In his later years, Shi Hu had already foreseen that the threat would come from the north.
Zhang Qun, the minister, was ordered to recruit 160,000 men and women and 100,000 vehicles from each county to transport soil to the north of Yecheng to build Hualin Garden and Changwei.
To escape from Xiangguo to Fangtou, you need to cross half of Jizhou from east to south.
Li Yue has been around for so long, and Fan Lu is the first one to take the initiative and actively defect to him.
Yan State has already occupied Zhongshan County, and Zhang Ping to the west is not far away. There is no need to take the risk of making a big circle to defect to itself.
Chang Wei smiled and said: "It seems that the prestige of the governor is not inferior to that of Lord Wei."
It is always a good thing for someone to defect to him. This shows that Yanzhou has become one of the best forces in the world. Although Li Yue was a little doubtful, he still went out of the city with his guards to greet him.
To the northeast, a group of cavalry ran through the wind and snow.
They all had two horses. The man on the horse was wearing a helmet and carrying a spear, and although the flag behind his back was slightly broken and stained with blood, his strong aura penetrated directly through the wind and snow.
Originally it was surrender.
But the Heiyun Army was infected by the fierceness on the other side and unconsciously raised their spears and shields.
"What an elite team!" Li Yue exclaimed.
Fan Lu was able to fight out of Ran Min's hands, so his strength was naturally impressive.
Chang Wei said: "Captain, don't be careless. This person's background is a little strange."
You must not have the intention of harming others, and you must have the intention of guarding against others. Li Yueshen took this seriously and put the Black Cloud Army on alert.
There are too many crazy people these days. Tens of thousands of people dare to claim the throne. Ma Qiu's thousands of people want to replace Fu Hong...
The cavalry approached, the horses slowed down, and someone on the horse fell to the ground and could not get up again.
When Lian Fan Lu dismounted, he staggered and limped to Li Yue. As soon as he held his hand, he fell down.
The cavalry behind him were even more unbearable. Their previous strength was gone. Many of them could not stand firmly and were shivering in the wind and snow. Even their horses fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth and trembling all over...
"Begging... for a living..." The voice was almost blown away by the cold wind.
Li Yue took a glance and saw that most of them had yellow faces, and there were many with thick beards, but now was not the time to distinguish between them, "Welcome them back to the city quickly! Prepare meat soup!"
They were all in such a miserable state, there was no need for much precaution.
Li Yue asked his bodyguard to lift Fan Lu and return to the city for personal diagnosis and treatment. He suffered six or seven wounds. Although it was not fatal, he had lost too much blood. He was able to hold his head up because he was physically strong.
Fortunately it is winter now. If it had been spring or summer, this person would have been gone long ago.
After treating the wound, I boiled some blood-enhancing and analgesic medicine such as angelica root, white peony root, and rehmannia root, and had it fed.
It wasn't until night that Fan Lu woke up and struggled to get up.
Li Yue pressed his shoulder and said, "You are still seriously injured. Please rest for a few more days. Don't worry about other things. Someone will treat you."
"Thank you very much, Commander... for saving my life." Fan Lu is a typical Northern warrior, with a majestic appearance and a tall body. You can tell he is a brave general at a glance.
After settling him, Li Yue returned to his residence, where several school officials were waiting for a long time.
"My subordinates went through the things they brought and talked to the soldiers. There is nothing suspicious."
If there is no suspicion, it means that this person is sincerely surrendering to him.
"Don't let up, keep a close eye on him." Li Yue felt a little comforted in his heart. These days, loyalty is more important than anything else.
Fan Lu has passed the first level.
However, Li Yue faced another difficulty.
For some unknown reason, Ran Min found out about this matter and directly issued an edict asking Li Yue to hand over Fan Lu.
One wave comes after another.
Fan Lu is not an ordinary general, he is Liu Xian's leading general, also known as the central leader. This position is not something that just anyone can take.
Li Yue couldn't hand over others who had traveled thousands of miles to defect, otherwise who would dare to defect to Yanzhou in the future?
Li Yue asked Chang Wei to write a memorial to analyze the current situation for Ran Min.
The capture of Xiangguo does not mean that everything will be fine. Ran Wei is suffering from internal and external troubles. It is the time to recuperate and recuperate, so we should not fight with each other.
A few days later, Ran Min's edict came again, listing Li Yue's various disobedient actions. The most serious ones were attacking Qingzhou without receiving the edict, accepting enemy generals, and occupying Fangtou and Liyang. , spying on Yedu.
The words were quite intense.
"If Ran Min dares to come, I will let him taste the power of my Black Cloud Army sword!" Wei Shan became more and more disgusted with Ran Min.
Not only him, but also many generals in the army did not have a good impression of Yecheng.
In fact, Li Yue is also annoyed with Ran Min, but for the sake of the overall situation, he can only try to coax him and strive for development opportunities for Qing Yan.
As long as he survives this year and digests Qingzhou, even if Ran Wei falls, Li Yue can keep the Murong clan to the north of the Yellow River.
"Don't worry, Ran Min won't send troops." Based on Li Yue's understanding of Ran Min, if he is sure to capture Fangtou and Liyang, what nonsense will he say? He had already come to kill him with his sword.
And his fierce words showed that he was also guilty.
Li Yue knew the situation in Yecheng better than Ran Min. There was no surplus food in the treasury. If it weren't for the 400,000 shi of food he sent up, Ran Min would have gone to the northwest.
Chang Wei made another memorial, saying that the attack on Qingzhou was a last resort. Qing, Xu, Yang and Yu all wanted to surrender to Jiangdong and had to send troops.
As for Bohai, if the Heiyun Army did not take action, I am afraid that it would have become a Yan territory by now.
In the past, Li Yue had the intention of giving up Fang Tou, but after going back and forth like this, Li Yue felt that he could still grind it out.
Fangtou is not far from Yecheng, one or two hundred miles away, and there is a vast plain, and letters can be exchanged very quickly.
A few days later, Ran Min's edict came again.
He directly threatened Li Yue that if he did not hand over Fangtou and Li Yang, he would lead an army of 100,000 to conquer them!
These words can scare others, but they cannot scare Li Yue.
How many men and horses he has on hand, maybe Li Yue knows better than him.
Every month, people in Yecheng come and go with all kinds of news.
Xiangguo was defeated and one hundred thousand elite troops were wiped out. Ran Min escaped by hiding in the palace outside the city of Xiangguo. He lurked back to Yecheng with more than ten cavalrymen. He had at most 40,000 to 50,000 troops that he had recruited in a hurry. As for the elites, there were no more More than three thousand people.
And the more he clamored, the less worried Li Yue became.
Chang Wei wrote another memorial and helped Ran Min analyze how strong the Fangtou was, and advised him to calm down more. Don't forget that Murong Jun is eyeing you in Youzhou, and Yan's military front has advanced to Zhongshan County.
By the way, let’s recall the glorious past, and don’t forget the love between the two sides...
Anyway, it's just the same idea, don't break your skin, just drag it on like this.
Ran Min failed to capture Fangtou last time, and it was even more impossible this time.
After the letter was posted, Ran Min became silent.
He stopped, but Li Yue became worried. If this guy really came desperately to kill, it would be another protracted offensive and defensive battle.
However, the news from Yecheng made Li Yue feel relieved.
The food in Ran Min's treasury could not support a large-scale war.
Seeing that spring plowing was approaching, Ran Min sent another edict, asking Li Yue to send him 500,000 shi of grain...
Monday, some things to deal with, two chapters to take a breather...
(End of chapter)
