The soldiers of the Xiliang Army, who were lined up in a neat queue, followed Guan Qing out of Zheng County like a wriggling black dragon, and set up a defensive formation outside the city.

The 5,000 cavalry were divided into two wings, the left and right wings, standing behind the central army, and the tens of thousands of heavy infantry, divided into four large formations, lined up in front of each other in the shape of horns.

Although there were no archers in the array, the crossbowmen on the city wall who had a longer range than bows and arrows made up for this shortcoming, making the entire large array layout tightly and perfect, and there was no gap that could be cut into immediately.

The formation set up by the Xiliang Army was the one they had used countless times in the past. In terms of overall layout, this formation is very different from the formation of the Luoyang Army.

The defensive formation of the Luoyang Army, because the shields are all round small shields, soldiers and soldiers need to respond to each other when arraying, and rely on each other's shields to achieve the effect of impermeability.

In the defensive formation of the Xiliang Army, the soldiers in the front row stood up the big shield upright, the short spear stretched out from the gap between the shields, and the soldiers in the back row tilted their shields diagonally to the top and put them on the big shields of the soldiers in the front row.

In this way, the first two rows of soldiers can form a shield wall in front of the entire phalanx. After that, the officers and men from the third platoon onwards all wore large shields on their heads, so that even if the arrows fired by the enemy were like raindrops, it would be extremely difficult to inflict substantial damage on them.

The Xiliang army stationed outside the city, seeing the city gate wide open, thought that it would be the Luoyang army under Liu Wei who went out of the city. When a group of Xiliang army soldiers appeared in their field of vision in a neat formation, including Li Le and Duan Xuan, all the Xiliang soldiers were stunned with shocked faces.

A Xiliang military man, who was holding an iron pot, was going to clean the iron pot and cook meat for the two generals Li Le and Duan Xuan, when he saw that there was a black pressure in the city and an army wearing the clothes and armor of the Xiliang army, he was stunned, and the iron pot in his hand also slipped down involuntarily and fell to the ground, making a crisp sound of "pop".

"What's going on?" Standing outside the barracks, Li Le was looking at the army that had just left the city, Duan Xuan hurriedly ran over, raised his hand with an anxious face and pointed to the army that came out of the city, and asked him, "Why is the army out of the city wearing our army armor?" ”

"I don't know!" Looking at the 50,000 soldiers of the Xiliang army who had just left the city and had already lined up in a defensive formation, Li Le shook his head and said with a blank face: "Didn't they all take refuge in the King of Luoyang?" ”

"How?" Duan Xuan shook his head in disbelief, raised his hand and pointed to the army opposite, and said to Li Le: "There are at least fifty or sixty thousand people in the army that left the city, and there are only thirty thousand people under the command of the king of Luoyang!" There is such a difference in the number of people......"

"Brothers! We were also soldiers under Niu Fu! Duan Xuan hadn't finished speaking, and as soon as he drove out of the city, the soldiers of the Xiliang Army, who had just lined up in formation, let out a shout: "We have already surrendered to the king of Luoyang, we have meat, we are full, and the generals will not beat anyone!" If there is no war in the future, His Royal Highness will help to get a daughter-in-law, and the military salary will be three times more than that of following Niu Fu......"

Tens of thousands of people shouted in unison, and the shouts shook the sky and spread far and wide. Although there were still hundreds of steps away from the city wall of Zheng County, the officers and soldiers of Xiliang under Li Le and Duan Xuan still heard it clearly.

In the opposite camp, the soldiers of the Xiliang army were still shouting to Li Le and the soldiers under Duan Xuan, listening to the shouts, Li Le frowned, and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Prepare the horses, order the army, and rush to kill with the general!" ”

"Wait!" A personal soldier was just about to go to prepare a horse for Li Le, but Duan Xuan hurriedly called out to him.

When the pro-soldier stopped, Duan Xuan whispered to Li Le: "General Li, there are fifty or sixty thousand people on the other side, and if you go rashly, I'm afraid you won't be pleased!" And the main force of the king of Luoyang is still in the city......"

Duan Xuan first looked left and right, then leaned closer to Li Le, lowered his voice a lot, and whispered to him: "The king of Luoyang collected the defenders of the whole city with only 30,000 people, which shows how strong his army is...... If General Li thought that he could win the king of Luoyang by rushing to kill the past, the last general would follow the general closely. Just ......"

At this point, Duan Xuan stopped talking, but his eyes were staring at Li Le without blinking.

Awakened by Duan Xuan's words, Li Le was stunned for a moment, and then asked Duan Xuan: "If you let them shout like this, our army's heart will ......."

"That's it! That's it! Before he finished speaking, Li Le stopped what he wanted to say, waved his hand in the void, and said to the soldier who was originally going to lead the horse for him: "Order the three armies, immediately pull out, and I will go to Chang'an to meet the two generals, Li Dao and Guo Yan!" ”

"Wait!" The soldiers had just answered, and were about to leave, when Duan Xuan stopped him again.

