Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

The 1000 soldiers and horses were basically from Yanzhou. They were unwilling to leave their hometown, but now they were sent out by Cao Cao. Many soldiers were dissatisfied, and people kept fleeing along the way. After entering Qingzhou, there were only more than [-] people left. Then they met disaster, because they ran into Zang Ba.

At the beginning, Cao Cao planned to defeat Zang Ba, and Zang Ba fled. Later, he gathered the remnants and returned to Kaiyang, only to find that Cao Cao had killed all the prisoners of war. Even Kaiyang City was completely slaughtered, and no one was seen alive. , That scene almost made Zang Ba, a fierce general, go crazy. In the end, Zang Ba swore that he would never die with Cao Cao in this life.

In this intervention in Qingzhou, Zang Ba had always been bluffing in order to preserve his strength, and had no intention of doing anything at all, but unexpectedly found that the remnant soldiers were holding the banner of Cao Cao. Zang Ba's eyes turned red immediately, and his soldiers were similar. Most of them were from Langya, and many of them had relatives and friends who died under Cao Cao's butcher knife. Therefore, Cao Cao's remnant soldiers were in bad luck. Under Zang Ba's desperate surprise attack, more than a thousand people were either killed or captured. A hundred people escaped by chance.

The reason why some people escaped was because Zang Ba was so ruthless that he would not leave anyone alive when he came up. He even tortured and killed the prisoners. Even the leader Han Hao was cut into pieces by knives, and the remnant soldiers broke out in despair. birthday.

However, after this battle, the last spark left by Cao Cao completely died out in the accident and inevitability of the troubled times.

After Yuan Tan learned about the situation in Yanzhou, he was in a bad mood. The premise of his success in Qingzhou was that Cao Cao dragged Li Yi to Yanzhou. Although his progress was smooth, Cao Cao lost the chain. Will Qingzhou still fight after that? ?

Yuan Tan was hesitant about this. It would be a pity to give up the results of the battle in front of him, and he couldn't hold back his face, but if he didn't let go, when Li Yi's army arrived, Yuan Tan didn't have the confidence to beat Li Yi's troops. In desperation, Yuan Tan Tan could only stand still for the time being, and while paying close attention to Yanzhou's movements, he sent a messenger to Jizhou to hand over the decision on this matter to Yuan Shao.

However, before Yuan Shao's order came back, bad news about Li Yi came one after another. Li Yi claimed to be a general and started to deploy defenses on the south bank of the Yellow River. Li Yi sent troops to Xuzhou.

This pile of news made Yuan Tan feel extremely depressed, his hair turned gray at a young age, but no matter how much he wanted to see it, Yuan Shao's military order just didn't come.

Chapter 693

Yuan Shao did not give orders to Qingzhou for a long time, and Yuan Tan could only stand still. This made the outside world, even Yuan Tan himself, think that Qingzhou would become a quagmire where Yuan Shao, Li Yi, and Gongsun Zan would fight each other.

In fact, the quagmire is an ideal result. What Yuan Tan is most afraid of is that Li Yi will directly attack Qingzhou.

But in fact, Li Yi's performance was similar to that of Yuan Shao's, and he even started to become morose.

When Li Yi left Changyi, he brought out a total of 5000 people, including the guard battalion, which was not as violent as Yuan Tan expected. Moreover, Li Yi did not follow the principle that soldiers are expensive and fast. His marching route Quite a twist.

After Li Yi left Changyi, he first went east to Rencheng, which was quite normal, and then he started to go north to Dongping, met with Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao brothers, and after a short repair, he entered Jibei again.

When receiving this news, Yuan Tan was very nervous, thinking that Li Yi was coming to walk, but in the end, Li Yi only stayed in Jibei for a few days, met with some local officials and representatives of the gentry, and emphasized again After various decrees and having fun with the grateful people, he did not continue to go north, but turned back and went south, entering Taishan County.

At this time, Li Yi's purpose was relatively clear. Before meeting with Tao Qian, he wanted to show off his military power and sense of presence in various places, so as to deter those who might have restless thoughts, and also to serve as a way for officials from various places in the future. The replacement of the government and the implementation of government orders created a better environment. For this reason, Li Yi also left more than 5000 soldiers and horses.

Li Yi basically didn't stay in Taishan County, he was "passing by", and because Zang Ba was recently active in the north of Mount Tai, Li Yi didn't want to send troops to Mount Tai prematurely before some things were fully negotiated. cause unnecessary misunderstanding.

