The irony in this discourse.

Fan Chongwuyu laughed twice, knowing that what he had done made people look down on him.

He was originally a typical example of Ye Chang's establishment, and he had more opportunities than others, so he was promoted quickly, if he said that he was not jealous, it would be a lie. But he didn't cherish the opportunity that others were looking for, first gave up the promotion for a Khitan girl, and then surrendered on his knees when he was attacked by Hou Xiyi's department.

"There is an important military situation to report" Fan Chongwu said: "Lead me to Mr. Zhang." ”

"You'd better think about how to meet Ye Sima first."

"Ye Sima?"

"Come with us"

Fan Chongwu followed them, and not long after, he saw Ye Chang riding on a horse, talking to Zhang Hao with a side face. Seeing Ye Chang, Fan Chongwu's heart snorted, and suddenly he realized that he didn't seem to be mentally prepared to see Ye Chang.

He didn't expect that it was obviously the troops under the banner of Zhang Hao, but Ye Chang himself was sitting here.

In front of Ye Chang, the person who brought him didn't speak, just looked at him with a smile. Fan Chongwu was silent for a while, and then fell to his knees: "Sinner Fan Chongwu, meet Ye Sima." ”

Ye Chang turned his head at this time, looked at Fan Chongwu, and smiled: "Sinner? I think you've done a great job."

Fan Chongwu knew that he was talking back, so he hung his head and said nothing.

"What are you doing here?" Ye Chang snorted, and all the sergeants who had been watching the excitement laughed and moved forward one after another.

Fan Chongwu kowtowed and said, "The sinner has a military report...... Hou Xiyi and Li Huaiyu and others, the time to escape is not long ago, they only need to trace and chase, they can be chased"

Ye Chang smiled and said to Zhang Hao: "Yes, you still dare to speak about military affairs...... Zhang Gong, he will hand it over to you. ”

Zhang Hao nodded with a straight face: "You should set an example for it." ”

Zhang Hao was in charge of military discipline, and handing over Fan Chongwu to Zhang Hao meant that he would be dealt with by military law. Fan Chongwu shuddered, raised his head and wanted to ask for mercy, but thinking that he had also knelt down in front of Hou Xiyi and Li Huaiyu and begged for mercy, for a while, he suddenly felt very ashamed, and he didn't say anything after all.

"Follow the trail and pursue, be sure not to let Hou Xiyi and Li Huaiyu escape" Ye Chang ordered again.

Hou Xiyi and Li Huaiyu gave up nearly a quarter of their men and almost all of their harvest and traveled south along the Liao River, their purpose was to find a shoal to cross the river. It was late autumn and there was not much rainfall, so they didn't go far before they found a place to cross the river.

"It's coming...... Hexi is our territory, no matter how arrogant Ye Chang is, he doesn't dare to come here to act" Hou Xiyi let out a long breath, as if a boulder pressing on his heart had been removed, although he didn't look at his face, but Ye Chang's style of acting still gave him great pressure: "Ye Chang's behavior is like a madman, it is difficult to speculate, we can take Di Lie's daughter from him, it is luck"

"It's a pity that those carts and captives, although they are only women and children, are also a sum of money." Li Huaiyu was still dissatisfied.

"There's no pity, there is Di Lie's daughter, which is enough to ⊥ us to ask for merit and reward in front of Dr. An."

Hou Xiyi said this, but he also had some regrets in his heart, the women and children who were captured were just returned, the key was that there were more than 20 big cars, and the property on the cars was added together, but I was afraid that it would not be less than 100,000 yuan. Ye Chang's northern expedition, because of the great victory, the harvest was really rich

By this time it was getting late, and they fled on light horses, carrying only food, and the sergeants complained one by one. Hou Xiyi originally wanted to find a place to rest, but suddenly, he found that the water upstream was a little muddy, and he suddenly felt that something was wrong: it must be a large group of people crossing the river upstream that made the water so dirty

"Brother, what's wrong?" Seeing that his expression was wrong, Li Huaiyu asked.

"Oh no, Ye Chang's subordinates are as bold as him, and they are ...... Unexpectedly crossed the line" Hou Xiyi pointed to the turbid water and said: "That guy crossed the river"

"Damn, why is that guy so disrespectful?" Li Huaiyu also exclaimed.

"Huaiyu, you go and ask for help immediately, since he is here, don't go" Hou Xiyi's face twitched: "Go quickly, go for help"

"Dong Qin and the Baoding Army, Huaiyuan Army, Anton Guard, and Wu Lu are all on the other side of Yangjiaogou now, and we ...... Where to go for help? ”

Li Huaiyu was also anxious in his heart, and couldn't help but say it out loud.

