With Ge Congzhou's defeat and capture, there was no way to avoid the outcome of the war. The 10,000 Yunzhou soldiers stranded under Yanzhou City made the right choice very wisely. With the thoughtful Liu Jun here, they wanted to retreat quietly, but there was no way. With Li Cunhuan here, they have no way to defeat it. They don't have Ge Congzhou's determination to fight even if they know they will lose. So they chose to surrender.

…… Yan... State... City... East... The door ...... "The southeast camp recruits the deputy envoy Liu Jun, I have seen His Royal Highness the King of Qin, a thousand years old!" Chitose! Chichitose! Liu Cheng led the generals, outside the East Gate, everyone knelt down on their knees and bowed to Li Cunhuan.

Li Cunhuan hurriedly turned over and dismounted, walked quickly to Liu Cheng's side, personally helped Liu Cheng's arms and said loudly: "Calm down!" General Liu is too polite! ”

"His Royal Highness King Xie Qin!" Liu Yanbi thanked him respectfully, and then got up.

Li Cunhuan also looked at Liu Cong seriously for the first time, although it was not the first time he saw Liu Jun, the last time he fought with Ge Congzhou in Qizhou, when Wang Shifan led the troops to help in the war, Li Cunhuan had seen Liu Cong several times, knowing that he was Wang Shifan's henchman, but he didn't care too much, but he was really unseemly.

Liu Jun looks thirty-five or sixteen years old, I don't know if he thinks about things often, and his brows always give people a feeling of frowning slightly. The two eyebrows are like a figure-eight, making Liu Jun look like an old farmer who is worried about his livelihood all day long. However, with a somewhat messy beard in the upper and lower jaws, Liu Yan still has a bit of martial artist's masculinity.

"General Liu, thank you for your hard work! If you hadn't dragged Ge Congzhou in Yanzhou, the Lone King wouldn't have entered Yanzhou so easily! Li Cunhuan attaches great importance to Liu Jun, and is not ashamed to treat ordinary soldiers with the respect of a prince, so he took Liu Jun's hand, changed to a carriage, and rode with Liu Jun, which was a great honor in ancient times.

However, Li Cunhuan found that in addition to the shock at the beginning, Liu Jun seemed to be very calm in the back, and he was neither arrogant nor humble for Li Cunhuan's praise and wooing, neither arrogant nor demanding, not missing a word for what should be answered, but for the words that should not be answered, it was cleverly taken aside.

Li Cunhuan couldn't help but pay more attention to Liu Jun, although Liu Jun did not have the vigor and enterprising spirit of ordinary military generals, he was very cautious and his thinking was also very smooth. It makes people feel like facing a calm river, don't look at his calm appearance. But he will slowly and forcefully launch the attack, and think very clearly about every step, once Liu Jun's layout is completed. That will make you feel powerless, as if you know that the tsunami is coming, but you have no way to escape the impact of the tsunami.

In fact, Li Cunhuan didn't know Liu Jun's nickname, otherwise he wouldn't have sighed like this. In history, Liu Yan was the Optimus Prime in the late Later Liang period, known as one step and one hundred tricks, and quite the style of Zhuge Kongming of the Three Kingdoms. It's a pity that because of the mediocrity of the monarch, he was finally slandered by the ministers and ended up with a tragic end of poisoned wine.

When I came to the Yanzhou Jiedu Embassy, I suddenly saw a young man kneeling at the foot of the steps of the Yamen of the Jiedu Embassy.

"Huh? This ......" Li Cunhuan stretched out his hand in disbelief and pointed to the person kneeling at the bottom of the steps, and asked Liu Jun sideways.

Liu Yan was also a little puzzled, and asked the tooth soldiers on the steps, "What are you doing here!" I don't know if His Royal Highness King Qin has come down! Why are you still so lax! Let people hinder the driving of His Royal Highness King Qin! ”

The tooth soldiers standing on the steps glanced at each other a little helplessly, and a person who seemed to be the leader walked up to Liu Jun, knelt down on one knee and arched his hand: "The villain has seen His Royal Highness the King of Qin and the general. ”

Liu Yan's face was solemn, and he asked: "Feng Yanyu, although you are the captain of my own army, but the country has national laws and family rules, if you don't give a statement that satisfies His Highness today, you should know the consequences!" ”

When Li Cunhuan heard this, he couldn't help laughing, although Liu Jun is called a scold, but he is actually protecting himself, the state has national laws, and the family has family rules. Personally, it hindered Li Cunhuan's car driving, this problem is not big, and it is not small. Li Cunhuan is unhappy, and it is possible to behead Yan Yan. But if it comes to punishment according to the law of the country, it is only a punishment of dozens of military sticks, although it is not easy, but it is better than having no head.

