Li Yan smiled and nodded, and said to Li Zhong next to him: "Yes, the courage can be regarded as practiced." The bruises on the body must be dealt with in time, don't fall into trouble, they are all good soldiers. ”

"Don't worry, the medicinal wine given by Dr. He is very effective, and if you wipe it at night, it will reduce swelling the next day." Li Zhong also said with a smile.

Li Yan reminded again: "Remember to train their equipment, at least before reaching the attack distance, there will be fewer casualties." ”

Li Zhong nodded and said, "It's good to practice your courage first, and the rest will be simple." ”

Li Yan called Li Zhong into the house and asked, "How much grain can we come up with?" ”

Li Zhong thought for a moment and replied, "Two thousand stones should be no problem. ”

They have collected the taxes of those big households this year, and they have been much more generous, and the market has also gained a lot. The things in the market, such as cloth, vegetables, salt, oil, and meat, are basically all money changers, and the ones they receive are basically grain, so their current food surplus is still considerable.

Li Yan nodded and said, "Well, it's just two thousand quintals." You are ready to come out and put it in Qiulou Village in the northwest. When Chen Yongfu is gone, I will transport the grain to Kaifeng and exchange it for some silver. ”

"Okay, I'll get it ready right away." Li Zhong agreed. Their grain is concentrated in the county seat and Zhaohugang, and the road conditions are also good, and the transfer is still very convenient.

Li Yan reminded: "If you want to transfer it in batches, I will also transport it to Kaifeng in batches." Be careful to hide and try not to let too many people see it. In this year, there is more food, and it is not a good thing for people to know,"

Li Zhong was stunned for a moment, and then agreed: "Wealth is not exposed, this is true." ”

Li Yan then instructed: "Send some people to Suizhou, isn't there an iron pit there?" Escort the miners of the blacksmith to see if it can be mined, and whether it is worth mining. We need more and more iron, and we always buy it and calculate, and it is better to have a mine. ”

"Want to open a mine?" Li Zhong said in surprise: "This is to be cautious, if you don't get it right, something will happen." ”

In this day and age, miners are the most dangerous group of people. Because these people are concentrated, they are all in the prime of life, and they have no land fetters and an organizational system, so they can easily become the source of rebellion. Therefore, for mining mining, all dynasties and dynasties have strictly controlled it, which is to prevent the seeds of rebellion. As for controlling resources, protecting the environment, and so on, people don't think that way.

Li Yan said: "Don't worry, as long as we set the treatment of workers, no one wants to do rebellion without doing a good job." Now I can't live anymore because I'm being forced, so I'm everywhere. ”

"Okay, you just have to think about it." Seeing that Li Yan insisted, Li Zhong had no choice but to agree.

Five days later, Chen Yongfu finally arrived in Qixian with his 5,000 elite soldiers.

It was a day later than scheduled, because Chen Yongfu stopped when he arrived at the border of Qixian County, and he wanted to let his troops enter Qixian with bright armor. The main reason is that he wants to show the military and people of Qixian County that his troops are the main military strength of Henan. No matter how great Li Yan's troops reported, they were just township soldiers.

Chen Yongfu did a good job, the 5,000-strong army was slowly marching on the official road, and the flags covered the sky and the sun. Chen Yongfu's "Chen" character general flag, as well as the following generals, guerrilla square general flag. Below is the triangular dragon flag of the thousand presidents, hundreds of generals, and team officers. The dragon flags vary in color and are used to distinguish the teams.

At the front was Chen Yongfu, and behind him was his team of family members, all dressed in fish scale armor and immediately dressed in leather. He was accompanied by a group of pro-soldiers, each holding a square flag.

Chen Yongfu was wearing a brass-colored mountain armor, and the heart goggles on his chest were shiny. He rode on a big black horse and marched in the direction of the county seat with high spirits.

