Chapter 380: Soldiers Descend on the City
It was not Li Su's intention to seize military power.
Coming to this world, Li Su doesn't have much power **, this thing can bring a lot of benefits to people, and at the same time, it also brings endless troubles to people.
But he had to grasp all the military power in Xizhou.
This has nothing to do with personal grievances, Xiang Tian, the commander of Guoyi in Xizhou Zhichong Mansion, led the soldiers who garrisoned Xizhou, the soldiers are all children of the Tang Dynasty, and Xiang Tian is also the border guard of the root and Miao Hong, it stands to reason that at the moment of the great enemy, Li Su should have complete trust in him and the soldiers of Zhichong Mansion, and only with one heart and one mind can the enemy be repulsed.
It is said that the former two Zhichong lieutenants were martyred in the battle to resist the bandits' siege, and the imperial court has not sent new generals for more than two years, so the soldiers of the two Zhichong Mansions in Xizhou were all temporarily led by Xiang Tian, and this "temporary collection" was more than two years.
But Li Su's suspicion is still too serious, since he first came to Xizhou, Xiang Tian's relationship with him has not been very harmonious, Xizhou officialdom is clearly divided, and Xiang Tian has always been embarrassed with Cao Yu...... Well, to put it mildly, "in caustenance......
Such a general defending the city, before the great enemy came, Li Su really didn't dare to believe him too much, and when he stood at the head of the city and commanded the city with a loyal face in the future, who knew if a cold arrow would be shot from behind?
Therefore, Li Su had to choose to seize Xiang Tian's military power, from the perspective of management in the previous life, a group, can have countless hands, countless pairs of feet, the more the merrier, but there is absolutely only one mind, and only one can lead the group to glory, obviously, the role of "brain", Li Su cannot be handed over to others, Cao Yu is not good, and Xiang Tian is even worse.
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"You can invite Xiang Tian to the banquet, and there are five hundred axe men in ambush on the corridor outside the banquet, just waiting for you to drop the cup. Then ......" Wang Zhu had a bad idea with an excited face.
Recently, when he was bored, Li Su told Wang Zhu stories, and famous stories from ancient and modern China and abroad came at his fingertips, of course, there are some stories that Li Su himself can't remember clearly, or is not very satisfied with the plot of the original work. So he made things up, such as creating an indecent love for Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, what mountains are edgeless, heaven and earth are together, but dare to be with the king, and abuse is a mess.
After Li Su, who was foaming at the mouth, finished talking nonsense, he also felt incredible, and admired his eloquence on the spot, and what was even more incredible. That guy actually believed it.
As for the stalk of the ambush knife and axe hand that Wang Zhu said now...... Well, it is said that the Three Kingdoms have been completed, Li Su began to spoil the history of the Chu and Han rivalries yesterday, and yesterday happened to talk about the Hongmen Banquet, which was fried and sold by Wang Zhuan, and his expression was very proud, and his wisdom was so bright that he was blind.
Regarding Wang Zhuan's proposal, Li Su decided not to hear it. This stalk is so vulgar, so vulgar that it has been vulgar for thousands of years. Almost everyone knows that it is never a good thing for the enemy to invite guests to drink, if Xiang Tian really dies under this bloody method, Jiuquan will not have the face to explain his murder to the king of Hades, so he can only choose to hang himself in shame in the palace of the king of Hades and die again.
The king stump could not be counted on, so. Li Su looked at Jiang Quan on the side with expectant eyes.
Jiang Quan was obviously much wiser than Wang Zhuan, and thought of another question very calmly.
"Li Beijia killed thirteen criminal officials a few months ago, which shocked Xizhou, although he established his authority, but he also really formed a big enmity with Xizhou officials. Now that he wants to seize Xiang Tian's military power, this is really a bit ......"
Li Su smiled and continued: "Aggressive? ”
Jiang Quan hesitated, but nodded.
Li Su said with a smile: "The country has national laws, the family has family rules, they broke my Tang Dynasty laws and regulations first, naturally I can't blame me for breaking the officialdom rules of Xizhou with a tooth for a tooth, besides, Xizhou is about to be attacked by the soldiers of all countries, to put it mildly, it is still unknown whether we can survive in this battle, in contrast, I kill the official and seize the military power, what is the matter?" Let's talk about it if we survive. ”
Jiang Quan pondered carefully, Li Su's words were indeed reasonable, and he couldn't help but nodded, since he met Li Su, Jiang Quan's discipline value showed a significant downward trend, and he was taken into the ditch by Li Su unconsciously.
"Therefore, before the great enemy comes, you and I might as well let go of our hands and feet, everything is to defend Xizhou, and there are no taboos in our actions, as for how I will be dealt with by the imperial court in the future, that is a matter for the future. Okay, the reason is clear, tell me your idea, how can you take Xiang Tian's military power over? ”
Jiang Quan thought for a while, showing a wise expression like Wang Zhuan.
