Since Zhang Qi is the leader, of course, his bearing is higher than others, and he came to visit Li Laiheng in person.

"General Xiao Li, General Zhang Nai, forgive me! This village was left by Li Huajing at the beginning, and it has been abandoned for more than half a year, and it is too dilapidated and shabby, so I really feel wronged by you. It stands to reason that you are all distinguished guests, and I should give up my stockade, but my stockade is too small, and it is hidden in the depths of the woods, and your horses cannot go in. ”

As soon as Zhang Qiyi came up, he made amends again and again, and then with a wave of his hand, he ordered his subordinates to move the gifts he brought into the stockade. A load of grain, vegetables and vegetables, and even a few pork fans are enough for the soldiers of the Twist Army to eat for several days.

"Zhang Shuai is too polite, we came uninvited, there has been a lot of trouble, how can we live in Zhang Shuai's village again, it is already very good here." Li Laiheng is naturally handsome, and he is much more mature than his real age, and he is completely immune to Zhang Qi's polite words.

The Yuyuan army regarded their own camp as the root of their life, and did not let outsiders enter the village as guests at all, for fear of revealing the truth in the village, or being remembered as the road to the village, as well as the entrance to and from the tunnel, let alone let the Twist Army live in their village.

Moreover, this stockade is not bad, although Li Huajing was defeated and captured, he was also a great figure at the beginning, this stockade was built very strongly, and the location was very good, both hidden and close to the edge of the elm forest, which was convenient for the entry and exit of the cavalry of the Twist Army.

The sun was shining, but the room was damp and dark, and no one wanted to go in, so they found an open space in the stockade, sat down in the open air on stones and stakes, and after each of them gave an introduction, the conversation quickly turned to the current war.

Ye Tingxiu nodded towards Zhang Qi. Take out a copy of the map and give it to Lee Rae-hyung.

"This is a map of Lunan and western Henan, drawn by my own hands, and it is more detailed than the common maps. Maybe I can help General Li. He accepted Li Laiheng's thanks with a smile, and then pointed to the map and said: "The vanguard of the Tartar general Tong Yangliang has arrived in Caozhou, but they dare not approach the elm forest, and they are still waiting for backup on the periphery. My marshal intends to beat him for a while, and first frustrate the sharpness of the Tartars, I don't know what General Li wants? ”

Of course, the map does not indicate the location of the Yuyuan military camp.

"This battle can be fought." Li Laiheng nodded: "The Tartars want to trap us in the elm forest." can't let them get their wish, since Tong Yangliang dares to take the lead, he will beat him away first. Break their encirclement ......"

Seeing that Li Laiheng agreed to fight, Zhang Qi and Ye Tingxiu were very happy, Tong Yangliang's green battalion soldiers were thirty miles away from the elm forest, and it was difficult for the infantry to catch him. However, the cavalry of the Twist Army can make a quick surprise attack. After biting him, wait for the Yuyuan Army to destroy him together.

Everyone carefully discussed the battle plan, and after reaching an agreement, it was decided to send troops in two days, and when it came to the distribution of loot, Li Laiheng still only needed war horses.

"I'm afraid there aren't many horses, right? In addition to the scouts, the Green Battalion is also a foot soldier, and the horses are too expensive to afford to raise. I only have a dozen horses in my stockade. Zhang Qi thought for a while and said, "If General Xiao Li is short of horses." I'll give you five more. Hehe, some can't take it, General Xiao Li don't dislike it. ”

The Yuyuan army hides in the woods all day long, and relies on tunnels to enter and exit, so they rarely raise horses, Zhang Qi has thousands of people, but there are only more than ten horses, which is similar to a fortress in the local Haoqiang.

"A dozen horses? Am I going to make it or not? Li Laiheng wanted to catch it all: "I don't want it in vain, I'll exchange it with you, two horses for one horse." We ran all the way from Luoyang, and now there are dozens of injured horses, which can be left to Zhang Shuai. ”

I didn't expect Li Laiheng to be so "shameless", and Zhang Qi's favorability towards him immediately increased significantly: "Hahaha, General Xiao Li is a straight-tempered man, okay, I like straight-tempered men, so let's exchange one of the horses in my village for one, and two for one is not allowed to cheat, I'll give you an extra horse, as an additional ......."

As he spoke, he walked to the back of the gate, untied the reins tied to the tree, and walked over with a tall healthy horse: "This is my mount, a four-year-old Tartar military horse, a little bit of meaning is not a respect, and I ask General Xiao Li to accept it." ”

He was so deliberately friendly, although it was a little blunt, but it also showed a reckless sincerity, Li Laiheng was warm, and after a few words, he accepted it generously.

"I came in a hurry this time, only with the edict (letter of appointment) from the court officials, Zhang Shuai wants the emperor's holy decree to seal it in person, although it is wrapped on me, but it will take a few days." Li Laiheng received a good horse from others, and he had to show sincerity in return, and he took a lot of money, and directly made the decision for Emperor Longwu.

Before he came to Henan this time, he had prepared in advance, and sent a copy to one of the generals of the Yuyuan Army with a large number of blank letters of appointment covered with the big seal of the officials, but Zhang Qi was not satisfied with this letter of appointment, and he wanted to get the holy decree of Emperor Longwu in person to establish his position as the leader of the Yuyuan Army.

"Okay, then it's all up to General Xiao Li." Zhang Qi's eyebrows raised slightly, Li Laiheng dared to make decisions for Emperor Longwu for such a big matter, which made people feel a little unreliable.

Li Laiheng saw the change in his expression, smiled and didn't say anything, changed the topic and asked: "Two days later, we should leave, I don't know what Zhang Shuai plans to do in the future?" ”

"Ah, after you leave, the Tartar army should also chase you, even if we leave some soldiers and horses, we can deal with it, General Xiao Li doesn't have to worry."

"No, I don't mean now, I mean later." Li Laiheng turned his face and looked at Ye Tingxiu: "Try to think long-term about everything, although this Yulin is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is not unbreakable, if the Yuyuan army has been hiding in the elm forest, I am afraid that it will lose its sharpness, and if the Tartars break through the elm forest in the future, the whole army will be wiped out." ”

"How is that possible?!" Zhang Qi's face changed, and he said very unhappily: "This Yulin is a natural danger, there are unpredictable changes, even more powerful than Zhuge Liang's gossip array, even if the Tartar soldiers are heavily surrounded, at most they will trap me in the forest, and it will never be possible to attack it!" ”

His voice suddenly raised, if it weren't for Li Laiheng but someone else who said what he said just now, he would definitely have turned his face.

"Although this elm forest is strong, it is afraid of water." Li Laiheng's expression was faint, and he recalled the content of Wang Kefan's handwritten letter in his mind, but no one expected that he was actually learning and selling.

"How can there be such a big water?" Ye Tingxiu interjected: "The elm forest is a hundred miles in radius, how can ordinary small rivers and streams flood it? ”

"Of course the ordinary small rivers and streams are not good, but what about the Yellow River?" Li Laiheng looked into his eyes and asked.

"Hiss......" Ye Tingxiu was stunned for a moment, and then gasped.

If the Qing army broke the embankment of the Yellow River, the elm forest would be wiped out. (To be continued......)