Three thousand miles in exile

The two slept together until the next morning.

When Liu Zhan woke up, Song Fenglin was still in a coma. When he touched his forehead, he still had a low fever. These days, Song Fenglin didn't have a good rest after being injured.

The big and small things in Tongtianguan were settled. Liu Zhan thought that the conditions in Tongtianguan were not good, so he took Song Fenglin back to Liu's family to recover from his injuries that day. Tongtianguan was not far from Liu's family, and trivial matters could be arranged at home.

Because the wounded were treated in the Yunzhong Academy, people from Tiancang Village came and went in the past few days, and the family members gathered in the Yunzhong Academy to take care of their relatives.

There were also some who were not seriously injured and were taken home by their families one after another to recuperate.

Most of these wounded soldiers were soldiers from the county who were on the front line during the most intense fighting in the first two days, and Song Fenglin, the soldiers who died, had been arranged to be paid for.

On the day the two arrived home, Mrs. Zhao asked Steward Liu to prepare a hot meal for the family to have a reunion dinner.

Xu Shi had just experienced the war, and the Yunzhong Academy next door repeated the parting of life and death every day. Thinking of the difficult journey along the way, the banquet was no longer as lively and noisy as it used to be.

After the meal, Liu Zhan climbed to the hillside behind Liu's house to eat alone. Only when there was no one was there was a trace of worry and fatigue in Liu Zhan's eyes.

Although the battle was won, the Cenzhou Battalion also paid a heavy price. The victory at Tongtian Pass was just a tragic victory for Liu Zhan.

According to statistics, more than 1000 local soldiers in Wuyuan County were sacrificed in this battle, and nearly 2000 additional soldiers were sacrificed later.

Liu Zhan stood with his hands behind his back and looked into the distance.

The horizon is surrounded by layers of mountains surrounded by clouds and mist, and the few hills near the top are patchwork terraced fields.

The rice on the mountain has already started to turn yellow and it will be harvested soon. I saw a plain white funeral procession walking past the terraced fields to the west, and the mourning music played by the suona seemed far away.

A military household has lost a son for two consecutive years. Although the two sons have received hundreds of taels of pension money, it is not easy for the family to live with only the elderly father and young children.

The wolf ambition of the Yan Kingdom, the war in the northern border will not stop, this battle at Tongtian Pass is just the beginning of the war that has reached Qiyun Mountain.

The existing military households can't afford to be exhausted again and again. Even if they try their best to hold on, there will be no one without soldiers. In the end, everything that Liu Zhan painstakingly manages will be defeated.

Liu Zhan deeply realized that his management of Wuyuan County and even Cenzhou was not enough.

In the past two years, he has devoted most of his energy to the calculation of fighting and promotion. Now he is a fifth-rank guerrilla general, and he is already a heaven-like existence in the territory of Cenzhou.

It's time to stop, Liu Zhan thought.

"Father!"

"Big brother!"

The two little kids ran towards Liu Zhan one after the other. Liu Mingcong was so fat that Liu Youning looked like a little hemp stick.

Liu Zhan smiled, and lifted the two little kids up one by one. "Sneaked out again to play wild?"

Liu Youning blushed in embarrassment.

"Brother, writing is too boring." Liu Mingcong said with a serious face.

"If you don't want to write, go to practice martial arts. You have to choose between literature and martial arts." Liu Zhan walked to Liu's house with two little kids.

"As soon as I came back, I heard from my father that you will be able to go to the house to expose the tiles after a while. I was thinking about finding Mr. Wu for you, and I will learn some basic exercises first, and you will also learn You Ning, who is so thin If I don’t grow taller, my daughter-in-law won’t be able to hold her in the future.”

How could the two little kids dare to resist, the matter was settled like this.

Although Liu Zhan was not a high-achieving student in his previous life, he also understood the importance of knowledge.

He relied on Liu Mingcong to take over the management of his hard-earned foundation. Wouldn't it be useless to raise a prodigal son who was ignorant and incompetent.

At night, all sounds are silent.

"You want to move Liu's family and Yunzhong Academy down the mountain?" Song Fenglin sat at the desk in unlined clothes, reading Liu Chenglai's letter, and raised his head in surprise when he heard Liu Zhan's words.

The lights were on in the room, and the light and shadow intertwined.

Liu Zhan supported Song Fenglin with one hand, leaned close to him, looked at his beautiful Dan Fenglin eyes, and said, "I want to turn the current Yunzhong Academy into a barracks and garrison, and change the house of Liu's family into a yamen. Yan Jun has been mediating for a long time."

Liu Zhan had been thinking about this for a day, and he didn't think about it on a whim.

