Niu Ren and Yao Fang were at the front of the line, heading towards the mountain. Since Yue Shao'an took over the Kaizhou Army, this tradition of generals taking the lead has been preserved.

Although such a shocking thing just happened, however, Niu Ren was still at the forefront of the team, which made Yao Fang secretly admire in his heart, they had won a battle before, although it was commanded by Hu Wan, but he and Yang Fan knew it.

In this way, in their impression, they actually didn't think how strong Yue Shao'an's army was, but the courage shown by Niu Ren today made him impressed.

The team moved towards the mountain, the queue went up neatly, the bandits on the top of the cliff panicked, looking at the officers and soldiers in bright armor, the bandits didn't know if they were going to come up to retaliate, the three leaders did not give an order now, and they were not easy to act rashly, but watching each other go up the mountain, their hearts were still a little weak.

Fortunately, at this time, Yang Fan's mood was relatively stable, and he ordered someone to collect Chen Kewen's body, so he came forward, although he was sad in his heart, but he still had to do what he had to do.

Now Yang Fan has lost his previous free and easy atmosphere, his white clothes are full of stains, Chen Kewen's blood is still trapped on his chest, and his face is also broken because of the previous fall from the horse.

Originally, Niu Ren's anger in his heart had not disappeared, and he wanted to ask the teacher for a crime, but when he saw Yang Fan's appearance, the anger in his heart disappeared invisibly.

Yang Fan walked in front of Niu Ren with a pale face: "General Niu, today's day is all my Yang Fan's fault, I will go to ask the emperor for guilt later, it was because I was not strict in my governance, so this kind of thing happened......"

Niu Ren looked at Yang Fan's appearance, sighed slightly, and couldn't bear to say the words of reproach, but comforted: "General Yang Fan, mourn ......"

When he went up the mountain before, Chen Kewen's body had not been carried down, Niu Ren naturally saw it in his eyes, and after seeing Chen Kewen's body, he couldn't help but sigh.

When I saw this burly strong man for the first time, how could I have thought that he would die like this, such a person, even if he died, he should have killed dozens of people in a bloody battle like General Dian Wei in the Three Kingdoms, however, he died like this, died under a few arrows, and it was an arrow shot by his own people, and he didn't even say a word before he died, only a mouthful of blood.

Tragic? Maybe! However, sadness is sadness, but Zhuang is not obvious.

How dramatic life is, Niu Ren looked at Chen Kewen, and couldn't help but think of his previous self, he was also born as a bandit, if he hadn't met Brother Yue, maybe he would have lived a chaotic life, or maybe he would have died at the hands of officers and soldiers......

Yang Fan asked Yao Fang to be responsible for recruiting his subordinates, and he accompanied Niu Ren to the mountain, on the way, he wanted Niu Ren to explain what happened, Niu Ren listened to it, and sighed.

Hu Wan is also a sad person, but his misfortune has created a perverted psychology, and he actually grieves himself, causing the sorrow of others.

Although Niu Ren still has some sympathy for Hu Wan in his heart, Hu Wan must die if he is on official business, otherwise, not to mention whether Yue Shaoan will agree, even these soldiers who follow behind him will not agree.

Since the matter has been understood, Niu Ren and Yang Fan immediately discussed, and decided to send someone to arrest Hu Wan, although Yang Fan was still a little unbearable, but when he saw Chen Kewen's body wrapped in a white cloth on the side, he was heartbroken and decisively ordered.

However, a lot of people were sent out, but they did not find Hu Wan's shadow, and in the end, it was found out that Hu Wan had escaped from a trail in the back mountain.

"Trail?" After hearing the news, Niu Ren was very puzzled, and couldn't help but look at Yang Fan, wanting to get an answer from him.

Yang Fan nodded and said: "I know that there is a trail on the back mountain that can lead to the bottom of the mountain, but I have seen it, the road is rugged and difficult, and it will fall down the mountain if you are not careful, and it is very hidden, not suitable for a large group of people to pass, so I didn't pay too much attention, if the third child really went down the mountain from there, but there was no need to chase it." ”

"Why is that?" Niu Ren asked rhetorically.

Yang Fan said: "The trail is steep and dangerous, it is said to be a trail, in fact, it is not much different from the cliff, the third child walks from there, it is still more auspicious, even if he really goes down the mountain, if we send people to chase, in addition to the loss of people and horses, we can't chase it at all." ”

Niu Ren thought about it, since Yang Fan said so, it must be impossible, think about that Hu Wan is a wanted criminal, he has not been able to catch him for so many years, obviously he has some skills in escaping, Niu Ren is not a stubborn person, even so, he put this matter down.

Subsequently, Niu Ren got busy, because Yue Shao'an had handed over the process of the bandits' incorporation to him, but in this regard, Niu Ren still had experience, and he was recruited himself, so he was able to do this with ease.

