Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Dong Zhuo was quite surprised by Li Yi's attitude, and was even a little moved, because Li Yi ignored his personal grievances and was completely thinking of him.

Although a bit stubborn, but really loyal!

Dong Zhuo frowned, he felt a little regretful, it seemed that he shouldn't have been so fierce to Li Yi just now.

Chapter 112 New Army

Dong Zhuo's expression remained the same, he was a little regretful, but the trouble still existed, for a person with Dong Zhuo's character, the touch was nothing compared to the trouble.

Fortunately, Li Yi didn't intend to raise his status in Dong Zhuo's heart just by shouting slogans. He glanced at Li Ru and found that Li Ru didn't intend to stop him, so he said what he had prepared a long time ago.

"At that time, my subordinates thought that this matter would definitely make the grand master in a dilemma, so when they marched with the army to Chang'an, they had a calculation in their hearts, and maybe they could relieve the grand master's worries."

"Oh? Then tell me and listen!"

Dong Zhuo's tone sounded light, but there was a bit of anticipation in his eyes. Don't look at him just now complaining that many things didn't stop after Li Yi asked him to move the capital. In fact, Dong Zhuo himself knew that it wasn't Li Yi's fault that time. And since Li Yi took office, he has never let him down.

Li Yi smiled slightly, and was not in a hurry to put dry goods directly, but turned back to the original question.

"The people in Chang'an City are unstable now. Apart from the fact that there are too many people from Luoyang who need to be resettled, the main reason is that the Xiliang Army's own roots are shaken."

Dong Zhuo couldn't help sitting up straight, staring at Li Yi, isn't he the Xiliang army at all?Could it be that Li Yi also intends to persuade him to be diligent in government and love the people, to be greedy in the early hours, to set an example, and then to be as tired as a dead dog every day?

If Li Yi was really loyal to Dong Zhuo's good, he might have proposed that. Unfortunately, Li Yi's real purpose is to pave the way for Dong Zhuo to go to hell.

"When we were in Luoyang, the Xiliang Army, from the generals to the soldiers, was always on guard against the rebels' attacks. It can be said that they were united as one. They worked hard every day, and no one dared to slack off in the slightest."

"Since the Taishi decided to move the capital to Chang'an, there have been rumors among the lower ranks that the battle with the rebels will stop. Later, Sun Jian and Cao Cao's pursuers were defeated. Yuan Shao, as the leader of the rebels, although he was in charge of [-] soldiers, However, they never sent a single soldier to pursue and kill them for revenge, so the soldiers decided to end the war even more!"

Speaking of this, Li Yi spread his hands helplessly, and said: "More than [-] soldiers and horses stationed in Chang'an consume a lot of food and grass every day, but there are no foreign enemies at this time, and the soldiers are lax and lazy. I lost the dog, but this dog has to be kept."

What Li Yi didn't see was that when he finished his last sentence, Dong Zhuo secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If Li Yi persuaded him to disarm, he would suspect that Li Yi had ulterior motives.

Li Yi continued: "If it's just consuming food and grass, it's fine, but so many soldiers have no battle to fight, and they are trained harshly, and it is easy to feel resentful, but the discipline is loose, and they are left idle and chaotic everywhere. Trouble."

Dong Zhuo listened and nodded approvingly.

Because the warlord is extremely strict, although there were many soldiers who robbed the people on the move to the capital, the overall situation was still controllable. As a result, after arriving in Chang'an City, there was no discipline, and those soldiers who had been holding back all the way under the eyes of the warlord A lot of trouble.

There were already many refugees in the city of Chang'an, and with the addition of rebels, within a few days, the whole city was already full of smog.

Dong Zhuo asked expectantly, "Do you have a solution?"

Li Yi showed a confident expression, nodded, and said: "My subordinates supervise the army all the way. In addition to beheading the soldiers who violated the military law, there are more than a thousand people who have less serious crimes and are not guilty of death, but it is not good to let it go. Prepare to report to the grand master."

"In addition, Zhang Xiu sent troops to attack his subordinates, and his subordinates captured more than a thousand people under Zhang Xiu's command. Although these people acted under the orders of Zhang Xiu's general, they were enough to be beheaded for their crimes. Taking the initiative without authorization, we have to temporarily lock them up in a side camp next to the Feixiong army, and we are also waiting for the grand master to send them off."

"You want to make a decision on them?"

Dong Zhuo said: "To tell you the truth, Zhang Ji has already found the old man. Apart from interceding for Zhang Xiu, he also hopes that the old man will return the thousand captives to him."

Li Yi hurriedly asked: "Did the grand master agree?"

Dong Zhuo sneered and shook his head. Although he was in a difficult situation in handling this matter and complained that Li Yi was too irritating Zhang Xiu, but from the heart, he was obviously on Li Yi's side. Don't worry, Dong Zhuo doesn't mind killing Zhang's uncles and nephews at all, and then annexing their soldiers and horses completely.

Seeing this, Li Yi was slightly relieved. Fortunately, Dong Zhuo was not confused, otherwise the next thing would be difficult.

