Yiyang County, a hill more than 100 miles away from Shinye.

Ji Ling's 5,000 elite soldiers surrounded 5,000 war horses, waiting for news from the opposite military camp.

"General, someone from the other side has come out!"

The sharp-eyed sergeant reminded, Ji Lingyuan looked over, there were about dozens of people coming, and there were two people dragging behind him, one with a broken arm, and it was Yuan Lie and Yang You.

Seeing the two of them being abused like this, Ji Ling suddenly became angry: "Liu Qi, you are not a son of man!" As he spoke, he was about to command the soldiers to rush up, but Yang Hong, who was accompanying him, shook his head and pointed to the mountains on both sides.

On the top of the mountain, I faintly saw the flag waving, obviously Liu Qi ambushed the army, and he was not afraid of Ji Ling's methods. Ji Ling stared at the dozens of horsemen who came over, and said hatefully: "Do you just let them go?" ”

"If General Ji has a good way, the old man will not stop him; If the general has no good way to insist on sending him to death, so that the lord cannot succeed in a big matter, the old man will not be able to stop him. ”

Ji Ling was stunned for a moment, sighed, and waited for the arrival of Liu Qi and the others with the intention of killing.

After a while, Liu Qi had already arrived, and there were Zhao Yunshi, Ah Chen and others on the left and right, Liu Qi smiled and said: "The old thief of Yuan Shu really loves his subordinates, so many ordnance and weapons have been sent, and now he has personally sent war horses, which is admirable." ”

"What do you mean!" Ji Ling was furious when he heard this, but Yang Hong glanced at Liu Qi and frowned.

"Nothing else." Liu Qi motioned to the sergeant to open the shackles and shackles between the two, and waited for Yuan Lie and Yang You to completely reach the other party's formation before he said: "Yuan's plan this time almost made the county guard fall into a fight, go back and tell Yuan the old thief, these are just interest!" ”

As soon as Yang You and Yuan Lie saw Ji Ling, a trace of survival ** flashed, and said, "General Ji, be careful of being buried..."

Before Yang You finished speaking, he fainted straightly, and Yuan Lie had already fainted with joy and sorrow when the two armies were handed over.

Seeing that Yang You and Yuan Lie were tortured to the point that they were not humans, even Yang Hong's good cultivation couldn't help but be furious, pointed at Liu Qi, and said, "You... You..."

Ji Ling stared at Liu Qi with cold eyes and said, "This account will be settled sooner or later!" Let's go! As he spoke, he waved his big hand to signal the army to retreat and give way to the horses.

"General Ji, thank you for the boy, Old Thief Yuan. Thank you for 5,000 bows, armor, and knives, and for this horse! Liu Qi laughed, Yang Hong and Ji Ling heard that they didn't know what Liu Qi was referring to, and a trace of doubt in their hearts was suddenly solved.

Since ancient times, it is not uncommon for important hostages to be exchanged for goods, but it is just that there is no clear record in the history books. After all, this is an act of an enemy, and it is not very glamorous. Yuan Shu had to do this, Yuan Lie had worked for him for many years, and the credit was not much, and he was Yuan Shu's own family, so he had to change. Yang You is Yang Hong's younger brother, the largest wealthy family under Yuan Shu's power, if he does not change, it will inevitably arouse Yang Hong's disgust, and he is afraid that it will backfire, so he has to change.

Lei Bo presented the blood book and said that the demand was only five thousand war horses, which greatly reduced the value of the two. Before Ji Ling and Yang Hong came, they thought that Liu Qi was ignorant, and they just asked for such a little thing. Now it seems that it must have been Lei Bo and Chen Lan who replaced the blood book, and the two of them gave 15,000 weapons to Liu Qi early in the morning.

Ji Ling regretted that he had no reason at the moment, and pleaded for Lei Bo a few days ago, if he was exposed to Yuan Shu, the lives of the two would not be guaranteed, and it would inevitably be more dangerous than Yang and Yin. Yang Hong shook his head at Ji Ling, thinking about this, Ji Ling's hand holding the big spear was even more bloody, his footsteps paused, and then he left without looking back.

