Liu Bei didn't even ask, and waved his hand directly: "It's cut." ”

Among the famous generals in the Yellow Turban Army, there is no such person as Liao Hua. is not Guan Yu's opponent, and he can't use it for his own use, and reporting to the government is also a dead end, so it is better to kill and hold his head to ask for credit.

Zhao Yi was stunned when he heard Liao Hua's name, and the reason why he was familiar with Liao Hua was only because of the sentence "There is no general in Shu, and Liao Hua is a pioneer." It is used as a metaphor for the lack of good hands in doing things, and you have to fill the number with people with average ability.

But Zhao Yi went to the Wuhou Temple in Chengdu, and among the fourteen generals who assisted Liu Bei during his lifetime, Liao Hua ranked eighth, after Huang Zhong. Can such a person be a mediocre person?

Guan Yu took the order. Zhao Yi hurriedly greeted: "Come and let me see." ”

Liu Bei nodded at Guan Yu and asked Guan Yu to do what Zhao Yi said.

After a while, Zhao Yi looked at a young man in armor with a resolute face who reluctantly walked over under the push of the sergeant: "I will go myself, I don't need you to do it." Liao Hua snorted, his eyes also looking at the three people in front of him. I saw Zhao Yi looking at himself: "Look at what you see, kill if you want to kill, no need to say much." ”

These words came from the heart, and Zhao Yi couldn't see the slightest pretentious panic in Liao Hua's eyes. stared at Liao Hua with a smile, and said a few words to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei looked at Zhao Yi in amazement: "Brother Bolai, this Liao Hua is a yellow turban thief, and his background is not good." There are so many people in the world who can fight well, why does Brother Bolai like Liaohua alone? “

Liu Bei's point of view was the same as Guan Yu's, thinking that Liao Hua wanted to defect to Liu Bei at the beginning, but at that time, Guan Yunchang just cared that Liao Hua was born in a yellow scarf, so he didn't agree.

"At this time, the Yellow Turban thieves have not yet been pacified, and accepting traitors without authorization is not only hindering the laws of the country, but also the anti-thieves are cunning, if they are let go and return to the Yellow Turban Army, what will happen?" Liu Bei's words are good. The enemy generals who have always believed that they have surrendered do not have a deep friendship with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei who share weal and woe, and they are worthy of entrustment.

Liao Hua originally thought that he was going to die, but when he heard Liu Bei's words, he looked at Zhao Yi in disbelief, and Zhao Yi actually wanted to let himself live.

Regarding Liu Bei's words, Zhao Yi had a smile on the corner of his mouth, but he didn't say anything more, but directly cut the rope on Liao Hua's body with a knife: "I believe in my own vision." ”

Liao Hua's face was different, and his eyes flashed as he stared at Zhao Yi.

Seeing that Zhao Yi insisted on this, Liu Bei no longer dissuaded him, and ordered someone to clean up the battlefield, which was nothing more than burying the corpse. Liao Hua followed closely behind Zhao Yi, and saw the opportunity to ask Zhao Yi: "If the adults take me in, aren't you afraid of bringing trouble to yourself?" ”

Zhao Yi looked at Liao Hua, who was less than three feet away from him: "How can a man act with so many concerns, just be happy and revenge." I don't think you look like a cunning and treacherous person, and joining the Yellow Turban Army may have another hidden reason. So I was moved with compassion, if you want to leave, you can leave by yourself, I will not stop you, I just hope that my brother will not act for the Yellow Turban Thief in the future. ”

When Liao Hua heard this, he took two steps forward, turned his head to look at Zhao Yi and looked at him as usual, and did not move to kill because Liao Hua left, he walked two steps to Zhao Yi and knelt on one knee: "Lord Meng will not give up, Liao Hua is willing to assist Lord Meng and achieve great things." ”

Zhao Yi happily pulled up Liao Hua and said three good words in his mouth.

Early in the morning, Zhao Yi returned to Fanyang County with his soldiers, while Liu Bei took those heads to report to the officials to receive the reward. Cheng Yin and Li Si, who were stationed in Fanyang County, walked around the city tower nervously, because they were worried about Zhao Yi's safety, and they didn't rest all night.

