Yuan Xi's layout of the Black Mountain Army began long before the Battle of Yijing.
A behemoth like the Black Mountain Army cannot be defeated by Yuan Xi alone, so he must take advantage of the situation.
The Taihang Mountains where the Heishan Army is located is on the border between Bingzhou and Jizhou, with the Southern Xiongnu to the west, Yuan Xi's Youzhou to the northeast, Jizhou to the east, and Hanoi to the south.
If Zhang Yang and Lu Bu in Hanoi join forces with the Montenegrin Army, Yuan Xi has no hope of success, so he sends Qu Yi out to look for opportunities for Lu Bu to break with the Montenegrin Army.
This matter was still very dangerous, but Qu Yi agreed without even thinking about it.
He said to Yuan Xi before: "Dong Zhao is at Zhang Yang's place now. If I have any flaws, he can help me cover them up."
"If I really die, the one you should be suspicious of is Dong Zhao."
"In this case, I can help you see whether Dong Zhao is really trustworthy, and I can repay you for saving your life."
Yuan Xi listened and remained silent. He thought about a lot of words that were inappropriate, and finally said: "Then I'll take care of everything, Brother Qu."
Before Qu Yi and Yuan Xi parted ways, Yuan Xi asked him what he was worried about. Qu Yi smiled and said: "I am alone now. I only earn money for living one more day. How can I have so many ideas?"
At this time, Qu Yi fell into deep thought, remembering that more than a month ago, he was still leading troops to fight, but now he had gone to Hanoi County and became Lu Bu's guest. He felt that things in the world were unpredictable.
However, he is also very cautious now. Ever since Gao Lan recognized him, Qu Yi has been wearing a helmet with a mask when leading troops in Youzhou, deliberately concealing his appearance.
But even so, someone might recognize him based on his movements, words and other habits, so Qu Yi agreed to live in Lu Bu's inner house, with little contact with outsiders and less opportunities to be exposed.
Lu Bu ordered people to serve wine and food. After three rounds of drinking, the two of them drank more and more. Lu Bu was even more happy because he had always looked up to Qu Yi.
Lu Bu fought many battles in his life, but compared to Qu Yi's achievements in several battles, he still fell short.
Especially in the Battle of Jieqiao, the world-famous White Horse Yi Cong was defeated, and Qu Yi became famous in the North, which made Lu Bu feel a little admired.
Lu Bu became very excited and said to the maid behind him: "Invite all the ladies and ladies to come out and serve wine to Dezhou!"
When Qu Yi heard this, he quickly declined, but Lu Bu had already made up his mind, so the maid had to go and invite Yan and Lu Lingqi.
Lu Bu was born in Bingzhou, and he practiced many Hu people's customs. It was the local custom for his wife and daughter to come out to serve wine and entertain distinguished guests. However, it was only allowed for his family members to come out to see each other when they were brothers or close friends.
Qu Yi was from Liangzhou, so it was not strange that the customs were similar to those in Bingzhou. However, from the perspective of the Central Plains gentry, this custom was somewhat unacceptable.
Later, when Lu Bu went to Xuzhou to join Liu Bei, he also asked his wife Yan and his daughter to visit Liu Bei. Liu Bei repeatedly refused, feeling that it was not polite, and from then on he stayed away from Lu Bu.
Lu Lingqi was practicing martial arts in the courtyard at this time. Today she was holding not two short halberds, but a long halberd. The tip of the halberd was flying up and down, like a python coming out of its hole. The whole courtyard was shimmering with cold light, which made Mrs. Du who was standing aside couldn't help but
He took a few steps back.
After completing a set of halberd skills, Lu Lingqi felt a slight sweat on her forehead. Mrs. Du quickly stepped forward and handed over the linen cloth in her hand, praising: "The girl's martial arts skills have improved again."
Lu Lingqi casually wiped a few of them on her face, shook her head and said, "Juggling in the yard is nothing like martial arts."
"If you can meet the generals on the battlefield and learn a few tricks, you can know your own abilities."
Mrs. Du wondered: "Isn't Marquis Wen a powerful general in the world? Why doesn't the girl go and beg him?"
Lu Lingqi said angrily: "Forget it, my father never agreed to compete with me."
While the two were talking, a maid came over and said that Lu Bu had a distinguished guest visiting, and asked Lu Lingqi to go out to meet him and serve him wine.
When Lu Lingqi heard this, she became a little irritable and shouted: "I won't go, I won't go!"
"How come my father still carries these northern customs and doesn't think about my mother and me?"
"I'm already old enough to get married. Is it appropriate to go out every day to meet some distinguished guests?"
The maid didn't dare to answer, so she had to stand with her head lowered.
Mrs. Du saw it and said softly: "The servant is the one who is in trouble for the girl. How about I go along and serve the girl wine?"
After hearing this, Lu Lingqi shook her head and said, "Madam, this is even more inappropriate. Who knows whether the guest is lustful or not? Who can tell what will happen then?"
"What if my father is happy and asks you to accompany that distinguished guest?"
"I remember those generals under Zhang Yang. They have been asking for marriage more and more frequently recently, right?"
After hearing this, Mrs. Du looked worried. Just as Lu Lingqi said, she is still in a dilemma.
When she was Qin Yilu's wife, others coveted her, and they were concerned about Qin Yilu's status and reputation, so they would restrain themselves a little.
But now that Qin Yilu married another man, Mrs. Du had nothing to do with him, and no one protected him, so the generals showed their covetousness towards her without any restraint.
Lu Lingqi also had an idea. If Mrs. Du was unwilling to marry, she could help Mrs. Du escape.
