The Three Kingdoms: Zhaolie, the strategist, and the rise of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 182 Cao and Liu jointly elected the leader of Henan, Li Yi was given the power to execute first and report later
The only heroes in the world today are Xuande and Cao.

When Cao Cao spoke these words word by word, Liu Bei's face suddenly changed.

In fact, Cao Cao himself liked Liu Bei very much in history. When Liu Bei came to him, he directly promoted him to the position of Left General.

This is higher than Guan Yu who later defected to Cao Cao.

Guan Erye was a general, three levels lower than Lao Liu's rank of left general.

Moreover, after Liu Bei surrendered to him, Cao Cao and Liu Bei "traveled in the same carriage and sat at the same table."

Cao Cao no longer simply liked Liu Bei, but valued him extremely.

Among all the surrendered generals who defected to Cao Cao's camp, Liu Bei received the highest level of treatment.

In many film and television works, Cao Cao, who accepted Liu Bei's surrender, was portrayed as very conflicted.

The reason was that Cao Cao knew Liu Bei was a great man, and if he killed him he was afraid of losing the support of the people, but if he didn't kill him he was afraid of raising a tiger to cause trouble.

But in history, Cao Cao was actually very happy about Liu Bei's arrival, and he did not worry that Liu Bei would betray him.

Because Liu Bei was not the first hero to bring his troops to join him.

People like Yu Jin, Le Jin, Zhang Liao, Li Dian, and Xu Chu all have their own teams.

Most of the soldiers in troubled times are "private soldiers", mostly fellow villagers or brothers of many years.

In special times, this kind of private soldier develops a special emotional bond, and the dependence relationship is extremely strong.

They only listen to their "big brother", just like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei only listen to Liu Bei.

So Cao Cao understood that as long as he controlled these "big brothers", he would naturally be able to control their younger brothers.

But Cao Cao was a romantic scholar in his bones and was too extravagant.

The discussion of heroes over plum wine was the result of Cao Cao's extravagance, in which he accidentally let the cat out of the bag.

There are only you and me in the world.

This is essentially Cao Cao's literary youth disease, wanting to express his emotions freely.

But Liu Bei had been on the edge of a knife all his life, and he immediately saw through Cao Cao's true thoughts.

In your heart, you actually think of me as a hero.

This means that no matter how good you are to me now, deep down in your heart you actually want to kill me.

The top leader said to his younger brother, we are on the same level.

If I heard this in a peaceful and prosperous time, I would commit suicide immediately.

After all, the leader has said so, but you still don't die. Do you want to force the leader to do it himself and not leave any dignity for both parties?

After Cao Cao said this, Liu Bei immediately began to think of a way to escape.

He was afraid that if he didn't take action first, Cao Cao would take action.

In fact, Cao Cao’s feelings towards Liu Bei are so complicated.

He watched with his own eyes this indomitable little brother rise from the bottom of society step by step to world-famous fame, and he admired him from the bottom of his heart.

Cao Cao was able to realize the value of Liu Bei, but Liu Bei was more aware of his own value.

At that time, Liu Bei was living under someone else's roof and had to put down his chopsticks to protect himself.

At this moment, Cao Cao and Liu Bei each occupied the Huainan area, had tens of thousands of troops, and both held great power.

Facing Cao Cao's romantic literati temperament, Liu Bei straightened his brows and said loudly:
"I've heard that there can't be two tigers on one mountain, and even heroes have to be wary of others."

"When I was the governor of Yuzhou, I went to Shouyang and met Sun Ce."

"This child was only fourteen at the time, full of vigor and courage, but when he saw me coming, he tried to avoid me and leave."

"Someone may ask, 'What does Liu Yuzhou have to do with you?'"

"Sun Ce replied, 'No, heroes are jealous of others.'"

"When he went out and went down the east steps, I went up the west steps, but when I turned around and looked at Ce's steps, I saw that he was not moving forward any further."

"Now Cao Sikong and Bei are discussing the heroes of the world. The likes of Benchu are not worth mentioning."

"If you and I were the only heroes in the world, how could we meet again?"

What Liu Bei meant by this was that kings do not meet each other.

Even heroes have to be wary of others.

If he and Cao Cao were truly heroes of the world, they would not appear here at the same time.

The implication is that there can only be one hero in the world.

Although Liu Bei did not specify who it was, his meaning was very clear.

