Chapter 10: The Majesty of the Xingyang Army (4)
Li Xuanba and the three of them were in the limelight, King Yue gave a banquet to entertain, Li Xuanba was worried that Pei Yuanqing's identity would be recognized, so he politely refused, and King Yue sent some rewards to the camp in order to show his sincerity.
"King Yue has a heart and knows that I don't like slaves." Li Xuanba looked at the dozens of sheep in front of him, and said with a smile: "Order, all the soldiers of the army will have meat to eat tonight, but they are not allowed to drink." A junior general beamed and took the order.
The rewards of meritorious officials are generally slaves and maids, silk brocade, but now silk silk is used as firewood for cooking, and its value is not as good as a piece of wood, so King Yue is naturally embarrassed to take it out and reward it to Li Xuanba.
The Wagang thieves were stationed outside the city, and in order to prevent them from attacking at night, Li Jing and Qin Qiong did not return to the camp, and there were only a dozen people in the big tent. Li Xuanba wanted to say something, but after hesitating for a moment, he instructed the generals not to be careless, so he asked them to retreat first, leaving only Fang Xuanling and Jia Yanfu.
"Do the two gentlemen think that the behavior of the Wagang thief today is a little abnormal?" Li Xuanba put away his smile and said with a little uneasiness: "It stands to reason that Li Mi knows that my Xingyang army has arrived in the Eastern Capital, and Shixin must also be there, others don't know Shixin's ability, Xu Shiji should always know, where did they get the courage to call a battle outside the city?" ”
Li Mi is good at strategy, Li Xuanba doesn't believe that he will make such a mistake, if something goes wrong, there must be a demon.
Seeing that Li Xuanba was not carried away by today's victory, Fang Xuanling put his mind at ease and said: "Li Mi's move seems to be to make the soldiers arrogant, but before the reinforcements arrived, it is impossible for King Yue to order to go out of the city to fight, so for Li Mi, even if he achieves his goal, it will be of no benefit." ”
"What Brother Xuanling said is extremely true. General Wang led his troops to arrive, Li Mi could not be unaware, he was attacking the city at this time, naturally he wanted to take advantage of the reinforcements to arrive, and quickly decisive. Jia Yanfu continued: "According to the humble opinion of the lower officials, Xingyang County is only afraid that it has been" Li Xuanba and Fang Xuanling are both smart people, and they also thought of this, so they were not too surprised.
"Xingyang has been lost, and the Wagang thieves no longer have any worries." Fang Xuanling sighed and said, "Wang Bodang should also be on the way." ”
"It shouldn't be that simple." Li Xuanba shook his head slightly, and said: "If Li Mi wants to wait for the tens of thousands of troops to attack the city together, he can set up camp near Huiluocang, with his back to the granary, and get food on the spot, wouldn't it be more convenient, so why send people to transport grain and grass?" ”
"What does Gongzi mean is that Li Mi plans to use this 100,000-strong army to feign attacking the city, and then send Wang Bodang to attack other city gates by surprise?" Fang Xuanling frowned, and began to worry in his heart, after all, Wang Bodang had tens of thousands of troops in his hands, and he didn't know which city gate he would attack.
"In this way, he sent people to call the battle, but he just wanted to attract the attention of the imperial court." Jia Yanfu figured out the key to this, and said with emotion: "Li Mi's intentions are really sinister. ”
"Soldiers, treacherous ways, two armies fighting, naturally will not do the things of a gentleman." Li Xuanba sighed: "If there is an urn city as a buffer, Li Mi will not dare to do this. ”
At the beginning of Yang Guang's accession to the throne, the Great Sui Dynasty was peaceful and prosperous, and when he moved the capital to Luoyang, he never thought that one day Luoyang would be besieged, so he made a mistake: the east did not build an urn city!
Of course, in fact, not only Yang Guang made such a mistake, when Emperor Wen of Sui built Xijing, he did not consider the matter of the urn city, but at that time, the country and the people were safe, and the presence or absence of the urn city had little impact, and now it is different from the past, and the importance of the urn city is reflected.
