【Chapter 289】 Battle Curtain
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in the lobby.
Li Li, who had been pondering for a long time, raised his head and nodded slightly to Li Su, who was sitting in the hall waiting for a reply, and then waved his hand to signal Li Xuan to send off the guest.
Suddenly, Li Su got up in confusion and looked directly at Li Li, hoping that Li Li could give him a clear answer. It's a pity that Li Li didn't even look at him, and immediately got up and strode to the side door on the left side of the lobby, brushing his sleeves away.
"Sir, I don't know what Li Xiao means by this? To fight or not to fight, you have to say something, otherwise the last general will go back and can't explain to General Li Dao? Li Su cried and asked Li Xuan for advice.
"Hehehe!" At this time, Li Ru, who was sitting opposite, got up and walked in front of Li Su, and said with a smile: "My lord has already given you an answer, and nodding means that you will accept the battle letter and go to war as promised." ”
"Oh, I see." Li Su was stunned, immediately bowed down, and said to Li Ru respectfully: "The last general has seen Lord Lord. In the Chang'an Rebellion, everyone rumored that the master had been killed, but I didn't expect you to join the Wuwei Army and serve under Li Xiao's riding tent. The last general was rude before, so please forgive me. ”
Li Ru shook his head with a smile and said, "Li Su, you are too outward. You and I are ministers in the same hall under the command of Xiangguo, and we have worked together for many years, and we are of the same clan, so there is no need to be so formal. You still call me Wenyou as before, so as not to be too angry, maybe we will have the opportunity to work together in the future. This time, you came with a war book, but in fact, my lord did not want to meet General Yangwei, so what could be done has come to this, and he has no power to return to the sky. Therefore, the lord was quite melancholy in his heart, after all, he and General Li Dao were uncles and nephews, and this time the two armies were at war, and this uncle-nephew relationship was difficult to preserve. I would also like to ask for your understanding in this section. ”
"What Brother Wen You said is extremely true. I know how to reply to General Li Dao. Li Su humbly echoed.
At this time, Li Xuan got up and walked over, stood side by side with Li Ru, and said to Li Su with a smile: "General, don't forget what we said before, I hope you will make a decision early, the door of our Wuwei Army will be open for the general at any time." ”
"Thank you, sir, for your advice, and I will definitely consider it carefully. At that time, please ask Mr. to mention one or two, and I will be grateful! Li Su said with a serious expression.
Li Xuan and Li Ru glanced at each other, and then Li Xuan said with a smile: "My lord is in charge of the army, as long as the general is loyal to my lord." Obey the order, do your best to serve our army, and worship the general is just around the corner! ”
Li Su shook his head when he heard this, and said, "Thank you Mr. and Wen You for your guidance." The last general still has important things to do, so don't leave it at that. Farewell. ”
Li Xuan and Li Ru immediately sent Li Su out of the lobby and watched him ride away.
"Brother Yuan Zhong always acts unexpectedly. In the lobby, he said that Li Su, who had come down to write a war letter. The younger brother was deeply admired. It's better to be ashamed, hehehe! When Li Su walked away, Li Ru said to Li Xuan with a smile.
