Xiaoqi

Whether the edict read out by Li Ru was true or not is unknown, but Dong Zhuo summoned Li Li and Lu Bu to issue the order in the tone of the emperor, which surprised Li Li a little.It's just that when he saw that all the Xiliang soldiers looked normal, and even the wolf cavalry under Lu Bu's command showed no abnormal expressions, he immediately understood.Dong Zhuo now calls himself Shangfu, the "Laozi" of the young emperor Liu Xie, and it is "justified" to issue an edict in the name of the emperor.

After Li Ru finished speaking, Li Jue stepped into the formation of the two armies on horseback.Dragging a long-handled sword in his hand, his eyes flicked across the soldiers of the two armies like lightning, his expression was solemn, and his whole body was full of awe-inspiring domineering.

"Where are Marquis Wen Lu Bu and Xiaoqi General Li Li?" Li Jue shouted in a deep voice as the prancing horse stopped in the formation.

"Da da da!" Hearing Li Jue's violent shout, Li Li put down the drum hammer in his hand, turned over and jumped on the golden beast king's mount, and quickly ran in front of Li Jue.In fact, he had already noticed the figure of Li Jue's army dispatched, so he specially prepared five hundred archers just now, just at the moment Li Jue's army surrounded them.Shoot hundreds of panicked Wolf Rider soldiers.It can be regarded as borrowing the prestige of Li Jue's army, waiting for an opportunity to make some money, and make up for the loss of Jin Yiwei.

"The last general has seen the general." Riding his horse to Li Jue, Li Li sat on the back of the golden beast and bowed his hands, calling Li Jue by his official title.There is no mention of their uncle-nephew relationship.

Although the Xiliang army knew that he was Li Jue's nephew, the situation was special right now.Whether it is right or wrong is yet to be determined.It's still good to do business.To prevent him from losing his status and face in front of tens of thousands of troops, the gains outweigh the losses.

Li Jue glanced at Li Li, nodded slightly, with an indifferent expression, as if he didn't know Li Li.No words were spoken.

"The last general, Zhang Liao, pays his respects to General Yangwei!" Immediately after Li Li, Zhang Liao galloped up, got off his horse, and said respectfully.

"Where is Marquis Wen? Could it be that Marquis Wen doesn't want to show up to see me?" Li Jue saw Lu Bu's subordinates leaping forward.Immediately, the tiger's eyebrows were slightly frowned, and he asked in a deep voice.

Zhang Liao's expression suddenly changed when he heard the words, and he hurriedly explained: "General, Marquis Wen is seriously injured and should not be jolted on his horse. He specially asked the last general to come and wait for the general's dispatch."

Li Jue nodded slightly, raised his hand to signal Zhang Liao to get up, then relaxed his brows, and said loudly: "Since Marquis Wen is seriously injured, that's all."

"Marquis Wen was seriously injured? Who dared to injure Marquis Wen? It is lawless and must be severely punished!" Just before Li Jue finished speaking, Zhang Ji galloped to Li Jue's side and scolded him angrily.

"General Zhang Ji, are you talking about me?" Li Li squinted at Zhang Ji and asked in a deep voice.

"Uh!" Zhang Ji saw the cold light flashing in Li Li's eyes, his expression froze, and then he said with a smile: "General Xiaoqi misunderstood. Zhang is definitely not targeting the general, but just discussing the matter as it is, and saying something fair. Absolutely nothing." It means. Hehehe"

Li Li smiled and said, "That's good. Speaking of justice, I don't know who General Zhang Ji thinks is right and who is wrong in this battle, and which side is justice?"

After Zhang Ji heard the words, his expression paused, he quickly glanced at the battlefield, and said with a wandering look in his eyes: "Wen Hou is the adopted son of Xiangguo, but now he is seriously injured, General Xiaoqi should strengthen the control of his generals, so as not to cause them to cause more disasters."

Li Lijian's eyebrows suddenly tightened, and he said in a deep voice: "How does Li manage the generals? Captain Zhang Ji is worried, I know that well. But Captain Zhang usually pays more attention. Nowadays, the world is in trouble, and there are many people who come out of their mouths. Captain Zhang Ji, please take care!"

"You dare to threaten me in front of General Li Jue?" Zhang Ji said urgently.

"That's enough, you all shut up!" Li Jue stopped the dispute between Zhang Ji and Li Li in a deep voice, and then raised his voice and said: "General Li Li, Captain Zhang Liao, the edict read out by Mr. Chang Shi must have been read by you. Listen clearly. The Prime Minister has an order, ordering you to stop and withdraw the troops immediately. The two of you carry out the order immediately!"

"Wait a minute!" Zhang Ji glanced at Li Jue rather displeased, and immediately stopped him.

Hearing this, Li Jue looked at Zhang Ji with a gloomy gaze, and said in a deep voice, "Zhang Ji, this general ordered them to withdraw their troops and cease fighting. This is the Prime Minister's order. Why did you speak out to stop it?"

