It's night, the East Warm Pavilion of the Acting Palace.

Zhu Chuanqi leaned on the brocade mat and asked Zhang Zi'an with pity: "Father-in-law Zhang, have you heard about the daytime?" ”

"Back to the prince's words." Zhang Zi'an replied respectfully, "The slave heard some rumors. ”

"What wind? It's all true! Zhu Chuanqi said angrily, "Wang Pu took the military rations in the treasury and presented them to the thieves outside the city, this is a serious crime of thieves, and it is a big crime of the Nine Clans!" Gonggong Zhang, you have both the position of Datong town guard and supervisor, and it is your duty to monitor the general soldiers of other towns. ”

"This ......" Zhang Zi'an's eyes rolled wildly, and he said in a low voice, "I heard Lord Wei say that these grains are used to help the refugees outside the city, and the 100 stone rice grains thrown down the city are indeed boiled into porridge, and they are all given to the people outside the city...... It's not a thief, is it? ”

"Zhang Zi'an, you are so bold!" Zhu Chuanqi said angrily, "It's not up to you to decide whether you can get through the thief or not, you have to say it to the imperial historians in the court, you are the supervisor, and your duty is to record Wang Pu's every move truthfully, and then report it to the Beijing master regularly." ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Zhang Zi'an replied repeatedly, "The slave and maid turned around and told the Jingshi the truth." ”

"Hmm." Zhu Chuanqi nodded with satisfaction and said, "Gonggong Zhang, this king knows that you have scruples, and you don't dare to force Wang Pu to be too anxious, after all, now that the army of thieves is pressing the border, the safety of Datong is still inseparable from Wang Pu for the time being, but we can't be too accommodating to Wang Pu because of this, right?" The matter of the thief is not trivial, and concealing it and not reporting it is an accomplice, Father-in-law Zhang, you should weigh it yourself. ”

"Yes." Zhang Zi'an replied respectfully, "Slaves and maids remember the teachings of the prince. ”

"Alright." Zhu Chuanqi waved his hand and said, "This king is also sleepy, you can go back first." ”

"The slave and maid are gone."

Zhang Zi'an bowed to Zhu Chuanqi, turned around and exited the warm pavilion.

As soon as Zhang Zi'an walked on the front foot, the figures of Wang Zhanshi and Li Zhanshi turned out from behind the screen, and Zhu Chuanqi asked: "Two gentlemen, do you think Zhang Zi'an will play to the Lord of Long Live truthfully?" ”

"It's hard to say." Wang Zhanshi shook his head and said, "Since the use of troops against Mongolia, Zhang Zi'an's attitude towards Wang Pu has always been very subtle, it seems that the two have not had much interaction except for official business, but once something happens, Zhang Zi'an is always submissive to Wang Pu, and he does not see the usual commanding style. ”

Li Zhanshi nodded and said, "Lord Wang is right, this Zhang Zi'an has become a dog in front of Wang Pu." ”

"No, you're wrong." Zhu Chuanqi shook his head and said, "Zhang Zi'an may admire Wang Pu's ability to use soldiers, but after all, he is a person in the palace, and he will not hide it from anyone, he will definitely tell the palace truthfully." ”

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Outside Datong City, Li Yan is in the tent.

When Li Yan was sitting at the desk and thinking hard about the strategy of breaking the city, there was a sudden sound of chaotic and hurried footsteps outside the tent, it seemed that many people were approaching quickly, and the red lady standing behind Li Yan immediately pulled out her sword, dodged in front of the tent curtain, and asked in a coquettish voice: "Who is outside the tent?" ”

"It's me, the old man who returns to Ma Shouying!"

Outside the tent, Ma Shouying's thunderous voice sounded.

