Wu You, Li Xiaoche, Wen You, Li Xiaolian
These two people used to be the future hope of the Li family in Li Yuanshan's eyes. Li Xiaoche was his son, and Li Xiaolian was his nephew, because the Li family had such an amazing and beautiful descendant. Li Yuanshan once felt that the Li family had successors. But it was one of the Li family's Shuangxiu who was regarded by Li Yuanshan as the hope for the future, so easily died in a small town called Sui County.
The corpse was put in a sack and left at the door, and Fang Xie's people didn't even bother with it. Li Er, who was in charge of serving the inspector these two days, asked the rebel soldiers to carry the body away to find a place to bury it with a look of disgust, and then nodded and bowed obsequiously and followed the fake inspector with extreme flattery.
The real inspector was carried by two rebel soldiers for a while and then found a dry well and threw it into it.
"Who is this person?"
A rebel muttered: "It's not safe for people to live at night. Damn it, I got blood on my hand."
"This is the man who was caught halfway by the inspector. I think he is not a tough guy. We didn't hear the sound of execution outside. It seems that he died very simply. From this we can see that he is a coward. Confess, or you won't be killed."
"It could be that this person's accomplice assassinated General Li and the others, and set up an ambush outside the city to kill dozens of our brothers."
One of the rebels spat into the dry well, found a stone and threw it hard: "I'll cover you with a quilt again!"
Fang Jie asked Li Er to come in, and he sat down by the stove, pulled the cloak on his shoulders, and asked while flicking the fire, "Li Er, do you know why I asked you here?"
Li Er hastily lowered his head: "I don't know about the humble position, please give me your orders."
Fang Jie pointed to the Hu stool opposite: "Sit down and talk."
Li Er didn't dare, so he quickly declined.
Fang Jie looked at the fire and was silent for a while and said in a calm tone: "I came here because you are General Li Liao's personal soldier, and you know more about military affairs than Han En. I won’t talk about people, but you should understand one thing. So many generals above the fifth rank in the army have died, and the vacant positions will eventually be filled. I am looking for you alone because I see you doing things Be careful... Han En wrote a list of people he recommended to fill vacant official positions... I didn't see your name on it."
Li Er's expression changed, and he couldn't help cursing fiercely in his heart.
"Humble job still needs experience..."
With his head down, he thought about the eighteen generations of Han En's ancestors, regardless of gender.
"According to the logic, you should take someone to escort General Li's family to Puyin City, the county government first, but I asked Han En to keep you, because I know you are a man who can be made."
"Thank you, my lord, for your praise!"
Li Er's heart skipped a beat, knowing that his luck might be coming.
"Because you know more about military affairs than Han En, so I plan to promote you directly as a fifth-rank general. If you have anything to do, you can discuss it with Han En. On the surface, he is the chief general, but in secret, how much do you know?" Don't worry, this person is impetuous and has no real talent, but you also know that Han Renzao is very important in front of the prince. But I can give you a secret order, you act according to the camera... I will reveal something to you first... just I am afraid that you will be at war with the Sui army in a short time. On the battlefield, it is a big taboo for the general to be weak and indecisive. If Han En is difficult to take on the important task, you can use the secret order I gave you to abolish him. Li Er... I trust you , because you are also surnamed Li!"
With a plop, Li Er fell to his knees and kowtowed vigorously a few times.
"My lord's grace of reinvention, I will never forget my humble position."
"Get up."
Fang Jie stretched out his hand to help him: "They are all working for King Dingxi. If you hadn't done things safely, I wouldn't have entrusted you with this job. You go back first and choose people from the army to be your soldiers. After dawn, I will allocate a few elite Zhechong battalions from the army and put them in your hands. Also, the matter of food and grass is the most important thing. The army is going to Lai County, and you have to watch the food and grass with you. The remaining half of the food and grass …”
Fang Xie glanced at Li Er, and Li Er immediately understood: "It's not half, it's 30% left."
Fang Jie pretended to be satisfied with a smile, patted Li Er on the shoulder and said, "I saw you right."
