Chapter 102: Asking Dong Yuzhi

Although he was in Yan County, Liu Yi still knew everything about what was happening in Luoyang. In addition to some of the people of "Tian'er" who escorted Cai Yan and his party back to Yan County, there were still capable people who left to inquire about the news. However, for the transmission of this information, Liu Yi is very helpless, from Luoyang to Yanjun, it will take a few days for the fast horse to gallop, which means that what happened in Luoyang that day Liu Yi will not be able to learn about it until a few days later, and this matter has also greatly strengthened his determination to breed carrier pigeons.

In fact, when Liu Yi left Yanjun at that time, he really wanted to wade into the troubled waters of Luoyang, but later the development of the situation made him give up this idea. Although the Son of Heaven treats him favorably, he must also use it for his own use, but what can he do, can Liu Yi still cut off He Jin and his ministers for him? Even if the greatest interests are in the hands of the Spirit Emperor, he is an important chess piece at best, and he has to guard against the high merit and shock the master! Was that why he came to this troubled world?

As for what kind of holy grace is vast, repaying it for death, Liu Yi will not take it to heart. To compete for the world, a heart must be as cold and hard as iron, and in the process of doing everything possible, the biggest principle is to save yourself and strive for interests! In this regard, Liu Yi admires Cao Cao's sentence "I'd rather bear others, don't let others bear me", and those who can compete for glory have this kind of idea, but Cao Cao dared to say it bluntly in the face of the world's disapproval.

If history develops normally, Dong Zhuo will enter Beijing later, abolish the young emperor and set up the emperor, the power will be in charge, the dynasty will be corrupted, and the Han family will really exist in name only! And this is exactly the result that Liu Yi needs, otherwise how can there be a group of heroes? And how did he establish his hegemony? After everything was figured out, Liu Yi preferred to sit firmly in Yanjun and watch the situation in Luoyang, and wait for the opportunity to move.

Of course, while waiting for the opportunity, he will not be without action, the first is the military adjustment, the Xiyuan sergeant and the yellow turban soldier he brought back were added to the iron cavalry battalion and the old fourth battalion respectively, the iron cavalry battalion is headed by Zhao Yun, Xu Huang is the commander of the Qinglong battalion, Yang Ming is the commander of the White Tiger battalion, Zhou Cang is the commander of the Vermilion Bird battalion, the Xuanwu battalion is still Pei Yuanshao, the four battalions are under the commander of Gan Ning, as for Guan Hai, Liu Yi appointed him as the commander of his guard battalion, except for the guard battalion only 1,000 people, the old four battalions are around 2,000, and the iron cavalry battalion has more than 3,000 soldiers, Five thousand war horses!

Among them, Liu Yi also divided the effectiveness of each battalion again, the Qinglong and Suzaku second battalions are both hoplites, the White Tiger battalion is light infantry, and the Xuanwu battalion is mainly crossbowmen! Among the 3,000 soldiers of the Iron Cavalry Battalion, they are also divided into 1,000 heavy cavalry and 2,000 light cavalry, and each battalion is skillful and well-equipped.

The soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, Liu Yi's policy of building water conservancy and encouraging farming implemented last year has already achieved results this year, the growth of crops is gratifying, and it is a good harvest at the moment, and the cantonment of each battalion can also be self-sufficient in addition to the newly arrived soldiers in the West Garden, and the abundance of materials will greatly enhance Liu Yijun's combat capability, and grain is the foundation of everything.

The most critical thing under the two is the construction of Yan County, this is Liu Yi's base, and it is also the starting point for him to compete for the world in the future, although the development has been very good for more than a year, the people are prosperous, and the people's livelihood is rich, but it has not yet reached the standard in Liu Yi's heart, the most intuitive way to measure productivity in that era is the population, Liu Yi was about 240,000 when he first took charge of Yan County, and this trip back has increased to more than 317,000 people under Tian Yu's various strategies, and the extra 70,000 people are mainly strong, whether it is used for military or agricultural affairs, it will play a pivotal role in the development of Yan County.

