After living in the wild for three or five days, the first thing Yan Bei did when he returned to Xiangping was to order someone to boil a large basin of hot water, remove his armor and clothes, and soak himself comfortably. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

As the heat rose in front of him, Yan Bei's tired mind finally had a rare moment of relaxation.

It's been too long since he's taken a good bath, and the last time he took a hot bath seems to have been when he was a military marquis in Zhongshan Kingdom...... A man who goes out to fight and release horses all day long must endure any kind of hard life.

What people pursue in the world is comfort and freedom, but what comfort do they pursue when their lives are gone?

Only here, Xiangping City in Liaodong County, can give Yanbei a sense of relaxation from beginning to end. This is different from Handan, where there is no general Mitian in the north who wants his life at any time; This is not a peaceful township, and there is no Han army in the south that will crusade at all times.

This is Liaodong County, and beyond Xuansu County in the north is the vast grassland, where the scattered Dongxianbei and the newly beaten Wuhuan live; Four hundred miles further south of Xiangping is the vast sea, and the salt pans and industrious fishermen will become his treasures; Looking eastward, the Gaima Mountain separates Liaodong from Lelang from the single collar, and a horse water separates the Han people from the foreign people who have lagged behind for a hundred years, such as Fuyu, Goguryeo, Wofu, and Huiqi.

If Yanbei's ambition to occupy Liaodong comes true, he will really get a piece of land of his own; If Liu Yu is unwilling to accept that he treats Liaodong as a bag...... Then come and grab him!

Yan Erlang returned to his hometown this time, and he no longer planned to be displaced!

Whether his end is that the Han land is too guarded, or the thief who occupies Liaodong...... He's going to put down roots here.

Because he was too tired, Yan Bei soaked in the barrel and fell asleep, until Sun Qing came to look for him at night, and he woke him up from the dream of the lord of Liaodong.

"General, why are you asleep here...... Quickly put on your clothes, so that you can sleep in the cold and get sick. Yanbei didn't have attendants and maidservants in the real sense, Sun shook his head lightly and lifted the soft Yanbei up from the bathtub, put on a curved deep coat and still chattered: "When the war is over, the subordinate people will pick a few slaves and maids for you, and this will not be able to bear it if you have to sleep and no matter how good the body is." ”

Yan Bei waved his hand, soaked in the bathtub for almost two hours, needless to say, the weakness of his limbs was terrible to him, and he moved to the side of the couch and sat down, and then asked Sun Qing: "It's night, why are you here?" ”

"I don't have anything to do, but I feel panicked, so I'll come to talk to you." Sun Qing rarely spoke, bowed his head for a moment before raising his head to look at Yan Bei and asked, "General, let's fight with Gongsun Zhan...... How long is it estimated to play? ”

Yan Bei raised his head and asked, "What, are you afraid that the war will delay you as a Weng?" ”

The woman of Sun Qing's family has been pregnant for seven months, and the birth of a newborn is within three months.

"That's not it, our own family knows our own affairs...... The general's 20,000 sons are not like those Wuhuan people who are about to collapse at the touch of a button. Sun Qing looked full of confidence when he said this, and then his momentum weakened a little, and he glanced at Yanbei cautiously and said: "Even if we lose the battle on the banks of the Liaoshui River, we will retreat back, and we will definitely be able to fight again after reorganizing the soldiers and horses!" ”

"Did you hear someone say something?" Yan Bei raised his head in some surprise, and slowly tapped his fingers on his thighs and said, "Don't worry, no matter how long this battle is, it will never last more than two months...... Since entering this Xiangping City, I have no intention of retreating, and the final battlefield will only be west of Xiangping! Let me ask you, what is the morale of our subordinates, but do you still feel homesick? ”

Sun paused for a moment, not understanding what the battle had to do with homesickness, but he still shook his head and arched his hand: "That's not it, although many brothers feel uncomfortable living in Liaodong, but no one is as homesick as when they were outside the Saiwai...... For our brothers, having traveled so far all the way, we are already content to reach the Han land in Liaodong. ”

"That's enough, at least the morale is usable." Yan Bei nodded and said, "When this battle is over, you will give instructions for me and encourage my corporal to start a family in Liaodong, and Liaodong will be our home in the future!" ”

Although Yan Bei agreed in his heart that the corporal led by Gongsun Zhan could burst out with exponential combat effectiveness, he did not feel that he would definitely lose...... Regardless of the Wuhuan people who are going to be hostile to him in the future or Gongsun Zhan, he didn't pay attention to it.

There are some things he doesn't want to say too clearly to his subordinates, but the facts are in front of him. The Wuhuan people have been away from the Wuhuan country for more than two years, because their army has no desire to fight and just wants to return home, and because the army of more than 100,000 people was defeated by Gongsun Zhan, and they couldn't find it after they were scattered.

Even if Gongsun Zhan's combat skills are unparalleled, there are all three thousand tigers and wolves under his command...... They have also left home to fight with the army for more than a year, and they have not suffered setbacks in the past, and they have been defeated since they were ordered to crusade against the rebels, and their morale is like a rainbow. Now that he has been bitten by the Wuhuan people, he has been trapped in Guanzi City for nearly half a year, and who doesn't want to go home at this time?

