"Good news?"

Liu Qi, who was discussing matters with Zhou Yu in the king's tent, was shocked when he heard the guard's report: "Send me the report to the army."

The guard understood that Liu Qi wanted to see it for himself, so he handed the slip to Liu Qi without saying anything more and immediately withdrew from the king's tent.

Liu Qi tore open the mud seal with his own hands, then browsed it carefully, and laughed on the spot.

"What a good Guan Yunchang, who defeated Li Jin without killing him. What a good Li Mancheng, who could take advantage of the victory and pursue him without pursuing him. They are both very thoughtful people."

After Zhou Yu heard Liu Qi's words, he was a little curious, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions.

Liu Qi sighed with emotion for a while, and inadvertently saw Zhou Yu's expression of curiosity but restraint. He laughed on the spot, and then handed the slip in his hand to him.

Zhou Yu hurriedly thanked him, took the battle report from Liu Qi, and read it carefully.

After watching it, Zhou Yu was quite emotional.

"Although Li Fujun and Guan Yunchang defeated Zang Ba and Li Jin, and killed Yin Li and Wu Dun, they were indecisive and had hidden selfish motives. How do you think your Majesty should handle this matter?"

"I can't do anything, especially at this juncture, in front of the two armies." Liu Qi said with a smile.

Zhou Yu asked cautiously: "Your Majesty is concerned about Mr. Li's status and identity?"

"What is there to be worried about? He is just a county guard with two thousand dan. In the eyes of ordinary people, he is a high official. Does it matter to me? It's just a matter of words for me to change him. What I am worried about is my relationship with Mancheng.

The friendship between them.”

Zhou Yu cupped his hands and saluted, "Your Majesty, please give me some advice."

"From my point of view, everything should be done with the Han Dynasty first, and the interests of the Han Dynasty should be higher than the interests of other families. This is not wrong, but for the people under me, it is different...including you.

."

These words left Zhou Yu speechless.

Although the issues clarified in these words are indeed reasonable, from the perspective of an emperor, I am afraid that these sensitive topics will not be spoken out easily, especially in front of a person like him.

After being a member of a distinguished family, he was also a reduced general.

As the time spent together increased, Zhou Yu admired Liu Qi more and more. Although he still missed Sun Ce in his heart, as time went by, his feelings for Sun Ce began to lean towards the friendship of old friends, and Liu Qi in his eyes

Come, you are the real enlightened master.

Seeing Zhou Yu's slightly embarrassed expression, Liu Qi felt helpless.

"Why are you nervous? What I said today can come out of my mouth and into your ears, and no third person will know about it, so why should Gong Jin worry too much?"

When Zhou Yu heard this, he thought for a moment and found that it was indeed the case.

He felt at ease, and then bowed to Liu Qi and said, "Please give me your Majesty's advice."

"Mancheng and I are old friends. In the first year of Chuping, I and Liu Pan rode into Jingzhou to start a business. Mancheng traveled thousands of miles and led his people to invest. He can be said to be my most confidant. He has been guarding Nanyang for me for many years.

The hinterland has never been lost. Now the Li family is used by Cao Cao. Mancheng takes the battle for me to face the enemy. If I force him to march in the army under such circumstances and kill all the elders of his clan, then what will everyone in the world do?

How do you treat me? How would Mancheng treat me? Do I still have any humanity at all?"

"Then what does Your Majesty plan to do?"

"I know Mancheng's thoughts. In addition to unifying the Han Dynasty, I also want to fulfill the wishes of my subordinates during this Northern Expedition. It is not in vain that they follow me through life and death. Mancheng left the family in the past, and the resentment at the center is deep, but

After all, it is just resentment, not hatred. I cannot force him to destroy his family. I can only help him replace Li Jin and become the father of the Li family, so that he can live up to his mastership!"

Liu Qi's words deeply touched Zhou Yu's heart. After hearing this, he bowed to Liu Qi solemnly again: "Your Majesty is so benevolent and righteous, he can be said to be the emperor of the ages, and even the sages of ancient times are not as good as him."

"How dare I compete with the great sages of ancient times? I just want to be honest with you and the people of the world."