Therefore, Li Yi's next stop became Pengcheng, and when he arrived here, Li Yi set foot on the land of Xuzhou again.

Pengcheng was the last place where Cao Cao was wounded when he dispatched troops to Xuzhou. Hundreds of thousands of people died directly under Cao Cao's butcher knife. In addition, the people who fled later and died for various reasons on the road, the total number cannot be estimated at all. But there must be 30 to [-] people.

Later, Tao Qian sent Zhao Yu to the past in order to rebuild Pengcheng. Although Zhao Yu worked hard for two years, Pengcheng's recovery was very limited. As far as Li Yi could see, it was still empty.

This phenomenon did not improve until Li Yi arrived near Cheng County.

When Li Yi fought with Xiahouyuan, Chengxian County was Xiahouyuan's base camp. Although Chengxian County was also hit by war, Xiahouyuan needed people and labor, so he didn't slaughter the people of Chengxian County. Li Yi's party never attacked Chengxian County. So after the war, Cheng County retained a lot of people. Later, Zhao Yu even asked Tao Qian to move the Pengcheng government to Cheng County.

Li Yi drove to Cheng County with his soldiers and horses. This city, which had not completely receded from the flames of war, not only did not set up defenses against Li Yi, on the contrary, it opened the city gate early in the morning and cleaned the road. Zhao Yu even led the people in the city to welcome him out. A few miles, waiting for Li Yi's arrival.

Even the people spontaneously prepared a lot of things to serve Li Yi's army.

Cheng County's closeness to Li Yi was not unexpected. Cao Cao's excuse for sending troops to Xuzhou was Tao Qian, and Tao Qian retreated steadily under Cao Cao's offensive. Although the people hated Cao Cao's cruelty, they secretly scolded Tao Qian for his incompetence.

But Li Yi, who appeared when the people of Xuzhou were most dangerous and helpless, blocked the disaster of Xuzhou's doom, and the people were naturally grateful to Li Yi. After the war, many people in Xuzhou enshrined Li Yi's longevity tablet in their homes.

Some people in Xuzhou even felt a strong jealousy towards Jingzhou people. If Li Yi was Xuzhou Mu instead of Jingzhou Mu, how good would it be?

Therefore, when Li Yi returned to Xuzhou, the people lined up to welcome him. Many people who had experienced that cruel war laughed while crying. With Li Yi, these ordinary people no longer have to worry about it.

As for the fact that there is an extra flag of a general behind Li Yi, most of the people don’t understand it, and if they understand it, they pretend not to understand it. Anyway, it’s good that the person who came is Li Yi. The title of the general is just an addition to ordinary people. .

Li Yi was very satisfied with the enthusiasm shown by the people in Chengxian County. Li Yi also accepted all the things the people gave him, but Li Yi exchanged them for food and gave them back to the people.

Under Zhao Yu's governance, the people in Pengcheng can already take care of their own food and clothing, but that's just food and clothing. Li Yi didn't want the people to starve those closest to him in order to thank him.

After Li Yi entered the city, the people gradually dispersed, and only the aristocratic family and local officials remained by Li Yi's side. These people also welcomed Li Yi's arrival.

There may be many smart people in the aristocratic family class, but due to their position and standpoint, most of them do not have a long-term vision. Even if they can see the world, they still think about the one-acre land under their feet.

Still because of Cao Cao, Cao Cao's butcher knife and iron hoof woke up those Xuzhou aristocratic families and officials who were still ignorant, and found that the world has changed, and the troubled times have begun. People began to look for a way to protect themselves in troubled times, and the safest and most affordable choice was to cling to a big tree, find someone who could shelter them from wind and rain, and even take them further to follow.

Naturally, Li Yi, who rose rapidly in the troubled times and acted for Xuzhou's righteousness, came into their sight.

At the beginning, there were many people in Xuzhou who expressed their favor to Li Yi explicitly or secretly. Many people wanted their nephews to join Li Yi's command, but at that time Li Yi could only decline for the sake of long-term layout, but he didn't say anything dead, so Li Yi's return this time is not only the hope of the people, but also the expectation of the upper class in Pengcheng.

So, Li Yi didn't even need to hint, Peng Cheng took the initiative to attach himself under his wing.

However, after Li Yi successfully took control of Pengcheng, the situation can be said to be very good, but Li Yi stopped going east and chose to continue to repair in Cheng County.

