Zhang Zai showed a sly smile, "However, when I stitched up your wound, I tattooed a plum blossom pattern on my hand. In the future, you will live with this plum blossom, and you will never lose it for the rest of your life. ”

Ergouzi suddenly jumped up, trembling with anger, and pointed at Zhang Zai and said, "You actually let me be a big man and carry a plum blossom for the rest of my life?!"

Tattoos are quite popular now, and Guo Wei, the Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty, nicknamed Guo Qi'er, came from tattoos. It's just that everyone is generally tattooed with jackals, tigers and leopards, which is used to set off their own might.

There are such soldiers in the army, and they take it out from time to time to show off.

As long as the second dog thinks about it, when everyone shows off the tiger on their chests in the future, they are holding a plum blossom and hiding on the side and shivering, and they can't wait to hit their heads on the elm tree and die.

Seeing that the second dog was about to cry, Zhang Zai laughed and was extremely happy: "Look at your cowardice, I'll fool you!"

After Yelu's enemy Lugu went to Yuguan with his close division, the Khitan army outside Beikou had not attacked the city for many days, not only that, but they were also strengthening the camp and raising cattle and sheep in captivity, as if they were preparing to fight a protracted war and fight the Tang army in Beikou endlessly.

In this regard, whether it is a soldier like Ergouzi or a Confucian student like Zhang Zai, he doesn't have much feeling, if he insists on saying that there is, he is happy to see it. Because this shows that their defense of the city has achieved a phased victory, and the Khitan barbarians dare not come up easily.

Therefore, Zhang Zai, a half-hung doctor, and a wounded soldier like Ergouzi, have the opportunity to show their skills in the barracks and recuperate quietly.

Not only Beikou, but also the Khitan army outside Juyong Pass and Yuguan also successively slowed down their offensives, or simply stopped attacking the city, and began to bury their heads in strengthening the camp to prevent the Tang army from attacking.

The fierce war in the north has become extremely quiet and treacherous in just a few days.

As the commander of the northern border, Li Maozhen received Li Ye's military order, which was to let her look for an opportunity to fight on the premise of ensuring that the defense line would not be bad, and attack the Khitan army in an eclectic manner.

After receiving this military order, Li Maozhen pondered for a long time.

Unlike ordinary generals, of course she knows what situation the imperial dynasty is facing now, the beacon smoke in Hexi and Shu has been ignited, and some of the northern monks have been transferred.

What Li Ye wanted was not how many Khitan soldiers to behead and how many Khitan troops to defeat, but the strength of the troops.

Yelu Abaoji contracted the battle line and strengthened the camp to assume a defensive posture, obviously waiting for the Uighurs and Nanzhao to attack the Tang territory in a big way. If the dynasty only defends and counterattacks, it will undoubtedly be led by the nose by Yelu Abaoji.

If this is the case, it is possible that the Khitan army, which has stopped, will launch another onslaught after resting, exerting strong pressure on the northern border, so that the monks of the imperial dynasty will be overstretched, and even break through the northern defense line with the support of the Uighurs and Nanzhao.

Only by taking the initiative to attack and winning the results quickly and accurately can Yelu Abaoji not be able to figure out Li Ye's intentions, unable to judge Li Ye's arrangement, and at the same time boost the morale of the Tang army in the north, and by the way, also inspire the hearts of the center, and finally achieve the goal of stabilizing the battle situation.

What Li Maozhen has to consider now is who to send out of the pass to attack, which army to send to attack, and from which direction.

There is no doubt that the answers to these three questions are not easy to find, and once you choose to make a wrong choice, lose your attack, and are defeated by the Khitan, the situation will become very serious.

If the elite cavalry of the Wolf Tooth Army is still there, Li Maozhen will not be distressed, they are definitely the only target to implement this military strategy. It's a pity that there are no more wolf-tooth army elite horsemen at the moment.

In the Chang'an Forbidden Army, in addition to the Wolf Tooth Army, there is another army dominated by elite cavalry, that is, the Xiao Cavalry Army.

It's just that the Xiao Cavalry Army formed the army too late, and now it is still running-in, although the combat power is not weak, but it is also relative to the Fanzhen Army, if it is compared with the old forbidden army and the Khitan army, there is still a bit of a gap.

"Li Ye's guy is really going to give people problems. ”

Li Maozhen grabbed her hair, a little angry, "But this military strategy is extremely important by him, as if it is not successfully implemented, and a complete victory will not come......"

The irritable King Qi scratched his ears and cheeks, and he couldn't wait to personally lead an elite to kill out of the Great Wall.

