Chapter 80: Li Zicheng's helplessness
"Uncle Qiyu, when the nephew led his troops to rush here, the Xingtian army had already left here, according to the report of the Tanma Institute, that Xiao Tianjian led his troops to meet the soldiers and horses of He Renlong in the south! I don't know where I got at this time! And after the nephew led his troops to arrive here, he encountered the official army of He Renlong, who had crossed the river, and fought with him before dusk, but unfortunately this He madman was not as unbearable as we imagined, and we suffered some losses! Li Guo said to Li Zicheng with a ashamed face.
Li Zicheng immediately asked, "How much is the loss?" ”
After Li Guo hesitated for a moment, he replied ashamedly: "More than 200 people were killed in the battle, and the number of wounded is almost the same!" But he also killed more than 100 officers and soldiers! It's just that Li Leopard was unfortunately injured in several places during the battle just now, and after snatching it, he lost his breath! ”
Li Zicheng gasped, he knew what the combat effectiveness of the two thousand soldiers he asked Li Guo to bring, these were all old soldiers he had worked hard to bring out, and they were all experienced warriors, but when he came here, he lost more than two percent at once, for him, this is where his hard work lies!
Originally, he thought that He Renlong was not even an opponent of the Xingtian Army, so after Li Guo led these two thousand elite soldiers over, He Renlong must still be given in vain, but he didn't want to beat He Renlong, who couldn't beat the Xingtian Army, but he actually made Li Guo helpless, and he also beat Li Guo's lost soldiers, and Li Leopard among the generals also died in the battle just now, so it can be seen that He Renlong's soldiers and horses are not unbearable, so this matter is strange, is it possible that the elite soldiers he has tempered thousands of times are not as good as those new soldiers of the Xingtian Army?
Why was the Xingtian Army able to defeat He Renlong, and the people under his command were not effective when they came, why did they hit their heads on the iron plate? Li Zicheng really couldn't figure it out.
The night was dark, and the camps of the two armies were set up several miles apart, and from a distance, the bonfires seemed to be very quiet, but who could see that there was a thick murderous intent hidden in them.
After all, the northerners in the interior are very blind at night because of nutrition, and the ordinary people do not dare to act at night, and if they are not careful, not only can they not hit the enemy, but will cause their own chaos, so after the two armies enter the night, they strictly restrict the officers and men under their command not to move in the camp, only some capable sentry sentries can go out of the camp, under the cover of the night, go to the enemy camp to lurk around the camp, and reconnoiter the situation of the enemy army.
The corpses of the soldiers who died in the first battle of the two armies were exposed in the wilderness, and no one restrained them, which made the night full of desolation, after all, the life of this troubled world is the cheapest, the living is still valuable, and the dead will no longer be cared about, but the officials and soldiers are better in this regard, after all, most of them have families and rooms, and they have to give an explanation to their families after they die, and the heads of the fallen of the righteous army are also things they must have, only in this way can they ask for merit and reward from the peak.
Therefore, after nightfall, the camp of the rebels closed its doors and did not come out, but the officers and soldiers sent a group of generals to carry torches out of the camp and enter the battlefield during the day, collect the corpses of the dead left by the officers and soldiers during the day, load them back to the camp, and cut off the heads of the corpses of the fallen rebels, and also loaded them back into the camp by car.
For the actions of the official army, Li Zicheng did not send troops to intervene, and they collected the corpses of the official soldiers, and there were clashes between the provinces at night, but they were taken advantage of by He Renlong.
Sitting in the tent in the camp, Li Zicheng had a headache about the current situation, Li Guo led his troops to fight with He Renlong at dusk, which made him understand that He Renlong was not easy to mess with, not that He Renlong was unbearable, but that they all underestimated the combat power of Xiao Tianjian's Xingtian Army, really, after He Renlong was placed in front of them, He Renlong was still their invincible opponent.
Li Zicheng sat alone in the tent, thought for a long time before he understood the reason, couldn't help but sigh deeply, punched his thigh and stood up, and slowly walked out of his tent.
He walked slowly to the gate and looked at the official camp lit with torches from a distance, and couldn't help but feel a headache for the current situation.
Judging from the battle between Li Guo Dusk and He Renlong, it is impossible to eat He Renlong's official army outside Longzhou City with his own strength, the two sides are now similar in strength, and his combat power is not as good as He Renlong's official army, and if he continues to fight with He Renlong here, I am afraid that if He Renlong is not killed by him, his subordinates will be eaten by He Renlong first.
After thinking about it for a long time, he still sighed, it seems that Longzhou City will not be able to be taken in a short period of time, and now only by asking Gao Yingxiang to lead his troops over as soon as possible, they can join forces to defeat Longzhou City, and what makes him annoyed is that this time he despised the combat power of Xiao Tianjian's Xingtian Army because he followed Gu Junen's advice, not only did he not take the opportunity to get cheap, but he made a wedding dress for Xiao Tianjian in vain.
After learning in detail about the two battles of the Xingtian Army at the Dashiqiao Yuhe Renlong in the morning from a few scouts just now, he finally understood Xiao Tianjian's plan.
Xiao Tianjian didn't think of blocking He Renlong's soldiers and horses with just one part of the Xingtian Army, but took a trick and stuck to the bridgehead at the big stone bridge, inducing He Renlong to light the enemy's rash advance, and took the opportunity to catch He Renlong off guard.
When Xiao Tianjian knew that He Renlong crossed the river from the upstream and downstream troops, he immediately destroyed the bridge and went south, avoided He Renlong's main force, and went to find the trouble of the other official army separated by He Renlong, but he stupidly listened to Gu Junen's opinion, led his troops to run here, and just stopped He Renlong's main force for Xiao Tianjian.
