Xiaoqi

In the past few days, the He brothers led nearly [-] Gepi Yellow Turban Army, planted banners everywhere, and came straight to Sili in mighty force.

Along the way, wherever the army went, the cities of the counties and counties were tightly closed, and the officials in the city and the soldiers under their command did not dare to go out of the city to stop them without authorization, let alone strike their edge.There are even some counties and counties that had secretly communicated with the Yellow Turban Bandits in Gepi before. Although the city gates were closed, they still left a lot of food and some gold and silver where the army must pass through, and they had the right to reward the army.Such ridiculous scenes are not uncommon; along the way, more than a dozen small towns have prepared military rewards and placed them outside the city early, and also attached a flattering letter, for fear that the He brothers will lead the army Siege.

In addition, along the way, the army repeatedly encountered yellow turban thieves entrenched in the nearby mountains and forests, bringing a lot of wine and meat down the mountain to reward the army, and five or six groups of yellow turban thieves came to join the army.These yellow scarves who went down the mountain to join the He brothers are the real rogue bandits. They are small groups of rogues running around. Generally, there are not many people. Compared with the tens of thousands of Yellow Turban Army, it is really nothing, not worth mentioning.

However, little made up, and after more than ten days, the Yellow Turban army led by the He brothers increased to nearly 5.Among them, there are more than [-] small groups of yellow scarf thieves who came to seek refuge, and together with the refugees taken in along the way, after patchwork, forty thousand became fifty thousand.When the army approached the border of Sili, there were more than [-] people born.

And General Xu Rong of Pingnan who was stationed in the southern counties of Sili.He had already received Li Li's handwritten letter, and immediately he led an army of more than ten thousand military soldiers to meet him.Therefore, after half a month of continuous marching, the more than [-] migratory army led by the He brothers finally entered the territory of Sili smoothly.

After the rendezvous of the two armies, the brothers He Yi and He Man, who acted as the main general and deputy general of the army along the way, successfully completed the task, and the army was immediately taken over by Xu Rong.At this point, after Li Li and his party went to Yuzhou for a tour, they returned to Henan County and returned to their territory.

Inside the tent of the temporary Chinese army.

Li Li, who had washed himself a little, put on a brocade robe.He walked into the big tent with a smile, and while waving his hands to signal everyone that there is no need to be polite, he walked to the handsome desk and sat down.

"Everyone is exhausted from the hard work on the pommel horse all the way, so tonight we discuss matters in order. Let's make a long story short." As soon as he was seated, Li Li didn't wait for everyone in the hall to get up and kneel down.Then he said loudly.

Indeed.The people sitting in the large tent under the hall are indeed a bit mixed.Xu Xin, Xu Chu and Xu Ding sat on the right side, with Xu Xin at the top, behind them were Chen Dao, He Yi, He Man and the three leaders of the yellow scarves; on the left side of the big tent, the newly arrived Li Xuan sat at the top, followed by Xu Rong, Huan Fei, Duan Yan, and eight senior generals of the military camp stationed in the south of Sili.Li Zhi, the commander of the Golden Guards, still stood behind Li Li unshakably, and Ma Yunluo did not come to participate in the discussion.Stay in the inner room of the big tent to tidy up Li Li's bedroom.

Since then, the people on the right side of the big tent have no specific official positions, while the people on the left are from Li Li's old department, and they all have fame; in this way, the two groups of people gather together to discuss matters.It will inevitably make people feel a little nondescript.

Therefore, this time the commander-in-chief's discussion is actually Li Li's intention to make specific arrangements for Xu Chu and others, and formally appoint officials.With Li Li's powerful status today, he is exercising the power of a general as General Wei. It is no longer a verbal appointment three years ago, but a veritable official appointment. Its actual effect is no less than the imperial edict issued by the emperor.

"Yuan Zhong is here too. Have you seen Wen You before? How is he recovering now?" Li Li asked with a smile seeing the faint smile on Li Xuan's face.

