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Chapter 290 waits

Li Xian led the army from Yuncheng to Leize County, the straight-line distance between the two places is not very far, but it takes a lot of time to really walk, the reason is very simple, because between Leize County and Yuncheng is Juyeze. If you want to get around this part of Daze, you will have to walk at least three times the distance, but this is not a problem compared to the people and horses of Yanyun Village, because there are not many ships in Juyeze now. Just the hundreds of large grain ships that were snatched back from Liyang at the beginning were about the same, and they could pick up all the men and horses after two round-trips.

After passing Ju Yeze, Li Xian ordered the speed of the army's advance to slow down, and then sent someone to inform Luo Fu of the Aoki camp and half of Chen Que'er's sailors to converge.

The army chose a place and stayed for less than half a day, so Luo Fu and Chen Que'er led more than 10,000 men and horses to converge. The two armies joined forces, with an army of more than 50,000 horses, and lined up in a mighty formation and went straight to Leize County.

Xu Shiji guessed that Li Xian would not agree to Zhai Rang's request to let him come to the door to apologize so easily, he thought that Li Xian would bargain for a while, but he didn't expect that Li Xian would actually pour all the people of Yanyunzhai to come.

When the scout hurriedly reported the news to Zhai Rang and the others, Zhai Rang was furious, and Shan Xiongxin also scolded, complaining that Xu Shiji was so confused, and how could he guarantee that Li Xian would be guilty? Xu Shiji thought about it and didn't even explain, it was pointless to explain anything by himself at this time, he suggested that Zhai Rang withdraw the troops surrounding the four gates of Leize County, and the army gathered together and waited in formation.

Shan Xiongxin proposed to take advantage of the unstable foothold of Yanyunzhai's men and horses from afar, intercept halfway, and defeat Yanyunzhai's men and horses in one go.

Zhai Rang thought for a while and didn't agree to Shan Xiongxin's proposal, looked at Xu Shiji and then at Cheng Zhijie and said slowly: "Let's wait for the time being, after Li Xian arrives, I want to see what he plans to do, if he really plans to go to war, who have we ever been afraid of?" ”

Shan Xiongxin said with annoyance: "I knew what news I was waiting for, how good it would be for us to take down Lei Ze directly!" Now that Li Xian has cleaned up Wang Bo and led reinforcements to save Lei Ze, now he has lost the best opportunity to break the city, how can this battle be so aggrieved? In vain, we have been delayed outside Razor City for half a month, and with this half a month, maybe we have already hit Yuncheng. ”

Zhai Rang said: "Don't be impatient, I want to see, how can Li Xian explain this matter." ”

"Mao Gong"

Zhai Rang looked at Xu Shiji and said: "It's better for you to command the military affairs, don't look like we're afraid of him Yanyunzhai." ”

Xu Shiji nodded and said, "Obey." ”

After answering, he turned around and walked out of the big tent, first ordered all the troops surrounding the four gates of Razor to be withdrawn, and then formed a strict and majestic formation, and waited in the open space outside Razor City. The rangers on both sides sped back and forth, and from time to time scouts came back to report news.

I waited for less than an hour, only to see the smoke and dust on the official road in front, the sound of rumbling horses' hooves on the ground from far and near, such as the sound of muffled thunder from the sky slowly pressed down, as the sound of muffled thunder got closer and closer, the soldiers of Wagangzhai each had a solemn look on their faces. Especially Shan Xiongxin and the others, they looked at each other a few times, and their eyes were a little shocked. The sound of the cavalry coming from a distance was too loud, and Shan Xiongxin and the others knew that there were definitely not a few cavalrymen who came even if they heard the sound.

"Could it be that Mao Gong and Biting Jin are telling the truth?"

Shan Xiongxin said to Zhai Rang in a low voice.

Zhai Rang nodded slowly and said: "There are rumors on the Green Forest Road, there is a large cavalry team in Yanyun Village, I thought it was just a rumor, there are already a lot of cavalry in our Wagang Village, is there any team on the Green Forest Road that is more than our Wagangzhai cavalry?" Mao Gong came back and said that Yanyunzhai could not ride more than 6,000 people, and I thought at first that he was just a lie that he didn't want to fight with Yanyunzhai and the two people who bit Jin, but I couldn't think of it......"

