"Therefore, this matter ends here, and there is no need to mention it again in the future. At the same time, the brotherhood between Gongjin and Sun Ce also ends here. I wonder if Gongjin has any objections?"

"Uh!" Listening to Li Li's slow words in his ears, Zhou Yu's expression changed drastically. When Li Li's last sentence ended, he looked up at Li Li in shock. At this moment, he clearly saw Li Li's resolute expression and unquestionable sharp eyes.

Zhou Yu knew exactly what this meant. The expression and eyes on Li Li's face clearly told him that this was the last bottom line that Li Li could tolerate and there was no possibility of concession.

At this moment, the expression on Li Li's face was very similar to the expression in this morning court. This was also Zhou Yu's first time attending the morning court, but he just witnessed Li Li's iron-blooded method of killing.

The overflowing domineering aura firmly controlled the situation and atmosphere in the court, causing the old ministers of the three dynasties who had looked up to Zhou Yu, who had once looked up to him, and he did not even dare to breathe. The powerful aura that dominated the world remained in Zhou Yu's mind, unable to disperse and linger.

It was also witnessing Li Li's dominance and power with his own eyes that Zhou Yu had a clearer understanding of this approachable lord for the first time in his life, and inexplicably felt a sense of indescribable awe, or fear, deep in his heart. This also made him deeply realize that the lord he was facing had a mature mind and supreme majesty that was inconsistent with his age. Under that sunny smile, there was a big heart with iron blood and ruthlessness. This big heart could cover the world, all-encompassing, and the ambition to swallow mountains and rivers, and the unpredictable ability of ghosts and gods was far from as bright as the naked eye.

In terms of heart, Zhou Yu was extremely uncomfortable with Li Li's cramped transformation. Because this made him feel invisibly alienated from Li Li, as if his once familiar friend suddenly became very strange, which made people unacceptable for a while. However, when he calmed down and thought about it carefully, he suddenly realized that only Li Li can achieve fame and dominance, and although the previous sunny boy was easier to get close to, it was difficult to achieve great things in the end.

Now Li Li is a true hero with ambitions and a wise mind that harbors the world. He can rise, hide, bend and stretch. At first glance, he is as bright as a boy next door, gentle and casual as a big boy next door. People can't help but get close to him. However, when you get close to him, you can find that he is as smart as a vast sea, with a changeable temperament, sometimes ignorant, sometimes wise, sometimes rational, sometimes domineering, unpredictable, unpredictable.

It is precisely because of this that the generals of the Xiliang Army admired the commander of the three armies very much, and were willing to let him drive him. However, they did not dare to look down on the offender at all. The soldiers of the entire army were loyal to the commander Li Li, willing to die for him, and he was willing to die on the battlefield without regrets.

Zhou Yu had not experienced this before. He subconsciously thought that his lord Li Li might not be as powerful as he imagined. Perhaps he could firmly control the generals in the army, but he could definitely not be able to firmly control the soldiers of the entire army. After all, the Xiliang army has many soldiers. The main battle camp and the county government combined, with a total of 400,000 or 500,000 troops. Even if his lord Li Li had the ability to reach the sky, he could not control so many soldiers.

However, the scene in Anyi City made Zhou Yu deeply realize that he was wrong, too much, and took Li Li too simply. He miscalculated the situation of the Western Liang army and looked down on Li Li's control over the army even more lightly. Even the surrendered soldiers who had just received all had a fear of Li Li's heart, so he would definitely not go against Li Li's will. Therefore, when he ordered the attack on Yang Chou's tent to descend, Yan Xing showed his military talisman in public, easily took back his military power from his hands, and then commanded the army to suppress the remaining troops of the Allied Army without any obstacles.

You should know that these soldiers and horses were all the troops that Zhou Yu had been commanding since the Northern Expedition. Most of them were surrendered when they pacified Bingzhou, which was equivalent to the direct troops he formed. However, such an army changed its course and changed its flag as Li Li's military talisman appeared, and was naturally taken over by Yan Xing, causing him to lose his military power and become a place under house arrest. Then, with Li Li's order, he was demoted from General Anbei who had once shocked the world to the chief clerk of the army who handled trivial matters. In fact, he was a civil servant with no real power. Because the chief clerk of the army was held by military advisor Guo Jia, who was in charge of the merit books and all the seized books of the soldiers of the army, and Zhou Yu was responsible for sorting out these accounts.

The huge gap between the rise and fall almost made Zhou Yu collapse on the spot, feeling quite discouraged. For this reason, he has been depressed for more than half a month, and has been drunk and dreaming all day long and has nothing to do. After returning to Chang'an, he inevitably neglected his wife Da Qiao. It is precisely because of this that Da Qiao took a carriage to visit Xiao Qiao in the early morning. In fact, Da Qiao did not go to visit his sister at all, but made a fuss for Zhou Yu, so that Xiao Qiao could blow the wind beside her pillow and tell Li Li about this matter.

If Zhou Yu was unaware of this move, it would definitely be a self-deception. However, it was not his instructive. It can only be said that he had agreed to Da Qiao's behavior and used it to test Li Li's true intentions.

Facts have proved that the wife's diplomacy is indeed very effective. Many things Zhou Yu is inconvenient to say by himself were indirectly transmitted to Li Li through his sister Xiao Qiao. This is why today's drinking wine in Xinglin was caused. What surprised Zhou Yu was that Zhao Yun, who had just joined the army, was also invited.

