Chapter 694: Door-to-door provocation
Zhao Zichuan and Li Yuru took care of their son in the camp together, and chatting a few words when they had nothing to do can be regarded as relieving the boredom in their hearts. Although he failed to go on the expedition, seeing that his wife and son were in harmony, Zhao Zichuan was quite content.
If it were in normal times, with Li Yuru's character, he would definitely "point fingers" and quarrel with Zhao Zichuan, but today Li Yuru knew that Zhao Zichuan was uncomfortable, so he simply didn't have too many "radical words", but more comfort and encouragement......
After some coaxing, An An finally fell asleep. Zhao Zichuan took care of his son, and unconsciously looked at the urn in front of the case - Zhao Zichuan has always regretted his eldest brother.
"Don't look at it, the more you look at it, the more sad it becomes......" Li Yuru knew Zhao Zichuan's pain, and murmured softly, "Brother Zijin's revenge, we will definitely avenge it-but I don't want to see you look so painful and uncomfortable before you take revenge......
Zhao Zichuan turned his gaze back to Li Yuru, looked at his face that seemed to be a pear blossom with rain, barely squeezed out a smile, wiped the tears from the corners of his wife's eyes with his hand and said, "I'm not uncomfortable, don't think about it......"
"I still said no, my eyes have been dark during this time......" Li Yuru still showed a compassionate gaze, looking at Zhao Zichuan's faceless demeanor, and her heart was also uncomfortable.
Zhao Zichuan slowly lowered his head, caressed Li Yuru's hands, and said warmly: "I can't forget the blood feud of the eldest brother, but what is more important at the moment is that our family is safe and sound...... Brother Xiao told me that cherishing the people in front of me, I care more about our family than revenge, and that our family can successfully survive this catastrophe......"
"Zichuan ......" looked at Zhao Zichuan's still optimistic attitude, Li Yuru blushed slightly, and clasped her fingers on each other, representing that the husband and wife and the family will share weal and woe and never give up.
Zhao Zichuan saw that Li Yuru was working very hard to take care of his son, and he had to spare energy to comfort himself, and his mood was also slightly tired. Zhao Zichuan thought about it, slowly let go of his hand, got up and said, "Yuru, you are tired of taking care of your son every day...... If you're feeling thirsty, I'll help you get some water—"
In the face of her husband's concern, Li Yuru was naturally warm, but she didn't want Zhao Zichuan to worry about more irrelevant idle things in his tired state, so he said: "I'll leave this little thing to Xiaofei to do, Zichuan, you're too tired these days, let's take a good rest......"
"It's okay, don't you think I don't have time to care about you?" I just helped you fetch water this time......" Zhao Zichuan showed a friendly smile and said in response.
Li Yuru looked at Zhao Zichuan with a blush, and did not continue to "oppose", it is rare for her husband to take the initiative to care about herself and get out of the haze, Li Yuru is also very willing to see it.
"Xiao Fei, take care of Madame, I'll go out and come back immediately-" Zhao Zichuan shouted at the guards outside the camp again.
Xiaofei's full name is "Yang Xiaofei", about 16 years old, a sturdy guy, and he is a close guard of Zhao Zichuan and Li Yuru. Xiao Fei's ancestral home in Shandong, because of the war disaster family killed, after Zhao Zichuan led the army to conquer the city, Xiao Fei admired Zhao Zichuan's divine martial arts, so he joined the army. Because his martial arts are quite exquisite, but he is not good at leading troops, he just caught up with Li Yuru who was pregnant, so Zhao Zichuan specially asked him to be Li Yuru's personal guard. Now that the child is born, the relationship between the husband and wife and Xiaofei is still close, so Xiaofei still continues to stay by the side of the two as guards.
"Okay, General Zhao—" Xiao Fei replied in a rather immature tone.
Zhao Zichuan was very relieved, nodded and left the tent......
Xiangyang City ......
Seeing that the army was about to arrive in the city, Wuliang Tuoduo and the generals were urgently discussing countermeasures......
