after being kidnapped by the general

Even without armor, Yuan Congyun fought extremely bravely in this battle.

They firmly remember the tragic victory many years ago, the battlefield full of corpses and their dead colleagues.

From Chu Hechao to his subordinates, everyone was filled with anger and wanted to avenge the dead.

The night before the army left for the expedition, Yang Zhongfa came to Chu Hechao for a drink.After a few glasses of wine, he cried with tears streaming down his face, and choked up with Chu Hechao: "General, I am old. I don't know if I can see the Karasuma people being wiped out before I die, can I see The day we avenge our brothers and my sons..."

Chu Hechao only replied, "Yes."

Yang Zhong sent a letter.

As soon as the arrows were fired, the fierce battle began.

The archers will kill a group of opponents first, and the soldiers will continue to move forward under the cover of the shield soldiers.

Chu Hechao and Gu Lichi confronted each other squarely, using force against force.On such a battlefield facing the enemy head-on, we can only see the strength of the general commanding the battle, whose cold weapons are sharper and harder, and whose soldiers are more powerful and courageous.

People kept falling in front, and soldiers behind kept making up.The dead bodies were pulled away, and the seriously injured soldiers were carried to the rear in an orderly manner, waiting for medical treatment.

Youzhou soldiers have already been trained in an orderly manner on the battlefield, and they are not chaotic even in battle.

This time, there were more than a hundred disease doctors brought by the Karasuma people. Compared with the number of disease doctors in other armies, their number of disease doctors was several times larger.

In order to treat wounded soldiers in time, several carts of medicinal herbs were brought along with the grain and grass every time they marched.

It is precisely because of the medicinal materials in Yuanli and the presence of disease doctors that the soldiers knew that they were healed after being injured, so they dared to risk their lives and made great achievements for Yuanli.

All the Youzhou soldiers firmly remembered that what they ate was Yuanli's grain and the meat that Yuanli brought them.The leather armor on their bodies, the cotton-padded clothes and boots in winter were all prepared by Yuan Li for them one by one.

Lord Inspector paid so much attention to them, and with such good conditions, how could they not work hard for Yuanli?

Where would an adult do this to a lowly soldier?

Youzhou Bing was grateful to Yuanli, and his gratitude even exceeded other people's imagination.They are willing to throw their heads and blood for Yuanli.

Unlike the northern army who was wholeheartedly loyal to Chu Hechao, this Youzhou army trained by Yuanli was more loyal to Yuanli than to Chu Hechao, even though Chu Hechao was the one who often commanded them to fight.

Chu Hechao naturally saw this too, but he didn't intervene, but chose to let nature take its course.

Yuanli's goal is so ambitious, there must be an army that is completely loyal to him.

As soon as the Youzhou soldiers shot the rain of arrows, Gu Lichi broke into a cold sweat.

This rain of arrows is too strong and dense, and its range is much farther than that of Gu Li Chi's archers!The start was unfavorable, Gu Lichi gritted his teeth, but roared angrily: "Press forward."

But you must never retreat on the battlefield, this is a big taboo!

When it got close to a certain distance, the rain of arrows lost its effect.Gu Lichi heaved a sigh of relief, and without hesitation sent troops to suppress him.

The Karasuma infantry in front yelled and raised their swords and slashed at the Youzhou soldiers. They thought that the Youzhou people would not be able to withstand the blow, but the Youzhou soldiers were not timid, and they also greeted them with big swords.When the two knives collided, Karasuma was so shocked that his mouth was numb, and his weapon almost dropped to the ground.

They widened their eyes, and couldn't believe when this Central Plains soldier became so powerful!

At the moment when they hesitated, the Youzhou soldiers raised their swords at them.

Ji County.

Yang Zhongfa's wife burned incense and worshiped Buddha everywhere, praying for a victory in this game.

When I went back to the mansion, I saw Yang Zhongfa walking out of the ancestral hall leading the red-eyed Xuan'er.

Mrs. Yang had a faint guess in her heart, her nose couldn't help sore, she stepped forward and asked, "Why do you think of opening the ancestral hall?"

Yang Zhongfa's eyes were also red. He lowered his head and stroked Xuan'er's hair, "I'll take him in to recognize his two elder brothers, and burn incense for his two elder brothers."

