Xiaoqi

Time flies and seasons flow.

After Zhao Yun's late brother Zhao Fengsanqi passed away, Li Li and his party decided to leave Zhaojiazhuang and go to Wuji Zhen's house in Zhongshan.

On the eve of departure, Li Li, Li Xuan, Guo Jia and Zhao Yun sat at the stone table in the backyard drinking tea and talking, and said goodbye before leaving.

"Zilong, brother Zhao Feng has passed away, and there are only you, my younger sister, and Fan Juan left at home. It is too lonely. I suggest that you bring your immediate family members and go directly to Chang'an to settle down. By the way, you will familiarize yourself with military affairs and arrive as soon as possible. If Zilong is willing to garrison the border and lead the army to fight, I will agree to it and let you go to Beidi County to replace Duan Yan as the deputy commander of the Huben Camp and fight against the Southern Huns. I wonder what Zilong wants?"

Beside the stone table, Li Liju was sitting eastward, holding a teacup in his hand, and said to Zhao Yun with a smile.

Zhao Yun was very grateful when he heard the words, but he shook his head after all, and said: "Thank you for your love, my lord. Although the last general wanted to go to the battlefield as soon as possible, he couldn't do it right now, and he let down the good intentions of the lord. When my brother was alive, he He is the eldest brother in the family. Now that he has passed away, my younger sister and I should stay at home and observe filial piety. Since ancient times, the period of filial piety is three years. Although my younger sister and I are not filial sons, we should behave like filial sons. It is said that keeping filial piety for three years should be at least a hundred days. This time, the younger sister and General Li Xian made an agreement to get married in half a year. It is not too late for me to enter the barracks again.

In addition, the final general heard that the Xiliang army had not fought in the past two years, the territory was peaceful and stable, the border troops had no wars, the Guanhe River was stable, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.That being the case, the final general should stay at home and perform a little filial piety both emotionally and rationally, so that he can feel at ease and have a clear conscience without being criticized by others.These are words from the bottom of my heart, and I hope the Lord will fulfill them. "

Zhao Yun's words are reasonable, thorough and impeccable.Even though Li Li wanted to recruit Zhao Yun to the army immediately, it was inconvenient for him to speak again, let alone a suitable excuse.

Filial piety has been a major event since ancient times, and it is the number one event in Tianzi nowadays.Otherwise, Gongsun Zan would not allow Zhao Yun to resign and go home, and Liu Bei, who was hungry and thirsty, would not sit back and watch Zhao Yun leave.

This time, Li Li took Zhao Yun under his command through various overt or covert means, which was no easy feat.Now Zhao Yun is unwilling to leave home immediately, and insists on keeping a filial piety for his deceased brother for half a year. This request is not excessive at all, and it makes sense.For this, Li Lizong was unwilling in every possible way.A hundred people are worried, but they can't force others to take away Zhao Yun brothers and sisters by force.

Seeing that the lord Li Li was silent, Li Xuan and Guo Jia looked at each other, but it was inconvenient to say something in their hearts, so they could only look at each other and shake their heads, then lowered their heads and continued to drink tea.

After a moment of silence, Li Li nodded and said: "Forget it, human relations and filial piety are the most important thing, and I regard it as the most filial heart of Quan Zilong. But I have to say something in advance. Since Zilong worships me as the Lord, and has a relationship with me In-laws, who are also in the military, then during Zilong's filial piety, the salary will be distributed as usual. I will be responsible for all the living expenses of the family. Yuan Zhong, tonight, I will spend the salary that Zilong should receive for a year and the money and food needed by the family. .Leave it all to Xiaomei and Fan. In addition, consult the two of them to see if there are any difficulties in the family. If there are any difficulties, they will be resolved together. This matter will be done tonight without delay."

"No. This subordinate takes orders." Li Xuan responded.Immediately, he bowed to Li Li, nodded to Guo Jia and Zhao Yun, then got up and strode away, and immediately handled the matters that Li Li had handed over.

"This,,,,,,, such a generous gift from the lord. I am ashamed to take it." Zhao Yun was stunned for a long time, then stood up and said respectfully.

