Chapter 60: The First Battle
Wuli Pavilion. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info stopped and stood a person, standing in the autumn wind, the corners of his clothes trembling in the wind. Behind him stood a man, his face as calm as an ancient well, without a single expression, and his eyes were so deep that he could not see the bottom of his eyes. A little girl frolicked outside the pavilion, with a piece of beautiful jade hanging around her waist, which looked like such a huge jade, with a layer of ruddy washed by the autumn wind on her face, and a bright light flashed in her round eyes, and her ten fingers kept playing with each other, showing that she was very bored at this time, but she was reluctant to leave.
A team of colorful flags appeared in front of the wind, and then saw the rolling dust and smoke, and after a while, a team of people appeared on the official road by the Wuli Pavilion. Seeing this pair of people, the people in the pavilion finally smiled and slowly moved out of the pavilion.
Li Muqi saw the figure from a distance, his heart was happy, raised a whip, slapped on the horse's back, the horse was in pain, kicked and galloped, only a blink of an eye, has come to the person, a long neigh, the person stood up.
Li Muqi jumped off the horse, and the man reached out and walked into the Wuli Pavilion hand in hand with Li Muqi. There was a jar of wine on the stone table, the mud seal had been opened, and the aroma of the wine was dispersed in the air, flowing through the soft intestines with Li Muqi's breathing.
"Good wine. Li Muqi smiled: "Why are you willing to open this jar of wine?"
"Of course it's a good wine, the emperor gave it, how can it be a bad wine?" Li Shuqi poured out a bowl with a smile, "This wine just respects heroes, how can it be reluctant." If it weren't, it would have been a loss. ”
"Drinking this wine in a large bowl can really lead to the deep aroma of the wine. Li Muqi drank a bowl and said slowly,
"But it's enough to get you drunk. Li Shuqi looked at the wine that crawled out of Li Muqi's face, and teased, "Just one bowl." That's already the case. And I saved a lot of money. ”
"For the rest, when I return triumphantly, it's not too late to drink. ”
"Wait for your triumphant return. Are you afraid that there will be no good wine to drink?"
"Those are good wines, but they have one less flavor. ”
Hearing this, Li Shuqi smiled and said, "When you return triumphantly, I will have a drink with you." ”
Thinking of returning to the sun, Li Muqi's heart couldn't help but feel a ripple, and a warm current gushed out. But he couldn't help but draw a gloom, sighed lightly, and said slowly, "I'm afraid that that time will be the last time you and I drink together..."
Li Shuqi didn't ask Li Muqi why, as if he knew this in his heart.
After Li Muqi returned triumphantly, the distance between them would be separated by an invisible window film, and they could only look at each other from a distance, but they could not shake hands and hug each other, and even at that time, the two of them would be very polite and respectful, and the distance between them would be widened a little. They had to do this, or they would put another person in danger, and no one would save them. Even if you want to, you can't.
"If you have anything urgent at that time, you can send someone to the 'Xiaoxiang Pavilion' to tell this matter in Yaoxue, or Fang Qiudu. Or send the news to the shopkeeper of the 'Lao Mo Teahouse', and they will report this matter to me, and they will deal with it. Li Muqi retracted his gaze from the dense forest in front of him, stared at Li Shuqi and said, "If it's not urgent, you can talk to the beggar who is often drunk in the alley next to your back door, or you can explain it to Wang Er, a fruit seller in front of your door." ”
The dust covers the eyes, and it is difficult to say goodbye with a wave of hands. At this time, it is difficult to see each other, just wait for the lovesickness to disappear. Looking at the dust and smoke, Li Shuqi said slowly.
Li Muqi had not yet arrived at the place of battle on the border, but the news had already flown into the enemy's camp and was already on the table.
"This is our first war with the new emperor, and almost all the veterans of the past have passed away, leaving behind the age of the remnants, and there is no way to do anything more. Zahr looked at the generals sitting and said, "Most of the remaining generals who are okay have fallen in the battle that year. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but have a hint of mockery on his face, "The emperor of the Central Plains is really pitiful, he lost his son and lost his general." Suddenly shocked that this matter should not be mentioned at this moment, he coughed lightly, and continued, "This border city is already surrounded by us, and it will only be available in the near future. Then all that is in the city will be in your hands. I couldn't help but laugh out loud, and I was really happy.
"They have been holding out in the city for several days, and the city has enough food to be taken by me," said a bearded general, Mandula, carefully, "Our army is not good at attacking the city, and we are anxious to lose it." After a pause, he said, "Besides, after receiving an urgent report, the imperial court over there has sent a reinforcement army." The leader of the general is still a king, after the king of Huai, the king of leisure, Li Muqi. ”
"What is this person?"
"I don't know. ”
"I've heard a little," replied a broad-eared general, "and it is said that he was a king of leisure, who knew only poetry and painting, and knew how to use soldiers."
"Oh?" Zahr frowned, his eyes were worried, and he looked at the scumbag and said, "The newly enthroned emperor, could he be such an incompetent person, how could he appoint such a person as a general?"
