Chapter Sixty-Nine: The Arrogant Li Dao
Two days later, the sun was lit up.
One of the most complete palaces in the ruined imperial palace, Li Dao turned this place into his Chinese army tent after entering Luoyang.
At this time, he gathered here with his sons and nephews to discuss the military situation.
"Big brother, according to the military intelligence report we just received, Cao Cao sent his son Cao Zhang to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to fight against our army, and he has already sent troops towards Luoyang." Li Wei's younger brother (cousin) Li Ying is making a report.
"What? Cao Zhang, 10,000 people? Li Wei's eyes widened in disbelief, obviously not believing the result.
"Is Cao Cao, this old thief, crazy? Send a yellow-mouthed son with 10,000 men to fight against me? This is clearly looking down on me! Li Dao was furious and shouted in a tantrum.
Li Wei's son, Li Shi, stood up and said with obvious contempt: "Dad, what is there to be angry about? Cao Cao's old thief was not just defeated by Zhang Xiu not long ago, and it is estimated that he has not recovered yet. ”
"Now Yuan Shao in the north and Lu Bu in Xuzhou are also eyeing him, and I think he really has no one to send, so he can only let his son lead troops to meet him!"
"Isn't this a good thing for us, Zhang Xiu can kill one of his sons and nephews, let's help him send another one away, and let Cao Lao Thief cut off his children and grandchildren as soon as possible!" After Li Shi finished speaking, he couldn't help but laugh wildly.
After listening to Li Shi's words, Li Dao relaxed and laughed: "That's right, Cao Cao thinks he has many sons, so we will help him kill another one!" ”
Li Wei's laughter infected Li Ying on the side, and he also laughed together.
Sitting next to Li Ying was Li Huan, another younger brother of Li Wei, but he didn't laugh with him, but said with a very solemn face: "Big brother, this Cao Zhang is not so simple, it may not be easy to deal with!" ”
"Brother Huan, how can you grow up with the prestige of your family and destroy your own ambition, I heard that Cao Zhang is only sixteen years old, although he also had some martial arts in the past, what is there to be afraid of?" Li Dao said disappreciatively.
"The eldest brother didn't know, according to the report of the spy sent to Xu Du before, this Cao Zhang shined in the recent Yuedan review, and won two first-class masterpieces in a row. Later, he also participated in the hunt with Cao Cao and hunted a tiger! ”
"This kid is also a civil and military all-rounder, otherwise Cao Cao would not be able to rest assured that he would lead the army to meet us, Cao Cao is an old treacherous and cunning person, what he is not sure of, will he do it?" Li Huan introduced Cao Zhang's situation and reminded Li Dao.
"Hmph, it's just two poems, what's the big deal? As for killing a tiger, if there is a sword, all of us here, who can't kill a tiger? Li Shi obviously didn't take Cao Zhang in his eyes, and said contemptuously.
"That's it, don't talk about a little Cao Zhang, what if it's Lu Bu? I was beaten to the point where I lost my armor and fled! Li Wei loved Li Shi's son the most, and immediately stood up and echoed him.
"If even Cao Cao's son is afraid, then what are we going to do with our troops in Luoyang? It's better to stay in Chang'an honestly! ”
"Besides, I have an army of 50,000, and Cao Zhang is only 10,000 horses, if I can't win again, I'm really living in vain!" Li Dao was full of confidence, patted his chest and said loudly.
"That's right, five to one, let's wait for work, now Li Li and Li Xian, two cousins, each brought 10,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Dagu Pass and Yique Pass, so can Cao Zhang come and fight? Uncle, I think you're being too careful! Li Shi immediately echoed Li Dao and said.
Li Dao and Li Shi were so confident that Li Huan couldn't say more, so he could only turn his head to look at Li Ying and ask: "Then when will Cao Zhang send troops, and where is he now?" ”
Li Ying was just about to respond, when a soldier walked in from outside with a secret letter in his hand and reported to Li Dao: "Report, there is a secret letter from a flying pigeon!" ”
Li Dao stretched out his hand loudly: "Bring it to me." ”
The soldier handed the secret letter to Li Wei, he opened it and looked at it carefully, and the others looked at him with interest, wondering what the secret letter was talking about.
"Hahahaha!" After reading the secret letter, Li Wei did not speak, but looked up to the sky and laughed.
"This Cao Zhang is really a useless straw bale, and he prepared for ten days in Xudu before he set out for the expedition. After sending out the troops, the march speed was extremely slow, and they had just arrived in Yingchuan County the night before yesterday, and they were still three hundred miles away from us. ”
"At this rate, it will take him at least three to five days to reach Otani Pass and Yique Pass. It seems that he is obviously afraid of me and does not dare to come to fight! Li Dao said triumphantly.
Li Shi and Li Ying also laughed insolently together: "This kind of straw bag is purely sent to death!" ”
"Big brother, don't take it lightly, you still have to strengthen your vigilance!" Li Huan didn't dare to relax, and reminded Li Dao again.
Li Dao said a little impatiently: "Okay, okay, pass on my military order, let Li Li and Li Xian strengthen their vigilance, and never let that Cao Zhang break through Yique Pass and Dagu Pass!" ”
Immediately, a herald promised to run out quickly to give the order.
"How about it, now it's okay, you can be sure, right?" Li Dao asked Li Huan.
Seeing Li Dao arrange like this, Li Huan didn't want to say more, so he lowered his head and didn't speak.
"Alright, instead of wasting time here discussing how to deal with that yellow-haired boy, let's talk about how we are going to march into Xudu! Don't forget, we're here for the Son of Heaven! Seeing that Li Huan was no longer talking, Li Dao opened his mouth and said to everyone.
"That's right, we let Cao Cao and Dong Cheng take away the Son of Heaven with a single thought before, and now that we have captured Luoyang, we must fight to Xu Du and take the Son of Heaven back in one go."
"As long as the Son of Heaven is in our hands, we are the orthodoxy of the imperial court, and if others dare to oppose us, they are chaotic ministers and thieves, and we can call on the princes of the world to deal with them together!" Li Shi immediately echoed Li Wei's words.
"Therefore, tomorrow we will play the banner, our attack on Xudu this time, just like our attack on Chang'an, is the king of Qin, for the sake of the Qing monarch's side, to welcome the son of heaven back to his hometown!" Li Dao commanded loudly.
"That's right, my father is the Great Sima officially canonized by the Son of Heaven, and he is the head of a hundred officials! We are sending troops this time to exterminate the traitors and help the Han family! Li Shi echoed loudly.
"Everyone listens to the order, and tomorrow we will make a few big flags, write the big characters of King Qin, and tell the people of the world that we are the orthodoxy of the Han family!" Li Wei said loudly.
"Whoa!" Li Ying, Li Huan, and Li Shi bowed their heads together to receive orders.
"This time to take the Son of Heaven back, there must be no mistake from last time, we must firmly grasp him, so that everyone in the world will have to listen to me!" Li Wei said viciously, with a fierce light flashing in his eyes......
After arranging everything, Li Wei ordered everyone to go back to rest, and he himself returned to his bedchamber.
Li Wei's wife beckoned his subordinates to change his clothes and wash him, and waited for him to sleep......
Not long after Li Wei fell asleep in a daze, he suddenly heard shouts of killing from all sides, and was instantly awakened, and sat up: "What's wrong, what's wrong?" Who shouted to kill? ”……