He now is different from the past when he needed to use thunder to avoid danger.

And he has the confidence and qualifications to make bold statements and to say things that heroes should be wary of.

"……Hahaha."

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao stroked his beard and laughed.

"Well, Xuande, what you said is very good."

"The world is in chaos today, with many heroes rising up. Who will have the last laugh?"

"Let us each show our abilities and wait and see."

After he finished speaking, he raised his wine cup, stood up and toasted Liu Bei.

Liu Bei also stood up to return the greeting, and the two sides clinked their glasses and drank it all in one gulp.

"Let's get back to business. Does Minister Cao know that Yuan Benchu has led an army of 800,000 to the south?" Liu Bei asked.

Although Yuan Shao only mobilized an army of 150,000 this time, Yecheng's excellent intelligence system successfully spread it to Henan.

It was announced to the outside world that there were 800,000 troops.

The purpose is to intensify the panic among the military and civilians in Henan.

"The most urgent task is to stabilize the internal situation first."

Liu Bei made this suggestion seriously.

"Yuan Shao was a great man of his time. When he defeated General Gongsun, he gathered the people of Jizhou and made great influence in Hebei and his name was known throughout the world."

"Now we have four states and a population of one million. If we are strong, we will be unmatched. We must be careful."

Kong Rong was always by his side, and every time Liu Bei came to the court in Chen, he would follow him to meet the emperor.

Seeing Cao Cao and Liu Bei mention Yuan Shao, he couldn't help but express his opinion:
"Yuan Shao is powerful, his people are strong, and he cannot be fought. We can only make peace with him."

In Kong Rong's eyes, if a war really broke out between Henan and Hebei, it would be an unprecedented disaster.

This is not in line with the way to support the people and will greatly damage their strength.

In Kong Rong's view,
As long as Henan concentrates on cultivating virtuous policies, it will be able to make Hebei submit without losing a single soldier.

But no one, whether from Cao's camp or Liu's camp, could accept this.

Because war is no joke, in order to prepare for the war in Hebei, Cao Cao and Liu Bei mobilized all their resources and manpower in recent years.

The arrow is on the string and must be fired.

How can you just stop it?

Xun Yu, the leader of the civil officials in Cao Ying, was particularly excited and immediately retorted:
"Yuan Shao has no one to use, so why bother negotiating peace?"

Kong Rong replied:
"Yuan Shao's subordinates such as Xu You, Guo Tu, Shen Pei, and Feng Ji are all wise and resourceful men."

"Tian Feng and Ju Su were both loyal ministers."

"Yan Liang and Wen Chou are the bravest among the three armies."

"The rest, including Gao Lan, Zhang He, Chunyu Qiong, etc., are all famous generals of the time."

"Why did Mr. Xun say that Yuan Shao had no one to use?"

Xun Yu smiled and said:
"I know all the people you are talking about."

"Although Shao has many soldiers, his laws are not in order."

"Tian Feng was rebellious and rebellious, and Xu You was greedy and unruly."

"Shen Pei is dedicated but has no strategy, while Feng Ji is responsible and self-serving."

"These few people are incompatible and will inevitably cause internal changes."

"If Xu You's family violates the law, we must not let them go. If we don't let them go, Xu You will definitely change his ways."

"As for Yan Liang and Wen Chou, they are just brave men and can be captured in one battle."

"The rest of us, even if we have millions of them, are nothing to worry about!"

Xun Yu had been in Yuan Shao's camp, so he knew every character in Yuan Shao's camp very well.

Tian Feng likes to offend his superiors, Xu You is greedy for money, Shen Pei is tyrannical and brainless, and Pang Ji has strong execution ability but only listens to himself.

Rebellious, tyrannical, greedy, disobedient,

These four bad habits happened to belong to the four most powerful people in Yuan Shao's camp.

In history, Xun Yu not only accurately predicted the shortcomings of the characters in Yuan Shao's camp,
He even anticipated that Xu You might be used as an excuse by those who were fighting against his party because of his greed for money.

By then Xu You will definitely rebel.

Based on this incident alone, Xun Yu is worthy of the title of "talented person who can assist the king".

"Yes, I have known Yuan Shao since childhood and I know him well."

Cao Cao, Yuan Shao's childhood friend, has the most say on Yuan Shao, "Shao is just a hero from the common people, he can gather people but cannot use them."

