Chapter 512: The Boiled Duck Flies
Huainan is about 400 miles away from Xuzhou, it is such a distance of eight days and nine days, this is even a rapid march, Yuan Shu heard that Lu Bu, who was ambitious by the wolf, came, so he ran away without a trace, leaving only an empty city, his previous reputation was really not very good, coupled with Yuan Shu's propaganda, Lu Bu is simply the big devil who eats people, those people bluffed and dragged their families and ran away.
According to the spies' report, the remnants of Yuan Shu seem to have been mixed in with the large number of refugees who have defected to their relatives, and they don't know where to go, they have already left three or four days ago, and it seems unlikely that they will be chased now.
Now there are two choices, one is to continue to go south and directly capture Lujiang County, many refugees should go in that direction, or pack up and go to Xuzhou, and wait until they know exactly where Yuan Shu is going.
This time I made a mistake in leading troops, I really shouldn't have brought infantry and a lot of grain and grass, because people didn't dare to defend the city at all, and there was no chance to catch the other party if they stayed so many things......
"My lord, several envoys sent by Yuan Gongzi have come to ask for a meeting!" A young scribe hurried into the tent to report.
"Yuan Gongzi, but the son of Yuan Shu?"
"Exactly!"
"Could it be that Yuan Shu has died?" Since it is Yuan Shu's son who is in charge, then there is a chance that Yuan Shu has already hung up.
"The main attack is Mingjian, the messenger is wearing linen and filial piety, that Yuan Shu has indeed died!"
"Well, bring someone in!"
The envoy even sent a few people, perhaps because he was afraid that the world would be too chaotic and he would be robbed and killed halfway. As soon as those envoys entered the military tent, they all saw Li Yunfei lying on the ground and paying respects!
"Wait until you cut up and talk!"
"Thank you, General!"
"What are you waiting for this time?"
"General, the young master of my family is willing to submit to the general, if the general does not dislike it, please marry Miss Lu to the young master of my family according to the previous marriage contract......"
"Stop, the matter of the marriage contract should not be mentioned again, if Yuan Yao's kid is willing to send the jade seal, this general will ensure that he is safe and prosperous for the rest of his life!" Li Yunfei directly shouted to stop the messenger.
“…… The young master of my family said that the general did not agree to marry his daughter, and he was willing to give it to the general for his sister! The messenger hesitated for a moment and then said another condition, and in their opinion, the safest way to protect themselves was to form a family.
"General Ben said yes, only the jade seal is needed, and the rest is not to be discussed!"
"General, my young lady looks twenty-eight years old, beautiful as a flower, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, ......"
"It's as beautiful as a flower, but is my sable cicada beautiful?"
"This ...... Each has its own merits! But my young lady is ...... old."
"Don't mention it, either send the jade seal, and General Ben will ensure that his family is safe and prosperous, or please take care of yourself!" Li Yunfei waved his hand and said, he was already quite disgusted by the marriage, and he was quite unhappy when he mentioned it.
"In this case, can the general take a letter of resignation to explain the truth of the matter, and let Xiao Shi take it back?"
“…… Okay, come on, pen and ink are waiting! ”
A few clerks with the army looked for a long time to get a brocade, it turned out that although there was papermaking at this time, it had been mass-produced in Luoyang City, but a few years ago the world was in turmoil, and the eastern capital Luoyang also became a ruin, so the paper has basically disappeared, and the word is still written on the brocade, which is really a waste to popularize papermaking after going back.
A group of people are quite curious about Lu Bu writing with a pen, and in everyone's minds, Lu Bu is a reckless man who dances with knives and guns. But what everyone didn't expect was that his lord could not only write, but also write extremely beautifully.
In the curious eyes of a large group of big bosses, Li Yunfei waved his calligraphy, the writing is extremely beautiful, some people still recognize this font, it is a kind of regular script, and the writing skills are almost comparable to calligraphy, this is really surprising, how can a military general have such good calligraphy?
In fact, Li Yunfei was the emperor of the Northern and Southern Dynasties for several years, and the calligraphy at that time was very prosperous, Li Yunfei was also a vassal and elegant, and he had nothing to do with pen and ink to serve, practicing calligraphy, because of his strong mental power, and excellent control of hand-eye cooperation, so he became a calligrapher in just a few years......
"Take this letter back with you, and do it yourself!" Li Yunfei handed the silk to a scribe beside him, and the guy was still in a daze. It wasn't until Li Yunfei opened his mouth that he came back to his senses, and quickly took the silk and sent it to the hands of those messengers.
Several envoys also left in a hurry with letters, of course, Li Yunfei also sent a group of people named escorts, but in fact, they wanted to see where they had settled, how many people there were, and whether they had accepted their suggestions.
If it really doesn't work, then catch up with it single-handedly, and get the jade seal in your hands, as for whether it is given to the titular Son of Heaven, it depends on whether the jade seal is useful.
