Until dark, Wang Qun's brother-in-law did not come, and Li Xun was also generous, so let Wang Qun have a good night's sleep tonight and send him to the government tomorrow morning.

Late at night, Li Xun, who was asleep, was woken up by Ouyang Li.

"What kind of sin have I created, why is it so difficult to get a good night's sleep in the past two days?"

"Lord, Wang Qun's brother-in-law is here."

Ouyang Li said cautiously.

Li Xun nodded, and the person finally came, and began to get dressed: "It's called Shan Qiu?" ”

"Jiang Daxiong has already gone to bark."

Li Xun got dressed and went to the firewood room in the backyard, Shan Qiu and Jiang Daxiong were already in the house, Shan Qiu was holding a silver ticket in his hand to count it, and Wang Qun's brother-in-law Niu Jin was standing aside.

"General Li, I've already brought the money, let me go."

Seeing Li Xun, Wang Qun said urgently.

"What's the hurry, I'm afraid that I won't regret it?"

Li Xun glared at him.

"Hehe, don't dare, don't dare."

Wang Qun laughed dryly, he was indeed afraid of Li Xun's words and did not believe it.

"Big Brother Shan, is the money logarithmic?"

Shan Qiu nodded.

Li Xun thought for a while and said: "Twenty-seven people were killed in this battle, twenty-six were wounded, and each of the brothers killed in the battle was given 1,000 taels, 300 taels for serious injuries, 100 taels for minor injuries, and the excess money was divided equally among all the remaining brothers." ”

One thousand taels of silver can buy nearly 100 acres of fertile land, enough for a family of seven or eight people, without worrying about food and clothing.

"Let's all go back to sleep, we have to continue our journey tomorrow!"

When he came outside, Li Xun yawned and said, "Let Wang Qun go!" ”

Ouyang Li said softly: "Lord, do you really want to let Wang Qun leave?" ”

Li Xun smiled: "We can't be untrustworthy!" ”

Ouyang Li smiled bitterly: "What kind of credit do you talk to a bandit?" ”

"Although Wang Qun is a bandit, he is not too bad."

Li Xun shook his head and said to Ouyang Li: "Cut off his hand and let him go." ”

"Yes, my lord!"

Ouyang Li nodded, turned around and walked towards the firewood room.

Wang Qun has been a bandit for nearly 20 years, blocking the road and robbing the house, killing people and setting fires, that is a common thing, perhaps because of the Han people, Wang Qun is quite friendly to the Han people, generally only robbing money, not asking for life, the Han caravan passed through its territory, and only collected a certain amount of finance, the means are quite mild, and for the Dashiren, it is completely different, the means are ruthless, for money, but also for life, which may be related to Wang Qun's parents were killed by the Dashiren.

Early the next morning, everyone gathered and set off on their way.

Before leaving, Shan Qiu took a stack of silver tickets and gave it to Li Xun, Li Xun was puzzled: "What are you doing for me, don't you let you share it with your brothers?" ”

Shan Qiu smiled: "It has been distributed, this is redundant." ”

Fifth wheel?

Li Xun was a little surprised, and counted the silver tickets in his hand, as many as more than 73,000 taels.

"What's going on?"

Shan Qiu told the matter again, it turned out to be Wang Qun's brother-in-law Niu Jin, who took all the silver tickets in the cottage and offered them, and made a request, hoping to join the army and join Li Xun's army.

"After Wang Qun goes back, I'm afraid he will be angry to death."

Li Xun laughed and said: "In Wang Qun's cottage, there is nothing else except the silver ticket?" ”

"Even if there is gold and silver treasure, the cow gold can't be moved."

Shan Qiu smiled, and then told Niu Jin's personal situation.