Mrs. Yang couldn't hold back the tears.

Their ancestral home is not in Youzhou, and there is no spiritual plaque of their ancestors in the ancestral hall, only the spiritual plaques of their two sons are empty.

The death of these two sons is an eternal pain in the hearts of the husband and wife, and they dare not touch them.On weekdays, unless there are festivals, they never enter the ancestral hall, because they can't bear it.

When Xuan'er was young, the husband and wife never took him in. Now that he is nine years old, it is the first time he knows that he has two older brothers above him, and where his elder brother has gone.

Seeing his wife crying, Yang Zhongfa felt sourness welling up in his heart, and he said bitterly: "It's a pity that I am too old to be useful, otherwise I must go to the battlefield and chop off the head of that Karasuma leader myself!"

"It's better if you don't go!" Mrs. Yang patted him hard with tears in her voice, "I hate that Karasuma man deeply, and I'm terrified. Both of our sons were killed by them, just your old arm Legs, how dare I let you go to their battlefield?"

Seeing her mother crying so miserably, Xuan'er couldn't help crying too.But he was obedient since he was a child, and he wiped his tears and went forward to hold Madam Yang's hand, "Mother, don't be afraid, I will grow up, and I will go to the battlefield on behalf of my father to avenge my brothers."

Madam Yang's face turned pale, she hugged him quickly, and said repeatedly: "No! You must not go to the battlefield!"

Xuan'er was so frightened that her eyes widened and she didn't dare to speak.

Yang Zhongfa wiped his face, "Madam, you scared Xuan'er."

Mrs. Yang let go of her youngest son, tears all over her face.She forced a smile, "Xuan'er, you promise mother that you will never go to the battlefield in the future, and you will never have contact with Karasuma people, okay?"

Xuan'er kept this sentence in her heart, nodded seriously, and reached out to touch Madam Yang's cheek, "Mother, Xuan'er promises you, don't be sad."

Mrs. Yang looked at her youngest son's solemn expression, and was stunned for a moment, but the tears flowed even harder.She held her son in her arms and patted his back again, repeating over and over again: "Good Xuan'er, good Xuan'er, mother's good son..."

When the battle on the front line was in full swing, Dadan and Puyan had already taken over the soldiers of Karasuma-sama's men they attacked.

After Yuanli watched them leave Liaoxi County and Youbeiping County, he immediately assigned people to clean up the traces left by the Karasuma people in these two counties, and held these two counties firmly in his hands.

Wang Er asked with some concern: "My lord, let Dadan and Puyan take over the power of the remaining two Lord Karasuma, is this a dangerous move?"

"I don't think so," Guo Mao stroked his beard, but he had a different idea, "In Guo's opinion, this is just a good thing. The reason why the lord wants to subdue Dadan and Puyan is to be honest. It means to let the two of them balance each other."

Everyone looked at Yuan Li, Yuan Li smiled and nodded, "Isn't it good to divide one Karasuma into two Karasumas and make them be on guard against each other?"

Of course good!

Wang Er's eyes lit up, and his mind turned around, "Dadan and Puyan lived in the north and the south, and later became the leaders of the two Karasumas in the north and the south. We didn't spend much effort, and they divided themselves into two, which is a great thing !"

Zhou Gongdan said thoughtfully: "It is said that one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. Dadan and Puyan will definitely be dissatisfied with the situation of the two leaders and be full of hostility towards each other. In this case, they will only do their best to please the lord. When it comes to the lord, whoever can overwhelm the other."

Liu Jixin also said with a smile: "From then on, they will listen to the Lord's words a thousand times more than before. I am afraid that if they are asked to deal with the Huns, they will rush to fight with all their strength."

That's right.

Yuan Li nodded slightly, got up and walked out the door, looking northeast.

The afterglow of the setting sun cast a warm color on his white jade-like face, making Yuan Li's eyes seem to be covered with a layer of golden light.

He said softly, "I hope they will come back soon after winning the battle."

Although Liaoxi County was fighting, other counties and counties were not affected by the war, and they were all caught up in the busy autumn harvest.

When there were people drying wheat everywhere in Ji County, the news of Chu Hechao's success finally came back.

