Xiaoqi

It has to be said that Diao Chan is really an outspoken woman. Many people would avoid such things as disharmony in other people's families, but she said it without any scruples.

Li Li didn't care about this, but felt that Diao Chan had a very good personality, not hypocritical or pretentious, outspoken, very frank and a beautiful woman.

"So that's it. I was rude. I neglected Ms. Diaochan earlier. Please don't worry about it. Those trivial matters at home are now in the past, and similar things will not happen again."

Diao Chan smiled, a sly look flashed in her eyes, and said in response: "It doesn't matter, the situation at that time was special, if it were me, I'm afraid I wouldn't notice the passers-by. Just now I heard Xiaohuan call you cousin, What are you doing in Cai's mansion today? It's not about proposing marriage to Uncle Cai. Uncle Cai agreed? Hehehe!"

"Xiu'er! You girl is talking nonsense again! Wenchang recognizes my father as an uncle. There is no such thing as you said. You know how to make fun of me in a day, and I will definitely want you to look good in the future!"

Li Li could only smile at what Diao Chan said, but did not answer.

But Cai Yan couldn't keep his composure, and walked over with a blushing face, stretched out his hand and pulled Diao Chan in front of him, pretending to be vicious, and took the initiative to take the topic away.

Immediately, the three women, Cai Yan, Diao Chan, and Chen Yu sat together and whispered, laughing like silver bells from time to time, and occasionally the three women would secretly glance at Li Li.

Seeing the three girls talking together, Li Li beckoned for a servant, ordered two jugs of fine wine, and sat down with Dian Wei to drink leisurely.

"My lord, I have been idle in the city for half a month, plus the time I returned to the army before, more than a month has been wasted. It can't go on like this! In ten days or so, the soldiers of Dongyang Valley will die. If the food is cut off, it is the food and grass needed by [-] infantry, if there is a mutiny in the army, it will be troublesome!"

Dian Wei looks stupid, but in fact he has a good military mind and is no stranger to military affairs. He is always thinking about the supply of food and grass for the [-] soldiers and horses in Dongyang Valley.

Li Li frowned slightly, took another sip of wine, and said softly, "Oh, I've been thinking about this for the past few days, but I haven't figured it out yet. I can't leave Chang'an unless Grand Master Dong gives me an edict." Otherwise, we won't even be able to get the food and grass for the Three Thousand Longxiang Battalion, and life will be even more difficult.

Wait a little longer, if there is no turning point at the end of the month, Grand Master Dong still ignores us, then we can only go west or north to find our own way out. "

After speaking, Li Li raised the wine jar to touch Dian Wei's wine jar, then ignored Dian Wei's astonishment, grabbed the wine jar and drank vigorously.

In fact, Li Li's current situation is indeed not optimistic. The food and grass lifeline of thousands of troops is completely in Dong Zhuo's hands, and it is at Dong Zhuo's whim whether to stay or not.

This feeling of being pinched by the throat is too uncomfortable.

It seems that Li Li has eight thousand soldiers and horses, but in fact he can't do anything.

The counties and counties in Guanzhong are currently under the control of Dong Zhuo, while the border of Xiliang is too far away. Without food and grass, it is impossible to make the trip.

The Kanto region is vast and rich in resources, but once Li Li's troops go there alone, they will inevitably be wiped out by all the princes, and there will be no place to die.

So far, the reason why the princes of the Kanto have not dared to aggressively attack and annex other princes is because Dong Zhuo and his army from Xiliang are spying on the Central Plains in Guanzhong.

Dong Zhuo's three-way army, with a total of nearly 20 soldiers and horses, was stationed on the line from Mianchi, Anyi to Huayin, like a sharp sword hanging over the heads of the princes. It will inevitably take advantage of the situation to attack the Central Plains, and the fisherman will benefit.

Therefore, as long as Dong Zhuo survives and the Xiliang army does not suffer civil strife, the Kwantung princes will not dare to annex territory and expand their power unscrupulously.

In fact it is.

As long as Dong Zhuo survives for a day, the Kwantung princes such as Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu will not dare to raise troops to plunder the territory on a large scale.After Dong Zhuo's death, Li Jue and Guo Si took control of the government. They also didn't do much. They could only use various conspiracy methods to earn more territory and privately recruit troops, waiting for the opportunity.

