Just like in history, Zhai Rang didn't want to fight in the Dahai Temple battle, and he didn't dare to fight. Almost none of the Wagang generals had the guts to fight the invincible Zhang Xutuo and the invincible Qi County Sui Army. So that after receiving the news of Zhang Xutuo's arrival in Qi County, the Wagang generals all persuaded Zhai Rang to retreat as soon as possible and not to fight Zhang Xutuo head-on. Zhai Rang had also made the decision to withdraw from Xingyang, and almost Put it into practice.
It was Li Mi who tried his best to persuade Zhai Rang to launch this decisive battle. Li Mi pointed out to Zhai Rang that although Zhang Xutuo was brave, he was too straightforward and irritable. Although the Sui army in Qijun was elite, they fought for years and had almost no rest time. The generals and soldiers were already exhausted, and the psychological problems of war weariness and homesickness were very serious. Although they are still heroic and invincible in a downwind battle, once they are in adversity, internal problems will inevitably erupt, and the Wagang Army that has gradually grown can definitely defeat Zhang Xutuo as long as they grasp the weakness of the Qi County Sui Army's underestimation of the enemy!
Zhai Rang followed Li Mi's suggestion, and handed over the entire ambush plan to Li Mi to arrange and arrange, and he himself went into battle as a bait. As a result, after the first battle, Zhai Rang and the Wagang Army finally defeated Zhang Xutuo and Qi Zhai, who were so feared by them. The Sui army in the county also achieved Li Mi's great reputation. After the Battle of Dahai Temple, Li Mi's name quickly resounded throughout the Kyushu of China, becoming the most outstanding representative of the anti-Sui uprising army, and also became the nightmare of the Sui army. Emperor Yangdi was the most rebel who gritted his teeth.
After the victory, the Wagang Army team was full of joy and laughter, and when the Wagang Army retreated to the temporary base of Xingze Camp, the inside and outside of Xingze City suddenly became a sea of joy. All the soldiers and their family members went out of the city to greet them, and many ordinary people also spontaneously organized to welcome the triumphant division of the Wagang Army on the road, beating gongs and drums, and cheering with the soldiers of the Wagang Army for this hard-won victory. —These people did not hate Zhang Xutuo, who was an honest and honest official, but they did not want to be poisoned by the tyranny of Emperor Sui Yang, and they supported the Wagang Army who killed officials and released food from the bottom of their hearts.
Shan Yingying, who came to Xingyang County with the army, was of course also among the welcoming crowd. Seeing her brother Shan Xiongxin returning with the army safe and sound, Shan Luoli raised her heart in her throat and hurried forward to greet Shan Xiongxin. While congratulating his brother on his complete victory, he also asked whether Shan Xiongxin was injured? Shan Xiongxin, who was in a good mood, smiled very happily, and replied: "I have brought back a little injury, and I will bring you a gift by the way, do you want it?"
"Gift? What gift?" Shan Yingying was taken aback.
"A handsome boy named Hua Mulan." Shan Xiongxin, who had known his sister's thoughts for a long time, laughed badly.
"Hua Mulan?" Shan Yingying's joy was no small matter, and she blurted out, "Did you really catch him?"
"Of course, what my sister told me, can my brother do his best?" Shan Xiongxin laughed loudly, and then said: "But this kid is really hard to catch. He would rather die than surrender if he is surrounded. To catch him, he will be injured." I killed three or four brothers, and finally I shot him myself and knocked him unconscious with a lance, and then I caught him. Brat, if he hadn't suffered a lot of injuries and the knife in his hand was broken, his last The knife went right through my stomach."
"He suffered a lot of injuries? Is it serious?" Shan Xiaoluoli became anxious when she heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Is his life in danger?"
"Smelly girl, are you his sister or mine?" Shan Xiongxin got angry when he heard that, and pretended to be angry and said: "Your brother's injury was left by him, you don't care about my brother, What do you care about him?"
"You're standing here so alive, why should I care? At most, I'll help you with the medicine later." Shan Yingying retorted confidently, and said, "I don't care about him because he treated me last time. Treat each other with courtesy, and want to repay him. Knowing that you want to repay him, you taught me this sentence, and I am not listening to you."
"Smelly girl, why did you become so obedient at this time? When you were told to stay in Wagang, why were you disobedient?" Shan Xiongxin became even more angry, pointing back, and shouted: "He is the prisoner in the back In the team, if you want to repay your favor, go there, but I want to tell you first, how to deal with that stinky boy, you have to follow the arrangement of the king, and I don't care whether the king cuts him or kills him."
