Exhausted, Hou Xiyi turned his back to the sky and kept panting.

There were many dead and wounded around him, and what made him unwilling was that none of the corpses in this place were enemies, they were all his subordinates.

Everyone had at least seven or eight arrows stuck in their bodies, and they were not killed in a frontal fight at all, but they all died from random arrows.

"Ahh

A scream came not far away, Hou Xiyi knew very well what it was for, the enemy was searching the battlefield and making up for the wounded sergeant.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Hou Xiyi wanted to grab his knife and get up, but he lost too much blood, so he couldn't do this usually simple action at all.

"Ye Sima, this guy is Hou Xiyi"

The voice came, very ercareless, but Hou Xiyi still identified its owner, it was the little person Fan Chongwu, who he never put in his eyes and thought that he was playing with the palm of his hand.

But it's this little person who spoils his big thing

Hou Xiyi sighed in his heart and couldn't help laughing.

"Still laughing, this guy is still laughing" Seeing him like this, Fan Chongwu hurriedly took two steps back, thinking that it was wrong, he still stood in front of Ye Chang, but was pushed away by Ye Chang.

"Give him a knife and send the first record to the sheep's horns." Ye Chang said coldly.

"And...... Slow"

Hou Xiyi originally thought that he could face death calmly, but after listening to Ye Chang's order, he couldn't help but speak.

He struggled to raise his head and glanced at Ye Chang: "Ye Sima? ”

"It's me."

"Why...... Why are you pushing me to the end of the road? ”

"When the Khitan Diera went south, you didn't make any moves, I drove the Khitans away, but you came to reap the fruits of victory. If you are not punished, how can you deter Fan Yang, the Pinglu Second Army and Andong Duhu? Ye Chang said.

"That's it?" Hou Xiyi glared and muttered.

Only then did he realize that his occupation of the big stone bridge had already doomed him to a dead end. He was remorseful, but there was no time left.

Fan Chongwu got Ye Chang's signal, and chopped off Hou Xiyi's head with a knife, and his heart was mixed. I am happy that I have finally made meritorious contributions, and I am worried that Ayili's whereabouts are unknown.

But at this time, he didn't dare to say anything, for the sake of an Aili, he had suffered enough.

Hou Xiyi died in Jian'an Zhou City, and with his first achievement being sent to Yangjiaozigou, the Andong Protectors who had originally gathered there suddenly dispersed. The determination shown by Ye Chang made them all have to think carefully, and it was not easy to take advantage of Ye Chang's hands.

They had to get support, and that's when the support they were hoping for.

Fan Yang Jiedu made An Lushan personally lead the army and arrived in Liucheng

This news also reached Ye Chang's side, and Ye Chang went north from Jian'an Prefecture and then arrived at Anshi City.

When I arrived in Anshi City, I heard the news that An Lushan's envoy had been waiting in the city for a long time.

"What kind of character is it?" Ye Chang asked Cen Shendao.

"This man is arrogant, conceited, and learned, and according to a certain vision, he is a person who is rampant when he has ambition." Cen Sando.

Ye Chang smiled when he heard this, although Cen Shen was not a good-tempered person, he rarely spoke so mean and ruthless, since he said this, he thought that he had been angry with the messenger of An Lushan in the past few days.

"It's noble, let him come to me." Ye Changdao.

It didn't take long for Gao Shang to appear in front of Ye Chang, this person was tall, with conceit between his eyebrows, after seeing Ye Chang, he was arrogant and rude, and said straightforwardly: "A certain person came on the order of Dr. An, how could Ye Gong not give him a seat."

"You are just a mere messenger, how dare you ask for a seat?" Cen Shen said on the side.

Noble and contemptuous smile: "You are such a corrupt Confucian scribe, and you can still have a seat, and a certain wisdom is ten times better than you, and you have no seat?" ”

"Your first performance will sit in the box, why worry about not having a seat?"

"Therefore, you are just a corrupt Confucian scribe, who only knows lies and threats, and has no real talent at all." Gao Shang smiled: "If you want to take my first achievement, just come, with Ye Sima's ambition to be martyred with me, I am enough to be just you the master of Ye Sima's staff, but you will fail to succeed, and you are not ashamed?" ”

Cen Shen was still waiting to refute, but Ye Chang stopped him: "What is the benefit of the dispute between words and tongues?" He wanted a seat, so he gave him one. ”

Since someone moved Mazha over, Gao Shang didn't thank him, and sat down proudly, and then he spoke: "Ye Sima Rong Ma is working hard, Dr. An sent me to condole, and at the same time, he also asked Ye Sima to report on his work." ”