However, this time they may be different, in terms of numbers, there is a lot of difference, when he led people to Yue Shao'an, there were only more than 100 people, but now, it is nearly 4,000 people, of course, these were all officers and soldiers before, and the integration went more smoothly, but they have been bandits for a long time, it is inevitable that they will bring some banditry, in order not to cause chaos and sequelae, Niu Ren had to break them all up and integrate them in batches.

In this way, it caused dissatisfaction among many people, and resistance came out.

In the end, under the suppression of Yang Fan and Yao Fang, the integration was successful, and he was busy all night, and finally calmed down, Niu Ren dragged his tired body to see Yue Shao'an, and after reporting the cause and effect of the matter and the incorporation, Yue Shao'an let him rest.

At night, the moon was light and the stars were sparse, and it was hot all day, and finally cooled down, Yue Shao'an wore a long shirt and walked out of the tent, bathed in the faint moonlight, the clothes seemed to be coated with a layer of silver frost, looking at it from a distance, revealing a different taste.

Yue Shaoan raised his eyes and looked into the distance, the scene during the day made him and death pass by again, and he inevitably remembered many past events in his heart, and when a person calmed down, those pretty faces appeared next to him.

Isn't it all for them? Yue Shaoan thought so, but now they were all separated, and there was no one around, sometimes, he wondered whether he was right or wrong to do this.

"Emperor!" Just as Yue Shaoxin was bored, a voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

Hearing this, Yue Shaoan turned his head, Yang Fan's haggard face came into his eyes, his clothes were wrinkled, his face was pale, and he had long since lost his previous free and elegant image, seeing this temperament uncle change into such a appearance, Yue Shaoan couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it seems that the betrayal of his brother and the tragic death of his cronies hit him very hard.

"General Yang, it's so late, and you haven't rested yet?" Yue Shaoan knew Yang Fan's intention today, so he asked lightly.

"Didn't the emperor sleep either?" Yang Fan smiled bitterly: "Today's things ......"

"Today, Niu Ren has already told me, and General Yang still asks for condolences." When the Jin soldiers were about to come, it was rare to have such a trace of quietness, Yue Shao'an didn't want to listen to Yang Fan's apology and self-blame, so before he could say it, he blocked his mouth: "I'm going to fight the Jin soldiers in the near future, the terrain on the mountain is more familiar to the general, and I still have to rely on the general, let's rest early today, adjust my mood, when I prepare for war tomorrow, I don't want to see the general like this again, I hope to see that Mr. Mu's figure......"

Yang Fan was slightly stunned, then he was grateful, and respectfully saluted Yue Shao'an: "The emperor is so magnanimous and generous, so that Yang Fan has no place to be ashamed, he must work together and be willing to suffer the labor of dogs and horses......"

Yue Shaoan smiled and said: "General Yang is serious, and he will be his own brother in the future, and it is true that he will share weal and woe." Life is changeable, and I believe that General Yang will be able to understand all this soon. ”

"The emperor is wrong to love, Yang Fan is grateful, if there is any superfluity, Yang Fan will not say much, prepare for war tomorrow, Yang Fan will definitely not disappoint the emperor."

"That's great!" Yue Shaoan nodded.

"Then Yang Fan will retire first!"

"Good!" Yue Shao'an said: "Things will be busy tomorrow, so let's rest early!" ”

"Yes!" Yang Fan took a few steps back, turned around and walked away.

Yue Shaoan looked at Yang Fan's back and shook his head helplessly, if he didn't have a trace of anger in his heart, it was impossible, he was almost stoned to death, whoever was replaced would probably point at Yang Fan's nose and scold, but at this time, he couldn't blame too much, perhaps, he scolded him, but it would make Yang Fan feel better.

However, there was no effect he wanted, with such courtesy today, Yang Fan felt guilty, and he would do his best to prepare for war tomorrow, but it would be much better to be scolded.

It's a pity that Yang Fan is like this, but Yue Shaoan is a little unhappy in his heart, he has always belonged to an outlier in the officialdom, and he mostly does things casually, but through this incident, he found that slowly, he is no longer exactly what he used to be, and unconsciously, he used some small means to attack his heart.

When he felt it, he found that he seemed to have subconsciously decided to do that, it seems that the officialdom has been in place for a long time, and unconsciously, something has penetrated into his thoughts.

This made Yue Shaoan feel a little terrible, but there was nothing he could do, imperceptibly, survival of the fittest, human instinct is like this, more often, he can only helplessly bow his head and sigh......

If it goes on like this, Yue Shaoan is even a little worried, in some years, will he still have the original self.

Of course, the big war is coming, but I don't have time to think about it, tomorrow should be a busy day