Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Li Yi smiled casually: "General Wei is not a rough person, but a real person, and he speaks the truth."

Chapter 691

Although Li Yi's praise to Wei Xu was a joke, it made Wei Xu and other generals of the former Yanzhou Lu Bu line very happy. Although these people joined Li Yi's command, Li Yi also promised that from generals to soldiers, give them Completely treated like one's own people, but it still takes time and opportunity to truly integrate into Li Yi's power core group, and Li Yi is obviously taking the initiative to create opportunities for them.

After Wei Xu sat down, Li Yi found that no one took the initiative to speak, he could only look for it on the map, and then Li Yi focused on Dong'a, which Kuai Liang had just hypothesized, because it was very close to the Yellow River, and it was the real place. The day and night of the day can bring the greatest pressure to Yuan Shao.

Li Yi was moved by Dong'a, and he didn't hide it on his expression. There were many people present who understood his thoughts immediately, and then his expression turned bad.

As Kuai Liang said, Dong'e's approach to the Yellow River can put a lot of pressure on Yuan Shao, but the same reasoning, Dong'e can allow frontline generals like Huang Zhong to be stationed, but it is not suitable as Li Yi's base camp.

Whether it is geographically or militarily, it is a very bad choice.

Kuai Liang already regretted using Dong'a as an example, but he couldn't talk too bluntly about the shortcomings, which would make Li Yi's face look bad, he hesitated, and said: "This matter has a lot to do with it, and it is inevitable to make a hasty decision. There will be something inappropriate. The subordinates suggest that the lord should release the news first. In the future, the general's mansion will be located in Yanzhou to encourage people to move. As for where it will fall, you can send officials to inspect it first, and then make a decision. ?”

As soon as Li Yi heard what Kuai Liang said made sense, he said: "That's fine, but there is one thing to note. The war in Yanzhou has just stopped, and the people are thinking about it. No matter where this matter is finally settled, the cost must be considered. Among them, we must not overwork the people and waste money, we must know that the people are not easy, if we don't care about the power of the people, what is the way for the people to survive?"

Li Yi's tone was very solemn, and even had a hint of warning, because he was really afraid that the people below would "do nonsense".

As early as in Jingzhou, many people asked him to expand or build a new mansion to show his majesty, but Li Yi lacked interest in this. In Li Yi's mind, it is the swords and guns in his hands that can show majesty, not the house, unless A skyscraper could be created in ancient times.

But Li Yi's subordinates, or the ancients, didn't think so. Even Kuai Yue, Xun You, and even Cai Yong persuaded him about it, but Li Yi pushed him away every time.

That's why Li Yi deliberately told him, lest these people come up with a big project for him in a blink of an eye.

Kuai Liang and the others looked at each other helplessly, and then said in unison: "My lord is merciful!"

Li Yi was right. These people did intend to start a big construction, but Li Yi was too "vigilant", and this matter can only be discussed later.

After everyone saluted, Xun You coughed lightly and said, "Master, it is good to cherish the power of the people at ordinary times, but now hundreds of thousands of people in Yanzhou have no food and clothing, and they all rely on relief. Must be a good thing."

Li Yi knew that Xun You was unwilling to give up, so he said: "Of course I know this truth. Just follow what I did when I first entered Nanyang, using work for relief, and arranging some things for the people to do. In short, we can't let the people get something for nothing. Save the people, but harm the people."

Listening to Li Yi's tone, Xun You felt that Li Yi should have had other plans long ago, and asked, "Isn't my lord planning to mobilize civilian men to repair the city wall?"

Li Yi shook his head and said: "Although the city is important, there is no need to worry. It is good to use it for the time being. Besides food, the cost of repairing the city wall is also a large amount. Although Jingzhou can support it, the money is now used in this area , but it is a bit uneconomical, after all, with the current situation, who in the world would dare to enter my hinterland?"

Everyone couldn't help but smile knowingly. No one thought that Li Yi was talking big. Li Yi already had a strong control over the people below. After experiencing the "miracle" in Jingzhou, he went up to the next level. There may be people who are dissatisfied with Li Yi, but none dare to jump out and make trouble.

Li Yi continued: "It is necessary to mobilize the people, but also to spend less money, and finally to have benefits. I think it is nothing more than two things, open up wasteland and build roads. Needless to say, open up wasteland and farmland. According to Jingzhou Okay, as for the road construction, I plan to build a road linking Xiangyang and Yanzhou after deciding on the place, so that the two places can be convenient for vehicles and horses to travel. In case of military situation, it can also shorten the time for dispatching troops and horses. How about it? "

Xun You thought for a while and said, "This subordinate thinks it's feasible."