Bastards just want to go to war!

The more Yan Bei thought of this, the more he felt that the young man named Zhang Jaw was a genius, and Lu Yi Gaoran, as the most capable person under Yan Bei now, the commander-in-chief of the army to preside over the ambush must be selected from the two of them, one to attack and the other to attack. This jaw found a different way, and he asked for a battle to stay away from the battlefield, leaving a lone army behind him, cutting off their retreat after Gongsun Chan walked away, and shattering their grain route.

What can a proud soldier with frustrated morale do without food and grass?

In a war, it is not whose soldiers are strong and whose generals are fierce, but logistics when fighting a war. So the Han army can always defeat several times or even ten times the rebels...... The more soldiers and horses, the more terrifying the daily consumption of grain and grass, more than 100,000 Wuhuan people, not to mention whether there is 30 times the combat power of the 3,000 horsemen of Gongsun, but the grain and grass they consume every day is more than 30 times that of the real one.

With such war consumption, Yanbei felt a toothache just by imagining it.

The cities of Liaodong from the day of Yanbei's occupation, all parts of the country will hear the wind and surrender, even so, Yanbei will also send the army to escort the grain and grass to transport the grain reserves of the counties to Xiangping, in addition to Wang Yidu led the soldiers to go to the townships to negotiate with the people to buy grain and grass with gold and silver.

Even if Yan Erlang did everything he could, he knew very well that even if he snatched all the grain and grass from all the people in Liaodong, it would not be enough for his subordinates to eat until the next winter...... Liaodong was already poor, and it was beyond his power to feed 80,000 households, let alone the 20,000 professional soldiers under his command who had left production.

"You are looking for a local face in Liaodong in the scout, I have a letter that you need to find someone to send to Liu Gong in Youzhou, Jixian County, this person must be bold and careful...... It is also necessary to be loyal enough, which is related to how our 20,000 brothers will spend the coming year. Yan Bei chatted with Sun Qing for a few words, and suddenly remembered a letter he wrote to Liu Yu, and hurriedly said to Sun Qing: "This trip needs to pass through the soldiers and horses of Gongsun Zan and Meng Yi, and on the way, there are also those strong territories in Yuyang who follow Zhang Chun's stubborn resistance, so be careful." ”

The earliest riders under Yanbei's command were all led by Sun Qing, and the more than 100 riders at that time to the later 3,000 riders had been begging for a living on horseback for more than a year, but they all honed their good skills. What's more, Sun Qing was already in charge of the horse team, as long as Yan Bei thought of these things of passing the horse and passing the message, the first person to find was naturally him.

rummaged through and handed the letter to Sun Qing, Sun Qing didn't say much, and didn't even have the slightest curiosity about the content of the letter, just nodded and intervened, seeing that it was not too early, he said some subordinate words to Yan Bei, and then turned around and said goodbye.

Although he said to Sun Qing that he would rest, Yan Bei felt irritable in his chest inexplicably, and after regaining some strength in his body, he got up and sat up, pushed open the door and walked out wearing a plain coat.

Looking at the starry sky, Yanbei didn't bother the warriors standing on the side, he carried the futon and put it in the courtyard, and then knelt down and sat down.

The weather in early spring was warm and cold, and the cool breeze blew through at night, causing Yan Bei to tremble like a shudder, but he stiffened his neck and was unwilling to tighten his robe, so he only took advantage of his clear mind to relax the haze in his heart that was as colored as the sky.

As the big battle approached, he didn't even know who his opponent was...... As the leader of a rebel army that has effectively become independent, he only feels that he is either or the enemy. Not to mention Gongsun Zan and Meng Yi, even those Wuhuan people in Qiu Liju, Yanbei also regarded them as his potential enemies.

He dares to be the enemy of the world, and the enemy does not care who it is. But it wasn't like any other he'd ever had. If he wants to lead two hundred men into the battlefield, he has the confidence to survive; If he was asked to lead two thousand men to conquer the city, he would do the same; But you want him to command a battle of 20,000 soldiers and horses?

The heart is empty, as if I have lost my soul.

For the sake of ambition, the sense of dislocation of identity change and the sense of expansion of strength too quickly impacted Yanbei's heart at the same time before the big war.

In fact, he thought about returning to Liaodong and buying a homestead in the small township of Xiangping, just like everything he did in Zhuojun a few years ago, everything he did when he lived in Wubao made him feel at ease...... But it can't be anymore, after these two years, everything has become different.

Three years ago, he was just a wanted Yellow Turban remnant, thrown in the crowd like those ordinary civilian leaders who came and went, who knows who he is? Who knows his name?

But now, he is the culprit of the rebellion in the north to subvert Youji, and the name of Yanbei in the hearts of 200,000 people in central Jizhou is even louder than Zhang Ju. With such a majestic name, if it weren't for Youzhou Mu Liu Yu's belief that only the evil head could quell the rebellion, it would be appropriate for the court to reward his head with a thousand gold.

In fact, it's just a boy's sense of strength at the right time.

How good it is to be born at the right time!

Yan Bei raised his head, and the dense clouds and rainless sky seemed to sink a little...... The trumpet of war is about to sound.

Looking down at his calloused palms, he seemed to see the flames of war in Liaodong ignited in the palm of his hand!