Traveling through troubled times, he fled with his stepson

Chapter 132 The Son of an Old Friend

Li Yuan looked up at Jiang Shiping on the city wall, and what he said could be described as arrogant.

"I have a way to solve your current confusion, but should I tell you here?"

His words made Jiang Shiping look at the situation around him.

The surrounding areas are full of chaotic refugees, and the city walls are also full of mixed people. There is no guarantee that there are no spies from other places among these people.

Although he particularly disliked the tone of this person's speech, since it involved Yizhou, Jiang Shiping didn't care about the so-called face or the inside story.

He immediately ordered people to open the city gate to let Li Yuan and Jiu Lan into the city.

The city gate slowly opened, leaving a path wide enough for one person to pass through, while the people on the city wall stood on high alert to prevent the refugees from rushing in.

Both sides were in a tense standoff. The refugees did not dare to gamble whether they could get through alive, and the people on the city wall did not dare to gamble whether the refugees below would riot and take the opportunity to break through the city gate.

Li Yuan and Jiu Lan shouted and rushed straight to the city gate. The small passage was a test of horsemanship, and the sound of horse hooves echoed in the deep city walls.

The refugees looked at each other and ran forward a few steps. The bows and arrows on the city wall shot straight in the direction of their advance.

Li Yuan and Jiu Lan arrived at the city gate in the blink of an eye, and then they passed through one after another.

The city gate was heavily closed the moment they passed through. Seeing the city gate closed, the refugees looked at the people on the city wall with hatred, and then slowly dispersed.

Seeing that both sides were at peace, Jiang Shiping breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look behind him.

As soon as Li Yuan and Jiu Lan entered, they were surrounded by people with spears, and the horses kept circling in the encirclement.

Li Yuan and Jiu Lan looked in the direction where Jiang Shiping came from, and both sides checked each other's situation from close range.

The torches made the surroundings brighter than in the daytime. Under such bright light, Jiang Shiping raised his hand and signaled everyone to leave.

Seeing that everyone was slowly retreating, Li Yuan jumped off his horse, and Jiu Lan followed suit.

He handed the reins to the person next to him, and his movements were very natural. Jiu Lan naturally imitated him. People who didn't know would think that these two people were their own people because they were so familiar with each other.

"Uncle, it's been a few years since we last met... Do you still remember me?"

Li Yuan took a few steps towards Jiang Shiping. The people who were originally on high alert were dazzled by the news, and Jiu Lan beside him also looked at Li Yuan suddenly.

Jiang Shiping thought a lot, but he never expected that the first words he would say when he met this young man would be to acknowledge his relationship.

“No, you…you…”

The Jiang family is a large and powerful family, and there are countless nephews and cousins ​​who call him uncle. He can remember most of them, but none of them is like Li Yuan, as if he has never seen him before.

And anyone who has seen this young man will never forget him.

After figuring this out, Jiang Shiping breathed a sigh of relief and felt more confident.

"Please don't lie to me, sir. Please show your identity so that I, Jiang, can discuss the next steps with you."

Li Yuan shook his head and looked at the man not far away. He was not very old, about thirty years old, with a well-proportioned figure and looked like a scholar.

"Uncle, you should get rid of the people around you."

Li Yuan was certain that Jiang Shiping wanted to know his identity, and he was also certain that Jiang Shiping wanted to know how to save Yizhou.

The deputy general beside Jiang Shiping spoke up: "City Lord..."

"I'm afraid there's a trick. You must not turn our people away."

The deputy general beside Jiang Shiping had followed him for a long time. He was his confidant and a brother who would stick with him through thick and thin. As for this brother whose origins were unknown, the deputy general was very worried that this was a scam.

"Humph~"

Jiu Lan sneered, and then said: "If Jiang Zhizhou doesn't believe it, just leave two people you trust in front of you. There are only two of us. How many soldiers can you call upon at your command?"

These words made the deputy general on the opposite side frown, and he raised his hand and pointed at Jiu Lan, "You..."

But he was stopped by Jiang Shiping.

"Okay, you and Caixiu follow me, and let the others retreat outside."

Following the deputy general's call, everyone around retreated to a safe place.

"Can you tell me now?"

Jiang Shiping’s patience was almost running out. Could it be that this young man was really here to tease him?

"Uncle, if you don't believe me, do you not believe Jiang Mengyu?"

As Jiang Mengyu's name was read out, Jiang Shiping was stunned, and then the memories that had been buried in his mind for a long time flashed before his eyes. What followed was that Li Yuan's face and Jiang Mengyu's face gradually merged, and they even looked somewhat similar.

Jiang Mengyu.

His oldest cousin.

The older cousin who protected him and kept him from being bullied.

"You...you are..."

As he asked, Jiang Shiping recalled many things. He had a nephew whom he had never met, and that nephew was the child of his eldest cousin whom he had never seen since she got married.

He didn't see his eldest cousin for the last time, nor did he see his eldest cousin's child for the last time.

He had so many opportunities to go find his cousin...

"Li Yuan, son of Chenzhou Li and Yizhou Jiang."

Jiang Shiping couldn't help but take a step back and looked at the child carefully again.

He said that he had never met him before, but why did he look so familiar? It turned out that he was the son of an old friend.

"Kid?" Jiang Shiping took a few steps forward and wanted to say something, but the deputy general beside him grabbed his arm and said, "City Lord! Without any evidence, how can you believe that he is Li Yuan?"

"Let's take a step back and say that even if he is Li Yuan, so what? Who can really tell what he wants to do?"

Li Yuan was silent and looked at Jiang Shiping.

Jiang Shiping was brought back to his senses by the deputy general, but looking at the eyebrows and eyes that were similar to those of his cousin, he could not suspect anything.

"Uncle, we can check your identity and the purpose of your visit, but please let me tell you about the situation in Yizhou."

Li Yuan looked at Jiang Shiping, and then, regardless of his expression, he said calmly: "Yizhou is unwilling to bow to Chenzhou Lei Hao, and if they don't bow, they will fight.

As far as I know, Lei Hao is currently leaving the city with a full 50,000 soldiers."

At this time, Jiu Lan was very considerate and unfolded the map he had prepared earlier to show Jiang Shiping and others.

"Chenzhou sent out 50,000 troops. It is unlikely that 50,000 troops can attack Yizhou by force, but they need to fight quickly because they don't have enough food and grass."

"This time Chenzhou sent out troops to gather the food and grass of Luozhou and Chenzhou. Since they have limited food and grass, they must fight quickly and decisively. But they cannot attack by force, so I'm afraid they have to attack dangerous places."

"What is dangerous?" Jiang Shiping and the deputy general followed Li Yuan's train of thought and found it made sense. Seeing Li Yuan stop at the critical moment, they could not help but ask.

From their expressions, one could tell that they had already followed his line of thought.

He did not answer their question but continued talking.

"When I set out before, I had already wiped out about 600 to 700 of Lei Hao's follow-up troops, and at the same time intercepted their first batch of food and fodder."

"Since we intercepted their first batch of food and fodder, it must take them two days to reach the Yizhou area and deliver the food and fodder."

"These two days are enough for us to take many precautions."