"Invite Xiang Tian to the banquet and ambush the knife and axeman! However, five hundred people are too many and too chaotic, and fifty people are enough to chop Xiang Tian into meat sauce......"
Li Su was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly recalled that when he ruined the history of the Chu and Han rivalries in front of Wang Zhu, Jiang Quan happened to be fortunate enough to participate in the audit, and he listened to it with relish......
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Another day passed, no different from an ordinary day, the sun rose and sunset, plain and quiet.
In the evening, the sunset gradually sinks in the west, and a layer of golden halo is sprinkled on the white desert, and from a distance, Xizhou City is also shrouded in this halo.
The remnant sun, the desert, the lonely city, desolate and poignant like poetry.
A camel carrying a person, stepping on the golden halo of the sunset, galloped towards Xizhou City, and a person and a horse broke into the poetry and painting of this lonely city in the remnant sun, and then, perfectly integrated with the poetry and painting.
Getting closer and closer to Xizhou City, the soldiers of Zhichong Mansion guarding the gate squinted at the people and horses running far away in the desert, and the more they looked, the more they felt that something was wrong.
When one person and one rider were only a few dozen zhang away from the gate of Xizhou, the gatekeeper suddenly found that the knight's body was bloody, and his chest and back were full of more than ten arrows, and the blood that flowed out had dried up and turned dark brown, which looked shocking.
When he was still ten feet away from the city gate, the dying knight on the back of the camel finally raised his head, glanced at the low city wall with a blank look, and a relieved smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he took the last breath, and the knight suddenly hissed and shouted.
"I am a cavalry scout, and I went out of the camp to inspect on the order of Li Beijia, a hundred miles west of Xizhou,...... A hundred miles away, 3,000 enemy troops went straight to Xizhou...... Come, please don't drive, don't drive......"
Before he finished speaking, a large stream of blood suddenly gushed out of the knight's mouth, and the last breath was finally exhausted, and the burly body shook on the camel's back a few times, and then fell to the ground upside down, and died of exhaustion.
The soldiers of the Zhichong Mansion who guarded the gate stared blankly at the corpse of the knight who no longer moved, and after a while, everyone suddenly stirred, and the two stepped forward to lift the knight's corpse and led the camel into the city, and the rest were busy closing the city gate, and two of them ran towards the direction of the Assassin's Mansion without their lives.
"Enemy attack! There is an enemy attack! Close the gates and prepare for battle! ”
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And so the war came suddenly.
There was no friction, no declaration of war, it appeared in front of everyone in the simplest and most direct way, roughly.
Less than half an hour after the news reached Xizhou City, all the cavalry camps outside the city were pulled out, Li Su led all the soldiers into the city, and 1,000 people gathered in the West City Gate, holding the Gora Bow and guarding it tightly.
Li Su led Jiang Quan, Wang Zhu and Zheng Xiaolou, and also took more than 40 cavalry battalion soldiers, and the group walked into the Thorn History Mansion with solemn faces.
In front of the gate of the Assassin's Mansion, the corpse of the messenger scout was lying quietly under the corridor, his face covered with a white cloth, and there were many people around, all of whom were officials of the Assassin's Mansion, and everyone's eyes were staring at the silent corpse, with a very complicated expression.
Hearing footsteps from afar, Li Su was wearing silver armor, wearing a winged helmet, dressed as a standard general, walking towards the gate, and the iron pieces of armor leaves behind him hit the bursts, and the soldiers walked neatly, and dozens of people walked out of the momentum of thousands of troops.
The officials were startled and hurriedly avoided it, and a large area was instantly vacated in front of the gate of the Assassin's Mansion.
Facing everyone's frightened and frightened eyes, Li Su was unaware of it, and led the soldiers to the unknown scout corpse and looked at him silently.
"Is this the scout who came to report the news?" Li Su suddenly asked.
Jiang Quan stepped forward, uncovered the white cloth covering the corpse's face, and looked at the familiar face that got along day and night, Jiang Quan's eyes were red, and he nodded: "His name is Liao Shun, a native of Jingzhou, Guanzhong, and he has only been in my right military guard for less than four years......"
Li Su lowered his head and quietly looked at the ordinary and lifeless face, was silent for a moment, and suddenly fell to the ground on his knees and respectfully kowtowed three heads to the corpse.
Jiang Quan, Wang Zhu and the others were startled, then glanced at his back with emotion, and then knelt down and kowtowed.
Standing up, Li Su turned around and looked at the many eyes that were staring at him in the distance, these eyes contained awe, indifference, and even hatred, and all beings in the world were different, so wonderful.
Li Su smiled coldly, suddenly straightened his waist, and said loudly: "This is a soldier of my cavalry battalion, his name is Liao Shun, in today's battle, he has made the first contribution to Xizhou, magnificent, Liao Shun!" ”
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