Zhao Yi smiled bitterly: "It's not easy to win over these people's hearts, and it has cost me more than a hundred stones of grain. When Liu Bei's subordinates gradually infiltrated the village from the military camp, in order to maintain the number of soldiers in the battalion, Zhao Yi could only introduce the displaced people into the military camp and provide them with food, and the requirements for them were very simple, only requiring them to walk around the camp in military uniforms.

Zhao Yi has his own purpose, but in the eyes of the people, this is no different from Zhao Yibai giving them food. Hearing the news that Zhao Yi was leaving, these people spontaneously organized a send-off.

Hearing Zhao Yi's words, Liu Bei also smiled bitterly, I'm afraid that only Zhao Yi can think of this strategy.

The heart of the common people, Zhao Yi can get it back without three buckets of rice, but if you want to get the heart of a capable person, this kind of superficial method will not work, and the art of controlling people is quite a doorway, and Zhao Yi has not fully mastered it.

The army went all the way to the south, and this time it exterminated more than 10,000 Yellow Turban thieves, which greatly boosted the morale of Zhao Yi's army. The banner of Douda was waving in the wind, and a group of more than 8,000 people arrogantly crossed Zhengcheng, Liyang and other places.

There is a moat of the Yellow River in the south of these two places, although there are often squads of Yellow Turban troops harassing them, but they have not heard of the Yellow Turbans attacking the counties in a generous and small way. Although the people were not displaced, they lived a very difficult life.

Zhao Yi doesn't like to fight with the Yellow Turban Army of the team, because the number of opponents is too scattered, and they are very flexible and mobile, and they leave quickly after grabbing a little something, so that you can't find anyone at all. The size of the yellow scarf is different, as if bringing together those stragglers, although it enhances the momentum, it is also conducive to the government's killing. Just like Youzhou, after exterminating the Yellow Turban Dafang and Xiaofang, the Yellow Turban Army was almost extinct in Youzhou.

Some of the Yellow Turbans got the news that a group of officers and soldiers had passed by. When I came to step on the spot, I saw so many people, they had already fled, and no one dared to go forward.

The Tanma who explored the way first came to report to Zhao Yi and Liu Bei: "My lord, general, there is the Yellow River thirty miles ahead. ”

Zhao Yi and Liu Bei waved, and the army continued to move forward, walking for more than an hour, Zhao Yi and the others faintly heard the sound of water, and the air with a moist breath rushed towards them.

The army hurried over, staring at the hundreds of zhang of the river, the water carrying countless yellow sand was like the sea in the east, this is already a plain, the water flow is relatively gentle, and the carp can be faintly seen swimming in the water.

"Brother Bolai, the water is too wide, we have to prepare ships." Liu Bei stared at the surface of the Yellow River and said something in Zhao Yi's ear.

Zhao Yi waved his hand and asked the soldiers to camp on the spot: "The land here is barren, and the nearest county seat is more than a hundred miles of land, which is too long, so I think it is better to find a farmer who can make boats and let them help us build it." "This is the starting point of the lower reaches of the Yellow River, where sediment deposits have increased suddenly, and the river has been severely silted. It often floods, and when it is serious, it becomes an ocean for dozens of miles. At this time, the situation was turbulent, and there were no officials to control the flooding of the Yellow River, so the people had to move inward.

Liu Bei agreed with Zhao Yi's words, and asked people to bring gold and silver to the surrounding villages to recruit shipbuilding experts. The army rested on the spot, and it happened to take this time to train the Yellow Turban Army captured in Wei County.

It was getting dark, and Gao Shun, who went to the village to look for shipbuilders, returned to the camp with more than a dozen soldiers, but the gold and silver were not sent, but a middle-aged man with a simple appearance was brought in.

Gao Shun took the middle-aged man to the camp tent and introduced: "This is our general." ”

This middle-aged man seemed to see a big official like Zhao Yi for the first time, and hurriedly knelt down: "Please let the adults make decisions for us." ”

Zhao Yi looked at Gao Shun and asked him to find a skilled craftsman who built a ship, how did he find a person who complained about grievances. Liu Bei helped the middle-aged man up: "This fellow, we are the army, we do not participate in political affairs, what grievances can be told to the county order." Moreover, our army came from Youzhou far away and interfered in the political affairs of other counties, which seemed to be a bit overstepping. "Liu Bei's words are reasonable, they really shouldn't meddle in the affairs of other counties. And the two of them are just martial artists who lead the army to fight, and they don't know anything about dealing with unjust, false and wrongful cases.

"It is precisely because the county town is unable to manage this matter that I came to ask the general for help." The middle-aged man's tone was sincere and pleading.

Zhao Yi frowned slightly and glanced at Gao Shun. Gao Shun smiled bitterly and told what happened. On the order of Zhao Yi, he went to the village to investigate Gao Shun, a skilled shipbuilder, visited several villages, and finally found Master Zhang of Hongxi Village, who was the middle-aged man in front of him. His ancestors were shipbuilders, and most of the men in the village could build ships.

Gao Shun was overjoyed to hear the news, and told the middle-aged man about the shipbuilding, and presented gold and silver. But Master Zhang was not interested in gold and silver, but asked Gao Shun with a flash of eyes: "You mean that this ship was built for the army?" ”

I don't know why Master Zhang is so excited, Gao Shun nodded. Master Zhang's face showed joy, and he said at that time that he was saved.

