Xiaoqi

Now Li Jue has roughly figured out the strength of his nephew Li Li. The Wuwei Army has [-] soldiers, including [-] cavalry, [-] infantry, and [-] generals. There are so many people.After more than half a year of rapid development, the Wuwei army under Li Li's command is almost equal to his strength under Li Jue's many years of management, and even faintly surpasses him.

Every time he thinks that his nephew Li Li is actually stronger than his uncle, Li Jue can't help but wonder whether the information obtained by the spy and the scouts is accurate or not, and whether Li Li's strength is deliberately exaggerated to make him happy.

According to the intelligence, Li Lili's army defeated Han Sui and Ma Teng's coalition forces twice in a row, wiped out eight generals including Cheng Yin and Yang Qiu, and sent troops to annex the Xiutu tribe and regain the three counties of Zhangye.

Thinking of these enviable achievements, Li Jue, as a veteran in the battlefield, naturally knew that on the battlefield, every victory needs to be guaranteed by a strong enough strength, and there is no reason to win by fluke.

Therefore, deep down in his heart, Li Jue has already admitted that his nephew Li Li is now stronger than his uncle, not even superior, but much stronger.

Today, Cai Yong brought up the old matter again, and once again put the Li family's family affairs on the table.

To be honest, Li Jue was very reluctant to hear about the quarrel between his uncle and nephew.However, Cai Yong is not an outsider now, but Li Li's father-in-law. He is fully qualified to ask about everything related to Li Li's personal interests.

Thinking of this, Li Jue felt helpless for his nephew Li Li's bold and reckless character.Cai Yong's daughter, Cai Yan, is obviously a widow, but Li Li actually wants to marry Cai Yan as his equal wife. She really dares to do anything and do whatever she wants, without restraint!

Thoughts were flying, Li Jue pondered for a long time, while Cai Yong didn't seem to be in a hurry, he sipped his tea slowly and looked at the surrounding villages.

After a long while, Li Jue smiled apologetically at Cai Yong, "Brother Fei Bai has been waiting for a long time, Li was distracted just now, please forgive me."

"It's okay. Anyway, we are here waiting for Wenchang and his party. Don't worry, there is plenty of time." Cai Yong said with a smile.

"Hehehe!"

Li Jue didn't expect Cai Yong to have a funny side, so he laughed and said, "Brother Feibai is open-minded, and my younger brother has been educated. Wenchang is my nephew of Li Jue. As long as I can help him, I will definitely help him." Brother Feibai, please don't worry about this!"

After Cai Yong heard the words, a trace of worry flashed across his eyes, and he thought to himself: "Li Jue still has reservations! Alas, Wen Chang is not his biological son after all. Although the two are uncles and nephews, there is still a difference! The two of them, uncle and nephew, will never meet each other in battle."

Chapter 178 Returning with Honor (Please recommend)

On February [-]th in the third year of Chuping, Chang'an City.

At the west gate, all Xiliang generals headed by Li Ru were waiting outside the city gate, looking eagerly at the approaching Xiaoqi general Li Li and his five thousand cavalry.

Behind Li Ru, General Dong Yue of Feixiong Camp saw the mighty iron cavalry three hundred paces away, and a look of innocence appeared in his eyes.

"Dong Yue, how does Li Li's Wuwei Iron Cavalry compare to the Flying Bear Camp?" Li Ru, the Zhongchang attendant, was the best at observing words and expressions, and asked in a low voice when Dong Yue had a strange look in his eyes.

Dong Yue took another look at Li Li, who was sitting high on the horse in Xiliang, and the mighty cavalry behind him, and said in a deep voice: "The mighty cavalry behind General Li Li is very imposing, the soldiers are tall and strong, and their whole body is full of evil spirits. The mounts under their crotch are excellent, all of them are high-quality war horses with a back height of more than seven feet. They are fast but not chaotic, and their steps are consistent. They are elite iron cavalry!