"This is a mistake, Ye Sima belongs to the Liaodong Marching Governor's Office, and Dr. An leads Fan Yang and Pinglu, and the two are not subordinate to each other, how can there be any reason to report on their work?" Zhang Hao next to him smiled and said: "Doctor An's martial arts, I don't know that the imperial court system is inevitable, since the public is a staff member of Doctor An, if he doesn't pick up the gaps for him, won't he just be ashamed?" ”

Zhang Hao and Cen Shen have a good relationship, and the two are both Ye Chang's right-hand men, seeing Cen Shen being humiliated, Zhang Hao wants to be angry for him. After he said this, the noble but laughed: "Gong must be Chang'an Zhang Hao, I heard that the public nature is noble, lying high in Chang'an City, Xiao Ao Quanlin despises the prince, originally thought that Gong is the master of the world, the horse of Wolong and phoenix, but I never thought that he was also a mediocre Confucian."

Zhang Hao raised his eyebrows, but he didn't wait for him to answer, and said noblely: "Pick up the missing and fill the gaps, just a subordinate of the officials, and strategize, then Wang Zuozhi can't do it." The public is shallow, don't say much, and just step back and listen to the high opinions"

Seeing that everyone was going to continue to fight, Ye Chang waved his hand: "Gao Gong is here, just to make a statement?" ”

Gao Shang smiled again: "If the princes on the Ye Sima seat want to do it, they have to respond." ”

This guy is a mouthful who refuses to suffer a little loss, but he can speak well, no wonder he can talk about An Lushan, and he became the mastermind of An Lushan in a short period of time. Ye Chang waved his hand again: "Doctor An sent you here, what is the purpose, you can say it quickly." If you want me to report on my work and something like that, I don't need to say anything more. ”

"Doctor An asked Ye Sima to go to Liucheng for a meeting." Gao Shang was slightly stunned, and then said.

The meaning is still the same as before, but the wording is slightly different. Cen Shen sneered: "Why didn't Dr. An come to Anshi City?" ”

"There are 100,000 athletes under the command of Dr. An, and the small city of Anshi is afraid that it can't be accommodated." Gao Shang Dao.

There was an implicit threat in his words, and Zhang Hao laughed when he heard this: "Doctor An is used to entertaining people with medicinal wine, and 100,000 athletes are not as good as medicinal wine." ”

This is to ridicule An Lushan's incompetence, An Lushan once induced the Khitan and Xi chieftains to feast and drink, drugged the wine, and when he couldn't move after drinking, he cut off his first achievement and dedicated it to the court as a war achievement. Li Longji didn't know about this matter, but Zhang Hao, who had been in Liaodong for nearly half a year, was clear.

"Dr. An cherishes the strong man and does not want to kill or injure in vain, but for the sake of benevolence. It is wise to lure the captives and take the enemy to the advantage. Guarding the frontier and coercing the captives is for bravery. Diligent in duty, dare to do things, is for loyalty...

Ye Chang heard that they began to argue again, and waved his hand for the third time and said: "Stay, stay, noble, are you here for Dr. An or for yourself?" ”

"I'm Dr. An."

"Then you go back to Dr. Yu'an, and I will meet him in the Liao River." Ye Changdao.

"In the Liao River?"

"Exactly, the two sides prepare their own boats and meet in the river." Ye Chang said: "The time is five days later. ”

Gao Shang knew in his heart that it was impossible to invite Ye Chang to Liucheng, after all, there was a conflict between the two sides, if An Lushan used this as an excuse to capture and kill Ye Chang, Ye Chang had no room to resist at all. That being the case, meeting in the Liao River is a choice.

"Since Ye Sima said so, then we will meet in the Liao River in the west of Anshi City in seven days." Gao Shang Dao.

After agreeing on the specific meeting place, Gao Shang took his leave and left, and after he left, Zhang Hao said: "Why didn't Sima Fangcai let us wait for a debate with him? ”

"How can the three of them be such people who are lucky enough to advance by virtue of their tongues," Ye Chang said with a smile: "There is always a kind of person in the world who pulls others to be as unlearned and unskilled as him, and then defeats others with his rich experience."

At first, Zhang Hao and the others didn't understand the meaning of Ye Chang's words, but after a pause, Cen participated in Ye Chang's long time together, and first laughed loudly, and then Zhang Hao and Wang Changling also twisted their beards and laughed.

"I ask them for help, because they are all men of practical deeds, and there is no place for such noble men under my account." Ye Chang said again.

Noble but didn't know Ye Chang's evaluation of himself, he realized that he was fighting Cen Shen, Zhang Hao and Wang Changling, especially Zhang Hao and Wang Changling, one was quite talented in Chang'an City, and the other was known as the poet Tianzi, but he folded in front of him, which made him feel light when he walked. It was the spring breeze that was proud, but after two days, he returned to Liucheng and came to see An Lushan.

