Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

However, not all princes and kings are like this.

Chen Guojun Liu Chong is an exception.

During the Yellow Turban era, the world was in chaos, and other princes, kings, and even officials ran away when they saw the wind, but Liu Chong organized troops to defend Chen Guo. It has grown a lot before.

Since then, Liu Chong has become one of the rare princes and kings in charge of soldiers.

According to the management of the clan by the great Han, Liu Chong should be held accountable afterwards, and even killed himself. However, after the Yellow Turban was flattened, the court was in chaos, and no one cared about Liu Chong's affairs. Until now, Liu Chong has been stable. Steadily in charge of Chen Guo's soldiers and horses.

If it is other princes and kings, such as Liu Yao of Peiguo and Liu Mi of Liangguo who are also in Yuzhou, they have no ability to resist and it is easy to deal with them. Just move a yard.

But Liu Chong has soldiers in his hands. Although they are not many and their combat power is average, once the two sides use force, the nature is very serious, and it is easy to give people some bad associations. Li Yi is not afraid, but he does not want to be too early. Liu Chong alone caused such trouble.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Li Yi decided to avoid Liu Chong for the time being, and take a detour to deal with Kong Rong first.

But Li Yi will not let Liu Chong go, he will deploy a team in Ruyang, as long as Liu Chong dares to send troops while he is fighting with Kong Rong, Li Yi can come in a legitimate defense and copy Liu Chong in one go My hometown in Chen County.

If Liu Chong stays put, then after the situation in Yuzhou becomes clearer, Li Yi will send someone to talk to Liu Chong and show off his muscles at the same time. I can report Liu Chong's plot to the court.

Chapter 639 Chen Dao

Because Li Yi left early, even though Xihua was a little far from Xu County, Li Yi came to Xihua County on the second day after Liu Yao "absconded in fear of crime".

The county magistrate of Xihua County naturally knew what happened in Yingchuan some time ago, and he even found out a lot of inside stories. He has been worried these days.

However, he was not afraid of Li Yi's unilateral attack. After all, Li Yi's reputation is there. It is impossible for Li Yi to massacre the city like Cao Cao. As for the Sima family in Yingchuan, that should be an exception, and he alone The little county magistrate didn't think he was worthy of Li Yi's special targeting at all, so even if Li Yi called, he and the people of Xihua could be saved.

What the county magistrate is really afraid of is that Kong Rong will send troops to fight against Li Yi, because in that case, Xihua County will be a front line, and there will be no eggs under the nest. No matter who wins or loses, he and the people of Xihua will be subject to war spread.

Now only Li Yi's soldiers came, and Kong Rong didn't indicate whether to fight or make peace, so he really opened the city gate. Anyway, there were only a few hundred soldiers in the city, and they couldn't stop Li Yi at all. Although Li Yi's excuse for coming to Yuzhou was a bit of a stretch, it was not unacceptable in the face of the absolute power gap.

Li Yi was very satisfied with the understanding of the county magistrate of Xihua, so he met him, and then asked the county magistrate to write a sea arrest letter to help arrest Liu Yao who had stolen Dianwei's seal letter.

The county magistrate of Xihua trembled at the time. Although he didn't know the specific purpose of Liu Yao and Zhu Hao's coming to Yuzhou, the two were related to the Han family, and they were the younger brother of the previous governor of Yanzhou. The other was also a famous general. Just using his status can crush him to death, and with one book, his official career will be over.

This is not a sea catch book at all, but a certificate of honor!

The magistrate of Xihua County was tangled in his heart, but seeing Li Yi's military appearance and power, he finally admitted decisively, and immediately compiled more than 20 points of the book, and then regardless of whether it complied with the rules, he stamped it and gave it to him immediately. Other counties in Yuzhou sent it over.

Li Yi saw that the county magistrate was so knowledgeable, so he didn't move his position, but took away half of the soldiers in the county, and kept some Jingzhou soldiers, and then continued to the next stop, Ruyang.

With such a large force, Li Yi suddenly entered Yuzhou. It is said that there should be no obstacles before arriving around Qiao County. In a small county like Xihua, it is normal not to resist, but Ruyang let Li Yi Easy to care about.

Because the county magistrate of Ruyang is Chen Dao!

Who is Chen Dao, Liu Bei works under Liu Bei's account, and the elite commander of Bai Mu is similar to Zhao Yun. Although his reputation is a bit inferior, he is also a general with no scandals.

Li Yi's understanding of Chen Dao is relatively limited, but Li Yi believes in Liu Bei's vision. In Li Yi's view, Liu Bei's vision is the same as his affinity. They are people who are at the peak of their debut and can be appreciated and reused by Liu Bei. Poor.

