When Li Yan came out of the palace, he felt that his whole body was soaked with sweat. Liang Xing breathed a long sigh of relief, Li Hui's trust was finally completed, and now that Li Wei has been given the title by the imperial court, at least he has a bright face when he goes back.

"Lord Liang, thanks to you this time." Li Yan sighed and said to Liang Xing.

"Huh! Where, where. If it weren't for General Li, I'm afraid the old man wouldn't even be able to reach Chang'an City, let alone come to Jiankang. Liang Xing stroked his beard and said with a smile.

"Good! Celebrate with a drink tonight. Li Yan is also very happy in his heart, now that the task is completed, as long as he returns to Jiuquan safely, then everything is easy to say.

"General Li has an order, how dare he disobey? Ha ha. Liang Xing laughed.

Li Yan and Liang Xing returned to the inn, and Han Qian and Wei Liang heard that they had received the edict from the imperial court, and they were also overjoyed.

In the evening, Li Yan made an exception to let the Blood Wolf Wei drink freely, and it had been almost a month since he came to Jiankang, and Li Yan ordered a ban on drinking.

Everyone cheered when they heard it, since they set off from Jiuquan for more than three months, they rarely had the opportunity to drink, and now Li Yan allowed them to drink, and they couldn't wait.

"Brother Han, everyone is drinking happily, why did you come here to drink alone?" Li Yan didn't find Han Qian in the crowd, and saw Han Qian drinking alone under the pavilion not far away.

Han Qian put down the wine bowl in his hand, glanced at Li Yan, and said in a low voice: "Childe, Lu Dun's army of land and water is advancing together, I'm afraid I'll have to take a detour when I go back this time." ”

"According to Meng Shangshu, the imperial court has ordered the guard general Liu Yi to send troops south from Yuzhou, and he will be able to fight the thief army in a few days, so it is better to wait a little longer." Li Yan took a sip of wine and said lightly.

"I'm afraid that Lord Liang will have objections, but now Lord Liang is like an arrow."

Li Yan got up, looked at the blood wolf guards who were feasting in the courtyard, and said in a low voice: "Then you can't use the blood of your brothers to open the way." ”

"Yes! Son. ”

Everyone drank until midnight, and after months of being in a tense environment day and night, now the Blood Wolf Guard finally had a chance to vent.

"Since I have brought you out, I will bring you back in peace." Li Yan looked at the blood wolf guards who were drinking and lying on the table, and muttered.

"General, when are we going back to Jiuquan?" Wei Liang appeared behind Li Yan and asked in a low voice.

"Now that Lu Dun's rebels are killing Jiankang, if you return the same way, I'm afraid you will encounter the rebels head-on, let's see the situation in a few days."

"Lord Liang said that he would return to Jiuquan the day after tomorrow to resume his life, general, do you see?" Wei Liang said in a low voice.

"Stupid!"

Li Yan shouted, Wei Liang was startled, no matter what Liang Xing said, he was also the official envoy appointed by the prince himself, and now Li Yan scolded Liang Xing for being stupid, and Wei Liang was at a loss for a while.

Early the next morning, Li Yan asked Liang Xing to explain his current situation, if he had to return to Xiliang tomorrow, he would encounter more than 100,000 rebels from Lu Dun on the way, and the Blood Wolf Guard would not be able to have so many rebels no matter how brave he was.

Although Liang Xing was in a hurry to go back to Jiuquan, he also knew that if he was in a hurry to go back to ask for credit, he was afraid that he would already be in a different place halfway.

Li Yan took Han Qian to visit Shang Shu's left servant Meng Chang, wanting to find out more useful news. Meng Chang was also very happy about Li Yan's arrival, and when he paid tribute to the Son of Heaven from Xiliang to a Tianshan Snow Lotus, Meng Chang understood that in fact, the Snow Lotus was originally dedicated to the Son of Heaven.

"General Li has such an achievement at a young age, and the future will be limitless, and the old man once again thanked General Li for his gift of medicine." Meng Chang took a sip of tea, stroked his beard and smiled.

