Chapter 028: Superior Jade

Looking at the shabby young man wearing only a single coat in front of him, Lu Bu didn't have any contempt, he asked the young man, "How do you see that there is a large army hidden here?" ā€

The young man replied neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Within a radius of ten miles, it is difficult to see birds." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoThere are few people on the road. Although there are no fireworks, the aura of killing is thick, and those who approach are inexplicably afraid. From this, it can be seen that there must be a large army ambush here. ā€

Lu Bu sighed in his heart, this young man is really extraordinary. Although he looks thin, his eyes are clear, calm and free, and he speaks clearly and well-organized, and he must have received a good education since childhood.

Lu Bu asked the young man with a kind face: "I heard that you have no home, I don't know where you are?" What's your name? ā€

The young man knew that Lu Bu was interrogating him, so he replied truthfully: "General Qiyu, I am from Xiangling County, Hedong County, fifteen years old this year, surnamed Jia Mingkui, lost both parents at a young age, was raised by my grandfather and brother and sister-in-law, and all the art of war I learned was dictated by my grandfather. My grandfather died last year, and when the Baibo bandits broke into Hedong this year, they first attacked Yang County, and then plundered Xiangling, killing my brother and sister-in-law's family. I had planned to go to Luoyang to join the army, but I had no money, so I had to stay in the Yanchi area, occasionally helping the prison officials to get some food. ā€

Jia Kui? Lu Bu recalled carefully in his mind, and suddenly remembered who this person was.

This is Cao Wei's great talent in both civil and military affairs! He also raised a son named Jia Chong. And Jia Chong's daughter, Jia Nanfeng, is the culprit who led to the Eight Kings Rebellion.

After asking for a long time, it turned out that I hit such a big fish!

Lu Bu was overjoyed in his heart, but his face was silent. For a fifteen-year-old shabby boy who has lost his home, the dignified Tiger Ben Zhonglang will not be able to show too much enthusiasm and attention, otherwise what do you make Chen Gong think? When you meet a famous talent in the future, how should you express it?

Lu Bu bowed his head and said to Jia Kui: "Well, I will send someone to Xiangling to investigate your background. Before that, you first returned to Xue Junhou's account and did things for Xue Sima. If your background is innocent, I will recruit you as a squire in front of the tent, what do you think? ā€

Jia Kui's wish to join the army came true, his face was happy, and he hurriedly hugged his fists to Lu Bu. "General Xie cultivated, Kui Ding worked hard in the camp to live up to the general's expectations."

Xue Lan was also very happy, Jia Kui was discovered by him and recommended to Lu Bu, and now Lu Bu has transferred Jia Kui to his account to listen to it, which is equivalent to selling two favors back and forth to him. The first favor, Lu Bu accepted Jia Kui, and Jia Kui would naturally be grateful to the introducer Xue Lan. The second favor, Lu Bu asked Jia Kui to follow Xue Lan, which is equivalent to making Xue Lan and Jia Kui close, which is also a kind of favor.

Jia Kui led Xue Lan out of Lu Bu's military tent, and went to the quartermaster first, asking the quartermaster to distribute cotton clothes for Xue Lan for the winter, as well as military uniforms, leather armor, and blades worn outside. There is no war horse for the time being, and Jia Kui's identity does not meet the standard of matching horses.

After receiving these, Xue Lan also won Jia Kui the usual money and three catties of pool salt. Jia Kui asked Xue Lan why he had never heard of such treatment after joining the army. Xue Lan smiled and told Jia Kui that this was a reward from General Zhonglang to the whole army, and since Jia Kui had become a member of the Bingzhou army, he could also get a reward.

Jia Kui thought a little more highly of Lu Bu in his heart.

A general who can share the money with his soldiers can at least gain the support of his subordinates, regardless of his ability to command battles.

Xue Lan led Jia Kui back to his camp, which immediately attracted his subordinates to watch.

"Sima, how did you bring back a runny doll?"

"Sima, our department is a detective, you bring a doll back, isn't it possible to warm your feet at night?"

"Haha......"

Xue Lan saw that the more his subordinates talked, the more vulgar they became, and suddenly scolded with a tiger face: "A group of sacs, you are full, right?" Hurry back to rest, and go out on patrol at night! ā€

Jia Kui could see that although this group of big-headed soldiers had some bastards on their lips, they had no malicious intent, so they didn't take it to heart. He followed Xue Lan into a military tent.

Xue Lan told Jia Kui: "The army is now marching in the field, and the food and accommodation are very simple, you live in my account, talk less and see more, work hard, and strive to be selected as an attendant by General Zhonglang as soon as possible." ā€

Jia Kui asked Xue Lan: "Sima Xue, since General Lu has asked the lowly to do things in front of your account, can you tell your subordinates about the ministry that the headquarters undertakes in the army?" ā€

Xue Lan carefully explained to Jia Kui the tasks undertaken by the 400 cavalry under his command in the army, and Jia Kui listened very carefully and asked questions from time to time.

In Lu Bu's tent, he no longer thought about Jia Kui.

The current Jia Kui is still an uncarved piece of jade, although there is a lot of room for development in the future, but it is not suitable to promote seedlings. Lu Bu knows that there is no one born to know in this world, experience is the best teacher, since he can get Jia Kui early, it is necessary to create a more favorable growth environment and conditions for Jia Kui, so that he can stand out as soon as possible and become his right-hand man.

Jia Kui is highly regarded in history. Cao Cao once sighed and said, "Let the world's 2,000 stones be like Jia Kui, why should I worry?" When Cao Cao was alive, Jia Kui was able to serve as a state assassin, which shows how outstanding his ability is. Jia Kui assisted Cao Cao, Cao Pi and Cao Rui, the three generations of Wei lords, and was a rare hard-working military and political compound talent. What is even more rare is that Jia Kui has been loyal all his life, adhered to principles, and has a view of the overall situation, not the kind of general who is narrow-minded and cares about fame and fortune.

Lu Bu will definitely send someone to Jiangyi to investigate Jia Kui, but he can basically be sure that the Jia Kui who took the initiative to vote today is the Jia Kui in history. Because, it is rare to find a person who can remain calm and comfortable under the deterrence of his powerful aura, and Jia Kui once defended Jiangyi in history and did not surrender to Yuan Shao's subordinate Guo Yuan, which shows how hard this person's bones are.

Lu Bu summoned the deputy generals Yang Ding, Xu Rong, and the chief bookkeeper Chen Gong into the tent to discuss the plan to ambush Guo Da.

Lu Bu said: "I misjudged the situation near Yanchi, there is still a county town of Yi between Xie County and Yanchi, if you don't want to find a way, Guo Da may not lead an army to loot the area around Yanchi in the near future, because Yi is not under his control, and it is always a potential threat to his troops." ā€

Xu Rong said: "The salt pond is more than 50 miles long from east to west, if a team of people is sent to recruit people on the west side of the salt pond and make the illusion of digging the dam and destroying the salt pond, it will inevitably cause hatred and panic among the big families who are rich with salt in the Yi clan, and these big households may collude with Guo Da in order to prevent this matter, and Guo Da himself must also covet the benefits of controlling the salt pond, and it is very likely that he will send troops to attack at that time." ā€

Xu Rong's strategy was quite poisonous, and he directly aimed at the rich families in the Yi clan city and grabbed their weakness.