Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Angler

Cao Zongyu said: "We have to break through at least three formations before we can rush out. Be careful. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Isn't it just to kill He Renlong's son, he just needs to go back and have another one, and he actually wants to take down Lao Tzu so much." ”

"Haha." Cao Zongyu couldn't help laughing and said: "You said it easily, that's a son, how can it be so easy." ”

"Do you regret it?" Zhang Xuan suddenly asked: "Actually, you don't have to accompany me, because it is only me who He Renlong wants to kill." ”

"If you die, I'll regret it." Cao Zongyu said: "If you don't die, I won't regret it." ”

"Kill." Zhang Xuan heard Yang Shan shout loudly again, the horses in front of Zhang Xuan increased speed again, Zhang Xuan didn't have the heart to speak for a while, and his left hand clenched the long knife. It's another fight.

Just when Zhang Xuan was desperately trying to find a way to survive for himself, Mengjiazhuang also ushered in their new owner.

"Look, my lord." A general led Li Guoqi to the warehouse in Mengjiazhuang.

In fact, Mengjiazhuang does not have any special warehouses at all, but all the people in the village have escaped, and the remaining houses are used by the rebels to put their baggage.

This general, opened a few large boxes, for a while the boxes were jeweled, shining with light, the general said: "This is just a point, there is at least 10,000 stones of grain here, as for these gold and silver are soft and soft, there are countless at all, the adults are willing, give him He Renlong?" ”

Li Guoqi's eyes were cloudy and uncertain.

In the military system of the Ming Dynasty, the deputy general is not a vassal of the main general, but a relatively equal existence. During the Hongwu period, one of the methods used by Zhu Yuanzhang to control the generals was to use relatives and nobles as deputy generals. Although Li Guoqi is He Renlong's lieutenant, he actually has his own independent subordinates. It's just that the status is below He Renlong.

Originally, even the main general could not completely ignore the existence of the deputy general, but He Renlong was not an ordinary person, he simply ignored Li Guoqi, and simply took Li Guoqi as his subordinate, as long as it was a trophy, it was all He Renlong to share, He Renlong never discussed with Li Guoqi, and when he got it, He Renlong also favored his subordinates. Even sometimes, Li Guoqi didn't congratulate Renlong's generals too much.

However, Li Guoqi is a general after all, and he has to think more about problems than the soldiers under his command. For example, is it worth it to tear your face with He Renlong at this time?

"So Master Li is here?" A person suddenly came in, this person was none other than He Renlong's confidant He Zhen. He Zhen didn't pay attention to Li Guoqi's personal soldiers guarding outside, walked straight in, and said: "Thank you, Lord Li, for discovering these things, there is nothing to do with Lord Li here, please go back to Lord Li, and leave it to me here." ”

Li Guoqi was suddenly angry.

What kind of generals there are, what kind of soldiers there are, He Renlong is dominant, the people below him are the same as him, He Renlong doesn't look down on Li Guoqi, and he squeezes Li Guoqi enough, and He Renlong's subordinates look down on Li Guoqi even more.

"What are you that dare to talk to my general like this." Li Guoqi's subordinates said loudly.

"What are you, do you have a point in talking here?" He Zhen squinted at Li Guoqi's subordinates.

"It can't be good today. Otherwise, who will follow me in the future? Li Guoqi said secretly in his heart. The army is the most realistic, if you can't protect your subordinates, who will follow you. Even if Li Guoqi had the intention of retreating just now, he couldn't retreat now.

"Is there a point in your speech here?" Li Guoqi said: "Is this how you talk to Shangguan? ”

"My Shangguan is Lord He." He Zhen's eyes narrowed slightly, and said, "I don't know how to talk to other officials, I only know that Lord He asked me to take care of the spoils, and I must not let irrelevant people take possession of them." ”

It's noon.

He Renlong transferred the cavalry to chase Zhang Xuan. So most of the rest here are pawns. It is He who has few dragon soldiers, while Li Guoqi has many soldiers. In addition, He Renlong is not here, but Li Guoqi is here, although He Zhen is a close confidant of He Renlong, but in terms of status, he is far from being comparable to Li Guoqi.

