It is understandable for Zhu Yin to call himself "the last general" in front of Li Ye. In any case, they are all courtiers of the Tang Dynasty in name. Zhu Yin's failure to call himself a "criminal general" is already a manifestation of his integrity.
Li Ye helped Zhu Yin up, and said with a smile: "General Zhu, you don't need to be too polite. When we met in Dengzhou in a hurry, the lonely king respected General Zhu very much. When we meet again now, General Zhu is more and more heroic."
Zhu Yin said ashamedly: "The defeated general dare not speak bravely, Zhu Yin is just a mediocre man, and should not be praised by His Highness."
"General Zhu is a famous general in the world. Everyone in the world does not admire him. Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. General Zhu doesn't have to worry about it." Li Ye pulled Zhu Yin to sit down in the tent, and exchanged greetings for a while.
During this period, Shangguan Qingcheng stood behind Li Ye with his saber pressed, still looking like a guard. Just like Li Ye is still the eldest son of Chang'an, she is still the head of the palace of the palace.
In the depths of the conversation, Zhu Yin did not let Shangguan Qingcheng idle, and politely asked him about the battle of Yuanju County, the whole story and basis of Shangguan Qingcheng's formation of troops. It can be seen that even if he is defeated, he wants to understand the defeat.
Shangguan Qingcheng didn't hide anything, he knew everything and said everything, which made Zhu Yin suddenly see things that he hadn't figured out.
Li Ye had a good impression of Zhu Yin. Even if the other party is a fighter on the battlefield, he doesn't appear to be very vulgar. Although his words and deeds are not refined, they are well-behaved and there is nothing to criticize.
After about half an hour, Li Ye finally brought the conversation to the topic, and said to Zhu Yin earnestly: "The general is a rare general in this world. Although there was a defeat in Yuanju County, the fault is not the general himself, but Zhu Wen's perverse actions." Regardless of the court's laws, it is unpopular to use swords and soldiers to disrupt the Central Plains. It is a matter of duty for the lonely king to raise troops to fight against rebellion. The soldiers and people of the Central Plains have a steelyard in their hearts. In the future, I will follow the lonely king to conquer the four directions to show off the talents of the general, what does the general think?"
Zhu Yin was slightly taken aback, probably because he didn't expect Li Ye to recruit him.
Probably in his opinion, Li Ye should have wanted to kill him.
But even so, Zhu Yin still sighed and said: "Your Highness is benevolent and righteous, and the world knows that being able to fight with His Highness is something that countless veterans in the battlefield have been looking forward to day and night. I will never lose, even though I was defeated and captured today, I can't abandon my oath that day... I disappointed His Highness."
This time he claimed to have used the word "criminal general", which shows that he felt guilty for rejecting Li Ye's solicitation.
Li Ye persuaded him for a while, but in the end, he couldn't make Zhu Yin change his mind.
At the end, Li Ye sighed: "The general's loyalty should end with the dynasty, not just with one person. However, everyone has his own aspirations, and the lonely king can't force it. General, let's stay with the grievances first. If you change your mind in the future, you can change your mind at any time." You can lead troops to conquer rebels for the Tang Dynasty."
After finishing speaking, Li Ye stood up and said goodbye to Zhu Yin.
When Li Ye and Shangguan Qingcheng left the military tent, Zhu Yin still kept his posture of bowing and saluting, and did not move for a long time.
After a while, Zhu Yin straightened up, looked in the direction of the door curtain, and sighed: "King An has a world in his heart, I really realized it today."
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After leaving the military tent where Zhu Yin was imprisoned, Li Ye and Shangguan Qingcheng strolled in the camp, talking about the upcoming battle arrangements.
Unknowingly, the two came to the school field again, and found that Liu Xiaohei and Riwen were still fighting each other, Li Ye stopped again.
Although the two of them are only thirteen or fourteen years old and their bodies have not fully grown, they are at the advanced level of Qi training after all, and they have a majestic spirit that cannot be underestimated.
In comparison, Liu Xiaohei is shorter in stature. There is no way around this, girls at this age always develop faster. However, although his stature was not as tall as that of an adult man, Liu Xiaohei looked very majestic when he fought with a spear in his hand.
It's just that compared with Riven who is holding a long knife, it is still a bit worse after all. Although the little girl is of average stature, the long knife she uses is as wide as a door panel, and it is extraordinarily long. It looks like a guillotine, and her moves are wide open and closed, with a great visual impact.
Li Ye didn't stay long, and left the school grounds with Shangguan Qingcheng, but he still made up his mind: "Tell Commander Song that Riwen is leading the army in the army, and there is no need to go back to the Tsingyi Yamen for the time being. In the Central Plains war, some of them Opportunity to develop your talents.”
Shangguan Qingcheng's eyes showed joy: "With His Highness's words, the final general will not let Commander Song take him away no matter what!"
To make this decision, Li Ye naturally had his own thoughts. Both Liu Xiaohei and Ruiwen are still very young, so they need to be cultivated. In the future, they will be the leaders of the young and strong faction in the army, and they can guarantee that they will be connected with each other.
Aspiring to the Central Plains is nothing, Li Ye still wants to settle down, recover the Western Regions, and fight against the tribes outside the region. At that time, Liu Xiaohei and Riwen will take the lead.
In the afternoon, Li Ye and Shangguan Qingcheng were studying the possible follow-up actions of Li Maozhen and Gao Pian in front of the military map of the Chinese army tent. The ditch is high and the wall is high. It seems that they have no intention of continuing to march towards Caozhou, but have changed to defend.
Shangguan Qingcheng heard the words and said: "Zhu and Wen marched in three ways before, aggressively, now they just experienced a defeat in Yuanju County, but suddenly turned to defense, it is too useless."