Li Li waved his hand to signal Zhao Yun not to say more, then lightly patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder, and said with a sincere expression: "Zilong and I hit it off right away, and we cherish each other even more after the battle three days ago, and we hate seeing each other too late; now, although you and I are the chief ministers , In fact, I have already regarded Zilong as a brother in my heart. If it is not involuntary, I would rather stay here with Zilong to guard the spirit of Brother Zhao Feng and pay respects sooner or later.

Although Zilong's family has a lot of money, they don't have to worry about food and drink, but the funeral arrangements cost a lot of money and food, and then I and a group of people bothered me for half a month.Added together, the family has run out of money and food. Even if there is still food left, I am afraid that it will take half a year to live on a tight budget.And this little money and food is a piece of cake for me.Therefore, Zilong didn't need to say much, it was just decided.What's more, as I said just now, Zilong is now a general under my command, Li Li, and I will be responsible for all the expenses.

In addition, there is one more thing to tell Zilong in advance.That is, I will then order people to send six dowries and the dowry of the younger sister. Everything will be handled according to the marriage of a prince, and Zilong will just pay attention to it later.The accompanying servants are Zilong's personal guards in the future. They don't have to go back. When they get married, they will escort the younger sister to get married and go to Chang'an with Zilong. "

No matter how big or small, Li Li explained the subsequent matters very carefully, thinking of almost every aspect.Among the thousands of generals in the Xiliang Army, Zhao Yun is the only one who has dealt with the aftermath of his generals like this.

After finishing talking, Li Li waved his hand to signal Zhao Yun not to refuse, and reminded him that it was time to worship Zhao Feng's heroic spirit at night.

When Zhao Yun got up to leave, Li Li stared at his back in a daze, until the back completely disappeared from sight, he still didn't know it.

"My lord, I'm worried that Zilong will betray his trust and betray him again. Will he change to another master in the future?" Just when Li Li felt lost, Guo Jia asked softly.

"Huh?" Li Li came back to his senses in astonishment, and immediately shook his head and said, "No, I never doubt Zilong's loyalty. Because he is not a perfidy, I firmly believe in this!

Just,,,,,, hey!I am very fond of Zilong's talent, and I am worried that after we leave this time, if something happens halfway and Zilong is forced to stay by his side by other princes, it will be too late to regret it! "

"Oh, that's how it is." Guo Jia nodded with a smile, and said with a smile: "My lord treats Zilong kindly, and we all have seen it. Although I don't say that he is generous, he is caring for everything. If the lord treats Zilong so kindly, If he can still turn his back on the lord and vote for another lord, then such a general is not worth it, it is not worth pity. Therefore, the lord does not need to worry too much. From the point of view of the subordinates, General Zilong is absolutely loyal to the lord, and it is not empty pretend.

Of course, Zilong seemed to be hesitant before, and he had doubts about the lord's intention to promote Huan Fei's sworn marriage with him.However, under observation, his subordinates found that since Zilong competed with the lord, he has become more respectful to the lord.It can be seen from this that Zilong's loyalty to the lord is out of sincerity, and nothing can shake his loyalty.

What's more, little sister Zhao Yu will marry General Li Xian in half a year. The marriage must be finalized and cannot be changed.Unless something unexpected happens to one of the parties, this marriage is an ironclad fact, and no one can change it arbitrarily.In this way, in the future, Zilong and the lord will be related by marriage, and they will be connected by honor and disgrace, and they will be trusted generals under the lord's command.With such an unbreakable master-minister relationship, which princes in the world can obstruct it and try to destroy the subordinate relationship between the master and Zilong? "

"Hehehe!" Guo Jia's words seemed to reach Li Li's heart, which made Li Li smile.

After laughing, he said to Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao is very thorough in seeing people and dealing with things. It is really rare to get to the essence. In your opinion, what should I do when I go to Zhongshan Zhen's house?"

Guo Jia's expression became serious when he heard the words, and after thinking for a while, he said in a low voice cautiously: "The Zhen family in Zhongshan is one of the few wealthy families in the Central Plains. This family was also a family of officials in the early days. Inheriting the ancestral shadow from generation to generation, he has been both an official and a businessman, and has accumulated family wealth for hundreds of years. Now, the Zhen family has enough money and food, which makes Yuan Shao, who has four generations and three generations, jealous.

