Outside the East City, Li Xiuyuan led more than 700 people from the three most elite battalions in the city to fight against Liu Feng, the powerful general under Liu Pan. He thought he could get a first prize and boost his military power, but he didn't expect to bite a hard bone. Liu Pan asked Liu Feng to pretend to attract Li Xiuyuan's attention so that Shaonantong could successfully capture the west gate and attack on both sides. Liu Feng was unwilling to do so and wanted to attack the city along the waterway on behalf of Shaonantong. Liu Pan comforted him and said, "Li Xiuyuan is suspicious by nature and is extremely brave. If he sends an ordinary person, he may not be fooled. Although he is pretending to be like a little, you have to go by yourself. If you don't go, you have to go by yourself." Seeing that his elder brother refused to give in, Liu Feng reluctantly went, and his anger came to Li Xiuyuan.

Li Xiuyuan praised Haikou in front of deputy general Jiang Sheng, and retreated if he was not good enough, and the two of them fought under the city. Liu Pan looked at Li Xiuyuan calm, his maces were steady and powerful, and his skills were skillful. He was indeed a rare talent. He felt love for a moment, so he secretly reminded Liu Feng not to ruin his life.

Liu Feng was known as "Liu Shuangdao". He was originally the best hero in the front camp. His two swords were invincible. Now he was trapped by Liu Pan. Although he was unwilling to accept his heart, he did not dare to violate the order. He had to force himself to raise his spirits and fight Li Xiuyuan. After dozens of rounds, he did not decide the winner. Seeing that the two of them were unable to decide the winner and lose their martial arts skills, Liu Pan was afraid that they would lose their long battle, so he ordered the gold to withdraw his troops.

Li Xiuyuan and Liu Feng were unable to fight, and they were complaining in their hearts. Suddenly, they heard the sound of the golden gong, and Liu Feng left without fighting. He felt relieved in his heart, pretending to chase after him for a while, and then stopped his horse and prepared to return to the city. However, when he looked back, the Khitan military flag had been raised from the city gate, he was frightened.

At this time, the city gate opened, Jiang Xu flew out and shouted as he walked, "General, hurry up, the city has been broken." Li Xiuyuan lamented, and was about to ask Jiang Xu for the reason, when he suddenly saw Jiang Xu bent his bow and arrow shot at him. A feather arrow passed by, Li Xiuyuan was furious and said, "Jiang Xu, you are crazy." Jiang Xu sneered, "I have surrendered to the Khitan, I advise you to dismount and surrender soon."

When he was talking, a group of people came out of the city gate, and Liu Feng, who pretended to be defeated, also turned back. Li Xiuyuan sighed to the sky, and was about to draw his sword and commit suicide. Suddenly, one of them shouted: "General, who will raise his mother?" Li Xiuyuan was shocked when he heard this, and the sword in his hand suddenly dropped. When he was young, he was in trouble in his hometown. His father and brother died on the way to escape. His sisters were trafficked and trafficked by human trafficking and raised by his mother. From then on, no matter whether he was a thief or an official, he would take his mother with him, and he would do his best to be filial and not slackening at all.

After garrisoning Yinzhou City, he was afraid that Wu Cao would be suspicious, so he deliberately left his wife in Suizhou, and took his old mother by his side, so that his favored concubine Thirteen Niang would serve him. If he didn't want to, he would beat and scold him. Wu Cao was poor in Yinzhou City and advised him to keep the old man in the city to enjoy his happiness. Li Xiuyuan insisted on refusing and said, "I am stubborn, afraid that I am not here, and his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are dirty." At the same time, he privately said: Would Wu Cao keep my mother hostage? How could he be like a big brother in this way? After hearing this, Wu Cao didn't dare to persuade him again.

Seeing that his old mother fell into the hands of man, Li Xiuyuan's heart immediately became confused. He scolded the people and said, "A real man fights for the world, and dies, so why bother and children?" Liu Pan smiled and said, "The general is a filial and righteous person. Liu heard of the general's reputation in the desert. He has always admired him very much. If the soldiers had no food to spend the winter, I would not have gone south. I would beg for forgiveness if they offended him." As he was speaking, Shaonantong protected Li Xiuyuan's gray-haired old mother out of the city.

When Li Xiuyuan saw it, he hurriedly dismounted, bowed to his mother, and cried bitterly. Li's mother scolded, "Although the commander is a Khitan, he is also a general of the court. Now he doesn't dislike you and is willing to accept you, why are you hesitating? Half of his life has become a bandit, which has already shamed his ancestors. Will he still follow someone with ulterior motives in the second half of his life? I wonder if Wu Cao treats you as his confidant, and the enemy is in danger, and he will not send troops to rescue you in the face of difficulties. This is to kill you." She muttered again, "I have seen that he has bad intentions for your wife. He knows that you care about me, but he keeps her as a qualifier."

Li Xiuyuan was afraid that she would say something bad again, so he hurriedly called out: "The child already knows his mistake." His mother said, "You know your mistake, but you still beg General Liu to take you. Do you want me, an old woman, to kowtow for you?" Li Xiuyuan said even if he didn't dare, so he came to worship Liu Pan. Liu Pan hurriedly helped him up and said, "Liu will ask the commander to help you restore your position." Li Xiuyuan said, "The general is willing to take shelter, but he will be willing to be a front pawn. Yinzhou City prays that the general will choose another good general to guard." Everyone was happy.

