In Nanyang, Wancheng, it started to drizzle in the early morning, and the earth was filled with fresh air. The sun rose, the drizzle stopped, and the early birds kept chirping. There were peaceful scenes everywhere. At this moment,
It’s the perfect time to get out and about;
Mr. Li was fast asleep on the bed. For him, there were more and more days running around here and there, and the time when he could sleep peacefully became less and less. Zhen Jiang came back from washing up and blinked.
Blinking, I suddenly found a dogtail grass;
He slowly broke it off and crept in. Zhen Jiang lay on the edge of the bed and gently teased the sleeping Li Kai with the grass. Whoops, Li Kai, who couldn't stand the teasing, turned over. Zhen Jiang showed a smile and cautiously
The fiddled with him again;
"Stop making trouble! I'm very tired! Call me again at noon, and I will leave here in the afternoon!" Someone Li murmured, Zhen Jiang's eyes widened, thinking that he remembered something, and sat next to Li Kai
Shake him awake and make gestures with his hands;
"You mean...hey, this brain, I got it! I got it!" Li Kai became more energetic, with a sly look in his eyes, and he smiled with some ill intentions: "Kiss me, and I'll go,
Otherwise I won’t go!”
Although Zhen Jiang had had skin-to-skin contact with him, she was actually very conservative. She pointed to the sky outside and made a walking look with her hands. This was to tell Li Kai that in broad daylight, it would be dangerous to be seen by others.
Oh no;
"Bah! If you don't kiss me, I will kiss you! Get up!" Li suddenly kissed Zhen Jiang, picked up his clothes, put them on, and started to wash up. Zhen Jiang asked him to meet someone, or rather many people.
.These people are - the Zhen family;
The Zhen family had been sent here by Yuan Shao a long time ago as a condition of being accompanied by 50,000 war horses. They had no choice. Even though they were wealthy merchants, they had no guns, no soldiers and horses, and they were useless.
In particular, many people believe that businessmen are profiteers, and some people who regard them as the lowest level are just as famous as bandits and bullies;
He is worthy of being a leading businessman. He built a mansion in less than a month after arriving here. Looking at the people constantly coming and going, many of them are local officials and people from wealthy families. Then he thought about it, it is inevitable that money will open the way;
However... these officials who came could not be let go easily. He pointed at the person in the distance. Li Kai said: "Uncle! Get that bastard over here! If he dares to resist, he will be killed on the spot.
Kill!"
"Nuo!", Chen Dao said one word coldly, sat down and the red horse flew out. Before the man's guard could react, he was grabbed by the neck and carried over! Zhen Jiang saw this
In one scene, his face turned pale, and he gestured and asked Li Kai why;
"There are some issues that you don't understand, and I don't want you to get involved in such dirty things! Don't worry, I have my own way of dealing with it!" Li Kai said softly. Then he looked at the guy who loudly reprimanded Chen Dao and led him
With a strong murderous aura: "What is your name? What is your official position?"
Looking at the soldiers beside Mr. Li and the suffocating murderous intent, the thin scribe saluted and said: "The villain Liu Xuan is currently the sword and pen official of Nanyang County Sheriff's Mansion! I don't know this sir.
yes..."
"You don't need to know who I am. I want to know whether you came to Zhen's Mansion for official or private matters! Answer truthfully! Otherwise! I can execute you directly!" Li Kai snorted coldly and looked at him intently.
This person, Zhen's actions really shouldn't be done! Why are you in such a hurry?
Liu Xuan rolled his eyes, never daring to look at Li Kai. It took him a long time to say, "Young man...he's here to do some private business!"
"Who are you from Liu Lin?" Li Kai asked again, and Liu Xuan waved his hands quickly: "I have no connection with the Liu family! No connection at all!"
"Oh! Go! From tomorrow on, you won't go to the Nanyang County Sheriff's Mansion! Go home and do whatever you want! Let's go!" Li Kai looked at him deeply, and from his panic look, he realized
Knowing that this person is inextricably related to Master Yuan’s elder brother-in-law;
The Zhen family wants to integrate into Nanyang as soon as possible, so they will naturally take care of the major families, local snakes and the like. Of course, their ambitions are not small. They are probably thinking about becoming an official when, otherwise they would not contact Liu
Forest;
Entering the Zhen Mansion, the steward led the way. The person in charge of the Zhen family was Mrs. Zhang, who was Zhen Jiang's adoptive mother. Mrs. Zhang was not Zhen Jiang's biological mother, but just Zhen Yi's wife. She was now in her forties and was very well-maintained.
