The cavalry was not suitable for siege operations, and Wei Yan used the only 10,000 cavalry in Hebei in order to make full use of the mobility of the cavalry, rush to the surrounding areas of Lingshou County as quickly as possible, control the various communication arteries, compress the activity space of the bandits in the city, and prevent them from harming other counties and counties.

Hebei's roads extended in all directions, ensuring that the cavalry could advance quickly, and arrived at the predetermined position in the afternoon of the same day, and immediately blocked the road, and carried out a strict examination of the passing personnel, and they really found a few suspicious characters.

Although these people were well-dressed, they were all roe head rats, especially when they saw the Han army on the crossing, there were obvious signs of escape. These people were quickly escorted to Wei Yan, and all of them confessed without torture.

It turned out that these people were all sent by Lu Yi to the surrounding counties and counties to write to those big families. In the letter, Lu Yi counted several major crimes such as Liu Xin's usurpation of the world, Yin extravagance, and reckless military force, and called on these scholar families to jointly raise troops to overthrow Liu Xin's rule and share the glory. This is a blatant rebellion.

Wei Yan knew that the situation was serious, and he did not dare to slack off, so he quickly ordered these people and the letter to be taken to Chang'an, and at the same time sent troops to various places to detain all these scholar families mentioned in the letter, just in case.

These people also confessed one thing, that is, there were not as many bandits in the city as rumored, only two thousand, and they lost four or five hundred in the battle against Lingshou County, and now Lu Yi is arresting his husband in the city and forcing young men to join the army.

Knowing that there were only so many people in the city, Wei Yan was relieved, and without waiting for the arrival of the infantry, he immediately ordered the siege of the city. Although they are cavalry, the basic tactics of siege are also one of their daily training. Lingshou had no moat, the city walls were not high, and the bandits in the city were even more rabble, Wei Yan almost didn't encounter any decent resistance and attacked Tong, recovering Lingshou County. Except for Koji Yi who escaped by taking advantage of the chaos, the rest of the bandits were either killed or taken prisoner.

This battle was fought beautifully, and Lingshou County was recovered after less than a day of loss, but the chaos in Hebei was not resolved because of this. Regardless of the culprit Lu Yi escaping the net, Wei Yan also arrested many big scholars, which made people uneasy. These big families did not participate in the rebellion, nor did they receive letters from Lu Yi, and many people had never heard of it at all, so they inexplicably became prisoners. Even when Liu Xin first captured Hebei, except for asking them to sell half of the land to the imperial court, they were extremely respectful of them in other respects, and they also hoped that Hebei would maintain a stable situation.

Now, Wei Yan has arrested all these people, and rumors have suddenly spread on the ground in Hebei, saying that the imperial court is preparing for the autumn harvest and settling accounts, and wants to wipe out these scholars. There are also people who say that the war ahead is huge, and the imperial treasury is empty, and they want to confiscate the family property of these scholars to cover the military funds. There are many other rumors, and the list goes on.

The Zhen family is a famous family in Hebei, of course, a copy of Lu Yi's letter is indispensable, and it is written directly to Zhen Yan, so the Zhen family has also become the focus of Wei Yan's arrest.

The old servant was extremely loyal to the Zhen family, and after hearing the news, he fled from the city overnight, hired a carriage and went straight to Chang'an to find Zhen Mi.

There are a lot of books in the palace, Zhen Mi goes back and forth between her home and the library every day, swimming in the sea of books, but she also enjoys herself, and she seems to have forgotten the thing that was almost hijacked by Liu Bang a few days ago. On this day, as soon as she left the house, and before she boarded the carriage, she saw an old servant running over in a hurry, bowing her head and crying: "Miss, you must save the young master, he was arrested by the government and put in prison!" ”

Zhen Mi was taken aback, helped the old servant up, and asked, "What crime did the eldest brother commit?" ”

The old servant shook his head and said, "The young master really didn't commit any crimes." ”

Zhen Mi didn't believe it, and said: "The laws of the court are very strict, how can you arrest him if you are not guilty?" ”

The old servant said: "It's not that the young master is alone, it's all over the house!" ”

Zhen Mi has been studying the law of the Han Dynasty recently, and she remembers many articles very clearly, and she couldn't help but lose her face, and said: "If it is not a major crime of rebellion, it will not be confiscated all over the house, and it will not involve relatives." In this way, the eldest brother is involved in the opposite? The eldest brother is usually cautious and will never do such a thing, but he has been framed by a traitor. If it is involved in a counter-case, even I will not be able to get rid of it. No, I have to go to my mother and ask for clarification. ”

At this time, Wei Yan's actions to deal with the case of Lu Yi's rebellion had also been reported to Ma Yun, Ma Yun was furious, and when she heard that Zhen Mi asked to see her, she hurriedly asked someone to bring her in, and asked, "Miss Zhen, but you came for your brother's business?" ”

Zhen Mi suddenly knelt on the ground, and kowtowed again and again: "Qi Yu Niangniang, the folk girl is self-surrendered." The brother is involved in a major case of rebellion, and it is difficult for the people to be alone, and they dare not get away with it, so they specially invite the mother to punish the crime! ”

Zhen Mi is very smart, she knows that if Zhen Yan is not guilty, as long as she stabs the matter to Ma Yun, it will naturally come to light, if Zhen Yan is guilty, she will take the initiative to turn herself in, and maybe she will get extrajudicial grace and keep an incense for the Zhen family.

