Chapter 157: Breaking the City and Capturing the Thief
Pei Xingli was still amazed by this woman's peerless beauty, and when he heard the words, he woke up like a dream, and was so shocked that he hurriedly withdrew his gaze from her face. The concubine is pro-conscript, this is unheard of.
However, folklore has it that this noble concubine has gained an excellent reputation since she was the lady of Guangling County, and she is also good at riding horses and hunting, and the blueprint for many folk legends seems to be her. If it is said that other concubines are recruiting for the emperor, he does not believe it, but this noble concubine from the Guo family is not unreasonable.
Pei Xingli suddenly changed his face and sneered: "The concubine is really bold, she dares to go into the wolf's den alone to dig out wolf cubs!" The commander of the Divine Army, I'm afraid it's your house slave, right? If General Ben orders someone to tie you up today, use this as a threat, and see who dares to resist! If General Li has you in hand, let's say that it is the Shence Army, it is the soldiers and horses of the six routes, and they are afraid and dare not act rashly! ”
Nian Yun laughed loudly, "This palace actually saw the wrong person!" I thought General Pei was slightly outstanding, but I didn't expect to be so stupid! ”
Pei Xingli said with a gloomy face: "What do you mean?" ”
Nianyun sat down in a big way and said, "The saint of the holy palace is the saint of the people of the world. This palace is a holy concubine, but it is also one of the people in the world. Does General Pei think that the Holy Lord will give up the country and the society for the sake of the palace alone? ”
If the Holy God had been willing to do this for the sake of a little child's personal affection, he would not be the Holy God of today.
Although Pei Xingli understood this, he was still unwilling, and sneered: "Although Your Majesty may not care about the personal feelings of his children, he can't offend the Guo family because of this. Didn't General Ben know that the identity of the concubine was extraordinary, and she was each other's backers with the Guo family! ”
Nian Yun said with a smile: "General Pei thinks that it is so difficult for the Guo family to send another concubine into the palace? ”
Although there is no more suitable person in the Guo family than her, when the Guo family and His Majesty have this need, it is not impossible to choose another woman from the Guo clan to enter the palace.
Pei Xingli groaned for a while, and said: "The emperor is also a human, I don't believe it, Your Majesty will have no personal feelings, and watch his wife suffer from the enemy!" ”
Nian Yun said with a smile: "The general's words are wrong. Since Bengong dares to come alone, he is not afraid of death, how can he wait for the opportunity to tie Bengong alive to the front of the battle? However, if Hongu is alive, everything will be easy to say. If there is anything wrong with this palace, I am afraid that the Holy Admiral will not hesitate to use the power of the whole country to raze Zhenhai to the ground, so that you and others will taste the taste of life worse than death! ”
This Guo is the granddaughter of Ziyigong, looking at her calm and relaxed appearance, she really has the demeanor of Ziyigong in the past. Since she dares to recruit for His Majesty, I am afraid that she really has the confidence and courage not to be that puppet hostage.
If something really happened to this Guo Guifei in Zhenhai, how would the Holy Admiral explain to the Guo family, to the Shengping Mansion, and to all the people in the world? At that time, the Shence Army raised the banner of avenging the descendants of Ziyi Gong, and it couldn't be more justifiable.
At that time, Li Jian will definitely lose the support of the people, to put it mildly, it is a small Zhenhai, even if all the nearby states are taken, he can only watch it lose again.
Pei Xingli figured it out, quickly changed his attitude, bowed deeply to Concubine Guo Guifei and said, "Your subordinates are talented...... It's a joke, Pei is willing to listen to the dispatch of the concubine. ”
Nian Yun no longer pretentious, and stretched out his hand to help him up: "This palace knows that General Pei is a smart person. Now that the army is almost in Hangzhou, please let the general release the entourage of the palace first and discuss the thieves together! ”
Pei Xingli hurriedly sent the order, and ordered someone to find a set of new clothes for the female relatives of the family to change into. Not long after, Qixi and others were also invited, and Pei Xingli ordered someone to arrange a banquet to make amends.
Nianyun didn't eat well in that prison, and he was hungry in his belly, and he thought that Qixi was the same. So she sat down unceremoniously, and invited Pei Xingli to sit on the right side of the lower position to have a meal, and Qixi sat opposite Pei Xingli.
Pei Xingli accompanied them to use some things, and when he saw that they were almost used, he inquired and asked, "I don't know how to break the thief?" ”
Nian Yun has his own plans in his heart, since this Pei Xingli promised to take refuge in them, he can't just talk about it with one mouth, he has to get a certificate of nomination.
Without waiting for Qixi to answer, Nian Yun opened his mouth and said: "This palace hopes that General Pei will first count his own soldiers and horses, counterattack Fenghua City, and the Shence Army will follow the general, and there will be six other soldiers and horses to escort the general, take Fenghua, and capture Li Jian alive!" ”
If Pei Xingli is allowed to lead the Zhen Navy to counterattack Li Kuang, then the Shence Army can minimize the casualties, and it can almost be said that it does not cost a single soldier, and the strength of the Shence Army is best preserved.
However, her words sounded a bit lion-minded, it was the imperial court that led the army to conquer Li Ji, why did he ask Pei Xingli to be the main force to play the forward, but the Shence army only followed behind to escort?
Pei Xingli also heard what she meant, and hesitated a little, "This ......"
