Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Pei Yuanshao went to Li Yi cautiously, and then replied: "Exactly, exactly!"

"How many generals were there at that time?"

Pei Yuanshao said honestly: "Half more than five hundred people, less than a thousand people."

Li Yi nodded. There was still a shortage of low-level officers on his side, especially people like Pei Yuanshao who had experience leading hundreds of soldiers.

Li Yi pondered for a moment, took off the long sword around his waist, took Zhou Cang's hand, and said, "I heard about Ni Heng's arrogance, and I wanted to kill him with this sword. Now that Mi Heng died in your hands, this sword As a gift to you!"

Zhou Cang was overjoyed when he heard the words. Although Li Yi had a good attitude before, Li Yi never mentioned the matter of Mi Heng, and Zhou Cang didn't dare to say it. Cao Cao, now that Li Yi presents him with a personal saber, it is obviously impossible to treat them as "sacrifices".

Zhou Cang took the long sword with both hands, held it above his head, bowed down again, and said, "Thank you so much, Marquis Xiang, Zhou Cang is willing to go through fire and water for Marquis Xiang from now on, even if he dies!"

Li Yi laughed, helped Zhou Cang up, saw Pei Yuanshao's obviously envious look next to him, smiled slightly, but stretched out his hand and gently pulled the sleeve of Pei Yuanshao's upper arm, only to see a broken hole on the inside of the sleeve. Open the mouth, the linen clothes inside are clearly visible.

Pei Yuanshao didn't expect Li Yi to do this at all, and made a big ugly face inexplicably, his face turned red, and his eyes were full of embarrassment and puzzlement.

Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao traveled thousands of miles to Nanyang, and the journey was hard. After arriving in Wan County, because of Mi Heng's incident, the two of them didn't bother to buy new clothes, so although the clothes on their bodies were clean, they were all old clothes. , there are a few patches on the body, which is inevitable.

Pei Yuanshao lowered his head and gritted his teeth, feeling that he had been humiliated, but he didn't understand why Li Yi did this. Just when he couldn't figure it out, he saw Li Yi take off the brocade robe on his body, lightly Lightly draped over his body.

Pei Yuanshao was stunned for a moment, until he saw Zhou Cang winking at him again and again, he suddenly understood, bowed down quickly, and said: "The Marquis Xiang gave me a robe. From now on, Yuan Shao will be the Marquis of Xiang's armor, and he will wear strong and strong for the Marquis of Xiang!"

Li Yi pulled Pei Yuanshao up, and did not respond to his loyalty, but looked at the old subordinates around him and said: "What Li has done is of course to let the people in the world have clothes to wear and food to eat. Let the people live and work in peace and recuperate, but Yi will not ignore the people around him because of this, and make you feel wronged."

Jia Xu, Zhang Liao and others couldn't help feeling warm when they heard this, and they all bowed, "Thank you, my lord."

In fact, the meaning of Li Yi's words is really plain, and it's a bit off the table, but no one present will delve into it. After all, it's better to get along with a lord who knows how to be considerate of his subordinates than to face the kind of guys who search all day long. Much more comfortable?

Li Yi is also well aware of this truth. Occasionally, love can be used to generate electricity, but most of the time, people's hearts still need to be won over with benefits.

Didn't you see that Pei Yuanshao's face turned redder?

This is the effect!

Li Yi said to the two of them again: "You have done a good job in what you Heng did, and it is very in line with my wishes. This sword robe is a personal gift from me. As for the future positions of the two of you?"

Seeing Li Yi's hesitation, Zhou Cang immediately expressed his opinion: "The two of us are not seeking official positions, as long as we can serve as a small soldier under the command of Xianghou, I will be satisfied!"

Li Yi smiled slightly. In fact, he really wanted Zhou Cang to give him anti-weapons. You must know that he was like the second brother Guan, but thinking that Guan Yu is a general, he often takes the lead, and himself, as time goes by, personally There are fewer and fewer opportunities to fight by hand. It would be too stupid to let people "carry the knife" just to satisfy a little bit of bad taste.

Thinking of this, Li Yi made a decision: "A few days ago when I went to Yangzhou, Dian Wei recruited a strong man named Xu Sheng for me. Yue, and then entrusted with important tasks, you might as well be with him, hehe, I hope you two will not be weaker than Xu Sheng, and don't let me down!"

Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao couldn't tell that Li Yi wanted to train them together with the guy named Xu Sheng. If he didn't know how to cherish such an opportunity, he would be a fool, and they immediately embraced their orders.

At the same time, the two of them also firmly remembered the name Xu Sheng, and they had to beat Xu Sheng to not disappoint Li Yi.

Li Yi was very satisfied when he saw that they were full of energy. He deliberately pointed out Xu Sheng, not only to establish competitors for them, but also to prevent them from being arrogant and contemptuous just because they received key training. Kill two birds with one stone.

After a few more words of praise, Li Yi asked them to step down. After all, there were still important matters to discuss later, and these newcomers could not participate.

As soon as the two left, Li Yi was about to return to his seat, but before he could sit down, he saw Jia Xu come out to plead guilty: "Xu failed to handle the matter of You Heng properly, which made the lord be despised by others, and why did he not handle it properly?" My lord, please forgive me."

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Liao also came out to plead guilty. Apart from Fushou, they were the main ones present at the time, and Li Yi was obviously not satisfied with their handling.

Especially Zhang Liao, as a military commander, it's okay if he didn't kill Mi Heng, but Zhou Cang came to kill him halfway, and now he was rewarded by Li Yi, Zhang Liao felt his face hurt.

Chapter 337

"Ugh."

Li Yi sighed, helped the two of them up, and said softly: "Sir, Wen Yuan, why is this so?"