Based on this alone, it is impossible for Li Yi to not care about Chen Dao.

It's just that Li Yi didn't expect that Chen Dao would be the county magistrate in Ruyang, and Ruyang was still Yuan Shao's hometown, so although Li Yi wasn't nervous about the situation in Ruyang, he definitely had to take it seriously.

However, to Li Yi's surprise, when the army was still about ten miles away from Ruyang, he heard news from the vanguard that Chen, the county magistrate of Ruyang, had come to see him.

Li Yi became interested immediately and asked Chen to come and see him.

Soon, a personal guard led a young man in his 20s to Li Yi. When the man saw Li Yi sitting on a tall horse, he immediately bowed down and said, "Cao Min Chen Dao, I will meet the Marquis Xiang." !"

Because Li Yi was still on the march, it was difficult for Li Yi to do those things on the scene, and when Chen Daochu came, Li Yi was happy in his heart, but he couldn't be too active, so Li Yi didn't get off his horse, but looked Chen Dao up and down After a few glances, I saw that although he was in good spirits, he was dressed in plain clothes, and he was not dressed as an official. Then, when he contacted his self-proclaimed just now, he first said "no need to be polite", and then asked: "Are you from Ruyang County?" Ling, but why do you call yourself a grassroots?"

Chen Dao got up slowly, but he didn't dare to look at Li Yi's face. After all, the identities of the two parties were very different, and he came to the door on his own initiative, so he felt a little nervous.

Fortunately, Li Yi's tone was relatively calm, which reassured Chen Dao a lot. He took a deep breath and said, "Chen Dao has just released the official seal of the county magistrate, and now he has no official status!"

Li Yi frowned, showing surprise on his face, and asked, "Why?"

Chen Dao bowed and replied: "General Taishi of Yuzhou recommended Chen to serve in the army. He once met Kong Shijun, but Kong Shijun thought that his face was mediocre and lacked majesty, making it difficult for him to be a general, so he asked Chen to do it." This Ruyang county magistrate!"

Chen Dao's face was still a little flushed. Although it is more popular to judge people by their appearance these days, Chen Dao thought to himself that his appearance was still qualified, and he wanted to be a general. There are not a few generals who fight on the battlefield, and there are many people with flowers on their faces. But Kong Rong denied him for some inexplicable reasons and asked him to be a county magistrate.

Although being a county magistrate at a young age is considered pretty good, Chen Dao is a person with ideals. The most unacceptable thing is that the reality runs counter to his ideals. This makes Chen Dao suffer a lot. He has long wanted to It's a pick, but I don't know what to do after I put it down, until Li Yi came, and it happened to give him a chance.

Li Yi couldn't help but want to laugh. When he learned that Kong Rong had appointed Chen Dao, he thought that Kong Rong knew people with his eyes. He was very worried that Chen Dao would be pulled over by Kong Rong. While secretly delighted, he couldn't help but want to complain about Kong Rong.

Huang Zhong, who was by Li Yi's side, shook his head again and again. He is the best here, and his vision is also very poisonous. At a glance, he can tell that Chen Dao is definitely a good player. With his decades of experience in leading troops, he just can't figure it out. How Rong gave Chen Daoxia an evaluation.

Chen Dao continued: "I have practiced martial arts since I was a child, and I have a little reputation in my hometown. After hearing this, General Taishi came to recruit him and said that in today's troubled times, the world is full of heroes. With martial arts, I can't help the Ming Lord to overcome difficulties and achieve a career, but he is willing to be mediocre, regardless of ups and downs, he is not a real man, so he went to see Kong Shijun in front of General Taishi, but he didn't want to but was despised, although he won the position of county magistrate , but like a fish in a urn, he felt unwilling, so he resigned from the county magistrate and came to defect to the Marquis Xiang, and hoped that the Marquis would take him in!"

When Chen Dao first spoke, there was a bit of complaint in his tone, but soon, the smell disappeared, replaced by the aggressiveness of young people, very similar to Zhang Liao and Xu Huang back then.

At this time, Li Yi was very satisfied with Chen Dao, but Li Yi did not nod directly, but asked: "Since you intend to serve under my command, but you come alone, you are not afraid that I will treat you like Kong Rong." contempt?"

"If you work for the Marquis Xiang, Chen Dao will be it"

Chen Daozheng was about to say that he was willing to give Li Yi a horse and kick, because he really thought so. When he went to see Kong Rong before, he didn't really want to work for Kong Rong, but went to Tai Shici. Even if Kong Rong gave a few words of encouragement casually and then asked him to become a soldier under Tai Shici, he would not complain.

