Li Yan, whose name is square, was born in Nanyang, the largest county in the late Han Dynasty, and was once the minister of Shu Han who was on Liu Bei's deathbed with Zhuge Liang in history. Liu Bei's other skills may not be outstanding enough, but he is very good at knowing and employing people, and the ability of the minister who can be favored by him is definitely not ordinary.

History has received mixed reviews of Li Yan, but few doubt his ability to govern internal affairs. The county official who strongly persuaded Yuan Yin not to use force against the people in Danshui City was Li Yan when he was young.

The history books contain: Li Yan was a county official when he was young, and was known for his talents. As a native of Nanyang, Li Yan served in the county when he was young, so he naturally referred to holding a position in Nanyang County.

However, it was said that after Li Yan was imprisoned in the prison by Yuan Yin's own soldiers, he realized that his situation was very dangerous, so he hurriedly called the jailer in charge of guarding the prison, asking the other party to release him quietly, and then escape from Danshui with him.

If ordinary people made such an almost foolish dream request to the jailer, they would inevitably be scolded or even beaten fat, but Li Yan succeeded. He not only moved the prison officials, but also successfully carried out the "escape" with all the prisoners in the prison!

Li Yan is not an ordinary person, he is a county official who is famous for his talents, and he has the same clan as this prison official. When the jailer surnamed Li learned that his uncle had offended Yuan Yin, the leader of Danshui, he agreed to Li Yan's request without hesitation, and also mobilized all the jailers guarding the prison to rebel together and run away with Li Yan!

In the eyes of this jailer named Li Han, his errand was found by Li Yan for him, and now that the clan uncle is in trouble, even if he risks his own net worth, he must ensure Li Yan's safety. After all, Li Yan, who was born in school, is the hope of the Li family, and as long as he is saved, it is equivalent to saving the future of the Danshui Li family.

Li Han thought that as long as Li Yan was released today, things would not be good, so he simply turned his heart and released the old and new prisoners in prison together. In this way, it is equivalent to completely cutting off the idea of a dozen or so jailers secretly reporting to Yuan Yin, and they have to escape with him, the cell leader.

As for the released prisoners, when they heard that it was the famous Li Hucao in the city who escaped with them, they joined Li Yan's team without saying a word, and there was no need to mobilize at all.

As a result, Li Yan, who was still a prisoner at the last moment, became the leader of dozens of people, including more than a dozen "public servants" who ate official meals!

In fact, in an era of extremely underdeveloped information transmission in the Han Dynasty, it was not uncommon for someone to be able to fool a large group of people to follow him when he ascended to a height, mainly relying on hidden resources such as prestige and family background accumulated by individuals.

Liu Bei was originally just a small trader who weaved mats and sold shoes, why was he able to get in touch with Zhang Fei, who was born in the nobility of Zhuo County, wasn't it because of his gold-lettered signboard after King Jing of Zhongshan?

There is a way that "rats have rat roads, cats have cat roads", don't look at Li Han is just a little jailer, but because of his position, he has met a lot of "City Fox Society Rats" in private, with the help of these people, Li Yan, who has changed into civilian clothes, took everyone to sneak into the water from a dark river in the southwest corner of Danshui City, and then easily broke away from the county seat.

The reason why this Danshui city got its name is because it is close to the Danshui flowing from north to south. Danshui originates from Lantian Valley, flows through Wuguan in the lofty mountains, and then comes to Sanhu Pavilion, and then passes by Danshui City located on the east side of the riverbank, flows through Shangmi Township and Nanxiang and then joins the water of Nian (Nianmian), and after winding all the way to the east for hundreds of miles, it is Xiangyang, the seat of Jingzhou.

Because the west side of Danshui City is near the water, no gate was built on the west side when the city was built, but a dark river was left in the southwest corner to drain the flood, but now it is just convenient for Li Yan and others to escape.

When Li Yan left from the dark river with dozens of people, it was when Lei Bo and Chen Lan were killing the petitioning villagers outside the north gate and the east gate, Yuan Yin's attention was under the city, and he naturally didn't think that Li Yan, who was supposed to wait for death in the prison, was already a dragon in the water and slipped away.

After wading through Danshui, Li Yan led everyone to the western hills first, and then entered the mountains and forests, so he said to everyone: "Now that we have left Yuan Yin's sight, with the situation of Danshui City, Yuan Yin is unable to send troops out of the city to arrest us in a short period of time, where to go in the future, we still have to make a decision!" ”

Li Han is Li Yan's diehard loyalist, and he stood up without hesitation and said: "Uncle Clan has always been resourceful, and he is kind to the township and the people, and now we have been charged with escaping without permission, Danshui City can't go back, I just ask you to take everyone to find a place to settle down!" ”

"Li Hu Cao must not be humble, we are willing to swear to the death to follow the left and right!"

"Li Hu Cao Mo wants to dislike our pickles, and you will take them in!"

Li Yan saw that people's hearts were available, and he did not refuse, so he said: "Since everyone is willing to follow me, I will tell you the next plan." ”

"Now the whole of Nanyang is based on Yuan Shu, and Yuan Yin is narrow-minded, but he is Yuan Shu's younger brother, and he has won Yuan Shu's trust, we have offended Yuan Yin, even if we flee to other counties in Nanyang, I am afraid that it will be difficult to live in peace. In my opinion, it is better to go to Fengxiang City, which is a hundred miles away, to hide for a while, and wait until Yuan Shu is expelled from Nanyang by other forces, and then we will come out to make trouble! ”

"Li Hucao, how can you be sure that Yuan Shu won't stay in Nanyang for too long?" Someone with a decent brain asked.

