Chapter 20 Returning to the Heart
The two figures knelt around the soldiers, ran to Ao Lie, and knelt in front of Ao Lie, shouted in unison: "Two people swear to follow their lords to the death!"
Ao Lie let go of his hands holding Lu Bu's arms, and looked at the two kneeling in front of him in tears. It was not Zhang Liao and Tian Chou, who was it?
"Wen Yuan, Zi Tai, you two are..." Zhang Liao raised his head and looked at Ao Lie firmly and said: "A certain lord promoted to the army and appointed him as a pioneer. This kind of kindness Liao cannot repay, so he can only follow the lord and hold a whip and stirrup for him!"
Tian Chou also said without doubt: "Since ancient times, loyal ministers have not served the two lords, let alone Chou first receives the kindness of the lord's master and then receives the kindness of the lord's re-creation. How could he abandon the lord and leave?"
Ao Lie hurriedly stepped forward to hold the arms of the two, forced them to pull them up, and said with emotion: "You two understand what you think. But the appointment of the court cannot be violated. You are both the imperial officials, so how can you leave your post without permission? I want you two to follow a certain elder brother, how about?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Liao struggled to escape from Ao Lie's support, then took off his armor and threw it on the ground, shouting loudly: "A man of nine feet tall can't be trustworthy! Today I would rather abandon my official position than follow my lord!" Tian Chou shouted: "That's true!"
Seeing this situation, Lu Bu hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Ao Lie and said, "Second brother, the emperor's edict stated that the Yue cavalry captain Zhang Liao obeyed the orders of General Weiyuan. Now that you, General Weiyuan, are going to Youzhou, you should naturally take your subordinates with you."
Zhang Liao and Tian Chou handed a grateful look to Lu Bu, and then said in unison: "Captain Fenwei's words are reasonable!"
Just when Ao Lie was in a dilemma, more than a hundred soldiers walked out of the soldiers, stood in line in four rows and stood in front of Ao Lie, shouting loudly: "We swear to follow the general to the death!" After that, the more than a hundred soldiers followed Zhang Liao, took off their armor and threw them on the ground. Then they knelt down in front of Ao Lie. Taking off their armor means leaving the Han military, which means these people would rather be a private part without military pay than follow Ao Lie.
Ao Lie looked closely and saw that these more than a hundred soldiers were the more than a hundred old subordinates who survived the battle with the Huns among the five hundred elite cavalry.
Lu Bu whispered to Ao Lie: "These elites will be of great use in the future. Why don't you take them with you? I'll find a way to make up for the empty military registration." Seeing that Ao Lie was going to say something, Lu Bu said again: "Since the Battle of Balin Mountain, the soldiers in the army admired all the second brother. If the second brother hesitated for a moment, more people would stand up to follow you. In that case, I would not be able to fill so many deficit military registrations."
When Ao Lie heard Lu Bu say this, he was not good at saying anything, so he had to say to Zhang Liaotianchou and more than a hundred old subordinates: "Since that's the case, you should follow me. The military position should be the same, but you should not take away the sword and sword of Jiuyuan County Government. When you arrive in Youzhou, someone will re-issue you armor and weapons."
More than a hundred elite soldiers cheered in unison.
Seeing that the matter here had been resolved, Liu Yu was afraid that something would happen, so he turned over and led his troops out of the county town and headed to the northeast amid the farewell sounds.
Seeing that Liu Yu and others were about to walk out of the city gate, Lu Bu couldn't help but shout loudly: "Second brother! Take care!" Ao Lie heard Lu Bu's cry and held down to sit down on Zhao Yexue's dragon horse. He looked back at Lu Bu, and sighed in his heart. He thought that he could change some of Lu Bu's temper in a subtle way, so as to avoid being surrounded by enemies in the future as in history, but he didn't expect that he would be separated after only two years. Although Lu Bu is far from the stubborn and arrogant Lu Bu described in history, Ao Lie is still a little worried. After all, the pride in his bones is difficult to change.
