Liu Yi couldn't help but stroke his lower forehead, stroked the short beard with some tentacles, and fell into deep thought.

There was no woman by his side on this expedition, no woman shaved for him, and he didn't bother to shave himself, so the beard popped up in a few days.

Liu Yi, who has a short beard, is more mature and majestic, and lacks the potential of his little white face.

Of course, Liu Yi was not thinking about the beard now, but thinking about the words that Yan Liang had reminded. Thinking about it, Cao Cao only used the Yellow River crossing to give himself ten days, and there was obviously a smell of conspiracy in it.

However, Liu Yi did not think that Cao Cao would dare to seriously lead an army to attack him after ten days. However, if what Hua Xin said is true, then ten days later, Cao Cao is really likely to transfer an army of 200,000 or 300,000. This, with so many military horses transferred for no reason, it was difficult for Liu Yi to guarantee that Cao Cao would not have any plan of action against himself.

"Suppose ......" Liu Yi thought for a while, and couldn't help but say to the generals below: "Assuming, what Hua Xin said is the truth, then, Cao Cao transferred 300,000 troops after ten days, what does this mean?" Ladies and gentlemen, do you think that Cao Cao really dares to take action against our current 200,000-strong New Han army when he transfers 300,000 troops? Do you really dare to declare war on our New Han Army right away? ”

"My lord! Let's fight, who are we afraid of in the Han Army? Originally, our Lao Zhu felt that he had taken up some of Cao Cao's Yellow River crossings at the beginning, and he planned to return these Yellow River crossings to Cao Cao after we destroyed Yuan Shao, and we were not uncommon. But now. Since Cao Cao is so disgusting, for fear that we will occupy these pits of him and not leave, then what if we simply take it? I'd like to see it. What does he Cao Cao have to snatch back these Yellow River crossings from us. Xu Zhu said in a rough voice.

"It's not a question of whether to fight or not......" Liu Yi turned his eyes back on Xu Zhu, knowing that this big boss was coarse, and it was all in vain to want him to help him think about some deeper issues.

Raising his hand again, stopping Wen Chou, who also wanted to shout, Liu Yi turned his head to Yan Liang and said, "Brother Yan, tell me what you think in your heart now." ”

Lewi knows. Yan was very in Luoyang as Luoyang City, and went to Xishan Military Academy for a period of time, according to reports. He learned a lot from Lu Zhi and other great writers. Therefore, I also want to study Yan Liang to see if he has really learned something, and let him talk about his views on the current situation.

Yan Liang saw that Liu Yi asked him deliberately. He seemed a little embarrassed. A little shyly: "Lord, Yan didn't think too much, but Yan felt that Cao Cao was definitely unwilling to start a full-scale war with our New Han Dynasty immediately." If he really wants to start an all-out war with us, then there is no need for him to sign the non-aggression pact with the lord in Jingzhou some time ago. You know, when we sent troops to Jingzhou. Why doesn't Cao Cao want to compete with us for Jingzhou? It's just that the facts make Cao Cao understand that he can't compete with us now. Jingzhou fell into our hands, which obviously made Cao Cao completely inferior in the matter of competing with us for the Han Dynasty. If he really dares to start a full-scale war with our New Han Dynasty at this time, then Cao Cao's territory of influence will inevitably be beaten by our New Han Army from all sides, and he will be overwhelmed. In this way, under the situation of one elimination and the other rising, Cao Cao is not the opponent of our New Han Dynasty, and sooner or later he will be destroyed by our New Han Army. In this way, he thought of this delaying tactic and signed a non-aggression pact with us, so that Cao Cao would have enough time to lay out the plan in the hope that he could fight with us in the future. Of course, signing this agreement also has many advantages for our New Han Dynasty, which allows us to concentrate our efforts and first solve those princes around our two great powers, so as to avoid those princes who will seize the opportunity to develop and grow when our two families are fighting. ”

When Yan Liang said this, his face turned even redder, and he looked at Liu Yi in a wry manner, and explained: "Well, lord, these words were actually only known by the last general through the letter and asking Mr. Lu Zhi and others for advice. It's not that Yan himself sees these problems clearly. ”

"Hehe, it's okay, Brother Yan can learn from him with an open mind and ask for advice from those celebrities, which is enough to prove that Brother Yan, you have the potential to gain insight into the overall situation as a general." Seeing that Yan Liang was so honest, Liu Yi couldn't help but smile and wave his hand, indicating that there was no problem, and motioned for him to continue.