He took Gu Lichi's head!

Upon receiving this news, the entire Ji County was overjoyed, and every day began to look forward to the return of the victorious army to the city.

Before Chu Hechao came back, another group of people came from Yangzhou.

——It was the team that the emperor rewarded Yuanli.

This team of angels came with gold, silver, jewelry, the imperial decree of the Duke, and the duke's court clothes customized for Yuanli. They flattered Yuanli when they saw Yuanli, and kept thanking Yuanli for getting rid of Wu Shanshi.

Yuanli sent Wu Shanshi and his criminal ministers to Yangzhou, which can be said to be the right one.

The Son of Heaven was overjoyed when he saw this rebel who claimed to be the emperor. He personally watched the scene of Wu Shanshi being beheaded. He was very happy, and without saying a word, he happily sent a team of palace attendants to Youzhou with the imperial decree and rewards. To give his beloved loyal minister Yuanli the title of Duke.

The emperor liked Yuanli so much, he felt that Yuanli treated him best except for King Chen.In order to give Aichen a decent ostentation, the emperor waved his hand, and all kinds of gold, silver, jewelry, silk and silk were sent to the north like flowing water.

However, the emperor forgot that he had no money, and lived in Yangzhou. The rewards he gave to Yuanli were actually from the family property of King Chen.

King Chen was naturally unhappy, but this was something that the emperor had already said. Even if King Chen didn't want to, there was nothing he could do. He could only smile and use his wealth to save the emperor's face.

Seeing the royal decree and the complicated and gorgeous court clothes, Yuanli's subordinates were overjoyed, they exchanged glances with each other, and couldn't hold back their excitement and joy.

They finally waited for this day.

Finally waited for the lord to seal the duke!

There is a huge difference between conferring duke and other marquis titles. Except for the kings and dukes with different surnames who have been conferred since the founding of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, there are very few who have been conferred dukes in the past 300 years.

The reason is that the Taizu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty discovered the disadvantages of kings and dukes with different surnames, and he was unwilling to share the land with others. Therefore, several generations of emperors dared not easily confer the title of duke.

First the Duke and then the King, the position of the Duke is only one rank lower than the King, but above the Marquis, and above all the other Marquises.After becoming a Duke, Yuanli can have his own fief, and enjoy the absolute ruling power in the fief just like Chu Hechao.

He can set up Shangshu, Shizhong, and Liuqing in his fief, just like a small court.

Today there are thousands of people in the world, in terms of status, apart from the Son of Heaven and King Chen and Chu Hechao, the next in line is Yuanli.

He seems to have his own country, can become the monarch in the fief, and can even call himself "solitary".

The king of Chen and the king of Chu naturally also possessed these powers, but the former king of Chu who died struggled to survive under the eyes of the emperor, and never exercised the power of many kings with different surnames.Chu Hechao was in the military camp since he was a child, and he didn't have this awareness.Chen Wang was gentle and humble in front of the emperor, so naturally he would not put on airs. Yuanli had never seen them show their pomp.

The sincerity given by the emperor is very good, or it can be said that the sincerity given by King Chen is very good.I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, the imperial decree completely ignored Chu Hechao's contribution, and gave Yuanli the two prefectures of Bing and Ji as Yuanli's fief.

This is another familiar attempt to sow discord.

Yuan Li's smile remained unchanged, and he stood and listened to the imperial edict after the palace servant finished reading.

At this moment, he was a big step closer to his goal.But Yuanli's mood was calm and calm. Although he was happy, he was not fascinated by the power.

After the angel finished reading, he held up the imperial decree with his diligent hands, and said respectfully, "Please accept the decree."

Everyone looked at Yuanli with burning eyes, wanting to witness this scene that was enough to be written in the annals of history.Liu Jixin and Guo Mao, who had thought about this matter many times, were so excited that their faces flushed and their eyes became moist.

But Yuanli was beyond their expectations. He smiled slightly, folded his hands and gave a slight salute, showing the elegant posture of a celebrity, and said in a personable manner: "Thank you for your kindness, but I really can't afford such a reward. Please ask the angel to bring me a reward." Go back to Yangzhou with the decree and reward."