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To this day, the situation in the world has become clearer, and the war situation in the Central Plains has entered a relatively stable stalemate.

Li Liye has won all the victories that can be quickly won on the battlefield of the Central Plains, conquering cities and territories for years, and seized half of the prefectures and counties in the Central Plains.

At this time when the wars in the Central Plains were stalemate and civil strife broke out in Yizhou, it was the best time for Li Li to lead his troops to conquer Yizhou.

This means that the time Li Li has been waiting for for a long time has finally arrived. He no longer needs Liu Zhang, a potential "ally" to take charge of Yizhou. If he really wants to take Yizhou in his own hands, he no longer needs to pretend to others.

Now that things have come to this point, it seems clear who is more dull, who is more naive, and who is used by whom, but it is actually difficult to explain clearly.

Unconsciously, Li Li was exploited by Liu Zhang's nature. His personality weaknesses and his hobbies were captured by Li Li and used them to govern without doing anything to achieve the expected goal. Therefore, this is not considered a use. Even if Li Li did not use him, he would still do this and would not change it. However, he deliberately made friends with Li Li to achieve his own goal, which was a real use. At least Li Li's help to him was an objective fact.

There is a mind to no intention, and there is also a mind. Which of the two is right or wrong can only be the one who has a person’s opinion and depends entirely on one’s own conjecture.

After Liu Zhang thought about all this, his heart felt sad and depressed. However, when he slowly calmed down, the guilt that had been pressed in his heart for six years and the huge pressure he had been under in recent months disappeared, and the desolation that filled his heart also disappeared. Instead, it was replaced by unprecedented relaxation and relief.

Before this, although Liu Zhang knew that Li Li was powerful, he planned for a long time and made no mistakes. For this reason, many people said that he had the ability to plan and win thousands of miles away, and then take action, and never won a hundred battles. However, Liu Zhang did not agree with it and did not think that Li Li was outstanding. After all, during the more than a year he and Li Li had been with people, Li Li was kind and straightforward. Only calligraphy can be praised in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but the rest were not as good as Liu Zhang, and the gap was very large. There was no comparison at all. Therefore, he never thought that Li Li was amazing, at least not as mysterious as the outside world, and everything was completely calculated. In Liu Zhang's eyes, Li Li was a ignorant martial artist.

This impression has been lingering in Liu Zhang's mind for a long time. It has been the case until today. But at this moment, after some hard thinking and thinking, Liu Zhang has truly realized how powerful Li Li is. His long-term plan, meticulous calculation, accurate understanding of people, and exquisite grasp of human nature are all the first person Liu Zhang has seen so far.

This was the first confrontation he and Li Li had in many years, and the only confrontation, but the result was that it had ended before the formal confrontation was formally fought. He was completely defeated without any effort, while Li Li was better than him without any effort. This contest was not comparable at all. He was no match for Li Li at all; just like he was good at painting pictures, Li Li knew nothing about painting and could not compare with him at all. Painting may be his only skill that could beat Li Li, but unfortunately this skill is a completely inequality trick in the struggle for hegemony in troubled times. Even if he could draw thousands of miles of land, it was not worth showing off.

After a long silence, Liu Zhang's face gradually returned to normal, and he asked quietly with a faint expression: "Since the general is already sitting here, I think there is a perfect solution. Just wait for Liu to hand over his seal and open the city in public and beg for surrender, and hold the horse and kick it up?" Although he had already admitted his defeat in his heart, he still wanted to know where he lost, why the Xiliang army had not yet captured the city and the two armies had not yet officially fought, and he lost so thoroughly. To be honest, he was very unwilling to admit defeat in person, but Li Li sat beside him explained all the problems.

Hearing that Liu Zhang's tone when he spoke was completely different from before. Although he was still unwilling to fail, he was no longer as excited as before, and was filled with righteous indignation, and he faintly revealed the intention of bowing down and accepting his fate. Seeing this, Li Li roughly guessed Liu Zhang's mentality at this time, then nodded slightly, and said calmly: "As Ji Yu expected, Li's trip was specifically for persuading Ji Yu, and he had made all preparations in advance. No matter what, you and I

If people know each other at least, if they can turn swords into jade and silk to relieve their past grudges, they will do a good job of starting and ending. They can not only seek welfare for the people of the whole city, but also eliminate a war for Yizhou, so that millions of people in Yizhou will be spared from the disaster. Why not do such a great act? So Li came and came with sincerity, hoping that Ji Yu would judge the situation, take the people of Yizhou as the thought, give up resistance, and lead Yizhou civil and military officials to surrender to me."

After saying that, Li Li waved his hand and signaled the maid to remove the cooled teapot on the table and replace it with a pot of hot tea. The newly cooked hot tea was on the stove in the northwest corner of the hall, only a dozen steps apart.

What surprised Li Li was that as soon as the maid put the hot tea on the table, Liu Zhang reached out to take the teaspoon, poured a cup of tea for Li Li, and then poured a cup of himself, and then said in a low voice: "General, let me continue to speak, Liu listen carefully." Obviously, Li Li's words just now were too general and vague, so Liu Zhang did not hear the specific details he was eager to know, and was not very satisfied, so he did not give a positive answer and continued to ask questions.

It is worth noting that before they knew it, they no longer called brothers and brothers, and they both regarded themselves as ordinary names. Not only did they know the profound meaning of this subtle change, but even Dong He, Zhang Song and Wu Yi in the hall heard it sincerely and felt at ease in their hearts.

Until this time, Dong and the other three realized that their lord Liu Zhang and Li Li had such an unknown relationship. It is no wonder that the subordinates of Yizhou had heard that a calligraphy given to him by Li Li was hung in Liu Zhang's study. It turned out that this rumor was not a rumor, but a fact. Liu Zhang did have a close personal relationship with Li Li, and once called him brother and was actually a friend of old friends.

