Chapter 155

Looking at the whole Chang'an City,

the only people qualified to lead troops at this moment were Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, Lu Bu, and Hua Xiong.

But Fan Chou and Zhang Ji, I guess their level might not necessarily be better than Li Jue and Guo Si's.

Lu Bu was okay,

but he had a stain on his political record and couldn't pass the political review.

Old Dong couldn't let him lead troops alone.

As for Hua Xiong,

don't look at him as the only general with a heavy title in the court and the Dong Zhuo army so far.

But his real level of leading troops was actually just at the level of a fierce general.

As a commander, it was far from enough.

"Cough, cough, my lord, actually there is a more suitable candidate."

"That person is far away at the end of the world, yet close at hand."

Li Ru smiled slightly.

His gaze occasionally probed toward Gu Yi on the side.

Dong Zhuo understood instantly.

In terms of status, Gu Yi was indeed qualified.

Old Dong's direct eldest granddaughter's husband was not worse than Niu Fu's second son-in-law status.

In terms of ability, Gu Yi hadn't led troops, but his ability to plan and strategize, looking at the whole army, who could compete with him?

Moreover, Gu Yi had a quite good friendship with Hua Xiong, Zhang Ji, and others.

Letting Gu Yi be the commander

and supervise them to rush to the front line,

I believe Hua Xiong, Zhang Ji, and others wouldn't have any complaints in their hearts.

Furthermore,

Zhao Yun and Zhang He, who were besieged on the front line, were Gu Yi's little brothers!

If the news that the big brother Gu Yi was going as the commander to rescue them was spread, the soldiers besieged on the front line would inevitably fight with desperation!

Therefore, Gu Yi was really the most suitable commander candidate under the current circumstances.

If there was any shortcoming, it might be that he hadn't led troops personally.

But this didn't matter.

Let veteran generals in the army like Hua Xiong and Zhang Ji assist from the side,

plus Gu Yi's own god-like wisdom,

I believe he would soon be able to act as a commander and quickly control this army.

"Linzhi, I intend to let you lead fifty thousand troops to Chen Cang to meet Li Jue and Guo Si, and then go to Fufeng to rescue Xu Rong and the others."

"Besides this, after arriving at Chen Cang, Li Jue, Guo Si, and the others will all be under your command!"

"You have the power to execute first and report later!"

"Are you willing?"

Looking at Old Dong's eager gaze,

Gu Yi knew that he probably couldn't escape this time.

But he was indeed a bit worried about Zhao Yun, Zhang He, and the others who were besieged in Fufeng.

If he could have supreme command, he could try this battle.

Thinking of this,

Gu Yi agreed:

"I will obey your order, my lord."

"But..."

"Regarding Bai'er, I'm afraid I still need you to help explain."

Gu Yi and Dong Bai had been married for more than two months.

In these two months, the two had never been separated for a long time.

This expedition would probably take at least two or three months to return.

"Don't worry, Linzhi, I will be responsible for explaining to Bai'er; she will understand."

Dong Zhuo promised.

If it weren't for the fact that others couldn't do it,

Old Dong wouldn't want to let his granddaughter's husband leave his granddaughter and rush to the front line personally.

But at this moment, besides Gu Yi,

there was no other suitable commander candidate in Chang'an City.

After the matter of Gu Yi serving as the commander-in-chief was decided,

Old Dong sent Hua Xiong and Zhang Ji to serve as his deputy generals.

Regarding Gu Yi's upcoming expedition,

although Dong Bai was reluctant,

after Old Dong's guidance, Dong Bai also understood that for this expedition, only Gu Yi was the most suitable commander candidate.

Changing to someone else, for one, it wasn't suitable, and for another, they might not necessarily win.

Therefore, before Gu Yi's expedition,

Dong Bai worked overtime late at night to knit him a scarf.

Although the craftsmanship wasn't good, it contained deep love for her husband.

Winter was coming soon.

The winter in Liangzhou was very, very cold.

But wearing the scarf knitted by Dong Bai, the chill would automatically be driven away a lot.

It is worth mentioning that

after coming to Chang'an, Ma Yunlu, who had been staying in Gu Yi's mansion, also volunteered to follow Gu Yi on the expedition this time.

In fact,

ever since Ma Yunlu's injuries got a bit better, she had proposed more than once that she wanted to rush to the front line to support her father and brother.

But Gu Yi had never agreed.

Even if Ma Yunlu possessed some martial strength, no matter how high her martial arts were, she was just one person alone.

Rushing to the front line alone, what use could it be?

If even Xu Rong's twenty thousand troops couldn't rescue Ma Teng,

even if Ma Yunlu went, it would just be sending her to death.

But now,

the battle report from the front line had been sent back.

Xu Rong successfully rescued Ma Teng and the others.

It was just... because of the scourge of this pit-like Niu Fu, they were besieged in Fufeng together.

Gu Yi was about to take command and rush to the front line.

Bringing Ma Yunlu along was fine.

She could just be used as half a bodyguard.

Besides the fifty thousand troops Old Dong allocated to Gu Yi,

Gu Yi also planned to take the three thousand new recruits under his command who were being trained by Han Hao and Gao Shun to the front line this time, to let them see blood and accumulate some experience.

Gao Shun, as a general of the Bingzhou faction, was not on the expedition list this time.

Gu Yi simply visited the Lu Mansion again to borrow Gao Shun from Lu Bu.

If it were borrowing the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry under his command, Lu Bu definitely wouldn't agree.

But just borrowing Gao Shun and seven hundred veteran soldiers of the Trapping Battalion, Lu Bu didn't refuse.

Relying on the merit of training soldiers, plus the battle merit of following Gu Yi on the expedition this time,

after Gao Shun returned, I believe he would be directly promoted to captain.