Li Huaizhu said: "It's good if the court doesn't blame me for being incompetent, how can I send troops out?" Alas! It seems that I, the marshal, have come to an end. ”

Wu Fengying said: "Brother-in-law, it's a big deal that our marshal is gone, what's the big deal!" Let's ask the court for help, right? ”

Li Huaizhu said with a sad face: "It's okay, then ask the court for help!" ”

"Haha... What a master I am when I am Marshal Li, it turns out that I am just a wine bag and a rice bag. Zhang Xuansu walked into the handsome tent and sneered: "It's really useless to make it difficult for you to do that with just a grinding array." ”

Zhang Meiying said: "In this way, Lord Zhang must have a good plan to break the formation!" ”

Zhang Xuansu brushed his beard and said, "Hmph! Although the old man can't break the grinding formation, I have my own way to continue to march south. ”

Wu Yueying clenched her fists and asked, "What can the prison army do?" ”

Zhang Xuansu narrowed his eyes and said: "The enemy army will set up a grinding formation, won't our army take a detour to avoid it and break through the next level?" ”

Wu Yueying said: "However, once our main force withdraws, Shezhou will be empty and very easy to fall, and then we will be attacked by the enemy, and the Lingnan crisis will be repeated again." If our food supply is cut off, we will be defeated without a fight. ”

Zhang Xuansu said: "If every general in the Tang Dynasty is like you, who is afraid of wolves in the front and tigers in the back, how can this battle be fought?" ”

Wu Fengying said: "Master Zhang, I have heard that you are knowledgeable, and it seems that you can only talk on paper!" ”

Zhang Xuansu asked angrily: "What do you mean by this?" Do you despise the old man's knowledge? ”

Wu Fengying said: "How can the last general, how can he dare to be unreasonable to Master Taifu? ”

Li Huaizhu said: "Let's stop fighting among ourselves, let's discuss who to send back to Beijing to move troops." ”

Chang Xiulan hugged her fists and said, "Let me go back to Beijing!" ”

The next day, Chang Xiulan returned to Chang'an, came to the Hongwen Palace, and told the emperor of the situation of the battle in Shezhou.

The emperor hesitated. Shoot Xiao Yu to the left servant and ask for advice: "Xiao Aiqing, what is your strategy for this matter?" ”

Xiao Yu said: "Your Majesty, Li Huaizhu can recruit 100,000 elite soldiers. It is not easy to recapture several cities. It's already a test. In the opinion of Weichen, Li Huaiyu, the champion of the new section, is very good at leading troops to fight, why not let him take on the role of the second marshal and lead 300,000 elite soldiers to aid Li Huaizhu in the south? ”

Zhongshu Ling Feng Deyi echoed: "Your Majesty, what Lord Xiao said is extremely true. According to the minister's understanding, Li Huaiyu is extremely handsome and talented, and he has the style of Sanyuan Li Jing leading troops, if this person is allowed to go on the expedition. We will be able to succeed and win. ”

The emperor said: "I also appreciate Li Huaiyu very much, but there are no two tigers left in one mountain, and one army does not have two commanders, and when Li Huaiyu leads the troops to Shezhou, who should take the handsome position?" ”

The right servant shot Pei Lin and said: "Your Majesty, for the sake of fairness, the minister thinks that Li Huaiyu should be in charge of the right marshal and demote Li Huaizhu to the deputy marshal." ”

The emperor said, "This is very good, according to what the three Aiqing said." Enabled Li Huaiyu and made him the marshal of Zhengnan. ”

The next day, the emperor sent Li Huaiyu to the Taiji Palace. gave him a sword of Zhuxian, named him the second road marshal, and ordered him to lead 300,000 elite soldiers to aid Li Huaizhu.

Li Huaiyu held the holy decree in his left hand, received the handsome seal in his right hand, hung the immortal sword at his waist, retreated from the golden palace, changed into gold armor, put on a bright red cloak on his back, and walked into the barracks. Ascend to the point general platform and gather 300,000 male soldiers. Raising his sword and shouting: "Soldiers, there is no one in the Tang Dynasty who has insulted me in the Annan Kingdom. Repeatedly violating our Lingnan territory, our army will go south to Pingkou today, so that he can taste the power of my Tang soldiers. The Tang Dynasty is brave and invincible, and the male soldiers go south to defeat the enemy. ”

All the soldiers shouted in unison: "The Tang Dynasty is brave and invincible, and the heroes go south to defeat the enemy." ”

Li Huaiyu gave an order, Chang Xiulan led the vanguard battalion to open the way, the Chinese army followed, and Hongyuegui's grain and grass business had caught up. The three armies rushed to Tongguan, boarded the big ship, and headed for the south of the Yangtze River.

