Chapter 544: Self-inflicted
After noon, Li Mi Pegasus rushed to the bank of the Gushui River and found Li Fengyun under a large willow tree.
Li Fengyun was lying in a hammock in the shade of a tree, shaking a fan in one hand and a scroll in the other, enjoying a little shade in the scorching heat.
Although Yang Xuangan impatiently put on a despicable face of eating people and not spitting out bones, Li Fengyun expected that Wei Wensheng was a difficult bone to gnaw, and the local nobles of Guanlong were determined to block Yang Xuangan's entry into the pass, and there must be a tragic battle between the two sides. After the war, Yang Xuangan suffered a lot of losses, even if he supplemented the losses with prisoners, he needed time to rest, and during this time, Yang Xuangan did not dare to tear his face with Li Fengyun at all, so as long as Li Fengyun put on a desperate posture of burning jade, Yang Xuangan would definitely endure it, and Li Fengyun could calmly withdraw from the battlefield in the Eastern Capital.
Li Fengyun saw Li Mi Pegasus coming from a distance, and his calm mood suddenly made a wave, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated for no reason. This is purely an instinct, he heard the sound of horses' hooves dense and urgent, judging from experience, the mood of the horse rider should be very anxious, obviously there has been an abnormal change in the battle situation ahead, otherwise Li Mi would definitely not come to visit at this moment, and the mood would not be so eager.
It won't "turn around", right? Li Fengyun's heart suddenly swelled up with a trace of strong unease. In the history in his memory, Yang Xuangan was defeated by Wei Wensheng on the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, and was finally defeated. It's just that Yang Xuangan has an absolute advantage in today's battle situation, and the possibility of capsizing in the gutter is really minimal, of course, if Yang Xuangan sinks the "ship" and gives up a good situation, then it's another matter, but in this way, Yang Xuangan is certainly a dead end, Li Fengyun is also in danger due to his involvement, and the alliance army will be destroyed.
Li Fengyun turned over and jumped off the hammock, shaking the pu fan with one hand on his chest, holding the scroll with the other behind his back, pretending to be calm, and greeted Li Mi with a smile.
Li Mifei dismounted, striding towards Li Fengyun, while taking off his pocket and carrying it in his hand, he wiped the beads of sweat on his cheeks regardless of the image, and gasped for breath in his mouth, giving people a feeling of wolf.
Li Fengyun became more and more uneasy, and he couldn't calm down, and before Li Mi approached, he asked loudly, "Who set the fire?" Did you put it, or did the enemy put it? ”
Li Mi didn't answer, but asked eagerly, "Did Zheng Yuanshou go out of the city to attack today?" How's the offensive? ”
The two faced each other, and the gloomy color in Li Mi's eyes fell into Li Fengyun's eyes, which immediately made Li Fengyun nervous, and even felt a little suffocated.
"Zheng Yuanshou went out of the city to attack, but was repelled by the joint efforts of our Huben and Fengyun armies, and the bridgehead car array was also burned, and the defenders in the city were no longer able to pose a threat to me in the short term." When Li Fengyun said this, he raised the pu fan in his hand to relieve Li Mi's coolness, and at the same time, his tone became cold, "Who set the fire?" Do you know what the consequences will be once the wind direction changes? Unless you are forced to do so and have no way out, you must not make this decision, this is playing with fire. ”
"We didn't put it." Li Mi shook his head and sighed, "It was the enemy who put it, they had already prepared, using the cover of night to pile up trees in the trenches and horse rejection arrays that had been captured, and then set fire to ......" Li Mi made a gesture of flame explosion, "In an instant, the two-mile-long avenue turned into a sea of fire, and then quickly spread to the river valleys, mountains and forests on both sides of the avenue......"
"Their purpose is to stop our attacks and disrupt our stuff flanking momentum." Li Fengyun immediately understood, and his tone became even more nervous, "Is there any news from Yue Gong?" What is the situation on the other side of Xiaoxin'an City? Can there be a sudden change in the battle situation? ”
Li Mi wiped the sweat on his face, smiled bitterly, shook his head, his eyes were very complicated, both resentful and worried, "The battle situation suddenly changed, Huaiyang Gong (Yang Xuanting) accidentally fell into a trap and was surrounded by the enemy on all sides, Yue Gong then led the army to rescue, but was frantically intercepted by the enemy, Yue Gong was worried about an accident, 100,000 people urgently told Huai'an Gong (Yang Jishan), asking Huai'an Gong to attack from the direction of Mianchi, in order to join forces with three ways to attack inside and outside, but the fire blocked our way of attack......"
Li Fengyun understood, the huge disappointment was like a basin of cold water poured down, so that his body and mind were torn, powerlessness, loss, depression and other negative feelings drowned him like a tide, and in the end only one desperate thought remained, the destiny of heaven was irreversible, the way of heaven could not be changed, and the future was dark. Li Fengyun raised his hand decisively and stopped Li Mi's statement without hesitation.
Yang Xuan felt smart but was mistaken by cleverness, and moved a stone to hit himself in the foot, which completely messed up the matter, and the good situation was handed over. If Yang Xuangan trusted Li Fengyun, the two sides maintained cooperation, and handed over all the blocking tasks in the direction of Michi to Li Fengyun, then he would not transfer Yang Jishan and more than 10,000 main forces to the direction of Michi, so that even if Yang Xuanting fell into the enemy's trap, he would have enough strength to break through the enemy's resistance and rescue Yang Xuanting, but now he can't do it, when Wei Wensheng gave up the breakthrough and transferred all the main forces to the battlefield of Xiaoxin'ancheng, and fought to the death, he not only transferred more than 10,000 elite main forces from the battlefield of Xiaoxin'ancheng, He also "idle" Li Fengyun's more than 20,000 troops on the battlefield of Mianchi, and brought about his own death.
