"Deal?"

Yang Shouli suddenly stared at Mo Li from afar as if he was listening to the Arabian Nights, and thought that he had heard it wrong. [ Eight (a Chinese < ?).

The official army wants to make a deal with the rebels? It's incredible to think about.

Not only Yang Shouli was stunned, but the rebel soldiers at the head of the city were also stunned, how could there be two warring sides in this world to negotiate a deal before the battle? Some people even thought that this officer and army general was either crazy or teasing Yang Shouli.

Mo Li looked at Yang Shouli calmly, nodded, and said loudly: "That's right!" It's the deal! ”

Seeing that Yang Shouli was still puzzled, Mo Li continued: "General Yang, to be honest, do you think you can hold Laixi City with your current strength?" ”

Without waiting for Yang Shouli to answer, he continued: "Don't say those vain words, you and I should know that such a low county town can't stop many rounds of artillery bombardment, rather than being captured or killed in battle when the city is broken, it's better to make a deal with us now, I promise, I won't kill any of you!" And all the gold, silver, and jewels are yours! ”

"That's what you call a deal? That's! "How can Yang Shouli be trustworthy.

"Let me ask you, if you follow Kong Youde to do this headless thing, what benefits can he give you? It's better to say if you win all the time, but you should also know that the day before yesterday under the city of Laizhou, your Marshal Li Jiucheng had tens of thousands of troops, and wasn't he beaten by our New Liao Army and Laizhou defenders? Do you know how many of your marshals died in the battle the day before yesterday? Eight thousand! Mo Li began to get a little impatient, if he continued to grind, he would have to order a siege, even if it would cost a lot.

The army is about to run out of food, and if you don't take food from the rebels, you will really fall into a desperate situation.

After a pause, Mo Li continued: "Your marshals are all defeated, Kong Youde can't last long, the imperial army has been assembled in the Laizhou area, and in a few days, Dengzhou will be recovered, and then, you will lose the last foundation, what else will Kong Youde use to compete with the imperial court?" You can only die if you follow him! As long as you open the gates and accept our deal, General Ben can let you go home and be a peaceful citizen!

Of course, if you are willing to join the army and contribute to the court and the country, you can also join our new Liao army, and we will all go together to kill the Tartars and drive out the Tartars to make contributions! When the time comes, everyone can seal the shadow! Isn't it better than doing this business where the skulls are cut off! ”

Yang Shouli was a little moved, after all, he knew that Mo Li didn't say big things, the day before yesterday, Li Jiucheng fought with the official army under the city of Laizhou, losing tens of thousands of people, mainly in the hands of the new Liao army. And the reason why Li Jiucheng fled in defeat was indeed because the imperial army arrived and had to choose to retreat, and at present, he was only cowering in Laiyang City and standing still.

Yang Shouli was originally from the official army, and he was more cautious and subtle, at first he did not approve of the rebellion, but later after Dengzhou was lost by Geng Zhongming and others, he lost his grounds, and the old governor Kong Youde repeatedly persuaded him to have no choice but to join the rebels.

But Yang Shouli knew that although the rebels were now huge, claiming to be 100,000 people, in fact, the only ones who really had combat effectiveness were the original nearly 10,000 Dongjiang Liao soldiers, and the others were all poor people and thieves who were coerced to fill the number, and it was difficult to become a big weapon.

In the first battle of Laizhou, Li Jiucheng lost nearly half of his men, including nearly 2,000 elite Dongjiang Liao soldiers, which greatly reduced the strength of Li Jiucheng's rebel army, and also proved the strength of the imperial court's counterinsurgency army.

Although there are 4,000 people under his command, and there are two or three thousand people, how many of these people can fight, but Yang Shouli knows that there are less than 400 Dongjiang Liao soldiers under his subordinates, and the proportion of one-tenth is not one-thousand. It would be better to say that if there is a setback, and then someone incites it, these rabble will disperse in a hurry.

After thinking about it, Yang Shouli planned to surrender to the officials and soldiers in exchange for the lives of the brothers.

Yang Shouli was about to make up his mind to surrender, but Luo Dashan, a subordinate general on the side, suddenly shouted: "Don't believe the nonsense that the officials and soldiers say!" They are all liars, I have seen with my own eyes that their new Liao army killed hundreds of brothers who surrendered to them in Putai! Don't be fooled! ”

Hearing this, Yang Shouli and the soldiers guarding the city hesitated.

When Mo Li saw it, he couldn't help but hurt his brain secretly, thinking, your sister, I didn't expect the side effects of the eleventh smash to be reflected now! At that time, he only cared about using the law of eleven smashing to improve the combat effectiveness of these rabble and enhance his own strength, but he didn't care that this also made him a murderer in the rebels.

"My lord, what should I do?" Guan Feng asked in a low voice.

Mo Li also hesitated for a while. If you give the order to attack the city, the brothers are now all wounded, and their combat strength has been greatly reduced, even if they capture Laixi City, I am afraid that they will suffer heavy casualties, and the gains will outweigh the losses.

But if you don't capture Laixi City, how will you deal with the military order of Gao Qiqian? He believed that Gao Qiqian must have sent someone to monitor the New Liao Army in the annex, and if the New Liao Army made some changes or did not respect military orders, Gao Qiqian's army would inevitably take advantage of the situation to kill.

