After Long Jun returned to the room in the evening, Liu Tong didn't ask anything more. There was no word all night, and at dawn the next day, the ships of the Blazing Sky Army had already sailed to the mouth of the Yellow River. At this moment, on the tidal flats on both sides of the river, 30,000 troops are ready to arrest the relatives of the Yuan clan who are holding the Yuan clan hostage. Now they have also discovered that this group of people is not some mountain bandits, but a real regular army, and they are either from Guanzhong or sent by Yanzhou.

In order to prevent the other party from escaping into the river, Jian Yong not only stationed 30,000 troops at the mouth of the Yellow River, but also set up eighteen blockade lines along the entire river, each of which was an iron chain across the river, enough to stop the impact of the 5,000-stone ship. However, the ships of the Guanzhong Navy had already thought of this problem, and when Gan Ning was renovating the ship, he deliberately wrapped the collision position of the ship with a thick layer of iron plates, and it can be said that unless there is a steel plate erected in front of the ship, any blockade will be in vain.

So the two ships, under the watchful eyes of the Qingzhou troops on both sides of the strait, broke the iron chains they were proud of one by one, and drove leisurely into the waterway of the Yellow River. However, in order to avoid being annoyed by the Qingzhou army in the future, Long Jun decisively implemented the vicious plan of burning the Qingzhou ships, and the small sailing ships mixed with spirits and fire oil kept breaking away from the ships and sailing to the Qingzhou ships that intended to intercept them, and while ensuring that the ships could be burned, all the soldiers of the Blazing Sky Army who knew how to fire the ships went down to the river to hunt down the Qingzhou soldiers who fell into the water, and dyed the nearby river red.

But even so, the Qingzhou soldiers and horses did not have the intention of retreating, Long Jun saw this, and said coldly to Zhao Da on the side, "Go to the boat next door and give an order, let them pick out a few Yuan descendants and pull them in front of the Qingzhou army, cut off the tendons of their hands and feet, chop them with a knife, throw their heads to the Qingzhou army, and the corpses sink into the river on the spot." If you don't give them Qingzhou a little ruthlessness, I'm afraid I really can't suppress their wishful thinking! ”

After receiving Long Jun's order, the Blazing Sky Army immediately took action, and a moment later, several descendants of the Yuan clan were pulled out of the cabin and thrown onto the flat boat. Immediately after the doubts of the Qingzhou army, Lao Qi personally operated the knife and broke the other party's hands and feet, while harming this group of Yuan clansmen, Lao Qi shouted at the Qingzhou army on both sides of the strait, "My general asked me to tell you, this is all forced by you, if you dare to chase again, don't blame us for screwing off the heads of this group of people!" ”

Hearing the other party's shout, Jian Yong hurriedly ordered the Qingzhou troops on both sides of the strait to retreat aside, but as soon as he gave the order, the Blazing Sky Army on the flat boat chopped off the heads of several people alive. Then he shouted at Jian Yong: "Fuck you, don't move!" What's up? Don't let Lao Tzu slaughter this group of people, aren't you comfortable? Tell you, you killed this group of people today, I see how you explain to Liu Bei and Yuan Shao! ”

As he spoke, Lao Qi threw his head on the shore, and his body sank to the bottom of the river to feed the fish and shrimp according to Long Jun's instructions. Jian Yong saw that the other party wanted to detain the basin on the head of the Qingzhou army, so he scolded Lao Qi, who laughed loudly on the boat, "You are so shameless that you actually use innocent people to blackmail our army, it is simply unconscionable." As everyone knows, this heavenly principle is clear, and your evil deeds today will be known to the world, and our army will definitely leave you on this river! ”

That being said, the current Qingzhou Army is powerless to stop the Blazing Sky Army from advancing westward because of the fire burning on the water at any time, and can only watch the other party swagger from the waterway into X Plains County. Seeing this, Jian Yong hurriedly sent a secret letter to Liu Bei, who was in Mount Tai, in which it was stated that the other party threatened the Yuan clan and blocked the fire on the river, so that he could quickly send troops from Jibei to stop the other party, and strive to intercept the two ships near Gaotang. Otherwise, not only would they not be able to explain to Yuan Shao, but even let the other party leave the territory like this, which would also deeply blow the military spirit of the Qingzhou army.

