Cold rainy nights.

Thunder, lightning galloping, wind and rain.

After being full of wine and food, Li Li followed the order of Mrs. Bu and moved into the front yard, and Guo Jia, Li Zhi and Huan Fei naturally left the east wing together and lived in the main room in the front yard.

The front yard of the step house, the inner room of the side hall.

The night was getting deeper, and there was lightning and thunder outside, and the wind and rain were raging.

"Doot toot!"

On the stove, the teapot is boiling, and the fragrance of tea fills the entire inner hall.

Guo Jia skillfully removed the teapot and poured two cups of tea, one for himself, and the other for the window lattice and handed it to Li Li.

"Fengxiao, can there be news from Chang'an?" Looking at the rain scene outside the window with a calm expression, Li Li did not move, took the teacup handed by Guo Jia casually, and asked softly.

"Huh?" Guo Jia groaned in confusion, his thoughts turned sharply, and after a while, he knew why the lord Li Li had asked this.

A month ago, when everyone left Jizhou and returned to the camp of Anyi with the Zhen clan, the lord Li Li once told Li Xuan and Guo Jia about something. Before heading south, in front of Guo Jia, Li Li instructed Li Xuan to return to Chang'an day and night, and ordered Liu Zhang, the general's office, to go to Yizhou immediately, and be escorted by Cao Xing and Yang Ding's two generals with a thousand county soldiers along the way until Liu Zhang arrived safely in Chengdu.

Prior to this, Liu Zhang had served as General Wei's Mansion for more than a year, and he had a very good personal relationship with the lord. Occasionally, Li Li and Liu Zhang would discuss calligraphy and painting, scribble and draw a few pictures of ladies, and proofread each other. Compared with Liu Zhang, Li Li really has no talent for painting, and it is difficult to paint pictures of ladies and gentlemen. Liu Zhang, on the other hand, painted the pictures of ladies vividly, with great charm, and his calligraphy and painting skills were quite profound.

These trivial things are still heard by Guo Jia from Li Zhi's mouth, and it is not a secret. Therefore, Li Zhi did not hide it from him. After learning about this, Guo Jia has always been very incomprehensible, with the prominent status of the lord Li Li, why he would be so courteous to Liu Zhang, the son of Liu Yan in Yizhou, not only recruited him to the General's Mansion as the general's mansion, but also had a deep personal relationship with him.

What a weird thing!

Thinking about the original situation in his mind, Guo Jia stood beside Li Li and reported respectfully: "Calculate the time, now Liu Zhang and his entourage should have arrived in Chengdu, presumably they will receive the message from the flying eagle in the next two days." The lord doesn't have to worry. Shang Shuling has always been cautious and prudent in doing things, and there will be no mistakes this time.

What's more, Liu Zhang's trip to Yizhou is not cumbersome, and there is not much risk, so he should be able to arrive in Chengdu as scheduled. The only possible obstruction along the way. It is to pass through the territory of Zhang Lu in Hanzhong. However, even if Zhang Lu had great courage, he did not dare to blatantly rob and kill the messenger of the Son of Heaven; If he dares to do so. That's self-defeating. At that time, the lord can justifiably send troops to Hanzhong, exterminate Zhang Lu, and recover the land of Hanzhong. ”

"Hehehe!" After hearing Guo Jia's words, Li Li smiled frankly, then turned his head to look at Guo Jia, and said with a smile: "Feng Xiao must have guessed the real intention of me to send someone to escort Liu Zhang back to Yizhou. I'm not wrong, am I? ”

"The Lord is a wise man." Guo Jia smiled and nodded, and said: "My subordinates heard that Liu Yan in Yizhou has been sick in bed for a long time recently, and I think that his life should not last forever, and his time is running out. And three of Liu Yan's four sons are hostages in Chang'an. Only one son, Liu Mao, stayed by his side, and it is said that Liu Mao was reckless by nature and liked to dance with knives and sticks, so he was not liked by Liu Yan. In this way, the lord sent Liu Zhang back to Yizhou at this time, and his intention is self-evident.

It's just that Yizhou Liu Yan is not an easy person, and he is scheming, how can he not see the intentions of the lord. In this way, will he give up Liu Zhang and choose Liu Mao to take over as Yizhou Mu? ”

Li Li shook his head slightly, turned his head and continued to look out the window, and said in a deep voice: "Liu Yan in Yizhou is scheming, so he naturally knows my true intention of sending Liu Zhang back to Yizhou. It's a pity that even if he knows, what can he do, because his second son Liu Mao is difficult to become a big weapon at all, and he has been sick for a long time, and he can't live long like him. Therefore, Liu Yan has no choice, if he does not hand over Yizhou to Liu Zhang, there is no successor, there is no other way, but to obey! ”

Guo Jia was stunned when he heard this, this was the first time he had seen the decisive methods of his lord Li Li, and he thought of every detail, leaving no room for Liu Yan. At this time, Li Li is also very different from the sunny image of talking and laughing before, and his whole body naturally exudes a murderous aura, showing the posture of a hegemon.

"Lord, if Liu Zhang turned against our army after succeeding Yizhou Mu, wouldn't these things done by the lord be meaningless?" Guo Jia asked in a low voice with a slightly worried expression.

"Flip-eye? Hehehe! Li Li sneered and groaned, and gently opened the lattice window, letting the cold wind and humidity outside the window blow in.

