Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Zhuge Jin's attitude made Li Yi a little angry. After all, he was kind to Zhuge Jin's family, but in the same way, Sun Ce also saved Zhuge Jin. It was hard for Li Yi to say that Zhuge Jin was wrong. Because of his talent, he was arranged to Nanyang Academy as an enlightenment lecturer. At the same time, he was also allowed to follow Huang Chengyan to continue his studies. If he had the opportunity in the future, he might be able to become an official again.

On the second day in Wan County, Xu Huang and Kuai Yue's team also arrived in Wan County. After Li Yi discussed some matters with them, he issued two formal appointments in succession, and passed them on to the county governments in Yangzhou.

First of all, Li Yi appointed Jia Xu as the prefect of Jiujiang, acting as the governor of Yangzhou, and taking charge of the government affairs of Yangzhou.

Secondly, because Jia Xu was only acting as governor of Yangzhou temporarily, not a state shepherd, and did not hold military power, Li Yi added the Jiujiang Governor's Mansion and appointed Zhang Liao as Jiujiang Governor to assist Jia Xu and take charge of Jiujiang's soldiers and horses. If there is a war, he can temporarily control Yangzhou Soldiers from all walks of life.

With the implementation of these two appointments, Yangzhou, which has been turbulent for a long time, has finally begun to stabilize, and a new pattern with Li Yi as the mainstay has formed.

On the positive side, apart from Jia Xu, Zhang Zhao, the prefect of Yuzhang, and Wang Lang, the prefect of Wujun, are Li Yi's own people. As long as they are there, these two places will listen to Li Yi's government orders.

Although Guo Yong, the prefect of Lujiang, did not directly recognize Li Yi as his master, he and Li Yi are about to become relatives by marriage. With this premise, Guo Yong will be Li Yi's man sooner or later.

Hua Xin, the prefect of Danyang, did not pledge allegiance to Li Yi, but Li Yi appointed Gu Yong, a disciple of Cai Yong, as the governor of Danyang, and asked Gan Ning to be the captain of cavalry in Danyang. With this military presence, Hua Xin It's all about being an official in peace, if they are against Li Yi, the two of them can take him out of the air in an instant, and Li Yi even gave Gan Ning a secret order, allowing him to take Hua Xin's life directly if there is an emergency .

Therefore, Danyang is actually in Li Yi's hands.

The only thing that is not under Li Yi's control is Kuaiji, but it is harmless. Li Yi has shown his favor to Tang Mao many times, and Lu Su has offered advice to win over the Kuaiji family by various means. Even if Kuaiji cannot become Li Yi's help in the future, Definitely won't be a drag.

In terms of military affairs, apart from Zhang Liao who was in charge of Jiujiang and was in charge of the overall situation, Gan Ning stationed troops in Danyang, Gong Du entered Lujiang, Xu Shu left Danyang and entered Wu County, and Zhang Zhao was in charge of Yuzhang troops.

Among them, Zhang Liao and Gan Ning are the two cores, and there are more troops in command. If something happens in Jiji, Gan Ning will take the lead, and then the three armies will advance together.

As for Zhang Liao, although in name he is in charge of Yangzhou soldiers and horses, in fact Li Yi's real intention is to give priority to Zhang Liao, so that Jiujiang, Guangling, and Xiapi will form a "circle" that connects Xu and Yang and helps each other in offense and defense. This circle is also the top priority of Li Yi's layout in the entire southeast.

As long as this circle remains stable, even if there are some unexpected situations in other places, it will not be able to affect Li Yi's grand strategy.

After seeing Li Yi's arrangement, Huangfu Jianshou was completely cold-hearted, and bid farewell to Li Yi that day, weeping all the way away.

Li Yi didn't continue to embarrass Huangfu Jianshou, nor forced him to stay, but ordered someone to escort him, and asked Nanyang to prepare food, and asked Huangfu Jianshou to go back to work.

Li Yi has a good impression of Huangfu Jianshou's family, so Li Yi persuaded them to leave Chang'an, but whether they will adopt this opinion, Li Yi does not know.

After Huangfu Jianshou, Lu Su also set off for Kuaiji to negotiate with the Kuaiji family on behalf of Li Yi.

Considering that the Lujiang River was ravaged by war and that it was relatively close to Kuaiji, Li Yi decided to stay in Wan County temporarily, while appeasing the people and handling various chores, while waiting for news from Lu Su.