It wasn't until Ji Ling and the others disappeared in front of Liu Qi's eyes that Liu Qi ordered someone to pull five thousand war horses back to Xinye. It is expected that after this battle, even if Ji Ling counterattacks again, it will not be so quick to become a climate, and these Liu Qi Yiyang County can concentrate on military training and other matters.

Zhao Yun's eyes never left the five thousand war horses, and a burst of anticipation flashed in his heart, and he asked inquiringly: "With this batch of war horses, big brother, the strength of our army will be raised to another level." I don't know if what the big brother said before can be done? ”

"Hahaha......" Liu Qi looked up to the sky and laughed, looking at Zhao Yun and said, "Second brother is thinking about forming an elite cavalry like the Baiyi Battalion, right?" Rest assured, the eldest husband is hard to chase after his words, and the eldest brother does what he says. ”

Zhao Yun was immediately overjoyed and said excitedly: "Thank you, big brother, for your success!" ”

Liu Qi pretended to look at Zhao Yun angrily and said, "Why do you and my brother say thank you. ”

Zhao Yun scratched his head embarrassedly, and his excited expression instantly turned into an immature child, which made everyone present laugh.

Liu Qi paused, and then said: "However, it is a bit insufficient to form a new cavalry battalion now, so for the time being, the war horses and the war horses collected in the Yiyang War will be all from the Baiyi battalion, and the second brother and uncle will train together, so that they must become the elite of our army." ”

Zhao Yun also knew that the conditions were not ripe for the time being, and if Yiyang County did not recapture Nanyang County for a day, Liu Qi's energy would not be able to relax for a day, so he had no complaints about Liu Qi's arrangement.

In the battle of Yiyang County a few days ago, the Baiwei battalion lost 1,000 soldiers and horses. The opponent had a total of 6,000 war horses, and only a few dozen horses fled back to Biyang, and Liu Qi's army captured more than 3,000 war horses, but only less than half of them could fight, which shows the degree of tragedy.

Since then, 5,000 horses have been exchanged, and Liu Qi is enough to form a Baiwei battalion of 10,000 cavalry.

Thinking of the Battle of Yiyang a few days ago, Shi A couldn't help but sigh: "The Battle of Yiyang, although we won it, we also won it a lot. ”

Liu Qi nodded and said, "Yes, there are only more than 1,000 soldiers left in the spear battalion, most of them are wounded, and almost all of them are killed in Tucheng Township." This is what wars are for, and the only way to resolve these wars is to reunify them as soon as possible. ”

The Spear Battalion totaled more than 4,000 people, with more than 3,000 killed and 1,000 wounded. In view of the great reduction in the strength of the spear battalion, Liu Qi asked all the recruited militia to be included in the spear battalion when he returned to Xinye, and gathered enough 4,000 people to form a system and let the two of them train more.

Everyone said as they returned to Shinno.

Just returned to the outside of Xinye City, Wang Wei was already waiting at the city gate.

As soon as he saw Liu Qi, Wang Wei caught up with him in three steps and said, "The eldest prince, the lord has sent a special envoy to announce some things, and he has been waiting for the eldest prince in the palace for a long time. ”

Liu Qi let out an "oh" in surprise, and asked in a low voice: "Who is here, and what does my father have to say, can Uncle Wang inquire clearly?" ”

Wang Wei shook his head and guessed: "Could it be that the matter of the eldest prince's 'Dutian Order' has probably reached the ears of the lord a few days ago, causing disgust among the families in the state?" The person who came was a friend of Zixiao, engaged in sacrificing wine and Pang Ji. ”

Liu Qi thought for a while and said, "Since it is possible that this is the case, whether it is a blessing or a curse, I can't avoid it, and I will know what is going on when I go to see him." "Let's take the lead and lead everyone to the Taishou Mansion.

Pang Ji is not tall, just like Deng Yi, with a goat's beard and a bright eye.

In terms of official position, Liu Qi was a little lower than him, so Liu Qi saw Pang Ji at a glance and hurriedly greeted: "Yiyang County is too guarded ......"