Ma Yun looked carefully at the beautiful girl in front of her, and suddenly sighed: "The girl is really smart, it's just a pity, it's a pity ......"

Zhen Mi was so frightened that she couldn't possess her body and trembled. She didn't know that Ma Yun knew the historical process, Zhen Mi was originally the fate of the queen, but now she can only become a folk woman, marry a wife in the future, teach her husband and children, and live an ordinary life. Actually, this is not a bad thing, in history, she was finally killed by Cao Pi, and the ending was not perfect.

Seeing Zhen Mi's extremely frightened expression, Ma Yun laughed and said, "Miss Zhen, get up." Your brother should be fine now, the palace has sent someone to Hebei to rehabilitate him. This time, all those who were mistakenly arrested, the court will correct their names and compensate them. You can rest assured. ”

Zhen Mi racked her brains, but she still couldn't figure out why Ma Yun would say that it was a pity that her eldest brother was innocent. However, the Zhen family was fine, and she was relieved, and thanked her repeatedly. Ma Yun also felt that her emotion just now might have scared her, so she hurriedly kept her, soothed her with kind words, and invited her to have an imperial meal together, and then let her go.

After receiving Ma Yun's order, Wei Yan broke out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, Ma Yun did not blame him too much in the letter, but just ordered him to try his best to make up for his mistakes. Wei Yan was shocked and ashamed, and in addition to being angry, he blamed all this on Lu Yi's head, and ordered Lu Yi's whereabouts to be thoroughly investigated throughout Hebei, even if he dug three feet into the ground, he had to find out.

The Han army has always been known for its strict military discipline, and the orders of the commander will be completed to the letter, not to mention that this time the atrocities committed by Lu Yi and his bandits in Lingshou City also aroused the indignation of all the soldiers. The officers and men of the three armies swore to the heavens that they would never withdraw their troops if they were not caught!

At this time, Ma Yun's second decree came again, asking Wei Yan to invite representatives of the scholars and people from neighboring counties to Lingshou County to inspect the tragic situation of Lingshou after it was captured by Lu Yi. Although Ma Yun didn't see the situation there with her own eyes, she could imagine it with her past experience.

Although Lingshou is a small city, there are also many scholars living in the city, and these scholars also have more or less in-law relations with the scholars of other counties. Before Lu Yi attacked the city, he had already sent people to contact these warriors and promised to ensure their safety, so most of the scholars did not follow Lin Jin to withdraw from the city, and as a result, they were brutally harmed by the bandits under Lu Yi.

Seeing such a scene, the deputies listened to the blood and tears of the victims, and they were also filled with righteous indignation, and expressed their resolute allegiance to the imperial court and wanted to assist the imperial court in arresting the culprit. Zhen Yan also said that he did not want compensation from the imperial court, and voluntarily paid a bonus of 1,000 taels.

The whole of Hebei took action, and the young and strong people spontaneously participated in the search, and the streets and alleys were plastered with portraits of Lu Yi, and the relatives of Lu Yi who had not been in contact for many years were also reported and imprisoned one after another. For a while, Lu Yi became a street rat, everyone shouted and beat him, and even other people with the surname Lu were implicated and couldn't raise their heads outside.

After Lu Yi took advantage of the chaos to escape from Lingshou City, he didn't even have a cronie by his side, and only brought the tyrant knife he snatched from Tang Yong. He originally planned to flee back to Fangshan, but thinking that the cottage had been burned down by himself, and the Han army knew that it was his lair, he would definitely send someone to search it.

After thinking about it, Lu Yi decided to sneak to Liaodong. Back then, Yuan Shao fought Gongsun Zhan, he was one of the main generals, and he was quite familiar with the terrain in that area, so he couldn't do it, and he could also flee to small countries such as Goguryeo and Fuyu in the east, and the Han army couldn't manage there.

As soon as he said to go, Lu Yi immediately set off, went out day and night, and chose a remote and uninhabited place to walk. During this period, there were also soldiers and civilians who were searched several times, and he relied on his martial arts to break out of the encirclement. When the Han army heard the news, they launched a dragnet search in this area. But Koji was very cunning, and he was about to catch him several times, but he still escaped.

Wei Yan refused to give up, reported to Ma Yun, and asked for instructions to continue the pursuit. Ma Yun also felt that although Lu Yi was just one person, the danger was even greater than that of any prince in the past, so he immediately sent a team of flying tigers to reinforce Wei Yan with police dogs.

With the help of the police dogs, the tracking was much smoother, and following the scent left by Lu Yi, he tracked all the way to the border of Lelang County, but he couldn't move on. From here to the north are Goguryeo and Buyeo, and to the south are the small states of Baekje, Mahan, Benhan, and Jinhan. The pursuing Han army did not dare to cross the border without permission, and secondly, they could not judge where Lu Yi had fled, so they had to temporarily station and wait for further orders.

Seeing that so much manpower had been invested, Ma Yun was still escaped by Lu Yi, and he was furious and ordered the Ministry of Rites to send an official document to Goguryeo and other countries, demanding that these countries must hand over Lu Yi. Unexpectedly, three days later, the envoys sent to Goguryeo were sent back, but only with a human head.