After arriving home, his wife Qin came to discuss matters with him.
"Nian'er is getting older, and I go out to party with those young ladies all day long. I thought I was talking about my little daughter's family, but unexpectedly, I ended up commenting on other men. I'm not ashamed!"
Mrs. Qin was very annoyed. She was troubled by the decline of social customs and the change of people's hearts.
Sun Ying smiled bitterly, "That Yang Xuan is young and handsome, holds a high position, and is versatile in both civil and military affairs. When these girls see him, they will naturally fall in love with him. As long as it is not too chaotic, just leave him alone."
Mrs. Qin complained: "Even if you are handsome, can you be eaten by being handsome?
By the way, he came to Fengzhou this time for the iron ore, where can he get it?"
Sun Ying shook his head, "It's easy to defend but difficult to attack over there. I also sent people to attack it before, but they came back without success. Otherwise, just getting out the ore is a big business. Fengzhou is poor, how can I let it go?"
"Then he still wants to fight?"
"I found out later that he was smelting iron in Chenzhou and was in need of ore."
"So that's the case, no wonder he wants to take risks. Just in time, someone, call Nian'er." Qin said with a smile: "At least give her a good beating, so that she won't be obsessed with Yang Shijun in the future and be embarrassed!"
"That's fine!" Sun Ying nodded.
"Aniang!"
Sun Nian entered the room, "Aniang looks very solemn, and Aye looks more cordial. It can be seen that a strict father and a loving mother are wrong. Let me see! It must be a strict mother and a loving father, right?"
Seeing her smiling, Sun Ying rarely kept a straight face, "Listen to your mother-in-law!"
"Yes." Sun Nian quickly stood up.
Mrs. Qin waved her hand and the two servants left, leaving a family of three in the room.
"It's not easy for Yang Xuan to come to Fengzhou. He wants to seize the mine, but there are bandits guarding the mine. You Aye said that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Fengzhou army has been unable to do anything after several attacks, not to mention that Chenzhou is a guest.
The army, even the food and grass, were bought from you, Aye. When he fails to attack, he will definitely come back and borrow troops from you, Aye. Do you want to borrow them then?"
The Qin family was knowledgeable and was praised by Sun Ying as a virtuous housekeeper.
Hearing this, Sun Ying shook his head: "My duty is to take good care of Fengzhou. Tao County has not ordered me to attack the bandits. Therefore, if Yang Xuan borrows troops, even if he turns against him, I cannot borrow them!"
Sun Nian said: "Maybe we can win!"
Mrs. Qin smiled and said, "When I was a girl, I also had such longing, thinking that the person I liked could do anything.
But my daughter! If Yang Xuan is defeated and comes back to ask you, Aye, to borrow troops, you, Aye, will naturally refuse to lend him troops, and discord will immediately arise between the two parties.
Instead of feeling sad when the time comes, why not stop now and study hard, paint if you like, and write poetry if you like!"
"That's right!" Sun Ying agreed.
Sun Nian felt sad and choked up: "I know."
"Langjun!" A servant came in, "Someone is coming from Zhouse."
"Oh! Call in."
Zhoushe is right in front, and you can reach Sun's house just around the corner, so Sun Ying can go home early and report anything urgently.
A clerk came in hurriedly.
"Your Majesty, Qin Yuan has sent someone back."
Sun Ying asked: "But it is difficult to attack?"
The clerk shook his head.
"Shijun Yang has breached the mine!"
…
After taking down the mine, Qin Yuan felt that this trip had completed his merits.
"It's a pity that I can no longer listen to Yang Shijun's teachings."
Yang Xuan's words that day made Qin Yuan suddenly enlightened. He wished that this campaign could continue until the end of time.
Yang Xuan inspected the mine, drove all the prisoners to mine, and brought the two leaders.
The old thief took action himself and touched both heads.
"Little Pan, come and touch me too."
"Let me touch it." Wang Laoer came over, fumbled around, and said, "This head is round."
Pan Sheng touched it and said, "Yes, there is no bulge."
"It's good to be a chamber pot."
Dunlin, who was trembling all over after being touched, shouted: "Your Majesty, Aweng, I would like to be Aweng's hunting dog and hunt for Aweng."
"Tu Yan, what kind of person are you?"
Yang Xuan asked.
He has no interest in a human-headed chamber pot.
"The king likes beauties."
"That's it?"
Yang Xuandan said.
Snap!
The old thief slapped his hand, "Ganniang! What man doesn't like women?"
Dun Lin covered his face and said, "The king has a bad temper and often beats people!"
"That's it?" Yang Xuan's eyes were serious.
Dunlin trembled under his gaze, "Your Majesty, Aweng, the king said that he is poor and wants to make money. He must come out to grab money and food, otherwise everyone will starve to death!"