"The subordinate's idea is to form a new army based on these two batches of sinners!"

"Form a new army?"

Dong Zhuo was slightly surprised, and even Li Ru looked at Li Yi in surprise. When Li Yi met Li Ru last time, although he mentioned it a little bit, it was not detailed. Not quite clear.

Both of them looked at Li Yi with scorching eyes. After all, the army and military power are too sensitive to be careless. Moreover, they could all think that Li Yi definitely didn't simply want to throw these 2000 people away. Let's just train together.

Li Ru leaned on his chest and asked, "What's different about the new army that Taibai talked about?"

Li Yi nodded: "Yes, I want to use this new army as an opportunity to punish Zhang Xiu and deter those generals who hold private soldiers, and to remind other Xiliang generals that even if the rebels retreat , They are not resting easy."

"What's the matter, tell me quickly, don't deliberately hang on to the old man's appetite."

Dong Zhuo was very curious. He really wanted to know what Li Yi was going to do, because in his opinion, unless the new army in the future was changed and ran out to be bandits and scourge everywhere, how could it put pressure on other generals?

Li Yi saw that the fire was almost ready, so he said: "This is the first, Zhang Xiu is guilty and deserves to die, but since it is not easy to kill, then don't kill him, just kill others, the grand master can order Zhang Xiu to be killed in the army that day. Below the embroidery and above the head of the village, all the officers will be beheaded."

Li Yi's voice was neither soft nor heavy, but the murderous aura in it couldn't be stopped.

"Killing so many officers, even though Zhang Xiu's heart hurts, as long as he doesn't want to die, he will definitely agree to it. After that, how much prestige will the Zhang family's uncle and nephew have in the army?"

Thinking of this, Li Yi couldn't help laughing: "It's a personal grudge between him and me. It's not appropriate to mobilize soldiers and horses because of personal grudges. Afterwards, he even beheaded the generals to take it on his behalf. Zhang Xiu's soldiers and horses must be resentful. In the future, the grand master just needs to wait for the time to come, maybe it won't be long before he can bring all the soldiers and horses originally Zhang Xiu into his direct lineage."

Dong Zhuo was a little bit emotional with Li Yi's black hands. After thinking about it, he asked Li Ru: "Wenyou, what do you think?"

Li Ru pondered for a while, and said: "It's possible, but if you want to kill someone, let Zhang Xiu do it by himself, and the Grand Master doesn't have to do it at all."

"Very well, then it's settled!"

Dong Zhuo made a final decision, but it made Li Yi feel a little regretful. He also thought of what Li Ru said, but he deliberately didn't mention it, and after he was going to kill someone, he would put this hatred on Dong Zhuo's head.

Naturally, Li Yi would not refute Li Ru's one point, and continued: "This is only the first step. You can also take advantage of the situation to gather the ordinary soldiers under Zhang Xiu who participated in the rebellion into a new army. If you want to come to Zhang Xiu, you have nothing to say."

"However, after all, these people used to be Zhang Xiu's men and women. Using them alone will definitely not make people feel at ease. It just so happens that many people who violated military discipline before were also put in, and the two are combined into one. After two or three months of training, it is completely too much. The division's men and horses are gone."

This time, both Dong Zhuo and Li Ru were a little disappointed. Dong Zhuo sighed and said, "Is it so easy to train soldiers? If two thousand criminals are put together, it's a blessing to not make trouble. If you want them to become the elite of the old man, at least It will take half a year."

After pondering for a while, Dong Zhuo said again: "This still requires the generals to be competent. If they are replaced by incompetent people, these 2000 people will only cause trouble for the old man."

Li Yi smiled and said: "What's so difficult about it? Chang'an has a population of more than one million, so why worry about not being able to choose one person to train these soldiers?"

"How can a good general come so easily?"

Dong Zhuo shook his head, looked at Li Yi suddenly, and said, "Or do you have a candidate already?"

Li Yi was very happy, and said frankly: "No, no, it's not that there is no, it's just that the candidate in my heart is competent, but not suitable."

"Then why?"

Li Yi looked a little regretful, and said: "I have a good personal relationship with the two generals under General Lu's command. I know that they are all capable enough to integrate this recruit, but they also have subordinates to restrain them, and they cannot escape."

In fact, both Dong Zhuo and Li Ru knew that the second half of Li Yi's sentence was just an excuse.

Although many of Lu Bu's direct subordinates have been poached by various parties, Lu Bu still controls a group of Bingzhou elite. Failure examples come first.

Thinking of this, Dong Zhuo couldn't help but glared at Li Yi, which pot is not open and which pot to lift!

Li Yi didn't mind either, and said with a smile: "There are such talents under General Lu's command, so there are no capable people in the other more than [-] troops?"

Li Yi cupped his hands and said: "There are so many talents in the world, it's just that the time is not right, or the master of the Ming Dynasty is not there. The first young general I dealt with when I was in charge of the army was a man under Zhang Xiu's command. He was very brave. An elite Feixiong army with a weapon could not hurt him at all, and in the end I ordered a volley of arrows to kill the man."