But they are light cavalry after all, although they are strong in battle, they are not the enemy of Feixiong's heavy armored cavalry.How could the Wuwei iron cavalry compete with the [-] flying bear heavy armored cavalry built by Shangfu with painstaking efforts and a lot of money?It's just that the combat power of these five thousand mighty cavalry, based on intuition alone, Dong felt that the combat power of this army was extremely strong.If our Feixiong soldiers fight against them on the battlefield, even if we win in the end, I am afraid that we will have to pay at least [-] cavalry casualties, otherwise it will be difficult to wipe them out. "

"Oh? The Wuwei army is so powerful! It seems that I, Li Ru, underestimated this nephew of General Li Jue before. He is really a duo of nephews and uncles, the first of the tiger generals!"

While Li Ru was astonished, he couldn't help but sigh that Li Jue and Li Li's uncle and nephew are both generals now, holding heavy troops in their hands, and their strength cannot be ignored.

"My lord is in charge of the world's intelligence, so I should know the achievements of General Li Li like the palm of my hand. I wonder if the current rumors about Chang'an City are true?" Dong Yue asked softly.

"Hehehe!" Li Ru squinted his eyes and chuckled when he heard the words, and said, "I sent people to spread the rumors on purpose in Chang'an City. How could it be wrong? Anyway, General Li Li is from the same line as me, and he is under Xiangguo's command." The generals of the direct line, this time he returned with honor, we should come to greet him.

Oh, by the way, General Dong Yue, you sent someone to notify General Fengxian in advance, why hasn't he come yet? "

A wry smile suddenly appeared on Dong Yue's face, he shook his head helplessly and said: "Feng Xian knew that General Wenchang would return to Beijing today. But he sent someone to say that he was in poor health and could not come to greet him. Please Lord Bo take his place on his behalf." Apologies to General Wenchang."

"Huh? How could Fengxian be so trusting? Could it be that in his eyes, with Li Wenchang's current status, isn't it worthy of him to greet him in person?" Li Ru frowned and said in a deep voice.

Seeing Li Ru's displeasure, Dong Yue said with a sneer, "Master Bo. This has always been the case in Fengxian, among the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty. Except for Shangfu, he doesn't give face to anyone. Even Lord Bo, you, I'm afraid Feng Xian didn't pay attention to it."

"Hmph!" After Li Ru heard the words, he gave Dong Yue a gloomy look, then turned his head away, snorted coldly, and said nothing more.

Although Dong Yue's words were provocative inside and out.But Li Ru knew that Dong Yue was right, and that Lu Bu did not pay attention to Li Ru, the head secretary of the Grand Master's Mansion and Zhongchang Attendant.Every time he met Lu Bu, he always greeted Lu Bu first, but Lu Bu just nodded indifferently and left.The end is the extreme of arrogance.There is no one in sight.

Although Li Ru pretended not to care every time with a smile on his face, he actually felt very uncomfortable in his heart.It's just that he can bear it, and has been holding back all the time, pretending that this kind of thing has never happened.

Dong Yue just mentioned this issue now, Li Ru certainly knew that Dong Yue disliked Lv Bu very much, and also knew the purpose of his provocative words.However, Li Ru couldn't do anything about it, and couldn't help.

A month ago, Dong Zhuo took a step up from the position of grand master to the high position of Shangfu. The little emperor Liu Xie also saluted him in front of Dong Zhuo.

After Dong Zhuo ascended to the throne and honored his father, he appointed his adopted son Lu Bu as Zhijinwu and Wenhou, and took charge of the military and horse power in the Chang'an imperial city.Therefore, Lv Bu was deeply trusted by Dong Zhuo, and he stayed with him sooner or later, and was extremely favored.

But Dong Yue has long been staring at Jinwu's seat.Because he was originally a collateral clan of the Dong family in Lintao.According to his seniority, he is Dong Zhuo's distant nephew, and he has been in charge of Dong Zhuo's personal soldiers, the Feixiong Camp, and served as the general of the Feixiong Camp, always guarding Dong Zhuo's side.

Therefore, in Dong Yue's eyes, the post of Jin Wu must be his, as if it is in his pocket.As long as the time comes, he will be able to rank in Jiuqing, and the scenery will be infinite.

Unexpectedly, Lv Bu intervened and took Dong Yuezhi away from the position of Zhijinwu, which he must win.

