Chapter 2: The one who steals the baht is a thief, and the one who steals the country is a prince
Liu Bei still has so many hardships to go through, and Li Qi doesn't want to follow him now.
As for shouting "My fate is up to me" as written in later Internet novels, and then successfully conquering Guan, Zhang, Zhao Yun, and thousands of generations, Li Qi can't even think about it now.
Li Qi knew how much he weighed.
Looking at the stars in the sky, Li Qi began to miss the peaceful era of the 21st century.
At that time, what troubled me the most was what to eat for lunch and what to eat at night. But now what troubles me most is whether to eat at noon and whether to eat at night.
Zhou Cang came over with a pot of wine and asked, "What are brothers Li Qi thinking about?"
Li Qi took the earthen bowl handed to him by Zhou Cang and drank the wine in one gulp.
He made up his mind not to let Zhou Cang follow Guan Yu, but also to prevent the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang from meeting in the ancient city.
The most urgent task is to occupy the ancient city first and let the three brothers meet elsewhere.
Li Qi glanced at Zhou Cang and said, "I'm worried about our future!"
Originally, Zhou Cang wanted to come over and criticize Li Qi, accusing him of not being ruthless enough during the robbery. But when he heard him talk about his future, Zhou Cang probably realized the problem: he had no sense of belonging to the gang! So he temporarily changed "condemn" to "condemn".
It became "psychological massage".
Zhou Cang said: "What is there to worry about? A man is born between heaven and earth, but he must have a clear conscience. If we meet the Lord of Ming in these troubled times, we will go and join him, and then make contributions."
Li Qidao: "Brother Zhou, I have always known that you are a loyal and righteous person, and you have turned into a bandit here in Woniu Mountain because of your livelihood. But what we are robbing now are ordinary people, do you really have a clear conscience?"
Zhou Cang was a little unhappy. Didn’t you eat the money and food that you got back? Are you sucking milk and scolding your mother at the same time?
Li Qi quickly explained: "As the saying goes, a thief steals a plant and a prince steals a country. Why don't we play bigger and steal a city? If we really want to join the Ming Dynasty in the future, we will have leverage!"
Zhou Cang: "..."
It seems that I still don’t know enough about my subordinates!
Just when you want to say that he is not brave enough, he will tell you to steal the country and steal the city!
"Brother Li Qi is right!" Pei Yuanshao came over and said, "I heard that Liu Pi and Gong Du stole Runan City, and now they have more than 10,000 troops."
Zhou Cang asked: "Then where should we steal?"
Li Qidao: "I heard that there is an ancient city not far from Woniu Mountain?"
Pei Yuanshao said: "What's good about the ancient city? It needs people but no one, and it needs food but no food."
Li Qidao: "Brother Pei is right. It is precisely because the ancient city is too poor. It needs people and no one, and needs food but no food. The officers and soldiers will not pay attention to this small place. It is too big for us to eat. Even if we can barely eat it, it will be easy."
Provoke the resistance of the officers and soldiers or the big families in the city. Therefore, we first take the ancient city as a base. If the officers and soldiers come, we can resist if we can. If we can't resist, we will run away. We will change places and continue to become bandits. If it is the Ming Lord who comes,
We can offer the city as a meeting gift and follow the Ming Lord from now on."
Saying that he would seek refuge with the Ming Dynasty was just to give Zhou and Pei a glimmer of hope.
When Li Qi came to this dangerous era, he had no big ambitions. He just wanted to live in troubled times and did not seek to be famous among the princes. So as far as the ancient city is concerned, the only thing he can do in the future is submit to Cao Cao and pay taxes to Boss Cao on time.
But to seize the ancient city, Li Qi had to rely on Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao.
According to the book, Zhang Fei asked the county magistrate of the ancient city to borrow grain, but the magistrate refused, so Zhang Fei drove him away. It seems easy, but it is impossible that there are not even dozens of county officials in the city, right? He can
He is not as skilled as Zhang Fei.
Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao secretly felt that there was some truth in what Li Qi said.
These are things that none of them have thought about before. It seems that this brother named Li Qi has some knowledge.
Pei Yuanshao said: "I think my brother is quite knowledgeable. I wonder why he joined the Yellow Turban Army back then?"
Li Qidao: "Originally, my family was quite wealthy and I had read some books. I originally thought that when I grew up, I would be a filial and honest person and work as an official. However, my father accidentally offended a local official and was forcibly expropriated. My parents
My brothers all died at the hands of the officers and soldiers. I wanted to avenge this bloody feud, but I didn't have enough hatred. When General Tiangong revolted, I joined the Yellow Turban Army, but unfortunately I ended up in failure."
Zhou Cang seemed to have remembered something and said, "There are quite a lot of scholars in our Yellow Turban Army. I wonder if you still remember someone named Liao?"
Li Qidao: "Liao Hua, Liao Yuanjian."
When Pei Yuanshao saw that he actually knew Liao Hua, it was definitely because the Yellow Turban brothers had not run away, and he completely let down his guard against Li Qi.
Zhou Cang: "Yes, I am someone who has the ability to choose a character for myself. Oh, by the way, brother Li Qi, do you have a character?"
Li Qi nodded: "Yes, the courtesy name is Zhenghong."
This is the word that Li Qi temporarily chose for himself. Just opposite to Qi, Hong is water, and water produces trees, which can be used to irrigate the surname "Li".
Zhou Cang looked at Li Qi with envy. To be honest, he looked down on him a little before, thinking that he was not brave enough when robbing, but he turned out to be a cultural person.
Why did the Yellow Turban Army fail? It was because they suffered from lack of culture!
A bunch of rabble, wanting strategy but not tactics, and military discipline but not discipline. Let’s take the battle of Zhuojun led by Cheng Yuanzhi and Deng Mao. 50,000 people faced 500 people, and they actually lost. You are just 50,000 pigs, let five
Hundreds of officers and soldiers went to catch them, but they couldn't catch them all in just a short while.
Therefore, after Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao had a long talk with Li Qi, they subconsciously followed Li Qi's opinions.
Li Qi said we should attack the ancient city, so let’s attack the ancient city!
They are all people who lick blood from the knife edge, they are afraid of wool!
Pei Yuanshao said: "We want to attack the ancient city, but we don't have siege equipment. What can we do?"
Li Qidao: "As far as I know, the ancient city is not heavily guarded. We can greet him first and then attack him, and ask the county magistrate to borrow food. If he wants, we can capture him on the spot."
Zhou Cang asked: "What if he is willing?"
Li Qidao: "If we borrow more, he won't be willing."
Zhou Cang: "..."
Li Qi had a very pleasant conversation with Zhou and Pei. The bandits saw it in their eyes and took it to heart. They thought that Li Qi was now on good terms with the two leaders and would not be able to offend him easily in the future.
Especially when he initially thought that Li Qi might be an officer and soldier, and regarded himself as a leader of the gang in daily life, he was even more worried that Li Qi would find an opportunity to retaliate against him.
Xiao Xiang'er touched into Li Qi's tent and called out: "Brother Li, have you slept? I'm bringing you drinks."
Li Qiqi was surprised: "Why are you bringing drinks in the middle of the night?"
Xiao Xiang'er said: "There were many offenses the day before yesterday. I hope Brother Li will be more generous and won't argue with the small ones."
Li Qi knew that this guy must have come to apologize because his relationship with Zhou and Pei had deepened.
Li Qi smiled and said: "Brother, I am also thinking about the future of the cottage. Although I guessed wrong, I am still thoughtful. I won't blame you."
Xiao Xiang'er: "Thank you, Brother Li. If Brother Li has anything to do in the future, just let me know."
Li Qidao: "What's your last name?"
Xiao Xiang'er said: "My surname is Zhang, I don't have a given name, I'm just the third in the family, so everyone calls me Zhang San."
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Chapter completed!