One kick to the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 308
After a long conversation with Liu Yu, Qin Yi sent Liu Yu back to the prefect's mansion.After returning to the county government office, he immediately summoned Xi Zhicai to his study, informed Xi Zhicai of some information provided by Liu Yu, and also informed him of Liu Yu's suggestions.

After some discussions between the two, Xi Zhi thought that Liu Yu's suggestion could be adopted.At the same time, they also confirmed the candidate to be sent to Yecheng, that is Xia Houlan.

As a spy, you should first ensure your loyalty. Xia Houlan is a loyal and upright person. Although he has defected to Qin Yi for the shortest time, judging from the several missions he participated in with Qin Yi, this person has a good character and can be loyal. Besides, there is Zhao Yun With this relationship, Xia Houlan will not betray Qin Yi.

Secondly, Xia Houlan has never been to Yecheng, so she is an unfamiliar face and does not attract attention.In the end, Xia Houlan's abilities are also very outstanding, and she is completely capable of being alone.

After discussing with Xi Zhicai, Qin Yi called Xia Houlan to the study and asked Xia Houlan's opinion on this matter.Xia Houlan readily agreed.

The next day, Qin Yi took Xiahoulan to meet Liu Yu, and let Liu Yu and Xiahoulan get acquainted first.Liu Yu tested Xia Houlan, and Xia Houlan answered fluently, Liu Yu was very satisfied.

Later, Liu Yu proposed that in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, Xia Houlan could not go back to Yecheng with him, but could go ahead.And set down the contact method with Xia Houlan in the future.

Qin Yi agreed to Liu Yu's suggestion and gave Xiahoulan two days to prepare, and left for Yecheng two days later.

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The next day, Zhang Yan arrived at Changzi County, and Qin Yi, Yang Feng, Xi Zhicai, and Li Le went out of the city ten miles to meet him.

After the two sides met, Zhang Yan learned that both Qin Yi and Yang Feng had become prefects of a county, and immediately congratulated them.Qin Yi found that Zhang Yan's expression was actually somewhat envious.

Think about it, although Zhang Yan has hundreds of thousands of people, he has been nesting in the Taihang Mountains and has no official territory at all.Presumably, he also wanted to become a prefect of a county.

After returning to the city, Zhang Yan first visited Liu Yu led by Qin Yi.This is the etiquette, no matter what Zhang Yan said, he still has the official status of a general who is in trouble. Since Liu Yu is one of the three princes, Zhang Yan naturally cannot lose the etiquette.

Qin Yi had already passed his breath to Liu Yu, so Liu Yu was not surprised by Zhang Yan's arrival.However, on the surface, Liu Yu still pretended to be surprised and asked Zhang Yan why he came to Changzi County.Zhang Yan followed what Qin Yi had told him in advance, saying that he came to pay a visit specially when he learned that Liu Yu was in Changzi County on business.After Liu Yu and Zhang Yan had some conversation, Zhang Yan said goodbye and left.

At noon that day, Qin Yi hosted a banquet in honor of Zhang Yan, and Liu Yu also attended the banquet.After the banquet, Zhang Yan rested for an afternoon.In the evening, Qin Yi held a banquet again, but the only guests invited were Zhang Yan and Yang Feng.

All three of them knew what was going to be discussed during the banquet, so drinking was extremely restrained.After a few rounds of drinking, the three discussed about forming an alliance.

Originally, the three families formed an alliance. Zhang Yan was forced by Qin Yi and had to agree to this condition. But now, Qin Yi and Yang Feng have become prefects of a county. Zhang Yan can form an alliance with them. very happy.

Negotiations on the alliance went smoothly.The three of them don't need to sign a covenant, they just agree verbally.People in this era value integrity, and they will not go back on what they have agreed to, at least in the short term.Besides, the so-called allies are only out of interest. Even if a black and white covenant is signed, it is not binding. When it is time to tear up the covenant, someone will still tear it up.

Afterwards, Qin Yi brought up the war with Niu Fu.After discussion, the three reached an agreement that Qin Yi and Yang Feng would fight Niu Fu head-on, while Zhang Yan would be in charge of monitoring the soldiers and horses in Taiyuan County. Once a war broke out, Zhang Yan would send troops to Taiyuan County. It was not necessary to attack the city, but it must be restrained. The soldiers and horses living in Taiyuan County were not allowed to help Niu Fu, and went south to attack Qin Yi and Yang Feng.

