Before the fleet opened, Emperor Yang Guang issued an order that the bandits in Dongjun were rampant, threatening Liyangcang, and ordered Yang Yuanqing, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, to lead 10,000 Huya cavalry to Dongjun to suppress the bandits.

The fleet continued its mighty march southward, while Yang Yuanqing led 10,000 troops south along the Yongji Canal, and three days later, 10,000 cavalry arrived at Liyangcang, from where they would cross the Yellow River to Dongjun.

On the crossing of the Yellow River, hundreds of official ships lined up in a long line, their sails covering the sky and the sun, their masts like forests, huge ships slowly approached the shore, the waves stirred up and crashed on the revetment, and a group of soldiers lined up to lead the boat.

"General, we are lucky today, a batch of grain ships happened to be empty."

It was Yang Yuanqing's brother Song Laosheng who spoke, Song Laosheng dealt with Yang Yuanqing when he was repairing Fenyang Palace, he was later transferred to Liangzhou and became the confidant of Fan Zigai, the governor of Liangzhou, Fan Zigai was transferred to the military department this year, and Song Laosheng was also promoted to General Zuo Xiaowei, this time he attacked Wagangzhai, he was appointed as Yang Yuanqing's deputy general.

Song Laosheng still remembers Yang Yuanqing's killing of Yuan with an arrow, and he is also a little more respectful to Yang Yuanqing in his words.

Yang Yuanqing glanced at him and said lightly: "There is something I want to say hello to General Song first." ”

Song Laosheng hurriedly bowed down and said, "General, please speak!" ”

"I have another secret purpose for this fight, and the fight itself is not important."

"I understand that rescuing Yu Wenjing is the key."

"How do you know?" Yang Yuanqing asked strangely.

Song Laosheng smiled and said: "Actually, the matter of Yu Wenjing has already spread all over the army, and this kind of thing can't be concealed if you want to, everyone says that you don't need to fight, just pay a sum of money to redeem people." ”

"That's the reason, people are in the hands of the other party, and they are in a hurry to send you back, how to explain to the saint."

Song Laosheng was stunned, and cautiously ran: "The general won't really pay the ransom!" ”

"It depends on the situation! Who knows if Yu Wenjing's life is still there? ”

Yang Yuanqing's tone was very light, he was not interested in the life or death of Yu Wenjing and the others, and all the generals around him were confused, and no one knew what their generals were thinking.

The army continued to cross the river, and groups of soldiers led their horses to board the big boat, and at this time, a soldier found Yang Yuanqing, who was about to board the boat.

"General, someone is looking for you, saying that he is a friend of your father."

Yang Yuanqing was stunned, separated the soldiers and walked out quickly, and in the distance, he saw two people standing in front of several grain trucks, both leading horses, one was about eighteen or nineteen years old, and the other was in his thirties, which seemed to be a little familiar.

Yang Yuanqing walked up quickly and said with a smile: "This Renhuang, have we met anywhere?" ”

The man smiled, "Didn't I meet General Yang when I hunted in the western suburbs of Luoyang that year?" And we've seen it before. ”

Yang Yuanqing suddenly remembered, he patted his forehead and smiled: "You are Li Mi, the prince of Pushan County." ”

Li Mi smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "It's exactly below!" ”

Yang Yuanqing didn't expect to meet Li Mi here, Li Mi was the lord of Wagangzhai in history, but that was later, now Li Mi has nothing to do with Wagangzhai, Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile: "Is Mr. Li looking for me?" ”

"There are indeed important things, can you find a place where no one is to talk."

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Come with me!" ”

He walked quickly towards a tent where knives and guns were stored, knives and guns were logistical baggage, ready to get on the boat last, Yang Yuanqing glanced back at the young man behind Li Mi, slightly shorter than himself, with big shoulders and round waist, especially long arms, white skin, heroic posture, a black big lead and a pot of arrows on his back, and a bright silver spear in his hand.

"This brother is ......" Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile as he looked at the young man, he remembered someone.

Li Mi patted the young man on the shoulder and said with a smile: "This is my brother-in-law Wang Bodang, who admires General Yang's archery skills very much. ”

Sure enough, it was Wang Bodang, Yang Yuanqing had also heard that Wang Bodang and Li Mi were world friends, and when his father died when he was a child, he grew up in Li Mi's mansion and had strong archery skills.

Yang Yuanqing smiled at him, Wang Bodang hurriedly bowed his hand, they walked into the tent, and Wang Bodang led the horse to stand in front of the tent.

There was no seat in the tent, so the two sat on the ground, and Yang Yuanqing said, "Sir, please speak!" What's important? ”

Li Mi sighed and said, "Do you know that your father is going to be dismissed from office? ”

"Why?"

Yang Yuanqing asked knowingly, how could he not know that Pei Yun had already told him that Emperor Yang Guang was ready to use the murder of his wife as an excuse to depose Yang Xuangan and attack the Yang family, Yang Yuanqing understood that this was Yang Guang's idea of completely cutting off his return to the Yang family.

"I'm sure you know that it was for him to kill his wife!"

Li Mi sighed, he didn't expect that Yang Xuangan would have an accident, whether he really killed his wife or not, but this handle was caught by the emperor, Yang Xuangan's career is worrying, and his ambition is likely to be wasted with this matter, he can only find Yang Yuanqing now to see if Yang Yuanqing can intercede for his father and escape this catastrophe.