He saw a group of people standing outside the county from a distance, so as soon as he raised his hand, his own soldiers ordered loudly: "Stop!" ”

The cavalry units in front of them stopped first, and the troops behind also stopped one after another under the orders of the officers.

Li Yan, who stood up outside the city gate to greet him, frowned.

"What is he trying to do?! You want us to pass?! Li Mu looked at Chen Yongfu, who had stopped more than two hundred steps away, and said angrily.

The only people who came out of the city to greet them were military men like Li Yan and Yang Garrison. It is impossible for the Su County Commander and Gao Xunji in the county seat to come outside the city to greet a martial artist, even if it is a deputy general.

Yang Shoubei glanced at Li Yan, who was standing still, and then silently led his own soldiers to meet him.

Li Zhong said to Li Yan: "Shall we also catch up?" ”

"This bastard! He shouldn't have been informed! Li Mu glared at Yang Shoubei's back and scolded.

Li Yan didn't want to clash with the official army now, and he didn't fight with the official army and was able to maintain the strength of the base area of Qixian. He had no choice but to say to Li Zhong and Li Mu: "Let's go, go and meet this Deputy General Chen." The official university is good, and when he begs for a living under us, he will also let him greet us from afar. ”

"Okay, let him be my subordinate! Such a majesty, I made him regret it! Li Mu responded seriously.

Li Zhong smiled helplessly, these two brothers were really optimistic. When they can get a chief officer to surrender, I don't know how many years it will take?

Li Yan and the others also passed, the difference was that Yang Garrison brought ten personal soldiers, while Li Yan and the others only brought two personal soldiers each.

When Yang Shoubei arrived in front of Chen Yongfu's horse, he immediately knelt down on one knee, hugged his fists and said, "The last general, Yang Sheng, meet the commander." ”

After Li Yan and the others came over, they had no choice but to kneel down on one knee, clasp their fists and say: "Li Yan, the general of Qixian County, has seen Chen Dashuai. ”

Originally, there was no chief military officer in Henan, which was specially set up by Chongzhen in order to accommodate Zhang Renxue, who was converted from a civilian official to a military attaché. But now that Zhang Renxue has been arrested, Chen Yongfu, as the deputy chief soldier, is even the highest-ranking officer in Henan, and it is considered appropriate to call him "big marshal".

Chen Yongfu nodded, and nodded condescendingly on the horse: "Get up!" ”

"Xie Dashuai!" Li Yan and Yang Shoubei thanked them in unison. After that, he stood up and waited for Chen Yongfu's further instructions.

"Grain and grass, the barracks can be prepared?!" Chen Yongfu asked loudly after waiting for Li Yan to get up.

Li Yan hugged his fists and said: "Commander, the small city of Qixian County has no barracks that can accommodate five thousand troops. There were two barracks outside the city, which could only accommodate 4,000 men, and one barracks inside the city could only accommodate 500 soldiers and horses. Therefore, the humble post has prepared some tents and has been set up on the school grounds, please forgive the sins. ”

Chen Yongfu also knew that Qixian couldn't let go of his army, but he was still very dissatisfied and snorted coldly, and said, "I have already notified you and others, why are you still not prepared?!" Find some spare rooms in the city for the sons and daughters to stay! ”

"Marshal, there are many residents in the city, and there are no vacant houses." Li Yan replied with a fist.

Chen Yongfu stared at Li Yan coldly and didn't speak, what he meant was to let Li Yan vacate the house, where to care about what and whether there were residents or not.

Li Yan also knew what Chen Yongfu meant, raised his eyes to look at Chen Yongfu with an unhappy face, and continued: "Gao Xun is in the city, please think twice." ”

Chen Yongfu gritted his back molars and ordered: "The soldiers will enter the city with Ben Shuai!" Others go to the barracks outside the city! Give me some peace, if you don't give Ben Shuai a long face, don't blame Ben Shuai for not being emotional! ”

"Yes!" The generals and guerrillas who followed Chen Yongfu hugged their fists and promised loudly.