Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Zhang Xiu wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Li Yi raising his hand, and then continued: "I was still trying to win Dong Zhuo's trust, but I couldn't just flatter and flatter. Situation, alas, in the end, by chance, I chose the general, and this led to a series of subsequent conflicts. Speaking of it, I was actually sorry for the general.”

Li Yi had already let go of Zhang Xiu's hand while speaking, and turned around to apologize to Zhang Xiu. How could Zhang Xiu dare to bear it, and hurriedly said: "Mr. It is a matter of benevolence and righteousness, and it is a major event related to the world. I helped the tyrant and abused him at the time, so it should have happened to me, and "

Zhang Xiu said with a face of shame: "At that time, the military discipline was loose, and I also forgot my original intention when I was learning art. I let the soldiers do anything wrong. Fortunately, the Marquis Xiang reprimanded me. Otherwise, I don't know how many evil things I would do later."

"So, Zhang Xiu no longer has any complaints about what happened back then!"

Li Yi patted Zhang Xiu on the shoulder, looked into his eyes and said seriously: "I am very pleased and relieved that you can think so!"

Li Yi glanced at the direction of the back hall, walked slowly over, and said: "The world is chaotic today, and there are endless wars everywhere. We will fight against the heroes of the world. If we succeed, we will admire it forever. Leaving a name in history, in short, this life is not a loss."

"But, what about those ordinary people? In today's troubled times, people are too ruthless, but with the addition of war, the people will leave their homes and become refugees, or the whole family will die, and their corpses will be exposed to the wilderness!"

"Don't blame me for speaking too bluntly. Back in Chang'an, Dong Zhuo's own military discipline was unclear, so I troubled you, half of which was for Dong Zhuo, and the other half was for the common people. But in the future, you must remember again and again. With a sharp knife in your hand, what you kill are enemies and bandits, not good people. This is your duty, the foundation of your hegemony, and my own bottom line, Li Yi. Don't try your hand at it!"

"Please Xiang, no, please don't worry, my lord. The general will remember that in the future, the soldiers will be restrained. If there is another act that harms the people, I will voluntarily offer up my head!"

Zhang Xiu spoke loudly, showing solemnity, and even bowed down in front of Li Yi again.

In fact, if Li Yi talked to Zhang Xiu about military discipline as soon as they met, no matter what Zhang Xiu said, he would definitely feel a little unhappy in his heart. He would even think that Li Yi was deliberately humiliating him with the past.

However, it is different now.

Li Yi brought only three people into his camp to worship Zhang Ji, showing sincerity and trust.

Then Li Yi also expressed that he would take back Zhang Ji's body, and also declared that he would not give Li and Guo a way out in the future.

There is so much sincerity in it, so much that Zhang Xiu feels guilty.

At first, Zhang Xiu thought that Li Yi was a guy full of intrigues and tricks, but he was actually trying to gain fame, but now it’s different. No matter how Zhang Xiu saw it, he thought Li Yi was a good person, with benevolence, righteousness, and tolerance, and he pretended to be a person from all over the world , Such a person must be the master of the world.

And Zhang Xiu is mediocre in intelligence, but it is his blessing to serve such a lord.

Chapter 599

In just a short time of burning incense, Zhang Xiu changed from the embarrassment he had just met to the attitude of wanting to die for Li Yi all the time.

Dian Wei was not surprised by this, and looked calm.

Zhou Cang always knew that his master was powerful, so he didn't think too much about it.

But Yu Fan couldn't help admiring him, and kept admiring in his heart, his master is really a god-man!

This also made Yu Fan full of confidence in the future. There is a protagonist with such an extraordinary personality and charm.

However, Li Yi was very calm about this, because Zhang Xiu's attitude was completely in his expectation.

Although the two of them only said a few words, the weight of these words is quite heavy, and Li Yi has also done a lot of foreshadowing. If this combination of punches goes on, let alone Zhang Xiu, other than Zhang Xiu Those whose IQ is too monstrous, or whose temperament is too cold, most of them will have to kneel down to Li Yi.

In addition, there is also the reason of the aura.

The aura is something that cannot be touched or seen, but it can really affect people.

For Zhang Xiu, Li Yi dared to bring only a few people to meet him. Apart from relying on himself to be able to hang up, Li Yi felt that his aura was too strong. The opponent was defeated.

The fact is also the same. Zhang Xiu wanted to back away when he saw Li Yi, but he was frightened by Li Yi's aura.

Of course, this kind of situation is also divided into people. For example, Guan Yu, Li Yi was already a state herdsman at the beginning, and his aura was very strong. He easily ran against Liu Bei and scolded Zhang Fei in front of him. He was very arrogant, but he seldom directly targeted Guan Yu. , because Li Yi felt that his aura couldn't stop others' Qinglong Sword.

After Zhang Xiu expressed his sincerity, the atmosphere between the two parties naturally became much more relaxed. Zhang Xiu invited Li Yi to the back of the big tent. After all, the mourning hall is not a place for serious business.

"My lord, please take a look. This is the roster of officers and soldiers brought by this subordinate. There are a total of 710 people, including generals of all ranks, soldiers and horses, cloth, money and silk, all of them are included."

