Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

After half a month, Li Yi finally returned to the land of Jingzhou with the goodwill of the Yuzhou officials and the friendship of the Yuzhou family.

Although the core of Jingzhou lies in Xiangyang, for Li Yi, it is Nanyang that he really puts his affection on, because this is where he really started.

However, on the first day of arriving in Nanyang, Li Yi took Dianwei Yufan and a small number of fine cavalry guards, and left the brigade and went straight to Wancheng, because a messenger was sent to inform Li Yi that Zhang Xiu had arrived, but, Things have changed a lot.

Li Yi and his group rushed to Wan County in less than two days, hired General Zhou Cang and Liu Pi out of the city to greet them, everyone exchanged a few words, Li Yi didn't have time to go to the city to rest, so he went directly to the city Asked outside the city: "Where is Zhang Xiu now?"

Pin replied: "According to what the prefect said before he left, Zhang Xiu and his troops were all placed in a camp in the northwest of the city. Zhang Xiu set up a mourning hall in the camp to pay homage to his uncle, and wept day and night, so naturally he did not enter the city, and the return of the lord was too sudden, Zhang Xiu has not received any news yet, but at the end of the day, he will find someone to call Zhang Xiu into the city Greet my lord."

"Need not!"

Li Yi waved his hand to stop the employment, and asked, "The content of the letter is too brief, please tell me in detail, how did Zhang Ji's incident happen?"

Pin sighed, and said: "It's a pity to say that the reason why Zhang Ji suffered is because of"

Li Yi quickly understood what had happened as Pin explained the matter.

Although it was Zhang Xiu who discussed taking refuge with Jia Xu, the person who could really make the decision was Zhang Xiu's uncle Zhang Ji.

Unlike Zhang Xiu, there was basically no major confrontation between Zhang Ji and Li Yi. Compared with Zhang Xiu, Zhang Ji easily accepted the decision to join Li Yi.

However, Zhang Ji thought more long-term than Zhang Xiu.

In Zhang Xiu's heart, the reason why he chose to seek refuge with Li Yi, to put it bluntly, was because life forced him to stay in Chang'an anymore, so he could only make a living in another place.

Zhang Xiu didn't have much ambition. He chose Li Yi, largely because of Jia Xu, an acquaintance. He thought that with Jia Xu taking care of him, he would not be killed.

But Zhang Ji thinks too much. As someone who met Li Yi when he was still in his infancy, Zhang Ji deeply felt Li Yi's power and fear, and also saw Li Yi's unstoppable power. I really want to climb onto Li Yi's big ship and achieve a big career.

However, Zhang Ji was also very worried. He felt that Li Yi would certainly accept them, but Li Yi already had many generals around him, so he might not pay attention to them. Therefore, Zhang Ji decided to make a contribution to Li Yi first.

After deciding to join Li Yi, Zhang Ji relied on his past relationship to contact the elite military officers in charge of Xiliang, persuading them that Chang'an was a place of right and wrong, and asked them to follow him and take his subordinates to Jingzhou to join Li Yi. You can save your life, and maybe you can spell out a bright future.

The rhetoric is very simple, but it is very effective. In just a few days, Zhang Ji persuaded seven or eight officers of the rank of lieutenant, counting the soldiers and horses in their hands, at least three to four thousand.

Today's Xiliang army is a very sad existence. Li Jue and Guo Si are messing around in Chang'an Hu. Even the people at the bottom see the prospect is bleak, so many Xiliang officials are looking for a way out.

However, because of Dong Zhuo and Li Jue, the reputation of the Xiliang army is so bad that no one in the world treats them, but Li Yi is an exception. When Li Yi was in Nanyang, his personal guard camp was even all Xiliang Bing, there is no possibility of discriminating against Xiliang soldiers, and it is precisely because of this that Zhang Ji's persuasion can go smoothly, and he is very happy. After all, he can bring thousands of elites to Li Yi, which is a great achievement no matter how you look at it.

