Beibi Mountain, Ye Zhao trained the first batch of Beigong Guards here in the past, and for the girls of Beigong Guard, this place has a special significance.

A large pit has been dug in the camp for training in the past, and the craftsmen who have been mobilized are busy placing the coffins that have been made overnight in the large graves that have been dug up, and then ordering people to cover the soil.

In Li Ru's somewhat surprised gaze, some masons poured white mud paste on it and applied it layer by layer, finally forming a huge white egg.

A tombstone two feet high was erected in front of the white egg, for some reason, Li Ru always felt that the white hemispherical giant egg seemed to be stiffening little by little, but at this moment, it was not easy for him to go up and touch it, after all, it was a bit blasphemous to the dead.

Although he had seen all the desecration and cannibalism of the dead at such an age, those sturdy women who even Lu Bu couldn't help but praise were standing less than twenty paces away from him, and Li Ru was not sure if he would anger these women if he really did this.

In the three days that Ye Zhao left, he gathered craftsmen here to build this tomb, and now, it has finally been completed, and three hundred Beigong guards are buried here, Li Ru doesn't know what the significance of Ye Zhao doing this, but judging from the solemnity exuded by the surrounding female soldiers, this place must have a unique meaning for these female soldiers.

"Four years ago, it was here that I, Ye Zhao, brought you, the palace maids who were supposed to live a carefree life in the palace, into the army." Ye Zhao walked in front of the three armies, and tens of thousands of soldiers gathered around, looking at Ye Zhao silently.

"Military career, in this era of smoke, is not a good destination, for women, even more so, men can obtain merit and glory, but for women, it is difficult, the times have too many injustices for women, it seems that from the moment of birth, women are used to become men's vassals, if you want to be recognized by the world, even if you pay ten times more effort than men, you may not be able to do it."

"It seems that women are born to reproduce for men!" Ye Zhao looked at the silent female soldiers and took a deep breath: "This is what many men think, of course, including me!" ”

Li Ru turned his head and glanced at Ye Zhao, not understanding what he wanted to express?

"But you're different!" Ye Zhao looked at Ren Hongchang and the others, and his voice suddenly rose: "You have had countless opportunities to give up, and you can live a more stable and prosperous life than now, but you used your blood and strength to tell me that women can also take another path, even if this road is full of thorns and bumps, you can still do better than men." ”

"This tomb is a tribute to the dead girls, and it also buries your past." Ye Zhao pointed to the tombstone behind him that was two feet tall and engraved with names, and said loudly: "Even if one day it is gone, I hope you will remember that here, there is the military soul that you have forged with your blood and life, from today on, you will no longer be Beigong Wei, I, Ye Zhao, with my blood, Fu Er Nefan!" ”

After Ye Zhao finished speaking, he pulled out Long Yuan from his waist, and swiped it in his palm, a blood line across his palm, blood gushed out, and continued to drip on the tombstone, looking at the group of female soldiers and said in a deep voice: "Wang'er and the others live up to this name." ”

Five hundred female soldiers knelt on the ground and shouted Nefan.

An inexplicable boiling feeling flowed in Li Ru's body, he didn't know what happened at that moment, but the more than 500 female soldiers in front of him, but at this moment, there was an indescribable sense of sacredness, this is an army with a military soul and faith, even if they are not many in number, and they are all composed of women, but it does not hinder their strength.

"Collect the troops!" Ye Zhao waved his hand, and in the sound of the desolate horn, the tens of thousands of troops brought by Ye Zhao quickly formed a phalanx and headed towards the direction of the Tiger Pass.

"I hope that on the day Dong Xiang is in Luoyang, he will not let this tombstone fall." Ye Zhao looked at the tombstone in front of him and said to Li Ru beside him.

"Confucianism can guarantee this." Li Ru nodded and said, "Where is Ye Hou going?" ”

"Go back to Hanoi first!" Ye Zhao put the Long Yuan sword back into the sheath, and his own military doctor stepped forward to help him bandage his wounds.

"Hanoi guards Wang Kuang too much, it is Yuan Shao's best friend, Ye Hou is going with so many people, I'm afraid Wang Kuang is uneasy." Li Ru said with a smile, Ye Zhao's soldiers and horses stationed in the Tiger Prison Pass plus the men and horses brought by Ye Zhao from Luoyang, there are 27,000 people, so many people, under whose rule, I'm afraid no one will rest assured.

"I don't have to worry about this." Ye Zhao looked at the bandaged palm, turned his head to look at Li Ru and said with a smile: "Wen You has been by my side for three days, it shouldn't be just worried about Ye's future, right?" ”

"If Ye Hou is willing to give up his military power, with Ye Hou's ability, Dong Xiang will not bring you soon!" Li Ru said solemnly.

"I said I would only be on the winner's side!" Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"Ye Hou thinks that my lord will lose?" Li Ru was puzzled.

"I won't lose, but I will never win, tell him to prepare early, then Yuan Shao left, an old Yuan Kui, even if he holds it in his hand, he can't hinder the formation of the Kwantung Alliance, if I am Dong Zhuo, I should kill Yuan Kui first at this moment, deter some people, or use that Yuan Kui as bait to lure some people out of the shadows, and then kill him." Ye Zhao said casually.

"It seems that Ye Houzhi is not here." Li Ru sighed, and when he said this, it was obvious that Ye Zhao had no intention of following Dong Zhuo at all.

"It's not true, but it doesn't prevent you and me from cooperating." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"How to cooperate?" Hearing this, Li Ru looked at Ye Zhao.

