"What do you plan to do?"
Maqiao looked at Yang Fan with bright eyes and said, "It's impossible to kill him openly. You and I both have wives and children, we can't not think about our families. I presume you already have a perfect plan. You and I are brothers, whatever you say, I, Maqiao, will accompany you to the end. "
Yang Fan smiled, he already knew that Maqiao would agree, but he still had to ask. If Maqiao showed even the slightest hesitation, he did not intend to let Maqiao participate. Maqiao had an old mother, a beautiful wife, and a young child, it was normal for him to have considerations, he would not use brotherhood to kidnap his brother.
Now that Maqiao agreed, Yang Fan was naturally happy.
Yang Fan said in a deep voice, "At dusk, there are three streams and two caves, a total of nineteen strongholds, the Xie barbarians, attacking Bayjiang County!"
Maqiao's pupils suddenly shrank, he said in shock, "Rebellion?"
Yang Fan said, "Yes! Liu Guangye's atrocities have already angered the Xie barbarians of the East and West, as long as the Xie barbarians take down Bayjiang County, the other strongholds will definitely respond, following the Jiannan Path and Lingnan Path, the Qianzhong Path will also ignite the prairie fire! "
Maqiao hurriedly calculated, "I only have three hundred soldiers, and the people and land are separated. Can the surnamed Song be relied on? If he is unable to defend the city, I will protect you and leave immediately! "
Yang Fan did not know whether to laugh or cry, he asked, "Why don't you ask me how I know?"
Maqiao said disapprovingly, "Why ask this? You have always been resourceful, it is not surprising that you can find out this news. "
Yang Fan sighed and said, "You're really a lazy person who can't bear to worry. The reason why I know is because on the way to Bayjiang, I was hit by a blow dart and fell into their hands! "
Maqiao made an 'ah' sound and said, "Then it must be because you showed your prowess and killed your way out of the barbarian stronghold."
Yang Fan rubbed his nose and said embarrassedly, "I really want to brag like this, but it doesn't seem glorious to brag to my own brother. Actually … they let me go. "
"Hmm?"
Maqiao rolled his eyes and asked suspiciously, "Could it be that Xie Man's Cave Master or Stream Master or something had a precious daughter who was infatuated with you, and you agreed to marry into her family and become a live-in son-in-law, so the crisis was averted?"
This sentence was not because Maqiao was being silly, but because he was intentionally teasing her.
Yang Fan rolled his eyes at him and said, "When I was in Yaozhou, I was once indebted to a barbarian leader and received a wolf fang necklace from her. The Xie Man who blocked the road caught me with a blow dart and wanted to kill me on the spot, but when he saw the necklace in my bosom … "
Yang Fan took a deep breath and said, "Although transportation in the southwest is inconvenient, the barbarians are not without connections. The barbarians have always lived in the deep mountains and have the same habits as the Xie Man, so they are more familiar with each other and have a very friendly relationship with each other. When the Xie Man saw the necklace on my body, they knew that I am not a bad Han, so they naturally didn't kill me. "
Maqiao stopped laughing and said calmly, "They didn't kill you, but they also wouldn't tell you that they are going to attack Bayjiang County, right? Is there something else? "
Yang Fan nodded and said, "Yes! They not only found the token of the barbarian leader, but also found my imperial edict. Some of them happened to recognize this imperial edict, so of course they wanted to figure out my identity. After they figured out my identity, I also found out from their mouths how many villages Liu Guangye had destroyed in the Barbarian Province, forcing them to fight for their lives! "
Yang Fan stared intently at Ma Qiao and said word by word: "It is true that they are rebelling, but their resistance is only to vent their anger by robbing and killing the Han people who are separated from them, and shooting arrows at the soldiers that Liu Guangye brought out of the county town. As for attacking the city and pillaging the stronghold, Xie Man is far less arrogant than Wu Man and Li Liao, they will not do such a thing. So … "
Yang Fan stretched out a finger and leisurely pointed to the tip of his nose, "The idea of attacking Bayjiang County is not their idea, but my idea."
"What?"
Maqiao was really surprised this time, but the surprised expression had just appeared on his face, and then gradually disappeared. Maqiao said, "You can't really encourage the Xie Man to rebel, this will not do them any good. Could it be … the key to killing Liu Guangye is here? "
Yang Fan smiled cheerfully and nodded, "Yes! Once the Xie Man attacks the city, the city will be in chaos. There are not many soldiers stationed in the small Bayjiang city, and the main force of the Song clan's army is not here. The garrison in the city will not be able to resist the attack of the two caves, three streams, and nineteen strongholds. As long as they enter the city … "
Maqiao's eyes flashed slightly, and he slowly said, "When they attack the city at dusk, I'm afraid it will already be as dark as ink. The city will be in chaos, and the barbarians don't have the military style. They always like to fight in groups of three to five. At that time, the city will be in chaos, and if Liu Guangye dies at that time … "
Yang Fan smiled and said, "At that time Liu Guangye will be dead, who knows who killed him? So, what I want you to do is … at that time, don't be too stubborn, I will take Liu Guangye's head! "
Maqiao frowned and said, "If Liu Guangye dies, this account will inevitably be put on Xie Man's head. Will the imperial court be furious and send a large number of troops to encircle and suppress him?"
Yang Fan said calmly, "No! Pei Huaigu has already received the Emperor's edict in Yaozhou. From the content of the edict, the barbarians in the south are rebelling, and the Emperor is a little flustered. She wants to appease them, not encircle and suppress them, otherwise the imperial court's troops will be scattered into the mountains in the south. So, after Liu Guangye dies, Xie Man will retreat, and I will come forward to summon the barbarians, and they will surrender. Isn't that enough? "
Maqiao clenched his fist and palm, and said excitedly, "Flawless!"
