Changqing County, Qizhou, which is the closest county seat to Yunzhou in Qizhou, in the morning, an army of hundreds of people under the leadership of Li Yanqing slowly arrived at the Changqing River, this river is the boundary river between Qizhou and Yunzhou, after this river, the opposite bank is Yunzhou.

Li Yanqing immediately stood by the river, staring at a barren wheat field with thousands of acres in the distance, which was already overgrown with weeds half a person high, and now that the wheat was harvested, there should be yellow wheat waves everywhere, and busy peasants could be seen everywhere, but now not only was there no one in the field, but even the official road was empty, and not a single pedestrian could be seen.

Although the military discipline of the Liangshan Army is generally not bad, but the war is so cruel, the society is so fragile, after several years of rebellion, the states of Jingxi and West Road, as well as Hebei Damingfu, Bozhou and other places have become a depression, the population has plummeted, the land is shelved, and the taxes in Qizhou alone have been sharply reduced by eighty percent compared with the year before, which makes Li Yanqing's mood quite heavy, and I don't know how many teenagers it will take to gradually recover his vitality.

Li Yanqing only got the news in the afternoon of the second day after Song Jiang broke through, and he was not surprised by this news, and even in his expectation, taking advantage of Tong Guan's unstable foothold to break through was the only opportunity for the Liangshan army, and Song Jiang obviously seized this opportunity.

However, although he had thought of this consequence in advance, Li Yanqing still had an indescribable anger in his heart, their hard work for nearly half a year was destroyed by Tong Guan overnight, since the tiger was released and returned to the mountain, let's see how Tong Guan swept Liangshan and how to deal with the aftermath?

At this time, a young passer-by riding a donkey finally appeared on the official road, and when he approached the wooden bridge, he saw the army on the other side at a glance, and immediately waved his hand and shouted excitedly.

Li Yanqing also recognized this young passer-by, it was Yang Guang who he sent to Sucheng County the day before yesterday, but he didn't expect him to come back so soon.

After a while, Yang Guang was brought up by the soldiers, and he saluted Li Yanqing and said, "When I saw General Wang Gui, he wrote a letter to the general. ”

After speaking, Yang Guang took out a letter and handed it to Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing took the letter and read it, Wang Gui was very angry in the letter, scolded Tong Guan for being despicable and shameless, obviously let Song Jiang and others go, and actually got the title of official from the Son of Heaven.......

Seeing this, Li Yanqing couldn't help but snort coldly, Tong Guan's shamelessness was not only manifested in Yunzhou, but his shamelessness in the Northern Expedition a few years later was called the peak.

Li Yanqing continued to read the letter, and at the end of the letter, Wang Gui made it clear that he would never want to be a general under this national thief, he had decided to leave, and if Li Yanqing did not agree to accept him, then he would go to Jeju to join Zongze.

Li Yanqing laughed, Wang Gui has a straightforward personality since he was a child, and he can't rub a little sand in his eyes, since he has made up his mind, he shouldn't force him to stay in the army.

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment, then turned over and dismounted, asked the soldiers to set up a table, and then he took up the pen and wrote a letter to Liu Jian and Wang Gui.

At this time, he remembered something again, and hurriedly asked Yang Guangdao: "I asked you to find the shopkeeper of Shunfeng Inn, did you find it?" ”

Yang Guang shook his head, "The inn closed a few months ago, I climbed over the wall and went in, a thick layer of dust fell on the lobby, there was no one in it, I asked the people around, it seems that he is no longer in Xucheng, the last time the people left the city, he also left, the innkeeper is in Hebei, he should be going to Hebei." ”

Li Yanqing knew that a few months ago, Wang Ying let go of a group of people, about twenty or thirty thousand people, in order to reduce the population in Xucheng, and many people who were not the families of Liangshan Army left Xucheng County one after another, which made Li Yanqing a little regretful, if it wasn't for the innkeeper to help him, he would have been caught by Liangshanjun, and he wanted to repay this shopkeeper today, but he didn't know where to go.

Li Yanqing had to put this matter aside for the time being, and handed over the two letters he had written to Yang Guang, "You go to Xucheng County again, find General Liu and Wang Gui, and give them my letter." ”

"Let's go." Li Yanqing gave him some broken silver, and Yang Guang rode away in a hurry.

Of course, Li Yanqing can understand Wang Gui's feelings, but Wang Gui can't just leave, that will ruin his future, and he may even be suspected of desertion.

Li Yanqing asked Liu Jian to help transfer Wang Gui to Qizhou, Wang Gui is just a small capital, his transfer does not need to alarm Tong Guan, Zhang Shuye's authority can be easily done, if Niu Gao is also willing to come to Qizhou, of course he is willing to accept, he just has an important thing to hand over to Wang Gui to do.

Two days later, news came from Xucheng County that Tong Guan led an army of 50,000 to Liangshan Yuncheng to station, preparing to start attacking Liangshan.

"I thought you also followed the army to Yuncheng." Li Yanqing smiled when he saw Wang Gui.

When Wang Gui and Li Yanqing saw each other, they hated and scolded Tong Guandao: "The eunuch is really not a thing, he actually said that Shouzhang County and Yuncheng were captured by him, I have seen a lot of shameless people, and it is the first time I have seen such a shameless person." ”

Tong Guan took all the credit of the cultivation master as his own, and what did Yuncheng and Shouzhang get, Li Yanqing smiled and comforted him, "You don't have to mind this kind of small thing, the eyes of the soldiers are bright, he can hide the Son of Heaven, but he can't hide the soldiers of the three armies." ”

At this time, Wang Gui suddenly remembered something again, and hurriedly said: "I heard that Zhang Sima is going to be transferred back to the imperial court." ”

"How do you know?"