However, extreme joy begets sorrow, and disasters soon appeared.

Zhang Xiu felt that Zhang Ji had attracted enough people, and advised him to stop, but because things went so smoothly, Zhang Ji was already a little swayed, and he was unwilling to give up the credit at his fingertips, so when he entered the city again to contact people, Li Jue, who was picked up by the informant, set up an ambush to catch him, and then several officers who were about to join Li Yi, including Zhang Ji, were all beheaded by Li Jue.

Li Jue thought that Li Yi was poaching his corner, and was very angry. He ordered the encirclement and suppression of Zhang Xiu non-stop, but the two generals who had an agreement with Zhang Ji were missed by Li Jue. Seeing that their colleagues were killed, they worried that they would not After a long time, he would be exposed, and then with a sword and ax on his body, he simply raised his troops to make trouble, trying to kill Li Jue.

But how could Li Jue be of the easy-going generation?Immediately led troops to suppress the rebellion and beheaded the two school lieutenants, but due to the delay, Zhang Xiu had already gotten the news and fled far away, and it was too late for Li Jue to pursue and kill them again.

After learning what happened, Li Yi was angry and sad at the same time.

Those who were willing to follow Zhang Ji to join him were naturally those who had a good impression of him, but they were all killed by Li Jue at once, which made Li Yi feel very sad as if his subordinates had been killed.

You must know that those are all middle-level officers of the Xiliang Army. In terms of combat level alone, they are all in the forefront of the world. With these people, Li Yi can completely build a backbone framework of a [-]-scale army in a short period of time. In the end, they were all chopped off by Li Jue.

Even Li Yi blamed Zhang Ji a little bit. If he wasn't too greedy for merit, why would this be the case?

Now that it has killed others, even he himself has fallen into it.

However, after his mind stabilized, Li Yi didn't blame Zhang Ji anymore. After all, no matter whether he was greedy for merit or not, Zhang Ji was for him. If he blamed Zhang Ji, it would be too cold.

After talking about Zhang Ji, he saw that Li Yi had been silent, so he asked in a low voice: "My lord, will the general inform Zhang Xiu now? I misunderstood him and thought that the lord deliberately despised him, wouldn't that be bad?"

Li Yi shook his head and said, "There's no need to send someone to tell you."

Hiring was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't expect Li Yi to refuse. Just about to persuade him again, he heard Li Yi say: "I will personally go to General Zhang Ji's mourning hall to pay homage."

Pin was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed, and he said, "My lord, no!"

Li Yi was about to get back on his horse, but he could only stop when he heard the words, and looked at Pin with some doubts.

Pinqian took a few steps forward, stood in front of Li Yi's right, bowed and said, "My lord, Zhang Xiu's troops have not yet been reorganized, and the soldiers in the battalion are still obeying Zhang Xiu's orders for the time being. It has nothing to do with the lord, but it is difficult to guarantee that Zhang Xiu will not resent the lord because of this, not to mention that the lord had a rift with Zhang Xiu in the past, whether Zhang Xiu still resents the lord, no one can be sure about this, so the lord's daughter, If you go to pay homage at this time, just in case, just in case Zhang Xiu, in short, please put your own safety first and don't take any risks. If it is a memorial ceremony, you can go there on behalf of the lord, and then invite Zhang Xiu to meet the lord! "

Li Yi stared at Pin. After a while, he suddenly smiled and said, "Very good, very good. Although Zhongye is a warrior, he is so cautious. I am very pleased. In this way, Nanyang will be handed over to you to protect me. Don't worry."

Pin was taken aback for a moment, as if he didn't understand Li Yi's words, at this moment Yu Fan cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Congratulations, General, for being promoted."

"This"

Pin looked stunned, and looked at Li Yi again, as if he had some doubts about the authenticity of Yu Fan's words.

In terms of time, Pin was actually one of the first people in Jingzhou to take refuge in Li Yi. He was a veteran, but compared to Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang, and Cai Mao at the same time, Pin was one of the few people who was not reused.