"Bullshit!" Yan Xun heard him talking about confidential matters and wanted to pounce on him, but Wang Laoer grabbed his hair with one hand and slapped him.
The corners of Yan Xun's mouth swelled up, and he said with a vague expression: "The mountain god will punish you as a traitor! And you, Yang Gou, the mountain god will destroy your entire army!"
"Mountain God?" Yang Xuan said: "If I kill you today, will the mountain god you believe in come to my rescue? How about giving it a try?"
He stretched out his hand, and the old thief handed over the horizontal knife.
Little clever ghost... no, old clever ghost!
Yang Xuan slowly placed the horizontal knife on Yan Xun's neck, "Where is the mountain god?"
Yan Xun was worried, "Just give it a try!"
He raised his sword and slashed it down violently.
The headless corpse fell to the ground, blood spurting out.
Yang Xuan casually threw the horizontal knife to the old thief and said with a smile: "I haven't killed anyone for a long time, my hands are raw."
The old thief praised: "Lang Jun's sword skills have become more and more exquisite."
"Aweng, spare your life!"
Dun Lin's body on the side went limp, and a stench emanated from his body.
"He's scared shitless!"
Wang Laoer covered his nose.
Immediately, Dun Lin even told everything about his affair with someone.
"Life in the mountains is difficult. Someone originally gave us food and weapons. They said they were from the Northern Liao Dynasty, but we didn't know who they were."
Yang Xuan said: "There are no philanthropic people in Northern Liao. Who will help the bandits? And there is no need to repay these years. Even if it is to attack Fengzhou!"
"It's like the three major ministries. After receiving the protection of Tanzhou, they have to attack Chenzhou." Han Ji couldn't figure it out either.
"No matter what, the goal this time remains the same, to clean up the bandits." Yang Xuan stood up, "I saw the mine, it is not small, but I am worried that Fengzhou will attack, so the scale of mining is not large."
"Where do you get the manpower?" Nan He asked.
Yang Xuan pointed to the mountains, "Those bandits are the best laborers."
"Wonderful!" Han Ji stroked his beard and praised.
The old thief asked: "But the bandits are huddled in the mountains. When we enter the mountains, we will not recognize things and have trouble walking. But the bandits are walking on the ground. How can we fight against them?"
"Many times, the art of war is to fish, and those who are willing take the bait." Yang Xuan said: "The bandits are greedy, so I will give them a bait that they cannot refuse!"
"What?"
"food!"
…
"The mine has been taken!"
Tu Yan was furious and immediately ordered Yan Xun's seven wives to be included in his harem.
On the second day, he convened a meeting with people under his eyes.
"Yang Gou from Chenzhou came, bringing thousands of troops with him, and now he has captured the mine."
There was a lot of discussion among the people, and most of them agreed to send troops to take it back.
The great King Tuyan shook his head and said, "This is what I mean, no need."
"Your Majesty, that's iron ore! It can be exchanged for money and food!"
Tu Yan said: "No more! They won't accept it over there."
He had kept this news secret because he was worried that it would damage the morale of his subordinates.
"No more?"
"The people over there have also dispersed. Now, no trace can be found anymore." Tuyan said with a stern face, "This matter is not simple... The Beiliao man who contacted me at the beginning was killed, and the knife came from the ridge.
It was stabbed in the back, so it was obviously done by an acquaintance."
"Then, what should we do next?"
"What will we do without the food and weapons sent from Beiliao?"
Tuyan also had a headache, "Let's take a look at this matter. When the weather gets warmer, I will take you to the opposite side to grab some."
…
"This is money!"
Outside the granary in Jianling City, carts were filled with grain and ready to be shipped.
The money is delivered on the spot, every penny is a lot.
"Yang Shijun is indeed true to his word!" The supervising official looked at Jin Yin, his eyes narrowed in laughter.
The official Chen Zhou contacted said calmly: "It's just that we are not short of money!"
The convoy set off.
Slowly head north from Jianling City.
When resting and cooking on the road, we also get food from the grain truck.
On the mountainside opposite the mountain road, more than a dozen bandits watched this scene and communicated in low voices.
The news was sent to the mountains.
"Your Majesty, Yang Gou has transported a lot of grain to the mine."
"We are preparing to mine ore!" Tu Yan stroked his beard and squinted his eyes to think, "Mining ore must require civilians, and civilians consume a lot of food every day. Yang Gou is worried that we will rob him if he often transports food, so he once
Transporting a large amount of food into the mountains. This is a good opportunity!"
He said with bright eyes: "If you defeat Yang Gou, you will not only get swords, guns and horses, but you will also get food. Kill two birds with one stone."
"Yang dogs are fierce!"
A leader spoke weakly and was immediately despised by everyone!
"Are tigers ferocious? Are jackals ferocious?" Tu Yan knocked on the eucalyptus table and said, "We have been making a living in the mountains for generations. Many dynasties have changed outside, but we remain the same."