Zhang Ji's expression changed slightly when he heard the words, and he stiffened his neck and said, "General, the last general is not trying to prevent them from withdrawing, but wants to catch the murderer who injured Marquis Wen. Does the general think this is not my job?"

After hearing Zhang Ji's words, Li Jue frowned immediately, a look of anger flashed in his eyes, he fell silent, rather hesitant.

The reason why Zhang Ji dared to be so tough in front of Li Jue and Li Li's uncle and nephew was because he was sure that Dong Zhuo would definitely favor Lv Bu this time, and Li Li would inevitably be punished.So when he spoke, he was very confident, even if he contradicted Li Jue face to face.Anyway, he and Li Li had already had a grudge against each other, and the defeat of Lv Bu this time was a great opportunity for him to show his favor to Lv Bu.If he could form an alliance with Lu Bu, or rely on Lu Bu, even if he offended Li Jue and Li Li's nephew, what fear would he have?

In addition, Zhang Ji had another conjecture that Dong Zhuo sent him and Li Jue together to lead the army to prevent the two armies from fighting, which seemed quite meaningful.From his point of view, Dong Zhuo would not be unaware of the grievances between him and Li Li, but he sent him to lead the army.The intention is obvious, which is to let him contain Li Jue and protect Wen Hou Lu Bu.

In view of this, Zhang Ji made up his mind to stand on Lu Bu's side, and no matter what, he could not let Li Li and his Wuwei army retreat completely.Otherwise, he would have violated Dong Zhuo's wishes and lost the great opportunity to make Lv Bu a potential ally. In the future, he would be oppressed and excluded by the Li family's uncles and nephews, and he would be in a difficult situation.

"Hehehe!" Just as Li Jue frowned and thought about it, Li Ru rode to Zhang Ji's side with a smile on his horse, and said with a smile, "General Zhang Ji's words are wrong. Which is right and which is wrong between General Xiaoqi and Marquis Wen?" , How to deal with it, Xiangguo has his own decision, why should we make our own decisions and work hard."

Li Ru's words made Zhang Ji speechless, his cheeks flushed red, and he was extremely embarrassed.But Li Jue and Li Li's uncle and nephew looked at each other with a look of surprise in their eyes.

"General Xiaoqi is all right?" Li Ru said to Li Li with a smile after finishing talking about Zhang Ji.

Li Li didn't understand why Li Ru would suddenly turn against him, it seemed that he was biased towards him.But the expression on his face remained unchanged, and he said with a smile: "Thank you for your care, Mr. Li is safe and sound."

Li Ru said with a smile: "General Xiaoqi is out. Two days later, you will marry Wanmei. At that time, you will be my brother-in-law, and you are from the same family. Why should you be so polite. Brother-in-law, do you think so?"

"Hehehe! What brother-in-law said is true. My brother-in-law is so reckless, I made brother-in-law laugh." Li Li said with a big laugh.

"It's okay, you and I are brother-in-law, so why bother to be polite." Li Ru laughed.

Then Li Ru turned his head and said to Li Jue: "General Li, give the order. Since Marquis Wen is injured, let the wolf cavalry retreat first and be escorted back to the city by General Zhang Ji. General Zhang Ji must remember that one After hours, you and Marquis Wen will go to the Grand Master's Mansion to return to your command!"

Li Jue nodded happily when he heard the words, and said to Zhang Liao: "Zhang Liao, withdraw your troops and return to the city immediately. Don't need to say more, let Marquis Wen say anything when he sees Xiangguo!"

Zhang Liao seemed to want to say something, but before he could say it, Li Jue stopped him.So he had no choice but to bow down to accept the order, and then he rode his horse back to the formation, commanding the wolf cavalry to quickly withdraw from the battlefield.

"Zhang Ji, lead our troops to escort Marquis Wen back to the city, there must be no mistakes!" Seeing the retreat of the wolf cavalry battalion, Li Jue ordered Zhang Ji with a serious expression.

"No, the last general takes orders!" Zhang Ji cupped his hands, turned around and walked away, then waved his big hand, calling for the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to follow behind the wolf cavalry army and walk slowly.

Watching the wolf cavalry leave the battlefield, Li Li waved to Dian Wei and Teng Yu without a trace.Immediately afterwards, the soldiers of the Wuwei Army quickly cleaned the battlefield, and carried the more than 3000 corpses and thousands of dead horses left by Lu Bu's army to a low-lying place and buried them on the spot.

Li Jue and Li Ru couldn't help laughing out loud when they saw Wuwei's army attacking so quickly.

Li Ru smiled and said to Li Li: "Wenchang, your soldiers are really well-trained, and they will never miss any advantage."