"He has great ambitions but little wisdom, he looks fierce but is timid, he is cautious but lacks authority."

"There are too many soldiers but their divisions are unclear; the generals are arrogant and their orders are inconsistent."

“Although the land is vast and the food is abundant, it is just enough for me to serve.”

Guo Jia also said:
"Although Yuan Benchu was kind to the people, he only wanted to emulate Zhou Gong's humble service, but he did not know how to employ people."

"There are too many things to do but few ideas, and good plans but no decisions."

"Wisdom is not enough to help people with great problems, so it is not worth worrying about."

The entire Cao camp, including Xun Yu, Guo Jia, and Cao Cao himself, all belittled Yuan Shao and his men.

Do they really despise Yuan Shao so much?
of course not,

It was precisely because Yuan Shao was too powerful that he had to be demoted in order to boost the morale of his own army and civilians.

This is a propaganda method and is extremely important.

Because if even the top leader is afraid before the battle, then the soldiers under him don't need to fight, they can just surrender.

It's the same reason why people like to deliberately exaggerate the number of their own troops during a war.

Like Ju Shou, before the war, he kept praising Henan's strength and always said that Henan was a "righteous army."

For Yuan Shao, this was not only embarrassing, but it was also likely to disrupt the morale of the lower-level soldiers.

Henan was weak, so Cao and Liu naturally hoped that everyone would embrace a winning mentality and welcome Yuan Shao's troops to the south.

Therefore, after Xun Yu and Guo Jia finished speaking.

Li Yi, the representative of Liuying's civil officials, also came out and said a few symbolic words.

"Yuan Shao occupied the lands of Yan and Zhao and had the ambition to conquer the world, but his wisdom was not enough to help him."

"Benevolent but not continuous, good at planning but few in making decisions."

"If there is no continuity, there will be no authority; if there is no decision, there will be no future."

“Although you are strong now, you will never be able to accomplish great things.”

"As long as the people of Henan work together, how can Yuan's army, with its ants gathering together and its mob, defeat the elite and fierce warriors of Henan?"

"I hope you all have no doubts. We will surely win this battle. We can quickly send troops north to repel the enemy!"

Li Yi didn't want to discuss any more, so he directly advised Cao and Liu to start sending troops and just do it.

In fact, Cao Cao and Liu Bei also knew that Yuan Shao's southward invasion was very powerful, so they had to send troops quickly.

But there’s no need to be so fast. What does a few hours matter?
Both of them wanted to continue discussing the pros and cons of both sides, but of course the main thing was to try their best to narrow the gap between the two places through verbal means.

It is planned to write a manifesto and spread it to boost the morale of the military and civilians in Henan.

Who would have thought that Li Yi, who was usually calm, would be the most anxious this time.

"Sir, you have always advocated taking every step carefully. Why are you so anxious today?"

Liu Bei asked in confusion.

After destroying Yuan Shu, Li Yi devoted almost all his energy to the war in Hebei.

Liu Bei watched with his own eyes as Li Yi worked hard on Hebei affairs every day, carefully controlling all matters, big or small.

Isn’t the purpose to win the battle in Hebei?

How come at the most critical moment, you can't sit still?
"It's not that Yi is impatient, it's just that we are following the procedures and we can send troops now."

Li Yi raised his eyebrows and his expression became solemn.

When he was studying, he always ranked among the top in exams.

Because every time I prepare for an exam, I always keep in mind one sentence,

——"Play hard for big exams, play less for small exams, and don't play if there's no exam."

Precisely because of the meticulous preparations in daily life, now that the time has come to use the force, they are calm and composed.

Know what to do next at each step.

The same is true for the use of troops.

He who plans for victory before the battle has made many calculations.

Those who cannot win the battle before it begins have made few plans.

If you plan more, you will win; if you plan less, you will not win; what about if you don’t plan at all?

Now Li Yi has made sufficient preparations, and he has a clear understanding of the progress of the war in Hebei.

Fighting wars is nothing more than what Li Shimin said,

——"I have read thousands of chapters and sentences, and I have found only one sentence that is wrong among many parties."

Avoid the strong and attack the weak, use the strong to attack the weak, this is the simplest and most practical way of using troops.

Isn't all the work Li Yi has done in recent years for today?

When he suggested that Cao and Liu could advance, it naturally meant that he thought the time had come.