However, now the battle in Mount Tai is raging, and the Yanzhou army and the 100,000 allied army of Qingxu have fought several major battles in a row near Taishan in Bo County, and the two sides have come and gone. At this time, if Liu Bei divides his troops to block the crossing of the Blazing Sky Army, it may lead to a decline in the battle situation, and compared with the military heart of the plain, it is obviously a big matter on the side of Mount Tai. So after receiving Jian Yong's secret letter, Liu Bei decisively burned the secret letter, just as if he didn't receive it, anyway, now that the war is in full swing, who knows if the other party's scouts will risk sneaking into the rear to make trouble for the Qingxu coalition army. Even if Yuan Shao holds him accountable in the future, he is not afraid of this meaningless lawsuit!

Liu Bei chose to ignore the Blazing Heavenly Army and leave Qingzhou, which Jian Yong did not expect, originally he collected the local merchant ships and prepared to bite the Blazing Heavenly Army behind, but when he knew the battle situation of Mount Tai, he understood Liu Bei's hard work. He gave up the idea of continuing the pursuit, moved the army to Licheng, and prepared to break through from Jibei to Yanzhou to aid Liu Bei, who was Taishan.

Without Qingzhou's interception and pursuit, the Blazing Sky Army's marching speed was simply a thousand miles a day, and it took only six days to leave Pingyuan County and enter Yanzhou East County. However, although Cao Cao is now an ally of Guanzhong, if Long Jun appears on this ship, it is difficult to guarantee that Cao Cao will not take the risk to detain Long Jun. So all the things that need to go through the transit procedures are all handled by Longyang, but fortunately, the Yanzhou army knows the whole thing about this eldest lady's little uncle, so the Blazing Sky Army has been taken care of by Yanzhou along the way, as if it was the transfer of its own army.

Ten days later, the Blazing Sky Army finally arrived in Hedong through the Yanzhou territory, but due to the fierce fighting now, the local government inspected the procedures of the Blazing Sky Army and the personnel on board, and then gave them entry clearance. In order to ensure the smooth outcome of the battle, Long Jun immediately decided to let Zhao Da lead a thousand men and horses to escort the Yuan clan to Lishi, while the rest of the people followed him and Liu Tong's mother and son to disembark near the countryside and return to Chang'an by land.

The rescue operation that took nearly two months in Guanzhong has finally come to an end. When Long Jun led Liu Tong and his two children back to the Hou Mansion in Zhenbei, all the young and old, including Tong Yuanyu Zhenzi, came out to greet him. For a time, the town was very lively in front of the Hou Mansion, the middle door was wide open, and some people who did not understand the reason thought that there was something happy in this Hou Mansion, so they hurried back to the house to order people to prepare gifts, and planned to come to the door to congratulate. It's a pity that before they could finish preparing the gifts, the gate of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion had already been closed, and some of the nobles who asked for congratulations were all stopped by the guards at the door.

After introducing Long Han and Long Nuo to everyone, Cheng took Liu Tong's hand and cried into tears, she also pulled her two children when she was young, so she knew Liu Tong's hardships. Coupled with this experience, how could she not be sad as a mother-in-law? The whole Long Jun and the two children stood there cramped. Fortunately, at this time, Long Yang introduced the two children, which can be regarded as relieving Long Jun, otherwise Cheng will cry again, and Long Jun will be killed by Cheng again at night.