In Shezhou City, Li Huaizhu launched many night attacks, all of which were recognized by Zheng Chunqiu, and he was poor in donkey skills for a while, so he could only stick to the city and wait for reinforcements.

Ten days later, Li Huaiyu led his troops to the outside of Shezhou City and set up camp.

Li Huaizhu was overjoyed when he received the report, and led the generals out of the city to meet the coming generals. He never dreamed that it would be the second brother who was ordered to take command and come to reinforcements.

Li Huaiyu held the holy decree in his hand, burned incense and said: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said, Marshal Li Huaizhu of the southern expedition lost 40,000 soldiers in just one day, and he should have been beheaded, remembering his meritorious court, demoted to deputy marshal, and the merit was reversed, and the second road marshal Li Huaiyu took over as the commander and commanded the whole army. Chang Xiulan is excellent in martial arts, brave and invincible, and he will replace the pioneer seal. It is hoped that the Li brothers will work together, complement each other and help each other, and make every effort to suppress the rebellion of Annam. ”

Li Huaizhu kowtowed and said: "The minister's decree, long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

"Brother, please get up quickly." Li Huaiyu picked up his brother and asked, "Brother, how is the current battle situation?" ”

Li Huaizhu said: "Zheng Chunqiu, the national division of Annan, set up a grinding array twenty miles away, which is strange and unpredictable, and our army cannot break the formation, nor dare to withdraw its troops. ”

Li Huaiyu said, "Oh? How can a grinding array be so powerful? I'm going to take a look and see what kind of demon array it is, and it's capable of damaging my 40,000 elite soldiers. ”

Li Huaizhu said: "The second brother must be careful, and he definitely does not dare to be careless. ”

Li Huaiyu said: "It's okay, I'll go back when I go." Maybe I can see some flaws in this. ”

Chang Xiulan said with the five daughters: "Let's go with you." ”

Li Huaiyu said: "I don't need too many people, as long as Xiulan accompanies me alone." ”

Li Huaiyu followed Chang Xiulan out of the tent, climbed on her back, rose into the air, flew out of the camp, came to the top of a hill on the west side of the enemy camp, and leaned over to look down. I saw that the enemy army was practicing the big formation, and Zheng Chunqiu stood on the high platform in the center of the big array, constantly waving the flag, and 40,000 elite soldiers ran back and forth, all of which were pasted with rune paper, which seemed to be invulnerable. Li Huaiyu was amazed, he admired the enemy army extremely in his heart, and he didn't want such a wonderful formation in the world. He took a closer look and smiled slightly.

Chang Xiulan asked, "Xianggong, what do you see?" ”

Li Huaiyu said: "Presumably, this array is evolved according to the principle of grinding, as long as we pull out the 'grinding pile', the grinding array will be chaotic into a plate of scattered sand." ”

"Are you saying that we don't have to worry about 40,000 elite soldiers, as long as we concentrate on attacking Zheng Chunqiu alone, we can break the formation?"

"Yes, as long as Zheng Chunqiu is defeated, the grinding array will be broken."

"Then let's go back and discuss with the eldest brother, shall we?"

"It's not busy, the mountain scenery here is so beautiful, we might as well enjoy it."

Chang Xiulan leaned on Li Huaiyu's arms and said, "Xianggong, I have always wanted to understand one thing, I don't know if you can tell me?" ”

Li Huaiyu stroked Chang Xiulan's hair: "What's the matter?" ”

Chang Xiulan frowned slightly and asked, "Do you love Miss Wu Er more, or Miss Zhang more, or do you love me more?" ”

Li Huaiyu thought for a while and said: "For Wu Fengying, I am respectful love, for Zhang Meiying, I am unforgettable love, for you, I am inseparable love, it is difficult to say who I love more and who I love less." All I can say is that without any of you, my heart would be heartbroken. ”

"Really? So what would you do if one day I was separated from you by yin and yang? ”

Li Huaiyu pressed Xiulan's lips and said, "Don't talk nonsense, we won't be separated." He kissed her wildly and continued, "Xiulan, promise me that you will never leave me." ”

Chang Xiulan nodded and said, "Well, I promise you." (To be continued)