Cao Liu doesn't have to worry about the previous problem anymore. It's time to move on and discuss the next problem.

Liu Bei naturally trusted Li Yi unconditionally, so he asked Cao Cao when he planned to send troops, how many troops he would send, and where he would station them to resist the enemy.
"Wait a minute!"

Cao Cao was a little confused by the series of questions bombarded by Liu Bei.

As an ally, Liu Bei certainly had the right and the need to inquire about the military movements of Cao's camp.

But Cao Cao was concerned about another issue at this moment.

"Xuan De, this time we will resist the enemy across the Yellow River and fight against Yuan Shao."

"Is this just my Cao Ying's business, or is it a joint effort of the two families?"

Liu Bei was startled at first, then he said seriously:
"Now that we are facing a powerful enemy, how can we not know the seriousness of the situation?"

"Yuan Shao is so powerful that we need to join forces to defeat him. That means we are working together!"

good!
Cao Cao nodded, smiled slightly, and nodded to Liu Bei.

"Since we are two families working together, we must have a common strategist to coordinate our two families."

Well……

Liu Bei had never thought that Cao Cao would make such a suggestion, but after thinking about it carefully, it did make sense.

The thing a camp fears most is disagreement.

For example, there were various factions within Yuan Shao, and each faction fought against each other.

This kind of factional strife will cause internal consumption of team resources.

On the surface, Yuan’s camp was a struggle between the Henan faction and the Hebei faction.

But the Hebei School can be further divided into the Guangping School and the Weijun School.

The Henan School is further divided into the Yingchuan School and the Nanyang School.

These parties are not united among themselves.

For example, Shen Pei often opposed Cui Yan.

The reason why they dared to fight for power so fearlessly in front of Yuan Shao, the "boss".

It’s because they have people and teams at their disposal, and a large number of forces behind them.

Especially if we win in the future, we will have a big piece of cake like Henan.

If his opinions were not adopted by Yuan Shao, how would he and his brothers divide the profits and how would they fight for the right to speak?
So in order to achieve my goal, I can even play with hats.

No matter whether your army's morale will be shaken, it's better to shake it, and then follow my plan.

Under my leadership, we will share the inheritance of Henan in the future.

So you will find that the people in Yuan Shao's team are different from those in other camps.

When counselors from other camps advise their leaders, they first praise the leader and then persuade him,
You're right, but it might be better if we did this.

Use a more tactful approach to save the leader's face while putting forward correct opinions.

But the people in Yuan’s camp would not do that. They would directly tell Yuan Shao that your method is wrong, etc.

You have to do it my way.

But the problem is that the decision has already been made. How can we change it overnight and just say we won’t fight?

But this doesn't stop people from telling you over and over that you have to do what I say, you idiot, why don't you listen?

The reason they do this is because the current plan does not meet their expected interests.

Of course, although everyone said that Yuan Shao was good at making plans but lacked decision-making, as the advantaged party, whatever choices he made were actually reasonable.

The party that really has difficulty in making a choice is actually the disadvantaged party.

What about Henan?
Take Cao Cao for example, his own faction is relatively simple.

All the key military positions were held by people from Qiao County.

All the key civil service positions were held by the Yingchuan Civil Service Group headed by Xun Yu.

Yingchuan and Qiao counties were in charge of the civil and military affairs respectively, and neither could compete with the other.

When it comes to decision-making, no matter how many tens of thousands of people are cheering, it’s useless.

Because in the end it will always be Cao Cao and Xun Yu, and the top two leaders will make the decision in a small meeting.

No matter what anyone says, it won't work because everyone can subdue their own brothers.

The generals of the Cao and Xiahou families who hold military power only listen to Cao Cao.

No matter how many people advised Cao Cao to seek peace, he could not fight.

But as long as Cao Cao is the general representative of Qiao County and Xun Yu is the general representative of Yingchuan, they can determine the direction.

Everyone will pull together and look forward in unity.

Since the big brother has spoken, the younger brothers naturally have to listen.

In the end, we will definitely be given dividends and we won't be treated unfairly.

No matter how good your vision is, can it be as good as that of your elder brother?

If the eldest brother says to fight, then he must have a reason.

Anyway, everyone gets a share when the money is divided in the end.

The same applies to Liu Ying.

Although Liu Bei now has a large number of generals under his command, the ones who truly hold the main military power are still himself and his old brothers Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Tian Yu, and Qian Zhao.

