Just when Zhang Xuan had not sent troops to Li Yang, a very surprising news came. Lu Mingyue, who had thought he had fled back to Wei County, was caught by Xiong Kuohai, the leader of the Taihang bandit, and was escorted to Tanyuan County. She is currently waiting outside the camp.

Zhang Xuan immediately sent an order to be promoted to the tent, and drums rang out in waves. Hundreds of senior generals from Qingzhou army gathered in the tent, and some soldiers shouted loudly: "The heroic Taihang man Xiong Kuohai asked to see the general!"

"Please ask him to get in!"

Soon, Xiong Kuohai and two subordinates quickly walked into the big tent. Xiong Kuohai knelt down in front of the tent, "Xiong Kuohai, a citizen of Taihang Mountain, met with Marshal Zhang!"

Many generals next to him almost laughed out loud. They were obviously the leader of the Eighteen Villages in Taihang, but they claimed to be a Taihang Mountaineer. Zhang Xuan quickly stepped forward and helped Xiong Kuohai up and smiled, "Chen Liu left, I didn't expect we would meet again."

"Thank you, the general, for saving my life in Chenliu County. This time Kuohai came to join Daohai. I hope that the general will not be disgusted with Kuohai's origins and give Kuohai a chance to serve!"

Zhang Xuan couldn't ask for anything in his heart. Xiong Kuohai is a famous general. How could he not want such a talent? Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "Heroes don't care about their origins. Since General Xiong captured Lu Mingyue alive, I should fulfill my promise, give a reward of a thousand taels, and be named Wu Yonglang General."

Xiong Kuohai was very happy. He was worried that he had no money to settle his family. The reward of this thousand taels of gold came at the right time. He knelt down on one knee again and clasped his fists: "Kuohai is willing to serve the general to die!"

Zhang Xuan nodded, comforted him with kind words, and then asked the flag official to lead Xiong Kuohai to change armor and receive rewards. He returned to his seat and shouted sternly: "Boe Lu Mingyue up!"

Hundreds of generals on both sides were excited and looked down together. They saw several strong soldiers carrying Lu Mingyue, who was tied up tightly. Lu Mingyue's armor was stripped off, her hair was disheveled, her face was cold, and her eyes were full of rebelliousness.

He knelt in front of Zhang Xuan, snorted heavily, and turned his head over.

Zhang Xuan slapped the table and said coldly: "Lu Mingyue, you are suffering from creatures and have done many evil things. Fortunately, the sky has eyes, so you can't escape. Now, what else do you have to say?"

Lu Mingyue said proudly: "I am traveling across Hebei and killing people like numb. I don't know how many tens of thousands of people died at my hands. I have already put my life and death aside. Today I lost my head and grew up again. Don't say anything nonsense, do it!"

"Okay! I failed to kill you back then, which caused you to suffer the people of Hebei. I have always regretted that I will never make a second mistake. Today I will fulfill your wish."

Zhang Xuan took his sword and placed it heavily on the table, "This is the sword of the Lu family. It should have been placed in the Lu family's ancestral hall to kill the unworthy children of the Lu family. Today I will use it to send you on the road, which is also your destiny!"

Zhang Xuan threw the knife to the ground and said, "Pull it out and kill it!"

More than a dozen executioners picked up the sword and pushed Lu Mingyue out. Lu Mingyue sighed to the sky, "Although I, Lu Mingyue, have no burial of the king of Wei, I, is regretful!"

Under the gaze of countless generals, Lu Mingyue was pushed down. After a moment, the sword and axe hand presented Lu Mingyue's head, "Report to the Grand Marshal, Lu Mingyue has been killed!"

Zhang Xuanling said: "Send Lu Mingyue's head to Luoyang, and then give him a thin-skinned coffin to bury his body!"

After dealing with Lu Mingyue, Zhang Xuan immediately led a large army to set off and marched towards Liyangcang. At the same time, more than 200 Qingzhou warships in the Yellow River also sailed into Yongji Canal and headed towards Liyangcang.

Li Yangcang veteran Wang Bian has been paying trepid attention to the battle between Zhang Xuan and Lu Mingyue. The scouts he sent sent one battle after another to Li Yangcang.

