Sure enough, just after the evening, it was rumored in the palace that Yanzhou Thorn Shi broke the southern thief in Hailing.

The emperor was very happy, this is the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, the biggest victory over the Southern Dynasty, Taizu used troops against the Southern Dynasty during the period, returned due to the defeat of the plague, the emperor of this dynasty Cao Jue has always been famous for his literary rule.

Unexpectedly, this time, Shen Liangyu, the assassin of Yanzhou, gathered heavy troops in Pengcheng, and suddenly sent troops when the Song and Qin battles were in Runan. surrounded Shen Pu, who was trapped in Huaiyin, and defeated Wang Shengjing, the Song general who came to help. In one fell swoop, he broke through all the strongholds north of the Yangtze River in the Song Kingdom, and now Liu Song is in Jiangbiao, except for Shen Pu, there is no soldier or general available.

Emperor Cao Qi of Qitai rewarded the ministers, recruited Shen Liangyu to return to Beijing, and crowned Shen Liangyu as the county waiter, the prince Taibao, and the leader, and served as the general of the former army. Ordered to scatter the cavalry, often attendant Yan Yong, and welcomed Shen Liangyu back to Beijing to be entitled.

Yan Yong is the younger brother of Empress Yan and the uncle of the fourth prince Cao Fan, which shows how much Emperor Cao Qi attaches great importance to Shen Liangyu, who returned from this great victory.

Yan Yong is in the prime of life, with a thin body, a handsome appearance, and bright eyes, but the hook on the tip of the nose looks a little gloomy.

At this time, Yan Yong was waiting for Shen Liangyu and his party at Longchiyi, twenty miles away from Luoyang.

"Lord Yan, the little officials are not serving well, and I hope that the adults will forgive their sins." The post man of the dragon gallop fell to the ground and said cautiously.

"That's it, in such a rural village, there is such a beautiful woman, it's hard to be a post, you go down." Yan Yong drank the cheese and said lightly. The two good-looking women next to him were pinching their shoulders for Yan Yong.

Yi Cheng got up and bowed and retreated.

"On both sides of the Huai River last year, hail in summer, cold in winter, crop failure, Liu Song fought with Western Qin in Runan, and the victims could not be relieved, but let Shen Liangyu pick up a bargain." Yan Yong said to a young man sitting below.

"Yes, Cui He made the victims eat in the rich households, and waited until the harvest of grain in the autumn of this year to make the prefectures and counties resettle themselves, although the method is not new, but it is indeed effective. In this way, Shen Liangyu's Yanzhou has soldiers and food, and bad things become good things, which is also God's help! The young man shook his head and sighed:

"Although the emperor has summoned Shen Liangyu back to Beijing, Xu Xianzhong under his command still firmly holds an army of 40,000 and confronts Shen Pu in Huaiyin.

"Xue Chongben, Xuzhou hasn't been taken yet, but you are already staring at the position of the assassin." Yan Yong hooked one of the women's subordinates and teased the young man: "Don't think about this position of assassination, I don't worry about letting you go to Xuzhou, our Yan family still needs someone who can lead the army in the army." ”

Xue Chongben was disappointed, only to listen to Yan Yong and said: "But the position of Xuzhou Assassin is too important, and it must not fall to the Shen family's side, this time Shen Liangyu returned to Beijing, and the emperor named him the general of the former army, it is precisely to weaken his power in Yanzhou and Xuzhou, my father has played the name of the emperor, so that you went to the former army to be his deputy general, do you understand my father's hard work?" ”

Xue Chongben listened and said aggrievedly: "The 20,000 people in the front army are all newly recruited, and the combat power is sparse, so I have no battle to fight in the front army, I only became a deputy general who watched Shen Liangyu, and the last general was reliant..."

Yan Yong waved his hand to let the two women retreat, stared at Xue Chongben and said, "You are only in your twenties this year, as long as the third prince has to ascend to the throne, are you still afraid that you will not have to fight?" ”

Although Xue Chongben was unwilling, he had no choice but to get up and clench his fists and say, "Everything is arranged by Lord Yan and Lord Yan." ”

Yan Yong smiled: "You, you just can't hold back your temperament, my father said that you still lack experience, and it's true." ”

At this time, someone outside the hall came to report: "Lord Yan, Lord Yanzhou Assassin Shi Shen is almost here." ”

Yan Yong stood up and said to Xue Chongben: "Let's go, let's go and see this big hero who broke the southern thief!" ”

"Hahaha, Shen Hou returned to the court victoriously, and the next official Yan Yong came to greet him with an edict, and he has been waiting for Shen Hou for a long time!" Yan Yong saw the person on the horse and smiled.