With a thought, Ao Lie shouted loudly to Lu Bu: "The yellow clouds and the sun are swaying thousands of miles away, and the north wind blows the geese and snow. Don't worry about the lack of friends on the road ahead, and no one in the world knows you! Brother, see you again-!"
Lu Bu looked at Ao Lie's back as he was gone, a layer of mist blurred his gaze and murmured: "Don't worry about having no friends in the future, no one in the world knows you! Second brother, don't worry, the eldest brother will take good care of himself. When we meet again in the future, it will definitely be the day when you and my brother become famous!"
Ten days later, Liu Yu and others came to Jixian, the capital of Youzhou. After handing over the matter of Anton's family to Tian Chou, Liu Yu began to convene Youzhou civil and military officials to hold the first parliament. In the conference hall of the Prefectural Palace, Liu Yu sat in the main seat, looked at a new subordinate, and said, "I was not familiar with the military and political affairs in the country since I took office. Please tell me the situation in the country first."
An extremely strong military general, without waiting for others to speak, stood up first and said in a rough voice: "I am the general of Youzhou, Shi Huan, the captain of Dingyuan, and I have heard of the reputation of the Lord of the Palace, but I don't know why the Lord asked Yiruzi to sit in the Chutang. Is Lord of the Palace, also the nepotist?"
The child in Shi Huan's mouth naturally refers to Ao Lie sitting next to Liu Yu. Due to the extremely underdeveloped communication equipment during the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ao Lie defeated the Huns and was named General Weiyuan by Emperor Ling. Therefore, the civil and military officials in Youzhou were very confused about Ao Lie, a teenage child, sitting in the conference hall, and Shi Huan was the most straightforward and asked directly.
Liu Yu was about to speak, and Zhang Liao, who was standing behind Ao Lie, was already shouting angrily: "Bold! You are just a mere lieutenant, how dare you be rude to General Weiyuan?" Ao Lie chuckled, stopped Zhang Liao's words, and said: "It's okay, General Shi has never seen someone, so naturally he doesn't know who he is, so Wenyuan doesn't have to be angry."
Liu Yu also stopped Zhang Liao with his eyes, and then said to Shi Huan: "This is General Weiyuan, who was conferred by the emperor, and his second son Ao Lie." After hearing Liu Yu's explanation, Shi Huan not only did not feel relieved, but instead shouted more fiercely: "General Weiyuan? Haha, it's extremely ridiculous! What kind of ability can a mere teenager have to make the emperor appoint General Weiyuan? Could it be that Lord Mu of the State privately took on other people's military merits?"
Ao Lie was not upset, and slowly stood up, looked at Shi Huan and said, "How can we distinguish the meaning of General Shi Huan? I, General Weiyuan, are real?" Shi Huan glanced at Ao Lie contemptuously and said, "That's simple. Let's fight with real swords and guns. If you can beat me, I will admit that you are the real General Weiyuan."
Ao Lie sneered and said happily: "Okay! Then let's compete!" Seeing Ao Lie's promise, Shi Huan was stunned instead and couldn't help looking at a person dressed in a literati sitting under Liu Yu's left hand. This person was Yan Rou, known as the number one think tank in Youzhou. Yan Rou saw that Shi Huan looked at him, thought for a moment, and nodded slightly.
Seeing that Yan Rou hinted that out of the long-term trust that Yan Rou had accumulated in full plan, Shi Huan felt enough confidence in his heart and shouted, "Go, go to the school ground!" After that, he took the lead in walking out.
When he arrived at the military academy, Shi Huan rode on a strong black horse and looked at Ao Lie's urn and said, "Come on, fight me for 300 rounds!" Ao Lie smiled softly, stepped onto the Zhaoyexue Dragon Horse led by Zhang Liao, and then said, "The Zuo Xian King of the Huns was also knocked down by a certain move. Why do you use 300 rounds?" Hearing Ao Lie's words, Shi Huan's anger rushed to his forehead. What? He beat Zuo Xian King of the Huns with one move? Bragging is not like this. Shi Huan was not talking too much, urging the horse to rush towards Ao Lie, waved the long sword in his hand and took Ao Lie's head.
