In the snowstorm, the army of more than 10,000 people was quickly assembled according to the establishment, and Li Yu was very satisfied with the efficiency of his subordinates, and it seemed that the one-month training was not in vain. While the junior colonels of the various armies inspected the military appearance and armament, more than a dozen generals gathered around Li Yu and listened to his orders.

"Li You, Li Zhongyi (the last general!) led 3,000 people from the 6th battalion of the 6th Academy Army in Shannan as the front army. Li Jincheng (the last general) led 3,000 men from his headquarters as the rear army, and Ben Shuai and Wei Wu led 5,000 men as the middle army. Shi Min led the rest of the soldiers and horses to stay in Wenchengzha and Tangzhou, Langshan. ”

Li Shuo's order was concise and to the point. The few generals who were appointed only answered, apparently knowing their tasks. If you don't know, ask:

"Dashuai, isn't Langshan still in Hou Weiqing's hands?"

Li Shuo said:

"It's in our hands right away."

Most people didn't understand this answer, so someone continued to ask:

"Dashuai, where are we going tonight?"

Li Shuo said:

"It's not far, just go east and you'll know."

The others were bored with this person, so they stopped asking. According to Li Shuo's orders, everyone returned to their own troops.

Outside Langshan City, Shi Min ordered his subordinates to shelter from the cold in the tent, but they were not allowed to sleep. He personally took people to watch in a sentry point abandoned by the Huaixi army outside the city, and waited for Wu Shaoyang Hou Weiqing to lead his troops to withdraw from Langshan, receive them peacefully, and then give them a ride. Shi Min was thinking happily, and suddenly found that he had unconsciously offended His Majesty the Emperor's respect, and couldn't help grinning, and then brushed off the snowflakes on his face. This snow has been falling since the beginning of the hour, and it has been raining for more than an hour now, seeing that the snowflakes are getting bigger and bigger, getting denser and denser, Shi Min didn't feel a little dizzy, and the two eyelids began to build together, and a person with a thousand sheep can fall asleep if less than half of the number of sheep counts, not to mention that Shi Min counts countless snowflakes? The two eyelids were testing each other, and Shi Min was pushed. An adjutant general came in from outside, patted the snowflakes on his body, and pushed Shi Min to say:

"Marquis Duyu, the brothers are here."

Shi Min was excited, came to his senses, and asked:

"Is it already two o'clock?"

Two o'clock was the time Shi Min set for the soldiers to leave the camp. Seeing that there seemed to be no movement in the city at this moment, Shi Min felt anxious.

In Langshan City, Wu Shaoyang was wearing thick clothes and sitting on a horse, with Hou Weiqing behind him. Several soldiers on horseback held butter umbrellas for them. The soldiers held torches on both sides, illuminating the streets, and the snow fell from the firelight, covering the umbrellas in a few moments. Armed with robes, they walked in front of Wu Shaoyang and Hou Weiqing. Hou Weiqing said to Wu Shaoyang:

"Deputy marshal, the front army is over, let's go with the Chinese army."

Wu Shaoyang nodded, wrapped the clothes on his body, urged the horse to get up, and then stopped and asked:

"Is there any movement in Li Shuo under the city?"

Hou Weiqing gave a negative answer. Wu Shaoyang asked again:

"What about the soldiers who live in Langshan?"

Hou Weiqing replied:

"The last general has incorporated them into the front army, and they have already left the city."

Wu Shaoyang nodded and asked again:

"Who is it after the break? Is it reliable? ”

Hou Weiqing said:

"Yes, it is only clear."

Hou Weiming is Hou Weiqing's younger brother, so it goes without saying that his reliability is needless to say. Wu Shaoyang didn't ask any more, just dropped the sentence "Let Weiming follow after setting the fire", and blended into the team. Hou Weiqing's personal captain hugged Hou Weiqing with his fist and followed Wu Shaoyang with dozens of people. When the Chinese army was over, Hou Weiqing also rode his horse and mixed into the army.

After a while, the firelight went farther and farther away, and the traces left by the passing of the brigade of soldiers and horses were soon drowned out by the wind and snow, and only the footprints of the people and horses could be faintly seen on the ground.

About a moment later, the agreed light appeared on the upper floor of Langshan City, Shi Min perked up and said:

"Sons, come on!"

The gate of Langshan, which had been closed for a long time, finally opened, and inside the doorway, there was a light guiding the way. As soon as Shi Min entered the city gate cave, Hou Weiming bowed his head and said:

"Sinner Hou Weiming visits Li Dashuai!"

Shi Min pulled out the horse's head in a panic and jumped off the horse:

"I can't help it, General Hou, in Xia Shimin, it's not Li Dashuai, Li Dashuai has already sent troops to Caizhou."

