In the early morning of the next day, Li Li rode his horse to inspect the camp in Dongyang Valley.

The 8,000 trilogy in the camp is Li Li's current family background, so he has to be extra cautious.

It is said to be a trilogy, but in fact, the only part that is really on the surface is the five hundred pro-soldiers stationed in Longxiang Li Mansion.

The Iron Cavalry of the Three Thousand Dragon Battalion was nominally under his command, and Dong Zhuo supplied food and salary.

The 5,000 foot soldiers were soldiers and horses that he had recruited privately, and they could not be easily shown to others, and he provided for everything he needed, which was a very heavy burden.

At present, the money for the supply of the infantry camp is still the looting income that he secretly withheld in Chen Liucheng, as well as some additional grain and grass supplied by Fan Yong, which can barely support it for the time being.

Without stable food and money, the soldiers of the infantry battalion will starve next month.

Li Li had no foundation in Chang'an City and no savings, and he could only maintain the daily expenses of the government.

Nowadays, he is trapped in Chang'an City, relying on his fortune to live, and has no other source of money and food.

For a while, Li Li was really stumped.

It's just that it's useless to be in a hurry in this predicament, as long as he doesn't have his own territory, it is impossible to completely solve the problem of food and salary.

After slipping around the camp, Li Li gave another explanation to Li Fu, Li Zheng and Bocai.

Give them the power to make the greatest decisions possible, without reporting everything, and require them not only to solve the problem of food and grass, but also to train the soldiers.

Subsequently, Li Li and his entourage left Dongyang Valley again and set off to return to Chang'an.

On the way back to the city, Li Li seemed to be preoccupied, and his sword eyebrows were tightly locked.

"Wenchang, are you worried about the food and grass of the army? I heard from the servant that there was a large amount of money and grain stored in the palace of Dong Taishi, which was enough to supply the food and salary of 300,000 troops for ten years. Can you ask the Taishi for food, if you really can't do it, borrow some grain and grass for emergencies, and return it to him later! ”

Chen Yu looked at Li Li's gloomy face, and felt very uncomfortable, so he said in a discouraged manner.

"Ugh! Haha! ”

Li Li was stunned for a moment, and then hahadaxiao said, "Yu'er, you really dare to think about it!" Borrow grain and grass from Dong Zhuo? Even if the sun comes out of the west, you don't want to lend a grain from Dong Zhuo's hands!

There is indeed a lot of money and grain stored in Yiwuli, where there are not only Dong Zhuo's years of wealth gain, but also the blood and sweat of the entire Sili people and the accumulation of money and grain in the Luoyang Imperial City for a hundred years, which is rich and rivals the country! However, it is still an exaggeration to say that it can supply the food and salary of 300,000 troops for ten years, but it should not be a problem to supply it for five years. ”

The reason why Li Li said this is indeed targeted, not speculation.

In historical materials, since Dong Zhuo's death, Wang Yun squandered some of Yi Wu's money and grain, and then Li Dao and Guo Yan controlled the government and fought endlessly, which lasted for seven years, but there was no shortage of grain and grass; That speaks for itself.

If it weren't for Dong Zhuo's storage of a large amount of money and grain in Yiwu, then where would the food and salary of more than 200,000 soldiers and horses under their accounts come from, such as Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Zhang Ji?

Just by plundering money and grain, I am afraid that all the food in the homes of all the people in the prefectures and counties of Xiliang will not be enough for their hundreds of thousands of troops to squander for seven years.

After Li Dao, Guo Yan and others took control of the government, they were able to coexist peacefully at first, but after two or three years, they began to attack and kill each other, and the cause of the contradiction was probably in the distribution of grain and grass, rather than simply fighting for fame and fortune.

As for Li Dao's eventual agreement that the little emperor and the hundred officials would leave Chang'an and go to Luoyang, perhaps because there was no extra food to support these people, Fang Cai's head was hot and he casually agreed to their request.

"Report! General, at the foot of the mountain around the bend in front, there is a group of robbers who are besieging and killing passing merchants. ”

Just as Li Li and Chen Yu were talking while hurrying, a personal soldier galloped over and hurriedly said the unexpected situation on the road ahead.

"Robbers? Bypassing two more bends is Chang'an City, and there are robbers here who dare to block the road and rob the murderer? What a strange thing! ”

Li Li muttered to himself in astonishment, and then ordered the pro-soldier scouts: "Well, you get up, continue to the front to investigate, and see who the robbers are, where did the robbers come from, and how many people are there?" Go for it! ”

The scout then bowed down and took the order, and disappeared at the end of the road with a puff of smoke.

