Liu Yun looked at Li Dingguo blankly, and asked confusedly: "Lord Wang, then should we leave or stay?" ”

Li Dingguo's face changed, obviously hesitating, undecided, he stared at the carbon fire in front of him, his face was thoughtful, he pondered for a long time, and he didn't say a word, and he didn't answer for a long time.

There was silence in the tent, no one spoke, except for the occasional crackling of the carbon fire in the furnace, which blew up a little spark and dotted the dreary air.

Liu Yun was younger after all, and he couldn't hold it back, and secretly glanced at Li Dingguo several times, before he hesitated and said softly: "Lord Wang, no, I mean, can you, according to the method used by the King of Pingdong, attack the mountain again tomorrow, maybe it will have a miraculous effect?" ”

Li Dingguo's heart was upset, and he understood what Liu Yun said, before the founding of the Great West, when the north and the south were crisscrossed, there were no more than two means to overcome the city, one was to enter the city in disguise in advance, mix it as an internal response, set fire to the city when attacking the city, disturb the guards in the city, and even directly take the city gate; The second is to drive the people as the forerunner, to plunder the women and children of the old and weak as a hammer to break the door, the soldiers follow behind, once the defenders of the city have compassion, or afraid of the etiquette, do not dare to release arrows to resist, the soldiers roar to the city, then the city is all broken.

These two methods are the only way for thieves to make good use of, and even many Ming soldiers feel that they are very effective and have learned them, such as Zuo Liangyu and others, who are more familiar with these cruel methods than thieves.

The Longquan Mountain in front of him, it is impossible to mix in at this moment, and the city gate will not open. Then there is only the second way.

When this law first arrived in the city, Li Dingguo denied it once, although he had done the same thing when he followed Zhang Xianzhong before, but every time he recalled those women and children who were crying while walking, Li Dingguo remembered his mother, when she was captured by the rebels, she was also crying and looking at himself when she was a child, and the poignant sound of "Dingguo, Dingguo" is still in his ears, even if he is now a murderous general, Li Dingguo can't give this order from his subconscious.

"No! This method is too vicious, I, Li Dingguo, as a man's husband, how can I use these despicable methods that are indiscriminate, and I can't mention it again in the future! Li Dingguo shouted with a dark face and almost roaring.

Liu Yun trembled, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee and paused: "Yes!" The last will obey! ”

As soon as Li Dingguo's words came out, he realized that he was a little out of shape, let out a long breath, and said slowly: "Get up, this king doesn't blame you." We are different today from the past, when we were thieves, it was helpless to use some methods, now we are the official army of Onishi, we should have the appearance of the official army, if we still regard ourselves as thieves, do that illegal and ridiculous thing, it will never become a big thing, you are still young, I have the heart to cultivate you, you should remember. ”

Liu Yun bowed his head and agreed, but he was very confused in his heart, what should the officers and soldiers look like? Is there a difference between an officer and a thief? The Ming army is an official army, right? Killing people and setting fires is worse than our thieves, and we don't even leave scum for stealing things. The Great Western Army wants to be an official army, but the King of Pingdong is still the same as before, even the emperor is happy and said that the city will be slaughtered, without hesitation at all, only the heresy of the King of Anxi, the style of doing things is very different, being kind to the people, safeguarding the interests of the people, and often educating themselves that the people are the roots, and the people can live well in order to make the Great West stable, although I don't understand it very well, but Liu Yun likes it very much, and because of this, he followed Li Dingguo with all his heart, and followed it for seven or eight years.

However, if this method is denied, what other way is there to crash into the city of Longquan Mountain?

Silence returned to the tent, and both men became mute, each thinking about his own thoughts.

After a while, Li Dingguo got up suddenly, and resolutely shouted: "That's it, I have made up my mind, tomorrow you will take the war camp to the north, from Chengdu to Hanzhong, this king will take the other battalion leaders to stay, attack again, and then retreat to shoot the flood and confront the Ming army." ”

Liu Yun hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, you are the backbone of the army, you can't leave, it's better for the last general to stay, please lead the army north." ”

Li Dingguo smiled, shook his head and said: "The Ming army is not stupid, as soon as I see my Wang Qi leaving, I will infer that my army will leave, and it will definitely go down the mountain to attack my city. This king stays, but also let them be afraid of a few points, do not dare to move, wait for a few days, this king will take advantage of the night to chase after you. ”

Liu Yun wanted to say more, but saw Li Dingguo wave his hand and said: "Only this method is safe, but you can be safe and tranquil, you don't have to say it anymore, go and prepare quickly, tomorrow night, you will take the soldiers and horses away." ”

He stood up, came to Liu Yun, and said in an accentuated tone: "Generals in the army, only you have the essence of my art of war, and your style of action is also steady and proper, hand over the war camp to you, this king can rest assured, you work hard, don't let me down." ”

Liu Yun suddenly felt a rush of blood rushing to his brain, full of pride, and said with a clenched fist in his voice: "Please rest assured, the last general is waiting for the prince on the road, please take care of the prince." ”

Li Dingguo smiled and patted Liu Yun on the shoulder.

The next day, the people in the Great Western Army shouted and neighed, and the war camp was busy, baling and loading the military weapons and grain and grass into the trucks, and preparing properly.

Li Dingguo released all the scouts and scattered them all the way to the foot of Longquan Mountain, guarding against the Ming army having spies to detect, but fortunately, the Ming army did not have the habit of going out at night, and the war barracks were unaware.

