After resting for half a day, General Xiang Ji mixed the Xiang Jiajun and the Qingzhou surrender army and led the troops to leave Hulu Valley.
What is Taishi Ci doing?
Why haven't you received my wife after so long?
When he arrived at the place where he left, he learned from the soldiers who stayed behind that Taishi Ci had not returned yet, and Xiang Ji suddenly became confused.
However, Xiang Ji's army is no longer the more than 3,000 people when he first arrived. It is definitely inappropriate for a total of 20,000 troops to be stationed in this wilderness.
Not to mention whether they will be discovered by the defenders of Donglai County, even if they stay for a long time, they will definitely not be able to supply food and grass.
In desperation, Xiang Ji could only arrange for his own soldiers to lead the army back to the mountain stronghold.
Watching the army return, Xiang Ji rode a white dragon into Donglai County.
Yes, Guan Hai's mount had been acquired by Xiang Ji, and this snow-white divine war horse was named Bailong by Xiang Ji.
There was just one thing that made him confused.
This silver dragon armor, when riding this white dragon, if you are not familiar with it, wouldn't you mistake me for Zhao Zilong, a white horse and a silver spear?
However, in the future, the world will not only remember Zhao Zilong, but also Xiang Ji of Xi Chu!
The white dragon was indeed a white dragon, and its speed was much faster than the black-maned horse Xiang Yu had ridden before. After a while, Xiang Yu had already arrived at the city gate of Donglai County.
He led his horse into the city and after a little inquiring, he found out where Tai Shici's home was.
After all, Taishi Ci was the only general under Xiang Ji who could take charge of his own affairs, and he could not tolerate Xiang Ji not paying attention to him.
Nearly ten days have passed since they conquered the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, but there has been no news from Taishi Ci who entered the city. It must be a lie to say that Xiang Ji is not nervous.
It's not that Xiang Ji had doubts about Tai Shi Ci's loyalty. After all, Xiang Ji still believed in Tai Shi Ci's character. However, there was no news for many days. Xiang Ji was afraid that Kong Rong had become so far behind that Tai Shi Ci was a thief that he would assassinate him.
If Taishi Ci alone is not worried about Xiang Ji, after all, force is here, but as a filial son, if Taishi Ci is hindered by his mother, it will be really dangerous.
After passing through several intersections, Xiang Ji arrived at the door of Taishi Ci's house.
When he saw the formation at the door, Xiang Yu suddenly became nervous.
Is it possible? What I feared has come true? Does that fellow Kong Rong really dare to harm Tai Shi Ci?
It turned out that Xiang Ji had just turned around and saw that the door of Taishi Ci's house was surrounded by a group of officers and soldiers.
Just when Xiang Yu was about to draw his Overlord Halberd and kill the general, something happened that shocked him.
He actually saw Taishi Ci stepping out simultaneously with people in official uniforms. It was not until he and the group of officers and soldiers were sent away that Taishi Ci slowly walked back home.
Could it be that Tai Shi Ci betrayed me? Impossible! How is it possible!
Xiang Ji didn't believe Taishi Ci's betrayal of him, but how could he explain everything that happened before him?
Full of doubts in his heart, Xiang Ji couldn't stay any longer and walked directly towards Taishi Ci's house.
Hearing the knock on the door, Taishi Ci, who had just returned to the house, turned around again. He thought it was Kong Rong who had left and returned, but he never thought that when he opened the door, he saw Xiang Ji standing at the door.
"Lord, why are you here?"
Seeing Xiang Ji arriving, Taishi Ci hurriedly paid his respects.
After careful observation, he found that Taishi Ci did not show any panic after seeing him. Xiang Ji knew that Taishi Ci had not betrayed him, and he suddenly felt relieved.
"I saw that Ziyi had not returned home for several days, and there was no news at all. I was worried whether Ziyi was in danger, so I came directly to find you."
After answering Taishi Ci's question, Xiang Jidu walked into the house, paid homage to Taishi Ci's mother, and then began to ask Taishi Ci about his doubts.
After some conversation, Xiang Ji finally understood why Taishi Ci had not returned home for so long.
It turned out that Dong Zhuo's rebellious behavior had completely angered the princes of Guandong. Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others fled Luoyang one after another.
Now, Cao Cao's message to attack Dong Zhuo has arrived in Beihai.
Kong Rong was originally a scholar. As a great-great-grandson of Confucius, he paid more attention to the Confucian idea of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.
Now that Dong Zhuo did what Wang Mang did, how could Kong Rong endure it?
However, although Beihai is rich, there are not many people who may be able to fight.
Because he had heard of Taishi Ci's reputation, Kong Rong, who was just a temporary helper, immediately came to visit him.
By chance, Taishi Ci rushed home at this time to pick up his mother and leave, but was blocked by Kong Rong.
Taishi Ci originally worshiped his lord, so why would he help Kong Rong in the war? However, after being rejected several times, Kong Rong became more bookish.
The more Taishi Ci refused, the more Kong Rong regarded him as a great sage. Originally, he only came once every few days, but now it has almost reached three times a day.
Because Kong Rong was afraid that Taishi Ci would be harassed by him and run away directly, he deployed a large number of troops near his home, which made it impossible for Taishi Ci to join Xiang Ji.
After listening to Tai Shici's explanation, Xiang Ji was happy to see the sad look on this guy's face.
"Hahaha, what did I think it was? It turns out that's what happened.
Ziyi, you don’t have to worry, go and pack your bags with me, I guarantee you can leave here today."
Hearing Xiang Ji's words, Taishi Ci was not surprised, but was shocked.
My lord knew very well that he would always use his fists to clear the way for anything he encountered.
Could it be that the lord planned to take him all the way out?
You must know that this Donglai County is where Taishi Ci grew up from a young age, and is surrounded by fellow villagers. If he breaks through, he will inevitably cause casualties, which Taishi Ci does not want to face.
And when Taishi Ci was in a dilemma, Xiang Ji spoke again.
"Hurry up and wipe the sweat from your forehead. What are you thinking about?
What I mean is that you take my mother and leave, and I will go and conquer Dong Zhuo with Kong Rong for you."
This time it wasn't just a shock.
After hearing Xiang Ji's words, Taishi Ci suddenly felt that the world was unreal.
What is the lord saying? Did I hear wrongly? He is going to help Kong Rong fight in my place?
Doesn’t the Lord hate these clans the most?
Seeing the confused Taishi Ci, Xiang Ji knew how much impact his words had on him.
After some explanations, Taishi Ci finally accepted this unbelievable fact.
It turned out that Xiang Ji planned to take this opportunity to meet Lu Bu, the most powerful man in the Three Kingdoms.
Moreover, Xiang Ji didn't want Taishi Ci to go back empty-handed.
After leaving a letter instructing him to mobilize his army to attack Xuzhou, Xiang Ji followed Taishi Ci to Kong Rong's temporary residence.
When Kong Rong heard that Xiang Ji was Taishi Ci's elder brother and that his military force was far superior to that of Taishi Ci, he was overjoyed.
After a demonstration, Kong Rong completely forgot about Taishi Ci.
After all, reputation and all that are just rumors, how can there be any shock like seeing a one-handed giant cauldron with your own eyes?