Just outside Beiqi Town, after a friendly and smooth negotiation, Liang Hui wisely led his people back to Anyang.
On the ancient and narrow earth and stone road, the rebel team marched eastward slowly and slowly, looking a bit embarrassed. Sitting on a trolley, Liang Hui's expression was not too relaxed, but not too depressed either.
However, a small colonel walking next to the car said excitedly: "General, we are now an upright army. From now on, we have to call you Liu Hou."
At the mention of this, the corners of Liang Hui's mouth finally turned up, his expression relaxed, he took out a thin piece of silk from his arms, opened it, and there were three columns of words written on it. There are only two sentences in total, and the meaning is very clear. In order to prepare for Liang Hui's meritorious service in protecting the country and the people, and to comfort the loyal people, Liu Chengyou made him stay in Xiangzhou, and sent another letter to Jinyang to report the matter.
His eyes moved down and landed on the lower left corner of the silk book. Liu Chengyou's large seal was very clear. Liang Hui carefully put the book away, put it in his arms, and said, "I will use this to recruit troops and get twice the result with half the effort..."
"General——"
As soon as the principal opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Liang Hui: "It's time for you to change your name!"
"Stay behind!" The principal changed his words very cleverly and asked casually: "Then His Highness the Prince invited you to lead troops to Linli, why did you refuse?"
"Do you still need to ask? How can we go to Linli and enjoy the freedom of occupying a city by ourselves?" Liang Hui replied. Liu Chengyou's "well-intentioned" invitation appeared in his mind, but he was full of wariness in his heart. It was obviously because he wanted to annex himself, so he would not be fooled.
"The Khitans are about to pass through Xiangzhou. His Highness has offered to lead his army to Anyang and join us in resisting the Khitans. Why do you still refuse?"
"If the troops from Hedong arrive in Anyang, will Anyang still be ours?" he said disdainfully. Liang Hui suddenly felt that all of his subordinates were too stupid. If they had not followed him, they would have been bandits for the rest of their lives and even been exterminated by the government...
"However, I heard that there are hundreds of thousands of Khitans. If they go north and pass through Anyang, how can we resist them with just a few people like us?" the principal reminded nervously, with an expression of fear and fear on his face.
"Why do you need to worry about this?" In this regard, Liang Hui seemed quite confident and waved his hand very relaxedly: "We just need to hold on to the city. There are hundreds of thousands of Khitan people. Since they want to retreat north, how can they do it?" Delay under the fortified city. If that doesn't work, you can still send someone to express your intentions..."
"As for taking the initiative to deal with the Khitan army, let the people from the Hedong court do it. I won't be fooled by this. I think the second prince is just a kid with a yellow mouth. I'm afraid he won't be able to save his life in the end!" Liang Hui's eyes flashed. Crafty colors.
"When the Khitans retreat, Xiangzhou will be ours!"
"The general is wise!" When his subordinates heard this, they immediately laughed and flattered him.
"Send the order, speed up, and return to Anyang!"
"yes!"
While thinking about it, I still can’t help but sigh that the set goal of this trip has not been achieved at all. Fortunately, I also got a "letter of appointment", so I didn't get anything.
Thinking of this, Liang Hui couldn't help but sigh with resentment: "It's a pity that there are so many good horses. That second prince is too greedy and will not even give me a hundred horses..."
...
Liu Chengyou easily dealt with Liang Hui, but his heart did not fluctuate much. Liang Hui, the handsome thief, gave him the feeling that he was not mediocre, but rather a little knowledgeable. His whole person exuded the cunning of a small person, and he seemed to have no self-awareness.
"Your Highness, I'm afraid that handsome thief doesn't really like me." Ma Quanyi said to Liu Chengyou in a low voice as he followed Liu Chengyou towards the town of Northern Qi.
"Why did you meet him?" Liu Chengyou glanced at Ma Quanyi and expressed interest.
Ma Quanyi replied: "His Royal Highness invited him to lead our troops to join forces with Lin Li, but he refused. He also offered to lead troops to Anyang to help defend, but he also refused. This shows that he is so alert!"
Hearing this, Liu Chengyou asked lightly: "What do you think is the purpose of Gu's two suggestions? Is it sincere or false?"
Liu Chengyou's words stopped Ma Quanyi for a moment, and he concentrated for a moment, thoughtfully.
Seeing that the problem was solved, Han Tong and Luo Yanxu hurriedly brought people out and greeted them respectfully.
"Are you General Luo Yanxuan?" Liu Chengyou personally helped Luo Yanxuan up, doing his best to act like a polite corporal.
In response to the attitude shown by Liu Chengyou, Luo Yanxuan felt a little relieved and responded with his hands raised: "I will commit my sins to atone for my mistakes. I hope Your Highness will accept it!"
"The general is not guilty. Not only is he not guilty, he also has great merits. He surrendered himself to serve as a thief, endured the humiliation and shouldered the heavy burden, and tried to do whatever was right. Now he can accomplish such great things and do extraordinary things. He is a true hero..." Liu Chengyou said He opened his mouth with words of comfort.
"I heard that when the Emperor of Jin sent an envoy to comfort Hebei, appease the morale of the army, and selected ten warriors to accompany him, the general was the best at his young age. He was brave and courageous, which is heart-breaking..."
Luo Yanxuan was completely relaxed as he spoke the flattery freely. While expressing his modesty, he could not hide the joy on his face. Seeing this, Liu Chengyou knew that the effect he wanted was achieved.
After chatting for a while, Liu Chengyou, accompanied by the general, went to check on the horses. The specific number was one thousand two hundred and twenty-three, all of which were good horses that could go on the battlefield, enough for Liu Chengyou to arm a cavalry army that could fight independently.
Of course, among these war horses, there are no peerless horses or thousand-mile BMWs specially dedicated to Liu Chengyou. If he really wanted that BMW, he wouldn't let Luo Yanxuan escort him...
"What a good horse!" Liu Chengyou sighed as he touched the back of a brown horse and felt the strong muscles. Although, he didn't know what was so good about this horse.
Han Tong, who was nearby, seemed particularly excited and introduced to Liu Chengyou: "I heard from General Luo that these war horses were originally used by the Shi Jin Forbidden Army Horse Army. They have been carefully selected and trained and can be used to kill the enemy at any time. After Du Chongwei surrendered in the Battle of Zhongdu Bridge, these horses became the trophies of the Khitan people. It is said that these more than a thousand horses were less than 11% of the total captured by the Khitan people. It is a pity... "
After observing around and feeling confident, Liu Chengyou waved his hand and ordered Ma Quanyi and others: "Transport the horses back to Linli!"
"yes!"
After giving the instructions, Liu Chengyou looked at Han Tong, looked at him indifferently, and asked lightly: "Han Tong, what is the order I gave you?"
Seeing Liu Chengyou's expression, Han Tong felt a tremble in his heart, stopped smiling, and replied carefully: "Go south to investigate the Khitan military situation..."
"Then why are you here?" Liu Chengyou continued to ask.
"General Luo doesn't have enough soldiers. In order to protect the war horses..."
Liu Chengyou suddenly interrupted Han Tong rudely, his eyes were like lightning, he stared at him coldly, and asked repeatedly: "What is Gu's military order!"
Finally coming back to his senses, Han Tong broke out in cold sweat on his forehead and knelt down with a plop: "Please punish me, Your Highness!"