But among this group of old brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have greater military power.

why?
Because these two brothers are absolutely our own people and can be trusted.

If you really treat everyone equally and make use of everyone, then you will not be able to control your brothers.

Because a leader must have a group of absolutely loyal supporters.

What do you mean?
That is, no matter what decision you make, these fans will support you blindly.

Although Zhao Yun, Tian Yu, Qian Zhao and other people are loyal, they will still find fault with you.

Even if you can use your status as lord to force a decision, they may be forced to accept it in the end.

But this will undoubtedly damage your authority as the top leader.

The essence of politics is the distribution of power.

Since Li Yi took office as military advisor, Liu Bei has been continuously elevating his status.

He was asked to marry into the Mi family, a powerful family in the East China Sea, and to share the two daughters of the Yuan family with him.

The son-in-law of the Mi family increased his wealth, and the son-in-law of the Yuan family raised his status.

Apart from work, Liu Bei and Li Yi almost always traveled in the same carriage and sat at the same table.

This is not only because she likes Li Yi, but also to show how much she values him.

This way Li Yi would have enough authority to suppress the civil officials in Xuzhou.

Only when Li Yi suppressed the group of literati in Xuzhou and Liu, Guan and Zhang firmly grasped the military power, could the civil and military factions become united as one.

Unite against the outside world and strike hard.

The use of personnel by Cao Ying and Liu Ying was undoubtedly successful.

On Cao's camp, Cao Cao and Xun Yu were the two people who made the decisions on their own.

On Liu Ying's side, as long as Liu Bei and Li Yi, the top two leaders, spoke, their brothers had to obey.

Even so, the two sides are still two camps after all.

So when Cao Cao suggested that Henan should jointly nominate a strategist, it was definitely well-intentioned.

This can make the opinions of both sides more unified and facilitate future war deployment.

"Then what's the best choice, Brother Meng De?"

Liu Bei asked out loud.

Cao Cao stroked his beard and said thoughtfully:
"In my opinion, it's fair."

"How about you and I each nominate one of our opponents?"

Cao Cao suggested that each of them recommend their own people, and Liu Bei gladly accepted it.

"Xun Wenruo of Yingchuan is a man of talent who can assist the king."

"I would like to recommend Lord Xun."

Liu Bei recommended Xun Yu.

"Li Ziyu from the East Sea is a noble man in the blue sky."

"Cao should appoint Marquis Li Tan."

Cao Cao still loves Li Yi so much.

Since the discussion was now about the important matter of the war in Hebei, neither family was trying to do anything cunning.

We just need to discuss the issue seriously and seek truth from facts. After all, this kind of issue is no joke.

If they really lost the battle, both Cao Cao and Liu Bei would be finished.

Liu Bei was the son-in-law of the Yuan family, so maybe his ending could have been better, but Cao Cao was definitely not so lucky.

When the princes went to fight against Dong, each of them hesitated and ultimately ended in failure.

The counterexample was still fresh in front of them, so Cao and Liu certainly didn't dare to play any tricks at this time.

Xun Yu and Li Yi were nominated and greeted.

Li Yixian said:
"Yi is young and has little reputation. If he becomes the leader of Henan, I'm afraid you will not accept him."

"If you don't obey, there will be chaos and disaster, and you will miss important things."

"Lord Xun is a worthy assistant to the king. He is the descendant of the Xun clan's eight dragons and can take orders."

Xun Yu said modestly:
"Mr. Li is exaggerating."

"The master is a hermit in the mountains and forests. Although he has not been in office for long, the things he has done are truly earth-shaking."

"Since you joined General Liu, whenever Liu's troops marched out, the rest of the troops would abandon their weapons and armor and flee."

"He can serve the wise ruler and bring peace to the people, and he can assist the orphan and control the territory."

"Traveling across the world, ruling a city, everyone looks up to him."

"Even a three-foot-tall child can see that a tiger has grown wings and will see the revival of the Han Dynasty."

"I have heard of your great talent for a long time in Yingchuan. Why can't your words convince the public?"

"I hope you will not refuse. Besides, Xu is strong and Yan is weak now. If I am allowed to be the chief strategist of Henan,

"That's when the officials are really dissatisfied and cause chaos."

Xun Yu's words were sincere and earnest.

Li Yi glanced at Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and the people behind them.

