Heaven and earth return to one

All the way to the border, Li Yunke was in a great mood. He often laughed out loud while eating, but Ye Pianzhou was tortured enough.

He suddenly regretted that he left Ziming Sect at that time, if not, would he have known what kind of person Liu Jingwen was earlier?Isn't it... There is also someone who can earnestly advise you before you go out, so that you can always think about it?

In this way, the two arrived at the western region happily and sadly.

Then Ye Pianzhou left alone to meet his friends who had trouble with bandits; Li Yunke heard that the people sent by Zhang Lixin had arrived, so he went to meet them in person.

The one who led three thousand troops here was Zhang Lixin's general, Yuan Zheng, the youngest son of Yuan Laohou.Holding Zhang Lixin's handsome seal, he communicated with his second brother who was transferred from the border of Beimo more than half a year ago, and directly led the elite soldiers brought by Zhang Lixin into Crouching Wolf Valley, and stared at the opposite side. military.

The two brothers met Li Yunke, and after greeting Li Yunke, they inevitably had to ask about Lord Yuan.

"This king has been away from Yingzhong for a while, and I really don't know what the situation is with the old man Yuanhou." Li Yunke sat on a big rock and looked into the distance, "But the old man is still thinking about going back. As for the battlefield, not only must the bones of the body be tough, but also those tough moves from back then have not been let go, right?"

The Second General of Yuan Yuan Lv laughed and said: "That's right, Dad is still strong, but he should not get involved in the matter of going to battle to kill the enemy."

Yuan Zheng snorted softly, "Even if us sons agree, I'm afraid the emperor will not allow it. If it weren't for the fact that my father is still in the Hou's mansion, how can the emperor let you be the commander of the western region? Let our three brothers guard the three sides of the country? So I say you don’t have to worry about your father’s safety at all, the emperor is more worried about what will happen to his old man than we are.”

In the past, Li Yunshen did not want their Yuan family to control the entire border, so he asked Yuan Lu and Yuan Che to guard the border of Beimo; later, because Li Cheng was defeated in the western region, the original generals were not useful, At Zhang Lixin's request, Yuan Lv was transferred here.

Yuan Lu shook his head helplessly, "Even if you keep Dad firmly in Yingzhong, the emperor probably won't be at ease."

"Don't worry too much, anyway, the emperor still trusts Zhang Shuai." Yuan Zheng said.

Yuan Ludao: "He can't do it if he doesn't believe it. Zhang Shuai's prestige in the army is unmatched. He can't find a second marshal who can control the world's soldiers and horses. This is why he dared to let the three of us guard the border. The reason—under Zhang Shuai's hands, we can't make a big wave."

But the more this happened, the more dangerous it was. Ri Zhang Lixin's wrong move made Li Yunshen suspicious, so the suspicious emperor couldn't tolerate him no matter what, and he couldn't rest assured that he had to kill him.

Li Yunke thought about these words for a while, but he didn't say anything, he just said: "Put these three thousand elite soldiers here first and don't move. I have something to do here, and I want to ask General Yuan Er to help with it first."

Yuan Lu said: "My lord, please give me instructions."

"There are often bandits flooding the official roads and commercial roads on the border. Does the general know about this?"

"Everyone here knows well," Yuan Lu smiled wryly, "The banditry in the western region has been infested for a long time. Compared with the future, those bandits are still seniors here. Why did the prince ask this question, but what are you going to use these bandits for?"

Li Yunke picked up a piece of grass from the ground, played with it between his fingers, shook his head and said: "Those people are doing evil deeds, I don't need such people, I hope General Yuan Er can lead someone to help me end the bandit den. "

Yuan Lu was silent for a while, then smiled wryly and said, "My lord, this is not easy."

Li Yunke looked at him with a smile.

"..." Yuan Lu coughed dryly, "The reason why this group of bandits are so rampant is because they understand better than anyone else that the officers and soldiers can't do anything to them. They committed crimes, and when they were chased by Chengning soldiers, they would be sent to Qiujue The frontier army lured them to the Chengning border army when they were chased by Qiujue soldiers. Because of this, the defenders of both sides often clashed. With a tacit understanding, turn a blind eye and close one eye, as long as those people don't do too much, they won't even chase after them."

Li Yunke stood up slowly, and said after a while: "General Yuan Er, forgive me for asking, why do you want to join the army?"

Yuan Lu's face was blank for a moment, then he suddenly became serious, and bowed deeply to Li Yunke with his fists clasped, "Your Majesty has taught you well, and you will be confused in the end!"

Li Yunke waved his hand, unlike him, with a smile on his face, "I also know that this matter is not easy to do, if the emperor receives the news, you may be punished if you fail. When I wasn't in charge of the general, I wouldn't make such a request, otherwise wouldn't I have to get involved too?"

