Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Looking at the captain, Dian Wei pretended to be deep while thinking about Li Yi's confession: "You only want to go back to your hometown as soon as possible and reunite with your relatives, but you don't know how much the lord has done for you!"

Naturally, everyone didn't understand what this painstaking effort was all about, so the doubts on their faces became more and more obvious.

Dian Wei looked around the crowd, and said: "You only know how to fight back and defeat Yuan Shu, so that you can reunite with your family, and then let the military coupons in your hands become food, don't you think so, my lord? Hmph, compared to your selfishness, my lord Even more so, he never thought about sending troops to Yangzhou, eliminating rebellion for the country, consolidating the country, and restoring the majesty of the emperor, but my lord, he endured so much and didn't do it, why do you think!"

"why?"

A soldier standing near the front subconsciously opened his mouth to answer a sentence, then reacted, and quickly lowered his head, but Dian Wei was not angry, but followed his words and said loudly: "Because, the Lord is only thinking about your family. , Spring plowing is coming soon, when troops are sent to Yangzhou, the spring plowing in Yangzhou will inevitably be affected. In this way, my lord, even if he defeats Yuan Shu and wins Shouchun, the spring plowing will be delayed. Wouldn’t it mean that your family will starve in the future? My lord He can't bear it, do you understand!"

All the soldiers present were stunned. After all, they were ordinary soldiers. Most of them were illiterate. Normally, they wouldn’t think too much about it. Now that Dian Wei gave him a slap in the face, they realized that when the battle broke out, their families would have to suffer. hungry.

Immediately, everyone's original desire to fight was directly suppressed a lot. It's true that they really wanted to go back to Yangzhou to reunite with their families, and it's true that they wanted to exchange the military coupons in their hands for real food. In the future, it will directly damage the interests of their family members, so it is reasonable for them to change their minds.

Dian Wei looked at everyone's reaction and snorted coldly in his heart, secretly thinking that what his master said was exactly the same.

Dian Wei's three views are different from ordinary people. He puts Li Yi first in everything. As long as he can devote himself wholeheartedly to Li Yi, he is his good brother. On the contrary, those whose personal selfishness is greater than Li Yi's affairs, Dian Wei Look down on.

Fortunately, because of Li Yi's confession, although Dian Wei was dissatisfied with the way these people retreated, he did not show it on the surface, but persuaded everyone: "Okay, you should understand the painstaking efforts of the lord, so let's go. "

Dian Wei waved his hand and wanted to send everyone away, and indeed some people were ready to leave, but at this moment, a corporal leader in the crowd suddenly stood up and said loudly: "General Dian Wei, please tell the Lord, if at this time If you don't attack Yuan Shu, you are not protecting our family, but harming them!"

This man's voice was very loud, which immediately attracted everyone's attention, Dian Wei and the officers in the front row were no exception.

"Shut up, there is no place for you to talk here!"

The captain who had talked to Dian Wei before turned around and scolded him immediately, but Dian Wei raised his hand to stop him, and then asked the corporal leader: "What do you think, just tell me what you think, as long as what you say makes sense, I will personally Go to the lord and ask for a reward for you!"

"Yes, thank you General!"

The corps leader thanked him first, and then said: "The villain is the Qu'aren family. He was forcibly incorporated into the army by local officials, and even took away most of the food stored in the family. Before going to Jingzhou, he heard from people from the same village , parents in the villain’s family can only rely on wild vegetables and young crops to feed themselves, because no one dares to touch the remaining food, otherwise there will be no food seeds for the coming year.”

The corporal leader didn't know whether it was his acting skills or his true feelings. Just after he finished speaking, tears flowed down his face, and he raised his hands and shouted to the people around him: "Everyone is from Yangzhou, just like me. I want to know. How many people are like me, dragged away by Yuan Shuqiang, without any salary, and instead of being paid the food of the family, who are they!"

There was such a moment of silence, but immediately after, people responded one after another: "It's like this in my family!"