It turned out that there were several bandits who often did evil in the surrounding area, and often harassed several villages, including Hongxi Village. not only robbed gold, silver and grain, but also kidnapped many girls, including Master Zhang's daughter. Several villages jointly went to the county seat to complain, but the county seat was empty, and most of the people were requisitioned to Yingchuan to help the official army suppress the Yellow Turban thieves, and the county seat was only more than 200 people, and it was okay to guard the city defense. In case the remaining 200 or so soldiers were wiped out by the bandits, and the county town fell into the hands of the rogues, it was not the people in the city who suffered.

"The county magistrate said that he also hated the rogues but could not do anything about them." Master Zhang sighed, "No matter how much money the general gives me, if I don't drive this rogue away, I won't be able to keep it." ”

Zhao Yi understood what Master Zhang meant, if he didn't help them eliminate the rogue, Master Zhang would not help the officials and soldiers build ships. is holding the weakness of Zhao Yi and others. Ask: "How long does it take to build a ship?" ”

"I wonder what type of ship the general needs, a warship or an ordinary manned ship? In the case of a warship, it would take fifteen days for craftsmen to work day and night. If it is an ordinary boat, it can be completed in five days. "A warship is very different from an ordinary manned ship, and there are many aspects to consider.

Zhao Yi glanced at Master Zhang with a smile: "Can Master guarantee to build three boats in three days?" Three days is too short a time, it can almost be said that it is difficult to complete, looking at Master Zhang's embarrassed face, Zhao Yi gave him a motivation: "If it can be completed in three days, then in the early morning of the fourth day, you can see the relatives who were robbed." This means that Zhao Yi has agreed to Master Zhang's conditions.

Master Zhang thought for a moment and nodded heavily: "It is not difficult to mobilize the good men in the village to work day and night, but I need 200 soldiers to do it for us." However, Master Zhang still asked cautiously: "What if the adults can't eliminate the rogue within three days?" ”

"Bold!" Gao Shun snorted, his own adults are already very magnanimous, if he encounters other officials, he is afraid that he will use officials to threaten Master Zhang when he enters the door. This master Zhang really doesn't know what to do.

Zhao Yi was not angry, and his face did not change in the slightest: "If I can't finish it, then the master can destroy the ship, and I will not blame it." ”

Master Zhang nodded and agreed. Zhao Yi inquired about the location and number of those rogues, and Master Zhang naturally knew everything.

After that, he ordered Gao Shun to lead 200 soldiers to send Master Zhang back.

"This master Zhang is just a white body, and he dares to be presumptuous in front of us, if it weren't for the eldest brother pulling me. I would have taken the little old man outside the camp to be whipped and served. Zhang Fei drank a glass of wine and slammed the bronze jue on the table, venting his anger in his heart.

"How can Brother Bolai be so courteous to a small people?" Liu Bei felt a little strange.

Zhao Yi looked at the endless void: "We can't offend this kind of craftsman, maybe we can use it when we can." ”

didn't dwell on this issue anymore, although he had confidence in Zhao Yi, Liu Bei was still a little worried: "What is the way to annihilate many rogues in three days?" "If you confront the officials and the army head-on, you will not be afraid of the rogue at all, but the rogue is not fixed in a fixed place, but where to grab it, there is no law to follow at all.

Zhao Yi groped his chin and asked Liu Bei rhetorically: "Brother Xuande, what do you say the Liukou wants to rob the most?" ”

Liu Bei didn't think about it and said directly: "Money and grain." "In these troubled times, only when you have money and food in your hands can you sit back and relax. Speaking of this, Liu Bei suddenly thought of something: "Do you still want to lure the snake out of the hole?" ”

"Brother Xuande is really smart, and the Liukou is easier to deal with than the Yellow Turban Army. I certainly can't stand the temptation of money. I led 300 heavily armored soldiers to Changli County early in the morning. A smile appeared at the corner of Zhao Yi's mouth, as long as the strategy worked, Zhao Yi would not hesitate to use it for the second or even third time.

There was nothing to do all night, and in the early morning of the next day, Zhao Yi led three hundred heavily armored soldiers to advance towards Changli. This time it was nearly a hundred miles, and when Zhao Yi and others arrived in Changli by horse, it was almost noon.

With the protection of the soldiers, the county seat of Changli was quite stable, and Zhao Yi and others went straight to the county office. The county commander did not dare to offend Zhao Yi, a general with heavy troops, and welcomed Zhao Yi into the government. After a few polite sentences, the county magistrate asked, "What is the so-called matter of your lordship's coming this time?" ”

Zhao Yi didn't beat around the bush and asked straightforwardly: "My lord, do you want to eliminate the rogues in the county?" ”

"How don't you want to." The county commander didn't even want to blurt out what was in his heart. But then he sighed: "But most of our soldiers and horses supported the Yingchuan official army with the county lieutenant, and the remaining soldiers in the city at this time were only enough to guard." There were almost more than 1,000 rogues and a small number of yellow turban thieves operating around our county, and our army was deeply afraid of being outnumbered, so they did not go out of the city to annihilate the enemy. ”

The county order's approach is correct, as long as the county seat of Changli is still in the hands of the county order, he can endure anything until the Yingchuan official army returns victoriously.

This county magistrate has some brains, and knows that Zhao Yi will not ask himself this for no reason: "Since your lord has come to the mansion, he must have a good plan to break the enemy, and he is willing to listen to him." ”

"Your Excellency, you can post a notice in a while, saying that I ask Changli County to raise 10,000 silver plants and 2,000 stone of grain for my army." Zhao Yi said his plan.

The county commander felt that this plan was feasible, Zhao Yi had 8,000 soldiers in his hands, and if he could really lure those rogues out, annihilation would not be a problem. The prefectural order agreed without much thought. Immediately ordered the notice to be posted.

As soon as this notice was posted, it immediately exploded among the people.