Not bad, doesn’t look too old;
Seeing Mr. Li coming in gracefully, and hearing the steward's words in his ear, he looked a little worried, and said sarcastically: "As soon as Mr. Li comes to the door, he will drive away our Zhen family's friends, and replace our Zhen family's
Call the shots?"
Li Kai saluted, without much respect, and replied in a neutral tone: "Short-sighted! If you don't want any trouble to happen to your Menzhen family, I advise you to listen to me! Liu Lin...can't give it to you
What you want! Mrs. Zhang? Don’t you want me to sit down? I should be qualified, right?”
"Please sit down! In Nanyang, everyone knows how powerful you, Mr. Li, are. If you can't even sit in our Zhen family's seat, I really can't think of anyone who dares to sit..." Zhang said with a smile, and there was a hint of thorn in his words.
Ah! Li Kai secretly thought;
"Of course there are still people who are qualified. Apart from Mr. Yuan, they probably have that... Well, the number of one palm shouldn't be used, right? Mrs. Zhang! If you want Zhen Jiang to invite me over, don't you just want to scold me?
,Would you like to make some sarcastic remarks to me?"
It was because of his words that Mrs. Zhen left her hometown and came here. This was what made Mrs. Zhang the most angry. When she thought about it, she was not qualified to criticize Li Kai now. If she didn't know how to advance or retreat, she would talk nonsense at her own risk!
"Of course not, but I want to ask Mr. Li, why do you say Liu Lin...?" Zhang didn't say it thoroughly, but just tested it;
Li Kai smiled and said: "Of course it's because the territory under Mr. Yuan's command is not enough to be divided among various forces! You Zhen family, to put it bluntly, are not popular at all! Even Mr. Yuan's family has not gained any benefits.
What's more, it's you! You also believe what that damn fat guy Liu Lin says!
As a newbie here, I understand your eagerness to integrate here, but your way can easily arouse the jealousy of others. Therefore, it is better to be less active. Especially those officials, do not contact them, it is best! In the future
There are plenty of opportunities, why are you anxious!"
"Okay! I will pay attention to these things!" I have to say that Li's words are somewhat reasonable. Zhang's face looks better. It suddenly occurred to him that this is someone who is related to their Zhen family. He has a high position.
It is indeed much better than Liu Lin and so on. He thought for a while and said: "I wonder if I can talk to Mr. Li alone about something?"
Li Kai was stunned, touched his nose, and felt a little guilty. What could he be afraid of? Mrs. Liu asked: "Although it is inconvenient to say some things clearly, I have to say them! Mr. Li, why is Zhen Jiang not there?"
Your title was ruined? What do you think of our Zhen family?"
"Uh..." Mr. Li rolled his eyes, a little depressed, and said: "For a moment...that's it. Don't worry, I like her very much. I will definitely marry her!" Ms. Zhang seemed to still be thinking.
After saying something, a messenger came running outside the door. Li Kai looked several times and said, "There are still some things to deal with. Mrs. Zhang! I'm leaving!"
When walking towards the lobby, Li Kai glanced at Zhen Jiang in the distance. Zhen Jiang was gesticulating and talking with a little girl about ten years old. The little girl was slim and very beautiful. Li Kai smiled and said,
He waved his hand: "Zhen Jiang! You can stay here these days!"
Looking at Li Kai's back, Zhen Jiang was a little worried, with an uncertain expression, and finally sighed dejectedly...
The messenger came to report that 150,000 troops had recently gathered in the Xiangyang area, including those coming from the direction of Yangzhou and those from Sichuan. They were already ready to make a move. Ji Ling sent a letter asking what to do if Liu Biao provoked a war.
, to fight or not to fight!
"Go! Go to Deng County!" Li Kai greeted, and the army came out in full force. Deng County is a bridgehead built for Xiangyang. Mr. Cheng Yu is currently watching there. With him and Ji Ling, Zhou
Tai, Huang Zhong’s assistant, I guess there’s nothing wrong with that!
