Yang Peng only took two steps and then stopped. Turning around, he asked the angry Luo Yanran with a smile: "Yanran, are you coming too?" Luo Yanran walked up, "Of course." Yang Peng smiled, took her slender hand and walked outside, Wang Kai followed.
The group of people came to the military camp and saw nearly a thousand officers and soldiers squatting on the ground. They all looked depressed and worried. When they saw Yang Peng and others coming in, their expressions changed.
Yang Peng walked up to the officers and soldiers, glanced at them, and said angrily: "Look at your bears, you don't look like soldiers, you are clearly women!" The officers and soldiers were angry in their hearts, and they really dared not be angry. Word. Yang Peng said: "You have ended up in this situation entirely because of your own fault. You are seeking your own death!" The officers and soldiers were depressed, and they kept praising themselves for their bad luck. They unexpectedly encountered such a caravan. This is really called "hunting geese all day long." But the geese pecked the eyeballs! It's really a ghost. The caravan is so fierce. I'm afraid even the Khitan Army and the Yanyun Army are not so powerful! Is this really a caravan?
Yang Peng said: "To tell you the truth, we are not a caravan, we are the Yanyun Army!"
The officers and soldiers were shocked when they heard this, and then they all suddenly realized. A soldier muttered: "No wonder it is so powerful, it turns out to be the Yanyun Army! I said how could the caravan's guards be so powerful!" Then all the officers and soldiers showed great excitement. They were filled with fear, because they had always heard that Yan Yun's army was very cruel and brutal. Those caught by them would be beheaded, and most of them would be cooked and eaten. At the thought of the horror, many people turned pale with fear.
Yang Peng saw their expressions and naturally knew what they were thinking, and smiled: "I know you have heard many bad legends about our Yanyun Army! I can tell you responsibly that those are all false! "After hearing this, the officers and soldiers couldn't help but feel relieved, but they still did not eliminate the doubts and fears in their hearts.
Yang Peng sat on the ground. With such a simple action, the officers and soldiers felt that the distance between the two sides suddenly narrowed, and a feeling of intimacy arose in their hearts.
Yang Peng asked: "I heard that quite a few of you are from Shaanxi?" An officer immediately shouted: "The villain is from Shaanxi!" As soon as he said this, many people shouted and looked over. , Shaanxi-born soldiers probably accounted for almost half.
Yang Peng asked: "You are from Shaanxi, don't you want to go back to your hometown?" All the Shaanxi soldiers showed longing for them, and some even shed tears. A middle-aged officer with a face full of vicissitudes sighed and said, "Who doesn't want to go back to his hometown! But..." He stopped here and glanced at Yang Peng, with a strange look in his eyes, which seemed to be resentment. Again like fear.
Yang Peng knew what he was thinking and asked with a smile: "Although you want to go back, the court told you that Yan Yun's rule was extremely cruel and your relatives were killed, right?" The Shaanxi soldiers did not speak. That's the default.
Yang Peng did not explain immediately and asked the middle-aged officer: "Where are you from?" The middle-aged officer said: "The villain is from Qindu Town under Jingzhao Mansion."
Yang Peng asked: "Your surname is Xiang?" The middle-aged officer was surprised, "You, you, you know so much?" Yang Peng smiled and said: "I have been to Qindu Town more than once. Most of the folks in Qindu Town Name, that's why I ask you this." The middle-aged officer nodded excitedly, then looked at Yang Peng, as if he was hesitant to speak.
Yang Peng asked with a smile: "Do you want to know the situation in Qindu Town now?" The officer nodded quickly and couldn't help but shed tears, "Little man, little man has not returned to his hometown for many years! The town head' Lao Xiang's Restaurant is the home of a villain, I don't know, I don't know..."
Yang Peng smiled and said, "That's a coincidence. I've been to Lao Xiang's Restaurant several times." After hearing this, the officer immediately became extremely excited and his whole body was trembling. Yang Peng asked: "The owners of 'Lao Xiang Restaurant' are an old couple. They must be your parents, right?"
