The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 422 The Law
After the messenger read it again, everyone recovered from the shocking news.

"Yan Liang and Wen Chou have surrendered?"

Yan Zhong flipped through the silk book in his hand, and said in amazement that he also knew about Yan Liang and Wen Chou. In the next battle of Quyang, Yan Liang and Wen Chou also participated in the battle, but the main combat power was still Sun Jian and others and the five school Sanhe elite soldiers.

The county soldiers in Jizhou, such as Yan Liang and Wen Chou, were only used as cover and frontier troops, and did not undertake the main task of attacking.

But Yan Liang and Wen Chou are truly top cavalry generals. When Yan Liang and Wen Chou were serving in Bianjun, Yan Zhong had heard of their bravery, and later Yan Liang and Wen Chou's abilities were also worthy of praise. Remarkable.

When King Wuhuan Qiao led his cavalry southward, because of the agreement reached between Xu An and Zhang Ju, the Yellow Turban Army could send a group of people to follow King Wuhuan Qiao's army to the south.

Although Zhang Ju didn't know what Xu An's move was for, but it didn't matter to him, so he agreed immediately.

And the reason why Xu An sent a group of people to follow Wuhuan Qiao's army to the south was to observe the strength of Zhang Ju's army, as well as the method of Wuhuan tribe's use of troops, which is similar to the military observation team of later generations.

King Wuhuan Qiao led his cavalry southward, and the obstacle he encountered was naturally the Jizhou North Route Army led by Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Gao Lan.

The two sides fought in Bohai County. The Han army combined [-] soldiers with more than [-] county soldiers and more than [-] local braves to fight against the [-] cavalry led by King Wuhuanqiao.

Indeed, the observers Xu An sent to observe saw a different situation.

Under the leadership of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, the cavalry in Jizhou showed the observers of the Yellow Turban Army a completely different way of using the cavalry.

Compared with Lu Bu and Zhang Liao's fast and direct attack methods, although Yan Liang and Wen Chou's tactics are fierce, they also pay more attention to coordination. Therefore, the Jizhou cavalry has repeatedly defeated the Wuhuan cavalry which is several times its size.

The infantry led by Gao Lan also withstood the Wuhuan Army's offensive, relying on the strong city to successfully block the Wuhuan Army's attack.

It's just that in the end, it was still at a disadvantage due to the inferiority of its troops. Xiangyong was still able to fight against Wuhuan's infantry, but once the opposing cavalry launched an attack, the army formed by Xiangyong would be defeated before the enemy's cavalry arrived. By then it had collapsed.

Under such pressure, Gao Lan, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou had no choice but to lead the troops under their command to retreat. If they did not retreat and forcibly blocked the Wuhuan Army, once the army collapsed, the entire army would be wiped out.

Both Yan Liang and Wen Chou are top-notch in terms of their ability to command the cavalry or their personal bravery.

Just why Yan Liang and Wen Chou chose to join the Yellow Turban Army is a very puzzling question for Yan Zhong.

Although Yan Liang and Wen Chou were not from powerful families.But the two of them can be regarded as wealthy people. Their clans should have quite a lot of prestige and property in the local area. Joining the Yellow Turban Army means giving up these things, giving up a stable life, and becoming a rebel who everyone shouts and beats.

However, the red seals of Yinglangwei and Fu Zhu printed on the silk script, as well as the envoy seal of God that Xu An handed over to Xu You to lead the Yellow Turban Army in the four states, all of these prove that what the messenger said was true and did not There is no falsehood.

Xu An took the silk book in Yan Zhong's hand, reviewed it again, and then set his sights on the two other letters placed on the edge of the sand table.

These two letters were handed over together with the "Military Urgent Order" with chicken feathers on them, one was stamped with the seal of Xu You's envoy, and the other was stamped with Wei Lu's seal of Wei Lu's envoy of the Wolf Guard.

"Xu You and Wei Lu sent messages at the same time?"

Xu An picked up the two letters with some doubts, and after thinking for a while, Xu An opened the letter that Wei Lu handed over first.

Wei Lv was the envoy of Langwei Township, because of crossing the river, and millions of people who migrated from the four prefectures, Xu An was dispatched to Jizhou.

Later, due to the threat of the Jizhou North Route Army and Xu An's wariness of Xu You, Wei Lu was left in the main force of the Yellow Turban Army in the four states, that is, the Fuliu Camp.

Although Xu You and the Han Ting had hatred, and the Han Ting also wanted Xu You, it was impossible for Xu You to rebel and help the Han Ting to deal with him again, but compared to Xu You, Xu An naturally believed in Wei Lu.

Wei Lu was born as a Yellow Angel, so there is no problem with his loyalty.

Xu An opened the letter and unfolded the silk script, but just glanced at it, and his face sank in an instant.

Standing at the side, Yan Zhong also noticed the change in Xu An's face, but although Yan Zhong wanted to know what Wei Lu wrote in the letter, he didn't come close to Xu An.

Yan Zhong has always been a person who knows how to advance and retreat. Although Xu An has great respect for him, he will never look at things that should not be seen, and he will never touch things that should not be touched. .

Normally, Yan Zhong would choose to read the letters written by the schoolmaster to Xu An, but Yan Zhong would only check the letters submitted by the Eagle Wolf Guard to Xu An when Xu An voluntarily submitted them to him.

"military adviser."

With a gloomy expression, Xu An handed Wei Lu's silk script to Yan Zhong who was beside him.

Yan Zhong took the silk book, and instantly understood why Xu An's face suddenly collapsed. Unexpectedly, Xu You was so courageous that he even issued an order to arrest Yan Liang and Wen Chou's family members as a threat. Forced Yan Liang and Wen Chou to surrender.