Subconsciously turned her head to look behind Shan Xiongxin's team, Shan Xiaoluoli wanted to move her footsteps, but just as she moved, Shan Luoli took it back, blushing and said: "Forget it, anyway, you spared him on the battlefield One life, even if I repay my favor, I don't need to see him anymore."
"Really?" Shan Xiongxin said with a smile: "If the king orders him to be killed later, you will not even have the chance to see him for the last time."
Shan Luoli blushed and hesitated. At this time, a messenger came to convey Zhai Rang's order, asking Shan Xiongxin to lead the army back to the camp immediately. After the army was settled, he immediately went to the big tent to meet Zhai Rang. Mobilize the army to return to the camp as soon as possible, and ask my sister to go back to the city to rest in peace and not to run around. Shan Luoli blushed and agreed, then leaned into Shan Xiongxin's ear and whispered: "Brother, if the king wants to kill him, please intercede for me and save his life as much as possible."
"Pleading for him? Why?" Shan Xiongxin asked in surprise, and then said: "He is not my brother-in-law, why should I plead for him?"
"Just talk nonsense!" Shan Luoli blushed up to her neck, she ran out, and said, "Anyway, remember to intercede for him."
Blushing, she ran back to the crowd. Shan Luoli did not rush back to the city, but hid in the crowd and continued to peek at the Wagang army returning to camp. When Shan Xiongxin's army led the prisoners past, Shan Luoli Li opened her eyes even wider, and tried her best to find a familiar figure, but to Shan Luoli's disappointment, she only saw dozens of Sui army prisoners covered in bruises, their faces were smeared with blood and mud, and they couldn't see their appearance at all. The captive, but he never saw the figure he had been thinking about for more than a year. Disappointed, Shan Luoli couldn't help saying in her heart: "My lord, you must not kill him, brother, you must save him too."
After setting up the return team, Shan Xiongxin briefly washed up, and then immediately led a few soldiers, escorted Hua Mulan, the largest prisoner captured by the Wagang Army in this battle, and brought her to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He met Zhai Rang in the big tent of the army, and offered prisoners to Zhai Rang by the way. Mulan, who was tied like a rice dumpling by a thick hemp rope, had also woken up from a coma. She kept cursing along the way, trying to provoke the enemy intentionally and let Shan Xiongxin execute her right now. How ugly and vicious it sounds, Shan Xiongxin has never been angry, and he keeps looking at Mulan's appearance, and occasionally nods seriously, and he doesn't know what is going on in his heart.
Shan Xiongxin came relatively late, and when he entered the big tent of the Chinese army, the big tent was already full of smiling Wagang generals, and Zhai Rang was also laughing loudly on the handsome chair. Seeing Wagang veteran Shan Xiongxin come in, Zhai Rang Huan laughed and said, "Xiong Xin, why are you here now? I heard that you captured a general from the army with your own hands. Who is it? Have you brought it?"
"I brought it here, and it's outside the tent." Shan Xiongxin said with a smile, "That general is none other than Hua Mulan, who fought me for hundreds of rounds in front of Wagang Village last year."
"It's that guy?" Zhai Rang was overjoyed when he heard that, and said, "I've heard of his name a long time ago, and I heard that he is one of the four generals under Zhang Xutuo's old dog. Xiongxin believes that you can capture him alive, which is really a great achievement." one… ."
"Pu Shangong is here!"
The sudden long shout interrupted Zhai Rang's praise of Shan Xiongxin. Hearing this voice, Zhai Rang stood up immediately, and all the Wagang generals stopped laughing and clamoring, and rushed to the front of the big tent to welcome this Li Mi, the number one hero in the First World War, and soon, Li Mi entered the big tent surrounded by his cronies Wang Bodang and Yang Jishan. Seeing that everyone, including Zhai Rang, came in front of him to salute and greet him, Li Mi felt overwhelmed, and quickly cupped his hands and said: "Masters, it's too much, too much, what virtue can you do if you have secrets, dare to trouble you like this!" Welcome?"
Everyone said that it should be taken for granted, but Zhai Rang pulled Li Mi up, and without a word, he pulled Li Mi to the handsome position in the middle, insisting on pushing Li Mi to sit down, Li Mi was shocked, and hypocritically asked why? Then Zhai Rang said loudly: "Pu Shangong, don't say anything extra, I said before, if you defeat Zhang Xutuo, so that our Wagang soldiers can sleep with their eyes closed, I will give you the seat! Now that you have succeeded, this seat should belong to you, and only you are worthy of it! From now on, you are the master of our Wagang, and we will all obey you!"
