Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

However, after Chen Dao lost his mind for a short while, he immediately said, "Thank you, Marquis Xiang!"

Li Yi smiled, but then continued: "However, I think you are ambitious and loyal, and you can be made. In this way, you can hold a halberd in front of my tent, and you can watch military discussions in your spare time. If you don’t understand something, you can ask someone for advice in private. When you know how to lead and use soldiers, I will let you be a captain. satisfy?"

Chen Dao's excited lips trembled a little. He didn't expect Li Yi to let him be such a soldier. This was obviously a full-scale cultivation!

The people who followed Li Yi secretly said that sure enough, many people even cast envious glances at Chen Dao. With Li Yi's words today, Chen Dao can become the leader of the party as long as he works harder in the future.

Chen Daomeng prostrated himself on the ground, kowtowed heavily, and said loudly: "Hsianghou, the lord is very kind, and Chen Daomeng will be smashed to pieces to repay the lord's kindness!"

Li Yi waved his hand and said: "Get up, there is no need to be so polite, Zijing, ask someone to bring a good horse over, and I still want to ask about Ruyang's situation."

Chen Dao bowed to Li Yi three more times before getting up, then noticed Li Yi's words, suppressed the excitement in his heart, bowed and said, "My lord, I still have something to report."

"Oh?"

Li Yi asked curiously: "What else is there, is it related to the situation in the city?"

Chen Dao cupped his hands and said: "After my subordinate became the magistrate of Ruyang County, I found that all the officials in the county, down to the ordinary soldiers, were members of the Yuan family. More than [-] people are used to guard the city gate and handle other miscellaneous affairs in the county."

Speaking of this, Chen Dao looked a little embarrassed, and continued: "The subordinates left the city, but they still stayed in the city, and they also admire the lord very much, so the city gate should have been wide open when the lord passed by at this time."

Chapter 640

Li Yi couldn't help laughing out loud, no wonder Chen Daogang was embarrassed.

Before Chen Dao said that he himself could not give away the city as the county magistrate, but in fact, he, the nominal highest official of Ruyang, has run away. I didn't want to fight against Li Yi, even if they had that plan, they couldn't organize it now.

So, basically speaking, although Chen Dao didn't take the initiative to donate the city, the impact he caused by running away like this is not much different from the fact that he himself gave Ruyang to Li Yi.

Not only Li Yi, but other people present also thought of this, and couldn't help but smile. Chen Dao was a little embarrassed, but Li Yi was very happy. He naturally admired those loyal people very much, but with his current status , and what he wants to do, he doesn't want those loyal people to be too rigid, otherwise let alone fighting for the world, he will find it difficult to get along with him.

Li Yi didn't get to the bottom of it, but asked again: "Will the Yuan family not obstruct them when they dedicate the city?"

Speaking of the Yuan family, Chen Dao's expression also returned to seriousness, and he replied: "After the Yuan family knew that the lord was coming, they prepared a lot of wine, meat, rice and food, and prepared to give them to the lord."

Li Yi's face was a little surprised at first, and then he suddenly realized, smiled, and said meaningfully: "The Yuan family is very smart."

Runan, as Yuan Shao's hometown, many old men and juniors of the Yuan family lived here, and Li Yi sent troops to Yuzhou to occupy Yuan Shao's hometown. At first glance, the relationship between the two parties was already very tense.

Because Li Yi has the ability to destroy the Yuan family's clan, but correspondingly, the Yuan family can also stab Li Yi in the back while he is busy.

This kind of contradiction seems to be very serious, even to the point of endless death, but in fact it is not the case.

If Li Yi fights with Yuan Shao and kills Yuan Shao in the end, it means that Yuan Shao's skills are not as good as others, and the winner and loser, the irrelevant people just sigh.

But if Li Yi suddenly copied a famous family like the Yuan family, it would be a barbaric robbery, and it would make people feel disgusted with Li Yi. It is a heavy blow, but at the same time it will make the world sympathize with Yuan Shao.

