"Uncle, maybe it's ......" Sima Yi looked at Xu You, who was panting because he was too excited, and whispered, "Maybe this is just Yuan Shao's trick to trick us into believing you, and your family may still be alive." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Xu You laughed miserably, shook his head and said, "Child, if I hadn't gone to Cao Cao and fled directly to the other side of the chasm, of course Yuan Shao wouldn't have killed him." Even if Feng Ji and Wen Chou took Yuan Shao's warrant and pretended to pass on the order, they were afraid of the situation in Luoyang, and at most they would only kill a few of my relatives and protégés, but once I got to Cao Cao, let Cao Cao see the hope of escape, and the hope of a comeback, how could he let me go? Killing my nine clans can dispel your suspicions, who doesn't understand such a simple truth? But I was so confused that I recklessly rushed into Cao Ying, buried hundreds of lives of my Xu family, and also involved many protégés and former officials. I don't have the face to see them when I'm dead. ”

Sima Yi had a bitter face, not knowing what to say.

"You all have eyeliner in Luoyang, and in a few days, you will be able to get the news." Xu You covered his face with his hands and whimpered in pain, "When I die, you will burn me to death, and I really don't have the face to see them under the Nine Springs." I promised to work hard for the Han all my life, going in and out of life and death, but I was retribution. Where is the heavenly reason, where is the heavenly reason? ”

Xu You knelt on the seat, hugged his head and cried.

Li Yi motioned for Sima Yi to stay and take care of Xu You, and he and Xu Maogong and Jia Xu left quietly.

The three of them returned to the study, each bowing their heads and pondering, trying to find a flaw in Xu You's words, but in the end they couldn't find any clues.

Could it be that Xu Yu's words are true?

"From Xu Yu's words just now, we got two useful news, one is that Cao Cao has no intention of fighting a decisive battle, and plans to go south to Xu and Yang to try to make a comeback, and the other is that Cao Cao and Liu Bei's armies have been divided into three by Yuan Shao." Jia Xu pointed to the map on the case and said, "The decisive battle is what we urgently need, after the decisive battle, the coalition army is defeated and fled, and we have no power to pursue it, so we can only stick to Yanzhou, wait for the next spring to get the money and food supplement, and then attack the key points, Luo, and take the Central Plains." But for the troublesome matter, we want to take the opportunity to inflict heavy losses on Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and then quickly seize the two states of Xu and Yang, I am afraid that we will have to give up. ”

"Yuan Shao divided Cao Cao and Liu Bei's armies into three, the original intention was to weaken Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and take advantage of the victory after this decisive battle to quickly seize Xu and Yangzhou, which is the same as our thoughts, but in this way, if we win this battle, Cao Cao and Liu Bei will be a blessing in disguise and can retain most of the army." Xu Maogong shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Cao Cao and Liu Bei have enough troops to quickly retreat and prevent us from attacking Xu and Yangzhou. ”

"That's a good thing." Jia Xu said, "After the war, if we want to take the opportunity to go south to seize Xu and Yangzhou, there is a very important premise, that is, we must severely damage Cao Cao and Liu Bei on the battlefield of the Central Plains. Now that we already know that some of Cao Cao and Liu Bei's troops will no longer go north to the Guandu battlefield, then we will abandon this strategy and let Mrs. Li E and Gao Shun move to the Guandu battlefield instead, so as to attract as many rebels as possible to the north. ”

"It's fine." Li Yi pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Whether Xuzhou is in the hands of Liu Bei or Cao Cao, it is not a big threat to us for the time being. Tell Zang Ba to preserve his strength as much as possible, and if he really can't stand it, return to Qingzhou. ”

Li Yi suddenly thought of something, pointed at Xu Maogong and Jia Xu and said: "We said before, don't have too much contact with Xu You, don't believe what he said about the deployment of rebel troops, and don't modify our established attack strategy because of this. Why did you two forget it in a blink of an eye? ”

Xu Maogong and Jia Xu looked at each other and smiled, shaking their heads again and again.

"If Xu Yu's tears are fake, you two will have to pay for it." Li Yi smiled, "Don't say I didn't warn you." ”

Jia Xu was still unfinished, and after thinking about it for a while, it was still difficult to restrain himself, and he said two more words: "If Cao Cao goes south to seize Xu and Yangzhou, he will inevitably have a fierce conflict with Liu Bei, Yan Xiang, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and others, so that he can help us contain a large part of the troops, and we can take advantage of this rare opportunity to concentrate our forces to attack the key points and Luo, quickly seize the Central Plains, and lay an absolute advantage in pacifying the world." ”

"Wen He is out of control." Li Yi pointed at him and smiled, "It seems that Wen He has already believed in Xu You's tears." ”

While the three of them were talking and laughing, Sima Yi walked in.

Xu Maogong asked, "Xu Ziyuan is resting?" ”

"He was drunk, crying and scolding, and threw up all over the ground." Sima Yi sat next to Li Yi and said sadly, "It seems that he has been completely destroyed, and it is difficult to get rid of this torture of self-blame and guilt in a short period of time." ”

"Do you think what he said is true?" Li Yi asked.