If Li Mi now holds the military power, and his gangsters are like clouds, then Li Mi will definitely sit down honestly. It is a pity that the current Wagang Army's military power is still in Zhai Rang's hands, and he is really willing to bow his head and obey Li Mi's Wagang Army There are only a handful of generals, so Li Mi immediately declined politely, and repeatedly stated that he has little virtue and talent, and is not worthy of leading the Wagang heroes—at least not yet. .
After arguing for a long time, under the persuasion of Wagang generals, Zhai Rang, who was still reluctant to take this position in his heart, finally sat back in the commander-in-chief and accepted the salute from Li Mi and Wagang generals, but Zhai Rang, who was more kind, I still felt that I was a little ashamed of Li Mi, and after a little calculation, Zhai Rang said: "Pu Shangong, since you are determined not to accept the position of Wagang village master, then let's do this. Set up a Pushan public battalion, the army will be served by the volunteers you recruited for me before, how to supplement and expand is up to you, and how the Pushan public battalion advances and fights is also up to you to arrange, you don't need to ask me for instructions, only when we fight together Negotiate and act. There is also no need to hand over the money, food and weapons seized by the Pushan Public Administration, and keep them all."
What Zhai Rang did was actually to allow Li Mi to stand on his own and become a whole. Li Mi, who had been suffering from being unable to be the master of his own family, was overjoyed, and pretended to be modest. Seeing that Zhai Rang insisted on doing so, Li Mi accepted Zhai Rang honestly. For this kindness, the Wagang generals hurriedly congratulated Li Mi, and Li Mi's two cronies, Wang Bodang and Yang Jishan, were all overjoyed, and they thought together: "Finally, I don't have to be so angry with this idiot Zhai Rang!"
Of course, the next step is to reward the three armies. While Zhai Rang ordered the soldiers to be fed with good wine and meat, he also had to set up a banquet in the Chinese army's tent to celebrate with the Wagang generals the extraordinary achievements of defeating Zhang Xutuo. . However, at this moment, another guard from outside the tent reported to Zhai Rang, "Report to Your Majesty, the officer and general brought here by the single leader has been yelling at you and Pu Shangong. Brothers, I can't bear it. If you want to kill him, let the king decide."
Later, when Li Mi arrived at the big tent, he was puzzled and asked the reason, Shan Xiongxin reported to Li Mi that he had captured Mulan, and said: "Don't blame Pu Shangong, that man named Hua has been on the road all the way here. Cursing, it seems that he wants to provoke us deliberately, let us give him a good time."
"Hua Mulan? Sure enough, he is a loyal and brave man." Li Mi smiled, then turned to Zhai Rang and cupped his hands and said, "My lord, the students have long heard that Hua Mulan is a famous brave general under Zhang Xutuo's account. One of Xu Tuo's powerful arms, if such a person can be used by our Wagang, it will definitely strengthen our Wagang prestige, and can further damage the morale of the officers and soldiers. In the opinion of the students, it is best not to fight with him General knowledge, call him into the tent, persuade him with good words, and see if he can be recruited."
Zhai Rang nodded, and immediately ordered Mulan to be heard. A moment later, Mulan, covered in blood, was taken into the tent. Just like before, Mulan, who was determined to die, not only held her head high but kept yelling at Zhai Rang and Li Mi. As for the generals in Wagang, everyone in Wagang was angry, but Li Mi was not angry. He just kept persuading Mulan to surrender, and said a lot of good birds to choose trees to live in, stupid kings without morals, and everyone to be punished. He urged Mulan to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and join the glorious and great Wagang Volunteer—to be precise, join the newly established Pushan Public Camp.
Li Mi's winking eyes were shown to the blind man, because Zhang Xutuo rushed into the enemy line for the fourth time to rescue Mulan. After hearing Li Mi's earnest words, not only did he have nothing, but he also cursed: "Rebels! Stop talking nonsense, kill as soon as you want! You have a bowl-sized scar on your head, and you will be a good man again after eighteen years! You rebels! Don't get too excited too soon. Although Ambassador Zhang has already died for the country, Deputy Envoy Chen Yingliang and Deputy Envoy Chen are still there. Deputy Envoy Chen will definitely avenge Ambassador Zhang and me. By then, you will all die! You will die! "
Hearing the only name he was afraid of, the expression on Li Mi's face changed, but Zhai Rang shouted impatiently: "This man is stubborn, don't talk nonsense with him, push this man out and behead him!"