"The purpose of the Yan army is not just the Cangxia Plain. If the Yan army can't attack Qiyang Pass for a long time, it will definitely look for other breakthroughs. Qiyun Mountain is the rear of Jinyang City and Qiyang Pass. As long as Qiyun Mountain is broken, Jinyang City and Giyang Pass It will break itself without attacking."

"Yelu Longji stumbled at Tongtian Pass, and sooner or later he will make a comeback. If we fight again, we must not be so passive anymore. In this case, we must garrison near Tongtian Pass."

Song Fenglin put down the half-read letter in his hand, sat up straight and said seriously. "The house in Yunzhong Academy is more than enough for barracks, but there is no school ground for soldiers to practice."

Thinking in his eyes. "If we want to open up a school field, we must flatten the fields near Yunzhong Academy. Most of the rice fields in Tiancang Village are located there. If we really want to flatten the fields, almost every household will be affected."

Liu Zhan likes to discuss with Song Fenglin about everything, big or small, not only because of respect, but also because Song Fenglin can always turn his ideas into feasible solutions, and even predict various things that will be encountered in advance.

Liu Zhan had also thought about Hirata's problem, and he couldn't think of a better way besides losing money.

Song Fenglin was thinking at this moment. "Perhaps the whole village can be relocated."

Liu Zhan's eyes lit up, and he listened attentively with a serious expression.

"No one can say for sure what the battle will be like in the future, but we should plan for the worst in everything. If the Yan army invades aggressively, Tian Cang Village will have to garrison at least tens of thousands, or even [-] troops. We can attack and retreat or defend."

Song Fenglin picked up a pen and simply drew a simple map of Tiancang Village on white paper.

"Currently, our Cenzhou local defenders plus your garrison in the North Army camp can count up to 2 people. We will build a school ground with [-] people as the standard. The area of ​​this school ground just covers the entire village."

Then Song Fenglin drew a circle on the map, and in the circle marked the various buildings that the garrison barracks needed to configure. It was clear at a glance how big the barracks were, how big the school grounds were, and how big the barracks were.

If it is inferred from this, Tiancang Village has been relocated.

Without hesitating for long, Liu Zhan made up his mind on this simple composition. "move!"

If it is decided to relocate the whole village, there will be a relocation plan.

Song Fenglin said: "The houses in the good land can be compensated to the villagers at the market price, and a piece of wasteland of the same size can be enclosed in Ye Songling as compensation. These newly opened land can all be registered as the villagers' private fields. In this way, there should be no There are complaints."

This is already a very generous treatment. In fact, according to Liu Zhan's power, whether to move or not is a matter of one sentence. If Liu Zhan can take the initiative to make concessions and give compensation, there must be no winking to make trouble.

The move of Tiancang Village to Wild Pine Ridge was decided.

"One more thing." Liu Zhan pointed his index finger on the table, which was a small gesture of hesitation.

"I want to ask myself to be stationed in Qiyun Mountain, but I don't know whether Zhou Chan and Prince Rui will let them go, especially Prince Rui will definitely not allow me to stay away from Jinyang for a long time."

Now that the Yan Army has set their sights on Qiyun Mountain, Liu Zhan naturally can't let it go. The counties on Qiyun Mountain have never made preparations for war, and there are too many things to be arranged here.

Another point is that it was difficult for Liu Zhan to develop his power in the northern army camp due to Zhou Chan's constraints, but he was more comfortable in his own territory.

"Leaving the Northern Army Camp and leaving Prince Rui will definitely affect your official career, are you sure you are willing?" Song Fenglin was like a roundworm in Liu Zhan's stomach, these words hit Liu Zhan's most tangled point.

Liu Zhan is currently favored by Prince Rui, and in the future even if he has no military exploits, as long as he survives for a few years without fault, he can rely on Prince Rui's trust to be promoted.

Even if Prince Rui could really become a crown prince and become an emperor, Liu Zhan's benefits would be indispensable. Leaving Prince Rui's side means leaving the core of power. No one can say for sure what will happen in the future. Maybe Liu Zhan will never have the chance to be promoted again.

Liu Zhan has always been decisive in killing and attacking, but this time he thought about it for a whole day before making a choice. One can imagine his entanglement.

Song Fenglin dared to tease him because he knew that Liu Zhan would definitely choose the latter in the face of officialdom fame and fortune. He knew that Liu Zhan was not the kind of person who pursued officialdom fame and fortune.

"Dare to laugh at me." Liu Zhan lowered his head and bit Song Fenglin's round earballs as if venting, and licked his entire ear regardless of Song Fenglin's dodge.