Niu Jin is twenty-two this year, his father is a Dashi person, so he has half of Dashi blood, formerly known as Abu Vankel, influenced by his mother, he likes Han culture very much, and is very deeply sinicized, taking the Han name Niu Jin, studied under Han Confucianism in his early years, read some books, after Longyou was restored by the Great Jin, Niu Jin did not return to Dashi with his father, but stayed with his mother, and persuaded Wang Qun to surrender to the court several times, but was categorically rejected by Wang Qun, this time with more hits and less, sneak attack on Li Xun, but was defeated, Niu Jin saw the strength of the Great Jin for the first time, There are only a few hundred people, but they are so elite and good at fighting, and the Jin Dynasty will definitely not be weak, which strengthens Niu Jin's determination to take refuge in the Great Jin Dynasty and establish meritorious deeds, no matter how you say it, it is much stronger than being a bandit.

Li Xun nodded: "This kid also has some backbone ambitions, so let's recruit him, anyway, there is not much more of him, and there is no less of him." ”

The people set out on their way.

In the seventh year of Chengping, February 16.

After more than 20 days of travel, Li Xun and his group finally came to Wuzhou.

Wuzhou is a large state, with five counties under its jurisdiction: Wu'an, Wuhua, Shenchi, Wuzhuo and Linxia, with a population of nearly 500,000.

After the battle of Longyou, the entire land of the seven states in the west of Longyou can be described as a red wilderness, and the people's livelihood is withering, such as Minzhou, the population of the whole state is only in the early 100,000s, and the situation in other states is similar, but Wuzhou, which has a large population, and Wu'an City, which is a strategic place, is still prosperous, just because this is the only way for the Great Jin Dynasty to the Western Regions, or the only way for the countries of the Western Regions to lead to the Great Jin, and there are many merchants who come and go.

After Li Xun entered the territory of Wuzhou, he did not make any stops, but went straight to Wu'an City, the westernmost part of Wuzhou, and sent people to Wu'an City in advance to inform Fan Zhongyun of his arrival.

Upon learning of Li Xun's arrival, Yuan He, the deputy general of Wu'an City, led dozens of generals out to Yingbaili.

"General, a few miles ahead, someone is blocking the way."

There are scouts coming to report.

Li Xun asked, "Have you seen Fan Zhongyun?" ”

"Mr. Fan is among them."

Li Xun laughed and said, "When did Lao Fan become so polite, he actually waited for me for hundreds of miles." ”

After that, Li Xun rode his horse forward, and after a while, he saw dozens of people waiting on the road.

When Li Xun approached, Yuan He and the others immediately stepped forward a few steps, half-knelt on the ground, and saluted loudly: "The last general will see Lord Dudu." ”

In the battle of Jiangnan, Yuan He, as Huang Xun's henchman, also participated in the war, so he and Li Xun are also old acquaintances.

Li Xun hurriedly dismounted, took a few steps forward, helped Yuan He, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for many days, but Brother Yuan is still so energetic." ”

"The battle of Jiangnan has only been more than two years now, and the Governor has become more and more majestic."

As soon as Li Xun came up, he was very polite and polite, which made Yuan He's nervous mood relax a little.

After Huang Zhen was imprisoned, Wuzhou's side, as his old subordinate, Yuan He has been panicking, I don't know what kind of arrangement the court plans for himself, as far as the military system is concerned, once the main general is questioned, many people will generally be implicated, as Huang Xu's confidant for many years, Yuan He must be the first to bear the brunt, but the court has not made any movement, which has made Yuan He has been in turmoil, and now Li Xun has a kind attitude, so that Yuan He's uneasy heart has some peace.

"It's all old brothers, there's no need to be so polite, let's go, when we get to Wu'an City, we'll talk again."

"Governor, please."

Yuanhe asked sideways.

Li Xun nodded, turned around and got on the horse, and set up his horse to move forward.

Fan Zhongyun followed and asked in a low voice, "The number of people is much smaller." ”

The troops were reduced by more than 50 people, and some of them still had injuries on their bodies, how could Fan Zhongyun not see it.

Li Xun told me about the attack that night.

Fan Zhongyun nodded and said lightly: "It seems that some people have already targeted you." ”

Li Xun shrugged: "I'm not a woman, I'm staring at it." ”

Fan Zhongyun smiled and said no more.