Then without waiting for Hou Weiming to speak, he pulled Hou Weiming up and said:

"Li Dashuai has an order, when he arrives in Langshan City, everything listens to General Hou, I don't know what General Hou has to say?"

Knowing that the person in front of him is the Marquis of Mabu under the account of the general manager of the march of Shannan Road, Suizhou Assassin History, where does Hou Weiming dare to hold it up? Panicked:

"General Shi is serious, but there is really one thing that General Shi needs to help with."

Shi Min said briskly:

"What's the matter? But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

Hou Weiming said:

"Burn the city!"

Shi Min:

"Huh!?"

When the raging fire was burning in the direction of Langshan, Wu Shaoyang had already walked thirty miles away with the army. When he first recovered from his injuries, Wu Shaoyang did not fall asleep because of the ruthlessness in his bones. More than 3,000 soldiers and horses had quietly sneaked past the two outposts of the official army, knowing that they were Huaixi soldiers who had withdrawn to Caizhou, they were not as depressed as Wu Shaoyang imagined, but cheered up their morale for escaping the dead place of Langshan, so that Wu Shaoyang did not know whether to be happy or worried. However, the fire revived many soldiers who had been numb from the cold, and the whole team stopped and rioted. Wu Shaoyang said to Deputy General Langshan:

"Gather the brethren, and Ben will speak."

Weakly, Wu Shaoyang successfully provoked the anger of the Chinese soldiers, and many soldiers howled to kill and return to Langshan to take revenge, but Wu Shaoyang stopped them. Wu Shaoyang told them that revenge was not in a hurry, as long as they followed him Deputy Marshal Wu, the opportunity was under Caizhou City. After calming the mood of the soldiers, Wu Shaoyang was also in a good mood, and success seemed to beckon to him not far ahead. The careful Wu Shaoyang did not forget to say to Deputy General Langshan:

"Don't tell the brethren in the former army about this for a while."

Of course, the brothers of the former army are the soldiers who live in Langshan. Vice Admiral Lang Shan also pretended to ask:

"Marshal, the fire is so big, the brothers in the front army will definitely be able to see it, and they will definitely refuse to listen!"

Wu Shaoyang Road:

"Won't you say that General Hou Weiming succeeded in sneaking up on the official army's food camp?"

The adjutant general suddenly went to his senses. However, Wu Shaoyang's kindness was obviously superfluous, because the soldiers from Langshan already knew the news, and these soldiers were not in the front army that Hou Weiqing reported to Wu Shaoyang, but in the rear army led by Hou Weiqing himself. Originally, Hou Weiqing was supposed to stay in the Chinese army, but who let his younger brother still stay in Langshan? All Wu Shaoyang also allowed Hou Weiqing to take the rear army to fall in the middle army for five miles and then respond to Hou Weiming. In the rear army, half of them were Langshan soldiers, and half of them were Hou Weiqing's personal soldiers. After walking out of thirty miles, no matter how stupid the soldiers from Langshan were, they knew that they were not going to attack the camp but to return to Caizhou, and Hou Weiqing did not hide it from them. The military law was harsh, and the Langshan soldiers had to follow the brigade to drag forward with two heavy legs, of course, it was inevitable to turn back three times in one step, and it was inevitable to slow down and pull more than seven miles behind the Chinese army. Therefore, as soon as the flames in the direction of Langshan soared, some soldiers shouted with a crying voice:

"Langshan, Langshan is on fire!"

However, the Langshan accent in this voice doesn't seem to be authentic, but at this time, where does anyone care about this, Langshan soldiers Hula stopped, turned their heads to look at Langshan, and if they didn't look at it, they were all stunned, only to see that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and the flames were getting higher and higher, and even Hou Weiqing wondered if Hou Weiming really burned Langshan.

"Mother!"

"Daddy!"

"Lady!"

"Dog!"

"Grandma!"

A fierce officer shook the snow off his body and roared:

"Li Yu, I'll fuck your grandma! Brothers, it's a man who goes back to Langshan with Lao Tzu and fights with his rabbit cub! ”

As soon as they responded, the red-eyed Langshan soldiers shook the snowflakes on their bodies and wanted to go back. finally waited for Hou Weiqing to appear. Hou Weiqing twisted the horse's head to chase back, the snow had not melted last time, this time it fell again, the snow was not shallow, the horse jumped hard, jumped a few times like a grasshopper, kicked up a few snowflakes, Hou Weiqing's mount stopped in front of the Langshan soldiers.

"Wait a minute, brethren!"