The officer could no longer control his emotions, tears rolled out of his eyes, and he asked excitedly: "Are they okay?" Yang Peng nodded, "Both old people are fine, they just miss their children." !" The officer couldn't help crying: "Father, mother!" Other Shaanxi soldiers couldn't help crying.
Yang Peng said: "Their life is much better than before. The size of the restaurant has doubled, and the youngest son has married two wives!" The officer was very happy, "I didn't expect that Gouzi also got a wife!" He said to Yang Peng had no doubts about what he said, because the details the other party told were all correct, and he didn't believe that random fabrications could be so accurate. Then the officer muttered strangely: "But, how come the news we heard is a different story?"
Yang Peng laughed and said: "That's the court spreading rumors! Think about it, if Yan Yunjun is really what the court said, how could the people support us? If the people don't support us, how can we drive out the barbarians and regain the rivers and mountains?" The officers and soldiers felt that Yang Peng's words were enough for you, so they couldn't help but nodded.
Yang Peng said: "In our Yanyun, scholars have no privileges, but soldiers are exempted from agricultural taxes and corvee, and as long as they join the army, they can be allocated five acres of fertile land!..."
All the officers and soldiers felt unbelievable, and then their eyes showed envy. Most of these soldiers are children of farmers. However, they have been farming for landlords or nobles for generations. Most of the income is taken by the owner's family. The family suffers all year round and can barely guarantee food and clothing. , if you encounter a cruel owner, the end will be very miserable; these people never want to have a glorious ancestor and a successful career, the only thing they want is to own a few acres of land that belongs entirely to them, and the family can live in peace and contentment.
Yang Peng continued: "In Yanyun, not only can soldiers who died in battle receive generous pensions, but orphans, widows, fathers and mothers will also be well taken care of by the government. Children can also enter official schools for free, and may join politics or the military in the future. , he will eventually become a useful talent!"
The officers and soldiers were itchy, and their views on Yanyun had quietly changed. They felt that Yanyun was like a paradise. Things they had never dared to dream about before were actually realized in Yanyun! Thinking like this, I couldn't help but long to go to Yanyun. Not only the officers and soldiers from Shaanxi had this idea, but also all other officers and soldiers, and everyone's eyes showed a look of desire.
Yang Peng saw everyone's expressions in his eyes and said: "Now there are two ways for you to choose. One is to continue to be an official in the imperial court. I will not kill you, and I will let you go at the right time; the other is to Become the Yanyun Army immediately, but then you will have to face the officers and soldiers who may come from Chengdu. It is not certain whether your life can be saved. Of course, becoming the Yanyun Army will give you the benefits that the Yanyun Army enjoys. , you will enjoy it equally. Now, tell me your choice."
All the soldiers looked at each other. The officer surnamed Xiang stood up and said loudly: "This villain is willing to be loyal to Yan Yun, and he will go through fire and water without hesitation!" The other officers and soldiers stood up one after another and shouted: "We want to become Yan Yun's army, we want to become Yan Yun's army !" Yang Peng and others stood up. Luo Yanran looked at the excited soldiers in front of her and cast a respectful look at Yang Peng. During this time, she would never believe that such a thing would happen!
Yang Peng raised his right hand, and all the soldiers fell silent and looked at him. Yang Peng said: "From now on, you are the Yanyun Army." He looked at the officers named Xiang and said: "I appoint you as the commander to command these soldiers!" The officer was overjoyed and bowed: "Thank you, General. Die in repayment to the general!"
Yang Peng and Luo Yanran returned to the lobby of the garrison mansion. Luo Yanran sighed: "With just a few words from the elder brother, there were actually a thousand more soldiers out of thin air!" Yang Peng sat down and said with a smile: "Everyone has a nature, the nature to pursue a better life. I gave They will naturally repay their hope with their lives." Luo Yanran nodded and said with great admiration: "Big brother is a true king of men!"