Li Xuan smiled indifferently when he heard this, and said, "Brother Wen You smiled. This Li Su, who came to write a war letter, I really didn't notice him before, I only heard his name. but he did not know him. Just above the lobby, I saw that although his face was pretending to be calm when he met his lord, his eyes were a little flustered, so I leaned in and tested him. I don't think so. The crooked blow is correct, and he can really get some useful military information from his mouth. It's just that although this Li Su has some talents, he is also a wallgrass. On the occasion of the war between the two armies, he wanted to break away from Li Dao and seek another career, but he also wanted to wait until the end of the war to cling to the strong. A person like him, even if he has talent, can't be entrusted with a heavy responsibility! ”
Li Ru bowed his head in disbelief and said: "Yuan Zhong's words can be described as discerning and discerning. Although Li Su is not a Taowu strategy, he is also Yunwen Yunwu, he followed Dong Xiang very early on, and fought in the east and west, which is quite meritorious. However, this person is good at speculation, seeking fame and fortune, since he said that he descended to Lu Bu, he has followed Lu Bu around, as if he was separated from the Xiliang army. Dong Xiang's death was indeed that he assisted Wang Yun and others to hide ambush soldiers in the palace hall, and then led the troops to chase and kill the flying bear soldiers who guarded the palace. It's just that after Wang Yun, Lu Bu and others seized power, they did not give him the official position and title he wanted, but ordered him to lead the troops to collect and suppress the Niu Fu army. It is precisely because of this that after he led his troops out on the expedition, he lightly advanced the enemy, and the result was a complete defeat, which made Wang Yun quite angry and ordered Lü Bu to kill him. Therefore, in the Chang'an Rebellion, Li Su, a person who is good at opportunism, was thankless, but attracted the disaster of killing, and now he survived by luck, but he fell into a situation of stealing his life. All of this is his own fault, too clever for himself! ”
After Li Xuan heard this, he thought about it and said: "Since he is good at speculation and seeking fame and fortune, then after he defects to our army, I will suggest that the lord let him handle government affairs and no longer let him lead troops." How about Wen Youyi? ”
"Hehehe!" Li Ru said with a smile: "It seems that Yuan Zhong has decided that Li Su will defect to our army, and now he will start to figure out the position for him." ”
Li Xuan bowed his head with a firm expression and said, "That's right, I conclude that Li Su will defect to our army sooner or later, because our army will win this battle!" ”
Li Ru nodded solemnly when he heard this, and echoed: "Yuan Zhong's words are exactly what I want. In the past, the unfinished business of Dong Xiang can only be achieved by falling on the lord. Li Dao can't do it, his open-mindedness is not as good as Dong Xiang's, he is suspicious and fickle, his vision is too shallow, and it is difficult to achieve great things. The big war is coming, and we have a lot to do, Brother Yuan Zhong, the younger brother will leave first. ”
"Let's go together, I'm also about to go to Wenhe to discuss the big war in three days." As Li Xuan spoke, he followed Li Ru and strode out of the main hall.
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Three days went by in a blink of an eye.
On this day, since the fifth watch, Chang'an City has been full of people within a radius of 30 miles, and the sound of horses' hooves shook the sky.
Before dawn, countless torches reflected half the sky.
The south gate of Chang'an City was opened, and more than 100,000 Xiliang troops quickly left the city and went straight to the southern suburbs of the wilderness twenty miles away.
Correspondingly, the east gate of Yiwu was opened, and tens of thousands of Yiwu soldiers lined up to go out of the city, and then joined the 100,000 troops outside the city, and also marched towards the southern suburbs.
Time flowed in the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, and time flew by in swords, guns, and halberds.
The morning dawn broke, the sky was white, and then the ten thousand rays of light pierced the sky, and the sun rose in the east.
The southern suburbs of Chang'an, which was originally a large area of fertile arable land. Raising tens of thousands of people in Guanzhong.
However, since Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an, the Xiliang soldiers were rampant, wantonly looting and plundering, causing the people in this area to abandon their homes and businesses and abandon their fertile fields to the mountains and wilderness, so as to avoid the military disaster. In more than a year, the originally fertile land of Dahaode turned into wilderness, and dozens of villages were empty and the houses were dilapidated. The barren grass is luxuriant, as high as a foot, covering the ruins and broken walls in the barren grass, and there are no people for dozens of miles.
Originally, the villages here had their own names, but now they are devastated. There are piles of wild grass, and a "southern suburb" is the name of this huge plain.
Thus. The Xiliang army is brave. But there is also a great sin.
However, with the death of Dong Zhuo, the atrocities of the Xiliang soldiers were immediately contained, and the appearance of the entire Xiliang army also changed invisibly. It's just that this kind of transformation takes time, and it also requires a sonorous and powerful overlord to issue an edict to bring the people back to their original places with practical actions, and everything starts all over again.
Now. The confrontation between the two armies in this wilderness is an opportunity to change the day, and it will determine the rise and fall of Xiliang in the next few decades.
