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Li Li's surprised voice interrupted Li Ru's military briefing, and after receiving a nod from Li Li, he continued to state the information he had just sent.

It is not difficult for careful people to find that Li Ru's next report is completely different from the previous one. He told it in great detail, but after Li Li was surprised, Li Ru immediately changed the way he reported it, and stated the general situation concisely, saying it very generally, giving people a feeling of clouds and mountains and fog.

But the general meaning was still expressed, so that everyone in the tent realized that the situation in the world was about to change again. The original situation of the division of the princes of the four directions has been broken, and the states of the Central Plains, which have only been quiet for a year, have made waves again, and the peaceful days will be gone away, and the war will be rekindled.

After Li Ru's report was completed, the look of surprise on Li Li's face had disappeared, but he did not mention the urgent information reported by Li Ru, but changed the topic and asked about the rest and replenishment of the soldiers and horses of each battalion and the situation in Jizhou.

By the time Huan Fei, Xu Chu, Xu Huang, Ma Dai and other generals finished answering one by one, it was already evening, and Li Li ordered a banquet to be held in the Shuai tent to reward the generals who came from afar.

At the beginning of the feast, Li Li and the generals drank three glasses together, and then sat for another quarter of an hour, then got up and left the tent and walked to the back tent directly behind the tent. The generals didn't mind this, or that after Li Li left, they drank more happily, staggered and dripping with joy.

Li Li's patrol this time was not only to inspect the military and political affairs of the states and counties under his rule, but also to accompany his wives and concubines and children to the grassland to go out and play, and to carry them to observe the people's feelings. This is the first time that Li Li has taken them and their children on a group trip since the women followed Li Li for so many years.

This time it's a different kind of tour. Among Li Li's seventeen wives and concubines, in addition to Zhen's Zhang Ai who stayed in the inner mansion, the rest included Mengxin, Wu Yuan, Zhu Rong and Liu Hua, the princess of Yang'an. All wives and concubines and children traveled in groups. They were in twenty-seven carriages alone, and the children accounted for ten. The rest of the ladies rode in the same carriage with their valet maids, and the sixteen wives and concubines had sixteen luxurious carriages. Furthermore. Li Xuan, Li Ru, Huan Fei, Li Zhi and Xu Chu also accompanied their wives and children, and there were more than ten carriages.

In addition to the carriages carrying people, the procession was followed by more than 40 wagons carrying goods and 12,000 cavalry escorting them along the way.

Therefore, Li Li and his entourage traveled an unprecedentedly large procession, with nearly 100 carriages and more than 13,000 war horses, which stretched for several miles during the march. It's spectacular.

In order to save expenses and avoid making a big move, laboring the people and losing money, Li Li had clearly stipulated before setting out that no one should enter the city along the way, and that officials from all prefectures, counties, and counties were not allowed to go out of the city to greet them, and they were not allowed to carry out welcome ceremonies, and they were not allowed to give a penny from each county; In case of special circumstances, their own sergeants will join hands to order them to go to the state and county to allocate money and food. Other than that, the states and counties are as usual. Along the way, civil and military officials did not need to accompany them if they did not receive military orders, and only generals and officials who received military orders could go to Xingyuan to meet them, and all the remaining civil and military officials were not allowed to leave their posts without permission.

Not only that, Li Li and others have gone all the way. Most of them stayed overnight in the border barracks, and the rest set up camp on their own, and they brought their own food and daily necessities. All the food and grass needed were also carried with them. When the grain and grass were exhausted, a sergeant went to the county or state town with Li Li's edict to transfer it. Then it was replenished by the general's inner government and directly entered the treasury. It is counted as the taxes and wages paid by the states and counties.

In short, it is a sentence: all the expenses of this expedition are all the responsibility of the general's inner government, that is, Li Li bears the full amount, and does not use the slightest money and grain from the states and counties.

Although Li Li's money and grain still came from taxes and inner government workshops, and in the final analysis, the wool came from the sheep, but Li Li did this to make his stance and attitude, and set an example for the officials of various states, counties and counties, so that they could clearly understand that they could not stretch out their hands casually, could not enrich their own pockets, and could not enslave the people; Otherwise, the consequences are very strict, strict to the point that they simply cannot afford it.

It is worth mentioning that so far, Li Li has dismissed more than 30 officials and border generals who have been devoted to their duties. These people had received orders in advance, but they knowingly committed crimes, violated discipline against the wind, put on a big show, and showed great hospitality. As a result, Li Li did not come forward at all, did not see them, and was directly dealt with by Li Xuan, and successively dismissed 21 civil officials above the county level and 13 generals above the rank of captain. Later, there were also Facao personnel to investigate them, once the problem was found, it was not as simple as dismissal, and it was inevitable to cut off their heads.

In the troubled times, the rectification of officials was extremely harsh, and the methods were almost cruel. Once it is found that a certain official has a strict problem, he will be spared the disaster of imprisonment, and he will be beheaded, confiscated from his family's property, and even affected his family. This is still the case in local counties and counties, and it is even more severe in the army, once they violate military discipline or military orders, they will suffer from the flesh and skin, and at the worst they will be shown to the public, and even the whole family will be exiled and distributed, and they will be enslaved forever. In troubled times, this is the case.

