The thief became suspicious and asked, "First, Xia Yang, I don't remember that there are so many soldiers and horses, how did you appear here?" ”

Tong Yuan and the others chuckled in their hearts, and their hearts were still suspicious, it seemed that things were not so easy to handle.

"This second, that is, there are soldiers from Xia Yang in our department, and I know that Xia Yang County Ling and the He family, why don't you see them? In addition, I remember that Xia Yang County Cheng is not this Zhang County Cheng, right? I know them. ”

The three of them were beating faster and faster, but they barely managed to keep their faces unchanged.

"Thirdly, Wang Yun has the support of tens of thousands of troops from Lu Bu and Li Su, plus my Xiliang generals Xu Rong and Hu Zhen are all loyal to Chang'an, and you still have 10,000 people on the other side of the river, but it is far from enough, even if you add me, how can you fight?"

Seeing that the illusion is about to be exposed, after all, on the other side of the river are the people of Haoyang and Xiayang organized by Zhang Ji, although there are 10,000 people, but only the front row is young and strong, and there are many old people and women in the back row. Once discovered, the thief army will realize that Tong Yuan and the others have swollen faces and become fat, and when the time comes, they will directly detain the three people, and everything will be over.

"Hahahaha!"

Tong Yuan looked up to the sky and laughed, ostensibly to maintain confidence, but in fact, by laughing loudly, he released the pressure he had accumulated.

"Li Su has been executed!"

Tong Yuan shouted loudly so that the soldiers of the two sides who were slightly closer could hear it.

With a single roar, everyone's attention was diverted, and the focus became on Weiyang Jun's revenge.

"Li Su was beheaded by our department, and his head is in Xiayang City. My Han advocates blood revenge, Weiyang Jun has heavy troops, of course he will kill Wang Yun, Lu Bu and other thieves, dare to ask the captain and others if they want to be a deserter of my Dong family's army? ”

The captain of the thief military academy panicked for a while, and hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare, of course the last general's department is loyal to the Dong family." It's just that we have to be careful about this march and war. ”

The impatient army Sima also said: "That's right, plus I know Xiayang County Cheng, he is a generous and good person, but not this Zhang Ji County Cheng."

Zhang Ji smiled slightly: "Although I am young, I have also been promoted from Xiayang Cang to the county for half a year. And the county man you are talking about, he is already the magistrate of Xiayang County at this time. ”

Geng Qing also said: "Yes, as for the He family, because of their treachery and despicability, they supported Wang Yun's traitors, and they have been beheaded by my Dong family's army."

The three leaders of the thief army looked at each other, they came to Xia Yang this time, they came to the He family's money, grain, slaves, and maids, and now they have been killed first. Next, they asked about the customs and customs near Xiayang and the appearance of the county and others. Zhang Ji and Geng Qing talked carefully, and there was no mistake.

The three commanders of the thief army were very anxious in their hearts, especially because they were used to burning, killing and looting as thieves these days, and they didn't want to return to the command of the Xiliang army for a while, and then work hard for the Dong family.

Among the three leaders of the thief army, the one who had not spoken all this time said in a deep voice: "Since it is your own person, what is your plan for coming to us?"

Tong Yuan said: "You put down your weapons and scatter them all to join our army." Prepare together to counterattack Chang'an and avenge the Taishi. Don't worry about grain, grass, and money, Weiyang Jun has a lot of rewards! No one will dare to insult our border troops in the future. ”

Tong Yuan spoke loudly in the place where there was money and food and rewards, and everyone who heard it from the thief army showed expectant eyes. Instead, the atmosphere with the three leaders dropped to freezing point, and the eyes of the two parties looking at each other were obviously hostile.

The impatient leader said, "Why? We are also our own people, you are asking us to disarm and surrender! ”

Zhang Ji and Geng Qing also said: "It's not surrender, but regrouping, it's our own people, so we should obey us."

The leader of the thief army pondered for a while and replied: "It's too tough, either our department will return to Sili and return to General Niu's rule, or all the staff will join you, but you can't break up." After all, it's your own people, so you can't be so ruthless. ”

Tong Yuan's eyes let out a burst of anger, and said, "Of course not, to put it mildly, you are out of the team, and you act like a thief." Of course, weapons must be collected, broken up and reorganized. ”

The chief said, "Well, the stakes are high, and we will discuss and discuss, and after two quarters of an hour, how about continuing the talks?"

Tong Yuan said: "Yes, yes, but not to continue to discuss, but to reach a quick result." Our army is preparing for a counterattack on Chang'an, and we don't want to stay here longer. ”

The leader said, "This is a big matter, and I hope to take care of it."

So the three leaders of the thief army returned to the army and immediately began to discuss. The impatient second master said: "This is also too ruthless! Why should we disarm. ”

The three masters, who didn't talk much, said: "What about tens of thousands of people around us? It means that those who follow will live, and those who will go against will die. ”

The leader of the thief army pondered for a while and said, "I have been in the Xiliang Army for ten years, and I know all the captains in the army. But this Tong Xiaowei next to Weiyang Jun is too young, it's really strange. ”

The second thief said: "Is there a fake, he looks like he has a bit of strength, but ...... The Xiliang army is all subdued by force, I think he is definitely not my opponent, I will know it after a while. ”

The third thief said: "I think that the county man named Zhang Ji and Geng Qing's military Sima should not be fake, but they are not with ideas, they are all observing that Tong Yuan's attitude and look. ”

The leader of the thief army said: "Those two are not difficult to deal with, just now when we proposed that our army withdraw, or not disperse and join, those two people did not have a look of refusal. Only this surnamed Tong is more difficult to deal with. Second, you will try his reality and extinguish his prestige. ”

On the other side, Tong Yuan, Zhang Ji and Geng Qing hurriedly started to discuss in front of the enemy formation.