"Reporting to my lord, Wen You returned to Chang'an ten days ago, and he is already in good health. After handing over to him, my subordinate led the guards to Sili and has been waiting for my lord here for three days." Li Xuan bowed to report.

Li Li nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "It's good that Wenyou is fine. His body is still too weak. He should pay attention to it in the future. It's best to practice some swordsmanship. It can not only defend himself but also strengthen his body. It really kills two birds with one stone. "

"Thank you, my lord, for your concern. The subordinates remembered it, and then wrote to Wen You to convey the lord's order. Hehehe!" Li Xuan responded with a laugh.

Li Li smiled knowingly, then turned his gaze to the right side of the tent, and waved to Li Xuan to convey the appointment.

After receiving Li Li's instruction, Li Xuan got up and walked to the center of the big tent. Standing under the Shuai case, he took out a roll of brocade silk that had been prepared from his cuff, and read aloud: "According to the order of the lord, Xu Chu of Qiao County is appointed Du Wei, rank five hundred stones, directly subordinate to Li Zhi to command the Jinyi Guard Zuoying Sima, commanding two thousand guards, all four hundred warriors from the clan were included in the Zuoying!"

"The final general will thank the lord!" Xu Chu bowed and bowed excitedly.

Indeed, he had been with Li Li day and night for more than half a month, and he already knew the organizational system and functions of each battalion in the Xiliang Army.In the Xiliang army, each battalion actually has nearly two soldiers and horses, or even more, far exceeding the military system of the Han Dynasty; More than 200 people.The Jinyiwei is not only the personal guard of the lord Li Li, but also the cradle of high-ranking generals. Many command-level generals in the Xiliang Army were once generals in the Jinniwei battalion.What pleased him the most was that Li Li trusted him so much that he was given two thousand troops when he first joined the army, which was equivalent to indirectly giving him the opportunity to lead a battalion of troops by himself.

When Xu Chu bowed to thank him, Li Xuan's voice paused for a while, and then he stopped pausing, and said loudly: "Appoint Chen Dao of Runan as the army commander, and the first thousand commander of the Jinyiwei Youying Battalion; appoint Xu Ding as the army commander, directly under the He Yi, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army of Gepi, was appointed under the account of General Xu Rong of the Wuzu Camp. He Yi, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army of Gepi, was appointed as the Colonel of Fenwu, directly under the account of General Tituo, the commander of the prefecture. Huan Fei commanded the chief of the army, and temporarily stayed under the lord's command; appointed Wang Xing, Liu Yi, and Zhou Quan as the chiefs of the village, and transferred them to the account of General Teng Xiao in Anyi!

In addition, recommended by the lord, Xu Xin of Qiao County was granted the title of Diannong Zhonglang General, under the account of General Tituo, the commander of the army in the county, and in charge of military affairs in the fields! "

"The last general is waiting to thank you, Lord!" Following Li Xuan's announcement of appointments one by one, everyone headed by Xu Xin bowed and stood under the tent, and respectfully thanked him.

Among them, Xu Xin, He Yi and He Man looked the most excited, even a little overjoyed.Xu Xin is over 5 years old, and has been resigned for ten years. He never expected that when he was old, he would be appreciated by Li Li, and he would be promoted to Zhonglang General, which really surprised him.As for the two brothers He Yi and He Man, seeing that Xu Chu, Xu Ding and Chen Dao were not considered high-ranking officials, their brothers unexpectedly got the post of school lieutenant. Distinguished lord.Although the school lieutenant has been flooded under the command of the princes from all walks of life, it is not the case in the Xiliang army. The school lieutenant is a battalion general with real power second only to the general.And the reason why the two brothers were able to obtain the post of captain is because they led more than [-] people from Yuzhou to Sili. This is a real achievement.

In addition, He Man was unexpectedly appreciated by Li Li because he was Huan Fei's apprentice.Li Li couldn't wrong He Man even with Huan Fei's face instead of looking at the monk's face and the Buddha's face.Otherwise, Huan Fei's face will be dull, and he will definitely run to Li Li to ask his apprentice for an official position; instead of doing this, it is better to fulfill him as soon as possible, lest he make trouble for no reason.