It has to be said that this is a once-in-a-century opportunity for the former protagonist to meet with Zhen Shi, the head of the Zhen family, and rescue the mother and daughter of the Zhen family, and make the mother and daughter of the Zhen family trust the protagonist very much.If the lord can persuade the Zhen family to cooperate with our Xiliang army, or be directly included in the lord's account, it will undoubtedly be like a tiger with wings added to our Xiliang army.As long as there is full support from the Zhen family consortium, our Xiliang army's hibernation and recuperation time will be greatly shortened, because the accumulation of money and food accumulated by the Zhen family for hundreds of years is enough to support our army in a big battle.This kind of big battle means that our army dispatched about 20 troops and lasted several months.

This subordinate is definitely not just talking about it, but it is the result of the fact that this subordinate already knew about the Zhen family when he was in Yuan Shao's army.Therefore, the subordinates strongly advise the lord to make good friends with the Zhen family consortium no matter what, and even if they cannot use it for their own use, they must form an alliance of interests with it.As for how to implement it, the subordinates don't have a good plan yet, and it still needs to be decided by the lord. "

Li Li nodded slightly, and said with some emotion: "What Feng Xiao said is true. Our Xiliang army has been dormant for two years. The reason for this is that, apart from the chaotic situation in the various states in the world, the root cause is money and food." Due to the scarcity. Since ancient times, in wars, one cannot completely rely on the amount of money and food to fight, but it is difficult to win without money and food, and it must not last long. Therefore, after pacifying the counties and counties in Xiliang, I had to adopt a long-term strategy of self-cultivation; encourage farming, Constructing water conservancy, building roads and building cities, the Xiliang army is in a defensive posture as a whole, tightening externally and loosening internally, vigorously developing people's livelihood.

However, in troubled times, self-cultivation is important, but blindly defending without thinking about progress is not enough.This is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, and sooner or later you will be wiped out and annexed by other princes.Therefore, when the situation in the world is unclear and the princes are attacking each other, our Xiliang army should also take the opportunity to expand the territory. We should not stay in a corner all the time, but should also seize a foothold in the Central Plains, further stabilize the situation in the rear, and increase the treasury accumulation.Right now, the Zhen Family Consortium is an excellent opportunity to quickly replenish the treasury. Therefore, I am determined to win the trip to Zhongshan. If you win, you must not lose. Whether my Xiliang Army can send troops to expand again in the near future is a matter of one action! "

"Okay, my lord has this determination, and my subordinates will go all out, plan meticulously, and strive to win the Zhen family consortium in one fell swoop!" Guo Jia responded excitedly.

"Hahaha!" Li Li laughed loudly and said, "I think Feng Xiao wants to take down Zhen Jiang, the eldest lady of the Zhen family! But that's fine, anyway, we want to seek cooperation with the Zhen family, so that people and money can benefit both. It's even better!"

Guo Jia's rarely reserved cheeks were slightly red, and then he smiled without showing weakness: "My lord, don't make fun of my subordinates, I just fell in love with the daughter of the Zhen family, but you want to take down the head of the Zhen family, my lord. People and wealth benefit both, and the appetite is huge!"

Li Li was slightly stunned, and looked at Guo Jia with burning eyes, and then the two ministers looked at each other and smiled, everything was kept silent.

"Hahaha!!!"

Chapter 435

In the early morning of the next day, Li Li and his party rode their horses and galloped on the morning dew. When the sun rose in the east, they were already dozens of miles away from Zhaojiazhuang.

Changshan Kingdom is adjacent to Zhongshan Kingdom, if you take a shortcut and drive quickly, you can reach it in only three days.

It's a pity that Yuan Shao is currently using troops against the Yellow Turban bandits who are entrenched in the surrounding counties of Heishan. Therefore, there are troops stationed in Changshan and Zhongshan, and there are many checkpoints along the way.

As early as when Li Li and his party were escorting the Zhen's caravan, they encountered Yuan Jun's patrol team many times. Because of the Zhen's caravan as cover, they were able to travel unimpeded all the way.

However, Li Li and his party had no cover this time, so they had to be extra careful on the way to Zhongshan, and if necessary, they had to travel day and night to hide their whereabouts.