Yang Peng laughed. Luo Yanran asked: "Brother, when you come to Sichuan this time, you must want to win over the whole of Sichuan, right?"
Yang Peng stood up, walked to Luo Yanran, held her delicate hands, and said softly: "I couldn't tell you about this at first! But since you are already my woman, there is no point in telling you. What's the relationship!" When Luo Yanran heard Yang Peng say that she was his woman, she was surprised and her heart was beating fast. She felt sweet in her heart and lowered her head.
Yang Peng said: "You guessed it right. The purpose of my trip is Sichuan. I want to see with my own eyes the sentiments of the people in Sichuan, as well as the morale and defense conditions of the officers and soldiers everywhere."
Luo Yanran was extremely happy when she heard that Yang Peng told her such confidential things. Then he thought: "With the fighting power of Yanyun Army, Sichuan's hundreds of thousands of troops are not worth mentioning at all! However, since ancient times, 'the road to Shu is harder than climbing to the sky'. Shu Mountain is steep and majestic. It is very difficult to walk on ordinary days. If you want to Needless to say, it would be even more difficult to attack by force! Therefore, the mountainous terrain of Shu Mountain is my biggest enemy!" Yang Peng smiled and nodded.
Luo Yanran continued: "Although Jiange has been captured, there are still several dangerous city gates to the south of Jiange. It is still not an easy task to invade Chengdu! I wonder what the elder brother is planning? I think that An Qian Miss, you must have a very important position in brother's entire plan, right?"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Our army is still gathering, and we won't be able to launch a strong attack in a short time!"
"An Qian is the niece of the Xuanfu Ambassador. We can rely on her to control the Jiange. The Jiange is the key to Subei. Occupying it will be very beneficial to our army's next actions! As for how to capture Chengdu, , it’s hard to say for now, if there is no good opportunity, we can only attack by force! But I don’t plan to launch a full-scale war against the court now. Now Zhao Heng and his uncle are biting each other. This scene is very exciting. Well, let them continue to bite!"
Luo Yanran nodded and said: "The snipe and the clam are fighting for the fisherman's profit!" Then she frowned and asked: "What if the Xuanfu envoy sends troops to take over the sword pavilion?" Yang Peng said with a smile: "We'll see!"
Zhao Xiang'er followed Yang Peng's order and publicized in the streets that Zhao Jue vowed to come back and bloodbath Jiange. The people of Jiange had been harmed by Zhao Jue for a long time. When they heard the news, they were all frightened and uneasy. Then they heard Zhao Xiang'er's call to form a militia, so in order to save their lives, they all actively participated. By the afternoon of the next day, nearly 3,000 people had joined the militia. Wang Kai organized the training and the equipment was The equipment of the officers and soldiers who were killed before, and some other items were stored in the Jianmen warehouse. Due to the importance of Jianmen as the key to northern Shu, the official warehouse of Jianmen not only stores a large amount of weapons and armor, but also stores a large amount of food and grass, enough to feed the entire city of Jianmen for two years.
An Qian rushed to Chengdu under the protection of more than a dozen secret guards. At this time, the city gates of Chengdu were wide open, and businessmen and travelers were coming in and out as usual. Apparently, what happened at Jianmen had not yet reached here.
An Qian hurried outside the Xuanfu Ambassador's Mansion. The guard guarding the door recognized An Qian and let them in without stopping her. When An Bing, the envoy of Xuanfu, heard that his niece was coming, he immediately came out to meet her. She was a middle-aged man with a very rich temperament and elegant temperament. An Bing came to the hall and saw the dusty An Qian. He smiled and was about to speak, but An Qian had already spoken and said urgently: "Uncle, something big has happened. Please send troops quickly!"
An Bing was surprised and asked: "What happened? Did Yan Yunjun invade?" Then he thought: Even if Yan Yunjun invaded, it shouldn't be Qian'er who delivers the news!
