The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 304
"The only way for Li Yuan to defeat Jiangling first, and then Xiangyang is to use the navy to attack Jiangling." Cao Cao's reaction was very fast, and he immediately reacted to Guo Jia's point.

Xun You went on to say: "My lord is right. I have heard that Li Yuan trained an elite navy in the Lujiang River. The commander of this navy is Gan Ning, Liu Biao's abandoned general. Xiangyang issued a distress call, so Liu Biao had no time to react and was easily captured by Li Yuan."

"What a Li Yuan, what a Gan Ning, it seems that Liu Biao is really old and dizzy, Gan Ning is so good that he would abandon it, I really don't understand what Liu Biao is thinking, Li Yuan is cheap for nothing." Cao Cao shook his head and said, if It would be nice for him to have Gan Ning as well. After he unifies Hebei, he will also go south. Water battles are inevitable. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that there seemed to be no talents familiar with water warfare under his command.

"Gan Ning was born as a water thief. With Liu Biao's identity, he would not like Gan Ning. I heard that Gan Ning was pushed out by Huang Zu in Jiangxia, so he left Jingzhou to join Li Yuan, and Li Yuan did the same. Great, but he dares to use other people's abandoned generals with confidence. Although he is an enemy, his methods of employing people are really top-notch." Guo Jia couldn't help but praised Li Yuan.

"Wen Ruo's intelligence also said that Li Yuan got a general of the Five Tigers, and Gan Ning was among them. The other four were Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Hua Xiong and Tai Shici. How lucky is Li Yuan that there are so many who can fight well It’s really eccentric for the general to assist him.”

Even Cao Cao was a little envious. Needless to say, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, and Hua Xiong had already seen their majesty at Hulao Pass that day. Gan Ning made great contributions in attacking Jingzhou this time, and he was also a general. Tai Shici's reputation was a little bit less, but he knew that since Li Yuan was able to designate Tai Shici as General of the Five Tigers, it meant that Tai Shici's strength would definitely not be inferior.

"My lord, although Li Yuan's five tiger generals are powerful, our army's generals Xiahouyuan, Xiahoudun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu and Cao Chun are no worse than Li Yuan's." Xun You intentionally or unintentionally Remind Cao Cao, fortunately there are no generals here at this time, otherwise it is likely to cool their hearts.

Cao Cao also realized that what he just said was wrong, and he quickly said: "Gongda is right, our generals are not bad, and if we really want to fight, we will definitely not lose to Li Yuan, but Li Yuan has already captured Xiangyang, and his strength has greatly increased. , This makes me feel a little uneasy, I wonder if you have any tricks to weaken his strength."

Guo Jia understood Cao Cao's thinking best, and he had already thought of a plan for Cao Cao to deal with Li Yuan, and replied: "Your Majesty, you can rest assured, Jia has a clever plan in mind."

"Feng Xiao, tell me quickly!" Cao Cao beamed with joy, and Xun You also looked at Guo Jia curiously.

"We only need to be like this... to shake Li Yuan's rule in Xiangyang, and even cause turmoil." Guo Jia smiled slightly and revealed the strategy in his heart.

"Hahahaha, it's really wonderful, just do what An Fengxiao said." Cao Cao looked up to the sky and laughed.

Ten days later, the mood of the people in Xiangyang gradually stabilized, and they began to get used to Li Yuan's rule. But at some point, some rumors spread from the city, saying that Li Yuan hated Liu Biao deeply and wanted to massacre the city to celebrate. Victory caused panic for a while, and many people who did not trust Li Yuan had already begun to flee Xiangyang.

Li Yuan didn't pay much attention to this kind of thing at first, but he didn't pay much attention to these things until recently after Gan Ning arrested a group of people who conspired against him, because after Gan Ning's interrogation, he found that these people who plotted against him were quite mixed. The children of Jingzhou gentry, as well as ordinary people, even businessmen and students, obviously, these people did this kind of thing because they were influenced by rumors and did not trust Li Yuan.

After Li Yuan learned of this, he immediately summoned Xu Shu to discuss it.

Xu Shu walked into the conference hall, clasped his fists to Li Yuan and said, "I don't know what your lord's order is for your subordinates?"

"Did Yuan Zhi hear any rumors in Xiangyang?" Li Yuan asked.

"It is true that some rumors have been heard, some say that the lord is going to massacre the city, some say that the lord is a vicious man who kills without batting an eyelid, and some even say that the lord eats human flesh for every meal..." The rumors that Xu Shu heard became more and more exaggerated. , and even some rumors made him dumbfounded.

"It's impossible for these rumors to come out for no reason. Someone must be behind the scenes. Can Yuan Zhi think of who it is? Could it be that Liu Biao made people do this on purpose?" The first thing Li Yuan thought of was Liu Biao, because he Now he is at odds with Liu Biao.

Xu Shu smiled and said, "Liu Biao is too busy to take care of himself now, and Sun Ce is waiting for him in Jingnan. It should not be the rumors he spread."

"Who spread it? If it wasn't Liu Biao, then it was one of Ma Teng, Sun Ce, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao." Li Yuan guessed.

"Actually, it's very easy to guess. The news of our attack on Xiangyang should have reached Sun Ce. However, our army is joining forces with Sun Ce. Given Sun Ce's character, he probably wouldn't do this. However, I don't deny that Zhou Yu will make a move secretly. Xiliang Ma Teng It is far away from Xiangyang, they must have not received any news, Yuan Shao's biggest target now is Cao Cao, and it is unlikely to be him in order to avoid complications."

"That is to say, Cao Cao's hands?"

"Yes, Cao Cao is fighting fiercely with Yuan Shao at this time. I heard that the battle is very tense, but Yuan Shao is slightly better. Cao Cao and the lord are at odds. After learning that the lord has taken Xiangyang, he will definitely not be able to sit still, so he will send people to Xiangyang Spread rumors to shake the lord's rule over Xiangyang." Xu Shu's analysis is very correct, which shows his extraordinary intelligence.

"Hmph, Cao Cao is so brave, he still wants to deal with me before he can deal with Yuan Shao." Li Yuan snorted coldly, and hated Cao Cao a little more in his heart, "Does Yuan Zhi have a way to break it?"

Xu Shu smiled slightly and replied: "Actually, this is just a trick of rumors. The reason why it can have such a great effect in Xiangyang is because Liu Biao has ruled Xiangyang for a long time and has won the hearts of the people, so the people of Xiangyang don't have much trust in the lord. It will take at least one to two years to change this situation."

"Is there no way to solve it quickly?" Li Yuan frowned tightly. An ordinary gossip scheme gave him such a headache. Although the gossip only goes to the wise, the common people are very easy to be incited. As the saying goes, three people become tigers. If the rumors are not resolved, his rule in Xiangyang will be affected, and even more serious consequences may be caused.

"Actually, there are not no solutions, and it's not difficult to do." Xu Shu already had a countermeasure in mind.

"What method, Yuan Zhi, please tell me." Li Yuan said anxiously.

(End of this chapter)