In the end, he burned himself to the ground. If Song Fenglin hadn't been injured, Liu Zhan wouldn't have cared if he had sex at home or not first.

"Don't make trouble, You Ning is..."

Liu Zhan looked up towards the kang bed, Yuxue's lovely child was sleeping soundly.

"It's cheap for this kid, and I'll sleep in my place." Liu Zhan snorted.

"Restrain yourself at home." Song Fenglin angrily pushed him away.

Liu Zhan thought he didn't mind if his family would find out, but Song Fenglin had no choice but to follow if he wanted to hide it from him.

Back to the point.

Song Fenglin said again: "The only way to be stationed at Qiyun Mountain is for Zhou Chan to appoint you on his own initiative. In this way, there is nothing Prince Rui can do, and you don't have to offend Prince Rui. It's just that there is still some work to do."

As long as there is a way, Liu Zhan said happily: "Don't worry, this matter can be discussed later."

This time Liu Zhan sent troops to Tongtian Pass, the name was justified, and there were prisoners of war in his hands. It was a great achievement to report the victory back to the North Army camp. He took the opportunity to stay for a little longer and no one would say anything.

"If you decide to move to Wild Pine Ridge, you need to prepare many things in advance."

Liu Zhan nodded repeatedly. "I listen to you."

The next day Liu Zhan told Liu Xueyuan and Song Yijun about the relocation of Tiancang Village, and everyone agreed.

Liu Xueyi was even more eager to move down immediately. "That day Yan Bing went up to Tongtian Pass to ask for an emergency. Your grandmother was frightened and fell ill for two days. After all, this place is too close to Yandi. It would be better to move down the mountain."

Everyone in the Liu family was delighted to know that they were going to move down the mountain, and even the old lady smiled more.

Now that it was settled, Song Fenglin wrote a document and issued an announcement in Tiancang Village the next day, and everyone in the village obeyed.

In this way, the matter of migrating down the mountain was put on the agenda, and there were many trivial things in it. Fortunately, Liu Xueyuan and Song Yijun presided over it.

Song Fenglin had already made a plan for Ye Songling, with blueprints for residential land, military workshops, yamen, roads, etc. Now he only needs to choose a suitable place to rebuild Yunzhong Academy and Liu's house.

Liu Zhan and Song Fenglin were discussing this issue for several days. After drawing up the architectural style and size of Yunzhong Academy and Liu's house, Liu Zhan personally took people to Ye Songling to confirm the specific location.

After all the matters of moving down the mountain were settled, Liu Zhan led a thousand cavalry to escort the captives back to Jinyang swaggeringly.

"Get out of the way! This is the Yan people captured by the guerrilla general Liu Zhan, and he is going to present it to Prince Rui to accept his surrender. Who dares to delay the event by blocking it!"

The soldiers at the head shouted arrogantly to drive away the people along the way, and couldn't stop praising Liu Zhan for his bravery in this battle, making it so noisy that he was surrounded by a group of people everywhere he went.

This was the first time since Prince Rui supervised the battle that so many Yan soldiers were captured.

There is still an essential difference between the living captives and the number of heads after the war. The living captives can be escorted to Beijing for a surrender ceremony.

Emperor Xuan's good face allowed Emperor Xuan to kill prisoners and sacrifice to heaven, which is a great achievement.

The news that Liu Zhan and his entourage had entered Jinyang had already reached Zhou Chan's ears.

Zhou Chan's face was livid with anger on the spot, Liu Zhanming knew that he was the supreme commander of the Northern Army camp, and he should offer the captives, but Liu Zhan actually wanted to go past him to hand over the captives to Prince Rui!

Even though Prince Rui could not surpass Zhou Chan in the end, it was too much for Zhou Chan's face.

Zhou Chan was so angry that he paced back and forth in the study. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became.

Pei Gongli is still working as a counselor in the General's Mansion, because he was close to Liu Zhan a few days ago and has recently suffered a lot of embarrassment in the General's Mansion.

I thought Liu Zhan didn't intend to plan for him anymore, but last night he received a secret letter from Song Fenglin.

What Song Fenglin asked him to do was very simple, but Pei Gongli was puzzled.

These new-faced counselors gathered in Zhou Chan's study, because they drove away a group before, and this group was newly recruited counselors from the Central Plains. Only Pei Gongli was regarded as an old man beside Zhou Chan.

Xu Shi had heard that Zhou Chan had punished counselors, but this time the newly recruited counselors seemed cautious, plus Liu Zhan was already a guerrilla general and a celebrity in front of Prince Rui, how could they dare to offend unofficial people.

So they all picked up some scenes that no one could offend, and Zhou Chan became even more impatient after hearing this.

