"Who are you? See me what's the matter? But it's okay to say. ”

Standing in front of Yang Yan was a middle-aged man of thirty-five or sixteen years old, dressed as an ordinary person, with a thin figure, a yellow complexion, and two mustaches on the sides of his lips, but a pair of small eyes were very flexible, showing a very shrewd and capable appearance.

The man saluted Yang Yan and said, "The villain has a confidential matter that he wants to tell the adult, but he can't change his ears, so he can only say it to the adult alone." As he spoke, he looked around, meaning to tell everyone else in the hall to retreat.

Since the victory in Xunjiang, Liu Fuwu and Wu Xi were ordered by Yang Yan to go non-stop to fetch Wuxian that day. Sure enough, as Yang Yan expected, the defenders of Wuxian were defenseless, and as soon as the Song army arrived, they immediately captured Wuxian, and Zhong Zhenxian and Chen Ziming, who were guarding Wuxian, abandoned the city and fled back to Guizhou.

The next day, Yang Yan moved the general headquarters of the rebellion to Wuxian. It turned out that the county government of Wuxian made a temporary public court. However, after the Song army entered Wuxian, it did not immediately launch an attack on Guizhou, but temporarily stopped to rest. On this day, Yang Yan was discussing with Zhao Qianru, Cao Xun, Gao Zhen, Liu Fuwu, Wu Xi and other generals in the hall about the arrangements for the next march, and suddenly someone reported that there was a person who claimed to have confidential affairs and asked to see Yang Yan. So Yang Yan asked people to bring him in and asked him what was the matter? But the person who came asked Yang Yan to step back and talk in detail alone.

Yang Yan said: "If I don't have a backsliding here, if you have anything to say, just say it in front of everyone." ”

The man was a little embarrassed: "My lord, this matter is too confidential, and it will be of great benefit to the adults to pacify Quang Nam, but if the news is leaked, the villain and the villain's master will be in danger, and please let the others temporarily retreat, and let the villain report to the adults alone." Otherwise, the villain must never say it. ”

Yang Yan glanced at him and said lightly: "If you can't say it, then you don't have to say it." You go back and tell your master, now I have defeated the main force of the Manichaean army with the scriptures and captured the Martial Immortals. He can send troops to attack Guizhou on the same day, and Manichaeism can be broken in the near future, and whether he comes to surrender to me or not has nothing to do with the overall situation. ”

The man's body was shocked, and there was an unbelievable look in his eyes, obviously being said by Yang Yan. Yang Yan smiled slightly and said, "You go back, you don't have to waste time here." ”

The man smiled bitterly and said, "The villain is willing to say."

Yang Yan nodded and said, "What's your name, who sent you." ”

The man said: "The villain's name is Lin Qian, is the family of Lin Yongxiang, the former governor of Leizhou, since the Manichaean rebellion, the momentum is huge, when attacking Leizhou, my lord wanted to die in the city, but thinking of the safety of the people in a city, he had to surrender to Manichaeism, and now although he is in charge of the Ministry of Officials in the chaotic army, he is also 'in Cao Ying's heart in Han', and he always hopes that the imperial army will pacify Guangnan as soon as possible. For example, today's Zi Shengming, appointed the adult as a general, led the army to pacify Guangnan, and entrusted the Son of Heaven Hongfu, who also used the army like a god to break the Manichaean army in Xunjiang......"

Yang Yan interrupted him and said, "Lin Qian, don't talk nonsense, just say what Lin Yongxiang plans to do?" Do you want to surrender to the Great Song Dynasty? ”

Lin Qian hurriedly said: "Lord Huiyu, not only my lord, but also Lord Sun Jisun, Lord Jiang Yiju, Lord Jiang Wenbing, Lord Huang Wenbing, these people were forced to surrender to the Manichaean army at the beginning, and now they are willing to wait for the Lord to attack Guizhou, surrender as an internal dedication, and return to the Great Song Dynasty." There is a letter from my lord here, please read it. ”

Yang Yan took the letter, opened it, and saw that what was written on the letter was basically the same as Lin Qian's words. Nodding his head, he said, "Very well, you go back and tell them that if they can really abandon the darkness and turn to the light, then the sins of surrendering to Manichaeism in the past can be forgiven."

Lin Qian was stunned and said: "My lord, my lord and several other adults were forced to surrender to the Manichaean army at the beginning, and this time they are willing to do internal response in Guizhou City, which is also a great risk. Although for the sake of the imperial court, he will die without merit, but there is no merit and hard work, so it is too light to pardon them for the crime of surrendering to Manichaeism, not to mention that the city of Guizhou is well defended, if there is no internal response, I am afraid that the adults will not be able to easily capture it. ”

Yang Yan snorted, knowing that these people wanted to take the surrender of Xiancheng as a merit to enter the Jin, and they also wanted to be officials. He said sharply: "A few of them surrendered to Manichaeism because they were greedy for life and afraid of death, and now they see that Manichaeism is in full swing, so they want to return to the Great Song Dynasty. Is it so difficult that you still want to continue to be an official in the Great Song Dynasty? Although Guizhou City is well defended, it is nothing more than a void in the eyes of this commander, you go back and tell them a few, you don't need them to do internal responses, this commander can also break through Guizhou and quell the rebellion. ”