Hou Weiqing's voice sounded unwelcome, so the officer roared angrily:

"What are you doing! You generals, tricked us out of Langshan, and didn't let our masters go back to save people and take revenge! ”

Just like a wolf roaring in a low voice when it was extremely angry, the hundreds of wolves heard behind all stared at Hou Weiqing with blood-red eyes, as if they were ready to rush up and tear Hou Weiqing apart at any time. Hou Weiqing was not afraid and said:

"That's not what General Ben meant. General Ben wants to go back with you to save people and take revenge! ”

The red light in the wolf's eyes went out, and someone shouted:

"General Hou, thank you, please take us back to Langshan! You are a general, and with you, we will definitely be able to recapture Langshan. ”

The Langshan soldiers chimed in. Hou Weiqing's face was gloomy and said:

"You were so rude to me just now, and now you want me to take you, are you still willing to obey my orders?"

The Langshan soldiers all knew that Hou Weiqing was powerful, and they wished that there was such a backbone, so they all said:

"This is natural."

"If there is any bastard who does not obey, our brother will divide him first!"

"Good!" Hou Weiqing said, "That general now has an order, all the Langshan soldiers line up!" ”

The Langshan soldiers quickly stood in line, waiting for Hou Weiqing to give the next order. Hou Weiqing glanced at the team, and everyone responded to him with eyes that they didn't intend to come back alive. Hou Weiqing finally gave the order:

"All to the right, march to Caizhou!"

What the? Lang Shanbing was furious:

"The surname Hou, what tricks are you playing? Aren't you going to take us back to Langshan to save people? ”

Hou Weiqing said:

"General Ben is going to take you back to Langshan to save your relatives, but now that your relatives are doing well in Langshan, why do you want to save them?"

Lang Shanbing was stunned. But after only being stunned for a while, someone scolded:

"The surname Hou, is this blind eye? Didn't you see such a big fire in Langshan? ”

Hou Weiqing asked rhetorically:

"Who said that a fire burned a city?"

Lang Shanbing: ······

Hou Weiqing said:

"Brothers, believe me, Langshan was not burned. Your family is fine, nothing happens. ”

"The surname Hou, what nonsense are you talking about? If it weren't for the official army burning the city, how did such a big fire come about? Why should we believe you? ”

Hou Weiqing said:

"Believe it or not, General Ben's younger brother is now in Langshan, and my order to him is to hold out for an hour. Now the fire has risen before an hour, and if Langshan is really burned after being occupied by the official army, then it means that my own brother has also suffered an accident. I guess you all know what kind of person my Hou Weiqing is, if something happens to my brother, I will be the first to kill him and save him. But now I don't, because I know it's all right. ”

Hou Weiqing's words confused many soldiers. Some soldiers shouted:

"General Hou, you know that I am wood, so don't make such a big detour, just say what you have to say! Let's listen. ”

Everyone else chimed in. Hou Weiqing said hello and said:

"Brothers, in fact, it was not the official army who ordered the fire, but Wu Shaoyang. You should have been in the front army, and you couldn't see the fire clearly. After Wu Shaoyang ordered Wei Ming to break off, he actually wanted Wei Ming to burn Langshan and blame the officials and soldiers. But most of the people in Langshan City are my Huaixi fathers, but Ming can't bear it, so he discussed with me and had the courage to accumulate hay outside the city, and wait for Wu Shaoyang to go away before letting it go. So rest assured, nothing is going on with your family. ”

Naturally, there are also sober-minded people who ask:

"We are all from Huaixi, why did Wu Shaoyang burn Langshan to harm our fathers?"

Hou Weiqing said:

"This brother, you're also a veteran, aren't you? Why are you still a veteran after all these years? If I were you, I would think of the fact that in the seventeenth year of Zhenyuan, we searched for a batch of letters from Han Quanyi's big tent. ”

At this point, someone finally understood. Someone roared:

"Wu Shaoyang of the dog day! It's such a vicious strategy, he killed his own parents, and he wants to trick us into selling our lives!"

The Langshan soldiers were in an uproar, and the soldiers who came to their senses explained to the confused soldiers that the Langshan soldiers, who had experienced great ups and downs emotionally, were out of anger and howled to go to Wu Shaoyang to settle accounts. Hou Weiqing and the other soldiers quieted down and said:

"If we delay like this, we are at least ten miles away from Wu Shaoyang. The snow is so heavy, and we don't all have horses, even if we chase it until dawn, we can probably only watch Wu Shaoyang enter Caizhou, how can we settle accounts with him? ”

Of course, there are those who don't use their brains to shout:

"Then let's go back to Langshan to join the official army, I have thought about it for a long time!"