"To sum up, it can be shown from many aspects that Cao Cao is unlikely to dare to launch a large army to compete with us for a while. However, if it is under some specific conditions, it cannot be ruled out that Cao Cao may really start a war against us. ”

"Oh? Under certain conditions? In this way, the reason why Cao Cao used these ten days to threaten me Liu Yi is that after these ten days, Cao Cao will have a good opportunity to attack us? After these ten days, Cao Cao will have a good condition that will allow him to send troops to attack us? What will be the conditions for this? What was the reason why Cao Cao dared to openly attack our New Han Dynasty? Liu Yi seemed to be talking to himself, and seemed to be asking the generals in the account.

"This ...... Yan couldn't figure it out, because, after all, our Xinhan army was not muddy, and even if Cao Cao wanted to send an army of 300,000 to attack us, we didn't have to be afraid of him. What's more, if Cao Cao wants to launch an attack on our New Han Dynasty from the Tiger Prison Pass, it seems to be just a joke. In recent years, did Cao Cao send fewer military horses before our Tiger Prison Pass? Many attempts to sneak attack our Tiger Prison Pass have all been in vain. Now, why does he dare to attack us? Yan Liang also looked puzzled at this time.

"Okay, so let's make a bold assumption." Liu Yi knew that it would be really difficult to say what he could say about discussing with the generals, so he had to use his brains and say: "Assuming that all kinds of situations are unfavorable to our New Han Army, which kind of Cheng Dù will be the bottom line for Cao Cao to dare to launch an attack on our New Han Dynasty." ”

"That's right, that's assuming, everyone, don't be afraid to say wrong, if there is any point for our Xinhan army, the worst result, say it and listen to it." Liu Yi encouraged the generals.

"Hey, hey. The worst outcome is a sudden earthquake that shatters our tiger prison. In this way, Cao Cao's army can take advantage of our time to mobilize troops to take precautions, and they can drive straight into our Luoyang City. In addition, we really can't think of any favorable conditions that are conducive to Cao Cao's attack on us. ”

Wen Chou's big mouth said nonsense disapprerovingly.

"Well, that's right. This is the right time and place, if such a thing really happens, Cao Cao can indeed come to our Luoyang City. It has caused a lot of shock damage to our new Han Dynasty. "Liu Yi didn't blame Wen for talking nonsense, after all, he had something to say first, let them say it boldly, so. Instead, he nodded in agreement.

"According to our old people. The worst outcome is that when we seize a certain crossing of Yuan Shao on the other side of the Yellow River, and our army crosses the river, a sudden flood will flood our army, and Cao Cao's army will kill us from behind in due time, so that he can defeat us, right? Xu Zhu also had the same assumptions.

"Uh......" Liu Yi was speechless after hearing this. If the New Han Dynasty is really so unlucky, it will be either an earthquake or a flood. Then it is equivalent to the sky is going to destroy itself. Where in the world could there be such a coincidence?

However, Liu Yi still encouraged Xu Zhudao: "This can be regarded as the worst result." Now, it's the beginning of summer, and if it's the Yangtze River basin, there may still be flooding, but what about the Yellow River...... Hehe, what Brother Xu Zhu said is also good. Go on! ”

It is not that the Yellow River has not had floods, but it has indeed had many floods in history. However, flooding in the Yellow River generally occurs in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River. It occurs in Lanzhou, Ningxia and Hetao areas. On the contrary, in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River below Luoyang, flooding is relatively rare. This is not to say that there are none, but floods are relatively rare.