"Me too!"

"I'm just living alone because I haven't got married yet, and the dog official excused that the surplus food is useless, and he didn't leave me a single grain of rice!"

"And I!"

Everyone responded in unison, and for a while there were voices of resentment and indignation all around. Dian Wei roughly estimated that Yuan Shu would not dare to say that everyone's family had been confiscated by Yuan Shu, but it was definitely possible.

"Everyone listen to me, listen to me!"

The corporal leader jumped up a step next to him, waved his hands vigorously, and waited for everyone to calm down a little, then continued to speak loudly: "Think about it, everyone, when Yuan Shu was in power before, he was so vicious and vicious, don't let me After waiting for a way to survive, Yuan Shu lost to the lord and suffered heavy losses. In order to survive, Yuan Shu's methods must be more cruel than before. Under such circumstances, even if our parents, wives and children grow food, so what? As long as there is Yuan Shu Being in charge in Yangzhou, how many grains of rice will end up in the mouths of my family and others? Pity them for their hard work, but in the end they just filled Yuan Shu with military rations!"

After all, the corporal leader was crying again, and he didn't care to wipe it off, he ran to Dian Wei and knelt down, and said loudly: "General Dian Wei will also ask the lord to fight on my behalf, but with Yuan Shu in Yangzhou for a day, My family and I are living in dire straits, as long as the Marquis of Xiang can send troops to expel Yuan Shu, we will only be starved for a while, but we will no longer have to worry about hunger and cold. Therefore, I also ask Marquis Xiang to send troops to Yangzhou to wait for us Parents, wives and children are the masters!"

Chapter 505

If it is said that Dian Wei's speech before let these soldiers from Yangzhou know that sending troops to Yangzhou would be a kind of harm to the interests of their families, and then made them retreat, the cry of this corps leader is to question them, for a while Pain, pain for a lifetime, which one do you choose?

Although Yuan Shu's various reflections after his defeat have made great changes in his treatment of the common people, and he has even put them into action. However, once a person's image collapses, it is difficult to establish it again. After several years of persistence, there is no effect at all, and coupled with the deliberate guidance of Li Yi, the enemy, in the eyes of these Yangzhou soldiers, Yuan Shu is still the Yuan Shu who does not treat ordinary people as human beings. Improvement, but can only become more and more greedy and bottomless. It is undoubtedly very bad to seek life on Yuan Shu's territory.

Therefore, after the corporal leader asked multiple choice questions about lifetime pain and temporary pain, almost everyone chose the latter.

"Let's fight Yangzhou. Apart from following Xianghou in my life, I have basically never had enough food for more than 30 years. Xianghou is kind and generous. Even if there are difficulties in the future, how can I wait for my family to starve to death!"

"Yeah, it's no big deal to be hungry, we're all used to it, as long as we don't starve to death!"

"Follow Marquis Xiang to fight Yangzhou and beat Yuan Shu away, so our family can have a good life!"

"Also ask the general to plead for our lives!"

With a few people taking the lead to speak, everyone's enthusiasm for war suddenly rose again. There were more than 2000 people, and almost everyone was calling for Li Yi to send troops. Dian Wei looked at the reactions of the people, and just thought that the heat was almost ready, so he Hearing a "squeak" behind him, the closed door opened, and Li Yi walked out with a face of compassion. Everyone who was asking for a fight immediately fell silent. They all looked at Li Yi, and no one dared to speak again.

Li Yi walked forward slowly, and when he was about to reach the officers who asked to fight, Li Yi's guards stepped forward a few steps, standing in between Li Yi and them, but Li Yi waved his hand to let the guards Stepped back, and said: "These are all soldiers who have built their careers with me, can they hurt my heart?"

Li Yi didn't lower his voice, many people heard these words, and were immediately moved, especially the officers who were closer, bowed down to Li Yi without saying a word.