But Mrs. Du thought about it again and again, but still couldn't make up her mind. Now that she had no relatives, who could she turn to?
At least she was safe staying with Lu Lingqi now. If she escaped from Hanoi and encountered bandits and soldiers, how could she, a woman, have the ability to protect herself?
Lu Lingqi also looked uneasy when she saw Mrs. Du, thinking that a good-looking woman might not be a good thing.
Just like Mrs. Du, although she was beautiful, she lost the protection of her husband and lived in fear and panic all day long.
Seeing that the maid on the side did not dare to leave, she thought for a while and said helplessly: "Even if it is my father's order, I will not embarrass you. You can just say that I am not feeling well."
The maid responded and was about to leave, but Lu Lingqi stopped her again, "Father hasn't let me go out to serve wine for a long time. Who is here today?"
The maid thought for a while and said, "I don't know much about this. It seems that he is Mr. Yinhu's bodyguard, named Qu Yi."
Lu Lingqi's body trembled and she couldn't help but look at Mrs. Du.
Hidden tiger?
It turned out to be that abominable Hidden Tiger?
Is he not dead yet?
Lu Lingqi felt an incomprehensible feeling in her heart. She became curious and said to the maid, "Wait a minute. I'll just change my clothes and let you go."
Lu Lingqi changed into a very neat Northland leather outfit, and when she rushed to the banquet hall, she found that her mother, Yan, was already there, personally serving wine to a big man with scars all over his face.
Yan turned around and found Lu Lingqi coming, and said: "Aqi, come and see your uncle, he is a hero of the world."
Qu Yi quickly stood up and said humbly: "I'm ashamed, Yi Yijie is a warrior and can't be called a hero."
Lu Bu laughed and said: "If Texas is not a hero, who else in the world can be considered a hero?"
"Ling'er, come and serve a drink to Dezhou. This is Qu Yi, Qu De Dezhou, who defeated thousands of white horse Yi followers eight hundred years ago and shocked the world!"
Of course Lu Lingqi had heard of this name. She raised her head slightly and saw Qu Yi's face, only to find that his face was scarred and horrifying, but his eyes were shining brightly.
Lu Lingqi stepped forward with her eyes and felt blessed. She raised the bronze statue to fill the wine glass for Qu Yi and said softly: "Please fill it up, general."
After hearing this, Qu Yi raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp, saying loudly, "Thank you, lady."
He turned to Lu Bu and said with a smile: "Marquis Wen's daughter has extraordinary martial arts skills."
Lu Lingqi was curious and said, "How did the general see it?"
Qu Yi listened and explained: "When the girl was pouring wine, she held something in her upper arms, her body was straight, her feet were not moving at all, and her movements were like flowing clouds and flowing water. It was obvious that she practiced martial arts for at least several hours a day, otherwise she would not be able to move so naturally.
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Lu Bu listened and said with a smile: "Dezhou has really good eyesight. He is worthy of being a master of military training who can train soldiers to die first!"
"If Bu Dezhou helps train troops, his soldiers will be even more powerful and avenge Cao Mengde's battles!"
After hearing this, Qu Yi said: "It's not that the soldiers and generals in Marquis Wen's battles were inferior to Cao Cao, it should be that there was a problem with the proportion of troops."
"The terrain in Yanzhou is complex, unlike the plain plains of the North. Sometimes infantry is more useful."
After hearing this, Lu Bu nodded and said, "I think so too, but the Yuan clan has strong bows and crossbows, which is a secret that has not been passed down. This is quite a restraint on the cavalry."
"Cao Cao also learned from Dezhou's method of dealing with white horse Yi Cong. He used a large number of bows and arrows to deal with my cavalry several times, but I had no way to deal with it."
"What do Texas think?"
Qu Yi listened, thought for a while, and then spoke. In order to win Lu Bu's trust, he would naturally answer seriously. Lu Bu couldn't help nodding after listening.
Seeing Lu Bu and Qu Yi talking about military affairs, Yan took Lu Lingqi aside to sit down and said, "The wine is also served. If you are bored, go back first."
Lu Lingqi's interest was aroused. She thought that Qu Yi was so famous in the north, how could he become Yin Hu's bodyguard?
Thinking of this, she whispered: "I want to listen for a while first."
Lu Bu became more and more happy after meeting with Qu Yi. Taking advantage of the wine, he took out another silk letter.
He said to Qu Yi: "Does Dezhou know that when Yuan Xi, the governor of Youzhou, took office, he sent me three thousand shi of grain in order to settle my affairs?"
Lu Lingqi thought, isn't Yuan Xi a fierce tiger?
I came here to hear about the Hidden Tiger, why did I get involved with the Fierce Tiger again?
Qu Yi raised his head and said, "I have never heard of this. Aren't Marquis Wen and the Yuan family enemies?"
He really didn't know. Yuan Xi told him in advance that besides Qu Yi, there were other plans. Whatever happened in the future, he could just deal with it normally, so as not to expose his flaws.
Seeing that Qu Yi didn't look fake, Lu Bu felt relieved and said with a smile: "Yuan Xi has a reputation as a fierce tiger, so he was quite respectful in the letter."
"He said that now he is on his own and is alone in Youzhou. If possible, he wants to join forces with me."
"Dezhou came from Jizhou, have you ever seen this person?"
Qu Yi's mind came to his mind and he said, "I have met this person once."
"Oh?" Lu Bu became interested, "How does Texas feel about it?"
After hearing this, Qu Yi thought for a moment and said, "I can't tell at a quick glance, but rumors say that this person is extremely lecherous."
After hearing this, Lu Bu laughed and said, "You are indeed like me!"
Lu Lingqi spat in her heart, thinking that all men are indeed the same!