"Third brother, you immediately lead five hundred sergeants to meet Mr. Xu Jing, I am worried that they will be ambushed." Liu Qi instructed while returning to the county government quickly.

"No!"

"Wait." Seeing that Shi A was about to leave, Liu Qi drank and said: "Send henchmen scouts to send letters to Uncle Wang, Mr. Xun and others, telling them to beware of the new homeless people. I guess that the Yuan Shu bandit private soldiers who infiltrated Yiyang County this time will never be so few. ”

"No!" Shi Ah answered and left.

……

Liu Qi, who was in a hurry, walked like a fly, quickly returned to the county government, and immediately called the two brothers Liu Pan and Liu Hu.

"Lord, why are you in such a hurry, could it be that Old Thief Yuan has attacked?" The two brothers Liu Hu and Liu Pan were confused, Liu Qi and Shi A just went out to walk around the county for a while, and when they came back, they were surprised.

"The old thief Yuan Shu didn't attack it, but it's almost there." Liu Qi was rarely dignified, "His bandit private soldiers pretended to be homeless people and invaded Yiyang County to plot misdeeds." ”

Liu Hu and Liu Pan changed color and asked anxiously what was going on. Liu Qi talked about what he saw and heard today.

"It's the last general's negligence, please punish the lord!" The two Liu brothers knelt down in front of Liu Qi at the same time and asked Liu Qi to convict.

Liu Qi hurriedly helped the two of them up and said, "Hurry up, this matter has nothing to do with you." We were all careless, we couldn't imagine that Yuan Lao Thief could move so quickly after Liu Xun and Yuan Cheng's rebellion, we underestimated him. After a pause, Liu Qi said: "We lack experience in defense, but fortunately, we found it in time, and if we encounter such a situation in the future, we can calmly deal with it and prevent it from happening." ”

"No!"

Liu Qi's words were intended to remind himself and the two Liu brothers that they should not make the same mistake many times, and letting the enemy catch them once will put them in a situation from which they will never recover, and they will be overstretched. The two Liu brothers are not stupid people, so they naturally know the meaning of Liu Qi's words very well.

"Old thief Yuan doesn't take us into account like this, it seems that the lesson that the lord gave him in Runan County is not enough. Lord, the last general asks for orders, and the last general will lead 3,000 troops to destroy it! Liu Hu said angrily, he has been leading the recruits to practice, except for the sneak attack on Xinxi, the battle achievements have not been much, and now there is just the right time, he immediately asked Liu Qi to fight.

"Don't act rashly for the time being!" Liu Qi said in a deep voice, "They came very quickly, and there must be someone in the county to respond and avoid our scouts." Ah Hu, you immediately ask for how many men and horses they have, how their armaments are, and which families are responding, and find out one by one. Just go! ”

Liu Hu took the order and left, and Liu Qi then said to Liu Pan: "Ah Pan, add training soldiers, inspect various mountain villages to prevent bandits from disturbing the people, and do a good job in city defense and military affairs to prevent the enemy from suddenly attacking the city!" ”

Liu Pan promised, and Liu Qi said again: "Also, how many soldiers have been recruited now?" ”

"A few days ago, five thousand were recruited, and in addition to the elite recruited by General Shu Zhi, there are still two thousand people and less than eight thousand." Liu Pan thought for a while and replied.

"Can 6,000 men have the strength to fight?" Liu Qi asked again.

"The number of combatants is about four thousand."

"Temporarily stop recruiting troops, and arrange for recruits who have no combat effectiveness for the time being to reclaim wasteland and dredge rivers." Liu Qi said, although Liu Pan was very puzzled, he also took the order to go.

Liu Qi breathed a sigh of relief, and while waiting for the news in the hall, he pondered what the innkeeper said.

……

It wasn't until noon on the third day that Shi A, who went to greet Xu Jing, was late with Xu Jing and the others, Shi A's suit was already a little broken, and only two or three hundred of the five hundred sergeants who went to greet him were left, all with tired looks.

Xu Jing and his party didn't feel much tired, Liu Qi rushed up with an arrow and asked, "Third brother, it's hard work, you didn't encounter an ambush on the road, right?" ”

While commanding the sergeant to return to the military village to rest, Shi A replied: "Mr. Xu did not encounter an ambush, and the small group of thieves we went to support encountered a small group of thieves, and lost more than 200 people. ”

Liu Qi's expression was cold, he dared to be so arrogant in Yiyang County, and he was impatient! He gritted his teeth and said, "Let them be arrogant for a while, third brother, go and rest." ”

Shi Adao: "Don't worry, big brother, little brother is not so fragile." ”

Liu Qi said that he was no more, so he had no choice but to go, welcomed everyone into the house, and asked Xu Jing: "Wen Xiu, I have been running around for days, I have worked hard for you, have your family and relatives arranged properly?" ”

"Don't worry about this little thing, it has been dealt with when you come to Yiyang." Xu Jing saw through Liu Qi's worries at a glance, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, my lord, Mr. Xun expected that Yuan Shu would have this early on, and he has arranged for General Wang to take precautions, if the guess is right, the thieves who came in from Xinye have been wiped out by General Wang." ”

Liu Qi breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Teacher Xun, what else does he have to entrust?" ”

Xu Jing smiled knowingly and said: "Mr. Xun said, the eldest prince can rest assured that he will do it in Yiyang, as long as they are in Xinye for a day, the family in the county and Nanyang Yuan Shu will not be able to enter Yiyang County." ”

"With Teacher Xun here, then I can rest assured." Liu Qi was completely relieved, since Xun Yu said so, he had nothing to worry about. Then, the most important thing is the bandits of the generation in Yiyang County and the family that defected to the enemy.