Despite the difficult road ahead, Li Li still ordered the three centurions led by Duan Yan to secretly sneak into the territory of Zhongshan to deal with emergencies at any time.Fortunately, the [-] personal guards led by Duan Yan had already entered Zhongshan Kingdom half a month ago, and they must have arrived in Wuji County at this time, hiding in secret, waiting for the arrival of Li Li and his party.

At noon the next day, Li Li and his party arrived at the junction of Changshan Kingdom and Zhongshan Kingdom. A few miles away was Yuan Jun's camp.The scale of this camp is not small, there are about [-] Yuan Jun soldiers stationed there. Fortunately, Yuan Jun did not fight today, tens of thousands of soldiers huddled in the camp to rest.

It was precisely because of this that Li Li and his party, who had crashed into the gate of Yuan Jun's camp, reined in dangerously and stopped, turned around and retreated, and hid in the valley ten miles away to rest.As a result, Li Li and the others could only travel by day and night, and sent Chen Dao and Xu Chu to find out the route during the day and prepare to bypass Yuan Jun's camp at night.Go to Zhongshan country.

In the valley, the stream is clear and gurgling, and the mouth of the valley is narrow and very hidden.

On both sides, there are high mountains and dense forests, lush leaves, birds flying, chirping and singing, peaceful and quiet.

On a flat place in the valley, Li Li, Li Xuan, Guo Jia, Li Zhi, Huan Fei and Ma Yunluo and other eight people.They each untied the simple tents carried by the three heavy-duty horses, and pitched the tents by themselves.These oilcloth tents are generally the same as the camping tents of later generations, the only difference is that the tent fabric is oil-soaked and sun-dried burlap instead of plastic sheeting or canvas in later generations.

Li Li, a soldier of later generations.For him, making tents for camping in the wild is at his fingertips.After all, this simple tent does not have much technical content.There is no canvas.Just use oilcloth; if there is no aluminum tube with good elasticity, use tree branches instead, and the tent built up will do as long as it can shelter from wind and rain.

In the spring season, the sun is bright and warm, lying on thick animal skins.Warm and soothing, make people drowsy.What's more, Li Li and his party had been on the road for a day and a night, and now they had a rest and simply ate some dry food.Get into the tent and fall asleep as soon as you lie down.

At the mouth of the valley, Li Zhi leaned against the stone wall and closed his eyes to rest. On the grass not far from him, the Hualiu horse and eleven other war horses grazed leisurely along the stream.After the war horses had eaten and drank enough, the valley became completely quiet and quiet.

In the mountain depression on the east side of the creek, there is only one tent, and this is where Li Li and Ma Yunluo rest.This tent is far away from the tent of Li Xuan and others on the west side of the creek, nearly fifty steps apart, and there is a stone cliff in between.There is a stream under the stone cliff, which is the camp chosen by Ma Yunluo. It is close to the stream pool and covered by the stone cliff, so it is convenient for her to freshen up nearby.

Women are different from men. No matter how tired they are, they have to take a bath and freshen up before lying down to rest.Especially when they are with the man they love, they pay special attention to these inconspicuous details. The deeper the love, the more careful they will be.

In March in Yangchun, the stream in the afternoon is not very cold, and it is not a bad idea for a strong woman to play in the stream.

"Wow hoo hoo!"

After washing her naked body in the water, Ma Yunluo looked around subconsciously, then got up from the water and picked up the silky neon dress on the stone wall, wrapping it around her plump and enchanting body.Then she walked out of the pool lightly, quickly opened the tent, and dodged in.Only then did she realize that her husband, Li Li, had already fallen asleep, snoring lightly.

Immediately, Ma Yunluo breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest lightly, her nervous heart finally relaxed.However, after relaxing her mind, she inexplicably felt a little disappointed, a little bit lost, and there was an indescribable bitterness in her heart.Because her husband Li Li knew that she was taking a bath in the pool, but he didn't take the opportunity to peek.Does this mean that she is not attractive enough, so that Li Li has no interest in her and turns a blind eye?

Ma Yunluo, who was worried about gains and losses, gently lifted the corner of the blanket, and tiptoed to lie on her side, her bright and affectionate eyes looked at Li Li's handsome and peaceful side face in deep sleep without blinking.Immediately, she involuntarily moved towards Li Li, and gradually curled up in Li Li's arms, her cheeks were red and hot, her pink neck was flushed, her expression was blurred, but her eyes were always open, without any sleepiness.