Originally, when Liu Yi was in charge of Yan County, he had the idea of establishing a reserve, and the soldiers of Yan County were also divided into the main battle force and the local garrison force, and after Xi Zhicai came, he strongly agreed with Liu Yi's idea, and he and Liu Yi, Zhang Hu, and Tian Yu After several serious discussions, he felt that the number of local garrison troops should be maintained in the ratio of 1:15 with the total population, and according to the current Yan County, this number is about 20,000 people, and the generals led the capable people to go down to practice in person, Xi Zhicai and Zhang Hu called this practice hiding soldiers from the people. Therefore, on the surface, Liu Yi only has more than 10,000 people from the old fourth battalion and the iron cavalry battalion, but in fact, once he enters the war, Yan County can mobilize 30,000 troops, which is already a force that cannot be ignored.

While everything is developing smoothly, Liu Yi still attaches great importance to the excavation of talents. And designated Zhang Hu to be responsible for this matter, and set up a "recruitment hall" with various counties, offering various preferential conditions to attract talents, coupled with Liu Yi's reputation and the stability of Yan County, many people with lofty ideals from all over the world came to vote. Although there are no famous generals and strategists that Liu Yi is familiar with, there are also large and small categories of talents, and the similarity of these people has greatly enriched the local administrative power and the low-level officials in the military camp, and in Liu Yi's view, they are all valuable assets. And Liu Yi also has a little bit of a view of talents is different from Zhang Xi, in Liu Yi's eyes, as long as there is a skill, the virtue is acceptable are considered talents, the key is just how to use themselves, like the blacksmith Xu Can in his house now, and Wu Pu, the head of Sima Ying, are all this kind of talents. Xu Cannai is the brother of the master craftsman Xu Gang, and his forging techniques are also extremely clever, while Wu Pu is unique in horse breeding and war horse breeding.

Liu Yi treated these two people kindly, and the performance of the two also convinced everyone, all the soldiers of the blade created by Xu Can praised each other, and Zhao Yun, the commander of the Iron Cavalry Battalion, is now as good as a brother with Wu Pu, for no other reason, under Wu Pu's care, the horses of the Iron Cavalry Battalion are even more fat and strong! In this regard, Zhang Hu and Xi Zhicai praised Liu Yi very much, Liu Yi also joked with the two: "On that day, Meng Weijun raised 3,000 diners, and there were many strange people among them, and the key time was that the chickens and dogs and thieves also had extraordinary uses. The two of them knew each other.

While everything in Yan County is in full swing, Luoyang is also staging an intricate show that Liu Yi is familiar with! The general He Jin wrote to deal with the ten permanent servants, but his sister He Hou refused, so he asked Xiliang Taishou Dong Zhuo to enter Beijing to help. Since he made a move, the Ten Standing Servants also made a ruthless move in order to protect themselves, and tricked He Jin into the palace to kill Dong Zhuo before he entered Beijing! Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu and others rushed into the palace when they heard the news, killed the eunuchs, and Zhang let Zhao Zhong and others see that the situation is not good, and they fled with the Son of Heaven, and Luoyang was in chaos under the bloody storm.

At this time, Dong Zhuo, the biggest beneficiary of this dispute between ministers and relatives, appeared in time and led 50,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry into Luoyang, and quickly grasped the situation, and no one among the ministers dared to resist it except Lu Zhi and Yuan Shao! In order to consolidate the full strength in his hands even more, Dong Zhuo brazenly abolished the young emperor, and set up Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu, as the new monarch, and changed the Yuan Yonghan, so that the power will be monopolized and cannot be used for a lifetime! The ministers all dare to be angry but dare not speak, Dong Zhuo is desolate and domineering, causing the anger of the heavens and people's resentment, Yuan Shao, the lieutenant of the middle military academy of the Xiyuan Army, the general of the Tiger Ben, was forced to escape from Luoyang, and the lieutenant of the military academy Cao Cao Cao assassinated Dong Zhuo in the name of offering the seven-star treasure knife, and he also fled back to Chen Liu, and the elite set up by Emperor Ling in order to balance the general fell into Dong Zhuo's control, adding to its strength.

After Cao Cao fled back to Chenliu, he was helped by Wei Hong, one of the great families, and sent a large number of volunteers, and sent a letter to various counties to discuss Dong Zhuo, and the princes from all over the country responded! With Liu Yi's fame, he naturally soon received Cao Cao's text, and it was Cao Ren who came here, and asked General Anbei to send troops, at this time it was the first year of the early Han Dynasty (190), last year, Yan County was a bumper harvest, and the grain harvest was more than the year before last.

The second volume of the Three Kingdoms is always in troubled times!