"If the Kwantung princes rise up, I will join, and I will reveal the internal intelligence and troop deployment to you." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"Condition." Li Ru didn't think that Ye Zhao would do this for no reason.

"Borrow." Ye Zhao said indifferently.

"Borrow?" Li Ru's heart moved, and he looked at Ye Zhao and said, "What way?" ”

"When the time comes, you will know, and at this time, I will inform you that Dong Zhuo will have some bad thoughts." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"It seems that Ye Hou has planned a place to stand, and he will borrow the road from Luoyang, Guanzhong and Yizhou are impossible, so only Hanzhong and Nanyang will be left." Li Ru looked at Ye Zhao and said with a smile: "Nanyang has Yuan Shu in charge, so it seems that it is Hanzhong, the land of Longxing, but it is not bad." ”

"It's a good thing to be smart, but it's not right to be smart, don't let my cooperation with Dong Zhuo be stillborn." Ye Zhao was not surprised that Li Ru was able to guess this, but turned his head to look at Li Ru and said: "Don't force me to help the Kwantung princes with all my might, the Tiger Prison Pass is known as the first pass in the world, but I have been operating here for a long time, and it is not difficult to break it!" ”

"Ye Hou rest assured, this matter, before the cooperation between you and me breaks down, will rot in the Confucian chest." Li Ru said with a smile.

"It's working with Dong Zhuo, not you." Ye Zhao looked at Li Ru and said with a smile: "In addition, there is an unspeakable secret to the master, which is the beginning of betrayal, and I am looking forward to the day when Wen You will join my command." ”

"I'm also looking forward to working with Ye Hou in the future!" Li Ru smiled, there seemed to be no difference between what the two said, but they meant two things.

Ye Zhao and Li Ru smiled heartily and left.

On the same day, Ye Zhao arrived at Tiger Prison Pass and met with Xi Zhicai, Zhao Yun and others who were guarding here.

"Congratulations, my lord." Xi Zhicai smiled and put Ye Zhao into the Tiger Prison.

"Regardless of whether it is a blessing or a curse for the time being, the Kwantung princes, can there be any movement?" Ye Zhao shook his head and took Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Guan Hai, Ji Ling, Zhang Liao and others into the mansion with Xi Zhicai.

"There is no big movement, but the Kwantung princes have been recruiting troops during this time, and the minister calculates that next year at the latest, there will be a big event, and what is needed is just an opportunity." Xi Zhicai's complexion looked much better than in the past, and at this moment, sitting next to Ye Zhao, he briefly introduced the movements of the Kwantung princes during this period of time, especially the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.

No matter how Ye Zhao looks down on Yuan Shu, but today's Yuan Shu, as the concubine of the Yuan family, is even more dominant in Nanyang, and the resources in his hands can crush Yuan Shao, this period is the peak of Yuan Shu!

More importantly, Nanyang is not far from Hanzhong, and it is also a strong rival of Ye Zhao in the future.

As for Yuan Shao, although he is famous now, the land of the Bohai Sea is remote, and Yuan Shao was a little congenital deficient in using this place as the foundation before occupying Jizhou.

"There has been a lot of good news from Manpet recently, the craftsmen sent by the lord have begun to make a lot of farm tools, and there is another kind of ...... The fertilizer mentioned by the lord also achieved a miraculous feat last year, and the harvest in just one year is the sum of the previous three years, if this can be done every year, Hanzhong alone will be enough to feed all the soldiers and horses under the lord's account now. Xi Zhicai smiled.

In the case of not destroying the ecology under the rule, Hanzhong alone can raise 30,000 soldiers and horses, which is already a miracle in this era.

"Not bad." Ye Zhao nodded.

Xi Zhicai was a little curious: "It's just that my subordinates are more curious, what is that fertilizer, and it has such a miraculous effect?" ”

Ye Zhao glanced at Xi Zhicai with a smile and said, "It's better not to say it, otherwise you won't be able to eat in the next few days." ”

"The lord doesn't want to say, and it's inconvenient for his subordinates to ask more, but I still want to congratulate the lord, the princess has given birth to a son for the lord two months ago, and the mother and son are safe." Xi Zhicai said with a smile.

"It's not new news, I already knew it!" Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"Has the lord ever thought of a name for the son?" Xi Zhicai asked.

"I've thought about it a lot, but it's hard to decide, so I'll talk about it when I get back." Speaking of his son, Ye Zhao has a very peculiar feeling, he has been a human being for two lives, and it is the first time he has a descendant, that feeling is indescribable, there is excitement, but it doesn't seem to be so strong, it is more of a feeling of returning to his heart like an arrow, wanting to see what his first son looks like.

"My lord, the generals of the Tiger Prison Pass have crossed the river from Aocang in batches and arrived in Huai County according to the orders of the lord, do we have to leave some men and horses to guard this pass?" Ji Ling asked.

"Not necessarily." Ye Zhao waved his hand and said, "Withdraw them all." ”

He wasn't interested in giving the Kwantung Coalition a front.

Early the next morning, Ye Zhao led all the soldiers in the Tiger Prison Pass to retreat to Aocang, almost at the same time, Dong Zhuo sent his general Zhang Bao to quickly take over the Tiger Prison Pass, so that the Luoyang scholars who were originally going to watch a good show were directly dumbfounded, at the same time, the Kwantung princes also had countless scholars scolding Ye Zhao for this move, Ye Zhao didn't care about it, there were too many lice and it was not itchy, he came to today's high position, he stepped on the head of the scholar, and never expected the scholar to treat him gently, Luoyang's interests have been taken enough by him, and then, just wait for the time to change.