After a while, he said in a deep voice: "It is inevitable that Liu Zhang and I will turn against each other. If not, Liu Yan would rather hand over Yizhou to the sick seedling Liu Mao than to Liu Zhang. On the contrary, if Liu Zhang does not turn against me, it is equivalent to giving Yizhou to Li Li to me. Therefore, Liu Yan will definitely explain the benefits and disadvantages to Liu Zhang before he dies, so that he can beware of my Xiliang Army everywhere, and he can't befriend me Li Li. Therefore, if Liu Zhang wants to raise the Yizhou pastor, he must follow Liu Yan's instructions before his death. This was expected by me, so it is not surprising.

However, what can Liu Zhang do against me, can he resist the hundreds of thousands of troops under my command? Although Yizhou has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, it can be the army of tigers and wolves, but a group of tigers and wolves has a state pastor who can only drink and draw pictures of ladies. What is there to fear from my Xiliang Army!

What's more, I spent a lot of time drinking and painting with him, not just to show him affection, but to make other arrangements. Therefore, Fengxiao doesn't have to think about it, for my Xiliang Army, the land of Yizhou is very important, it is related to the success or failure of our life and death, and it is inevitable! ”

Guo Jiashen nodded approvingly, and said softly: "What the lord said is extremely true. Although Xiliang has been a place of dragons and tigers since ancient times, it is sparsely populated after all, with frequent wars and barren land. Therefore, the overlords who have occupied the land of Xiliang since ancient times will definitely attack Yizhou as the rear of the grain and grass supply, so that they can be invincible. In the past, Qiang Qin was like this, and so was Gaozu Liu Bang.

In addition, Yizhou occupies the natural danger of Shu Road, the territory is fertile for thousands of miles, the population is large, the products are abundant, and it is enough to raise millions of soldiers. Therefore, what the lord said just now is reasonable, Yizhou is related to the success or failure of our army, and it must not be lost.

However, there is still one thing that his subordinates are puzzled about, since the lord values Yizhou so much, why not take advantage of Liu Yan's illness and death to lead his troops to attack, but send Liu Zhang to succeed him? ”

Li Li bowed his head slightly, and said in a low voice: "What Feng Xiao said is good, I also thought about waiting until Liu Yan died, and then took the opportunity to lead troops to attack Yizhou and seize the entire territory of Sichuan and Shu in one fell swoop." However, after much thought, I still gave up this idea and chose to think about it in the long run, and not to rush it.

Feng Xiao imagined that once Liu Yan died, Yizhou would immediately block the main roads of Xiongguan, strictly guard against it, and strengthen its vigilance, so as to prevent other princes from taking advantage of the fire to rob and invade Yizhou. Therefore, after Liu Yan's death, Yizhou seemed to be in turmoil, but in fact, the pass was more prepared than before. If our army captures Yizhou at this time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to move an inch, and a thousand-mile Shu road will be enough to block our army from the door, and it will be bloody.

In addition, there is also a Hanzhong Zhang Lu between us and Yizhou, if you want to capture Yizhou, you must first take Hanzhong. But at present, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong has been keeping an eye on the movements of our army all day long, and has transferred all 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers and horses in Hanzhong to the border garrison, and there are 40,000 troops in Yangpingguan alone, so that our army has no opportunity to take advantage of it. Therefore, it's not that I don't want to benefit the state now, but I can't do it, and I can't reach the whip, so I can only fight hard and stand by. ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Li raised his hand to signal that Guo Jia didn't need to say much, closed the lattice window casually, and said softly: "Miss Step is here, Fengxiao will go back to the room first." ”

"No, my subordinates will retire first." Guo Jia looked slightly stunned, but smiled frankly in understanding, bowed and bowed, and turned to leave.

Guo Jia just walked with his front feet, and then the door "creaked" softly, and he was pushed open again.

"Step girl、、、 oh, no, I should call you Sister Trainer!" Seeing the foot trainer push the door in, Li Li immediately got up to greet him and said with a smile.

Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling man, the foot trainer was originally angry with Li Li, but seeing him smiling at this moment, the anger in his heart suddenly dissipated, and the gloom on his face also dissipated.

Then she walked to the round table in the hall and sat down, while Li Li quickly closed the door with her hand, and then poured her another cup of hot tea.

"Don't scream, who's your sister!" Pretending to be unmoved, he took the teacup, and a touch of red appeared on the step trainer's sweet face, but the tone of his voice was not good.

After the red lips took a sip of tea, she realized that Li Li was actually sitting next to her, and he was very close, and he was looking at her with a strange smile on his face.

"What do you see, I haven't seen a beautiful woman!" Inexplicably shy, the step trainer blurted out something that surprised even himself.

Li Li smiled happily: "I have seen many beautiful women, but I have never seen such a sweet woman as the trainer's sister. Take advantage of the opportunity and time now to take a few more looks, lest you have no chance to look at it again in the future! ”

The step trainer's expression changed slightly, pursed his red lips, and asked softly, "Don't you have many wives and concubines?" Aren't they good-looking? ”

"Not really, they're all good. But the woman who looks beautiful and smiles sweeter, you are the first! Li Li has no stage fright, responds with a smile, and is like a veteran in the love field. But as he spoke, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and asked in a shocked voice, "How do you know that I have many wives and concubines, who sued you?" ”

The step trainer's face was crimson, his head was lowered, and he said softly: "Of course you said it yourself, except for you, no outsiders have come to our step family since the beginning of spring." ”

Before the words fell, the foot trainer hurriedly added: "You are not an outsider! Don't get me wrong, and don't think about it, I just want to say that no one else has been to the house in recent months, only a group of four of you. ”

―――――― (to be continued) -- ask for a guaranteed monthly pass! ―――――― (To be continued......)