And there are two people who originally fled to the surrounding hunters who fled to the county town of Qu Ren to take refuge, neither of them has a family, and they have long been tired of being afraid all day long, if they have the opportunity to devote themselves to the account of such a benevolent general, how can they choose any field?

Sixteen people bowed down in unison and shouted: "I will follow the general to the death!" ”

"Good! Let's go, follow me back to the city, the city has prepared a banquet, let's get drunk today! ”

Liu Qi and Gan Ning rode together, laughing and leading the crowd back.

Like the policemen in the movie, who are always late after the protagonist has done everything, on the morning of the fifth day after the rebels retreated, the envoys of Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang and the main force of the reinforcements from Brazil County slowly arrived outside the city.

Liu Qi went to greet the civil and military forces in the city, only to see tens of thousands of people lined up in several long queues on the mountain road, the soldiers were brightly clothed, the weapons they held were cold and shining, and the red light was full of energy, and the generals were riding horses and wearing brocade robes, which was very majestic.

Liu Qi secretly hated, setting up such a big formation to grab the credit, if you meow a cat, you will be in the nest!

The reinforcements of Brazil County were stationed outside the city, the main generals accompanied Liu Zhang's envoy into the city, Zheng Xiong led everyone out of the city to meet, and Liu Qi couldn't help frowning after seeing Liu Zhang's envoy, this person's name is Wu Tao, about forty years old, dressed very luxuriously, the jade crown and brocade robe are not extraordinary, but the figure is ordinary and the appearance is average, and he always has a cold expression, as if everyone owes him money, especially the knife-like sharp eyes to see who makes who uncomfortable.

Just looking at Wu Tao's face, Zheng Xiong knew that things were not good, but as the nominal supreme commander of Qu Ren, he had no choice but to step forward and salute: "The last general has seen Wu Yuanjun, and he has never been far away to meet and hope to forgive his sins."

Who knew that Wu Tao snorted coldly and said gloomily: "Hmph, General Zheng, I don't care about your crime of disrespect, but I don't dare to decide on other crimes!" You have your own new Taishou judgment, come and come, I will recommend you and others......"

A person behind Wu Tao urged him to step forward, wearing a beast helmet and black armor and green robe, and a short beard that was already gray and looked about fifty years old, Liu Qi was startled when he took a closer look.

Isn't this Yan Yan!?

Wu Tao said loudly: "My lord has ordered Pingdong General Yan Yan Xibo to serve as the Taishou of Guling County, and the generals still don't come forward to see it?" ”

The generals of the Qu Ren had heard Yan Yan's name, and they couldn't help but wonder, what was the purpose of Liu Zhang's move? Raise a Yan family and the Yan family to fight in the ring?

Figuring out the intentions is not what these generals are good at, and now is not the time to be curious, the generals glanced at each other and found that others were also confused, so they had to bow and greet each other.

What's even more strange is that Yan Yan didn't say anything impassionedly about swearing to rebel and serve my lord, and he didn't have the spirit of a new official taking office, so he reluctantly squeezed out a smile to deal with a few words.

Wu Tao's words made Zheng Xiong's heart tremble, but he didn't see Yan Yan for a long time, and then Wu Tao's topic continued, and he was not anxious.

Wu Tao is here to ask about the guilt? Do you want to pull yourself out and make an example of the new Tai Shou Liwei?

However, Zheng Xiong thought about it and felt that it was wrong, Liu Qiqi's document to Liu Zhang not only did not mention anything about this matter, but distributed the credit to everyone, even the pioneer of the reinforcements in Pasir County, who was defeated by the rebels, and it was impossible for the generals in the city to publicize the matter, otherwise they would not be able to run away if they wanted to punish the crime.

It must be because the people of Brazil County can't get the first credit and it is difficult to explain to Pang Xi so they shirk the responsibility indiscriminately, hmph, this group of unrighteous villains!