Zhang Xuan's army feinted the attack on Neihuang County, but ambushed Xu Hengyi's army in the north of Liyang County, annihilated 30,000 enemies, and then led his troops south to defeat Lu Mingyue's 50,000 army in the north of Tanyuan County. The 80,000 army that Lu Mingyue attacked Liyangcang was wiped out, and Lu Mingyue's life and death were unknown.

One by one, the battle report shocked Wang Bian. In just one day and one night, Lu Mingyue's army swept across Hebei was wiped out. What a brilliant result!

Wang Bian was also in distress at the same time. He knew that Zhang Xuan's next step would be to attack Li Yangcang, but at first he wrote a letter begging him to come for rescue. Wang Bian suddenly felt like he was leading a wolf into the house.

That night, the messenger he sent to Luoyang back to Liyang Cang. When the messenger saw Wang Bian, he knelt down and apologized, "I failed to complete the general's heavy trust, please punish him!"

Wang Bian was stunned and asked anxiously: "Didn't you hand over the letter to Duan Da?"

"You reported to the general that the letter was handed over to Doctor Duan, but Doctor Duan immediately went to Wang Shichong's mansion and did not hand over the letter to King Yue."

Wang Bian slapped his forehead suddenly, and he finally understood. No wonder he had no news about asking Duan Da for help several times. It turned out that Duan Da and Wang Shichong had collusion. It seemed that Wang Shichong was unwilling to send troops to rescue him.

Wang Bian was so angry that he paced back and forth in the room. He was already a veteran in his fifties and was proficient in officialdom. He knew very well why Wang Shichong refused to save him. Among the several troops in Luoyang, Wang Shichong's army was responsible for the outside world. Once the King of Yue ordered the rescue of Li Yangcang, the task would inevitably fall on Wang Shichong, and Wang Shichong was unwilling to consume troops for Li Yangcang.

Moreover, Luoyang has two major grains, Xingluo Cang and Luokou Cang, with countless grains and cloths. Wang Shichong did not care about Liyang Cang's supplies at all. He just wanted to preserve his strength and compete with several other armies for control of Luoyang.

Wang Shichong actually colluded with Duan Da, the chief assistant of the King of Yue. It seems that this person is ambitious and wants to imitate Taizu and control the young master with military power.

"General, what should we do?" the messenger asked in a low voice.

Wang Bian sighed. He didn't know what to do, so he could only take one step at a time.

The next morning, it was still dawn, and the alarm bell suddenly sounded at the head of Li Yangcang City. Dang! Dang! Dang! The alarm bell spread throughout the city, and countless soldiers climbed to the top of the city. The scene in front of them made them breathe a breath of air conditioning.

I saw that in the moat outside the south city, there were already densely filled with warships, hundreds of ships, almost all of which were over a thousand stones. On the distant river bank, there were endless troops standing in line, with at least one hundred thousand people, bright helmets and armor, neatly arranged in line, and murderous intent. At the front, a large green dragon flag with black edges and yellow bottoms fluttered in the air, with a large "Zhang" embroidered on it, indicating to the defenders at the top of the city that they were the Sui army in Qingzhou.

At this time, Wang Bian had already heard the news and came to the top of the city. More than a dozen five-tooth warships with 3,000 stones in front of him suddenly turned pale. He knew that Zhang Xuan had seen through Li Yangcang's weakness and used 3,000 stones to attack Nanshuimen. Not only could he shoot down the city guarding soldiers, but he could also go directly to the city.

More importantly, Zhang Xuan's fleet entered the moat last night, but his own army did not find it. They could take the opportunity to attack the city directly, but Zhang Xuan did not do so, but lined up to wait. Wang Bian couldn't help but sigh, Zhang Xuan was warning himself.

At this time, a soldier came to report: "General, Zhang Xuan sent Pei Hong to join the army."

Of course, Wang Bian knew who Pei Hong was, Pei Ju's eldest grandson, the heir to the Pei family leader, and was an imperial examination. He served as the county magistrate of Wenxi for three years. Later, he served as the doctor of the Ministry of Rites. He was forced to Zhang Xuan by Pei Ju. He is currently a military officer in the Qingzhou Army. He came to negotiate and was in line with his position.

Wang Bian nodded, "Please come to see me on the top of the city!"

Soon, Pei Hong followed several soldiers to the city tower, and from here you could clearly see the moat outside the city. Pei Hong bowed and bowed, "Pei Hong, the Qingzhou Army's Cangmao, came to discuss the Liyang Cang matter with the general!"