Feng Yanyu secretly glanced at Li Cunhuan, and when he saw that Li Cunhuan was on the side and didn't speak, he looked at himself with a smile, and he didn't know what it meant, so he could only bite the bullet and say: "Back to His Royal Highness the King of Qin, the general, this person is the adopted son of Ge Congzhou." ”

When Li Cunhuan heard this, he was slightly stunned, he looked at Feng Yanyu with some doubts, even if he was Ge Congzhou's adopted son, how could Feng Yanyu let him out and stop his car? Feng Yanyu left a section when he spoke, I'm afraid he has any scruples! Li Cunhuan immediately understood Feng Yanyu's careful thoughts.

Not only did he understand, but Liu Jun also understood, Liu Jun laughed a little embarrassed, and said, "Your Highness, this is the last general's dereliction of duty. That's the case, the last general once ordered to treat Ge Congzhou's family members favorably, as long as Ge Congzhou's family members did not escape and did not cause chaos, they must not be rude. It's just that I didn't expect that now it is hindering His Highness's car! It's the sin of the last general! ”

When Li Cunhuan heard this, he smiled and waved his hand and said, "It's not a big deal, let's go!" Let's go over and see what it is that makes a young man have the courage to hinder the lonely king's car! ”

"Your Highness!" Park Leshu hurriedly rode to Li Cunhuan's side, turned over and dismounted, stopped Li Cunhuan, and reminded in a low voice: "Your Highness! This son is the son of Ge Congzhou, and now the world thinks that Ge Congzhou is dead, so be careful that this son avenges his father! ”

Liu Yan also reacted when he heard this, the guy in front of him was Ge Congzhou's adopted son, although he was not biological, but emotionally he was no worse than his biological father. In addition, he is only fourteen or five years old, and a teenager of this age, in modern terms, is in a rebellious period, and he can draw a knife and kill people with enthusiasm in a word.

Who dares to guarantee that he will not assassinate Li Cunhuan. If there is an assassination, even if Li Cunhuan is not damaged, he Liu Cheng will not be able to get rid of suspicion and guilt, Liu Jun can't help but be full of cold sweat on his forehead, but he is a little grateful to Park Lejiao for this professional bodyguard.

Li Cunhuan was slightly stunned, waved his hand with a smile and said, "If you don't worry, just follow me!" Otherwise, the world will laugh at me Li Cunhuan, I am not afraid of thousands of troops, but I am afraid of a young man. ”

"Yes!" Park Lejiao actually wants this result, it is impossible for Li Cunhuan to not pass, so he naturally has to follow Li Cunhuan's side, even if he can't stop it, he can also be used as a meat shield for Li Cunhuan.

Hearing Pu Le's words, Liu Yan was also a little nervous with his sword on his waist, ready to prepare for a while to protect Li Cunhuan. didn't want him to make this move, he didn't protect Li Cunhuan, and first provoked Park Le's suspicious glance, which made Liu Cheng very speechless, but who told him to let Ge Congzhou's adopted son come in, Park Lejiao suspected that he was not too much, and he could only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

Li Cunhuan didn't know about the small actions of Park Lejiao and Liu Jun, but he didn't say much, but he felt a little funny about the small actions of the two. walked up to Ge Congzhou's adopted son, and asked gently, "You are Ge Congzhou's adopted son, right?" What is your name? ”

Although Ge Congzhou's adopted son is childish, he is not arrogant or humble, and he has a bit of Confucian demeanor. "Student Xie Yanzhang! I've seen His Royal Highness King Qin! ”

"Xie Yanzhang? Shouldn't it be Ge Yanzhang? Li Cunhuan was a little curious, generally adopted sons follow their father's surname, but they don't have to follow their father's surname. For example, Liu Rengong and Kang Junli are Li Keyong's adopted sons, but they only use the surname Li unless they are in very formal documents, and they usually use their original surnames.

However, the five generations of adopted sons are generally adopted because the powerful generals appreciate young people. So in general, it is best to change to the adoptive father's name, and the benefits go without saying. But if you don't change your surname, generally speaking, it is not easy to get the other party's approval, and in any case, there is a bit of mustard in your heart, which has a great impact on the future help.

