In the night sky of July and August, the moon was round and bright, hanging high in the treetops, and large swaths of silver veils were sprinkled on the earth, shimmering with a hazy mystery.

Anle County is like a giant beast lying quietly in the wilderness. From time to time, there are dogs barking and roosters crowing, quiet and serene.

Suddenly, several figures burst out of the woods outside the city.

Sneaky, covered by trees, etc., when they arrived under the city wall less than two feet, a cat's meow suddenly sounded. Then, a bamboo basket was thrown down the wall and pulled the ghosts up one by one.

After a while, when the ghost disappeared, several figures suddenly appeared in the woods, followed by the city wall, and disappeared.

"Knock-knock! Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The sound of drums came from the county street, and it was heard far away in the silent night.

"Third brother, it's already five watches."

In the corner of the wall, which was shrouded in darkness, several black-clothed people gathered in a heap, looking at the door of the mansion in the distance, and talking.

"This is the Li family in Anle County, eighteen, you rush back to Yuyang immediately, inform the master, and a few of us will find an opportunity to sneak in and investigate carefully."

"Yes."

The next time, the time.

Liu Yuan got up early in the morning, played Tai Chi in the backyard, practiced fists and feet, and after breakfast, as usual, he went to the study, picked up a military book, and studied it.

At this time, Guo Jia came in.

"My lord, Jia just got two pieces of news."

Seeing Guo Jia's smile on his face, knowing that the news was not bad, Liu Yuan said with a smile:

"What's the news?"

"The first news is about the Hu family."

"Early in the morning, before Jia woke up, the eldest son of the Hu family came to my mansion and told the whole story of those families uniting and wanting to persecute the lord, from big to small."

"Then Liu Shibai also came back, saying that the few people who left the Hu family yesterday all arrived at the Li family in Anle County."

"When Jia learned that he didn't dare to slack off, he immediately rushed here."

When Liu Yuan heard this, his eyes narrowed, and after a while, he said: "The Hu family also has a bit of vision, and knows how to choose Anle County, Fengxiao, look at this arrangement." ”

"Yes, my lord."

Anle County, the Li family's mansion.

"How's that for good? Without the participation of the Hu family, our chances of success are a few percent smaller! Hu family, Hu family! Hu Yong, that old fox, why is he afraid of Liu Yuan'er?! ”

"Master Li, I think, now is not the time to talk about this, I'm worried that the Hu family will betray us."

"If that's the case, I'm afraid that yellow-mouthed kid already knows about it, right?"

"What to do!"

In the living room of the Li family, the head of the Li family knelt on the main seat with a frown, and on both sides were some Yuyang heroes who were either rich or noble, and everyone was talking about it.

"How many people do we have?"

"It's about five thousand. It's not a small amount. ”

"Hey, this person hasn't been overturned by Liu Yuan's sneezing!"

"We don't have to fight with that little boy, otherwise ten times more, we won't be his opponent."

"If you want to capture the thief and capture the king, you have to trick the Liu family out of Yuyang City, but now that the Hu family is not involved, this matter is difficult!"

"Oh?" Liu Yuan looked at Liu San, who was standing bent, raised his eyebrows, and said, "You mean, they want me to go out of the city and take me down in one fell swoop?" ”

"Yes, master."

"Hehe, Fengxiao, did you hear that, these guys are really whimsical, tsk, I said that these wealthy families are living too comfortably, and even the plan of life and death is so clumsy?"

Guo Jia smiled slightly and said: "Yuyang's heroism is strong, but the soil buns, if it is the Central Plains big valve, it is not easy to get along!" ”

"Hey, that's the case," Liu Yuan and Guo Jia glanced at each other and showed the same smile: "I'll give them a chance!" ”

"It's still too dangerous for the lord to use his body as bait, why not find a stand-in"

Liu Yuan interrupted Guo Jia's words and said, "A little grass, what can you do to me?" What's more, I'm not a person with an arrogant surname, I will bring all the two thousand guards, do you think that five thousand garbage can be compared to my guards? ”

When Guo Jia heard this, he didn't speak.