"He's not incompetent, he's just a little mediocre. Na Zatu smiled, "Maybe it is because he knows that this King of Xianyi is King Huai, so he will be so important to him, but he is the same as King Huai, but in fact he is a straw bag." ”
"Don't underestimate your enemies so much," said Mandula, shaking his head, "There is a saying in the Central Plains: 'Don't see your enemies clearly, or you're not far from defeat.'" 'The Emperor of the Central Plains will use this person, I think this person must be extraordinary. If not, how can they be appointed?"
"Do you know that there is a saying in the Central Plains, 'increase the prestige of others, destroy your own ambition'," Na Zatu replied with some dissatisfaction, "War, the main thing is morale, and if morale is weak, it is bound to be dangerous." At this time, there is no battle, how can we extinguish the spirit of our army first?"
"Do you know the enemy?" Zahr asked, not wanting them to argue about it.
"About five thousand centaurs. ”
"Five thousand centaurs?" Zahr's face turned, and he sneered, "Just five thousand centaurs, and you want to defeat our army of 30,000 centaurs?" snorted coldly, and said, "This person is not a madman, but an extremely powerful character." ”
"He's just going to be a madman," laughed at the scumbag, "otherwise how could he be so stupid and kill himself?"
Approaching the border pass, Li Muqi received an urgent letter from the general guarding the border pass. Take it, take it apart, read it carefully, and say for a long time, "You go back, tell the general who guards the city, this marshal will arrive tomorrow." Let him hold on one more day. ”
"I'm just afraid..."
"Ben Shuai has a strategy to break the enemy, and it can only be tomorrow. Li Muqi looked at the communication soldier with a look of embarrassment on his face and said, "If you go too early, I'm afraid that my plan will be ruined." Go back and tell Niu to be brave. If the commander's strategy is broken and the city is lost, military law will be engaged. ”
The signal soldiers said yes again and again, did not dare to stay, and left in a hurry. told Niu Fenyong that Li Muqi's words were word-for-word.
Hearing the words of the communication soldier, Niu Fenyong was full of surprise, took his steps, looked at the communication soldier kneeling on the ground, and said, "Where are they at this time?
"It's only a little more than a hundred miles from my city. ”
"What?" Niu Fenyong didn't seem to hear clearly, and said loudly, "More than a hundred miles?" Seeing the communication soldier nodding his head uncontrollably, his heart was full of doubts, and said, "Could it be that their grain and grass are so heavy?"
"I didn't see the grain, but the grass for the days. ”
"Oh," Niu Fenyong seemed to have lost all his strength in an instant, and said weakly. I couldn't help but feel a trace of worry in my heart: didn't he dare to come, and when my city was broken, he would put all the blame on me. Thinking about this, he said coldly in his heart: What a king of leisure. He couldn't help but put a thick layer of melancholy on his face, looked at death as home, and said loudly: "Swear to live and die with this city." ”
This is the helplessness of Niu Fenyong, but also the courage he gave himself - the last courage.
More than 100 miles, if you rush the march, how can you arrive tomorrow? And it will arrive after sunset. Fortunately, Niu Fenyong is not only like this, otherwise he will definitely collapse, and even go to extremes. After all, he couldn't put the people of the city to death.
The report has been reported to the enemy camp. Hearing the message from the spies, Zahr smiled and said, "Li Muqi is not a madman, he is an extremely smart person, but his courage is not as good as that of a woman. would even think of this trick to shirk his responsibility. Looking around at the generals, he smiled and said, "We should wait for this timid King of Leisure, we should let him come, and after he arrives, we will attack the city." ”
The sun is about to set, and Li Muqi finally arrives at the border city. But he did not lead the army into the city, but garrisoned ten miles from the city, and ordered the three armies to set up camp here. When the three armies heard the news, they were shocked, but they did not dare to disobey General Li Muqi, so they had to set up camp here.
A very experienced general was shocked when he saw this. Rushed to Li Muqi, didn't wait to salute, and said, "Why is the general like this, don't you know that camping here is not conducive to our army?"
"How could this commander not know," Li Muqi said as if he didn't understand his words, "so before dark, the camp must be erected." Why don't you do this quickly?"
Hearing this, the general exclaimed, "If this is the case, I am afraid that our army will perish tonight." ”
"Such an inauspicious remark before a fight," Li Muqi's face was full of anger, and he shouted sharply, "Left and right, push him down and cut him quickly." ”
When General Yu heard this, he persuaded one after another, and only then did he dissipate the anger in Li Muqi's heart, and shouted, "The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped." The rod will be punished fifty, and if there is any more such thing, he will not be spared. He glanced at everyone coldly and left with Li Antong.
Looking at the back of Li Muqi's departure, all the generals were worried in their hearts, this battle was undoubtedly lost: standing in the wilderness, and there was nothing to rely on. How can there be any reason to be invincible? By camping here, our army will have a way to live. When I think of this, I all sigh, sighing that my life is buried like this, it's a pity, it's a pity...