Chapter 67: Overnight at Peach Blossom Village
After two days of rest in the Wuwei County Government, Li Li led three thousand cavalry to lightly carry and headed towards Guzang City.
Before leaving, Li Li left behind Li Dian to lead more than a thousand Feixiongying Qingqi to guard the southward pass of Wuwei County, and resist the invading enemies of Anding and Jincheng counties in the south. Li Xian led a thousand Longxiangying iron cavalry to stay in Wuwei County, guard the county town, and protect the two daughters of Cai Yan and Chen Yu. He also ordered Jia Mu to command the soldiers of each county and the original minor officials to manage the government affairs of each county, post a list of peace, maintain public order, and restore farming.
Li Li himself has a certain ability to handle government affairs, but these things are not his strengths after all.
Therefore, he valued Jia Xu's eldest son Jia Mu, handed over all the government affairs accumulated in each county to him, and handed over more than a thousand county soldiers to him.
After spending more than half a month together, Li Li found that Jia Mu was not as bad as Jia Xu said, with mediocre qualifications and could only serve as a minor official, which was useless.
What Jia Xu said may be a kind of encouragement for every father to his son.
On the contrary, Jia Mu is a man of both civil and military affairs. His martial arts skills are comparable to those of a second-rate general. He has strong ability to handle government affairs and is definitely a good master in politics. Perhaps he does not have the ability to handle government affairs in a state, but he is still more than enough to manage government affairs in a county.
Jia Mu handled government affairs in various counties, Li Dian defended the southward pass, and Li Xian guarded the rear.
In this way, Li Li could free up his hands in the shortest time and lead troops to conquer Guzang City without any worries.
During this expedition, Li Li's injuries were not healed, so he had to mobilize the most powerful generals under the tent to go to the expedition with the army.
At present, the most powerful generals under his command are Dian Wei, Fan Yong, Li Zheng and Bo Cai, the commanders of Longxiang Guard, who are of equal martial arts skills, and they all have the strength of the next level of the top general. The martial arts of these three are slightly stronger than Li Li, but the gap is limited, which is a slight gap at the same level.
Now, Li Li's martial arts surpasses his younger brother Li Xian in all aspects, and Li Xian is still at the bottleneck of first-class and upper-class level. If there is no chance, it will be difficult to break through in the short term.
Li Li couldn't help this. After all, Li Xian is still young now, and it is impossible to practice martial arts. He is always open and relaxed. He wants to become fat in one bite.
Li Dian is the worst martial arts among the six major generals under Li Li, with only first-class and mid-level martial arts. However, his strengths are not on martial arts, but on training and defending the city, rigorous in military management, cautious in handling affairs, and quite like an elder.
Therefore, none of the six generals under Li Li's tent were mediocre. Only Li Li's younger brother Li Xian, although he was very skilled in martial arts, did not have the ability to stand alone, and the others were all good at fighting on the battlefield.
Among the six people, Li Li's most optimistic person is not Dian Wei, but Bo Cai, Fan Yong and Li Zheng.
Especially Bocai.
Li Li believed that Bo Cai had the talent of commanding the army. As long as he had more experience, he might be able to command tens of thousands or tens of thousands of troops in the future. After all, Bo Cai used to command more than 100,000 Yellow Turban Army and Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song to fight in Changshe. Although he was eventually defeated and captured, he was not without talent. On the contrary, Bo Cai was the most capable general in the Yellow Turban Army who had the ability to command the army's combat, including the three Zhang Jiao brothers. Although these Yellow Turban generals died later than Bo Cai, they did not have the brilliant achievements of Bo Cai. Because Bo Cai once fought Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song and retreated repeatedly, and were at a loss.
With this record, Bo is enough to respect all the Yellow Turban generals and deserve to be the commander of the army.
The reason why Li Li valued Bo Cai was not because he had defeated Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song, but because he had glorious experiences, disastrous defeat, and the experience of serving Zhu Jun for seven years after being captured.
In the history of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there were many people born with talented talents, such as Zhou Yu, Lu Xun and Zhuge Liang, among the most talented people, but they did not win every battle and never lost. On the contrary, they could not afford to lose because they were all important ministers of the princes and were responsible for the rise and fall of the princes.
In comparison, it is obvious that Bo Cai is not comparable to those of these men, but Li Li doesn't think so.
Li Li believes that Bo has experienced ups and downs in his career in leading the army, suffered from life and death, endured the humiliation of selling himself as a slave, and disappeared for seven years. Now he still has the opportunity to lead the army again, so what changes will he have?
