When it was dark, Xu Yi led his troops back to Luoyang City.

In the big tent of the military camp in the city, Shi Ci was anxiously waiting for news, and when he heard that Xu Yi was back, Shi Ci was pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly passed Xu Yi in.

A moment later, the body of a tiger and bear stepped into the tent, and his face was slightly dark.

Seeing Xu Yi's expression, Shi Ci's heart suddenly cooled half, but he still asked with hope: "Has Xu Han's head been cut off?" ”

"General Hui, failed to kill Xu Han."

Xu Yi did not hide it, and happily expressed his failure.

Hearing this, Shi Ci's face suddenly became gloomy, "Xu Han is only more than 20 people, you have 500 soldiers and horses, how can you make Xu Han escape!" ”

Shi Ci asked coldly, and the clouds on his face became denser and denser.

Xu Yi was also fearless, and only said calmly: "When the last general rushed to Deng County, Xu Hanren had been gone for a long time, and the last general had to abandon the infantry army and lead the light cavalry to chase after him. Although the last general caught up in the end, his martial arts were not as good as that Xu Han and he could not be killed. ”

Xu Yi did not hide that his skills were inferior, and he was not ashamed of being defeated by Xu Han.

Shi Ci thought that Xu Yi would be frightened and ashamed, and Baba pleaded guilty, but he didn't expect that the young general from a humble background in front of him had no intention of knowing his guilt.

Shi Ci was angry, glared at him and said: "Then Xu Han doesn't leave early or late, but he left when you go, how can it be so coincidental?" ”

Xu Yi said: "The last general guessed that maybe our side revealed the news of sending troops, so that Xu Han was prepared in advance. ”

He meant something else, but in the ears of Shi Ci, he seemed to be alluding to the fact that something was wrong with him here, and he revealed the rumors.

"Xu Yi, are you sarcastically revealing the news!" Annoyed, he shouted.

Xu Yi glanced at Shi Ci and said lightly: "Of course the last general doesn't mean this, the general will not misunderstand." ”

Xu Yi's calmness made Shi Yi feel more and more unhappy, but from the fact that the failure to besiege Xu Han was indeed not Xu Yi's responsibility. It's just that he was the one who tried his best to offer advice to King Han at the beginning, but now he has failed so easily, how will he explain it in front of King Han.

"Someone has to be held accountable."

Shi Ci made up his mind, rolled his eyes a few times, and suddenly said: "You said that you only took a dozen horsemen to catch up with Xu Han, and said that your skills were not as good as others, and you lost to Xu Han, so why didn't Xu Han kill you and let you retreat?" ”

"This ......" Xu Yi couldn't explain it now.

What can he say, saying that Xu Han appreciates him more and intends to show mercy to his subordinates and let him go?

Seeing this, Shi Ci snorted coldly: "Ben Jiang can see it, what kind of news is revealed, it is obvious that you are afraid of the cold and refuse to fight." ”

"General—" Xu Yi's face changed, and he was eager to defend himself.

Shi Ci waved his hand and said: "You don't have to quibble, Xu Yi, Xu Yi, I will still appreciate you more at a loss, and give you this opportunity to be promoted, you have disappointed me so much, you don't want to get out quickly, I don't want to see you again!" ”

Shi Ci didn't give him a chance to defend himself at all, turned around violently, and motioned for the pro-troops to blast him away.

Xu Yi gritted his teeth secretly, and the hand holding the sword became tighter and tighter.

The pro-troops on the left and right rushed up, pushing and shoving Xu Yi out.

"Hugh has to do it, I'll go myself." Xu Yi snorted coldly, glared at Shi Ci fiercely, turned around and strode away.

Standing with his back to him, he secretly exhaled, and a happy smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

……

Songjiazhuang.

In the back hall, there was a solemn silence in the air.

Song Zhantie blushed, staring at his daughter motionlessly, his brows furrowed, and his eyes were full of annoyance and suspicion.

Song Xinfu had a calm face, calm like a mirror lake that couldn't ripple, calmly facing his father's angry gaze.

The father and daughter looked at each other like this, and did not say a word for a long time.