Seeing Zhao Yi walking in a carriage in the distance, his face was happy, and he hurriedly went out of the city to greet him, seeing that there were no casualties on his side, his eyes showed joy, and he asked how the battle was last night.

Zhao Yi just waved his hand and said, "Ask the soldiers below, I haven't rested all night, I want to sleep well." As he spoke, he pushed away Cheng Yin and Li Si who were in front of him.

The soldiers below recounted the events of last night: "We just stood at the foot of the mountain and shouted a few times, and the two brothers led the men and horses of Anxi County to rush up and kill more than 200 people on the other side. ”

Cheng Yin's beard trembled, staring at the back of Zhao Yi, who was lazy and gradually moving away.

The soldier who spoke scratched his head: "Victory is victory, but it doesn't feel very enjoyable, watching people rush to kill in front, but we are shouting at the bottom of the mountain, it feels very unpleasant." ”

Cheng Yin knocked on the soldier's head: "The soldier ends the battle without blood, this is the strategy." Do you want to go up and fight the Yellow Turbans to the death? Cheng Yin was a little angry, but he hit the soldier's head twice again, this kid didn't know how to be blessed in the midst of blessings.

Cheng Yin's words made these sergeants who were not very satisfied with yesterday's battle suddenly change their faces, this battle is a classic example of winning more with less, but Liu Bei also lost more than 20 people. What if it's you who dies? How do the wives and children at home live?

Thinking of this, those sergeants' faces were suddenly covered with cold sweat, and they admired Zhao Yi in their hearts.

When I woke up, it was noon, and the bright sunlight was shining into the room through the cracks in the window, and the dancing dust was faintly visible in the golden pillars of light. Xiaozhu said, "Master, Mr. Zhou and Master Cheng have been waiting for a long time. ”

Zhao Yi shook his groggy head, yawned and stood up, and after washing up, he went to see Zhou Ping.

Zhou Ping's eyes lit up when he saw Zhao Yi: "I learned this morning that my lord and Liu Xuande, the county lieutenant of Anxi, defeated the Yellow Turban Thief of Baitou Mountain, and I came to celebrate my lordship, and I handed over the payment by the way." ”

The polite words in front made Zhao Yi look at it with interest, and when he heard the last word "payment" from Zhou Ping, Zhao Yi's eyes lit up, and he put away the 300,000 pieces of money, and muttered for a while, as if he had made some major decision: "Mr. Zhou is really a person of faith, the things we discussed before remain unchanged, as long as Mr. Zhou can sell enough bottles, I will immediately give Mr. five bottles, these five bottles are no longer in our contract, Mr. does not need to give me seventy percent of the profit, completely at the disposal of Mr. Zhou." ”

"Really?" Zhou Ping couldn't believe it, and looked at Zhao Yi with wide eyes. After seeing Zhao Yi nodding solemnly, Zhou Ping immediately said, let Zhao Yi rest assured that he would definitely do a good job of hydrosol.

Zhou Ping left with a smile on his face, and Cheng Yin looked at Zhao Yi who was smiling even more. asked Zhao Yi.

"That move just now seems to be profitable, but in fact, we have taken a big advantage, and a little more profit for Zhou Ping will greatly improve Zhou Ping's enthusiasm, and the hydrosol sold out is much more than what we want to give."

Cheng Yin is not a stupid person, and he immediately understood it under Zhao Yi's click. However, I still asked about the purpose of the 300,000 plants.

Zhao Yi said: "Pay the taxes of the imperial court first. Some of them remained in the treasury, and the rest were recruited. ”

"Are the people's taxes still collected?" Cheng Yin asked.

Zhao Yi smiled bitterly: "Now that the Yellow Turban traitors are rampant, coupled with the continuous famine, some people can't even eat enough, how can Mr. let me be ruthless in collecting it." He groaned for a while: "Sir, you can go to the city to recruit troops." It is clear that if people from our county participate, they can get food. Zhao Yi is deeply aware that in this turbulent era, the importance of soldiers and horses to a piece of land can be attacked, retreated, and defended.

