Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Li Yi was talking, but he heard Kuai Yue's voice from behind: "We must be punished!"

Chapter 647 Courageous, resourceful, and responsible

Li Yi was taken aback, and when he looked back, he saw Kuai Yue was turning over and dismounting, with a nervous and angry expression on his face, obviously already aware of the changes that happened here.

Kuai Yue first looked at Li Yi to confirm that he was really okay, then quietly let go of his tightly clenched fist, and then with a serious face, he walked forward quickly, and said seriously: "My lord is kind, my lord is generous, I am grateful What’s worse, this time the lord has almost encountered an accident, if it wasn’t for the lord’s great fortune and great luck, the consequences would be unimaginable, and the lord has always been strict in running the army, if this is not the case, how can we enforce strict military discipline in the future!”

"Well, alas, the military adviser is right, but I have a lot of mistakes today, so I can't blame them all."

Li Yi still couldn't bear it. If the people below made a serious mistake in the military law itself, then Li Yi's punishment would be straightforward, but with today's incident, Li Yi felt that he had more problems with himself, so he was unavoidably soft-hearted.

Seeing Li Yi helping him to speak, Zhang Xiu and Zhou Cang were both ashamed and moved. Dian Wei and Huang Zhong looked at each other, knelt down and said: "The last general is also dereliction of duty, please forgive me!"

Later Dian Wei added: "As the commander of the personal guards, the last general made the biggest mistake. If the lord does not punish him, what face will the last general have to serve the lord?"

Kuai Yue also said at this time: "Even if the lord's actions are inappropriate, we have the duty of advising and admonishing the lord and his subjects. However, no one reminded the lord at that time. , I hope the lord will see clearly!"

Seeing Kuai Yue keep pushing the blame on Dian Wei and the others, Li Yi felt more and more embarrassed, but he also understood that he could no longer protect him at this level. After thinking about it, he could only sigh softly. : "In this case, Zhang Xiu and Zhou Cang's guards were weak, and each was punished with [-] military sticks. However, there will be frequent battles in the future, and there must be a general in the army, so write down the military sticks for the time being. After the victory in Yanzhou, we will make calculations."

"Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, just now you two killed a lot of enemies, although you were negligent, but the incident happened urgently, and the circumstances are justifiable, so you should be fined for three months."

"The last general, receive the punishment!"

The four of them agreed in unison, but the expressions of shame on their faces were even worse.

They all knew that Li Yi's still let the water go.

Because the rewards Li Yi gave in private have long been much more than the salary, and even some people who are not good at housekeeping simply live on Li Yi's rewards. Guo Jia and Dian Wei are typical examples, so the penalty salary is nothing at all.

As for the twenty army sticks, it would be fine if they were punished immediately, but Li Yi asked them to worry about it after the war. As long as they don't make big mistakes in the future, Li Yi will eventually wipe them out with military merit.

Kuai Yue naturally knew that Li Yi was making excuses, but he didn't persuade him any more.

Kuai Yue knew that although the personalities of these generals were very different, they were all relatively loyal to Li Yi, and their character was also guaranteed, and they did not need punishment to restrain them.

The reason why Kuai Yue insisted on punishment was more to remind them not to take Li Yi's tolerance for granted. Today is good luck. If it really leads to a catastrophe one day, it will be too late to regret .

Regarding Kuai Yue's intentions, Li Yi quickly understood, couldn't help but shook his head with a smile, and then suddenly remembered that Kuai Yue was also the one who assassinated him.

Although what Kuai Yue did back then was not as straightforward as what Tai Shici did, it was actually much more dangerous than today, and if it wasn't an accident, it could really kill him.

At that time, Li Yi treated Kuai Yue leniently with the idea of ​​buying people's hearts, thinking that he would settle accounts later in the autumn when he was free, but Kuai Yue made him use it more and more smoothly, even in terms of thinking. After all, she couldn't even do without him.

This made Li Yi couldn't help but compare Tai Shici just now, gritted his teeth while thinking, and gave Kuai Yue a meaningful look in the middle, making the latter look inexplicable.