"General, the enemy army is menacing, and the enemy is outnumbered in terms of troops, if you fight hard, I'm afraid the chances of winning are not great......" The generals on the side kept reminding Wuliang Tuoduo.
"I know this......" Wuliang Tuoduo didn't seem to care, and didn't seem to take Chang Yuchun and the vanguard army in his eyes at all, "Kuangku Timur didn't give us an order to defend to the death, if you can fight, you will fight, and if you can't fight, you will abandon the city......"
"General, this ......" Listening to Wu Liangtuo's tone of indifference, the generals on the side didn't know how to respond.
Wuliang Tuoduo got up slightly, and said with a look of disdain: "I said it, my target is only Zhao Zichuan and the 'Qiankun Second Sword'...... killed his brother a few days ago, I believe Zhao Zichuan should also get the news......"
"It should be, General......" the general whispered.
"That's good--I killed his brother, and my ancestors are enemies for generations, Zhao Zichuan will definitely have the heart to take revenge, and he will definitely lead his troops to attack!" Wuliang Tuoduo showed a cold smile and said sharply, "As long as Zhao Zichuan comes, I will have a chance to kill him and seize the sword-city, I can lose it;
The trusted generals all know the feud between Wuliang Tuoduo and the Zhao family, but the enemy who came this time is definitely not only Zhao Zichuan, Wuliang Tuoduo doesn't care about the city, others care, so the general next to him continued to ask: "General, the enemy army that came to attack is the Chang Yuchun vanguard army that has made a prestige in Shandong, and there are countless elite soldiers and fierce generals, and it is difficult to predict the use of tactics, if we don't take precautions, let alone take the lives of the Zhao family, we may not be able to protect ourselves......
Ura Todo was still not worried, and turned to ask and answer: "Don't worry, have you detected the enemy's movement ahead?"
The general continued: "We have found out, it is the two armies of the water and the land that are coming towards Xiangyang - if we are defending against the enemy, we must deal with it by the land and water armies. But it is a fact that the enemy is outnumbered, and if the army is divided by water, the natural forces will be greatly dispersed, what do you think, general?"
Wuliang Tuoduo glanced at the map and said without hesitation: "It's very simple - our army will not blindly defend Xiangyang, and we will not be afraid that there will be no firewood to burn in the green mountains, and we will not be able to resist it at that time, and the main force of our army will definitely abandon the city and move north...... However, the land route is close to the southeast, and it is obviously not realistic for the main force to break through from there, and if you want to abandon the city and move, you must go north by water—"
"The general means that the main force is placed in ...... Sailors?" the general continued.
"Of course, and not only that......," Urliang Todo continued, pointing to the map, "General Ben is going to take command of the navy himself, and fight the enemy army before abandoning the city—I have heard that the vanguard army is not only brave and brave, but also strategic, and the general wants to abandon the city and go north, and they must have guessed it, so they will make a big fuss about the navy......"
"Doesn't that set you on fire, General?" the general asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, I just want them to know-" Wuliang Tuoduo laughed coldly, "Let them know that Zhao Zichuan is eager to kill me, and he will take the initiative to lead his troops to find me...... I just want him to come, the naval army will fight, and before abandoning the city, I will take Zhao Zichuan's life and take the 'Qiankun Two Swords'!"
It turned out that Wuliang Tuoduo only thought about Zhao Zichuan and the "Qiankun Two Swords".
Although the generals under the tent had some objections, as the main general, the generals did not dare to disobey.
The trusted general was still a little worried, and reminded uneasily: "But general, the vanguard army has won countless battles along the way, and with this courage of victory, we can really retreat with our whole body...... Is it?"
"Don't worry, I said ......it when I first met the vanguard army in Yuxing City," Wuliang Tuoduo said coldly, "The reason why the vanguard army is invincible is that there are brave generals and strategists, and based on the 'Five Absolute Formations', its momentum is strong and indestructible...... But as I said, if you want to defeat them, the most important thing is to scatter their various parts and destroy them one by one!"
"Break them one by one, this ...... Can it really be done?" said the general, still skeptical.
