Outside the city of Suizhou, the troops stopped a mile south of the city. Sun Sifu stepped forward and shouted loudly: "The new Guerrilla Li Yan is in Germany, General Li is here, open the city gate quickly"

At this time, Suizhou City was already full of soldiers, each holding their swords and bows, ready to fight at any time.

All parts of Guide Prefecture already knew that Li Yan was the new guerrilla, so they were waiting for Li Yan to bring troops over to help him. But they did not dare to open the city gate at once, and it was necessary to check the authenticity.

The defenders at the head of the city shouted, "Bring General Li's waist plate and the big seal to be examined," and after saying that, they lowered a hanging basket from the city wall.

Sun Sifu had no choice but to go back and talk to Li Yan. Li Yan handed over the waist card and the printed marks to Sun Sifu for the city to inspect.

After a long time, the castle finally confirmed that these things were not fake. So the south gate finally creaked open. A crowd came out of it and crossed the moat to meet them.

Li Yan went over with his escort, he got off the horse, and one of the five-grade officials arched his hand and said: "General Li can be regarded as coming, since I received the report from the imperial court and knew that His Majesty promoted General Li to a guerrilla general, the officials and squires are looking forward to it day and night." Bandits are rampant in the state, the people cannot produce, and the gentry cannot live in peace. It's good that the general is here, and with a general like General Li, I believe that the thieves and bandits will soon be wiped out, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and each will be in his place. ”

Li Yan arched his hand and said, "Xiong Zhizhou is polite." Since Li is in charge of the soldiers of the Guide Mansion, he is responsible for garrisoning and suppressing bandits. Li will naturally fulfill his duties and exterminate the thieves as soon as possible, so that the place will return to peace. ”

Among the people who greeted him was Ye Juren, and his butler was not qualified to stand here, but followed from a distance. He looked at Li Yan carefully and found that he was still quite young, because Li Yan had always had the habit of shaving; It doesn't look like a villain, and it doesn't have the sharpness and roughness of a general.

He secretly relieved himself in his heart, although he was not sure whether this Li Yan was the one who killed his son-in-law, but he didn't plan to find out or take revenge. Let this Li Yan hurry up and beat the thieves outside the city, so that he can let the grange resume planting as soon as possible. There was no harvest in this year, so he didn't dare to spend money on food and drink, and his quality of life had dropped by I don't know how much, which really made him unbearable.

At this time, these big families also began to come forward to salute. If it were in normal times, they wouldn't care about a soldier, but at this time, even Zhizhou came out of the city to greet them, and they didn't have any complaints. They all want Li Yan to quickly exterminate the thieves, or at least to beat the thieves away, so that they can live in peace.

Ye Juren followed the representatives of the Yuan family, the Tang family and others to bow to Li Yan and express their welcome.

After Xiong Zhizhou and the others finished saluting, they said to Li Yan: "General Li, the city is cramped, I'm afraid I can't let go of your soldiers and horses." Is it appropriate for your troops to temporarily station their troops near the Shejitan outside the city? ”

Li Yan took a look at the head of the city and found that there were not many defenders in the city, and they couldn't even reach a battlement and a soldier. So he asked, "How many soldiers are there in the city?" ”

Xiong Zhizhou was stunned for a moment, and said in embarrassment: "This~". After that, he beckoned to a general behind him and ordered: "Mr. Shan Qian, tell me how many generals there are in the city." ”

The general manager of Shan Qian came over, knelt down to Li Yan and said, "Defend the city of Qian Zong Chang, and knock to see the general." ”

Li Yan raised his hand and said, "Get up, how many defenders are there in the city?" ”

Shan Chang got up, clenched his fists and replied: "There are six hundred and seventy-eight defenders in the city. ”

"Six hundred?" Li Yan frowned and repeated.

Although Shan Chang lowered his head, he kept observing Li Yan. When he saw Li Yan raise his eyes and look at the city, he knew that something was going to be wrong. So he explained: "What I just said is the defenders in the entire Suizhou. There were only four hundred men in the city, and the others were stationed in various places outside the city. ”

Li Yan nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then the soldiers I brought are just going to the city to guard." ”

"Isn't the general going to Guide City?" Shan Chang asked cautiously.

"This will have already been arranged, so I won't bother with it." Li Yan said lightly.

simply hugged his fists and said: "The last general will not dare." ”

At this time, Xiong Zhizhou bowed his hand to Li Yan and said: "Since everything has been discussed, then invite General Li into the city, and the gentlemen in the county have prepared a reception banquet for the general." ”

Li Yan bowed his hand to Xiong Zhizhou and said, "Then thank Xiong Zhizhou and the gentry." ”

"General Li is polite." Several big families are polite.

Li Yan instructed his own soldiers: "Order the troops, all go to the city, and assist in the defense" When he spoke, he also thought that Sun Sifu made a color.

Sun Sifu understood, and arched his hand: "Yes, I understand the humble position, so I will give the order." ”

After that, Li Yan said to Xiong Zhizhou: "Xiong Zhizhou, everyone, please." ”

Xiong Zhizhou also raised his hand and said, "General Li, please." After that, he was not hypocritical, and took the lead in walking into the city.

Li Yan followed into the city, and his own soldiers also led their horses to follow. And his troops lined up to enter the city at the end. As soon as he entered the city, he went up to the city wall, and some people were left at the city gate, and the baggage also flowed in the urn city, which was equivalent to controlling the city defense.

After arriving at the state yamen, he went directly to the back hall of the yamen to participate in the reception banquet for Li Yan.

According to the rules, everyone found their own positions, and then waited for Zhizhou and Li Yan to take their seats first.

At this time, Sun Sifu came to Li Yan's side and whispered: "General, there are really 278 officers and soldiers in the city. ”

Li Yan nodded. Then he said loudly, "Everyone, wait a little for this feast. ”

Everyone looked at Li Yan in surprise, I don't know what this is for?

Li Yan ordered Shan Chang: "Mr. Shan Qian, you go and get the roster." Ben will check the number of soldiers. ”

Shan Chang was stunned, he never thought that Li Yan would count the number of people at this time, so he said with a smile: "General, let's have a banquet first, and it's not too late for us to check tomorrow." ”

"Come and take it," Li Yan suddenly shouted.

His own soldiers immediately stepped forward and grabbed the unresponsive Shan Chang. And Shan Chang's two personal soldiers were also subdued by Li Yan's personal soldiers.

"You say there are 400 soldiers at the head of the city, but why are there only 278? The barracks in the city are empty, and even the men are counted, and there are less than three hundred, where are all your soldiers? ”

"General, I made a mistake in my humble position, I made a mistake. The rest of the army is outside the city. Shan Chang hurriedly quibbled.

Li Yan shouted angrily: "If there are 400 soldiers outside, why are there so many thieves in Suizhou? Thirty sticks first" and then instructed his own soldiers: "Take my waist card, take these two soldiers to the barracks, bring me the roster, and I will personally check it later."

"Obey" his own soldiers agreed, and began to act.

The soldiers immediately found the torture tools from the county office, tied Shan Chang to a stool, pulled out the cotton pants outside, and began to fight 1510.

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