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Yang Xi couldn't help but be angry, and shouted, "General Wang, what are you talking about?" When has Ben Shuai ever been timid? If this commander is cowardly, how can he take the opportunity to immediately pour out most of his military strength and capture Shaanxi County when Cui Qianyou leaves Shaanxi County? If this marshal is cowardly, how dare he lead 3,000 men and horses to rescue when Marshal Geshu and the men and horses led by your general Wang Lingbao are defeated? If Ben Shuai is cowardly, will he send men and horses several times to intercept and slow down the halfway when the rebel Sun Xiaozhe leads 150,000 horses to attack Shaanxi County again? Ben Shuai does not fight a decisive battle with the rebels now, but just wants to avoid its edge, constantly sending surprise soldiers to harass and attack, and when his army is distracted, he will give it a fatal blow with all his might. ”

Yang Xi's fierce words startled Wang Sili, and he didn't dare to speak out all of a sudden.

Of course, he didn't think that Yang Xi's decision was a fear of war, he was just indignant that he couldn't lead the main attack mission and blamed Yang Xi. According to his plan, Yang Xi had already sent a detachment to raid the rebels, and if there were any more people following him, he might be able to defeat or even annihilate the rebels while he was in chaos. Yang Xi rejected his suggestion, which made him a little annoyed, saying that Yang Xi's cowardice was just a rush to the mouth.

Seeing that Wang Sili didn't dare to say anything, Yang Xi also stopped talking and waved his hand to signal Wang Sili to go out.

Although Wang Sili was a little reluctant, he still bowed and turned around and went out.

Yang Xi looked at Wang Sili's figure striding away and fell into deep thought. Of course, he felt that what Wang Sili said made sense, if those thousands of men and horses attacked successfully, and other armies followed the attack, then the rebels might be able to be solved in one battle. But as the commander of the army, he has to think about more. He is now defending Shaanxi County and Tongguan, which is the gateway to Chang'an, if he is defeated, Shaanxi County will not be able to protect it. Tongguan will also be affected, and even the defenders of Tongguan may collapse without a fight, and the rebels can take advantage of the weakness to attack Chang'an, so he will not even have a chance to turn the tables.

He can't afford to gamble, and he has to try to be as stable as possible, even if he might miss a good opportunity. Yang Xi believed that the methods he was using now would make the rebels very uncomfortable, if not inflict heavy damage on them, and the rebels would arrive in Shaanxi County later and later. The more beneficial it is to the men and horses he leads.

When Shaanxi County was captured, the gunpowder produced some time ago was almost exhausted, and although it was produced overtime these days, the output was not high, and it was not easy to store a sufficient number of gunpowder and explosive packs, as well as that kind of simple grenades, and it would take several months. The main reason is that it is difficult to obtain raw materials, and saltpeter with high purity is not easy to obtain. And it will take a certain amount of time to transport it to Tongguan.

Considering many factors, Yang Xi is so cautious.

After Wang Sili came to make trouble this time, he didn't know what the reason was, and he was very honest in the next few days. Didn't run to say anything.

Yang Xi didn't pay attention to it anymore, but then some of the actions of the eunuch Li Fuguo made him very annoyed.

Yang Guozhong had already said earlier that he was going to find a way to replace Li Fuguo, the eunuch of the prison army. But there has been no movement.

During this period of time, Li Fuguo has also been very calm, and he has not stood up to sing Yang Xi's counterwords in most things. But after Wang Sili ran over and complained to Yang Xi, Li Fuguo also made a move.

