Although Tatarus had many questions in his mind, he had to answer Li Li's questioning.

"My lord, my father is indeed a slave of the Qiang tribe, and his subordinates are also the sons of my father and a Qiang woman.

However, seven years ago, when the Liangzhou Rebellion was in turmoil, the official army fought with the Qiang tribes, and his subordinates left the Qiang tribe with their parents and fled back to Wuwei County. Three months ago, the lord went to Wuwei Taishou, treated the people well, distributed grain and livestock, and posted notices to recruit soldiers, and his subordinates signed up to join the army at that time. Subsequently, General Li Dian saw that his subordinates were quite brave, and promoted his subordinates to be the guards of Dongshan Pass. ”

As he spoke, Tatar understood a little why the lord Li Li asked about his origins, and it turned out that the lord wanted to know more about his situation.

Li listened to Tatar's account of his origins, nodded from time to time, his face was calm and majestic.

"Tarru, with your martial arts and cool head, what position do you think is appropriate for Ben Taishou to appoint you? Vice-Commander, or Commander? ”

"It's ・・・・・・."

Tarlu's heart suddenly shook violently, and he opened his mouth in shock, but he didn't know how to respond, cold sweat instantly overflowed on his forehead, and his straight spine was cold.

At this moment, Tatar knew that the lord Li Li saw through his mind that he was eager to be promoted, so he asked this question.

Suddenly, Tarus no longer dared to have the slightest contempt for the young lord in front of him, but his heart trembled and he was terrified.

Until this time, he knew that since the lord arrived in Wuwei County for more than three months, he had punished Cheng Yin, killed Li Kan, defeated the Han Sui coalition army, exterminated the alien invasion of the wasteland, and forcibly subdued the Pegasus thieves by force, all of which were by no means a fluke. The lord Li Li is a real young hero, with eyes like a torch, good at recognizing and employing people, and can see through people's minds.

Tatar Lu recalled Li Li's many previous achievements, his heart was full of awe, and the original expression of standing tall and full of confidence disappeared in an instant, replaced by a respectful expression, and his flamboyant momentum instantly converged.

"The subordinate Tatar is willing to lead the horse and decorate the lord, be willing to be a pawn of the horse, and swear allegiance to the lord!"

"Oh?" Li Li was slightly stunned, and said with a smile: "Hehehe! Tarru did not have to be formal, and got up to speak. With your strong martial arts, it is not an exaggeration for Ben Taishou to give you the position of commander, but you have not been in the army for a long time, and your combat achievements are shallow, and you cannot be compared with the commanders. If Ben Taishou had given you the position of commander now, wouldn't he have unknown rewards and punishments, and would he be dumb and incompetent, and how would he command the army in the future?

In this way, you will first go to the camp of Jin Qiwei to serve as a military marquis, take charge of a team of 1,000 people, and if you make meritorious deeds in the future, you will be rewarded for your meritorious deeds! In addition, Ben Taishou will give you another mansion and five hundred taels of silver, and take your parents in, so that you can be filial sooner or later. ”

The way to control the next is to give both grace and power.

The power that Li Li exerted on Tatar had already taken effect, and now he was given a favor and promoted to be reused, and he was directly included in the Jin Qiwei personal barracks.

Such a combination of grace and power was the only way to make Tarlu have a sense of reverence for Li Li and be truly loyal to him.

After hearing Li Li's reward, Tataru looked excited, a pair of tiger eyes faintly flashed with tears, and he knelt on his knees with a "bang", and said respectfully: "Your subordinates receive orders." The lord is generous, and his subordinates keep it in mind, and in the future, they will swear to serve the lord to the death! ”

Li Li got up slightly, waved his hand to signal Tataru to get up, and said solemnly: "Tatar, filial piety comes first, your parents are not easy in this life, and you will honor the old man in the future!" Also, although your mother is a Qiang, she is your biological mother, no different from my Han people, and she must not be neglected in the future. Otherwise, no matter how many battles you have made in Tarlu, Ben Taishou will still punish you heavily! Parents, no matter who they are, are not at fault, because he gave you this life! ”

Tarlu was greatly moved in his heart, because he knew that the parents of the lord Li Li were no longer alive, and the lord told himself like this now, he was indeed putting himself in his shoes, and treated him like a brother.

"No, my subordinates take orders!" Tarlu didn't say a word, and solemnly bowed to receive the order.

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In the mountains and forests south of Dongshan Pass, Li Li, Huan Fei, Li Zhi and Tatar Lu led more than 200 carefully selected soldiers to climb the steep stone mountain on foot.

Among the group, only one person climbed the stone wall like walking on the ground, walking like flying, and this person was Li Zhi, a slave who had just recovered from his body.

Li Zhi, who walked on the stone mountain, came and went freely like a tiger returning to the mountains and forests and a dragon entering the sea, walking as fast as flying. No matter how smooth the stone wall was, he could bend down and cling to the stone wall and trot all the way up. If there is a big tree in the stone forest, he will climb faster, and the chain on his wrist will shoot out, firmly locking the trunk, and then flying vertically, like an ape, he can climb the mountain in the blink of an eye, easily freehand, which makes Li Li and others amazed.