I don't know how long it took, Song Xinfu spoke: "If Daddy wants to blame his daughter, blame it, and her daughter will never complain." ”

Song Zan took a deep breath, as if he was forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart.

"It's come to this, it's useless to blame you for your father, your father just wants to know, why did you agree to the surnamed Xu?" Song Zan asked in a deep voice.

Song Xinfu sighed lightly, and finally confessed to his father how Xu Han saved himself and how he made a gambling contract with himself when he was pious to the sun.

After Song Zan heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked: "Fu'er, you are really, how can you make such a ridiculous bet with that Xu Han?" ”

Song Xinfu smiled bitterly: "My daughter was the same as her father at that time, thinking that General Xu would definitely be defeated, who would have thought that he would be so powerful and strategic, and he would be able to defeat Xiao Zhennan and Shi Ci in a few days." ”

Speaking of this old matter, when he thought of the embarrassment of looking away, Song Zhan's face was a little unbearable.

He coughed a few times and reproached: "Even so, if you don't admit it, why do you have to agree to the one surnamed Xu Han, which will affect our Song family." ”

"Daddy!"

Song Xinfu's tone suddenly became heavier, looked directly at his father, and said with a straight face: "According to my daughter's opinion, that General Xu Han is the current king comparable to Emperor Li and Deng, and he will definitely be able to create a great cause in the future. ”

Song Xinfu has always had an opinion, but Song Tan didn't expect that she would value Xu Han so much.

"Xu Han is just a martial artist, how can he be compared to the second emperor, it's really a joke." Song Zan snorted coldly, his words full of irony.

Song Xinfu immediately retorted: "Didn't Daddy think that Xu Han would definitely die, but wasn't he okay in the end?" ”

"You!" Song Zhan's old face turned red with anger, and he was speechless for a while.

He never expected that his daughter would openly ridicule herself for Xu Han.

And the hateful thing is that he was speechless, because even he himself had to admit that Xu Han did have the insight and courage of a hero.

"Fu'er, you turned out to be your father for the confrontation of the surnamed Xu, where is your filial piety!" Song Zhanli was short of words, so he moved out of the so-called filial piety, trying to overpower his daughter.

Song Xinfu's face changed, and she stopped talking several times, as if she was intimidated by her father's reproach, and did not dare to "talk nonsense" anymore.

It's just that after gritting her teeth and hesitating for a moment, Song Xinfu stood up and looked at Song Zhan deeply: "Since my daughter has identified Xu Han, she will never regret it, please forgive her for her unfilial piety!" ”

Calmly expressing his intentions, Song Xinfu didn't say anything more, turned around and withdrew from the hall.

Song Zan was shocked by her daughter's courage, and could only watch her leave in amazement, and it took a long time before she came back to her senses.

After being stunned, Song Zan let out a long sigh like a deflated ball.

"The female university is not staying, the female university is not staying......"

After sighing for a moment, Song Zan frowned again, and muttered: "I promised Mr. Taiming to talk to the matchmaker and promised Xinfu to his son Liu Yan, how can I deal with Mr. Taiming, alas, ......"

A hundred miles away, Qianyang.

In the Taishou Mansion, Xu Han and Yixian walked into the lobby by talking and laughing all the way.

Ling Zirui, who had been waiting for a long time, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Looking at the general's proud appearance, if you want to come to Deng County this time, you must be able to hold the beauty." ”

"Brother Zirui, your calculation was wrong this time." Yi Xian smirked.

Ling Zirui was stunned, glanced at the two, and said strangely: "Could it be that Song Zhan refuses to marry a daughter, if so, you are still smiling so happily?" ”

Xu Han smiled and said nothing, and only strode into the hall.

Yi Xian said: "Brother Zirui, I'm afraid I would never have imagined that our general would not hold a beauty, but a beauty to give him a hug." ”

Ling Zirui was stunned again, and he was even more confused.

Yi Xian then took the matter of Songjiazhuang and told it again.

Ling Zirui was suddenly stunned, and said with a smile: "It turns out that the beauty has long fallen in love, it seems that the charm of the general is really eaten by both men and women, haha." ”

As soon as Ling Zirui became happy, he was a little disrespectful when he spoke, and he could even say the words "men and women eat all".