"The student's parents died when he was a child, and he left nothing behind, only his father left a surname, and his mother left a pair of flesh. And students have not been filial piety since childhood, only to do a little filial piety in the surname, dare not forget the kindness of their parents! Xie Yanzhang's tone was tinged with sadness.

Li Cunhuan couldn't help but have a good impression of Xie Yanzhang, not everyone can keep their principles in the face of fame and fortune. And Xie Yanzhang is undoubtedly a very principled person, he would rather get less, or even not be able to get Ge Congzhou's help, but also to do his filial piety for his deceased parents, he can indeed be regarded as a filial son, worthy of respect.

"So what are you here for?" Li Cunhuan asked with interest.

When Xie Yanzhang heard this, his eyes turned red, and his head knocked heavily on the stone road paved with bluestone slabs, making a muffled sound, and said with tears in his voice: "The student heard that his father had been shrouded in horse leather, and as a son, the student hoped to be able to do the last bit of filial piety for his father, and begged His Royal Highness to allow the student to collect and bury the bones for his father." ”

Li Cunhuan glanced at Xie Yanzhang noncommittally, turned sideways and called to the back: "Feng Baodu!" ”

"The last general!" Feng Baodu hurriedly rode his horse up, and when he came to a distance of three or four meters from Li Cunhuan, he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, he didn't dare to sit on the back of the horse and talk to Li Cunhuan condescendingly.

"Xie Yanzhang, tell me where he came from!" Li Cunhuan didn't care that there were other people there.

"Xie Yanzhang, a young orphan, Ge Congzhou saw that he was smart and clever, thought that he was an adopted son, taught the art of war, and often followed Ge Congzhou to fight in the early years. Now it should be Ge Congzhou to settle down and let him live with his family! Feng Baodu reported respectfully.

When Liu Cheng and Xie Yanzhang heard this, they couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and Liu Yan was even more frightened, and they were a little more afraid of Feng Bao in a big red robe. I know that this person is probably the leader of Li Cunhuan's famous study organization, Jinyiwei.

"Then it seems that what you said is not wrong!" Li Cunhuan also looked at Xie Yanzhang with a little more appreciation in his eyes, although Xie Yanzhang said emotionally, but in this era, if he is deceived, Li Cunhuan will be ashamed.

"Your Highness!" I don't know when Yang Shihou, who arrived at Li Cunhuan's side, suddenly spoke, and said: "Your Highness, this son is smart and clever, and his filial piety is commendable, why doesn't Your Highness adopt him as an adopted son?" ”

"That's right, Your Highness! Your Highness's move can calm the hearts of the army! Feng Dao couldn't help but suggest.

Li Cunhuan couldn't help crying and laughing when he heard this, now that he is only twenty-six years old, his subordinates are afraid that he has no heirs. In fact, Feng Dao's words were not wrong, and they calmed the hearts of the army. However, Li Cunhuan doesn't like the convention of the five dynasties of the Tang Dynasty, even if he is also born as an adopted son, and even several generals under him, such as Li Cunxiao, Fu Cunxian and others, are also born as adopted sons. Li Cunhuan also doesn't like the system of adopted sons, in fact, it is also because of this system that many adopted sons rebelled in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era.

"It's okay for His Highness to take a student as an adopted son, but the student just hopes that he can collect the bones of his father." Xie Yanzhang kowtowed again, and his tone was almost pleading.

Li Cunhuan's heart moved, and he suddenly asked: "Since you claim to be a student, you should be familiar with the scriptures, let me ask you, Zeng Zi said: 'I say three provinces, my ......body'" Speaking of this, Li Cunhuan froze the sentence behind him, and looked at Xie Yanzhang with a smile.

Xie Yanzhang was slightly stunned, and immediately read along with Li Cunhuan's words. "Seeking for others and not being faithful? Making friends and not believing them? Are you used to it? This sentence is from the Analects? Learn While. ”

"Do you understand what that means?" Li Cunhuan continued to ask.

This sentence is Zeng Tzu said: 'I reflect on myself in three ways every day, and am I not faithful enough to think for others?' Is it not honest enough to associate with friends? Did you review the knowledge imparted by the teacher? Xie Yanzhang replied very smoothly.

