Chapter 365 Jiang Wei, Zhong Hui, and Deng Ai
As a general, Jiang Wei could of course see that the lackeys of the dandy young man were probably all veterans. However, with only a dozen of them, not to mention that they could not form a battle formation, even if the Luoyang City formation was activated, Zhong Hui would still kill them indiscriminately.
There are differences between veterans. If they were retired veterans from a legion like the Yulin Army, they might be able to fight a little longer. Unfortunately, these people are just retired veterans from ordinary troops.
At most, he has been to the battlefield and seen blood, and he is invincible in dealing with hooligans, but if you want to fight against someone like Zhong Hui who has internal energy outside the body, you'd better forget it. Anyone with internal energy in the form of Gang can deal with him.
"Be gentle, don't kill anyone!" Jiang Wei said lightly. He was the most loyal of the general's loyalties, he was not afraid of anything. Let alone a dandy boy, even if the dandy boy's father came, he would just beat him.
Compared with the two people in the wild whose internal energy left their bodies, a little trouble was nothing.
Zhong Hui didn't care. Even if his father Zhong Yao was unreliable, he was still an official of the court. At worst, he could just push his father out to fight against thunder. Anyway, his father left him nothing, so fighting against thunder was also fulfilling his father's duty.
After a violent beating, all the slaves, including the dandy young man, were thrown to the ground.
"Just wait for me, our Li family will never let you go!" Li Zhiyun shouted angrily while lying on the ground. When had he ever been treated like this before?
"It's the same with our Wang (Dou, Yang) family!" the remaining teenagers also shouted .
"Haha, a kid from a noble family in Chang'an? Why do you run to Luoyang instead of staying in Chang'an?" Jiang Wei glanced at him with a sneer.
Jiang Wei squatted down with a smile and stared at Li Zhiyun, "You can try it. I really want to see why you won't let me go."
Jiang Wei's calm tone made Li Zhiyun break out in a cold sweat. Anyone who dared to be so arrogant must be either a madman or a fool. The man in front of him didn't look like a madman at all, so he must be a fool.
"Let's go, both of you. I will take you to see the general. With your abilities, you will definitely be valued!" Jiang Wei stood up without even looking at the dandy, and told Deng Ai and Zhong Hui to leave.
He wanted to recommend these two guys he met on the road to the general to help the country, which would be a great achievement.
Logically speaking, Jiang Wei felt that he was destined to be able to pick up two wild internal energy masters on the road. After finishing the trivial matters, he would go to pay tribute to General Wei. He had a hunch that he might unlock the second plug-in.
Jiang Wei left gracefully, feeling the resentful gaze behind him, but he was not moved at all. Would the eagle worry about the turtle's resentment? No, because in the eyes of the eagle, there is no place for creatures like turtles.
Li Zhiyun and others looked at Jiang Wei who left with a haughty look on his face, and they all looked at each other. They all saw the humiliation of the other party, and they could not tolerate this humiliation.
They wanted to make this guy Jiang Wei pay the price. The few people who couldn't swallow this humiliation began to contact their own guard team. They just didn't like to bring too many people out for fun, but it didn't mean they didn't have guards.
Jiang Wei and the other two were walking and chatting on the road. The atmosphere was extremely lively and the three of them even planned to become sworn brothers.
Just as the three of them were in high spirits, a chaotic sound of footsteps was heard, and then a large group of private soldiers appeared in Jiang Wei's sight.
"Private soldiers of aristocratic families? Why are there so many? In Chang'an?" Jiang Wei frowned and thought.
He was not a reckless man. He was a meticulous man and thought of many things in an instant. What he could not understand the most was where the aristocratic families in Chang'an got so many trained soldiers. They looked like veterans who had at least seen blood .
They might even be active veterans, whose expressions and demeanor are much better than those of the lackeys before.
"Damn bastard, let's see how many you can beat this time!" Li Zhiyun said arrogantly. The guards around him gave him great confidence. These people were all their family's private soldiers, and it was no problem for them to deal with ordinary generals and rangers.
"Catch them all and take them back!" Wang, a playboy, flashed a cold chill and shouted with a ferocious face, "I want to see what you can do to us!"
"It's so noisy, but no city guards have come yet? Why are the urban management troops not here either?" Jiang Wei looked around and became even more confused.
Zhong Hui and Deng Ai didn't think too much and rushed forward directly. What were hundreds of veteran soldiers?
