"This general, may I ask, which general are you under the command of?"

Yuan Wuben, who was pushed forward, stopped in front of Li Xian, raised his head and asked very seriously. Li Xian, who was sitting on a big black horse chewing a hairy grass, glanced at him and asked lightly, "Do you know that this is meaningful?" ”

Yuan Wuben nodded and said solemnly: "I just want to know, the general's name." The general rushed back from Liaodong thousands of miles away, and even if he put on his wings and fly, he shouldn't have arrived so quickly, and I admired the speed of such a march. I don't mean anything else, I just want to know if the army of the imperial court has been killed? ”

Li Xian smiled slightly and said, "You are still loyal, you have become a prisoner, and you are still worried about your master Yang Xuan." ”

Yuan Wuben shook his head and sighed: "There is nothing to worry about, the marshal now has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, and there are 100,000 horses and horses of Han Xiangguo to help." Even if the imperial army rushed back from Liaodong, it was tired, and the marshal waited for work, and the odds of victory were great. In the final outcome of this battle, I still think Dashuai will win! Moreover, the reason why I asked this question was not worry, but simply out of curiosity, when did the imperial army come back from Liaodong? General, how long did it take you to get from Liaodong to Liyang? ”

Li Xian squinted at Yuan Wuben and said with a smile: "You are very confident in Yang Xuangan. ”

He leaned down, looked into Yuan Wuben's eyes and said: "The people of the Great Sui Imperial Court are estimated to have only crossed Liaoshui now, and the fastest one has just arrived in Zhuo County, don't worry, Yang Xuangan still has a few days to live." As for you, if you are willing to cooperate with me honestly to transport the grain out, I will not kill you. After I lead the army to leave, you can continue to recruit troops and buy horses to defend Liyang, and now that you are captured, as long as it does not reach Yang Xuangan's ears, you will still be a county guard, and you can act as if nothing happened. ”

Yuan Wuben's face changed suddenly, and then he smiled miserably: "Even if Yuan is now a prisoner of the rank and a general of the defeated army, you don't have to ridicule me like this, general." ”

Li Xian smiled and asked, "How can I ridicule you?" ”

Yuan Wuben looked at the cavalry beside Li Xian and said, "Could it be that General Fei really thinks that I don't know the uniforms of the soldiers of the Great Sui Mansion?" Could it be that General Fei really thinks that Yuan is an idiot? ”

Li Xian pointed to the big flag behind him and said, "You still haven't looked carefully." ”

"Yanyun Village?"

Yuan Wuben's eyes froze, and his face became even more difficult to look at. That's right, it's not the fiery red battle flag of the Great Sui, this big flag is black, and there are three big red characters on it, Yanyun Village. From this flag, it can be seen that it is indeed a group of people and horses on the green forest road. It's just that what Yuan Wu couldn't figure out was that the standard equipment of the soldiers of the Great Sui Mansion, even if there were no county soldiers, how could a cottage on a green forest road have 5,000 elite cavalry and tens of thousands of well-prepared and well-trained infantry?

"That's right, it's Yanyun Village."

Li Xian smiled proudly and said, "It was not the men and horses of the Great Sui Court who defeated you, but the men and horses of my Yanyun Village. ”

I don't know why, Yuan Wuben's heart suddenly felt relaxed. It stands to reason that if he was defeated by the elite men of the Great Sui Imperial Court, he had nothing to regret. Then he should be unwilling to be defeated by a green forest rebel army. But Yuan Wuben's mood at this time was much more relaxed than just now, maybe it was ...... He knew that if he lost to the people of the Great Sui Imperial Court, he had only a dead end. And the righteous army that lost to the Green Forest Road, as the black armor general said, if he cooperates well, he may be able to leave a surname of the old and young.

"Yanyun Village...... Yan Yun..."

Yuan Wuben's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at Li Xian like a monster.

"Could it be...... The legend about Yanyun on the battlefield of Liaodong last year...... It's true? ”

He subconsciously asked Li Xian.

Li Xian smiled and said, "The rumors about Liaodong Yanyun are true, but ...... Yan Yun is fake. ”

"What do you mean, General?"

Yuan Wuben asked.

Li Xian shook his head and stopped talking, urging the horse to move forward. Yuan Wuben was very aware of the current affairs and stood in front of the Liyang City Gate, and personally shouted loudly for Yuan Yong to open the city gate. Seeing that his father was caught by thieves, Yuan Yong had to order the city gate to be opened. After entering Liyang City, Li Xian left 2,000 men and horses to guard the city gate, and climbed the city wall to expel the defenders of the Liyang army. Xiong Kuohai personally led 500 heavy armored infantry to guard the city gate, and the iron wolf rushed into the city with 500 elite horsemen and arrested Yuan Wuben's wife and family.

Yuan Yong's face was gray and he looked at his father who was tied up like a dumpling, and wanted to cry without tears. He glanced at the people who had entered the city, and asked in a low voice, "Father, they don't have a hard time for you, the imperial court...... Why did the people of the imperial court come back so quickly? ”

Yuan Wuben hurriedly said: "Xinzheng, you listen to your father, don't resist, they are not the people of the imperial court!" ”

He lowered his voice and said, "These thieves are only here to steal grain and grass, and as long as they have enough food and grass, they will leave." You ordered the soldiers not to resist, and not to stop the thieves, no matter how much food they were transporting! ”

"Not a member of the imperial court?"

Yuan Yong asked in surprise.

"It's not!"

