After the Song army settled down, Yang An'er invited Yang Yan and the main generals of the Song army to the cottage for a banquet. Yang Yan saw that it was difficult to resist, and he also agreed. But in the end, he didn't dare to believe Yang An'er, so he only brought Cao Xun, Gao Zhen, Xin Qiji, Wei Chang and Wang Shilong and fifty soldiers together. Yu Gongliang and Liu Fuwu were left to preside over the army, and agreed that once there was a change, Wei Chang would release a flying eagle, and Yu Gongliang immediately led the army to attack the cottage. As for the identities of Zhao Yueru and Zhao Qianru, Yang Yan did not tell Yang An'er.

Yang An'er led Yang Yan and his entourage to the cottage, and immediately ordered the people to put down a banquet, and called out the leaders of the cottage to meet Yang Yan and others. There are a total of five leaders in this cottage, the big boss is Yang An'er, and the second leader is Liu Qingfu, he is willing to be the leader of a Red Zoroastrian army, and he took refuge in Yang An'er, and was promoted by Yang An'er as the second leader; The third master is Yang An'er's brother-in-law Li Quan, who is willing to rebel in Victoria and make an iron gun, known as Li Tiegun; The fourth master is Yang An'er's sister Yang Miaozhen, she is known as the four ladies, brave, good at riding and shooting, and is known as "the pear flower gun is unparalleled in the world"; The fifth leader is Yu Yang, and he is also the leader of a Red Zoroastrian army that took refuge in Yang An'er.

Yang Yan looked at these leaders, Li Quan was twenty-five or sixteen years old, tall and magnificent; Yang Miaozhen is in her early twenties, although she is not a very colorful beauty, but there is a heroic aura between her eyebrows, which looks heroic; The other two are also reckless. Yang Yan didn't expect that there would be such an outstanding character in this cottage.

Later, Yang Yan also introduced the generals who came with him, Xin Qiji and Wang Shilong were both important figures in the Gengjing Army of the Taiping Army of the former Shandong Righteous Army, especially Xin Qiji, who was punished by Yiduan and arrested Zhang Anguo, with a great reputation, and he was still the predecessor of Yang An'er and others. Wei Chang is the son of Wei Sheng, and Wei Sheng is also a well-known figure in Shandong. Yang An'er and the others were very polite to them.

When Cao Xun and Gao Zhen were introduced, Yang Yan told everyone that one of the ancestors of the two was Cao Bin and the other was Gao Huaide, both of whom were the founding heroes of the Great Song Dynasty. In fact, in the generation of Cao Xun and Gao Zhen, except for an empty hereditary title, they have no status in the court bureau, and Cao Gao's official positions are completely based on their own merits.

At this time, the banquet was set down, and everyone was seated. Yang An'er and Li Quan continued to persuade them to drink, and the atmosphere was quite warm. During the banquet, Yang Yan also told the story of burning grain in Heiyang Mountain, crossing the Yellow River three times, etc., and everyone in the cottage was amazed. A feast of wine and wine lasted for more than an hour before it was over.

After the banquet, Yang Yan and the others returned to the canyon where the Song army was stationed. Although all the Song soldiers were exhausted, Yang Yan still did not dare to be careless, left spies to sentry, and asked Wei Chang to release flying eagles to patrol the air. Because it was near someone else's cottage, Yang Yan was afraid that the Song army would cause trouble, so he sent people to guard the valley mouth, and no one was allowed to go out without his order. Since the expedition, the Song army has won successive battles under his command, and every battle is won more with less, and the Song army has gradually developed an absolute trust in Yang Yan, as if as long as they follow him, they will definitely return to the Great Song Dynasty safely. Therefore, his orders were also absolutely obeyed, and no one objected.

After Yang Yan and his party left, Liu Qingfu, the second leader, said: "Big boss, we don't have any friendship with the Song Dynasty, why bother with their affairs?" This Song army is not many in number, but there are a lot of horses, and there are a few beautiful women among them, I think it is better to kill them all, and take the horses, equipment, and armor for the purpose of copycats. Isn't it good for a woman to be arrested and given to the brothers to be the wife of the village? ”

Yang An'er shook her head and said: "We promised to meet the Song army, how can we do treachery now." What's more, they are also fighting against the Jin army, aren't they helping the Jin country? Absolutely not. ”

Li Quan also said: "The big boss is right, the righteousness of our people in the green forest is important, even if we agree, we must do it." What's more, we are now raising the banner against Jin, and we will not tolerate it for Jin. If you kill the Song army again, you will inevitably be rejected by the Song State again. Song and Jin will not allow us, and we can still go there if we fail to achieve great things. If we help the white-robed army, we will be meritorious to the Song Dynasty, and once we fail to achieve a big thing, we can also leave a way back and go to the Song Dynasty. ”