Zheng Xiong thought that the tension had eased slightly, the matter had been decided, he was out of the city to deal with the Brazilian reinforcements, because he was outnumbered and besieged by the rebels, as long as Liu Qi didn't change his words, no one could do anything to himself!

Zheng Xiong couldn't bear to wait, and took the initiative to ask: "What Jun Fangcai said is incomprehensible to the last general, please make it clear." ”

Yan Yan asked: "Let me ask you, the night before yesterday, the county town of Quren was broken by the Yan rebels, can there be such a thing?" ”

"Uh, it's true." Everyone knows about the destruction of the city, and Zheng Xiong can only admit it.

Yan Yan asked, "Where were Er and the others when the city was broken?" ”

"When the night was over, the general led the army out of the city to receive reinforcements, and he wanted to attack the enemy unprepared, but he expected that the strength of our army was too different from the rebels and was helplessly trapped, and the rebels took advantage of the situation to break through the city. The rebels were strong, and the reinforcements were unable to relieve the siege of Shinobi, and the last general was afraid that the army's heart would change and he had to take the initiative to attack, hoping to make the king aware of it. ”

Zheng Xiong couldn't help but blush when he said this, if he wanted to tell the face of so many people, what kind of face did he have to make a living? I was even more grateful to Liu Qi in my heart.

A person flashed behind Wu Tao and shouted coldly with disdain: "Oh? Reinforcements? Hmph, take the chariots and horses full of gold and silver to help the reinforcements? ”

This person is Sun Zhong, the captain of Herong, one of the generals of the reinforcements from Brazil County who entered the city in disgrace the day before yesterday.

Without waiting for Zheng Xiong to speak, Yan Yan sneered and shouted, "The old man still dares to bully me? ”

"You, you ......" Zheng Xiong, who was insulted by Yan Yan in public, had a beard that trembled and was speechless for a long time, but this disgraceful thing was indeed done by himself, if he was caught and held on, it would be really troublesome, so he had to hold back his anger and said: "There is Zhao Yongning's front vanguard, and Liu Ziyuan, the general of Dangkou, can testify for the old man, please don't listen to the villain's right and wrong!" ”

"Oh? Where is Liu Dangkou? ”

According to Liu Hong's analysis, the Yan family is very powerful, and it is very difficult to forcibly clear it, and it will take a long time to reorganize Guling County after that, if Yan Yan is enabled, it can first give an obvious hint to the Yan family, and take advantage of this great defeat to shake the determination of some people in the rebel army and split the strength of the Yan family.

Liu Zhang is very clear about the inside story of the Yan rebellion, it is impossible to kill the Yan family, Yan Yan's ascension can also appease the Yan clan, which is very beneficial to the restoration of order in the county after the rebellion, in addition, Yan Yan's governance of the army Yan Ming did not even dare to underestimate Zhao Zhen, let him replace Zhao Wei to guard the east gate of Yizhou Liu Zhang is also more assured.

Liu Zhang has made a good move!

However, it seems that Yan Yan and Wu Tao don't seem to have any malicious intentions, Liu Qi has no interest in anything else, and he doesn't bother to care about the complicated political situation in Yizhou, anyway, he can't stay in Yizhou for a few days, and it has nothing to do with him how they like to intrigue.

was thinking about how to clean up the Yan clan and hurry up to send troops to Jiangdong, suddenly everyone in front of him flashed to the side and looked at him, Wu Tao shouted again in displeasure, Liu Hong coughed dryly and gently pushed himself, Liu Qi reacted to call himself, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

In the Han Dynasty, people were extremely particular about calling each other, and calling people with a status not lower than their own by their names was a clear expression of hostility, so they only called each other when they were called face-to-face, and they generally added honorific titles such as "Gong" and "Mr" to people who were older or had a certain social status.

When addressing a third person in front of a person, if the person has an official position, in order to show respect, it is generally called the surname plus the official position, for example, Liu Zhang is the pastor of Yizhou, Zhao Zhen is the Taishou of Yongning County, and their subordinates call it "Liu Fujun" and "Zhao Fujun", Fujun is the honorific title of the highest governor of a state or a county, and outsiders call him "Liu Yizhou" and "Zhao Yongning", so in the Han Dynasty, you can have a basic understanding of his identity and status by only listening to the title of a person.

