Chapter 1061: Thanks to your help

Guan Yu cupped his hands and said, his face appearing solemn. The others nodded one after another.

"Hmm!" Gu Yi nodded and said with a smile: "You don't need to worry; now that we have won, we must celebrate properly. Tonight, we will celebrate properly and drink properly."

Everyone nodded in agreement and picked up their wine bowls to drink.

"Everyone, this time it is thanks to your help."

"I will toast you a bowl on behalf of everyone!" Gu Yi picked up the wine bowl and tilted his neck to drink the wine in the cup dry.

"Good! Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

Everyone raised their wine bowls one after another and drank with Gu Yi.

"Everyone has worked hard!"

"My lord is too polite!"

Everyone drank a few more bowls of wine before putting down their bowls.

"Everyone, you are all exhausted. These few days, I will arrange for you to relax your bodies properly. You should all go back and rest!" Gu Yi said with a wave of his hand.

Everyone bid farewell and left one after another; only Gu Yi, Zhao Yun, and Dian Wei remained in the main hall. The three of them sat at the table, facing each other.

Gu Yi's eyes flashed with a strange light, and he asked: "Zhao Zilong, Dian Wei, you two tell me, what exactly is our current strength like?"

"My lord, we have already explored the terrain around Jizhou clearly." Zhao Yun pondered for a moment and said slowly: "From the perspective of the terrain, this time Lu Bu's main force is concentrated in Dongwu and Jingzhou. They are all being contained there and have no way to move south. Moreover, Cao Cao has not sent a large army to support them either."

"If that is the case, then we can indeed be much more relaxed now. We can expand our territory in Yanzhou and take the entire Yanzhou into our pockets." A smile appeared on Dian Wei's face.

"We can first recover Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou, and then slowly annex Jingzhou." Zhao Yun continued to add.

"Good, we will implement the plan now!"

"No!" Zhao Yun shook his head and said: "My lord, we must not act rashly. If you rashly attack Yanzhou, it will arouse the vigilance of warlords like Yuan Shao and Cao Cao; they will surely tighten their defenses. If we cannot take Yanzhou and Jingzhou in the short term, then we will fall into a passive situation and might even lose our lives."

"Then what should we do?" Gu Yi asked in confusion.

"My lord, we should follow the established policy, first take Qingzhou under our command, and then slowly nibble away at other territories." Zhao Yun said.

"Qingzhou?" Gu Yi's brows furrowed tightly, and he said: "The terrain of Qingzhou is steep; it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so we have no way to take it."

"My lord, I know. However, we can first attack Yanzhou and then attack Qingzhou. If our strength is strong enough, we can strike directly at the heart and take Qingzhou into our pockets."

"This..."

"My lord, we can set out from Youzhou and take a detour to attack Qingzhou. Although the journey is long, the speed is much faster, and we don't have to worry about encountering Yuan Shu and Cao Cao."

"What you said is not bad; we can detour from Youzhou to attack Qingzhou. In this way, we can easily obtain Qingzhou and then go to attack Jingzhou." Gu Yi nodded and asked with a smile: "Then, where do you think it is most appropriate for us to set out from?"

"My lord, I think it is most appropriate to set out from Yizhou!" Zhao Yun said.

"Yizhou?" Gu Yi shook his head and said: "I don't understand military affairs very well, so I don't quite understand what you mean."

"My lord, Yizhou is Hanzhong Commandery, which is very close to here. It only takes half a day for us to reach Yizhou. In this way, we can set up camp in Yizhou and then wait for Lu Bu's army to move north, and we can take the opportunity to attack Qingzhou." Zhao Yun explained. ===== CHAPTER 1062 =====