Moreover, the world is chaotic nowadays, and talents are running everywhere. Yuan Shao's hometown is in Yuzhou, and some people under Li Yi's command have their hometowns in Hebei. Usually, no one will easily touch the other party's family members. It's not because of benevolence and righteousness, but because of both sides. They are all from a big family and a big business. This kind of behavior of catching each other's family members for crazy revenge is basically exchanging sons with each other. occurrence of such a situation.

Of course, this is not without exceptions, such as the situation where Cao Cao kidnapped Xu Shu’s old lady. Cao Cao is so careless, a large part of the reason is that the strength of the two sides is very different, and Liu Bei can’t hurt him, but even so, this kind of thing is quite defeated. In terms of character, Li Yi felt that Cao Cao stumbled in Chibi later because he did too many things that ruined character and suffered retribution.

Apart from these, the Yuan family in Runan would not give Li Yi any trouble. On the contrary, they should cooperate with Li Yi's management work very well.

Because the price of rebellion is really too high, they are jumping around in Runan, at most they are causing Li Yi some trouble, and they are going to give Li Yi a little trouble, but what they will suffer afterwards is the catastrophe of extermination of the clan. At that time, the world will only laugh They are stupid, not Li Yi cruel.

In addition, although they are all members of the Yuan family, let them trade the lives of the entire family for Yuan Shao's career. Few people are willing to do this kind of obviously loss-making business, unless they are sure to kill Li Yi and his family with one blow. All the main subordinates were wiped out.

Therefore, the favorability between Li Yi and the Runan Yuan family is very low, but in terms of relationship, it can be maintained at a relatively good level.

At this time, Chen said again: "Yesterday, someone from the Yuan family contacted the subordinates. Although they didn't say anything clearly, the general meaning was that if the subordinates resisted the lord's army, the Yuan family would only stick to the door and would never participate. Not only that, but also vaguely It's kind of like a warning."

Although Chen Dao didn't quite understand what he said, Li Yi can already imagine that if Chen Dao organizes resistance today, then when Li Yi attacks the city, there will probably be a "surprise soldier" in the city to help him copy Chen Dao's queen. road.

After Chen Dao said this, another person might not be able to help guessing that he was actually out of luck, so he took the initiative to seek refuge with Li Yi, and then lowered his favor for Chen Dao, but Li Yi would not do the same.

On the contrary, Li Yi felt that Chen Dao was more pleasing to the eye, and he was willing to speak out about such things, which showed that Chen Dao was honest with him.

Li Yi didn't respond to Chen Dao's words, just stared at him for a while, and then said with emotion: "Kong Rong's knowledge is well known in the world, but he has no books, but he doesn't know how to employ people. Such a pioneer, he was thrown here." As a county magistrate, hehe, if Kong Rong stays in Yuzhou for a day, I don’t know how many people will be buried because of it.”

Kuai Yue added in a timely manner: "Feng Xiao and Gong Da are also from Yuzhou."

Li Yi nodded and said: "That's right, Yuan Shao, many people in Cao Cao's place were also from Yuzhou. It's a pity that Kong Rong is in his position, but he can't make good use of Yuzhou's great talents. Alas, considering the people of Yuzhou, Yi can only replace him." .”

Hearing Li Yi's shameless words all of a sudden, Kuai Yue was not offended, but he didn't dare to complain, so he could only pretend to be calm and said, "My lord, I have a piece of advice from you!"

"What's the matter, sir?"

What Li Yi said before was just to express his ambition as usual, and to cheer up the people around him. Seeing that Kuaiyue wanted to talk about business, he immediately returned to normal.

Kuai Yue first bowed his hands to Li Yi, and then asked Chen Daoxiao: "How many young and strong soldiers are there in the Yuan family in Ruyang City, can you have a specific number?"

Chen Dao said ashamedly: "The Yuan family is so rich that I just heard that half of the people in Ruyang live in honor of the Yuan family, but what the situation is, I don't know how many young and strong people they have in secret, some say three or two thousand, and some say It is said to be five or six thousand, and there are still tens of thousands."

