Chapter 8: Intrigues
"The lord spares his life, the righteousness knows that he is wrong, the righteousness loses his words after drinking, and the lord is merciful outside the law!"
I didn't expect that my mouth was happy, but my head was about to move. Seeing that the executioner pushed himself to the ground and prepared to correct the Fa on the spot, Koji Yi was so frightened that he kowtowed and begged for mercy.
"Generals, my lords, how about saying a few kind words for Yi......
Seeing that Yuan Shao was unmoved, Lu Yi could only ask the staff around him for help, hoping that someone would stand up and intercede for him, so that he would not die. It's just that he is usually arrogant and arrogant, no one in his eyes, none of the civil and military staff under Yuan Shao are good friends with him, and no one dares to come out to speak for him when he sees Yuan Shao's anger.
Yuan Shangyu was still angry, and before Yuan Shao could speak, he waved to his nephew and said, "Quickly cut off the head of this guy, it's verbose, it's noisy!" ”
"No!"
The axe hand agreed, and raised his dangling broadsword to cut down.
"I'm dying!"
Seeing that no one was willing to intercede for him, Koji Yi could only close his eyes helplessly, and only hated himself for choosing the wrong lord in the first place. Knowing this, it is better to follow Han Fu honestly.
"Keep people under the knife!"
Yuan Mai shouted, turned over and dismounted, ran to Yuan Shao, and knelt on the ground: "Father, Koji Yi is a general, you can't kill him!" ”
Lu Yi opened his eyes from despair and found that it was no one else who came out to intercede for him, it was actually the fourth son of the Yuan family who was humiliated by himself in public this morning.
As for why Yuan Mai stood up, he naturally had his plans.
First, his lips are cold, no matter what, he is a member of the Yuan family and the son of Yuan Shao, if Yuan Shao is defeated, then he will lose his backer. If everything develops according to the trajectory of history, after the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao will inevitably embark on the road of destruction, although keeping Liyi may not be able to reverse the defeat, but Liyi is indeed a talent in commanding troops to fight, and even stronger than Yan Liangwen Chou, and he will definitely be able to make a contribution at that time.
Second, he saved Koji Yi's life, even if he is not grateful to himself in the future, at least he is grateful to himself in his heart, right? When the time comes, if I try to win him over, maybe it will be of my use. At present, Lu Yi is the most likely person among Yuan Shao's military staff to be co-opted by himself.
Of course, the premise is that he doesn't die today. Therefore, Yuan Maicai decided to intercede for Liyi with all his strength to save his life.
"Xianyong, are you going to intercede for Koji Yi?"
Yuan Shao held the horsewhip in one hand and stared at Yuan Maidao angrily. If it weren't for the fact that Yuan bought him face today, he would have been whipped a long time ago.
"Father, don't talk nonsense with him. Does he know that he writes in the house all day long, knows what major military aircraft matters, and knows what it means to be fatal? Please ask my father to give a quick order and cut Kojiyi! ”
Yuan Shang stared at Yuan Mai viciously, and admonished Yuan Shao on the one hand. This guy humiliated himself in public, and not killing him was not enough to calm his anger. This "sick seedling" dared to contradict himself, and sooner or later he would suffer.
Yuan Mai turned a blind eye to Yuan Shang's vicious eyes, and said to Yuan Shao: "Father, it is really an unforgivable crime for Li Yi to offend you many times today. The boy is eager to cut off his head himself and relieve your hatred. However, the child also knows that Fang Jin is the time to employ people, the princes are around, eyeing each other, there is Gongsun in the north, Cao Ying in the south, Lu Bu's tiger and wolf disciples occupy Xuzhou, Sun Ce's brave generation steals Jiangdong, and you still need your father to command the three armies and sweep away the princes. Although Koji Yi is arrogant, he can still be used, so the child begged his father to be gracious, spare his life, let him make meritorious contributions, and help his father sweep the world. ”
"What the prince of Xianyong said is reasonable, although Lu Yi is arrogant, but he is still a talent, I hope that the lord will remember his past merits, spare his life, and order him to make meritorious contributions."
Tian Feng listened to Yuan Mai's words, and also turned over and dismounted, and pleaded for Liyi.
Actually, Yuan Shao really didn't want to kill Liyi now, if he hadn't been repeatedly offended by Liyi, Yuan Shao wouldn't have been so angry. At this moment, Yuan Mai and Tian Feng analyzed the situation, and slowly calmed down. decided to temporarily spare Ko Yi once, and wait until Gongsun Chan was killed, and then settle accounts with him.
"Hmph...... Ko Yi, today I will read the face of Mai'er and Yuan Hao, and spare your life......"
When Koji Yi heard this, he was ecstatic, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Thank you for the grace of the lord not to kill!" ”
I thanked Yuan Mai again, thank you Gongzi for saving me, and I will never forget it. After thanking Yuan Mai, he turned around and thanked Tian Feng, thank you for your kind words.
"Although the death penalty is forgiven, the living sin is unforgivable! Left and right, give me forty military sticks to set an example. ”
Yuan Shaoyu was still angry, and ordered his subordinates to drag Koyi down and beat forty military sticks. The soldier received the order, pulled Koyi down, beat forty military sticks fiercely, and dragged him back.
"Thank you for not killing!"
Although his buttocks were beaten to pieces, Koji Yi didn't dare to complain anymore, and lay on the ground to thank Yuan Shao.
"Hmph, don't think that's it. Xianyong and Yuan Hao said that you have a good way of using troops and can fight well, so you lead your troops to the north, attack Daijun for me, disturb Gongsun Zhan, and make him uneasy. ”
Yuan Shao held the horsewhip in his hand, glared angrily at Koji Yi who was lying in front of the horse, and reprimanded angrily.
