Seeing Li Li brushing his sleeves away, the Jiangdong generals with different expressions couldn't help but look at each other, but they were speechless, shaking their heads and sighing secretly.

Sun Ce, who was sitting at the top of the left side, stared at the door of the back tent with resentment on his face, and sat for a long time, until Zhang Hong reminded him softly, he struggled to get up with great difficulty, his steps were extremely heavy, and he slowly walked out of the tent.

When he walked to the door of the handsome tent, Sun Ce stopped again, as if he was still hesitating and hesitating. All the Jiangdong generals stood behind him, watching his every move, in fact, waiting for his decision. It is a matter of life and death for the officers and men of the whole army, and how can these generals sit idly by. Although they were also full of indignation, Li Li was aggressive, and the Xiliang army was watching from the sidelines, even if they were unwilling to do anything in the face of such a situation.

After standing for a long time, Sun Ce sighed softly: "Alas, that's it! Pan Zhang and Ziyi come with me, and you will all disperse. With a gentle wave of his hand, Sun Ce, who had always been heroic, looked extremely decadent, and the back of the slowly leaving was like a cold wind, and his steps were staggering.

It is not difficult to imagine how painful and struggling Sun Ce was in his heart when he stood at the door of this camp tent that originally belonged to him just now. He has always regarded his relatives as more important than his own life, and he did not hesitate to throw his head and spill his blood for this, and never complained. How many times have I hovered on the edge of life and death, how many times I have been under the fence, how many times have I been ridiculed and looked down upon; But because he still had his mother and brother behind him to take care of, and their expectant eyes watching him, he was fearless, worked hard, and fought his way out. Create the foundation of Jiangdong and become the prince of Jiangdong.

But at the moment when Li Li brushed his sleeves away just now, Sun Ce wanted to personally hand over his second brother to Li Li as a hostage. Faced with such a situation. Sun Ce's heart was like a knife, and the pain was unbearable, but he couldn't break free and couldn't refuse.

In the past, the high-fives under the Dongyuan City were swearing, but today he shirked and denied it in public, and directly broke the trust of everyone. And Li Li backhanded him with a backhand, forcing him to send his second brother Sun Quan to Chang'an as a proton. Otherwise, if the two armies start a war, Sun Ce and his nearly 30,000 soldiers will not escape death. Choose one of the two, and it is clear which is more important and which is more important. Does Sun Ce still have a choice?

The moment he left the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, a trace of realization suddenly appeared in Sun Ce's mind, it turned out that Li Li's real purpose was Sun Quan. But what was the reason that prompted Li Li to give up the golden opportunity to exterminate his Sun Ce, but retreated to the next best. What about asking Sun Quan to be a hostage?

on this. Sun Ce's heart was at a loss, full of decadence and doubts, and he couldn't figure out what Li Li wanted after racking his brains?

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"Did the lord really kill Sun Ce, and wanted to kill him and his soldiers here?" As soon as he walked into the inner room, Guo Jia asked bluntly. As he spoke, he sat down without Li Li raising his hand, and the steps behind him looked unusually restrained. Standing straight behind Guo Jia, his eyebrows lowered and pleasing to his eyes. I didn't dare to look at Li Li, who was sitting next to the desk and drinking tea.

Li Li smiled slightly after hearing the sound, took out two teacups and put them on the desk, and said with an easy-going smile: "Zishan doesn't have to be formal, come, sit down and drink tea together." ”

As he spoke, Li Li personally poured a cup of tea for Bu Qi, motioned for Bu Qi to sit on his right hand, and then said: "Although Zishan and the trainer are cousins, they are as close as brothers and sisters, and Zishan is also my brother. However, Zishan is half a year younger than me, so ?????? Zishan must not be formalized in the future. Yu Gong, you and I are the main minister; Privately, we are a family. After speaking, Li Li handed a cup of hot tea to Bu Qi.

"Thank you, Lord." Bu Qi leaned over and took the teacup with both hands, and said respectfully: "Thanks to the love of the lord, Weichen is willing to serve the dogs and horses, and let the lord send him." ”

Li Li smiled and bowed: "From today on, Zishan is Cao Peng, the secretary of the General's Mansion, who temporarily follows the army and assists Fengxiao in handling military affairs. ”

Hearing this, Bu Qi got up and bowed down to thank him: "Thank you for your appreciation, and Weichen should do his best to live up to the trust of the lord!" Seeing this, Guo Jia, who was sitting on the side, smiled and pulled Buqi to sit down, handed him the teacup, and motioned him to take a sip of tea first, relax his mind, and don't have to be so restrained.

At the same time, Guo Jia observed Li Li's expression attentively, and a hint of brilliance flashed in his eyes.

Obviously, Li Li's arrangement of Buqi this time surprised Guo Jia, which is quite intriguing.

Shu Cao Peng was mainly responsible for copying and writing clerical affairs, recording the origin of all the books and decrees entering and leaving the General's Palace, and occasionally drafting appointments and other matters. To put it bluntly, Shu Cao Peng is the secretary of the manuscript next to the leaders of later generations, and his position can be large or small, and he can be more or less. Like this kind of copying and writing clerks, all states, counties, and even counties are equipped, and generals above the rank of general in the army also have full-time scribes around them, usually attached to the small officials, which are not worth mentioning.