An Qian collected her thoughts and briefly recounted what happened not long ago. An Bing frowned, looking very angry, and said: "There have been rumors for a long time that the officers and soldiers over Jiange often pretended to be gangsters to rob business travelers. I originally thought it was a rumor, but I didn't expect it to be true, and they even robbed people. It's over my head! It's so lawless!" An Qian nodded with deep understanding and said anxiously: "Uncle, you have to send an army to Jiange quickly! Otherwise, the governor will definitely send an army to retaliate, Yang Brother, their situation is very bad!"
An Bing frowned and asked: "You mean, your brother Yang first smashed the robbery conspiracy of the officers and soldiers, and then smashed Zhao Jue's murder plot in Jiange City. Not only that, he also took the opportunity to counterattack and kill everyone in one fell swoop. Annihilated the defenders of Jiange?" An Qian nodded.
An Bing shook his head and said: "I really can't believe this. You three caravans with six to seven hundred guards can completely wipe out the five thousand defenders of Jiange?! This is simply a myth!"
An Qian said: "To be precise, it was Brother Yang and his 400 caravan guards who did it. Our people were just the thugs!" An Bing shook his head and said: "This is even more unbelievable! Don't Speaking of caravans, even the Khitan army does not have this ability! Unless..." An Qian asked curiously: "Unless what?"
An Bing looked pale and breathed rapidly: "Unless the Brother Yang you are talking about is a Yanyun warrior, his men are not caravans at all, but Yanyun elites!" An Qian was startled. An Bing looked solemn and said: "The only one in the world with such fighting power is the Yan Yun Army! Yan Yun is so sharp, unparalleled in the world, fierce and invincible!" An Bing couldn't help but read a limerick that was spread all over the world.
An Qian said hurriedly: "This is impossible, they are from Liao!"
An Bing was stunned, "People from the Liao Kingdom? How is this possible?" He looked at An Qian and asked, "How do you know they are from the Liao Kingdom?" An Qian said, "When I went to Liao for business, I met Brother Yang. .Brother Yang is a famous merchant in the Liao Kingdom, everyone in Zhongjing City knows him, how could he be from Yanyun?"
After hearing what his niece said, An Bing couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked with great confusion: "There is such a person among the Khitan people?" An Qian said angrily: "Uncle, please don't be suspicious, we are a crouching tiger here. Hidden dragon, what's so strange about the Liao people's crouching tigers and hidden dragons!" An Bing slowly shook his head and said, "I'm afraid things are not that simple! The caravans of the Liao Kingdom are all brave and extraordinary. At this time There must be a purpose for coming to our Sichuan!"
An Qian said: "Their purpose is to do business! Uncle, stop thinking about this and send troops quickly!"
An Bing walked to a chair and sat down. An Qian saw this and said anxiously: "Uncle, don't be so slow and leisurely!" An Bing waved his hand and said: "Don't be anxious, the governor will not dare to take it easy. He sent troops! He was in the wrong for this matter. If he sends troops again, it will be a clear break with me. Once his army leaves Chengdu, isn't he afraid that I will fuck his nest?" An Qian then said Thinking of this, I couldn't help but nodded.
An Bing continued: "And if I send troops rashly and he tries his best to raid my hometown, then we will die without a burial place!" An Qian felt that what her uncle said was reasonable and asked: "Then what should we do? How to do it?"
An Bing said: "Be careful, don't do anything, see what he does, and we will take corresponding measures!" Seeing his niece's worried look, he said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about your Brother Yang. Listen to you According to the description, this person is a brave and extraordinary figure. Not to mention that the governor did not dare to send the army away. Even if he sent a large army to attack Jiange, he would never get a good deal. At least, he would not be able to attack it within a month or two. ! The sword pavilion is a natural barrier and has sufficient reserves. I have always believed that the sword pavilion cannot be captured by force!" An Qian couldn't help but feel relieved after hearing what her uncle said.