A faint smile appeared on Li Yan's face, and he got up and said, "Five generals, please come in." ”

The red lady put the sword back into the sheath, dodged and retreated behind Li Yan, the tent curtain was lifted, Ma Shouying, He Yilong, He Jin, Liu Xiyao and Lin Chengcheng five people had already strode in, and the five of them did not salute when they entered the tent, and went straight to the tent to stop there, and the leading Ma Shouying shouted and asked: "Brother Li Yan, I heard that you took the only grain in the camp and went to the West Gate to give porridge to the refugees?" ”

Li Yan responded indifferently: "There is such a thing." ”

"Oops." Ma Shouying was angry and said, "Brother Li Yan, why are you so confused? We already don't have much food in our army, but you still have to use it to help the refugees, this is ...... Isn't this a pot that doesn't open and mention? ”

"Yes." He Jin also chimed in, "If we don't go to rob the food of the people around us, we just have to take out the food to help the refugees, what kind of thing is this?" ”

In the face of Ma Shouying's questioning of the five people, Li Yan seemed calm and calm, but the red lady behind him was already so angry that her eyebrows were raised, if Li Yan hadn't stopped her with her eyes, she would have had a seizure on the spot! In any case, Li Yan is the commander of the Shaanxi Righteous Army designated by King Chuang, and Ma Shouying is only a deputy general, how can a deputy general speak so harshly about the main general?

"Don't get excited, the five generals, listen to the juniors finish talking first." Li Yan looked calm and asked, "I wonder if the five generals have ever heard of 'Wai San Que Yi'?" ”

"Nope."

"Haven't heard of it?"

"What kind of bird is Wai Sanqueyi?"

Ma Shouying and the others are all big bosses, of course they don't know what it means to be surrounded by three queyi.

Li Yan smiled bitterly, and then explained: "That rabbit will bite when it's in a hurry, the five generals have always heard of it, right?" ”

"I've heard that." Ma Shouying nodded, "And that's right, don't look at this rabbit is usually very docile, but if you force it to be in a hurry, it will still bite." ”

Li Yan nodded, and then said: "Our hundreds of thousands of righteous troops are like hunters, and the thousands of Ming officers and soldiers in Datong City are like rabbits, these thousands of Ming officers and soldiers are indeed vulnerable, but if we surround the five gates of Datong, and the officials and soldiers in the city have no way to escape, it will be like a rabbit being locked in a cage, of course it will be anxious, and it will bite people in a hurry, and no matter how vulnerable the Ming army is, it will also bring harm to our righteous army, isn't this reasonable?" ”

Ma Shouying nodded and said, "It seems to be this reason." ”

Li Yan smiled and said: "Therefore, we can't force the officials and soldiers in the city too quickly, we must leave them a way to escape first, only then will they not desperately defend the city!" When our army attacks the city, they only need to take off their robes and then change into the clothes of the people and drill into the refugee camp, who can tell whether they are officers or soldiers, or refugees? ”

"Oh, I see." Ma Shouying nodded as if he didn't understand, "Brother Li Yan, why didn't you say it earlier." ”

"I see."

"I'll just say, how could Brother Li Yan do such a brainless thing, there must be something to do here."

"Who said no, Brother Li Yan's brain is better than ours."

The rest of He Jin and others also responded, saying that they all understood Li Yan's intentions.

Even if you don't understand, you pretend to understand, if you show your cowardice in front of others, isn't it a slap in the face? Li Yan said before he set out on the expedition, in addition to making food this time, he also had another purpose in Datong, that is, to choose another coach from among the five of them.

Li Yan smiled slightly, and then said: "The five generals came just in time, and the juniors are about to talk to you about attacking the city. ”

Ma Shouying said loudly: "What else is there to discuss about the siege of the city, didn't you just say it before sending troops?" The men and horses of our five battalions of the left side attacked the five gates of Datong respectively, and whoever entered the city first was also the commander of the Shaanxi Righteous Army. ”

Li Yan reminded: "But now the situation has changed, and the west gate must be set aside for the officers and soldiers in the city to escape, so there are only four city gates left, and the five generals said, how should this battle be fought?" ”

"yes, how did I forget about this stubble, now there are only four gates left." Ma Shouying slapped his head and said loudly in an unquestionable tone, "That's it, I, He Yilong, He Jin and Liu Xiyao will attack the city first, and Lin Chengcheng will take you in the rear, and if anyone can't do it, you will replace you." ”

"Why should I be in battle?" Lin Chengcheng said unhappily, "In terms of qualifications, I joined the rebel army earlier than all of you, and I am not less than you in terms of military merits, so why should I be?" ”