Because Chen Dao believed that if he had talent, even if he started as a small soldier, he would surely emerge in the future, but if he was a county magistrate, and he was still in Runan, then he was really just a county magistrate.

Therefore, when Chen Dao said that he wanted to lead Li Yi's horse, he was not just talking nicely, but sincerely. He believed that with Li Yi's reputation of being good at knowing and employing people, he would soon have a day in the early days.

However, Li Yi interrupted Chen Dao's words and continued to ask: "Since you are the magistrate of Runan County, you also know that my soldiers and horses are here, and you intend to defect to me. If you are thinking about your future official career, you should come when my army arrives." Afterwards, I directly opened the gate of the city to welcome me in. With the merit of dedicating the city as a guarantee, I would at least have the post of captain with you, but now you are leaving with a seal, and you have come here in civilian clothes, and you have no credit , and there is no recommendation, even if I let you be a forward pawn, there is nothing wrong with it, but from a pawn to a captain, although it is not impossible, it is not easy, so, you know, you have missed others in vain Opportunities that you can’t even ask for!”

It was a bit embarrassing for Li Yi to ask this question, but the people around Li Yi cast kind and encouraging eyes on Chen Dao, because they knew that Li Yi would not play this trick when ordinary talents came to join him, otherwise It would be embarrassing to ask the other party, but those who can be deliberately "difficult" by Li Yi are basically more capable people.

Chen Dao obviously didn't know Li Yi's routine, and his heart sank a little. He was not afraid to become a soldier, but he was afraid that Li Yi would dislike him because of this, because Li Yi had a good reputation for knowing people, but Li Yi must also have personal likes and dislikes , if he has a bad opinion of him, then no matter how hard he tries in the future, it will be useless.

Chen Dao hesitated for a while, and finally said the truth: "Chen Dao dare not lie to Marquis Xiang. Although Mr. Kong Shijun has some opinions on me, he is also dissatisfied in his heart. Even the magistrate of Runan County is also because of General Taishi. However, in all fairness, Master Kong and I owe nothing, even though we are dissatisfied, we cannot complain, if I were seeking fame, I would dedicate the city to Marquis Xiang, although it is not as good as betraying the owner for glory, but it is not far behind."

Chen Dao didn't notice the involuntary smiles on the faces of Li Yi, Kuai Yue and the others, and continued, "Besides, General Taishi is kind to me. Although I decided to serve as Marquis Xiang, I don't want to trap him Yi, if you sacrifice the city, the two armies will face each other in the future, I am afraid that you will have no face to meet him, please forgive me."

In fact, when Li Yi asked this question, he had a rough guess in his heart. Now that he heard Chen Dao's explanation, he could only say that he was indeed the person Liu Bei valued.

Originally, Li Yi's questioning should have ended here, but Chen Dao's performance made him interested, and he asked again: "You mentioned Tai Shici several times, and I know him well, and I know he is rare. General talent, but Kong Rong is pedantic and hard to accomplish much, I want Tai Shici to be used by me, maybe you can persuade him to surrender for me?"

Seeing that Li Yi's tone was unchanged, Chen Dao was slightly relieved, but Chen Dao was not surprised that Li Yi would ask about Tai Shici. On the contrary, it would be fake if Li Yi was not interested in Tai Shici.

However, thinking of Tai Shici's character, Chen Dao was a little confused: "General Tai Shi once talked to Chen Dao about Xianghou several times, praised Xianghou as a hero in the world, and even asserted that Cao Cao Yuan Shu He and his ilk are by no means the opponents of the Marquis of Xiang, they admire the Marquis of Xiang very much, just, just"

Chen Dao said weakly: "Mr. Kong Shijun has kindness to General Taishi, and General Taishi attaches great importance to his kindness. Although he admires Marquis Xiang, it is really difficult for him to turn his back on Shijun Kong and go to Marquis Xiang like this."

Li Yi nodded slightly. Although he was not very clear about the specific relationship between Kong Rong and Tai Shici, Kong Rong was able to bring Tai Shici from Qingzhou to Yuzhou, which shows that the relationship is definitely not shallow. normal.

However, Li Yi is quite satisfied with Chen Dao's words. Since Tai Shici has a good impression of him, as long as Tai Shici can be arrested, it should not be difficult to convince him.

Having said so much, Li Yi was almost ready to test, so he said with a smile: "Originally, I should let you be a captain, but you come to vote alone, so let's be an ordinary sergeant for now."

Chen Dao was taken aback, feeling slightly surprised. Although he didn't mind starting from the bottom, he felt that he shouldn't be so low.