Chapter 224: Preparation

Liu Bei and Zhao Yi met in Fanyang County and had many dealings with Zhao Yi. But Liu Bei has never received any cheapness, how could a person who dared to extort 10,000 yuan from himself because of a trivial matter, be so kind. According to Liu Bei's understanding of Zhao Yi, if he wants to get this benefit, he may pay ten times more than this benefit.

"You and I have known each other for many days, and I, Zhao Yihe, have treated you badly." Zhao Yi's face turned pale, and then he glanced up and down at Liu Bei, who was poor and white, "If Brother Xuande thinks that Zhao Yi is calculating you, Zhao Yi wants to ask, what can you do for me Zhao Yi to calculate?" ”

Now Zhao Yi is no longer the small Fanyang County Order two years ago, he is already a great official who controls the power of life and death, and is quite appreciated by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and is friendly with the eunuch forces in the court and He Jin, and now he is also a first-class figure in the Eastern Han Dynasty, with inexhaustible soldiers, food, and money.

On the other hand, Liu Bei, in addition to the two tiger generals Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, there are only 3,000 miscellaneous troops around Liu Bei. Guan Yu has a very strong relationship with Zhang Fei and Liu Bei, which cannot be moved by money and kindness. Cao Cao was so important to Guan Yu that he even gave the red rabbit horse to Guan Yu, after Guan Yu learned the news of Liu Bei, didn't he just pass five levels and kill six generals and gallop away, Zhao Yi had already dispelled the idea of subduing Guan Yu and Zhang Fei for his own use, as for the three thousand miscellaneous soldiers, Zhao Yi was even more indifferent, and now Zhao Yi can be described as a strong soldier.

Liu Bei thinks about himself, now that he is poor and white, Zhao Yi is not profitable at all, Liu Bei shook his head a little embarrassed, but even so, Liu Bei still wondered why Zhao Yi did this. Zhao Yi is a person who can't afford to be unprofitable, this move must have a deep meaning, if Liu Bei rashly agrees, it is very likely to jump into a big pit and never come out.

Zhao Yi saw that Liu Bei's face still had a look of jealousy, so he simply made his words clear: "To be honest, I want to use Brother Xuande." Speaking of Zhao Yi, he told Liu Bei about the current situation in Youzhou, Youzhou is close to the Yi people, which is originally very chaotic, but coupled with the chaos of the ten permanent servants and the appointment of relatives, the situation in Youzhou is even more severe.

"When Brother Xuande was able to do things in Fanyang County, I was like thunder, according to Brother Xuande's talent, it is not a problem to be in charge of a county, I want to dismiss Yang Xiu, the county guard, and let Brother Xuande go to the county to do things, I don't know if Brother Xuande is willing?" Zhao Yi was very disappointed with Yang Xiu, since the Hun soldiers attacked the city, Yang Xiu only came once a few days ago, that time coincided with the Qiang Qu led the troops to break through, Yang Xiu's helmet in front of the battle was shot off by the Hun soldiers on the city wall with an arrow, and he was so frightened that he retreated, and then dared to go to the front of the battle, and then quickly left here and returned to Daijun. To be a soldier, especially a county guard like Yang Xiu, even if you don't have resourcefulness, you have to have courage. If you don't even have the guts, then what are you going to do as a soldier?

If a soldier has no courage, it is only himself who destroys, but if the general of the unified army does not have the courage, it is the army that is destroyed.

"Because of the stumbling block in Xiami County, the official position may not be high at the beginning, but as long as Brother Xuande makes more achievements, the official position will rise."