Yang An'er nodded and said, "The three masters are right, so this matter is decided." ”

After a day's rest, the fatigue of the whole army eased. Yang Yan immediately began to rehearse the Song Army's drills. At this time, Li Quan and Yang Miaozhen brought dozens of people, some food, and twenty jars of wine to Song Jun. Yang Yan hurriedly took them into the canyon, and when the two saw that the Song army was practicing, and there were women in the army, they all watched with great interest. It turned out that there were few people in the Red Jacket Army who were proficient in the art of war, so they had Yang Yan's guidance, and Li Quan also benefited a lot.

In the following days, Li Quan and Yang Miaozhen came to watch Song Jun's drills every day. Li Quan asked Yang Yan for advice on the method of using troops every day, and soon talked to Xin Qiji, Wang Shilong, Cao Xun, Gao Zhen and others. And Yang Miaozhen is also familiar with the female soldiers, and the female soldiers are very happy to befriend her when they see her bold nature, but they hide the identity of Zhao Yueru and Zhao Qianru's princess. Because Yang An'er is the owner of the cottage, she is busy with affairs and has not come. Yang Yan found that Li Quan and Yang Miaozhen were both generous and bold people, so he relieved him.

During the chat, Li Quan also expressed to Yang Yan that he had the intention of returning to the Great Song Dynasty. Yang Yan immediately assured that once Yang An'er led the crowd to return to the Song Dynasty, he would definitely sponsor him to the court. Xin Qiji also told Li Quan that the current emperor of the Song Dynasty intends to recover, so he attaches great importance to the Song people who returned to the south, and told Li Quan that Yang Yan is not an ordinary Song general, he is the grandson of Yang Yizhong, and the future commander of the horse, and his words have a considerable weight.

After listening to it, Li Quan knew that Yang Yan had such a big background. immediately told Yang An'er that several village owners were also very happy to see that they were expected to return to Song.

In this way, the Song army rested in the Shangshanbo Canyon for six days in a row. Yang Yan calculated the time, and estimated that Li Gongzuo's fleet should have arrived near Dengzhou at this time. However, Wan Xiansheng has not been seen, and Yang Yan doesn't know what the situation of Tsubaki outside the mountain is, and he is very anxious.

The area in the canyon is very large, and there is a large open space outside the Song army. At this time, it was the height of summer on the sixth day, but the valley was not very hot, and the mountains and green trees were the time when the host was proud, and the scenery was pleasant.

At this time, Zhao Yueru and Yu Gongliang were standing side by side on a big rock by the mountain stream, listening to the crisp and pleasant sound of flowing water and feeling the intoxicating breath of the breeze. In the past few days of fighting, the relationship between the two has become much closer, and there is no reserve and estrangement when they first met.

In fact, although Zhao Yueru refused to marry Yu Gongliang at the beginning, she also knew in her heart afterwards that although she was a princess, she could not be the master of marriage. In fact, Yu Gongliang himself is also a very outstanding young talent, and he is indeed a good candidate for a horse. Therefore, under Zhao Tuan's arrangement, the two met, and Zhao Yueru agreed to the marriage. But I always feel a little uncomfortable in my heart.

But during this time, Zhao Yueru was in formal contact with Yu Gongliang. She realized that in fact, whether it is character or talent, Yu Gongliang is not inferior to Yang Yan. Maybe his martial arts skills are not as good as Yang Yan, and he can't take the lead like Yang Yan, and he is not as resourceful as Yang Yan when he fights. But being calm and taking care of the overall situation is indeed above Yang Yan. The two do have their own strengths, no matter how big or bottom. It's just that Zhao Yueru didn't notice that she had been comparing Yang Yan with Yu Gongliang.

At this time, Yu Gongliang said: "Princess, the sun is too big here, let's go to the shade of the tree." ”

Zhao Yueru turned her head and stared at Yu Gongliang with a pair of autumn water eyes. Yu Gongliang was a little uncomfortable with her. Zhao Yueru said softly: "In the future, if it is the two of us, you don't call me a princess." Her voice grew lower, "You can just call me by my name." After saying that, she was already flushed, but she had a charming style that could not be sharpened.