"Mother, this is Han'er and Nuo'er, twin sisters and brothers, the two were born at the same time on the same day, the same month, and the same year, and they are seven years old this year!" After introducing the two children to Cheng and everyone, Long Yang squatted beside Long Han with a smile, and introduced them to their brothers and sisters one by one from left to right, "This is Tong Yuan, my senior brother with your father, you should have heard of it!" Next to him is my brother's master, Yu Zhenzi, who is a world friend of our Long family, and after your grandfather died, he helped us take care of a lot of things, and your father and I were deeply taken care of by him. Next to them are Xiangbo and Xiao Tao, they are all old people in our house. The rest of you should call Auntie, counting from the snow-white hair, are your Aunt Aya, Aunt Qing, Aunt Mei, Aunt Fu, Aunt Cicada, and Aunt Yan. They are holding your two younger brothers, Long Cheng and Long Yi, and in Aunt Aya's hands is your sister Long Yao. ”

"Grandma is good, Uncle Tong is good, Yu Zhenzi is good, and aunts are good!" The two of them were like little adults, and after saluting everyone one by one, Long Nuo took out an ancient jade that Liu Tong bought for her when she was in Jizhou, and sent it to Liu Aya, and said with a smile: "Aunt Aya, this is Nuo'er's favorite piece of ancient jade, and now give it to my sister!" ”

Without waiting for Liu Aya to praise Long Nuo, Long Han on the other side was not far behind, took out two wooden swords about three inches long from his arms and handed them to Cao Qing and Cai Yan, and said softly, "This is a gift I prepared for my two younger brothers, it's not too good." I prepared it on the way back, but these two wooden swords are made of peach, I sharpened them myself, and I heard my father say that peachwood can ward off evil spirits, and I hope the two of them can grow up safely. I hope the two aunts will be subordinate! ”

Seeing that the two children were so attentive, Cheng smiled and patted Liu Tong's hand, and the three girls praised them one after another, and then glanced at Long Jun and Liu Tong. Seeing this, Long Jun shrugged his shoulders with a smile, signaling that this was not for them to let the two children prepare, and Long Yang, who was squatting there, also explained loudly at this time, "Before entering Guanzhong, the two children came to ask me who was in the family, and I told them, I didn't expect them to be so caring." ”

When he said this, Long Yang gently stroked the backs of the two children, don't look at him agreeing to Long Jun's request, but in his heart, he still has his own thoughts, but judging from the scene just now, these two children are definitely worthy of his escort. So Long Yang didn't care about everyone's expressions, got up and walked to Cheng's side, took out a bracelet from his arms, and said with a smile, "Originally, the child was going to prepare a gift for you, but my eldest brother and I didn't know what you liked, so they didn't know what to do." Fortunately, my second uncle has a little savings, so he took the initiative to buy a bracelet for you in Yanzhou for them! ”

If the women didn't understand what Long Yang meant at this time, they would have stayed in this Hou Mansion in vain, and they didn't really care much about the position of the prince, but Long Yang's move was too obvious, and they would have mentioned their meaning. So the women glanced at each other and looked at Long Jun one after another, wanting him to give an explanation, his family's own affairs, today is a big day for the two children to return to the house with Liu Tong, Long Yang made such a play, so what should they do in the future?

In fact, Long Jun didn't expect that Long Yang would give the girls a dismount just after he came back, which made him embarrassed, and hurriedly turned his attention to Cheng and Liu Tong, hoping that the two would help solve it. In fact, Liu Tong didn't understand Long Yang's intentions at first, until Long Jun looked at her as if asking for help, and she figured out the key to this, so she glanced at the Cheng family who was there, and then walked in front of the girls, Ying Ying saluted and said, "In addition to the imperial aunt and Mei'er, the other four sisters are familiar people in Luoyang, and some are meeting for the first time." Since this trip is in a hurry, I haven't prepared anything here, so why don't we wait for tomorrow, how about we let my husband take us to the outside of the city? ”

"Outing?" Hearing Liu Tong say this, the eyes of the girls suddenly lit up, don't look at their incomparable scenery over the years, but the days when they really get along with Long Jun are just a little bit, and going out to play together is even more unique. If Liu Tong can talk about Long Jun, then it is just the right opportunity for everyone to talk about it. So the girls looked at each other and nodded in satisfaction.

Seeing Liu Tong directly change the topic, Long Jun breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, instead of letting them find their own trouble, the war would not be so important, anyway, now Guanzhong is an advantage. Without waiting for the girls to make any requests, Long Jun hurriedly said, "Wrap it up on me, let's go out to play tomorrow!" ”