On the way back, there were the yellow scarf chieftains who led the crowd to join Li Li. Li Li tested them a little bit, and selected Wang Xing, Liu Yi and Zhou Quan from the seven yellow scarf chieftains, thinking that they could still be used.So they were specially called into the big tent and appointed in public. Although their positions were not high, they were only village chiefs, it showed that Li Li treated them with great courtesy.Then they came to Teng Xiao's subordinates, just because they were the head of the village appointed by Li Li himself, and they entered Li Li's temporary command tent, it was enough for Teng Xiaogao to take a look at them and give them more opportunities to make meritorious deeds.Perhaps, it won't be long before they will be promoted again and quickly become middle-level generals under Li Li's command.

Don't underestimate Li Li's inadvertent little favor, maybe his extraordinary move today can change the fate of these three people in their lives.

Chapter 409 A Vulgar Encounter

In the spring of March, the grass grows and the warbler flies.

On the official road to Changshan Kingdom, Li Li rode his horse and galloped, the spring breeze was blowing, the sun was warm, it was really pleasant.

And the horse under his seat is extremely handsome, with four hooves galloping, each leap is more than two feet long, and the stride is quite steady and fast.

It can be seen how fast this horse is running!

This is a fiery red horse, about [-] feet long from the top of the head to the tail, and [-] feet [-] inches high from the hooves to the shoulders. The hooves are strong and powerful, the mane is smooth and shiny, and the muscle texture of the horse's body is clearly visible.While running, the horse's breath was long and rhythmic, climbing mountains and wading, leaping across streams, like walking on flat ground, but I don't know if it can wade through.Otherwise, just based on the horse's appearance and fast running speed, people who don't know the origin of the horse can easily regard it as the red rabbit horse under Lu Bu's crotch, because this horse is very similar to Lu Bu's mount. It can be said that it is almost the same.

In fact, this fiery red horse named "Hualiu" and the red rabbit horse are of the same species, they are the same bloodline of the same female compatriots, and they are both peerless horses.

However, only those who have observed the red rabbit horse and the Hualiu horse closely can see the subtle differences between the two horses.The Hualiu horse is one chi longer and four inches taller than the red rabbit horse. The difference in body size makes it run faster than the red rabbit horse.Other than that, there was no difference between the two flaming horses from the same lineage, they looked exactly the same at first glance.

In addition, there is another huge difference between the two horses that is easy to ignore but cannot be ignored. He is silent and unknown, and has the power of a peerless horse, but he is far less famous than the red rabbit horse.

It is said that a thousand-mile horse often exists in the world, but Bole does not often exist.But for the Hualiu horse, it is just the opposite.It has talents and abilities surpassing that of Chituma, but it has not encountered a hero surpassing Lu Bu, and even buried until now, its reputation is still unknown to the world.

This Hualiu horse is the divine horse that Han Sui snatched from Beigong Boyu in the past, and it has been Han Sui's mount ever since.Three years ago, Li Li defeated Han Sui twice successively, killing him so much that he threw away his helmet and armor.Finally let him run away.By the time Li Li regained Jincheng, Han Sui was dead, Yan Xing was seriously injured, and Cheng Gongying fought stubbornly. When Li Li conquered Cheng Gongying.Li Zhi, who had invited Hua Tuo from Chang'an, rushed into the stables in the backyard of the Han Mansion and found the horse.

If it is said that the first owner of the Hualiu horse was Beigong Boyu.Then the second owner was a bit unexpected.Because the second owner of the Hualiu horse was not Han Sui.It was Li Zhi, the "Chi Slave" who had led Han Sui's horse for several years.

As Dong Zhuo said before his death, Han Sui, a scholar alone, could never tame a Hualiu horse.Even Beigong Boyu, the first owner of the Hualiu horse, might not be able to control the Hualiu horse, let alone tame this kind of BMW, if he hadn't raised the Hualiu horse himself.And the reason why Han Sui was able to drive the Hualiu horse.It is because he has Li Zhi who specially leads the horse for him, but Li Zhi can tame the Hualiu horse.Therefore, the No. 1 who can really tame the Hualiu horse with his own ability is Li Zhi.And the second person who tamed this horse was Li Li who was riding the horse galloping in front of him.