Li Yi nodded slightly, and continued: "I am dissatisfied with you all, that road is just the beginning. In the future, as long as there is enough money and food, and it does not affect farming, the road will continue to be repaired, from here to Dong'e, from here to Hulao, and finally, the villages and towns. There also need to be connected by roads, and some people may not understand this, but I want to say that road construction is not only a need for war, but also a need for people's livelihood. When the world is settled, this is a national policy!"

After Li Yi finished speaking, he began to observe the expressions of everyone, wanting to know their views on this matter, but to Li Yi's surprise, almost no one objected, and Kuai Yue and other resourceful people immediately agreed Said: "The lord is far-sighted!"

Then the others bowed and accepted the order one after another, without any refutation.

Li Yi was surprised at first, but soon understood what everyone was thinking.

As a traveler, the truth of building roads before getting rich is naturally deeply buried in Li Yi's heart, but the ancients also understood this truth, but the government needs to spend money to build roads and mobilize the people, and the people do not directly benefit, so they will feel conflicted. The last good thing can easily turn into a bad thing.

But Li Yi is willing to spend money to hire people to do things, which directly and fundamentally avoids the resistance of the people, and Li Yi is not the kind of person who is eager for quick success, and even he is particularly disgusted with large-scale projects. Therefore, if Li Yi leads road construction, It can really benefit the country and the people.

Seeing that no one objected to the road construction, Li Yi was in a good mood, and when he got here, the main thing was almost discussed, so Li Yi thought about talking about the opening of the mansion, but at this time Xu Chuhu didn't He came in from outside, cupped his fists at Li Yi with a happy face and said, "My lord, the scouts have caught a messenger, who belongs to Yuan Shao."

"Oh?"

Li Yi responded without much surprise. It was normal to catch a spy, but Xu Chu's happy look made him a little strange, and asked, "Why is Zhongkang so happy? Could it be that the messenger has a special status and is a big fish?" No?"

When this question was asked, other people became a little curious, especially Dian Wei, who simply asked directly: "Could it be that Xu You who is not afraid of death is here again?"

Everyone burst into laughter, Xu Chu shook his head and said, "That's not true, this messenger's status is ordinary. After questioning, I found out that he was sent by Yuan Shao to contact Liu Zhang in Yizhou. Yuan Shao wanted Liu Zhang to send troops to attack Jingzhou."

Hearing this, Li Yi's face changed slightly. Although Li Yi didn't think much of Yizhou's combat power and didn't take it seriously, a large part of the reason was that Li Yi concluded that Yizhou would not send troops. If Liu Zhang really It is also a small trouble to move his hands.

However, the smile on Xu Chu's face was even worse, and he continued: "Yuan Shao asked that person to contact Liu Zhang, but this person just walked halfway, and heard that the lord was victorious in Yanzhou and Cao Cao escaped, so he thought to himself to continue to contact Liu Zhang , will only frighten Liu Zhang, make Yuan Shao face irrelevant, and increase the prestige of the lord, so he turned back halfway on his own initiative, and was caught by the patrolling brothers."

Everyone was stunned when they heard the words, and immediately burst into laughter. Many people even felt that it was a pity. If the messenger contacted Liu Zhang first, and then learned the news of the Yanzhou war, Liu Zhang's expression would be very exciting.

Kuai Yue seemed to be sincerely trying to create trouble for Yuan Shao, and suggested: "My lord, I think it is not easy for Yuan Shao's envoy to travel so hard, so why not send him some money and let him go home. I think Yuan Shao will be very happy to see him."

Li Yi murmured inwardly, and then added: "This is not enough, Zijing, you go and make arrangements to spread the matter, and say that Yuan Shao wants to join forces with Liu Zhang to kill me, and then write two letters for me, One letter to Liu Zhang, bring some gifts, and say that I can trust him, and another letter to Yuan Shao, asking him to explain this matter, otherwise Li can only use 50 soldiers to save his life Ma, compete with him in the Yellow River!"

Li Yi's tone at the beginning was mostly teasing, a bit deliberate and malicious, but in the end, it became murderous, making everyone subconsciously restrain the smiles on their faces.

Lu Su nodded again and again, took note of Li Yi's words, and finally asked carefully: "My lord is using this as an excuse to interfere in Qingzhou, and even attack Yuan Tan?"

Li Yi smiled and said: "Half and half, it is certain to move Qingzhou. It is useless for Yuan Tan to kill. The main thing is to provoke Yuan Shao. It depends on whether Yuan Shao sent troops to reinforce Qingzhou in a fit of anger, or if he was frightened, and then the strong man cut off his wrist. Resolutely withdraw the army from Qingzhou, or Yuan Shao hesitates and does nothing. In short, if Yuan Shao sends people to cross the Yellow River, I will kill them as many as they come. !"

