In the eastern camp of the Tang Army, groups of soldiers of the Qinghuai Army are rushing out of the camp tent one after another, the firelight is swaying everywhere, the archers on the arrow towers everywhere have drawn their bows and are ready to fire, and the shield soldiers under the tower are quickly arrayed, preparing for the upcoming battle with an awe-inspiring expression.

At this time, Chong was commanding his soldiers to build a defensive line under the arrow tower in charge of the headquarters, only to hear a few rapid horses' hooves, and when he looked up, he saw the familiar golden armor, and quickly stopped his movements, straightened his waist and greeted all the soldiers around him: "Li Dashuai!" ”

I saw this Li Dashuai nodding slightly, and then looked around with a heroic face, and finally his eyes fell on the tall Duan Chong.

"What's your name?"

Duan Chong was nervous, and hurriedly took two steps forward and arched his hand: "The last general, Duan Chong, has seen Li Dashuai!" ”

Li Yuan stared at Duan Chong's tall body and still immature face for a while, as if he thought of a familiar person in the distance, but his thoughts quickly retracted, and he spoke decisively: "At this time, the rebel Li Song's headquarters is outside the camp, if this commander orders you to go to deliver the message, do you dare to go?" ”

Duan Chong was not timid at all, and replied loudly: "The last general will take the order!" ”

"Good!" Li Yuan nodded approvingly, then explained to Duan Chong, and then watched the young man turn over and get on his horse neatly, galloping all the way from the camp gate.

After a while, Duan Chong lived up to his expectations and returned unharmed, and after a brief report, the soldiers only saw Li Yuan's face happy, and led Lin Sichang and a few personal soldiers out of the camp gate.

A hundred steps outside the camp is the range of the arrow tower.

Although the officers and men of the Tang Army in the camp did not understand Li Yuan's intentions, they all held their breath and opened their eyes wide, nervously calculating the pace of the commander Li Yuan's march, after all, the safety of the commander was related to the whole army.

And Li Yuan seemed to be silently counting in his heart, as the pace stopped within a hundred steps, Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and then turned around and shouted: "Without the military order of the commander, don't move without permission!" ”

I saw that from the rebel array in the distance, several fast horses were rushing towards the Tang army camp. Looking closely at its attire, the same general led several personal soldiers, the only difference was that these people did not carry blades either in their hands or on their waists.

"Sinner General Li Song, meet Li Dashuai!"

As soon as Li Song turned over and dismounted, he quickly stepped forward and saluted Li Yuan respectfully, obviously, with Li Yuan's eye-catching golden armor, it was difficult for people not to remember.

Seeing that Li Song really dared to come to meet according to his own requirements, Li Yuanqiang held back the excitement in his heart, nodded calmly and said, "Li Tingshi doesn't need to be polite!" ”

Li Song always maintained his humility, and replied with a wry smile: "Handsome, I will not dare to commit the crime of assassinating history!" His Majesty has already decreed that the criminal general be stripped of his official status......"

Such useless politeness, Li Yuan couldn't respond eagerly, and asked directly: "Well, General Li, you mentioned in your letter that you are willing to help our army break through the city, dare to ask what is the best plan?" ”

Li Song lowered his voice and said: "Li Dashuai is quick to talk, and the sin will be admired!" Marshal, since Li Jinquan wants to make our two armies fight each other, why don't I just plan it......"

After hearing this, Li Yuan frowned and thought about it, Li Song's strategy was simple, it was nothing more than to let the Tang Army play a night offensive and defensive battle with him, and by the way, set a fire in the camp to Shouzhou City. Then Li Song pretended to lead the remnants of the army to flee and retreated along the dense forest path to the south gate of Shouzhou City, and the Tang army could take the opportunity to follow behind. Once the defenders of Shouzhou opened the south gate, Li Song's troops could take the city gate as the vanguard, and finally join the Tang army to attack the city in one fell swoop.

The plan sounds perfect, but the stakes are high.

Li Yuan quickly raised his doubts and said calmly: "General Li, if the rebels at the head of Shouzhou City saw my camp on fire, they would definitely think that our army was in chaos, how could they not take advantage of the chaos to attack?" If you have ulterior motives, then what should Li Jinquan do with you to lead the army to attack our army camp at the same time? What if the defenders of the south gate refuse to open the gate? ”

"Dashuai, if Li Jinquan really has this courage, he will have to admire him!" I saw Li Song shake his head decisively, and then said with a playful smile: "It's a pity that Li Jinquan only cares about Shouzhou City and those Weisheng troops under him. Not only would he not come to help, but he would secretly pray that I would lose both the big handsome. Once the crime is defeated, Li Jinquan must have thought that our troops have suffered huge casualties, and it is too late to be happy, and we have no threat to him, how can we not open the city gate?