The next day, notices were posted everywhere in Yuyang City, saying that Liu Yuan would inspect the entire territory of Yuyang and exterminate the bandits by the way.

The people were very happy when they heard it, but they said that Lord Taishou personally took action, where did he not catch it? It's just that people with a heart feel that they are making a big fuss, some bandits, knowing that if they send a general and lead two thousand soldiers, they can take it in a moment, where is the need for Taishou to take action in person?

The news soon spread to Anle.

"What do you think of Liu Yuan's move?"

"If you exterminate the bandits, you don't need Liu Yuan to take action in person, he is using his example as bait to lure us into the bait."

"However, we know that there is fraud, but we can't help it! This matter is already on the string, and it has to be sent! ”

"Yes, work hard, there is still hope for success, if I miss this opportunity, I'm afraid I will be uprooted by Liu Yuan one by one, and there will be no more to turn over!"

Early in the morning, Liu Yuan was fully clothed with weapons, rode on the rhubarb, and took two thousand guards, under the cheers of the people of Yuyang, all the way out of the city, and went straight to the direction of Anle.

"Lao Dian, Xu Huang, are they ready?"

Dian Wei rode a pitch-black and high war horse, closely following Liu Yuan's side.

"Young Master, it's been ready for a long time. But young master, how did Guo Jia's little white face know that the thieves would be ambushed there? ”

"Haha, Lao Dian, these are all particularly nerve-wracking things, I look at you, just fight and kill people, what do you do?"

"Well, that's what the young master said."

It turned out that Liu Yuan had already discussed with Guo Jia a long time ago.

Guo Jia thinks that these rotten sweet potato rotten bird eggs will definitely take a risk, and they will definitely ambush 5,000 men and horses in a desperate valley by their own cleverness!

Why, one of them is the road from Anle to Yuyang, the land is flat, and it is difficult to have a good place to ambush.

Second, that valley is the place where Liu Yuan must pass, because it is the Yuyang brick place! And the valley is formed by burning bricks and materials.

And Liu Yuan is inspecting various places this time, so there is no reason not to go to the brickyard to have a look, so

Of course, Liu Yuan himself also planned to do so.

Guo Jia gave a plan for this.

First, Xu Huang was sent to lead the cavalry to Anle County overnight, and after the entrenched family in Anle County sent out five thousand miscellaneous cards, he struck a thunderous blow and took them all.

Second, Huang Chang led 2,000 crossbowmen to ambush the enemy one step ahead of the enemy.

As long as the enemy army moves, Liu Yuan can draw his salary from the bottom of the kettle, wipe out the person in charge of that shot, and then kill all the five thousand miscellaneous troops in the desperate valley!

Xu Huang took advantage of the night with a thousand cavalry, and had already ambushed outside Anle City, and after a while, he saw a large team of about fifty or sixty people coming out of the city. Xu Huang sent scouts to follow him, and he discovered the hiding place of the five thousand miscellaneous soldiers.

"Haha, you see," Xu Huang was dressed in a military uniform, with a big axe and pestle on the ground, and under the cover of trees, he pointed to the loose and scattered team of five thousand in the distance, and sneered: "Such an army dares to be the most right with the lord, it is simply looking for death!" If it weren't for the lord's order, but with my 1,000 cavalry, a few charges would have killed all these miscellaneous cards! ”

As he spoke, he spat on the ground.

The guards smiled. This chaotic team of 5,000 people, in the eyes of these soldiers who have experienced blood and fire, is no different from straw, and it is absolutely as easy and convenient to kill as mowing grass.

"Alright, now that they're leaving, let's do something!"

With that, Xu Huang turned around and left the woods.

'Boom'

At first, the residents of Anle City thought that God was sneezing and thundering on the ground, but later, the whole city felt a slight tremor on the ground, and then they realized that it was not like that.

At the city gates.

"Huh? What a length, you see! ”

The doorman put his hand in front of his forehead, narrowed his eyebrows, shook his whole body, and shouted: "It's not good, it's a cavalry!" Close the gates! ”

As he spoke, the guards were in a hurry to close the gates.