Shen Liangyu is about forty years old. Dressed in a military uniform, his figure is straight and strong, but unfortunately the two eyes on his face are squinted or natural, only two slits seem to hang under his eyebrows, so that people can't see the look in his eyes.

There were more than forty tooth soldiers behind him, all of whom were dressed in iron armor and were extremely fierce.

"Shen is rude, his armor is on his body, and he can't knock on the edict of the Son of Heaven, which is a capital crime." Shen Liangyu hurriedly got off the horse and bowed.

"It's okay, Your Majesty has been exempted from waiting for the full ceremony." Yan Yong picked up Shen Liangyu with a smile and handed him the edict.

Shen Liangyu took the edict with both hands: "Okay, when Shen changes into a military uniform, thank God again!" ”

"As it should be." Yan Yong let Shen Liangyu into the post house. Turning his head, he instructed the post man who was kneeling in Shen Hou and said, "Prepare the wine banquet, I will have a drink with Shen Hou tonight." ”

Na Yi Cheng kowtowed and said yes, and hurriedly went down to prepare.

The sky was about to get dark, Long Chiyi was already brightly lit, and Yan Yong and Shen Liangyu sat opposite each other in the main hall, and each sat down with an escort. Under Yan Yong sat Xue Chongben, and under Shen Liangyu sat a burly man, who was eight feet long, with a dark complexion, a leopard's head and eyes, and a beard like a steel needle densely poked on his cheeks.

Yan Yong asked, "I don't know who this strong man behind Shen Hou is?" ”

"Oh~ Cunjie, why don't you meet Lord Yan?" Shen Liangyu said to the next person.

"The last general, Niu Cunjie, a native of Yanzhou, is now serving as the captain of the tooth soldiers under the command of the lord." The voice of the big man is like thunder.

"Disrespectful and disrespectful, General Niu is really a strong man."

"Cunjie has been following me in Yanzhou, this time I surrounded Huaiyin, and it was Cunjie who led the tooth soldiers to defeat Wang Seng Jing who came to reinforce him." Shen Liangyu said to Yan.

"General Niu is in battle, and the real warriors are also, a cup of salute to the warriors." Yan Yong raised his wine glass and saluted Niu Cunjie.

"Why don't you thank you?" Shen Liangyu said to Niu Cunjie.

"Thank you, Lord Yan." Niu Cunjie raised the wine glass on the table, drank it all, and said with the sound of the urn.

"Hahaha, good, good, since ancient times, brave people are good at drinking, Shen Hou and the general should drink more today."

Shen Liangyu also raised his glass and said: "Lord Yan is an important minister in the court, the queen's brother, and his status is precious. ”

"Shen Hou is really good at talking, I, an idler in the court, can only help His Majesty run errands, I can see Shen Hou's triumph, and I will be satisfied before others hear how Shen Hou broke the southern thief." Yan Yong laughed.

At this time, Xue Chongben stood up from the banquet, clasped his fists and bowed and said, "The last general, Xue Chongben, will meet Shen Hou." ”

"Who is this?" Shen Liangyu looked at Xue Chongben and asked.

"Hahaha, this is General Xue Chongben Xue, His Majesty has transferred him to the front army, and now he is Shen Hou's subordinate!" Yan Yong.

"Oh?" Shen Liangyu looked at Xue Chongben, a gleam flashed in his small eyes, and he looked the young man up and down. Seeing him sitting at the bottom of the words, his mind had already turned back and forth a few times.

"Yes! The day before yesterday, I heard that the emperor sent the Lord to come to the Dragon Chi Station to greet Shen Hou, and the last general admired Shen Hou, so he told the Lord to bring the last general to meet Shen Hou. ”

"General Xue is too famous! In the coming day, we are all robes, and we are happy today, so let's drink a few more glasses. Shen Liangyu raised his glass again.

It was late at night, and Shen Liangyu was helped back to the room to rest by Niu Cunjie because he was too strong to drink.

Yan Yong sent Shen Liangyu off, and did not return to the hall, standing under the corridor with his hands in his hands, looking at the sky, the dark sky was full of dark clouds, and Xue Chongben, who was right, said: "I didn't expect that at this time, the night was already so cold. ”

Xue Chongben said: "Lord Yan, it's autumn, and the wind is cold and dewy at night, so let's rest early." ”

The two were about to go back to their rooms to rest, when they suddenly saw a fire on the west wall of the post station, and someone was noisy. Yan Yong frowned, and said to Xue Chongben in a condensed voice: "Chongben, you go and take a look." ”

Xue Chongben saw the strangeness of the fire, hurriedly walked into the hall, picked up his sword, summoned the soldiers under the corridor, asked them to protect Yan Yong, and walked towards the fire on the west wall.

