The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 23 On the Right Track
After Li Yuan's selection, all the unsuitable people were eliminated, and finally there were 300 people left, plus 200 people brought from Luoyang, a total of 500 people, and these 500 people were handed over to Xu. Zhuhe Wang Wu trained.

Xu Zhu attached great importance to Li Yuan's safety. He selected one hundred of the strongest and best martial arts soldiers from the 100 soldiers as Li Yuan's guards. I am confident in my skills, but having [-] more people to protect is equivalent to one more point of protection.

Li Yuan decided to name the guard battalion the Tiger Guard Camp, and Wang Wu will temporarily lead it. Wang Wu's martial arts skills are not first-rate, not even second-rate, but during this period of time, he practiced martial arts with Li Yuan and Xu Zhu. A certain improvement, the most important thing is that there is absolutely no problem with loyalty, so it is most appropriate for the Tiger Guards to be in command of him temporarily.

Xi Zhicai has not been idle these days, Li Yuan asked him to lobby the major gentry to donate money and food, and then recruit blacksmiths from all over the world to make armor and weapons. Making equipment is a waste of money. Fortunately, when Li Yuan captured Xingyang, he took away two A hundred sets of armor and weapons, otherwise his Tiger Guard battalion would still be fighting with wood.Under Li Yuan's arrangement, everything was going on in an orderly manner.

Half a year later, the development of Runan has gradually entered the right track. Compared with when he first came here, there have been many improvements. Under the leadership of Chen Qun, Runan has achieved a bumper harvest, which can basically meet the needs of every household. At least the people no longer need to go hungry, and there is still food left over. For Li Yuan, who knows nothing about farming, it is the most correct choice to entrust the development of agriculture to Chen Qun.

Under the training of Xu Zhu and Wang Wu, the soldiers who were originally lazy and without morale have also made great progress. Although Xu Zhu is not top-notch in terms of training, he still has the basic training ability, at least his Bravery makes every soldier fight against him. As the saying goes, there are soldiers like any general, and every soldier he brings out is brave and ruthless.

During this period of time, Xi Zhicai used his excellent eloquence to make many nobles willing to donate money and food. Although the amount is not large, it is better than nothing. Coupled with the newly collected food tax, the food in Runan is now enough for Li Yuan's [-] soldiers horse use.

In the past six months, nearly a hundred new blacksmiths have been recruited. The blacksmiths have been working day and night to build armor. Unfortunately, there are too few iron mines. So far, they can only meet the needs of [-] soldiers. The remaining soldiers are still using simple weapons.

In desperation, Li Yuan had no choice but to ask Cai Yong to "borrow" a weapon from Kong Ni. At first, Cai Yong was embarrassed, but he had no choice but to agree to Li Yuan's shameless stalking.

Kong Ni really gave Cai Yong a lot of face. With a wave of his big hand, there were 400 weapons. An army of 100 men, plus the Tiger Guard Battalion of 500 men, makes a total of [-] men.

On this day, Li Yuan discussed important matters with Xi Zhicai, Chen Qun, Xu Zhu and others in the mansion.

"Zhongkang, during this period of time, I asked you to send scouts to inquire about the information of the Yellow Turban Remnant Party. Did you get anything?" What Li Yuan is most worried about now is the Yellow Turban Remnant Party mentioned by Kong Ni. It has been half a year, let alone the Yellow Turban Remnant Party I haven't even seen a yellow scarf, as if the world has evaporated.

Xu Zhu shook his head, "My lord, I arranged for people to check the counties around Runan every day, and I didn't find any suspicious signs."

Chen Qun couldn't help wondering: "Could it be that Kong Ni's information is wrong? There is no remnant Yellow Turban party near Runan."

"No, although Kong Ni is not a great talent, but he is not wrong with even the most basic information. Before I came, he was in Runan himself. It can be seen that the Yellow Turban remnant party did appear here, but I don't know why. I just hid." Li Yuan felt that the information given by Kong Ni was correct, and the other party didn't need to deceive him.

Seeing that everyone was clueless, Li Yuan had no choice but to look at Xi Zhicai. Xi Zhicai is now the number one military adviser under him, and he can be said to be the person he relies on the most.