?????? After the feast, after the generals left the tent one after another, Li Zhi, the commander of Jin Yiwei, followed Li Li and came to the tent.

At this time, there were only six people left in the tent, all of whom were important ministers under Li Li, they were Li Xuan, Li Ru, Huan Fei, Ju Yi, Xu Chu and Xu Huang. plus Li Li and Li Zhi's master and servant, a total of eight people.

As Li Li slowly walked to the first seat on the left side of the tent, Li Zhi and Xu Chu stood at the door of the tent, taking the place of their own soldiers. And Xu Huang and Huan Fei acted as personal soldiers, serving tea and pouring water for everyone, and only Li Li, Li Xuan, Li Ru and Ju Yi really participated in the secret discussion.

Such an arrangement is undoubtedly a very high courtesy for Ju Yi, who participated in the secret discussion of the Shuaifu for the first time. This made Ju Yi, who thought highly of himself, feel flattered, and for the first time felt that he had a sense of belonging in the Xiliang Army, and that it was right for him to take refuge in Li Li, a truly wise move.

"Ju Yi doesn't have to be nervous, don't be restrained." Before the discussion began, Li Li was keenly aware of the sweat on Ju Yi's forehead, and his heart was tense, so he gently patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, you have led your troops to serve under my command for more than a year, but it is the first time that you and I have sat together to discuss military affairs, which is unique among the classics of all dynasties, and it is the first of its kind and commendable."

However, you and I have known each other for a long time, and seven years ago, Zhongshan Wuji met, which can be said to be a fall in love at first sight, and a hate to see each other. Last year, you led the troops to serve me, although it was a belated alliance, but it was also the same way, and finally came to the same road, which is gratifying and congratulatory, which can be called a great blessing in life. ”

Ju Yi said gratefully: "The lord has won the award." The last general is dull, has eyes and does not know Mount Tai, and has been delayed for five years in vain, if he had followed the lord earlier, he would not have become a lost dog. Fortunately, the heavens have mercy, thanks to the lord's refusal to give up, and the end will finally be the master, and then the liver and brain will be smeared, and he will die to serve the lord! These words were sincere, and it was clear that this was Juyi's heartfelt words.

In front of Li Li, Ju Yi was not half arrogant, he really put himself in the right position, his mentality was very positive, his posture was very low, and he showed the opposite side of before. It can be seen that he is not an unruly person, or that he used to be arrogant, but after many twists and turns, he knows very well what he should do, and realizes that his character is flawed, unsociable, unlikable, and easy to be isolated.

Now, Ju Yi has consciously corrected it, and he knows more clearly how powerful and unfathomable Li Li is, so he is absolutely convinced by Li Li and is willing to be driven. What Li Li said to him seven years ago, he still clearly remembers that everything Li Li said has been confirmed; Yuan Shaoyi wanted to use him to kill Gongsun Zhan, but he guarded him everywhere, and even tried to get rid of him Juyi when he was about to die.

Because of this, when Cao Cao occupied Jizhou, Ju Yi did not choose to belong to Cao Cao, but led his soldiers and horses to fight alone, until the situation stabilized, he resolutely chose to surrender to Li Li, and was willing to act as a pawn, leading his 50,000 soldiers and horses deep into Jizhou, wedged into Jizhou like a nail, which made Cao Cao have a headache and could not sleep well, but he could not pull out his nail.

After a year of development, there are 70,000 foot cavalry under Ju Yi's account, including 50,000 infantry troops, 20,000 war cavalry, and nearly 100 generals above the rank of captain, and the strength is becoming stronger and stronger. Over the past year, he led the army to fight with Cao Cao's army many times, almost once a month, although the two sides have won and lost each other, but on the whole the first battalion he led is still more victorious and less losing, the more combat effectiveness the stronger, the more soldiers and horses.

However, as Cao Cao further integrated the Jizhou army, his control over the Jizhou army became stronger and stronger, and Ju Yi was facing more and more pressure, which was quite difficult. It was because he came to meet Li Li this time, one was to listen to Li Li's dispatch, and the other was to ask Li Li for orders; As a last resort, he would abandon Zhongshan and Changshan and lead his army to retreat into Bingzhou, so as to preserve his strength, hoping to get Li Li's approval and support. It's just that he hasn't had a chance to say that it is because Li Li doesn't know his plans at this time.

At the beginning of the discussion, Li Li inquired in detail about the assassination of Sun Ce, and asked about the development of the situation in Jiangdong when Sun Ce was critically ill, as well as the current situation in Jiangdong; Li Ru answered one by one, explaining in great detail, almost integrating all the information that he had found in detail, and stating it in detail.

Through Li Ru's account, Li Li learned that more than three months had passed since Sun Ce's assassination and the turmoil in Jiangdong. Sun Ce's life was in danger after his assassination, and when he was dying, he entrusted the Jiangdong foundation to Sun Yi, who expected Sun Ce to breathe the day before, and Sun Yi was assassinated again the next day.

Sun Yi was attacked directly from behind by the subordinate generals, pierced his heart with a sword, and was killed on the spot, and then his subordinates were chopped into mashed meat by his own soldiers.

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