Yuhang City.

When Xiahoulan led his troops back to the city, it was already sunset, and when Xiahoulan came to Han Lie with Ling Cao's father and son, who were carrying Yan Baihu's head, Han Lie didn't even look at the cloth bag containing Yan Baihu, but took the hand of the young Ling Tong with a happy face, and said to the generals on the left and right: "I don't like to win Yan Baihu, but I like Ling's brother and son." ”

"A humble man, An dares to be so loved by the general, if he doesn't dislike it, my father and son will definitely serve the Lord and the horse." Faced with Han Lie's high evaluation of his father and son, Ling Cao was excited, and pulled his son to the ground in a hurry.

"Hurry up, please." Han Lie stretched out his hand to hold up Ling Cao's father and son, and said with a smile: "Come on, prepare for the dinner, today I not only want to celebrate the achievements of the soldiers of the three armies, but also to welcome the arrival of Brother Ling's father and son." ”

If Ling Cao is still just a quasi-second-rate general, then his son is undoubtedly a quasi-first-rate military general in Jiangdong in the future, and Ling Tong, who is nearly thirteen years old now, can be said to have a lot of room for growth, which Han Lie is still convinced of.

Before the dinner, the casualties and captured battle reports in Yuhang City were also sent to Han Lie's case, to be honest, the casualties were indeed not small, and the number of people killed in this battle was as high as more than 1,400 people, but the harvest was also not small.

Before Yan Baihu's rebellion, Wu County was a relatively stable and wealthy place, in the past six months, Yan Baihu broke several counties in a row, looted more than 100 million dollars, this time the seizure of gold cakes alone was as much as 4,000 hardware, five baht coins were 130 boxes, after a rough count of the number of three boxes, it is estimated that this copper coin is as much as 50 million.

In addition, there are treasure cloth, the total value is definitely more than 100 million money, followed by Yuhang is still a large population city, located in Yuhang in the East China Sea, the land is fertile, whether it is the fish salt industry, or the sericulture economy is relatively prosperous, as long as the government measures properly, Yuhang County is enough to collect millions of taxes every year.

However, Yuhang is close to Qiantang, and further south is Huiji County, and the surrounding mountains and Yueyi people are also not small, so in order to maintain the stability of Yuhang, it is necessary to have a chief official who is not weak in civil and martial arts, so as to be able to maintain the long-term peace and stability of Yuhang.

After thinking about it, Han Lie looked up and saw that Ling Cao under the hall was holding a roll of bamboo slips, and he was watching it with relish, while his son was pulling Xu Sheng at the door with an excited face, not knowing what he was talking about, Xu Sheng is only fifteen years old this year, although he usually looks serious, but he is still just a young man in his heart, this will face Ling Tong's admiring and envious gaze, a sense of pride naturally arises, and he is not the slightest impatient for Ling Tong's endless questions, but seriously answers them one by one.

"Fengxiao, Chen Jibi sent a letter from Wu Di, at the moment Xu Gong, the lieutenant of Wu County, is still quite hostile to our arrival, and secondly, Danyang is too guarded by Zhou Xin, and is also being attacked by the soldiers and horses sent by Yuan Shu, judging from the current situation in Yangzhou, we must immediately return north, not to mention encroaching on Danyang, at least to stabilize the situation in Wu County, but Yuhang City must leave a powerful general in charge, who do you think is suitable?" Although Han Lie was interested in Ling Cao, Ling Cao had just taken refuge after all, if he rashly gave him a high position, not only would it not be enough to keep his heart, but it would also be easy for him to become arrogant, so he must be let know that this burden is not only a heavy responsibility, but also a hard-won one.

However, this matter naturally can't come openly, and it has to be carried out secretly, so when Han Lie opened his mouth, he handed Guo Jia a bamboo slip, and Guo Jia naturally understood its meaning at once.

"What the lord said is that Yuhang is an important town in the south of Wu County, which is related to the stability of the south of Wu County, and I think it should be no problem for General Gongming to be in charge." Guo Jia replied loudly.

"Gongming is in charge, naturally there is no problem, but Gongming has always been the vanguard of the Chinese army, if I stay in Yuhang, where can I find a forward general for a while?" Han Lie shook his head and said, "I don't think I should let Zilan stay in office." ”

In this meeting hall of Han Lie, Han Lie, Guo Jia, and Ling Cao, Zhao Yun, Xu Huang, Dian Wei, and Xiahou Lan went to settle the soldiers and horses, and urged all parts to issue rewards after the battle. Bereavement benefits.

"General Zilan is suitable, but we can't find a second one in our army who is as proficient in military discipline as he is. Guo Jia objected.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, Yuhang, we can't give it to others, right?" Han Lie frowned, his gaze stopped on Ling Cao, who was sitting upright, and he stroked his palms and said: "Brother Ling's killing of Yan Baihu is a great achievement, and I haven't had time to reward it yet, I think with Brother Ling's merits, it is appropriate to be a school captain, or how about bothering Brother Ling to sit in Yuhang?" ”

In fact, Ling Cao had been listening to the conversation between Han Lie and Guo Jia at the beginning, as a new refuge, he was both in awe and curiosity about Han Lie, but when he saw him and the military advisor Guo Jia, he was really a little surprised in his heart to discuss the candidate for the chief general of Yu Hang.