Therefore, their dispute will only be settled after a while.

Li Guoqi expelled He Zhen, sent troops to occupy all the warehouses, and took all the spoils for himself, without giving any of the money to He Renlong. He Zhen was driven out by Li Guoqi.

"My lord, what shall we do now?" He Renlong's subordinates hugged He Zhen and asked.

He Zhen also knew that even if he didn't look down on Li Guoqi anymore, Li Guoqi was a deputy general, and He Zhen was just a general. The names of the two cannot be compared at all. He Renlong is not here, he can only pretend to be tough, and he can't treat Li Guoqi as well. But he refused to lose face in front of everyone, and said: "It's okay, let him go first, and when the big boss comes back, please let the big boss call the shots." ”

Not to mention, in Mengjiazhuang, there is a dirt between the two armies. Move your gaze to the woods outside Mengjiazhuang.

This forest is very long, and large areas of pine trees, densely packed, block the road. There are no other roads except the sheep intestine trail where nearby villagers hunt and chop firewood.

Countless soldiers lurked in the woods, the horses lay under the trees, and the soldiers were beside the horses, comforting the horses, and feeding the horses two or three mouthfuls of grass from time to time, but the soldiers could only gnaw on the raw dry food.

They were covered with leaves and branches, and from a distance, they could only see a patch of green and withered yellow, just like the color of autumn. There were also a few sentry posts on top of the trees around them, and they climbed to the tallest trees like apes to look out, and reported the situation around them to the depths of the woods.

Deep in the woods, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai were playing chess.

A clever game like Go is not something that two fighters are good at, so they play chess.

They are located in a large pit. I don't know if it's natural or artificially excavated, anyway, it's about a person deep, and the bottom has been cleaned up and clean. Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai were looking intently at the chessboard.

But the generals around them are already a little restless.

In order to convince He Renlong, they have been hiding here for a day.

The soldiers ate and drank in one place during the day, and were not allowed to use tents, and they had to take care of the horses. You must know that it is very uncomfortable for the horses to be restrained in a small place for a long time and not allowed to move, but fortunately, they bring all first-class war horses. And still persevere.

But in the midst of this woods, there was silence, and it seemed that between heaven and earth, there was only silence left. The march outside to fight has nothing to do with them. From time to time, birds, beasts and insects chirp, making them feel that they are still in the world.

Even the news was blocked, except for Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai, who had all the situation, the other generals didn't know what was going on outside. All kinds of worries made these generals unable to sit still.

In particular, they brought almost all the soldiers who could fight, there were 25,000 people, plus 5 or 6,000 people who cooperated on the periphery, it can be said that the main force of the rebel army of more than 30,000 people is all here.

"General, isn't it time to go?" Luo Yulong was the first to hold back, he was not only worried about the danger of the old camp, but also worried about Zhang Xuan, who was going to lure the enemy. Although he said that even if Zhang Xuan died, he would not save him, but after all, he was his brother-in-law and Yujiao's husband.

Once he died, Yujiao didn't know how sad it would be. And after all, he is the young general of Cao Ying, and many things are not hidden from him, and they can't hide from him. Luo Yulong knew the news outside, and he knew even more that Zhang Xuan had been besieged by He Renlong at the moment. If you go slowly, you may only see corpses.

Luo Rucai glanced at Luo Yulong, and he couldn't look at Luo Yulong in his heart. Luo Rucai is not a cold-blooded person, he is not worried about Zhang Xuan, in fact, he is more worried than Luo Yulong, because in Luo Rucai's eyes, Zhang Xuan is not only his son-in-law, but also his strategist, there are never few people around him who can fight well, but there are not many people who can give him advice, even Ji Jue, he can only help him in terms of human feelings, intrigues and tricks, and others, in terms of overall strategic situation, are not as good as Luo Rucai's own.

But no matter how worried he was, Luo Rucai didn't mess up about it.