Yuan Wuben said word by word: "It is estimated that your mother and our clansmen have also been arrested by thieves, they did not start a killing spree, obviously they don't want to fight against our Yang Dashuai, and it is estimated that they are also in a hurry to attack Liyang City." Now on both sides of the Yellow River, the heroes of the Green Forest Road have been contacted by the secret prince to assist the marshal, since these people dare to show their banners, it shows that their strength is very strong and they are not afraid of other heroes, but they are not strong enough to fight against the marshal. ”

"Seeing that they are acting in a very orderly manner, it is obvious that they don't want to do things in a desperate way. And the leader of the thieves had said before, they took the grain and grass and left. After they withdrew, I was still the county guard of Liyang. I think that man is a trustworthy man, so we must not stop it, so as not to provoke the murderous intent of those thieves. ”

Yuan Yong hurriedly nodded and said, "The child has written it down!" ”

As he was talking, Li Xian came over on a big black horse, pointed to Yuan Wuben and said, "Untie Lord Fujun." ”

The two pro-soldiers came up to untie the rope on Yuan Wu itself, and Yuan Wu was relieved and hugged his fist to Li Xian and said: "Thank you for the general's benevolence and righteousness, don't hurt the people of Liyang." ”

Li Xian smiled and said: "The people have no hatred with me, what can I do for the people?" Lord Fujun, I'm tired of leading the way, and I'm still in a hurry to transport grain out of the city. ”

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Since June 24, a steady stream of grain has been transported from Liyang Cang. The carriages brought by Li Xian himself are obviously not enough, even if all the carriages in Liyang City are added up and keep transporting grain to Juyeze, it is nothing for the huge Liyang warehouse, and Li Xian does not have much time to spend in Liyang, he estimates that there will be more than ten days at most, and the fastest soldiers of the Great Sui will soon rush over.

Fortunately, there were not enough carriages, Liyang was still next to the river, and Liyang City had boats. In just three days, Li Xian's men and horses collected hundreds of large boats, Li Xian asked the soldiers to wear the uniforms of the soldiers of the Great Sui Prefecture to escort the grain ships, and the fleet went down the Yellow River eastward and took a tributary of the Yellow River in Fan County, and they could directly enter the Juyeze Shuibo. It is much faster to travel by water than by land.

Although the waterway has to pass through several important towns such as Puyang and Linhuang, the grain ships carrying the Great Sui battle flag are escorted by soldiers wearing the uniforms of the Great Sui Prefecture, and no one doubts where the grain is being transported in the cities it passes along the way. Besides, Yang Xuangan rebelled, and the adults in these cities all cowered in the city and did not dare to come out, and the green forests and grass cowards along the road did not dare to fight with the soldiers of the Great Sui, so the transportation of grain was exceptionally smooth.

From June 24 to the third day of the seventh month, Li Xian stayed in Liyang City to supervise the transportation of grain and grass. In nine days, the grain transported from the Liyang warehouse was enough for the current people and horses of Ju Yeze to eat for ten years. Calculating that the men and horses of the Great Sui Imperial Court were almost arriving, Li Xian ordered the last batch of grain and grass to be shipped, and then returned to Juyeze by land with the men and horses.

Yuan Wuben was very happy, really happy, he had never seen such a talkative bandit, after the grain was sufficient, the men and horses of Yanyunzhai withdrew from Liyang, in addition to coercing the rich families in the city to donate 200,000 yuan to buy peace, the people of Yanyunzhai did not disturb the people. And although those rich people are a little distressed about pooling money to buy peace, they are not spending the 200,000 yuan in vain.

After the men and horses of Yanyunzhai were opened, Yuan Wuben immediately sent someone to send a letter to Yang Xuangan's army, which said that Liyang City was besieged by bandits and lost some grain and grass, but fortunately, under his own leadership, the soldiers and civilians of Liyang fought back and had defeated the bandits. The letter was written in a very general way, without mentioning the specific date of the battle, nor did it mention that it was the rebel army that attacked Liyang City. Then Yuan Wuben recruited troops again, preparing to hold Liyang, even if there were more people and horses to borrow food, he didn't plan to fight outside the city. After this battle, he fully realized the weakness of the Liyang army under his command, and compared with the men and horses of Yanyunzhai, it was simply vulnerable.

It's just that the people and horses in Liyang Cang have been scattered, and it took a few days for him to recruit a team of less than 5,000 people, counting the remaining people and horses in Liyang City, the total number is more than 10,000.

Yuan Wuben and Yuan Wuzhen summed up the experience of this defeat and decided not to send food to Yang Xuangan's army for the time being. Let's talk about it after the horses are stronger, after all, they don't have many soldiers and horses in their hands now. The two also clasped hands tightly and agreed to supervise each other, no matter what tricks the enemy uses next time, they will resolutely not go out of the city to fight, although there are not many more than 10,000 horses, but they can barely cope with it to defend the city.

Yuan Wuben also didn't expect that the experience he summed up would cause so much trouble to the men and horses of the imperial court who attacked Liyang later. And Chen Ling, the general of Wu Benlang who led the army at a gallop, originally lured Yuan Wuben out of Liyang City by luring the enemy, and defeated the Liyang army in one fell swoop. The location is at the foot of that big mountain, he ambushed his troops in the dense forest, and then sent troops to lure Yuan Wuben out of the city to fight, this is how he defeated Yuan Wuben in history, but unfortunately...... This time, Yuan Wuben is no longer fooled. Li Xian arrived ten days earlier than Chen Ling and took away the victory that should have belonged to him.

If Chen Ling knew the truth of the matter, he would definitely want to cry without tears.