The camp was very simple, and there were not many sentry posts in the wall, but there were very few soldiers who walked around at will. The antlers in front of the gate were set very roughly, and Ye Jichuan estimated that he could push them away at the cost of a dozen lives, but even so, years of battlefield experience instinctively told him that the connotation of this army should not be as he saw it in front of him. Before entering the camp, he once overlooked the layout of the village on the dirt slope a mile and a half away, but was discovered by several Han cavalry who had set up a sentry on the mountain, causing a trouble, and was finally brought directly to the village after making it clear.

During the Battle of Ten Trees, he had noticed that although the Han army had a lot of troops, there was no Chinese army general flag, and only a nondescript Yuhou flag was in the position of the Chinese army. Now come to the camp, but find that it is very different, two flagpoles are erected in front of the gate, two wide flags fluttering in the wind, one side of the book "the deputy of the camp in the north of the command of the pass", and the other side is "the right Xiaowei general".

After the scout passed the word, Ye Jichuan ordered his reluctant soldiers to tie themselves up with the ropes that had been prepared long ago.

After a while, a young officer with beautiful eyebrows but a little lazy look came out of the account, he looked at Ye Jichuan with a slightly playful look, and said with a smile: "In the Yan'an Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, Yu Houke is the main book of the Yuqing, and on the order of Li Gongjun, the general of the Right Xiaowei, please talk in the tent of the patriarch Ye Ji!" ”

Ye Jichuan didn't know that the young man in front of him was the enemy general who beat himself to the ground in Ten Trees, and he had never heard of the official title of Yu Houke, but at this moment he was not thinking about it, but he was a little surprised that there was such a young officer and general in the Han army. Nodding his head, he said a few words of humility in stiff Chinese, and then stepped into the account.

Unlike what he imagined, this General Li's Chinese military tent did not seem very luxurious, and there were not many generals and captains standing outside the tent, let alone the legendary sword and axe hand. In a large tent, only a young man with thick eyebrows but an unfortunate appearance sat on the main seat, and the person sitting in the guest seat was the head of the Cattle Killing Family who he didn't want to see at the moment.

When Niu Ji saw him, he just glanced at him coldly, snorted and drank the wine in the bowl by himself.

Ye Jichuan smiled bitterly, and knelt down at the young man on the ground according to the rules of the Han people: "Sinner Ye Jichuan." Knock on the emperor's envoy, General Li

Li Wenge looked at him and glanced at Zhe Yuqing.

Fold Yuqing understood, pulled out his saber, and stepped forward to cut the rope that bound Ye Jichuan.

This is also the proper meaning of the question, Ye Jichuan is not surprised, but he did not stand up on the donkey down the slope, and still knelt on the ground so straight. Wait for Li Wenge to speak.

Li Wenge looked at him calmly, and said slowly: "The great patriarch can speak Chinese?" ”

Ye Jichuan nodded: "The Chinese language of the sinners can barely be heard. ”

Li Wenge nodded: "I have read a few letters from the great patriarch, and the great patriarch has read them, if you have anything to say, the great patriarch will say it in person!" ”

Ye Jichuan glanced at the cow killer who was sitting on the side with some uneasiness, and the old man glared. He said, "You coyote, if you have something to say, what do you think I do?" ”

Ye Jichuan took a deep breath and said: "General, the Ye Ji clan has no objection, it is really too much for sheep and horses to donate and exploit, so they have to raise a clan to fight and offend the majesty of the emperor." It's a last resort. In this matter, the patriarch of the cattle killing can testify. Although our two tribes are not in harmony, we are suffering from sheep and horse donations. ”

Li Wenge didn't look at Niu Jiji, nor did he answer Ye Jichuan's words, but only nodded lightly to show his understanding. Then continue to raise your head and look at him quietly. Not a word.

