Li Yan is already in a desperate situation.

But what made Li Yan feel strange was that the enemy who was surrounded from all sides did not immediately attack, and he and his more than 100 remnants of the army were leveled, but only surrounded him like a trapped beast.

Then, the cavalry formation of the mink army cracked open, and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, dressed in black armor, slowly walked into the formation with a silver spear in his hand.

Behind him, the big banner with the word "mink" is flying and hunting.

Li Yan recognized at a glance that this young general was not the ermine male who dominated Nanyang, who else could it be.

Diao Xiong immediately speared and said loudly: "Li Yan, you have no way out, dismount and surrender, and I, Diao Xiong, will leave you with your life." ”

The reason why Diao Xiong didn't kill them all was to recruit Li Yan.

He needs talents too much, especially a civil and military all-rounder like Li Yan, who is far better than Ji Ling.

He is familiar with history, of course, he knows that Li Yan in history is not only extraordinary in martial arts, but also rare to have the talent to govern politics, otherwise he would not be selected by Liu Bei and become a minister of Tuogu together with Zhuge Liang.

Although Liu Bei is not very good at Wen Taowu, he is still very poisonous when he looks at people.

It's just that Zhuge Liang has too much desire for power, and he used political skills to gradually elevate Li Yan, and finally made Li Yan do the absurd things that followed, and he was not guaranteed until the end of the day, and he was not reused again for life.

In addition to talent, Diao Xiong also values Li Yan's identity.

Li Yan was born in Nanyang, although he was young, he was quite famous, otherwise Yuan Shu would not worship him as a grain official, responsible for requisitioning the grain of the counties east of Nanyang.

Mink Xiong's recruitment of Li Yan is equivalent to forming a strong alliance with Nanyang and gaining the support of the local forces in Nanyang.

It's a wonderful move, so why not surrender it.

The ermine male voice is like a bell, and the sound overshadows the hustle and bustle all around, and it can be heard clearly within a radius of dozens of steps.

Thick eyebrows condensed slightly, Li Yan stepped forward immediately, and said with a horizontal knife: "General Mink, you use your soldiers like a god, you defeated Yuan Highway before, and now you are attacking my grain team, Li Yan is willing to bow down, you want to take my head, although the soldiers are coming." ”

Li Yan's words and demeanor were fierce, with the intention of fighting to the death.

It's just that he calls Diao Xiong "General Mink", but it shows that he has little hostility towards Diao Xiong.

Diao Xiong laughed wildly and said sarcastically: "Li Yan, you are also a local hero in Nanyang, just sit back and watch Yuan Shu poison your hometown, don't you dare to resist, and now you still want to die for Yuan Shu's martyrdom, don't you Nanyang people have a little blood!" ”

A word, like a knife, stabbed Li Yan's sore spot fiercely.

Li Yan's body was shocked, and he was instantly dumbfounded, and a trace of discoloration quietly flashed in his gloomy eyes.

Mink Xiong knew that he had moved Li Yan.

In the final analysis, Li Yan was not a close confidant of Yuan Shu, but because Yuan Shu occupied Nanyang and used his fame to collect food for himself, he forcibly recruited him to work as an official.

Li Yan did things for Yuan Shu, and he had to do it as a last resort.

Moreover, Diao Xiong had inquired in advance that Li Yan had asked for the lives of the people of Nanyang several times and asked the Yuan family and his son to reduce the payment, but they were all reprimanded by the Yuan family and his son.

Diao Xiong guessed that Li Yan's heart had already hidden the seeds of dissatisfaction with Yuan Shu.

What he lacks is just a chance to explode.

Seeing that Li Yan was moved, Diao Xiong took advantage of the situation and said: "Li Yan, I admire you, I will not kill you today, and I will let you go, but I must take away this batch of grain and grass, with Yuan Shu's temperament, if you lose this batch of grain and grass, do you think he will not kill you." ”

Li Yan's face changed slightly, and a little fear suddenly flashed between his eyebrows.

He remembered that he had sent an envoy to ask Yuan Shu for his life, but Yuan Shu beheaded the messenger in a fit of rage, and threatened him that if he did not forcibly collect enough food and grass within the time limit, he would be killed as well.

Now that the grain and grass have fallen, even if Diao Xiong doesn't kill him, Yuan Shu will have to kill him.

Thinking about his several remarks, he was reprimanded by the Yuan family father and son, and thinking about the poison of Yuan Shu's father and son to his hometown, the more Li Yan thought about it, the more angry he became, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was not worth it.

"Yuan Shu has no way, and I Nanyang has been so miserable, although this mink male is from a humble background, he is both wise and brave, and it is even more rare to treat the people well, and he has won the hearts of Nanyang people in more than a month, and he is obedient to him, but it is not impossible to ......"

