"Wu Miaoshan, Yan Si, you are only for two things these days, and don't do anything else." In the Quanzhou Prefecture Office, Li Sanjian said to Wu Miaoshan and Yan Si: "The first thing is to do everything possible to investigate the matter of pirates, no matter what it is, whether it is big or small, it will be reported to this official; The second thing is more difficult, that is, the pirates are inextricably linked with the residents on the shore, and the two of you have to do everything possible to find out the pirates' eyes, but before being arrested, you need to report to the official, and the official and Cui Tong will decide whether to take it or not. Inspector Wu and Yan Zhutou, these two things are easier said than done, and maybe even take some risks, I hope you two can do your best to eliminate thieves for Quanzhou and my Heavenly Empire! ”

After Wu Miaoshan and Yan Si glanced at each other when they heard this, they bowed down together and said, "We dare not do our best to get rid of thieves for the country?" ”

"Well, step aside." Li Sanjian nodded.

After Wu Miaoshan and Yan Si bowed and saluted, they retreated.

At this time, it was already dawn, and Li Sanjian, Cui Yongzi and others waited for a whole night, but did not wait for further news from the pirates, especially the Quanzhou soldiers and horses imprisoned Yao Yu has not returned yet.

"We can't wait any longer." After Li Sanjian stood up a little anxiously, he said to Cui Yongji: "It seems that I have to go out and have a look." ”

"Hey, Li Zhizhou, Shao'an is not impatient." Seeing this, Cui Yongzi hurriedly persuaded: "Where are you going to investigate?" Besides, you don't know what the situation is outside the city, but if you go out of the city recklessly, be careful... Still patiently waiting for news

Li Sanjian thought about it, so he sat down and sighed: "When will this be waiting?" ”

Cui Yongzi secretly shook his head when he saw this.

Li Sanjian is extremely calm most of the time, completely looking like a teenager and an old man, he seems to be unusually steady, mature, sophisticated, calm, and calm, which has to make people doubt his age.

But occasionally Li Sanjian will also show the unique impetuousness of teenagers.

But it's no wonder that Cui Yongji secretly said in his heart, after all, Li Sanjian is not yet twenty-three years old.

If Huchen has a little bit of Li Sanjian's ability, it won't be... Cui Yongzi said again in his heart.

While Li Sanjian and the others were restlessly waiting for news, there was finally a rush and chaotic footsteps outside the hall, so Li Sanjian stood up anxiously and stared at the door tightly.

Suddenly, Yao Yu was draped all over his body, his hand pressed the waist knife, and he walked into the hall with a tired face.

"How? How many thieves are there? What about the losses? After Li Sanjian saw Yao Yu walk in, he didn't wait for Yao Yu to speak, and asked.

"Uncle Shi, can you drink saliva first?" Yao Yu asked tiredly.

Li Sanjian handed the tea bowl in front of him to Yao Yu, Yao Yu didn't dislike it, he drank it all when he picked up the tea bowl, and almost swallowed the tea leaves...

"Li Zhizhou, Cui Tongju, Quanzhou ** County Zengcuo Village, Xu Yuan Village, Yonghe Village, Nan'an County, Hounei Village, Nan'an County, a total of four villages were looted by pirates, after the last general received the order of the government general, the last general personally led more than 200 soldiers to rescue Zeng Cuo Village, and the three teams under the command of the last general each led more than 200 soldiers to rescue Xu Yong Village, Yonghe Village and Hounei Village of Nan'an County respectively. Yao Yu picked up the teapot himself, poured a bowl of tea, and then drank it all and continued: "The last general sent his troops to rescue in four ways, and the last general arrived all the way... When I arrived at Zengcuo Village, the pirates had already fled by boat, but... A charred village was left behind, with more than 100 villagers killed and wounded, and countless property losses were lost. ”

Li Sanjian's face sank immediately when he heard this, and he looked at Yao Yu and asked, "How far is Zengcuo Village from Quanzhou City?" The distance is only more than 20 miles, and he actually let the thieves escape? What about the other three roads? ”

"Division... Li Fuzun! Yao Yu replied with a shameful face when he heard this: "The last will delay the fighter... After the general received the general's order, he ordered all the soldiers and horses, and rushed to Zengcuo Village non-stop, but... They... The old soldiers of their straight mothers and thieves couldn't run for more than two miles, and they were threatened by military law and beat ten people with military sticks in a row, but they were still like this. ”

When Li Sanjian took office, Quanzhou had only two or three thousand troops, and they were still old, weak, sick and disabled miscellaneous soldiers, and they also frightened and frightened the people on weekdays, serving or something, and among them, there were only about seven or eight hundred people who could afford to carry swords and guns, and only two or three hundred people could really go into battle to kill the enemy.

Yao Yu is also a clever daughter-in-law, and it is difficult to cook without rice. . .

"This officer doesn't ask your soldiers, this officer only asks you, what should you be guilty of delaying the fighter?" Li Sanjian asked with a blushing face.

"I... Ay... Yao Yu was speechless, sighed, squatted on the ground, and twisted his face to the side with hatred.

Although the Quanzhou soldiers are all miscellaneous soldiers, the generals who lead the army are also guilty of the crime.

"Yao Prison, please get up." Seeing this, Cui Yongzi on the side asked Wen Yan: "What about the other three roads?" How many thieves are there? ”

"Hounei Village, Nan'an County, has not received any news, there are about 300 thieves in the three places, as for... As for the other two... The other two ways... Caught in an ambush by pirates, the soldiers and horses lost fifty or sixty people, Li... Fu Zun and Cui Tong judged, the last general has tied up the two generals who led the troops, and they are waiting to be dispatched! If... If... The end will meet pirates, and this is not the result... Yao Yu replied with a red face. 17

"Shut up!" Li Sanjian was furious when he heard this: "All soldiers have walkers, gallopers, traps, collapses, chaos, and northerners, and these six are not disasters of heaven and earth, and they will be passed." If? If there are not so many yes, what is left and right? Tie up the general of this defeated army! ”

Li Sanjian is really depressed, there are hundreds of soldiers and horses in the Song Dynasty, even if it is a miscellaneous army of the Xiang Army, but it is also the Song Army, isn't it? But he was beaten by hundreds of pirates...