"Deceive the superior and conceal the truth, mobilize the parts without order."

Xu An's face was gloomy and his tone was very stern. He said why Xu You proposed to send a part of the cavalry to quickly cross the Zhang River to the hinterland of Anping State, and even went all the way to the vicinity of Nangong.

At that time, Xu You was talking about scouting the situation of the Han army in Jizhou, as well as the terrain.

Now it seems that the reconnaissance is fake, and the arrest of Yan Liang and Wen Chou's family members is the real thing.

Among Bingzhou Yicong and Wuhuan Tuqi, Xu An only placed some generals and schools, and did not place Fu Zhu to supervise the trilogy like ordinary combat troops and Xiaoqi Battalion.

And Xu You just took advantage of Xu An's loophole, falsely spread the news, and issued an order without authorization to let the vanguard cavalry arrest the families of Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

Xu You was originally the mastermind under the cover of Jizhou Mu Wangfen, so he naturally knew the family situation of Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

The clans of Yan Liang and Wen Chou did not live in the city, but in the village, which also gave Xu You an excellent opportunity to implement this plan.

The Bingzhou Yicong of the brigade took control of the families of Yan Liang and Wen Chou with ease. Although the families of Yan Liang and Wen Chou also trained a small number of local bravery, there were only a few hundred people in total to guard against thieves. Not bad.

Facing hundreds of thousands of Bingzhou Yicong, how could they have the power to fight? They just wanted to run. How could a two-legged man in the plains run like a four-legged war horse? Therefore, the Lianyan family and the Wen family directly chose Give up resistance, and be controlled like this.

The affairs of the millions of people in the four prefectures made the wolf guards very busy, and Xu An was always tense because of the mobilization of the Han army in Jizhou, so he was deceived by Xu You.

"I'd like to see how Xu You defends himself."

With a cold face, Xu An opened Xu You's letter.

As the silk scroll unfolded, Xu An's complexion finally softened a bit.

This time Yan Zhong didn't shy away from it, he just moved closer and looked at the contents of the silk book with Xu An.

Just glanced at it, Yan Zhong had a smile on his face, and he couldn't help but scolded: "As expected of Xu Ziyuan, he is indeed intelligent, and he is worthy of his name."

In the silk book written by Xu You, there is no excuse in the first paragraph. He wrote out the laws he violated one by one, confessed all his sins, expressed his willingness to obey the law, and solemnly apologized to Xu An, admitting that he had violated the law. All errors below.

This is why Yan Zhong said that Xu You is smart. If the first sentence is an excuse, it will undoubtedly make people feel disgusted.

Later, he explained why he chose to act in this way, the situation he calculated and the situation after Yan Liang and Wen Chou surrendered. All the things Xu An wanted to know were briefly described clearly.

In the end, it also explained clearly why the family and clan members who deceived the upper and lower, mobilized the trilogy without authorization, and controlled Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

Xu You knew that Xu An might not allow him to control the family members of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and then forced them to join the Taipingdao.

And even if Xu An agreed to send troops to control the family members of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, it was inappropriate, because the laws and decrees promulgated by Xu An, as well as his actions, all showed the demeanor of a benevolent lord.

If Xu An agrees to this matter this time, public opinion and wind direction may seize this point to attack Xu An. Although in fact Xu An has been demonized by the Han court in many places, he must be more cautious.

It is difficult to establish a good image, but it only takes a moment to collapse.

"This Xu Ziyuan..."

Xu An shook his head helplessly, he helped Liu Dajie, logically speaking Xu You should be rewarded, but Xu You ordered without authorization before and imprisoned the villagers, these two crimes are not too light.

Xu You's letter was well-founded, but Xu An was a little uncertain how to deal with Xu You.

Xu An has never allowed the act of offsetting merits and demerits. In Xu An's view, merit is merit and demerit is demerit. Merit should be rewarded and demerit should be punished. This is the correct way.

Governing the country should be based on the law. If the law can be violated, then the law will be despised by others, the credibility of the government will be lost, and the country will be in turmoil and the country will not be a country.

Yan Zhong saw the thoughtful look on Xu An's face, thought for a while, and said.

"Duke Ming is thinking about how to deal with Xu Youke?"

Xu An nodded.

Yan Zhong said with a smile: "Minggong always said that merit should be rewarded, and mistakes should be punished. Since Xu You commanded his trilogy to win the victory of Fuliu, then he should be rewarded, but harassing the villagers and mobilizing troops without authorization are violations of the law. , should be punished."

"Ming Gong once said that 'governing the country should be based on the law', but now my Taipingdao law is not complete, this situation has never been encountered, and Xu You only controlled the family members of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and did not harm One of them got the forgiveness of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and I think it can be dealt with lightly."

Yan Zhong stroked his beard and said slowly.

"Mr. Yan, please continue."

Hearing Yan Zhong's words, Xu An naturally knew that Yan Zhong had a plan in mind.

Yan Zhong raised his folding fan, stroked lightly on the edge of the sand table, and said: "Although Xu You was worshiped as a military adviser, he has no other titles. I think that this victory in Fuliu can reward him with the position of a school lieutenant. Appreciate it."

"As for harassing the villagers and arbitrarily dispatching troops to trigger the law, they will be punished according to the law."

"Arbitrarily dispatching troops, there is no law in our army, so I think that Xu You can be directly deprived of the position of God's envoy as a punishment. The position of God's envoy is a temporary position. Now the war is over. , even deprivation of the post of envoy of the gods is all right."

"If you harass the villagers, you will be whipped twenty times according to the law. Since there is a law to follow, then execute the punishment according to the law."

Yan Zhong laughed and said, "Since Xu You is aware of the law he committed, he is naturally prepared to take the punishment."

(End of this chapter)