However, the same Shucao is also divided into high and low, and the difference lies in who he follows. Just like the secretaries of later generations, ordinary secretaries may not even have ranks, but the secretaries around some high-ranking people are rising tides, and once they are released, they will be a big member, and even ascend to the sky in one step, ranking among the feudal officials.

Buqi is also a scholar, but he is a scholar with an official rank, with 400 stones. Although he is only a clerical official equivalent to a county official, he is a real close confidant who follows Li Li. The most important thing is that Bu Qi did not have any fame before, and he was completely unknown, but Li Li kept him by his side, and it was a real position for close servants, not a fictitious position for nominal investigation.

And this is exactly what caught Guo Jia's attention, and it was also what surprised him. Prior to this, all the talents or celebrities who were appreciated and valued by Li Li were usually temporarily serving in the army or serving as the chief secretary of the army or the chief bookkeeper, etc., which was a temporary position.

In addition, Li Li occasionally gave special care to a small number of children of the family, kept them by his side, appointed them as the general's mansion, and then placed them in a small idle position. For example, Qiao Gong, the father of Big and Little Qiao, the two brothers Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao of the Zhen family, and some clansmen of Li Liben's family, etc.

However, Li Li's arrangement of Bu Qi is obviously different from the above two forms, directly appointing him to a substantive position, and the position is neither high nor low. This move is really intriguing, and it seems to be quite profound and puzzling.

The doubts in Guo Jia's heart were very simple for Li Li, because Bu Qi was a pure scribe with considerable political talents, and he could be trusted. Therefore, Li Li didn't need to inspect Buqi, so he directly left him by his side, and then released him after some exercise, and Buqi should be able to take on important responsibilities at that time.

After this episode, Guo Jia once again brought up the previous question: "Does the lord really want to destroy Jiangdong Sun Ce?" ”

After Li Li heard this, he showed a noncommittal look on his face, and asked rhetorically, "Why not?" Now is the perfect time to cut off Sun Ce, staggered at this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to encounter such a good opportunity in the future? ”

"Does the lord really think so?" Guo Jia shook his head in response, expressing doubt. He knows his father-in-law Li Li very well, and he clearly knows that Li Li's words are definitely inconsistent, or duplicitous. However, even if Li Li knows some things, Guo Jia, as a subordinate, must say what he should say, and remind him in time when he should be reminded, which is the duty of a courtier.

Picking up the teacup and taking a sip of tea, Guo Jia cleared his throat and said with a solemn expression: "If the lord really intends to get rid of Sun Ce, then there have been many opportunities to do it before, but the lord has easily given up." Judging from the current shape alone, if the lord annihilates Sun Ce and the Jiangdong army in one fell swoop this time, I am afraid it will be difficult to get actual benefits. In other words, even if Sun Ce and Jiangbei's 30,000 Jiangdong troops were all wiped out, it would be impossible for us to immediately send troops to Jiangdong and capture the four counties of Jiangdong. This means that after we get rid of Sun Ce, we will get nothing but Lujiang County. ”

Speaking of this, Guo Jia paused, took another sip of tea, and continued: "Not only that, but we will also marry others and give the four unowned Jiangdong counties to others. And at the moment, the most likely to take the opportunity to take over Jiangdong is nothing more than the tripartite forces.

One is the direct beneficiary of Sun Ce's death, the seventeen-year-old Sun Quan. Because Sun Ce's son is still a half-year-old child waiting to be fed, and Sun Ce's other younger brothers are all children under the age of fourteen, only Sun Quan has now grown up and is fully capable of inheriting the inheritance left by Sun Ce and leading the four counties of Jiangdong.

The second is Jingzhou Liu Biao. According to a certain Cheng dù, if Liu Biao intended to occupy Jiangdong three years ago, I am afraid that it would not be Sun Ce's turn to occupy the four counties of Jiangdong, and Jiangdong would have been occupied by Liu Biao long ago. Why didn't Liu Biao occupy Jiangdong back then? That's because the world is still Liu's country, and the Han Emperor is alive, so Liu Biao didn't dare to act rashly, so as not to be criticized by others, slander him for plotting misdeeds, and have the ambition of the emperor.

But now the situation in the world has changed greatly, the Han Emperor Liu Xie died violently, and there is no owner in the world, so that Liu Biao, who wanted to sit in Jingzhou and enjoy his old age, couldn't sit still. This is why he was the first to respond to the call of the lord to conquer Yuan Shu, he wanted to expand his territory and strengthen his own strength, so that even if he could not claim the throne in the future, he could protect himself. Therefore, once Sun Ce was killed by our army in Huainan, Liu Biao was bound to send troops to Jiangdong and grab the four counties of Jiangdong as soon as possible.

The last prince to try to get his hands on Jiangdong territory was Liu Zhang of Yizhou. Although there is Jingzhou in the middle on land, the Yizhou army can take the waterway and go straight down the river, and it may not have a chance to occupy Jiangdong. However, compared with Sun Quan and Liu Biao, Liu Zhang's chances of sending troops to occupy Jiangdong are not very large, but the possibility of him intervening is not ruled out.

It was because Weichen thought that Sun Ce could not be eliminated at the moment, after all, our Xiliang Army was mainly based on war horses. No matter how powerful our army's war cavalry is, it cannot leap across the Yangtze River on horseback, and only after our army's naval division has formed combat effectiveness can we seek Jiangdong. Otherwise, after killing Sun Ce, we will let others pick up the bargain, and we will work in vain and get nothing. ”

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