"What does General Duan mean?" Seeing that Duan Xuan stopped his soldiers again, Li Le asked him in confusion: "You can't fight, you can't go, don't you have other plans?" ”

"General Li, please look at the city!" Raising his finger and pointing at the thousands of cavalry standing behind the Xiliang Army's large formation, Duan Xuan said to Li Le: "Nearly 10,000 cavalry in the opponent's large array are eyeing each other, and there must be elite cavalry under the command of the King of Luoyang in the city. ”

"So what's the matter?" After listening to Duan Xuan's words, Li Le furrowed his brows tightly, clenched his fist with his right hand, and gently slapped the palm of his left hand, his face was full of entanglement, and said to Duan Xuan: "Our army is short of food and grass, if you don't take the ...... of Zheng County"

"What will happen if you take Zheng County?" Before Li Le finished speaking, Duan Xuan interrupted him and said to him: "There is no food in Zheng County, with our army currently storing surplus grain and grass, even if the king of Luoyang does not pursue us and others, let you and I lead the army to Chang'an, I am afraid that if we can't reach Chang'an, the soldiers will be hungry and chaotic!" ”

Duan Xuan's analysis made Li Le also feel the seriousness of the situation, originally he thought that as long as he returned to Zheng County, he would be able to fight with the army in the city on both sides, and he would be annihilated by the Luoyang army they were chasing, to his and Duan Xuan's expectations, when they returned to Zheng County, they found that the county town had fallen into the hands of Liu Wei.

"That's all right!" While beating his palms with his fists, Li Le paced back and forth with an entangled face, and kept muttering in his mouth.

"For today's plan, I'm afraid it's ......" Looking at Li Le, who was walking back and forth in front of him, Duan Xuan said with a hint of embarrassment on his face: "I'm afraid you and I will have to take refuge in the King of Luoyang......"

"What?" As soon as Duan Xuan's words came out, Li Le stopped, turned his head to look at him with round eyes, and asked him in surprise, "General Duan intends to defect to the King of Luoyang?" ”

"Exactly!" The words have been clarified, Duan Xuan no longer covered up, nodded his head, and said to Li Le: "Our army is short of food and grass, and we can't let the officers and soldiers go hungry to fight!" Now that Zheng County has been captured by the King of Luoyang, Niu Fu is afraid that he has already been in a different place, and there is no boss, even if he sees Li Dao and Guo Yan, will you and I listen to their orders, or do they want them to obey my orders? Li Dao and Guo Yan are shrewd, if they break through Chang'an, how can they easily let the two of us lead tens of thousands of troops into the city? ”

When Duan Xuan just said that he wanted to take refuge in Liu Wei, Li Le's heart was full of unhappiness. has been leading troops in the Xiliang Army for a long time, and he has already regarded Liu Wei as an opponent from the bottom of his heart.

Now that Zheng County has been broken by Liu Wei's army, Li Leman's mind is all about how to start a war with the Luoyang Army, but he really never thought about defecting to the Luoyang Army.

"But......" stared at Duan Xuan for a while, Li Le rubbed each other's hands, rubbed his knuckles and said to Duan Xuan with a little entanglement in his expression: "You and I have no friendship with the King of Luoyang, so I rushed to serve ......."

"If General Li also has this intention, the last general will go on a journey!" Seeing that Li Le's tone was a little looser, Duan Xuan hurriedly said: "I have heard for a long time that the king of Luoyang is magnanimous and rarely kills indiscriminately!" You and I go to take refuge, he may not take it in! General Li is only waiting in the army, if the king of Luoyang is willing to take us in, we will serve him, it is also a good thing! ”

"Then there is General Lao Duan!" Li Le pinched his chin with one hand, lowered his head and muttered for a moment, and said to Duan Xuan: "It's just that General Duan doesn't want to hand over the entire army, if you and I don't have the army in hand, the King of Luoyang wants to cut off the heads of the two of us, it will be easy!" ”

"The last general has his own measure!" Holding his fists and arching at Li Le, Duan Xuan turned his head and shouted to the soldiers on the side: "Come on, prepare the horse!" ”

One of the soldiers answered, turned around and ran quickly, and after a while, he brought two healthy horses.

Walking to the side of a healthy horse, Duan Xuan reached out and grabbed the horse's mane, turned his head and explained to Li Le: "The last general has not returned, General Li must not make any moves against the army of the king of Luoyang, otherwise not only the life of the last general will not be guaranteed, but even the general and the whole army will be in danger!" ”

"General rest assured!" hugged his fist and saluted Duan Xuan back, and Li Le said to him: "The last general only waits for the general's reply in the army, and will never act rashly!" ”

With Li Le's promise, Duan Xuan relieved himself a little, shook the reins, clamped his legs towards the horse's belly, and rode his horse towards the camp of the Xiliang army's soldiers who were arrayed outside the city.

A personal soldier followed closely behind Duan Xuan, rode a fast horse, and rushed out of the barracks.

Looking at Duan Xuan, who was gradually moving away, Li Le's brows were furrowed, and the heavy worry on his face did not dissipate for a long time.

"General!" Just as he was staring at Duan Xuan's back farther and farther away, Li Le heard a voice beside him, he turned his head and found that it was a low-level officer who had been standing on one side when he was talking to Duan Xuan.

"What's the matter with General Summon?" He was unhappy in his heart, and when he saw the little officer next to him calling him, Li Le asked the officer angrily.

"Could it be that General Fei really wants to serve the King of Luoyang?" With his hands clenched into fists and bowing deeply, the officer stole a glance at Li Le very worriedly, and whispered to him: "Has the general ever thought that Han Xian and others joined the king of Luoyang that day, but the general led the army to take refuge in Niu Fu, even if the king of Luoyang is generous, I am afraid it will ......."

Li Le already felt that it was a little inappropriate to take refuge in Liu Wei in his heart, but Duan Xuan proposed it, and he really couldn't think of a better idea, so he reluctantly agreed. At this time, when the officer mentioned Liu Wei's attack on the Baibo Army that day, he was suddenly shocked in his heart, and hurriedly asked the officer: "What do you mean by this?" ”