Yuheng Prefecture, Tiantang County, Wuli Pavilion.

Dong Xian was sitting in the tent in the open space outside the pavilion. Among the men and horses standing not far from him, in addition to the imperial court officials and servants who had followed him all the way from the imperial capital Luochuan, there were also a large group of officers and soldiers from the Yuheng Prefecture Mansion.

"Then why hasn't the generation of Sakura come to surrender yet?" At this time, Qu Shun was on a hillside more than a few hundred steps away from Dong Xian's tent, and asked Yao Ping, who was also looking into the distance on the hillside, "Do you think that guy from Yingzhou will regret not wanting to surrender?" ”

"No, it won't." Yao Ping pondered and said, "No matter how stupid or bad they are, they don't have to fight hard with our Yiluo's army on the beach." As Master Dong said before, as long as they don't harm our people, don't loot our property, don't rob our territory, and then recognize our Son of Heaven as their only emperor, then the imperial court will give them some land. Why wouldn't they do it? ”

"It's good to give them fiefs, but those fiefs are either outside the customs or in the north of the Saibei, and you know that they are not good places just by listening to the name. When they get there, they won't be able to grow any crops, and they won't have to make trouble as well, and then the unlucky ones will be the people of the frontier again. Qu Shun muttered.

"That's a story for later, it's better than if they're making trouble on the beach right now." Yao Ping said, "Besides, since they have submitted to my Yiluo, they are the subjects of our Yiluo, and I think our imperial court must have a way to control them." Just like the Yandi people before, they haven't made trouble since they returned to obedience. ”

"Bottle, if you want me to say this, there won't be so much trouble, and I will directly order all these Sakura grandchildren to be killed." Qu Shun said, "Kill all those who don't stay." Who told them to come to our territory and make trouble? ”

"The sea water is constantly rising, and there should be many people in Yingzhou who are forced to run to our side." Yao Ping said.

"The sea is so hot that our family is gone, do we care if they live or die? Kill them all. Qu Shun said, "Originally, we didn't eat much, but when they came, there were so many mouths, and we didn't eat even less." ”

"Junko, what you said is simple. But can we kill all the people of Yingzhou who honestly farm, fish, weave clothes and sell food? And what about the poor women, children, and children? Yao Ping looked at Qu Shun and said, "Massacre is never a way, let alone a benevolent act, and it can't solve the problem." ”

"Hey bottle, you're still reasoning." Qu Shun said, "I also know that it is wrong to kill innocent women, children, old and young, but I can't be angry." Besides, they also started the war first. And as you can see, they also killed the innocent person in the village of Chongyunling. ”

"Some of them made a mess and killed our people, but there are also many people who didn't even think about killing our people, they are just ordinary people fleeing like us." Yao Ping said, "Speaking of which, apart from the samurai and the other two ninjas that Yoo Eunya killed, the ninja who escaped with the "Shadow Cut" and the instigator behind him, that's the person we are going to settle accounts with them. ”

"If only I could tell at a glance which Sakura people are good people and which ones are bad." Qu Shun said, "Then I took a knife and wiped the necks of all those bad people one by one. ”

Yao Ping smiled and said, "Hey, if you have that ability, the Son of Heaven will not give you the title of Zhenguo Gong." ”

Qu Shun fantasized for a while, and then she secretly looked at Liu Enzai, who was standing with a knife not far away, and then turned to Yao Ping and asked in a low voice, "Bottle, you said that this Yingzhou people surrendered to us, so are they the same as the relationship between Cangmin and us?" ”

Yao Ping thought for a while and said, "If they also accept the canonization, it will seem to be similar to Cangmin, and I won't be very clear." ”

While the two were talking, Zhan Ye suddenly said not far away, "They're here." ”

Hearing Zhanye's words, Qu Shunteng stood up straight, he took a few quick steps up the hillside, and then turned his head to look, and Qu Shun, who had a keen eye, immediately saw what Zhanye said.

"Good fellows, so many people." Qu Shun looked at the large group of men and horses that appeared behind the distant mountain and the banners of Linlang and said.

