It was a logical thing, but because He Man asked for a mount, it caused a complication, which caused the already relaxed atmosphere between the two sides to suddenly become tense.

He Man's move was a reversal in the eyes of the Xu brothers, how could they agree to such an act?

As soon as this case is opened, won't the Gepi Yellow Turban thieves become more and more unscrupulous in the future, and every time the lion will open his mouth and be greedy!

If this is the case, the little money and grain left in Xujiazhuang will be looted by these yellow turban thieves sooner or later, and where will nearly 10,000 people in the village still have a way to live.

Therefore, Xu Chu did not allow He Man to finish his words, so he immediately sternly refused, and categorically vetoed He Man's unreasonable request for a war horse.

Seeing the tough attitude of the Xu brothers, He Yi's face immediately became gloomy, and an imperceptible murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

In fact, according to He Yi's ruthless methods, he had long wanted to raze Xujiazhuang to the ground and use it as the base camp of the Gepi Yellow Turban Army, and the tens of thousands of people in Xujiazhuang were his slaves. It's a pity that He Man has never agreed to do this, and insisted on making an agreement with the Xu brothers to gamble and fight every three months, and this has been delayed for nearly two years.

The current situation is exactly what He Yi has been looking forward to for a long time, as long as Xu Chu angers his cousin He Man, then he can take advantage of this to attack and directly capture Xu Jiazhuang.

It is not difficult to see from this that cousin He Man has a very heavy weight in He Yi's mind.

And that's exactly what happened. The reason why He Yi was able to become the head of the five leaders of the Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou was all due to the dedicated assistance of his cousin He Man and his strong military deterrence. If He Man's support was lost, Runan Liu Pi, Gong Du, Huaiyin Huang Shao and others would not be able to tolerate the development and growth of the Gepi Yellow Turban Army day by day. Therefore, He Yi has always relied on his cousin He Man very much, and even feared He Man a little, for fear that he would go crazy and no one would be able to stop him.

Just when He Yi was secretly thinking in his heart. In front of the formation, the junior colonel ran up quickly to bandage He Man's wounds, but He Man stared at Xu Chu with wide eyes.

After a while, He Man did not get angry as He Yi expected, but sighed and said to Xu Chu in a deep voice: "Alas, it's okay! Although a certain family is a martial artist, he also knows the truth of fighting on the battlefield since ancient times, and life and death are mutually assured. Today, both of you and I have lost our mounts, and neither of us has taken advantage. The matter of compensating the war horses is indeed difficult for some strongmen. That's it, and I didn't say anything.

Xu Manzi, you are a good man, strong in martial arts, and true to your word. I, Homan, were born to be very convincing. But I have great admiration for your martial arts and personality. It's a pity that I have invited you to join the Gepi Yellow Turban Army several times before, but you insist on refusing. That's why we're at war with each other. Mutual enmity.

Today I would like to invite you to join the Yellow Turban Army again, as long as you nod, I am willing to take the initiative to give up the position of leader to you. Since then, you have been one person under 10,000 people in the Gepi Yellow Turban Army, commanding tens of thousands of Yellow Turban Army. Make a big difference. If all of you in Xujiazhuang are willing to join our army, then our Gepi Yellow Turban Army will be able to unify the Yuzhou Yellow Turban Army just around the corner, and we will even be able to occupy the entire Yuzhou in the near future. What He said was from the bottom of his heart, and he was not deceived by you. You may wish to think about it. ”

Xu Chu could see that He Man's words were true, and he was indeed sincerely invited, and he was not disgusted with He Man, but felt a little sympathetic. However, he was very disdainful of He Yi, the leader of the Yellow Turban Thieves in Gepi, and did not want to be with him at all. What's more, the Xu family is also a wealthy family in Peiguo and even Yuzhou, how can the children of the clan be in the company of grass and become robbers who are shameless by the world.

"Don't think about it, the Tao is not the same! However, Xu still has to thank Brother He for his kindness, but everyone has their own ambitions, and you and I are not all the way after all. After thinking about it for a while, Xu Chu said aloud with a resolute expression.

He Man knew that Xu Chu would answer like this, because after being rejected, he was not angry, nor did he have an overly disappointed expression. Immediately, he didn't look at He Yi's expression beside him, and said casually: "Since this is the case, please ask Brother Xu to fulfill his promise." Before it gets dark, I have to rush back to the cottage. ”

After Xu Chu and Xu Ding heard this, they immediately bowed their hands slightly to He Man, and then turned their heads and left.

Looking at the back of the Xu brothers leaving, He Yi looked at his cousin He Man with great annoyance, and secretly said in his heart that he was sorry, but he was helpless. Although He Man did not ask him for instructions from beginning to end, the words that asked the Xu brothers to fulfill their promise were what he said before. Even though he wanted to reprimand his cousin, he didn't know how to speak; I can only sulk alone, watching the great opportunity to capture Xujiazhuang be missed, but there is nothing I can do.

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"Although this He Man is a Yellow Turban and reckless people, he is a person of good character, which is really commendable!"

On the small hill a hundred steps away from the Ximen battlefield, Li Li said thoughtfully after hearing the conversation between He Man and Xu Chu.