Geng Qingxian said: "I think it should be a success, let the thief army retreat on its own, there will be no danger to Xia Yang's side."

Tong Yuan said: "It's not proper, first, we are Dong Jiajun who is ready to take revenge, and from a logical point of view, we will definitely let them join who are also Dong Jiajun." Second, after they have left, if the scouts sent during the day find out that our army is a makeshift pretense, the enemy will be angry and come back and slaughter them. ”

Zhang Ji said: "Then how about they join us and buy them with Weiyang Jun's fame and wealth?"

Tong Yuan nodded: "If you break up and join, you can arrange some soldiers like this." However, the premise is that it must be dispersed, and some people who have committed serious evil deeds must be dealt with by military law. ”

On the basis of Tong Yuan's insistence on breaking up, he also considered killing some people with serious evil deeds.

Geng Qing was a little lacking in confidence and asked, "Will it be too ruthless and too difficult to accept by forcing them to disarm and surrender?" ”

Tong Yuan thought for a moment and said seriously: "Let's put ourselves in their shoes and think about their perspective, we are surrounded by our army several times more than a few times, and our army is a well-equipped descendant of the Dong family. Fleeing south, only a small number of cavalry could be evacuated, and later they could only be reduced to small bandits. ”

Zhang Ji also said: "And if we let them go, or know that they are subordinates who have left the team, but do not restrain them, it will be strange."

Geng Qing really understood, "So we must use a tough attitude to take them down." ”

Tong Yuanjian and the three of them already understood, and they were very firm, and they didn't say anything more.

After a while, the time came, and the three thieves had different faces, and after seeing Tong Yuan and the others, they still insisted that the department return to Sili or remain intact in order to join Weiyang Jun's command.

However, Tong Yuan and the three of them had a tough attitude and did not have the slightest intention of backing down. The leader of the thieves was angry, but there was nothing else he could do. After all, the 2,000 soldiers and horses of the thief army were still the Dong family army ten days ago, and only some of the iron hearts followed them, and most of the soldiers had to follow them to plunder the township because they had no food or were threatened by the chief.

The leader of the thief army pondered for a moment and said, "Your forces are indeed strong, and you also occupy great righteousness. But I'm still martial in the Xiliang Army, and we haven't heard of you, a child school captain, so I don't know if it's based on relationships? ”

As soon as these words came out, Geng Qing was annoyed, stepped forward and said, "What, don't you want to live?"

The second leader of the thief army stood up, made a gesture of drawing a sword, and said: "I see that he is not even twenty years old, so I don't believe that he can beat me."

Zhang Ji saw that the situation was tense, and said loudly: "If you want to do it, don't you think about the life or death of the soldiers?"

This sentence is not small, and the surrounding soldiers can hear it. Many soldiers were obviously unwilling to be sent to death, and they began to talk about it.

The boss of the thief army saw that the situation was not right, and immediately hesitated. And the impatient second master stepped forward and said: "It's not to do it, but I want to fight with this Tong Xiaowei to see if he is true or false!"

Tong Yuan laughed loudly: "Hahaha! How can I fall for your lame scheme? You're just looking at me as a leader and trying to take me down. Let our army throw a rat into the trap. It's really ridiculous, you listen, whoever takes him down, Weiyang Jun will be rewarded with 100 gold! ”

"What? Boy, how dare you ...... Yes! My leg! ”

Before the two masters finished speaking, someone in the thief army released an arrow and shot him in the leg. After all, after seeing the Dong family and being surrounded, most of the soldiers were willing to surrender.

"Boss! Checkmate! You save me. ”

The impatient second-in-command naturally called for help when he saw his boss beside him.

The leader of the thief army stepped forward, drew his knife, and chopped off the head of the second master. Then he knelt down and said, "I have slain this wing!" And led everyone to surrender, and everything was arranged by Weiyang Jun. ”

Tong Yuan ordered the thieves to collect their weapons and stand up in each of them. In this process, the leader of the thief army worked very hard, for fear that he would make Tong Yuan and others unhappy if he did it slowly.

In this way, the chaotic army of Niu Fu and Dong Yuebu, who was only in the countryside, was subdued.

Through the interrogation of the previous three captives, as well as the main leader of the thief army. Tong Yuan and the others only learned that Niu Fu killed Dong Yue, and the army then bombed the camp, and Niu Fu also disappeared. This matter is too important, Tong Yuan plans to discuss with Dong Bai in person after returning to Xiayang.

However, Tong Yuan knew that Niu Fu should have been killed according to the historical development trajectory, which meant that the Dong family army was once again ownerless, and Li Wei, who had Jia Xu's support in adversity, would soon become the new leader.

If they want to seize the opportunity, they will have to look at the next step.