Before he finished speaking, Pang Ji stretched out his hand to help Liu Qi and said with a smile: "The eldest prince is tormenting the lower officials." ”

Liu Qi couldn't meet twice in a row, so he simply didn't salute and looked at Pang Ji carefully. Pang Ji was neither humble nor arrogant, and generously let Liu Qi inquire about it, and only smiled after a while: "Can the eldest prince see what is famous?" ”

"Uh..." Liu Qi suddenly choked and said embarrassedly: "Mr. Pang, the kid doesn't know how to be polite, and he has offended a lot......"

Pang Ji laughed, waved his hand and said, "I thought that the eldest prince had found a golden tweed on his body." ”

Pang Ji did not have the slightest attendant majesty, and his appearance of talking and laughing made everyone present feel good, and Liu Qi said embarrassedly: "Mr. Pang is really funny." ”

Pang Ji suddenly changed color, and said majestically: "The eldest prince, this time the lord sent me here is actually to ask the eldest prince for what he did a few days ago. ”

"Please also ask Mr. Pang to make it clear." Liu Qi didn't know Pang Ji's expression, and he also pretended to be upright and said: "The kid will definitely confess his guilt, and beg Mr. Pang to be light." ”

Pang Ji's face turned bitter, and he said, "The eldest prince is really discerning, and he realized it so quickly." After that, everyone immediately burst out laughing, and the distance was invisibly narrowed a lot by Pang Jiyi.

After the joke, Pang Jizheng said: "According to the order of the lord, the county guard Liu Qi was not effective in governing the county, which caused chaos in the county, so Liu Qi was ordered to return to Jingzhou to accept the teachings of the lord, and the position of the county guard was temporarily taken by Xun Yu Xun Wenruo." Deng Zixiao contributed to the stability of the chaos, was promoted to the governor of Jingzhou, and returned to Xiangyang at the same time as Liu Qi. ”

"Command." Liu Qi agreed, which was good with his guess, and Liu Qi had no complaints about such an arrangement.

The idea of returning to Xiangyang for education was just a pretext for Liu Biao, and the focus was on Deng Yi's promotion to the post of Zhizhong, which was more conducive to calming down the resentment of the family within Yiyang County and Jingzhou. The people present are all people who understand and understand the truth very well.

"The eldest prince, the lord has to do this." Pang Ji sighed and said, "The harm of the family is known to the people of the world, but the eldest prince is really anxious this time." ”

Pang Ji is good friends with Deng Yi, and he is from a small family, and he doesn't have much affection for a big family. When he knew that Liu Qi implemented the Dutian Order, he couldn't help but applaud, and then thought that most of Jingzhou was still in the hands of the family, and Liu Qi must be in difficulty this time, so he suggested that Liu Biao order Liu Qi to be temporarily removed from his post and promoted to Deng Yi as the ruler, the purpose of which was to appease the family.

Liu Qi nodded in agreement with Pang Ji's statement. Pang Ji said again: "Eldest son, I don't know if I should say something below." ”

"Mr. Pang, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"A few days ago, I heard that the eldest prince was bewitched by Yuan Shu's strategists to implement the Dutian Order, which may be true. However, the family in the state is not convinced, thinking that it is just your excuse. Pang Ji looked at Liu Qi and said, "The Han family is in decline, this is an undeniable fact. Excessive means often have the opposite effect, if you want to calm down the fire of the family, the eldest prince is afraid that you will be wronged. ”

Liu Qi was stunned: "Mr. Pang asks me." If a person is slightly wronged and can make the state and county peaceful, what is it? ”

Pang Ji secretly praised and reminded: "Yuan Shuli should join forces with the outside to attack Yiyang County, and the eldest prince will fight and be injured......

Liu Qi's heart lit up, and he nodded: "What Mr. means, the kid understands." Thank you Mr. Pang for teaching me. ”

Pang Ji made no secret of his admiration for Liu Qi, and shirked: "I didn't say anything below, eldest prince." The two looked at each other and smiled.

Seeing the two of them playing dumb riddles, everyone was confused and puzzled. Wang Wei asked urgently: "What are you fighting for, eldest prince?" ”

Liu Qi smiled and said, "Uncle Wang, you will know soon." ”