In his opinion, as the lord, Han Lie's posture is really broad-minded, but Guo Jia, as a military advisor, did not express his different views unceremoniously with his subordinates, such a harmonious atmosphere, which really opened his eyes.

Just when he was stunned, he suddenly heard Han Lie order his general, to be honest, he really didn't think that he could gain such trust just by virtue of being a newcomer, just entering the scene, he was really moved in his heart, and when he thought about the importance of Yu Hang to Han Lie's layout, he suddenly felt a heavy weight on his shoulders. With three points of hesitation, Ling Cao bowed and said: "Thanks to the love of the lord, I have entrusted me with a heavy responsibility, but the last general has just arrived, and he has held such a heavy position, and the last general is worried that it will be difficult to convince the public, and second, he is afraid of living up to the trust of the lord." ”

"Brother Ling can be worried because of the heavy burden, which shows that he is a person who does practical things, which shows that General Ben is not wrong. Military advisor, I think this matter is so decided, you will draft a report to recommend Brother Ling's merits, and temporarily serve as the captain of Jianzhong, responsible for the military affairs of the counties in the south of Yuhang, and supervise the government affairs of each county? ”

"Xiaguan will draft a recital, and write to His Majesty to ask for credit for Lord Ling." Guo Jia saw that the double reed was finished, and he replied in a deep voice.

"Brother Ling, I hope you don't want to shirk and wronged you to guard Yuhang and guard this land for Your Majesty and General Ben." Han Lie smiled and looked at Ling Cao, who was a little frightened, and said with satisfaction.

"Please let go of the lord, and the end will definitely live up to his mission." Although Han Lie's face was full of smiles, Ling Cao didn't feel relaxed at all, his expression became more solemn, the more Han Lie valued and trusted him, the heavier the responsibility on his shoulders became.

"It's good to have confidence, but you don't feel pressure, at the moment our army is huge, I expect that neither Xu Zhao of Qiantang nor the people of Shanyueyi will dare to easily offend my county." Han Lie nodded and said a word of relief.

Ling Cao pondered, and opened his mouth to say: "Lord, my children have followed me all these years, although they have learned some martial arts, but they don't know a few characters of Douda, so the last general wants to ask the lord to leave him in front of the tent, follow the lord to serve, and have a long knowledge." ”

"Fengxiao, I think Brother Ling is not only a loving father, but also a visionary, I think this is okay, but if you want to learn knowledge, it is not okay to stay under my account, it just happens that Fengxiao lacks a personal guard, I see that Ling Tong, this kid is nimble, so let him stay by Fengxiao's side for a while." Han Lie glanced at the lively and active Ling Tong at the door, and nodded at Guo Jia's general.

"In this way, there will be Master Lao Junshi." When Ling Cao heard this, he was overjoyed, although it was the first time they met, Guo Jia looked like a weak scholar, but since he was able to be so respected by Han Lie and appointed to the position of military advisor, it undoubtedly showed that this person's talent and knowledge were naturally superior.

Guo Jia smiled: "General Ling doesn't need to be polite, I think Ling Tong, this kid is very clever, it should be a piece of jade, carve it, and it will definitely become a beautiful jade in the future." ”

As a father, Ling Cao was very happy to hear others praise his son, and hurriedly waved to Ling Tong at the door and shouted, "Tong'er, don't come to see Mr. yet." ”

"What, sir?" Ling Tong jumped in three steps and two steps, and when he learned that his father wanted to worship Mr. Guo Jia himself, he immediately shook his head and said: "I want to be a soldier with Brother Wen Xiang, just now Brother Wen Xiang has promised me to join his personal guards, so I don't want to read and write, so it will suffocate people?" ”

"Stinky boy, let's find a fight." When Ling Cao heard his son's words, he immediately jumped up, and at the same time secretly glanced at Guo Jia, if his son's words angered the military advisor, then their father and son would really sit on a cold bench in the future.

"Haha......" Han Lie and Guo Jia couldn't help but look at each other and laugh when they saw Ling Tong jumping up and down like a monkey.

"Brother Ling, there's no need to be angry, I'll arrange this." Han Lie waved his hand, his eyes like a sword at Ling Tong, and said, "Do you know that in this army, what can't be disobeyed?" ”

"Military orders are like mountains, and you can't disobey them, Brother Wen Xiang has already told me just now." Facing Han Lie's gaze, Ling Tong didn't dare to frolic anymore, he stood up straight, and replied with some awe in his eyes.

"Yes, in the military formation, the military order is like a mountain, since you want to join our army, then you must obey the military order, now this general appoints you as the chief of the guard of Guo Junshi, responsible for the safety of the military division, the period is two years, if there is any mistake during the period, the military law will follow, of course, you can also be transferred to join the forward army, but the premise is that you must get Guo Junshi's consent."

