Li Yan and his entourage passed through Zhangye on the way out of Xijun, and finally returned to Jiuquan City after five days. This battle of annihilation lasted for half a year and ended with a great victory for the Xiliang army.

Beiliang was completely destroyed in this battle, and the counties in the territory were taken by the Xiliang army, and the people of Xiliang cheered, and from now on there was no need to worry about the invasion of the Xiongnu army.

As soon as Li Yan entered the city, a sergeant came to summon Li Wei, and Li Yan arranged for Han Qian to settle the Blood Wolf Guard, and he went to the Liangwang Mansion alone.

"Yan'er meets grandpa." As soon as Li Yan entered the Liangwang Mansion, he saw Li Wei looking at him expectantly, and hurriedly saluted and said.

Li Yan's trembling body slowly walked towards Li Yan, helped Li Yan up and said, "Yan'er, get up." I haven't seen you for half a year, and I'm more stable. ”

"Thank you grandpa for the compliment."

Li Yan helped Li Wei into the main hall, and it could be seen that Li Wei's body was not as good as before. Li Wei was full of white hair, there were many wrinkles on his face, he gasped for breath from time to time when he walked, and beads of sweat the size of beans oozed from his forehead.

"Grandpa, please be seated." Li Yan helped Li Wei to sit down and pinched Li Wei's shoulder.

"Ahem. When you are old, it will be uncomfortable to walk for a while, and you will need to rely on you in the future. Li Wei coughed loudly, his face full of pain.

"Grandpa, how are you?" Li Yan asked anxiously.

"Don't get in the way, Yan'er, this attack on Pseudo-Liang, you have made a great contribution, let's talk about it. What reward do you need? Li Wei waved his hand, looked back at Li Yan and said.

"Yan'er don't want to be rewarded, this time to eliminate the pseudo-Liang are all soldiers' lives, they have made great achievements for my Da Liang, without them Yan'er would not have been able to win. Yan'er only needs his grandfather to live a long life, which is the best reward for Yan'er. ”

Li Wei stroked his white beard and nodded: "Haha." Your child is not young, come back this time, and you will get married. What do you think? ”

"Yan'er is all up to grandpa." Li Yan's face changed and he said excitedly.

"Hmm. After this battle, the remnants of the Huns either died or fled, and I Daliang had taken more than half of the Hexi Corridor, and I was ready to order people to move more than 8,000 households from Dunhuang and Jinchang counties to Zhangye to enrich the population, hoping to restore the previous prosperity as soon as possible. Yan'er, what do you think? ”

"Grandpa, Yan'er thinks that there are few people in the pseudo-cool territory now, and this plan is very good. The land in the Hexi Corridor is fertile, and after decades of war, the territory of the pseudo-Liang is now full of borderless land, if those borderless lands are recultivated, it can provide millions of stones of grain and grass for my Daliang. In this way, the food and grass of my 100,000-strong army will not need to rely on the major families in the city. ”

"yes. In this war, if it weren't for the fact that there were millions of stones of grain and grass for the Huns in Zhangye City, the grain and grass of my Daliang soldiers and horses would not be enough to support such a long war. Li Wei's heart moved, and he said thoughtfully.

Li Wei closed his eyes and let Li Yan rub his shoulders, and there was silence in the hall.

After a long time, Li Wei's old voice came: "Yan'er, the Xia Kingdom has already occupied Guzang, right?" How powerful are they? ”

"Grandpa, the general of the Xia State Zhengxi is still in Guzang now has more than 40,000 soldiers and horses, plus Wuwei has stationed 10,000 soldiers and horses, the child has not fought with the soldiers and horses of the Xia State, but from his battle with the bald Xianbei, it can be seen that the combat power of the Xia State is not inferior to the pseudo-cool. Now the area from Wuwei to Guzang is the Xia State stealing residence, the bald Xianbei retreats to Hongchiling to confront the Huns, and the Western Qin also covets Hexi after taking Longyou, and Hexi will be calm in the short term. ”

"I see, Yan'er, grandpa is tired, you go down first." Li Wei nodded and motioned for Li Yan to retreat.