Yu Gongliang was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but see that he was in a daze. I didn't expect Zhao Yueru, who has always been heroic, to have this delicate and charming side. He was born in a famous family, and his character and intelligence are all the best choices. Although I hadn't seen Zhao Yueru when I was chosen as a concubine, I had already heard the princess's name. When I saw Zhao Yueru, I was shocked. At this time, she finally understood Zhao Yueru's thoughts, and she was naturally full of joy. Unconsciously stared at Zhao Yueru, and said softly: "It's good, Yueru." ”

Zhao Yueru was embarrassed by him, lowered her head slightly, and said, "Okay, let's go back." With that, he turned around, jumped off the rocks, and walked towards the camp. Yu Gongliang hurriedly jumped off the stone and followed behind her.

At this time, on the grass in front of the camp, Zhao Qianru, Yu Xiulin, Chen Ying, and Mu Ronghong were teasing Wei Changdu Daying. Deep in snow-white feathers, the handsome and graceful little white is very much loved by girls. If there is nothing to do in the past few days, Zhao Qianru will ask Wei Chang to teach her how to command the big eagle. Mianwen, Dark Fragrance, Plum Shadow, and Youping watched from the side, causing a scream from time to time.

Han Zhaojing and Zhang Wenzhu were holding spears at this time, fighting against Cao Xun and Gao Zhen. They were born in Jiangmen and loved to practice martial arts. Therefore, they were very envious of Zhao Yueru's martial arts, but among the female soldiers, their martial arts skills were far higher than others, so they had to pull Cao Xun and Gao Zhen to accompany them to practice martial arts. These two boys also wanted to take the opportunity to get close to the female soldiers, but when they started, they found that Han Zhaojing and Zhang Wenzhu's martial arts were quite hot, and they were a little careless, but they were afraid that they would still be defeated in their hands, so they also cheered up and took it seriously. For a while, the four of them fought very lively.

Shi Luanying, Lin Yaxian, and Peng Lu pulled Liu Fuwu to teach them marksmanship. After days of fierce fighting, except for Zhao Yueru, who was able to take on a big responsibility, Yang Yan took good care of the other female soldiers, and they were not injured. But these female soldiers also understand the cruelty of the battlefield, and the only way to do it is to make themselves stronger.

And Xin Qiji and Wang Shilong played chess in the shade of a tree. The whole valley was in a bustle. Everyone was enjoying the rare free time on the expedition.

At this time, Zhao Yueru and Yu Gongliang were walking side by side. Zhao Qianru waved her hand at Zhao Yueru and said, "Sister, you see that Xiaobai has listened to me now." With a flick of the whistle as he spoke, the big white eagle in the air immediately circled down and landed on Zhao Qianru's outstretched jade arm.

Zhao Yueru said: "Be careful that your hand is scratched." He looked left and right, and said, "Yang Yan is there, isn't he with you?" ”

Zhao Qianru listened, and also looked left and right: "It's strange, I saw him just now, why can't I look at him now." ”

Yu Gongliang said: "Have you found it, these days, Yang Yan's words are much less. In fact, none of us knows how much pressure he has in his heart. ”

In fact, since the expedition, the Song army has won consecutive battles all the way, successfully burned down the granary of Heiyang Mountain, and now it has escaped the pursuit of the Jin army, and has temporarily gained safety. It also made the whole army have blind trust in Yang Yan, as if as long as the Song army followed him, it would not fail, and it would definitely be able to return to the Great Song Dynasty safely.

But Yang Yan himself understands that now the Song army seems to be safe, but in fact it is still in danger. As the saying goes, those who travel a hundred miles are half ninety. Although the Song army was free from the pursuit of the Jin army, the Song army is still in the territory of the Jin country. It is still five or six hundred miles away from Dengzhou, and on the way to Dengzhou, the Jin army can re-encircle the Song army at any time.

What's more, Yang Yan didn't know if Li Gongzuo's receiving fleet had arrived at the coast of Dengzhou. Even if they arrived, would the Song army be able to find the fleet that would respond? Once the fleet cannot be found in time, it will be very dangerous for the Song army. The reason why the Song army was able to get rid of the pursuit of Sushi Lie Zhining was, on the one hand, because Yang Yan's command was unpredictable and unpredictable, and on the other hand, it was also because the terrain on both sides of the Yellow River was wide and there was enough room for maneuver. But once the beach is gone, the space left for Song Jun is much smaller, and it is completely impossible to imagine going back and forth like this.

And now Wan Xiansheng, who is inquiring about the news, has not yet appeared, how can all this make Yang Yan not anxious?

Yang Yan knew that he was now the backbone of the whole army, and his every move had a great impact on the whole army, so even if he was anxious, he couldn't bring it on his face, and he had to always maintain a calm and relaxed appearance. Therefore, at this time, he could only hide from the group by himself and go to the depths of the woods to be silent.