"Since Yuan Shu entered Nanyang, he has not cultivated the law, used plunder as capital, and was insatiable, and he has been in power for only a few years, which has caused the people's hearts to boil and complain. On the other hand, Liu Jingsheng and Cao Mengde and others around Nanyang are living with the people's livelihood, and they are very popular. When Cao, Liu and the others stabilized the situation, how could they sit back and watch Yuan Shu sit in a place like Nanyang with more than two million people? ”

When everyone heard Li Yan say this, they immediately felt that it made sense. However, some people still raised questions and worries: "Li Hucao, I heard that there are a lot of strongmen entrenched in Fengxiang City, can we find a place to settle down?" ”

Li Yan confidently told everyone: "It doesn't hurt to tell everyone now, the big boss of Fengxiang City once came to Danshui with his young son to seek medical treatment in the past, and happened to be discovered by himself, so he secretly took care of it, and did not leave safely until his son recovered from his illness. ”

After listening to Li Yan's words, everyone had no objections, so they unanimously agreed to go to Fengxiang City to settle down.

Li Yan hurried away with a group of "escaped prisoners" in a panic, and Liu He finally woke up here, no longer humming and chirping and shouting about headaches and foot pains, but looked at the urgent report that the sentinel had just sent back from Danshui with a serious face.

"This Yuan Yin, it's really damned! He even ordered the officers and soldiers to go out of the city to slaughter the villagers who petitioned, and scolded the one next door, there are 5,000 soldiers and horses under his command, as long as he stays in Danshui City safely, who can do anything to him? ”

Liu He slapped his palm on the bookcase fiercely, his face turned blue and very ugly.

Qu Meng looked at Liu He, the corners of his mouth moved, and he wanted to comfort Liu He for a few words, but he still swallowed back when the words came to his mouth. Qu Meng understood that Liu He felt that thousands of people outside Danyang City had died unjustly, and he couldn't go out on conscience.

The problem is that it was Qu Meng who gave Liu He advice at the beginning, and now Liu He has not spoken out to blame Qu Meng, which is already rare. No matter what comforting words Qu Meng said at this time, he was afraid that it would backfire, and it would make Liu He even more entangled and uncomfortable.

However, Liu He would rather be depressed than angry, which can show that he is a person who will not pass the buck. After all, he was the one who made the final decision, and Qu Meng was just making a suggestion.

With Liu He's current situation and strength, he couldn't compete with Yuan Yin head-on, so after he took the Zhao family and the Jing family, he was worried that the movement would be too big, which would attract Yuan Yin to send troops to come, hindering his plan to leave Nanyang.

Yuan Yin has a full 5,000 well-trained soldiers, and these soldiers are not the Qu family's soldiers and the newly created Shenxi Army that can deal with them in terms of quantity and quality, even if the more than 2,000 people in Fengxiang City come to support Liu He, they are also not Yuan Yin's opponents.

What's more, Liu He does not have such a great appeal at present, so Xiong Yue, the leader of Fengxiang City, can bring all his brothers to help in the battle.

Just when Liu He had a headache, Qu Meng offered a strategy, suggesting that Liu He encourage the people of Danshui to follow the example of the tenants of Sanhuting to unite to resist rent and reduce rent, and completely mess up the situation in Danshui.

Although Liu He was a little worried about the safety of the people, when he thought that he was still a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, he acquiesced to Qu Meng's proposal, so he let his subordinates secretly operate this matter, while he himself ate and slept well, and lived a leisurely life for two days without paying attention.

In fact, Liu He spent the past few days in evasion and uneasiness. He had a vague premonition of the miserable fate of the local people, and seemed to have seen the bloody and cruel scenes when the rebels were killed by officers and soldiers armed with knives and guns, and saw many families torn apart because of this turmoil, and saw the elderly people losing their children and the young children losing their parents......

Now, the bloody scene that happened outside Danshui City was transmitted back to Wubao, Liu He could no longer pretend to be relaxed, his mood became very irritable, and he felt that there was a big stone pressing on his chest, and he was panicked!

Whether Liu He admits it or not, this time for the safety of himself and Shen Xijun, he actually took advantage of many unwitting ordinary people, and even exchanged their blood and lives for his own safety.

This is what makes Liu He feel uneasy.

Liu He laughed at his compassion in his heart, what does the people in this time and space have to do with him? Even if they fall to the ground and die in pieces, what do they care about?

The overlord or hero who can leave a name in history in the Three Kingdoms era, which one is not covered with human blood? In order for me to live, someone has to die, right?

Even if these people didn't die this time, they wouldn't have died in the years of continuous wars in the future, and now they are fighting for their own interests, and their deaths are at least worth and meaningful, right?

Liu He, who was in a tangled mood, tried to find various reasons to comfort himself, but he still couldn't calm down until the worst of the time.

Just when Liu He couldn't vent his anger and was wandering around in the fort, Shi A suddenly came to report: "Childe, a group of people have been caught in the direction of Zhaojiabao, suspected of being spies sent by Yuan Yin to investigate!" ”

"Grandma is a bear, no one should stop Ben Gongzi from killing people this time!"

Liu He didn't say a word, and rode out of Jingjiabao on a big black horse.