Li Yan fell silent and remained silent for a long time.

After a long time, Li Yan took a deep breath, abandoned the knife and dismounted, and bowed down to the mink male.

This kind of performance is not to surrender, or something.

Mink Xiong was secretly happy in his heart, and when he was about to speak, Li Yan said: "I, Li Yan, can submit to the general, but I have to ask the general to promise me a condition." ”

Condition?

Diao Xiong was slightly stunned, and said with a flick of his hand: "What are the conditions of the Zhengfang, but it doesn't hurt to say it, as long as I, Diao Xiong, can do it." ”

Li Yan stood up and pointed to the grain lanes behind him: "These 100,000 grains and grass are the living rations of tens of thousands of people in Biyang County. Therefore, Yan implored the general to leave 30% of the grain and grass and let Yan return it to the people of the counties, so that they could survive the autumn harvest. ”

I see.

Diao Xiong did not hesitate, waved his hand, and said happily: "Thirty percent is too little, I will only take half of the 100,000 grains and grass, and the remaining fifty percent, you can take them all back and return them to the people of the counties." ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Yan's body shook violently, raised his head suddenly, and looked at Diao Xiong with surprised eyes.

With such a demeanor, it seems that he can't believe that Diao Xiong is so generous.

In this troubled world, which prince does not regard grain and grass as the root of life, and wishes that he could scavenge as much from the people as possible, Li Yan made this request, and he was worried that Diao Xiong would not allow it.

He didn't expect that Diao Xiong not only agreed, but also was so generous, and directly left half of the grain and grass for him.

This simply made Li Yan overjoyed, and in an instant, he couldn't help but be in awe of Mink Xiong, and he was even more grateful, and hurriedly said: "Yan Dynasty tens of thousands of people, thank you for the general's benevolence and life!" ”

Facing Li Yan, who was thanking him, Diao Xiong just smiled slightly.

He is not much of a philanthropist, and of course he knows how important food and grass are.

It's just that he took Wancheng a few times ago and captured a lot of grain from Yuan Shu, and he didn't have many soldiers and horses, and he was not as arrogant as Yuan Shu, so the demand for grain and grass was much smaller than that of Yuan Shu.

Therefore, regaining 50,000 pieces of grain and grass is already a great harvest, leaving half for the people of Nanyang to collect people's hearts, why not.

Besides, he wants to base on Nanyang, and in the future, he will rely on this to provide the people with military supplies, if the people are starving to death, what is the use of laying down the entire Nanyang.

He has an ambition, but he is not as shallow as Yuan Shu, and he is desperate for Nanyang.

At that moment, he helped Li Yan up and said calmly: "Xie Ke, there is no need to say anything about benevolence, my Diao Xiong is not the kind of person who is hypocritically benevolent and righteous, I just understand the truth that you can't exhaust the water and fish, every ding mouth in Nanyang is my precious wealth, how can I let them starve to death easily." ”

Hearing these frank words, Li Yan was shocked again, and his eyes were even more surprised.

"This young man is frank and straightforward, not a hypocritical person, and at a young age, he understands the truth of fishing without exhaustion, and he has a bit of a heroic posture, amazing, amazing......"

Secretly surprised by himself, Li Yan bowed his hand again: "The general is frank and admired." If the general can be trusted, please escort this batch of grain and grass back to his hometown, and he will go to Wancheng in person to serve the general in three days. ”

As soon as these words came out, Ji Ling hurriedly hinted to Mink Xiong, signaling that he could not agree, lest Li Yan have no return.

Mink Xiong did not hesitate, and said with a proud smile: "Okay, you can go, Ben will set up a banquet in Wancheng, waiting for you to come and drink a thousand cups." ”

Li Yan then said goodbye, took hundreds of remnants of soldiers, and pulled 50,000 grains and grass to the north.

Looking at Li Yan leaving, Ji Ling was worried: "The general let Li Yan leave like this, isn't he afraid that he will surrender by fraud and will not return?" ”

Diao Xiong smiled and said lightly: "My Diao Xiong has always been suspicious of people, and I don't suspect people, I expect that this Li Yan must be a real descendant, you don't need to worry, let's go back to Wancheng and wait for Li Yan to return." ”

With that, the mink turned his horse, raised his spear and shouted, "Brothers, pull down the rest of the grain carts and go back to the city." ”

More than 1,000 iron horsemen immediately got busy, escorted 50,000 grain carts, and returned to Wancheng in high spirits.

Ji Ling followed, thinking back to what Diao Xiong had just said, he couldn't help but nod secretly, and sighed: "Don't be suspicious of employing people, don't use suspicious people, this kind of temperament is really ......."