Chapter 444: Leaving Shouchun
"I want you to lead your army south!" Li Yang did not shy away from saying his purpose.
"Go south!" Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and the others looked at each other, wasn't this what they were supposed to do?
Li Yang, who is familiar with history, naturally does not know their future itinerary, and he said this on purpose.
Just when he was about to say the ultimate goal, Zhou Yu on the side spoke.
"General Li's purpose, I'm afraid it's Zhao Junrui!"
"That's right!" Li Yang was really not surprised that Zhou Yu could tell his true purpose, "Zhao Junrui and I are already like fire and water, and letting him sit big will be a big trouble sooner or later." ”
"When the Tiger Prison was closed, General Wentai mentioned to me that you want to be the lord of Jiangdong, I think you originally planned to go south!"
"Yes!" Sun Ce nodded, "Brother, please rest assured, we will do our best." ”
"Haha, good!" Li Yang looked at Zhou Yu, who was depressed, and said with a smile: "Then please Bo Fu." ”
Zhou Yu sighed, and stared at Sun Ce with some dissatisfaction, such a good opportunity for 'blackmail', but you were buried with a word.
Looking at Sun Ce, who was glared at by himself and looked puzzled, Zhou Yu sighed again, and then laughed again, "This is also the reason why he can get so many people's allegiance!" ’
Still, he wanted to fight for it.
"General Li, now that Zhao Junrui has become a prosperous player in Jiangdong, just these 100,000 soldiers and horses, I'm afraid there are problems with self-protection, I don't know if General Li can ......"
Although Zhou Yu didn't finish speaking, Li Yang naturally understood what he meant.
Li Yang touched his chin, pondered for a while and said, "To be honest, now in the entire Qingxu Erzhou, it is already quite difficult to draw out new soldiers, and if you forcibly recruit them, it may hurt the roots. ”
Li Yang's words are not fake, after the system is updated, the number of people will no longer be brushed out of thin air, and the population can only be expanded by natural fertility, and the source of troops is naturally greatly limited.
Just when Sun Ce and the others were disappointed, Li Yang spoke again, "Although we can't support it in terms of troops, the weapons and equipment produced by Tianyun can be opened for you." ”
Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's eyes lit up, Tianyun's weapons and equipment were quite famous.
Just like when Li Yang attacked Xuzhou, except for special troops, he completely relied on equipment to crush him.
"One more point!" Li Yang smiled, and without waiting for Sun Ce and the others to speak, Li Yang continued: "Although I am not interested in the jade seal of the country, there must be that one!" ”
Li Yang pointed in the direction of the center of Shouchun, "You can use the jade seal of the country as collateral to borrow some soldiers from that person, and if you don't pay it back at that time, it's not up to you to have the final say, as for how much you can borrow, it's up to you." ”
"Brother is righteous and resourceful, Bo Fu admires!" Sun Ce got up and saluted Li Yang again.
The strategy of changing the jade seal of the country was Zhou Yu's plan, Li Yang was their first target, and Yuan Shu was naturally the second, although they had this plan for a long time, but now they can't express it, who called Li Yang is now their 'gold master'.
Li Yang smiled and waved his hand, what kind of righteousness did he have.
The reason why he helped Sun Ce this time was actually like helping Gongsun Zan before, just to let them drag down the strong enemy.
Yuan Shao, who was dragged by Gongsun Zhan, after all, now Yuan Shao has become the largest princely force, if he is allowed to easily destroy Gongsun Zhan, then he will definitely lead the army south, and he will definitely not be able to stop it when the time comes.
Therefore, Li Yang wanted to hold him back, and did not hesitate to spend a lot of grain, grass and equipment.
The purpose of aiding Sun Ce was to clamp down on Zhao Junrui.
In the entire south of the Yangtze River, Zhao Junrui is simply an absolute overlord, a creature with no natural enemies, and its growth rate is quite terrifying.
If he is allowed to develop freely, I am afraid that he will soon come to harass and even attack him directly.
Now Li Yang's target is not in the south of the Yangtze River, and he has no extra troops to harass Zhao Junrui, so he came up with the idea of funding Sun Ce.
Li Yang's purpose is to let Sun Ce's forces restrict Zhao Junrui's development, and at the same time become a barrier between Zhao Junrui and himself.
After all, for a long time in the future, Sun Ce will rely on his own funding, so he will not be able to leave his camp.
What's more, there is also a hidden benefit to doing this, winning the favor of all the generals in Sun Ce's camp.
In case, Li Yang was thinking about what happened, in case Sun Ce was defeated by Zhao Junrui, he might have a good chance of subduing Sun Ce's entire force.
Therefore, whether it is Li Yang or Zhang Liang, they all think that this 'deal' is very cost-effective, no, it should be said that it is too cost-effective.
Only one-fifth of the army needs to be used to block the Yangtze River defense line, how can it not be cost-effective.
The vacated Pluto Legion can also aim its guns at Yuzhou and Yanzhou, because Li Yang's next target is these two states.
"By the way, Bo Fu, did you kill an old Taoist today?" Li Yang asked as calmly as he could.
"Exactly!" Sun Ce said bluntly: "This old way spread a cult, causing a sensation among the people and stampede casualties, I tried to persuade him, but instead of listening, he became even more violent, and I had no choice but to kill him." ”
Li Yang nodded silently, "I also have some friendship with him, can I ask Tobo Fu to bury him." ”
For Li Yang's request, Sun Ce naturally would not refuse, and directly nodded and agreed.
After the main things were discussed, Li Yang, Sun Ce and others talked about the old days again, and then went home.
After all, it was very late now, and if Sun Ce stayed here for too long, it would definitely arouse Yuan Shu's suspicions.
Back in his mansion, Zhou Yu followed Sun Ce until he came to the outer hall before Zhou Yu spoke.
"Big brother, General Li is obviously ...... doing this" Zhou Yu privately called Sun Ce his eldest brother.
"Take advantage of us, right?" Sun Ce lost his previous gratitude, and added with a flat face.
Zhou Yu didn't seem surprised and nodded.
"Hey! I don't know, but he's already made his purpose clear, and that's what we meant to be. ”
"This is a Yang Mou!"
"But his assistance to us should be real." As he spoke, Sun Ce raised the order in his hand.
Zhou Yu nodded, "If it's true, you should really thank him, and the eldest brother can send General Huang and General Cheng to give it a try with the order." ”
Sun Ce nodded, then turned around, opened a secret box behind him, and took out a mahogany box from it.
"Surprisingly, this thing can be changed again."
Sun Ce opened the box, and what was placed in it was the heirloom jade seal.
Zhou Yu nodded, "The two generals of Huang Cheng are going, whether it is successful or not, as long as there is a reply, we will go to Yuan Shu with this." ”
"Well, that guy has been coveting this jade seal for a long time, and he may be able to pit it him severely."
After speaking, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce laughed together, which was indeed an unexpected joy.
Sun Ce was also very concerned about what Li Yang explained, and the next day, he would be buried in Jihou, and according to Li Yang's needs, he was buried on a high mountain outside the city.
Li Yang was quite satisfied with this, and where he didn't know, there were two old ways who also nodded and looked at him, obviously the two of them were also quite satisfied with his approach.
After the solemn worship was too auspicious, Li Yang left Shouchun with Yi Xue and He Yu and headed for the next goal.
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