So the old general Zheng racked his brains to think of a trick, the responsibility of defending the city was scattered to the generals under his command, and he was in the house called the sick and bedridden, no matter what, the navy is unbreakable, once the city is not guaranteed, immediately take the pro-army to the ferry to escape, in the future, Liu Zhang will have an explanation in front of him, not that the old man does not do his best, birth, old age, sickness and death are uncontrollable, after all, he is a lot old and seriously ill in bed, and it is commendable to hold on to the city before retreating!

If the reinforcements arrive to repel the rebels, a brilliant performance is enough to shape him into a counterinsurgency hero, General Zheng is sixty years old, in the face of a strong enemy, he is not afraid of the fierce enemy, he personally braves the arrow and stone charge in front to turn the tide, smash the rebellious thief's attempt in one fell swoop, and strive to ensure the safety of the gate of Yizhou, and save countless Li people in danger............

Although Zheng Xiong is over sixty years old, the word fame and fortune are not something that ordinary people can easily put down, even if he is not of much use, he can still leave this credit to his children and grandchildren to use to advance.

As for the future counterattack on Yufu, it would be an unexpected joy to be able to keep the fun, and his old man didn't care about the icing on the cake.

The already small number of elite soldiers were scattered, and there was a lack of unified command among the generals, so you can imagine how unstable the situation of the people in the field was.

Liu Qi silently prayed that he was too worried, after all, the overall quality of the rebel army was not much different from that of the Yellow Turban Thief Army, and he hoped that the officers and troops could defeat ten with one!

However, there are two sides to everything, Zheng Xiong's inaction gave Gao Hong a chance, Gao Hong has a set of training, most of his subordinates are not temporary recruits, plus Liu Hong, who is relied on by the generals, is fully supported, and after leading more than 1,000 people and horses to repel several rebel attacks on the ferry, Gao Hong's status is also rising.

Along the way, when he met a group of soldiers, he would stop and salute respectfully when he saw Gao Hong, Gao Hong seemed to be particularly useful, and Liu Qi was also happy for him.

Many houses in the city were demolished, and a large area of open space was used as a garrison for the army and as a school field.

After settling everyone, Gao Hong whispered to Liu Qi with a little apology: "The barracks are a little simpler, I should have asked my brother Xian to rest at home, but it's not ...... Hey, don't hide it from the virtuous brother, I fell out of harmony with my uncle for the sake of filial piety, and I am afraid that those short-sighted people in the family will be rude after this meeting, but it will make the virtuous brother unhappy, and please ask the virtuous brother Haihan! ”

Gao Hong explained for a long time before Liu Qi understood, it turned out that Gao Hong's family was not a group of harmony, the former head of the Gao family, that is, Gao Hong's grandfather, had four sons-in-law, Gao Hong's father ranked fourth, and there were three uncles above, Gao Hong's eldest uncle is the current head of the family, he is over fifty years old and seriously ill, both sons died of illness at a young age, and the second uncle has no children under his knees and only three daughters, and he himself is also indifferent and just bored to study and learn, Therefore, Gao Hong's father and his third uncle Gao Gu both started to compete for the position of head of the family.

Originally, Gao Hong's talent for martial arts was higher, and he studied the art of war hard, and he was appreciated by Zhao Yun at a young age and climbed to the high position of the military horse, and the eldest uncle admired him very much, but last year because he was dissatisfied with Yan Tong's exclusion and robbery, a few complaints offended Zhao Wei, and as a result, he was pushed to the end, and his status in the family also plummeted.

And this Yan rebellion also gave Gao Gu, who had been moving around, a good opportunity, to recruit hundreds of people out of his own pocket, and let the eldest son take the opportunity to recommend himself in front of the partial general Zheng Xiong.

Gao Gu's eldest son was only Cao Cao Pengshi (the county in charge of transporting grain and grass) as such a small official, but he took advantage of the east wind to resist the rebels and entered the military camp, and became a military marquis with six or seven hundred soldiers under his tent.

Gao Hong's cousin is famous and has a good name, if it is not a duplicate name, it should be the Baishui guard general when Liu Bei took Shu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Liu Huai, another unlucky egg, was cut down by Liu Bei and became the first victim of Liu Bei's rise.

It seems that there are a lot of "acquaintances" around me!

In addition, to Liu Qi's surprise, Gao Teng is also Gao Gu's son, but Gao Pei is the eldest son, and Gao Teng is the concubine.

No wonder Gao Hong didn't dare to bring Liu Qi and them home, although Gao Teng's mother and son were not favored and valued by their father, and they were not very close to their brother Gao Pei, but they were like-minded with Gao Hong, who was straightforward, but no matter how Gao Teng was also Gao Gu's biological son, because he was seriously injured, he let Gao Gu know that he didn't work hard with him, how could he still give himself a good look!

After Liu Qi heard this, he hurriedly and sincerely said: "Brother Zhenxiang doesn't need to be polite, my brother is also thinking about me, if it weren't for my filial piety and Wen Chang, I wouldn't have been seriously injured, I just hope that my brother can reprimand a few words to reduce the guilt in my heart, where is there still face to pick and choose?" ”

Gao Hong listened to it but had a different taste in his heart, although Liu Qi was behind the famous Yongning clan Li, but he always felt that Liu Qi's surname was Liu, and he was not the son of the Li family, and the relationship might not be close, so even if he decided to go to Jiangdong with Liu Qi as the master, he thought that Liu Qi mainly had to rely on the forces in his own clan.