Li Erqian thanked Li Erqian, and Fang Jie waved his hand to let him go out. Seeing the contented person leave, Fang Jie couldn't help but smile. This is more than 10,000 fine armors. Although the 3,000 cavalry led by Fang Jie may have a chance to surpass the opponent in combat strength, they will inevitably suffer a lot of casualties in the fight. So Fang Jie never planned to swallow this army, and of course he didn't intend to make this team solid.
Han En and Li Er...
hehe
Fang Jie stretched his body and went to bed to rest. He will continue to act tomorrow.
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The rebels guarding Sui County left Sui County after two and a half days of preparation. When Han En and Li Er left, the other side expressed their gratitude. Both of them have a great sense of happiness in their hearts of being hit by a pie that fell from the sky, and they feel that Fang Jie is the noble person in their lives. Both of them can be regarded as rising in the sky, especially Li Er, who is directly promoted from a personal army to a general of the fifth rank. This is no longer climbing, but flying.
Fang Jie smiled and waved goodbye to Han En and the others, and the smile on his mouth was so bright.
That afternoon, after the scouts watched the rebels go out for dozens of miles, Fang Jie sent someone to contact Wanyan Chongde in Sansanlibao and asked him to lead the cavalry into Suixian County.
Fang Jie himself hadn't felt it yet. Not only had he inadvertently split up a rebel army and obtained a large amount of food and grass, but he had also become the rock that made the wheel of history jolt. The direction of the wheel was deviated due to the jolt.
The food and grass left by the rebels was enough to feed 3,000 people for several months. Because the Northwest was exhausted, the rebels had the habit of hoarding food.
Although Sui County is still nearly 500 miles away from Xiangcheng, Fang Jie decided to stop here with his team. Relatively speaking, this place is better than Xingcang Mountain. Although Xingcang Mountain is closer to Xiangcheng, if it deviates from the plain area, it is tantamount to deviating from the main battlefield. Since Li Yuanshan has deployed his team to Sui County, it means that although Sui County is far away, it is in the midst of a battle.
Zhuo Buyi swept the things on the table aside and spread the map on the table.
"I know more from Li Xiaolian's head than what he said."
He drew a semicircle on the map with a charcoal pencil. Lezhen, Suixian, Duanyang, Qing'an, Zhuzhou... more than 20 small towns were connected to form this semicircle. When this line was drawn, the situation immediately changed. to be clear. The semicircle formed by these twenty or so small towns encloses a plain with a radius of about 270 miles. This plain is the place where Li Yuanshan decided to fight a long time ago.
The gap in the semicircle is the direction of Xiangcheng.
Zhuo Buyi said: "Actually, Li Xiaolian came here this time to arrange military affairs, so that the troops in each city are ready at any time... If there is no accident, Li Yuanshan has already given up on Xiangcheng. We don't know much about the war, but what is certain is that Although the imperial army won a big victory, the loss is bound to be not small, and Li Yuanshan's plan to withdraw means that the imperial army's strength has been weakened to the point where they can't get out if they get stuck in their pockets."
Fang Jie's face was extremely solemn, he looked at the semicircle outlined by Zhuo Buyi: "We will be stationed here, Li Yuanshan didn't know we were coming, so he just drilled a hole in this pocket... Immediately send all the scouts out there." Inquire about the battle situation in the direction of Xiangcheng, and, Chen Xiaoru, take someone to the imperial army and find a way to sneak in... Don't see the emperor, and don't mention our presence to anyone, contact the army as much as possible The guards, if there is no accident, the Ouchi Guards have lost their previous power, but these people are useful. As for what you do next, I will send someone to contact you. Remember, those Ouchi Guards gather The more you get up, the better!"
Chen Xiaoru nodded: "This subordinate is leaving today."
Fang Jie hummed: "Now by chance, we have become a piece of cloth for Li Yuanshan to arrange this pocket. It is a good thing for the court, and it is also a good thing for us to participate in the war in the future to reduce losses. What we need to beware of now is that there are people who are approaching rebellion. The army team sent people over, and besides the scouts, the others tried their best not to go out of the city and be discovered by the rebel scouts."