When An Lushan heard that he had returned, he immediately summoned him to meet him. After hearing what he said, he first praised him a few words, and when Gao Shang was smiling, An Lushan asked again: "Gao Shang, what do you think of Ye Chang?" ”

Gao Shang hesitated for a while, although he was very proud of his mission, but his perception of Ye Chang made him feel that he couldn't help but be solemn.

An Lushan didn't rush him, just waited for him to speak.

"Ye Chang is this person...... It's hard to see. If I had to say, it would be to try not to be an enemy of him. After a long while, Gao Shang said.

"Oh, how so?"

"When I first arrived in Anshi City, Ye Changqi was not in the city, and when I was waiting for him, I found that his Jili army had high morale and was well-trained, and it was really not inferior to the hundred battles under Dr. An's account."

This sentence made An Lushan a little discolored, and the time that Gao Shang had served under his account was not short, at least he still had the ability to tell whether the sergeant had combat effectiveness. If the Jili Army in Ye Chang's hands really had the combat effectiveness of the two armies of Fan Yang and Pinglu, it would be too terrifying.

"How is this possible, Ye Chang has been in Jili Prefecture for less than two years, where is it possible to train such an elite army?" Someone next to him didn't believe it.

"Even if it is slightly inferior, it is not far behind, in fact, it is not a fluke that he can defeat the Khitan Dierabu." Gao Shang Dao.

When others wanted to say more, An Lushan waved his hand: "Noble, you continue." ”

"Yes. After Ye Chang came, I realized that he was not the same as the rumors. It is rumored that this person is narrow-minded and will be revenged, and I deliberately humiliated him, but he is quiet, and his people are so deep that they are completely incommensurate with his age. It was rumored that he was eloquent and eloquent, and I deliberately argued with his staff, but he was indifferent at all. It was rumored that he was bold and reckless, but when I asked him to come to Liucheng, he insisted on refusing. If the rumors are not wrong, they are very good at disguising themselves."

An Lushan laughed and nodded: "Go on." ”

"And I look at them, and their hearts are firm, and they are not moved by words. He said that he wanted to meet Dr. An in the Liao River, and he was categorical, and he was clearly a person who would never waver in his decision. He is talented, ambitious, and courageous, and he is a fierce rival of Dr. An."

"You just said that you should not be an enemy as much as possible, and now you say that Dr. Nai'an is a strong enemy, why do you contradict yourself?" Someone asked.

"With my ability, I will try not to be an enemy of him as much as possible, but Dr. An intends to make contributions to the frontier and even go further into the center, then this person is a strong enemy of Dr. An." Gao Shang said solemnly: "If it is not for me to grow the ambition of others, it is General Shi, and it may not be this person's opponent."

General Shi is Shi Chaoyi, who is now serving under An Lushan, but he led an army and did not come to Liucheng. The rest of An Lushan's subordinates were a little dissatisfied when they heard the noble praise of Ye Chang like this, but An Lushan himself nodded again and again.

He looks rough on the outside, but in fact he is a man full of trickery. Looking at the problem is much more far-reaching than the generals below.

"Ye Chang, I've seen him twice." An Lushan said: "The first time was the second year of Tianbao, I was ordered to go to Beijing, deliberately passing through Xiuwu, I was going to find an excuse to kill him, but I didn't want a noble lord to be present, so I could only give up, and then send Liu Luogu to make friends with him...... At that time, I was impressed by his boldness. ”

An Lushan himself understood why he had a grudge against Ye Chang, it was nothing more than his own killing of good and meritorious deeds, a few Xi people tried to enter Chang'an to sue the emperor, but they were intercepted and killed by themselves on the way, but they happened to bump into Ye Chang.

"The second time I saw him, it was in Chang'an City, when Li Shilang saw me, he was with him - Li Shilang is the first powerful person I have ever seen, but he can win his favor, in front of Li Shilang is also dignified and generous, there is no restraint, his person is extraordinary, extraordinary"

Although he praised Ye Chang in his mouth, there was a flash of murder in his eyes, and the more extraordinary Ye Chang was, the greater the threat to him. In An Lushan's heart, the Anton Protectorate is his own land for meritorious service, and half of his wealth and power depend on this side. An important reason why the Xi people, the Khitan people or the rest of the Hu people can run rampant here is that he is raising thieves and respecting himself, but Ye Chang has generally recovered half of Anton's protection, which makes him incompetent, and secondly, it will inevitably damage his long-term interests.

"This position of the head of the Liaodong march, the doctor wants to seize it." Gao Zhuang reminded him.

Ye Chang was able to act unscrupulously in Liaodong, just because he was appointed to the post of secretary of the Liaodong Marching Governor's Office in the imperial court. If An Lushan gets the post of head of the Liaodong march, then Ye Chang is his subordinate, and it will be much more convenient to fiddle with it. An Lushan nodded, thinking deeply: "I've seen Ye Chang in Liaohe first."