"It's been thirteen days, why haven't Wang Shichong and Li Mi moved yet? Second brother, do you think Uncle Yun will lie to us this time? ”

"Brother, don't be impatient, including today, there are still three days left in the time that Uncle Yun said, we can wait patiently, he shouldn't lie to us, and there is no reason to lie to us."

On the second day when Wang Shichong sent someone to Xin'an to mourn the nephew of General Yun, it was only one morning, and our brother Hua and brother issued seven or eight similar wails, and Yu Wenzhi also comforted him every time, but our brother Hua and brother still have a little confidence in General Yun, and Yu Wenzhi and his good uncle General Yun also have a certain amount of patience, but Yu Wenshi and Feng Deyi and other rational factions and most of the grumpy generals of the Xiaoguo Army couldn't hold their breath, and at noon they came again to ask for an explanation from Hua and brother, and asked Hua and brother to explain this.

"Prime Minister, last night we froze to death another forty-three brothers, and twenty-six seriously injured soldiers died without medicine, and now we are short of cold clothes and medicine, and the soldiers are full of resentment, what should we do?" Sima Dejiao said unceremoniously, "The soldiers all want to ask the prime minister, Dongdu has been fighting for a few days and Luokoucang for a few days, and now they are running back to Jinyong City to stay idle, what do we want to do?" Wait to starve to death, or wait to freeze to death? ”

"Brother, the younger brother has long said that Uncle Yun is unreliable, unreliable, you just don't listen!" Yu Wenshi chattered as always, "Let Wang Shichong and Li Mi take the initiative to send troops to fight with us, do you think there is such a ridiculous thing in the world?" Tongshan, Dongdu and Luokoucang, Wang Shichong and Li Mi have already suffered enough losses in the field battle, and they have a strong granary to defend, how can they still be stupid and send troops to fight with us in the field? Now it's okay, it's been thirteen days, our soldiers have waited in vain for thirteen days in the ice and snow, freezing to death and killing so many soldiers in vain, and all the soldiers are full of resentment, but did Wang Shichong and Li Mi send troops? Did you send a single soldier to fight us? ”

"Prime Minister, you'd better guard against Yun Dingxing, after all, he is now Chen Yingliang's person." Feng Deyi also warned: "The last thing Chen Yingliang wants to see is that we enter the border and fight, Yun Dingxing in order to serve Chen Yingliang, he must also strive for this, try to delay time, and drag us across with severe cold weather and lack of clothes and medicine, for Chen Yingliang, there is a hundred benefits and no harm, and the prime minister had better be careful." ”

Brother Hua Ji has been silent, half-hanging his head to endure the disguised accusations of his subordinates, and his heart is also anxious and angry, and the anger that has been slowly accumulating for a long time is gradually brewing in his chest. However, at this time, the matter of adding fuel to the fire came, and the envoy sent by Hua and Brother to contact General Yun Lao yesterday suddenly returned to the camp of Jinyong City, and reported to Hua and Brother that after he entered Xin'an City at noon yesterday, not only did he not see General Yun immediately, but he was also under house arrest and detained for half a day and one night together with his entourage, and it was not until the early hours of this morning that General Yun Lao saw him and let him back, and also brought a message to Hua and Brother Hua, asking Hua and Brother to release some rumors, saying that General Yun Lao cut down Hua and Brother's messenger, Hua and his brother prepared to send troops to attack Xin'an to avenge the envoy.

Brother Hua and Brother didn't think about why General Yun wanted him to do this, just hearing that his envoy was under house arrest by General Yun, Brother Hua and Brother were already furious and overturned the table in front of him, jumped up and thundered, "Old horseman! Even the envoy of the prime minister dared to imprison him, and the prime minister really didn't dare to start a war with him? If it weren't for his father's face, Benxiang would have broken this old puppet into pieces a long time ago, and he would dare to fool Benxiang like this?! ”

The generals of the Xiaoguo army all showed such a sneer, and Yu Wenshi also took the opportunity to say: "Brother, in fact, you might as well consider making a move on Yun Dingxing's old horseman, our scouts have already found out that the 12,000 troops he brought, except for the 2,000 cavalry, which are more difficult, the infantry is all Chen Yingliang's newly formed second-line army in Guanzhong, which is expanded by a small number of veteran elite soldiers, and a considerable number of them have never been on the battlefield at all, and most of them have only been on the battlefield once or twice to fight rogue thieves, and their combat effectiveness is quite low. ”