The next day, Li Yi issued an order in the name of the general, appointing Kuai Liang as the governor of Yanzhou, and Huang Zhong controlled the soldiers and horses of Yanzhou in Yuzhou. At this point, Li Yi officially took over the military administration of Yanzhou.

The former senior officials of Yanzhou, Lu Bu, Chen Gong, Gao Shun and others all resigned, except for Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao. Take over from Chen Deng.

At the same time, Li Yi's three government orders related to people's livelihood were also officially issued.

Because of the distance, many counties in Yanzhou could not know the news in time, but in Changyi, it took less than half a day for the news to spread throughout the whole process, and then thousands of people spontaneously came to Li Yi's Xingyuan to thank Li Yi for his benevolent governance .

Few ordinary people in this era can read and write, and their cultural level is extremely low. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are ignorant, but this does not mean that ordinary people do not know good or bad. Prohibition of alcohol and restriction of food prices are all for the sake of the poorest people in Yanzhou.

In the early days, although Li Yi was famous all over the world, some people always didn't believe it, especially under Cao Cao's intentional guidance, a considerable number of people in Yanzhou believed that Li Yi was actually a duplicity, a traitor who seemed loyal Evil people, but now in front of these three decrees of Li Yi, as ordinary people at the bottom, even those who have said bad things about Li Yi before have quickly changed their attitudes and began to regard Li Yi as a reborn parent.

Among the people who spontaneously came to Li Yixing to thank Li Yi, hundreds of people wept with joy. The constant fighting between Lu Bu and Cao Cao made countless people live without tomorrow. Every time there is a war, there are countless people. The people died in vain, and it wasn't until Li Yi's appearance that people finally saw the hope of continuing to live.

The people who appeared outside Xingyuan were something beyond Li Yi’s plan. At first, Li Yi only asked Kuai Liang to meet the people and persuade them to go home, but the people refused to leave. Instead, they gathered more and more until Li Yi personally After coming forward to comfort them, thousands of people slowly dispersed after thanking them thousands of times.

However, in the next few days, people continued to come to Li Yi's Xingyuan to pay their respects, and this phenomenon did not stop until Li Yi led the army to leave Changyi.

In fact, according to the original plan, Li Yi should stay in Changyi for a few more days, but after seeing the reactions of the people, Li Yi knew that it was a foregone conclusion to fully grasp the people's hearts in Yanzhou, so the following things can naturally be carried out in advance.

Unlike the high-spirited Li Yi, Xuzhou Tao Qian has been eating food and can't sleep at night recently, because the situation in the Central Plains is changing too fast, which made him worry, but what Tao Qian can't bear is that the sky in Xuzhou is actually It has also changed.

At first, when Li Yi sent troops to the north, Tao Qian could smell something bad from it, especially when Li Yi left Yanzhou alone and instead sent troops to Yuzhou first, Tao Qian had to be vigilant.

Tao Qian convened Xuzhou Wu to discuss the matter to discuss his views on this matter. However, except for Sun Qian who supported sending troops to help Yuzhou, all other Wu under his command believed that this matter had nothing to do with Xuzhou and Xuzhou should not interfere. Xuzhou has kindness, if Xuzhou intervenes, won't he repay his kindness and be scolded by the world?

Although Tao Qian felt that something was wrong in his heart, he could not go against everyone's will, so he could only silently pay attention to Li Yi's movements.

Then, Tao Qian saw that Li Yi was as powerful as a bamboo, and took Yuzhou at an incredible speed, and Kong Rong and Liu Yao were defeated and died.

When Tao Qian received the news, he was so shocked that he tore off a bunch of beards. However, what shocked Tao Qian even more was still behind. After Yanzhou, at first he was timid before fighting, and ran away without a trace. Later, he finally mustered up the courage to come back to fight Li Yi, but he was defeated. More than 2 soldiers and horses were wiped out, and countless generals and advisers were killed. Cao Cao only escaped. Then Lu Bu, who had fought with Cao Cao for a long time, surrendered without a fight.

This made Tao Qian have a new understanding of Li Yi's military strength while being frightened. However, what really confused Tao Qian was the news that Li Yi became a general afterward. .

Tao Qian, who has been in the officialdom all his life, can naturally understand that Li Yi is determined to rebel, and Li Yi's next target is Xuzhou, so Tao Qian gritted his teeth and decided to be loyal to the big man, and immediately began to call However, he waited for a long time and no one came. Only after inquiring several times did he find out that those generals had brought their families to live in the barracks. When asked why, it turned out that Chen Dengmi Zhu was going northward under the order of the general and was going to be stationed in Tan County, they want to make room for others in advance.

Chapter 692 Dynamics of the parties