48. Trade-offs

Don't miss the opportunity, and never miss it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Seeing that the thieves under the slope were falling into the chaos of the dragons without a leader, Yan Xing knew that it was all up to him if he could defeat the attacking thieves tonight, he walked quickly to Li Ru, who was commanding the men not far away, and saluted with his fists and said:

"Li Gong, Yan has something to report!"

"Speak!"

Li Ru was stretching his horse face at this time, his face was full of gloom, he didn't expect that as soon as he didn't ask about the affairs of tonight's watch, Dong Huang would poke him such a big Louzi, he wanted to arrest Dong Huang's cronies who set up the peripheral sentry posts and interrogate them properly, and ask why there was still this kind of emergency under the layers of sentry posts that could only be blown by the trumpet and beat the gong when the enemy touched the vicinity of the camp.

I just saw that the cronie was now being whipped by his master Dong Huang, and he screamed miserably. Li Ru was hindered by Dong Huang's identity, and it was difficult to stop the Dong family's gentleman who was on fire from venting his anger and forgetting his official duties. It's just that he is also angry in his heart, so he loudly scolded a few of his subordinates who had not collected the horses, and the people around him couldn't dodge, lest they bump into his moldy head, but he didn't expect that at this time, someone came to report the matter closely.

Therefore, Li Ruqiang held back the anger in his heart, raised his eyes and glanced at this subordinate hastily, and when he saw the bloodstains on his body, his heart moved, and he said quickly, signaling the other party to report.

Yan Xing looked at Li Ru's face when he looked at his words, stretched out his hand and pointed at the thieves who were uncertain and hesitant at this time, and said quickly:

"Gong Li, the leader of the thieves down the slope has just been attacked and killed by me, and he is in chaos at the moment. Yan asked to bring fifty brave men to take advantage of the situation to kill among the thieves, they have already broken the courage, and they will definitely not be able to resist, when the time comes, chase the north, drive the thieves and backlash the thieves, even if there are more thieves, they can be defeated in one fell swoop! ”

"Oh?"

Li Ru replied suspiciously, he had just discovered the strange image of the thieves suddenly rioting at the foot of the hillside, although he did not know the situation, but he also hurriedly took the opportunity to speed up the rectification of the chaos in the camp, so that the people and horses in the camp could be stabilized. Now after the report of the subordinate in front of him, he hurriedly gathered his mind and took a few steps forward to observe the chaos of the thieves down the slope.

I saw that the fire under the slope was swaying, there were many people, and although there were many thieves, it seemed that as the subordinate next to him said, they had fallen into a situation of uncertainty and hesitation, chaotic, uneven orders, and faintly retreating and collapsing. Although Li Ru did not personally lead the troops and horses, he had been with Dong Zhuo for a long time, and he also knew that this was a sign of chaos in the army's heart, so he immediately became calm, and then looked back at the subordinate beside him, and soon found that he was the rebel general who was temporarily transferred from Xu Rong's command to his side, and he had blood stains on his body, which did not seem to be a false report of his military exploits.

"You just killed the leader of the thieves?"

Li Ru asked, his sharp gaze on Yan Xing's face, paying close attention to the slight change in his expression. Yan Xing's expression was frank and uneasy, and he didn't look cramped or uneasy at all because of Li Ru's gaze, he nodded and replied quickly:

"Although there are many thieves, they are just a rabble, the orders are uneven, the formation is not neat, and the night attack is also unknown before and after, Yan has a little courage, so he sneaked into the thieves, got lucky, and killed its leader in one fell swoop!"

"What a brave man!"

When Li Ru replied calmly in Yan Xing, he also saw from the other party's expression that the person in front of him was not lying to himself, he immediately opened his mouth and praised him, thinking of the origin and availability of this person, and quickly made a decision in his heart, and he simply let this person show his abilities tonight, just to see if it was as Xu Rong said, he was a rare member of the warrior in the cool land.

After Li Ru finished planning in his heart, he did not hesitate, and immediately said to Yan Xing quickly:

"Tonight's thief will be led by you, and you can quickly summon all the people to defeat the thief who broke his courage in one fell swoop!"

"No!"

Yan Xing, whose plan had been approved by Li Ru, was greatly encouraged, he clenched his fists and promised, and immediately turned around to gather people, preparing to raid the thieves who had fallen into chaos and defeat the thieves in front of him in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, before the manpower was assembled, Dong Huang, who was ready to fight back against the thief, hurriedly jumped out and obstructed him.

"No, Master Li, the enemy situation at night is unknown, how can you believe the words of one person and rashly move. Although the thieves are chaotic at the bottom of the slope, there are many of them, and Anzhi is not a thief's plan to lure the enemy, and the leader of the thieves has been eliminated, this is completely one-sided by this person, how can he easily be trusted. As far as he said, there are as many as four or five hundred thieves, and it is not enough for us to hold on, and it is even more difficult to fight in battle. ”

Dong Huang followed Dong Zhuo's side, and he didn't learn much about the ability to lead troops to fight, but when it came to offensive and defensive decisions about the safety of his own life, he was the first to go. He said that he should not believe Yan Xing's words to raid and kill the leader of the thieves, but he chose to believe his own credulous words, and firmly believed that the thieves were numerous, and their stubbornness was not enough, and they would definitely not be able to attack easily.

Li Ru looked at Dong Huang who was obstructing, his face was constantly changing, and the people present couldn't figure out where his thoughts were, and they couldn't ignore Dong Huang's insistence on sticking to his attitude, so the mobilized people stopped one after another, and looked at Li Ru in the field, waiting for him to make a decision on offense and defense.

Li Ru was indeed a little hesitant at the moment, from his own point of view, of course he was willing to believe in his own ability to see people, there was no doubt that the news from Yan Xing's mouth was much more reliable than the news brought back by Dong Huang's cronies. Moreover, although he is not in charge of the army, he is not purely ignorant of military affairs, of course he knows that those thieves under the gentle slope take advantage of the chaos in the camp has not completely settled down, and it is the best policy to carry out a surprise attack, giving up the opportunity to raid and destroy the enemy, and pretending to be chaotic to lure the people in the camp to attack is completely redundant. And the only reason that can explain why the thief suddenly stopped the momentum of the charge is that Yan Xing's surprise attack and beheaded the leader of the thief is more reasonable.

Therefore, it is only right to let go of the subordinates to take the opportunity to attack now, and boldly attacking the thieves is more able to exert the power of these elite horsemen under their own command than passive defense, and it is also more able to save the lives of their own subordinates.

It's a pity that Li Ru is not a soldier, but a conspirator and a resourceful man. He knew that if he let go of his subordinates to defeat the thieves this time, it would just be that his subordinates would cut off a few more heads of the thieves, but he would slap Dong Huang alive in the face of the Dong family. And if the attack fails, not only will he offend Dong Huang, but he will also cause one more crime for himself, which will be even more detrimental to himself.

With such a trade-off, the matter of attacking becomes undesirable.

Everyone naturally didn't expect that Li Ru's mind was completely out of the current war, and they thought that Li Ru was judging which of the two sides was better or worse, and they all looked at Li Ru with blank eyes, waiting for him to make a decision.