Yang Xuangan was stunned for a moment, like five thunderbolts. It wasn't until he arrived in front of the formation and saw Yang Xuanting's cold corpse that he knew that it was not a dream. Recalling the various experiences of his brother when he was a child, and thinking of the courage of his brother when he first started the army, and then thinking that from today onwards, he will be separated by yin and yang, and he will never see each other again, and he can't help but feel sour in his heart and shed tears.

Li Mi and Li Zixiong also rushed over when they heard the sound, and watched Yang Xuangan lying on Yang Xuanting's corpse and letting out a sad sound, and they seemed to be blocked in their chests, and they were sad.

Li Mi pushed Li Zixiong beside him and motioned him to pull Yang Xuangan up, after all, there are still so many people watching, crying for a while can seem to pay attention to brotherhood, and crying for too long will make it seem like a mother-in-law.

Li Zixiong lowered his body to help Yang Xuangan and said, "Chu Gong mourns, since General Yang has died in battle, he still has to put the living first." ”

Yang Xuangan heard Li Zixiong's words of persuasion, and seemed to be a little sober, and said: "Ordering Hu Sizheng to replace Xuan Ting and continue to command the attack, I will definitely capture Wei Xuan's old dog, and chop this thief into a thousand knives and chop it into mashed meat." ”

Li Zixiong hurriedly stopped Yang Xuangan and said, "Duke Chu is slow, it is not appropriate to attack Wei Xuangan at the moment." ”

Yang Xuangan stared at Li Zixiong with blood-red eyes and asked, "Sir, what do you mean by this?" ”

Li Mi opened his mouth at this time and shouted angrily: "You idiot! This time they have been attacking Wei Xuanbu for a long time, how could Qu Tutong and the others not know that the city is full of virtual soldiers? If you persist in procrastinating here, all your brothers will die here with you!" ”

Yang Xuan, who screamed as an idiot, felt a lot more sober, and his father Yang Su once stroked his head and said to everyone when he was a teenager: "Everyone says that my son is an idiot, but in fact it is not, my son is not stupid, and he is wise and foolish." ”

At this time, Li Zixiong said: "Duke Chu, someone from Huayin asked the general to come over and save Li Min from fire and water. ”

Yang Xuangan also remembered his previous decision at this time, so he also got off the donkey and said: "Since the father of Guanzhong has been waiting for me for a long time, then don't care about these maggots and ants, and immediately leave the camp and set off to Guanzhong." ”

At this time, another soldier came to report that the virtual camp under the eastern capital had been captured by Qu Tutong and was now marching to this side.

Yang Xuan was shocked, looked at Li Zixiong and Li Mi, and both of them had one meaning in their eyes: they couldn't wait any longer, and they had to leave immediately.

Li Wenyuan handed over all the cavalry led by Zhang Juntai to command, and he followed Qu Tutong cheekily, carefully observing and learning how to arrange troops and command the army to fight.

Li Wenyuan is familiar with the combat methods of the era of hot weapons, where does he know the essentials of this traditional large-scale army operation? Even in later generations, the small details of the confrontation between the two armies were brushed aside, and there was no way to really be in a different situation, and the opinions on the same art of war were also different, just as the ancients could not understand the use of Sun Tzu's art of war in business.

Watching the groups of soldiers advance and retreat in an orderly manner under the command of Qu Tutong, they cooperated without gaps, and quickly suppressed the resistance of the rebels.

Li Wenyuan asked curiously: "Old general, this army is moving like a mountain, how can it advance and retreat in an orderly manner, and still fight bravely?" ”

Qu Tutong said with a smile: "Govern the army with benevolence, govern the army with law." If you have done something, you will be punished, and if you have merit, you will be rewarded. Push yourself and others, and love soldiers like children. ”

Li Wenyuan seems to have realized that in ancient times, people did not have such a strong sense of national identity as in later generations, they only knew that there would be rewards for brave battles, and those who retreated and cowardly fought would be killed. Many ordinary people only care about how much they need to pay the imperial grain and national tax, and whether they can eat enough.

Therefore, several foreign invasions rarely encounter civil resistance, and often after killing all the leaders of the resistance, the mob will become obedient. Of course, the industrious and docile Chinese people have assimilated almost all foreign rulers with the inclusiveness that has been passed since ancient times, but it cannot be denied that they lack a spirit of exploration to go out.

At this time, the scout returned, and Yang Xuangan led his troops across the slugger and went to Hangu Pass.

Qu Tutong stroked his palm and said: "I knew that Xuangan Xiao'er had a master around him, and he abandoned this dead place and wanted to go to Guanzhong to survive." ”

"If you really let Yang Xuangan run into the pass and guard the passes, it will inevitably take some effort to exterminate it, I don't know what the old general's good plan is?" Li Wenyuan asked curiously.

"There is no good strategy, you see that Yang Xuangan relied on more than 10,000 people as soldiers, and the two defeats of the remaining soldiers in the eastern capital were a little fluttering, and he tried in vain to capture the eastern capital, which is enough to see his eagerness for quick success. This time, he suddenly abandoned the eastern capital and went west, which was enough to see that there were still high-ranking people around him, but Yang Xuangan would only listen to dissuasion at a critical moment. Qu Tutong said.

"What's more, he has expanded to more than 50,000 people under the eastern capital, how can the grain and grass be enough to support the capture of Hangu Pass, it will inevitably be delayed on the way for some time to raise grain and grass." Zhang Juntai had already dealt with some matters in the rebel camp, and was about to come back to resume his life when he heard Qu Tutong tell Li Wenyuan about Yang Xuangan, and couldn't help but interject.

Qu Tutong glanced at Zhang Juntai, and Li Wenyuan hurriedly said: "This is my brother in life and death in Liaodong, and he also has some opinions on military affairs. ”

Qu Tutong nodded and continued: "As Zhang Juntai said, Yang Xuangan's army will inevitably raise grain and grass before entering the customs, and the grain outside the customs has been raised to Liaodong, so the last place left by this group of bandits is Hongnong Palace. Although there are only more than 10,000 people guarding Hongnong Palace, but they are all brave and good fighters in the Royal Forest Army, Yang Xuangan will definitely not be able to capture it in a hurry, we will slowly pursue it in the back, and then send people to Hangu Pass to strengthen the defense on the other side, and annihilate Yang Xuangan's troops on the spot under Hongnong Palace. ”

"The old general's reputation for being good at fighting is really well deserved, and I admire it a lot, and I have benefited a lot from listening to the old general's words today." Li Wenyuan said solemnly with his hands clenched into fists.

At this time, a eunuch ran over, out of breath all the way, grabbed the reins of Li Wenyuan's horse and said: "General Li, General Li, you can make the old slave easy to find, Your Majesty ordered you to face the saint, go quickly." ”

Li Wenyuan hurriedly dismounted and supported the eunuch with both hands, turned his head to Zhang Juntai and said, "Hurry up and find a place to arrange for adults to rest." Then he quietly stuffed a piece of silver to the eunuch: "My lord has worked hard all the way, hurry up and drink saliva and rest." "Just kidding, Li Wenyuan doesn't want to offend these people who can talk to the emperor directly, not to mention that there are still a lot of benefits to befriending these people.

Sure enough, the eunuch held a heavy amount of silver in his hand, a smile appeared on his face, and he whispered in Li Wenyuan's ear: "Your Majesty has been very worried about Beihu recently. ”

Looking at the eunuch who followed Zhang Juntai away, Li Wenyuan thought in his heart: This money is worth it.

Then he bowed his hand to Qu Tutong: "Your Majesty asked me to go to face the saint, and there is General Lao here." ”