Yang Fan said, "But, I didn't know that you had already arrived, so I still have to send someone to bring my wolf fang necklace out of the city, and get in touch with them. Fortunately, your troops are the only ones in the city wearing the imperial court's uniform, so they can be easily identified, or else it will be a big problem! "
Maqiao said, "That's easy! I have been in the army for so many years, how can I not have a few confidants? Give me the necklace, I will send someone! "
Just as the two said this, the Long Wu Guards guarding the door suddenly shouted, "Doctor Sun, do you want to see Yang Langzhong?"
He was shouting to alert the room that someone had come. Yang Fan gestured to Maqiao, indicating that he should stay in the room, and quickly walked to the outer hall. When he just stood in the outer hall, Sun Yuxuan rushed in with an imperial edict.
"Yang Langzhong, this is the secret edict we received when we rushed to Yelang City!"
Yang Fan nodded, took the secret edict from his hand, and checked the wax seal and wax seal to make sure there were no mistakes. He pulled out the sharp pin from his waist, cut the wax seal open, took out the edict from the bamboo tube, and slowly unfolded it …
Sun Yuxuan stood in front of Yang Fan and watched as the imperial edict slowly unfurled, covering Yang Fan's face. Standing on his side, Sun Yuxuan couldn't see anything but the golden image of two dragons playing with a pearl on the imperial edict.
Speaking of which, although Sun Yuxuan was an official in the capital, he had not seen many imperial edicts. Because he had never received one, he had never looked at it carefully, so he decided to patiently admire the two dragons playing with a pearl.
The two golden dragons bared their fangs and brandished their claws, pouncing on the pearl in the middle. The two golden dragons had their faces turned sideways, each revealing a dragon's eye. The dragon's eye was also embroidered with golden thread, and there seemed to be red thread mixed in the middle, making it look lifelike.
After a while, the imperial edict slowly sank down, revealing Yang Fan's two eyes. Yang Fan's eyes were slightly confused, and his expression was uncertain. He was clearly looking at Sun Yuxuan in front of him, but his mind seemed to have wandered off somewhere else.
Sun Yuxuan frowned slightly and worriedly asked, "Yang Langzhong, are you alright?"
"Oh, I'm fine!"
Yang Fan came back to his senses, smiled, and said, "It's nothing. The edict's instructions … wait for Imperial Censor Hu to arrive, and I will tell you all. Brother Sun, there are many barbarians brought into the Song residence. I'll have to trouble you to help Imperial Censor Hu record their statements. We can discuss in detail during dinner. "
Sun Yuxuan didn't think too much, nodded in agreement, and left Yang Fan's residence.
As soon as the door closed, Maqiao came out from the inner room and asked, "What happened?"
Yang Fan handed over the edict, and said, "Here, take a look."
Maqiao didn't act pretentious, and took the edict, glanced at it, and straightforwardly handed it back to Yang Fan, and said, "Out of the ten words, I only know one. It's better if you say it."
Yang Fan glared at him, and said, "If you can't read, how can you study the art of war? If you don't study the art of war, how can you be a great general? "
Maqiao curled his lips, and said, "Who knows how many generals in the army are illiterate. The art of war on paper is dead, but the art of war taught on the battlefield is alive. Those illiterate generals have all made illustrious achievements in battle. "
Yang Fan snorted, and ignored his fallacious reasoning, and said, "The edict says that the people in the Imperial Censorate have betrayed the Emperor's grace, and falsely used the Emperor's will to harass the local area, and bully the weak. This caused the people to rebel, and the Emperor was furious. Therefore, the Emperor has given me the power to act arbitrarily, to act first, and report later! "
Hearing this, Maqiao's mouth was wide open, and he couldn't close it. After a while, he let out a strange cry, and immediately covered his mouth, and said in a small but excited voice, "So you don't have to let Xie Man attack the city? As long as you have the statements of those barbarians, you can justifiably execute Liu Guangye. "
Yang Fan slowly nodded, and said, "Yes!"
Maqiao stretched out his hand, and said, "Give me the wolf fang necklace?"
Yang Fan raised an eyebrow, and said, "For what?"
Maqiao said, "I'll send someone to tell them that there's no need to attack the city!"
With his hands behind his back, Yang Fan slowly paced around the room for a while, muttering to himself, deliberating, and not saying a word.
Maqiao frowned, and said, "What, is there a problem?"
Yang Fan shook his head, and said, "No! The city still needs to be attacked! But I don't need to take advantage of the chaos to kill Liu Guangye, and the city also doesn't need to be breached. After the chaos subsides, I will announce Liu Guangye's crimes to the world, and he will be punished openly. This is better than killing him quietly! "
Maqiao said doubtfully, "There's no need to do this, right? When the time comes, there will be witnesses, and there will be a confession. With you, Hu Yuanli, and Sun Yuxuan as witnesses, who will doubt if I behead him? "
Yang Fan smiled, and said, "No! It's not to behead him! Originally, I wanted them to attack the city in order to kill Liu Guangye, but it was just a part of my original plan. Now, although there's an honorable reason to kill Liu Guangye, this plan still needs to be carried out, or else the key part of the plan will be broken! "
Maqiao frowned, and did not say anything.
Yang Fan slowly walked in front of him, and said seriously, "Believe me, brother! I know that there will be casualties in attacking the city, and if it's not necessary, there's no need for them to attack the city. But I have a reason to do this. Doing this, there may be some casualties now, but in the future, we can avoid ten times or even a hundred times more casualties. "
Maqiao stared at him for a long time, and smiled, and said, "Good! If you don't want to say, I won't ask! Since I believe you are like me, I'll do as you say! "
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