He acted like this, Ye Jichuan was a little uneasy: "General." As long as the general can be magnanimous to the Yeji family, I am willing to dedicate this head in front of the general's tent, and I dare not have the slightest complaint. ”

Li Wenge shook his head lightly: "The great crime of rebellion, the patriarch wants to bear it all, but I am afraid that the court will not allow it." Since the Yeji clan dares to do it, they must dare to do it, and the matter of sheep and horse donation, the commander will verify it and give an explanation to the three departments of Gyeongju. But this is another matter, the great rebellion of the Yeji clan is not negotiable. ”

Ye Jichuan's heart sank, and he said with a pale face: "General, may I ask if the people in my clan are okay?" ”

Li Wenge looked at Niu Ji with a faint smile, and Lao Ji snorted disdainfully, and said coldly: "The general is magnanimous, otherwise the people in the middle of the pheasant clan would already be the slaves of my cattle killing family at this moment!" ”

Ye Jichuan let out a long breath, a bleak smile appeared on his face, and said: "If Chuan wants to kill or chop, it all depends on the general's fate, I just hope to leave some seeds for the Ye Ji clan......"

Li Wenge smiled: "Kill you, leave the seeds for you to avenge?" ”

Ye Jichuan immediately said: "The sin clan doesn't dare, it's just a family name, it can't be destroyed from Sichuan, it must be inherited and reproduced." ”

Li Wenge is not in the mood to talk nonsense with him anymore, since the Yeji clan has been defeated on the battlefield, the so-called negotiation at this moment is just a formality, basically no matter how he bargains, the other party can only obediently comply. In this case, it would be redundant to go beyond words.

"The patriarch is quick to talk, and the commander is no longer stubborn, I only have two conditions, one of which is that the Yeji clan wants to repair the surrender table, ask His Majesty the Emperor for guilt, and swear that it will never be reversed; On the other hand, five hundred young and strong men from the Yeji tribe fought for me. If these two conditions are agreed by the patriarch, I will exempt the Yeji clan from the great crime of rebellion on behalf of the emperor, and exempt the sheep and horses from donations. If you can't allow it, the patriarch can just go back and straighten out the military horses and fight again in the future! ”

Ye Jichuan looked up in amazement, almost unable to believe his ears: "Is this true?" ”

Li Wenge smiled lightly, turned his head and said to Niu Xuanji: "Great Patriarch, is it appropriate to deal with it like this?" ”

Killing Niu Ji glanced coldly at Ye Jichuan, who was kneeling on the ground and panicked, and said, "Cheap this coyote!" ”

Li Wenge was upright and said, "Great patriarch." There are two things, I must say earlier, since I am obedient, I am the people of my heavenly court. The Yeji clan lives in Luoyuan, and it is the natural duty to take care of the imperial court salt road, and from today onwards, the imperial court salt transportation must not be blocked on the ground of your tribe. This is one of them; Ye Ji killed cattle and the two clans have been quarreling for generations, the casualties are very serious, there is dry heaven and peace, from today on, it is necessary to stop the truce, if there is any more disturbance, no wonder the Cultural Revolution is ruthless! ”

Ye Jichuan immediately kowtowed: "General Ende." The whole Yeji clan will never forget! ”

Li Wenge's handling of it was so light, it was indeed beyond Ye Jichuan's expectations. According to his conditions, as long as the Ye Ji clan was willing to send troops to fight for Li Wenge, even Ye Jichuan took the lead in plotting against Li Wenge. Ye Jichuan had some doubts about whether Li Wenge, a marshal of a border town, had such great authority to make decisions on behalf of the emperor?

Li Wenge ignored his thoughts. Immediately waved his hand: "In that case, the great patriarch please get up." Ben Shuai still has important matters, and he will discuss with the two great patriarchs! ”

Ye Jichuan stood up, walked to the opposite side of Niu Killing Duji, and slowly sat down. Li Wenge pondered for a moment and said slowly: "The Eight Divisions of Pingxia are a great disaster in Yanqing, and the imperial court has always used appeasement measures against them. However, Tuoba Yi was stubborn and refused to submit. In recent years, it has colluded with the Northern Han Dynasty. Lingqi Prefecture and Yanqing and other imperial prefectures and counties. Since the two great patriarchs are on the border, Ben Shuai hopes that the two of them can help the imperial court, if they can destroy this imperial eclipse, Pingxia grassland, the two families can be separated......"