Hearing this, Mulan quietly breathed a sigh of relief, but what Mulan never imagined in her dreams was that Shan Xiongxin, who had tried to kill her with red eyes more than once, jumped out at this critical moment. Rang cupped his hands and said: "Brother Zhai, the last general has the cheek to keep someone under the sword. I want to plead for this Hua Mulan. I also ask the king to take care of the last general and spare him from death."
"Why?" Zhai Rang asked suspiciously.
"Because this man once treated my sister kindly." Shan Xiongxin explained: "Last July, two thieves, Zhang Xutuo and Chen Yingliang, joined hands to encircle Wagang Village. Unfortunately, the younger general's sister was caught by him, but not only did he not Hurt my sister, still treat my sister with courtesy, and return Yingying's hands in the end, the last general is thinking of this kind of kindness, I beg brother Zhai to spare his life."
Mulan was dumbfounded, and almost wanted to ask why I didn't know about this? Zhai Rang's reaction over there made Mulan speechless again, and Zhai Rang patted his forehead and said: "I remembered, I remembered, this happened. Brother Shan, your sister was arrested by this idiot. At that time, we misunderstood He is a prostitute, and he made a lot of noise, but fortunately, Chen Yingliang forced this guy to let him go."
All the generals in Wagang suddenly realized what happened last year, Mulan became more and more surprised when she heard it, but Shan Xiongxin turned to Mulan again and said, "For my sister's sake, I beg for you. Love, this is also your last chance, tell yourself, will you surrender or not?"
"Rebel, don't dream!" Mulan was furious, and said again: "Who knows your sister? I haven't seen it!"
"Fuck!" Shan Xiongxin also became angry. First, he kicked Mulan to the ground, then pointed at Mulan and shouted, "If Yingying didn't beg me, do you think I would be troublesome? My sister was arrested by you, are you It's true to treat her with courtesy, but when you first caught her, you also did..., unruly things to her, don't toast or eat fine wine, force me to think of your unruly things thing!"
Mulan was dumbfounded again, but the Wagang generals next to her all smirked, and hurriedly asked Shan Xiongxin what Mulan had done to Shan Yingying. They were all curious to find out why, so Shan Xiongxin blushed and said: "This man, when Yingying was caught, he personally searched Yingying with his own hands."
Hearing this, the Wagang tent, which was still essentially a bandit den, was in an uproar. The generals of Wagang shouted to cut off Mulan's hands, and some people couldn't wait to draw their swords, but Mulan became more and more speechless. In the end, it was Zhai Rang who asked a key question, asking Shan Xiongxin: "Brother Shan, since this man has done shameless things to Yingying, why do you still plead for him? Also, listen to your tone , it seems that Yingying is forcing you to intercede with him, why?"
Shan Xiongxin was a little embarrassed again, but after thinking for a while, Shan Xiongxin still said truthfully: "I'm not afraid of you laughing, brother, Yingying has taken a fancy to him, and pestered me to save him. Seeing the appearance of the little girl, I am afraid that in the future Still pestering me... , pestering me to fulfill them."
Of course there was another burst of laughter, and Zhai Rang also laughed loudly, and then someone shouted loudly: "My lord, second brother Shan, how about this, as long as this kid is willing to marry Miss Shan and surrender to us, we will Let him live! What do you think?"
"Good idea! Let's do it this way!" Watching the excitement, almost all the Wagang generals agreed in unison, and some couldn't wait to point their knives at Mulan's face, and shouted: "Boy, your good thing has come, Either surrender and marry Shan Erge's younger sister, or lose your head, it's your choice."
"This..., what's going on here?" Mulan was at a loss in her mind, and said to herself, "When did I catch this traitor's sister? And when did I personally search this traitor's sister? This and that? "
In a daze, Mulan forgot to answer the question of the general of the Wagang Army. As a result, this also caused Li Mi to misunderstand, and said that Mulan had already wavered. He said: "General Hua, if you agree, I will agree to you. I beg King Zhai to treat Zhang Xutuo's body kindly, let him rest in the ground, and prevent anyone from insulting his body."
Li Mi's words hit Mulan's vitals, and Mulan was immediately shaken. She thought to herself, "You might as well agree, first trick them into letting the ambassador's body be buried in the ground, and then try to escape. Of course it's best if you can escape. If you can't escape, then find a chance to kill yourself, it's better than dying in vain now. Otherwise, if they discover my secret again, it will be even worse."
