Gu Junen held a banquet, and Li Yan was sitting by his side, and the location was in the palace of Prince Lu.

The food and food were arranged, and a team of soldiers took a captive into the lobby. The captive was very tall, nearly eight feet tall, and the soldiers who were escorting him were only at his neck. His hands were tied behind him, wearing an armored jacket of unknown color, with only a few armor leaves on it. His hair was scattered, like a mess of thatch. His body was dirty and could not tell the original color. Only his eyes were filled with spirits, although he was captured, he gave people a sense of awesomeness and unbusable momentum.

Gu Junen leaned toward Li Yan and said, "Lin Quan, this is Liu Konghe."

Li Yan glanced at Liu Konghe and exclaimed: "What a hero." Then he smiled and said to He Jin: "Prince He Du, let him loosen his ties! Even if he is an opponent, we should give him enough respect."

There were many soldiers around him, and He Jin was even more brave. He would not be afraid of a prisoner without weapons. He Jin came forward in person and untied the rope for Liu Konghe.

Li Yan waved his hand and said, "General Liu Shen, please sit down."

Liu Konghe rubbed his hands, snorted coldly, and did not answer.

Li Yan smiled faintly, sat down, and said slowly: "General Liu, although you and I are their own leaders, they can block my 20,000 army for a night with 4,000 soldiers. Such an opponent is also worthy of my respect. As the saying goes, those who know the current affairs are heroes. At this time, your army has been defeated, and Jining is also taken away by our army. Even if you return to the Ming court, what can you get? Why not surrender to our army? I promise you will still be the General of the General."

Liu Konghe smiled disdainfully, "My Liu family has been favored by the court for generations, how can I surrender the thief? Besides, if the governor Liu You led reinforcements to arrive in time this time, how could I be defeated? You thieves only rely on the large number of people to win by chance. If you have the ability to release Liu, I will lead your troops to fight you bloody battles. Let me see who is the hero."

He Jin was furious when he heard this and kicked Liu Konghe's knee. The latter groaned and half bent to the ground. "The defeated general is still here and I don't know how to live or die. Be careful that I will cut you alive."

Liu Konghe glared at He Jin, "Come on! Since I was captured, I have no plans to live. I have the ability to kill me now."

He Jin said "Oh", "You kid is so arrogant!" As he said that, he raised his fist and was about to hit Liu Konghe in the face.

Li Yan suddenly said, "Prince He, stop."

"Young Master Li, this kid is so irritated. You ask me to beat him up first to ensure that he will be obedient in the future."

Li Yan smiled and said, "Emperor He Du, our army is the winner in this battle, and he is just a prisoner. In this case, don't you allow him to say a few big words? And he hasn't even figured out why he failed in this battle. Such a fool is really not worth your action."

Liu Konghe glared at Li Yan, "What did you say?"

Li Yan looked directly at Liu Konghe, "General Liu, I admire your courage. But you never thought about why you held on for a night, but no reinforcements from one soldiers arrived. And you sent soldiers to ask for help many times, why did you sink into the sea every time? And why did our army seize several cities overnight, and even more without bloodshed and captured Jining, Yanzhou Prefecture, without bloodshed? Does General Liu really think that Liu Zeqing's rescue is not effective, or that you already have the answer in your heart, but just don't want to believe it."

Liu Konghe was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean?"

Li Yan said: "General Liu Shen, please sit down! This matter is complicated and takes a long time to explain it clearly. There is nothing wrong today, so I will tell you in detail why you were defeated and why our army won."

Liu Konghe was in agitation and no longer insisted at this time. He stood up tremblingly and found the nearest seat to sit down. The long standing and the fatigue of the night made him a little dizzy, and his head was blank.

Gu Junen waved his hand and asked the guards to leave, leaving only He Jin to sit there.

Li Yan poured Liu Konghe a glass of wine, and then he slowly said, "General Liu Ze actually knew about our army's attack on your defense line tonight. It was just because he regarded you as a thorn in his eyes and wanted to get over it, so he was slow to send reinforcements. The reason why our army took down several cities in Yanzhou without any effort tonight was that it had reached an agreement with Liu Zeqing. Our army would not attack Cao County where he was located, and he gave Jining to me. This was an agreement that had been reached long ago."

Although he had expected it in his heart, Liu Konghe was still shocked at this moment. "You are not in harmony with Liu You, but he is not like this! Yanzhou is his death place, what is the benefit of losing Jining?"

Li Yan smiled and said, "General Liu Shen, don't be anxious. This matter has to be said slowly. Didn't Liu Shen see the benefits that Liu Zeqing has gained? This prosperous Jining City was looted before our army arrived. Who do you think this did it, and who owns these gold, silver and treasures at this time?"

Liu Konghe showed an incredible look, "You mean, this Jining City is..."

Li Yan sighed, "Liu Zeqing's greedy nature is known to the world. Jining is a place where goods are distributed in the north and south, and it is extremely wealthy. Liu Zeqing took advantage of the situation to rob and then blamed the charges on our army. Even Li admired such a plan to transfer flowers and trees!"

Seeing that Liu Konghe was silent and silent, Li Yan continued: "A month ago, our army had just defeated Xiao Yuan camp, and Xu Dingguo led his troops to surrender, our army's strength increased greatly. I, Wang Renci, asked to reorganize surrendered troops while appease the people, resulting in serious shortage of food. At that time, the morale of the army was unstable and the people were scattered. If a careless person was in trouble, it might lead to greater chaos. At this time, Liu Zeqing suddenly sent an envoy to come and said he was willing to trade food and grass for our army. But the premise was that our army would no longer attack Yanzhou."

Liu Konghe's face turned pale, his fists were clenched, and he said angrily: "You agree. And Liu Zeqing took the initiative to provide you with food and grass just because he was afraid that you would attack Yanzhou."

Li Yan smiled and nodded and said, "Liu Zeqing saw that our army was in full swing, and was afraid, and did not dare to fight with our army. The first thing our army had to do was to stabilize the situation in Guide Mansion, and he was unwilling to cross the river to attack Yanzhou at that time. In this case, we both finally reached an agreement. The two of us were in a tacit understanding and peace."

Liu Konghe said angrily: "Then why are you attacking Yanzhou again now?"
Chapter completed!