After climbing the steepest outer stone cliffs, Li Li and the others were presented with a lush forest.

The area of this forest is not large, but it is very long. The longitudinal distance is only more than ten miles, but the horizontal area is extremely long, more than 100 miles.

According to the report of the scouts who went into the mountains to investigate in the early stage, Ma Chao and his party of more than a dozen people have been hiding in this narrow forest for ten days.

Li Li and his entourage were all dressed in armor this time, did not carry long weapons, and all carried bows and arrows and swords around their waists to go up the mountain.

The only exception is Li Zhi. His personal weapon is two iron chains more than two feet long on his wrist, and he usually wraps the chains around his arms and shoulders.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it had been two days since Li Li and his party of more than 200 people entered the mountain, but they never found any trace of Ma Chao and others.

At noon that day, Li Li and his entourage rested in the shade of a mountaintop.

After two days, not even a figure was found, and everyone seemed a little impatient and at a loss.

"Lord, did you say that Ma Chao and the others had already crossed the forest and fled from the eastern cliff to Anding County? Otherwise, how could we not find them? ”

Huan Fei sat next to Li Li and whispered with an anxious expression.

After Li Li thought about it slightly, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and said, "No." Didn't you say it yourself, there is a cliff to the east, can Ma Chao still jump off the cliff?

Don't forget, there are also scouts we sent out under the cliffs in Anding County to the east, and if Ma Chao really jumps off the cliff, we can also find his corpse! In the past two days, there has been no news from the scouts, which means that Ma Chao and the others are still in this forest, but we haven't found them. ”

"Woo oo ~ ~~!"

Suddenly, there was a sound of tree trunks rubbing in the woods, and the dense trees in front of Li Li shook with it.

"Ping!" Huan Fei's expression changed suddenly, and he casually drew his long sword and blocked it in front of Li Li, staring at the flying figure that was getting closer and closer.

"Flying Tiger, don't be nervous. This is Li Zhi returning from the jungle, not an enemy, I hope he can find something this time. Hehehe! ”

Seeing Huan Fei's tense body in front of him, Li Li suddenly said with a smile.

"Li Zhi? Oh, by the way, I didn't expect him to be ahead of us all the time! Hey, hey, hey! ”

After hearing Li Li's words, Huan Fei suddenly returned his sword to the sheath, and said with a smile.

"Bang!"

At the moment when Huan Fei sat back in place, Li Zhi's figure suddenly flew from the big tree, and his bow fell in front of Li Li.

"How is it, Li Zhi, have you found the whereabouts of Ma Chao and the others?"

Listening to Li Li's question, Li Zhi sat on the ground very casually, touched his head and smirked: "Hey, hey, hey!" Lord, slave ・・・・・ uh, I saw Ma Chao and his party ・・・・・・ a few miles ahead. ”

"Ah, I found you! Great, let's go now, we can't let them run anymore this time! ”

At first glance, when he heard Li Zhi say that he had discovered the whereabouts of Ma Chao and others, Huan Fei instantly jumped up, interrupted what Li Zhi was going to say later, and said to Li Li in a hurry.

Li Li was also excited, it was not easy, he climbed the stone mountain for two days, and finally found the whereabouts of Ma Chao and his party!

In the excitement, Li Li suddenly got up and immediately prepared to order everyone to set off.

At this moment, Li Zhi was still sitting on the ground, stretched out his hand and pulled the corner of Li Li's clothes, and said word by word: "Lord, duke, subordinates, have already captured ・・・・・・・ Ma Chao and his party!" ”

"Li Zhi, everyone is about to leave, what are you pulling me for? Well? What did you just say ・・・・・・? Say it again! Li Li was about to raise his arm to beckon everyone to leave, but found that the cuffs were pulled by Li Zhi, so he asked casually with some impatience. It was just as he was speaking that he heard Li Zhi's intermittent words.

Suddenly, Li Li's heart was shocked, he turned to look at Li Zhi incredulously, and said urgently.

Li Li's words were loud, which made Huan Fei, Tatar Lu and the others stunned for a moment, and they all fell silent, and looked at Li Zhi in dismay.

Li Zhi usually hardly talks to others, and even when he does, it is only words like "um, oh, alas".

Only when he is alone with Li Li will he speak more naturally, otherwise he will be nervous and stuttering.

Facing more than 200 pairs of eyes of Li Li, Huan Fei and others, as well as the accompanying soldiers, Li Zhi's stuttering problem was committed again.

"Lord, lord, Ma, Ma Chao has been caught by me, me!"

"Huh? Really caught? Where? Li Li really heard Li Zhi's words clearly this time, and asked in surprise.

However, when Li Li saw that Li Zhi was so nervous that his forehead was sweating, he suddenly realized that he was still too anxious, and he forgot that Li Zhi was different from ordinary people. Two months ago he didn't say a word at all, and now he's noticeably better, but he's still not used to talking to so many people.

"Come, Li Zhi, don't worry, speak slowly. I'm glad you've done a great job this time, and I'll reward you when I get back! Hehehe! (To be continued)