Xu Han couldn't help but laugh when he was amused by him.

After talking and laughing for a while, Ling Zirui's smile suddenly converged, and his expression gradually became serious.

"The happy event is over, I have something here, I'm afraid that the general will be ruined." Ling Zirui's words have another meaning.

Xu Han's nerves became alert and asked, "I don't know what kind of disappointment?" ”

Ling Zirui swallowed his saliva and spit out six words: "Feng Binbin has arrived in the south!" ”

"Huh?"

Xu Han's eyebrows furrowed, quite surprised.

Next to him, Yi Xian said strangely: "Brother Zirui, isn't Feng Binbin under Emperor Li's account, how could he suddenly come to the south?" ”

Ling Zirui then sent the information from the meticulous work he left in the Yi army, and said unhurriedly.

It turned out that Emperor Li gave Xu Han a secret order, ordering him to arrest Ling Zirui and send him to Shanchun City, and after waiting for several months, he didn't see Xu Han send Ling Zirui over, and he was already suspicious of Xu Han.

Later, when Emperor Li heard that Xu Han not only did not obey his orders, but also changed his original battle plan, left the south with Ling Zirui, fled to Luoyang City, and formed an alliance with Han Zhaofu, Emperor Li was furious.

At this time, Feng Binbin took the opportunity to speak, saying that he Xu Han was anti-minded, and took the initiative to invite Ying to come to the south, first, to copy Kaifeng, the south of Xuanguo, and second, to monitor Xu Han.

After listening to Ling Zirui's information, Xu Leng smiled and said, "If Emperor Li knew that Feng Binbin's move was also to turn his back on him, I don't know how angry he would be." ”

"What does the general mean is that Feng Binbin took the opportunity to break away from Emperor Li in the name of spying on the general?" Yixian took advantage of the strange way.

Xu Han snorted, "Feng Binbin is the head of the Houliang rebel army, how can he be willing to surrender for a long time?" ”

Wake up with a word, Yi Xiancheng suddenly realized.

After pondering for a moment, Yi Xiancheng said again: "Now that we have a foothold in Qianyang, Feng Binbin has come from afar, and there are few soldiers, so what are you afraid of." ”

"We only selected a few thousand elites in the southern rebellion, once Feng Binbin arrives in the south, he can still gather tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, although he is not an elite, but Feng Binbin still has some ability, not to be underestimated." Ling Zirui explained.

After thinking for a moment, Xu Han's face gradually became cold and arrogant, drank a glass of wine, and said: "Feng Binbin should not be despised lightly, but he had better not come to trouble me, otherwise, I will kill him!" ”

The knife-like face was surging with majesty, and there seemed to be an innate confidence in his tone.

Everyone on the left and right seemed to be infected by Xu Han's self-confidence, and all the worries disappeared, and the whole hall was filled with the smell of confidence.

On the same day, Xu Han made a new deployment.

In terms of marriage, Xu Han ordered Yi Xian to take care of it, and he must do it in a beautiful way to marry Song Xinfu, so that the entire Luoyang people know about his alliance with the Song family.

In terms of military affairs, Xu Han reused Jiang Zheng and ordered him to focus on the formation and training of the new army, and strive to expand the number of soldiers and horses under his command to about 15,000 within two months, and the new soldiers and horses must form a certain combat effectiveness.

As for governance, he paid all his dues, and ordered him to make laws, check the household registration in the seven counties, and resume taxation as soon as possible.

On Ling Zirui's side, at Xu Han's suggestion, he set up an organization called "Siwen", and included Ling Zirui's fine work network into this agency, which was specifically responsible for espionage work.

Xu Han knows how important the intelligence system is, and many times in history, a piece of information can even determine the rise and fall of a country. Therefore, although Xu Han is currently in a tight tax situation, he still divides a large amount of money from it for Si Wen's intelligence collection in various states in the world.

In addition to funds, Xu Han also deliberately asked Yi Xiancheng to join "Si Wen" as his deputy, so that he could assist Ling Zirui in collecting intelligence in addition to the marriage.