The red lady was taken aback and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing?" She's just a woman! Why do you have to kill it? Li Yan gritted his teeth: "No way, I have to appease the morale of the army, use heavy codes in troubled times, I can't let them be falsely accused by the people while strictly abiding by military discipline, that will cause confusion." ”

The red lady shook her head lightly: "The words are right, but I always feel that it is too ruthless to do this." Li Yan said: "If you are ruthless once, there will be no next time, if you are relaxed this time, the same thing will happen next time." The red lady looked at Zhao's corpse and sighed softly.

After killing Zhao, Li Yan ordered her to be buried, and then led the team to set off and went straight to Nanyang.

At present, this army of about 1,000 people, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Li Yan ordered that they should not attack any county towns and towns, but only march, so five days later, they rushed to the west of Nanyang.

sent scouts to investigate, and learned that Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses were only a hundred miles away from here, and it was estimated that they would be able to arrive the day after tomorrow. Li Dang was puzzled: "Boss, aren't we running here quickly just to join Zhang Xianzhong's peasant army?" Why don't you catch up? ”

Li Yan said: "Brother, don't worry, and listen to me." He pressed Li Dang to sit on the chair, and then said slowly: "This meeting is not trivial, we have to put on a show of pomp, and don't let people look down on us, because we only have about a thousand people." ”

Li Dang smiled: "There are these people on the left and right, no matter how you put it, you can't put on a show of 10,000 people." ”

Li Yan said: "Not necessarily, there are many kinds of pomp and circumstance, which is one that makes people look majestic, and it is also one that makes people look scared." ”

Li Dang was stunned: "So, do you want them to watch and be scared?" ”

Li Yan nodded: "In this way, give them a dismount first, then your righteous brother will not dare to underestimate us in his heart." Only then can the two parties cooperate, not subordinate. ”

Li Dang suddenly realized, and patted Li Yan on the shoulder: "It's really smart, brother...... Well, the boss is in a good way. ”

Li Yan's heart was a little moved, since he killed He Dashou and others, Li Dang seemed to be afraid of himself, and the title in his mouth gradually changed from "brother" to the boss, this small change shows that Li Dang began to distance himself from himself, and he was no longer as close as before.

Is this the consequence of power?

Li Yan's heart was heavy and uncomfortable.

The next day, he took Li Dang and the Red Lady to explore the terrain, and after a day of exploration, he decided to set up an ambush in this valley, because this is the most likely area for Zhang Xianzhong and them to pass through.

Li Yan instructed his men and horses not to bring horses when they entered the mountainsides on both sides of the valley, so as not to neigh, not to speak, and not to move, so as not to create an artistic conception of no one.

After what happened to He Dashou, these people were very afraid of Li Yan, so his orders were thoroughly implemented. After these thousand or so people were ambushed, there was really no movement, no matter who it was, they couldn't notice that there were thousands of people in ambush here.

So there was a scene from the previous article, which shocked Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai into a cold sweat.

After Li Dang finished talking about his own business, Zhang Xianzhong asked him if he wanted to come to join the army, Zhang Xianzhong was very excited about this proposal, because he heard from Li Kang's words that Li Yan's character is not simple, although he is young, he is both civil and military, and he is a handsome talent. If you can take these two people to your side, it will be like a tiger with wings.

I didn't want Li Yan to smile slightly: "We are not here to join forces, but we have a suggestion, I don't know if Brother Zhang is interested in listening to it." ”

Zhang Xianzhong said: "Okay, the words of the little brother must be good words, and I will listen to the old brother." ”

Li Yan stood up and paced slowly in the tent: "The two eldest brothers led tens of thousands of horses around the southern foot of Funiu Mountain, it seems that they want to enter Sichuan?" ”

Luo Rucai said lightly: "I have this idea." ”

