The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 433
"I'm afraid Cao Cao has already learned that I'm going to Wuwei, so it's not easy."

Li Yuan was also in a dilemma. To go to Xiliang, he had to go through Tongguan, but he felt that Cao Cao had set up defenses at Tongguan to arrest him. It is obviously not worthwhile to fight Cao Cao on Cao Cao's territory. Maybe Cao Cao will secretly arrange more soldiers to ambush him, so he can't take the risk to pass the level.

Seeing Li Yuan hesitated for a long time, Xu Zhu was also impatient, and asked, "Master, do we want to pass the customs?"

Li Yuan finally made up his mind and said, "Go, let's go back!"

"Go back? Don't you want to go to Wuwei?" Xu Zhu looked confused. A few days ago, Li Yuan said how important it was to go to Wuwei, but now he said going back so quickly. This change came a little too fast.

"I didn't say go back to Xiapi, I said go back to Hongnong, then go south to Xiangyang, then go west to Hanzhong, and enter Xiliang from Hanzhong." Li Yuan had already made up his mind.

"But it's a long way to go this way, and it will take us another 20 days."

"Let's stay far away, it's better than being caught by the old fox Cao Cao, and we still have supplies in Xiangyang, so let's visit Xingba by the way." Li Yuan hadn't seen Gan Ning for more than a year.

Under Li Yuan's choice, the large force finally decided to march to Xiangyang, and then enter Xiliang from Hanzhong.Cao Cao didn't expect Li Yuan to be so cautious. He would rather spend an extra month than take the risk of passing the customs. It wasn't that Guo Jia's strategy was not good enough, but Li Yuan was too cautious.

More than ten days later, Cao Cao anxiously waited for news from Li Yuan on the front line. Now he didn't care much about attacking Hebei, but focused on arresting Li Yuan.

"My lord, it's useless to be anxious about this matter. We can only wait patiently." Guo Jia saw Cao Cao walking up and down anxiously, making him a little dizzy.

"Feng Xiao, you said that Li Yuanzhen should have been discovered by us a long time ago. Why is there no news until now? Could it be that he has fished in troubled waters?" Cao Cao has always been very patient, but he couldn't hold back when it was about Li Yuan. patience.

"Perhaps he passed by. I asked people not to arrange too many soldiers and horses in the gate, and not to paste Li Yuan's portrait on the wall at the door. I did this to avoid arousing his suspicion. He is a very strategic person. , if there are too many soldiers and horses, he will definitely notice the abnormality, but it seems that I still can't fool him." Guo Jia speculated that he felt that what he did was impeccable, and Li Yuan should not be able to see it.

Cao Cao stopped walking around after listening to Guo Jia's analysis, but sat down and said, "I don't think your arrangement is wrong. If Li Yuan can see that I want to arrest him, it only means one thing. That means Sima Yi's identity has been seen through by him."

Guo Jia couldn't help shaking his body when he heard the words. Sima Yi was a secret agent arranged by them to deal with Li Yuan, but if Sima Yi's identity was seen through, he would be of little use, and his situation would become very dangerous.

"Perhaps Li Yuan has seen through Sima Yi's identity as my lord said, but as far as I know, Sima Yi's official position in Xiapi is not low, and I haven't heard of him being arrested by Li Yuan, so I'm a bit puzzled." The reason for this is that Li Yuan is too difficult to deal with."

Guo Jia seldom has a headache because of the enemy, but Li Yuan is always able to go one step ahead of him unexpectedly, and Cao Cao is always at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Li Yuan. Yuan and his former friend Xi Zhicai have become formidable opponents.

"Hahahaha, interesting, interesting, if he can see through Sima Yi's identity, then he is qualified to be Cao Cao's opponent." Cao Cao suddenly looked away, and he thought more deeply, "I predict that Li Yuan will see through it in all likelihood. Sima Yi's identity, no, it can't be said that he saw through it, it should be said that he suspected it. He went to Xiliang because he suspected Sima Yi but had no evidence. He went to Xiliang this time for two purposes. One is to form an alliance with Ma Teng , and another is to test Sima Yi's identity, if he is attacked by my soldiers and horses on the way, it will prove that Sima Yi tipped off the news, because only the important ministers around him know about his going to Wuwei."

Guo Jia was quick-thinking and immediately understood Cao Cao's meaning, and added: "No, this should be a plan to kill three birds with one stone. My lord doesn't know about it. Today there is a news from Xiapi that Sun Quan attacked Li Yuan's mansion and kidnapped Li Yuan. Yuan's family, but the family was rescued by Zhao Yun and Huwei, Sun Quan's action ended in failure, and the Sun family may not have a chance to recover from this failure."

"Feng Xiao thinks that Sima Yi also started this matter?"

"It should be, as the lord said, that Li Yuan went to Wuwei, only the important ministers around him knew about it. Sun Quan was only thinking about revenge, and Sima Yi tipped him off that Li Yuan was not in Xiapi, so he took this action, but It's a pity that it didn't work out in the end, and if it succeeds, it would definitely be enough for Li Yuan to drink a pot." Guo Jia said regretfully.

"From this point of view, Sun Quan is really not as powerful as his brother Sun Ce. In vain, I still have some expectations for him, but I heard that Sun Ce's military adviser Zhou Yu is also a powerful person. At least half of the credit for Sun Ce's rise in Jiangdong is due to him. If I were He will definitely not allow Sun Quan to take the risk of hijacking Li Yuan's family, as a wise man is bound to make mistakes." Cao Cao has also heard of Zhou Yu's name.

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier came in and said, "My lord, Jiang Dong Zhou Yu is here to see you."

"What? Who are you talking about?!" Cao Cao stood up abruptly, as if he didn't hear clearly, and asked the soldier to say it again.

"Jiangdong Zhou Yu is here to see you!" the soldier said again, louder than before.

"It's a coincidence that Zhou Yu and Zhou Yu will be here, hahahaha." Cao Cao laughed loudly, "What does Feng Xiao think Zhou Yu is here for, should I see you or not?"

"Zhou Yu is a character, the lord should meet up, and Sun Quan was arrested and Zhou Yu was not arrested. There may be secrets that we don't know." Guo Jia thinks that we should meet up.

"Well, let him in."

"Yes!" The soldier walked out and brought Zhou Yu in.

After Zhou Yu left Xiapi, he met Xu Sheng in Pengcheng, and then a group of people escorted Wu Guotai and others to Chenliu. After Zhou Yu came to Chenliu, he went to Xun Yu immediately and explained his intention to take refuge.

Xun Yu was very happy to learn that Zhou Yu wanted to seek refuge, and immediately arranged accommodation for Wu Guotai and others. He wanted to keep Zhou Yu and arrange banquets for him for a few days to show how much he valued Zhou Yu, but Zhou Yu stayed for two days and said Go to Jizhou to find Cao Cao, he is willing to help Cao Cao pacify Hebei.

(End of this chapter)