Youzhou Assassin Shi is a civil official, and his subordinate officials have subordinates, discipline officials and sub-Cao Zhu, and there is no position of Sima. Lu Yao's Youzhou Sima is a common common name, but in fact, he is talking about the Sima of the hussar general stationed in Youzhou. According to the system of this dynasty, the generals who opened the government placed Sima alone, the second general, and was in charge of the military of the government. The status of the hussar general Sima was extraordinary, and he had to use copper seals and ink ribbons, and he had a military crown, and his rank was higher than that of a thousand stones, and his authority was probably equivalent to that of the chief of staff and the commander of the guard battalion in later generations.

Over the years, the Youzhou army has entered and exited the Central Plains several times, defeating, attacking, and killing a lot. Even the generals of Youzhou have become famous, but unfortunately they are all vicious and notorious, which makes women and children flee in vain. But from the perspective of being a martial artist, Lu Yao knew that this group of Youzhou generals who were famous for participating in the attack of the kings of the clan did have the courage to attack and destroy the strong, and among them, Sima Qihong, the hussar general who had led tens of thousands of troops to win a decisive victory, was the most successful.

The surname Qi is not a big surname, but there is a famous ancestor: Qi Xi, the doctor of the Jin State during the Warring States Period. Qi Xi is named after the surname Ji because the food is in Qi County in Taiyuan State. Jin Mourning Gong once asked Qi Xi who could serve as the Nanyang Commander, and Qi Xi recommended Xie Hu. Mourning Gong asked, solve the enmity of the fox Feizi? Qi Xi replied: "The gentleman can ask, not the enemy's hatred." Jin Mourning Gong asked Qi Xi who could serve as a lieutenant, and Qi Xi recommended Qi Wu to Mourning Gong. Mourning Gong asked, the son of Qi Wu Feizi? Qi Xi replied: "The gentleman can ask, not the son of the minister." ”

Qi Xi's demeanor has been passed down as a good story for thousands of years, but since the end of the Han Dynasty, the clan surnamed Qi has been scattered, the characters are not prominent, and they are barely gathered in Taiyuan and Fufeng, and Qi Hong is a person who helps the wind. When Wang Jun thought that Dongzhonglang would go out of the town of Xuchang, Qi Hong was the main book, and then followed Wang Jun to Qingzhou and Youzhou. At that time, no one imagined that this mediocre scribe would become the best of the generals under Wang Pengzu a few years later, and it was one of the main aids for the king of the East China Sea to seize the central power.

Just look at the deeds of Guangxi in the first half of the first year. In January, Qi Hong, who served as the chief general of the Youzhou Army, attacked Luoyang first and defeated the soldiers and horses of Lou Li, a general under the command of the King of Chengdu; In March, he waved his army and killed Liu Bogen, a demon thief who harassed Donglai and Linzi; In April, he marched westward again, defeated the Hongnong Taishou Peng Sui and the Beidi Taishou Diao Mo sent by Sima Hao, the king of Hejian, and took advantage of the victory to enter Chang'an and welcome the emperor back to Luoyang.

At that time, in the camp of the King of the East China Sea, there were generals like Gou Xi and Liu Kun, but when it came to military exploits, they were all overwhelmed by Qi Hong. Lou Li, Peng Sui, and Diao Mo are all famous generals, and they also have elite soldiers under their command; Liu Bogen is even more like a demon with Zhang Jiao in the late Han Dynasty, and his deputy Wang Mi is extremely brave and powerful, known as the "Flying Leopard". These people were defeated by Qi Hong like falling leaves in the autumn wind in a blink of an eye, which made Lu Yao have to pay attention to Qi Hong's military talent.

However, the brutal and ferocious style of the Youzhou army was deeply disgusted by Lu Yao, since Youzhou intervened in the chaos in the Central Plains, Jizhou, Wei County, Luoyang, Chang'an and other places were all deeply poisoned, and tens of thousands of innocent civilians were killed and plundered. Only after the first battle of Chang'an, the Xianbei cavalry under Qi Hong plundered Chang'an, slaughtering more than 20,000 people! In this regard, Qi Hong, who is the chief general of the Youzhou Army, is not only to blame, but also has a lot of blood debts!