Hou Xiyi pulled him: "Go and ask Dr. An for help, Dong Qin and those shrimp soldiers and crab generals are not reliable at all."

What he meant was that Li Huaiyu understood very well that they were sent by Dong Qin and others as bait, and they were originally going to lure out Ye Chang's army to seize Anshi City. But their brothers played a trick on Dong Qin and others, and betrayed the position of Dong Qin and others after discovering that Ye Chang's return captives included Di Lie's daughter, so that they did not complete the mission of luring out Ye Chang's main force, and Dong Qin and others naturally did not come to help them

And until now, Hou Xiyi and Li Huaiyu didn't expect that Ye Chang personally went to Zhang Hao's army, and always thought that it was only Zhang Hao who was chasing after them.

"Yes"

Li Huaiyu also knew that Lu Dao could not tolerate the slightest hesitation at this time, he had to return to Liucheng quickly, and maybe even go back to Fanyang through Yuguan and invite An Lushan out. He rushed out of the mountain like an arrow from a string, ran for more than half a mile, and suddenly remembered, not to mention whether An Lushan would see him, a young man without a title, even if he moved An Lushan, it was also far away and could not quench his thirst

He turned around and knew that Hou Xiyi had just sent him for help, which was actually to let him escape. Although he looked down on his cousin in his heart, at this time, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Brother, don't worry, if you have any strengths and weaknesses, I will definitely avenge you, at all costs," he swore secretly in his heart.

After sending Li Huaiyu away, Hou Xiyi gathered the remaining men and pointed to the east: "Let's cross Liaoshui again"

Everyone was stunned: "General, we just crossed the river and come over, and now we are going back?" ”

"Do you see the dirt in the water, it proves that Ye Chang's department chased after the river, they are desperate to chase after them, we do the opposite, jump into the place of his heart, and make a lot of trouble and say" Hou Xiyi was murderous, in order to prevent Ye Chang from killing him, so there was quite a place to stop, and now he found that Ye Chang wanted his life, so he was naturally desperate: "I heard that they have newly acquired Jian'an Zhou City?" Let's go around Jian'an City."

Zhuqi was stunned, and someone said: "General Hou wants to go, we are self-serving, but we have no supplies now, how to deal with what people eat and chew?" ”

They are all fine riders, and the people who know the Tao can cope with it, but the horses can't cope with it, and if they don't feed them for a day, they will fall off the horse.

"In the villages along the way, some are supplies, and everyone is letting go," Hou Xiyi said.

With his words, everyone was sure that they were used to fighting with the Xi people and the Khitans, and they were also good at plundering this set of tricks. At that moment, everyone took advantage of the fact that the sky was not yet completely dark, and then turned back again.

I have to say that Hou Xiyi's hand was unexpected by Ye Chang, Ye Chang personally supervised the army to cross the Liao River to intercept, and after chasing for more than ten miles and never discovering the whereabouts of Hou Xiyi's army, he realized that something was wrong.

"Where is Hou Xiyi hiding?" Zhang Hao frowned: "This place is flat and wide, if he returns to Liucheng, he will pass through here, but we don't see any traces of a large number of people passing by."

"It's late at night, let's find a place to camp today, and then talk about it tomorrow." Although he was shocked and angry in his heart, Ye Chang still settled down.

"This guy is a rat ......," Zhang Hao muttered.

Everyone camped and rested, but Ye Chang and Zhang Hao did not sleep, the two discussed for a while, and felt that Hou Xiyi's department had only two possibilities, one was to break into pieces, disperse and escape, and the other was to return to the east of the Liao River. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the latter was likely, and Ye Chang couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart: Hou Xiyi was able to cut off the male after the Anshi Rebellion, and he was by no means a person who wasted his fame

"Ruohou Xiyi really returned to Liaodong again...... What does Zhang think he will do? ”

"He will no longer chase our captives, because those people and property, he is only a burden, if I were him, I would go all the way south, loot along the way, and threaten the city of Jian'anzhou."

Speaking of this, Zhang Hao was shocked in his heart, and said: "Jian'an Prefecture City has now been attached to the Tang Dynasty, if he enters the city...... That's going to be a big problem."

"It's useless to be anxious, let's talk about it after dawn." Ye Chang said: "At this time, I will send someone to warn, but I am afraid that I will also be intercepted......"

The next day, they returned to the banks of the Liao River and found traces that Hou Xiyi's army had returned to the east of the Liao River. After confirming this, Ye Chang relieved himself, and he supervised the army to cross the river again, this time no longer trying to predict the whereabouts of the other party, but following its traces in pursuit.

After chasing for a few miles, he found the place where Hou Xiyi's army was camping, and explored the pond ash, which was already cold, and the other party may have left before dawn. Ye Chang oversaw the army chasing for another two miles, and then suddenly realized that something was wrong: "This is to the north...... If I were Hou Xiyi, how could I go north?"