"When I went to get the order yesterday afternoon, I heard from Lao Tang, he said that Zhang Sima impeached Tong Guan, but Tong Guan retaliated and wanted to drive him away, anyway, the army said so, I guess it's true."

Li Yanqing didn't want to listen to Tong Guan anymore, so he said to Wang Gui: "I'm going to send two thousand Xiangzhou township soldiers back to Xiangzhou, but there is no suitable candidate, so you can run for me!" ”

Wang Gui was stunned, "This is your only army, if you send them away, you won't have a single soldier." ”

Li Yanqing smiled and said: "I was originally worried that the remaining bandits in Liangshan would sneak attack Qizhou, but now it seems that the morale of the Liangshan army has been exhausted and it will not be able to make the climate, since Song Jiang has broken through to Liangshan, there is no danger in Qizhou, send them away as soon as possible, so as not to worry about Tong Guan." ”

Wang Gui nodded silently and smiled reluctantly: "Okay! I'm also looking back to see my hometown, and I'm ready to go. ”

Li Yanqing patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "I won't be able to drink your wedding wine, I'll make up for it later!" ”

Wang Gui's face turned red, and Li Yanqing actually said what was on his mind.

.........

The next morning, Wang Gui led two thousand Xiangzhou township soldiers to leave Licheng County and return to Xiangzhou, accompanied by two capitalists, Lu Fei and Wang Ping, Lu Fei was from the Daimyo Mansion, and Wang Ping was from Linshu County, Xiangzhou, and it was the right time for them to go back.

Li Yanqing stood at the head of the city, watching the two thousand soldiers go away from afar, and at this time, Mo Jun said in a low voice on the side: "The officials seem to value your brother and this army very much!" ”

Li Yanqing sighed slightly, "When the situation is unfavorable, the best way is to lurk, endure loneliness and injustice, for the sake of a comeback in the future. ”

"The officials already have a plan?"

Li Yanqing nodded, "I have already written to the Privy Council, asking me to be transferred from the battle of Liangshan Pingbandits, Tong Guan also wrote to him, I plan to go back to Beijing to visit my father, and I specially ask for a month off." ”

"Do you think the officials will approve it?"

A sneer appeared on the corner of Li Yanqing's mouth, "I believe he will approve it, I took the initiative to leave this place, why wouldn't he do it." ”

Mo Jun also sighed, "It's just that the officials have made so many contributions, and this time they left, they were lost in vain." ”

"Not necessarily."

Li Yanqing smiled faintly: "It's mine after all, it's mine, and Tong Guan can't be erased." ”

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In the afternoon, Li Yanqing received an order from Tong Guan, ordering him to see Yuncheng, Li Yanqing knew that it was about his leave, and he was likely not to come back, he specially said goodbye to Li Qingzhao and his wife, Zhao Mingcheng had received a formal appointment from the imperial court at this time, appointing him as the magistrate of Licheng, for this, Zhao Mingcheng was very grateful to Li Yanqing, and specially placed wine for Li Yanqing to practice.

Two days later, Li Yanqing arrived in Yuncheng with Mo Jun, Yang Guang and several other retinues, at this time the 50,000-strong army set up a large camp at the foot of Liangshan, and Yuncheng County, as an important logistics center for the official army, was also the location of the temporary official office to pacify the envoys.

Li Yanqing asked Mo Jun and the others to wait for him at the inn, he came to the official office alone, and after waiting for a while, Tong Guan's personal soldiers came out and hugged their fists and said, "General Li, please come in!" ”

Li Yanqing came to Tong Guan's official room and bowed, "See the captain for his humble position!" ”

"Yanqing.... What do you want me to say about you? ”

Tong Guan said with regret on his face: "The pacification of the Liangshan bandits has reached the most critical time, how can you say that you can leave, Song Jiang was defeated and fled back to Liangshan, I estimate that there is nothing to do in Qizhou, and I am about to transfer you back to serve as the main force to suppress the bandits, but you are leaving, why is this?" ”

Tong Guan's regretful expression revealed indescribable hypocrisy, Li Yanqing knew it, he smiled lightly: "As the Taiwei said, the Liangshan bandits are already at the end of the crossbow, and they will be wiped out by the army in a few days. ”

"You can't say that, you also have your role!"

Tong Guan changed the topic and asked: "If you go, the two thousand township soldiers ......?"

"The two thousand township soldiers have already returned a few days ago, and after I return to the capital, I will directly hand over the turtle talisman to the Privy Council."

Tong Guan nodded, and then lowered his voice and said, "You can rest assured!" I'm not Yao Zhongping, I will report your credit immediately and truthfully, I sincerely hope that one day you can become my right-hand man, I had such an idea in Tangyin County, and it is still the same, I hope we will give up the past and start again! ”

If it was in the past, Li Yanqing might have been flattered, but after going through so many things, he had already seen through Tong Guan's hypocrisy and ruthlessness, Li Yanqing smiled faintly, "Taiwei is very loving, and he is grateful for his humble duties." ”

Tong Guan handed the approved leave letter to Li Yanqing, "Go ahead!" Go back to the capital and have a good rest, and I will repay your merits to the court tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. ”