Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Hearing this, Zang Ba showed surprise. He thought Li Yi was going to get rid of Chang Xi, but now it seems that it is different from what he thought.

Li Yi continued: "You guys are going to lead the army, so I naturally have to express it, so I'm going to use this name to designate a farm for you in Nanyang, and then, hehe, all of you will serve in the army, and there is no one in Zhuangzi. Reasonable, so Chang Xi, who was suppressed by Tao Qian, just has a place to go, let him take care of the Zhuangzi over there, although he can't be famous, he can still be rich and healthy, how about it?"

After Li Yi finished speaking, Zang Ba's expression obviously couldn't hold back, and he blurted out: "Don't you want to kill Chang Xi, my lord?"

Li Yi asked back, "Why should I kill him?"

Zang Ba asked back as a matter of course: "My lord didn't say that he was born rebellious, such a hidden danger, naturally, yes"

Zang Ba couldn't say the rest of the words without leaving future troubles.

Li Yi said haha: "Xuan Gao's words are not bad. Since Chang Xi has a rebellious nature, it is most appropriate to kill him. It's just a pity. The time is wrong, but I can't kill him."

Zang Ba was puzzled and didn't understand what this had to do with time, but after all, he heard Li Yi himself say that he didn't intend to kill Changxi directly, so he let go of his nervousness a little bit, and asked cautiously: "Dare to ask the lord, what is this?" Why?"

Li Yi stretched out his hand and gestured in front of him, and said: "There is no room for negligence in this world's struggle. To achieve the goal, the means are even more extreme. Therefore, not only can Changxi not be used by me, but it will also be used by me." I have absolutely no reason to keep the person who adds to the trouble, whether overtly or covertly, assassination, poisoning, or even using someone else's hands, as long as I can get rid of him, it's fine."

Zang Ba broke into a sweat when he heard that, as a military officer who worked hard from the bottom, Zang Ba was not pedantic, and he had seen a lot of killing methods.

But Li Yi is different, Li Yi is the number one vassal in the world, he said the words of killing people by unscrupulous means, and he said it so naturally, which made it difficult for Zang Ba to accept.

Li Yi continued: "However, now that Changxi is under my command with you, and I deploy it, naturally I can't kill him, because I will do everything I can to deal with outsiders, not my own people. If I don’t like it, I will suppress him, or even prevent him from becoming an official, but as long as he is innocent, I will not kill him. Do you understand the difference?”

Zang Ba is not stupid. After calming down, he immediately understood Li Yi's painstaking efforts, and couldn't help being moved.

"The last general will thank the lord for not killing Changxi!"

Zang Ba bowed deeply to Li Yi. At first, he just thought that Li Yi was great. As far as the future is concerned, he was a person worth following, but now it was different. He felt that what was more powerful than the means was Li Yi's character .

For a newcomer like Zang Ba, although he has a lot of longing for the future, he also has a lot of anxiety. Li Yi's reassurance played a very good role before, but now, he has given him a complete reassurance .

Even Chang Xi and Li Yi, who are naturally rebellious, will not harm them at will, so as long as these generals do things with their heart and don't think about rebelling, what else do they have to worry about in the future?

Thinking of this, Zang Ba bowed again, saying: "The lord is benevolent and righteous, Zang Ba will go through fire and water for the lord in the future, and he will not hesitate!"

Li Yi's face was full of smiles, but he held back his laughter, stretched out his hand to help Zang Ba up, and said: "The general probably doesn't know yet, if I take risks easily for the sake of generals, not only will it be useless, but it will be even worse." There will be."

Zang Ba didn't quite understand, but stood up obediently.

Li Yi said again: "The matter of Changxi is settled like this, and only the three of you know today. You should keep it well hidden from others, otherwise if it gets out, even if I don't kill Changxi, he will not survive."

Zang Ba nodded again and again. He had no doubts about this. In Li Yi's position, it is impossible for no one under his subordinates to automatically eliminate hidden dangers for him. Even Zang Ba now feels lucky. When Chang Xi really died, he wouldn't think of Li Yi.

Zang Ba hurriedly expressed his opinion: "Please rest assured, my lord, this matter must be kept secret, and Chang Xi will never be known, and my subordinates will also persuade him to run the manor with peace of mind, and don't give birth to other ideas!"

Li Yi nodded slightly to express his satisfaction, but then there was a twitch in his heart, thinking of a possibility that might be crueler, but he soon felt relieved.

If Chang Xi is really the kind of person who is naturally rebellious, Li Yi feels that even if he is made a rich man, he will not be safe. The difference is the size of the impact.

Moreover, this kind of person is often very selfish, plus Zang Ba and the others will soon become people on two different paths with Chang Xi, and Chang Xi helps them manage the manor. Then they will easily have conflicts, and even become enemies. In this way, as long as they push a little, that guy will probably die in the end.

That's right, Li Yi didn't want to let the hidden danger of Chang Xi live at all, it was just for the feelings of Zang Ba and others, so it's not good to do it himself. Loyalty is simply not too cost-effective.