Therefore, during the period when Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Guo Si and others hijacked the young emperor, although the general situation in the world was chaotic, it was just a chaotic situation, and it had not yet been smashed into a pot of porridge.

During this period, the princes from all walks of life accumulated their strength one after another, growing their power little by little. This was a buffer period of about four years.

After Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Han into Xudu, the world was in total chaos.

The princes attacked and killed each other, and the whole world was at war. The flames of war spread to every county and county.

Li Li has been waiting for an opportunity. As long as he can get an imperial decree from Dong Zhuo, except for the hinterland of the Central Plains, he will dare to lead his army to any place and lay a foundation.

Without a foundation, no matter how many soldiers and horses you have, it is useless, just like duckweed without roots, drifting with the tide, and sooner or later will be wiped out in the turbulent waves, without a place to die.

Chapter 47 The Prefect of Wuwei

For several days in a row, Li Li would go to the Cai Mansion every day, and he was courteous, humble and courteous.

It's just that he doesn't want to drink too much, and every time he finds various excuses to give Cai Yan a gift.

A peony, delicate and charming.

A bouquet of roses makes people more beautiful than flowers.

A box of face powder, the aroma is overwhelming.

As a leader in the military for later generations, Li Li still did not lose some of his conventional techniques of picking up girls even after he came to the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Women are those who please themselves.

Widows who have been hurt will know how to cherish the people in front of them.

As far as sincerity is concerned, gold and stone are opened.

Although Cai Yan blushed every time, like a shy rose, accepting the gift without any trace, but no longer being alone with Li Li, she refused and greeted, with infinite flair.

There is only one thing that confuses Li Li, that is, as soon as he appears in the Cai Mansion, Diao Chan will come uninvited and talk to him intentionally or unintentionally.

The enchantress is the same as before, her words are still straightforward, sharp and unobstructed.

Li Li didn't know how to answer, Cai Yan blushed, shy and sweet.

With the enchantress present, the originally pleasant meeting turned into a conversation between three people, the atmosphere was weird and each had their own thoughts.

Now when little girl Chen Yu talks to Cai Yan in private, she usually doesn't go with Li Li.

A woman's mind is like the weather in June, it can be sunny and generous, or it can change suddenly like a storm.

No matter what kind of woman she is, if she accompanies a man to please another woman, she will inevitably feel unhappy and resentful.

Sometimes, Cai Yan and Diao Chan's two daughters would also come to Longxiang Li's Mansion together, nominally to visit Yu'er's younger sister, but the actual intentions can only be understood but not expressed in words.

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed in a flash.

For Li Li at this time, romantic affairs are a kind of extravagant pleasure in bitterness.

The [-] soldiers and horses of the Dongyang Valley camp were about to run out of food and grass, and it was difficult to sustain them.

On this occasion, Li Li talked and laughed happily on the surface, with a smile on his face from time to time; in fact, he was secretly anxious, feeling like he was sitting on pins and needles.

The food and grass of the Three Thousand Longxiang camp are safe for the time being, Dong Zhuo will pay the food and salary on a monthly basis, but the five thousand infantry recruited privately are still waiting to eat.

There are [-] soldiers and horses in total, which seems to be a lot, and they are all elite soldiers with strong combat power.However, Li Li's background is shallow, without the secret support of Li Jue, Fan Yong and others, he is simply unable to provide the food and salaries needed by the army.

Seeing that the end of the month is approaching, if Dong Zhuo doesn't send him a garrison, or releases the border counties, Li Li has no choice but to lead the army to leave Chang'an alone. the ground as the foundation.

However, once Li Li led his army to leave Chang'an without authorization, it would mean betraying Dong Zhuo, and the consequences would be very serious.

At least before Dong Zhuo's death, his lone army will be the enemy of the Xiliang army. Dong Zhuo will definitely send heavy troops to encircle and suppress him, and he will not let him go easily.

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At noon on this day, the sun was shining brightly, and the sky was the same as before.There were waves of heat in the air, and it was unbearably hot.