In this way, Xiao Tianjian can lead his troops to find the partial army that He Renlong divided without any danger, and let him sit on this radish, in the end, he is a bamboo basket to draw water, but Xingtianjun can take the opportunity to make a big profit.
Thinking of this, Li Zicheng felt blocked in his heart, but there was no place to vent, and he couldn't help but start to secretly hate Xiao Tianjian, and at the same time had doubts about Gu Junen's ability, and complained that Gu Junen couldn't see the situation clearly, so he had a bad idea and made him in a dilemma now.
The night wind blew on Li Zicheng's body, making Li Zicheng feel a chill, he involuntarily tightened the cloak on his body, turned around and planned to go back to the camp, but turned his head and saw Li Guo also walked behind him, and the uncle and nephew couldn't help but smile bitterly when they looked at each other.
"Uncle, it seems that this time we not only underestimated the madman He, but also underestimated the Heavenly Army! Now as my uncle sees it, how should we behave? After Li Guo gave Li Zicheng a salute, he waved his hand to let the other idlers retreat, and walked slowly towards the camp with Li Zicheng.
"Yes! We really underestimated this Heavenly Army! And we all underestimated that Xiao Tianjian! This son dared to come to meet the madman He with such a small number of troops under his command, this courage is really not ordinary! It can be said that this son is really a hero, bold and careful, and good at strategy!
What else can we do now? Now we don't know where this Xiao Tianjian led his soldiers to, but I have a hunch, I'm afraid this time this time I will definitely do something that will shock me! I can't guarantee that the soldiers and horses that the madman He divided will be planted in the hands of his Xingtian Army this time! Li Zicheng said with a wry smile.
Li Guo angrily kicked off a branch under his feet and said to Li Zicheng: "This idea that Mr. Gu gave to his uncle today is really a bad idea!"
If it weren't for him asking his nephew to stop his uncle, if his uncle had led his troops to come to Wanzihe with the Xingtian Army this time, he wouldn't have been able to let the He madman slip away with his tail between his legs, but because he listened to his advice, he achieved Xiao Tianjian's reputation in vain!
And now it is Mr. Gu's idea, let us lead our troops to rush here, but we have to face the ministry of the madman He, but it has made a pot of rice for him, so that he can rest assured and boldly pursue the subordinates of the madman He! It's infuriating! ”
Li Zicheng shook his head and said: "Mr. Gu can't be blamed for this matter, after all, none of us expected this son to be so powerful, just with such a small stone bridge, he beat the madman in disgrace, you and I used to underestimate him and the generals under his command, and it was precisely because I didn't expect this that we ended up in such an embarrassing situation!" ”
"So what do we think we should do tomorrow?" Li Guo stood still and asked Li Zicheng.
"Now that He Renlong has crossed the Wanzi River, there is no way to stop him from returning to Longzhou City, since we can't eat him, we can only let him go back to Longzhou City! Anyway, this time Xiao Tianjian ate a lot of elite soldiers under He Renlong's command, which is always beneficial to our next attack on Longzhou City!
In today's plan, we still have to ask King Chuang to rush to Longzhou City as soon as possible, and join forces with us to attack Longzhou City, as for the Xingtian Army, needless to say, they will definitely be famous after this battle, and it will be even more difficult for my uncle to try to entrap him and join us! ”
"Uncle has ever thought about finding a way to get rid of this Xiao Tianjian? As long as this Xiao Tianjian dies, it is expected that his soldiers will naturally fall apart, and as long as his uncle gives him a favor, won't they be used by his uncle? Li Guo looked at no one around, so he whispered to Li Zicheng with a twinkle in his eyes.
"Nonsense! Uncle, am I that kind of person? When we come out to do things, we should put faith and righteousness first, Xiao Tianjian is our friendly army, how can I design to harm him? This matter must not be spoken of in front of anyone again! Remember? Li Zicheng's eyes widened, but he felt quite majestic, and scolded Li Guo.
Li Guo hurriedly nodded in agreement, but immediately whispered: "For some reason, I always feel that this Xiao Tianjian doesn't seem to be a person from us, this person is a maverick, although he gives us food, but he has always kept a distance from us, it seems that we are not a heart at all, if this person is not removed, I am afraid that sooner or later it will be a disaster!" ”
Li Zicheng twisted the beard on his chin and sneered: "Do you think I didn't see it? Although he is respectful to me on the surface, I have already seen that this son is by no means a person who is willing to send people under the fence, this person is probably a hero, although he has a relationship with me, but he has always restricted his subordinates to our exchanges, marching and camping are all self-contained, even if it is a whistle, it is not a fake man, and it is precisely because of this that my uncle listened to you and Mr. Gu's advice, wanted to make him suffer a loss, and then subjugated him.
I didn't expect ...... That's it! But on the other hand, this man is still useful to us, after all, his generals have already shown that they are a rare force, and as long as we take care of him in the future, even if he is ambitious, it will not be any disadvantage to us! If we turn against him now, it will not do us any good, and once we annoy his generals, even if he dies, his generals will be jealous of us, and we can turn to the side of the official army and turn around against us!
In that case, wouldn't we have made a wedding dress for the government again? You have to pay attention, try to befriend him in the future, don't think nonsense! ”
After Li Guo heard Li Zicheng's words, he also sighed, hugged his fists and said to Li Zicheng: "My nephew has been taught!" I will never mention this in front of people again! It's getting late at night, so my uncle should go back to his tent and rest! There is a nephew here, and he will never let the officers and soldiers take advantage of it! ”