Zhang Yi cooperated with Shi Jian to take control of Huaixian, and then entered the repair. Huai County had 3,000 soldiers and horses, plus more than 4,000 previously captured, and there were more than 7,000 prisoners.

In order to reduce the number of captives, Shi Lian decided to select some strong people from among the captives to take them for his own use.

Shi Jian selected 2,000 people and assigned 1,000 to Zhang Yi, so that 3,000 prisoners were reduced. As for the remaining 4,000 people, according to Zhang Yi's advice, let them work, repair the city walls, level the roads, and repair the houses, as long as they are not idle.

A few days later, Cao Ren and Xu Huang each led their troops to Huaixian. Zhang Yi accompanied Shi Jian to meet the two and invited Cao Ren to live in Huaixian County Office, and Cao Ren set up a banquet to invite the two.

"It's an eventful time now, and there are still too few people who can relieve the Lord's worries, and the Lord will definitely be very happy if you two behave like this."

Shi Lian replied: "It is our honor to be able to serve the lord!" ”

Cao Ren waved his hand and said, "Gongliu is my own family, and I won't hide it from you." Now that the situation is unclear, many people have the intention of betting on both ends. It's no wonder that Yuan Shao has become a big trend and is indeed difficult to resist. ”

"What did the general say?" Xu Huang said: "No matter how strong Yuan Shao is, he will face failure if he is unjust. ”

Zhang Yi silently listened to the three of them talking, and was still a little puzzled in his heart, Yuan Shao has become a big trend? Could it be that he has already killed Gongsun Zhan? But why is there no news?

"The situation is difficult, it is the time to employ people, I have sent someone to report the merits of the three to the lord, and the lord will definitely not treat the three badly."

"Thank you, General!"

After sitting down again, Zhang Yi quietly asked Shi Lian: "Brother Gongliu, just now the general said that Yuan Shao has become a great trend, did he defeat Gongsun Zhan?" ”

Shi Jian nodded and said, "That's true, it was about two months ago!" Otherwise, he would not have reached out to Hanoi. ”

Zhang Yi said suspiciously: "Why didn't I hear this news?" ”

"The lord blocked this news for fear of causing panic."

It turned out that a month ago, Yuan Shao sent Gongsun Zhan's head to Xuchang. When Cao Cao saw Gongsun Zhan's head, he knew that he and Yuan Shao would inevitably fight, so he blocked the news below. People who don't have enough official positions, people who don't have connections don't know about it at all.

Of course, ordinary people know about it, and they don't know what it means. The main reason is to prevent those grassroots petty officials from working hard and destroying Cao Cao's next arrangement.

Zhang Yi actually didn't care much about these, he was concerned about the lottery. He upgraded the system at the end of last year, and Gongsun Chan was defeated more than a month ago, why didn't the system give him a lottery? You must know that it is a historical general!

System? What's the matter with you?

"Congratulations to the host, Gongsun Zhan's power is dead, because Gongsun Chan is a cavalry commander and is good at fighting the Hu people, so he draws the cavalry commander Di Qing."

"Di Qing, the word Hanchen. Born as a prisoner, he was appointed as a privy envoy. He was good at using cavalry and was the most famous cavalry general of the Song Dynasty. Not only that, but he is also good at commanding infantry and crossbowmen, and can charge into battle and defend one side. Di Qing is now a death row prisoner in the Huai County Prison, just waiting for the autumn queen to be beheaded. ”

Hiss –

Zhang Yi gasped, system! If I don't ask for you, will I embezzle my Di Qing?

Cao Ren glanced at Zhang Yi strangely and asked, "Captain Zhang, why is this?" ”

Zhang Yi was startled, the way he had just inhaled was seen by Cao Ren. He hurriedly stood up and said, "I'm thinking about what the general said just now, Yuan Shao wants to go south, and Hanoi is the only way to go." With our forces, it may be difficult to hold Hanoi. If I were Yuan Shao, I would definitely set up a place to hoard my grain and grass here, and then drive straight into Xuchang to attack Xuchang. ”

Cao Ren nodded, "What you said Sikong has already thought of it, so he sent us over to take Hanoi first." In a few days, Yu Ban will come to defend, and then Sikong's order will come down, and all you have to do now is to train the soldiers and wait for the order. ”

Zhang Yi nodded, with Yu Ban coming over, the certainty of holding Hanoi is even greater. However, Zhang Yi wants to get Li Shangyin and Di Qing over first, Li Shangyin is easy to do, he has already asked Shi Qian to inquire, and there should be news soon.

Di Qing is a lot more difficult, he is still in prison, and he has to find a way to get him out. With a roll of his eyes, Zhang Yi thought of a solution, and he said to Cao Ren: "General, I want to train a group of death squads, but the training is a bit difficult, so I want to get some death row prisoners to come over and verify it." ”

Cao Ren asked with interest, "How big?" ”

Zhang Yi groaned and said, "In the first stage, I want to come to a hell of ten days, complete a lot of training in ten days, and rest for no more than two hours a day. ”

"It's going to die!" Shi Jian said in surprise.

"That's why I want to train on death row inmates." Zhang Yi said: "I want to know how far the limits of people can reach, as long as we know the limits, we will have the bottom of our hearts when we train in the future." ”

Cao Ren shook his head slightly, "It's a bit unkind to do this!" ”

"If there is chaos today, benevolence and righteousness will not prosper. As long as they can survive the training, I will ask Sikong to exonerate them from the capital crime and recruit them into the army. Zhang Yi said.

"That's a lot of food consumption, isn't it?" Cao Ren said worriedly.

At this time, the soldiers did not train all day, generally every three days or five days, in order to save food and grass, after all, after the amount of exercise, the consumption of food increased, and it was also a burden for the forces with less food.

"Please rest assured, as long as the normal soldiers' salaries are sufficient. And the number of people does not need to be too much, a few dozen people are enough. Zhang Yi said with an oath.

"Oh?" Cao Ren was interested, he had never seen such a strange way of training. "In that case, you can go to the prison tomorrow and pick out some death row inmates!"

"Thank you, General!" Zhang Yi happily thanked Cao Ren, haha, Di Qing, I'm here!

After getting what he wanted, Zhang Yi was in a good mood. Cao Ren is also in a good mood, this time he has completed the task assigned by Cao Cao, and he has more confidence in confronting Yuan Shao.

After the banquet dispersed, Zhang Yi returned to his mansion, and as soon as he entered the lobby, he heard a report from Shi Qian: "My lord, I have found a candidate, and I invite you to look at it." ”

Zhang Yi didn't directly ask Shi Qian to find Li Shangyin, because that would be too deliberate. He just asked Shi Qian to find a brilliant person to act as a clerk, whether Shi Qian could find Li Shangyin, Zhang Yi was not sure, he only told Shi Qian at the beginning, Jin Li to find some famous people.

"Oh? Bring him in! ”

"Student Li Shang greets your lord!"

Sure enough, it was Li Shangyin, Zhang Yi said with a smile: "Mr. is polite, please take a seat!" ”