When they discussed last night, they judged that Hou Xiyi was most likely to cross the river and go south to build Anzhou City, but the traces were to the north

"The Khitans led by Di Lie have beaten us to the ground, I just say that these border armies are nothing more than that, and now it seems that Di Lie's defeat is due to his arrogance, not that we really have any strange schemes." Zhang Hao couldn't help but sigh at this time: "A Hou Xiyi is so difficult, he is only a mere general in the Anjun army......

"Looking back, the more this is the case, the more you can't let this person go." Ye Chang also had a hint of anger in his eyes.

After all, no one is happy to be played around. This time, he chased dozens of miles in a row, but did not see any trace of Hou Xiyi's department, but caught up with the Khitan women and children who were heading south. Ye Chang was worried, so he didn't stop, but after asking them if they didn't see Hou Xiyi, he continued to go south, and chased for a distance, only then did he find a trace, and at this time it was not far from Jian'an Zhou City.

"Damn, he really went to Jian'an Prefecture City" After confirming that Hou Xiyi's department was broken into pieces, went south around the trail, and then converged here, Ye Chang muttered.

If Jian'an Prefecture City was taken away by Hou Xiyi, even if Ye Chang regained it, it would be a great blow to his prestige in Liaodong.

But at this moment, he saw several horses rushing in front of him, and Ye Chang fixed his eyes to see that the leader turned out to be Fan Chongwu

"Hmm, why is this guy here?" Ye Chang couldn't help but be surprised.

Fan Chongwu's expression at this time was not as depressed as the day before yesterday, when he saw Ye Chang, he immediately turned over and dismounted, bowed to the ground and said: "Ye Sima, Hou Xiyi is surrounded by us"

"Huh?"

Ye Chang and Zhang Hao looked at each other, thinking of the bad record of this guy's surrender, Zhang Hao asked, "How did you surround Hou Xiyi?" ”

"I was ordered to escort those Khitan women and children south, because I had suffered losses, so I was sent to go first, and I was asked to send troops to Jian'an Prefecture to respond. Not long after entering the city, Hou Xiyi's soldiers also arrived......"

The matter was very dramatic, Fan Chongwu was handed over to military justice, but now in wartime, Zhang Hao had no time to hear the case for the time being, so he let him continue to go south with the women and children, and divided 100 troops to escort him. Because of the fear of another accident, the 100 people were first taken by four people and notified Jian'an Prefecture to send someone to respond. Because of his disgust with Fan Chongwu, he is indispensable for this kind of hard work, and he is also known for his meritorious service.

Fan Chongwu entered Jian'an Prefecture, this time he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and asked Jian'an Prefecture to send 3,000 troops to respond. Gao Ji had just returned to Shun, and it was the time to meet him, so he ordered three thousand elites and was about to leave the city, but he heard that the Tang army was coming.

Gao Ji didn't doubt it, so he wanted to go out of the city to greet him, but Fan Chongwu felt strange over there, the Tang army from the north should be their one, where would anyone come? He suffered a previous loss, and this time he did not dare to make a mistake again, and despite the opposition of his fellow partners, he strongly asked him to be invited into the city after he had seen him in the city. As a result, he looked at the city from a distance, and happened to see Hou Xiyi, and was startled.

Fortunately, Hou Xiyi didn't find him and was still calling the door. As soon as Fan Chongwu came down and said that Gao Ji was concentrating on meeting Ye Chang, he had no fear of the Andong Protectorate at all, and immediately set up an ambush in the city according to Fan Chongwu's words.

After Hou Xiyi and others entered the city, the city gate was suddenly closed, and the 3,000 elite soldiers who were originally going to come out to meet surrounded Hou Xiyi's 300 people. Hou Xiyi and others knew the plan, but they were also extremely brave, although they couldn't get out, they still caused considerable damage to the Jian'an Prefecture army.

"In other words, now Hou Xiyi's department has been surrounded in a corner of the city?" Zhang Hao heard this and asked to confirm.

"Returning to Zhang Tui, that's exactly the case" Knowing that he is now in the hands of Zhang Hao, Fan Chongwu treats him very respectfully.

Zhang Hao looked at this guy, looked back at Ye Chang and said with a smile: "No wonder Ye Sima praised his people as a blessing general, sure enough, a fool has a foolish fortune, he originally made a big mistake, but now he has made a great contribution......"

Ye Chang was also a little crying and laughing, Hou Xiyi, one of the most cunning opponents he had encountered on the battlefield, actually fell into the hands of Fan Chongwu.

"Capture Hou Xiyi first" He glared at Fan Chongwu: "Go, go to Jian'an Prefecture"