Liu Qi pointed to the information on the Zhitai case, and asked Xu Jing: "Wenxiu, Yuan Lao's thieves and thieves invaded, mainly occupying the Luoshan area, occupying the mountain as the king and disturbing the people from time to time, our army is not strong enough to annihilate everything, what should we do?" "Liu Qi's only worry is that when the family took advantage of Liu Qi to lead his troops to attack the bandits, they captured Yiyang with their private troops, so Liu Qi must not be able to take care of each other.

In the past three days, the scouts assigned to the country returned one after another, and integrated all the information obtained from the investigation to Liu Qi. There are about 4,000 bandit private soldiers who have invaded Yiyang County and Xinyang County, of which more than 1,000 have flowed into the Baishan area, and the remaining 3,000 Liu Qi is estimated to be the vanguard of Xinxi County and occupy the top of the mountain.

Xu Jing looked at the information while looking at the map and asked, "Yuan Fang was promoted to Runan County Taishou?!" ”

"Well, yes."

"It wasn't him who brought the thieves into Yiyang County this time, then it should be his younger brother Yuan Lie." Xu Jing thought for a moment and said with a smile: "If it is really Yuan Lie who led the troops into Yiyang, the lord doesn't have to worry. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Liu Qi was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked.

"This person is not as deep as Yuan Fang, he is so happy, brave but unwise, and he is not a threat to the lord at all." Xu Jing smiled, "In the past, in Runan County, as the commander of the private soldiers that Yuan Shu relied on the most, if it wasn't for Yuan Fang's calm response, he wouldn't be able to fight some of the heroes in Runan County, not to mention the Xu clan that has declined a lot now." ”

"I see." Liu Qi and Shi A suddenly realized, Liu Qi was not at ease after all: "Leaving them in this county, I'm afraid it is a legacy of raising tigers, what is the trick of Mr.?" ”

"The lord is worried that it's not Yuan Lie, if the last general guesses well, he must be worried that someone in the county will take the opportunity to cause chaos." Xu Jing pointed to Huaishui in the middle of Xinxi County and Luoshan and said: "Runan County and Geyang County will not be able to attack our Yiyang County on a large scale this year, there is no doubt about this. He can't come to the dark in the open, the new official of the lord has taken office, and the foundation of the county is unstable, and at this time, some people with intentions will make waves, I am afraid that Yiyang County will not attack itself......"

"Has the lord ever heard of Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing?" Xu Jing was halfway through speaking, and suddenly asked Liu Qi.

Liu Qi thought about it carefully, and suddenly thought of something, and said, "Could it be a trick?" ”

More than a year ago, in 189, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty died, and Dong Zhuo, who was waiting for the opportunity, entered Luoyang with his Xiliang Iron Cavalry, because the lack of troops could not shock the world. Dong Zhuo deliberately entered the city during the day, quietly went out of the city at night, and entered the city in the open during the day, so back and forth several times, everyone thought that Dong Zhuo's army was stationed in Luoyang with tens of thousands, so he couldn't afford to resist.

"Exactly, the lord can follow Dong Zhuo's method, first, to deceive those landlords who are waiting for the opportunity to make trouble, and secondly, to deter the thief army in Yiyang County, Xinyang County and other three counties, so that they dare not act rashly." As soon as Xu Jing said this, Liu Qi immediately understood, don't think that Liu Qi Hui'an will reject Hou to inquire about the military situation, although Yuan Lie's bandit soldiers are said to be bandit soldiers, but they are regular powerful private soldiers, and they will also be safe to repel Hou to spy on Liu Qi's military intelligence.

"Since that's the case, I'll arrange ...... immediately" Liu Qi said that he would do it, and he would call Shi A to arrange this matter.

Xu Jing called out to Shi A with a smile and said, "Don't worry, the reinforcements will come in two days." ”

Liu Qi and Shi A were stunned for a moment, looked at each other, and Shi A said: "Where is the reinforcement coming from the eldest brother?" Mr. Bunxiu. ”

Xu Jing glanced at Liu Qi with envy, and seeing that Liu Qi was inexplicable, he said slowly: "Mr. Xun considered that there must be many dangers around the lord, so when the last general left Xinye, he had already asked General Zhao San to lead two thousand soldiers of the Baiyi battalion to follow. General Zhao Er pursued the thieves along the way, and it would arrive two days later, and the lord only needed to arrange for his henchmen to inform General Zhao Er of his marching plan. Mr. Xun is really like a god. ”

Liu Qi Shi was overjoyed, high-fived and said, "This is really good!" "Zhao Yun's arrival can be regarded as a shot in the arm for Liu Qi, even if he doesn't use a trick, Liu Qi is very sure that he will completely wipe out the wandering Yuan Lie thief soldiers.

"However, Mr. Xun said that General Zhao Er's visit this time can only be used as a deterrent to the lord, and cannot be used to clear out the thieves. also instructed the last general, if the lord used it to clear Yuan Lie, Hugh blamed him for brushing his sleeves away. Xu Jing's next words poured cold water, which made Liu Qi suddenly sober up.

The bamboo basket was empty, and Liu Qi couldn't help but smile bitterly. Xun Yu's meaning is also very clear, this time he can only rely on Liu Hu and Liu Pan's more than 4,000 people to entangle with Neiying and Yuan Lie in the county, and as for whether these factors can be eradicated, it has nothing to do with Xun Yu.

Liu Qi said secretly: "Teacher, you are really good at picking a time to leave a problem for me, but I like it!" If this little difficulty can't be solved, I still have to compete with others for the world, it is better to return to Xiangyang to be a big son who does not worry about food and clothing! However, this is too much to underestimate me. ”