Although Li Zhongyi issued a strict order, Zhang Sanzheng did not hesitate to disobey the order and refused to take all the soldiers and horses away.

Li Zhongyi saw Zhang Sanzheng's rigid and stubborn personality for the first time, and he also had a headache, he thought about it a little and had to choose a compromise.

"You donkey, I didn't even have a chance to take you. Okay, you bring 1,500 soldiers and horses to reinforce me, and I have 500 men and horses here, which will definitely be enough to ensure my safety, so go quickly. ”

Li Zhongyi's unprecedented compromise made Zhang Sanzheng realize that if he continued to argue, he might really annoy Li Zhongyi.

"The subordinate has gone." Zhang San ordered all the soldiers and horses, and rushed outside the north gate.

The soldiers and horses were all separated, and there were more than 500 people left around Li Zhongyi, that is, half of the warriors of the A Battalion of the Guards Army and the Qinya Battalion.

These more than 500 people, not too much, not too little, more than enough to protect themselves, if they want to do something big, I am afraid they are beyond their strength.

However, Li Zhongyi was unwilling to sit idle in Diaoyutai, so he had to find something to do.

"He Dabei, tell me, there is also a battle outside the north gate, where will Li Yu escape from the city?" Li Zhongyi pondered, being idle is also idle, why not guess Li Yu's thoughts?

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that instead of guessing, it is better to simply guess and decide?" He Dabei knew that Li Zhongyi wanted to rush out and kill him, but he deliberately avoided talking about it.

Li Zhongyi was immediately angry, Zhu Niang did not allow him to go into battle, and He Dabei, a confidant of many years, also had the same thoughts. It seems that everyone is worried about his safety, for fear of major changes.

In fact, Li Zhongyi also knows very well in his heart that with his current noble status, if he wants to carry a knife on the battlefield again, it can only be regarded as an extravagant hope!

"He Dabei, He Dabei, I hurt you in vain in the past!" Li Zhongyi looked at He Dabei with a smile.

He Dabei just smirked, and never dared to take over the conversation, it was obviously a matter of looking for abuse, and a fool would do that.

Li Zhongyi had no choice but to take Zhu Niang, and he had no trick against He Dabei, so he had to sigh and say: "Then let's guess, where will Li Yu flee?" Take the sand table to ......"

In today's Li Jiajun, combat sand tables have become commonplace necessities for combat units above the battalion level, and each battalion in the Guards Army has more than two combat sand tables.

Soon, the huge combat sand table was placed in front of Li Zhongyi. He Dabei saw that Li Zhongyi had been staring at him, so he hardened, lifted the wooden pole, pointed to the south gate of Hongzhou and said: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, if the siege of the city goes well, we should meet Li Yu outside the north gate." However, if the offensive is temporarily blocked, there is a wide Ganshui outside the south gate, and only a small boat is needed to carry Li Yu to the other side. At that time, even if we have one person and three horses, we won't be able to catch up. ”

Li Zhongyi nodded frequently, He Dabei's opinion was consistent with the views at the military meeting, and he always believed that Li Yu would go out of the south gate and escape by water.

After all, in the midst of the chaos, as long as Li Yu had a little brain, or left a way to retreat in advance, he would definitely think of a preservation strategy to cross the river from the bank of the Ganshui River.

"Since that's the case, let's go to the shore of Ganshui and try our luck, right?" Li Zhongyi looked at He Dabei with a smile.

He Dabei was blessed to his soul at this moment, Li Zhongyi probably wanted to go to the shore of Ganshui for a long time and waited for Li Yu, right?

In fact, as He Dabei expected, what Li Zhongyi wanted to go to most was the shore of Ganshui outside the south gate of Hongzhou.

At the military meeting before the war, Li Zhongyi deliberately arranged only 1,500 soldiers and horses to ambush outside the south gate of Hongzhou.

With fewer troop arrangements, it is inevitable that there will be loopholes in the defense, although most of the Southern Tang people cannot escape. However, Li Yu is the lord of a country after all, and there are always warriors around him who are willing to work hard.

So, Li Zhongyi led 500 people and made a detour to the south gate of Hongzhou.

When Li Zhongyi arrived at the dock area, there was no boat on the dock, and he didn't feel a little strange.

Waiting for Li Zhongyi to pick up the monoculars and carefully look for the traces of the boat on the river, he found that the boats were all on the dock on the other side.

Li Zhongyi couldn't help laughing and said, "Li Yu'er has raised some waste, and he hasn't run out yet, the life-saving boat has escaped first." ”

He Dabei also laughed, he said: "It's all a bunch of people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they deserve to be destroyed in the Southern Tang Dynasty!" ”

Li Zhongyi was in a very good mood, so he joked: "If I have such a day, will your kid also cross the river first?" ”

He Dabei glared at Li Zhongyi without squinting, and said loudly: "As long as you don't retreat, even if you fight to the last person, no one will cross the river first to steal your life." If you don't believe me, ask the soldiers to see if what the last general said is false? ”

Li Zhongyi glanced around, and saw that everyone was looking at him with resolute eyes, but at this time, it was silent but loud, everything was silent!

"Hehe, since the ship ran away first, let's use the dock, ambush for the time being, and wait for Li Yu'er to take the bait." Li Zhongyi immediately made a decision and gave the order to ambush.

Li Zhongyi himself patted his horse and came to the tax gate in the dock area, pulled the saddle and dismounted, and walked into the house.

In this era, generally speaking, the taxes of the important dock areas were built very generously because of the tax collection.

Li Zhongyi sat on the chair in the middle, and before he could speak, he saw Zhu Niang holding a teapot in her left hand and a teacup in her right hand, and walked to him with a light smile.

"Your Majesty, are you thirsty? Please use tea. Zhu Niang took the initiative to pour a cup of tea and handed it to Li Zhongyi.

Li Zhongyi took the tea cup, drank all the tea in the cup, and praised: "It's really thirst-quenching, good tea!" ”

Zhu Niang covered her mouth and chuckled: "Your Majesty, isn't this the tip of the hair you love to drink every day?" Doesn't seem to be any different? ”

"Hehe, I'm drinking tea while waiting for Li Yu'er, this taste alone is very different from the past!" Li Zhongyi sighed with emotion, "Although the tea is the same, the artistic conception is completely different!" ”

Just now, when she was in a hurry, the inside of Han Xianglan's legs was ground by the horse's belly, so that she walked a little weirdly.

With the background of the Han family in Youzhou, Han Xianglan will naturally ride a horse, otherwise, she will be looked down upon by Khitan women.

The Han family in Youzhou, which is the first gate of the local Han people, the women in the family, especially the concubines, whether they are piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, or riding horses and throwing arrows, must be skilled since childhood.

It's just that since starting from Chizhou, the time to travel has been too long, and the mountain road is rugged, with Han Xianglan's physical strength, she can survive until now, which is already a manifestation of super willpower.

"Your Majesty, this tea is not the other tea, and the other tea is not this tea, if you ask about the tea, only Li Liulang is also!" Han Xianglan's words immediately amused Li Zhongyi.

Li Zhongyi laughed and said: "Wonderful, the tea is not this tea, Xiao Lan'er's poetry skills have grown a lot!" ”

Li Yu is the sixth in the family, isn't it Li Liulang?