"There is one more urn city in the eastern capital, and the hundreds of thousands of people of the Great Sui will not die." Jia Yanfu said with emotion: "Seeing the ruins and broken walls of the outer city today, Yanfu really can't imagine that once Li Mi's plan really succeeds, the people of Luoyang will suffer what kind of suffering. ”
"A thief is a thief after all, even if they are under the guise of saving the world, they still can't change their nature." When Li Xuanba thought about the fire, the people who were struggling in the fire felt heartache and sneered.
A few people were sad for a while, knowing that the past was over, and it was useless to talk more, and besides, now that the enemy was present, they should not be distracted.
The three of them eased their emotions, and Fang Xuanling took the lead in saying, "Since Gongzi has noticed Li Mi's intentions, why don't you tell King Yue?" He believed that Li Xuanba would not ignore the people of Luoyang because of his grievances with King Yue.
"It's just speculation after all, and we don't know if we're right." Li Xuanba said helplessly: "King Yue's attitude towards me, Mr. should understand very well, so this matter can only be played by others, when I see Taifuqing tomorrow, I will analyze the pros and cons to him, as for how to decide, it still depends on His Royal Highness King Yue." ”
Although Yang Tong tried to take back Li Xuanba's military power, Li Xuanba could see that although Yang Tong was young, he was not incompetent, he could listen to the suggestions of the courtiers and make proper arrangements, so Li Xuanba was very relieved.
"There are still tens of thousands of reinforcements in Wagang thieves, if the soldiers know, it will definitely affect their morale, when the generals were present just now, Gongzi did not say it explicitly, it is indeed a wise move." Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "Guan Gongzi's behavior during the day is like a naughty child, but others don't know that it is just the appearance of Gongzi." ”
In the face of Fang Xuanling's praise, Li Xuanba scratched his head in embarrassment, and said embarrassedly: "Sir, you know that Xuanba has never faced so many thieves, and it is inevitable that he will be nervous in his heart, and he is not stubborn to confuse others, but just to relieve his nervousness." ”
Li Xuanba looks old, but he is only eighteen years old after all, whether it was when he followed Zhang Xutuo, or when he was later appointed as the general guard of Xingyang, he has never really been on the battlefield, let alone killed.
Lin Xuan has killed people, even after so long, he still remembers the picture at that time, and he has been awakened by nightmares many times because of this incident, so the current Li Xuanba is really a little afraid of killing.
The murderous demon king back then would be timid on the battlefield, such a change was difficult for Fang Xuanling to understand. But Fang Xuanling knew very well that if Li Xuanba kept being like this, it would be difficult for him to survive in this world, so he wanted to persuade Li Xuanba.
"I don't like or fear killing, but that doesn't mean I won't kill people." Fang Xuanling was still hesitating how to persuade Li Xuanba, but he didn't expect Li Xuanba to open his mouth first: "Anyway, I always have to set an example for the soldiers of the Xingyang Army, don't I?" After speaking, the smile on his face became even stronger, which made people shudder, and the atmosphere in the big tent became a little weird.
"Childe, it's time to eat." Liang Xiao's appearance just right made Fang Xuanling and Jia Yanfu breathe a sigh of relief, they glanced at Li Xuanba, but found that Li Xuanba's expression returned to his usual appearance, and when he heard Liang Xiao's words, he walked out in a little hurry.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Jia Yanfu asked curiously, Fang Xuanling chuckled, did not answer, with a trace of literati elegance, walked away, Jia Yanfu turned his curious gaze to Liang Xiao.
"Childe is afraid that the other soldiers will finish eating the meat." Liang Xiao scratched his head, replied embarrassedly, and then turned around and chased out.
Jia Yanfu was stunned for a moment, thinking that Li Xuanba was really interesting, so he couldn't help but smile, and said in his heart: It's because you don't want to eat alone, saying that you want to be inseparable from each other with the soldiers, but now you are worried that others will rob the mutton.
Thinking about it, his movements were not slow, and he followed closely.
There was no sound in the tent, leaving only the cold aura that had not yet dissipated.