This night, Lu Lihua and Lu Yunling talked a lot, from his childhood to today's power.

There are some things that even he doesn't know why he wants to talk about, and some things seem to have been forgotten long ago. But these things gradually came back to his mind as he told them.

Lu Yunling curled up in Lihua's arms like an obedient child, quietly listening to Lihua talking about it one by one, not a trivial matter of militaristic affairs.

With Zhu Lihua's narration, Lu Yunling's expression was sometimes happy, sometimes sad, sometimes sighing, and sometimes moving.

The two spent a dull night in such a warm place.

Three days later, another night, after seeing off Lu Yunling during the day, Lu Lihua hurriedly rushed to the tents of Niu Yong, Huang Yunhe, Wei Mu, and Xi Zihui, who were about to go on the expedition. After practicing the wine for the four of them, Lu Lihua watched Niu Yong lead 5,000 troops in the north of the city to gallop away in the direction of Muyang City in the northwest at night.

Lu Lihua knew that early tomorrow morning, when Niu Yong's army arrived in Muyang City, the battle of Huangyin, which had been prepared for nearly a year, would finally officially kick off.

A great battle that will decide the fate of Great Qin is coming.

After Niu Yong left, Huang Yunhe's 5,000 soldiers and horses, Wei Mu's 10,000 cavalry, and Xi Zihui's 5,000 cavalry will wait for Niu Yong's news in Huangyin City.

If all goes well, they will also set off tomorrow to complete their respective missions.

The distance between the five counties of Xieyu Kandong is not far away, even the easternmost Muyang City and the westernmost Jiaocheng are only less than two hundred miles apart. And Muyang is only separated from Xinzheng in the west and Muyin in the south by a short distance of thirty or forty miles.

Therefore, when Muyang is attacked, Muyin's defenders are likely to get the news in just half a day.

As long as there are soldiers and horses in Muyin City going north, it is the time when Huang Yunhe's army attacks Muyin, and Wei Mu and Xi Zihui pass through from the south of Muyin City.

With Niu Yong's departure, Zhu Lihua sat at the brightly lit city, looking at the herald soldiers who came and went from time to time, and suddenly looked a little nervous.

Although the wind at night has long been less hot than in the hot summer, and there is even a slight coolness in the wind, a large piece of wet on the back of Zhu Lihua has gradually become wet.

On this night, Lu Lihua did not feel tired, and he also rejected Gao Yunce and others' advice to persuade him to rest many times, so he sat and watched all night.

When Huang Yunhe's army led the army out of the city to ambush Muyin according to the plan, Zhu Lihua did not say goodbye again, let alone say a word, he just held his hand tightly and looked up at the sky silently.

At the moment when the sun was rising in the east, Yu Lihua suddenly saw the figure of more than a dozen cavalry rushing in the direction of Huangyin City. The cavalry waved their flags in their hands fairly regularly as they ran.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Lihua closed his eyes slightly and sighed lightly, then said, "It seems that General Niu has arrived in Muyang." The order went down, and General Wei and General Xizi led the troops and horses of the headquarters to set off. ”

"Whoa!"

After Mao Biao, who was beside Zhu Lihua, received the order, he immediately turned around and settled the soldiers to Wei Mu, and the two armies of Xi Zihui issued orders.

With the early morning sun, the 15,000 cavalry army rushed out from the west gate of Huangyin City, and in the process of rapid marching, the troops quickly divided into two routes, one to the southwest Muyin, and the other to the south to the direction of the dark mountains.

"General Gao, General Liang, General An. Now there are still 50,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and 40,000 of them are not good at fighting hard for the new army, so the three of you must guard the west, south, and north gates, and you must not be careless, and no one is allowed to go out of the city without my order.

I estimate that Lin Xu is by no means a good type, although they have not launched an attack because the grain, grass, and baggage have not yet been transported, but when he understands the intentions of our army today, it is very likely that he will attack Huang Yin with all his strength after annihilating the Huang and Niu armies.

They will not sit idly by and watch their own backs suffer. ”

"Whoa."

After Lihua finished speaking, Gao Yunce, Liang Qingshu, and An Moran were about to turn around and walk down the city after habitually answering the words, but suddenly the three of them looked up at each other in amazement, and then immediately looked at Lihua who was still looking out of the city.

After seeing the three of them hesitantly walking towards Lihua, Gao Yunce said in an anxious tone:

"General, didn't you say that you were going to send troops to pick up the two generals, Niu and Huang? Why are we not allowed to go out of the city without permission? ”

After hearing Gao Yunce's inquiry, Zhu Lihua did not look back, but shook his head and said tiredly: "With 5,000 to fight tens of thousands, do you think they can come back?" ”

After Lu Lihua's words fell, the three of Gao Yunce, who were looking at each other, suddenly fell silent, and a picture appeared in their hearts at the same time, a desperate picture about the countless desperate soldiers who were fighting hard and waiting for the horn to retreat, but it never sounded, and the expected reinforcements never came.

The scene was fleeting, but it made the hearts of the three of them twitch for a while.

