Yong Kai led his army eastward and did not forget to inquire about the movements of Li Qi's army.

The spies reported that Li Qi's army had been stationed in place for a whole day and began to advance in the direction of Zangke. However, Li Qi was slightly to the north and was heading east in a parallel line with Yong Kai's army, so there was no possibility of encounter for the time being.

Yong Kai felt relieved and said that fortunately Li Qi's response was half a beat too late, which was a full day's delay. Moreover, the terrain in Nanzhong was rugged, and the soldiers in the Yizhou Plain were definitely not as fast as Yong Kai's army.

Of course he didn't know that Liao Hua had already led an army eastward from Tanlu Mountain, crossed the Wenshui River long ago, and was ready on the other side of the river.

Therefore, Li Qi did not panic. Instead, he was afraid that because he was chasing too hastily, Yong Kai ran too fast and would not be able to leave enough time for Liao Hua to deploy his army.

Li Qi left enough time for his guide to draw a map of the Nanzhong area during the journey. While he was setting up camp to rest, he took the map and discussed with Fazheng: "I want to imitate Emperor Wu and station troops in Nanzhong. What does Xiaozhi think?"

Fa Zhengdao: "It's not impossible, but the terrain in Nanzhong is rugged and it's difficult to find plains like Chengdu. I'm afraid the benefits of farming will not be too ideal."

Li Qidao: "Building roads across mountains and building bridges over water. There will definitely be some large investments in the early stage, and the results will be minimal, but in the long run, there will still be good benefits. Just like digging a well, it is laborious, but it is also easier.

Every day I run to the river dozens of miles away to fetch water."

Fa Zhengdao: "My lord has lofty aspirations, but we can't reach them."

Li Qi smiled and said: "Xiaozhi is too modest. The military garrison is established here, and it is also convenient to monitor the movements of the indigenous forces in Nanzhong. By the way, what does Xiaozhi think of Meng Jie?"

Fa Zhengdao: "Brave and loyal, he is very popular among the Yi people. My lord can try his best to win his support."

Li Qidao: "I have had this intention for a long time."

When Li Qi was chatting with Fazheng, Zhou Cang on the side suddenly said: "My lord, you have opened gold exchange banks in the five counties of Yizhou and set up schools in each county. How can you still have the money to develop the wild land of South Central?"

ah?"

Li Qidao: "You also know that I have a gold exchange shop. Isn't the gold exchange shop full of money?"

Zhou Cang said: "But that money is not yours either!"

Li Qidao: "I can borrow it. Money must be circulated to realize its value, you know?"

Zhou Cang: "I don't know."

Li Qi: "..."

Fazheng smiled and said: "The master's thinking in running a gold exchange bank is indeed beyond the cognition of ordinary people. I recommend a person to the master. This man's surname is Liu, given name is Ba, and his courtesy name is Zichu. He is from Haoyang County, Lingling County, Jingzhou.

I had heard of Liu Zichu's name when I was in the middle of Shu. Liu Biao recommended him many times, but he refused. If my lord can find a way to get this person to serve as cashier of the treasury, you can rest easy."

Li Qi: "Liu Ba..."

He knew that this man was a bit tricky.

Not only Liu Biao couldn't control him, but Liu Bei couldn't control him at first.

In Liu Ba's mind, Cao Cao was the master of the Ming Dynasty, but later Liu Bei captured the four counties in Jingnan. Liu Ba could not explain to Cao Cao, so he left Jiaozhou. Because he had a disagreement with Shi Xie, he came to Yizhou again. Of course, this is Chibi.

What happened after the war, Liu Ba should still be in his hometown in Lingling now.

Liu Ba's greatest contribution to Liu Bei was the grant of hundreds of coins, which solved the problem of lack of national treasury.

Although later generations had different opinions on the benefits and disadvantages of direct money, Reach insisted that moderate inflation was acceptable, but it must be matched with the increase in productivity.

Fa Zhengdao said: "My lord can write a letter to state his ambitions and measures in Yizhou, especially the establishment of the gold exchange bank, so as to suit his preferences."