"Yes, the last general is willing to attack Daijun, even if he fights for his life, he must complete the lord's order."
Eat a trench, grow a wisdom. Koji was beaten, and even almost lost his head, and he didn't dare to say a word at the moment.
"Lord, the picture has something to say!"
Guo Tu, who has always been silent, is out of the ranks at this time, he is only forty-one years old this year, his hair and beard have turned gray, and he is much older than Yuan Shao, who is close to fifty years old.
"It doesn't hurt if the public has something to say." Yuan Shao nodded and instructed Guo Tu to say what he thought.
"Lord, it's okay if you don't kill Kojiyi. However, if you beat the Koji Yi army stick today, if you let him go back to command the army, I am afraid that I will be resentful, so I will defect to Gongsun Zhan......"
Guo Tu's eyes were half-open and half-closed, his gray beard trembled slightly, and he talked eloquently.
Lu Yi was taken aback when he heard this, this was clearly the rhythm of putting himself to death, and shouted: "Guo Tu, I have no grievances with you, and I have no enmity in the past, why do you want to frame me?" ”
Guo Tu glanced at Koji Yi, who was lying on the ground: "What are you anxious about, I'm just talking about things......"
He said to Yuan Shao: "The lord can let Gongzi Xi or General Gao collect his soldiers, allocate another army and horses from Yecheng, and then send the supervising army, so that he is not afraid of Liyi defecting." ”
After listening to Guo Tu's words, Yuan Shao agreed very much, nodded and said: "The public rule is reasonable, and it is the so-called preparedness." Let Xianyi go to Yanmen to receive Liyi's troops, and transfer 10,000 people from the camp in Yecheng to Liyi, and let him lead the attack on Daijun. ”
At this time, the trial and Feng Ji came to understand, it turned out that this Guo Tu was taking the opportunity to weaken the strength of his own legion, but he couldn't think of a countermeasure for a while, so he couldn't say that Yuan Tan should transfer a team from Qingzhou to Liyi.
The army under Yuan Shao's command was arranged in this way, stationed in Qingzhou in the east was the Yuan Tan Army, the masterminds were Guo Tu and Xin Ping, and the generals were Jiang Qi, Han Juzi, Su You and others, with a total strength of about 50,000 people.
Stationed in Fanyang, the northern front, against Gongsun Zhan's army, were Han Meng and Gao Lan, with 30,000 troops under their command. Stationed in Liyang, the southern front, to guard against Cao Ying's invasion was the general Zhang He, with 20,000 troops under his command.
In the Western Prefecture, he was promoted by Yuan Shao as the general of Anxi, and the senior cadre who led the state assassin was the chief general of the Western Front, controlling the troops of 40,000 people, of course, he was not alone in the final say, and he also had his deputy by his side, and Yuan Shao's second son, Yuan Xi, the general of Anbei.
On the Western Front, in addition to the 40,000 troops of Gao Gan and Yuan Xi's army, there was also a mobile combat force, that is, the Liyi Army, the main task of this 20,000-strong tiger and wolf army was to resist the harassment of the Qiang people and counterattack. The troops that Yuan Shao is now mentioning for Yuan Xi to receive are the troops that have experienced a hundred battles.
The most central is Yuan Shao's Central Army. Yuan Shao personally sat in charge, and was led by Yuan Shang in peacetime, assisted by Yan Liang and Wen Chou, with a total strength of 80,000 troops.
Five front armies, with a total strength of 240,000 people, this is all Yuan Shao's current belongings, strong military strength, making him the strongest prince in the world at the moment, with the domineering spirit of swallowing the world!
Yuan Xi listened to Yuan Shao's words, and his heart was happy. In Jinyang, although he is Gao Gan's deputy and has a lot of power, and Gao Gan respects him very much, his deputy is his deputy after all, and the real commander of this front army is still Gao Gan.
And now, after he took over Koyi's troops, he also has a force that can be commanded with full authority, so that in front of Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, he doesn't have to keep his head down all the time, and he can also make his mother, who has always favored his younger brother, look at him with admiration.
"Thank you, father, the child is willing to go to Yanmen to receive Koyi's troops."
Although he is a brother, he also has to settle accounts, Yuan Shang, who has been depressed, was even more depressed, and said to Yuan Shao: "Father, why let the second brother go to receive Liyi's troops, but allocate 10,000 people from me, so that the child will not suffer?" ”
Although Yuan Shao doted on Yuan Shang, he didn't follow him in everything, and said impatiently: "You allocate 10,000 people to him, and then recruit him, if not, you go to Yanmen to receive it, and let your second brother take charge of the army in Jizhou." What, and what, and his, and all the centaurs, are not all of them for the Father? ”
Yuan Shang was taken aback and didn't dare to say anything. If my father really sent himself to Yanmen and let Yuan Xi take charge of the troops in Jizhou, wouldn't he suffer a big loss. Although he is a half-brother and half-brother, Yuan Shang is always on guard against Yuan Xi in case he is designated as the heir by his father.
"Yuan Hao, you go too!"
Yuan Shao turned his gaze to Tian Feng: "Since you plead for Liyi and say that he can fight well, you will join the army and follow Liyi to attack Daijun, if you don't fight for half a year, you don't have to come back." ”
Yuan Shao had long been dissatisfied with Tian Feng, who was straightforward and could not turn a corner, and decided to take the opportunity to drive him out at this moment, let him leave him far away, and save himself in his ear.
"Father, since Lord Guo said that he should beware of Koyi, the child is willing to serve as a prison soldier and go to Daijun together!"