In this final battle to pacify the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou, Li Yi must fight for the right to speak, because he wants to ensure that this last battle will be carried out according to his plan.

Li Yi didn't know that Cao Cao had given him eye medicine in front of Huangfu Song, and at this moment, under the protection of Dian Wei and Zhao Yun, he had quietly left the camp of Jianjin City and went to the junction of Wuyi and Xindu.

And in that place, there were already people waiting for Li Yi.

There are not many people on the other side, just two people and two horses. These two people are none other than the new leader of the Yellow Turban Army, as well as Yang Feng, who quietly reached an agreement with Li Yi earlier to give up the entire territory of Hejian Kingdom.

Zhang Yan was pale and very haggard.

Since the Yellow Turban Army withdrew from Gaotang City and Zhang Jiao died, the Yellow Turban Army has reached the brink of life and death. For this reason, he couldn't sleep at night, thinking day and night about how to save the Yellow Turban Army, thinking about how to save the Yellow Turban Army that was on the verge of collapse.

When Yang Feng suddenly appeared in Xindu and indicated his intention, Zhang Yan knew that the turning point was coming.

Do you see Li Yi in the end? Zhang Yan thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to go to the meeting. Now that the Yellow Turban Army's chances of survival are very slim, Zhang Yan must find a way out for his tens of thousands of brothers and the hundreds of thousands of displaced people who follow the Yellow Turban Army.

When Zhang Yan saw Li Yi for the first time, she couldn't believe her eyes. He even wondered if he had fallen into Li Yi's trap.

It turned out that his opponent was so young!

"Even if we have a blood feud, we have to sit down and talk about it today." Li Yi smiled, "If nothing else, just for survival, for you and me to live." ”

Zhang Yan reluctantly smiled: "Li Xiaoqi's words are true. ”

Li Yi continued: "Zhang Shuai may be difficult to let go of the hatred between us for a while, so I want to ask Zhang Shuai, why did Zhang Shuai participate in Taiping Dao? Why join the Yellow Turbans? Why the siege? Why burn the government? Why the slaughter of Haoqiang? Why encircled and annihilated the Han army? ”

Zhang Yan looked at him coldly and said, "There is no way to live." ”

Li Yi looked at Zhang Yan with a smile. asked calmly: "So Zhang Shuai has found a way to live now?" ”

Zhang Yan shook his head, and he said hatefully: "If there is no you, there is no Huangfu Song, no Zhu Jun, no Lu Zhi, no Cao Cao." Maybe we've found a way to live. ”

Li Yi immediately asked, "Maybe, or certainly?" ”

Zhang Yan didn't make a sound.

Li Yi asked again: "Maybe, or certainly?" ”

Zhang Yan looked at Li Yi's aggressive eyes, and said without showing weakness: "Maybe, yes, maybe, but that's always hope." ”

Li Yi smiled and asked again: "So, now, Zhang Shuai has hope to find a way to live?" ”

Zhang Yan was silent again.

Li Yi was not discouraged. Asked again: "Where is Zhang Shuai's hope?" ”

Zhang Yan was speechless for a while, and closed her eyes in pain.

Yang Feng interjected at the right time, smiled bitterly, and said, "Li Xiaoqi wants to meet us this time, what is the purpose?" ”

Li Yi smiled indifferently and said, "I have already said it, in order to survive, in order to live." ”

"How. Someone in the DPRK wants to deal with Li Xiaoqi? Yang Feng reacted immediately and said with a schadenfreude smile. Such a mediocre Liu dynasty, what are you doing to protect him? ”

"It turns out that Li Xiaoqi has no way to live...... Zhang Yan said calmly, "If a fierce general like Li Xiaoqi who has repeatedly made military exploits has no place in the Han Kingdom, then what justice is there in this world?" ”

Li Yi laughed easily, pointed at the two of them and said, "It's not so serious now, you don't have to be happy for the time being." The three of us were about the same age. The origins are similar. Because of a coincidence, I hit by mistake and mixed up with a cavalry general, and what about the two? The two are rebels, rebellious ministers and thieves. So there's a big difference between me not living and two of you not living. ”

Zhang Yan said disapprerovingly: "Li Xiaoqi said that he was from a similar background to us, which is a little insincere." Who in the whole world doesn't know that Li Xiaoqi's grandfather is the famous Yingchuan Yuanli Gong? ”

Li Yi smiled: "Origin? What's the use of being born in these troubled times? The two of them don't know yet, just over three years ago, that is, in the winter of the third year of Guanghe, Li, who was born in a famous family, almost starved to death and froze to death. ”

Zhang Yan and Yang Feng remembered that just more than ten years ago, the Li family was exiled to northern Xinjiang because of the disaster of the party, and it was not until April this year that the party ban was lifted.

Li Yi is only twenty-one years old now, and he has lived in exile for more than ten years, and it is not an exaggeration to say that his background is similar to theirs. Even in a sense, they may have a better life than Li Yi.