As he was talking, the dust and smoke dissipated a few hundred meters in front of him, and he saw countless cavalry tides slowly pressing over, as if a thick layer of dark clouds was floating over against the ground level, giving people a sense of spiritual oppression. What is even more amazing is that the cavalry that came like a tide slowed down and began to retract their formation, and by the time the cavalry had completely stopped, they had already formed six neat phalanxes.

The door flag was opened, and more than a dozen generals rode out of the formation slowly, and a very high banner stood up in the military formation.

After that, the infantry from behind the cavalry came up neatly and black, and there was no edge in sight.

Zhai Rang gasped when he looked at the well-groomed Yanyunzhai people, and subconsciously looked at Xu Shiji, but saw that Xu Shiji's face was also solemn at this time, and there was even a faint worry in his eyes.

"Mao Gong"

Zhai Rang sighed and said, "I also regret it now." ”

He looked at Xu Shiji and said word by word: "We shouldn't give Li Xian time." ”

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Zhai Rang still maintained his confidence before seeing the people of Yanyunzhai, in his opinion, even if the team on the green forest road has far more troops than Wagangzhai, such as Wang Bo of Jibei and Dou Jiande of Hebei, but the soldiers under his command are far inferior to the elite of Wagangzhai. Xu Shiji's ability to train soldiers, Zhai Rang is very clear, and the fact that the people of Wagangzhai have not been defeated in the past few years is the source of his self-confidence.

But today's Zhai Rang found that self-confidence comes at a price, and when he saw the people of Yanyunzhai, he lost the confidence that he had in front of any enemy before. In its place came worry, deep worry.

Mao Gong didn't tell a lie!

Zhai Rang thought with some regret in his heart, Mi Gong obviously said that when he came from Qi County through Dongping County, he had seen the people of Yanyun Village, at best, it was a little neat. And when Li Mi was leaving, he told Zhai Rang very firmly that if Xu Shiji said something like how majestic and powerful the people of Yanyunzhai were after he came back, it could only mean one thing, that is, Xu Shiji might have received any benefits from Li Xian.

Zhai Rang didn't believe it, but after Xu Shiji came back, as Li Mi had speculated, he not only dissuaded himself from continuing to attack Lei Ze, but also repeatedly said how elite the Yanyunzhai people were, which made Zhai Rang more or less suspicious in his heart. As long as suspicion appears, even if it is only the slightest hint at the beginning, the more you think about it, the stronger it becomes.

Now that he saw the people of Yanyunzhai with his own eyes, Zhai Rang knew that what Xu Shiji said was the truth.

"Mao Gong, what do you think should be done today?"

When he asked this sentence, where could Zhai Rang's face still see the domineering attitude when he said that he asked Li Xian to come to the door in person to apologize?

"Big brother doesn't need to worry, it's impossible for the people and horses of Yanyunzhai to launch an offensive directly when they come from afar, big brother, you see, they are also in a defensive formation, which shows that Li Xian has no intention of starting a war, although his Yanyunzhai people are elite, but they really want to fight to the death, and he can't afford that loss, so don't be impatient, don't be impatient, wait for me to go and meet Li Xian for a while."

Xu Shiji said.

Zhai Rang was about to agree, when he suddenly felt that someone quietly pulled his clothes, he looked back, but saw Shan Xiongxin shaking his head without leaving a trace. Zhai Rang didn't know what Shan Xiongxin meant, but he heard Shan Xiongxin say: "Big brother, didn't you just say that you were going to the rear team to see if the feather arrows were transported?" ”

Zhai Rang hummed and said, "Yes, I forgot about it." ”

He turned to Xu Shiji and said, "Mao Gong, you command in front of the formation, and I'll go to the rear team to have a look." ”

"Big brother, I'll go with you."