Liu Feng came forward and punched Li Xiuyuan and smiled, "You are the second one who dares to fight me in front of the formation and can escape unscathed." Li Xiuyuan asked in surprise, "Who is the first one?" Liu Feng pointed at Liu Pan and said, "He is the first one." Li Xiuyuan was respectful and afraid of Liu Pan when he heard this, and knocked on the ground, and was very frightened.

Liu Pan rested in Yinzhou City for an afternoon and continued to go south while the night was dark. Li Xiuyuan volunteered to take the lead. Before he formed a charity with Wu Cao, he had many confrontations and was familiar with each other's routines. Liu Pan got his help and became more wings. After a night of travel, he was only eighteen miles away from Suizhou. Each camp was camped for rest at dawn.

Liu Pan was discussing the strategy of siege with everyone, but suddenly received a secret letter of urgent need. When he opened the letter, he couldn't help but frown and punched the case.

Everyone asked the reason, Liu Pan said, "Somehow, the princess suddenly had a whim and came south to find the commander. She was frustrated and accidentally entered the mountain of Haoshan and let a group of strong men rob it." Li Xiuyuan asked in surprise: "Is it Sister Gui on the mountain of Haoshan who hijacked the princess?" Liu Pan hurriedly picked up the letter again, glanced up and down, and said, "The letter didn't say, who is Sister Gui? How many groups of strong men are there on the mountain of Haoshan?"

Li Xiuyuan said: "Hashan is at the junction of Suizhou and Yinzhou. It is surrounded by mountains and water, and the terrain is very dangerous. Since ancient times, it has been a place where strong people gather. The strong people here include officials who were convicted by the court, defeated soldiers, and nobles who lost their power on the grassland. More of them are untouchables passed down from generation to generation. The so-called untouchables are after prisoners who were convicted and demoted here in the court. This sister Gui was born as a untouchable. Her father was formerly the Minister of Works of the Ministry of Works in the court, and was convicted here when Emperor Xianzong of the country. He recruited wanderers to cultivate the fields and used silk cloth from the Central Plains.

After selling to various Uighur tribes, he made huge profits. After his power grew, he occupied the most dangerous Qinshan, known as the "King of Hexi". Xiasui Town sent troops to fight several times but returned in vain. Later, he bought his subordinates and assassinated him. His daughter, this sister Gui, was only fourteen years old. She took her servants to kill her enemies and became the boss herself. She also known as the "King of Hexi". Over the past decade, she continued to subdue several other bandits in Haoshan, and now she has no less than ten thousand people. Wu Cao and I both gave her some points."

Shaonantong sneered: "Bad 'Hexi King', a bandit dares to be king. When I lead a battalion of troops to capture her." Liu Pan shouted: "No, people have tens of thousands of troops, how can you win one battalion of troops? When I conquer Suizhou, go and ask her for people." Liu Feng sneered: "When at that time, I am afraid that the princess of the commander's family will even give birth to her children."

Shao Nantong laughed and said, "The second brother is really good at joking. How can two women get together? How can you give birth to a baby? Could it be that you still have to go up the mountain to help?" Liu Feng was furious and raised his hand to hit him. Shao Nantong hurriedly bowed his body to beg for mercy.

Yang Hongyang smiled and said, "The bandits kidnap for money is nothing more than money. I will send someone to talk to her about the price. Once the matter is over here, our army will be in the forefront. I wonder if she dare not let anyone go."

Liu Pan sighed heavily and said, "This is the only way to go now."

Li Xiuyuan said: "One of my brothers is now the leader of the village under her. I am willing to deal with her."

Liu Pan said happily: "Then you will be Brother Lao Xiuyuan. You can discuss with Military Advisor Zhuge to see what kind of meeting gifts she brings. If she is willing to release the person, you can agree to it within 100,000 taels." Li Xiuyuan was very moved to see Liu Pan trusting him so much and said, "I will fulfill my mission."

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Because the weather was suddenly cold, Li Qing was so lazy that she didn't want to move. She hid in the house all day long and played chess with Jin Taoyin and Tang Yu. The chess with Tang Yu had just reached the middle plate. Suddenly she became bored, lifted the chessboard, stomped her feet and shouted: "It's boring, boring!"

Tang Yu and Jin Taoyin were no longer surprised by this. When she had enough temper, Tang Yu asked her smile: "You said this is boring, that is boring, what is the most interesting?" Li Qing stretched out her chin and said lazily: "If I know, do you still have to be bored?" Jin Taoyin patted Tang Yu and said, "Don't worry about her, she missed that savage." The two covered their mouths and giggled.

Li Qing didn't care at all, and suddenly stood up and walked out. Jin Taoyin hurriedly asked, "Where is the princess?"

"Go and find that savage to relieve your boredom!"

