The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 158
In fact, apart from Zhang Liao’s escape, the bamboo slips also mentioned some recent events. The first thing is that Lujiang has built a merchant ship that can sail for several months. Set off to Liaodong and explore the waterway to Liaodong. If successful, you can buy horses from Liaodong and transport them to Xuzhou.

Li Yuan was very happy when he learned about this, and he thought that it was Cheng Yu who was able to sail to Liaodong so soon. If it wasn't for the injuries on his body, he would have wanted to go there himself.

Besides this matter, Xi Zhicai also reported about Mi Fang, just as Li Yuan expected, Mi Fang was making small moves in private, and he applied to be transferred to Langya, saying that it was to develop Langya's business.

Although Mi Fang's martial arts skills are not very good, and his ability to lead troops is also very poor, but he has always been a general. He is usually good at training soldiers. As for the business affairs of the Mi family, his brother Mi Zhu is in charge of it. Applying to be transferred to Langya, and also said that he wanted to develop Langya's business, Xi Zhicai knew without thinking that Mi Fang was just making excuses, in order to lure snakes out of the hole to see what Mi Fang wanted to do, so Xi Zhi agreed to Mi Fang's application.

Xi Zhicai wrote a letter and sent someone to Langya, and handed the letter to Zhou Cang in Langya, asking him to spy on Mi Fang secretly, and report to him immediately if he finds something wrong with Mi Fang.

Xi Zhicai originally wanted Langya prefect Chen Gui to do this, but Chen Gui and Mi Fang were both former officials of Tao Qian. Chen Gui felt that it was inappropriate to do this, so he decided to ask Zhou Cang to spy on Mi Fang.

Although Zhou Cang is not very smart, he is calm and careful in doing things, and he is much more reliable than Guan Zhong who is also in Langya, so it is more appropriate to entrust this matter to him.

Zhou Cang secretly observed Mi Fang for more than half a month, and found that something was wrong with Mi Fang. Every night, a stranger would walk into Mi Fang's residence and hold a candle-lit talk. A few days later, the stranger left Langya. Zhou Cang sent someone to follow him, and finally Discovering that the stranger came from Beihai, he told Xi Zhicai about it, and Xi Zhicai told Li Yuan about it.

Although Li Yuan knew something was wrong with Mi Fang after reading Xi Zhicai's report, there was no evidence to prove that Mi Fang had a rebellious heart, so he couldn't act rashly, otherwise it would only cause panic among his subordinates, especially Tao Qian's old officials.

Li Yuan knows that Beihai is Kong Rong's territory, but the person who really controls Beihai is probably Liu Bei. With such speculation, it will take time to prove the truth of the matter, and now we can only continue to observe secretly and wait for the opportunity.

Mi Fang is a person who is easy to rebel. In "history", he was lured by Sun Quan and surrendered to Wu State, which eventually led to Guan Yu's defeat and killing. Even in Wu State, many people hated Mi Fang, making him a reviled person in history. A sinner, so Li Yuan paid special attention to him.

Xi Zhicai's letter also mentioned that Liu Bei took advantage of Cao Cao's rebellion to attack Licheng, Jibei and Jinan. Cao Cao took away almost all his troops because he wanted to attack Lu Bu, so he didn't leave many defenders, so Liu Bei didn't It took a lot of effort to capture these three cities, and it was really a good move to take advantage of his illness to take his life.

Li Yuan recalled that when he left Puyang, Cao Cao looked anxious when he said goodbye. It was probably because of Liu Bei that he was anxious to go back to rescue, so he said goodbye in a hurry.

Li Yuan couldn't help but find it funny when he thought about it. Recently, Cao Cao was really busy. First, he attacked Jinbei, Jinan and other places, and finally reached Beihai. In the end, he was caught off guard by Liu Guan and Zhang, who suddenly appeared, and then betrayed by Zhang Miao and others. The hometown fell, and it took several months to finally defeat Lu Bu and take it back to Puyang. Now Liu Bei captured Jibei and other places, and Liu Bei took the territory before it was hot. It was really bad luck for eight lifetimes.

If Li Yuan hadn't helped attack Lu Bu, Cao Cao wouldn't have attacked Puyang so quickly. If he was attacked by Liu Bei without taking Puyang, he would have been attacked from both sides. It was quite difficult to face Liu Bei and Lu Bu at the same time. Cao Cao It is very likely that it will be defeated because of this, and it will withdraw from the stage of history in advance.

It seems that Li Yuan really helped Cao Cao a lot in rescuing Er Qiao, otherwise he wouldn't have the time to fight back against Liu Bei now, and Lu Butuo could drag him to death.

But Liu Bei is really too active now, not only confronting Cao Cao, but also paying attention to Li Yuan, which is not quite like the Liu Bei in "history", who fought repeatedly in the early stage Repeated defeats, how could there be so many brilliant achievements, this made Li Yuan feel very suspicious, wondering whether there are capable people and different people under Liu Bei's command to help.

If Liu Bei really wanted to do something, Li Yuan wouldn't mind teaming up with Cao Cao again to pinch him with all his strength, and then he would be unable to escape no matter how capable he was.

It is also fortunate that Xi Zhicai is guarding Xiapi, otherwise Li Yuan would have to deal with these matters personally. It was a correct decision to keep Xi Zhicai in Xiapi at the beginning. Now he is a shopkeeper and recuperates in Runan for a period of time. He will return to Xiapi after a few months. Pi.

After reading Xi Zhicai's bamboo slips, another servant sent a letter, saying that it was sent by Hua Xiong, the prefect of Shouchun.Li Yuan didn't expect so many things to happen today, so he opened the bamboo slips to check.

It turned out that it was Hua Xiong's gratitude to Li Yuan. Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo a few years ago. Dong Zhuo was very good to Hua Xiong before. It was only after Lu Bu came that Hua Xiong's heart was cooled, but Hua Xiong still treated Dong Zhuo very well. Grateful, Hua Xiong wanted to avenge Dong Zhuo ever since he learned that Lu Bu had killed Dong Zhuo, but never had the chance.

Not long ago in Shouchun, Hua Xiong knew that Li Yuan had killed Lv Bu in Puyang, and he was very happy. His hatred for many years was finally avenged, so he wrote a letter to thank Li Yuan.

After reading Hua Xiong's letter, Li Yuan sighed a little. He remembered that Lu Bu and Hua Xiong served Dong Zhuo together. Later, Hua Xiong surrendered to Li Yuan, and Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo, making Hua Xiong regard Lu Bu as an enemy. At that time, Hua Xiong was still anxious to send troops. Attacking Lu Bu and avenging Dong Zhuo only gave up because of Li Yuan's dissuasion by Hua Xiong. Li Yuan just hoped that Hua Xiong would not be blinded by hatred.

Several years have passed now, Lu Bu is dead, Hua Xiong's hatred for Lu Bu is not as great as before, and he will not be in a hurry to say that he must kill Lu Bu himself, maybe because he has matured, or maybe it is because time has smoothed him The hatred for Lu Bu, but in any case, the matter is completely over, and from then on Hua Xiong will follow Li Yuan wholeheartedly.

As soon as Li Yuan mentioned Huaxiong, he thought of Gao Shun. Now Gao Shun is still imprisoned in Runan. I don’t know if Gao Shun’s edges and corners have been smoothed out in a few years. Thinking of this, Li Yuan decided to go to see Gao Shun After all, it has been several years since he disappeared, and now that Lu Bu is dead, maybe Gao Shun will change his mind.

(End of this chapter)