Just when Zhao Yi was planning to recruit troops, in an unknown wood, a person pulled out the long sword in his hand: "Zhao Bolai, Liu Xuande, I will kill you!" The sword swung and slashed through a side branch on the thick trunk. Li Se eased slightly: "Where is Han Zhong!" ”

A young general responded: "The end will be!" ”

"Let you command a thousand elites in your headquarters, attack Fanyang and Anxi counties, and be sure to kill Zhao Bolai and Liu Xuande." The man shouted.

Han Zhong led the people away in response, and there was almost no delay in traveling all the way.

Zhao Yi and the others were discussing with Liao Hua how to train soldiers and horses, and Liu Bei suddenly visited, which made Zhao Yi feel very strange: "What happened to Brother Xuande?" Has the money of the reward been allocated? Without waiting for Liu Bei to answer, Zhao Yi hurriedly said politely: "Brother Xuande is too polite, it's good to send someone to come here for such a trivial matter, why do you need to come in person." ”

Liu Bei looked anxious: "Brother Bolai, disaster is coming!" I got a tip that Han Zhong was galloping towards us with a thousand men and horses, and the elite cavalry was coming to the city in the blink of an eye. ”

Zhao Yi's face suddenly became overjoyed, and he had already been mentally prepared for the counterattack of the Yellow Turban Army, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly: "Are you sure it's the cavalry!?" ”

Liu Bei couldn't read the excitement on Zhao Yi's face, so he nodded blankly.

Fortunately, Cheng Yin, who was on the side, had an unusually ugly face after hearing the news, so he asked Liu Bei to confirm that he had not said the wrong thing.

Cheng Yin frowned, thinking about the eighty sergeants brought by Liu Bei, plus the two hundred in his hands, it was only three hundred, how to compete with the thousands of elites?

The silence outside the county was unusual, and the surrounding insects and birds stimulated by the murderous atmosphere were quiet. Cheng Yin offered a plan and said: "My lord, I am outnumbered by the enemy, and I am afraid that I will be outnumbered. Why don't we immediately unite with several surrounding counties to resist together? ”

What Cheng Yin said is not unreasonable, but now it is too late to borrow troops. Besides, now all localities are recruiting troops alone to kill the enemy and protect themselves. People don't necessarily lend their men and horses to themselves.

Zhao Yishen exhaled two breaths to stabilize his agitated mood, and after telling Cheng Yin the stakes, he turned his head and asked Liao Hua: "The general was in the Yellow Turban Army, is he familiar with Han Zhong?" ”

Liao Hua groaned and said: "Han Zhong is a subordinate of Zhang Mancheng, the commander of Nanyang Qu, who is a superman in martial arts, resolute in his actions, familiar with Sun Tzu's Art of War since he was a child, and has a very good set of marching and fighting. It's an extremely difficult person to deal with. Saying that, Liao Hua looked at the soldiers under the city wall, and muttered for a while: "With the strength in our hands now, it may be difficult to compete with it." ”

proposed, like Cheng Yin, hoping that Zhao Yi could move the rescuers. Otherwise, you can only temporarily abandon the city and flee to preserve your strength for the future.

An unfathomable smile hung on the corner of Zhao Yi's mouth: "The general misunderstood, I asked if the general was familiar with this person." If you can persuade you to surrender, it will be very good for me to use it. If not, I will eat his thousand fine horses! ”

Hiss......

As soon as Zhao Yi's words fell, Liao Hua on the side almost suspected that he had heard it wrong, and gasped. But Zhao Yi's words were clearly in his chest, which made Liu Bei, Cheng Yin and others, who had no way to break the enemy, seem to be absurd to see a glimmer of hope.

If he was attacked by Zhao Yi, Liu Bei and others the night before and ended up defeated, it was Zhao Yi who won by luck, then what Zhao Yi said at this moment made Liao Hua feel the horror of the young man in front of him for the first time. Liao Hua clenched his fists and replied: "Lord Hui, the last general and Han Zhongsu don't know each other, but they have heard of it!" ”

Zhao Yi nodded, and then beckoned his soldiers: "Go and find the blacksmiths from several nearby counties." A dozen soldiers left.

Liu Bei was a little strange: "Brother Bolai, the army is pressing, when you think about the strategy of breaking the enemy, and cast armor in battle, I am afraid that it will be too late." ”