The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 485 Getting to know each other
"How did Cao Cao ask you to command the army to attack Bingzhou? I don't think you could have gained his trust." Li Yuan was puzzled.

"You are right. It is impossible for me to gain Cao Cao's trust. At that time, it was not me but Cao Ren who was in charge of the military power. I was only Cao Ren's deputy, so there were not many soldiers and horses that could be used. All the strategies I thought were based on Cao Ren's consent. However, Cao Ren is also an upright man, he did not take the credit for himself, but returned it to Cao Cao truthfully, so my prestige can be improved.” Although Zhou Yu didn’t like Cao Cao, he admired all the generals under his command. , Their Jiangdong generals are much worse than Cao Cao's generals.

"But you can control five thousand soldiers now, which is not too small."

"It's not too little, but it's not too much. There are [-] troops in Yecheng, and there are at least [-] in the suburbs. But it is because I am in Yecheng that I can control [-] troops. If I leave Yecheng, I will return the military power. Give it to Cao Ren." Zhou Yu knew his own business, but in fact he looked glamorous on the surface, but in fact he was suppressed everywhere. This feeling of not being trusted was really uncomfortable, so he didn't want to work for Cao Cao.

"Don't worry, Gong Jin, I will never treat you like this when I return to Xiapi in the future." Li Yuan patted Zhou Yu's shoulder to express his comfort.

"General Li, don't think that you are really trusted by Cao Cao, and you need to be cautious when dealing with him." Zhou Yu no longer hated Li Yuan at this time, but was confidant to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan was puzzled and said: "But didn't you say that I have already entered Cao Cao's circle, and only Cao Cao's confidantes attended the banquet tonight, so he should already trust me very much."

Zhou Yu shook his head slightly, and said, "How could Cao Cao trust someone so easily, not to mention that you are an unknown person who suddenly appeared. Although you have extraordinary martial arts, how could he let you become him just because of this?" Your confidant, you see Liu Ye has made so many contributions and served Cao Cao for so long, so he still failed to become Cao Cao's confidant."

Li Yuan thought about it carefully and felt that what Zhou Yu said was absolutely right. At the same time, he shuddered in his heart. Cao Cao only entertained him once, and he praised him so much that he thought he had gained trust. How could it be so easy for an old fox like Cao Cao to trust him? A person, if Zhou Yu hadn't reminded him, he would have thought that he was superb in martial arts and loved by Cao Cao, so he could become Cao Cao's confidant.

"Thank you, Gongjin, for reminding me that I was too complacent!" Li Yuan expressed his gratitude to Zhou Yu, and at the same time shed a lot of cold sweat, because it was the first time he felt Cao Cao's insidiousness.

"There is only one general with a foreign surname who can really be Cao Cao's confidant, and that is Dian Wei. If I guess correctly, Dian Wei will also attend the banquet tonight." Zhou Yu guessed.

"That's right, Dian Wei is here tonight, but why can he become Cao Cao's confidant?" Li Yuan couldn't figure it out, could it be because of Dian Wei's martial arts skills.

"Dian Wei is highly skilled in martial arts. He has saved Cao Cao's life from assassins several times and suffered many injuries for Cao Cao, so he was able to gain Cao Cao's trust. But you have not made any contribution to Cao Cao, so it is impossible to become His confidant, now that Cao Cao is acting as if he values ​​you, it means that he must have other plans. Maybe he will assign you another task in the near future, and it will definitely be a difficult task. You must be mentally prepared. "Zhou Yu has fully understood Cao Cao's character during these days in Yecheng, so he can accurately grasp every thought of Cao Cao.

Li Yuan really felt Zhou Yu's strength at this time, because he had defeated Zhou Yu before, so he always thought that his resourcefulness would not be inferior to Zhou Yu, but the reason why he was able to defeat Zhou Yu was because of his talent, Xu Shu, Cheng Yu and Pang Tong and other powerful counselors assisted him, and Zhao Yun, Gan Ning and Tai Shici and other first-class generals helped him lead the army, so he could "easily" defeat the combination of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu. With so many capable people, it is not certain who will win the battle.

Li Yuan was suddenly very grateful that he had so many capable people to assist him, otherwise he would have been unable to achieve his goal of unifying the world, and thanks to his actions successfully impressing Zhou Yu, otherwise Zhou Yu would not be able to murder him in Yecheng. see through.

Zhou Yu noticed that Li Yuan had been looking at him silently, so he couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?"

"Uh...it's nothing, I just suddenly found out that you are so powerful that you can even understand Cao Cao's every thought so clearly." Li Yuan sat down next to Zhou Yu.

"General Li Liao praised me. I am far behind you. Don't forget that I was once your defeat." Zhou Yu smiled helplessly. He never thought that there would be a day when he would talk to Li Yuan like this.

"It's not me who defeated you, but me and my subordinates. Without them, I would not be your opponent. Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, once said, "I am not as good as Zifang when I am in the tent and winning thousands of miles away. Township I am not as good as Xiao He. I am not as good as Xiao He. I am not as good as Han Xin with an army of one million. They are all outstanding people. I can use them. So take the world', as the king of a country, you can do many things, but you must not know how to use people, and I happen to have many advisers who will serve me. I will use them, trust them, listen to their suggestions, and Let go of the military power to them, so I can defeat you, and you are not losing to me alone, but to countless advisers and soldiers." Li Yuan was not proud of defeating Zhou Yu, but attributed all the credit to his subordinates.

Zhou Yu took a deep look at Li Yuan, and sighed: "I finally know why you always win every battle, conquer every attack, and you are invincible wherever the army goes. , Martial arts are strong, and you also have unique insights in marching and fighting, but these are secondary, the most important thing is that you know how to employ people and trust your subordinates, this is the most important thing you should do as a king of a country."

Li Yuan found that he and Zhou Yu got to know each other more and more, and both were attracted by each other's talents. It's a pity that they didn't meet sooner, otherwise Zhou Yu would have become his subordinate.

"Gong Jin, I must have a drink with you after returning to Xiapi." Li Yuan didn't know why, but suddenly wanted to have a good drink with Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu smiled wryly, and said: "General Li, you can take me in regardless of the previous suspicions, but the people under your command may not be. I heard that General Zhao Yun hates me very much. I am afraid that he will not give me a good face when I come to Xiapi. look."

"Don't worry, my junior brother is not the person you imagined, I will persuade him, and he has always been business-like, and he will never deliberately oppose you in business matters." In fact, Li Yuan was not sure about convincing Zhao Yun, but he also This is the only way to comfort Zhou Yu.

(End of this chapter)