Not far from the two brothers, a middle-aged man was standing on the river beach not far away, putting a cleaned mail on his chest and gestured.

Hearing the conversation between the two, he exclaimed: "It's so comfortable to win this battle today. Brother Xiu'er's skills are becoming more and more agile, and Brother Yuan's ability to play Cao's army in his palm is even more admirable."

Shortly after the war ended, the middle-aged man tidied his beard and tied his hair again, making him look more tidy and energetic than other soldiers. At this time, water was flowing all over his body, and Jing seemed to have taken time to take a shower. A thick hemp dress was wrapped loosely around his body, revealing his strong limbs.

Lei Yuanjian said carelessly, "Brother" and "Brother" called him, which meant to be self-respecting his age, but his attitude was not annoying. So he asked his brother: "I don't know who this one?"

Lei Xiu knew that Lei Yuan was not familiar with the clan subordinates' tribes, so he smiled and introduced: "This is Ding Li, the chief of Qu under his father's command. He was responsible for cutting off the road to Xincai in the south a few days ago, so you have never seen him. This was a magistrate of Anfeng County and had studied seriously. He was very different from us rough people.

Lei Yuan knew that Lingshi was a squatter and was superior to prisoners, officials, pavilions, etc. in a county, and his status was not low. He was usually taken over by the children of the county's big clans. Such a person was buried in the subordinates of the local tyrants. There must be many stories and his support, so he nodded to Ding Li: "Ding Qu has worked hard before and after."

Ding Li was not willing to settle down in Lei Xu's army, but was entangled by Yuan Shu's defeated soldiers and had to follow. When Yuan Shu's Zhong regime failed that day, a Cao army captured Anfeng and massacred the city. Ding Li's family was killed in dozens of people. He relied on some courage to resist, but in the end he saw the bodies of his father, mother, and wife, whose bodies were separated by their heads were not in the flames lit by Cao's army.

Finally, by luck, Ding Li escaped with his three children, and ran into the defeated team of soldiers on the way, entered the mountain in a confused manner, and surrendered to Lei Xu.

After that, his life was filled with blood and death. The small official who once followed the rules has now become Qu Chang, who was still a powerful subordinate whom Lei Xu relied heavily on.

But Ding Li still felt proud in his bones and did not look down on Lei Xu, a person who was between bandits and local tyrants. Therefore, his words were less conscious of being subordinates, and he often had a sensation and scolding attitude.

However, Lei Xu has a heroic demeanor after all, and he doesn't care about Ding Li's occasional rudeness. Lei Xiu doesn't study much and has a rough personality. He just doesn't hear Ding Li's arrogance at all.

Ding Li rolled up the mail, put it on his shoulder, and gave a brief salute to Lei Yuan: "It depends on Brother Yuan's careful planning. What's the hard work of us running back and forth? Hey, with this great victory, General Lei must have face when he sees Wu Hou. At that time, he will be rewarded by his merits, and everyone may be able to become county magistrates, lieutenants, etc."

A big man in armor approached with great enthusiasm and said loudly: "If you want to reward merits, then no one's merits can be compared with the young general. Cao's army has a thousand iron cavalry, can it be easily taken? If it weren't for the young general's bravery, how could there be a great victory today? Even if everyone works hard, at most it will be a situation of death together!"

This man was more than eight feet tall, fat and strong, and looked like a thick pagoda. He walked along the way, and his steps were stomping on the sand and gravels rustled. This man enjoyed a great reputation in the Lei family's tribe, so Lei Yuan had heard of his deeds and knew that his name was Deng Tong, and his tribe was an extremely powerful branch in the Lei family's tribe in the Lujiang River.

Deng Quchang's experience is quite legendary. He is from Handan, Jizhou. He once rebelled with the Yellow Turbans, and later followed Bai Bo and Hu Cai to fight in the Hedong area.

When Yang Feng, Dong Cheng and others were in charge of Anyi, in order to win over the forces of the Baibo bandits, they once appointed Hu Cai as the General of the Western Expedition. Deng Tong also obtained the title of lieutenant at that time. Unfortunately, that enthronement always tasted like a monkey-like crown, and no one took his position as a lieutenant seriously.

Later, the Baibo thief was divided into pieces, and Deng Tong followed Yang Feng south to surrender to Yuan Highway. After many twists and turns, he finally became Qu Chief Qu, the subordinate of the great Lujiang hero Lei Xu.

Since this year, Lei Xu has been sick and often asked Deng Tong to follow Lei Xiu to act on his behalf. Therefore, Deng Tong regards Lei Xiu as the young master and respectfully calls him the young general, and regards himself as Lei Xiu's deputy.

Lei Yuan could hear that Deng Tong was eager to open his eyes for Lei Xiu, and tried his best to raise Lei Xiu's courage in his words, and belittle Lei Yuan's purpose. The purpose was very clear. Perhaps Deng Tong, a guy who had been in the White Bo thief for too long, was full of the deeds of the thieves fighting for annexation between the thieves and the generals of the thieves; or perhaps, in Deng Tong's eyes, he, who had shown extraordinary judgment recently, would he become a competitor of Lei Xiu at some point? He could not escape the competition that could not be put on the table, which made Lei Yuan feel quite frustrated.