There are reasons for this, and there are also generals, but the fundamental reason is the imperial court's policy of "strong cadres and weak branches".

Shan Kui and Xu Biao, who had been waiting at the steps outside the hall, were startled when they heard this, but Shan Kui didn't say a word, so he took out the rope and went straight to Yao Yu.

Xu Biao and Shan Kui entered the hall together, and hurriedly persuaded: "Three... Man... Handsome... ”

"Shut up, Huanghuang Lobby, where is San Lang?" Li Sanjian said angrily: "Didn't you hear what the official said? Do you dare to disobey? ”

Xu Biao was startled when he heard this, and he didn't dare to persuade him anymore, so he hurriedly tied Yao Yu with Shan Kui.

"Where's the military judge?" Li Sanjian then asked with a blushing face.

"The lower official is here!" The military judge bowed in response.

"What is the crime of delaying the fighter plane and losing the soldiers?" Li Sanjian asked.

"According to the law, it should be beheaded. . . ." The military judge replied.

"Chop? Chop what? Still not quitting? Before the military judge finished speaking, he was dismissed by Cui Yongzi.

At this time, it is not wartime, if it is wartime, it should indeed be beheaded, Cui Yongzi will have no objection, and he does not dare to have objections, but the current situation is to suppress bandits, but it is just a setback for bandits.

At this time, Li Sanjian jumped like thunder, everyone was silent, and only Cui Yongzi dared to persuade him, so Cui Yongzi persuaded: "Li Zhizhou, this is not a war, Yao Prison was ordered to suppress the thief, but the thief escaped, and the soldiers and horses of Xu Yong Village and Yonghe Village were frustrated, which has little to do with Yao Prison, Quanzhou soldiers and horses are a half-people and half-soldiers journey, how can they fight?" It's hard for a clever daughter-in-law to cook without rice. ”

Cui Yongzi stayed in Quanzhou longer than Li Sanjian, of course he knew what the soldiers and horses in Quanzhou were like, the elite soldiers and good generals were all included in the forbidden army, and what was left behind were some old, weak, sick and disabled, how could such an army fight?

"Strict military discipline, clear rewards and punishments, the ancient way of governing the army." Li Sanjian shook his head when he heard this.

Li Sanjian then looked at Yao Yu and said: "Today's official should be heavily responsible for you, but I think that you were the general of the unified army at the beginning, and the time of leading the army was not long, so you will not die today, but the capital crime can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped, go out and take twenty military sticks, remove you from the post of Quanzhou soldiers and horses, and demote to a ready general, and act as the responsibility of Quanzhou soldiers and horses, and still be in charge of Quanzhou soldiers and horses, but Yao Shuxing, this is the last chance for this official to give you, I hope you will weigh it yourself." ”

Of course, Li Sanjian didn't really want to behead Yao Yu... , In other words, even if Li Sanjian doesn't think about the "master and apprentice" feelings, doesn't miss the old feelings, and beheads Yao Yu, there are always some generals under him, and there is always someone to replace Yao Yu, but Li Sanjian is pulling and pulling at this time, but no one can replace Yao Yu...

Of course, Shan Kui and Xu Biao are unstoppable, and they have the courage of ten thousand people, but they are not generals who lead the troops, at least not yet.

Li Sanjian understands better than anyone else that the main reason for the setback of this crackdown on bandits is by no means because of Yao Yu, the main reason is self-evident, but Yao Yu also has an unshirkable responsibility.

Yao Yu led the troops to rescue Zeng Cuo Village, but pounced, then first of all, there is the responsibility of exploring the enemy, and secondly, the rescue of Xu Yong Village, Yonghe Village's two soldiers and horses are ambushed, Yao Yu has the responsibility of improper arrangement, if Yao Yu is good at using soldiers, he should think of this situation in advance, and arrange the person who responds, then once he is ambushed, there is also a chance to turn defeat into victory.

After all, Yao Yu is still young, and he has no experience in leading troops, and he has no experience in leading troops into battle to kill the enemy, so it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a soldier on paper.

In Kaifeng Mansion, Yao Yu took a few people to catch fast, patrol and catch thieves, which could not be regarded as leading soldiers.

Therefore, Li Sanjian's purpose is to teach Yao Yu a lesson, so that he can be brave and courageous, gradually grow up, and grow into a strong general and a fierce general who is good at leading troops.

"What? Still not convinced, are you? Li Sanjian saw that Yao Yu was still unconvinced after the loosening, so he glared at Yao Yu and said: "Sun Jian of the Three Kingdoms, when he was seventeen years old, he was a group of thieves; The Chen soup of the Han Dynasty, those who commit strong Han crimes, although they are far away, will be punished; Li Jing of the Tang Dynasty, three thousand iron rode through Yin Mountain; Tang Zhi Xue Rengui, single-handedly broke into the army, which of them is not a weak enemy and a strong enemy, and a few wins more? In the end, Lao Tzu will send you a word, a soldier bear, a nest of bears... ”

Li Sanjian was so angry that he burst into a foul language, which made everyone dumbfounded.

"The last general will not dare to disagree... Yao Yu had no choice but to respond.

Lao Tzu didn't even see the thief's hair, and he couldn't find anyone if he tried his best, Yao Yu was still unconvinced.