Of course, this is not feasible, in addition to commanding the war in Youzhou, the most important thing is to balance Yelu Abaoji, otherwise with the combat power of Yelu Abaoji, it may cause a great disaster to the Tang Army at any time, and it cannot be moved lightly at all.

In the entire northern border, there are many strong generals, but there are very few who can share the pressure for King Qi. Zhao Bingkun is actually one, but let him lead the troops into battle, if there is a slight mistake, it will be too sorry for the soldiers, and it may cause unnecessary trouble.

After all, Zhao Nianci had already died in battle.

King Qi, who had been thinking for a long time, finally went to Yunzhou.

When the war in Juyongguan, Beikou, and Yuguan was fierce, Yunzhou was like a paradise and stayed out of the matter.

After the Battle of Luoyankou ended and Yelu Xiannichi's attack on Yunzhou failed, there was no major war here. Therefore, the main general of the Wolf Tooth Army, who was neatly draped and stood at the head of the city with a sword and looked north, never found a chance to avenge his comrades who died in battle.

In addition to the 5,000 elite cavalry, the wolf tooth army only has 30,000 foot soldiers left, and there are no good fighters, so the foot soldiers naturally cannot enter the grassland rashly.

When King Qi flew to the city, he saw the familiar figure of Shangguan Allure, and his eyes were full of strangeness and surprise.

The main general of the Wolf Tooth Army in front of him had lost his weight, and the armor that was originally close to his body looked like it was hanging on dry bones.

Before Li Maozhen could speak, Shangguan Chengcheng had already looked at her.

With just one glance, Li Maozhen couldn't help but feel shocked.

Those eyes, the gaze is still sharp.

Sharper than any sword soldier in the world.

Combined with her emaciated cheeks, these eyes looked a little eerie.

Now, these eyes see Li Maozhen, like a lit star, full of indescribable brilliance.

Li Maozhen understood this brilliance.

When Li Ye sent her to Hexi to fight, she also had this kind of brilliance in her eyes.

"Looks like you know what I'm here for. Li Maozhen smiled kindly.

"I don't know well enough. Shangguan Chengcheng looked at Li Maozhen very hard, and this sentence was also very powerful, as if if she didn't work so hard, she would not be able to grasp something she thought about for a long time.

"Li Ye wanted to be alone, lead the army out of the pass, and attack the Khitan. I thought about it for a long time, but I didn't think of a more suitable place than Yunzhou, nor did I think of a more suitable person than you. Li Maozhen's words did not disappoint Shangguan Allure.

Shangguan Chengcheng followed closely and said, "Your opinion is very accurate. ”

Li Maozhen said: "There are just two more problems. ”

Shangguan Chengcheng said: "Any problem can be solved." ”

Li Maozhen shook his head and said, "These two questions are different. ”

Shangguan Chengcheng was silent, waiting for Li Maozhen to continue.

Li Maozhen said: "First, Li Ye realized the pain of your bloody battle in Luoyankou, and he no longer wanted you to continue the battle, and wanted you to rest for a while. ”

Shangguan Chengcheng didn't answer immediately, and was quiet for a while.

Then she said, "I've rested long enough, and I can't rest longer." I'm sure Your Highness understands this too. ”

Li Maozhen looked at the other party's cheeks, which were no longer half a tael, and sighed: "If Li Ye sees your appearance, I'm afraid there is no reason to disagree with your words." ”

Shangguan Chengcheng said: "Then what is the second question?"

Li Maozhen said: "I don't have a fine cavalry in my hand that can compare to the Wolf Tooth Army......"

Shangguan Chengcheng said: "The Wolf Tooth Army still has 5,000 horsemen. ”

"Five thousand horsemen are not enough. ”

"If it's not enough, you can add it. ”

"It's not the elite cavalry of the Wolf Tooth Army, you may not be easy to use. ”

"It's not an insurmountable problem for a famous player. ”

Li Maozhen groaned.

Obviously, Shangguan has made up his mind to fight.

She had already made up her mind to fight.

She's always been resolute.

Li Maozhen realized this.

She felt admiration and joy, but also sorrow and jealousy.

She finally understood why it was Shangguan Allure who made the famous general, not her, the king of Qi.

As a warrior, the other party is much purer than her.

Li Maozhen gathered her mind and said solemnly: "30,000 fine horses, I will transfer them to you as soon as possible." There can only be 30,000, and any more, the movement will be too big. ”

Shangguan Chengcheng asked, "What is the combat goal?"

Li Maozhen condensed and said: "Attack Mobei, do your best to kill and injure all the enemy troops you can." ”

Shangguan Allure clenched his fists: "Shangguan Allure, take the order!"