Yuan Lu said: "As long as we don't openly fight with the Qiujue army, if we make small troubles, the general should be able to lock the news."

Li Yunke smiled, "General, have you heard about the group of knights who fought against the bandits? The leader over there is also a friend of mine. He has people who understand the situation in Qiujue. The Qiujue map in my hand may bring us unexpected benefits."

It is even more necessary to set up a bandit den, Yuan Luwei said: "My lord, there is a big problem - no one in the army really knows where the bandit den is."

"Look for it." Li Yunke said concisely.

"If you want to know, have you been taken out by someone?" Yuan Zheng rolled up his sleeves and interjected, "Second brother, just sit in your tent and I will smash that bandit den for you!"

Yuan Lu waved his hand like chasing flies, "Do you think children play house? Go, stay where it's cool, and don't make trouble with me."

Yuan Zheng: "..."

Li Yunke patted Yuan Zheng's arm, and said: "General Yuan is a general guarding the southern border. It is against the law to leave the camp without the emperor's permission. It is better to go back as soon as possible. And although three thousand elite soldiers are not many, it is a serious crime as a private act. If something really happens, the general can solve it there."

"There seems to be no fighting in the southern border, what's the point of going back?" Yuan Zheng muttered, but he still agreed, "Don't worry, the prince, the general will not dare to cause trouble for Zhang Shuai, and will leave early tomorrow morning."

"Preparation is back to preparation. If this battle is to be really fought, it will soon be half a year later, and it may be necessary to let the little general contribute by then." Li Yunke sighed, "I dare to make such a big move. Seeing that the emperor's body is more unwell and his energy is not as good as before, otherwise he would have run out of food. Before the soldiers and food are ready, the most urgent task is to find a way to prevent Qiujue from forming an alliance with Beimo."

Yuan Lu asked curiously, "Does the lord have any plans?"

Li Yunke rested his chin with one hand, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "I have an idea."

After Yuan Zheng left the next day, Yuan Lu sent his personal guards to look for the whereabouts of the bandits.After searching for half a month without finding any trace of them, a group of soldiers figured out a way to pretend to be rich businessmen who came here for the first time to do business. While doing business near the border, they spread rumors that their boss was a wealthy man. , if the business here is good, I will come over to do bigger business after a while.

After going through the market like this for about half a month, finally a fish bit the bait.

Those thieves had never brought anyone back to their lair except for the beautiful girl, and they all took money and killed them. This time, they heard that there was a bigger deal, so they couldn't help but become greedy. They didn't kill them directly, but took The people and the goods were robbed together, and they were forced to send a message to the boss in their mouths, so that the big money owner came here early.

A group of specially selected short or thin soldiers agreed in front of everyone, and when they arrived at the bandit's den, they immediately stood up and joined forces with Yuan Lu and others who followed secretly, fighting a chaotic night battle.

This group of gangsters is really not easy to deal with, all of them are extremely fierce. They hide in the deepest part of the border valley, the terrain is complicated and full of traps, even if Yuan Lv goes out in person, he can deal with this group of people. It took a day and a night to kill people.

There were fifty or sixty gangsters, but they lost more than a hundred soldiers, which was a lot of money—this is one of the reasons why the border guards have been unwilling to confront them head-on for so many years. It takes time and lives, if not There are people on their side who are greedy for money, and this bone must be even harder to crack.

However, the soldiers who went to suppress the bandits were not too disappointed, because none of them expected that the property they found from this bandit's lair would be more than the annual salary of all the soldiers on the western border combined.

Yuan Lu looked at his soldiers with bright eyes to transport things out with the chariots and horses in the bandit's lair, and waved his big hand: "Take it back as armaments, brothers will have rewards!"

The soldiers shouted and worked harder.

However, Li Yunke didn't let Yuan Lv keep all these things, but took out a small part of them and asked Ye Pianzhou to distribute them to those under him, and told them the location of the bandit's lair by the way.

The group of people ran to the bandit's den and made another fuss. After crying and laughing enough, for Ye Pianzhou's sake, they agreed to cooperate with Cheng Ningjun.

"What does the lord want them to do?" Ye Pianzhou asked.

Those people are used to hiding, and they don't want to be known too much by others, so they don't stand up to meet Li Yunke, and rely on Ye Pianzhou to spread the word.

"I got news that the envoy from Beimo who came to talk about forming an alliance has already met King Qiujue. The people of Mo despise defeat, and they will doubt the ability of the Qiujue army because Qiujue was defeated by Cheng Ning, so they propose Go to the barracks to have a look." Li Yunke said calmly, "Since your people are capable of infiltrating into the barracks, then help me get rid of Bei Mo."