Seeing that Pei Hong was about 30 years old, with a medium figure, calm and sophisticated manners, and had a great aura of a great man, Wang Bian couldn't help but secretly admire him that he was a famous family, neither humble nor arrogant, and indeed very outstanding.

He waved his hand, "Pei Jun, please sit down!"

Pei Hong sat down, took out Zhang Xuan's letter from his arms and presented it to Wang Bian with his hands, "This is my head coach's handwritten letter to General Wang. Please take a look!"

Wang Bian opened the letter and read it slowly. Zhang Xuan's tone in the letter was quite sincere. He hoped that Wang Bian would give up Li Yang Cang. He needed to use Li Yang Cang's grain and cloth to help the victims of the Central Plains. This was a bit beyond Wang Bian's expectations, and it was actually for the relief of the disaster.

Wang Bian pondered for a moment and asked, "General Zhang said in the letter that he wanted to use the grain of Liyang Cang to save disasters. Is this your sincerity?"

Pei Hong sighed slightly and said, "The general should also know that the seven counties in the Central Plains have encountered a once-in-a-century drought. Since last autumn, the rain has not yet fallen, and the famine has broken out. Xiaguan rushed from Fan County, Jibei County to Liyangcang last evening."

Pei Hong's tone was very heavy and sincere, "We Qingzhou set up dozens of disaster relief sites in Jibei, Lu County and Dongping County, and deployed more than 600 officials. The subordinates were responsible for the two counties of Jibei County. When I set off, more than 100,000 victims had already flown from Dong County and Dongping County. I estimate that at least 300,000 victims would flow into Jibei County, and the entire Qingzhou would receive more than one million victims. Although we have some food in stock, it is still difficult to deal with the protracted disaster situation. Therefore, the grain in Liyang Cang is crucial to us. I hope the general should put the disaster first and give the food to us."

"But why all the victims rushed to Qingzhou? I think they should go to Heluo to ask for food!" Wang Bian was still a little puzzled.

"Have you not been to Qingzhou? Qingzhou's political situation is stable and the bandits are cut off. Our general has been committed to people's livelihood for several years, releasing bandits and returning to the fields, rewarding animal husbandry, building water conservancy, restoring fishery, and fully recovering the people's livelihood in Qingzhou. Only the number of farmland cultivated land has been restored to the level of Daye for three years. The people can be said to live and work in peace and contentment, and have long been famous in the world. When encountering disasters in the Central Plains, the victims of the disaster will of course go to Qingzhou to seek food. I am worried that the victims will be far more than one million, or even more than three million, and Qingzhou will face severe tests."

Wang Bian couldn't help but be moved. Even Pei Ju's grandson said this, and he couldn't help but believe it. If this is true, Zhang Xuan would be the hope of millions of disaster victims in the Central Plains! How could he refuse to provide relief to the victims?

Wang Bian was finally convinced and nodded, "What does General Zhang want me to do?"

Pei Hong smiled and said, "My head coach gives the general two choices. One is that the general withdraws from Liyangcang and we will take over. We are responsible for sending 10,000 defenders across the Yellow River. If the general is willing to continue to station in Hebei, then my head coach will report to the general as the governor of Wei County and in charge of the military and political affairs of Wei County."

Of course, Wang Bian understood Pei Hong's tactful meaning, that is, if he was willing to surrender to Zhang Xuan, he could become the governor of Wei County. If he was unwilling to surrender, he would send him to cross the Yellow River.

Wang Bian remembered again that Wang Shichong and Duan Da colluded with usurpation of power. If he returned to Luoyang, he would definitely be framed by Wang Shichong and took the opportunity to annex his army.

It would be better to surrender to Zhang Xuan and seek long-term blessings for your descendants.

Wang Bian was born in a family of merchants and was very good at investing to make profits. In his opinion, surrendering to Zhang Xuan was a good deal to seek blessings and profits for his descendants.

Wang Bian pondered for a long time and finally sighed: "I am willing to obey Marshal Zhang's arrangements and guard Wei County, but my family is in Luoyang. I beg Marshal Zhang to take them to Beihai County to settle down."

Pei Hong did not expect that Wang Bian would understand the truth so well. He immediately stood up and said, "Please rest assured by the old general. We will immediately notify the scouts in Luoyang to take action to ensure that the general's family is safe and sound."
Chapter completed!