Times have changed, and now the Hualiu horse is at its peak, but the two princes who once drove it are no longer alive.After going through many twists and turns, it came into the hands of Li Li, and it just appeared on the land of the Central Plains for the first time, and it was able to gallop and gallop freely.

"Young Master, Young Master! Slow down, slow down, or I won't be able to catch up with you!" Seeing that Li Li rode his horse for several miles, and then there was a bend at the foot of the mountain, Li Xuan couldn't help feeling anxious, and shouted anxiously .And there were Huan Fei, Li Zhi, Xu Chu and Ma Yunluo walking with him.

This time when he went north to Jizhou, Li Li changed his previous entourage to Yuzhou. There were only five people with him, including Li Xuan, and six people including his family.

Because the current situation in Jizhou is different from Yuzhou. This is Yuan Shao's world, but Yuzhou is currently a place where the Yellow Turbans are rampant.

At the beginning of this year, although Yuan Shu in Nanyang wanted to plot Yuzhou, his appetite was too great. He wanted to plot Yuzhou and capture Xuzhou, and he was even thinking about Liu Biao's Jingzhou.It's a pity that he can't eat too much, but he has more than [-] soldiers in his hand, but he has been hesitant. He neither sent troops to Yuzhou, nor could he defeat Jingzhou. profiteering.Unexpectedly, after the beginning of spring, Cao Cao refused to send troops for a long time, which made Yuan Shu dare not move lightly.

It was this kind of mutual restraint that made Li Li enter Yuzhou swaggeringly, not only recruiting three generals including Chen Dao, Xu Chu, and Xu Ding, but also abducting tens of thousands of horses under the command of the He brothers, so that he could travel unimpeded all the way. Return to Sili.Therefore, during the trip to Yuzhou, Li Li made a lot of money, but he didn't have to worry about his own safety at all, because there were no powerful princes in Yuzhou who could really pose a threat to him.

Compared with Yuzhou, it is not so easy for Lili to go north to Jizhou this time, because this is Yuan Benchu's territory.Since ancient times, there have been many heroes in Yanzhao, but Yuan Shao, who occupies Jizhou, is now a strong soldier, and he is in the stage of rapid development. He has a large number of generals under his command, and many heroes of Yanzhao have defected to him in admiration.It was precisely based on this situation that Li Li made up his mind to enter Jizhou to see with his own eyes how powerful Yuan Shao was in Jizhou, what his real strength was, how many soldiers and horses he had, how powerful his combat power was, and how sacred his officials and generals were.However, when he entered Jizhou on this trip, he was extremely careful, only Li Xuan and five people accompanied him, but there was a large group of people pretending to follow him within [-] miles behind him.

This time, there were indeed quite a few people in the back team that followed Li Li and his party into Jizhou, twice as many as when they entered Yuzhou.The rear team was still dominated by Duan Yan, supplemented by Chen Dao and He Man. The three of them each led a hundred-man team disguised as refugees, caravans or bandits into Jizhou. Always follow behind Li Li and his party to be safe.

This was Li Xuan's idea, and Li Li readily accepted it, and immediately put it into action.

Xi Yuyu!

"Huh!" Near the turn of the mountain road, Li Li just reined in his horse and stopped.Then he took a deep breath and said to himself: "It's really fun! Jizhou is really a land of crouching tigers, hidden dragons, thousands of miles of fertile soil, flat mountains, and rolling mountains on the northwest border! No wonder Jizhou has millions of people. Population, this is really a good place with outstanding people, enough to raise millions of soldiers!"