At this time, Pei Gongli stepped forward. "General, I have a plan."

Zhou Chan took a condensed look at Pei Gongli, and didn't believe him in his heart, but many counselors failed to give useful suggestions. It's no harm to listen to him at this time, Zhou Chan nodded to signal him.

"The main force of our northern camp has been stationed between Jinyang City and Giyang Pass to form a line of defense to mediate with the Yan army. Now that the Yan army is attacking the north of Qiyun Mountain, the general should send troops to guard the northern line of defense."

Pei Gongli said exactly what Song Fenglin said in the letter: "Why don't you take this opportunity to separate Liu Zhan from the northern army and stay on the mountain, firstly to keep him away from Prince Rui, and secondly, to warn him with small punishments and big warnings. Those who cannot be offended should not be offended."

Zhou Chan was taken aback for a moment, but after trying to understand the deep meaning of Pei Gongli's words, he immediately laughed!

At the same time, those counselors who also understood looked sideways at Pei Gongli, thinking that this plan was extremely sinister.

Stationed in the barren mountains of Qiyun Mountain, far away from Prince Rui and away from the front line, Liu Zhan's official career has come to an end. As long as Zhou Chan suppresses him a little bit more, Liu Zhan will never get ahead in his life.

"Gongli's heart is still with this general." Zhou Chan patted Pei Gongli on the shoulder, his mood cleared after days of gloom.

"I happen to be short of a counselor under my general's command, so I'll let you go and experience one or two."

Pei Gongli was overjoyed and quickly thanked Zhou Chan.

A person who has offended Prince Rui and Liu Zhan thoroughly, such a person has no choice but to turn to his master, such a person is reliable.

Zhou Chan's principle of employing people has always been that only those who have the right to use can be employed, and such talents are obedient.

Song Fenglin's strategy of killing two birds with one stone is really powerful, although he has never met Zhou Chan, he has guessed Zhou Chan's mind.

"Pass down the general's military order! Specially order Liu Zhan to separate the northern army to garrison Qiyun Mountain on its own, with full power to control the northern defense line. General Qi Yun has the right to do things cheaply. General Qi Yun is ordered to return immediately."

The deputy general who delivered the order arrogantly handed the document to Liu Zhan. Seeing Liu Zhan's shocked and unbelievable look, he sneered in his heart and didn't show it.

He said proudly. "General Qi Yun, please hand over the Yan Bing captives to your subordinates now, and your subordinates will escort them into the city and hand them over to the general."

Generally, only generals of the third rank and above will be awarded titles, such as General Dingguo, whose Yan family was taken away, is a third-rank general.

Zhou Chan granted Liu Zhan the power of a third-rank general but did not give him a rank. He slapped him and stuffed a sweet date, and the sweet date was still teething.

When it came time to test his acting skills, Liu Zhan rushed forward angrily and punched the lieutenant to the ground. "This general is Prince Rui's staff, and Prince Rui should arrange it himself."

The lieutenant was extremely angry but he didn't dare to confront Liu Zhan head-on, so he stuck his neck and said, "Is General Liu going to disobey the military order?"

Liu Zhan made a gesture to hit someone, Zhang Xiaoman rushed forward and hugged Liu Zhan's leg with a groan.

"General, please calm down! Disobeying military orders is a death penalty! We can't fight the General with a slight word, and the General is Prince Rui's uncle after all, let's forget it!"

The acting is a little exaggerated.

Seeing this, the deputy general gained confidence and hummed heavily. "Come here, bring the captives here and take them away."

From the deputy general's point of view, Liu Zhan's official career has come to an end. He was sent by the general to the border to guard the barren hills.

Dealing with Liu Zhan also brought Zhou Chan unexpected gains, and his prestige in the Northern Army Camp was even higher.

None of the generals dared to show any disrespect to him, after all, this trick was really sinister, if Zhou Chan's old trick was used heavily on someone, even Xu Muyuan would have difficulty getting away.

As for Prince Rui's thoughts?Now who cares about what Prince Rui thinks?

When Liu Zhan led his men back along the road and entered the boundary of Shanyin County, he pulled the rein suddenly and stopped. He looked back at the direction of Jinyang City and smiled.

"Zhou Chan, Zhou Chan, how can I live up to the title of General Qi Yun you gave me." Liu Zhan laughed. "Walk!"

This year was the ninth year of Hongzhi Emperor Xuandi of Chu. General Qi Yun named Liu Zhan opened the chapter of truly ruling the six counties of Cenzhou, while staying away from the center of power in northern Xinjiang.

After this blow, Prince Rui completely backed down, and Zhou Chan became the actual controller of Northern Xinjiang.