"Yuanqing, this matter can actually be big or small, if the saint doesn't pursue it, then your father apologizes to the Zheng family, and he will be fined for half a year at most, and it will be over, but if the saint must be investigated, then the matter will be serious, it is likely that your father will be dismissed from office, do you understand what I mean?"

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "I know there will be such a possibility, back then, Yang Neishi was dismissed from office just to visit my grandfather's tomb, this time if my father was dismissed from office because of this matter, I am not surprised at all." ”

"But ......"

Li Mi didn't know what to say, Yang Yuanqing's cold attitude disappointed him a little, but he still had to say, "General Yang, did you really watch your father be dismissed?" As the Son of Man, shouldn't you go and intercede with God for your father? ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "I have always valued Mr. Li's vision and strategy, but this time, Mr. Li really disappointed me, Mr. Li really doesn't understand the real reason why my father was deposed?" ”

Li Mi really didn't understand, he was an outsider, he didn't know what was going on here, he got the news from a friend of Yushitai that Yang Xuangan was very likely to be deposed because of the murder of his wife, which immediately made him anxious and hurriedly came to Yang Yuanqing.

Li Mi was a little stunned, and after a while, he asked tentatively, "Is there anything else going on here?" ”

"I might as well tell my sir that just half an hour before the Holy Lord handed over the case of my father's murder of his wife to the Imperial Historical Tower, the Holy Lord officially decided to appoint me as the governor of Youzhou."

Li Mi didn't speak for a long time, and after a long while, he sighed lowly, "Heaven's will! ”

He was a little relieved, stood up and said, "In this case, I have nothing to say, maybe you can do better than your father." ”

"What is Mr. Li referring to?"

Yang Yuanqing looked into Li Mi's eyes, and asked with a pun: "Does it mean that I am higher than my father's official work, or do I mean that I am bigger than my father's intentions?" ”

Li Mi's eyes flashed with fine light, he looked at Yang Yuanqing in disbelief, of course he understood Yang Yuanqing's meaning, could it be that Yang Yuanqing also had this kind of ambition?

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, "Mr. Li may be thinking too much." ”

He turned around and walked out of the tent, Wang Bodang was looking at the group of soldiers on the boat with envy on his face, and he didn't notice Yang Yuanqing coming out, Yang Yuanqing patted him on the shoulder and said, "A good man should go to the battlefield to practice the guide, not carry a pair of guides on his back as decoration." ”

Uncle Wang's face flushed, why didn't he want to follow the soldiers on the boat? But...... He glanced back at Li Mi who had come out of the tent.

Yang Yuanqing understood his thoughts, raised his head and smiled, and left quickly.

Wang Bodang bit his lip and said to Li Mi: "Big brother, can I ......?"

Li Mi didn't answer him, he looked at Yang Yuanqing's back, his eyes full of complicated looks.

A large ship full of soldiers and horses left the sub-wharf, raised the sails and sailed to the other side of the Yellow River, a total of more than 100 large ships, if it is infantry, can transport 100 soldiers at a time, but Yang Yuanqing this time with cavalry, so more than 100 large ships can only transport soldiers across the Yellow River in two times.

Adjutant General Song Laosheng had already left first, and now some of the ships had returned and started to transport the second batch of soldiers, and there were more than 3,000 cavalry on the north shore.

Yang Yuanqing was about to get on the boat last, he stood on the dock and waited patiently for the big ships to return, at this time, the soldiers behind him said: "General, they are here again." ”

As soon as Yang Yuanqing turned around, he saw Li Mi bowing his hand to him in the distance, Yang Yuanqing stepped forward with a smile and said, "If Mr. Li also plans to cross the river, you can take our boat." ”

Li Mi wanted to talk to Yang Yuanqing about what he had just said, so he smiled and said, "If General Yang doesn't think we're a burden, we're willing to go to Wagang with General Yang." ”

Yang Yuanqing was a little stunned, did Li Mi also want to go to Wagang with him, could it be that this is really providential?

Wagangzhai is actually not a big mountain, but the same as Douzigang, is a swampy land formed by the flooding of the Yellow River, a radius of dozens of miles, located at the junction of Weicheng, Lingchang, Kuangcheng, and the four counties of Yucheng, the place is remote, the people are sparse, the small rivers in the area are vertical and horizontal, extending in all directions, and can even reach the Yellow River directly through Weishui, and there are more than a dozen dense reeds dang.

In the hinterland of Wagang, Zhai Rang led more than 2,000 people to build a circle of mounds with a circumference of more than ten miles, and the enclosure was the king, this is Wagang

Zhai Rang's more than 2,000 subordinates are all fishermen and hunters who are good at using spears, have hundreds of small boats, are flexible and mobile, and often drive boats deep into the rich Xingyang and Liang counties to rob passing ships and goods, so that Wagangzhai has developed rapidly, and in just a few months, it has grown from a few hundred people to 2,000 people, and began to attract the attention of the government.

A month ago, Xu Shizai, the young third master of Wagangzhai, committed a shocking case, caught Yu Shiyu Wenjing and his 200 followers, and obtained the 400 war horses and a large amount of money that Wagangzhai coveted, but they also caused big trouble, causing the wrath of the Great Sui Emperor Xi Yang Guang.