457 took two hostages first

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At the north gate of Ruzhou City, at this time, a heavily armed elite cavalry was standing here quietly, and the cavalry of more than 2,000 people was not noisy.

The cavalrymen were all dressed in cotton armor and carried a long horse sculpture with a sharp saber pinned to the saddle, as well as quivers and crossbows.

That's right, Li Zixiao is Qi Wei's 'Flying Feather' cavalry battalion, all equipped with crossbows, replacing the previous bow, which is more convenient for them to ride and shoot.

And the three hundred guards around Qi Wei were all equipped with a short gun, which was not fully promoted in the cavalry battalion at this time.

But what really caught the eye was the more than 100 horsemen at the front of this group of cavalry, all of them with two horses, the cavalry rode one horse, and the other horse carried a set of black battle armor.

This cavalry of more than 100 people originally did not belong to Qi Wei's 'Flying Feather' cavalry battalion, but came with Li Yan before.

"Report!"

At this time, outside the northern city of Ruzhou, a scout of the White Dragon Army rushed over quickly, rushed directly into Ruzhou City, where the gate was open, and shouted loudly.

"Report, General Qiyu, Luoyang City is broken." The scout shouted.

"Okay, the time has come."

On this side, Qi Wei, who was also wearing armor and holding a gun, and was riding on a tall horse, after hearing the words of this scout, his face showed excitement and said loudly.

And next to Qi Wei, there were Li Yan, Li Tianba, Xu Wei and Qi Lin and other generals of the White Dragon Army, Li Tianba looked excited, because he knew that there was going to be a war.

And Xu Wei and Qi Lin were a little lonely on their faces, after all, they still didn't want to hear the news that Luoyang had been captured.

Even, for Qi Wei's insistence on being unable to aid Luoyang from the north, both of them were not very comfortable, and they still had a trace of illusion about Daming in their hearts.

Of course, Xu Wei and Qi Lin also knew very well in their hearts that Qi Wei's refusal to support Luoyang was completely at Li Zixiao's behest.

Since it was Li Zixiao's meaning, they couldn't help it.

At this time, Xu Wei and Qi Lin also saw Li Zixiao's ambitions very clearly, and the two who had already boarded Li Zixiao's warship were destined to drift away from Daming.

"Li Yan, I'll leave it to you here in Ruzhou City." Qi Wei said to Li Yan.

"General Qi, don't worry, I am here, and you should be careful over there."

"Good. Let's go! ”

Then Qi Wei led a cavalry battalion of more than 2,000 people to leave Ruzhou City and go straight to Luoyang.

As soon as Qi Wei led the cavalry battalion out of Ruzhou City, Li Yan issued an order to Li Tianba, Xu Wei and others: "Generals, follow the plan we made before.

Now you lead your troops out of the city, General Xu Lao goes north, occupies Yangping Town, and blocks the road to the north led by Li Guo and Liu Tichun for the 30,000 Liukou.

Qi Lin led people around to the west to guard Yiyang, and if Li Guo wandered to the west, you would be responsible for intercepting them.

Li Tianba, Sun Dazhuang and others led their troops to surround Li Guo's camp with me. ”

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison.

Although these people all know the deal that Li Zixiao and Li Zicheng secretly reached, many people don't know what the specific deal is.

Even, people like Xu Wei and Qi Lin have always opposed trading with rogues like Li Zicheng, thinking that it is seeking the skin of a tiger, and sooner or later they will be counterattacked.

Now, hearing Li Yan's order, Xu Wei, Qi Lin and others also understood that Li Zixiao had never believed Li Zicheng from beginning to end.

Li Zixiao had already thought of a future move, but Li Zicheng promised Li Zixiao that when Luoyang City was defeated, he not only promised to let Lu Xiangsheng go.

Collect a group of craftsmen from the city and give him at least six million taels of silver, which is also a prerequisite for Li Zixiao to sell Li Zicheng grain and ordnance.

And Li Zicheng finally agreed. But Li Zixiao knew that if nothing happened, after Li Zicheng defeated Luoyang, he would turn his face and deny it.

Therefore, Qi Wei went north this time, firstly, to rescue Lu Xiangsheng, and on the other hand, to give Li Zicheng a little color to see, so that he could know how powerful the White Dragon Army was.

It took Li Zicheng more than two months from sending troops to conquering Luoyang, and he suffered heavy losses in the battle of capturing Luoyang.

At this time, Li Zicheng's army of rogues was exhausted and war-weary.

When they rush into Luoyang, if they don't take the opportunity to take a break for the entire ten days and half a month, they don't want to recover their combat strength.

At this time, Qi Wei led his 'Feiyu' cavalry battalion to the north, just to warn Li Zicheng, if you dare to break the appointment, I will immediately lead troops to attack you, so that you don't have a chance to breathe.

At the same time, Li Yan led the generals of Ruzhou City to directly trap Li Guo and Liu Tichun outside Ruzhou City as a bargaining chip.

If Li Zicheng dares to break his word, then he will lose two generals and the 30,000 rogue army under him.

At the beginning, Li Zixiao asked Li Zicheng's henchmen to lead the army, saying that it was to create momentum, but in fact, it was also to trap it now and use it as a bargaining chip.

As long as Li Zicheng's henchmen and generals like Li Guo and Liu Tichun will make Li Zicheng care.

