The day after the good news of the capture of Qingju City came back, Zhao Ying, who had been stationed in Yankou Town for four days, immediately began to sail north.

Not counting the Qin Jin filial piety department who had reached the upper reaches by land, the remaining 7,000 Zhao battalion men and horses were divided into three batches, the first group of 2,000 people, the main body was the right battalion of the old army, as the main general, Xiong Wanjian was responsible for escorting a lot of money and grain that had been assembled to the upstream. There are not many people in this group, and they mainly escort logistics materials. Before the soldiers and horses moved the food and grass, they actually boarded the ship and set out as early as the night of the third day.

In the early morning of the next day, it was the main body of the Zhao Battalion in Yankou Town that left, including the personnel of the front battalion of the old army, the left battalion of the old army, the Feijie battalion, the family care department and other divisions, as well as a part of the rear battalion of the old army, with a total of nearly 5,000 soldiers and accompanying personnel. This group of people needs the most ships, and they are also the main force in the northward journey along the river.

At the wharf, among the soldiers of the Zhao Battalion who were ready to go, there was a solemn atmosphere that was different from the past. There was an endless stream of boats coming and going, and the procession was moving in an orderly manner, and there was no one even hustle and bustle. Everyone had a string in their hearts, and they didn't dare to speak casually, because they were greatly shocked by Zhao Dangshi's actions yesterday.

Yesterday by the river, in the face of Wu Mingfeng and Liu Xiaohong, Zhao Dangshi finally blamed himself and made an astonishing move: cut off a strand of his hair with a waist knife.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao cut his hair and acted as the head, and with the discipline of the army, Zhao Dangshi's move was the object of his emulation.

"Military discipline is cloudy: killing without an order, and involving innocent people, hang your head in public." Zhao Dangshi held a knife in one hand and a bundle of his fine hair in the other, looking at the people who were already dumbfounded, "The so-called Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people, such as before the mountain military discipline, I should have immediately given the first sword." However, in the current army, there must be no self, and the right to be the head of the army, what do you think? ”

The parents of the body hair and skin, even if the current season is already bad, but Zhao Dangshi is the master of the army after all. The status above 10,000 people, not to mention paying for the crime with the first one, just patted the ass and walked away, and no one dared to raise any objections. From this point of view, Zhao Dangshi can take the initiative to cut his hair, which can be called "serving the big punishment".

As an inspector, no matter how impartial Liu Xiaohong enforces the law, it is impossible to blame Zhao Dangshi, Zhao Dangshi did not shirk and take the initiative to take responsibility, which has surprised him, and now Zhao Dangshi is even more determined to cut off his hair, can he still say that he is not satisfied? As for Wu Mingfeng, he was already shocked, and rushed forward to hug Zhao Dangshi and shouted "No".

"Hang my hair on the highest tower in the city to show the public, and next to it is a sign that says, 'Zhao Dangshi, the sinner, shaves his hair and acts as the head'." Zhao Dangshiyi's voice was loud, Wu Mingfeng trembled his hands and carefully took his hair.

Liu Xiaohong saw Wu Mingfeng's low-eyebrow and obedient appearance, and scolded "sycophant" in his heart, and then said: "The law is not respected, the lord is the head of the hair, which is enough to convince the public!" "Anyway, bow your hand," since the lord thinks that the military order is wrong, it is not too late to make amends. When he spoke, his eyes glanced at the riverbank, and he didn't look at Zhao Dangshi at all, and the meaning of his words was "You should do the right thing after you do the play", for him, saving people is more important.

Zhao Dangshi bowed his head and said: "This is nature. Immediately, an order went down, and the women and children on the bank of the river who were waiting for death with their eyes closed immediately picked up their lives. It's just that there is no gratitude in their eyes, and no one even speaks, they just support each other and quickly leave this bloody slaughterhouse - Zhao Ying killed their family members and burned their family business. Foolish.

The mission has been achieved, Liu Xiaohong patted the dust on his clothes, didn't want to stay for a long time, and beckoned Yang Shaoting to leave. Zhao Dangshi said: "I still have some wound medicine there, and I need to use it for inspection, so I will go and get it." ”

Liu Xiaohong said lightly: "Thank you." With that, he flew away.