"Here."
All the generals clasped their fists to obey the order.
"Big dog."
Fang Jie called the big dog over and said, "Take a few people and head south immediately to find out where Luo Yao's left front guard is and where the rebel army Yin Poshan's headquarters is located. Li Yuanshan In fact, the key point lies in Luo Yao and the Mengyuan people. If Luo Yao does not open the door, the Mengyuan people will not be able to get around behind the imperial army. Now what I want to know is when Luo Yao will get involved. "
"Here."
The big dog responded, turned his head and went out to pick up a few powerful flying fish robes and left.
"Nie Xiaoju."
Fang Jie continued to instruct: "Find a way to get in touch with the people who stayed in the southwestern realms at the Ouchi guards. Most of these people are actually exposed under Luo Yao's skin. Once Luo Yao really rebels, these people will be wiped out." Send a secret order to let these spies all come to the northwest. In addition, by the way, find out the news of the other troops in the left front guard in detail. Luo Yao led nearly 400,000 troops to the north, but no one knows how many of his soldiers are in the southwest Mantis stalking cicadas and orioles are behind... I always feel that what Luo Yao is waiting for is the time when Li Yuanshan and the imperial army will fight to the detriment of both sides."
"Here."
Nie Xiaoju took the order and left.
"One more thing."
Fang Xie ordered: "Send someone back immediately and tell the military commander to take his troops down the mountain. After the decisive battle, the Mengyuan people will return to the prairie. Kuoketai Menglie is not a fool. He should know that as soon as the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty dies, Whether it is Li Yuanshan or Luo Yao, they will immediately place this charge on the Mengyuan people. Even if Li Yuanshan is a traitor, he will also play the banner of avenging the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty... What the Mengyuan people want to see is the internal struggle of the Han people in the Central Plains , and they also know when to come in and when to get out."
"Tell the military adviser that the collapsed mountains and rocks will block the canyon, and the retreat path of the Mengyuan barbarians cannot be unimpeded. The reason why Kuoketai Menglie left Baihuo's 10,000 wolf riders in Fengcheng is to retreat. As long as the decisive battle here At the end, Baihuo's 10,000 wolf riders will immediately rush to Fan Gu's side to open the way for Kuoketai Menglie. If the canyon can't be blocked with stones, it can only be blocked with people. Fan Gu and Qing The gorge is separated by tens of miles, and we cannot lose it. Once the Mengyuan manzi arrives, we will hold these two places in our hands, just like two nails wedged on the manzi's way back, echoing each other, and the manzi will not feel good."
"coming soon!"
He took a deep breath.
"The decisive battle that everyone has been waiting for is coming."
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"Report!"
In the formation of the great Sui army marching to the west, in front of the huge palace-like imperial chariot ran an orderly soldier who was full of joy and excitement. Said: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty! Xiangcheng is broken, the rebels are retreating from the northwest, and several generals are leading troops to attack Xiangcheng!"
Because of the excitement and excitement, he was a little awkward in speaking.
Compared with the joy on his face, His Majesty the Emperor, who was already thin and sad, leaned on his seat and just nodded slowly, without any change in his expression. Because he was too thin, his forehead protruded outwards, his cheekbones were high, and even the contemptuous aura in his eyes had faded a lot.
"After breaking Xiangcheng, let everyone come here to discuss matters."
He waved his hand lazily: "Go."
After being silent for a while, he asked Su Buwei beside him: "At the beginning, Xu Jun Wang Yang Kai asked Zuo Xiaowei General Jin Shixiong to come to me to plead guilty, but I asked you to detain him and didn't give him a chance to explain, it's time to release him... After a while, when all the civil and military officials gather, let Jin Shixiong stand by my side and be with you."
Su Buwei's expression changed, and he bowed deeply.
For some reason, the old eunuch's eyes were full of sadness when he bowed down.
The emperor leaning on the chair looked like a withered old tree...