After listening to Zhou Yu's top, middle and bottom strategies, Sun Quan fell silent.

He remembered what his brother Sun Ce said before his death: "Give the people of Jiangdong to decide between two Chens, compete with the world, you are not as good as me; appoint talents and talents, and everyone will do their best to protect Jiangdong.

Not as good as your Majesty."

What does that mean?

That is to say, you kid, don’t think about going out to cause trouble to others, and just try your best to take good care of your home.

Facts have proved that Sun Quan could not defeat Huang Zu in Jiangxia in eight years, but he was able to defeat Cao Cao's hundreds of thousands of troops in Chibi, which shows that Sun Ce's words are not false at all.

Therefore, the three strategies given by Zhou Yu, namely attacking Changsha and Guiyang and attacking Xuzhou and Hefei, are not the best strategy. The only best strategy is to recruit scholars and prepare defenses from all directions.

Sun Quan immediately moved to Buzhao to serve as the governor of Jiaozhou, appointed General Wu Zhonglang, and led the military archers to go south to take over Jiaozhou.

If in the original history, Shixie accepted Bu Zheng's takeover without hesitation, and also cooperated very cooperatively in handling the handover procedures.

But it's different now. Yizhou, which is closer to him, is more powerful now, and Li Qi has just started a war with Sun Quan in Jiangxia. If he accepts Sun Quan's management now, wouldn't it mean a break with Li Qi?

In Shi Xie's mind, Sun Quan was not comparable to Li Qi in terms of strength, personality, intimacy, etc.

Therefore, Shi Xie held a banquet in honor of Bu Zhi, and told Bu Zhi: "Your Majesty, it's hard work for you to come all the way. Please go back after you have finished eating."

Bu Zhao: "..."

He didn't know that the script that originally belonged to him had been tampered with.

After a while, Bu Zhi said: "Jiangdong is under the governance of Wu Hou, and the people are happy. Don't you have any intention of joining forces with Jiangdong and sharing peace?"

Shi Xie smiled.

Over the years, Jiangdong, if not counting Yizhou, can indeed be regarded as a place where people's minds have settled.

However, compared to Yizhou’s agriculture, commerce, and industry, Jiangdong’s development is just a younger brother.

The most important thing is that in terms of combat effectiveness, Sun Quan, who held Jiangdong, but could not win Jiangxia in eight years, was completely incomparable to Li Qi, who held the ancient city and crossed Jing and Yizhou in eight years.

It's just that Shi Xie has always been about being friendly and making money, so he couldn't refute Bu Zhao's face at the moment, and just said: "I have my own plans, so I won't bother Wu Hou to worry about him."

Bu Zhi was also a very particular and tolerant person. Since Shi Xie had gone so far as to say this, peaceful evolution seemed impossible, so he had to go back and report to Sun Quan.

At this moment, Li Qi, who was still at odds with Cao Cao in Dangyang, received a letter from Shi Xie.

It probably means that I rejected Sun Quan for you. If Sun Quan comes to attack me because of this, you can't just die without saving me.

Li Qi was very angry after reading Shi Xie's letter. He originally wanted to give Sun Quan another chance, but you still want to peacefully transform Jiaozhou and place the blade at the end of Yizhou?

It seemed that Sun Quan couldn't do it without giving him a painful beating.

However, Cao Cao never retreated his troops, and it was impossible for Li Qi to launch a large-scale attack on Jiangdong.

Li Qi summoned the generals and asked: "Now our army and Cao Cao have been stalemate in Dangyang for several months. Each has its own victory or defeat, and no one surrenders. Now I don't want to attack Xiangyang and capture Cao Cao. I just want to know how to drive him away."

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Pang Tong said: "My lord, if you don't retreat, Cao Cao will think that you are still thinking of attacking Xiangyang. How can he dare to retreat?"

Li Qidao: "Then what if I return to Jiangling and Cao Cao advances instead of retreating?"