When those people came from far and near, Yao Ping also clearly saw the leader of the large group of people and horses, the guardian of Echigo Kingdom, Uesugi Yuki, and the Bamboo Bird Family Banner behind him. He saw him dressed in white and on a white horse, covered with woven armor, with a katana at his waist, walking far behind the vanguard cavalry. On the military flag held by the vanguard cavalry, a big "Bi" character was clearly written in black on a white background.

"Than." Everyone saw the word "Bi", but Qu Shun looked at the military flag of Uesugi Yuki and read it out loud.

"Yes." Zhanye corrected to Qu Shun.

"Fart?" Qu Shun was stunned for a moment, he turned to look at Zhan Ye and asked, "It doesn't seem to be written like that, right?" ”

"It's Bishamon's Bi." Zhan Ye said.

"Fart kills the stuffy.. Fart? Qu Shun continued to ask puzzled.

"There are two ways to write the character of Bishamentian, one is Tian in the left, and the other is Tian in the Bishang." Zhan Ye said.

"Bishamontian, what's that?" Yao Ping also asked Zhan Ye at this time.

"One of the gods in the Buddha sect of the Buddha family, Bishamen Tian, is also called Duowentian. He is the king of the four heavenly kings, also known as the king of Bishamen. He is not only a god who protects the Dharma, but also a god of war. Zhanye said.

"Oh, it seems that this guardian believes in the way of Buddhism on his behalf, and believes in the god of war." Yao Ping said.

"Yes." Zhan Ye said.

During the conversation, the Sakurashu Echigo Province's brigade stopped a mile away from the pavilion. At this point, Yao Ping and others clearly saw that behind the Yingzhou soldiers wearing armor in the front row were not many cloth soldiers with heavy burdens, but a large group of unarmed Yingzhou refugees. Many of them were women and children, who supported each other, carried children waiting to be fed, or carried animals carrying household utensils.

After looking at Dong Xian and the officers and soldiers of Yuheng Prefecture for a while, Uesugi Yuki rode his horse and slowly rushed towards Wuli Pavilion with several followers under the guidance of several Yiluo cavalry.

The whole surrender ceremony went smoothly, and Uesugi Yuki dismounted and bowed to Dong Xian on one knee, and listened to the edict of the Son of Heaven read by Dong Xian. Subsequently, Uesugi Yuki handed over the saber to Dong Xian, the heavenly imperial flag of Sakurazhou, and the main military flag of his own house with the words "Eight Swords Bishamen Heaven" written on it. Dong Xian also presented him with two seals representing the vassals of Yiluo, as well as a military flag with the word "Shunchang Army" written on it.

"Shunchang Army.." Yao Pingyuan looked at the slowly rolled up battle flag and asked Zhanye, "Brother Zhan, where is the name of this Shunchang?" ”

"Nowhere is it." Zhan Ye said.

"What does the imperial court mean by giving them a military flag of the Shunchang Army?" Yao Ping asked.

"It's just an empty name given to them by the imperial court." Zhan Ye said, "I think the word "Shunchang" should be a message that the imperial court also used to convey to other Yingzhou people, that is, those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me die. Whoever surrenders to my Ilo, the Son of Heaven is merciful and generous enough to leave them a way to live, and all the bandits who land on the territory of my Ilo without permission and cause trouble will only be destroyed. ”

"Oh!" Yao Ping thought for a while and said, "I think that this person who suggested for the Son of Heaven and gave such a name to the people of Yingzhou who returned to Shun should be a very powerful minister in the imperial court. It must be a military minister. ”

"In the past ten years, the imperial court has gradually been controlled by the Wenchen group, and since the most respected military minister Ji Yuan left Luochuan for Shuoding, there are no more heroic and courageous military ministers in the imperial court." Zhan Ye said.

"Those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me perish!" At this time, Qu Shun suddenly shouted from the side in the direction where the Yingzhou people were.

Yao Ping followed Qu Shun's gaze and looked at the Yingzhou army in the distance, then walked to Qu Shun's side, tugged at his sleeve and whispered, "Shunzi, you be quiet." Master Dong brought us here this time, let's not make trouble for him. ”

"Oh." Qu Shun made a sigh and then turned his head to look in the direction of Wuli Pavilion, where Dong Xian was, and at this glance, Qu Shun couldn't help but ask with a surprised face, "Huh?" Bottles, you see, what is that car? ”

Yao Ping turned around and looked behind the Wuli Pavilion, but he saw that at this time, there was a row of mule carts led by a coachman on the road behind the pavilion, which was coming from the direction of Tiantang County. The mule cart looked heavy with its sacks stacked on top of it, and the wheels quickly rolled out ruts in the soft earth.

