The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 529
Li Yuan adopted Xi Zhicai's strategy and asked Xi Zhicai to write a document condemning Liu Bei in the name of Emperor Xian. Because it was written in the name of Emperor Xian, many people felt that it was true, and Liu Bei's reputation began to decline from the peak, becoming a person hated by everyone.

Then Xi Zhicai issued an edict in the name of Emperor Xian, demanding Liu Bei to come to Xiapi from Yizhou immediately to suffer the punishment. Of course Liu Bei was not so stupid to go to Xiapi to punish Li Yuan, but he was dead when he went. Immediately afterwards, Xi Zhicai condemned Liu Bei for disobeying the emperor's order.

Li Yuan's move really made Liu Bei angry. It took him a lot of effort to gradually stabilize the people's hearts in Yizhou, but now he was disturbed by Li Yuan, and the people in Yizhou began to be suspicious of Liu Bei and doubt him. It was the person who killed Liu Zhang. Many people also asked Liu Bei to take the initiative to give up the position of Yizhou Mu and let Liu Zhang's eldest son Liu Xun succeed him. In desperation, Liu Bei could only ask Zhuge Liang and Li Ru to discuss how to deal with Li Yuan's tricks.

"Li Yuan is really hateful. He even used the name of Emperor Xian to slander my reputation. The two military advisers should help me find a way to deal with this." Liu Bei cherishes his reputation very much. The name of benevolence and righteousness that has been worked so hard for years will be destroyed.

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, and said calmly: "My lord, don't be anxious, I have a clever plan in mind to deal with him."

"Please tell the military division quickly." Liu Bei stood up anxiously.

"The reason why Li Yuan's plan was successful is because Emperor Xian is in his hands. As long as he has Emperor Xian, he can coerce the emperor and order the princes. No matter what he does, he can always stand in the position of righteousness, so the people will trust him. If so, we can deal with him in the same way, since he used Emperor Xian to slander the lord, then we can also use Emperor Xian to slander him." Zhuge Liang had a plan in mind.

"How should it be implemented?"

"It's very simple. Let's say that Li Yuan held the emperor hostage, put the emperor under house arrest in Xiapi, and slandered the princes of the four directions in the name of the emperor to cover up his wolfish ambitions. The uncle Dong Cheng was killed because he was dissatisfied with Li Yuan. Yuan will kill the emperor and ascend to the emperor's throne." Zhuge Liang revealed his plan while waving his goose feather fan.

"Okay, this plan is very clever." Liu Bei clapped his hands in praise, very satisfied, since Li Yuan wanted to tarnish his reputation, he would not let Li Yuan feel better.

Zhuge Liang clasped his fists and said, "My lord, this matter is actually just a trivial matter. Now there is still a major matter that we need to do."

"What's the big deal?"

"That's an alliance with Cao Cao." Zhuge Liang's eyes showed a gleam.

Li Ru on the side kept looking at Zhuge Liang when he heard the words. He asked himself that his resourcefulness was considered top-notch in the world, but only after seeing Zhuge Liang's skills did he know what a top strategist is. Zhuge Liang helped Liu Bei become the lord of Yizhou in just a few years. He also persuaded the local gentry to support Liu Bei. Without Zhuge Liang, he could also help Liu Bei become the shepherd of Yizhou, but I am afraid it will take a few more years. Although his relationship with Zhuge Liang is only average, he has to submit to Zhuge Liang's talent.

"Why do we form an alliance with Cao Cao? The relationship between me and Cao Cao is not good. Ten years ago, I took Beihai with great difficulty, but Cao Cao and Li Yuan besieged me together, so I had to abandon Beihai and flee to Jingzhou to join Liu Biao. , I haven’t settled with Cao Cao for this grudge, how can I form an alliance with him.” Liu Bei gets angry when he thinks of the hatred in the past, if he wants to say who is the most hated person in the world today, it must be Li Yuan, but besides Li Yuan, it is his turn Cao Cao.

"My lord, how can there be eternal enemies in this world, please show me the map." Zhuge Liang asked the soldiers to put the newly drawn map on the table.Both Liu Bei and Li Ru walked to the table and carefully looked at the map on it. Although the map was well-made, it was still a lot worse than Li Yuan's nearly three-dimensional sand table.

"Today the world has been divided up by the four princes, namely Ma Teng, Cao Cao, Li Yuan and the lord. Among them, Ma Teng has dominated Xiliang for more than ten years and won the hearts of the local people. Xiliang's iron cavalry is famous all over the world and cannot be underestimated; The unification of Hebei, Youzhou, Bingzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou and Sili is already in his hands, and six of the thirteen states in the world have been won, far surpassing Ma Teng in strength; the only one who can compete with Cao Cao is Li Yuan, Li Yuan monopolizes Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Yangzhou and Jingzhou, and four of the thirteen states in the world. Although the power is not as extensive as Cao Cao, both Xuzhou and Jingzhou are rich places. Don’t give up too much, and his generals are like clouds, and his advisers are like rain, Cao Cao is not as good as him.” Zhuge Liang analyzed the situation of the world one by one for Liu Bei.

Liu Bei frowned when he heard that, he finally became the shepherd of Yizhou, but compared with Li Yuan and Cao Cao, he was already far behind. If he competed with these two major forces alone, he would definitely kill himself, not to mention Cao Cao and Liu Bei, even with Ma Teng has no advantage over him.

Zhuge Liang paused for a moment, then continued: "Now my lord has become the shepherd of Yizhou, controlling the military and political power of Yizhou, but there is still a gap compared with Li Yuan and Cao Cao. The thirteen states in the world have been divided up by Cao Cao and Li Yuan, so we It is difficult to match them, so joining forces is imperative."

Li Ru, who had been silent all this time, suddenly interrupted: "Did the military adviser miss two people? One is Zhang Lu from Hanzhong, and the other is Shixie from Jiaozhou. Although these two people are not as good as Cao Cao, Li Yuan and Ma Teng, they cannot be ignored. them."

Zhuge Liang explained: "Don't be in a hurry. The reason why I didn't mention them is because they are not enough to make a fortune. Jiaozhou is located in a remote place. Scholars have never been in the Central Plains, so they can't pose a threat to us. As for Hanzhong Zhang Lu, we will deal with him first, so Hanzhong will soon be in our pocket."

Liu Bei was puzzled and said, "But we have already formed an alliance with them, why should we attack him?"

"Hanzhong is a battleground for military strategists. Occupying Hanzhong is equivalent to controlling the gate of Yizhou. It is very important to go east to Chang'an, so this place must be controlled by us. I formed an alliance with Zhang Lu at the beginning. In order to get Hanzhong, now that the lord has become the lord of Yizhou, it is time for us to attack Zhang Lu." Zhuge Liang had already made plans for Liu Bei several years ago.

"However, if we take action against our allies, I am afraid that people in the world will criticize us." Liu Bei still cherishes his reputation very much.

(End of this chapter)