Moreover, Liu Qi once said that the two were brothers after the people, and Liu Qi was very easy-going and undignified to everyone on weekdays, so there was no distinction between Gao Hong and Liu Qi before Liu Qi went to Yongning.

In this era, it is difficult for a woman to have much contact with her mother's family after she gets married, even if it is a political marriage, in most cases, the woman is just a tool in it, and the woman herself has a certain influence in her husband's family at most by relying on her noble birth, but it is completely the water spilled by the woman who married out of her mother's family, and the same is true for the children born.

So it's normal for Gao Hong to think so, but since Liu Qi sent back the letter from Jiangzhou, Gao Hong's mentality immediately changed greatly, Liu Qi actually has such a deep background? The situation learned from Gao Tai's mouth made Gao Hong speechless for a long time, and the dignified Yongning Taishou was commensurate with Liu Qifeng's brothers, and asked him to live in the house without avoiding his daughters, and the two talked about being inseparable all day long? !

Gao Hong was afraid of his previous rashness, and also remembered the big loss that he almost couldn't get up from when he ate it in Zhao Wei's hands, and secretly warned himself that he must pick up his tail and be a man in the future.

After Liu Qi returned, Gao Hong suffered even more gains and losses, and his status in Liu Qi's heart did not seem to be much higher than that of Gan Ning, a water thief, so he became more and more cautious, and every word he said had to be held back in his head a few times, and he was worried after seeing Liu Qi injured and learning about the attack on the way, after all, he didn't expect that there would be so many branches in a relaxing trip, and he almost killed Liu Qi.

Now because the third uncle is gaining power, he is afraid that bringing Liu Qi and others home to please him will not succeed, but will make Liu Qi's mustard deeper, so he has to explain to Liu Qi well.

"Ziyuan......!" Looking at Liu Qizhi's sincere eyes, the uneasiness in Gao Hong's heart suddenly disappeared, Gao Hong felt that his nose was a little sour, and he couldn't speak for a while.

Liu Qi is naturally not playing the so-called imperial art to buy people's hearts, from the 21st century, he naturally feels that all beings are equal, and no one can expect to be attacked by the Yellow Turban thief, if Gao Hong did not arrange for his little life to be lost more than once, he is only grateful to Gao Hong in his heart.

After sitting down, Liu Hong quickly calmed down, and did not be polite, and directly asked about Liu Qi's experience in Jiangzhou.

It is difficult to elaborate in the letter, and after learning the details from Liu Qi's mouth, Liu Hong couldn't help but high-five and praise: "Clever plan, wonderful plan!" In a crisis, he can come up with a strange plan to turn things around in the turbulence, it is difficult to succeed without great wisdom and bravery, and the lord can really be called a god who uses soldiers! ”

The top hat handed over by the literati felt comfortable to wear, and what made Liu Qi even happier was Liu Hong's change in his title.

And mentioning the raid on Langxi Village and the Yellow Turban Thieves, Liu Hong was also afraid, and advised: "Now that the counties are being cleared and suppressed, the thieves only dare to wander in the mountains, forests, and wilderness and other sparsely populated places. ”

Liu Qi's fear of Zhang Jiao has faded a lot, after repeated encounters, Liu Qi found that the Yellow Turban Thief Army is far weaker than he imagined, and Zhang Jiao himself is not a martial arts master who is superb, as long as he strengthens the security work, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Moreover, getting good ministers and fierce generals like Gao Hong, Liu Hong and Gan Ning can be said to have been sent to him by the Yellow Turban Thief Army, Liu Qi couldn't help but imagine what kind of expression Zhang Jiao would have if he knew that he and his Yellow Turban Army, who lacked major generals, had made a wedding dress for himself several times.

"The thieves are so heartbroken and crazy also gives the lord an excellent excuse to go east to Yizhou in the future, the lord is not only famous, and the counties along the way are inconvenient and embarrassed, and Zhao Taishou can provide troops and food in a grand manner, Liu Jiyu wants to fully support the lord!"

Liu Hong sensitively found a trace of exploit from two unrelated things.

"After the capture of Yufu, it is said that the rebels and the Yellow Turban thieves colluded with each other, and some of the rebels can be released along the east of the river, and the lord will lead the troops to pursue it, and the division will not be too difficult for the counties along the way, and the lord will occupy a county first and then ask for a seal, nominally this is the lord for Liu Jiyu to open up territory and expand the territory, but in fact, the counties in Jiangdong are far away from Yizhou, and there is Jingzhou in the middle, Liu Zhang has no power to control it at all, only to accept."

Liu Qi patted his thigh and said excitedly: "Yes, yes, even if Liu Zhang is reluctant, he can't stop it, can he still stop me from leading the county guard or assassinating the history or something, this kind of thing that hurts others and is not beneficial to himself Liu Zhang will not do it no matter how confused he is, he can only admit my identity, then all kinds of contacts between me and Zhao Taishou can be carried out openly!" ”

"And there is a conflict with local officials in Jiangdong, and Liu Zhang has to bear the notoriety, Mr. is really good! Haha......" Liu Qichong and Liu Hong gave a thumbs up.

I haven't thought about this last point, and Liu Hong is not easy to point out Liu Qi's misinterpretation of his meaning, so he waved his hand and said: "The lord is quick to draw inferences, and Hong is ashamed." ”

Liu Hong took out the silk book from his arms and handed it to Liu Qi, stood up and saluted: "Hong only cares about joy but forgets to congratulate the lord, the lord has now been promoted to a general, congratulations!" ”