"What's going on there, send someone to see." On the way to the march, Liu Chan suddenly saw that the small village not far from Lida's army was actually on fire, so he asked Han Shizhong curiously.

Han Shizhong knew what the situation was at a glance: "Your Majesty, it may be that the bandits robbed the village." It is estimated that after the whole village was slaughtered, the village was set on fire to cover up the traces. Han Shizhong replied, and ordered his subordinates again: "You, go and take a look." ”

"Heh, the thieves will be so stupid and set fire to the village, so what will they do in the future."

"Your Majesty doesn't know that not only the people in the north are difficult to live, but even these bandits are also very difficult. After ignoring it like this, the minister has seen many cases of setting fire to the village. Han Shizhong replied that when he first saw such a situation of burning the village, he would personally lead troops to stop it, but now he has seen a lot, and he does not have the enthusiasm at the beginning.

Han Shizhong went on to explain: "Villages that are burned down like this are generally extremely poor, and there is not much oil and water for the bandits, so they act like this. However, it is also possible that Jin Bing did it. ”

"Jin Bing? There is no need to investigate, Hu Yantong, you continue to lead the army to Shunchang, Liangchen, you take your guards with me to the front to take a look, I want to see who dares to act like this in the realm of my Song Dynasty. "Liu Chan is no stranger to the burning of the village by bandits, and there are many things that happened during the Three Kingdoms.

"Your Majesty, this is too dangerous." Han Shizhong stopped, the sword has no eyes, he is really afraid that some thieves will not open their eyes and hurt Liu Chan. Then he Han Shizhong is guilty!

"The battlefield is no more dangerous than this, not to mention that you and I have a total of five hundred people, and what thieves are you afraid of. Walk! Liu Chan didn't want to listen to Han Shizhong's words, so he rode his horse and left the army. Han Shizhong sighed helplessly, and could only lead his guards to follow.

Hejia Village

"Boss, this village is pitifully poor, and that's all it takes."

"Be content, you, it's good that we sneaked out this time, and it's good to have such a gain, and there is another village not far from here, and after noon, we'll go and loot there." Be careful, though, and don't let anyone else find out. ”

"It's not that adults don't know what you're afraid of." The robber who spoke first said with a smile.

"The adults know, but once they are discovered by Yue Fei, the adults can't eat and walk around, and we won't have to suffer too." The leader of the robbers, apparently replied.

"Didn't Your Majesty say that we can plunder at will, and what does our behavior have to do with Yue Fei?"

"You, you really should listen to the holy decree carefully, Your Majesty said that we can plunder the materials of the Jin Kingdom at will, not the people here. If we are discovered, you and I will be beheaded. ”

"Hey, it's all the same, it's all the same." The bandit said unconcernedly.

Liu Chan finally arrived outside the village with Han Shizhong and five hundred guards, and there were several old corpses lying on the ground nearby, looking towards the village, there were corpses everywhere, not only young people, but also children and women.

"These inhumanizing brutes." Han Shizhong has been fighting against Jin Guo for a long time, and he has experienced scenes like this many times, but every time he is so angry.

Han Shizhong continued to say to Liu Chan: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this was done by Jin Bing, if it was a bandit, it would be impossible to be so ruthless. It may be the remnants of the Jin soldiers after the defeat of Shunchang in the Jin Kingdom last time. ”

"Go in and kill them, and capture them alive as much as possible." Liu Chan ignored Han Shizhong's words, but directly commanded.

"Your Majesty, they are the remnants of the Jin Kingdom, there is no need to capture them alive." Han Shizhong wanted to continue to say something, but was immediately interrupted by Liu Chan's cold eyes.

Han Shizhong suddenly felt bad in his heart, and he didn't dare to object, so he led his troops to rush into the village, wanting to surround the group of bandits as quickly as possible. The number of bandits was only about a hundred, and there was no way to escape in the face of five hundred cavalry, and they didn't even want to run, so Han Shizhong quickly surrounded them.

Han Shizhong was a little puzzled, and at the signal of his subordinates, he looked at the weapons in the hands of the group of bandits, and his pupils shrank, it was the standard weapon of the Song army. Only then did Han Shizhong understand why Liu Chan let him be captured alive, and he shouted in his heart: "Pengju, don't be your subordinate, otherwise I won't be able to protect you." ”

The leader of the robbers was frightened when he saw that there were cavalry rushing towards them, but when he saw that it was the cavalry of the Song army, he was immediately relieved. After being surrounded, he said to Han Shizhong with a smile: "I don't know which way your Excellency is the general, they are all Song troops, so there is no need to be like this." The general has worked hard all the way, not to get off the horse, but to invite you to drink. ”

Han Shizhong's heart died when he heard this, and there were only Yue Fei's soldiers and horses near Shunchang, so these bandits could only be Yue Fei's subordinates. Han Shizhong was about to ask, when Liu Chan arrived on horseback.

Liu Chan said with a smile: "You are Song Jun, I don't know which way you are from." ”

"It turns out that you are the main general, say it earlier. We are members of the Yue family's army, General Yue said, this village harbors the remnants of the Jin Kingdom, and we are ordered by General Yue to enter the village to exterminate these bandits. Unexpectedly, these villagers didn't know what to do, and they had to shield those golden soldiers, and the little ones had no choice but to kill them all. "Liu Chan didn't wear the emperor's clothes, nor did he play the emperor's banner, so the leader of the bandits didn't know that Liu Chan was the emperor.