"Wenchang, let's hurry up and save people, if it's too late, I'm afraid the robbers will succeed!"

Chen Yu is a daughter's family in the end, kind-hearted, and when she heard that someone was in distress, she rushed up to help save people.

Li Li was unhurriedly pacing his horse and slowly walked forward, "Yu'er, don't worry, just hurry to the front."

In these years, there were many wars and natural disasters, and the common people were not having a good time, and if they were very hungry, maybe those honest farmers would also do things to block the road and rob. This kind of thing happens every day, and it's not worth making a fuss about.

Besides, the people of the merchants always take their servants with them when they travel, which is more than enough to deal with ordinary robbers. In fact, as long as they are willing to give up some money to the robbers, they may be fine. ”

Chen Yu saw Li Li's look of indifference, and said it so easily, his heart suddenly let go of a lot, and he was not in a hurry to go, and followed Li Li to ride his horse without hurry.

"Report! General, his subordinates have already learned that the person who was robbed and killed is Cai Zhonglang's daughter, and the robber is a Pegasus thief who has been wandering near Nanshan for the past two years. This time, the Pegasus thieves dispatched a total of more than 300 people, and judging by the situation, they should have rushed here to ambush last night, and happened to meet Cai Zhonglang's family. ”

The scout told the situation in one breath, and he spoke so quickly that Li Li didn't know what to say.

"Wait, who is Cai Zhonglang? And who is his daughter? You speak clearly, don't speak so fast, speak slowly! ”

The scout heard Li Li's tone not good, so he patiently explained: "General Yu, Cai Zhonglang is Zuo Zhonglang's general Cai Yong, whose name is Bo Jiao, was named Zhonglang General by Taishi half a year ago.

Cai Zhonglang's daughter is called Cai Yan, the word Zhao Ji, who was previously the daughter-in-law of the Wei family in Hedong, and the husband's family is Wei Zhongdao, the eldest son of the Wei family. However, less than a year after she married into the Wei family, that Wei Zhongdao died of hemoptysis, and Miss Cai became a widow. She only returned to Chang'an at the beginning of this year, and has been living in Cai Zhonglang's house ever since. ”

Li Li's heart was slightly shocked, and he said in surprise: "It turns out that Cai Zhonglang is the boss of Cai Yong!" It's just that why haven't you seen him recently?

Uh, by the way, little third son, how do you understand Cai Zhonglang's family affairs so clearly, it's like a treasure! ”

"This······ Hey, hey, hey! ”

The third son of the scout was stunned by Li Li's question, and said with a smirk: "General Yu, the little one was on an errand in Luoyang before, and he and Cai Zhonglang were fellow villagers of Chen Liu, and he has always respected the boss very much. Later, I was recruited by General Li Dao to be a scout, and before I set out for the expedition at the beginning of this year, I also followed General Li Dao to Cai Zhonglang's mansion once, so I know all these things about Cai Zhonglang's family. ”

Li Li smiled at the little third son and said, "Hehehe! Little Sanzi, you are very clever, and you will be successful in the future. It seems that I recruited you into the pro-soldier team, which is considered the right recruitment, do a good job, or it won't be long before you kid can be a squad leader! Lead the way, let's go to save people, since Cai Zhonglang's daughter was robbed, then we can't stand idly by! ”

"That's a nice thing to say, I think you just heard that person was Cai Dacai's talented woman, so you decided to save people so simply! Men are all this virtuous, huh! ”

Seeing Li Li galloping away with a whip, Chen Yu pursed his red lips, looked at Li Li's distant back angrily and muttered a few words, and then beat his horse and chased after more than ten personal soldiers.

At the bend of the mountain road, at the foot of the mountain.

A group of robbers of more than 300 people, each with a haode Xiliang war horse, whistling, and noisily surrounding a carriage.

Around the carriage, five sturdy servants held their swords to protect the carriage, constantly swinging their swords to resist the robbers who rushed over on their horses.

At this moment, there were already more than ten corpses of servants lying on the ground, and it was obvious that the servants of the Cai family were already at the end of their crossbows, and they couldn't resist for long.

The robbers did not seem to be in a hurry to kill the five remaining servants, and they stabbed them all over the body and played with the dying servants, but they refused to take their lives.

"Bold thieves, at the foot of the imperial city, how can you allow Er and others to commit wanton murder?"

With a loud shout, Li Li jumped down from the mountain road, holding a long sword in vain.

Less than two feet behind him, the black-faced Dian Wei slammed his horse's belly and fiercely charged towards the robbers' horses with his halberd in hand.