"Say, are you trying to ask me why I'm doing this, right?

I can tell you. ”

After finishing speaking, Zhu Lihua turned his head and stared at Gao Yunce and the three of them with his bloodshot eyes, and said solemnly:

"You all know that Niu Yong and Huang Yunhe's soldiers and horses have slaughtered the people of Shangdang and the people outside Huangyin City, so they not only deserve to die, but they should have died a long time ago.

But if you just kill them, it can easily trigger their mutiny, so I didn't do that when I joined the party.

Originally, I thought that these former rebels would be remorseful, but who would have thought that because of my kindness, the people outside Huangyin City would die tragically.

On the night of the camp outside Huangyin City, I wanted to kill Niu Yong and Huang Yunhe countless times, I hated them for betraying my trust, I hated them for only being loyal to me and not loving the people. I hated them for shattering my hopes, and I used to want to take them back to Hexi and rebuild my home.

It's a pity that they have long forgotten their home, forgotten their roots, and forgotten that they are still a Qin countryman, and the obsession in their hearts is only the pleasure of killing and the love of property.

But even so, I gave them the opportunity to die as they deserved, and I preserved their last dignity.

In fact, Niu Yong and Huang Yunhe have long seen my intentions, and they are willing to wash away their shame with their own blood and lives. That's why I'm sad.

For many days these days, I was hoping that they would mutiniate suddenly, so that I would kill them as a matter of course, without a hint of guilt.

But they didn't, they knew they were going to die, but they waited peacefully for it. ”

After finishing speaking, Zhu Lihua turned his head to look to the west again under the shocked gaze of the three of them, as if in the distant mountains, the soldiers and horses of Niu Yong and Huang Yunhe were marching among them.

"General, if the two generals, Niu and Huang, have already understood your intentions, why do you repeatedly promise to send people to meet them, and when they have the will to die, you still have to comfort them?"

Liang Qingshu's voice slowly came into Lihua's ears, and Lihua had no intention of concealing it, but immediately replied softly:

"The reason why I have repeatedly promised to send reinforcements to bring them back is because I don't want the soldiers to surrender, and I want them to die all of them and die as they deserve.

I don't want to see them die under my military law, I want to see them fight and die with the Rong people, so that it can be regarded as giving those innocent people a due explanation. ”

In other words, you have given the soldiers hope of survival, so they will hold on until they die in battle and will not surrender, because they will always wait for their invincible generals to save their lives. They believe in you. ”

As Liang Qingshu's words fell, everyone, including Lu Lihua, looked at Liang Qingshu, who was pale.

Zhu Lihua nodded lightly to this extremely familiar friend, and then smiled slightly: "If Brother Liang feels that what Zhu Li has done is wrong, whether he wants to beat or scold, or wait until the end of the war, the day when you and I can survive." ”

After Lihua finished speaking, Gao Yunce and An Moran also looked at Liang Qingshu and shook their heads. They felt that although Lihua's approach was a little immoral, there was no way to do it, and they couldn't really behead these soldiers who participated in the massacre of the people as Lihua said.

In that case, I am afraid that the reputation of Lihua will be gained, but the death of these thousands of soldiers will be worthless. Not to mention, to deal with so many soldiers and horses, one bad thing is a catastrophe.

But what everyone didn't expect was that Liang Qingshu still had a grim face, and said slowly: "There is nothing wrong with the general's approach, and it is also extremely merciful to those soldiers who have committed the heinous crimes. Not to mention that their hard battle was able to attract the attention of the Rong army, so that General Wei's cavalry could enter Lishan smoothly, which was a great achievement in itself. ”

Liang Qingshu said slowly, but suddenly his tone sank, and then he said sharply: "However, since the general opened his mouth and said that he would send troops to rescue them and break through, he couldn't help but break his word, which made the brothers feel cold."

It is true that they are wrong in slaughtering innocent people, but because of the mistakes they have made, the general should not be left untrustworthy and lose his morality. This is called a mistake on a wrong, and once this matter is reported to the world, who will dare to die for the general from now on, and die for a man who has no faith in his word?

Therefore, please also ask the general to allow me 1,000 people and more than 100 ships according to the previous agreement, and I will lead them to Mushui to meet General Niu.

At the same time, he also asked the general to send an order to General Xizi, asking him to do his best to rescue General Huang. ”

After saying that, everyone only heard a pop and saw Liang Qingshu kneeling on the ground, motionless.

Lu Lihua pondered for a long time, and Liang Qingshu also lay down for a long time, as for Gao Yunce and An Moran, they frowned tightly and did not say a word.

After a long time, I saw that Zhu Lihua suddenly sighed and said loudly: "Where are Li Ji, Tang Yuan, and Liu Jaw?" ”

The three people who were named were not far from the people of Lihua at the moment, they didn't know what Lihua and Gao Yunce said to each other, and they didn't know why Liang Qingshu was kneeling on the ground, but after they heard Lihua's loud shouts, they still didn't hesitate to answer the call and came to the front of Lihua to salute.