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Originally, things went very smoothly, but after waiting for two days, a spy sent back the news that Yuan Yao was dragging his family and preparing to come over to defect, and the number of troops was less than 5,000 people.
A few days ago, Yuan Shu vomited blood and died in a hurry on the way, and then the people's hearts were all scattered, there were still tens of thousands of horses, and they fell apart in an instant, and most of the remnants of the defeated soldiers went to their own places.
After getting the news, in order to prevent any accidents, Li Yunfei also personally took 20,000 cavalry out to respond, but the accident still happened, that Sun Ce was really bold, and secretly crossed the river to the north, originally he was preparing to attack the Lujiang River.
But after encountering Yuan Yao's group of people, he actually robbed them directly, or Yuan Yao took the initiative to take refuge in Sun Ce at all, which made Li Yunfei depressed and almost vomited blood, and it was really a boiled duck that flew.
Huainan went to Lujiang for more than 300 miles, and when Li Yunfei arrived with 20,000 cavalry, Sun Ce did not resist head-on, nor did he attack and occupy Lujiang, and after taking Yuan Yao and his party, he crossed the river directly.
Li Yunfei, who has no navy, can only stand by the river, looking at the river and sighing, but it is a pity that his current physical fitness is far from being able to step on the waves, so he can't catch up...... But I'm not worried that the jade seal will really disappear, and I will find a way to go to Soochow to get it back in the future.
“…… Lord, Lujiang Taishou Liu Xun asks to see! A young scribe whispered.
"Well, let's go back and see you!" You don't have to guess to know that this guy is here to hug his thighs, he is afraid that Lujiang will be killed after being forcibly captured by Li Yunfei, so he chose to surrender early, so that he may be able to keep the position of Taishou.
"Xiaguan Lujiang Taishou, meet Ming Gong!" Before the person arrived, he just wanted to keep his current position, so Li Yunfei hurriedly hugged his thigh, before Sun Ce suddenly attacked, he thought that this Lujiang would be in danger, but as soon as the guy heard that General Fei Lu Bu was coming, he immediately withdrew his troops and retreated, and he didn't even have the courage to fight.
This Liu Xun is a small warlord, his character is not very good, if he is allowed to sit in Lujiang Taishou sooner or later, something will happen, since he sincerely takes refuge, of course, he will arrange a big general's vacant position, and he will rise and fall secretly. Take it with you and look at it, if this guy can still get rid of those bad problems, then use it, if you can't change it, then you will be treated favorably with him if you hang up to death!
Liu Xun really didn't expect that he would be deprived of his rights to come over so sincerely, but now it is equivalent to meat on the chopping board, and there is no way to do it, although he secretly scolded Lu Bu in his heart that this guy is too ugly, but there is a look of gratitude on his face.
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“…… Lord, this person must not stay, and there will be great trouble if he stays! Seeing Liu Xun leave, the young scribe hesitated for a moment, but still spoke.
This person's name is Liao Li, the word Gongyuan, he is a smart person in the land of Jingchu, but he is still in his twenties and young, without any fame, not long after he came to take refuge, he was directly taken by Li Yunfei to cultivate at the end of the line, so Li Yunfei can be regarded as a grace of knowledge for him.
"Well, Liu Xun's character is indeed not very good, but he can't be killed now, we can't kill him now because he may commit crimes in the future! People change with the environment, and they don't have to be killed. Li Yunfei specially explained.
“…… Thank you, my lord, the students have been taught! Liao Li bowed deeply, he used to think that Lu Bu would just lead troops to fight, and his character was not very good, so although Lu Bu had the grace of knowing him, he couldn't say how loyal he was, he just wanted to try it, but in recent days it has been very different, this lord is not only both civil and military, but also has a great sense of justice, and is also very principled, which is very different from the legendary Lu Bu. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, and sure enough, seeing was believing, hearing was imaginary, and I almost missed the master.
The bloodless income of the county soldiers in Lujiang County, because in recent times, the security in the county is indeed not very good, because Yuan Shu died suddenly, and the tens of thousands of remnants of the soldiers found their own way, resulting in some bandit looting incidents in this generation.
For this kind of thing, Li Yunfei of course did not let the bandits go around and subdued them by the way, and at the same time asked Liao Li to issue a notice to reassure the people, and also issued a lot of policies to benefit the people, and also issued a recruitment notice, and those remnants who had nothing to eat and were thinking about whether to fall into the grass also had a place to eat.
The prestige is indeed very useful, as soon as those bandits saw the arrival of General Fei's cavalry, they immediately became obedient babies and surrendered, of course, in order to appease the people, they still cut down some bandits who caused public anger.
At the same time, under Li Yunfei's stern warning, even if the soldiers were temporarily stationed near the county seat, they could be regarded as truly committing no offense against the people. So in just a few days, the law and order in Lujiang quickly recovered, which allowed Li Yunfei to gain a lot of good reputation.
Under Liao Li's vigorous publicity, Li Yunfei gradually became a wise and benevolent lord in people's minds......