He also came to question Yang Xi like Wang Sili: "Marshal, the rebel Sun Xiaozhe's 150,000 troops are preparing to attack Shaanxi County, and after being ambushed by our army several times, they are stationed near Kip Stone Fort, and their movements are slow. According to the marshal's report a few days ago, it was Sun Xiaozhe who was injured. The last general didn't understand why the marshal didn't take the initiative to attack under the heavy blow to the morale of the rebels when the rebel commander was injured and the deputy general was killed. Is this cowardice, marshal? ”

Hearing Li Fuguo say the same, Yang Xi couldn't help but be angry, and asked Li Fuguo unceremoniously: "Then according to Li Jianjun's idea, is our army going to abandon Shaanxi County and take the initiative to face the rebels directly?" ”

"Exactly!" Li Fuguo nodded without hesitation.

"Then Li Jianjun thinks that this has a certain chance of winning?"

"Seventy percent! The last general felt that he was seventy percent sure, the marshal must try, he couldn't hide in the city of Shaanxi County, be a turtle with a shrunken head, and passively wait for the rebels to attack!"

"Why do you think it's seventy percent?"

Yang Xi's unceremonious questioning made Li Fuguo's momentum a little suppressed, but he still replied stubbornly: "Marshal, our army is now equipped with a mighty general's cannon, in the first battle of Shaanxi County, as soon as the cannon sounds, the rebels will scatter, if they encounter the rebels again, the rebels will still be like this." Therefore, the last general believes that it is possible to achieve victory by taking the initiative to attack the rebels now. ”

Yang Xi sneered, and his tone became light: "Li Jianjun, you must have been frightened when you first heard the explosion of the shell fired by the mighty general's artillery, but the second time you heard it, are you still so scared and want to escape?" You certainly won't. The rebels already know that our army is equipped with such powerful weapons, they must have taken countermeasures, the sergeants will no longer be frightened, the effect of killing the enemy will be greatly reduced, if the number is not enough, the enemy can not achieve great results when attacking, and the rebels' field combat ability is far superior to our army, in order to avoid the defeat of the war, the Beijing division is shaken, the commander still decides, steady and steady!"

"But, marshal...... The rebel commander is now injured, the morale of the army is damaged, if he leads the army to take the initiative to attack, it is likely to completely collapse the offensive of the rebels, if the marshal is like this, it will make the army's morale float, and even His Majesty will issue an edict to punish it. ”

"It is true that Sun Xiaozhe was injured, but Tian Qianzhen is still there, he is fully capable of commanding men and horses to fight, this person's combat ability is not under any of our generals, they just hope that our army can take the initiative to attack, and wait for work. Li Jianjun, are you completely convinced that their current slow action is only because the commander is injured, and they have no intention of luring our army to take the initiative to attack? Ben Shuai won't fall for them!"

"Marshal, a few days ago, His Majesty sent an edict asking the marshal to eliminate the threat of the rebel Sun Xiaozhe's department as soon as possible!" Seeing that Yang Xi didn't listen to his opinion, Li Fuguo had no choice but to move out of Li Longji's order, "Your Majesty ordered the marshal to take the initiative to attack, the marshal can't disobey the holy order, delay repeatedly, and don't take the initiative to attack, otherwise Your Majesty will really punish you!"

A few days ago, that is, Sun Xiaozhe led his army out of Luoyang and prepared to attack Shaanxi County, and Li Longji did have an edict to send Yang Xi to deal with it as soon as possible and prevent the rebels from attacking near Shaanxi County. However, in a telegram sent to the imperial court, Yang Xi explained his own intentions and the reasons for doing so, and promised that he would eliminate the threat of this rebel army as soon as possible. I just didn't expect it. Now Li Fuguo is actually using this matter to pressure him.

"Your Majesty, Ben Shuai has already explained, and Your Majesty has agreed! This matter has been decided in this way, and Li Jian Jun will say again!" Yang Xi was a little impatient, and unceremoniously ordered the eviction of customers, "Ben Shuai still has something to deal with, Li Jianjun, please take care of yourself." ”

Seeing that Yang Xi was so tough, Li Fuguo didn't want to say anything more, so he bowed and retreated.