After Li Li heard the words, he smiled without changing his face and heartbeat: "Brother-in-law has won the prize. You don't know, Wuwei County is too poor! Look at the armor of my soldiers, it's too simple. I just fought with the Wolf Cavalry I suffered a great loss during the fight, and the loss was heavy! Is there any way for my brother-in-law to get me a few thousand sets of heavy armor? A few hundred sets are fine, anyway, the more the better, my brother-in-law thank you in advance!"

Chapter 228 Brother-in-law

Li Ru smiled wryly after hearing the words: "Wenchang, you are really good. Your brother-in-law is a scholar, where can I get you heavy armor? But this is the first time you have spoken, if I don't bring out some good things, brother-in-law It seems that my brother-in-law is incompetent. Let’s see, when I moved the capital from Luoyang, I really left some good things. Last year, I wanted to dedicate it to Xiangguo to form the Flying Bear Camp, but there were only [-] sets of golden armor, which was too small If it doesn't make sense, it will be useless in the end. Brother-in-law will give it all to you this time, and treat it as my wedding gift to you. How about it?"

"Uh, these five hundred sets of gold armor? Made of gold, isn't it too expensive?" Li Li said in amazement.

Indeed, Li Li just said this casually just now, just as a joke, and he didn't actually mean to ask Li Ru for the armor.Unexpectedly, Li Ru took it seriously, and he gave away five hundred sets of golden armor as soon as he made a move.

Really generous, extremely generous.

Li Ru's move not only surprised Li Li, but also Li Jue, who stared straight at Li Ru as if he had just met him for the first time.

"Made of gold? Hahaha!" Li Ru paused when he heard Li Li's words, and then laughed heartily: "Wenchang, it's thanks to you to think of five hundred sets of armor made of gold! To tell you the truth Well, each set of those battle armors weighs sixty to seventy catties, and they are forged from iron, with a layer of gold wire poured on the surface, which looks golden, so they are called golden armors. The top-quality battle armor accumulated in the collection is extremely hard. Ordinary weapons can’t break through the gold armor, and it’s hard to leave even a scratch. I’ve regarded it as a treasure in the past two years, and I haven’t mentioned it to anyone. , and now I give it to you, so that I don't have to worry about it. It's a worry.

However, this kind of extremely heavy armor is definitely not something that ordinary soldiers can wear, and it is difficult for warriors with more than a hundred enemies to bear it.In addition, Wenchang also needs to keep in mind that he should choose the golden soldiers carefully, and it is best to be a confidant and loyal general, otherwise there will be endless troubles! "

"Well, thank you brother-in-law for your generosity, I will remember this kindness in my heart!" Li Li nodded solemnly and thanked.

Li Ru smiled gratifiedly and said: "Wenchang doesn't have to be like this. I still say what I said just now, you and I are brother-in-law. They come from the same vein, and have the same spirit, so why should we separate each other? If Wenchang doesn't think that I, Li Ru, have no hands. A cold Confucian with the power to bind a chicken, from now on we will be brothers, helping each other in the same boat. We will share weal and woe!"

After Li Li heard the words, he stared deeply into Li Ru's eyes.Then he said with a smile: "Brother is too self-effacing. If you are so respectful, you might as well obey your fate. From today on, we are brothers, and we have the same blessings and share the same difficulties! Please uncle to be a witness."

Li Jue said with a smile on his face: "Wen You, Wen Chang, you two complement each other well, and now you are brother-in-law, very good. Very good! Hahaha"

For the friendship between his nephew and Li Ru, Li Jue is naturally happy to see it succeed.

Li Ru is Dong Zhuo's confidant and close minister, and the son-in-law of the Dong family, who has won Dong Zhuo's trust.In fact, he is the most important minister under Dong Zhuo's command.Before that, Li Jue had always wanted to win over Li Ru and the Li family, but Li Ru didn't seem to like him very much, and kept a distance from him, neither far nor near, just like other generals.Therefore, although Li Ru came from the Li family, in fact he was a stranger to the Li family and had nothing to do with them.

Unexpectedly, today Li Ru suddenly abandoned Lu Bu in favor of Li Li, and now he even called Li Li his brother and brother, and even gave Li Li five hundred sets of golden armor.This sudden change made Li Jue a little unbelievable that this person was actually Li Ru and Li Wenyou whom he had known for more than ten years.

However, the facts were right in front of him, and Li Jue couldn't help but not believe it.

Seeing Li Li and Li Ru cherish each other, Li Jue was sincerely happy for Li Li, and even a little bit envious.Therefore, he had to lament that his nephew is so outstanding and has a very charming personality. Not only can he make all his confidante companions fall in love with him, but he can also make friends with talented staff like Li Ru and Jia Xu, making him irresistible compared to them , is amazing.

"By the way, Wenchang, before I left the city, I saw sister Dong Wan. She was talking to Xiangguo at the time. When she heard about the battle between you and Lu Bu, she tried her best to persuade Xiangguo to punish Lu Bu severely and protect you in every possible way. Before leaving, She also told me to invite her into the Grand Master's residence intact." Li Ru said to Li Li with a smile.