Seeing Li Yuan looking at him, Xi Zhicai smiled and said, "My lord is right, Kong Ni's information should be correct, but the reason why the yellow scarf thief didn't show up is probably because of you."

"Because of me?" Li Yuan pointed to himself, a little puzzled.

"That's right, it's because of my lord. According to my observations these days, I found that the city walls of Runan can be regarded as tall, and it is impossible to capture them without a certain amount of soldiers and horses. I guess the number of the remaining Yellow Turbans will not be too many, it is impossible. Attacking Runan would only plunder the nearby county towns at most. Before the lord came, Kong Ni personally guarded Runan, but Kong Ni did not have the ability to lead an army in battle, so the remnants of the Yellow Turbans dared to loot around, because they were not afraid of fighting with them. Kong Ni fights in the field."

Xi Zhicai paused, and continued: "But now the guard of Runan has changed from Kong Ni to the lord, and the lord defeated Li Mu and Zhao Li in just a few days. The lord will personally lead the troops to deal with them, so now they don't dare to act rashly, even if they do, they have to wait for a suitable time to do it, so as not to steal the chicken and lose the rice."

After listening to Xi Zhicai's analysis, everyone suddenly realized that it was because of Li Yuan that the Yellow Turban Remnants were not mobilized. Li Yuan felt very speechless, he really didn't think he was so famous.

"Then what should we do next?" Li Yuan asked.

"Stay unchanged to meet all changes." Xi Zhicai said confidently, "Lieutenant Xu has sent scouts every day to inquire about information, but there is no news of the remnants of the Yellow Turbans. I guess they should be hiding in the mountains. Here There are countless mountains nearby, so it’s not easy to find them out, it’s better to let them come out by themselves than to spend effort to find them, we just need to pay attention to patrol the nearby counties, once we find something, we can immediately send troops from Runan to wipe out the Yellow Turban bandits.”

"Okay, just do what Zhicai said." Li Yuan is very satisfied with Xi Zhicai's performance. Although he has knowledge beyond 2000 years, his understanding of this era is only limited to written ones. What he really knows is roughly Once you encounter details, you have to rely on counselors like Xi Zhicai.

Li Yuan was about to praise Li Yuan, but Xi Zhicai suddenly covered his mouth and coughed, and couldn't stop. When he took his hand away, he found a trace of blood on it.At this time, Li Yuancai remembered that Xi Zhicai in history died early due to illness, and couldn't help asking: "Zhicai, I think you are not feeling well, are you sick?"

"My lord is worried, it's just a little cough, it's okay." Xi Zhicai took out a handkerchief to wipe off the blood on his hands, his face was so pale that there was no blood, and he looked very strange.

"No, I see that you are very weak. If you get sick, you need to be treated. I will immediately ask Wang Wu to find the best doctor in the city to treat you." Li Yuan immediately ordered Wang Wu to find a doctor. He didn't want "History" If it happens again, Xi Zhicai's illness must be cured as soon as possible.

Seeing that Li Yuan cared so much about him and arranged for a doctor himself, Xi Zhicai was very moved, knelt down and said gratefully: "Thank you for your concern, my lord, I can't repay you for being so kind to me, and I will definitely devote myself in the future to make suggestions for my lord to calm the world! "

Li Yuan walked over to help Xi Zhicai up, "Get up quickly, since you worship me as your lord, I will naturally regard you as a brother and foot, I think you are not feeling well today, you should go back and rest first, I will send the doctor to your house in a while Heal you."

Xi Zhicai didn't want to go back so early, but under Li Yuan's repeated request, he had to go back to recuperate. Seeing this, Chen Qun felt heart-warming. How many lords in the world can care about his subordinates so much? He immediately felt that he was right At the same time, I feel sorry for Guo Jia and Xun Yu, thinking that if I have a chance in the future, I must persuade these two people to join me.

Wang Wu was very efficient, and quickly brought the doctor to Xi Zhicai's residence, and Li Yuan went with him worried.

The doctor put his hand on Xi Zhicai's pulse, and took the pulse for a long time. Seeing his frown, Li Yuan felt that Xi Zhicai's illness might not be simple.

After a long time, the doctor let go of his hand and said, "This disease is not easy to cure."

Li Yuan asked anxiously: "Doctor, what disease is he suffering from?"

(End of this chapter)