Due to Tang Yan's good foundation in the early stage, the iron hooves of the Wanshan army were like a bamboo, and soon occupied most of the country, and the momentum of progress continued unabated.

In the face of such a strong enemy, the imperial court will definitely not be able to do it if it wants to be tough, so it can only think of some extreme measures.

For example, send a master to assassinate.

The master sent by the imperial court at the beginning, the target of the assassination was Liu Yan'an.

But soon, the emperor figured out that his younger brother was just a puppet, and the real ruler of the Wanshan Army was Tang Yan.

So for a long time, every once in a while, the emperor would send killers to assassinate Tang Yan.

It's just that Tang Yan is not a vegetarian either, and no killer can get close to him yet.

The emperor realized the strength of the other party, so he changed his strategy and found a master at a great price.

Claiming to the outside world that this master was a messenger, with the sincerity of the imperial court, he sued for peace with Marshal Tang of the Wanshan Army.

And nominally a messenger, but in fact this master of the killer. It is Wei Gengyi, who is extremely famous in the green forest and is good at using fast swords.

Wei Gengyi was not interested in the disputes in the imperial court, but the emperor was too good to him, and Corporal Lixian was to the extreme.

He casually praised that the fish raised in the palace were very good-looking, and the next day all the fish in the palace were caught and sent to his stockade.

It was precisely because of this friendship that he was embarrassed to say anything about rejecting the other party.

Isn't it just to kill a marshal!

Although you may not be able to run away after killing, it is still no problem to kill the other party.

The scholar died for his confidant, and for the emperor's deep friendship, he was willing to give up his life.

Wei Gengyi took the team of envoys and walked in the direction of Liuzhou City.

Along the way, the city was depressed and the countryside was deserted.

Wei Gengyi also encountered many refugees who looked numb.

He cursed in a low voice in his heart.

"Dog officer!"

As a person from the green forest, although he usually does things like eating and not giving money, he always feels that he is the most righteous in his heart.

Seeing the suffering of the people at the bottom, as a chivalrous man in the green forest, he wanted to scold the people in power.

In the past, it was the dog emperor who was scolded, but now after hearing the emperor complain a lot of bitterness to him, he knows that it is not easy for the emperor, and the people who should be scolded are those dog officials who do not act.

Along the way, Wei Gengyi scolded several dog officials.

The people who followed behind looked at Wei Gengyi, who was now wearing an official uniform, scolding the dog official, and their faces were strange.

The desolation on the road made the envoys quicken their pace.

But when he entered the city under the jurisdiction of the Wanshan Army from the territory under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. Whether it was Wei Gengyi or the others in the envoy team, they couldn't help but be shocked, and subconsciously slowed down.

When the gates are opened, the entrance is a spacious avenue made of unknown materials, clean and tidy.

On both sides of the road, there are inns and taverns with two or three stories high, and there are also vendors pushing the same style of carts to set up stalls, and the sound of selling is endless.

Dressed in coarse linen clothes without patches, the people shuttled through the lively street market, unconsciously smiling on their ordinary faces.

Wei Gengyi thought about the fact that he was in a city, and on both sides of the dirty road, there were ordinary people sitting on the side of the road begging.

In just half an hour, it was as if he had entered another world.

The people of the two cities seem to live in different worlds.

Wei Gengyi used to scold the dog official every time he arrived in a new city, but now he suddenly couldn't say anything.

At this time, someone pointed to the road and exclaimed: "It turns out that this is cement, so smooth." ”

The cement produced by Tang Yan is sold to the outside world, so many people know about cement. However, other people in power were unwilling to buy cement to increase the enemy's military resources, so there were almost no roads paved with cement outside the Wanshan forces.

Wei Gengyi looked at the ground and didn't speak, he took the team of envoys and continued to walk forward.

The prosperity and liveliness along the way made Wei Gengyi almost think that this was the capital in the most prosperous period before the war.

When he arrived at the outskirts of the city, although there was no prosperity in the city, he couldn't help but murmur when he saw the endless green rice and the sunny smiles on the faces of the farmers.

"Didn't there be a flood here last year?"

How this year is a scene of imminent harvest.

Wei Gengyi was beside a civil official sent by the imperial court, and because he saw the scene just now, he was full of desire to talk, and he couldn't help but explain to the other party.

"This is the city that the Tang thief took down from another thief last year. After getting it, it began to build water conservancy on a large scale, and the flood could not occur at all. I heard that a random water weir can cost enough for three years of tax revenue for a city. ”

After speaking, the civil official couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I heard that the Tang thieves did not levy people to repair water conservancy, but directly recruited workers to pay wages, I really don't know where to get so much money." ”

Wei Gengyi didn't speak, he was really shocked.

It turns out that the common people who live under the same blue sky can live as if they were two worlds.

On the next road, Wei Gengyi lost the smile he had on his face, and his words became less.

After walking for more than two days, when Wei Gengyi's envoy team arrived in Liuzhou City, he immediately asked to see Liu Yan'an and Marshal Tang.

Tang Yan was in the room at this time, meditating and preparing to copy a few war poems.

She had copied several war poems by Xin Qiji before, just to show off her literary brilliance and gain a good impression on the people of the world.

There is no shortage of generals in Wanshan, and there is no shortage of high-quality literati. But the backbone of Wenchen was a little insufficient, so he had to be a copyist.

As for being a copyist, wouldn't you be embarrassed?

This kind of boring question will not appear in troubled times, how low is the bottom line of people in troubled times! Tang Yan is with the top strategist with the lowest bottom line every day, and he has long been close to the ink black.

"Drunk and lying on the battlefield, don't smile, what is the previous sentence of the ancient conquest of a few people?"

Tang Yan frowned and thought bitterly.

Although she has a good memory, she is not unforgettable. What you learned years ago, you need to understand and write it down. But rote memorization like ancient poems is too difficult.

Just as Tang Yan was about to change a poem to copy, Bai Liankang knocked on the door and said outside the door.

"Marshal, the envoy sent by the imperial court is already waiting in the meeting room, saying that he wants to offer you two cities to sue for peace."

Tang Yan couldn't wait to put down the brush and walked out of the door.

The court said that it would give her two cities to sue for peace, and it was okay to deceive a three-year-old child, and the ghost would believe it.

Nine times out of ten, the other party came to assassinate him.

However, as the commander of one side, he knows that the other party is coming to kill him, and he must see it.

When the other party really does it, he can justifiably take down the other party and use this as an excuse to settle accounts with the emperor.

As for whether there will be danger, Tang Yan is still very confident.

Don't talk about your own kung fu.

Let's just say that Bai Liankang has already arranged layers of guards in the dark of the living room, so as not to give the other party a chance to hurt her.