Besides, there are also the 30,000 rogue army, although most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, but in fact, the elite of the 3,000 old battalion led by Li Guo will inevitably make Li Zicheng feel distressed.

When the time comes, it will depend on whether Li Zicheng is willing to give up the 30,000 liukou and Li Guo and Liu Tichun for the sake of six million taels of silver.

If Li Zicheng was really determined to break his trust, the White Dragon Army on Li Yan's side would immediately take action against Li Guo.

Soon, the Liukou military camp where Li Yan was located also received the news that Li Zicheng had captured Luoyang.

It's just that the time for them to get the news was half an hour slower than Li Yan's.

When Li Guo got the news that Li Zicheng had captured Luoyang, he immediately ordered someone to find Liu Tichun, and said happily: "King Chuang has defeated Luoyang!" ”

"Really? That's great! After hearing this, Liu Tichun shouted excitedly.

However, Li Yan's excited face disappeared, and he turned to a worried color, and continued to say to Liu Tichun: "Tichun, let's retreat immediately now."

Now that King Chuang has already conquered Luoyang, there is no need for us to continue here, I am worried that if we don't leave, we will be trapped by Li Zixiao. ”

"However, doesn't Li Zixiao have an agreement with King Chuang? At this time, if he turned his face, wouldn't he want to get the silver promised by King Chuang? ”

After listening to Liu Tichun's words, Li Guo shook his head and said, "Tichun, you are wrong. From beginning to end, King Chuang did not plan to give Li Zixiao a penny of silver after conquering Luoyang City.

At that time, once King Chuang turns his face, I am afraid that in Ruzhou City, Li Zixiao's general Qi Wei will take action against us.

Therefore, at this time, we must evacuate here quickly before King Chuang and Li Zixiao turn their faces, and then go north to Luoyang to join King Chuang. ”

Li Guo saw it more thoroughly than Liu Tichun, and he had long understood Li Zicheng's thoughts.

"That's right! Without further ado, let's withdraw now. After Liu Tichun listened to Li Guo's words, he immediately woke up and said.

"Report!"

As a result, before they could begin to prepare for the withdrawal of their troops, a bandit rushed to the outside of the tent of the two of them and shouted: "Two generals, just now a large army suddenly rushed out of the city of Ruzhou, and it is rushing towards us, and it is about to arrive. ”

"What!"

As soon as Li Yan heard the news, he rushed out of the tent directly, grabbed the bandit, and asked with a gloomy face, "How many people are coming?" How long will it take? ”

The bandit was taken aback by Li Guo's reaction, and said tremblingly: "They're coming...... At least 10,000 people.

Their march was fast, and they had almost half a burnt of incense before they could reach us. ”

The camp under Li Guo was originally not far away, and with the speed of the White Dragon Army's rapid march, it didn't even take half a pillar of incense to arrive.

Li Guo let go of the bandit, looked east with his eyes, and saw that in the distance outside the camp, the continuous line had appeared outside their camp.

Li Guo smiled bitterly and said to Liu Tichun, who was driven out: "Yes, now we can't leave if we want to, and Li Zixiao, a lover person, has long been on guard against breaking into the king, and turned his face afterwards."

It turned out that Li Zixiao asked King Chuang to send someone over to 'act', but in fact, it was just Li Zixiao's conspiracy.

Now we are Li Zixiao's hostages, and he can use us to threaten King Chuang. ”

After Liu Tichun heard this, he frowned and said, "Otherwise, the two of us, while they haven't completely besieged us, let's lead the two of us to stand out!" ”

Li Guo shook his head and sighed: "Impossible, you also know what the situation of these people under us is, we may be able to defeat Li Zixiao's army of tigers and wolves."

I dare to say that if we break through, we will inevitably be surrounded and killed by Li Zixiao's team, and in the end we will have to end up with heavy casualties.

Now that people have taken the lead, we have completely lost the opportunity to car, so we can only stay here honestly and wait for the news of the king. ”

"However, if King Chuang is really reluctant to give up the six million taels of silver, let's ......" Liu Tichun said in the end, and he didn't say anything.

Li Guo looked up at the sky, his eyes were a little lonely, and he said faintly: "If that's the case, then I will fight Minggou to the end." ”

In the final analysis, Li Guo was reluctant to give up six million taels for Li Zicheng, and he had no confidence at all.

For fighting out of the siege of the White Dragon Army, he had no confidence at all. At this time, Li Guo found that he couldn't do anything.

"Okay, let's go, go out with me and meet the generals of this Ming army."

When Li Guo and Liu Tichun walked out of the barracks, they saw that the 10,000 White Dragon soldiers led by Li Yan had surrounded their camp.

In their camp, those old and weak rogues looked at the white dragon soldiers who surrounded them, lined up outside the camp, and set up cannons, and they all became panicked.

"What a mighty army, it's not bad at all compared to the old camp of the king. Li Zixiao has a lot of talents, I don't know if it is Qi Wei himself who came this time. ”

When Li Guo saw the White Dragon soldiers surrounding them outside the city, they were all neatly arrayed, calm and orderly, which made his eyes light up and he exclaimed.

Moreover, Li Guo also knew that the real person in charge of Ruzhou City at this time was Li Zixiao's henchman Qi Wei.

(End of chapter)