"Get out of the way, General Xu Huang Xu is here!"

"Xu Huang!" Nashi Chang's face was overjoyed, and he said, "It turned out to be General Xu!" Quick, don't close the city gates, line up and greet General Xu! ”

More than a dozen guards hurriedly lined up and asked nonsense.

"What's the chief, isn't the General Xu you are talking about the commander of the cavalry under the command of Lord Taishou, General Xu Huang?"

"Nonsense! Who else could there be if it wasn't General Xu Huang? At the beginning, I Lao Ding was trained by Lord Taishou under General Xu, and I saw several generals and Lord Taishou with my own eyes! ”

"Wow! Really! ”

"Not really!" Shi Chang's chest straightened, and he said proudly: "Otherwise, how can a certain family be your Shi Chang!" ”

"Then why didn't you stay under General Xu and come to our small place?"

When the chief heard this, his originally red face suddenly darkened, like a deflated ball, and said in frustration: "The selection under the general's command is strict, and a certain family does not meet the standards, so he is sent to the local office."

"Ahh Why are you so powerful, more than a dozen of us together are not your opponents, and you haven't reached the standard yet?! ”

"How powerful are the soldiers under General Xu Huang?!"

When everyone was in amazement, Xu Huang's thousand-man cavalry had already approached.

I saw that the first high battle horse was immediately a general dressed in a large axe, with a big banner with gold characters on a black background behind him, and the big Xu characters on the book, waving in the wind, and hunting.

Xu Huang led the army to stop by the city gate for a moment, nodded at the chief who saluted him, showed a smile, and said: "Good boy, you are from the Yuyang military camp, now immediately notify the Anle County Order, block the four gates, I am under the orders of Lord Taishou, I have important things to do." ”

"Yes, General!"

Nashi Chang was full of excitement, turned around and looked at the county government and ran, that speed, it was just a smoke!

"Liu He!"

"The subordinates are here!"

"You immediately lead the brothers to surround the Li family's mansion, I will go to the county office first and see the county order."

"Yes!"

Liu He is a childhood friend from Liu Yuan's hometown, this kid likes the military, especially the cavalry, so he was classified under Xu Huang, because of his outstanding ability, he was pulled by Xu Huang to the personal guard team and became the captain.

Liu He gave a military salute to Xu Huang, turned around and gave an order, and went straight to the Li family's mansion with a thousand horses.

The county government has a comprehensive county order.

Zhou Quan's person was one of the few people who came to greet Liu Yuan when he first entered Yuyang. Zhou Quan, this person is wooden, but he is willing to work hard, although he is a little inflexible, but it is more than enough to manage a county.

At this time, Zhou Quan was handling official business in the study, and he also felt a slight vibration on the ground, and was about to send someone to investigate, when the chief of the city gate guard came to report.

When Zhou Quan heard this, it was Xu Huang who came here, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he had to dress up and go to greet him.

After a while, Zhou Quan was about to leave the house, but he picked up Xu Huang by the door.

"General Xu, I don't know what is important about An Le, but General Lao came to handle it?"

Zhou Quan looked at Xu Huang suspiciously, very confused.

"Haha, I said Lord Zhou, Zhou Daxian Order, you! My lord often says that you are inflexible, and that's true! Something big happened in the city, you know. ”

Zhou Quan smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know what happened?" ”

"The powerful gather in peace, and they want to be detrimental to the lord."

"Ahh Zhou Quan was shocked: "Why didn't General Xu Huang protect the lord!" ”

Xu Huang looked at this thoughtful man who was loyal to Liu Yuan, shook his head slightly, and said, "Lord Zhou, the lord has already had a plan, you don't have to worry." ”

"That's good, that's good." Zhou Quan settled his mind, and suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "These local tyrant families are really moths who don't know what to do." The lord didn't kill them all, and he was already gracious, and he dared to make waves! ”

Zhou Quan is from a humble family, and he feels very bad about the Haoqiang family.

The two chatted for a few words, and Xu Huang invited Zhou Quan to go to the Li family's mansion together to arrest a major culprit.

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