Zhao Yi's words made Liu Bei quite moved: "But Yang Xiu has a close relationship with the Ten Standing Servants, what plan will Bo Lai use to defeat Yang Xiu?" "After the victory of the Black Mountain Army that day, Liu Bei saw Yang Xiu find Zhao Yi with his own eyes, and wanted Zhao Yi to help him improve his military merits, at that time Zhao Yi had to deal with it, is it possible that Zhao Yi is now promoted to a higher level and does not look at the ten permanent servants in his eyes, "Bolai must be careful, the ten permanent servants are not small in the court, if the action fails, it is very likely to threaten the future of Bolai." ”

Although Zhao Yi was already Youzhou Mu at this time, in the eyes of the Ten Standing Servants, he was still a petty official, and they only needed to say two words to Emperor Han Ling, and Zhao Yi might lose his official position. They can lift Zhao Yi up to the sky, and they can also turn him into mud on the soles of his feet.

"This matter needs to be considered in the long run, and I haven't figured out a way yet." Zhao Yi nodded, Zhao Yi left Liu Bei in Youzhou, naturally in order to use the force of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to deter the Yi clan in Youzhou.

It doesn't hurt that the position of the county guard is temporarily in charge of Yang Xiu, after this matter, Yang Xiu will be even more afraid of rushing to the battlefield, and if he encounters a battle in the future, he will definitely hand it all over to Tai Shici, which is no different from handing it over to Zhao Yi. As for Liu Bei, Zhao Yi naturally wouldn't let this ambitious Liu Bei have too much military power, so Zhao Yi would not give him the position of county guard and captain.

Zhao Yi and Liu Bei walked out of the military tent calmly, and seeing the faces of these two people, it can be seen that the negotiation was quite satisfactory, Liu Bei did not speak, but directly let his soldiers change the Wuhuan soldiers. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei saw that Liu Bei had softened, and took a gap to ask Liu Bei if Zhao Yi was threatening him in the military tent.

Liu Bei was very moved by the deep friendship between the two brothers, and the words of Zhao Yi in the general's tent were told to the two brothers.

Only then did Guan Yu and Zhang Fei know that Zhao Yi was originally thinking about his own soldiers, if they led these 3,000 miscellaneous troops to fight with the well-trained Hun cavalry, the casualties of the 3,000 soldiers must be very large, and whether the three brothers could survive in the charge was also a question.

"The third brother can't act so recklessly in the future, fortunately it's Zhao Yi this time, if it were someone else, you and my brother might have died." Liu Bei sighed, and said in his heart that if the third brother's fiery temper is not reined in, sooner or later he will get into trouble.

Zhang Fei exhaled heavily: "Big brother, it's not that I can't get used to Zhao Yi's behavior, but I get angry when I think of my little sister washing her face with tears every day at home." ”

Speaking of this, Liu Bei also sighed, and when Zhang Ru forced the marriage that day, Liu Bei was also present. The three conditions set by Zhao Yi Liu Bei also knew that Zhang Ru's bowl of tears, the head of the Yellow Turban thief, and the aloe queen of the Western Regions fairy grass that can cure all diseases.

The bowl of tears is easy to say, but the head of the Yellow Turban thief is difficult to handle, the three Zhang Jiao brothers died in the hands of Zhao Yi, if Zhang Ru wants to kill the Yellow Turban thief, I am afraid that he can only go to the Qingxu area, only there are still Yellow Turban remnants committing crimes.

As for the Queen of Immortal Grass and Aloe Vera in the Western Regions, Liu Bei and the others had never heard of it, and they were going to find it somewhere.

Liu Bei also regrets it in his heart now, if he had joined forces with his two brothers to force Zhao Yi and Zhang Ru to marry that day, he might not have fallen into this step now.

Forming a good relationship with Zhao Yi will make it more convenient to act in Youzhou in the future.

"Although Zhao Yi is treacherous, he is talented and vicious, but he loves the people like a son. Zhang Ru following him is not necessarily a bad thing. Liu Bei persuaded him, he wanted Zhang Ru to come to Youzhou to find Zhao Yi.

Zhang Fei smiled bitterly: "Now Zhao Yi is already the pastor of a state, but my family is just a pig killer, compared with Zhao Yi, I am a little ashamed of myself." "Zhao Yi is no longer the original small Fanyang County Commander, but Zhang Fei's family still kills pigs.