Before today, in Liu Xiaohong's mind, stripped of his dirty rogue identity, Zhao Dangshi was at most just a good fighter and wise person. Unexpectedly, after a glance, his views changed greatly, and it turned out that his people's wisdom and scheming were better than the battle.

In just one sentence, he resolved the contradiction between himself and Wu Mingfeng, and used this matter to make a big fuss. On the surface, it seems to be guilty of oneself, but in fact, it kills two birds with one stone, which not only rectifies military discipline and plays an exemplary role, but also strengthens the image of being strict with oneself from the side. It seems to be his own business, but in essence, the effect of divergence to the whole army is definitely more deterrent than any previous deliberate training and punishment.

"I thought it was just a yellow nest, but I didn't expect it to be as good as Zhu San." Far away from the riverbank, Liu Xiaohong's hurried steps slowly smoothed out, muttering to himself as he walked. He was immersed in his own thinking, and he didn't notice the surprised gaze of Yang Shaoting beside him.

Ah Pu is Cao Cao, and Zhu San is Zhu Wen. Both are known for their cunning and resourcefulness. At the moment, Liu Xiaohong has no head or brain, although he does not add a subject to indicate the identity of the person he is talking about, but can be compared with such characters, who is the qualified person? Yang Shaoting naturally thought of Zhao Dangshi.

However, Yang Shaoting didn't dare to squeak, and still silently followed behind Liu Xiaohong. Liu Xiaohong treated him very kindly, and even did not avoid suspicion, and once said to him in private, "Although Zhao is brave, he is probably no more than a Wang Shichong".

Later, Wang Fuzhi once said that "the person who is full of the world, the accumulation of habits after Cao Cao and Yi", believes that Wang Shichong is a person who is on the same path as Cao Cao and Sima Yi, but although Wang Shichong can defend the Eastern Capital, Li Mi, and Xue Rengao, Dou Jiande, Xiao Milling, etc., he has not made a foundation like Cao Cao and Sima Yi after all, so the level is obviously under Cao Cao and Yi, at most it can be regarded as a master. And his final defeat and death at the hands of Li Tang's "Soldiers of Justice" also coincided with Liu Xiaohong's inner belief that Zhao Dangshi's final ending.

But now, in Liu Xiaohong's mouth, Zhao Dangshi's ability seems to be comparable to Cao Cao, and naturally, his personality is no longer comparable to that of a mere Wang Shichong. Yang Shaoting actually wanted to know in his heart what the current Liu Xiaohong thought of Zhao Dangshi in the future, but Liu Xiaohong's mood slowly calmed down later, but he never mentioned any more views about the river bank and Zhao Dangshi.

The troops of 7,000 men boarded the ship one after another, and the ships left the port in turn and headed upstream, and Zhao Dangshi was the last of these 7,000 people to board the ship.

Zhao Dangshi looked up at the sky, and when it was his turn, it was probably noon. Zhou Wenhe jumped onto the boat and lowered the ladder from it to allow Zhao Dangshi to come up, but Zhao Dangshi stopped before stepping on the ladder.

"My lord." A general stepped forward, clenched his fists and bowed his head. He looked young, but his dark skin and sturdy frame made him look very sophisticated.

Zhao Dangshi looked at Li Yanyi in front of him, nodded with satisfaction, and patted him on the shoulder twice: "I'll leave it to you here." My brothers and I are waiting for you upstream. "The Zhao camp along the north of the river was divided into three groups, and after Zhao Dangshi's group left, only half of the battalion led by Li Yanyi was left in Yankou Town.

Unlike the war barracks, the rear battalion of the old army is in charge of logistics, and the number of troops is only 1,000 people. So now there are only 500 people left at the border. Staff Officer Li Yanyi and the 500 men were responsible for the final finishing touches, and the expected departure time was tomorrow afternoon.