"As the military grows longer, it will be like this, and the death of a small Zhao Zijin can shake the whole army, which shows its ...... effect," Wuliang Tuoduo boldly predicted, "If Zhao Zichuan can be eliminated, the enemy army will continue to be scattered, and over time, the problems in the army will be particularly prominent...... Even if Xiangyang is taken by them, I bet that if they continue to fight like this, the soldiers of the vanguard army will die one by one, and sooner or later they will collapse on their own......"
Ura Todo firmly believed in his predictions, like the judgment of death, and it was faintly unsettling to hear......
Pioneer Camp ......
The army set out to Xiangyang, and the remaining Zhao Zichuan cavalry battalion remained in the camp "honestly" and waited. Although Zhao Zichuan calmly accepted all this, his soldiers Li Xian, Li Gong and others were still unwilling -- they had always been at the forefront of the expedition, but now they seemed to be under "house arrest" in the barracks, and many of the officers and men in the battalion were unwilling, and they did not even concentrate on patrol training......
But Zhao Zichuan, as the main general, still strictly instructed his subordinates to be strict in discipline. Speaking of unwillingness, Zhao Zichuan is more unwilling than anyone else; when it comes to resentment, now that the hatred of killing his brother is in front of him, he can only remain silent and continue to forbear, Zhao Zichuan is more entangled than anyone else...... But that's it, Zhao Zichuan is still strict in military discipline, which shows that Zhao Zichuan, as a general of the first army, knows how to take into account the overall situation of the whole army, put public before private, and take responsibility......
However, the seemingly peaceful vanguard barracks seems to have a new twist......
From outside the camp, more than a dozen women in plain shirts slowly walked in, all carrying swords, and their expressions were pleasant. Without asking, it was clear that they were the disciples of the Emei faction, who came to pursue Li Yuru's whereabouts. After learning that Zhao Zichuan was indeed here, the Emei disciples acted according to the plan - Hua Ling took all the disciples to the front door to "interrogate" and deal with the soldiers guarding the camp and attract their attention, while Qingxue in the rear secretly went deep from the side camp alone to find Li Yuru's whereabouts......
The disciples of the Emei faction came to the camp for no reason, and the soldiers guarding the camp naturally became vigilant......
"Stop, who are you?" the garrison soldier asked, raising his spear, fearing that it would be an enemy assassin.
Hua Ling's face was expressionless, and he said coldly: "Please get out of the way, we are here to find someone." If we stop it, don't blame us for hurting a few soldiers—"
The soldier didn't know the disciples of the Emei faction, even if he was carrying a weapon, he couldn't see a few girls' families, so he said disdainfully: "The barracks is not where your girls' family comes from, and there is no one you are looking for here, leave quickly!" The soldier's tone was not polite.
"Is General Zhao Zichuan and General Zhao here?" Hua Ling ignored the soldier's words and asked coldly.
The soldier was afraid that he was a spy of the enemy, so he didn't dare to report Zhao Zichuan's name directly, so he simply shouted: "I said, there is no one you are looking for here, and if you don't leave, don't blame us for being polite!"
How could Hua Ling be willing to listen to such "words of indulgence"? But Hua Ling's expression remained unchanged, maintaining a cold countenance, and then the sword blade was slightly unsheathed, and he said coldly: "Hmph, toast and don't eat and drink......
"Rub-" In an instant, a sword light flashed, and the two soldiers guarding the door had not seen it clearly, and they felt a flash of blue light in front of them, followed by a suffocating oppression.
"Ahh Although it was not a fatal injury, the two of them also fell to the ground in pain and could not get up.
"I've said it all, don't force us to be ruthless......" Hua Ling still said coldly.
However, this move attracted the attention of other officers and men in the battalion. Seeing that someone forcibly broke into the camp, thinking that it was an assassin of the enemy army, the patrol officers gathered one after another to "meet the enemy", even Li Xian and Li Gong, who were in command.
Hundreds of people quickly surrounded the formation in a semi-encircled position, carrying swords and shields to seal the way of Hua Ling and the others at the gate of the camp. Li Xian and Li Gong were in front of the army, wanting to see who was so bold and dared to break into the barracks in broad daylight.