However, Yang Xi soon found out, and Li Fuguo secretly wrote a secret report to the imperial court. said that he, the marshal, was passive and slacked off the war, ignored the emperor's edict, retreated in the city of Shaanxi County and did not fight, and asked the emperor to issue an edict to punish him. Li Fuguo also wrote a secret letter to the crown prince Li Heng, listing many of Yang Xi's "crimes", and he also wrote many things that Yang Xi had not noticed, which made Yang Xi angry.

intercepted such a secret letter, Yang Xi naturally did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly wrote a secret letter to his father Yang Guozhong. explained the situation and asked Yang Guozhong to explain more in front of the emperor. Although he knew that Li Heng was not very happy with Li Longji now, his father Yang Guozhong was the most trusted by the emperor, but the world was impermanent. No one knows how things in the court will develop, and whether there will be changes due to some unexpected things.

Yang Guozhong now has a very great influence in the court, and with the help of his son, it will definitely make many people, including Li Longji, jealous. There are too many people who disagree with Yang Guozhong in the court, so it's better to be careful-

Because he was busy arranging the operation, Yang Xi hadn't gone over to visit Guo Xin for two days. This made Guo Xin very dissatisfied, and he had a complaint.

Guo Xin didn't complain that Yang Xi didn't go to see her, but Yang Xi didn't have any news for her in the past two days, and she didn't know if Yang Xi deliberately didn't go to see her, or because she was too busy to see her.

When Yang Xi finished her work and chose a free time to run over to see her, she expressed her displeasure.

"Marshal Yang, did you forget the little girl, she didn't show up for a few days, and she didn't have a letter," Guo Xin pouted and said dissatisfiedly.

Yang Xi was annoyed by Wang Sili and Li Fuguo's troubles, and when he heard Guo Xin say this, he became more and more unhappy, but seeing Guo Xin's aggrieved little daughter-in-law, he immediately suppressed his unhappiness, and explained with a smile: "Qi Niang, I'm not busy with a lot of things these days, I haven't even eaten well, and I haven't slept well. It's empty now, I'll come and see you right away. I'm sorry I didn't let anyone know about it!"

Hearing Yang Xi say this, how could Guo Xin complain about anything more, he immediately changed his expression, pursed his lips and retracted it, and asked curiously: "Is Marshal Yang ready to command the soldiers and horses to annihilate the incoming rebels?" That's why you're so busy? But as soon as the words came out, he felt abrupt, and quickly explained: "Shiro, I didn't mean to find out anything, I was just curious." ”

"You ran hundreds of miles to Shaanxi County, just to see how I, the marshal, won the battle, of course I will fight a victory for you to see," Yang Xi approached Guo Xin's side and said very mysteriously: "Qi Niang, maybe there will be good news in a few days." As long as it snows heavily, for a few days in a row, I can guarantee that there will be good news, hehe!"

"Really?" Guo Xin understood something from Yang Xi's mysterious words, but she was also very smart, so she didn't ask anything, just smiled and said, "That little woman also expects the snow to fall soon, so that she can hear the good news as soon as possible!"

"Okay, let's not talk about this," Yang Xi said, suddenly thought of something, and asked Guo Xin: "Qi Niang, last time you said that as long as I teach you to ski, you will agree to me a request, so when can I make a request?" ”

When Guo Xin heard this, his face suddenly turned red, and he also hid, and replied in a low voice: "Of course, I have to wait until my injury is healed, but let's wait for your good news first." ”

"Hmm!" Yang Xi nodded, turned his head to look at the sky outside that had become gloomy, Yang Xi sighed, "I hope it can change today!"

Guo Xin looked out the window with Yang Xi's gaze, and sighed: "I also expect that." ”

In Yang Xi's expectation, the weather began to change, and in the afternoon, the sky that had no sun became dark, and the north wind blew. In the middle of the night, it began to snow, and at first it was a goose feather snow, and the whole world was shrouded in a white expanse. (To be continued......)