"Yes. Yan'er retired. Li Yan saluted Li Wei and bowed out of the hall.

Li Wei looked at the back of Li Yan leaving, sighed, and muttered to himself: "Tan'er, your child's personality is similar to yours, after being a father for a hundred years, I don't know if Xin'er can still tolerate Yan'er." ”

Li Yan left the Liangwang Mansion and returned to the Pingbei General's Mansion, Linghu and Xin'er knew that Li Yan had returned, and the two had been looking forward to Li Yan's return, and Liu Laohan was waiting at the gate of the mansion.

After leaving Jiuquan half a year ago, he only came back, and he was separated for many days, but Li Yan was suffocated, and at night, Xin'er was like a lamb before she could react.

The next day, Li Yan didn't get up until noon, Linghu's face was full of blame, and Xin'er's face was red, as if she had done something bad and was discovered.

After dark, Li Yan was going to Song Xuan's mansion, and now that he had returned, he naturally had to go to the mansion to meet him in person.

"Brother Han, you will wait for me here in a while." Li Yan got out of the carriage and explained to Han Qian.

"Good. Childe, go in. ”

Li Yan walked to the door of the Song Mansion, everyone knew Li Yan's identity, and the steward took Li Yan directly to the study.

"Yan'er meets Grandpa Song." Li Yan saluted Song Miao and said.

"Yan'er, you're back. Hurry up. ”

Li Yan got up and walked to Song Xuan's side, and said in a low voice, "Thank you, Grandpa Song." ”

"Hmm. In this expedition, Yan'er, you have made a great contribution, the pseudo-cool has been extinguished, and more than ten counties in Hexi are all my Daliang. From now on, I should develop agriculture with peace of mind, accumulate strength, and wait for the times to change. Song Miao took a sip of tea and nodded.

"Grandpa Song, Yan'er doesn't know whether to talk about something or not, and I ask Grandpa Song to teach me." Li Yan bowed and said.

"Huh. Tell me about it. ”

"Grandpa Song, Yan'er heard that the current Taishou of the counties in the pseudo-Liang territory are all from the Suo family and the Yin family, why~"

"You. Now it is General Zhang who guards Xijun, and your uncle Linghu moves to guard Linsong, do you think that if this is not the case, your second uncle is willing to stop here? Song Miao said with a smile.

"I see, no wonder the Taishou of the six counties in the Pseudo-Liang territory are all from the Suoyin family." Li Yan nodded suddenly in understanding.

"Next month is your wedding, and you don't have to go back to Xihai. Now Hulu Khan and Tuoba Xianbei fought last month, and the two sides suffered tens of thousands of casualties, and there was no war in northern Xinjiang in the short term. ”

"Yes. Yan'er got it. ”

"This time, you have made great contributions, and naturally there will be a reward, but you must remember not to be arrogant, your grandfather is not in good health now, and you should visit more during this time." Song Miao admonished.

Li Yan did not come out until the second watch in the Song Mansion, and learned from Song Xuan's mouth that there is also an undercurrent in Jiuquan City today, and the families in the city are now fighting openly and secretly in order to compete for the official positions of the counties in the pseudo-Liang territory.

"Brother Han has worked hard, let's go back." After Li Yan came out, he saw Han Qian sitting next to the carriage and quietly waiting for Li Yan to come out.

Li Yan's wedding date is getting closer and closer, and after coming back, he has only seen Yue'er once, and there is a marriage of Zhang Luo in Liangwangfu, so Li Yan doesn't have to worry about it.

"Childe, this is a letter sent by Hulu Khan, take a look." In the Pingbei General's Mansion, Han Qian handed over a letter to Li Yan.

"Promise him. But this time I need half horses, half gold and silver. Li Yan said in a low voice.

"Yes. Don't worry, Han Qian will do it immediately. ”