Yan Yong tightened the robe on her body, looked at the place where the fire started, and retreated to the hall to wait for news.

After a while, Xue Chongben ran back with his sword: "Lord Yan, the big thing is not good, there are thieves burning the stables on the west wall, and the post keeper has already handed over the thieves, it is not safe here, I protect the adults and the thieves did not surround the post station and leave from the east wall." ”

When Yan Yong heard this, he asked urgently, "Who is the thief?" ”

"I don't know, the thieves are all wearing black shorts, with cloth scarves on their heads, and they seem to be people in the army." Xue Chongben said urgently.

"How is Shen Hou doing over there?" Yan Yong asked again.

"I didn't see Shen Hou, only the tooth soldiers brought by Shen Hou have already fought with the thieves, but there are many thieves, and it is estimated that they will not be able to stop for a while."

Yan Yong heard that there were many thieves, and even the tooth soldiers brought by Shen Liangyu couldn't stop them, so he immediately panicked, and said to Xue Chongben in a panic: "Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and turn out from the east." Chongben, you protect me, hurry up..."

Just as he was about to leave, Yan Yong hesitated and said, "You send someone to Shen Hou Na to announce it, let them go with us from the east, don't call your own soldiers to go, let the post guards go." With that, he pointed to the two guards who had been waiting for him, and ordered the two of them to go and inform Shen Liangyu quickly.

When I came to the east courtyard, I didn't see Shen Liangyu coming over to converge, but the west and north sides were burning, the voices of people were getting louder and louder, and the sound of blade handovers and screams became clearer and clearer.

"Lord Yan, it's too late, hurry, I'll protect you from the east wall first, let's go to the east woods and wait for Shen Liangyu." Xue Chongben said hurriedly.

Yan Yong heard the sound of the fight getting closer and closer, his face turned pale, and he hurriedly stepped on the back of his own soldiers and climbed over the wall, and when he saw that there was no one on the left and right, he fled east under the escort of Xue Chongben.

Shen Liangyu drank too much wine at the banquet tonight, and was sleeping soundly when the fire started, Niu Cunjie saw the fire outside, and hurriedly ran to the inner room to wake up Shen Liangyu, but Shen Liangyu was drunk and couldn't wake up, seeing that the noise outside was getting closer and closer, Niu Cunjie had to order someone to splash water to wake Shen Liangyu.

Shen Liangyu was woken up by the splash of water, and said angrily: "Who is bold? Seeing Niu Cunjie, he frowned and said, "Cunjie, what's going on outside." ”

Niu Cunjie hurriedly said: "Lord, the fire in the west courtyard is on, and more than 200 thieves have already attacked the post station, and the brothers and thieves have handed over hands, but we have few people, and it is estimated that we will not be able to support it for long. ”

Shen Liangyu listened, hurriedly jumped up from the couch, tied his sword and hurried out, walked to the bottom of the corridor and saw the fire around him, and hurriedly said: "Cunjie, call the soldiers over, we will break through from the south." ”

At this time, two post guards hurriedly ran over, Niu Cunjie stopped them, and the two post guards hurriedly knelt down and said: "Shen Hou, Lord Yan ordered the two of us to send a message, saying that there are thieves attacking the post station, I hope you will go east quickly, and Lord Yan will meet you in the east." ”

"Has Lord Yan escaped yet?" Shen Liangyu asked as he walked down the steps.

"Already ·····" The two post guards were halfway through their words, and suddenly took out a short blade from each of their chests and stabbed at Shen Liangyu.

Seeing this, Shen Liangyu's eyes widened, and he kicked the short blade of the nearest post soldier in it, stabbed the post guard to death with a sword, and shouted: "Save the knot." ”

Niu Cunjie had already stepped forward, raised his knife in his hand, and slashed over another pawn. Niu Cunjie was shocked, knelt down and kowtowed: "The subordinate guards are wrong, please punish the lord." ”

"That's it, Cunjie quickly gathered the remaining tooth soldiers, the east is too much to go, I see that the fire in the south is small, and I quickly break through to the south." Shen Liangyu said hurriedly.

"······ over there?" Niu Cunjie glanced at Shen Liangyu cautiously.

Shen Liangyu glanced at the East Courtyard, didn't answer, and strode towards the south.