Li Yi withdrew his gaze and said to Huang Zhong: "The general will return to the camp immediately to appease the soldiers. Don't spread rumors about what happened just now. I'll go back to sit in town later."

Huang Zhong took the order with his fists clasped, and then Li Yi said to Zhou Cang: "Go and take custody of the captured assassins, interrogate them, and see if there are any fish that slipped through the net, but don't kill them yet, I still want to use them." Have a good talk with Kong Rong!"

When Li Yi mentioned Kong Rong, his teeth seemed to be rubbing against each other. Although the arrow was shot by Tai Shici just now, how could Li Yi not know that the person who really wanted to plot against him was Kong Rong. Thinking that he was actually shot by Kong Rong After giving Yin a hand, Li Yi couldn't help but get angry.

After ordering the two urgent matters, Li Yi looked around, and immediately saw two people standing outside the guards, one of them was Xu Chu, and the other didn't look as powerful as Xu Chu, but he was also a burly man.

Moreover, there was a person lying beside Xu Chu's feet, it was Zhu Hao who was let go by Li Yi. During the chaos before, Li Yi had no one to take care of Zhu Hao. He thought he should have escaped, but unexpectedly he was brought back again. Seeing Zhu Hao lying motionless on the ground, the situation seemed to be not good.

Noticing Li Yi's gaze, Xu Chu subconsciously stood up like a primary school student. Li Yi let go of the unhappiness in his heart, smiled, motioned the guards to step aside, and then took the initiative to step forward and said, "Xu Chu, Xu Zhongkang?"

Xu Chu hastily bowed down and said, "Xu Chu, a grass-roots man, has met the Marquis of Xiang!"

After Xu Chu, the man next to him also hurriedly said: "Xu Ding, the grass-roots man, on behalf of Xu Jiazhuang, I would like to thank Marquis Xiang for his rescue!"

It was the first time for Li Yi and the people around him to meet Xu Chu. Although Xu Chu was a little nervous, everyone looked at Xu Chu with only kindness in their eyes. If Xu Chu hadn't warned him before, the situation would have been even worse.

When people have a good impression, they are pleasing to the eye no matter how they look at them, and even Xu Ding next to him is smug.

Li Yi thought about it. After Xu Chu warned him, it seemed that Xu Ding was the one who took the lead in fighting those assassins. He was courageous and decisive enough.

He glanced at Xu Ding appreciatively, then Li Yi stretched out his hand, pulled one of them, helped them up, shook his head and said: "This time I sent troops to Yuzhou, although I was cautious all the way, and carefully restrained the soldiers and horses, for fear of harming the people, but the war is unpredictable. I didn't expect that Kong Rong would occupy the Xu family's manor by force in order to stop my army, and let you suffer for no reason. Although Kong Rong did this, it was all because of me. Therefore, I helped the Xu family It's a matter of duty, and you don't need to say thank you."

Differences flashed across the eyes of Xu Chu and Xu Ding at the same time, Li Yi's attitude surprised them, he was so kind, and they didn't know how to respond for a while.

Seeing their nervousness, Li Yi naturally continued to ask: "What's the relationship between you two?"

Because Li Yi was speaking to Xu Chu, Xu Chu replied, "This is my elder brother."

"Oh?"

Li Yi was a little surprised, and immediately showed a clear expression, and praised: "It turns out that, alas, Yuzhou is really a treasure land in the Central Plains, and there is only one Xujiazhuang, so there are so many talents. It's a pity, Kong Rong has no eyes, and talents are right in front of him. If you can't make good use of it, you will persecute it recklessly. Fortunately, fortunately, the two of you are safe, otherwise I will definitely make that Kong Rong look good!"

Li Yi's tone had already begun to reveal the meaning of solicitation. Both Xu Chu and Xu Ding were secretly happy. Xu Chu was still thinking about whether to show his loyalty directly, but he hesitated when he thought that it might be too abrupt.