Li Yan said: "Why did you choose to enter Sichuan? Luo Rucai glanced at Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong nodded slowly, and Luo Rucai said: "Although we have tens of thousands of horses, but there are only 10,000 elite soldiers. And all the people's troops can't get together, one is not easy to get food, and the other is to prevent being annihilated by the Ming army, so they act separately. King Gao Chuang and General Chuang went to Hubei, and the remaining boundaries are only Shanxi, Shaanxi and Sichuan, Shaanxi has Hong Chengchou's Hong soldiers, Shanxi is too close to Henan, and the Ming army is coming, so in addition to Sichuan, where can you go? ”

Li Yan nodded: "It seems that the people's army is also well thought out. ”

Zhang Xianzhong said: "This is natural, King Gao Chuang is not like Zijin Liang and their palms, before acting, they will discuss with everyone, there are steps and planned actions." In our opinion, entering Sichuan is a good plan, first, there is no defense in Sichuan, and second, it is easy to get food. ”

Li Yan still nodded: "This is indeed a good plan." Zhang Xianzhong said: "Little brother, how good it is for us to go together, there, you can also recruit troops and horses to strengthen your strength." Li Yan smiled slightly: "Brother Zhang, don't worry, I haven't said anything yet, it's a good plan, but it's not easy to implement." ”

Luo Rucai frowned: "How do you say this?" ”

Zhang Xianzhong also said: "In my opinion, this is the best plan, why does the little brother say that it is not easy to implement?" ”

Li Yan stood in front of the two of them and said sternly: "In my opinion, there are three difficulties on the road to Sichuan. First, the road in Sichuan is rugged, not conducive to the passage of people and horses, once you enter Sichuan, you will definitely lose heavy grain and horses, second, Sichuan is not like Henan, you don't know the soldiers for a long time, the soldiers can't fight, the combat effectiveness of the Sichuan army has always been very fierce, and the local concept is very strong, once you encounter the Sichuan army, it will be a vicious battle, you have no backup, the lone army goes deep, it is very dangerous......"

He only said these two points, and Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong glanced at each other, and their eyebrows began to be raised.

Li Yan said: "Third, and most importantly, there has been no major disaster in Sichuan, there is surplus grain in the family, and the household has surplus wealth. Therefore, on the one hand, there is a vicious battle with the Sichuan army, and the casualties increase, but on the other side, no one can be recruited. This is to the root, the peasant army at the end of the Ming Dynasty began to rebel because of the disaster in the northwest for many years, the grain was not harvested, and the people were hungry.

If you don't have a hungry stomach, the devil will rebel!

As soon as he finished saying this, Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong stood up together, and Zhang Xianzhong took Li Yan's hand: "Brother Li, you said it so well, my old Zhang really has a life, and I can meet you when I don't enter Sichuan." ”

Luo Rucai also said: "The little brother is far-sighted, above us, the elder brother admires." From this point of view, Irikawa is indeed the next policy. ”

Zhang Xianzhong hurriedly asked: "In Brother Li's opinion, where should we, tens of thousands of horses, go?" ”

Li Dang almost shouted on the side: "Go back to Shaanxi, there is the Qin army there, you can echo ......" But I told Li Yan before, once it comes to going back to Shaanxi, everyone can't interject, just listen to him. Therefore, there was something in his stomach, but he couldn't say it, so stuffy that Li Dang almost sweated.

But Li Yan smiled and said nothing, he paced back to his chair, sat down peacefully, picked up the tea bowl, and tasted the tea.

There was a moment of silence in the tent.

Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai are so smart, they know that this person must have a plan, and the reason why they don't say it is obviously a condition. Zhang Xianzhong had heard the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and knew that when Liu Bei invited Zhuge Liang, he was entrusted with a heavy task when he went out of the mountain.

So Zhang Xianzhong laughed: "Brother, I want something from my brother, Cao Cao, what do you have that you can handle?" ”

Luo Rucai said: "I have a lot of treasures in my camp, beauties are like clouds, please pick Li Gongzi at will, as long as you can see it, you can ......" Before he finished speaking, he saw the red lady out of the corner of his eye, and immediately changed his tone: "Although those women are not as good as this fairy-like girl, they will be able to use ......"