Moreover, if the city of Laixi is not captured, there will be no food to eat in the army, and it is necessary to replenish the supply of food and grass from the Laixi rebels as soon as possible.

Mo Li gritted his teeth and was about to give the order to attack the city, when suddenly Li Guo on the left flank hurriedly sent someone to report that a rebel army of about 3,000 people had appeared ten miles to the east!

Mo Li was taken aback, it seemed that it was a rebel reinforcement from Laiyang. Three thousand, plus the rebels in Lacey City, the opponent's strength is at least twice as much as his own!

If in peacetime, of course, the new Liao army does not have to be afraid of him, but now the new Liao army is greatly damaged, although it seems that the ranks of the soldiers are still neat and strong, but I am afraid that it will not be so easy to really fight.

Mo Li thought for a while, and ordered Li Guo to send some soldiers to engage the rebel reinforcements to test the strength of the other party.

After Li Guo received the order, he immediately personally led 200 cavalry of the New Liao Army and 300 troops from Putai to intercept the rebel reinforcements.

The leader of this rebel reinforcement was Pan Yanfei, who was defeated and fled in Putai that day. After Li Jiucheng received Yang Shouli's request for help, he discussed it with the generals and decided to send Pan Yanfei to lead 3,000 people to help.

Pan Yanfei's head was as big as a fight, he was frightened by the ferocity of the new Liao army when he was in Putai, and he didn't want to lead the troops to help at this time, especially when he heard that it was the new Liao army that defeated him that day who besieged Laixi City, and there were tens of thousands of other officers and soldiers behind him.

But Marshal Li Jiucheng said it, and he didn't dare to disobey his orders, where did he still have the courage to bargain when he was reprimanded by the rebel high-level for his defeat in Putai.

At that moment, Pan Yanfei had to reluctantly lead three thousand subordinates out of Laiyang City and go to Laixi.

Pan Yanfei even thought about it, if it really didn't work, he was ready to take people away, and he even thought about the way out, if he was defeated this time, he would say that he couldn't go back to Laiyang City, so that Li Jiucheng was willing to let him go, and the officials and soldiers were afraid that they would not let him go, because Li Jiucheng might not be able to hold Laiyang City at that time.

If we lose again this time, Lao Tzu will go to sea from Da Songwei through Haiyang, return to his old business, and go to be our Haikou! In the vast sea, the officers and soldiers are also unbearable.

When he arrived in Laixi, he saw from a distance that the majestic new Liao army under Laixi City was lined up and ready to attack the city, and a team also greeted him, Pan Yanfei felt that his legs and stomach were a little shaking. But thinking of Li Jiucheng's order, he had to go up hard.

Li Guo led hundreds of people to fight with Pan Yanfei's rebels, although the combat strength of the soldiers of the new Liao army has dropped a lot, but with the advanced firearms in their hands and the strong military morale, it is inseparable from the rebels for a while.

Pan Yanfei's rebels themselves have no fighting spirit, even Pan Yanfei has already thought of a way out, and his soldiers don't want to sell their lives, so although the number of people has a great advantage, with 3,000 against Li Guo's 500 people, they are even killed for a while.

Mo Li came to the front line of the battle between the two armies, and saw that Li Guo had resisted the reinforcements of thousands of rebels with only a few hundred people, and he also felt a little incredible.

Later, the main general of the current rebel reinforcements was Pan Yanfei, who was defeated by himself in Putai that day and fled, and suddenly woke up, it seems that these rebels were afraid of their own new Liao army, and they couldn't let go of their hands and feet at all, and they didn't dare to fight hard.

Mo Li turned his head to look at the head of Laixi City, and the rebel defenders above saw that reinforcements from Laiyang City were fighting with the official army under the city, but there was still no big movement, and they didn't seem to dare to come out to attack themselves.

After receiving the order, although Li Guo did not quite understand the general's intention to do so, he quickly carried out the order, led 500 soldiers to pretend to be invincible, and began to retreat.

At the same time, Mo Li also made people shout: "Everyone retreat!" Li Jiucheng sent reinforcements! ”

At present, the new Liao army packed up the artillery, gold and silver placed under Laixi City, and began to evacuate in a panic, and it seemed that the army's morale was a little turbulent.

Yang Shouli and other rebels at the head of the city were overjoyed when they saw it, thinking that the official army was afraid of being flanked by the reinforcements and the defenders in the city, so they had to start retreating.

General Luo Dashan said loudly: "General Yang, the official army has retreated, why don't we kill it immediately, join forces with the reinforcements, and attack the official army together, and we will definitely be able to kill these dog officers and soldiers!" ”

Yang Shouli hesitated, he didn't think about going out of the city and attacking the official army with the reinforcements, but he had some concerns, for fear that this was the official army's plan to lure the enemy.

But this is indeed a rare good opportunity, there are thousands of soldiers in the city, and the reinforcements seem to be thousands, although the combat effectiveness is certainly not as good as the official army, but as the saying goes, ants bite elephants to death, and the official army is not three heads and six arms, how do you know that you will not win if you don't have a handful!

Yang Shouli finally made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said, "Kill the official army!" ”