Having figured this out, Mulan nodded and said, "Okay, I promise."
Cheers erupted everywhere, and Li Mi also took the opportunity to urge Zhai Rang to treat Zhang Xutuo's body well, let Zhang Xutuo be buried in the ground and collect it generously, so as to establish the name of Wagang Army's benevolence and righteousness, so as to facilitate the further expansion of the team in the future. Although Zhang Xutuo's Zhai Rang and Wagang generals who hated Zhang Xutuo to the bone felt a little uneasy, they felt that Li Mi's words were reasonable, and respected Zhang Xutuo's righteous deed of going in and out of the Wagang Army's encirclement to save his subordinates. Zhai Rang At last he nodded and said: "Okay, Lao Pu Shangong will worry about this matter, Zhang Xutuo is a man, let his funeral be held grandly."
Li Mi agreed, and Mulan pursed her lips and said, "Your Majesty, when Ambassador Zhang was buried, the sinner wanted to wear mourning for Ambassador Zhang, please allow me."
Zhai Rang rolled his eyes, and just about to get angry, Li Mi over there rushed to say: "Your Majesty, I beg your permission, except for General Hua, the other generals and soldiers of Qi County that we have captured, as long as they surrender and are willing , you can put on filial piety for Zhang Xutuo's funeral."
Seeing the face of the great hero Li Mi, Zhai Rang reluctantly agreed, and agreed to bury Zhang Xutuo generously in three days. At that time, as long as the soldiers of Qi County who surrendered to the Wagang Army and they are willing, they can bury Zhang Xutuo in mourning . Li Mi smiled and thanked Shan Xiongxin and Mulan, then turned to Shan Xiongxin and Mulan and said with a smile: "General Shan, General Hua, one of you is willing to marry a younger sister, and the other is willing to marry, so choosing a date is worse than hitting the sun. I suggest that tomorrow let General Hua marry you." How about marrying Miss Shan?"
All the generals in Wagang applauded loudly, including Zhai Rang, who also applauded. Mulan's heart trembled, and she thought to herself, how can I put mourning on Ambassador Zhang's funeral? But fortunately, Shan Xiongxin did not let Li Mihu come this time, and said with cupped hands: "Brother Zhai and Pu Shangong's kindness, I appreciate it, but this is too big a matter, I have to ask that little girl Yingying what she means, we will see you tomorrow How to decide?"
"Success, anyway, Xingze City has everything, we will decide tomorrow, and there is still time to pay homage tomorrow night." Zhai Rang agreed, and then waved his hand and said: "Take General Hua down to freshen up and change clothes, so that you can entertain me. Then hurry up and bring the wine and meat to him." Come on, let's not get drunk today!"
On that day, all the generals of the Wagang army were indeed drank into mud, and Mulan also asked the guards to change their clothes and bandage the wounds after evading. Fortunately, the guards were still Shan Xiongxin's subordinates, and Mulan, who was about to become a relative of Shan Xiongxin Naturally, the request was not rejected. After the banquet was over, Shan Xiongxin had to rush back to the city to report the good news to his younger sister, and also asked her if she would like to get married the next day, but Shan Luoli blushed and thought for a long time before she nodded to her elder brother.
While Shan Luoli nodded to Shan Xiongxin, Li Mi, who had already returned to her tent, also discussed with Wang Bodang and Yang Jishan about the general affairs of building a camp by herself. The soldier that Li Mi had caught before carrying Zhang Xutuo's corpse to break out of the siege suddenly asked to see Li Mi, and said that he was willing to surrender to Li Mi. Li Mi was overjoyed when he heard that, and immediately ordered to see him, and when he saw Wang Xuance being escorted down to the tent by the soldiers, and obediently bowing to him without ordering, Li Mi laughed immediately.
"Little guy, finally figured it out, right? I really appreciate your bravery and bravery to break through Zhang Xutuo's encirclement. Otherwise, even if you were a cat, you would have nine lives, and those nine lives would have been gone long ago. By the way, I don't know you yet. What's your name, what is your status under Zhang Xutuo's account? How long have you been with Zhang Xutuo?"
"My name is Wang Xuance, and I am Zhang Dashuai's book office. It was Zhang Dashuai who followed him after he arrived in Guancheng."
"School office? You kid still know how to read? Write a few words and let me see how it goes. I'm short of clerks."