Li Yuan's face suddenly showed an angry look, and he reprimanded sharply: "Chen Li, do you know that the land of Sanzhou is now under the rule of my Wuping, whether it is a barbarian or a Han, it is all the people of the Tang Dynasty!" Before leaving, Ben Shuai entrusted Linyuan City to you, and allocated a large amount of money and food supplies, and repeatedly instructed you not to disturb the people around you, but you did not expect you to act so recklessly for the sake of flattery! It's really disappointing!

Sir, what should I do with this person according to the law? ”

Xu Kuangheng on the side had already seen everything in his heart, and originally thought that Li Yuan was at most just taking the opportunity to reprimand to appease the people, in the end, it was all barbarians who were disturbed, and they were not Han people, but he didn't expect Li Yuan to make such a big fuss and wanted to ask for the crime, at this time his face was slightly hesitant, and he didn't know how to speak.

It wasn't until he swept his gaze slightly over Chen Li and the others that he suddenly realized that in addition to the civil and military officials he had dispatched, Chen Li and several other generals left by Li Yuan before, without exception, were all the old Langzhou soldiers!

Specifically, all of them are generals who have followed Zhou Xingfeng for many years in the past.

"Handsome! Handsome! The end will be convicted! Ask for mercy! Chen Li had already lost the confidence of his talents, and at this time, along with several generals beside him, had already knelt on the ground, and repeatedly asked for mercy in fear.

Xu Kuangheng narrowed his eyes, arched his hand and said loudly: "Marshal, the kidnapping of the people and greed for merit, whether it is in accordance with the military law or the imperial court law, Chen Li and other five generals should be beheaded!" ”

Li Yuan looked disgusted, waved his hand lightly and said, "Then let's cut it!" ”

Dozens of pro-soldiers on the left and right immediately rushed up, pressed down Chen Li's five people, and dragged them down. Along the way, there was a constant wail, and finally it turned into a looming curse: "Li Yuan! You don't have to die well! You Don dogs! ......”

Not long after, the soldiers had already turned around to report, when the heads of Chen Li's five people were thrown on the ground in blood, the people were frightened, but Li Yuan's eyes were not on the people, and after secretly looking around the soldiers a few times, he found that most of them were quite calm and relieved.

With Li Yuan's order to release the people, the army immediately began to make way outside the west gate in an orderly manner, and generals such as Liu Jiangsheng and Chai Kewu were also ordered to take their guards to distribute rations and silver money to the people. Of course, these barbarian people were grateful, and many of them even bowed down directly to Li Yuan and kowtowed, and then dragged their families and ran westward.

But a strange scene happened, and after most of the people had dispersed, nearly four or five hundred people remained in place, almost all of them gray-haired old men and immature children.

Just when the soldiers were puzzled, several barbarian guides hurriedly ran to report to Li Yuanyu, and the truth was revealed. These people don't stay for their own reasons, of course, not because they are nostalgic for this place, but because there are their relatives in Linyuan City, why are these people all old and young?

The guide replied that it was because all the men in their family had been killed, and the daughters of these old men, the mothers of the children, and the wives of the dead men were all captured by Chen Li and other generals and taken into the city, and now they don't know whether they are alive or dead.

In the troubled times, it is too common for families to be broken and their wives to be separated, Li Yuan sighed with a sinking face, and then waved his hand and ordered......

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A moment later, outside the west gate of Linyuan City, these hundreds of old and young people were already uncontrollable, and they all began to run with staggering steps, and the women who were brought out of the city gate cave by Liu Jiangsheng and others also ran to meet them regardless of their messy clothes and unkempt.

The two rushed together crying and shouting, looking for their respective children and parents, and calling each other's names loudly. Those who found it wept with joy and hugged their heads and cried and laughed, and those who couldn't find it hung their heads and wailed in disappointment.

"The handsome man is benevolent and righteous, and God has mercy on him! The people have to meet the handsome, which is a blessing from the previous life! Under the heart, convincing, oral! Xu Kuangheng couldn't help but bend over and take a deep breath, this scheming strategist had a little red in his eyes.