After asking Li Yi to sit down, Zhang Xiu took out a pamphlet and handed it to Li Yi. Li Yi took it and flipped through it briefly, nodded first, then shook his head and said, "I remember when I left Chang'an, under Youwei's command. The total number of soldiers and horses should be no less than 5000, but now it is so much less, could it be because something happened later?"

Zhang Xiu looked distressed, and sighed: "The lord left Chang'an at that time, at first Xiu thought it was the lord's wrong decision, and even laughed secretly, but it didn't take long to know the lord's brilliance, because Chang'an is a quagmire at all! "

"After Zigong left, Li Guo and other Xiliang old troops, the imperial court, Lu Bu, and the three sides fought endlessly. They all tried to win me and my uncle and let us serve for them. But my uncle thought that our major generals were weak and could not participate in those chaotic battles, so he I chose to be wise and protect myself.”

"Thus, when others saw that it was impossible to win over, they began to divide the soldiers and horses under their command. One after another, some of them took refuge in Li Jue, and some of them chose to serve the court. However, those who took refuge in the court, after Lu Bu left Chang'an Almost got killed before."

Li Yi showed regret, and said again: "Since the situation in Chang'an is so unstable, do you think I will continue to recruit other people from now on, of course, except for the direct descendants of Xiliang, do you think there is hope?"

Zhang Xiu hesitated for a moment and asked, "May I ask who the lord wants to recruit?"

"Xu Rong, Yang Feng!"

Li Yi simply named two people.

Xu Rong is basically not well-known in history, but in fact, he is a buried warrior.

Xu Rong's record is very simple and brilliant. He defeated Cao Cao and Sun Jian successively on the frontal battlefield. Once it may be luck, but twice it is true skill.

According to Li Yi's own judgment, Xu Rong may be better than the current Zhang Liao and Xu Huang in terms of fighting alone. Therefore, for such a fierce general, Li Yi must try to take him under his command.

As for the other Yang Feng, Li Yi doesn't simply love talents.

In history, the little emperor escaped from Chang'an and entered Xudu. Yang Feng put in a lot of effort in it, especially in the early stage. Without Yang Feng's support, the little emperor might be robbed back after walking a few steps, even at the risk of his life. Can't keep it.

Although Li Yi refused to accept the emperor into Jingzhou before, it was because he felt that accepting the emperor would do more harm than good, but it is hard to say whether the emperor is good or bad for other people.

Therefore, the emperor is a big variable. Li Yi didn't want this variable to come to the Central Plains, but it was not easy to use obvious methods. Therefore, Li Yi thought that he would give the person who would definitely help the little emperor move east Take him away, let the little emperor stay in Chang'an completely, at least let him stay in Chang'an for another five or six years.

Li Yi looked at Zhang Xiu expectantly, but Zhang Xiu was a little embarrassed and said: "My lord, this matter may not be easy."

"Why?"

Li Yi was puzzled and said, "Now that Chang'an is in trouble, why is it not easy to establish a career in Jingzhou safely and steadily?"

"It's possible to be an ordinary person, but it's extremely difficult for these two people."

Zhang Xiu said: "General Xu Rong's bravery in battle is greatly admired by his subordinates. However, after the lord left Zhang'an, Xu Rong initially obeyed the imperial court's orders, but he didn't wait too long, and he came together with Lu Bu and alienated the imperial court. , but not long after, Lu Bu also followed the court, and Xu Rong repeatedly, because the court did not like it, the military power was also divided by various means. After Lu Bu left Chang'an, Xu Rong still stood at the court for some reason. On the one hand, not only did the imperial court want to occupy his troops, but Li Jue and Guo Si also continued to obstruct him secretly, so, as far as my subordinates know, there are only a few hundred people left in General Xu Rong's hands."

"Oh, it's just that, but General Xu Rong fought fiercely, and the soldiers admired him very much. This also made Li Jue very wary of him. His subordinates thought that Li Jue would kill him sooner or later, so Xu Rong It is really too difficult for General Rong, I am afraid that General Xu Rong will be decapitated if the lord's messenger enters the city in the daytime."

Li Yi was speechless. He was looking forward to Xu Rong, but he didn't expect Xu Rong to be so miserable, so that Li Yi had doubts about himself and wondered if his judgment was wrong.

In official battles, sometimes it is unavoidable to stand on the wrong team, but this kind of thing should be remembered long after one mistake, but Xu Rong is lucky, he made mistakes all the way to the end, I don’t know whether it is his vision or intentional, anyway, no one in this realm up.

Li Yi rubbed his forehead, and said depressedly: "What about Yang Feng, he is similar to you, and they all joined Dong Zhuo later, shouldn't it be difficult?"

Zhang Xiu took a careful look at Li Yi, and then said: "Master, General Xu Huang was originally Yang Feng's subordinate."

Li Yi nodded and said: "Of course I remember this, but he shouldn't be so narrow-minded, and Xu Huang is calm by nature, not a man of rampant ambition."

Zhang Xiu said: "Well, Yang Feng is really not big-hearted, because of General Xu Huang's matter, Yang Feng always thought that the lord deliberately humiliated him, and he was very dissatisfied with the lord in his heart."

Maybe because he felt that his tone was suspected of talking badly about others, Zhang Xiu explained again with embarrassment: "At that time, my subordinate was punished by the lord, so Yang Feng regarded his subordinate as his confidant, and often asked his subordinate to drink and complain My lord, that's why the subordinates know what Yang Feng thinks."