He clasped his hands together and closed his eyes.
This is a way of praying.
Everyone also followed suit.
After a long time, Tuyan opened his eyes and said: "The mountain god told me that this attack will be a complete victory! Tell the warriors that the food is outside the mountain. Follow me to attack and grab the food!"
Everyone was ordered to go out.
The elder next to him said: "Your Majesty, that Yang Dog should not be underestimated."
"This king does not despise him." Tuyan said solemnly: "But you also know the situation in the mountains. In the past few years, we were able to exchange ore for food and weapons from Beiliao. But starting from last year, all this has
Gone.
Without food, what will the people we gave birth to in the past few years eat?
There are only a limited number of beasts in the mountains, and if they can't find anything to eat, they will eat me alive!"
The elder sighed, "There are five thousand people on Yang Gou's side, can your Majesty be sure?"
Tuyan rubbed the hilt of the long knife at his waist, with a stern look in his eyes, "I can send 50,000 troops. If the herd of wild horses is big enough, the tigers and wolves can only hide far away.
Yang Gou is very powerful, but he still has to run when facing our army! I only want food and mines, so leave them to him!"
The elder said: "I'm going to find someone to sacrifice."
"Divination!" Tuyan said, "I need the guidance of the mountain god."
The result of the divination was very good, a great victory.
When the news spread, the bandits cheered.
"Attack!"
Tuyan went out in full force, and before leaving, sent people to Mengju to deliver the message.
"The king has said that the Tang people are our common enemies. If you dare to take advantage of the opportunity to attack us, the mountain god will be furious!"
Meng Ju's skin was a little sickly pale. Hearing this, he sneered, "Kill my cousin, Yang Gou... My king's army is gathering. Let Tuyan spare Yang Gou's life."
…
The army came out in great numbers.
On the sixth day, he encountered Yang Xuan's Chenzhou Army.
"Your Majesty, the Tang army's scouts are powerful."
The bandit's scout was beaten to a pulp.
"Really?" Tu Yan knew the importance of a good start, "Daga, you go!"
Daga is a general under his command and is famous for his bravery.
"yes!"
The burly Taga set off with only a few hundred horses.
Most of their horses were brought from Bei Liao, and they are tall. There are also horses in the mountains, which have good endurance and can endure hardship, but are short and cannot run fast.
On the way, Daga said: "I'm missing a good horse, so I just want to grab one!"
His subordinates complimented him a lot, as if the war horse was his treasure.
"If Yang Gou comes, I will kill him with one blow." Daga's eyes were a little red, and those who knew him well knew that this man had an evil spirit.
Anyone who accidentally offends him at this time will be chopped into pieces with a single knife.
Therefore, his subordinates quietly distanced themselves from him.
"Tang Army scout discovered!"
Someone pointed forward and shouted.
Daga has already seen it.
"More than fifty riders!" Da Ga said with a ferocious smile: "They are all good horses, and they are all good knives, and they are also very flashy! It must be faster to cut off people's heads! Follow me and grab them!"
A group of bandits roared away.
Opposite, Wang Laoer was looking boredly at a big bird in the sky.
"Where's the head?"
"Enemy troops found."
Just when Daga discovered the Tang army, they were also discovered here at the same time.
Wang Laoer was overjoyed, "Don't let them escape!"
"They didn't run away!" an elder was ecstatic, "They are here!"
The two sides came into contact quickly.
Later, Wang Laoer carried a human head and asked in confusion: "Why did everyone run away?"
Daga is dead.
Blocked two of Wang Laoer's swords, and was beheaded by the third sword.
The remaining bandits dispersed in a hurry.
This is the difference between regular troops and bandits.
An elder said: "Second brother, do you want to pursue me?"
Wang Laoer shook his head, "You run so fast! By the way, how did you learn this?"
The elder said: "They said that the second brother will be a general in the future. Why should the stewards of the general's family also learn about Shu Dali? The villain learned on his own."
"General?"
"Isn't it?"
"Of course not."
"What will the second brother do in the future?"
Wang Laoer thought for a while.
"Show me the door to Mr. Lang."
…
This ambition is indeed lofty!
Everyone praised him.
Another elder looked at the fleeing bandits with some reluctance, "Second brother, it's all money!"
Wang Laoer looked down on a few crooked melons and cracked jujubes, "Not worth it!"
As he spoke, he turned the horse's head and said, "The enemy scouts are here. I think a large group of people are not far away. Go back and report to Mr. Lang!"
Everyone stared blankly into the distance behind him.
Then look at him again.
Look at him with adoration!
Wang Laoer slowly turned back.
In the distance, smoke and dust are billowing.
Dense black shadows appeared at the end of the sky and rushed over.
Enemy troops.
Coming!
If they had caught up just now, they would have no choice but to flee for their lives!