Before sending troops, Yang Hao did not tell Li Qing that if she, the princess of the Tang Dynasty, would know it, it would be inappropriate. With his understanding of Li Qing, he had already thought that Li Qing, who was very quiet and thoughtful, would come to find him, and he would make a big fuss in the Central Army camp when he came. However, he speculated that it would be at least a month later. Since that day, he confessed his feelings to her on the Qingliang Sea, Li Qing suddenly became shy and hid and refused to see him again.

Yang Hao thought this would be good, so he could not get rid of her. For a month, it would be long or short. After a month, he might have returned from victory. It would be best if he could hide it from her. If he could not hide it, it would be fine if he could tell her a few words. It would be better if he had finished speaking. It would be much better to explain to her than now.

After Zhang Bozhong went south secretly, the one who stayed at the Military Advisory Office was his favorite disciple Fang Litian. Fang Litian was originally the general manager of Zuogongguan in Suizhou. After being noticed by Zhang Bozhong, he stayed as a counselor of military affairs. Soon after, Fang Litian officially left Zuogongguan and joined Zhang Bozhong's disciple, and became Zhang Bozhong's direct disciple. The Military Advisory Office is the core of the camp affairs office, and a trustworthy and smart person must be left behind. Before this, Fang Litian had been coordinating military affairs in Meng Ming's army to assist in the military affairs. Zhang Bozhong recommended him as a guard, and Yang Hao agreed without hesitation.

When Li Qing broke into the door, Fang Litian was discussing matters with Lu Guang, the counselor of the Inspectorate Office. In this position where he was sitting, he could just see the situation in the yard through the window. Seeing Li Qing breaking into the yard with a whip in his hand, Fang Litian jumped up and rushed out of the back door. Lu Guang was standing there stupidly, just waiting to call, Li Qing was already angrily breaking in.

Lu Guang was an old minister of the Tang Dynasty and an old man from Fengzhou. He was formerly the chief secretary of the Xining Army Inspectorate. Although he had been in the border town for many years, he still had a clear distinction between the king, the minister and the ministers. When he saw Li Qing, he immediately bowed down and bowed down. Unconsciously, his scalp exploded and sweat beads fell down.

Li Qing arrived at the Central Army camp with the token given to her by Yang Hao, but saw that the tent was empty, and only some old and weak soldiers were patrolling. She suddenly felt suspicious and caught an old army and asked, but no one dared to say it. She suddenly became angry and rushed straight into the Central Army tent. Mu Hong, who was left behind in the Central Army, saw that the situation was not good, and she had already escaped. She couldn't find anyone around, so she turned to the camp office. There were many people in the camp office, but they were busy with small shrimps and couldn't ask anything. Thinking that the Military Administrative Department below the Camp Office was responsible for the overall situation and there must be someone left behind, so she broke into the small camp in the Military Administrative Department.

Fang Litian had met Li Qing several times and knew that she was not a good person to mess with. He also knew that her identity was awkward. He had been wary of her and was always careful to get out of the crisis.

"Where are you??" Li Qing asked at the beginning. Seeing that Lu Guang was still kneeling to him according to the etiquette, he was slightly angry and knocked on the table with a horse whip and shouted, "I'll ask where you are?"

"Princess calms down. Lu Guang is just a little counselor from the Inspectorate Office. The Grand Marshal does not need to inform him when he goes out."

"Hmph, who doesn't know you are his confidant? Where can he not tell you?" Li Qing said deceitfully. In fact, she didn't know who Lu Guang was at all, nor did she know that the counselor was actually the head of the Inspectorate Office. Using "little" as rhetoric is originally a big mistake.

"The princess is so proud that she is at the bottom of the army. The battalion office is indeed the confidant of the commander, but she is just a useless scholar who cannot enter. She copy copywriting on weekdays and follows the best intentions. It is really insignificant." After Lu Guang observed his words and expressions, he found that Li Qing knew nothing about military affairs and became bolder. He was determined to encourage two thin lips to scare the princess first.

Li Qing snorted coldly, knowing that the middle-aged man who claimed to be a clerk in front of her seemed loyal and cunning, and that she might not be able to get a good deal when she had a verbal dispute with him. She looked around and suddenly felt a map hanging on the screen, with many lines drawn in red and black. She was happy and had a plan. She strode forward, pointed and drew on the map with her hand, and sneered, "I know where he went if you don't tell me." After that, she walked out.

Lu Guang was shocked and scared. This map was secretly related. Before sending troops, Yang Hao used it to indicate the attack strategy to the battalions. It was not appropriate for Fang Litian to hang it here, but now he was alone here, but the princess saw it. If he said it out in the future, it would be difficult to guarantee that he would not be punished by the commander. Thinking of this, Lu Guang was worried and hurriedly pulled him to the door and followed him out.

While walking, he thought to himself: How could she understand the character without a single word on this map? Most of the legends on this military map are original by the commander. Except for senior generals in the military, outsiders would not understand the secret even after reading it. However, when he thought of the unusual intimacy between Li Qing and Yang Hao, he suddenly lost his mind. If this man fell in love with a woman, he would want to take out his heart to her, what would a mere map be?

While Lu Guang sent someone to inform Fang Litian, he took the horse to chase Li Qing.
Chapter completed!