Xiaoqi

Bocai was appointed as the captain of the infantry commander of the Longxiang camp, Li Xian was appointed as the captain of the law enforcement team, and Li Fu and Li Zheng's father and son took over the three thousand cavalry of the Longxiang camp as the left and right captains respectively.

During his stay in Chenliucheng for more than a month, Li Li did not expand his private soldiers, but eliminated hundreds of old and weak soldiers, included them in miscellaneous labor, and re-recruited a group of strong young men from Yanzhou to enrich the army.

So far, he still has [-] iron cavalry and [-] infantry under his command. The number of soldiers has not decreased or increased, but the combat effectiveness has improved a lot.

The next day, the Xiliang army retreated to Sili.

The [-] troops that marched against Chen Liu were already far more than this number.

During the period when they were stationed in Chenliu, the generals at all levels in the army successively incorporated the defenders of the counties in Chenliu County, and forcibly recruited many private soldiers.

Therefore, Li Jue's army now numbered [-], which not only replenished the soldiers lost in the siege battle, but also added more than [-] troops.

It is true that Xiliang generals are brave and good at fighting, but their ability to fight for success and privately expand their trilogy is also unique.

When encountering such a good thing, they have never been unwilling to be seconded, and act boldly.

It's just that Dong Zhuo, the commander-in-chief of the Xiliang Army, has always turned a blind eye to this, indifferent to it, and acquiesced to the actions of his generals.Therefore, Xiliang generals have long been accustomed to this, and did not take the matter of privately expanding the trilogy at all.

Although Li Li was the supervisor of the army, he could only turn a deaf ear to this kind of matter involving the vital interests of the generals of the Xiliang Army.

The army retreated to Sili quickly. It took five days to come, and only three days to go back.

On the afternoon of the fourth day, the army arrived in Zhongmou County. That night, the whole army camped temporarily and stayed here overnight.

As for where the generals will be sent to garrison later, it will not be known until after meeting Dong Zhuo and receiving the transfer order.

When he returned to the Zhongmu County Government Office again, Li Li still camped in Beicheng. This time he did not return to the backyard of the county government office where he lived, but stayed overnight in the military camp with the soldiers.

It's late at night. (That is, from 21:23 to [-]:[-] at night.)

Accompanied by Dian Wei, Li Li led a hundred soldiers dressed in black, and quietly came to the south of the city outside the Chen residence.

In an instant, Dian Wei led fifty personal soldiers over the wall and entered the courtyard of Chen's residence, while Li Li ordered the remaining personal soldiers to guard the front and rear gates and not let a single servant or servant escape.

This is the place that Li Li had inquired about when he left Zhongmou County last time.Returning to Chang'an this time, this matter must not be delayed any longer; otherwise, I am afraid that there will be no such good opportunity in the future.

This time when he came to the Chen residence late at night, Li Li did not want to rob money, nor did he want to covet the beauty of the younger sister of the Chen family.

However, Chen Yu, the younger sister of the Chen family in the Chen family, is a well-known pretty woman in Zhongmou. Li Li had also heard about it before, but he had never met her.

The Chen family is the family of the gentry, that is to say, most of the ancestors were officials in the court and the families were well-off. The ancestors lived in Dongjun, Yanzhou.

Chen Yu is the youngest daughter of the old master of the Chen family. It is said that she also has a half-brother who is ten years older than her and who once worked in Zhongmou County.It is precisely because of this that the Chen family moved here.

However, last year Chen Yu's elder brother was ordered to be wanted by the court because he offended the Prime Minister Dong Zhuo. Since then, he has been on the run and his whereabouts are still unknown.

After Chen's elder brother fled, there were only orphans and widows left in the Chen family, and Chen Yu, who had reached his full age, took care of the family's affairs.

This woman is in her twenties and eighth age, with a beautiful appearance, a slim figure, a strong personality, an upright person, and a very good reputation.

She is nicknamed "Jade Lady" by the idle rogues in the city. She always likes to hang out in front of Chen's house when she has nothing to do, hoping to look at Chen Yu more.

After Li Li heard the name of Chen Jiaqiao's lady earlier, he was curious for a while, so he asked the maidservant about the Chen family.

Unexpectedly, he heard the name of Big Brother Chen Yu. From then on, he planned to take the whole Chen family away.

