The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 168
"Why did Liu Bei send Jian Yong here?" Li Yuan asked, Jian Yong was relatively honest, but Li Yuan absolutely did not believe that he had no other purpose.

"Jian Yong said that he wanted to do business with us. Langya is close to Beihai, and he wanted Mi's family to develop business in Beihai." Xi Zhicai explained Jian Yong's intention.

"Development of business." Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, feeling that this matter is not so simple, "If you want the Mi family to go to Beihai to develop, thanks to Liu Bei coming up with such a reason, I'm afraid he has some other plans."

"Business development is only on the surface, and secret collusion is the real goal. Liu Bei's people have been in contact with Mi Fang for the past few months. Mi Fang should have had a disagreement. I don't know what promise Liu Bei gave him, but he was able to make him take risks." Xi Zhicai guessed that Mi's family went to Beihai to develop business, probably for the purpose of allowing Mi Fang to go to Beihai in a fair manner.

"Zhicai, can you see what kind of tricks they are playing?" Li Yuan suddenly found that Liu Bei was not as simple as he imagined, maybe there was an expert helping him secretly.

"Liu Bei may have two purposes." Xi Zhicai frowned tightly, "First, he wants to win the Mi family to his side. The Mi family is a wealthy family in Xuzhou. To get the help of the Mi family is equivalent to obtaining countless resources for Liu Bei." It is very helpful for him to dominate the world. Now he is in Beihai, facing Yuan Shao in the north, our army in the south, and Cao Cao in the west. This is a very unfavorable situation, so he wants to win over the Mi family. , vigorously develop forces, I am afraid that you want to destroy Cao Cao first, then our army, and then plot Hebei."

Li Yuan stood up after hearing this, and couldn't help saying: "To win over the Mi family, first destroy Cao Cao, then destroy our army, and then plot the north, what a Liu Xuande, it's a really good idea, but it's a pity that I, Li Yuan, will sit and wait for death."

In "history", Liu Bei has always been defeated repeatedly, which proves that he has enough ambitions, but he has not yet entered the real "Three Kingdoms" late stage, but Liu Bei already has such a big plan, I am afraid it has changed because of the arrival of Li Yuan track of history.

But Li Yuan thought it was a bit unlikely, and said: "The Mi family has followed me for several years, and Mi Zhu is the head of the Mi family. He is loyal to me and does his best in everything. There is no possibility of Liu Bei wooing the Mi family." Big, he should be able to see this situation."

"This is what I'm most worried about," Xi Zhicai also stood up, "Liu Bei clearly knows that the real ruler of the Mi family is Mi Zhu, and Mi Zhu is an upright person who is not easy to win over, so he started to attack Mi Fang. Maybe it's just a superficial appearance that he sent someone to secretly contact Mi Fang, but the real purpose is you, my lord."

"It's up to me?" Li Yuan pointed to himself with a bewildered expression, why Liu Bei contacted Mi Fang because of him.

"This is the second purpose I want to talk about. Liu Bei may have deliberately acted for us. He sent someone to find Mi Fang, had secret talks with Mi Fang many times, and said that he would let the Mi family go to Beihai to develop. Everything he did They are all acting for us, the purpose is to make the lord continue to doubt the Mi family, and even do things that hurt the Mi family, so that the Mi family will be disheartened by the lord, so they will favor Liu Bei, and even collude with Liu Bei to deal with us. "

Xi Zhicai expressed his worries. If Liu Bei really did this, then this plan of divorce would be too terrible. It can be said that including their surveillance of Mi Fang, Liu Bei's city is much deeper than imagined.

After hearing this, Li Yuan couldn't help sweating from his head to his cheeks, thinking that fortunately he had the ambition to play, otherwise he might have been tricked by Liu Bei and turned against the Mi family.

Xi Zhicai continued: "Liu Bei may have made a promise to Mi Fang that once he takes control of Xuzhou, he will make Mi Fang the head of the Mi family. That's why Mi Fang was obsessed with ghosts and kept leaning on Liu Bei. Besides, Tao Qian and Liu Bei had a very good relationship at that time. His subordinates will naturally be influenced by him, and they have a special affection for Liu Bei."

"Does Zhicai have a countermeasure?" Li Yuan frowned tightly, thinking that what Xi Zhicai said was very reasonable, no matter whether Liu Bei wanted to win over Mi Fang sincerely, or deliberately acted for them to drive a wedge between them and the Mi family, It was not what he wanted to see.

"My lord, do you know why Cao Cao sent Xun You here this time?" Xi Zhicai did not answer Li Yuan's question, but asked.

"For what?"

"I hope to join forces with our army again to attack Liu Bei." Xi Zhicai smiled. In fact, this is tantamount to solving Liu Bei's estrangement plan. As long as they join forces with Cao Cao to enter Beihai, Liu Bei will definitely not be able to stop them.

"Hahahaha, Cao Mengde came at the right time. I was worried about how to break Liu Bei's plan, so he invited me to join the army." Li Yuan suddenly found that Cao Cao was quite attractive, at least in his heart, he was much better than Liu Bei .

"But my lord, even if we are willing to agree to Cao Cao's sending troops, there should be a reason for sending troops, otherwise there will be criticism. After all, when my lord got married, Liu Bei sent Jian Yong as a gift. It might not be appropriate to send troops again," Xi Zhicai found out. Liu Bei's sending Jian Yong to give gifts is really killing two birds with one stone. First, it can make Li Yuan suspect the Mi family, and second, it will make it difficult for Li Yuan to send troops to attack Hebei.

"Then let me say that Jibei and Licheng were originally captured by Cao Cao, but Liu Bei took advantage of Cao Cao's rebellion against Lu Bu to take these places, and now he wants to help Cao Cao take them back. Is this a good reason?"

"No," Xi Zhicai shook his head, "My lord, don't forget that Jibei and Licheng originally belonged to Bao Xin, and Cao Cao just took advantage of Bao Xin's defeat, so this reason is not acceptable."

"Then what should we do?" Li Yuan scratched his head and couldn't think of a good reason. Now he is not so powerful that he is invincible in the world, so every time he sends troops, he must have a reason to occupy the righteous name.

"My lord, have you heard that Kong Rong has been seriously ill recently?" Xi Zhicai showed a meaningful smile on his face.

"Kong Rong is seriously ill," Li Yuan immediately understood, "Are you saying that Liu Bei poisoned Kong Rong?"

"That's right, that's right," Xi Zhicai nodded, "Liu Bei has long wanted to take complete control of Beihai, but Kong Rong is so popular, it is not easy for Liu Bei to succeed, so he is likely to poison Kong Rong, Make Kong Rong's physical condition worse and worse, and then declare that Kong Rong is seriously ill."

"Liu Bei is also vicious enough. Kong Rong took them in with good intentions, but he didn't expect to lead wolves into the house in the end." Poisoning schemes are common in history, and Li Yuan didn't have much doubt about it, but felt that Kong Rong was really pitiful.

"My lord, we can reply to Jian Yong in this way, saying that we still need to think about it before making a decision on whether to conduct business with Beihai. I don't think Kong Rong will die within two months. At that time, I will send a secret agent to Beihai to spread rumors." , Said that Liu Bei poisoned Kong Rong, then our army will have a reason to send troops." Xi Zhicai's eyes showed the light of wisdom.

(End of this chapter)