Indeed, there was no problem originally. The problem was that someone came over, who was it? Sun Jian! Sun Wentai couldn't wait to look for opportunities after his son got married. This time he thought it was an opportunity, so he decided to participate in this war;
After a long period of planning, Sun Wentai set his sights on Yangzhou, so he suggested to Yuan Shu that when Li Kai was confronting the emperor's army in Xiangyang, he would lead his troops to raid Jiangxia County and Jiujiang County, and invade Yangzhou.
In the hinterland, bring Liu Yao back from the imperial uncle alliance!
Yuan Shu agreed to this suggestion, so on the fifth day of Sun Ce's wedding, he took 30,000 soldiers and horses from Yuan Shu and embarked on the journey;
For him, he doesn't care whether the process is good or bad. What he cares about is that he has worked hard for it and he has no regrets! How can he strive for his dream in this life?
In Jiangxia County, for some reason Liu Biao did not summon his most powerful general back from Jiangxia County this time. Instead, he ordered Huang Zu to securely defend in Jiangxia County. In this way, what Sun Jian had envisioned came to nothing!
In Deng County, Cheng Yu looked into the distance from the top of the city. Dark clouds were pressing over the city. Although Liu Biao had not moved yet, this suffocating aura had already spread over him. It was so depressing that he was about to face someone after all.
The most powerful force in the world right now! No one else!
If Dong Zhuo was in his heyday, he might be stronger than the alliance of emperors and uncles in the three southern states, but now Dong Zhuo has died long ago. The strongest alliance in the world is the alliance of emperors and uncles, followed by Yuan Shao, Tao Qian,
Yuan Shu, right? Others can’t compare;
The three southern states, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Yizhou, occupy almost one-third of the world's land, with a population of more than 10 million. They lack food, grass, horses, and talents... They lack nothing! Infantry, navy, cavalry, and people.
Not afraid;
Cheng Yu paid close attention to the enemies who were very close to him. Similarly, Liu Biao was also always paying attention to his actions. The reason why he did not take action after Liu Yao and Liu Zhang all arrived was that he had some concerns. This concern was Cheng Yu's.
Yu himself;
"I have heard of Cheng Zhongde's name! This person is not an easy one to deal with!" Jia Xu said lightly. Next to him, the first person sitting next to him was Liu Jingsheng, who came alone: "Of course, the more terrifying thing is Li Xiaoxian.
!”
The last contest between Li Kai and him could be said to be a draw, but in fact Li Kai took a big advantage and won a fluke victory, which was also the biggest victory. He used many things that Jia Xu didn't know about.
In a head-to-head battle, in that case, Jia Xu's ability to fight him to a draw shows how powerful he is;
If they fight again, it is unclear whether Li Kai can defeat and draw with Jia Xu. But he has preconceived ideas, and Jia Xu now pays a lot of attention to him, Li. He wants to defeat all opponents, especially in what he is best at.
The place! Only in this way can he show his talent!
"Li Xiaoxian? That arrogant person?" Liu Jingsheng curled his lips in displeasure, but he had to admit that it was Li Kai who pulled him down from the position of Jingzhou Mu in the first place, if it weren't for Wang Rui's own fault.
It is still unclear who is in charge of this place!
"An arrogant person must have his arrogant capital!" Jia Xu smiled: "Now Uncle Liu has assembled an army of 150,000. It seems to be very powerful, but in fact it is not! Not to mention these soldiers who rarely fight.
How strong the fighting ability is, just whether the one from Yangzhou and the one from Yichuan can obey your orders is enough to give people a headache!"
"That's no problem! My nephew Liu Zhang has a cowardly character, and Liu Yan has repeatedly told me to command my troops and horses. But Liu Zhang must not have any problems, but the two generals under him, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan...
It’s hard to deal with! As for Liu Yao, he hates Li Xiaoxian now, right?” Liu Biao said lightly;
Liu Yao and Liu Dai are biological brothers. Someone Li indirectly killed his younger brother. This account must be settled no matter what. If he doesn't contribute, who will?
Jia Xu remained silent for a while and asked: "Then how does Uncle Liu Huang plan to fight this battle? Is it an urgent war or a slow war, a local war or a comprehensive decisive battle?"
"This... I can't draw a conclusion yet. The war situation is changing so fast that it's dizzying. How can I predict it? But what I want to do now is to eradicate Deng County and at least recover the general land of Nanyang County! Otherwise... so much
Aren’t our armies working in vain?”