Even if Li Jinquan is reluctant to open the door, it doesn't matter, now that the defenders of the south gate are all Gwangju soldiers, the guilty general has already laid out the internal response! As long as Li Jinquan saw the fire in the camp of the big marshal, he would go to the east gate tower to inspect it, and the south gate would not have time to pay attention! ”

Li Yuan nodded in response: "General Li is thoughtful!" ”

Then Li Song continued: "Marshal, those trebuchets in your camp should be newly made, I'm afraid there aren't many of them, right?" According to the criminal general, although those trebuchets are extremely powerful, if there are no thirty or forty of them, this Shouzhou City will still not be able to defeat it! The general recently heard that the Northern Expedition army had been defeated in Xuzhou, and the Zhou army might soon have to go south......

These words were inexplicably a little harsh, Li Yuan suddenly sank his face, and said coldly: "According to General Li's meaning, if there is no help from you, this commander will not be able to defeat this Shouzhou City?" ”

Seeing that Li Yuan's face was slightly angry, Li Song replied calmly: "Dashuai, the sin will never have such intentions!" Li Jinquan is tyrannical and impermanent, brave and unscrupulous, how can he be the opponent of the handsome? The sin general is just hoping to help the marshal and end the war in Shouzhou as soon as possible, please misunderstand the marshal! ”

Li Yuan couldn't help it, and said bluntly: "General Li, this commander is puzzled, since you have the heart to help me break the city, why do you always talk about the word help?" You are a traitor, and you want to make meritorious contributions, why don't you lead your troops to vote like the Qinghuai Army? As long as you are willing to return to the court, it is okay for Ben Shuai to intercede for you in front of His Majesty! ”

When Li Song heard this, he sighed, and then arched his hand: "Thank you for the sin!" It's just that I'm waiting for the end and it's different from the Qinghuai Army! The guilty general and the soldiers under his command are all northerners, and now they have committed the great crime of rebellion, and they have rebelled, even if they can make meritorious contributions, how can Your Majesty tolerate us? I'm afraid that this Tang Kingdom will be difficult to accommodate from now on! Sin will only be willing to help each other and change the way of life for the soldiers! Dare to make it happen! ”

This was said sincerely, Li Yuan smiled noncommittally, and asked instead: "Dare to ask General Li, after the destruction of Shouzhou City, where will you go?" Could it be that your life path is to return to the Central Plains and go to that Zhou country? ”

Li Song suddenly looked up at the clouds and mist in the sky, and said sadly: "I wait for the northerners, there is not a day when I don't miss my homeland!" It's just that now the two countries of Zhou and Tang are at war, and Li Jinquan has voted for Zhou, I'm afraid I won't be able to go back! ”

Seeing that Li Yuan was still calm, Li Song seemed to have made up his mind, and bowed down his waist and said boldly: "The sin general has the courage to ask Li Dashuai, if this battle can break through Shouzhou City, when the war is over, please also ask Dashuai to allow the sin general to evacuate from the water gate with the soldiers, and we are willing to abandon the sword and disarm the armor, and never disturb the people of the prefectures and counties along the way!" ”

Li Yuan was surprised: "Water Gate? Go along the river...... Could it be that General Li is going to lead his troops to Gangneung? I heard that Jingnan is narrow and the people are outnumbered, and besides, Gao Baorong, the king of Nanping, has taken the Zhou State as his Zhengshuo, how can he tolerate Er? It's better to go to my Langzhou......"

Hearing this, Li Song looked incredible, and then replied in a deep voice: "Dashuai, Langzhou is now in the territory of Tang Kingdom after all, if we go, I'm afraid it will hurt Li Dashuai!" The sin general has already secretly prepared a ferry at the mouth of the Watergate River, and our soldiers' families have also been waiting in Gwangju. ”

Then Li Song smiled intriguingly: "Dashuai, if the criminal general can get a foothold in Nanping, I want Langzhou to be three days away from Jiangling Kuaima, if he is sent by Dashuai, he only needs to ask Kuaima to send a letter!" ”

After a moment of silence, Li Yuanwu turned around and said in a low voice: "After the city of Shouzhou is broken, you can leave on your own, and you don't have to throw away the blade, just leave some armor battle flags." ”

"Sin will obey! The grace of the handsome, the sin will be unforgettable! ”