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"After the recovery of Hedong County, Hanoi County was within easy reach. In this way, the war on the north bank of the Yellow River can be settled for ten days, and Bingzhou will be worry-free. Hahaha!"

While laughing, Li Li suddenly stopped laughing and said suspiciously: "By the way, where are the three of Zhang Yang, Sun Ce and Jiang Qi now? Why didn't Fengxiao mention these three?"

"Uh!" Guo Jia's expression changed slightly when he heard this, and he said respectfully: "Lord's Eye, the whereabouts of these three people were indeed not mentioned in the Jiebao. However, Commander Yan Xing and General Guan Gu who were ordered to lurk in Hedong County have sent back the secret letter. Their trip was specifically for these three people. Therefore, the secret letter clearly explained the whereabouts of these three people. This is a secret letter, please check it out."

While speaking, Guo Jia took out two rolls of brocade from his sleeve and bowed and handed it to Li Li.

What is puzzling is that Guo Jia never answered the questions raised by Li Li, but instead responded by submitting a secret letter. It is not difficult to see that there must be hidden information, which makes Guo Jia inconvenient to speak out, or he is unwilling to interfere with the matter, and tries to stay out of the matter.

He unfolded the first volume of brocade. When he saw the handwriting, Li Li couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and said in surprise: "Is Zhang Yang dead?"

Guo Jia nodded and responded: "That's right. Just at the third update of the night when Zhou Yu's army was preparing to attack Anyi City, Yang Chou, the lower general of Zhang Yang's tent, attacked Zhang Yang. Later, when Zhou Yu's army attacked Anyi City, Yang Chou led his troops to mutiny and opened the north gate to welcome our army into the city. In this way, under the cooperation between inside and outside, Zhou Yu's army captured Anyi within one day and recovered Hedong County.

The person who convinced Yang Chou to turn against us was General Guan Gu. He had had contacts with Zhang Yang in Hanoi in his early years and had a strong personal relationship with his general Yang Chou. This time, Commander Yan Xing specially brought Guan Gu with him, which was the reason. However, as General Yan Xing expected, Guan Gu successfully persuaded Yang Chou to change his course and join our army, so he attacked Zhang Yang as a ceremony for promotion. After the war, Yang Chou led more than 20,000 people in the river to compete with each other and temporarily returned to General Zhou Yu's account to listen to the specific arrangements. Please make an announcement."

After saying that, Guo Jia waved his hand gently. The two personal soldiers who had been waiting for a long time brought a two-foot square black painted wooden box, and bowed and handed it to Li Li.

Immediately, Guo Jia stepped forward and said, "The box contains Zhang Yang's head. This item was sent to the camp with the Anyi news. This was done by Yang Chou, and it was obviously the ceremony of promotion under his command of the lord."

Li Li nodded slightly. After receiving the gesture, the personal soldiers holding the wooden box opened the upper cover immediately. Suddenly, a head with a terrifying and resentful expression appeared in Li Li's sight. This was Zhang Yang's remains when he was dying. His gray cheeks were filled with horror and extremely sinister resentment.

"Zhang Yang, he followed Ding Yuan to resist the invasion of the barbarians in his early years. He fought for many years and fulfilled the duties of the generals guarding the border. After the chaos in the world, he was respectful to his own troops, and he was both snakes and rats, and he was very fond of both sides. He was indeed a speculative and snobbish person, which was disgusting. Now, good and evil will be rewarded in the end, but his intelligence will be misled by his intelligence. When he approached the destiny, he was poisoned by his trusted generals and died. It was really a fate. Forget it, the grudges of people died and their families were allowed to collect their bodies and bury them."

While pondering, Li Li waved his hand and waved his personal soldiers, his expression quickly returned to calm, and asked Guo Jia: "Fengxiao thought it would be appropriate to arrange Yang Chou?"

"This??????" Guo Jia was stunned when he heard the sound, looked up at Li Li in surprise, opened his mouth to speak but was jealous, and seemed hesitant.

Seeing this, Li Li shook his head gently and smiled and said, "You and my ministers don't have to be too taboos. You may as well speak frankly, and you have no mistakes in your words."

Guo Jia's expression relaxed and said happily: "Since the lord is inquiring, the empress should know that everything is said. I forgive the empress for saying that Yang Chou betrayed the old master and led his troops to mutiny. This move has become a taboo for those under the ministers and is actually unwilling tolerate it. What's more, not only did he betray the old master, but he became more and more aggressive and killed the master for honor. Such sinister behaviors actually made the empress extremely dissatisfied and deeply disliked. Such untrustful and unrighteous people rebelled against the master for their own wealth and honor. If our Xiliang army is in a weak position in the future, it is difficult to guarantee that this person will not use the same trick again and sell the master for honor again.

Therefore, in the opinion of the weak minister, these insidious villains who only make profits and make treacherous and unfaithful keep them useless. It is better to eliminate them as soon as possible, so as not to surrender and rebel again in the future, leaving behind future troubles."

After hearing this, Li Li's expression changed slightly and he pondered: "Is the intention of filial piety to kill Yang Chou to serve as a warning to others?"

"That's right." Guo Jia nodded without hesitation and said with a resolute expression: "The matter of betraying the Lord and asking for honor must be eliminated. This case must not be opened. Just kill one to warn a hundred, so as not to others imitate it!"