"Drive!" Just as Li Li was talking to himself, Li Xuan and Huan Fei rushed over on horseback.Li Xuan happened to hear Li Li's last sentence "enough to raise a million soldiers", so he gasped for breath and echoed, "My lord is right. Jizhou has a population of several million. There are thousands of miles of fertile land and outstanding people. It is easy to manage and manage it." , It can indeed support millions of troops. But there is a prerequisite for this, that is, to sweep Youzhou in the north, take Qingzhou in the south, and Bingzhou in the west. Then capture Qingzhou and Yanzhou; Be invincible, and then compete in the world!

However, all this is easy to say, but extremely difficult to actually implement.The border between Youzhou and Bingzhou is directly connected to the grassland tribes, and there are many small countries in the east of Youzhou.Repeated violations.The barbarian tribes and Xiaoxiaofan states faced by the two prefectures of Youbin are by no means inferior to the countries of the Western Regions and the Qianghu tribes that we are facing in Xiliang. Therefore, a large number of troops need to be stationed on the border to deal with sudden wars at any time.and.There is another difference between the two prefectures of Youbin and my Xiliang, that is, my Xiliang has a lot of passes, so as long as you are a little careful, even if the barbarians and the countries of the Western Regions invade on a large scale, they will not be able to drive straight into the hinterland of our Xiliang.But the two prefectures of You and Bing couldn't do it. Once the border pass was lost, the barbarian cavalry could drive straight in and go south to the Central Plains.Therefore, Jiyouqing and the four states seem to be a crouching tiger, hidden dragon, but in fact they are easy to attack and difficult to defend.On the contrary, the terrain of Montenegro is dangerous, stretching for hundreds of miles, and spanning several states and counties. It is enough to hide hundreds of thousands of soldiers here, and tigers dominate dragons. It can be regarded as a natural barrier! "

Hearing Li Xuan's words, Li Li was secretly startled, it can be said to hit the nail on the head, extremely incisive.Among the later generations, the reason why the red bandits were able to win the world is that Montenegro is the place where the red bandits raised their soldiers and hid them. After accumulating more than ten years of achievements, they finally accumulated a lot of money, advancing from east to west, and gradually conquered the world.

In history, Yuan Shao once occupied Jiyouqing and merged the four prefectures, but was defeated by Cao Cao within a few years. The army was defeated like a mountain, unable to recover after a fall.However, it took Cao Cao eight years to regain Yuan Shao's land. From this, it can be seen that Yuan Shao's defeat can be attributed to the battle of Guandu, and the unleveled border was the root cause of his complete defeat.If Yuan Shao could do what Li Li did now, he would be able to level the rear border vigorously, even if Guandu was defeated, he would not be devastated, and even if he was sitting on the city, he would be able to resist the attack of Cao Cao's army.It's a pity that he encountered a tiger at the front door and a wolf at the back door. Under the attack of the two sides, how could he be undefeated?After Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, he had to make great efforts to drive away the wolves, so it took him several years to completely occupy Yuan Shao's land.

On the official road, while Li Li was thinking about something, he rode his horse forward. Unknowingly, he walked in front of Li Xuan and the others. There were hundreds of steps away from them, which was a turning distance of a mountain road.

"Tsk tsk tsk! The uncle wanted to take the brothers down the mountain to play the autumn wind today, but he didn't want to go out to make good luck, and he was destined to be a peach blossom! To meet a group of beautiful girls and five cars worth a fortune, God bless you! !Hahaha"

Li Li, who was thinking about something, was suddenly interrupted by the wanton laughter in front of the mountain road, so he looked up with an extremely displeased expression.

However, on the mountain road more than a hundred steps away, hundreds of robbers surrounded five carriages full of goods, unscrupulously opened the packages on the carriages, and laughed wildly in surprise.And a burly man with the appearance of a bandit leader carried a big knife on his shoulder, walked in a figure of eight steps, stopped a canopy carriage in the front, and grabbed the white and tender arm of the woman in the carriage, scaring the woman into a loud cry Call.

The strong man and the bandit leader laughed wildly excitedly, and shouted: "Little lady, you scream, no one will dare to rescue you even if you scream, you resign yourself to your fate! Hahaha!"