A few days later, outside the east gate of Chang'an, the army led by Cao Zhang had arrived and set up camp about five miles away from Chang'an.

In Chang'an City, the news of the killing of Cao Zhang's army had already been reported to Li Dao.

Li Wei took Li Huan, Li Ying, Li Shi and others to the east gate of Chang'an and watched from afar.

It was almost dusk, and in the Cao army camp, the soldiers were busy.

Although they only had about 10,000 men, they had strict laws and well-organized military camps, and they skillfully relied on the terrain to achieve both offensive and defensive capabilities to the greatest extent.

"This damn Cao Zhang, I originally wanted to reorganize the soldiers and horses and kill to Luoyang, but I didn't expect him to dare to lead the troops to chase and kill to Chang'an, you say, how should we meet the battle?" Li Wei scolded angrily and asked everyone about countermeasures.

Li Shi still maintained his arrogant character: "This Cao Zhang dared to come to Chang'an, of course, to teach him a lesson, tomorrow morning, I will lead the troops out of the battle, I must kill his majesty!" ”

"In the battle of Luoyang, we lost more than 10,000 soldiers, and the morale of the army was seriously frustrated and morale was low. Although we return to Chang'an, plus the defenders, we can have 50,000 soldiers. But in the current situation, we should stick to it. After all, Cao Zhang came from afar, and the supply of grain and grass will be a problem, and we can delay it until he is short of food and grass to fight again, and the odds of winning are higher! Li Huan denied the idea of Li Shi going to war and proposed to hold on.

Chang'an was the ancient capital of the Western Han Dynasty, and after Dong Zhuo moved westward, it was repaired, and Li Dao had been entrenched for many years, and it had already been built into a strong city.

Li Huan firmly believed that with their five times the strength of Cao Zhang, if they were stubborn, it would be difficult for Cao Zhang to break through.

"Uncle, is it necessary to be so afraid of that Cao Zhang? He came from afar, and it was in a state of exhaustion. Although our army is newly defeated, it can just stimulate the revenge psychology of the soldiers, and take advantage of their unstable foothold to give them a hard blow, and the mourning soldiers will win! Li Shi was unwilling to hold on and insisted on going out of the city to face the battle.

Li Dao listened to the argument between the two, but fell into contradictions, and he couldn't decide who to listen to for a while.

"Father, please allow me to fight tomorrow, I will personally challenge Cao Zhang and avenge the two brothers who died!" Li Shi insisted on asking Li Dao to fight.

Li Ying, who had been silent, also spoke at this time: "Brother, the first battle is extremely important, if you can win, it can boost the morale of our army." Holding on as soon as you come up and showing weakness to the opponent will only make our soldiers more afraid of the enemy, which is indeed not a good strategy, and I am also in favor of letting Shi'er go out of the city to fight! ”

Hearing that Li Ying also supported Li Shi's battle, Li Wei finally stopped hesitating and nodded: "Okay, early tomorrow morning, with your five thousand soldiers and horses, go out of the city to challenge Cao Zhang, if you can kill the enemy and win, there will be a heavy reward!" ”

"Whoa!" Li Shi excitedly agreed.

Li Huan looked at him, but he was worried, but he knew that it was impossible to change, so he could only shake his head helplessly and sigh......

The dawn of the morning sprinkled on Chang'an City. The horn of battle sounded at the head of Chang'an City.

Then the city gate was opened, and with the sound of the earth-shattering war drums, five thousand Xiliang soldiers poured out of the city gate and lined up in the open space outside the city.

Li Shi came out with a spear in his hand, stood at the front of the team, led the soldiers and horses, and went straight to the camp of Cao Zhang's army in front.

A stone's throw away from Cao Zhang's camp, Li Shi led the soldiers and horses to stop, and then gave an order to the messengers behind him: "Give me a scolding formation, and ask Cao Zhang to come out to fight!" ”

Several messengers got the order, lined up, and shouted and scolded Cao Zhang's camp opposite, calling for Cao Zhang to come out to meet the battle.