"What's the matter, isn't Queen He also from a butcher's background, and she is not the same mother of the world." Guan Yu stroked his long hair.

Zhang Fei nodded, expressing his willingness to return to Fanyang County to persuade Zhang Ru.

"This matter will be handled later, and now you and my brother will close the gates." Liu Bei stared at Guangning County with a firm gaze, if he let Qiangqu run out of Guangning County, not only Youzhou would be in danger, but he would also be in danger.

The Qiangqu on the city gate saw the 3,000 soldiers led by Liu Bei, and he didn't care about it, and the elite soldiers could see one or two from their actions, and the soldiers under Liu Bei's department were lazy and did not cooperate well.

"Dressed like a group of begging people, Zhao Yi actually called this kind of person to help defend the city." The generals around him said with disdain, "Could it be that there is already a shortage of officers and soldiers, and they want to use this kind of stragglers?" ”

Qiangqu didn't pay attention to the changes in Zhao Yi's defense of the south gate, because what he wanted to attack was the east gate, as long as the 5,000 soldiers of Xu Bu could hold off half of the official army, Qiangqu would have the confidence to break through the encirclement of the official army.

The soldiers of Murong Fu's subordinate who guarded the east gate did not move, which made Qiangqu feel relieved.

"General, since Zhao Yi has already fused the cavalry together, has he already discovered the actions of our department?" After the generals around him saw the official army camp at the South Gate, the eyes of the war horses grazing outside the city flashed. If Zhao Yi knew that he was going to make a move, when he heard the movement of the Subu army, he would definitely send that cavalry to loot and kill, if that was the case, he would be in danger.

"It doesn't matter, if the cavalry of Zhao Yi's battalion is mobilized, our attack will be transferred from the east gate to the south gate." Qiang Qu stroked his long beard, the corners of his mouth were full of gloomy smiles, "Besides, I have prepared something for the officers and soldiers, and it will definitely play a role at that time." ”

That was not a secret in Quang Ninh County, because every soldier was doing it, splitting the wooden beams removed from the roof into a dozen long strips vertically, sharpening one end and making wooden spears. On that day, Zhao Yi's gunfire was only a heavy casualty in the Qiangqu department. This time, Qiangqu also wants to let Zhao Yi taste the power of this rain of guns.

Thinking of the dying screams of the officers and soldiers, Qiang Qu's face was full of murderous smiles. Raised his eyes and looked at the sky: "Pass my order, the soldiers will make their spears, and they will rest immediately to deal with the night rush." Qiangqu, who walked down the city gate, saw that the soldiers of his department were rushing to move wood, and his face was full of smiles. The hope of the soldiers finally came back because of the matter of Xu Bu, and the originally lifeless county town of Quang Ninh finally burst into vitality today.

Because Liu Bei and the others were relatively weak in combat effectiveness, Zhao Yi, who originally planned to transfer 3,000 cavalry, thought about it carefully, and finally reduced the number to 1,000. At the same time, Lou Man was called into the military tent and gave him a confidential task.

Four hours passed in a blink of an eye, and the clear sky gradually became gloomy, and now it has reached a critical moment, Qiang Qu nervously watched the movements of Zhao Yi's department. Now what he is most afraid of is the increase in the number of officers and soldiers, if there is a surge of 20,000 soldiers in the official army like that night, then this battle will not need to be fought again. "Are there any reinforcements from the officers and soldiers?" Qiang Qu asked the soldiers at the city gate.

"Leader Qiqi, there have been no reinforcements from the official army in the past four hours, but only a few hundred people have come sporadically." The gate soldier reported.

"Hundreds?" Qiangqu's face was full of joy, just a few hundred people couldn't affect the overall situation at all. The soldiers at the city gate were ordered to continue their investigation, and he walked down the city gate to prepare the soldiers for battle.

At this moment, Xu Bu, who was hidden in the Xianbei tribe, had already led his soldiers to launch an attack.