"Those cavalry are similar, most of the war horses are old horses and injured horses that were eliminated during the previous Guanzhong Hedong War, which are used for training new cavalry, and in fact they can not play a big role." Yu Wenshi and quickly added, "But the equipment is very good! Even ordinary soldiers wore reed clothes made of thick cloth, and the elite soldiers all wore fur or cotton clothes, as well as a large amount of grain, grass, baggage, and weapons and equipment. ”

Brother Hua Ji was a little moved, but fortunately, Yu Wenzhi reminded in time: "Brother, we can't open the third battlefield anymore, our main enemies now are Wang Shichong and Li Mi, not Uncle Yun, if we start a war with him again, then our situation will be even more difficult." ”

"Brother, I think if we start a war against Chen Yingliang, Wang Shichong and Li Mi will definitely not pull us back!" Yu Wenshi hurriedly instigated again: "Li Mi and Wang Shichong are both old treacherous and slippery, we have to go to war with Chen Yingliang for them, if we start a war against Chen Yingliang, not only will they not stab them in the back, maybe they may also take the opportunity to sue us for peace and support us to launch a full-scale attack on Chen Yingliang!" ”

The popularity and reputation of the famous sycophant old general Yun is not good, and the generals of the Xiaoguo army only want to solve the material problem quickly, so they naturally don't mind suddenly attacking the weakest opponent, and they all nodded and said that they can consider it, but this also made the brother Hua Ji, who was already shaking, even more shaken, and also lost Yu Wenzhi, who was more towards General Yun, tried his best to dissuade him, so Brother Hua didn't decide to attack General Yun on the spot. But even so, Brother Hua Ji still said viciously and loudly: "Finally, wait for three days, before sunset the day after tomorrow, if there is no news of Li Mi and Wang Shichong sending troops, the morning after tomorrow, we will send troops to fight Xin'an and take the baggage there for the winter!" ”

Hearing his brother's words, Yuwen Shihe, who had been worried about his family being played to death by Chen Fuliang, finally showed some smiles, and said in his heart that as long as he could keep most of the Xiaoguo army, as long as he could keep it, there would be hope for our Yuwen family. However, at this moment, a scout covered in snowflakes suddenly stumbled into the hall, and he didn't know what was going on, and he was so nervous that he tripped over the threshold, and fell a dog in public, and then the scout who even broke his mouth didn't get up, he was already lying on the ground and raised his head and shouted, "Yu ......, Yu Prime Minister, Li ......, Li Mi......, cough, cough, cough." ”

"What's wrong with Li Mi?" Brother Hua asked impatiently.

"Ahem." The angry scout coughed in pain and shouted in a difficult excitement, "Li Mi has sent troops!" Li Mi sent troops to Jinyong City! ”

"What?!" The Xiaoguo army and civil and military forces present all screamed in disbelief, and Yuwen Zhiji rushed to the scout with an arrow, grabbed his collar and lifted him up, and yelled and asked, "Li Mi really sent troops?" How many troops came? Did Li Mi's dog thief come in person? ”

"Servant shooting, these haven't had time to find out yet." The scout rubbed his chest and said with difficulty: "This morning, we just saw Li Mi's dog thief sending troops from Luokoucang to the east, and just confirmed that his front team was moving west along Luoshui, and the team was asking the little one to come back quickly and report the news first, and Team Chen was saying Prime Minister, you must be in a hurry to wait for this news, so come to report a letter first, so that you can get ready, and then there is news, he will send someone to report back." ”

Almost all the generals of the Xiaoguo Army present clenched their fists, and they all prayed in their hearts that it was Li Mi who personally led the main force to come, and Yuwen Shi and Zehu said suspiciously: "Will Li Mi Puff personally lead the main force to come?" Don't just send tens of millions of useless rabbles to Jinyong City to perfunctory us to delay time and save his food, right? ”

"Report ——!" The cruel truth once again hurt Yu Wenshi's little face, and a new scout rushed into the front of the hall, and before he could enter the hall, he shouted: "Prime Minister, among the thieves who came from Luokoucang to Jinyong City, they found Li Mi's rebel thief's handsome banner, and there are at least more than 5,000 cavalry in Li Mi's rebel army!" The total size of the thieves has not yet been discovered, but the villains have already found out that the Tiger Prison Pass thief army is also sending troops westward! ”

Yu Wenshi and the little faces that received two loud slaps in succession turned pale, but the generals of the Xiaoguo Army, Hehua and his brother and others, were so nervous that they couldn't hold on to their hearts, lest their hearts jump out of their chests directly - the Xiaoguo Army was not afraid that Li Mi would come out, but they were afraid that Li Mi would not come!

