The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 178 North Sea Strategy
Mi Zhu broke into a cold sweat when he heard the words, and quickly replied: "My lord, this is absolutely impossible. I am in charge of all the affairs of the Mi family, especially business. Zifang doesn't know much about it, so how could he have a relationship with Liu Bei?" people to discuss the development of Hebei."

Mi Zhu was worried that Li Yuan would suspect that they decided to develop in Beihai without authorization, so he quickly explained that the important thing was not to develop in Beihai, but their loyalty to Li Yuan, because what Li Yuan said was obviously doubting whether their Mi family was conspiring with Liu Bei.

"Hahahaha, Zizhong, don't be nervous, I just care about this a little bit, I have absolute trust in you, but you need to mention more about Zifang, don't let him go astray," Li Yuan signaled Mi Zhu, don't worry too much, "Your Mi family has contributed a lot to the development of Xuzhou over the years, and I, Li Yuan, will never forget it, but Liu Bei deliberately tried to drive a wedge between me and the Mi family. I hope Zizhong can help me. Understand my concerns."

"My lord, don't worry, my Mi family will never have any disagreements. I will call Zifang back to Xiapi and teach him well so that he will not make mistakes again." Mi Zhu has always been diligent and loyal to Li Yuan, but He didn't expect Mi Fang to engage in small tricks in the dark. Fortunately, Li Yuan was generous, otherwise he would have sent someone to arrest Mi Fang directly, and he would kill Mi Fang first and play later.

Li Yuan shook his head, "There's no need to transfer Mi Fang back to Xiapi. I'm going to make a surprise attack on Beihai in a month. If Mi Fang is transferred back suddenly, Liu Bei may become suspicious, so let him stay in Xiapi."

"Yes, everything is under the Lord's arrangement."

"Zizhong, I don't have any difference between you and Zhicai. I also value the Mi family very much. I hope you don't let me down." Li Yuanyu said earnestly.

"This subordinate will never let the lord down!" Mi Fang lowered her head and cupped her fists.

After Li Yuan finished speaking, he left Mi's house. Although Mi Fang had a different heart, he had already discovered in advance that he was Mi Zhu's younger brother after all. If he killed him, he might hurt Mi Zhu's heart, so he still reminded Mi Zhu that Mi Zhu is smart. People, naturally know how to deal with it, so he doesn't need to ask any more.

A month later, the news of Kong Rong's death came from Beihai, and the news quickly spread to all places. Kong Rong wrote a suicide note, and after his death, Liu Bei was appointed as the prefect of Beihai, in charge of all affairs. It is expected that no one thought that Kong Rong would die of illness suddenly. Although many people in Beihai doubted it, they had nothing to say and could only accept Kong Rong's autographed suicide note. Since then, Liu Bei has officially become the prefect of Beihai.

At this time, Li Yuan was receiving Xun You at the Langya Prefect's Mansion. Xun You came to Langya a few days ago. In fact, he wanted to see if Li Yuan sent troops according to the agreement.

"General Li, now our army has accumulated tens of thousands of troops in Jibei. Most of Liu Bei's troops have been attracted here. The news of Kong Rong's death has spread. It is time for General Li to launch a surprise attack on Beihai," Xun You said. road.

"Don't worry, Gongda. I dispatched troops from Xiaopei and Xiapi a month ago. Now Langya has assembled nearly [-] troops. My disciple Long's [-] flying cavalry troops have arrived in Dongwu. It takes a few days to reach Beihai."

Li Yuan has not been idle for more than a month, but is busy mobilizing troops and condemning generals.Because the transportation of Yuan Shao's horses is not very convenient, only 3000 horses have been transported in total in the past two months, and the rest will take about four months to be transported. However, the flying cavalry army has also been expanded. Expand from 5000 to [-]. Although the recruits are not as good as the veterans, they can accelerate their growth after going to the battlefield.

"That's fine. Please, General Li, send troops to attack Beihai as soon as possible." Xun You was a little anxious. They didn't have much food and grass, and the one-month food and grass Li Yuan gave them had already been used up. , can only supply the army for one month, and if they can't break through the North Sea after one month, they can only withdraw their troops.

"Gongda, don't be impatient. The most important thing about sending troops this time is speed and secrecy. There is a county called Gaomi in the southeast of Beihai, which is guarded by Liu Bei's soldiers. If our army wants to surprise Beihai, we must first take this county. And we can't let anyone go, otherwise Liu Bei will find out in advance, and the consequences of a surprise attack will not be achieved."

Li Yuan knew the surrounding terrain well, but this time he didn't take out the sand table. After all, Xun You was not one of them, so it would be bad for him to discover such an important thing.

"I don't know what advice General Li has?" Xun You knew that Li Yuan must have a solution.

"Gongda, who is currently stationed in Licheng?"

"It's Liu Bei's righteous brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei." Xun You was very impressed with Guan and Zhang. They were extremely brave. Cao Cao's generals were invincible against them. Now they are stationed in Jinbei with [-] troops to contain Guan and Zhang's army. Let him dare not return to Beihai.

"Fortunately, Guan and Zhang are both in Licheng. It would be difficult to deal with them in Beihai. That is to say, only Liu Bei is in Beihai now. Does Gongda know the detailed strength of Liu Bei?" Li Yuan asked again.

"Kong Rong didn't leave many soldiers and horses. Now there are 5000 in Licheng, and I estimate that there are less than 3000 in Beihai." Xun You replied. Although they contained most of Liu Bei's troops, Beihai It is impossible to have no soldiers.

These [-] soldiers and horses are neither too much nor too little, and they are enough to defend the city. Once the surprise attack is unsuccessful, it will become a strong attack, and then they will give Guan and Zhang a chance to come back.

"I plan to let the Flying Cavalry Army take Gaomi County quickly, and then Captain Cao will lead troops to attack Licheng to attract Guan Zhang's attention, and then my army will quickly drive from Gaomi to Beihai to catch Liu Bei by surprise. Beihai." Li Yuan said the strategy in his mind.

"Okay, I'll go back now and explain to my lord that when I return to Jibei, I believe that General Li has already captured Gaomi, and our army will wait for the opportunity to attack Licheng to attract Guan Zhang's attention. I also ask General Li to make a quick decision. Take Beihai quickly." Xun You was about to leave after speaking, but Li Yuan stopped him.

"Gongda, wait a minute. If our army takes Beihai, what should Guan Zhang's army do?"

"General Li led his troops to attack from Beihai, while our army attacked from Jibei. We will be able to defeat him by attacking from left to right."

"However, Guan and Zhang are the best generals in the world. It is best not to fight. Otherwise, I will definitely lose my troops. If I can catch Liu Bei in Beihai, then I can threaten Guan and Zhang to surrender." If Li Yuan can catch Liu Bei, Guan Zhang will fight if he wants to. no.

"This plan is very short, and everything will be handed over to General Li." Xun You discussed with Li Yuan for a while, and then returned to Jibei.

(End of this chapter)