"Oh!" Jia Xu nodded. Deng County is indeed a nail that threatens Xiangyang and must be pulled out. There is no room for others to snore next to the so-called couch. There are always a large number of soldiers and horses stationed in such a place. No one can
will not be reassured;
On the other side, Li Kai also began to discuss with Cheng Yu what to do next. Cheng Yu said: "For some reason, Liu Biao always stood still. The situation is a bit unclear! Xiaoxian, what do you think?"
Li said: "What else can he do? He is sitting still and worrying about the problems in Deng County! I guess if he provokes a war, he will definitely attack Deng County. This place can directly threaten his hometown of Xiangyang. How can he let it go?
?
Call Zhou Tai and Huang Zhong over! There is no need to guard against waterways. What we need is for Deng County to gain a firm foothold now and gain an advantage in the war with them! In this way, the war will go in the direction we expected.
Walk!"
"Yizhou is too far away from us, but Yangzhou can reach out! Should we take this opportunity to capture Jiujiang County and Lujiang County?" Cheng Yu asked: "Liu Yao is in Jingzhou now. Yangzhou's defenses
It must be empty, but it is indeed a great opportunity!”
"Don't think so much! That old guy Tao Qian might even get involved!" Li Kai shook his head: "I heard that he has a good personal relationship with Liu Yao, and the two of them have also made moves to form an alliance. How can they be here?
How many fuel-efficient lamps stand out in these troubled times?
They are not easy to deal with! Tao Qian will never give us a chance to make things big! Let’s not make things big. Let’s see if we can control things within a certain range first. If not, we will talk about it then.
!What do you think? Lord Zhongde?"
"Okay! Listen to you! So what are you going to do now? After mobilizing heavy troops, the defenses in other places in Nanyang are very empty. A partial division can break through and capture Wancheng directly! You can't do this, right?
", Cheng Yu shrugged his shoulders, the old man was still a little happy;
"Of course we can't let it go! That's why I need you to be in charge of the overall situation! Hahaha! I'll leave Deng County to you! I'm going to bring 30,000 cavalry to sweep up and down this land and implement free tactics!",
Li Kaidao;
"That's good! Deng County has experienced the construction of Mao Jie and Yuan Huan. Now, although it cannot become a Hulao or Hangu pass because of its geographical location, it is still a very strong pass! The city is high and strong.
There are more than 80,000 strong soldiers and generals guarding it. If the opponent breaks through... there will be no place for my old face!";
"Hahaha!" Mr. Li laughed and said, "What I'm worried about now is whether their ladder can hook into our wall!"
Cheng Yu smiled. He knew it was just a joke and would not take it seriously. Even a majestic pass like Hulao Pass, let alone this place, said: "Get ready! It's just that we are facing off against these three emperor uncles! In my heart
It’s really bottomless!”
"What's the point?" Li Kai said: "I think this opponent is already very weak! They seem to be very strong, but that's not necessarily the case! There are many soldiers but inconsistent commands, and the generals are vast but the political orders are unclear!
There are countless voices in one force, which is not a good thing!
Now they occupy nearly half of the world, and their momentum is overwhelming, but I haven't taken them seriously yet. Compared with outstanding people like Cao Mengde, Yuan Benchu, and Lu Fengxian, they only know a little about conspiracy and trickery, and Liu Jingsheng, who only knows how to use noble families to rise to power -
—Not enough!”
The words were sonorous and powerful, and Cheng Yu suddenly felt...actually? Mr. Li just said it happily, just to cheer up the people on his side. If he really didn't put Liu Biao and the others in
In my eyes, why rush over here instead of killing Cao Cao when he is at his weakest?
Especially now, Li Kai has been suspecting that Jia Xu is in Xiangyang. He has sent a detailed investigation to investigate. If it is true... that will not be a wonderful thing!
ps: ps: I feel that the quality of books has dropped a lot recently. I apologize for this. One is that my physical condition is not very good. I have been screaming in pain for several days. The other is that my mental condition is not very good. I'm sorry.
now;
I still need to adjust for a few days... One month has passed, and I have updated 356,000 words this month. This speed is also very good. Thank you for your support;
I won't make a list, I just want to express my gratitude to the friends who are still paying attention to this book and me... I wish you a happy Children's Day!