Zhou Yu didn't know much about Zhao Yun, a newly joined general in the army, but he also knew that this person was very respected by his lord Li Li and had a very special relationship with Major General Li Xian. His sister Zhao Yu was about to become Li Xian's wife. At the same time, Zhou Yu also heard that Zhao Yun had a deep foundation in the army, and was a sworn brother with Huan Fei, Xu Chu and Chen Dao, and was a witness of the lord Li Li.

Therefore, there are rumors in the army that General Zhao Yun is one of the five tiger generals in the new round of the army. The previous five tiger generals will be promoted to General Siping or Si'an with the same rank as the nine ministers in this reward. This is the real honor of the general and the title of marquis. In addition, the candidates of the Five Tiger Generals have not only high martial arts skills and are bravest in the three armies, but are also trusted generals of the lord Li Li, and this is the supreme glory that the generals value most.

In a daze, many thoughts surged into Zhou Yu's mind, making him think about many things he had never thought about in an instant. As for what Li Li said to make him separate from Sun Ce, this was actually Li Li deliberately giving him a step, asking him to take advantage of the situation and save some face.

In fact, since the Battle of Anyi, Zhou Yu knew that his former friendship with Sun Ce had ended. Before the war, he and Sun Ce secretly reached an agreement with Sun Ce, agreeing to take their own needs, but after the battle, Sun Ce not only got nothing, but instead suffered losses, but returned with great defeat. In this way, Sun Ce must have thought that Zhou Yu set up a plan to plot against the Jiangdong army. The so-called secret discussion was just a deliberate act of paralyzing Sun Ce, and the purpose was to annihilate the Jiangdong army in one fell swoop. Therefore, after this battle, Sun Ce would definitely hold a grudge and would never regard him as a brother again. In this way, it is unnecessary to say that there is no longer a brotherly relationship, let alone a clear relationship?

But when this sentence came out of Li Li's mouth, it was not unnecessary nonsense, but had other intentions. How could Zhou Yu, who was extremely smart, not know the profound meaning? After he clarified his thoughts, he immediately expressed his opinion and happily accepted Li Li's proposal.

"As the lord said, after the Battle of Anyi, the conflict between the lord and Sun Ce of Jiangdong was completely cut off. All the things that can be done or cannot be done have been done, and he has a clear conscience. Now, the only person whom the lord is the lord. It is a great crime to help the enemy in the face of battle, but the lord has not severely punished the lord, which makes the lord feel uneasy and deeply blamed himself. Therefore, the lord asks the lord to punish the lord severely. Only in this way can the military discipline be strictly enforced and warns the generals not to exceed half a step!"

While Zhou Yu frowned and pondered, Li Li whispered something to Zhao Yun. After hearing Zhou Yu's words, Li Li smiled happily: "It's not a serious punishment. After all, the mistakes made by Gongjin are just mistakes, not unforgivable big mistakes. What's more, Gongjin pacified the Southern Xiongnu, recovered the entire territory of Bingzhou, and led his army to conquer Hedong County. His achievements were outstanding and he was invincible. Although there has been no claim to be a counterfeit of merits and demerits since ancient times, compared with mistakes, Gongjin's military achievements and mistakes, it is obvious that the merits and faults made by Gongjin are more important than those of the faults, and he should be rewarded. However, even if there is any fault, there must be no punishment, otherwise what will the military discipline and the military rules exist? Therefore, if you have to be wronged, Gongjin will not be promoted again, but he can lead a battalion of troops alone. In this arrangement, I don't know what Gongjin wants to do? Hahaha????????."

"Thank you for your forgiveness. I will definitely serve you with death!" Zhou Yu was overjoyed when he heard this, and stood up without thinking. Military power is what he hopes to get the most. After all, he has all his ambitions on the battlefield, and he is a general who is good at commanding troops and fighting. As long as he has troops in his hands, other things are insignificant. In contrast, it doesn't matter whether he is promoted or not, because he is already very conspicuous, and he has come to the forefront in just one year. If he is promoted again, it will inevitably make the generals dissatisfied and feel grudges.

Therefore, Li Li's arrangement is undoubtedly in line with Zhou Yu's heart. Giving him the power to take charge of a battalion of troops is equivalent to providing him with a stage to show his strength.

"Congratulations to General Gongjin!" Seeing Zhou Yu so happy, Li Li nodded and smiled, while Zhao Yun beside him bowed and congratulated him. It was not difficult to hear his envy from his voice.

Seeing this, Li Li smiled and said, "I have known about the Baimahe River for a long time, so Zilong doesn't have to worry about it. In the past, Zilong and Liu Bei were together under Gongsun Zan. They looked down and saw each other without looking up. They were inevitably having some friendships. Moreover, Liu Bei, who accumulated good deeds to win people's hearts, would inevitably recruit Zilong. Therefore, this Baimahe incident happened to allow Zilong to repay Liu Bei's favor and avoid the future bondage. After all, no one can be ruthless than plants and trees. Only those who are ruthless are people; those who are ruthless and unrighteous are animals. In addition, in this battle, Zilong killed Chen Liu and Zhang Miao, Yuan Shao's second son Yuan Xi, and raided the enemy's food and grass in front, attacking the Allied camps in the back, with outstanding achievements. Therefore, I mean Zilong also led a battalion of troops and joined the five tiger generals, and then followed me to fight against Hanzhong.

However, the formal military order will not be issued until Li Xian gets married tomorrow. At that time, the generals of the General's Office will reward the generals of the army, reorganize the army, reorganize the team, and fight in Hanzhong after the end of the Battle of Sili!"

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Chapter completed!