Zhang Liao shook his head, his face was full of shame, and said: "My lord treats Liao generously, but Liao does nothing. A villain like Mi Heng was killed only by an outsider. Zhang Liao really has no place to be ashamed!"

Jia Xu immediately wanted to speak for Zhang Liao, because Zhang Liao intended to kill Mi Heng, but was persuaded by Jia Xu.

In fact, Jia Xu has specifically explained this point in the letter, because Jia Xu is very clear that it is good for outsiders to calculate whatever they want, but under Li Yi's command, it is now the stage of "starting a business", so there should be no digging and internal fighting suspected.

However, Li Yi raised his hand gently, indicating that Jia Xu didn't need to explain, but he himself showed a complicated look, and said slowly: "To tell you the truth, I was really dissatisfied when I first learned what happened, and I deliberately blamed you for letting go." Mi Heng, even if you don’t kill him, you have to detain him no matter how bad it is, and deal with him when I come back.”

Zhang Liao bowed his head in shame, but Jia Xu savored the tone of Li Yi's words, but his eyes showed relief, knowing that his lord had understood his concerns.

Li Yi squinted his eyes and looked at the expression. He seemed to recall the scene when he met Cao Cao, and said with some emotion: "Although there are many people in this world, the only one who can be my enemy is Cao Cao." one person!"

Some of you here have heard Li Yi praise Cao Cao, and some of them are the first time. Although their ideas are somewhat different, they all admire Li Yi, and since Cao Cao can be praised so highly by Li Yi, it is obvious that this person is more powerful than he appears on the surface. Yanzhou Mu is very powerful.

Just listen to Li Yi continuing: "Cao Cao, regardless of his heart, vision, and resourcefulness, is the best choice in the world. A rebellious person like Ni Heng who uses mean words to gain fame, before coming here, must I offended Cao Cao, but since Cao Cao knew it was bad, he not only did not kill him, but sent him to Nanyang, ha ha, what things you Heng can do in the future, Cao Cao would not have imagined?"

Zhang Liao asked in a low voice: "My lord, you mean that Cao Cao deliberately sent Ni Heng to die?"

Li Yi didn't answer, but looked at Jia Xu.

Jia Xu seemed hesitant, looked at Li Yi's face again, and said, "Wen Yuan is right, but not right."

Seeing Zhang Liao's puzzled expression, Jia Xu bowed his hands to the crowd and said, "Jia doesn't know much about Cao Cao, some things can only be speculated, if there are any shortcomings, I hope you can correct me!"

Li Yi secretly laughed at Jia Xu, who was notoriously caring about his body. Before he really talked about the problem, he didn't forget to prepare a step for himself.

I saw Jia Xu get up, paced slowly, and said: "Today, the most prestigious person in the world is Yuan Benchu ​​of Hebei. Years ago, he fought with Gongsun Zan. Yuan Shao had many victories, and he severely injured Gongsun Zan's subordinates in the battle at Jieqiao. The white horse is an elite, and after Gongsun Zan's new defeat, not only did he not know how to recharge his energy and restore his vitality internally, but he even spared no effort for the people, and gradually became militaristic. But all the resourceful people in the world can see that its momentum is fading away, and if there are no major changes in the future, the land of Hebei will be taken by Yuan Shao sooner or later."

"Except for Yuan Shao, not counting the lord, the most eye-catching person in this world is Cao Cao."

"Your Majesty, you should act with gentle wind and drizzle, moisten things silently, and do no harm to the people. However, Cao Cao always puts war first. Although he has no choice but to do so, he must be a warlike man. Before watching Cao Cao, he was in Yanzhou. Waiting for this year After the soldiers and horses are repaired and the food and grass are replenished, there will probably be another war."

There is a screen in the room with a simple map hanging on it. Jia Xu walked closer and pointed, and said: "There is Yuan Shao in Hebei, and he is very powerful now, and he has a good relationship with Cao Cao. Cao Cao will definitely not take it, but Si The state is chaotic, although there are great interests in it, but the forces are as diverse as a quagmire, if you step into it easily, if you are not careful, you will be doomed, so Cao Cao intends to expand, and the only choice is Xuzhou and Yuzhou!"

Xu Huang on the side couldn't help interjecting: "Sir, Nanyang is in Jingzhou, what can we do with it?"

Jia Xu smiled slightly and said, "Don't be in a hurry, Gongming, just listen to me."

After a pause, Jia Xu sighed, "Since Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, the prestige of the emperor has not been as good as before, but Yuan Shao fought Gongsun Zan in Hebei, and they both had to pretend to be righteous, let alone Cao Cao?"

"So, if Cao Cao wants to raise troops, he must be famous!"

Li Yi nodded secretly. Later, Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou in the name of revenge for his family, but everyone knew that even if there was no such accident, Cao Cao would have nothing to do, and sooner or later he would set up another name to attack Xuzhou, and that accident, But it just gave Cao Cao an excuse.

At this time, many people already understood what Jia Xu was referring to. Xu Shu, who was sitting at the end, asked, "Sir, do you want to say that Cao Cao sent Ni Heng to Nanyang to deliberately use Mi Heng to make trouble, so as to plot something wrong?"

Before Jia Xu answered, Shi Tao, who was next to Xu Shu, shook his head and said, "Otherwise, unless Cao Cao is following the false strategy of attacking Guo, but there is Yuzhou in the middle, Cao Cao can eat Yuzhou, and Nanyang belongs to Jingzhou. If Cao Cao really did this, he might be attacked immediately."

Xu Shu shook his head slightly, not arguing with Shi Tao, but judging from his expression, it was obvious that he disagreed with Shi Tao.

At this time, Guo Jia coughed lightly and said, "Everyone, there is one thing that I'm afraid I may have overlooked."

Jia Xu asked with a smile, "What is Feng Xiao talking about?"