Li Cunhuan couldn't help but love talents, in today's troubled times, there are very few literati and bachelors like Xie Yanzhang. Li Cunhuan said to Park Leji: "You take this little gentleman to see General Ge!" As for the matter of the adopted son, there is no need to mention it again, Li Keyong likes the Yi'er Army, but I, Li Cunhuan, am not Li Keyong. ”

Yang Shihou and Feng Dao couldn't help but show embarrassment when they heard this, and laughed dryly, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

Li Cunhuan is not good at scolding anything, after all, Yang Shihou and Feng Dao's starting point is good, and the root of the problem lies in himself, what else can Li Cunhuan say?

After Xie Yanzhang's episode, the tooth soldiers arranged by Liu Yan were obviously much more heavily guarded. Li Cunhuan entered the Jiedu Embassy, and after three rounds of drinking, he began to reward according to the size of the meritorious service. Originally, Li Cunhuan was ready to let him serve as the assassin of a state, but Liu Jun politely refused. Because Li Cunhuan arranged the assassination of Youzhou, he clearly dug the corner of Wang Shifan, but Liu Jun, who was not loyal, refused.

Li Cunhuan could only change the topic slightly awkwardly, drank and ate enough, and finished the reward. Li Cunhuan convened a meeting of the generals to decide what to do in the next strategic action.

The opinions of the generals gradually changed into three factions, the Shaozhuang faction, mainly Guo Chongtao, Yelu Abaoji and Yuan Xingqin, who advocated leading along the canal and driving directly to Bianzhou. Bianzhou is very close to Yanzhou, that is, across a Caozhou. The advantage was that the decapitation operation was carried out, and in any case, it also dealt a major blow to Zhu Wen. However, the shortcomings are also very obvious, all the way straight in, mainly to compete for the first, it is easy to be cut off by the soldiers and horses of the Qinwang of all roads. At that time, it was just a defeat with Zhu Wen, and he might even kill 800 enemies and hurt 1,000 himself.

Yang Shihou and Feng Dao advocated consolidating their territory first, first occupying Yunzhou, Jeju, Puzhou and other places in the north of Yanzhou, cutting off Zhu Wen's retreat, and then slowly plotting it. The characteristic is stability, and the disadvantage is that it is easy to give Zhu Wen a chance to fight back.

In addition, there are also the opinions of Pinglu generals such as Liu Jun and Liu Ziren, who are more stable than Yang Shihou, and let Li Cunhuan wait for reinforcements in Yanzhou. However, Liu's proposal is not unreasonable.

According to Liu Jun's original words. "There are Pang Shigu in Xuzhou in the south, Zhang Cunjing in Yunzhou in the north, and Zhang Guiba and Zhang Guihou in the west, although they do not have many troops. But they are all famous generals of Xuanwu, even if the troops are not sustained, it will be easy to entangle His Highness's army with strategy. Once His Highness is entangled by one party, the remaining two parties will definitely take advantage of the situation to attack His Highness's flank and rear. In this way, His Highness is also in danger! I think that waiting for the arrival of His Highness's 50,000 regiments in Yanzhou will be able to launch a thunderous blow and defeat one side, or even two or three sides, in one fell swoop. Your Highness will be able to take over the towns of the Central Plains in an all-round way! ”

It is really the mother-in-law who says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, the public who says that the father-in-law is reasonable, and the daughter-in-law who speaks is more reasonable. Li Cunhuan didn't know the strategy of using water, and with some concerns, Li Cunhuan didn't make a rash decision, anyway, he was not in a hurry. Zhu Wen is now in Hebei, and if he wants to come back, it will take more than ten days at the earliest. Li Cunhuan doesn't compete with Zhu Wen for so much time, and now Li Cunhuan needs to choose a correct path carefully, lest the advantage he has achieved before lose the first move because of a mistake, and even lose the whole game.

Thinking of this, Li Cunhuan also left Yang Shihou and Guo Chongtao to argue here. He asked people to quickly send news to Fu Cunxian, who was heading south with 50,000 regiments to train troops, and asked for his opinion. immediately went to find Ge Congzhou, no matter what, Li Cunhuan also wanted to persuade Ge Congzhou, not only because of Ge Congzhou's generals, but also because Ge Congzhou was familiar with the situation of Xuanwu, and he could better analyze that strategy was more suitable for him.

"Your Highness! How did you get here? Xie Yanzhang, who had just walked out of the dungeon, couldn't help but be slightly stunned, not knowing why he saw Li Cunhuan here.