The reason why Taiyuan County is so important is because the prefect of Taiyuan County, Wang Zhi, came from the Wang family of Taiyuan, and he was in the same family as Situ Wangyun of the Chang'an court.In other words, Taiyuan County is heart to Chang'an court.Therefore, Qin Yi worried that Wang Zhi would send troops to help Niu Fu in order to please Niu Fu.

This task is easy for Zhang Yan to complete.He even proposed that if given the chance, he would take Taiyuan County in one fell swoop.

For Zhang Yan's ambition, Qin Yi is very happy to see it come true.Currently, he and Zhang Yan are still allies, and Zhang Yan will not pose a threat to him yet.On the contrary, Qin Yi and Wang Zhi of Taiyuan County belonged to different courts, and Wang Zhi was a greater threat to Qin Yi than Zhang Yan.It is better for Zhang Yan to attack Taiyuan County than to attack by himself. Now he has limited troops and cannot afford to wear them down, nor is he capable of attacking a county.

In return for Zhang Yan's dispatch of troops, the price Qin Yi paid was to provide Zhang Yan with food and grass that could feed 3000 people for a month.

Qin Yi secretly calculated that his current food reserves are quite sufficient and can fully meet Zhang Yan's condition.

That's how the plan for dispatching troops was decided.

On the second day, Zhang Yan bid farewell and left.Afterwards, Yang Feng and Li Le also bid farewell to Liu Yu and returned to Xihe County.They have to go back and dispatch troops to deal with the great war that will soon follow.

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On the second day after Zhang Yan left, Xia Houlan secretly left Changzi County with only one young servant and went to Yecheng.

On the 25th day of the first lunar month, Qin Yi went to the prefect's mansion early in the morning, and he deliberately put on the prefect's official uniform.At the same time, Xi Zhicai, Pei Ji, Xu Huang, He Gai and others also followed Qin Yi to the prefect's mansion.

Today is the day when Qin Yi ordered the county magistrates of Shangdang County to visit the Taishou's mansion, and it is also the day when Qin Yi officially took office as the prefect of Shangdang County.

It was Zhao Yun who came to the prefect's mansion first.When Qin Yi learned that Zhao Yun was coming, he immediately went out of the house with Xu Huang to meet him.After the three met, they exchanged warm greetings.

Subsequently, county officials arrived one after another.Except for Qin Yi who came out to greet Wei Ji when officials from other counties came, Qin Yi did not come out to greet them, but Xi Zhicai.

At the time of Zhizi, all the county magistrates of the eleven counties of Shangdang County arrived at the Taishou Mansion.

There were originally thirteen counties in Shangdang County, but Yang Feng took over Yang Feng's County, and Qin Yi also served as the magistrate of the eldest son's county. Therefore, only the county magistrates from eleven counties came today.

This surprised Qin Yi. He originally thought that there would be one or two counties that did not recognize him as the county governor, but unexpectedly, the county magistrates from all the counties were summoned.

This also made Qin Yi feel very emotional. It seems that strength determines everything.Presumably, the officials in these counties also felt guilty after seeing Qin Yi's strength before, so no one was afraid.

Everyone gathered in the lobby of the prefect's mansion, and then Qin Yi invited Liu Yu to read the appointment of Qin Yi by the Yecheng court to everyone.

Then, it was Qin Yi's home game.He announced that Xi Zhicai was promoted to be the magistrate of Shangdang County and also the county magistrate of the eldest son, Xu Huang was promoted to be the captain of Shangdang County, and the rest of the county officials would still keep their posts and be transferred according to the situation in the future.

Seeing that Qin Yi has not made any major changes in personnel appointments, those county magistrates who were not attached to Qin Yi before all heaved a sigh of relief.

At noon, Qin Yi held a large banquet in the prefect's mansion for all his subordinates.

In the afternoon, except Zhao Yun, Wei Ji, and Du Pu who were left behind by Qin Yi, the rest of the guests left.

(End of this chapter)