Shan Xiongxin said immediately, Zhai Rang nodded, and the two of them urged the horse to leave the formation and go to the back slowly. When he was far away from Xu Shiji, Zhai Rang asked in a low voice, "What are you pulling me for?" ”

Shan Xiongxin sighed: "Didn't the eldest brother forget the explanation of the secret prince before leaving? ”

Zhai Rang was stunned, looked at Shan Xiongxin and asked, "Which sentence of the secret bus generation?" ”

Shan Xiongxin said in a low voice: "Duke Mi said before leaving, Brother Mao Gong said that he couldn't accept any benefits from Li Xian, otherwise why did he repeatedly stop us from attacking Lei Ze after he came back?" If he hadn't stopped him, Razor City would have been in our pocket by now. Big brother, think about it, after Mao Gong came back, did he really become a little timid as Mi Gong said? Now that Li Xianyan Yunzhai is here, how can the eldest brother still let Mao Gong go to negotiate with Li Xian? ”

He looked at Zhai Rang and said, "Big brother, you can't have the heart to harm people, and you can't have the heart to prevent people." Let's still treat Mao Gong as a brother, but in terms of major military affairs, it's better for the eldest brother to have more ideas on his own. ”

Zhai Rang was originally an unassertive person, and he felt that it made sense when he heard what Xu Shiji said before, and now he felt that it made sense when he heard Shan Xiongxin say this. Thinking about it, he couldn't think of what to do: "Then you say, what should I do?" ”

"Big brother personally went to see that Li Xian and saw what tricks he could play!"

"I'm going to see you in person?"

Zhai Rang thought for a while and nodded, "Okay, I'll go see him." I also had some friendship with Li Xian's father-in-law, Zhang Zhongjian, Li Xian is still my junior, and when he sees me, he still has to do the gift of a junior! ”

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After returning to the front of the battle, Zhai Rang said to Xu Shiji: "Mao Gong, you are the best at military affairs, so you should be in charge of the overall situation, I plan to meet that Li Xian in person, but I want to hear how he explains how to detain you and bite gold, if he can't explain it, then it is good to reason on the battlefield." Don't worry, I'll do it for you. ”

Xu Shiji opened his mouth, but in the end he just hugged his fists and said: "Big brother be careful, it's better to let Brother Cheng accompany you, so that you can take care of it." ”

Shan Xiongxin hurriedly said: "It's okay, I personally led the cavalry to go together, and I protect the eldest brother, don't you feel at ease with Maogong?" ”

Xu Shiji sighed in his heart, he hugged Zhai Rang and said, "Since this is the case, then there is the second brother of Lao Dan." ”

Shan Xiongxin laughed and said: "You are optimistic, if Li Xian doesn't understand the rules, your second brother and I will pick him up." ”

Xu Shiji smiled and said, "May the second brother succeed." ”

Zhai Rang and Shan Xiongxin nodded, and then led five hundred cavalry out of the battle and went straight to Yanyun Village.

Li Xian was riding on the big black horse and was laughing with the iron fangs and others, and suddenly saw a team of cavalry on the side of Wagangzhai surrounded by two generals galloping towards this side, Li Xian smiled and said: "Look, in the end, they can't hold their breath first." ”

As he was talking, the cavalry of Wagangzhai stopped a hundred paces away, and one of Zhai Rang's personal soldiers came out of the queue and ran forward for more than a dozen steps, tearing out his throat and shouting: "Which one is the boss of Li Da on the other side, my eldest brother asked Li Da to speak in front of the array." ”

He shouted and waited for a while, but he didn't see any movement on Yanyunzhai's side.

The soldier glanced back at Zhai Rang and the others, and then shouted again towards Yanyun Village.

After waiting a little longer, there was still no one on Yanyunzhai's side who came out to answer.

At this time, Zhai Rang's personal soldiers really didn't know what to do, and with his anger, he shouted loudly again: "Why, don't you dare to come out and talk to my eldest brother?" ”

After this sentence was shouted, I heard someone from Yanyunzhai finally answer. It's just that this sentence is too simple, there are only two words in total. And these two words really seem high-profile. When Zhai Rang and Shan Xiongxin heard this, their faces immediately turned white with anger.

"Wait!"