The concubine gently tapped the ebony chopsticks on the table twice, and said, "Look at what General Pei means, isn't it difficult to capture a small Fenghua City?" This palace has given the general a chance to atone for his crimes! ”
Qixi smiled slightly, raised the wine cup to Pei Xingli, and drank it all: "If the general doesn't show some sincerity at this time, when His Majesty asks, it will be difficult for our family to say a few good words for the general!" ”
Pei Xingli is Li Kuan's nephew and a major general under Li Kuang, so he naturally can't escape Li Kuang's rebellion. In addition to the tens of thousands of horses and horses who listened to his orders, there were not many soldiers and horses personally commanded by Li Jian in Fenghua City. Even if he didn't do it, he didn't have to wait for the six reinforcements to arrive, and the Shence army could directly break the city.
The concubine is right, if he doesn't make some real meritorious deeds at this time, Li Jian will be disposed of at that time, although he is on the verge of defection, but he is only forced by the situation, and he may not be able to get any good fruits to eat.
Pei Xingli hurriedly got up and made a big salute: "Pei doesn't dare, let's make arrangements, and send a few back later, so that I can lead the army to attack Fenghua City tonight!" ”
Nianyun was not in a hurry, and left the table first to personally invite Pei Xingli to take a seat, and then asked, "I don't know if General Pei plans to attack or outwit?" ”
Although the Shence Army and the other contacted soldiers and horses of the Sixth Route were only escorts, she couldn't really let Pei Xingli and Li Jian die together. The strong attack is the layout of the strong attack, it is easier to outwit, understand Pei Xingli's strategy in advance, and it is easy to cooperate when the time comes.
Pei Xingli said: "Don't hide it from the mother, Pei Mou still has a little personal relationship with Zhang Ziliang, the middle man under Li Qian's account. If Li Jian is facing the battle, he must send Zhang Ziliang as the vanguard. ”
That Zhang Ziliang mentioned to him before that he did not agree with Li Kuang's rebellion, and thought that the possibility of success was extremely low. If Zhang Ziliang comes to fight, I am afraid that this battle may not be able to fight.
Nianyun saw that he had a plan, so he put his mind at ease, poured himself a glass of wine, and stood up: "In this way, this palace wishes General Pei a victory, and I wish this palace and the general a happy cooperation!" ”
That night, Pei Xingli checked the sergeants under the tent, ordered 5,000 elites and went straight to Fenghua City. Guo Yan personally led a few guards to fight with Pei Xingli, while Xue Qixi led hundreds of light cavalry under his command to follow, and the infantry of the Shence Army also followed.
Before arriving at Fenghua City, Li Jian had already received the news, and hurriedly ordered Zhang Ziliang to go to meet the battle, and the two armies would be twenty miles outside Fenghua City.
That Pei Xingli took the lead, stood on the horse with a horizontal spear, and shouted: "Brother Zhang! ”
Li Jian only called that Zhang Ziliang to fight, but he didn't tell him anything else, so he didn't know that the enemy was Pei Xingli, and when he saw this, he also raised the halberd in his hand and asked loudly: "Why is Brother Pei here?" ”
Pei Xingli said: "Li Jian is a traitor and has no way, and the imperial court sent the Shence Army to surround Huainan, Wuning, Xuanwu, Wuchang, Jiangxi, and Zhedong to fight against the thief. Pei has now abandoned the dark and turned to the light, why didn't Brother Zhang make plans earlier? ”
That Zhang Ziliang already knew the details of Li Jian and knew that he had no chance of winning. At this time, when he heard that the Seven-Way Army was besieging Zhenhai, he really couldn't escape, so he took the halberd and said: "Zhang has no intention of rebelling, but he follows the wrong master, what can I do?" ”
Pei Xingli said: "Pei also thought about it before, but it was not too late to make amends and restrain the horse from the precipice." At this time, if Brother Zhang is not the same as Pei, he will counterattack Fenghua City, and if he captures the old thief Li Jian alive at that time......"
He pointed to Guo Jun, who was also horizontal and immediately beside him, but was wearing a soft-armored uniform different from that of the Zhen Navy, "This is the special envoy who was ordered to quell the rebellion, Guo Yan, the grandson of Ziyi Gong and the captain of the concubine, should exonerate Brother Zhang in front of His Majesty." ”
Guo Fei immediately took a step forward and said loudly: "I, Guo Jun, in front of my brothers, as a special envoy for recruitment, if General Zhang has a meritorious role in quelling the rebellion this time and takes down the traitor Li Jian in one fell swoop, when the time is returned, Guo will definitely ask Your Majesty to open the net!" ”
This was said loudly, and in front of so many sergeants, it was impossible to deny it.
Zhang Ziliang got his assurance, and turned to the generals behind him and said: "Li Jian has no way and wants to do something rebellious." We were born as the people of the Tang Dynasty, and we should finally be Your Majesty and loyal to the imperial court. Are you willing to follow me to attack Fenghua City and capture the thieves? ”
At this time, they all heard the words of Pei Xingli and Guo Wei in front of the battle, and they also knew that Li Jian was gone, so they all raised their arms and shouted: "I am willing to follow General Zhang to attack the city and capture the thief!" ”
Zhang Ziliang listened to the oath of everyone with satisfaction, took the lead with a long halberd, and led the army to turn back and rush to Fenghua City.
said that Li Jian here expected Zhang Ziliang to bring thousands of elite people, although he may not have much chance of winning, but it is enough to resist for a while. Unexpectedly, in less than half an hour, I heard the flags waving and shouting outside the city, and the war drums shook the heavens and the earth.
When Li Jian hurriedly climbed the city tower to look, he saw Zhang Ziliang and Pei Xingli standing side by side in front, with thousands of men and horses, together with Pei Xingli's town navy, they attacked the city gate!
At this time, Li Jian only had 300 guards left by his side, so he had to order people to guard the city gate.
In the face of the army of more than 10,000 people outside, there are thousands of Shence troops beating drums and cheering, where can it be defended!
In less than half an hour, the gate of Fenghua was breached.