While waiting nervously, soon, the third scout rushed over and said loudly: "Prime Minister, the strength of Li Mi's thief army is conservatively estimated to be more than 70,000, and it is likely to be close to 80,000. In addition, the thief army from the west of the Tiger Prison directly crossed Luokoucang and marched westward, and did not enter Luokoucang! ”

"Uncle Yun! You really didn't lie to me! You're really my good old man! Brother Hua clenched his fists, raised his hands and howled.

"Good! Well done! Sima Dejiao waved his arm violently, and shouted with red eyes: "It's good that Li Mipifu dares to come!" His main force dares to come to death, let's accompany him to the end! Breaking his main force in the field, and then trying to take the Luokou Canghu Prison, it is as easy as a snap! ”

"That's right!" The generals of the Xiaoguo army nodded one after another, all of them smiled and gritted their teeth, and rubbed their hands and said: "Siege warfare, our army can't be opened, the cavalry can't be used, no matter how good the weapons and armor are, it won't have much effect, it's a painful fight!" In the field, Lao Tzu led a thousand cavalry and dared to charge his 100,000 army! ”

At the moment of excitement, Yuwen Zhiji could still maintain a certain calmness, and hurriedly said: "Brother, we should immediately send someone to thank Uncle Yun, report this good news to him, and thank him for helping us lure Li Mipifu to send troops!" Li Mipifu personally led the main force to come, Wang Shichong will definitely send troops to help him, although we are not afraid of fighting with them in the field, but if Uncle Yun can help us quietly, we will be much easier immediately! ”

"Yes, yes, yes, I have to thank Uncle Yun." Brother Hua nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and couldn't wait to say: "Send someone to thank Uncle Yun immediately, bring more valuable gifts, and send ten beautiful palace maids to him, and cover the feet of Uncle Yun and his old man!" Also, remember to ask Uncle Yun to help us as much as possible. ”

Between Yuwen Zhi and Ying Nuo, Yu Wenshi over there rolled his eyes, and arched his hand and said: "Brother, why don't you let the younger brother go to Xin'an, thank Uncle Yun for you in person, and also take the opportunity to carefully discuss with him how to secretly work together to help each other." ”

Yu Wenshi and this time volunteered completely for the sake of their own family, but it is a pity that Brother Hua and Brother categorically ruined this hope of testing General Yun's true purpose and position, shook his head and refused: "No, you didn't respect Uncle Yun enough before, and you always said bad things about Uncle Yun in front of your father, Uncle Yun will definitely not be happy in his heart, and sending you will only make a mistake!" ”

Yu Wenshi and wanted to insist, but Feng Deyi also ran out and volunteered, willing to serve as this messenger, Hua and Brother still had some trust in Feng Deyi, so he nodded and said: "Okay, just ask Feng Neishi to make a hard trip, but remember, be sure to ask Uncle Yun to help more, it is best to send troops directly to help, as long as he sends troops, any conditions can be discussed!" ”

Feng Deyi respectfully agreed, and immediately went down to prepare for the envoy, Yu Wenshi and naturally had to catch up and repeatedly told Feng Deyi, let him find out the true attitude and purpose of General Yun and Chen Fuliang, and asked General Yun what magic he used to make Li Mi take the risk of sending troops, and Feng Deyi also agreed.

At the same time, there was also a report from the eastern capital, confirming that Wang Shichong's army in the city also had abnormal movements, and the scouts of the Xiaoguo army who were monitoring the movements in the city on the high ground also clearly saw that a large number of military flags were concentrated in the area of Shangchunmen in the outer city of the eastern capital, and if these military flags were not the fake flags that Wang Shichong used to blaid and confuse the Xiaoguo army, it was enough to prove that Wang Shichong was also preparing to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the Xiaoguo army.