When the soldiers guarding the gate saw the Xiliang army coming, they had already lined up, set up the horses, and wound their bows, and unsheathed their knives, making defensive preparations.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Cao Zhang and his generals and strategists had already gathered.

"Qi Yu Gongzi, the enemy general Li Shi is scolding and fighting outside the camp!" The soldiers entered the tent and reported to Cao Zhang.

"Got it, give the order to go down, defend tightly, and don't give the enemy a chance to storm the camp." Cao Zhang calmly gave the order, and the soldiers were ordered to withdraw.

"Ziwen, that Li Shi dares to come to call the battle, why should we be afraid of him, I went out to meet him and took his head!" Xiahouba took the initiative to ask for battle.

Xu Huang also stepped forward: "Childe, the last general is also willing to fight Li Shi!" ”

Yuan Tan looked at the two, but he was not in a hurry, but said calmly: "Who stipulated that he scolded the formation, we must go out to fight?" Rest well, ignore him, don't get used to his stinky problems! ”

"Gongming, Zhongquan, you lead troops to guard the gate of the village for me, if Li Shi dares to rush the village, give me an arrow to death!" Cao Zhang gave instructions to Xu Huang, but he couldn't hold on.

Xu Huang and Xiahou Ba didn't understand Cao Zhang's decision, but the military order was like a mountain, and they didn't dare to disobey it, so they could only retreat stupidly to carry out Cao Zhang's instructions.

Xu Shu fully understood Cao Zhang's intentions, and stepped forward and said: "Li Wei must be annoyed and angry when we attacked him in Luoyang and killed his two nephews. Now that Li Shi is calling for the battle, he must have a heart of revenge and a fierce momentum. Childe avoids the war, but also wants to avoid its edge, right? ”

"One drum and then three times and exhaustion, now he is in full swing, we don't have to worry, hang him for an hour." Cao Zhang responded to Xu Shu with a smile.

"Childe Takami." Xu Shu admired from the bottom of his heart.

At the gate of the camp, Xu Huang and Xiahouba came with troops, but they only strengthened the defense and did not open the door to fight.

Li Shi saw the transfer of soldiers in Cao's camp, and became more and more annoyed, and scolded loudly: "Cao Zhang, you don't dare to come out to fight with the master, you came all the way to Chang'an, did you come to Chang'an as a turtle with a shrunken head to show us?" ”

With Li Shi's shouting, the messengers behind him also shouted and cursed with him.

Xu Huang and Xiahou Ba strictly obeyed Cao Zhang's orders, but they just stuck to it and didn't listen to his scolding at all.

Li Shi's lieutenant urged Ma to come to his side and asked, "Childe, if the enemy army does not fight, do you want to attack their camp?" ”

Although Li Shi was arrogant, he was still self-aware, he looked at the Cao army who was waiting in the camp, and knew that the village would suffer heavy losses, so he shook his head and said: "The enemy army has taken precautions, rashly rushing into the village, our losses will be very heavy, and we may not be able to succeed!" ”

"Continue to scold me, how ugly it sounds, how to scold, you have to scold Cao Zhang!" After thinking for a while, Li Shi gave instructions to the messenger.

The herald received the order and began to shout and curse frantically, and began all kinds of crazy "greetings" against Cao Zhang's various relatives......

Xu Huang and Xiahou Ba guarded the camp with their soldiers, and they all frowned when they listened to all kinds of insults from the Xiliang Army outside.

The soldiers of the Cao army who were guarding were also filled with righteous indignation and were extremely angry when they heard that their beloved commander Cao Zhanggongzi was so abused by the enemy, but he could not fight.