In fact, Dong Yue was very dissatisfied with Lv Bu when Lv Bu worshiped Dong Zhuo as his adoptive father and guarded Dong Zhuo all day long.Because that position used to belong to him, Dong Yue.What made him feel helpless was that Lu Bu's martial arts were indeed much better than him, and Dong Zhuo regarded Lu Bu very highly.

So Dong Yue could only grit his teeth and stand still, swallowing his anger all day long, and from time to time, Lu Bu would call him around in Dong Zhuo's name.

Really aggrieved.

If it is said that Dong Zhuo's personal bodyguard, Dong Yue can still reluctantly give up; then he will never give up the position of Jin Wu to Lu Bu.

However, as soon as Dong Zhuo opened his mouth, the position of Zhijinwu fell to Lu Bu again, and Dong Yue missed again, watching the cooked duck fly away.

In the past, there was the hatred of snatching the personal guard, and later there was the hatred of seizing the throne. The new hatred and the old hatred were superimposed. Dong Yue hated Lu Bu to the bone, and hated him so much that he gritted his teeth.

It's just that no matter how much Dong Yue resented Lu Bu, he had to obey Lu Bu's orders.Now Lu Bu is his rightful boss, commanding him is a matter of course.

The hatred in Dong Yue's heart is so useless!

Li Ru was well aware of Dong Yue's current situation.But even though he wanted to help Dong Yue, he still had more than enough energy, he was powerless!Now the relationship between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu is getting better and better, and they love each other like their own father and son.Anyone who dares to blame Lu Bu in front of Dong Zhuo is asking for trouble and getting bored.

In fact, in the Xiliang army now, there are not a few generals who are dissatisfied because Lv Bu is favored by Dong Zhuo and has been repeatedly promoted to rank. Almost all Xiliang generals have resentment towards Lv Bu.So everyone unanimously excluded Lu Bu from the Xiliang Army.Let him never touch the military power of the Xiliang army, and the army under his command is only more than [-] Bingzhou Jiubu.The other soldiers and horses in Xiliang obeyed Lu Bu's military orders in a positive manner and violated them, and they were thrown aside and ignored.Unless Lu Bu holds Dong Zhuo's personal soldier talisman and executes Dong Zhuo's military orders, there is no way to mobilize every single soldier of the Xiliang Army.

"Xi Yu Yu!"

"Da da da! Boom!"

As Li Li raised his right hand, the five-thousand-gold guard cavalry reined in instantly, and the horse neighed.Then he took three steps forward and stood in a neat formation, motionless like a mountain.

"Hehehe!"

With hearty laughter, Li Li quickly jumped off his mount and strode towards Li Ru, the Zhongchang attendant standing at the gate of the city.

"How can I, Li Lihe De, ask Mr. Zhong Changshi to go out of the city to greet me. I am really flattered, I can't bear it!"

"General Li is out of sight. You should call me the chief secretary. You can also call me Wenyou. Zhongchangshi is only an official position in the palace, and I, Li Ru, are still the chief secretary of the Grand Master's Mansion! Hehehe!" Li Ru took Li Liyu's arm that was about to salute, and said with a smile on his face.

In fact, Li Li is just pretending.If Li Ru dared to accept his salute, he would at most bow slightly, that's all.

However, Li Ru has always greeted people with a smiling face, making people feel that he is easy to talk to.I have no temper.The most important thing is that he is very good at being a man, and he seems to have no problems with all the generals of the Xiliang Army, but he has no deep friendship either.Never form cliques for private interests, form cliques, and abide by the duty of being a minister.

Therefore, many Xiliang generals may not understand Li Ru's ability to obtain high officials and generous salary with his sharp teeth, but they will not deny him face in person, and will not easily offend him.

In addition, the relationship between Li Ru and Li Jue, Li Li's uncle and nephew is different from others.He couldn't write two characters of Li in one stroke. Li Ru came from a collateral branch of the Li family, so he was considered a member of the Li family, but he had nothing to do with Li Jue, the current head of the Li family.

Li Ru was born in a humble family. Although he was a collateral descendant of the Li family in Beidi County, he had never received any kindness from the Li family, let alone any assistance from the Li family.Therefore, although he and the Li family are from the same lineage, they are not related to each other.On the contrary, it was Dong Zhuo who showed kindness to Li Ru, and when he had no hope of being filial and honest, he took him into his account as an aide.