Kuai Yue nodded, not surprised at all. For a family with such rich heritage like the Yuan family, it is really not enough for a county magistrate. Even for Kong Rong, it is not easy to investigate.

However, what Chen Dao said was enough for Kuai Yue.

Kuai Yue turned to Li Yi and said, "My lord, my subordinates think that the Yuan family is very powerful in the local area. Although it will not cause chaos easily, it is not easy to manage. It is a hidden danger after all. Although the lord can't eradicate it for the time being, it can be properly weakened. Second, it is still possible, and the Yuan family also understands the reason, so they should not refuse."

Li Yi immediately thought of something, and asked, "Could it be that you are asking for someone from the Yuan family?"

"exactly."

Kuai Yue said: "My lord can ask the Yuan family to send [-] young men to help the battle on the grounds that Kong Rong is protecting Liu Yao and our army is insufficient. Although the Yuan family is unwilling, they can only agree, and then the lord can keep [-] soldiers. If the horses are stationed in Ruyang, if there is any change in Chen Guo and Liu Chong, the Yuan family will also be able to contribute their strength."

Li Yi thought for a while, and felt that what Kuai Yue said made sense. What the Yuan family wanted now was not to develop in Ruyang, but Li Yi not to touch them at all. Then Li Yi wanted to be young and strong, which was difficult for others to accept. Even the Yuan family will feel heartache, but it is not something that touches the bottom line, so why not do it?

After thinking clearly, Li Yi glanced at the people around him, and after freezing his eyes, he said: "Su Fei, from today onwards you will be the county magistrate of Ruyang, with two thousand troops stationed, and pay more attention to the movements of Chen Guo and Yuan's family on weekdays, but Ruyang The situation is complicated, I allow you to recruit [-] soldiers on your own, and in addition, remember to treat the people well, we are officials here, and the Yuan family is the people, if we treat the people worse than the Yuan family, it is not only dereliction of duty, but also unworthy of virtue!"

Su Fei looked awe-inspiring, and hurriedly bowed: "My lord, rest assured, the general will never disappoint my lord's trust!"

Li Yi nodded, and then said to everyone: "What I just said, I didn't just say it to Su Fei, and I didn't just say it to Ru Yang, but to tell you that no matter where you are or where you are in the future , you must always keep in mind that although the people are weak, they are the foundation of the world, and only by treating the people well can the country be stable. If you treat the people like ants, what will happen to the great men of the past ten years is a lesson for the past!"

Everyone immediately bowed to Li Yi: "My subordinates will remember the Lord's teachings!"

Chen Dao was naturally among them, and Zhong was very relieved. It was not very suitable for a person with his personality to choose to join Li Yi, but Chen Dao finally came, not because of Li Yi's strength, but because of Li Yi's strength. He is really good to the common people, such a benevolent and righteous lord, even if he has some ambitions, it doesn't matter, anyway, he is destined to benefit the world.

Therefore, Chen Dao felt that he chose Li Yi, that's right!

Afterwards, Li Yi continued to march towards Ruyang, and things went smoothly. Before Li Yi arrived in the city, he met the Yuan family's labor force. The leader was Yuan Shao's uncle in terms of seniority. Yuan Shao's branch is the talker of the Yuan family's old house.

This is somewhat inconsistent with what Chen Dao said, because the Yuan family should be waiting for him in the city, but soon Li Yi figured out the reason, probably Chen Dao has already left the city, if the Yuan family is still in the city , if Li Yi misunderstood that they were showing off and not giving face, wouldn't it be bad?

Therefore, the Yuan family could only welcome them out.

Li Yi didn't show any face to the Yuan family, said a few words politely, and walked all the way to Ruyang City, and then, as expected, the city gate was wide open, waiting for him to receive it.

Li Yi was very happy and rewarded the soldiers in the city, but after all, the Yuan family has been operating here for many years, considering safety issues, Li Yi himself did not enter the city, but let Zhang Xiu take the vanguard soldiers and horses around the city, To show off the might of the army, Su Fei was finally allowed to garrison it with soldiers and horses.