"Lord, to be honest, now that our 200,000 troops are out of the customs, the military horses are here, even if Cao Cao's 300,000 military horses come, he may not dare to use force with us lightly. At most, it's just a flaunt of power. Yan Liang said: "No matter what, Cao Cao really dared to attack us, except for what the two generals said, in general, it was nothing more than taking advantage of the unpreparedness of our army, or the situation of our army's own chaos, they dared to attack us." ”

Finally heard some more substantive statements, Liu Yi said to Yan Liang with deep approval: "That's right, what General Yan Liang said, it should be close to the reason why Cao Cao dared to make a move on us." One is to take advantage of our unpreparedness, and the other is to make us mess up. ”

"So, what is the reason why our New Han Army is in turmoil? Our New Han Army, how can we be in chaos? Lewis raised a new question.

However, Liu Yi didn't need to let the generals answer, and asked himself: "Under the rule of our New Han Dynasty, in fact, except for some natural disasters that have a devastating blow to us, our New Han Dynasty may be in chaos. This, natural disasters, can't be said to be impossible, but it is definitely impossible to be so coincidental, and it can be predicted by Cao Cao in advance. Therefore, it is certain that this must be Cao Cao's artificiality, and he has created some man-made events that are extremely unfavorable to us. Of course, the disasters such as earthquakes and floods mentioned by the above two generals should be impossible, and Cao Cao did not have that kind of ability to create them. In this way, how can Cao Cao artificially create the turmoil of our New Han Dynasty and make our New Han Army chaotic? ”

"Haha, what ability does Cao Cao have to create turmoil in our new Han Dynasty? Unless, he has the ability to kill the lord in our army of 200,000...... Belch...... It's impossible......" Wen Chou laughed twice and said casually, but when it came to killing Liu Yi, he suddenly felt that he had said something unlucky, so he quickly changed his mouth and closed his mouth.

"Kill me?" When Liu Yi heard this, his eyes lit up, and he seemed to faintly think of something.

"Ugly man, don't talk nonsense! Our lord is invincible in the world, who can kill him? What's more, if you want to kill the lord, you have to kill the corpse of our Xu Zhu. Hum! Xu Zhu seemed to be a little dissatisfied with Wen Chou's open-mouthed words.

"Lord ......"

Shi A, who had been hiding in the corner and didn't say much, said at this time: "Lord, no matter what, there may still be such a one, so from now on, Shi will follow the lord every step of the way, and will never allow the assassination of the lord!" ”

"Yes, my lord. Don't forget how Liu Bei died. Cao Cao actually dared to send people to infiltrate Xiangyang City, and openly chased Liu Bei all over the city in Liu Biao's city. Let alone. The lord once held Cao Cao hostage in the White Gate Tower, which would definitely make Cao Cao hold a grudge, or maybe he could figure out such a means to deal with the lord. ”

Liu Yi listened to the words of the generals, and felt that Cao Cao had such a possibility. However, I don't believe it anymore.

A little noncommittal and said: "It is not ruled out that Cao Cao will have such a possibility." However, why does Cao Cao think that he can assassinate me Liu Yi? Just rely on his generals such as Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Xu Huang, Zhang He, etc.? I, Liu Yi, am not Liu Bei, if Cao Cao really dares to send them to assassinate me. I must teach them that there is no return! ”

"My lord, don't be careless." Seeing that Liu Yi didn't seem to be too worried about being assassinated, Shi Ah hurriedly persuaded: "My lord, if Cao Cao has a situation where he has no intention of calculating. And if he really has the preparation for a large-scale attack on our new Han Dynasty now. Then maybe he will really be a little sure that he can assassinate the lord. In any case, the lord, Shi Ajianyì, immediately sent someone back to Luoyang and invited my master Wang Yue to come to the lord's side. ”