When Han Lie said this, he paused and said, "I'll give you time to think about it, and give me an answer before noon tomorrow, if you can't do it, then I won't force it, you will follow your father in the future, and you will not mention the matter of joining my army again." ”

"Stinky boy, didn't you hear what the lord said? What are you still doing? Ling Cao also knew that this was undoubtedly a great good thing and face for their father and son, if they missed it, they would never have it again in this life.

"I ......" Facing his father's stern gaze, Ling Tong dodged for a moment, and finally gave in: "Obey the orders of the lord." ”

After capturing Yuhang, Han Lie took a short rest, leaving 300 soldiers and horses, and 1,000 prisoners, and handed them over to Ling Cao to take over the command, and then led the main force of the Red Flame Army, withdrew from Yuhang, and went to Louxian.

While passing by Haiyan, Han Lie took the time to meet with the newly appointed Haiyan County Commander Lu Dai, had a further conversation with him, and affirmed that since he took office in Haiyan, he has built water conservancy, encouraged agriculture, and increased the development of Haiyan.

Eliminating Yan Baihu's rebellion, although Han Lie's army was not expanded, on the contrary, the strength of the army was reduced from 10,000 to 9,000, of which more than 3,000 prisoners were recruited, but most of these prisoners were scattered into Haiyan, and the newly established city defense battalion in the three counties of Quan and Yuhang.

Even if it is 9,000 people, it is definitely a powerful force in today's Wu County, when the army arrived outside Lou County, Han Lie, under the guidance of Chen Jiao, who returned from Wu County first, only took Dian Wei and Xu Sheng, and walked into the county government of Lou County, and visited Gu Yong, the county commander.

After Chen Jiao's lobbying before, Gu Yong's heart was already inclined to Han Lie's side, and now that Han Lie had quelled Yan Baihu's rebellion, both his military prestige and reputation were shocked, and the balance in his heart quietly tilted towards Han Lie.

So when he learned that Han Lie led the army to arrive outside Lou County, Gu Yong only made one request, hoping that Han Lie could enter the city and talk to him face to face, the reason why Gu Yong made this request was that he wanted to test Han Lie's courage, and second, he wanted to further understand Han Lie through a face-to-face meeting, and see if this person was worth his life.

Gu Yong, who was standing at the foot of the steps to greet him, saw Han Lie on horseback from a distance, wearing a white robe, a scarf on his head, and a three-foot green peak hanging from his waist, like a traveling student, as the horse approached, a handsome young face was also presented in the sight, handsome facial features, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and a long military career, making his fair face gradually transform into a healthy wheat color, not only did not lose his handsomeness, but added a bit of heroism to Han Lie.

Although he had long heard that Han Lie was handsome and extraordinary, Gu Yong was still a little surprised when he saw the real person, and when the war horse approached, he immediately stepped forward and saluted: "Your Lower Officer Gu Yong, meet General Han." ”

"The name of Lord Gu has been famous for a long time, and it is really a blessing to meet today." Han Lie returned the salute and glanced at Gu Yong in front of him, Gu Yong in front of him was also very young, not yet thirty years old, he was dressed in a Confucian robe, he was more than seven feet long, his face was slightly round, showing a rich and noble appearance, and a pair of small eyes were particularly bright.

Gu Yong was also looking at Han Lie, the senses face-to-face were very different from just now, the handsome young man in front of him looked like a boy at first glance, but when he stood in front of him, although Han Lie's tone was friendly, Gu Yong still felt a powerful aura rushing towards him, as if there was not a person standing in front of him, but a mountain, which made him feel a sense of awe.

"General Miao." Gu Yong subconsciously lowered his body a little shorter, and while he bowed to invite Han Lie in, he took a deep breath and saluted Chen Jiao behind Han Lie: "Brother Ji Bi, please." ”。

"Brother Yuansi, please first." Chen Jiao hurriedly replied.

After entering the inner hall and taking the seats, Gu Yongfang found a little bit of the host's confidence. Under the topic driven by Chen Jiao, the conversation atmosphere of the whole scene gradually became harmonious, especially when it came to the future situation in Jiangdong, Gu Yong's eyes couldn't help showing a deep worry.

"Jiangdong has the Yangtze River as a barrier, as long as there are strong generals in the town, it is enough to protect the people of the six counties of Jiangdong from the suffering of the war, and now Yuan Shu steals Shouchun as the foundation, and the heart of annexing and enslaving Jiangdong is obviously lacking, from his entry into Shouchun to assassinate Shi Chen Wen first, send troops to attack Danyang, and privately appoint county officials can be seen in general, and this person is ambitious, sooner or later he will rebel, in order to protect the peace of Jiangdong, only by driving this person out of Jiangdong, can we ensure the peace of Jiangdong's fathers." Han Lie stood up with a sigh, bowed down to Gu Yong and said: "Yuan Si is a famous man in Jiangdong, a great Confucian admired by the world, Lie Bucai, I want to protect the world with Kuang, sweep the universe for Your Majesty, and protect the peace of the people of Jiangdong Li, and ask Yuan Si to help me." ”

"The general is ambitious, how can he be so courteous by the general." Gu Yong hurriedly got up and bowed: "If the general doesn't give up, he will do the work of dogs and horses." (To be continued.) )