Zhao Dangshi has always had a good impression of Li Yanyi. This is not only because Li Yanyi is old and knowledgeable, but more importantly, he knows how to do it. Since he fought in the Zhao camp in Toushun County, Li Yanyi has given people the feeling that he can fight habitually, and in fact, this is also the case. Zhao Dangshi once weighed it privately, according to the current talent reserve of Zhao Ying, among the young generals in their early twenties, Li Yanyi's combat ability is the strongest, which can be seen from the onslaught of Xu Hui and Qin Jinxiao's two departments with the strength of the city before he returned to obedience, and his performance in the subsequent battles with the Zujia army, the Sichuan army and other official armies, his performance is also remarkable.

However, after the reorganization of Baocheng, for various reasons, Li Yanyi had to retreat from the front line and came to the rear battalion to take charge of logistics. Zhao Dangshi sometimes thinks about it, and he feels quite indebted to him. But such a sharp talent, after coming to the back camp, he was conscientious and conscientious, and he never expressed any dissatisfaction from beginning to end.

In order to protect himself, Zhang Miaoshou basically doesn't care about anything, so no matter how big or small the logistics are, Li Yanyi is coordinating it all by himself. Zhao Dangshi has not been in contact with logistics, and he has a headache when he thinks of those trivial and trivial things, but after Li Yanyi arrived at his post, he immediately swept away the chaos in the camp and managed the rear camp in an orderly manner. Thinking about the rear camp, not only do they have intersections with various departments, but they also have to involve the management and cashier of money, food, and armaments, etc., and they also have to cooperate with the Department of Internal Affairs to deal with the lives of those "miscellaneous people" arranged in the rear camp. These people are not as good as soldiers, there are all kinds of old and weak women and children, that is, the family is short, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar and so on, and everything has to be touched, but these things that seem to be extremely headaches in Zhao Dangshi and others Li Yanyi actually handled the balance very well. Without a relatively stable rear battalion, it is impossible to have a series of victories in Zhao Ying, which can't help but make Zhao Dangshi look at Li Yanyi's ability with admiration.

At the beginning of the camp, the suppressed Gao Jie made the back camp of the camp into a miasma, and Zhao Dangshi can remember it vividly. To be honest, Li Yanyi's situation is actually not far from Gao Jie for the time being, but his responsibility and seriousness in his work and loyalty to the coach are beyond Gao Jie's reach.

Li Yanyi's hard work and resentment Zhao Dangshi saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart, and he made a conclusion to Li Yanyi very early: a talent to rely on. Such a person, no matter how you look at it, will be the mainstay of Zhao Ying in the future.

"Don't worry, my lord, I am here, and no one will be left behind." Li Yanyi smiled, revealing a mouthful of rare white teeth.

Li Yanyi is not handsome, but his facial features are upright, and his body is well-proportioned, so he has a heroic spirit. Zhao Dangshi looked at him and vaguely saw a familiar face from his eyebrows. In fact, this is another important reason why Zhao Dangshi has the intention to accept Li Yanyi - Li Yanyi's background is not simple.

It was too early to say this, and as he spoke, a long trumpet sounded from the bow of the ship, a signal that it was about to leave port.

Zhao Dangshi smiled and said: "Look at this ship, let me take a good look at General Li." ”

Li Yanyi scratched his head with a smile, and listened to Zhao Dangshi continue: "After dealing with the aftermath, get on the boat immediately, and don't delay for half a minute." ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey the Lord's orders!" Hearing the military order, Li Yanyi's reflexive face was solemn and replied loudly. Zhao Dangshi said this not without reason, Zhao Ying was very anxious, one step faster, one more chance to escape. If Li Yanyi was stranded at the border because of various problems, then under the policy of the whole army, Zhao Dangshi would never stop and wait for him to meet. This seemingly casual exhortation, to the ears of an experienced general like Li Yanyi, naturally contains extremely important information.

Zhao Dangshi had nothing else to say, and was about to turn around, but his eyes suddenly swept to a face in the far corner, which made his foot retract, and he frowned and said to Li Yanyi: "Do you really not let me take her first?" This is the last chance. ”

"Thank you for your kindness. She wanted to stay, and I didn't want to disappoint her. Li Yanyi was very resolute, "If even she can't protect her, his subordinates will not have the shame to come to see the lord again." ”

Zhao Dangshi laughed when he heard this, nodded and said, "It's me who is too talkative." With that, he took off his red robe and boarded the ladder to get on the boat.