It's not that Li Li has ulterior motives and wants to achieve ulterior motives, but that Chen Yu is well-known, and there are often idlers peeping secretly on weekdays, and maybe something unexpected will happen one day.

And he just happened to pass by here on the march, and with a little effort, he was able to take away all the old and young of the Chen family.In this way, the tragedies that Chen Yu and the Chen family may encounter will disappear invisibly.

Besides, the eldest brother of the Chen family is not an unknown person, and he will be a famous figure in the future.

Based on the idea of ​​convenience for others and convenience for himself, Li Li made an early start to leave a little good fortune, so that he can meet the Chen family elder brother in the future.

Although the Chen family is the family of the gentry, it is after all the family of the imperial convicts wanted by the court.

The family situation is getting worse and worse, the sun is dying, there are not many guards and followers in the mansion, and there are only a few maidservants; perhaps it will not be long before the Chen family will be unsustainable and become a commoner's house.

Therefore, half an hour later, Dian Wei tied up the ten or so members of the Chen family and brought them out, even their mouths were sealed with sackcloth.

Seeing that Dian Wei had done everything neatly, Li Li didn't say much. After nodding to Dian Wei, he pulled Chen's family in a carriage and quickly returned to the barracks.

It's late at night, it's early summer, but it's still a little cold in the middle of the night in Sili.

After settling the Chen family for a while, Li Li returned to the big tent and stood in front of the rough map, staring at the dense black dots on the brocade without moving.

Don't underestimate these black dots, a black dot represents a county, that is, a large territory; anyone who can own such a small black dot can become a prince along the way.

After Chen Liu joined the alliance, it was impossible for the princes of the world to reunite and attack Dong Zhuo and his Xiliang army again.

Therefore, the current Xiliang army is extremely powerful, and the princes of the world dare not fight against it. Wherever the army goes, the princes, large and small, avoid fighting and flee in all directions.

However, Li Li, who knows the history, knows that all this is a short-lived prosperity.

Once Dong Zhuo died, the mighty Xiliang army would collapse in an instant, and internal strife would continue.

The Xiliang iron cavalry, which was once extremely powerful, will no longer exist. Instead, the originally relatively weak marginal forces, such as Ma Teng, Han Sui, etc., have taken advantage of the situation to rise and become able to stand side by side with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei and other heroes in the world. The power of the princes competing for the world.

Although in the end Ma Teng, Han Sui and others were eliminated and annexed by Cao Wei, they lived longer and wonderfully than Li Jue, Guo Si and others, and once controlled the general trend of the world.

Li Li didn't want to become a short-lived branch of the Xiliang Army, nor did he want to be beheaded by General Cao Wei Xu Chu before he was 20 years old.

He doesn't want to be a green leaf under the dazzling epiphyllum, but wants to be a big tree, a towering tree that takes root in the western desolate desert and survives the wind and sand, and will eventually envelop the whole world under his own tree. under the shade.

To realize this wish, returning to Chang'an to return to Dong Zhuo and the rewards he received are very important, which directly determines whether Li Li can use the current might of Dong Zhuo and the Xiliang Army to quickly lay down a foundation and achieve twice the result with half the effort.

If he returns to Chang'an this time but does not get a chance to be sent out, or if he is sent out, but does not break away from the command of other generals, and does not have a piece of land that can be used as a foundation; then his ambition will be postponed indefinitely, and even eventually Annihilation in internal strife.

"Miss Chen, you can't go in, the general has already fallen asleep!"

Just as Li Li was looking at the map and thinking hard, the voices of soldiers came from outside the big tent.

Immediately, Dian Wei walked in softly, "Master, Chen Yu is here, clamoring to see you."

"Let her in. Come on, go and rest too. You don't need to stay outside the big tent. Tonight's work is done. Don't shirk, you have to march tomorrow, go to sleep!"

Li Li didn't move, but his tone of voice was firm and unquestionable.

"This...no, this subordinate obeys." Dian Wei hesitated for a moment, then bowed to accept the order.

Chapter 35 Germination

Li Li watched Dian Wei walk out of the big tent, then sat back in the main seat, picked up the letter on the case, and flipped through it.

"call!"

As a slender figure suddenly opened the big tent and walked in, a gust of cold north wind blew into the big tent.