However, before Lu Su replied, Li Yi received some news from Jingzhou, which included joy and worry.

The worst news is that Zhuge Xuan fell ill.

Since the accident in Yuzhang, Zhuge Xuan's health has not been very good, but later, in order to repay Li Yi's kindness to Zhuge's family, Zhuge Xuan was diligent and diligent in his work, and Li Yi felt ashamed of his dedication.

When supporting Xuzhou at the beginning, Li Yi considered letting Zhuge Xuan be responsible for the military supplies, but considering Zhuge Xuan's physical condition, he was not ordered to join the army in the end, but even so, Zhuge Xuan fell ill.

According to Zhang Ji's words attached at the end of the letter, Zhuge Xuan can only rest in rest from now on, and can't lose his mind.

Regarding Zhuge Xuan's matter, Li Yi was a little sad, and after thinking about it, he wrote back and asked Fushou to visit Zhuge Xuan on his behalf, rewarding him with wealth, and asking Zhuge Jin not to go to the academy for the time being, and let him serve Zhuge Xuan's daily life.

As for the vacancy left by Zhuge Jin, Li Yi appointed Mao Jie, who had already surrendered, to take the place of Zhuge Xuan's meritorious service temporarily.

Besides Zhuge Xuan, Jia Xu also wrote a letter to Li Yilai.

Not surprisingly, Jia Xu complained a lot, because he really didn't want to be the governor of Yangzhou, not even the prefect of Nanyang.

This is within Li Yi's expectation, because Jia Xu is such a person, and his pursuit is different from others.

For Jia Xu, the best job in the world is probably to be a consultant next to Li Yi, enjoy a high-quality life, be at ease at ordinary times, use his brain at critical times, and give Li Yi a trick, that's all. Being the head of the department is really not in line with Jia Xu's character.

In this regard, Li Yi can only be comforted. After all, Jia Xu's talents are there, and Jia Xu's character of not wanting to be the top leader is especially reassuring to Li Yi. Who else is the governor of Yangzhou?

And Jia Xu is also knowledgeable. His complaints in the letter are more to let Li Yi know what he thinks, but it will not cause him to slack off because of this, let alone pick him up.

Apart from those complaints, Jia Xu also brought a very unexpected news about Li Yi's old acquaintance Zhang Xiu.

Because of the lack of food in Chang'an, Li Jue and Guo Si not only withheld and exploited the emperor, officials and common people, but also started to attack their own family members.

After Dong Zhuo entered Chang'an, he was able to compete against the princes of the world with his own strength. Of course, Dong Zhuo's own strength is not bad. Another reason is that Dong Zhuo used the limelight of taking over Luoyang to win over a large group of warlords, big and small, and promised them official positions. Later, the Bingzhou people were incorporated, which made his power skyrocket in a short period of time, and he had the capital to compete against the world.

Dong Zhuo’s men and horses were complicated, and usually nothing. Now that Chang’an is short of food, they can’t afford to support so many people. Naturally, Li Jue and Guo Si have to be divided into relatives. For the soldiers and horses of their own lineage, they still treat them with good food and drink, but For people like Zhang Xiu and Yang Feng, the treatment has obviously dropped.

The soldiers under Zhang Xiu couldn't eat enough, couldn't wear warm clothes, and even gathered a crowd to cause some troubles. Zhang Xiu asked Li Jue for food many times, but Li Jue's own food was in short supply, so naturally he wouldn't let go of Zhang Xiu.

In this dilemma, Zhang Xiu thought of his very smart old friend Jia Xu, and wrote to complain to Jia Xu, and asked Jia Xu if he had any good ways to give advice to his former brothers.

Therefore, Jia Xu told Zhang Xiu without hesitation, saying that this matter is easy to handle, Li Xianghou is the lord of benevolence and righteousness, as long as Zhang Xiu works for Li Yi, he will not only have no worries about eating and drinking in the future, but also make great achievements and honor his ancestors.

Naturally, Zhang Xiu would not agree easily. At that time, in order to gain fame, Li Yi caught Zhang Xiu in various ways and ruined his reputation. Zhang Xiu naturally had a lot of opinions on Li Yi in his heart.

However, after all, it has been so long, and what is more important is that Li Yi's status is getting higher and higher. Zhang Xiu no longer dares to hate Li Yi. What he is more worried about is that Li Yi will continue to deal with him like he did in Chang'an.

Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu talked about their worries, Jia Xu expressed their disdain, and called him petty. Li Xianghou is a dragon among men, with a broad mind, and he is tolerant of all rivers and rivers, so he has not bothered with him for a long time, and Jia Xu even vowed Said to use his own head as a guarantee, and after a lot of deception, he finally almost convinced Zhang Xiu.

However, seeing that the matter was about to be finalized, Li Yi wanted to transfer Jia Xu to Yangzhou. Jia Xu was worried that Zhang Xiu would not dare to come after he left Jingzhou, so Jia Xu explained the matter to Li Yi, hoping that Li Yi Yi can ignore the previous suspicions and send a letter to recruit Zhang Xiu. If successful, he can add another good general.

Chapter 586 Yuan Shao's Envoy

For Zhang Xiu, Li Yi still admires Zhang Xiu in terms of talent alone.

It was not obvious when he followed Dong Zhuo, and Zhang Xiu had an uncle above him. At that time, Zhang Xiu was only good at personal martial arts, but he also earned the title of a spear king in the North. After following Cao Cao, Zhang Xiu Xiuxiu's performance on the northern battlefield was extremely brilliant, and he made a lot of military exploits.

It's a pity that Zhang Xiu killed Cao Ang, Cao Cao's son. Although Cao Cao didn't pursue it directly, this matter was a hidden danger after all, so that Zhang Xiu died early without being able to bloom more brilliance. There is a place for Zhang Xiu.

Therefore, Zhang Xiu is very good at leading the army and fighting. He is a good player. Now that he has the opportunity, Li Yi is naturally very willing to recruit.

As for the previous conflict between the two, it was nothing to Li Yi. In history, Zhang Xiu killed Cao Ang, Cao Anmin, and Dian Wei, so that he could still serve Cao Cao, and he did not make any mistakes until he died. Any rebellious move, in contrast, the conflict between Li Yi and Zhang Xiu is just drizzle.

What's more, Zhang Xiu never took the initiative to provoke Li Yi, but Li Yi has been biting Zhang Xiu, and now Zhang Xiu has taken the initiative to express his intention to defect, as long as Li Yi nods to accept, at most give Zhang Xiu a step, There will never be any problems between the two of them getting along in the future.

Moreover, if Li Yi recruits Zhang Xiu, who once had conflicts with him, this is also a manifestation of Li Yi's broad-mindedness, which will facilitate attracting more talents to join him in the future.

The only thing Li Yi needs to care about is Zhang Xiu's military discipline.

The Xiliang army is very powerful, but its military discipline is also the worst. Although Li Yi deliberately troubled Zhang Xiu, it was Zhang Xiu himself who had problems, and even did such a thing as massacring the village.

Li Yi has been a superior person for so long, and in addition to the fact that it is still a troubled time, he will not single-mindedly reject Zhang Xiu because of the evil things Zhang Xiu has done, otherwise there will be few people in the world who can use it However, this does not mean that Li Yi will choose to let it go, and it is certain that Zhang Xiu will be strictly controlled in the future.

In order to express his sincerity to Zhang Xiu, Li Yi rarely wrote a letter with his own hand, sent it to Nanyang, and asked someone to pass it on to Zhang Xiu, expressing that when Zhang Xiu entered Jingzhou, he would personally come to Nanyang to welcome him. Yi also promised that after entering Jingzhou, he would appoint Zhang Ji as Zhonglang General and Zhang Xiu as Cavalry Captain.

Li Yi's only request is that the soldiers and horses brought by Zhang Xiu must be adapted and adjusted by Li Yi, and they cannot continue to lead the old troops.

Li Yi believes that Zhang Xiu will definitely agree to his request, and Li Yi also wants to make this kind of thing a routine and rule. No matter who joins him in the future, the soldiers and horses under his command must be reorganized.

The matter of Zhang Xiu is a happy thing for Li Yi, but it will take a while to reach a conclusion, but Mi Zhu actually gave Li Yi a big surprise .

After Mi Zhu took office in Guangling, in addition to governing the local area and educating the people, he also spent a lot of effort to find talented people in the local area, hoping to recommend them to Li Yi. Hard work pays off, and Mi Zhu has indeed gained something. Two talents recommended by Li Yi.

One is Bu Zhi, and the other is Zhang Hong.