If Bocai's troops were commanded by him were not more than tens of thousands of mobs, but the brave and good at fighting in the Western Liang Iron Cavalry. Then what will the outcome of the Yellow Turban Battle and where will the world go? I believe that as long as the army of Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song were defeated, they would not be able to escape. If the Yellow Turban Battle was gone, what would the situation be like?
Li Li really wanted to see Bo Cai's command ability, see how strong he could lead the army to fight after seven years of enduring humiliation.
However, this may be realized at some time in the future, but not now.
Now Li Li cannot fully trust Bocai, and will not hand over the troops he started with to Bocai to command. This is no longer a simple matter of trust, but a matter of Li Li's own life and death.
In any case, Li Li will never hand over his wealth and life to others. This is his bottom line and has nothing to do with trust or not.
In addition to Bo Cai, Fan Yong and Li Zheng are both big and thick and strong, but they are indeed thick and thin, and have the talent of a general. Only with enough experience may it be impossible to lead the three armies in the future, but there is no problem to be alone and can be of great use.
As for Dian Wei, he was absolutely competent in charge and slashing the generals and winning the flag, and he completed it very beautifully, with the three armies.
However, it would be difficult for Dian Wei to be the commander of the first army and lead the troops to fight. He was a fierce general on the battlefield, the most loyal and competent commander of the guards. He might also be able to serve as a general guarding the pass, but it was definitely not a material to command the three armies.
After roughly finding out the strengths and shortcomings of the generals under the tent, Li Li had to make corresponding arrangements for their appointment.
Only when a person has his talents is the way to use people.
Li Li appointed Li Zheng as the vanguard, led the five hundred Longxiang Guards to set out first, keep a ten-mile distance from the army, and sent scouts to inquire about the situation. Bo Cai was appointed to lead the central army and support the army in the middle to ensure the rapid march. The rear of Fan Yong's palace, the baggage and the military should be escorted as much as possible to keep up with the speed of the central army, and always be within three miles of the distance; in this way, the baggage will be guaranteed and the army will have no worries.
One day, I marched down.
Li Li's army rode a horse along the mountain path for 150 miles, which was the speed of the march that had been delayed in the morning. Otherwise, I would not dare to say the big talk of traveling 300 miles a day, but it could still be done with a distance of 200 miles.
It is midsummer, with the day long and the night short. If it weren't for noon, the day would be long enough, eight hours. (Note: One hour is equivalent to two hours.)
As night falls, thousands of birds return to their nests.
In the evening, Li Li's army set up a camp at the entrance of a village called Taohua Village.
There are only more than 30 families in Taohua Village, and the village is extremely hidden.
If Li Li's army had not been marching along the mountain road, they would not have discovered this quiet village like a paradise.
The reason why Li Li chose to camp here was because he was attracted by the terrain of Taohua Village like a flat gourd.
The camp was built at the mouth of the gourd, with extremely wide fields behind it, and a slightly narrow pass in front. With only a few archers guarding it, the army could sleep peacefully all night long.
After setting up the camp tent, Li Li led the yellow horse and walked on the field path in Taohua Village. Looking at the plump rice ears with the leaves that were slightly yellow, his heart was particularly peaceful and peaceful.
If you can stay away from war and killing and be a hidden farmer, your wife and children will be fucked by your enemies without disputes. How comfortable and comfortable it would be to such a life!
"I, Li Li, are not wary in nature. I sacrificed gloriously in my previous life to maintain peace. I didn't expect that since I was reborn, I have no stable life. I racked my brains to think about things every day, and I will fight on the battlefield every few days. Alas, since you don't let me have a good life, no one can think of peace! Li Li, I will use the situation in the next forty years to spend with you to see who is the strongest in the world and who can laugh to the end!"
The quiet mountain village evoked many beautiful memories in Li Li's heart, but it made him feel very upset. Because he was destined to be out of reach for such a peaceful life in this life.
Even if he wants to live such an ordinary person's hidden life, many people will not let him go, and will come to him sooner or later and fight with each other.
"Don't panic, please go slowly. We are not robbers, but the officials who pass by here and camp here temporarily. We will leave early tomorrow morning and it will not affect your life."
In the rice fields, an old farmer in his fifties hid among the rice ears and did not dare to show his head, but Li Li and his group got closer and closer. In desperation, he had to climb up the ridge of the field and ran towards the village with difficulty.
Li Li smiled and shouted at the old farmer running in front, but the old farmer did not stop and trotted tremblingly with his head down.
"Let's go slowly so that the old man will not be frightened. If he falls unsteadily, it will be our sin! Hahaha!"
Chapter completed!