Fa Zhengdao: "If Cao Cao wants to get closer to Dangyang, he must pass through Maicheng. My lord can move all the people in Maicheng into Jiangling and use Maicheng as a war-prepared fortress. If Cao Cao's army comes, he will definitely suffer a lot in Maicheng. Naturally,

Retreat."

Maicheng is a town under the jurisdiction of Dangyang. It is a small place and has a small population. It is not very difficult to relocate the people of Maicheng. The worst case scenario is forced relocation.

Li Qi drafted a plan for the people to choose:

One is to retreat to Jiangling. After Cao Cao retreats his troops, he can return to Maicheng on his own. However, I cannot guarantee what Maicheng will be like at that time;

The second is to move to Yizhou, and the Yizhou government will arrange livelihood for you. You can farm, work in factories, and join the army. If you are willing to engage in business, you can enjoy tax benefits with the Maicheng migration document.

Li Qi handed this matter over to Fazheng, because Fazheng was relatively decisive in handling matters.

A few days after Fazheng left, Cao Cao sent someone to write a letter of challenge to Li Qi, saying that he would fight to the death with Li Qi.

Pang Tong said: "Congratulations, my lord, Cao Cao wants to withdraw his troops."

Li Qidao: "But in the field battle, our army is not sure of victory, and a tough battle will inevitably cause our army to suffer extremely heavy casualties. Does Shi Yuan have a plan?"

Pang Tong said: "We don't need to confront Cao Cao head-on. We can decide the outcome in the Japanese wilderness and our army can pretend to be defeated."

After Pang Tong told Li Qi his plan, Li Qi made arrangements accordingly.

The next day, Li Qi was invited to confront Cao Jun in the open space outside Dangyang City.

According to the custom, a few words must be said before the war begins. Cao Cao went out and said: "I have been ordered by the emperor to punish the thieves. If you comply with the imperial court, I can guarantee the performance in front of the emperor and spare you the crime of treason without losing your title."

Hou’s treatment.”

Li Qi smiled and said: "Just pull me down. If I surrender to you, just don't jump up and kill me in your dreams."

Cao Cao: "..."

I should have only told the attendant about the murder in my dream, right?

Because foreign ministers won't come near me when I'm sleeping, I just need to warn the servant.

So, how does this guy know about this kind of thing when he is far away in Yizhou?

Could it be that there is a mole around?

Thinking of this, the suspicious Cao Cao turned around and looked at the people around him, shaking their heads like rattles.

Only one person looked embarrassed and lowered his head silently.

This person's surname is Yang, his first name is Xiu, and his given name is Dezu.

In order to show his intelligence, he really went around saying: The prime minister was not in a dream, but the murdered servant was in the dream.

So, this loudspeaker actually spread this kind of thing to Yizhou?

Then is my privacy known to everyone in the world?

Cao Cao asked Li Qidao: "What else do you know?"

When Li Qi saw Cao Cao asking questions from a distance, he seemed to be looking at a scribe beside him. Could it be that Cao Cao suspected that the scribe had leaked his daily diet?

Li Qi asked Pang Tong: "Did Shi Yuan notice the scribe next to Cao Cao?"

Pang Tong squinted his eyes and looked at it carefully, and said: "When I offered Cao Cao a series of plans, I once met the famous people under his account. On the left of Cao Cao are Xun You and Cheng Yu. The third one I don't recognize, and the fourth one seems to be Yang

build……"

Li Qidao: "Yes, that's him. Yang Xiu."

Pang Tong asked: "What's wrong with Yang Xiu?"

Li Qidao: "Yang Xiu has a distinguished family background. He has four generations and three nobles. His identity and background are comparable to Yuan Shao. Today I will use a trick to make Cao Cao kill Yang Xiu. Do you believe it, Shi Yuan? How about we bet on a bowl of wine." I like to travel through the Three Kingdoms.
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