Seeing the future Huhou showing a cramped look in front of him, Li Yi felt a little funny, but he didn't directly open his mouth to solicit, but pointed to Zhu Hao who seemed to be lifeless on the ground and asked, "What's wrong with him?"

A look of embarrassment flashed across Xu Chu's face, Li Yi saw it, and became even more curious in his heart.

Xu Chu leaned forward and said: "This man insulted Caomin and blamed Caomin for warning the Marquis of Xiang. A certain person was so angry that he couldn't help bumping him. He wanted to keep him and hand him over to Marquis Xiang later, but he didn't want him His body is so bad that he can't do it with just one hit."

Xu Chu watched Li Yi's reaction quietly, feeling a little uneasy. Comparing his identities, he was an ordinary citizen, while Zhu Hao was a famous general. The difference in identities was too great, so Xu Chu didn't intend to kill anyone at that time, and he didn't even think that Li Yi would kill Zhu Hao , but it turned out that Zhu Hao killed him, so Xu Chu was a little uneasy, worried that it would spoil Li Yi's affairs and make Li Yi unhappy.

Li Yi was funny and speechless. He lowered his head and looked at Zhu Hao. Originally, he still had tolerance towards these people, but Tai Shici's arrow directly shattered his remaining good feelings. Therefore, Li Yi was very sad. Quickly looked away, and told Dian Wei: "After all, after Zhongliang, find a place to bury him later."

Seeing that Li Yi didn't seem to care much about Zhu Hao, Xu Chu heaved a sigh of relief, but at the same time admired him a little. He felt that Li Yi was indeed a big shot, and he didn't care at all after a famous general.

At this time, Li Yi asked Xu Chu again: "At that time, the assassins were mixed among the people of Xujiazhuang. The guards around me and I didn't notice it, and the people didn't notice the abnormality. How did you find out that something was wrong? Could it be that you got the news in advance?"

Li Yi looked directly at Xu Chu, and the eyes of the others were also focused on Xu Chu, obviously quite curious about this matter.

Being stared at by so many people, Xu Chu was a little embarrassed, and said with a dry smile: "I was imprisoned before, and I couldn't deal with outsiders. I didn't know that they were going to murder Xianghou. Arrived some booze."

"The aroma of wine?"

Li Yi's tone was surprised, and the others were also puzzled, even Kuai Yue, a think tank, was no exception.

Xu Chu hurriedly continued to explain: "We are all prisoners, how can we taste the wine, so a certain person smelled the aroma of wine, and the aroma of the wine was quite strong, so he knew that there was probably something wrong with it, and later saw Marquis Xiang coming on horseback. , Only then did I realize that someone might want to take this opportunity to assassinate the Marquis Xiang, so I warn you!"

"Good! Good!"

Li Yi couldn't help admiring, and the others also admired secretly. They didn't expect Xu Chu, a rough guy with five big and three rough, to have such a delicate mind.

At the same time, everyone also admired Li Yi again in their hearts, because after Li Yi expressed his interest in Xu Chu at first, everyone thought that Li Yi only admired Xu Chu's martial arts, but now they realized that their lord's vision is still Great as always.

Li Yi wanted to make a formal solicitation, but after thinking about it for a while, he asked again: "Have you thought about it, if it's a misunderstanding, because you warned and delayed the prisoner exchange, how will it end?"

After Xu Chu heard Li Yi's approval, he already had confidence in his heart, so he was not nervous about this slightly difficult question, and said very frankly: "The grass people didn't think too much about it at the time, but now that I think about it, the matter of changing prisoners Although it is important, the safety of the Marquis Xiang is the real top priority, for this reason, even if you take some risks, it is better than letting Marquis Xiang be in danger!"

"Haha, courageous, resourceful, responsible, good, good!"

Li Yi couldn't help but reached out and patted Xu Chu's shoulder vigorously. If he hadn't considered the feelings of Dian Wei and others, he really wanted to say that Xu Chu's thinking was the standard for bodyguards.