Killing Niu Duji was not surprised to hear this. Ye Jichuan opened his mouth wide

The strength of the Tuoba family and the eight divisions of Yinxia. For many years, it has been like a mountain pressing on the hearts of the three departments of Gyeongju, and it has always blocked the route of the Ye Ji family's northward migration. This is also the fundamental reason why Ye Jibu would rather endure the exploitation of sheep and horse donations, and have to stay in Gyeongju. If you can go north to occupy the Youzhou grassland, who will struggle to survive in this poor mountain and bad water Gyeongju?

After hesitating for a long time, Ye Jichuan came up with a sentence: "General, the Tuoba family is fierce and unruly, and the soldiers are good and well-fed, I am afraid it will not be easy to defeat them!" ”

Li Wenge smiled faintly: "It's not easy to tolerate, it's a matter for Ben Shuai to consider, I only ask the two patriarchs, are you willing to fight side by side with me?" ”

Gyeongju is located in Anhua County, Anhua north forty miles for Baima County, southeast sixty miles for Lepan County, these three county towns are guarded from Guanzhong straight out of the salt pond of the official road, is the most populous and richest business travel in Gyeongju three counties, the population of the three counties together is nearly 10,000 households, this is already a great county in the north of Guanzhong, Anhua County West 100 miles or so there is a county built in the mountains called Tongchuan County, although the population is not much, but because of two things are very famous. The first is because Tongchuan has the most abundant copper ore veins in Guanzhong, and the second is because there is an emperor's palace built for hundreds of years in the mountains in the northwest of Tongchuan County, which is the famous Renzhi Palace in the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties.

Since the Yeji rebellion, the ban on business travel, the Han people in the north of Gyeongju have fled south, in fact, the flight of Gyeongju people is not new, since Guo Yanqin took office as the assassin of Gyeongju, the life of Gyeongju people has become more and more difficult, the number of people fleeing has increased almost month by month, and the camp of displaced people has been set up in nearby Yanzhou, which has further stimulated the speed of this escape.

Lepan County is the hub of Gyeongju's southern entry into Guanjungdi, so there is a constant flow of people every day.

In addition, a few days ago, Guo Tingshi was so frightened by the Ye Ji people that he almost lost the state city and fled, so he came here as his first stop. Although Guo Yuanjun still returned to the state city in the end, the family and more than 90 carts he brought with him when he could not escape were left in Lepan...... After all, the matter has not finally settled, Guo Yuanjun and his old man are far-sighted, and they still have the idea of fleeing south again in case things are not harmonious. At that time, these big cars no longer need to be transported from the state city, and they will be very convenient.

On March 28, the third year of Guangshun, a heavily armed cavalry suddenly appeared on the official road in the south of Lepan County, led by a thin and cold-eyed young officer. Under his command, the cavalry of unknown origin quickly set up checkpoints on official roads to check on passing refugees and caravans.

While the refugees complained, they found that the cavalry was still in good discipline and never extorted and withheld their personal belongings. Ordinary refugees are not strictly inspected through these checkpoints, and only the carriages in which the rich people travel or carry their belongings are subjected to detailed examination.

Lepan County Ling Kang Liang was originally born in Guo Yanqin's housekeeper, and the head of the family made a history of assassination, so he put him in this premier and important place to be the county magistrate. It's also a bit of a way to ask him to take care of the back road.

Suddenly hearing that there were cavalry in the south of the city, Kang Liang was almost frightened, at first he thought that Ye Ji's local soldiers had made a detour to block Guo Yanqin's retreat, and while hurriedly closing the city gate, he flew horses to report to Guo Yanqin in Gyeongju.

After more than a day, he heard that this cavalry seemed to be Han and not Yeji, and he sent several waves of people to investigate, and the report confirmed this, and Kang Liang was relieved.

Although I don't know the purpose of this cavalry. However, since it is a Han soldier, even if it is his own person, he may be a reinforcement from the imperial court to fight the front station.

Thinking that the army under the command of the central government was about to arrive, Kang Liang couldn't sit still in the county, and he didn't wait for Guo Yanqin's reply to come back.