Li Qidao: "Okay, I'll tell Kong Ming to handle this later."

It's not that Li Qi is too lazy to write letters, but that his current writing style is scumbag compared to these ancients. It's not good to invite Liu Ba with good intentions, but let Liu Ba read the joke.

But he said that Yongkai had arrived in Wenshui (now Nanpanjiang), and he wrote a letter to Liu Chong, hoping that Liu Chong would accept him.

Liu Chong was ambushed by Liao Hua's troops in Tanglu Mountain. After he was defeated and returned to Zoke County, he was also worried that Li Qi would come to raise an army to question him, so he planned to recruit Yong Kai for his own use.

Liu Chong's wishful thinking was that if Li Qi came to ask for punishment, he would first let Yong Kai resist. When he couldn't resist, he would kill Yong Kai and plead guilty to Li Qi, and then throw all the blame on Yong Kai.

Why did Yong Kai think so much? It is a blessing among misfortunes that someone is willing to take him in now.

After receiving Liu Chong's affirmative reply, Yong Kai went along the river to find a boat to cross the river.

After finding the boat, Yong Kai looked at the dejected soldiers and encouraged him: "Brothers, after crossing this river, we will reach the territory of Zangke. Liu Shixin, the prefect of Zangke, has already slaughtered pigs and sheep to cleanse us. Let's go again."

Work harder!"

Hearing that there was meat to eat, the soldiers reluctantly cheered up.

The first batch of soldiers to cross the river could only cross one third. The rest of the soldiers could only wait on the shore.

When the third of the army was approaching the other side, Liao Hua, who had been ambushing nearby, rushed out with his troops.

Liao Hua ordered his archers to fire arrows at the boats on the river. When the enemy troops suffered heavy casualties and ran towards the river bank in a mess, they rushed over to fight with them in close combat, almost annihilating one-third of Yong Kai's soldiers.

Yong Kai was so anxious on the other side that it was impossible to cross the river. He should first find another place to camp, and then find a way to get in touch with Liu Chong and ask him to send troops from Zangke to annihilate Liao Hua.

After finally choosing a flat place and setting up camp, Gan Ning, the vanguard sent by Li Qi, was already in front of us.

Yong Kai was already exhausted, and he was no match for Gan Xingba.

Besides, he was camping with his back to the water, and he didn't even have a way out.

Gan Ning had already mounted his horse to kill him. When he saw Yong Kai holding the sword high in both hands, he fell to his knees with a bang and said, "The guilty minister is willing to surrender and beg the general for his life!"

Gan Ning had Yong Kai tied up and said, "I don't have the final say whether to spare you or not. Just wait for my lord to be punished."

Li Qi arrived on the second day, joined forces with Gan Ning and Liao Hua, and faced Zang Ke across the water.

The soldiers escorted Yong Kai to Li Qi's tent. Yong Kai kept begging for mercy.

Li Qi hardly looked at Yong Kai seriously. Even if he didn't die, he would be useless, so why should he be polite to him?

In order to survive, Yong Kai sold all his teammates who could be sold.

Yong Kai regretted his mistake and burst into tears, saying: "This is all a dispute caused by Shi Xie of Jiaozhou. If the lord can spare my life, I am willing to sneak into Jiaozhou and assassinate Shi Xie to repay the lord for not killing him."

Li Qidao: "Cry. The tears you shed now are all the water that got into your head back then."

Yong Kai: "Ah?"

The allusion of "water in the brain" originated from the Sui Dynasty. It's no wonder that Yong Kai can't react now.

Fa Zheng explained on behalf of Li Qi: "Your brain is full of water, so there is no room for wisdom. Otherwise, how can you commit the crime of conspiracy and rebellion?"

Li Qidao: "No. I'm just sighing that he still wants to use his trick of assassinating Shi Xie to deceive us. Come on, take him out and chop him!" I like to travel through the Three Kingdoms, and please collect it from the beginning: (www.
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