"It's true." Sima Yi nodded and said, "I've thought about it for a long time, if Xu You wants his counter-plot to succeed, the only way to do it is to tell the truth." Only when we tell the truth can we believe him, and he can let his emotions be cathartic, otherwise he will collapse. He was in too much pain. ”

"For Xu You, there is only one purpose for him to implement the counter-plot, which is to force Yuan Shao to change his strategy and gather all forces to fight a decisive battle with us before the rebels have infighting, and this is exactly what we need, therefore, as long as Xu You comes to us and tells the truth, this counter-plot will be done, and Yuan Shao does not need to kill Xu You's nine clans in exchange for our trust in him."

Sima Yi shook his head very regretfully, and continued: "Now it seems that Yuan Shao fell for Cao Cao's plan, he must have been dizzy by Cao Cao's words, thinking that killing Xu Youjiu could greatly increase the chances of winning the anti-plot. In fact, the killing of the Xu Yu Nine Clans would only plunge Luoyang into panic and more brutal infighting. Whether Yuan Shao wins or loses this battle, Luoyang will enter an eventful season. Yuan Shao was trapped in Luoyang and naturally could not take care of anything else, but this would buy Cao Cao valuable time to go south to seize Xu and Yang. ”

"Yuan Shao fell for Cao Cao's plan, and we also fell for Xu Yu's plan." Li Yi shook his head and said with some self-deprecation, "This Xu Ziyuan is so powerful, we can't even think of it." ”

"Telling the truth has the benefit of telling the truth, you can't believe it." Sima Yi also said helplessly, "He told the truth, but the purpose was to use us, and we also treated others in the way of others, and we also told the truth and used him to achieve our goals." ”

"I have a concern." Xu Maogong looked at the three of them, frowned and said, "Xu Yu has suffered by himself, the nine clans have been punished, and his body and mind have been hit, will he use tricks on both sides......

Xu Maogong made a gesture and continued: "On the one hand, he used our power to kill Cao Cao and inflict heavy damage on Yuan Shao, and on the other hand, he used the power of the rebels to attack us. You know, for so many years, Xu You has always been our opponent, although he is indeed desperate and has to go to Hebei, but he is disheartened at the moment, life is better than death, and it is very likely that he will die with the psychology of dying together. ”

There was silence in the study.

After a while, Li Yi waved his hand and said: "Let's start a decisive battle according to the established strategy, don't be affected by Xu Yu's matter, what should we do or how to do it." ”

"Don't do anything about Xu You, and temporarily imprison him in the palace." Jia Xu said, "After the news from Luoyang confirms that Xu You's family has been killed, we will try to contact him as much as possible, so that he can feel our trust and sincerity in him, and let him help us start a decisive battle within the scheduled time as much as possible." ”

"Zhongda, you can do this." Li Yi waved at Sima Yi and ordered, "Be bold a little bigger." As long as we bring the rebels out, we will win this battle. ”

"To lure the rebels out, you must first make the rebels feel that they have an absolute chance of victory." Sima Yi said embarrassedly, "We may have to pay a price. ”

"How do you think the rebels can be sure that they can defeat us?" Li Yi asked, "After Xu You fled, the deployment of the rebels' troops had to be adjusted, and the attack strategy would also be adjusted, so where would their breakthrough be?" ”

"I think that in addition to taking advantage of the superiority in troops, the rebels are using the news sent back by Xu You to attack our vital points, so that our advantages will be lost, and then a full-scale counterattack will drive us back to Jizhou." Sima Yi waved his hand disdainfully, "Although we are at a disadvantage in terms of strength, our army is well-equipped, and the elite soldiers are not comparable to the rabble of the coalition army. Moreover, we have 100,000 cavalry, and I believe that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are not blindly confident enough to annihilate us completely. ”

"So what's at stake?" Li Yi smiled and asked again.

"Grain and grass." Sima Yi said without thinking, "After Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, Mrs. Mu Guiying and Mrs. Xiao Sui lead the Hu clan iron cavalry south to Jizhou, we can tell Xu You where our key point is." ”

Xu Maogong looked at Li Yi and Jia Xu and asked, "Lord, Wenhe, should we make some preparations, just in case?" Prevention is always necessary. ”

Li Yi thought for a while and said, "Wen He and I will return to Handan immediately. I'll leave the matter to you, and you'll have full control over it. ”

"The lord wants to go back to Handan?" Sima Yi asked in surprise.

"Hu Qi is about to go south, I have to go back to Jizhou to make arrangements as soon as possible." Li Yi smiled and reached out to pat him on the shoulder, and said, "Zhongda, you can ask Xu You to send the news back, just say that I am sick and go back for treatment." ”

Sima Yi smiled bitterly: "But my lord, you are fine, you don't look sick?" ”

"Then you accidentally leaked a message to him, saying that the Hu people on the prairie had rebelled again, and the lord had gone to the desert to quell the rebellion." Jia Xu said with a smile on the side, "So he believes that the lord is indeed going back for treatment." ”

Sima Yi understood. (To be continued.) )