The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 385 Departure
In fact, Xi Zhicai did not expect that the most important reason why Li Yuan asked Lu Xun to serve as the prefect of Changsha was to give Lu Xun the heavy responsibility of attacking Jiaozhou. Now that his power has spread across the four states, it is impossible for him to go out with the army every time he sends troops. Therefore, he must have someone who is capable of conquering a state by himself. The most suitable candidate is Lu Xun, and the others are slightly inferior to him. When the time is right in the future, he will take on the role of Lu Xun.

Except for the above-mentioned people, the rest of the generals who participated in the war also had their own rewards. Of course, they are only verbal rewards now. After returning to Xiapi, Li Yuan will ask Emperor Xian to issue a reward.After the award was completed, Li Yuan led the army back to Xiapi with Sun Quan, Zhou Yu and others, and the rest of the guards returned to their respective garrisons.

Before Li Yuan left, he told Cheng Yu to pay more attention to Lu Meng. If he had the opportunity, he would recruit Lu Meng and force him to read books. Li Yuan knew that Lu Meng was only a low-ranking general under Sun Ce, and he did not have much loyalty to Sun Ce. , so there is a good chance of persuading Lu Meng to surrender, so he will give Cheng Yu a special account.Although Cheng Yu didn't know why Li Yuan forced Lu Meng to study, he still nodded in agreement.

Li Yuan led the crowd to set off after finishing the account. He abided by the agreement with Sun Ce and did not embarrass the Jiangdong soldiers. He released all the people except the Sun family's children. Of course, veterans such as Zhou Yu and Huang Gai voluntarily followed Sun Quan He doesn't stop them from going to the Pit, and these people are free to go wherever they like.

When setting off, Zhou Yu suddenly found that Zhou Tai, Chen Wu, Ling Cao, and Dong Xi were also in the queue, and he said in astonishment, "You Ping, Zilie, Ling Cao, Yuan Dai, what are you four doing? Li Yuan has already released you, you don't have to follow me to Xiapi."

"General Zhou, since you are able to go to Xiapi with the lord's younger brother, I am also willing to accompany you." Zhou Tai has followed Sun Ce for a long time, although he is far behind Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, but he has always been loyal to the Sun family Geng Geng, he has been in the army for many years, and now he has suddenly become a commoner and feels that he has no pursuit, so he wants to continue to follow Zhou Yu.

"It's the same with me." Chen Wu, Ling Cao and Dong Xi also said the same.

After discussing with Sun Quan last night, Zhou Yu wanted to help Sun Quan and avenge Sun Ce in the future. With these people following him, it would be easier to do things, so he nodded and agreed, but the only thing that worried him was Li Yuan's guard against them.Seeing that Zhou Tai and others were willing to follow, Sun Quan was secretly happy. With these generals, his chances of revenge would be greatly increased.

More than half a month later, Li Yuan's army had returned to Xiapi. After returning to Xiapi, he immediately went home to reunite with his family. However, at this time Li Yuan defeated Sun Ce and captured Jingnan and Jiangdong. Hearing the words, everyone was shocked, and they were all surprised by Li Yuan's speed of attacking the city. You must know that Sun Ce is not an ordinary opponent, otherwise he would not be called a bully, but he is still not enough in front of Li Yuan. In half a year, half of Jingzhou and Jiangdong were conquered. Such a powerful strength is enough to cause shocks in the world.

At this time, Cao Cao was sending troops to attack Hebei. Since Yuan Shao died of illness, several of his sons have been in dire straits. The country that Yuan Shao managed to conquer was split into several territories. Of course, the biggest beneficiary is Cao Cao. Such a great opportunity How could Cao Cao let it go, now he wants to take Hebei as soon as possible, and then develop south to compete with Li Yuan.

"My lord, Wen Ruo has an urgent message from Chenliu!" Xun You hurried into the tent.

"An urgent report from Chen Liu? Could it be that Chen Liu has changed?" Cao Cao hurried down to take the bamboo slip from Xun You, and then opened it to read. After reading it, his face became a little ugly.

"What's the matter, my lord, is it Guan Yu and Li Yuan's intelligence?" Guo Jia noticed the change on Cao Cao's face. Chen Liu had Xun Yu personally guarding him and nothing would happen. The only thing that worried Cao Cao was Li Yuan.

Cao Cao nodded and said, "The parents who gave birth to me will be filial to those who know me."

"It's about Li Yuan? Could it be that Li Yuan and Sun Ce have already won?" Xun You responded very quickly.

"That's right, Li Yuan and Sun Ce have already decided the outcome."

"The winner is decided so quickly, who wins and who loses?" Xun You was curious.

"In my opinion, Li Yuan should have won." Guo Jia could see the result from Cao Cao's face. The person Cao Cao feared the most was Li Yuan. complexion.

"Hey, Li Yuan is indeed my strong enemy of someone Cao. It only took less than half a year to capture Jiangdong and Jingnan. It took me several years to kill Yuan Shao, and now I have the opportunity to attack Hebei. Compared with him I'm far behind." Cao Cao sighed, he had fought with Yuan Shao for several years, and he hadn't completely captured Hebei until Yuan Shao's death.

"My lord, don't worry, maybe that's why Sun Ce didn't live up to his name and that's why he lost so quickly." Xun You comforted, he knew that Li Yuan was very powerful, but he didn't understand if Sun Ce was not very powerful.

"Gongda's words are wrong. Sun Ce is known as the little overlord of Jiangdong. He has the prestige of his father Sun Jian. He raised troops in Danyang and was able to capture Jiangdong with only a few thousand soldiers. He also attacked Jingzhou with Li Yuan and occupied Jingnan. With such strength, how can you be an idle generation, and I heard that Zhou Yu is a rare talent in Jiangdong, with first-class soldiers, Sun Ce can dominate Jiangdong without the help of this person, plus Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and Han Dang, Sun Jian's old troops Follow, so Jiangdong's strength is definitely not weak." Guo Jia thinks that Sun Ce is not an easy opponent.

"Since Sun Ce is so powerful, why did he still lose so quickly? It would take at least a year and a half to fight against Li Yuan, but now he is defeated by Li Yuan in less than half a year. Could it be because of his friendship with Li Yuan? That's why?" Xun You had heard that Li Yuan and Sun Ce had a very good relationship.

"Those who strive for hegemony generally rarely act on their own will. Maybe Li Yuan and Sun Ce have a good relationship, but they will never show mercy because of this reason. Sun Ce's failure cannot be said to be incompetent, but Li Yuan is too strong, so even Sun Ce did not. It can last half a year."

"Then Li Yuan is really good?" Xun You expressed doubts.

"Maybe, maybe not. We have to really compete to know their strength." Guo Jia had a meaningful smile on his face. In fact, he was looking forward to fighting Li Yuan more than anyone else, especially those resourceful men under Li Yuan's command. strategist.

(End of this chapter)