"Oh, it turned out to be Yue Fei's subordinates." Liu Chan snorted coldly, seeing that Han Shizhong was a little cold sweating.

"The general must have worked hard all the way, and at this time, the wealth obtained by exterminating the remnants of the Jin Kingdom will be given to the adults." The bandit saw that Liu Chan's tone was wrong, and said flatteringly.

Liu Chan ignored the leader's words, but said lightly: "Get off their weapons, dare to resist and kill them on the spot." ”

"You, you have to think clearly, we are General Yue's subordinates. General Yue is a Xuanfu envoy, in charge of all important military and political affairs in Henan, and when he arrives in Shunchang, he will definitely trouble you. Seeing that Liu Chan couldn't be frightened, the leader said hoarsely.

Not to mention that these guards knew that Liu Chan was the emperor, and Han Shizhong's own official position was also greater than Yue Fei's. Of course, these guards are not afraid of the leader's big words, and they are not merciless in the slightest. Those who dared to resist went down directly with a knife and cut more than a dozen in a row, and this group of thieves became honest.

This group of guards has been following Liu Chan for some days now, and they gradually understand what kind of person Liu Chan is. That's a master who says that if you die today, you have to let you die today. Therefore, Liu Chan said that those who dare to resist should be killed on the spot, and they will also execute it correctly.

Liu Chan waved his hand and asked the guards to take all the bandits except the leader down. Liu Chan dismounted and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Little Zhu Gui." Seeing that Liu Chan was ruthless, the leader was not worried that he would offend Yue Fei, and was a little frightened, and said carefully.

"Heh, you listen well, I'll only ask once, if you dare to deceive, you will bear the consequences." Liu Chan sneered and continued to ask, "Who is your lord?" ”

"General Yue Feiyue, Henan Xuanfu Envoy."

Han Shizhong's heart jumped, and sure enough, what he was worried about still happened, but Liu Chan didn't care in his heart: "Yue Fei? What does Yue Fei look like? ”

"This, this." The leader had only heard of Yue Fei, where had he seen it with his own eyes, and he couldn't say it at all.

"Pull it down and cut it."

"The general spares his life, the general spares his life, the small one is a petty officer in the barracks, where have I seen General Yue."

Not to mention that Liu Chan had already heard of Yue Fei's integrity and loyalty from Zhao Ding, and knew that Yue Fei's subordinates would not do such a thing. It was the methods of this group of bandits that gave him a very familiar feeling, and he had already guessed the details of this group of people.

"Editor, continue to edit, and when you get to Shunchang, I'll see how you make it up."

"The general is going to Shunchang?" The bandit leader asked curiously.

"Pull it down." Then Liu Chan said to Han Shizhong: "Hurry up and rush to Shunchang at noon today, tell the soldiers not to leave their hands, never leave their horses, and be ready for battle at any time." ”

"Your Majesty, you are."

"Naturally, we must establish rules, otherwise there will always be people who think that the emperor is far away and can't control them."

Han Shizhong looked at Liu Chan in surprise, from the conversation just now, he found that Liu Chan did not doubt Yue Fei, but why did he let the 100,000 army enter a wartime state, who was this to kill, Han Shizhong was puzzled.

Yue Fei, who was in Shunchang, had already heard the news of Liu Chan's personal expedition, and ordered someone to clean up the streets of Shunchang a few days ago, and today he brought all his subordinates to greet him at the city gate.

"General, Your Majesty has arrived." A strange look flashed in Wang Gui's eyes, reminding Yue Feidao.

Yue Fei hurriedly tidied up his clothes, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and shouted: "Be on guard." "The 100,000 troops who came don't seem to have come to help the Northern Expedition, but rather to attack Shunchang.

"General, what's going on?" Zhang Xian also asked nervously, why did they come to the rear like a 100,000 army to attack the city, and it was also the Song army, what was even more suspicious was that those soldiers were actually very serious, and they were obviously preparing before the battle.

Yue Fei calmed down the tension in his heart and said to Zhang Xian: "Let your subordinates be careful, and if something is wrong, attack immediately." ”

At this time, I saw that the 100,000 army suddenly stopped, but they always held the sword in their hands, and this scene made Yue Fei feel even more wrong. Fortunately, at this time, Liu Chan rode forward and stood in front of the army.

Of course, Yue Fei had seen Liu Chan, and his heart was a little relieved, and he knelt down and said: "The minister Henan Xuanfu envoy Yue Fei led the Yue family army under the command of the Wei army and the officials of Shunchang to welcome Sheng'an. ”

"Ann, get up."

Liu Chan leaned forward and said, "This Shunchang City is so vigilant, Pengju wants to give the king to kill me." ”

"The minister didn't dare, but the minister saw that the situation was wrong, so he acted like this, and the minister withdrew it." Yue Fei hurriedly returned his subordinates to a normal state of greeting, for fear that Liu Chan would have the idea of being afraid of Yue's army because of this.

At this time, Yue Fei still felt a little wrong, because Liu Chan was still on the horse and did not step down. I only heard Liu Chan say calmly: "Pengju, I brought you a gift, I don't know if you like it or not." Come and bring them out. ”