Ao Lie was calm and did not even urge him to sit down. He stood on the spot with one horse and one horse, waiting for Shi Huan's big knife to come. Shi Huan saw Ao Lie's disdain, and saw Ao Lie's disdain, and he felt even more angry, and the force on his hand increased a little.
Yan Rou stood aside, watching Liu Yu's expression not changing at all. Seeing Zhang Liao holding his arms and watching the show, he couldn't help but wonder. He whispered to the two big men who looked similar beside him: "Brother Xianyu, can you see some tricks? I always feel something is wrong." These two big men are a pair of twin brothers, the brother is Xianyufu, and the brother is Xianyuyin. Brother Xianyu also noticed the expressions of Liu Yu and Zhang Liao, and was also confused. Seeing Yan Rou asking in a low voice, Xianyufu replied in a low voice: "My brother can't see what is special about that young man, let's see how he deals with this round of confrontation first."
Just as the few people were talking in a low voice, Shi Huan had already rushed to Ao Lie, and the long sword in his hand slashed hard at Ao Lie's head. Ao Lie shook his head and shouted: "General Youzhou? He is too weak!" Before he could finish his sentence, he raised his spear with one hand and pointed it at the blade that Shi Huan slashed with lightning.
Ding - the gold and iron clashed, sparks flew everywhere! Ao Lie had already withdrawn his spear and sat on the horse with a calm expression. On the other hand, Shi Huan, the man and horse were knocked back four or five steps away by Ao Lie. Finally, he shook a few times on the horse's back, but he could not maintain his balance and fell from the horse's back. The big knife in Shi Huan's hand was even roared and was picked up by Ao Lie in mid-air. He flipped a few times in mid-air, then the blade fell downwards and quickly fell to the ground like a meteor, and then a choking sound was inserted on the ground less than half a foot away from Shi Huan's body!
Looking at the blade that was less than half a foot stuck beside him, Shi Huan felt scared and looked at Ao Lie in horror, his eyes full of disbelief. How powerful does this young man need to be able to take off the big sword in his hand with one blow under the superposition of the power of the war horse sprint? How precise calculations are needed to make the big sword that was picked into the air cut by his body when it falls without hurting a hair?
Not only Shi Huan, but also the Youzhou civil and military officials watching the battle were full of horror! Yan Rou, the number one think tank in Youzhou, murmured: "This son is really a god who came to earth!" His face remained unchanged, and there were only two people in the audience, Liu Yu and Zhang Liao.
Shi Huan is a warrior. Most of the warriors have straightforward personalities. If they lose, they lose. If they lose, they have to admit defeat. So Shi Huan walked to Ao Lie's horse in two steps, bowed his head and said in a rough voice: "I have no idea about Mount Tai, and I offended General Weiyuan, please punish General Weiyuan!"
Ao Lie turned over and dismounted, helped Shi Huan up, and said with a smile: "General Shi Huan doesn't have to do this. He had offended him before. Please let the general be a comrade. You and I should serve together for the Han Dynasty."
Shi Huan said gratefully: "Thank you, General. Shi Huan's life will be the general in the future. The general has given instructions. Even if there are swords and fires, Shi Huan will never frown!"
Originally it was just a contest triggered by a battle of intent, but unexpectedly it conquered Shi Huan's return. Ao Lie secretly observed his words and expressions, knowing that this contest not only recaptured Shi Huan, but also the Youzhou civil and military officials led by Yan Rou and Xianyu brothers no longer excluded them, such as outsiders.
Liu Yu's vision is far longer than Ao Lie now. He knew that through this contest, he had already initially mastered the return of the civil and military officials of Youzhou. With time, it would be no problem to fully grasp the military and political affairs of Youzhou. By then, there would be a group of soldiers who were loyal to the Han Dynasty. Thinking of this, Liu Yu was very happy. You should know that since ancient times, with the alternation of power, there will always be more or less bloodshed incidents. This time, Ao Lie successfully solved the opposition tone within Youzhou, and did not hurt the harmony between both sides. It can be said that he did a good job, paving the way for the stability and unification of Youzhou in the future and laying the tone.
Chapter completed!