Yang Feng asked: "There is a big difference between Li Xiaoqi saying that you have no way to live and we have no way to live, I don't know what this means?" ”

Li Yi said lightly: "It's very simple, I don't have a way to live, I can find another way, but Zhang Shuai and Yang Shuai are afraid that there is really no way to live." ”

Zhang Yan and Yang Feng glanced at each other thoughtfully. Indeed, Li Yi's so-called no way to live, at most he resigned and returned to his hometown to live his life as a rich man, after all, today's Li Family Chamber of Commerce is famous in the entire land of Hebei. But the two of them are facing the arrest of the imperial court, and they can't see any other hope except death.

Zhang Yan said slowly: "Li Xiaocai is now under the city, and he has more than 10,000 elite soldiers in his hands, and he can capture Anping Kingdom at any time." You want to see me at this time, can't you just tell me that there is no way out? What Li Xiaoqi wants to do, please say it directly. ”

"I'm here to show you a way to survive." Li Yi smiled, "Are you two interested in listening?" ”

Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment, and then said solemnly: "Please give me advice." ”

Li Yi said unceremoniously: "If you continue to do this, there is no way out." The reason for your defeat is not at all because a few of us led the troops to suppress it, but because your strength is far inferior to the powerful power that the current imperial court has. You may be able to achieve partial victories, but it is impossible for you to hold on for a long time. This has been proven by the facts. ”

After a pause, Li Yi glanced at them and continued: "Even if you hide in Taihang Mountain, you are just a thief after all, and food and clothing will be a problem. Over time, you will gradually lose the support of the people. Without the support of the people, you will be a complete failure. Now you can't fight and you don't want to retreat, what should you do? ”

"Save your strength, Xu Tu will do it again." Zhang Yan said calmly, "Is there any better way for Li Xiaoqi to ride?" ”

Yang Feng sneered: "Li Xiaoqi didn't come to persuade him to surrender today, right?" ”

Li Yi shook his hand and said, "Of course not." Do you know what policy the Han State has adopted towards the Wuhuan and Xiongnu today? ”

Zhang Yan and Yang Feng's eyes suddenly lit up, and then they fell into deep thought.

Li Yi saw that the two were silent in thought, and continued: "The Wuhuan and the Huns have greatly reduced their strength for different reasons, and they have written to proclaim themselves ministers and ask to enter the country to live. In their residential areas, as long as they do not rebel, do not plunder the people of the surrounding states and counties, and do not violate the laws of the Great Han Dynasty, they can do whatever they want. The Great Han Kingdom not only did not collect their taxes, but also took the initiative to give them property to improve their lives, lest they harm one side. ”

Li Yi glanced at them and said slowly, "Do you want me to continue?" ”

Zhang Yan glanced at him and asked, "What's the difference between this and surrender?" ”

Li Yi smiled, shook his index finger and said, "No, no, there is still a difference, and it is very big." You can live, and live your way, but there is no future. What will happen in the future, none of us know? As long as there is hope now, what do you say? ”

"But the problem is that we don't have enough strength right now." Yang Feng said hatefully, "We were beaten by you to only a few tens of thousands of horses, and our strength is far from reaching the point of blackmailing the imperial court." ”

Zhang Yan's heart is really bitter, think about how powerful the Yellow Turban Army was when it first started half a year ago, with 28 counties in seven states and an army of millions. But half a year later, there were only less than 100,000 remnants of the million-strong army left. And more than two-thirds of the million army lost was lost in the hands of the man in front of him.

Li Yi didn't care about Zhang Yan's feelings in his heart, and then said: "Yes, this is the purpose of my coming to you. Now it is imperative for you to retain the forces you have at hand, which is the last bit of capital for you to hold on. ”

Li Yi's current approach can be regarded as the so-called self-respect of raising thieves. He didn't expect that this kind of practice, which was once spurned by him, would be used one day by himself. The so-called situation is more pressing.

However, even if it is self-respecting for raising thieves, Li Yi is also conditional, that is, to ensure that he has absolute power to control the situation, otherwise one day he will be destroyed by thieves, wouldn't it be Shabi?

"What will I do next?" Li Yi said, "In the future, Yang Shuai can occupy the northern area of Taihang Mountain from the upper reaches of Hushui to Hutuo River, and Yang Shuai can occupy the southern area of Taihang Mountain. But please remember that you can't go down the mountain. You don't have the strength to destroy this world at all. ”

"You can attack Jizhou to the east, and you can attack Jizhou to the west. If the enemy attacks the west, you can strike the east. If the enemy attacks the east, you can strike the west. If the enemy is flanked from east to west, you will directly attack Hanoi and threaten Luoyang. In this way, the officers and troops can't find your main force at all, so they can only look at Taihang Mountain and cry out in vain. ”

"You take advantage of this opportunity to strengthen yourself, accumulate money, hoard food, and train elite soldiers, once you are strong, the imperial court will have no way to deal with you. You won't be able to die then. But if you want to live for a long time, you still can't. Therefore, once you reach the stalemate stage, you must look for the right opportunity to contact the imperial court. ”

"This possibility is too small, how can the imperial court contact us?" Yang Feng shook his head and said with a smile, "Does Li Xiaoqi think it's possible?" ”

Li Yi said with great certainty: "Of course it is possible." In the case of not being able to defeat you, the court can only be appeased. The cost of appeasement is minimal, and both sides benefit. But there are many ways to appease, and if you want to fight for the most benefit, you must have great strength. (To be continued.) )