Liu Renyu invited the generals to finish eating, and the sky was already completely dark, because the gates of Yulin City had all been closed, and it stands to reason that the city gates had been closed, so except for particularly important matters, ordinary people were not allowed to go out of the city again.

But Liu Renyu is not an ordinary person, he is a popular person in front of Hongjun Gate, in addition, when he entered the city gate today, he gave a reward to the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate, and it was the officers and soldiers on duty who saw Liu Renyu coming, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "Is Liu Ye going out of the city gate?" ”

When Liu Renyu heard this, he pretended to frown and said: "According to the regulations, the city gate must be closed after nightfall, and idle people are not allowed to leave the city." ”

"What did Liu Ye say, don't we know who you are, you want to go out, who of us dares to stop you, you wait a while, let's open the city gate for you."

After the officers and soldiers on duty at the city gate finished speaking, they divided into two groups, one group pulled the city gate on the left and the other group pulled the city gate on the right, and laboriously pulled them open to both sides.

'Boom Boom'.

The heavy city gate was opened a small gap with the efforts of a group of officers and soldiers, and when the city gate official saw that the city gate was opened, he bowed down and said with a smile: "Master Liu, please!" ”

"Thank you." Liu Renyu hugged his fists, first saluted back, and then slammed the horse's belly and galloped wildly, taking his own personal guard to the direction of the barracks.

When he arrived at the barracks, Liu Renyu checked the waist card at the battalion officer on duty, and then entered the camp of his own army with Liu Renjie.

Back to the big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Renyu instructed Liu Renjie: "Renjie, go and fetch me a plate of hot water and let me wash my face." ”

"Yes, sir." Liu Renjie went to fetch hot water as he said.

After a short time, Liu Renjie brought hot water.

Liu Renyu took a towel, washed his face, and sat on the chair behind the handsome case in the center, and asked Liu Renjie: "Renjie, you have been following me for so long, and you have done a lot of things, but you have never been given an official position, and you are still my brother-in-law!" Brother, I really wronged you, this time I asked for credit, and I will report you, maybe you can be promoted to a general, and maybe even a thousand general. ”

Liu Renjie saw that his own general suddenly said such words for no reason, so he hurriedly bowed down and said earnestly: "My lord, I have never felt wronged by my humble position. If you hadn't chosen me that year and made me your brother-in-law, I might have starved to death in the streets, and I would have become a dry skeleton in a mass grave outside the city. Therefore, to do things under your hands is to be willing to be a small soldier forever. ”

"I know, I know, but after all, you are my brother-in-law, and whoever is an elder brother has to be a guerrilla general, but my own brother-in-law is still a soldier, isn't that beautiful."

"My lord, to tell you the truth, you can do whatever you want to do with your humble position, and you will obey all your commands."

"yes, I know." Liu Renyu first nodded when he heard this, and then asked, "Renjie, do you remember Zhang Huairen?" ”

"Remember, we took the risk of invasion in Zhenbei Fort to reclaim the wasteland, and when we were about to harvest a bumper harvest, Master Zhang of Zhangjiabao sent Zhang Huairen to our Zhenbei Fort and insisted that our land was theirs, and we united with the bandits of Hutou Village in Hutou Mountain to destroy Zhangjiabao."

"You've got a good memory, that's the way it is."

"My lord, this is last year's incident, and I naturally remember it clearly."

"Oh, that's right. Let me ask you, you said that we are all guerrilla generals, if others know that we are united with bandits and kill township officials, do you think we will be in trouble? ”

"What do you mean, sir?"

"The people of Hutou Village know too much."

"Killed all? Including the elderly, the weak, women and children? ”

"Can't you do it?"

"My lord, killing the enemy in battle, the lowly duty is to kill hundreds of people without blinking an eye, but it is really difficult for women and children to start with the lowly position." Liu Renjie was embarrassed.

"I know that the duty of the army should be to kill the enemy, protect the family and defend the country, and slaughter the old and weak, women and children, so I won't let you and your uncles do this kind of thing."

"Then dare to ask your lordship, if you don't do such things with a few uncles, who will do it?"

"The surrendered Wang Zuojiao is a person who knows the times, and the gang of people under him, needless to say, must be murder and arson, and they are good at everything, so I plan to let him take his original gang of subordinates to deal with the old and weak women and children in Hutou Village."

"My lord, can't you just let them live?"

"No, don't you know that if you don't cut the grass and don't remove the roots, the spring breeze blows and grows again. If these people know that I killed their own family members, they will definitely be determined to take revenge, then I will not only increase my troubles, so it is better to kill them all to prevent future troubles. ”

"My lord, I know what I do."

Liu Renjie saw that his general had already pronounced the death penalty for the people in Hutou Village, but he could only sigh and accept the reality helplessly.

"I'm telling you about this today, but I want you to take your free illness and your capable soldiers to investigate the intelligence of Hutou Village. Remember, when scouting for intelligence, the topographic map of mountains and rivers must be drawn, the sand table must be made, and the population of Hutou Village, the situation of strong men, and the configuration of weapons must be recorded. ”

"Yes, my lord, the humiliation has been written."

