The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 430 A Secret Letter Came
"Wen Xiang, you don't have to be with us. After all, you are not a member of the Sun family. The task of saving the head of the family is too heavy for you." Seeing Xu Sheng's hesitation, Zhou Yu said, he didn't want to force Xu Sheng .

"General Zhou, in Jiangdong, I have been following the former master Sun Ce to fight with you in the south and north. The Sun family has treated me well. How can I be ungrateful? I am willing to follow you and join Cao Cao." Xu Sheng thought for a while without hesitation. But he was still worried about not being able to catch up with the rescue, "But can we catch up and rescue them?"

"I don't know. Now that Li Yuan has gone to Wuwei, he probably won't come back in four months. Xi Zhicai should wait for Li Yuan to come back before dealing with the affairs of the Patriarch. But Cao Cao has been busy with the war in Hebei, so he might not help us. , but we have to try, after all, this is the last resort." Zhou Yu could only do his best.

Early the next morning, Zhou Yu and his party left Pengcheng and headed north.The incident of Sun Quan's attack can be regarded as an end.

In Xiapi, in the Governor's Mansion, Xi Zhicai called the ministers to discuss the recent affairs. If Li Yuan was there, he would call the ministers to deal with political affairs almost every morning. This is equivalent to the emperor's early court. Xi Zhicai took Li Yuan's place temporarily, so he only summoned the ministers once every few days.

Today, as in the past, it is generally about discussing internal affairs. He briefly mentioned the matter about Sun Quan, and did not mention it too much. The following Ma Xian was a little surprised and did not mention it. After all, the impact is serious, so it is impossible not to say more In other words, such a style is not at all like Xi Zhicai's character.

"Okay, that's all for today, thank you everyone." After Xi Zhicai finished speaking, he wanted everyone to disperse.

"Military Master, I heard that Sun Quan made a disturbance, and even the lord's mansion was burned down by him. I don't know how the military master will deal with this matter? Did you send someone to inform the lord?" Ma Xian interrupted suddenly.

Xi Zhicai took a meaningful look at Ma Xian, and said with a smile: "You can rest assured, Zhongjun, Sun Quan and others who made trouble have been caught, just wait for the lord to come back and deal with it. As for the mansion, I have also arranged for craftsmen to repair it. I asked Zi Zhong to arrange a mansion for the family members of the lord, and the Tiger Guards will be in charge of guarding them, so don’t worry about their safety.”

"I don't know where the lord's family is arranged now?" Ma Xian inquired.

"You don't have to worry about this, Mr. Zhong. This place is absolutely secret and safe. I, Xi Zhicai, guarantee that the same thing will not happen again." Xi Zhicai did not tell where Ma Xian's family members are now, but he was also worried that Ma Xian would return. There is a conspiracy.

"That's great. I'll be at ease with a military advisor waiting for me." Ma Xian realized that he asked too much, which would arouse Xi Zhicai's suspicion, so he stopped asking.

"Okay, that's all for today, everyone go back and rest." Xi Zhicai let everyone leave.

After Ma Xian went back, the expression on his face became more gloomy, and he frowned and said: "I didn't expect Sun Quan to be so useless. I thought I could use him to deal with Li Yuan. He still can't do anything when Li Yuan is gone. It seems that he and his brother Sun Ce It’s still far behind, but fortunately, I still have a backup, this time I will let Li Yuan go and never return.”

A soldier came in and said, "What orders does Master Ma have for me?"

"A few days ago, I asked you to arrange for someone to send a letter to Chen Liu. How is the matter going?"

"My lord, my subordinate has arranged for a fast horse to go to Chenliu overnight, and it should have been sent to Chenliu a few days ago." The soldier replied.

"Very good, go down." Ma Xian told the soldiers to go down. He knew that after the secret letter was sent to Chenliu, it might not be in Cao Cao's hands, because Cao Cao was busy with the war in Hebei and should not be in Chenliu, but Xun Yu of Chenliu would definitely The secret letter will be sent to the front line.

Things went as Ma Xian expected, the secret letter was sent to Bingzhou immediately after Xun Yu got it, because Cao Cao's frontline troops were in Bingzhou.A few days later, Cao Cao received an urgent report from Chen Liu.

"My lord, why do you want to find your subordinates?" Guo Jia and Xun You walked into the tent, Cao Cao was the only one in the tent, and he was holding a secret letter in his hand.

"This is Wen Ruo's secret letter from Chenliu, about Li Yuan." Cao Cao handed the secret letter to Guo Jia.

Guo Jia took it over and read it with a serious face, and then passed the letter to Xun You. After reading it, Xun You also lowered his head in thought, and said, "May I ask my lord, is this letter sent by that person from Xiapi?"

Cao Cao nodded and replied: "That's right, he should have passed it on. It has been seven or eight years since he went to Xiapi, but he has never written to me. It must be very important to send a secret letter now. As stated in the letter, if this is true, it is indeed our chance."

"But my lord, I have seen this person's handwriting before. The handwriting on this secret letter is completely different from his handwriting. Could this be a fake?" Xun You doubted.

Guo Jia didn't think so, and said, "Gongda, things are not as simple as you think. Since he is one of our people and he is in Xiapi, he is considered to be in the enemy's stronghold, so he will definitely not use his own handwriting Writing such a letter, even if it is discovered, there is no evidence to prove that the letter was written by him, so the letter was either written by him at the behest of others, or he wrote it by imitating other people's handwriting. For self-preservation."

Xun You heard this and felt that this was the truth, and at the same time felt that the man was really smart.

"So the military division also thinks this secret letter is true?"

"My lord, it should be true. This time Li Yuan went to Wuwei to form an alliance with Ma Teng. As far as I know, when the princes formed an alliance, Li Yuan and Ma Teng joined forces to fight against Lu Bu and won a big victory. So he The relationship with Ma Teng should be very good, so the possibility of his success in this trip is very high, so we must take action to stop him." Guo Jia also heard about the Hulaoguan battle.

Xun You added: "Moreover, Ma Teng has great prestige in Xiliang. He has guarded Xiliang for many years, and Xiliang's cavalry is famous all over the world. If he really forms an alliance with Li Yuan, we may be the first to suffer. Chang'an is close to Tianshui. As long as his iron cavalry attacks from Tianshui, Chang'an will be in jeopardy, so we cannot ignore this matter."

"Feng Xiao and Gong Da are right. Li Yuan must be stopped from this trip, so how should we arrange it?"

"My lord, we either don't make a move, or we have to do it quickly, so that Li Yuan will never return." Guo Jia already had a plan in mind.

Cao Cao was very happy when he heard the words, and asked: "Does Feng Xiao have a clever plan? Please tell me quickly." The biggest fear in Cao Cao's heart is Li Yuan. If there is a way to destroy Li Yuan without fighting Li Yuan, he will He will definitely adopt it. He may have no way to do it, but Guo Jia can definitely think of it.

(End of this chapter)