Li Yi shook his head, stepped forward to help these people up one by one, and sighed: "The army has been out for several months. Although it has only gone through one battle, it is also hard for the soldiers to travel around. In addition, it is time for spring plowing again. Alas, I am really I don't want to start another war."

Li Yi's words, combined with his usual image, were telling everyone that he was unwilling to send troops to Yangzhou because he cherished the soldiers. These people were so moved, and some even got wet in their eyes.

Those officers originally planned to ask for a fight directly after seeing Li Yi, but now they really saw it, no matter whether it is Li Yi's authority or Li Yi's gentle attitude, in short, it is difficult to ask for a fight Open your mouth.

Li Yi showed a very gentle smile to them, and said: "Okay, let's leave, once the war breaks out, the people will suffer. I really can't bear such a crime."

After Li Yi finished speaking, he sighed and was about to go back. The captain who was arranged by Li Yi suddenly shouted: "My lord, it is our wish to send troops to Xuzhou. Even if it is not beautiful, we should bear it. What are you doing with the lord?"

Originally, everyone was afraid to speak after Li Yi appeared, but after someone took the lead, they naturally lost some worries, and they all said: "My lord, please send troops and take us back to Yangzhou!"

"My lord, please send troops!"

"I'm willing to do my best to die!"

"Lord!"

Hearing everyone's voices, Li Yi's face was full of unbearable expressions, but in fact, his mood was much calmer than it seemed.

After a while, the voices of everyone calling for the battle gradually became quieter, but Li Yi still didn't respond. Just when everyone was disappointed and felt that there was nothing to do, the corporal leader who was impassioned before suddenly pulled out a long gun Dao, loudly said: "My lord!"

This man's actions startled everyone, especially those officers who were fooled into asking for a fight, they felt their heads were about to explode. What they did today was a risky thing, if they attack Li Yi again situation, it is really over.

"Stop, put down the knife!"

"what are you going to do!"

"Bold, what is your intention! How dare you show your weapon in front of the lord!"

Because of this accident, Li Yi's guards immediately protected Li Yi. As for the others, they scolded the corporal leader one after another, and the more responsive ones wanted to step forward to take the corporal leader down, but although the man It's just a corporal leader, but his skills are formidable. A school lieutenant and a village chief rushed up to grab him at the same time, but he dodged easily with a single wrong step.

Those two people were very ashamed and were about to strike at him again, but saw the corporal commander put the long knife around his neck and said loudly: "My lord, the villain has something to say!"

Seeing this, those who were about to do something subconsciously paused, while Li Yi separated the guards around him, stepped forward a few steps, and was about ten feet away from the corporal leader, and asked, "Do you have any questions?" What do you say?"

The corps leader knelt down on one knee and said with tears in his eyes, "My lord is kind, and I don't want to start a war during the spring plowing season. We know that my lord is painstaking, but will Yuan Shu treat my family kindly because of my lord's kindness? Not to mention that Yuan Shu was brutal and did not give the people a way to survive, now that I have joined the Marquis of Xiang, Yuan Shu will not make it easier for them!"

The corporal leader's words were like a steel needle, which made many people turn pale, because he reminded everyone that the ordinary people in Yangzhou had a hard life, and the family members of those who surrendered to Li Yi, It can only be worse.

Suddenly, everyone looked at Li Yi as if they had a tacit understanding. Although no one said anything, they all expressed one meaning, that is, they want to send troops to Yangzhou as soon as possible.

Li Yi hadn't replied yet, but the corporal leader said loudly again: "My lord, we are certainly homesick, but gathering people to fight today is a violation of military law after all, and the villain even used his weapon to offend the lord. This is an unforgivable crime." Therefore, the villain is willing to kill himself to atone for his sins, and only asks the lord to agree to send troops!"

After all the corporal leaders finished speaking, they swiped their knives at their own necks to wipe them off. Seeing this, everyone yelled "No", and some wanted to stop them, but they were too far away to reach them.