"Lord Shangshu has an overreputation, Li Yan heard that the rebels have captured Yuzhang and Jiangzhou, and now they are sending troops to attack Jiankang, can there be such a thing?" Li Yan arched his hand towards Meng Chang and asked.

"Not bad. Now the thieves are huge, Jiankang's troops are empty, the imperial court has ordered the guard general Liu Yi to send troops to defend against the enemy, and the cavalry general Liu Yu has now cleared the remnants of the puppet Yan, and the thief chief Murong Chao will be escorted to Jiankang in the near future, and the Ming Dynasty will be punished. The general of the chariot cavalry is about to be divided, and there will be no place for young people like Lu Dun to die when the time comes, but the old man is worried about whether General Wei can resist those wolf-like rebels. Meng Chang had a worried look on his face.

"General Wei was not afraid of the war against Huan Xuan back then, and now he should be able to resist the rebels." Li Yan clenched his fists and said.

Meng Chang ordered to go down, and a banquet was held in the mansion, but Li Yan couldn't resist Meng Chang's enthusiasm, so he feasted and drank in the Meng Mansion until the evening before coming out of the Meng Mansion.

"General, do you say that General Wei can defeat Lu Dun's rebels?" Out of the Meng Mansion, Wei Liang asked curiously.

"It's hard to say. As long as Liu Yi can delay until Liu Yuban will return to the court, then Lu Dun will retreat without a fight, and he is afraid that Liu Yi will not be defeated by Lu Dun. Li Yan felt that the imperial court was too optimistic, Liu Yi's soldiers and horses were not as many as Lu Dun's, and even if Liu Yu's division returned to the court, it would take more than a month, and it would be unknown whether Liu Yu's army, which had just experienced a big battle, was the opponent of the roaring rebels under Lu Dun.

Soon half a month passed, Liu Yu led a small number of guards from Guanggu back to Jiankang in advance last night, and the rest of the army was rushing to Jiankang one after another.

During this period, Lu Dun's army launched an attack on Jiangling, Lujiang and other places, and the thieves along the way surrendered.

From time to time, the fighting in front of the city has been reported back to Jiankang, and martial law has begun in the city, and there are few pedestrians on the streets.

Recently, scouts of rebels outside Jiankang City have often appeared, and there are also rebels in the city who have mixed in and walked around various rumors, and rumors have spread in Jiankang City.

It is rumored that Liu Yi, the general of Wei, led the army to surrender, and Lu Dun was named the king of Huiji, and he will join forces with Lu Dun to attack Jiankang in the near future; It is also rumored that Liu Yi has followed in the footsteps of He Wuji, the assassin of Jiangzhou, and was defeated and died. For a time, the people in Jiankang City were in turmoil.

Three days later, the news of Liu Yi's defeat was finally confirmed, tens of thousands of troops were killed by Lu Dun, and Liu Yi himself was nowhere to be found.

Liu Yu ordered the army to camp in the stone city west of Jiankang City, and levy people to go to the city to build walls every day. Li Yan strictly ordered the blood wolf guard not to go out, let alone go out on the street, and now in extraordinary times, he has to do so.

Lu Dun's army is still here, and the warship has arrived at Huaikou last night, which is the junction of the Yangtze River and the Qinhuai River, and the stone city can already be seen in front of it.

Outside Jiankang City, Lu Dun's army set up camp and launched a tentative attack for several days, Stone City seemed to be impregnable, and Lu Dun's army was helpless.

The young men in the city were all caught on the city wall to defend the city, and Li Yan and his party were originally going to stone city to defend the city, but for some reason they all came under the command of Sima Dewen, the king of Langya in the inner city, who was responsible for guarding the streets near the imperial city.

Li Yan felt a surprise in his heart, if he was assigned to Stone City, it would be driven by Liu Yu, the general of the chariot cavalry, and he had offended Liu Yu's righteous son, and then let him lead the blood wolf guard out of the city to fight against Lu Dun's rebels.

Thinking of this, Li Yan exhaled deeply in his heart.