In front of the sentry post, I had a long time grinding with those soldiers who did not smile. It was only from the accent that I could tell that these people seemed to be from Yanzhou, which made Kang Liang feel a little strange.

To put it mildly, this group of soldiers finally agreed.

After waiting for more than half a day, a young general who was too young to speak came from afar.

The young general was extremely polite, and as soon as he got off the horse, he asked, "You are the commander of Lepan County?" ”

Kang Liang hurriedly greeted him with a smile on his face: "It's a humble position, may I ask what this general is called?" ”

The young man replied coldly, "My name is Kang Shishi. The right Xiaowei General Eighth Route Army Jiedu made the cavalry battalion under the command of General Li Duzheng, Captain Xuanjie! ”

It stands to reason that the Xuanjie lieutenant is only an eight-rank martial artist, and the county order is a seven-grade martial arts. However, Kang Liang didn't dare to take it big at the moment, after all, Li Wenge's status in Guanzhong Domain was much higher than Guo Yanqin's, and the prime minister was a seven-grade uniform, and this Du Zheng was a favorite general under the command of the Eighth Route Army's Jiedu envoy Zheng Sanpin. Naturally, there is a capital with nostrils facing the sky, and Kang Liang is not annoyed and stammered: "What a coincidence." The general's surname is Kang, and the lowly position is also surnamed Kang, or the same clan! ”

Kang Shishi glanced at him, and said unappreciatively: "I am Captain Xuanjie, not a general." Just call me all heads! ”

Kang Liang ate a nail that was neither big nor small. The smile on his face did not decrease: "Since there has been chaos in the state, the lowly officials are looking forward to the imperial court sending troops to suppress those barbarians day and night. I really think about it day and night, and I can't even sleep well. Who knew that what I was looking forward to was General Li's army, and it was Yanzhou and Gyeongju who were neighbors, and we were originally a family......"

Kang Shi looked at him and did not speak.

Kang Liang swallowed and foamed, thinking that this cold-faced little doll really didn't understand human accidents, he thought about it, reached out and took out two tickets for Luoyang Tongqu Cabinet Workshop, the face value on them was two hundred yuan, and handed it over respectfully: "This is a little bit of a heart, please smile and accept it!" ”

Kang Shishi's eyes rolled: "I don't know how to read, you can keep this broken paper for yourself." ”

"Ah——?h Before Kang Liang, who couldn't cry or laugh, could react, Kang Shi said quickly: "Since you are an official of the imperial court, I will pass on General Li's order to you, take it carefully, don't be lazy!" ”

Kang Liang was embarrassed with the flying ticket in his hand in a daze, and listened to the series of "Jun Lives" passed down by Kang Stone with an embarrassed face.

"From now on, the passers-by shall be checked, and the merchants and the people shall not be allowed to leave the state for any official position, whether current or honorable, and if there is any violation, they will be locked up and ......."

"From now on, the Lepan County Treasury will be sealed, and all the money and grain account books will be sealed, and there must be no slightest difference, otherwise, only your county order is asked!"

"From now on, you will come to our camp every morning before midnight, and if you miss the hour, you will be beaten with a military stick, you must ...... carefully."

"Send all your county officials and officials to appease public order, stabilize the place, and stabilize prices. If there is chaos in Lepan County, don't blame the general's ruthless military law......"

After Kang Shi finished speaking, he licked his lips and asked, "Do you understand?" ”

Kang Liang stayed for a long time before he cautiously asked: "These things are all Gyeongju civil affairs, General Li is the marshal of Yanzhou, do you want to inform my Guo Yuanjun about these things?" ”

Kang Shi said word by word with a straight face: "General Li was ordered to come to Gyeongju to suppress bandits, and has the duty of investigating the root cause of the gangsters in Gyeongju, but the emperor is an envoy, even Guo Envoy Jun must first ask for guilt to listen to the investigation, if you don't believe it, take care of yourself and ask for instructions, when the time comes, you will miss the general's matter, don't blame me for not reminding you in advance!" ”

Only then did Kang Liang understand the meaning of this Kang Dutou, and the cold sweat on his face suddenly trickled down......