Lin Qian was startled, hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said, "My lord forgives my sins, my lord forgives my sins." ”

Yang Yan said: "You go back and tell a few of them, it doesn't matter to Ben Shuai whether they are in Guizhou City or not, if they don't want to be held accountable for the crime, then find a way to keep Zhong Ziang in Guizhou, so that they can make up for their mistakes, and Ben Shuai can also deal with it as appropriate, otherwise don't talk about anything in front of Ben Shuai to return to the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Lin Qian kowtowed like a chicken pecking rice, and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes." ”

Yang Yan nodded and said, "You go and tell them a few to do it for themselves." ”

After Lin Qian left, Cao Xun immediately asked, "Big brother, how did you know that he was here to invest in the city from the beginning?" ”

Yang Yan said: "As soon as he came, he said that there was a confidential matter, and now it is the battle between the two armies, naturally only those related to the war are confidential matters, and he also said that if the news leaks, he and his master will be in danger, so only secretly collaborating with the enemy will have this possibility." In the current situation, everyone can see that the Manichaean scriptures are no longer working, and naturally some people will find a way back for themselves, so I guessed it as soon as I guessed. ”

Gao Zhen said: "Big brother, you asked them to find a way to keep Zhong Ziang in Guizhou, do you plan to attack Guizhou immediately?" ”

Yang Yan shook his head and said, "Now is not the time to attack Guizhou, I asked them to find a way to keep Zhong Ziang in Guizhou, because as long as Zhong Ziang is in Guizhou, then Guizhou will be heavily armed, and other places will be empty." As the saying goes, if we attack the enemy but do not defend it, we will first divide our troops to take other places, and then concentrate our forces to attack Guizhou. ”

Cao Xun said: "Big brother, everyone else captures the thief and captures the king first, let's attack Guizhou directly, can't we put down the Manichaean rebellion by capturing Zhong Ziang?" Why did you leave Zhong Ziang and go to other places first? ”

Yang Yan said: "Do you think Zhong Ziang will honestly wait in Guizhou for us to arrest him?" If we attack Guizhou now, Zhong Ziang will definitely abandon the city and flee if he can't hold Guizhou, maybe he will flee to Yongzhou, maybe Qinzhou, Lianzhou, Yulinzhou, Rongzhou, Gaozhou, Huazhou and other places. It is even possible to become a rogue and flee to Guangdong, Sichuan and other places. At that time, it will not be easy to catch them, and no matter where they run, it will bring great disasters to the local Baiwa, so it is better to stabilize them in Guizhou, and wait for us to capture other places and form a joint trend against Guizhou, and then attack Guizhou. ”

Gao Zhen nodded, and said: "Big brother, it seems that if we want to keep Zhong Zi in Guizhou, we still need the help of the people Lin Qian said, why are you so scaring Lin Qian?" I think I should say a few kind words to them, and make a few promises to reassure them. If you scare them like this, maybe they will change their minds and not surrender to us. ”

Yang Yan shook his head and said, "Because they have no other choice, I believe they all see very clearly that the defeat of Manichaeism is inevitable, and their only way out is to surrender to us, so the more I make the appearance that I don't care about their surrender, the more nervous they will be, and the more desperate they will be to do things for us." ”

Cao Xun stuck out his tongue and said, "Big brother, I find that you are becoming more and more cunning. ”

Yang Yan shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Soldier, treacherous." Fighting a war is inherently a cunning thing. Do you want to follow Song Xianggong's example, and talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality with the enemy on the battlefield? ”

At this time, Chen Liang said: "My lord, what to do with the captives caught now, there are more than 20,000 of them, and it is a big trouble to stay in Wuxian, and it is necessary to leave someone to guard them, and this place is too close to Guizhou, once a war starts, they riot, it is not a small matter." Moreover, more than 20,000 people will have to eat and drink, but they will consume a lot of food. I think it's better to take them all back to Jingjiang Mansion to take care of them, because the place is big and far away from the battlefield, so it's much easier to manage. ”

Yang Yan shook his head and said, "That's no need, and I don't plan to keep them for a long time." ”

"What?" Chen Liang was taken aback when he heard this, "Don't you plan to keep them for a long time, is it so difficult that you want to kill all these captives?" In fact, Chen Liang thinks this way, it is not uncommon to kill prisoners on the battlefield, after all, keeping prisoners means bringing a lot of trouble, not only to have someone to take care of them, for fear that they will make trouble, but also to provide them with food and drink, and it will be a hundred to kill them all. Not long ago, the Jin army quelled the rebellion of the Hongwo Army in Shandong, didn't it also kill more than 10,000 prisoners? However, this is also because Chen Liang and Yang Yan have not been friends for a long time, so there will be such a misunderstanding.