"That's rice." Zhan Ye suddenly said at this time.

"So much rice?!" Qu Shun said in surprise.

"Is that for the people of Sakura?" Yao Ping looked at Zhanye and asked.

Zhan Ye nodded slightly.

"Huh?!" Qu Shun stared at Zhan Ye and asked in surprise, "These rice are all given by Dong Xian to the people of Yingzhou?!" ”

"Brother Dong doesn't have this power, this should be ordered by the imperial court." Zhan Ye said.

"I'll his grandma's!" Qu Shun suddenly pointed to the grain cart and said loudly to Zhanye, "There were so many refugees in Qingfu County before, and the imperial court allocated so much food, and this group of shameless bandits occupied my land and killed my compatriots, and the imperial court also allocated food for them to eat?!" ”

Zhan Ye looked at the resentful Qu Shun without saying anything, just shook his head slightly. It can be seen that he is reluctant to explain too much for the imperial court.

"It's infuriating. I ......" Qu Shun saw that Zhanye was silent, so he turned to the grain truck team and the Yingzhou people in the distance and complained.

Yao Ping stared at the grain and mule trucks that were slowly driving towards the people of Yingzhou, and after a long silence, he said, "Hey, I hope they can live up to the emperor's grace." ”

"They're going to lose." Qu Shun said indignantly after hearing Yao Ping's words, "The people of Yingzhou are white-eyed wolves who can't be fed, and the imperial court will never go back to this meat bun and beat the dog." ”

"If you can't go back, that's also the bun of the Son of Heaven, don't be angry if you go straight." Yao Ping pulled Qu Shun and continued, "The surrender ceremony here is also over, let's go down the mountain, Huahua and Li Jun are still waiting for us at the bottom of the mountainside." ”

"Later, we will go to Tiantang County with Brother Dong." Zhan Ye said at this time, "After staying there for a night, he plans to take us to Cangyue City tomorrow." ”

"Master Dong, where is he going?" Yao Ping asked.

"Yes." Zhan Ye said, "After getting the news that the Yuheng Prefecture Governor's Mansion had moved to Cangyue City, Brother Dong planned to visit his uncle this time. ”

"Huh? So, our affairs in Yuhengzhou, Lord Dong is going to personally come forward to mediate for us? Yao Ping asked.

Zhan Ye nodded and said, "That's right. ”

"I've really met a nobleman, I really don't know how to repay Dong Da in the future." Yao Ping said.

"There is no need to think about how to repay him, Brother Dong, what he did this time is not only for the sake of my friend, he actually hopes that we people can stand up for the empire at a critical juncture and dedicate a little of our strength to the people of the world." Zhan Ye said.

Yao Ping nodded and said, "Master Dong has the world in his heart, and the small people look up to the mountains. In the matter of catching the Sakura samurai, I will definitely sacrifice my life to prevent the adults from embarrassing me. Even if I die, I will catch the four Sakura Samurai who are causing trouble, and at least two of them will have to be caught to prove Miss Li's innocence. ”

Zhan Ye shook his head lightly and smiled.

"Brother Zhan, why are you smiling and shaking your head?" Yao Ping looked at Zhanye's smile and asked, "Is there anything wrong with what I just said?" ”

"There's nothing wrong with that." Zhan Ye looked at Yao Ping and said, "It's just that I just suddenly felt that Yao Ping, as a small citizen, Brother Dong asked you to catch the Samurai of Yingzhou, which is simply letting you die." But then again, you're just an ordinary person, but I don't think it's a big deal for you. ”

"It's not a big deal?!" Yao Ping said in surprise, "The Yingzhou warrior I met in Chongyunling Village last time almost killed me, if it weren't for Liu Enzai's presence, I wouldn't know how many pieces he would have chopped in." In the few days I have been on the road to Tiantang County, I have been thinking about how to capture the captives, and I still have not figured out any good way to ensure that I can capture those samurai captives. ”

Zhan Ye smiled and said, "I don't think the key to a big deal is here, because you have Yoo Eun-jae and everyone by your side." ”