Xiahou Ba asked Xu Huang angrily: "Gongming, Li Shi is so insulting to Ziwen, can we really endure it like this?" ”

Xu Huang responded helplessly but firmly: "The military order is like a mountain, the son said that we can't go to war, so we can only carry out the military order!" ”

Xiahou Ba muttered unwillingly: "Question: These bastards really dare to scold anything, scold Ziwen's ancestor, don't you bring our Xiahou clan with you, it's really hateful!" ”

Xiahou Ba listened to it for a while, and became more and more unable to listen, so he said to Xu Huang: "Gongming, you are guarding here, I'll go to Ziwen to talk about it, this Li style is really too much!" He must be taught a good lesson! ”

Xu Huang was also unwilling in his heart, so he nodded, Xiahou Ba turned around and walked towards the big tent of the Chinese army.

Xiahou Ba came to the big tent of the Chinese army, only to see Cao Zhang, Xu Shu, Xiahou Shang, and Xiahou Ru gathered in front of the topographic map of Chang'an, pointing and discussing.

"Ziwen, that Li Shi has been scolding, and the more he scolds, the more ugly it becomes!" Xiahou Ba stepped forward and said to Cao Zhang anxiously.

"A Xiliang barbarian, if you like to scold, you just scold, you just don't hear it!" Cao Zhang didn't care about this.

Xiahou Ba was anxious, walked up to Cao Zhang, and said anxiously: "How could I not hear it, he scolded all the ancestors of our Cao family and Xiahou family, you can bear it, I can't bear it, you just let me go out and teach him a lesson!" ”

Xiahou Shang and Xiahou Ru had actually heard the abuse outside, but they had been pressed by Cao Zhang and did not speak.

Now seeing that Xiahou Ba was emotional, he couldn't hold back it, and followed him to ask Cao Zhang to fight.

Seeing that the emotions of the three people were extremely excited, Cao Zhang knew that he had successfully aroused the hatred of his subordinates against Li Shi with the method of agitation, which would allow them to inspire greater fighting spirit and burst out of their potential to kill the enemy.

But Cao Zhang thinks that it is not yet the time to fight, and he has to further consume Li Shi.

"Don't worry, eat first, eat and drink enough, if he scolds him, clean him up!" Cao Chang still did not agree to the request to fight.

Xiahou Ba was anxious: "Ziwen, everyone is already riding on our heads and, you are still in the mood to eat!" ”

Xu Shu stepped forward with a smile and said, "Prince Zhongquan, let's wait for work in the camp, eat and drink enough; That Li Shi was basking under the sun, he hadn't eaten or drunk yet, he kept screaming and scolding, you said that after a while, would he still have the strength? At that time, if you attack again, are you still worried that you won't be able to defeat him in a battle, and give you anger? ”

As soon as Xu Shu said this, Xiahou Ba and the others were instantly stunned.

"Ziwen, it turns out that you are thinking like this, why didn't you say it earlier?" Xiahou Ba complained about Cao Zhang.

Cao Zhang chuckled and shook his head, and said helplessly: "The three of you, one will be a general in the future, and the other will be my army, let me teach you everything, when will you be able to take charge alone?" ”

Xiahou Ba and the three of them were a little embarrassed by Cao Zhang's words, and lowered their heads in embarrassment.

"How's that, eat or not?!" Cao Zhang asked.

"Eat, then you have to eat first, and you have to eat more, and beat him up when you're full!" Xiahou Ba responded loudly.

Cao Zhang looked at Xu Shu and showed a satisfied and relieved smile, fortunately, he also has a smart military advisor who can understand his own mind, otherwise it would be really tiring to take these three novices with little combat experience......

"Cao Zhang, you bastard, shrunken turtle, your subordinates are all shrunken turtles like you! Come out......"

At the gate of the camp, Li Shi and his subordinates were still scolding.

He was really not tired, and he scolded for nearly an hour, and he didn't stop.

Li Shi also felt a little dry and planned to turn around to rest and drink some water.

At this moment, the war drums suddenly sounded in the camp of the Cao army, and then the soldiers guarding the village dispersed, the gate of the village was wide open, and a team of soldiers and horses rushed out of it.

The person who rushed out first was dressed in chain mail, holding a spear, and shouted and scolded: "Li Shi, have you scolded enough and want to leave?" Look at your son Cao Zhang, come to take your head......"