One kick to the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 408 Returning to Ye City
After Qin Yi captured Tang County, he withdrew from Tang County the next day and led his army back to Guangchang County.Qin Yi moved all the food and valuables in the Tang county treasury back to Guangchang county.

This time, Qin Yi was not worried about not having enough food.Guan Yu and Zhang Fei played a great role in the battle to conquer Tang County, and Qin Yi also generously allocated Liu Bei ten days of rations.

In the next few days, Qin Yi waited quietly for news from Jieqiao.

Liu Bei had already decided to follow Qin Yi to Yecheng to recognize his ancestors and return to his clan, so he simply gave up his reserve and asked Qin Yi's subordinates to come to Qin Yi's barracks every day.He often invited Qin Yi to guide his soldiers in their drills, and every now and then, he would entertain Qin Yi at the county government.

In return, Qin Yi also showed great kindness to Liu Bei.He also often entertained the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang in the military camp.

In the first two banquets, whether it was Qin Yi's party or Liu Guanzhang, they all kept reserved, and everyone just talked about the scene.But after gradually getting acquainted, the topics of the banquet became more and more abundant. They talked about ancient and modern times, the current situation, including some things about marching and fighting. They really talked about everything.

After a banquet, Zhang Fei suddenly challenged Zhao Yun to compete in martial arts with Zhao Yun.He had fought against Zhao Yun and Qin Yi, but Qin Yi defeated Zhang Fei within two rounds, so Zhang Fei didn't dare to challenge Qin Yi.But for Zhao Yun, he and Zhao Yun were almost tied, and the outcome was undecided. Therefore, Zhang Fei has always had a grudge.

Qin Yi also wanted to see who was stronger, Zhao Yun or Zhang Fei, so he asked Zhao Yun to play.The final result was that Zhao Yun barely won.

With the beginning, it is out of control.Zhang Fei would go to Qin Yi's barracks almost every day to compete with Zhao Yun.In addition, Guan Yu and Hua Xiong also joined in.Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, and Zhang Fei are of similar skill level, because they are competing in martial arts and cannot perform ultimate moves, so Zhao Yun also occasionally loses by mistake.

But Hua Xiong has never defeated Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, which aroused his desire to win, but he has been defeated repeatedly without giving up.After a few days, the four of them felt that they had gained a lot.Hua Xiong, in particular, broke through the bottleneck under high pressure, and his martial arts improved a lot.

Qin Yi had secretly tested the strength of Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Hua Xiong.According to the ranking, Zhao Yun is stronger than Guan Yu, Guan Yu is stronger than Zhang Fei, and Hua Xiong is at the bottom.

After a few competitions, Qin Yi discovered that Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei's force value increased by a little at the same time, and after Hua Xiong broke through the bottleneck, his force value increased by three points.

Hua Xiong's force value is not low, and he has entered the ranks of first-class generals. It can be said that it is extremely difficult to increase by three points.The same is true for Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei. Although they only increased their force value by a little, it is no less difficult than Hua Xiong's increase of force value by three points.

Although Qin Yi did not personally participate in the competition, he watched from the sidelines every time and gained a lot.

On the tenth day after returning to Guangchang City, Qin Yi received Yuan Shao's order.Yuan Shao told Qin Yi that he defeated Gongsun Zan at Jieqiao and signed a truce with Gongsun Zan.Yuan Shao ordered Qin Yi to lead himself and Liu Bei's troops to Yecheng to reward them based on their merits.

After discussing with Liu Bei, Qin Yi and Liu Bei decided to keep Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun and lead [-] soldiers to guard Guangchang, while the rest went to Yecheng.

However, half of Liu Bei's soldiers were local soldiers in Guangchang. Many of these people were unwilling to leave their homeland, and Liu Bei did not force them, so he left the soldiers who did not want to leave in Guangchang, under the command of Zhang Fei. , He only took 200 soldiers, and together with 2000 people led by Qin Yi, formed an army of [-] people and headed for Yecheng.

It was already August when Qin Yi led his army to Yecheng.It has been a whole year since he came to Yecheng last time.Qin Yi discovered that the city wall of Yecheng was three feet higher than last year.

At this time, Yuan Shao had already returned to Yecheng for nearly half a month.Knowing Qin Yi's arrival, Yuan Shao sent his eldest son, Yuan Tan, out of the city to meet him in person, and conveyed Yuan Shao's order to Qin Yi.

Yuan Shao ordered Qin Yi's army to camp outside the north gate of Yecheng, and only allowed Qin Yi to lead his generals and fifty personal guards into the city.This is not because Yuan Shao is harsh, but because of the imperial court's system.

Qin Yi ordered Hua Xiong, Zhang Fei, and Guo Jia to camp outside the city. He, Liu Bei, and Pei Ji led fifty personal guards and entered the city accompanied by Yuan Tan.

After Yuan Tan arranged Qin Yi and others to live in the inn, he left. He took away the memorabilia written by Qin Yi and Liu Bei to the emperor Liu Bian.

Qin Yi's memorabilia describes his defense against Niu Fujun and his battle after leading his troops into Hebei; Liu Bei's memorandum is about his support for Liu Bian and his own family history.

That evening, Yuan Tan came to the station again.He came to pick Qin Yi and Liu Bei to Yuan Shao's house for a banquet.

Yuan Shao hosted the banquet in person, which made Liu Bei a little flattered, but Qin Yi ignored it.Because Qin Yi knew that Yuan Shao had always wanted to win over him.

To make a long story short, Yuan Shao did not invite other officials to accompany the banquet that night, it was just a private banquet.During the banquet, Yuan Shao strongly praised Qin Yi's contribution in defending the imperial court, and said that he would definitely play Qin Yi as the governor of Bingzhou.

By the way, Qin Yi mentioned Yang Fengzhan's death and his intention to recommend Yang Sui to be the prefect of Xihe County to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao said that he would definitely allow the imperial court to treat Yang Feng generously and promised to recommend Yang Sui as the governor of Xihe County.

For Liu Bei, Yuan Shao also treated each other with courtesy, asking in detail about Liu Bei's family background and his experience as an official.He also stated to Liu Bei that he would definitely tell Liu Bei's affairs to the emperor, so that Liu Bei would recognize his ancestor and return to his ancestor.

Finally, Yuan Shao explained to Qin Yi and Liu Bei that three days later, the imperial court will hold a grand meeting to commend the heroes in this battle.Yuan Shao told Qin Yi and Liu Bei to go to Taichang Mansion to perform a ceremony tomorrow.

A banquet, the guests and hosts enjoy themselves.

On the second day, Qin Yi and Liu Bei went to Taichang Mansion to perform a ceremony.After the performance, Qin Yi began to visit.He brought a lot of gifts from Guangchang City to Yecheng, and it was rare to return to the court. Whether it was out of etiquette or for the consideration of his own interests in the future, Qin Yi had to visit all the big men in the court one by one.

Among the three princes, Yuan Shu was not in the court, and Yuan Shao's family had already been there yesterday, and the only one left was Situ Liuyu.

Qin Yi also spent the longest time at Liu Yu's house, and he and Liu Yu discussed secretly in the study for a long time.As for what was discussed, it is unknown.

Afterwards, Qin Yi visited the residences of Jiuqing in the court one by one, even though each one was just going through the motions and ran down from house to house, it took most of the day, and Qin Yi was exhausted.The main reason is that he is tired. Although he and Chaozhong Jiuqing know each other, they are not familiar with each other. He is not good at dealing with these scenes, but he has to pretend to be warm with others, and his heart is extremely tired.

(End of this chapter)