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Li Yan sat expressionlessly on the main seat of the big tent, looked at the neatly arranged generals under the tent, cleared his throat and said: "Brothers, Madame has inquired about the latest situation in Datong, and today we will discuss whether to attack Datong or not!"

Taking advantage of the emptiness of Datong, he led the army to capture this fortified city and take all the wealth and food there This is an order given by Li Zicheng to Li Yan.

However, Li Yan did not agree with Li Zicheng's arrangement, he thought that Datong was too far north, and if he wanted to take it, he would have to run a long distance, and if the Ming army was prepared, no one could predict what the result would be. Although the Datong army led by Wang Pu was occupied in Songshan or almost completely lost, the Ming army could not make Datong an undefended city, and it was bound to replenish men and horses from other places.

However, Li Zicheng ignored Li Yan's doubts, in addition to ordering Li Yan's troops to speed up their march and prepare to attack Datong, he also ordered Liu Zongmin to lead a group of men and horses to enter Shanxi from the direction of Henan, preparing to flank Datong with Li Yan's troops.

Li Zicheng ordered Song Xiance to attack Datong together, which made Li Yan understand Li Zicheng's thoughts, that is, Li Zicheng took the opportunity of attacking Datong to contain the elite of the official army on the nine sides, so that the main force of the righteous army could take Henan and Shaanxi, and even take the opportunity to occupy a part of Shanxi.

If Li Zicheng really has such an arrangement, then Li Yan still approves of it, this is a super big layout, if it succeeds, it will be a fatal blow to the corrupt Ming. As long as Shandong is captured again, the communication between the north and south of the Ming Dynasty can be completely blocked, and Beijing is just around the corner.

Although Li Zicheng did not tell Li Yan the final plan, Li Yan had already thought about it at a deeper level, and planned to succeed in one blow and capture Datong. He made a lot of preparations for this, raised money and food, recruited new soldiers, and tried his best to find out the situation in Datong, and finally let his wife, a strong martial arts red lady, go on the task of investigating the situation. The so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles.

Of course, this is also the Red Lady's own request, she feels that she is the only one in the army who can complete this task. She is a woman, and the officers and soldiers will not suspect a woman of spying on the military. It's just that Li Yan and the red lady didn't expect that this trip to Datong would be such a result.

Li Yan was surprised by the situation in Datong that the Red Lady had inquired about, and the experience of the Red Lady made him angry, and in the end he lost his mind a little, his heart was full of anger, and his judgment on things was not so clear and decisive.

Many people already know that the red lady was captured in Datong. Although some people don't know the specific situation, they think that the red lady escaped with her own strength. But they saw that Li Yan's face was blue and angry, after the Red Lady returned, Li Yan sat alone in the big tent for a night, and whipped his guards because of trivial matters, guessing in his heart that something was likely to happen to the Red Lady at the same time.

What will happen to a beautiful woman who is captured by the officers and soldiers, many people can't help but think about the worst. Li Yan's unusual performance made them even more convinced of their inference.

Hearing Li Yan ask like this, someone immediately stood up and expressed their opinions angrily.

"Big brother, I think we should immediately wave our troops to attack Datong," Li Yan's brother, Li Qing, the deputy general under his command, stood up with a thick throat, "My sister-in-law has returned from suffering, and we have to avenge her." ”

Li Qing had never seen Li Yan like this, and he took it for granted that things were really as he thought, and the red lady was insulted. This is a great shame for Li Yan, and it is also a great insult for the soldiers of the righteous army who treat Li Yan as a god, they are eager to avenge Li Yan and the Red Lady, lay down Datong, raze Datong to the ground, and dismantle Cao Yue into eight pieces.

Hearing Li Qing say this, the other generals who were still a little unclear about the situation, or did not dare to tell their guesses, were greatly shocked, and they were also furious, and they all stood up one after another, strongly asking Li Yan to immediately lead the army to attack Datong and avenge the red lady.

Li Yan didn't expect the situation to become like this all of a sudden, and he looked dazed under his stunnedness.

He was also very embarrassed, he didn't expect that Li Qing would see this and shout out in public. He was a man, and a proud man, who could never bear to be insulted, and now that his status in the rebel army was slowly rising, he could not tolerate being insulted. But now, the insult he received has been made public, which makes his face feel gloomy, and the strong sense of humiliation makes him want to take revenge.

However, Li Yan did not make a decision easily, but continued to listen to the opinions of the generals.

The news that the Red Lady brought back was shocking, Cao Yue raised 50,000 horses in Datong and defeated Jiannu's men. Although it was only the Han army led by Geng Zhongming, it was also the Jiannu army that beat the Ming official army, and the official army went out of the city to defeat the other party, and almost wiped out Geng Zhongming's troops. Although Li Yan had 50,000 horses under his command, and Liu Zongmin still had nearly 80,000 horses, he did not have any confidence in victory in the face of Cao Yue, who had broken through Shengjing and destroyed the foundation of Jiannu, and defeated Jiannu when he went out of the city to take the initiative to face the battle this time.

At this time, a sergeant came to report, saying that the maid of the red lady, Ruyi, had an urgent matter and asked to see Li Yan.

As soon as he heard the sergeant's report that it was the maid of the red lady, Ruyi, who was in a hurry to see her, Li Yan couldn't help but change his face and hurriedly announced her in.

Ruyi and Xiaolan are the two personal maids of the red lady, and this time they went to Datong, and they also went with them, and in the end, they were captured together, and they were also released back by Cao Yue.

Ruyi followed the sergeant who led the way, quickly ran into the tent, knelt down in front of Li Yan with a plop, and cried in horror: "General, madam, she left a letter and left the camp. ”

"What? Madame, she left the camp? Li Yan's face changed suddenly, he got up from his seat all of a sudden, rushed over quickly, snatched the letter from Ruyi's hand, and looked at it quickly.

Of course, the letter was written by the Red Lady, and the Red Lady expressed her apologies to Li Yan in the letter, saying that she was sad that Li Yan treated her like this, but she didn't blame Li Yan, she was to blame. She knew that Li Yan was sad, and this matter was caused by her, she thought about it for a night and decided to deal with it herself. She was just a woman, and the absence of her in the war did not affect the overall situation, so she decided to leave the camp and go to Datong again.

"Xianggong, the slave family wants to kill Cao Yue with his own hands, clear his shame for himself, and help the righteous army capture Datong. If the slave family succeeds, they will come back to you, and if you can forgive me, the slave family will continue to be your wife. If you can't forgive me, the slave family will become a nun and accompany the green lantern for this life. If it fails, then the slave family hopes that you can bury me in the name of a wife!"

Seeing the last few sentences of the letter left by the red lady, Li Yan only felt that his liver and intestines were broken, and his head was splitting, he couldn't keep his senses anymore, stared at the blood-red eyes, and roared at the generals under the tent who looked at him in surprise: "Pass my general's order, the whole army will pull out, and attack Datong!"