The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 170 See Through Everything

In fact, Li Yuan didn't know how to drink tea either. These tea leaves were given by Mr. Qiao Guo. When receiving guests, he couldn't give them plain water to drink, so he brewed ginseng tea. He could sober himself up after drinking it.

Li Yuan chatted for a while, and finally Xun You couldn't help asking: "General Li, how do you think about that matter?"

"What did Gongda say?" Li Yuan pretended not to know. Although he had decided to join forces with Cao Cao, he still couldn't make it too obvious. He wanted to let Xun You know that Li Yuan wouldn't care too much about joining forces this time. .

"It is to join hands with my lord to attack Liu Bei."

"Lieutenant Cao is extremely smart, and under his command are Xiahou Dun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and other generals to help him. In terms of strategy, there are Guo Jia, Xun Yu and Gongda you. It can be said that there are many talents and fierce generals. I believe you can deal with mere One Liu Bei is definitely not a problem." Li Yuan boasted, but in fact Cao Cao's subordinates are indeed full of talents, Liu Bei is only compared with him and Guan Zhang.

"General Li Liao praised," Xun You said modestly, "Although General Xiahou and General Cao are rare good generals, Feng Xiao and Wen Ruo are also immortal talents, but not long after our army fought with Lu Bu, our troops and supplies were exhausted. Seriously, Liu Bei is defending Licheng, and I can't take it after two months of attacking, so I ask General Li to help me wait!"

"Gongda, your army has just finished fighting with Lu Bu, and so is our army, and I'm not afraid to tell you that Cheng Pu just borrowed food from me, and I have already agreed to him, so now our army is also somewhat short of food and grass." Li Yuan suggested, "I think Lieutenant Cao should take a half-year truce. Soldiers will be physically and mentally exhausted and feel war-weary if they go out for a long time. He should wait for the harvest of food and grass before sending troops. This is safer."

Xun You was a little anxious. He felt that Li Yuan just didn't want to send troops, so he continued to persuade: "General Li's words are wrong. Liu Bei is ambitious, and the prefect of Beihai, Kong Rong, was emptied by him. Now the military and political power is in his hands. It is when he is weakest, so it is most appropriate to send troops to attack, if we wait another half a year, he will definitely regain his strength and gain a firm foothold in Licheng, and it will be difficult to win if we fight him again."

"Gongda, Captain Cao is so eager to attack Liu Bei, is it really because he wants to conquer the city that Liu Bei has captured?" Li Yuan smiled meaningfully.

"That's the case." For some reason, Xun You unconsciously lowered his head after seeing Li Yuan's smile, as if he didn't dare to look into Li Yuan's eyes.

"We Ming people don't talk dark words. The reason Cao Xiaowei was in a hurry to attack Liu Bei was not just to regain lost ground, but because of Yuan Shao in Hebei. I don't know if I'm right." Li Yuan stared at Xun You intently, as if Xun You must be thoroughly seen through.

Xun You trembled uncontrollably when he heard the words, looked up at Li Yuan, his eyes were full of disbelief, he opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say it.

Li Yuan continued: "Gongda, don't be nervous. I'm just guessing. Feng Xiao is far-sighted, and Xun Yu is a talented king. I think they have already planned a big plan for Cao Xiaowei. Now Cao Xiaowei is so eager to attack Liu Bei. In order to unify Yanzhou and Qingzhou as soon as possible, and then recuperate, recruit troops, stockpile food and grass, and resist Yuan Shao's southward movement, you want to defeat Yuan Shao in one battle, and then go to Hebei to develop."

"How did General Li know..." This time Xun You could no longer calm down. These things are the conclusions that Xun Yu and Guo Jia have discussed together for a long time, and they are an important strategy for Cao Cao's future development. Seeing through, as if nothing could escape his eyes, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, is there really such a person who predicts things like a god in the world?
"Gongda needn't be so surprised," Li Yuan patted Xun You on the shoulder, "If I were Captain Cao, I would do the same. His current geographical location is not suitable for fighting for world hegemony. Only by winning Hebei can we truly establish ourselves." From what I can see, Gongsun Zan will definitely lose to Yuan Shao. After Yuan Shao unifies Hebei, he has a strong army and countless food and horses. It is difficult to find anyone in the world who can compete with him. However, once Yuan Shao unifies Hebei, he will immediately go south. The first to bear the brunt is Captain Cao."

Xun You was in a cold sweat when he heard that, because the direction of their power development and the things they were worried about were all mentioned by Li Yuan. He claimed to be extremely smart, but he was as simple as a child in front of Li Yuan, and he had thought of countless reasons in his heart He wanted to persuade Li Yuan to send troops, but Li Yuan's words had already made him flustered, and he didn't know what to say.

Seeing that Xun You was scared like this, Li Yuan was very satisfied. The reason why he said this was that he hoped that through Xun You, Cao Cao, Guo Jia and Xun Yu would be able to frighten smart people like Cao Cao, and let them know that there is a sky outside the world, and there are people outside people. The strategy of thinking may not be something that no one can think of.

"Gongda, let me tell you one more thing." Li Yuan poured another cup of ginseng tea, looking very calm, the mist from the ginseng tea covered Li Yuan's face, making him look even more unpredictable .

"What is it, General Li, please tell me."

"Yuan Shao sent me [-] high-quality horses, which are now being transported from Hebei to Xiapi." Li Yuan said indifferently, as if these [-] horses were nothing to him.

"Five thousand horses?! What a great deal Yuan Shao made." Xun You was also shocked by this number, because Cao Cao didn't have many cavalry under his command, and all the horses were used to form tiger and leopard cavalry.

But Xun You knew that things were not that simple, because Yuan Shao couldn't give Li Yuan the horse without incident, and there must be an exchange condition. He asked, "I don't know what promise General Li made to Yuan Shao?"

"Just when he went south, tell me not to join forces with Captain Cao to resist." Li Yuan didn't hide anything, and told the truth.

"Yuan Benchu ​​is so thoughtful. I ask General Li not to agree to him. Once Yuan Shao successfully goes south, our army can't resist him and he will attack Xuzhou immediately." Xun You, Cao Cao and others really wanted to go south with Yuan Shao When he joined forces with Li Yuan to resist, of course, these things did not happen in "history", but "history" was changed because of Li Yuan's arrival.

"But I have promised Yuan Shao."

"Oh, that's really a pity. General Li shouldn't give up the opportunity to join forces with our army to deal with Yuan Shao just for a while." Xun You regretted, but after thinking about it, he felt something was wrong. With Li Yuan's intelligence, he knew Yuan Shao The danger of going south after unifying Hebei, but now that he knew this, why he agreed to Yuan Shao, he found that he could not understand Li Yuan more and more. Li Yuan was the most unpredictable person he had ever met in his life.

(End of this chapter)