Deng Ai kicked an old soldier away, then swept his leg to knock down the old soldier in front of him, and then kicked him into the group of old soldiers. This kick directly broke up the formation of the old soldiers.
Zhong Hui on the other side was not idle either. He grabbed an old soldier and threw him out, directly knocking down a group of old soldiers who did not dodge. The two of them fought together with great force, but they both knew how to hold back and only injure but not kill.
However, the two soon paid the price for their underestimation of the enemy. A legion attack directly knocked Deng Ai down, and a blurry red light with an explosion hit Deng Ai hard.
The careless Deng Ai vomited blood and his internal organs were all injured. Although his internal energy was leaving his body, it was only the internal energy leaving his body after all, and even his state was not completely stable.
The reason he came to Luoyang was to enroll in school. He had a talent for military tactics and had already learned everything his master taught him. If it weren't for the breakthrough of internal energy leaving the body, he wouldn't have come to Luoyang to study now.
Unexpectedly, he encountered such a thing as soon as he arrived in Luoyang, which gave Deng Ai a headache.
However, it was not his style to take a beating without fighting back, so he immediately raised his internal energy and prepared to fight for real. As a result, a heavy pressure was directly pressed on him, making it a little difficult for him to breathe.
A large number of soldiers appeared, and a cloud formation rose in Luoyang City. Jiang Wei's complexion finally improved a little. If the Luoyang City Guards did not make any more moves, he would start a killing spree.
"Not bad, it looks like it was just an accident."
Jiang Wei thought to himself that although the city guards were a little slow, they were able to arrive at the scene quickly without a large-scale alarm, so there was no problem overall, but they should still be given some warning.
Cao Cao, who was leading the team, was in a very bad mood. The steward of that noble family actually dared to threaten him and mocked him in person. If he hadn't been hit on a sore spot by that damn steward, he would not have wasted his time on that damn guy.
"Don't move, Luoyang city guards." Cao Cao shouted in a bad tone.
Then I saw a familiar figure appear in front of me.
"Who are you?"
"Uncle Cao, it's me, Li Zhiyun from the Li family!"
Cao Cao recalled and thought of the children of noble families who had visited him in the past two days and brought a lot of gifts.
Speaking of the Li family, he still has an impression of it. When the Luoyang noble families joined forces with him and Sun Jian to rebel, the Li family retreated bravely to protect themselves, and from the very beginning it seemed that they were leaning towards the general's forces. He still had to give them some face.
"It's you, what's going on?" Cao Cao thought for a while and asked.
Before Li Zhiyun started to confuse right and wrong, Jiang Wei came over and said something in a bad tone.
"Lord Cao, you are not trying to cover up for them! Are you condoning private soldiers committing crimes in the streets? Is this the Luoyang you are guarding?"
Cao Cao looked at Jiang Wei with half-closed eyes. He was not familiar with him, but he had some impression of him. It seemed that he was also a subordinate of the general.
"Who are you?"
"Lord Cao is really a forgetful person. I am Jiang Boyao from Tianshui. We met during the selection of the eight schools in Xiyuan!" Jiang Wei sneered indifferently.
When Cao Cao heard this, he felt a little confused. His attention was all on Guan Yu and Lu Bu at the time, and he didn't pay much attention to Jiang Wei.
But as soon as he heard about the Eight Schools of Xiyuan, he knew that today's matter would not end well. The one who followed Guo Hao during the period of the Eight Schools of Xiyuan was not a direct descendant of the direct descendants.
His headache got even worse when he remembered who Jiang Boyue was. He was one of the five direct descendants of the general, but he almost forgot about him because he was not often in Luoyang.
"Catch them and take them back, and ask their families to redeem them!" Cao Cao turned around and said to his men.
The captain of the city guard was confused. Who were they going to catch? It seemed like it was related to you, sir.
"Of course we have to arrest these guys!" Cao Cao pointed at Li Zhiyun and the others and angrily shouted, "Jiang Boyue, I will report today's events to the general truthfully! It is my duty, please forgive me!"
"Of course, please do as you wish, Lord Cao!" Jiang Wei did not continue to make trouble. This was Cao Cao's duty, and he certainly had no reason to stop him. What really deserved his attention were the private soldiers of Li Zhiyun and others.
"This is Luoyang, not Chang'an. How can these people mobilize so many veterans? What is the situation in Chang'an now?"
Jiang Wei thought about it and decided to report the news to Guo Hao. No matter how you look at it, having aristocratic families with many private soldiers is not a good thing.