"Your Highness!" Pu Leshe, who was following Xie Yanzhang, hurriedly walked to Li Cunhuan's side with an arrow, and glanced at Xie Yanzhang with some vigilance, for Xie Yanzhang, it seems that Pu Leshu is not at ease.

"Is your dad okay?" Li Cunhuan did not answer Xie Yanzhang's rude question, but asked about Ge Congzhou's body.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your concern, the student's father is in good health! It is...... I just want to be loyal to King Liang! The student persuaded several times, but it was useless. Xie Yanzhang said in a tactful tone.

Faithful? It's not that he wants to go on a hunger strike or something, Li Cunhuan can't help but have a headache, it seems that it is very difficult to find some breath from Ge Congzhou, let alone persuade him to surrender. However, Li Cunhuan's eyes rolled and he thought about it. The old ones don't work! Can't I find less?

"Xie Yanzhang, do you want to be an official?" Li Cunhuan asked with a smile, quite like the gray wolf when he was tempting Xiyangyang.

"Students just want to protect their father-in-law's family in troubled times!" Xie Yanzhang immediately understood what Li Cunhuan meant, but he didn't refuse, he was a smart person, he knew that no matter whether Zhu Wen was the reincarnation of Sun Wu or the true son of heaven, it was not as effective as what Li Cunhuan said now. So what he said was very clever, neither rejecting Li Cunhuan nor directly agreeing to Li Cunhuan.

Li Cunhuan couldn't help laughing, he admired this young man more and more, if he didn't know that his adopted son was prone to chaos because he also had the right to inherit, Li Cunhuan might really not be able to recognize Xie Yanzhang as his adopted son.

Li Cunhuan glanced left and right and found that there was nothing to talk to near the dungeon. But if you think about it carefully, what kind of place is the dungeon, the place where important people are imprisoned, and the neighborhood is naturally solemn and deserted.

"Leji, do you know there's a tavern nearby?" Li Cunhuan originally wanted to talk about the teahouse, but seeing that the sky was already dark, I am afraid that there are no teahouses still open.

Pu Leshu shook his head and said, "I'm afraid Your Highness asked the wrong person, you asked me about whether there is a tavern in Kaecheng!" I know what is going on here. ”

Feng Yanyu, who had been following Li Cunhuan, hurriedly spoke: "Your Highness, I know a tavern that is still open, but it is a place for fireworks, Your Highness, look?" ”

Li Cunhuan has never liked the place of fireworks, but it is not that there is any discrimination against women who sell meat. It's that if you go to this kind of place, it's easy to lose control of your lower body, and if you can't control your lower body, you're prone to get some special diseases. Because there was no such thing as a sleeve in ancient times, the probability of winning the bid is quite high in detail.

But Li Cunhuan thought about it, there is really no place to go at this time, if you go back to the Jiedu Embassy, it is better not to come out. He only said to Feng Yanyu: "Lead the way in front!" ”

Fortunately, Li Cunhuan appeared and brought a few more war horses, but he didn't worry about how to arrange horses for Xie Yanzhang. However, when it comes to horses, Xie Yanzhang made Li Cunhuan feel a little surprised again, Xie Yanzhang can actually ride a horse, and his riding skills are not bad. It seems that Li Cunhuan simply regards the other party as a scholar, which is a bit biased. But think about it carefully, as Ge Congzhou's adopted son, even if Xie Yanzhang is good at Confucianism and Confucianism, it is impossible to abandon martial arts and the art of war.

The group rode horses and soon came to the place of fireworks in Feng Yan's mouth, and the name was quite elegant. Guan Ju Yuan, as soon as people know the name, they can't help but think of Guan Guan Ju Dove, the famous ancient poem in Hezhizhou.

Li Cunhuan and his entourage, freshly dressed and angry, are also powerful no matter what, and the old bustard of Guan Juyuan hurriedly came out to greet them. Li Cunhuan asked his subordinates to go to Lehe by themselves, he asked for an Accord, but he only took Xie Yanzhang, Pu Lejiao and Feng Yan, who was considered a half-head snake, to the Accord.

Although I am a little reluctant, I came to this kind of Fengyue place and didn't call a few singers, it would be too shocking. So Li Cunhuan still called a few singers and asked for a banquet.

However, it seems that Xie Yanzhang is also the first time to come to this kind of place, his expression is cramped, his eyebrows are low, and he seems to be embarrassed to look up.

(To be continued)