Fortunately, Lei Yuan had no intention of competing with his brother. In his opinion, when it comes to bravery on the battlefield, even if he was one of ten of himself, he was not the opponent of his brother. Not to mention that he rarely participated in military affairs, at best he was only a staff officer. When he was facing Zhang Xi's cavalry assault, Lei Yuan was really nervous, but he just barely controlled himself and did not let him be exposed.

So he smiled and said, "Zhang Xi is a well-known general under Cao Cao's tent, but his brother easily took his life. Who doesn't admire such a brave man? The best in this battle is the elder brother."

Lei Xiu didn't hear the cleverness in the words of several people. He was a cheerful and straightforward warrior, and never focused on these subtleties. He climbed Lei Yuan's neck and swayed the slightly thin Lei Yuan: "Why have to be too humble? Cao's army is all cavalry, running like the wind. If you hadn't planned it carefully, we wouldn't even catch a single hair of theirs!"

"Let go, let go!" Lei Yuan beg for mercy with a smile.

Lei Xiu ignored it, and turned to Deng Tong and continued, "As for killing the general and snatching the flag, isn't that my duty? Old Deng, you don't have to brag for me specifically, haha! Haha!" At this point, he couldn't help laughing proudly.

At this time, the subordinates from all over the place reported that the cleaning of the battlefield was coming to an end. Since the Cao army generally did not wear armor during the battle, a large number of intact armor were seized, as well as hundreds of war horses and weapons, which were very important materials.

Lei Xu's troops did not seize the rules for unified disposal, so the chiefs of the song allowed their subordinates to search on the battlefield. Many people gathered important equipment that could save their lives in troubled times, and it was not a problem to treat it as a family heirloom.

During this period, there were occasional disputes over something, but the officers pressed them in time and did not cause any death. Only two particularly rebellious people were tied to trees on the high ground of the dam on the spot, and each whipped ten whips to serve as a warning.

When the final loss was made, it was found that more than 20% of the soldiers were killed in battle. Qu Chang alone, Du Bo broke more than ten people, and nearly 40% of them were injured. This result was extremely tragic. It took more than an hour to collect the corpses slowly. Finally, when the corpses were piled together and burned the fire, everyone slowly fell silent.

At this time, the strong wind suddenly rose, and the trees were shaking and rustling among the forests all over the mountains. The dark thick clouds gradually lowered, making the afternoon sky light dimmer.

"It's not easy to confront Mr. Cao!" Lei Xiu whispered: "I hope there will be a good result this time."

The powerful people in these places between the Jianghuai River and Huai River have repeatedly violated the strong for many years. However, now, Cao Gong in the north and Wu Hou in the south have grown into giant tyrants that were previously unimaginable; anyone with a little vision can feel that the situation of the rise and fall of the princes has passed. The strength and status of Cao Gong and Wu Hou are very stable, and the confrontation between each other may last for many years.

In this case, since you have to stand on the side of Wu Hou, it will be difficult to have the opportunity to change the party in the future. Therefore, success or failure this time will inevitably determine the future fate of tens of thousands of people.

"Good result?" Lei Yuan sighed.

He wanted to leave, but hesitated for a moment, but suddenly said, "What good results can be achieved? The governor Liu was not harsh to us before. Isn't it a good result for everyone to live in peace? He insisted on rebelling because of General Sun's promise and exchange the lives of the soldiers for a future. I... I really don't think this can have a good result."

The governor Liu mentioned by Lei Yuan was Liu Fu and Liu Yuanying, the governor of Yangzhou appointed by Cao Gong. In the fifth year of Jian'an, Liu Fu entered Hefei alone, and then established Zhouzhi, gathered refugees, opened up water conservancy, and Guangxing military farmland.

Lei Xu, Chen Lan, Mei Gan and others originally protected themselves in remote places, and they were successively recruited and paid tribute. The days of those years were not very comfortable, but they were in peace.

Therefore, the leaders decided to accept the Wu Hou's inducement to fight against the court. Many people were really worried, but they didn't expect that Lei Yuan would say it so bluntly at this moment.

Everyone didn't know what to say for a moment.

Deng Tong's face turned pale, showing that he wanted to accuse him, and was immediately reprimanded by Lei Xiu.

Ding Li looked at Lei Xiu, then looked at Lei Yuan: "But Governor Liu is dead, let's..."

No one paid attention to him, he stopped embarrassedly.

"Xuzhi, you are just soft-hearted and can't stand the dead." Lei Xiu was silent for a moment and asked in a relaxed tone: "Isn't it natural for a man to be born in a chaotic world. Isn't it natural for him to use the knife in his hand to gain wealth and glory?"

"But will there be glory and wealth in this way?" Lei Yuan replied immediately: "The times are different. If this continues, it may only become more and more difficult! What if...if..."

Lei Xiu suddenly glared at his eyes. Seeing that his aura was fierce, Lei Yuan couldn't help but want to retreat, but Lei Xiu just whispered to Lei Yuan: "Father has his own considerations, so don't say more. Especially don't say it in front of the soldiers!"
Chapter completed!