Li Ye was not surprised by the news, and smiled confidently: "Zhu Wen just annexed the seven towns in the Central Plains, and before he had time to stabilize his rule and win the hearts of the people, he led the army to fight again. It seems that the momentum is huge, but in fact there are many hidden dangers. In the battle of Yuanju County, although Zhu Wen only lost tens of thousands of horses, his morale was hit hard, so it is not surprising that he turned to defense."
Shangguan Qingcheng was clear at one point, his eyes lit up and said: "Then shall we attack in an all-out manner next?"
Li Ye shook his head, "Don't worry. Zhu Wen dared to confront me on the battlefield, and what he really relied on was not the Fanzhen army, but the Taoist soldiers from the lower realm of the Taoist Immortal Court. Next, our focus is to clear the two wings. The core of the immediate battle, then It's a contest between monks."
Shangguan Qingcheng nodded solemnly.
The next day, Xue Wei, the Jiedu envoy of the Tianping Army, rushed to Yuanju County with his elite cavalry.
As soon as Wu entered the tent, Xue Wei bowed down in front of Li Ye, and while saluting, he said in a submissive tone: "Your Highness is holy! The day before yesterday, His Highness told the last general that the army will definitely be able to invade Bianzhou within a few days. At that time, the general was short-sighted and still had some doubts. Today, I got the military report that Zhu Wen had already built a camp on the border of Bianzhou, and he dared not step into Caozhou again. Only then did he know that His Highness has planned a brilliant strategy, and the general admires him!"
Li Ye chuckled lightly and made no comment.
Shangguan Qingcheng sneered and said: "Your Highness fought the world, flattened Huangchao and defeated Hebei to conquer Hebei. Which battle was not a chance to break the war beforehand? Xue Shuai also served His Highness in the battlefield. He is regarded as a general under His Highness, but he has a little bit of respect for His Highness's army." Doubts are really ridiculous."
Xue Wei blushed, felt ashamed, and said in embarrassment: "In fact, the final general has always had full confidence in His Royal Highness and the Lu army, but it was only when the army was in a state of chaos that they made so many jokes, which made General Shangguan look down on you. It's... ”
Li Ye saw that Xue Wei was at a loss, and it was not good to watch him make a fool of himself, so he waved his hands and said, "General Xue, don't feel ashamed. There are still many battles to be fought, and the Tianping Army has opportunities to make meritorious deeds. As long as you seize them, you will succeed." Can."
The meaning of what he said was naturally to let Xue Wei perform well in the future, so that he could cover up his previous embarrassment. It's polite to talk, but not so harmless.
Xue Wei could understand Li Ye's use of pictures, because he didn't dare to have the slightest complaint. Not only did he not complain, he also made up his mind to lead the Tianping Army to fight hard.
In the next few days, apart from the Henghai, Pinglu, and Tianping troops dispatched to Caozhou and the front line of Yuanju, there were no major military operations. Zhu Wen had given up on fighting for supremacy head-on with Li Ye, while Li Ye was waiting for the monster monks to arrive.
Three days later, Li Ye received the news that the vanguards of Wei Bo, Cheng De, and Yi Wu successfully crossed the Yellow River.
The Jiedu Envoy of the Huazhou Yicheng Army once wanted to lead his troops to intercept, but was blocked by a part of the Tianping Army in Weinan County and could not break through. After the soldiers and horses of the three towns crossed the Yellow River, they joined the Tianping Army and fought against the Yicheng Army in Weinan County.
It only took half a day for the Yicheng army to completely retreat.
When the military information reached Li Ye, Li Ye immediately ordered to attack Huazhou City.
Four days later, Liu Dazheng received a good news. The Pinglu Army and the Henghai Army led by him had already invaded the territory of Gunzhou. The two armies fought an encounter 30 miles north of Gunzhou City. Both sides suffered heavy losses. . After the war, the Gunzhou Army retreated to Gunzhou City, and Liu Dazheng led his troops to encircle it.
On the sixth day, a total of 150,000 soldiers and horses assembled by the three armies of Wei Bo, Chengde, and Yiwu in Wei County, under the support of the vanguard, all crossed the Yellow River, landed directly in Huazhou, and directly took Huazhou City .
As of the time when the military report came, the vanguard army of the three towns had already launched an offensive against Huazhou City.
So far, Caozhou's offensive on the left and right flanks has gone smoothly, and Li Ye no longer has to worry about the threat from the flanks, and can concentrate on a decisive battle with the main force of Zhu Wen's army on the front.
On the seventh day, the Bull Demon King and Mi Monkey King, whom Li Ye had not seen for a long time, brought tens of thousands of monster monks to the battlefield.
The barracks of the monster clan had been built, and Li Ye let them enter the barracks directly, and held a banquet that night to welcome the arrival of the monsters such as the Bull Demon King.
After a night of feasting, in the early morning of the next day, Li Ye, the bull demon king, the monkey king and other monster monks left Yuanju County and flew to the border of Bianzhou to investigate Zhu Wen's army camp in a grand manner.
"There are powerful aura fluctuations hidden in the depths of the enemy's camp. Judging from the scale of no less than 10,000 real people, it should be the third batch of 8,000 Taoist soldiers who have arrived." Bull Demon King said, patting his belly.
Li Ye looked farther, it was the vast world behind Zhu Wenjun's camp, "If it's just these ten thousand soldiers, we can easily defeat them. However, the two armies have been calm for so long, and if there is a battle between the two armies, tens of thousands of troops will be involved. The realm of the real person must be a decisive battle that depends on the outcome. I don’t think Zhu Wen will only have such a little power—Immortal Court should not be underestimated.”