The generals present at this time, even Zhu Kuangcong, who had always hated barbarians, followed Xu Kuangheng after reading this experience, and bowed to Li Yuan with a serious face.

Regardless of whether the generals are sincere or sincere, or whether they follow the trend or go along with it, Li Yuan didn't care, but just said with a smile: "In the past, Emperor Taizong once quoted Xunzi's words to warn his ministers that water can carry a boat or overturn a boat!" We are waiting to go out to fight, the upper is loyal to the king, and the lower is the people. Now that these people belong to our Tang Dynasty, they deserve the protection of our army! ”

As soon as the words fell, all the generals hurriedly paused in unison. Xu Kuangheng turned around, raised his hand to wipe away the tears that did not exist in the corners of his eyes, secretly showed a satisfied smile, and sighed in his heart, Dashuai is finally ......

The chaotic scene outside the city gate continued, but Li Yuan did not send troops to maintain order, but let the people in front of him enjoy the moment of reunion, but now that the war is tight, the army still needs to enter the city as soon as possible and then hurry, after obtaining Li Yuan's permission, the soldiers began to urge the people to leave. The people also knew that they could not delay the military, and soon the chaotic situation gradually stabilized, and the women, children, old and children, gradually calmed down, and marched together to the west road.

Suddenly, a few barbarian families walked dozens of steps but turned around, knelt on the ground and protected their chests with their fists, kowtowing in the direction of the army led by Li Yuan. Suddenly, all the barbarians seemed to have their senses, and when they turned around, they saw the Wuping army that allowed them to reunite and the famous Li Yuan and Li Marshal, kneeling to the ground one after another, kowtowing to this mighty army, the scene was very touching......

After all the people left, Li Yuan got on his horse and led the army into Linyuan City, and then issued an order that the whole army was allowed to rest in the city for three hours due to the fatigue of the multi-day march.

After the generals surrounded Li Yuan and walked into the official office, a team of heralds who came from Langzhou happened to come to report.

I saw a soldier panting and arching his hand towards Li Yuan: "Commander! Five days ago, Tanzhou came to report, Fan Du made the department and the Wu'an army in the city should be combined with the outside, a battle defeated the Han army, annihilated more than 3,000 enemies, now the Han army has retreated, the danger of Tanzhou has been solved!

Fan Du sent the good news of the Battle of Tanzhou back to Langzhou, and now he is leading the army back to the north, and Li Jieshuai of the Wu'an Army immediately sent people to Jinling to report the news. The villain expected that the imperial court would soon get the good news! Congratulations to the villain, congratulations to the handsome! ......”

"Good!" Li Yuan was not allowed to answer, and the generals present were overjoyed, and they all clapped and shouted happily.

Xu Kuangheng, who was standing on the left side, was a little dazed, in the end, Fan Renyu was sent by himself, and he wanted to only use it as a suspicious soldier to delay the arrival of Li Yuan's army, but he didn't expect this suspicious army to fight so beautifully that even the main force of Pan Chongche, the first general of the Southern Han Kingdom, could repel it? ! And Fan Renyu's success naturally means that he will take credit, but Xu Kuangheng is surprisingly calm, just bowing his head and twisting his eyebrows silently.

I saw that Li Yuan was also smiling, and he was not too excited, and then nodded and said: "Fan Duchen has made great contributions, and Ben Shuai is overjoyed!" Now that the danger in Tanzhou has been lifted, I don't know what about Yiyang City? Have you received a battle report from Yiyang? ”

The herald was stunned, and then hurriedly replied, "Commander! I haven't received a battle report from Yiyang for seven days! The sentry sent to Yiyang in the past two days has not returned! It's strange to say, Yiyang is much closer to our Langzhou than Tanzhou, I don't know why......"

Li Yuan was shocked in his heart, and suddenly lost his voice and said: "It's not good! ”