However, it attracted everyone's attention, and the purpose of Hua Ling and the others was also achieved - delaying the main force of the army at the main gate, and Qingxue would be able to sneak in more secretly in the rear......
"Who are you, why did you break into the barracks and hurt our people?" Seeing that it was more than a dozen good-looking yellow flower girls, Li Xian asked very politely first.
But Hua Ling was not so polite, and she had that cold expression all the time. Hua Ling hid the blade of the sword slightly, and said coldly: "We came to your camp just to find someone. Your brother is just making them suffer a little bit when they speak disrespectfully to us—"
When Li Gong heard this, he pointed at Hua Ling and scolded: "Hmph, this is a military camp, how can you enter your girl's family if you want to?" And there is no one you are looking for here-for the sake of your girl's family, we will not be rude." Get out of here, or don't blame us for being a thief!"
Hua Ling didn't say anything this time, but Lan Xin on the side responded coldly and arrogantly: "Just because you are lame, you still want to stop us......?"
"What did you say?" was ridiculed by a female doll, and Li Gong's heart was full of displeasure.
Hua Ling smiled coldly and continued: "We came to your place to find Zhao Zichuan and Li Yuru, that's all...... Don't be ignorant, this matter has nothing to do with your army, if you deliberately make things difficult, we won't show mercy, don't blame us for not reminding us then......"
Hearing the other party mention "Zhao Zichuan" and "Li Yuru", all the soldiers were nervous, and they all wondered if the other party would be an assassin or spy sent by the enemy, but this was too presumptuous......
Li Xian, as the commander, of course, will not easily report the whereabouts of Zhao Zichuan and his wife. Seeing that the Emei disciples were not retreating, Li Xian drew his sword and ordered: "This is the last time, leave here immediately, otherwise you will bear the consequences!"
"At your own risk? Hmph...... I think this sentence should be said to you!" Hua Ling finally retorted, and then flew up with his sword, and jumped in front of Li Xian and Li Gong with a light skill.
The other party came hard, obviously to fight. Li Xian and Li Gong wanted to strike first, but when they saw Hua Ling's body method as frightened as a bird, they couldn't react at all...... "bell-" A crisp sound, the sword that Li Gong had just pulled out was slashed down by Hua Ling's sword.
Before Li Gong could react, Hua Ling turned around and kicked Li Gong's abdomen. Li Gong couldn't react at all, he suffered a heavy blow to his abdomen, and the whole person flew backwards for a long time, slammed into the shield of the rear formation, and fell to the ground in pain.
Hua Ling can be regarded as merciful to his subordinates, if he is serious, he just jumped in front of him with light skills, and Hua Ling can take Li Gong's life with a casual sword. But as a person in the rivers and lakes, he is not easily involved with the military and politics, and Hua Ling only made a move to deter the generals, so he didn't want to take Li Gong's life.
But who knew that although Hua Ling shocked Li Xian, Li Gong and others this time, it did not make everyone afraid, but instead angered the officers and men in the battalion, and they raised troops to fight back.
"A bold thief, he dares to trespass into the barracks, use his sword to hurt people, come to someone, take it for me!-" Li Xian was not timid, even if Hua Ling was by his side, he still ordered his soldiers to arrest him, regardless of his own safety.
"You also want to suffer hardship, don't you?" Hua Ling asked coldly, and the sword shadow walked towards Li Xian who was close to him without a trace.
Li Xian felt the deterrent sword aura, but Hua Ling's sword was too fast, and he couldn't dodge it at all......
At the last moment, a golden sword light slashed through the front of the formation. The sword light rushed out, just in front of Hua Ling's sword blade and Li Xian's armor. Hua Ling felt something strange, and temporarily collected the sword and retreated, but this sword qi was very familiar, and at the same time as it retreated, the corner of Hua Ling's mouth smiled slightly......
Yes, he came, and Zhao Zichuan, who the Emei disciples had been looking for, finally appeared...... (To be continued.) )