Li Zhiyun fell into complete silence when Cao Cao was cursing. He just couldn't swallow his anger, but when the facts were laid out in front of him, he still had the qualities of a son of a noble family.
Knowing that he cannot afford to offend the other party, he still speaks rudely, which is courting death, so he remains silent.
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"General!" Jiang Wei brought Deng Ai and Zhong Hui to find Guo Hao in the Government Affairs Hall, and then told him the whole story of what happened on the street.
Li Ru, who was listening at the side, frowned. According to his intelligence, the Li family and the Wang family should be considered as harmless and beneficial families.
Guo Hao glanced at Li Ru, who looked unhappy, and after thinking for a while he decided to change the subject. There must be something fishy about this matter.
"I know about this. Bo Yue, can you introduce the partner behind you?"
"Zhong Hui and Zhong Shiji of Yingchuan greet the general!"
"Jingyang...Deng...Ai...Deng...Shizai...meet...the general"
Deng Ai? Zhong Hui? Jiang Wei?
Wow, the three enemies got together again, and killed three sages with one plan. It seems that the three enemies are really destined to be together.
However, Deng Ai's stuttering inevitably made Guo Hao frown. After thinking about it, he drew a strand of national destiny and shot it towards Deng Ai.
Deng Ai was stunned for just a moment, then he prostrated himself on the ground.
"Thank you, General, for your kindness in saving my life!"
Guo Hao nodded with satisfaction. National destiny is really omnipotent. It is always effective in solving minor illnesses and disasters.
"Are you two willing to serve as officials in the court?" Guo Hao made the invitation directly and to the point.
If they were just ordinary historical figures, it would be fine, but the two in front of us are both great talents, good seedlings who can be listed in the Temple of Martial Arts. If they are trained, they can become capable fighters who can go to the battlefield immediately.
"I do" "I do"
"Please get up quickly!"
When Guo Hao heard their answers, he reached out and helped them up. He immediately appointed them as Jiang Wei's deputies, and ordered them to lead a legion in training with Jiang Wei.
"Once you three have trained and formed an army, report back as soon as possible. We will need you three to lead the army to go into battle!"
Guo Hao gave earnest instructions. If they were ordinary generals, he would have directly separated them from the existing legions. However, these three were all talented, so Guo Hao still wanted them to train their own army.
Anyway, the basic military tree of the Han Dynasty is already very complete. Compared with the fixed legions such as Shield Guards and Sharp Warriors, he would rather let these capable people develop some special legions like the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and White Horse Volunteers.
A uniform army is bound to have flaws. Only by diversified development can we better deal with various troubles.
In the future, there will not only be mountains, oceans, and ice fields, but there may also be special terrains such as forests and swamps. He needs to make some preparations in advance.
By the way, Guo Hao gave each of them a mansion and some gold .
Because it is now a stable group, Guo Hao can no longer assign official positions to his subordinates as he did before, even though he knows that these new generals are capable.
He must consider the overall situation. If Deng Ai and others had no military merits, it would be difficult for him to promote these people. Once he promotes them out of turn, he cannot convince everyone like Chen Xi did, which can easily lead to internal conflicts.
After sending the three away, Guo Hao thought for a while and planned to transfer the three to the Bingzhou battlefield. Whether it was the Hu people moving south or the Northern Huns invading, Bingzhou was the place with the greatest pressure. The vast territory defense line was destined to require a large number of people to be stationed.
What's more, simply taking a beating is not his style. If he can gather enough people, he can take over the entire northern prairie at once, which will also make it easier for Chen Xi to develop animal husbandry.
You should know that the shortage of horses and cattle throughout the country has reached a very serious level. The originally abundant horse resources were now pitifully scarce when spread throughout the Central Plains, and many places developed very slowly due to the lack of livestock.
In the past, the northern grasslands may not have been worth conquering, but when wise men all over the world realized how important the northern grasslands were.
The northern grasslands, which were once useless, have now been planned into breeding farms by Chen Xi and others.
Under the planning of Chen Xi and others, they already had a rough estimate of how many horses, cows, and sheep to raise. They were just waiting to completely resolve the issue of the Northern Huns and the Hu people before sending people to investigate the specific situation on the spot.
The only problem now is how to deal with the Northern Huns and the Hu people. As long as the problem of the northern grassland is solved thoroughly and the cattle, sheep and horses of the Hu people are confiscated and distributed throughout the country, the livestock shortage across the country can be alleviated to some extent.