The people in Pengcheng were so happy, and they just took the opportunity to get close to Li Yiduo, but Cao Bao and others who were still in Tan County were a little confused. After thinking about it, they took the initiative to write a joint letter to Li Yi, saying that there are many people in Xuzhou. The common people are not at ease, and they can't handle it, so they also invited the general to take control of Xuzhou to stabilize people's hearts.

After receiving the letter, Li Yi personally comforted the messenger, telling the messenger to tell Cao Bao and others not to think too much, and then continued to stay in Cheng County, as if this was the end of his trip.

After several days like this, until a group of tired-looking troops came from the west and hurried into the city, Li Yi's soldiers and horses, who had been quiet for several days, finally moved.

During this period of time, Li Yi received a lot of news, such as what happened to Cao Cao's remnant troops in Mount Tai, such as Yuan Tan's movements, and Li Yi even received a letter from Tao Qian.

Tao Qian told Li Yi that he was old and had no energy to continue governing Xuzhou, and asked Li Yi to recommend talents for the court on his behalf.

This is already a surrender, but it is more euphemistic.

However, at the end of the letter, Tao Qian babbled a lot of things related to the Son of Heaven, all of which were rumors about the current situation of the Son of Heaven. Although some things were not said to be utterly hateful, the meaning was roughly to make Li Yi feel sorry for the Son of Heaven. Don't take things too far.

For Li Yi, these news are all good things, and it makes the originally urgent plan to go north more relaxed, otherwise Li Yi would not dare to stop in Cheng County leisurely, although this "guest" is very important to him.

In a temporary mansion in Cheng County, Li Yi felt quite uncomfortable looking at the angel in front of him.

Hundreds of people from Yanzhou Wu signed a letter to the Son of Heaven, suggesting that the Son of Heaven should make Li Yi a general. The Son of Heaven quickly responded to such a big matter. Li Yi was waiting for this news, but to Li Yi's surprise, he came to announce the decree The angel turned out to be his father-in-law Fu Wan.

This candidate was really unexpected, and even Li Yi suspected that the court deliberately sent an old man over to preach to him because he couldn't beat him.

Fortunately, the relationship between Li Yi and Fu Wan is not good at all. After Fu Wan entered the city, Li Yi did not meet for the first time, but asked Yu Fan to be in charge of the reception, and listened to the information by the way. Then Li Yi was told that Fu Wan met Everyone loves to answer and ignores them. He is majestic as an angel at every turn, and he is so arrogant that he even puts on the posture of an elder and asks Li Yi why he doesn't see him.

After hearing this, Li Yi was very unhappy, so he immediately withdrew the banquet for the reception.

Li Yi, an ordinary person who is the envoy of the emperor, can openly suppress him, but he still has the status of his father-in-law. Although Li Yi doesn't take him seriously, he will inevitably bow his head in public. Fu Wan was not given a chance to speak in public, and only after dark did he come to see Fu Wan alone.

In the small study room, although the oil lamps were lit, the light was not bright. Li Yi stood at the door and looked at Fu Wan without saluting, while Fu Wan knelt by the desk, closed his eyes and rested, and even ignored Li Yi. easy.

Seeing this scene, Li Yi suddenly became angry.

Although his combination with Fushou was the result of Dong Zhuo's "spoof" at the time, Li Yi asked himself that his performance was not bad. He killed Dong Zhuo and saved the emperor from danger. This is a great contribution to saving the building. , but Shi Fuwan still looked down on him, and even wanted him to "break up" with Fushou.

After Li Yi struggled in Jingzhou, Fu Wan never gave him support. It wasn't until Li Yi stabilized the overall situation and it became a climate that he sent a brother-in-law, Fu De.

In fact, although Li Yi had a cold relationship with Fu Wan at that time, he still expected Fu's family to repay him psychologically. He hoped that Fu Wan's family could join him and give him a strong momentum.

However, Fu Wan didn't give him this face.

Later, Li Yi won Yangzhou and asked Fu Shou to write a letter asking Fu to come to Jingzhou to retire. After a few letters, all of them fell to nothing. After that, Li Yi completely gave up the Fu family except Fu Shou. This time Li Yi sent troops Before that, they quietly issued a secret order to Guo Jia and Cai Mao to pay more attention to Guiyang. If Fude knew that there was a change in him after he proclaimed himself a general, he would allow them to act cheaply.