It doesn't matter, it's still the same sentence, the strong Xiaoguo army is not afraid of Li Mi and Wang Shichong's main force for a decisive battle, for fear that they will not dare to come, so after confirming the news that Li Mi's main force is killing Jinyong City, Hua and the generals of the Xiaoguo army not only did not have any worries and tensions, but also decided that the self-army would inevitably win easily in the field battle, forgetting that the self-army is currently short of clothes and medicine and must fight in the ice and snow, and also forgetting that the self-army soldiers are now nearly half injured, exhausted, and their combat effectiveness has been sharply reduced. I forgot a very important military term - arrogant soldiers will be defeated!

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It's not that no one under the command of Hua and his brother saw this, at least Feng Deyi was alert to this situation, so after coming to Xin'an with expensive gifts and delicate palace maids, when he met his former colleague General Yun, Feng Deyi dutifully begged General Yun Lao to directly send troops to help Yu Wenhua and win this battle. General Yun asked very directly: "Feng Neishi, who do you think the more than 10,000 recruits under the old man's command can win, is it the elite of Huainan who can beat Wang Shichong, or the cavalry of the inner army who can beat Li Mi?" The old man directly sent troops to help you, what role can he play on the battlefield? ”

Feng Deyi was dumbfounded, and then asked timidly: "Old General Yun, forgive the official for daring to ask more, and ask the old general to look at the feelings of his former colleagues, and answer without hesitation, when will Prime Minister Chen's main army be able to reach the battlefield in the Eastern Capital?" ”

Glancing at Feng Deyi, General Yun thought about it again, and then said: "Our main force can't come, tell you the truth, Xue raised troops to enter Anding, a few days ago, our Prime Minister Chen Cheng had personally taken the main force to Anding County, and it was impossible to send troops to the eastern capital at this time." ”

Feng Deyi was taken aback, General Yun smiled, and said: "Sooner or later, you will know the news, it is better to let Hua and his nephew now, let him have a bottom in his heart, if he wins this battle, the eastern capital will definitely be his." ”

Feng Deyi nodded silently, and after hesitating for a while, Feng Deyi looked left and right, and then asked in a low voice: "Old general, aren't you afraid that after Yu Wenhua and knowing the emptiness of Guanzhong, he will have thoughts about your eastern front?" Li Mi and Wang Shichong were traitors, but they were happy to see Yu Wenhua and go west. ”

It was General Yun's turn to be a little surprised, and after glancing at Feng Deyi again, General Yun replied: "It doesn't matter, although the soldiers and horses left by Ying Liangxian's nephew in Guanzhong are not enough to take Luoyang eastward, they are still enough to deal with this situation. ”

"Prime Minister Chen Cheng is really cautious, the layout of the eastern front is loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and the cocoon silk hides the needle, and the lower officials are really admired." Feng Deyi nodded, and said in a low voice: "But the old general, please rest assured, Yu Wenhua is now no longer able to break through the Cuihan Dao Heavenly Danger, the Xiaoguo Army under his command only looks strong now, in fact, most of the core elites are injured, the soldiers and horses are tired, and Yan zhòng lacks winter clothes, the soldiers are freezing to death and frostbite, and they have entered the even colder Cuihan Dao Mountains, old general, you don't need to fight, you only need to hold on to the danger for a few days, and Yu Wenhua will definitely be defeated." ”

Obedient and listening, the pupils of Old General Yun, who is an expert in this regard, immediately contracted, stared at Feng Deyi, and asked carefully: "Feng Neishi, there seems to be a meaning in your words?" ”

Feng Deyi smiled, suddenly asked a very clueless sentence, and said: "Old General Yun, I heard that after Xiao Yu and Uncle Xiao Guo surrendered to Prime Minister Chen anyway, Prime Minister Chen not only didn't care about the past grudges, but also entrusted him with heavy use, is it true?" ”

General Yun also smiled and replied: "Of course it's true, Ying Liangxian's nephew can even forgive Chai Shao and Chai Gongzi who once forced him to hang himself, and let Chai Gongzi take charge alone, and let Chai Gongzi alone lead the army to conquer Nanyang and Zheyang and other places, not to mention Xiao Yu Xiao Guo's uncle who is just a war of words with him?" ”

"As for you." General Yun added lightly: "To tell the truth, the festival between you and Prime Minister Chen is not as deep as the old man and his festival, when the war against Yang Xuangan, the old man repeatedly mentioned that he pushed Ying Liang's nephew out as a scapegoat, so that he, the hero, would carry the black pot, Ying Liang's nephew had long known this, but he never minded, and still took good care of the old man." Compared with the old man, do you think he will mind the trivial holiday between you and Chen Chengxiang? ”