"You shall not live." Li Fengyun sneered, "Don't say it anymore, it's too late, even if we have wings, we won't have time to reverse the defeat." ”
"We have not been defeated, and we will not be defeated." Li Mi saw Li Fengyun's refusal, and couldn't help but shout, "Even if the entire army of Huaiyang Gong is annihilated, the final victory is ours, Wei Wensheng and the Xijing army are exhausted in food and grass, and it is difficult to fly." ”
Li Fengyun looked at him with a cold look in his eyes, "What if you win this decisive battle?" Does it make sense? A defeat for both sides is a defeat for you, a complete defeat. ”
"Lose-lose?" Li Mi scoffed, "As long as you keep your promise, as long as you help each other, we can defeat our opponents and easily win this decisive battle." ”
Li Fengyun's eyes showed a look of surprise, he had seen something as brazen, but it was the first time he had seen someone as brazen as Li Mi.
"Do you want to keep your word?" Li Fengyun pointed to his nose and asked in disbelief.
Li Mi looked stern and nodded solemnly.
"You want some help?" Li Fengyun continued to ask.
Li Mi became more and more solemn, with a righteous and awe-inspiring momentum of treating each other with all sincerity and living and dying together.
Li Fengyun smiled, laughing helplessly and exhausted.
The reality is too cruel, the gap between the commoners and the aristocracy, between the poor and the wealthy, is too great, from power, wealth to ideas, opinions, there is a difference of 108,000 miles, there is no possibility of coexistence and mutual benefit. Li Fengyun felt that he was too naïve, ridiculously naïve. This lesson is too profound, so profound that he is enough to change his perception of the world, if he was a little more mature at the beginning, and he didn't have any hope for Yang Xuangan and Li Mi and other wealthy children, maybe he would be able to achieve the expected goals in this trip to the Eastern Capital, but he would be able to make greater profits, instead of getting nothing like now.
"As good as you wish."
Li Fengyun agreed, he didn't have a choice, he just took advantage of the situation. Li Mi and Yang Jishan want to go back to the battlefield of Xiaoxin Ancheng to rescue Yang Xuanting, and the task of blocking in the direction of Michi must be undertaken by him, and he has to agree if he doesn't agree, unless he tears his face with Yang Xuangan and turns against him, and Li Mi just grabbed his weakness, and he is not afraid that Li Fengyun will not agree. What about my shamelessness? I just need to eat you.
Li Mi achieved his goal and galloped away.
Li Fengyun hurriedly ordered that the first, second, fourth, and fifth armies of the alliance led by the commanders Guo Ming and Xiahou Zhe quickly withdrew to three miles east of Mianchi City, and invested half of their troops to set up isolation belts in the river valleys and mountains and forests on both sides of the avenue, so as to prevent the fire from burning to Mianchi and damaging the army after the sudden change in wind direction.
In fact, when the fire broke out, Li Fengyun had already secretly told the generals to be vigilant and retreat immediately if the wind was not in the right direction, if it weren't for the fact that Yang Jishan was already worried about it, and didn't want to provoke him too much to avoid conflict, Li Fengyun would have ordered a retreat. Now it's okay, Yang Jishan came in a hurry, and left in a hurry, Yang Xuangan even slapped himself in the mouth, making the sudden war situation disgraced, although Li Fengyun will not fall into the ground, but he will not "send charcoal in the snow", let alone sacrifice himself to make wedding clothes for others, now he is doing his duty, first to protect himself, and then to watch coldly, and not to do favors.
In the afternoon, Yang Xuangan received a reply from Yang Jishan. The fire was set by the Xijing army, and Wei Wensheng had already dug the trap, and he was ready to bite back when he was dying
In other words, Yang Xuangan underestimated the enemy, underestimated the tenacious will of Wei Wensheng and the Xijing army, and made a wrong judgment on the battle situation, so the consequence of Yang Xuan's strict zhòng was not that Yang Xuanting was surrounded, nor that Yang Jishan was mistakenly transferred out of the Xiaoxin'ancheng battlefield, but that Yang Xuangan prematurely exposed his ambition to devour Li Fengyun and the alliance army. At present, Li Fengyun can still swallow his anger and take care of the overall situation, purely from his own interests, it is a last resort, the cooperation between the two sides exists in name only, it can be said that it has ended, and the relationship between the two sides is no longer an ally, but is in a state of confrontation that is about to break out.
"This is a conspiracy of white hair, a conspiracy of Shandong people." Yang Xuan was angry and roared.
Hu Shitan didn't dare to respond, and was silent. Yang Xuangan was losing his mind, not only did he not blame himself, but he hated Li Fengyun even more, believing that this qiē was all deliberately designed by Li Fengyun, and it was all a conspiracy of the Shandong people, all of which were aimed at provoking the local aristocratic group of Guanlong and the Heluo aristocratic group to kill each other, so as to weaken and attack the strength of the Guanlong political group and seek more power and wealth for the Shandong people.
"Ming Gong, the top priority is to rescue Huaiyang Gong (Yang Xuanting)." Hu Shitan cautiously admonished, "Huai'an Gong (Yang Jishan) and Pushan Gong (Li Mi) are leading the army to rush back to help, and it is estimated that they will arrive at the battlefield before evening." Until then, we must launch the most intense attack to pin down as many enemy forces as possible and help the Duke of Huaiyang hold out until dusk. ”
"So-and-so personally went into battle."
Yang Xuangan turned over and got on his horse, put on his pocket, picked up the horse lance, and took the personal guard horse team to whistle away towards the enemy like the wind.
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