Another day passed, Li Dingguo took the remaining more than 4,000 miscellaneous barracks, and drove to the foot of Longquan Mountain again, according to the routine of more than a month, put on a posture, and began to scold.

Of course, no one paid attention to them on the mountain, and after scolding for a while, they felt bored, and the Great Western Army sent men and horses again, shouting to attack the mountain.

Li Dingguo lifted out 20 cowhide drums and nearly 50 horns, beating with a monstrous sound, the sound of drums and horns could be transmitted from the bottom of the mountain to the flood, and the surging sound waves shook the sergeants who stood close to them to become deaf.

The soldiers of the Great Western Army, carrying long ladders and pushing shield carts, rushed to the hillside like waves, walking slowly and steadily, trying to hide their figures behind the shield carts, and the archers who followed them vigorously drew their bows and shot arrows like locusts at the head of the city, covering the charge of their comrades.

However, the thunder of the attack was loud, but the rain was small, and when the first shield cart was blown up by a bed crossbow spear tied to a bamboo tube, the other shield carts that followed immediately stopped, and the sergeants hiding behind stopped moving, shouted and cursed for a while, and then retreated, causing a laugh in the city.

"Hahaha, the thieves are afraid, such cowardice is also worthy of coming to fight against my Kuizhou army, go back and pick up the child as soon as possible!" Zubian stood at the head of the city and laughed loudly, and the banner of the Great Western Army shook in his laughter.

Wang Huan, Li Tingyu, Ma Long and other generals of the Kuizhou Army stood together, standing at the head of the city, looking at the retreating Daxi Army under the city, laughing.

Only Wang Huan frowned, as if something was wrong.

Li Tingyu noticed it and hurriedly asked, "My lord, is there anything wrong?" ”

Wang Huan stared at it, stared at the Great Western Army that was still lying in the distance under the city and did not leave carefully for a while, and said in a deep voice: "You are not here, is there anything different about the thief army that came to attack the city today?" ”

"Yes, they're getting bolder." Zu Bian shouted: "I'm scared of us! ”

"It's not that they're afraid, it's that they don't want to waste their lives anymore." Li Tingyu shook his head and said: "The thief army regards human life as a mustard, except for the soldiers, there are thousands of thieves who have died under the city these days, and they probably can't afford to spend it, although the terrain of Longquan Mountain is critical, it is not necessary to fight." ”

Everyone even felt justified, but Wang Huan said: "The general is right, in fact, there is another point, have you appeared, the thief army is coming today, there are a lot fewer soldiers and horses?" ”

As soon as he said this, all the generals turned their heads to look at it, and felt that the Great Western Army under the city had indeed shrunk a lot, and in the past it was enough to line up more than a dozen large formations in front and back, left and right, but today it is more than half smaller.

"One more point." Wang Huan continued: "The soldiers who besieged the city, the armor on their bodies is no longer excellent, and the soldiers who fought the main force full of iron armor in the first few times seem to have not been seen today, and they are only some soldiers who have come up. ”

"Yes, my lord, it is." Zu Bian was the first to talk, his personality was like a fire, and he could never hold back his words: "Could it be that they keep the soldiers and wait for the miscellaneous soldiers to be used up first?" ”

Li Tingyu looked at Wang Huan and said thoughtfully: "No, Li Dingguo's Wang Qi is at the foot of the mountain, he can't just bring the soldiers with him, the thief army is an elite soldier and horse, and he has always followed Li Dingguo's side, but now that he is not here, where will he go?" ”

Everyone is looking at each other and don't know what to do.

"They must have withdrawn." Wang Huan said lightly: "Li Dingguo stayed, perfunctory to us." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and then they were overjoyed, Li Tingyu said: "Is this really the case? Great goodness, just with the thousands of miscellaneous fish under the city, my Kuizhou army can win the battle without much effort, if Li Dingguo can be captured alive, there is no way to resist my generals in Sichuan, and it is just a matter of recovering Chengdu, and great things can be expected! ”

Zu Bian and the others smiled happily, and they all became excited, rolling up their sleeves and shouting that they should rush out of the city.

Wang Huan had a cold face, ruthlessly extinguishing their enthusiasm for war: "No! ”

He looked around and said, "To defeat Li Dingguoyi, it is enough to only need the Fengzi camp, but what about after defeating him?" Chengdu is unstable, it is bound to ask Zhang Xianzhong for help, Chengdu is his foundation, even if Hanzhong is in a hurry, he will inevitably divide his troops back to the division, send a general or even Zhang Xianzhong himself to bring troops back to fight against me, which is contrary to our intention to let the thief army and the Tartar fire and merge, but instead push us to the front and the thief army elite confrontation on the outlet, so that the Tartar get cheap. ”

Wang Huan spoke eloquently and further explained: "When the thief army returns to the division, the strength of Hanzhong weakens, and the chance of victory for the Tartars will increase. And after we and the elite of the thief army are consumed, and then we face the Tartars who are waiting for work, the difficulty increases exponentially, and we must not do such a detrimental thing! Therefore, not only can we not go out of the city to attack Li Dingguo, but we must also cooperate with him, pretend not to see through his plan, stay in the mountains, and make a look of fear and dare not move lightly. ”

"Oh!" Li Tingyu and the others came to their senses and let out a sigh together.

"Next, let the sergeants recharge their energy and exert their strength, Li Dingguo will not stay here for long, and when the battle starts in Hanzhong, we will go north." Wang Huan said in a deep voice: "Chengdu's internal response and Hanzhong's news transmission are very critical, take advantage of these few days, we must be prepared, all success or failure, must also be decided in the next month or so!" ”