"Report!"

At this moment, a scout hurriedly walked in and said to Liu Qi, "Your Majesty, Cao Jun has made a move!"

"What's going on?"

"Cao Cao's troops are divided into three groups, with Cao Chun, Yu Jin, and Yue Jin taking the lead, heading towards our camp."

Zhou Yu sneered: "Are you being pushy?"

Liu Qi shook his head and said: "No, even though Cao Ren is dead, he will not easily mess up Cao Cao's mind. This is because he heard that Zang Ba and Li Jin were defeated, so he pretended to attack our army, but in fact he wanted to

After you sent Qingqi to secretly attack Li Mancheng, did you deceive me and not know?"

Zhou Yu immediately asked Ying to say: "In that case, please send someone to resist Cao Cao's front army. I am willing to lead the Qingqi to intercept and kill Cao Cao's Qingqi!"

Zhou Yu took the initiative to ask for help, which was a bit beyond Liu Qi's imagination, but he was immediately relieved.

After all, standing in front of him was a famous Confucian general in history and the strongest opponent Cao Cao had ever encountered in his life.

It is not impossible to say that Zhou Yu is Cao Cao's destined nemesis.

"Okay, I will allocate you a group of troops, and you will lead them to intercept Cao's army on a small road. Don't let Cao's army interfere with Li Dian and Guan Yu."

"only!"

Zhou Yu turned around and was about to leave the king's tent.

Suddenly, Liu Qi seemed to have thought of something. He called out to Zhou Yu loudly and said, "Gong Jin, there is something I have to tell you."

Zhou Yu quickly stopped and turned to look at Liu Qi: "Your Majesty, what do you have to say?"

"I can't say it was an order... This time when I went north, I not only recruited Jingzhou and Yizhou, but also soldiers from Guanzhong and the Southern Barbarians, including the elite cavalry from the Western Region Protectorate and Liangzhou, and also recruited them to the Central Plains."

Hearing Liu Qi mention the word "Liangzhou", Zhou Yu's heart suddenly tightened.

He is a smart man and naturally understands Liu Qi's intention in saying this.

"Your Majesty has brought back Bo Fu...?"

"Yes, Sun Bofu will be the vanguard this time and enter Guanzhong first. Zhang Yun will deliver grain and grass to him in Chang'an, and then let him go to Wancheng into the Central Plains and come here to make peace with me."

Zhou Yu was quite surprised when he heard this: "Your Majesty didn't let them go directly to the north to confront Yuan Shao?"

Liu Qi smiled and said: "The power in the north is already overwhelming. Huang Zhong, Xun You, Xu Rong, Lu Bu, Zhao Yun and others are all here, and the main force of Luoyang is also there. No matter how powerful Yuan Shao is, he may not be able to bear it. On the contrary, I am in the Central Plains

My strength is a little thin, so I will send some Liangzhou soldiers and horses here to help me defeat Cao Cao faster."

Zhou Yu actually had some contradictions in his heart at this moment.

To be honest, he wants to see Sun Ce now, but he doesn't want to see Sun Ce.

Human beings are deeply conflicted, even to this point.

"Why did your Majesty tell me about this matter?"

"Sun Ce will arrive at my imperial tent soon. I won't tell you... okay?"

Zhou Yu smiled bitterly upon hearing this.

"It's okay. Sun Ce has made many meritorious deeds in Western Qiang, and now he is my minister. I have decided that when he makes great achievements in the Central Plains, I will grant him the position of Zhonglang General. At that time, you brothers will be my ministers together.

, serving the Han Dynasty together, isn’t this what Gong Jin dreams of?”

Zhou Yu immediately said: "It is indeed what I have always longed for."

Liu Qi nodded and said: "Go ahead and lead the troops to intercept Cao Cao. After the victory is over, you can meet Bo Fu again."

"Here."

After Zhou Yu left, Liu Qi's expression changed slightly.

He turned around and walked to his desk and picked up a slip, which was a secret note written by Jia Xu to himself.

Liu Qi has been told by the above that Sun Ce has two hidden opponents, Li Ru and Ma Dai.
Chapter completed!