"My lord, in this world, there are many capable people. Not only the Xiahou brothers, Zhang He, and Xu Huang could come to assassinate the lord. Now, Cao Cao has gained a vast territory in the Central Plains. Or, Cao Cao has recruited a lot of strangers in the mountains to serve him. If Cao Cao invited a hermit from the world, then it would be even worse. Yan Liang was also a little worried about this view at this time and said: "My lord, when Wen Chou and I followed the strangers in the mountains to learn art, he said a lot to us, saying that there are many capable people and strangers in this world, and they often practice in seclusion and are not born, but if anyone can meet them by chance, and can convince them, maybe, they can ask them to help with something." Therefore, the last general asked the lord to be careful not to despise such a thing. ”

"Oh?" After hearing this, Liu Yi unconsciously paid a little attention.

Although Liu Yi has never seen too many hermits and strange people in the world, Liu Yi is convinced that there are indeed many unborn masters in this world.

The most famous ones are the gun king Tong Yuan, Zuo Ci, Yu Ji, Nanhua Xianweng, Hua Tuo, Zhang Zhongjing, etc., whose names are also famous in later generations.

In addition, such as Pang Degong, Sima Hui, etc., they are also considered to be famous people and hermits. Also, Zheng Xuan, who was already a marquis in the New Han Dynasty, can also be regarded as a hermit. Among these people, they are either full of poetry and books, proficient in a certain astronomy and geography, etc., or they have unique skills, all of which have one aspect, which makes people look up to the mountains. These people can be called strange people in the world.

The great swordsman Wang Yue is also a semi-hermit, and what he is proficient in is only unmatched in swordsmanship. However, Liu Yi did not rule out that in terms of guns, there was Tong Yuan, the king of guns, and in terms of halberds, there were the hermits who taught martial arts to Lu Bu at the beginning, and in terms of knives and spears, there were masters of Yan Liang and Wen Chou. Anyway, in all walks of life, Liu Yi believes that I am afraid that there will be some unborn masters.

If Cao Cao can get the help of one or two such masters, then it is really possible to assassinate himself.

Although Liu Yi was not afraid, he felt that he should be vigilant.

After thinking about it, Liu Yi said to the generals: "Okay, this matter is just our speculation, and we don't have to mess up because of this." From now on, not only me, but also you and others should be careful. Let the sergeants below be vigilant and take strict precautions. Hehe, I want to see if there is any master in this world who can take my Liu Yi's life! ”

"Yes! Lord, I'll order the sergeants below to strengthen the vigilance after a while! ”

A group of generals responded with a cautious expression.

"Okay, you really don't have to be too nervous." Liu Yi waved his hand and said, "Let's discuss first, how to attack Yuan Shao on the north bank of the Yellow River now." It's been two or three days since we sent our troops from Tiger Prison Pass, and I don't know what new military information there is? ”

Yin Xiao and Yuan Qing did not go out with Liu Yi this time.

The reason why Liu Yi didn't let the women follow was mainly because Liu Yi thought that if he really wanted to attack the Yuan army ferry on the north bank of the Yellow River, he would have to dive across the turbulent Yellow River first. With all the women by his side, if they had to follow him, once something happened on the river, Liu Yi was not sure that he would be able to take care of them one by one. In this way, Liu Yicai used the power of the head of the family and forcibly ordered them to stay at home in Luoyang. Seriously, the women who fought with themselves in the north and south were not more comfortable than ordinary soldiers, and they really had to let them relax at home, otherwise, Liu Yi was worried that their bodies would not be able to stand up.

Because the women who can sort out the information for Liu Yi are not there, so the matter of sorting out the information falls on Shi A.

Hearing that Liu Yi wanted to listen to new information, Shi A woke up and said to Liu Yi: "Lord, in the past two or three days, there has been a lot of new information. Among them, the last general believes that the most important thing to pay attention to is the intelligence of the transfer of Yuan Shaojun on the other side of the river. ”

"Oh? Yuan Shaojun's transfer information? Let's hear about it. (To be continued......)