Cao Cao and Liu Bei each signaled to their men not to speak.

That is to ensure fairness.

This matter was decided by the two of them themselves and they would never interfere.

In this way, the final selection result will be convincing to the public.

"...Good, I am grateful that Lord Xun thinks highly of me. I will respectfully obey your command."

Li Yi didn't want to waste time, so since Xun Yu was so humble, he accepted it calmly.

Besides, he has done so much work for Hebei affairs, and it would be in vain if he doesn't coordinate the affairs of Henan.

After the results were announced, Liu Bei was the first to come forward and congratulate:

"Zi Yu, now that you are the leader of Henan, you can supervise the troops of Yan, Xu, Yu, and Yang."

"The soldiers and officers of these four states shall all obey your orders."

Cao Cao also came over and said sternly:
"I will also command my soldiers and have them obey Mr. Li's orders."

"only……"

Cao Cao changed the subject and said with a little concern.

"A gentleman does not remember past grudges. I hope you will put the greater good first."

What he meant was that Cao Cao was still somewhat worried that Li Yi would abuse his power and secretly trip up the generals in Cao's camp.

After all, he is Liu Bei's man in Xuzhou.

But since the two families had fairly decided on the leader of Henan, Cao Cao would naturally keep his promise and let his soldiers wait for his orders.

"Please rest assured, Lord Cao. Since Yi has been entrusted with such an important task, he will put the most important things first."

"As for the rest, before the battle in Hebei, they were not worth mentioning."

"I hope Cao Gong will have no doubt."

Li Yi spoke directly and righteously.

Cao Cao was relieved then, for he knew that although Li Yi was resourceful and good at making strange plans, he was a trustworthy man.

Since he said that before the end of the war, the only enemy was Yuan Shao.

Then the whole Henan will face the Yuan family with all its strength.

"But Yi is still young and under-appreciated. Many people who don't know me will look down on me because of my youth."

"Now we have to mobilize the entire Henan military, but we are still worried that the civil and military officials will not obey. What should we do?"

After hearing this, Cao Cao's face straightened and he strode up to Li Yi.

"I have two precious swords, one is called 'Yitian' and the other is called 'Qingguang'."

"I don't wear the Qingguang sword today, only the Yitian is by my side."

After saying this, Cao Cao took off the sword he was wearing and handed it to Li Yi.

"This sword is as famous as the Qingguang, it is extremely sharp and can cut through iron like mud."

"Its name is taken from Song Yu's "Da Yan Fu", where a long sword stands upright against the sky."

"Now that Ziyu has become the leader of Henan, I will give you this sword."

"If anyone disobeys orders, you can kill them first and report later!"

Cao Cao's tone was firm and his words were even more direct.

There was no hesitation.

Don't use the suspect, but don't use it.

Since he chose to believe Li Yi, Cao Cao now has no way out.

Li Yi took the Yitian Sword with both hands, met Cao Cao's gaze, and said slowly:

"Thank you, Mr. Cao!"

it is good!
When Liu Bei saw this, he also became very proud.

Although in Xuzhou, apart from Liu Bei, Li Yi was the one who had the final say.

But since Cao Cao gave Li Yi the sword as a gift, Liu Bei had no choice but to give it to him.

"...Zi Yu."

Liu Bei strode up to Li Yi, took off one of his two swords and handed it to Li Yi.

"The sword I use is called the Male and Female Double-edged Sword, also known as the Mandarin Duck Sword."

"The Yuan Sword is three feet and seven inches long, and the Yang Sword is three feet and four inches long."

"They are all made of iron, so sharp that they can cut through metal."

"These two swords have accompanied me in battle for many years. I have survived many disasters, all thanks to these two swords."

Having said that, he lowered his gaze to the sword in his hand.

"The mandarin duck is male, and the duck is female."

"A true man should wield a mighty sword to conquer the world."

"I will also give you the Yuan Sword as a gift, but any officer in Xuzhou who disobeys my order."

"Zi Yu can also kill first and report later!"

With just one word, Liu Bei handed the sword to Li Yi.

Li Yi also took it with both hands, but this time he did not rush to thank him. Instead, he asked with concern:
"My lord, you gave me the sword of war. How can I conquer the world in the future?"

Liu Bei laughed loudly, patted Li Yi on the shoulder and said:
"Why use a sword when you have the Jade?"

……

(End of this chapter)