An Bing frowned and said: "A lot of things have happened recently, and the governor and I will not have the energy to take care of Jiange's affairs for the time being."
An Qian asked: "Is it the fight between His Majesty and the two imperial uncles?" An Bing sighed, "They sent envoys from both sides, asking me to express my loyalty! But this loyalty is not easy to express. !" An Qian said angrily: "They are all useless trash, I don't want to be loyal to anyone!" An Bing shook his head and said: "In addition to the envoy of His Majesty the Emperor, there are also envoys from Yanyun, The envoys from Tibet are all here to lobby us! Hey, your uncle’s head has been bigger than usual in the past two days! Now the envoys from the Liao Kingdom are here too!"
An Qian asked in surprise: "Uncle thinks Brother Yang is the envoy of the Liao Kingdom?" An Bing said: "Nine times out of ten! Otherwise, it would be unreasonable for such a person to appear in this place at this time! "Anxi nodded thoughtfully.
Shortly after An Qian arrived in Chengdu, Zhao Jue and others finally escaped to Chengdu. As soon as we entered the city, we immediately went to the Zhenfu Ambassador's Mansion. The governor of Sichuan was also a civil servant named Zhou Rong. He was incompatible with An Bing, the governor of Xuan.
Zhou Rong heard that his confidant Zhao Jue had arrived and hurriedly came to the hall. When he saw Zhao Jue, who was covered in blood and in a state of embarrassment, he was shocked and asked in shock: "How did you do it like this? What happened?" Zhao Jue recalled what happened before, feeling ashamed and afraid. , his feet softened, he knelt down with a plop, and cried: "My lord, my subordinates are incompetent and have lost the sword pavilion!"
When Zhou Rong heard this, his face turned pale with fright. He fell down on the chair and said in a trembling voice, "You, you, what did you say? The sword, the sword pavilion is lost? Could it be, could it be, could Yan Yunjun come in?" Is it over?" Zhou Rong only felt that his world collapsed and everything was over. He didn't know what the hellish feeling felt before, but now he finally felt it.
Zhao Jue said quickly: "It's not the Yanyun Army!" Zhou Rong was stunned, and the fear in his heart disappeared immediately. Boundless anger surged up, and he asked: "You actually threw the sword pavilion to the bandits, it is simply unreasonable!" When he thought about it, , since Yan Yunjun did not come, then it was the bandits who were active in the mountains around Jiange. However, although there were thousands of bandits, they were all put together by poor people who had no food to eat. How could there be any Are you brave enough to attack the heavily guarded and dangerous sword pavilion? Even if you have the courage to attack the sword pavilion, how can you capture the sword pavilion?
Zhao Jue told the story hesitantly. He knew that the cause of the matter could not be concealed, so he told everything. Zhou Rong heard that Zhao Jue actually sent people pretending to be bandits to rob the business travellers, and later wanted to kill people to silence them. He was very angry and cursed angrily: "You are such a bastard! Don't cause trouble for me!" Zhao Jue kowtowed quickly and said: "I am confused, please forgive me!"
Zhou Rong knew very well that every time Zhao Jue gave him the property, nine out of ten times it came from robbery. He was not angry that Zhao Jue had robbed merchants, but was angry that the things he had done were exposed, and among the people exposed was the niece of his arch-rival An Bing. If this matter were brought to the court, Prime Minister Wang would not be able to protect himself! Fortunately, it is not certain who will be the emperor now. The three emperors are now vying for the throne and they have no time to pay attention to such trivial matters.
Zhou Rong said angrily: "Get up!" Upon hearing this, Zhao Jue knew that the master had forgiven him, and stood up with joy in his heart. Zhou Rong frowned and said, "You just said that your five thousand soldiers and horses were completely annihilated by hundreds of caravan guards from the other side?" Zhao Jue nodded, with a look of fear on his face.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