But Liu Qi hasn't adapted well to this, in his opinion, isn't the name just for people to call, why make it so complicated? This person has a weird yin and yang, and he can't talk well, it's really annoying!

In fact, Liu Qi wronged Wu Tao, he has a clear hierarchy in the army, and it is natural to call people whose official positions or ranks are lower than their own names, Wu Tao is higher than Liu Qi regardless of his official position or power, and calling Liu Qi "Liu Dangkou" is a lot of face for Liu Qi, but he didn't expect this Jun to completely disappreciate him and slander him.

Wu Tao finally met Liu Qi, who was famous in Yizhou in just a few months, and he thought like a heroic young general!

"Tao Jiu admires the prestige of General Liu, fortunately, fortunately!"

Seeing that Wu Tao was so polite to Liu Qi, he was very surprised, and he didn't even dare to say it, while Yan Yan stroked his beard and said nothing, looking at Liu Qi meaningfully.

Liu Qibao smiled helplessly, in order to help his senior brother Zhao Zhen swallow Yan Yan's soldiers and horses, he pretended to be a miracle doctor to treat Yan Yan's illness, but Liu Qi was not worried about Yan Yan turning his face, no matter what the purpose was, it was a fact that he and Zhao Zhen cured Yan Yan's illness, otherwise he could only be paralyzed on the bed like a waste now, and the more than 1,000 people and horses under him still had to be cheaper than others, this reason is not difficult to figure out, Yan Yan really can't say anything else except thank himself.

Wu Tao asked about the situation when Zheng Xiong said that the city was broken, but Liu Qi still insisted that what Zheng Xiong said was true, and later pointed to the generals of Qu Ren to make it convenient for him.

Only then did Yan Yan open his mouth and said to Zheng Xiong: "I see, I misunderstood General Zheng, forgive my sins, forgive my sins." ”

Where will Zheng Xiong's fire go away, he raised his hand with a gloomy face and didn't even reply.

Wu Tao glared at Sun Zhong and reprimanded: "If you are not effective in combat, you will bite your colleagues and pass the buck, and you should be beheaded for the crime!" For the sake of Pang Taishou's face, spare Er and wait for the time being, and he will be doing things in the future, and he will not retreat! ”

After retreating from Sun Zhong, Wu Tao smiled at Liu Qi and said, "Let's go into the city, I want to ask the general for advice on how to use soldiers!" ”

Zheng Xiong reluctantly invited Yan Yan and others in his own mansion, no way, the official level crushed people to death, and he was scolded and had to be treated with good wine and food, and what made him even more cold was that the former civil and military colleagues saw that Yan Yan was not good, and they all respected Zheng Xiong for fear of being implicated, and the person sitting next to Zheng Xiong was even more crying and drinking with a sad face, and drunk himself as quickly as possible, I am afraid that Zheng Xiong saw that after this gentleman was carried out of the mansion, he turned over and ran off the ground with a smoke and vomited blood on the spot.

Only Liu Qi got rid of the chattering Wu Tao and Zheng Xiong from time to time to drink a few glasses, at the beginning Liu Qi was extremely disdainful of Zheng Xiong's character, but after learning that Zheng Xiong originally had no prestige and rights in the army, his dislike for Zheng Xiong was much lighter, and it was not easy to command tens of thousands of troops, at least Zheng Xiong did not know how to pretend to know blind command, and he was ashamed and guilty of his escape from the battle, which was much better than those who were incorruptible and shameless.

At the gate of the city, Zheng Xiong was scolded by Yan Yan in public like a grandson, and Liu Qi even sympathized with Zheng Xiong, so he couldn't bear to see Zheng Xiong, who was ignoring and drinking alone, so he took the initiative to invite him to his side and have a drink with him from time to time, say a few words and comfort him.