After these things were settled, Li Yi and Zang Ba returned to the big tent. Unlike before, Zang Ba's mental outlook has obviously changed, he is more confident and talkative, which surprised everyone a little, but it did not. After thinking about it, I just felt that what Li Yi and Zang Ba said made him feel better.

And Zang Ba's brothers are very happy. If Zang Ba plays well, their future will be bright.

Therefore, Zang Bayu began to look forward to the future with all his heart and soul, and took up the task of staying behind very generously, and gave a few good brothers the opportunity to be the first to become a full-fledged general.

In the end, seeing the moved faces of those people, Li Yi could only secretly sigh with emotion that they were indeed not simple characters.

Things went very smoothly afterwards. With the cooperation of Zang Ba, Li Yi's army came to Linyi and took over the troops under Zang Ba's command safely.

Considering the current situation, Li Yi did not directly disperse this part of the soldiers and horses, but directly installed officers and allocated them to Wei Yan as the commander. Apart from cooperating with the whole army, Zang Ba spent most of his time staying in Li Yi Guard camp.

Although Li Yi has already trusted Zang Ba, he is also afraid that Zang Ba is playing a trick and tricking him, so he is cautious and at a loss.

After that, Li Yi's army transferred to Taishan County, then continued northward from Mount Tai, and entered Jinan, which is the boundary of Qingzhou.

It was originally planned that Li Yi's army would be stationed in Tugu County, but after approaching Tugu, Li Yi's army suddenly changed direction and camped in the wild near Dongping Mausoleum.

On the second day of camping, Yuan Shao's envoy, Guo Tu, came to ask for an audience again.

Chapter 709 Evil Thief, Die Badly

"not see!"

Li Yi cut off a piece of deliciously burnt venison, put it in his mouth, chewed it, with a look of enjoyment on his brows and eyes, but his words were not polite at all, and he directly rejected Guo Tu's request to see him.

Yu Fan cupped his hands and asked, "Then, should I be treated by my subordinates?"

Li Yi took another sip of deer blood wine, and said with a smile: "Zhongxiang is the most suitable for this kind of thing, but remember to give Guo Tu some face, this is Yuan Shao's confidant, it may not be of great use in the future, the relationship is very important It can't be broken."

At this time, everyone was eating in the tent, and they couldn't help laughing when they heard the words.

Everyone, including Li Yi, was not surprised when they heard the news of Guo Tu's request for a meeting just now, because although the two sides were at war and the actual relationship had dropped to a freezing point, the two sides had never intended to completely tear each other apart.

Li Yi doesn't want to start a full-scale war with Yuan Shao for the time being, and Yuan Shao is even more restless in the backyard, and he doesn't want to suffer at both ends.

However, as Li Yi led the army to the north, all this was about to change. Then, it was very normal for Yuan Shao to send an envoy to try to resolve the Qingzhou issue by peaceful means.

But this is not the case for Li Yi. Qingzhou is what he is determined to win, and Yuan Tan does not retreat. For Li Yi, there is no need to talk about it. Then the meeting between the two parties is meaningless except to talk about those unreasonable reasons. .

Yu Fan took the order and was about to find Guo Tu, but Xun You suddenly said, "Wait a minute!"

Yu Fan stopped when he heard the words, looked at Li Yi, and Li Yi looked at Xun You, and asked, "Mister, do you think there is something wrong?"

Xu You didn't answer in a hurry, but thought for a while before saying: "This subordinate believes that Guo Tu came here to make the lord retreat, because this matter is obviously impossible to achieve, so Guo Tu is afraid that he wants to let the lord retreat My lord retreats, I have other plans."

"Oh?"

Li Yi blinked, feeling that what Xun You said made sense, and asked again: "Then, does the gentleman want me to meet Guo Tu in person?"

Xun You shook his head and said, "That's not necessary. My lord has the upper hand now. If Guo Tu wants to make a move, he is just suspicious of soldiers, arrogant enemies, etc. My lord can just ignore it, but"

Xun You looked at Yu Fan and said with a smile, "My lord can't be tricked, but it doesn't mean Zhong Xiang can't."

After Xun You said that, Li Yi suddenly understood, and Yu Fan also understood, and asked: "So, then the subordinates are not polite to Guo Tu?"

"Don't go too far, save some face for others."

Li Yi suppressed a smile and gave Yu Fan a few words, then thought of the Tugu County he passed by, straightened his expression, and said: "It was very strange for Yuan Tan to leave Tugu County before, but now I know that I will not retreat, but still send Messenger, it can be seen that although Yuan Tan is weak, he has plans, everyone, don't underestimate the enemy!"

Seeing Li Yi's solemnity, everyone in the tent put away their smiles and said yes.

Li Yi looked at Mi Fang again, and asked, "We pass through the earthen drums and don't enter. Will there be any abnormalities in the city after that?"

Mi Fang said with an apologetic face: "The subordinates are incompetent, so they will be noticed, so they dare not send more people, so until now, they haven't noticed anything unusual in the city."