When Ma Shouying heard this, he felt reasonable, and changed his words: "Then let Liu Xiyao take the battle." ”

Liu Xiyao was unhappy again, frowned and retorted: "Lao Huihui, you are the leader of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution, and so is Lao Tzu, what qualifications do you have to point fingers at Lao Tzu?" ”

"Huh." Ma Shouying said angrily, "It's against your dog, if Lao Tzu hadn't pulled you back then, your kid would have let Sun Chuanting's official army be wiped out!" ”

"It's just that if you don't mention it, I'll be even more angry when I mention it." Liu Xiyao sneered at each other, "In the battle of Black Wind Valley back then, we had the opportunity to capture Sun Chuanting's old boy alive, but it was because you brought people back to attack without authorization, exposing the location of the ambush, and as a result, a victory was a forced defeat, and you still have the face to mention this old rotten grain to Lao Tzu?" ”

"You fucking bullshit." Ma Shouying roared angrily, "It's obviously He Jin's kid who attacked without permission, what's the matter with Lao Tzu?" ”

He Jin said unhappily: "Where is this?" At that time, it was He Yilong and his brother-in-law who had just grabbed the woman who ran away, I was chasing that woman, and I didn't mean to expose the location of the ambush, I can only blame He Yilong for this matter, who let his brother-in-law ignore his own woman? ”

The five of them just uncovered each other's scars sentence by sentence, turned over the old accounts from many years ago, and the quarrel was so loud for a while that even the tent was about to be lifted, and finally I don't know who said it: "What the fucking nonsense, everyone sees the real chapter in their hands, whoever is a soft egg will bet on the battle." ”

"Okay, then we'll see the real thing."

"Compare to whom, who is afraid of whom?"

"Lao Tzu has long seen that you are not pleasing to the eye, and today is the right lesson to teach you."

"Hmph, it's up to you? It's not even close! ”

This proposal was quickly approved by the other four, and under the great temptation of the commander of the rebel army, the five brothers of life and death became enemies in the blink of an eye, and each showed their weapons, staring at the other four with fierce eyes, and a non-ending melee seemed to be inevitable.

Seeing that the situation in the tent was about to get out of control, the red lady was so anxious that her heart was about to jump out, and when she was trying to stop the five people, a warm big hand suddenly held her little hand, and the red lady looked back, but saw Li Yan shaking her head at her, and then took her little hand and got out of the camp.

Outside the tent, the cronies brought by Ma Shouying and the five people were already in a hurry, they only heard the angry scolding and quarreling from the tent just now, but they didn't know what was going on inside? At this time, as soon as he saw Li Yan and the red lady coming out of the tent, he hurriedly surrounded him and asked urgently, "Dashuai, what happened inside?" ”

Li Yan showed a very serious expression on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Generals, when I was in Mizhi, I already said that this expedition to Datong was not only to grab grain, but also to select a suitable person from among the five generals to serve as the commander of the Shaanxi Righteous Army, you know this. ”

Ma Shouying's cronies of the five people nodded one after another and said, "I know, the last general will know about this." ”

"It's good to know." Li Yan nodded and said in a deep voice, "You will soon have a new coach." ”

"Tintin Dangdang ......"

Li Yan's voice fell, and there was a fierce sound of weapon collision in the tent, accompanied by the angry shouting and scolding of Ma Shouying and others, and occasionally a few muffled snorts, and soon, only listening to the "hiss" two cracking sounds, Li Yan's tent had been cut and collapsed by sharp swords, and the generals of the righteous army who were surrounding the tent saw the situation inside.

In the tent, Ma Shouying, He Yilong, He Jin, Liu Xiyao and Lin Chengcheng have been killed, and what is especially surprising is that they are all killing moves and ruthless moves, and they don't leave any mercy at all.

When Ma Shouying and the five people were fighting fiercely, in a tent somewhere in the camp of the righteous army, a figure wrote the words "four gates to seize the five battalions" at the end of a letter, and then put the letter into an envelope, sealed it with fire paint, and finally handed it out of the tent to the soldiers who had been waiting outside the tent for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Immediately send this urgent letter to Jiaxian, face to the king." ”

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(To be continued)