From this aspect, Lu Yao was actually not very happy to participate in this trip to Youzhou. Lu Yao considered himself a person with a moral bottom line, and it was hard to imagine that he would talk and laugh with an executioner whose hands were stained with the blood of innocent people, and even send an intention to solicit him. Therefore, when Fang Qinzhi reported that he had been linked to Qi Hong, many of the subordinates of the Daijun were very excited, but Lu Yao dared to be impatient, and even rejected Fang Qinzhi's request three times in a row that Lu Yao personally interviewed Qi Hong in order to demonstrate the sincerity of the Daijun.

At that time, the subordinates didn't understand Lu Yao's intentions, and they didn't know what to do for a while. It wasn't until Shao Xu heard about this that Starry Night returned from Jixian County.

Lu Yao still respected Shao Xu very much, and immediately invited him in. But before Shao Xu could speak, Lu Yao said first: "Shao Gong is here, if it is for Qi Hong's business, there is no need to say more." People are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless? I don't like to have such murderous demons under my tent. ”

With Lu Yao and Shao Xu's usual habit of talking, Lu Yao said this is very polite. In his words, there was also a hint of dissatisfaction with Shao Xu.

But Shao Xu bowed down, and his face remained unchanged at all. After the two of them sat down, they asked: "The general has also read history, can you know the stories of Guangwu and Wu Han?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Lu Yao was suddenly silent.

The story of Guangwu and Wu Han mentioned by Shao Xu refers to the Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu and his subordinate generals at the turn of the two Han Dynasty, and the great Sima Wu Han, who was the second of the 28 generals in Yuntai. Wu Han and his people, the history books praise "Ouqiang", the army swept Hebei, Guandong, Bashu, the army is the first in the world, and most people at the time compare him with Han Xin. Although Wu Han was good at fighting, he had the bad habit of slaughtering cities, and often indulged his soldiers in burning, killing, and plundering.

In the eleventh year of Jianwu, Wu Han conquered Shu, and when the lord of Shu Gongsun Shu died in battle, and the general Yancen had surrendered, he still plundered the army, and the clan destroyed the Gongsun Shu and Yancen families, burned down the palace, killed the people, and the evil deeds were invincible. Such a move caused the benevolent Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu to be furious, severely condemned Wu Han, and accused Wu Han's deputy general Liu Shang of losing the crime of hanging the people, but after the war, when he recounted his merits, he still added an official to Wu Han and gave him a generous gold silk.

Shao Xu used the stories of Guangwu and Wu Han to show Lu Yao, and compared Qi Hong with Wu Han, who was good at fighting but good at killing, while vaguely comparing Lu Yao to Guangwu, the meaning of the exhortation was clear, but it was not triggered. Lu Yao heard the string song and knew the elegance, and naturally knew that Shao Xu wanted him to abandon his personal prejudices and focus on big things and great causes.

Shao Xu has experienced the ups and downs of the sea for a long time, and his vision in this regard is very sophisticated, and he is always relied on by Lu Yao. It was not until Lu Yao brought Huang Yi and other officials from Wei County that he successively recruited his old friends in Guangping...... The political wisdom hidden in this made Lu Yao feel that he was a wonderful and smart person.

Lu Yao slowly thought about Shao Xu's words, and after a while, he promised: "This matter will be handled according to Fang Qinzhi's arrangement." ”

At that time, when the matter came to an end, Lu Yao was still inevitably a little unhappy in his heart, so along the way, he rarely rode at a gallop, but walked slowly according to the bridle. It wasn't until he saw Chen Er talking about Qi Hong by the canal of the carriage with a grateful and proud look on his face that Lu Yao's heart moved.

In Hebei, the Central Plains and others, they killed countless great evildoers with blood on their hands, but in the eyes of the clans in Youzhou Township, they became the dependence of educating the people and protecting the territory and the people. Did this Qi someone have this side too?

Thinking like this, the group crossed the carriage canal, traveled more than ten miles to the northwest, and turned off the official road.

The country roads were muddy and winding, and everyone led the horses and fish. After walking a stone's throw away, around the forest, a manor suddenly appeared in front of me.

Fang Mianzhi was about to call forward, but Ma Rui put a hand on his shoulder and stopped abruptly. It turned out that in the open space in front of the manor, two teams of armed men were facing each other. The scene was on the verge of erupting, and the atmosphere was very tense.