"This???" Jia Xu pondered a little hesitantly, and then continued: "Report to the lord, I think that the words of filial piety are biased, and killing surrendered generals is inappropriate! It is true that I am very disgusted with those who kill the master and seek honor, and it is not worthy of killing them. However, this time, Yang Chou attacked Zhang Yang and then led his troops to compete with each other. Although this move is disgusting, as far as the lord and our Xiliang army are concerned, they are people who have made contributions. For generals who have made contributions to the army, not only do they not reward them, but behead them, which is an unknown reward. Once this move is spread, who will dare to lead their troops to serve the lord in the future? In this way, will they force them to fight with our Xiliang army to the end?

As the saying goes, rewards and punishments are not clear. Therefore, in the humble opinion, no matter how despicable Yang Chou is, how sinister and snobbish his behavior is, he is only for his actions, and he is indeed rewarded. However, as Feng Xiao said, if such a matter of selling his master for honor is ignored, not curbed, and not punished, it is really difficult to convince. Therefore, the humble opinion suggests that he should be rewarded and punished, first rewarded and then punished. The reward is because of his merits, and punishment is because of his actions that are unwilling tolerated by the world. How to reward and punish is still necessary for the Lord to make a decision."

"Yes." After hearing the advice of Guo Jia and Jia Xu, Li Li nodded slightly, thought for a moment, and smiled and said, "It is very consistent with my heart to be filial and jealous of evil. Wen He's words are quite pertinent, and it is feasible to punish the past and the future, and to stand in the long run. In this case, he ordered Zhou Yu to summon Hedong soldiers to clear the justice of the order, and Yang Chou should be executed by his resignation. However, he thought that he had made contributions to our army and led his troops to surrender, and he would be exempted from his death penalty. He was punished with 60 soldiers in public, and then rewarded 300 gold, and was given a mansion and promoted to a deputy general, so he could temporarily return to Zhou Yu's tent to listen to it!"

"This, wise, lord." Guo Jia looked a little surprised and confused after hearing this. Because Li Li's reward to Yang Chou was extremely heavy, and he was given wealth and glory, and he was promoted to a deputy general, only one step away from being appointed as a marquis. However, the punishment for 60-year-old slaughter was really not light, and it was enough to make Yang Chou's skin bloom and unable to recover within a month. Yang Chou would remember the lesson and dare not commit it again. Thinking of this, Guo Jia stopped insisting and respectfully accepted the order.

After the matter was agreed, the second secret letter in Li Li's hand also unfolded.

As the Jinbo spread out quickly, the smile on Li Li's face suddenly disappeared, and then his sword eyebrows rose up, his eyes narrowed slightly, and an extremely complicated look flashed in his eyes. After a while, he slowly rolled up the Jinbo and stuffed it into his sleeves. Then he slowly walked to the railing, looked north, and remained silent.

Seeing that his lord's expression was strange, Jia Xu's expression changed suddenly, and then walked gently to Guo Jia, his eyes full of inquiry. Guo Jia looked hesitant and wanted to speak but stopped, but he could not resist Jia Xu's inquiry eyes. Then he pulled Jia Xu back to the side of the city tower and whispered the content of the second secret letter and the unknown secrets.

In fact, what the second secret letter said was the detailed process of Zhou Yu leading his army to capture Anyi City, as well as some of the things that happened in the siege.

At the fifth update of last night, Zhou Yu led 50,000 Bingzhou troops to attack Anyi City according to the pre-siege agreed with Sun Ce. At the beginning of the siege, everything was steadily advancing as Zhou Yu agreed to Sun Ce. Zhou Yu's army also attacked the northern gate and the southern gate of Anyi at the same time, and sent 20,000 troops to attack Jiang Qi's camp outside the southern gate; Sun Ce, as an internal aid, led his troops to capture the county magistrate's office, first capture the king, so as to capture Zhang Yang and Jiang Qi first, and then force him to submit. Only in this way can Sun Ce successfully incorporate tens of thousands of troops under Zhang Yang and Jiang Qi's tent, then bring enough food and supplies, lead his troops to leave Hedong County and go south to Jiangdong.

In this secret letter, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce were undoubtedly taking their own needs. Zhou Yu sought to capture Anyi City and cut off the retreat of the Allied troops crossing the Yellow River north; while Sun Ce was seeking troops, horses, money and food to strengthen his own strength again. Therefore, the two sides hit it off and it was easy to reach a consensus, and the inside and outside joined forces to capture Anyi County. When Anyi City fell, both sides got their place and then parted ways. This was considered a good relationship and separation. However, in the heart, the agreement in this secret letter was undoubtedly more beneficial to Sun Ce, because Zhou Yu's army had already captured the counties of Hedong County before approaching Anyi City, making Anyi City an isolated city.

Under such a favorable situation, if Zhou Yu's army implemented a siege tactic on Anyi City, surrounded but did not attack, and then concentrated its superior forces to successively wipe out Jiang Qi's camp and Sun Ce's camp stationed outside the city, then even if the entire Allied troops inside and outside the city were not wiped out by Zhou Yu's army, they would definitely not be able to escape in a short time.

If this is true, Li Li can send troops across the river to support Zhou Yu just after the decisive battle in Loudi, so that all the allies entrenched in Anyi can be wiped out. Zhang Yang, Sun Ce and Jiang Qi cannot escape.

However, Zhou Yu took advantage of Li Li's order to capture Anyi City within two days and suddenly decided to join forces with Sun Ce, so Sun Ce went to Zhou Yu's camp overnight to discuss matters.

It has to be said that although Zhou Yu had no intention of betraying Li Li this time, he had selfish intentions. His purpose was to not only complete the military order given to Li Li to capture Anyi, but also help Sun Ce escape from the difficulties, so that he could calmly lead his troops to escape from Hedong County and return to Jiangdong as soon as possible.

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Chapter completed!