However, the true best friends in the world understand one truth: a gentleman's friendship is as light as water. A friendship that is not mixed with any interest entanglement can last long, otherwise it will not last long. Sooner or later, they will part with dissatisfaction due to conflicts of interest, and become strangers. Even turning against each other into enemies, and becoming water and fire. In contrast, strangers who have nothing to do with each other usually have no conflict of interest. Sudden conflicts or conflicts are just an isolated case, occasionally; more than 80% of conflicts or hatreds occur between familiar colleagues (colleagues) or friends, lovers or relatives.

Just like Liu Zhang and Li Li in front of you, they both deliberately met each other with purpose, which made this friendship mixed with too many utilitarian colors. When the contradiction is hidden, they can still treat each other sincerely; but once the contradiction is prominent, they will instantly part ways and turn against each other and become enemies.

Therefore, the conflict of interest between Liu Zhang and Li Li. Dong He and the three of them in the hall could understand and even empathize with each other. After all, they also have their own friends and have had similar experiences. To be precise, the three of them are in the situation at this moment. They are both colleagues, and they have friendships with each other, but they are not harmonious with each other. There are many conflicts. Zhang Song is eccentric and withdrawn. He often meets Dong He, but his friendship is extensive and his political differences are very different, and he is like a pair of political enemies. Wu Yi has always despised civil servants and mostly adopted a stay away from him. Over time, an invisible gap between him and civil servants has been clearly divided. Fortunately, the conflict between them is in a controllable state, not as violent as the conflict between Liu Zhang and Li Li. It is irreconcilable, and it must be decided to distinguish between the superiority and the losses.

"Well, since Ji Yu is not too long-winded, Li simply tells it out so that Liu Yizhou can know the reason."

Li Li smiled calmly, took a sip of tea in his heart, and then said slowly without any rush, "Ji Yu should still remember that when he escorted you back to Yizhou six years ago, there were a thousand soldiers who followed you for half a year. After that, more than 200 people were bribed by Ji Yu and kept by him, and more than 700 people left Chengdu one after another."

"Well, this is true." Liu Zhang nodded and recalled: "At that time, the soldiers who escorted me to Yizhou along the way were all very skilled and loyal. Therefore, I tried every means to keep them, and finally left more than 200 people, and the rest were all gone. However, I then sent all the more than 200 people left to the southwest counties to serve as lower-level generals such as the garrison commander or team leader, so that they could lead troops to resist the Southern Barbarians. There were only a few who could survive until now."

After hearing the sound, a cold look flashed in his eyes and said in a deep voice: "On the way from Chang'an to Chengdu, Ji Yu was repeatedly ambushed or assassinated, and he died for a lifetime. Fortunately, the soldiers tried their best to protect them to arrive in Chengdu safely. Then he avoided Bo Ji's poison twice, resulting in more than 60 soldiers who sacrificed their lives for it. After Ji Yu ascended the position of the governor of the state, he was grateful to the thousand soldiers and tried to keep them in Yizhou. He spared no expense to keep them, and finally left more than 200 soldiers.

However, Ji Yu was suspicious by nature. At first, he was grateful for their desperate efforts to protect him along the way. However, when they really stayed, as time went by, you suspected that they did not really surrender, and they were suspected of doing it in detail. So he sent him to the southwest counties as soldiers to resist the plunder of the southern barbarians, and most of them died in battle, with few survivors. This move is really cold, and it is heartbreaking to mention this matter."

Liu Zhang's cheeks were slightly red and his face showed a embarrassed expression. He defended: "It is true that those who accomplish great things do not care about the trivial matters. I do this to prevent problems before they happen, and being cautious is the best. Moreover, the general is busy with all kinds of things and is always fighting outside. Why do he understand this matter so well? From this we can see that my initial suspicion was not suspicion, but something was true." Obviously, after hearing Li Li's words, Liu Zhang became more convinced of his original judgment and determined that those soldiers who stayed in Yizhou were detailed works or secret spies sent by Li Li to invade Yizhou.

Li Li shook his head slightly and said in a low voice: "Ji Yu should know that my Xiliang soldiers are the most loyal soldiers in the world today. As long as you treat each other with sincerity, even if they are ordered to invade Yizhou as a meticulous act, they will not betray you, and would rather die than be detrimental to you. It is important to know that no matter who you are, if you treat him sincerely and kindly, people's hearts will be borne by flesh, and he will definitely treat you with a innocent heart; on the contrary, if you do not treat each other with sincerity at all, how can you hope that they will sacrifice their lives for you?

Regardless of whether you admit it or not, the Yizhou rebellion and Li Moumou's night entry into the provincial governor's mansion are the result of your unpopularity. To this day, you still don't understand that the most precious thing in the troubled times is not the power and status you have, nor the glory and wealth you can give, but the true support of civil officials and military generals under your command, and the repaid of the soldiers of the entire army. If you can have these, let alone whether Zhao Wei can incite rebellion, it will be difficult for me to step into Yizhou for more than 100,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry, even if it is twice as many troops, it will be in vain.

It’s a pity that you don’t realize this at all, and you can’t treat your civil and military soldiers sincerely. You are suspicious of your slander and disobeying you all day long, and you have ulterior motives. You have never really believed them. It is because of this that you will be betrayal of all relatives and relatives. The civil and military officials and generals under your tent have no support for you. More than 100,000 soldiers have no support for you. So I can enter the city of the state and come to the state palace with blatant blatantly, and sit in front of you without any scruples, but you are helpless and have no choice. Therefore, I have to say that you are really not suitable to take over Yizhou. Even if there is no Li Lirui’s army coming today, you will be replaced by other princes in the future."

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