"Well, tomorrow you will set off with me, all the way to monitor the surrendered thieves back to Jingbian Fort, and when we arrive at Jingbian Fort to meet your Uncle Li, you will take people to Hutou Village to investigate intelligence."

"Yes, my lord, I know it. This, my lord, Wang Zuohang is a surrendered man, can you use him with confidence? ”

"He drank my Three Corpse Brain Divine Pill, how dare he not listen to me."

"My lord, is it really poison that you gave him?"

"Renjie, this is not something you should know, you just need to spy on the information."

"Yes, my lord, Meng Lang is humble, please don't blame me."

"Well, Renjie, you will have to be alone in the future, you have to remember, you can't distrust your subordinates, but you can't dig out your heart and lungs, let your subordinates know everything, you have to maintain a sense of mystery, and keep your distance from your subordinates, so that your subordinates can't understand you, and they will think you're very powerful, so that you can calm your subordinates, can you write it down?"

"Yes, my lord, the humiliation has been written."

"Very good, you can go down and rest, and let the sick stand guard today."

"Yes."

Liu Renjie agreed, and then bowed down and withdrew from the Chinese army's big tent.

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The next day, when it was dawn, the heralds of the Jingbianbao Army played a piercing wake-up call with their military trumpets in accordance with the habits they had developed during training.

The soldiers of Jingbian Fort are accustomed to listening to such voices in ordinary training, but it is okay, the key is that there are other people in the barracks to rest.

As a result, many soldiers from other departments who were woken up by the sound of the military horn were depressed and scolded very loudly:

"Donkey Day, your Jingbian Fort Army still doesn't let people sleep, it's disgusting."

"You're fucking mourning so early."

"Donkey Day, blow the trumpet again, and our Lao Tzu will fire you."

At this time, Liu Renyu had already gotten up, and he heard the angry scolding voices of the soldiers of the other generals around him, so he hurriedly ordered the heralds: "Alas, keep a low profile, keep a low profile, don't blow the trumpet, you all go to the camp tent and call them." ”

"Yes, sir." When the heralds received the order, they stopped blowing their trumpets, and hurried to trot to the tents to call for men.

The heralds ran to the tents and shouted to the soldiers: "Get up, get up quickly, and if you go to sleep you will eat the sticks." ”

Facing the officers, he politely whispered, "Please get up." ”

After the officers and soldiers of Jingbian Fort got up, Liu Renyu asked Zhang Tieniu, Ma Wenshan, and Liu Renjie to organize their teams and prepare to return to Jingbian Fort.

And he himself went straight to Hong Chengchou to resign.

When Hong Chengchou saw Liu Renjie coming to resign, he told Liu Renyu to be sure to settle the displaced people, and in addition, he should also be a good soldier and ready to go to the battlefield at any time.

Liu Renyu thought that he had been regarded as a quasi-confidant by Hong Chengchou at this time, so he slapped his chest and swore that he would definitely do his job and complete the task assigned by Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou saw that Liu Renyu said solemnly, so he nodded and signaled that Liu Renyu could go back with his own soldiers.

Liu Renyu received the order, so he took Hong Chengchou's warrant and his subordinates out of the camp and went straight to meet Yang Desheng's department.

After the two groups of people met, Liu Renyu ordered Wang Zishun, Ji San'er, Zhang Shusheng and Wang Zuohang to take a few guards and go with him.

Then more than 400 knights divided into two teams and walked in the middle of the wagon.

The remaining 14,000 homeless people thought that they would have food to eat if they followed Liu Renyu, so they all honestly followed behind the Jingbian Fort Army and moved slowly.

Due to the slow pace of the displaced people's walking, it was a 260-mile road between Jingbianbao and Yulin, and the Jingbianbao army walked for 8 days before reaching the destination.

When the army was about to arrive at Jingbian Fort, Liu Renyu asked Liu Renjie to go back first to inform Ma Tianjun and Li Jiye, and let them bring the fire soldiers and the recruits who had undergone preliminary training to the outside of the city to welcome the triumphant return army.

However, it was said that Li Jiye and Ma Tianjun received Liu Renyu's order, so they immediately went to the barracks and ordered all the officers and soldiers to wear armor, bring weapons, and rush to the city gate in full armor.

After all the arrangements stopped, Liu Renyu took the leader of the thieves, Shi Shiran, and advanced towards Jingbian Fort City.

The reason why he arranged it like this was because the thieves were typical bullies and fears the hard, so he wanted to show the strength of Jingbian Fort, so as to deter these thief leaders, so that they could temporarily settle down and not try to make trouble in Jingbian Fort.

The effect of this demonstration was not bad, and the thieves saw for the first time that the soldiers left behind in Jingbian Fort were well-groomed and sharp, and they looked quite fierce, and they were all afraid of the military might of the Jingbian Fort army, and they did not dare to be as arrogant as the little red who had surrendered originally.

The thieves have determined one thing, and they can't cause trouble in vain if they are placed on the boundary of Jingbian Fort, because the Jingbian Fort army is not easy to provoke.