Although Li Yi placed Li Yi in Nanyang to lead the army, Jia Xu, who was old and cunning, was overwhelmed, and Zhou Cang and Liu Pi, who divided his military power, were beside him. The scenery of Kuai Liang and others.

Pin has always felt that this has something to do with being a general with real power. Although he took refuge in Li Yi very early, he put Jingzhou's interests first at that time, but he didn't put Li Yi first, and he directly had a relationship with Li Yiyuan. Therefore, it is very normal for Li Yi to be worried about handing over complete military power to him, an outsider.

Later, after Li Yi became the shepherd of Shangzhou, he managed Jingzhou very well, and gradually he returned to his heart. Kepin's personality is relatively stable, even a bit serious, unlike people like Zhang Liao and Kuaiyue, who don't move at every turn. Being able to shout blood for Li Yi and win Li Yi's favor, so far, Hiring is the only high-ranking official in Jingzhou who has never flattered Li Yi.

Therefore, although he returned to his heart, he did not show his loyalty to Li Yi, and he has not been really reused.

Someone persuaded Pin to find a few beauties to send to Li Yi to curry favor with Li Yi, but Pin not only failed to accept it, but instead severely reprimanded that person, saying that his suggestion was a treacherous act and meant to insult Li Yi. Easy fame.

Pin knew that it would be unpleasant for him to do that, but he was such a person, and he couldn't change it. He even had the mental preparation of "let's forget it", but unexpectedly, Li Yi suddenly promoted him. Really caught off guard.

Li Yi smiled and nodded at Pin, as he acknowledged Yu Fan's words, he was sure of being hired, he was pleasantly surprised, moved, and wanted to say a lot, but he opened his mouth, but he didn't know where to start.

In the end, it was Zhou Cang and Liu Pi who frantically gave Pin a wink. Only then did Pin come to his senses, and hurriedly bowed to Li Yi and said: "My lord loves you so much, I will definitely live up to my lord's trust!"

Li Yi smiled, and said to Zhou Cang and Liu Pi: "The two of you have also changed your positions. Starting today, Zhou Cang will enter my personal guard camp and return to Xiangyang with me. Liu Pi will transfer to Anmin Town. After a while It's time, when the follow-up troops arrive, you go to Zhao Da, and the Ji Ling weapon captured in Yangzhou is given to you.

Zhou Cang and Liu Pi were overjoyed and said in unison: "Thank you, my lord!"

In fact, these benefits were originally not for Liu Pi, but Li Yi, who was also from the Yellow Turban, promoted Zhou Cang, but did not give Liu Pi some expression. It is difficult to guarantee that he will not have thoughts in his heart. Just something to appease, it's not worth much anyway.

After all, Li Yi wanted to leave again, but was stopped by Pin again, and this time Pin was more direct, simply blocking Li Yi.

Li Yi shook his head helplessly, and then said solemnly: "I am naturally aware of Zhongye's concerns, but Zhang Xiu came to me not far from Chang'an. When encountering a catastrophe, I should go to pay homage to his elders as soon as possible, so as to comfort him.”

"If I suspect a loyal man because of some unwarranted guesses, not to mention that Zhang Xiu and those thousands of soldiers may be chilled, even I myself will feel that I am not worthy of being the protagonist!"

Pin struggled for a while, and said: "But, in case of an accident, wouldn't it be?"

Li Yi waved his hand, pointed at Zhou Cang, and said, "If Zhongye is still worried, let Zhou Cang go with me."

Pin wanted to say something more, this time Li Yi waved his hand to stop him without waiting for him to speak, and said emphatically, "Don't worry, I can trust Zhang Xiu!"

Chapter 598

Li Yi insisted on going to pay homage to Zhang Ji, but there was no way to hire him. In the end, he could only hand over all the guards he brought to Zhou Cang, and asked Zhou Cang to ensure Li Yi's safety.