitely become Li Yuan's strong enemy, even stronger than Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan in the north.

"Well, if that incident hadn't happened, I would definitely have dealt with Cao Cao. Unfortunately, it has happened and I have no choice." Li Yuan sighed, his face full of helplessness. He didn't know Cao Cao's threat, but for him It is said that rescuing Er Qiao is the most important thing right now. After all, Er Qiao left Wancheng and came to Xiapi because of him. How could he abandon them irresponsibly.

"Dare to ask my lord, what happened?" Mi Zhu, who hadn't spoken for a long time, said, thinking that it must not be an easy thing to embarrass Li Yuan today.

"It's just to save Er Qiao." Li Yuan explained the reason.

"Er Qiao, big and small? What kind of person is Er Qiao?" Mi Zhu looked bewildered, he had never heard of Er Qiao's name, not only him, but also Zhao Yun, Li Tong, Mi Fang and others didn't know.

"My lord, could Er Qiao be those two women?" Xi Zhicai had heard about this matter for a long time, because he had heard Xu Zhu say that Li Yuan had brought Qiao Guolao's family back from Wancheng, and that the elder and younger Er Qiao were exactly the same. Qiao Guolao's daughter.

"That's right, it's them." Li Yuan nodded and admitted, "Soldiers under Lu Bu's command captured them in Fan County and wanted to force them to marry. Today he sent soldiers to Qiao Guo's hometown to propose marriage. Qiao Guo didn't agree. This matter, and asking me to send troops to rescue them, I have already agreed."

Everyone was speechless after hearing the words. A big man like Li Yuan would send troops to help Cao Cao attack Lu Bu for two innocuous women. This sounds ridiculous. Women's status is very low in this era. Considering it so important, if it is really necessary to send troops, it may attract criticism and become an after-dinner joke for others.

Mi Zhu dissuaded: "My lord, since ancient times, beauty has been a source of misfortune. If you send troops to attack Puyang just for two women, I'm afraid it's not appropriate. I hope you think twice."

"My lord, I think Mi's words are justified." Li Tong also stood up and said, he has been with Zhao Yun for several years and has learned a lot. Although his official position has not been promoted, his prestige in the army is getting stronger and stronger. , people are becoming more and more mature, and now in the Xiapi army, apart from Zhao Yun, Li Tong has the greatest influence, and he is even able to lead an army alone.

(End of this chapter)