Earned a basket of cold eyes and contempt. After fighting with the official army for so long, and losing like this, do you want to surrender and accept it? Hou Weiqing saw that the Langshan soldiers really couldn't think of any good way, so he had to say with a sad heart:

"General Ben has a way to let you find Wu Shaoyang to settle accounts, and you can smoothly become a surrendering officer, are you willing to listen?"

The clear-eyed person is in front, who doesn't want to listen to the pointers, and said in unison at the moment:

"Let the general command!"

Hou Weiqing's strategy was to continue to pretend not to know, drive the Chinese army to Caizhou, wait until Caizhou, sneak into Caizhou City, open the gate of Caizhou, and welcome the official army into the city. When the time comes, he will not only find Wu Shaoyang to settle the account, but also make great contributions to the official army, why not do it?

The soldiers agreed, shouting for a hurry on the road. Hou Weiqing's face sank, and he said:

"Who just said General Ben was blind?"

The Langshan soldiers suddenly fell silent. Hou Weiqing's personal soldiers smiled coldly, and they all looked stupid. Hou Weiqing also tried his best to tense up, and said:

"All of them are here, march to Caizhou!"

The procession, which had been stagnant for a long time, moved again, and the snow-white soldiers strode as hard as they could, deep and shallow, winding through the white world. Soon after, Hou Weiming led 200 cavalry, together with the 300 cavalry allocated to him by Shi Min, and Hou Weiqing ordered him to leave 100 horses behind and overtake the ranks to chase the Chinese army.

In fact, there are many people in the Chinese army who are their own, is it necessary to be in such a hurry?

"Of course you have to hurry." Li Jincheng said loudly, "It's only been 60 miles since you set off for so long, is it like words?" Look at you, all of you are wearing battle armor on the outside, cotton jackets on the inside, and cotton gloves on your hands, do you know how much your equipment is worth? I didn't see you so squeamish when I didn't have cotton clothes and gloves before! "

I can't help Li Jincheng to be in a hurry, it's been almost two hours since he set off, Li You and Li Zhongyi have already taken Zhangchai Village, but their soldiers and horses haven't caught the battle yet, they are dignified imperial generals, how can they let the two surrendered troops steal the limelight? Li Jincheng knew Li Yu's tactical intentions and admired Li Yu's ideas, but he still couldn't help but complain a little about Li Yu in his heart. However, Li Jincheng did not dare to vent his dissatisfaction with Li Yu, so he had to urge the soldiers to hurry up. Li Yu set off with 11,000 soldiers, and by the time Li Jincheng arrived at Zhangchai Village, the front army and the Chinese army had already rested and continued to advance. The army left by Li Yu saw Li Jincheng and conveyed Li Yu's order, asking Li Jincheng to leave 500 people to guard Zhangchai Village, and at the same time send people to destroy nearby bridges to prevent the rescue of several nearby Huaixi army barriers. After Li Jincheng was assigned one by one, he urged the brigade to continue to advance. Originally, Li Yu's order clearly asked Li Jincheng's subordinates to rest for a moment (half an hour) before leaving, but Li Jincheng, who heard that Li Yu's army had been gone for half an hour, was unwilling to rest anyway, and regardless of the soldiers' complaints, he just let the soldiers drink some hot water and warm wine, and then continued to advance. Although Li Yu asked the army to tell him: Don't worry, you will fight the battle.

After the ugly time, the snow gradually began to lighten. Like the soldiers, Li Yu trekked shallow and deep in the snow. In order to save physical strength, all weapons were carried on horseback. The march on a snowy night was undoubtedly arduous, and despite Li Yu's strict military law, and despite Li Yu's leading example, the soldiers could not bear it anymore. When a horse slipped and broke its leg bone and hit several soldiers by the way, someone finally couldn't help it:

"Handsome! The brothers are not afraid of hardships and snowy marches, but you should at least tell the brothers what we are going to do, right? We set out from Wencheng at three o'clock, and now it is three o'clock in the ugly hour, and the brothers have walked more than a hundred miles. You said that you would be there after walking for a while, but now that you have been walking for so long, the brothers still don't know where to go. Big handsome, the little ones are not afraid of death, but you have to let us understand the death. ”

Li Yu stopped, dusted off the thick snow on his body, and looked at the soldiers around him with some tired and resentful eyes unhurriedly and said:

"Don't you already know where you're going? We're going to Caizhou now. Tell the brothers, don't be afraid, after this battle, Caizhou will be pacified, and we can go home for the New Year with peace of mind! ”

Li Yu was worried that the soldiers would be afraid, but the soldiers' reaction was beyond Li Yu's expectations.