The wilderness is nameless, called "southern suburbs". But the hundreds of thousands of armies that stood in the wilderness had names.
To the north of the wilderness, the 170,000 Xiliang army was in full array, motionless as a mountain, showing an eerie silence. The dense war horses, the dull battle armor, the battle flags swaying in the wind, the cold and clear swords, guns and spears, facing the rising sun, exuded a terrifying murderous aura with golden light.
After less than two years, the battle-hardened Xiliang Army is still majestic, full of fighting spirit, and it is still unstoppable.
To the south of the wilderness, 140,000 Wuwei troops lined up in three phalanxes, left, center, and right. More than 100,000 soldiers, their bodies do not shake, their legs do not tremble, their horses do not neigh, they are as majestic as a pine, and they are as stable as a rock.
On the left flank, the 40,000 infantry army stood in formation, forming horizontal rows and vertical forests, full of morale and fighting spirit. At the front of the battle array, Zhang Liao, the main general of the left wing, Hu Zhen, the deputy general, and more than ten other generals looked solemn, their eyes were full of murderous aura that was like substance, and their eyes looked coldly at the Xiliang army five hundred steps away.
In the Chinese army, Li Li was dressed in golden armor, wearing a tiger-striped silver helmet, a python-patterned brute lion belt around his waist, stepping on auspicious cloud boots, wearing armor under his crotch and a golden beast king mount, and holding a gold-backed broadsword. His sword eyebrows were raised, his tiger eyes were deep, his handsome face was as cold as ice, and he stopped in front of the formation, his posture was upright, and he was not angry but mighty.
On the right flank, the 40,000 infantry soldiers were in good formation, the soldiers were dignified, and the spears were clear. Fan Yong stood in front of the horse formation, and more than ten generals stood behind him, and 5,000 giant shield soldiers lined up with shields, not moving at all, and the military might was like a prison.
Different from the three phalanxes of the Wuwei Army, the battle formation of the Xiliang Army is a goose-shaped formation, or an arrow formation. More than 100,000 troops used 50,000 tiger camp cavalry as arrows, and 110,000 infantry troops formed a huge flock of geese, arranged into an arrow array with sharp arrows and arrow clusters spreading to both wings.
Before the battle, Li Dao stopped at the front, followed by major generals such as Guo Yan, Duan Xuan, Zhang Ji, and Fan Chou, followed by more than 20 powerful generals such as Li Meng, Wang Fang, Guo Meng, and Zhang Xiu. The generals were followed by 50,000 tiger camp horsemen. But seeing that these war horses are all powerful people with big shoulders and round waists, and the mounts under the crotch are also very good, all of them are high-grade Xiliang war horses with a body length of eight feet and a back height of more than six feet, among which there are many high-headed horses and thousands of miles of good horses from the Western Regions.
Before the Le Ma formation, Li Wei had been staring at the military formation of the Wuwei Army for a long time.
For the military formation of the art of war that Li Li learned, Li Dao can be said to know very well. Because Li Li learned the method of arranging troops and arranging formations, he personally taught them, and many complex formations were taught through the drills of the Longxiang Battalion.
However, at the moment, the phalanx set up by the Wuwei army, Li Dao has never seen it. At a certain moment, he thought that this was a formation that Li Li had put together temporarily, but in fact it was not a military formation at all.
However, when Li Wei carefully watched the formation of the Wuwei Army, combined with the proud record of Li Li leading the Wuwei Army so far, he knew that the square formation in front of him would not be so simple, it seemed to be extremely simple, but in fact it contained countless changes, and the power should not be underestimated.
It's just that Li Dao was surprised. Because Li Li was brought up by him, he knows Li Li's heart and temper well. The uncle and nephew were only separated for a year, but Li Li quickly grew into the commander of the Wuwei Army with tens of thousands of soldiers, and now he has an army of 150,000 troops, confronting him head-on, and the two armies clashed.
Is this still the nephew Li Li he is familiar with? —————— (To be continued)(To be continued......