Hearing this, Feng Deyi didn't hesitate any longer, got up and knelt down on his knees to General Yun, and said with a pause: "The criminal minister Feng Deyi, I implore General Yun Lao to play Chen Cheng on his behalf, the criminal minister is ashamed, Yu Wenhua and the traitor killed the king, the criminal not only did not die as a martyr, but also forced to help Yu Wenhua and the traitor to abuse, the criminal minister deserves death!" Now that the opportunity has come, the criminal minister is willing to atone for his sins, help the old general obtain the head of Yu Wenhua and Pifu, and avenge the emperor! ”

The old general Yun, who is definitely the same as Feng Deyi, is not surprised, and he is not the slightest excited, and asks directly: "If you say these words, you are not afraid that the old man will sue him and his nephew?" ”

"Xiaguan is not a fool, whether the old general really wants to repay Prime Minister Chen's great kindness, or does he want to help Yu Wenhua and his husband, Xiaguan can still see it." Feng Deyi replied respectfully: "And the lower officials can also see that Prime Minister Chen Cheng is now powerless on the battlefield of the Eastern Capital for the time being, and just wants Yu Wenhua and Wang Shichong and Li Mi to defeat both, and the lower officials stoop to serve the thieves, and they can still be trusted in front of Yu Wenhua and the puppet, if the old general and Chen Chengxiang have any orders, the lower officials will go to the soup and go to the fire, and they will not hesitate to break their bones." ”

General Yun still didn't dare to trust Feng Deyi completely - he had to prevent Feng Deyi from being sent by Hua and his brother to test him, and after thinking about it for a while, General Yun Lao asked: "The situation of Hua and his nephew's army is now so critical?" Even Wang Shichong and Li Mi may not be able to beat it? ”

"Exactly." Feng Deyi nodded solemnly and replied truthfully: "Xiaguan has made a secret statistic, Yu Wenhua and Pifu now have more than 85,000 troops in their hands, more than 50,000 people are still wearing single clothes, and their combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced by the severe cold, and the 40,000 cavalry has only 30,000 people left except for 6,000 who stayed in Liyangcang, of which more than 8,000 are wounded, and Yan zhòng lacks medicine, and the situation of being disabled to death is very strict, and the situation of the infantry is even worse, a total of 622 people have frozen to death, and countless people have been frostbitten and frostbitten to rot their hands and feet. As soon as the war began, the soldiers were forced to sleep in the wilderness, and this situation only became more and more severe. ”

"Morale is also low." Feng Deyi added: "Yu Wenhua and Pifu give priority to the only winter clothes allocated to the cronies of the army, and the army soldiers who are not his henchmen can only rely on stripping the clothes from the dead corpses to wear, and the soldiers are very resentful about this, and important generals such as Sima Dejiao and Chen Zhiluo are also very dissatisfied with Yu Wenhua, although they are still reluctant to obey Yu Wenhua's orders, but as long as there is a slight disadvantage, Yu Wenhua and the thief army will inevitably collapse." ”

After beating the case for a while, General Yun said: "So, in this decisive battle between the three families, Hua and his nephew have almost no chance of winning?" ”

"Exactly." Feng Deyi, who was still kneeling on the ground, nodded and replied: "Xia Guan still thinks that Yu Wenhua is already bound to lose, his ability and prestige are not enough to gather the hearts of the army, so that the soldiers can fight tenaciously in extremely unfavorable situations, as long as the battlefield is slightly unfavorable, the thieves under his command will collapse on their own, and they will be broken by Wang Shichong and Li Mi in a joint battle, it is very possible!" ”

Old General Yun, who is a man of his own, still didn't dare to trust Feng Deyi, Feng Deyi saw General Yun's thoughts, so he lowered his voice and said: "Old general, the lower official knows that it is difficult for you to believe me immediately, and the lower official does not force you to believe it immediately, the old general, please draw a way, what should the lower official do to make you believe in the lower official?" ”

Old General Yun hesitated for a moment, then got up and picked up Feng Deyi, and said in a low voice: "Feng Neishi, if you want the old man to believe in you, it's very simple, just help the old man do one thing first." ”