Huan Fei is now paying special attention to He Man, and when he heard the lord praising He Man, he couldn't help but smile and whispered: "He Man, this kid is really good, at least much better than his useless cousin He Yi." He Yi looked a little sinister, and he didn't seem to be willing to let go of the Xu family brothers, and he had the intention of taking advantage of the fire to rob. ”

Li Li bowed his head slightly and chuckled: "This is also a reasonable thing. He Yi may be a ruthless person, even very insidious, but these are the necessary means for him to survive until now. In the past, Zhang Jiao founded the Yellow Turban Army, and it took only eight months from the uprising to its destruction, which can be described as a flash in the pan.

However, ten years later, there are still a large number of Yellow Turban Army in various states and counties, and these Yellow Turban leaders who can lead the Yellow Turban Army to repeatedly avoid the encirclement and suppression of the official army can be regarded as somewhat unbearable figures. Just like He Yi in front of him, if he didn't have a little scheming, and if he didn't have a city government that was full of joy and anger, he would definitely not be able to live to this day, let alone become the leader of the tens of thousands of horses and horses of the Gepi Yellow Turban Army. ”

Huan Fei nodded thoughtfully, obviously agreeing with Li Li's words, after all, he was also the leader of the Pegasus Thieves who commanded tens of thousands of ringing horses before.

At this time, Ma Yunluo, who had been standing quietly behind Li Li without speaking, suddenly spoke: "These people have an agreement before the war, and they should be willing to gamble and lose after the war, but why did He Man ask Xu Chu for a mount?" He is also the leader of the Yellow Turban who commands tens of thousands of horses, but he is too stingy for a war horse! ”

"Hehehe!" Li Li smiled happily when he heard this, turned his head to look at Ma Yunluo's pretty face, smiled without saying a word, and nodded slightly to Chen Zhi next to him.

After Chen Zhi was instructed, he said in a low voice: "General Yunluo doesn't know anything. Among the states of the Han Dynasty, there are actually not many places rich in war horses, and they can be called only a handful. As long as the war horses come from the northern border states and the Western Regions, the best war horses in the world are indeed from the Western Regions and the Western Liang. In addition, there are also war horses in Youzhou and Bingzhou, but the war horses in the two places are not as good as the Western Regions and Xiliang war horses in terms of number and breed of war horses.

As far as the last general knew, in the prefectures and counties of Xiliang, almost all ordinary people had one or two horses in their homes, which could be used as ploughing cattle and as foot power. Almost all the young people in the Xiliang area have come into contact with horses, and many people have been riding horses since they were young, so the Xiliang cavalry is the first in the world; In the past, Dong Zhuo occupied Luoyang, and he held more than 100,000 Xiliang iron horsemen in his hands to dominate the court.

However, except for the northern border counties and Xiliang, the prefectures and counties of the Central Plains and the places south of the Yangtze River did not have excellent war horses, and even if there were horses, they were only some horses and dwarf horses, which could not be used as war horses required by the cavalry. Therefore, most of the existing war horses in the Central Plains are purchased from the northern counties and Xiliang. If there is turmoil today, the princes from all walks of life have recruited troops and horses, and the number of war horses required is huge, and the Central Plains is in short supply, so the price of war horses is extremely expensive. Often the price of a high-quality war horse is as high as dozens of gold, or even hundreds of gold, and the western domain foal and the thousand miles of horses are even more priceless, and it is difficult to find a thousand gold.

Now we are located in Yuzhou, located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, there are a lot of cattle, but horses are rare, and the best war horses can be seen in other places except for the army of the state capital. Not afraid of the general's jokes, the last general wanted to buy a good horse before, but after looking for a long time, he finally spent 30,000 yuan to buy a medium war horse.

Just like these yellow turban thieves in front of them, it is difficult for them to buy high-quality war horses even if they have money. One is that they hide in the mountains all year round, the news is closed, and occasionally there are people selling war horses, and they don't know. Second, they are bandits, they have no faith, and the caravans sold around them dare not trade with them at all, and there is no need, because war horses can be sold at a good price in all parts of the Central Plains. If the horses are transported to the Jiangnan area, it will be more valuable, so who will make a deal with the Yellow Turban Thief! ”

"Oh, I see!" After listening to Chen Zhi's detailed explanation, Ma Yunluo understood the reason, and said in surprise: "In this way, we Xiliang people are actually not poor!" Many people have horses at home, and as long as there are young and strong people in the family, they will generally buy war horses that can go to the battlefield in preparation for the government to recruit soldiers, so that the children of the family can go to the battlefield at any time. ”

Ma Yunluo's words completely amused Li Li, and he couldn't help laughing and said: "The families you mentioned should be the families of the army!" Ordinary people generally don't buy war horses, because they don't like to fight, and they don't want their sons and husbands to go to the battlefield, after all, war kills people. However, most of our Xiliang people are fierce and martial, and most of the young people who have not read books but have great ambitions will choose to practice martial arts and riding skills, so as to win fame. Because of this, in the pre-Qin period, the prefectures and counties of Xiliang could join the army and fight on the battlefield. Such an almost harsh method of recruiting soldiers, except for my Xiliang, no other state can do it to this extent. ”

Just as Li Li finished speaking, he inadvertently noticed that the west gate of Xujiazhuang at the foot of the mountain opened again, and ten strong men slowly walked out with ploughing oxen.

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