Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 30 Li Yan's Tangle

Spring has arrived as promised, and the several heavy snowfalls in the previous winter have caused the poplar forests to bloom with tender green buds. Wild vegetables on the earth also grow vigorously.

At this time, the poplar leaves can be boiled with water to remove the bitterness. They are the most refreshing ingredients, and various wild vegetables are also the most delicious game on the table.

At night, in a hidden valley, a large pot of horse meat stewed with poplar buds and wild vegetables filled with aroma, and the Forbidden Army officers munched on the horse meat.

Ma's cold sausage became Lu Mou's favorite, and almost all of it went down his stomach after a large plate.

Fortunately, the three hundred dead horses had enough intestines to feed them.

It's a pity that there is no alcohol in the army, otherwise, Lu Mou would have to have a good drink with Li Yan to celebrate the victories in various places.

News came back one after another. In the entire First Army, of the twenty-seven regiments, only five were empty-handed, and the others had more or less gained.

In total, more than 1,700 enemies were wiped out, all of them cavalry. Eight hundred war horses and some property were seized. Both sides were caught off guard, using more troops to attack the smaller troops, resulting in less than 200 casualties.

However, some fish that slipped through the net escaped and returned, but the food they returned was not much, which was not enough to consume Li Guo's 50,000-strong army.

This is also considered a big victory.

"Just fight like this. It's called accumulating small victories into big ones, and beating the odds. I'll see how he, Li Guo, responds."

Li Yan smiled and said: "This method is good, and this statement is also good. With this method, Li Guo has no other choice but to give up collecting food, or dispatch the whole army. But giving up collecting food is absolutely not an option. The army will disperse if there is no food. . With the whole army out, he couldn't find the enemy, so he could only punch his fist into the air."

Then look at Lu Mou's deep thought: "There is another way, and that is to retreat to Henan before the food runs out."

"I don't think Li Guo will withdraw to Henan, at least for the time being."

"why?"

"Didn't you say that he wants to compete with Liu Zongmin for Li Zicheng's position? So, a substitute for me is actually of little weight. And a person who can completely confirm his position, the greater temptation is right in front of him."

Li Yan said bluntly: "Are you talking about the story of Li Guoxing who entered Guanzhong first and went straight to Beijing?"

Lu Mou nodded. "As long as he takes the lead and is the first to rush to the city of Beijing, his position will be untouchable. Therefore, I am worried that he will still adopt the rogue fighting method, abandon Wuxiang, bypass Liangxiang, and fight directly towards Beijing."

Li Yan smiled and shook his head: "No."

"why?"

"First, he only has 50,000 men now, and more than half are old, weak, and women. He only has 10,000, no, now he has a main force of 8,000 cavalry. His strength is seriously insufficient.

In addition, behind him, I am the only team left in Henan, with no other teams to back me up. He is still not sure whether my troops will reinforce him. He really went deep alone. "

"Then will your troops reinforce him?"

Li Yan sneered: "He monitored me and cut me off from Henan Jiye. In fact, he was afraid that I would return to Henan to stand on my own. At that time, I took the overall situation into consideration and did not attack him. That was his luck. Do you think my Henan troops will do it?" Reinforce him."

"Then your wife, Red Lady, will the handsome army come to look for you because of your defeat? Will she increase Li Guo's troops in disguise?"

A trace of worry flashed in Li Yan's eyes: "My wife is worried about me, but she will never give up my hard-working base in Henan. And I am worried that she will come to rescue me alone."

Lu Mou nodded: "The deep love between you and your husband is enviable. Otherwise, you can write a letter and say that you have surrendered to me, and then I will ask Jin Yiwei to send it to you."

Li Yan glanced at Lu Mou and still sneered: "Relying on you? You are not worthy of my trust now, so let's forget it."

"Come on."

A Qianhu guard in golden clothes came over: "Your Majesty."

"Order all the Jinyi guards to announce to the outside world that Li Yan has surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and has been re-employed by King Ding as a military advisor. He is making plans in King Ding's account and vows to annihilate Li Guo."

"You--" "Why am I me, do you bite me?"

Li Yan was completely speechless and could only rage at the piece of horse meat in his hand.

"Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance has been slandering you and Li Zicheng is doubting you. Do you really have the ambition to dominate the Central Plains and be independent?"

Li Yan was stunned for a long time. He didn't even feel that the horse meat was cold. When he ate it again, it tasted the same.

Lu Mou didn't bother him either. If Li Yan really wanted to dominate the Central Plains and be independent, Lu Mou would have to make up his mind to kill him immediately.

An ambitious person is quite dangerous even if he can use it for himself.

Especially when Daming has really not reborn from the ashes, once he reuses him, he may be able to become independent more easily with his own support. Then you are trapped in a cocoon.

After a long time, Li Yan gave up the struggle: "Well, I joined Li Chuang's army because I was framed by the squire. If I didn't fight back, there was no way out. But I joined Li Chuang because of the desire to save the world and save the people. Assist Li Chuang. I hope that Li Chuang will transform from a rogue bandit to a British leader who will change the dynasty and solve the problems of the people in the world.

However, the habit of being a bandit for more than ten years has become deeply ingrained in his thinking and cannot be easily changed. So, I began to dislike him.

Since he cannot change, I think I can lay a foundation in my hometown in Henan, firstly to benefit the people, and secondly, if Li Chuang cannot stand in Beijing, there will be a way to retreat. In fact, although I am not loyal to Li Chuang, I am still sincere. What a pity, what a pity. "

He said this, and Lu Mou was completely relieved: "Then why don't you help me to realize your ambitions and save the people of the world?"

Li Yan pouted: "Just you? Your old Zhu family is greedy, aren't you the same?"

"I'm better than you think."

"So what if you want to truly serve the people, you have to have that kind of power. As long as Chongzhen is still in power, you will accomplish nothing."

He is right. In this feudal era, the emperor is lifelong. The world belongs to him until he dies. No matter how good you are, as long as he does not agree, there is nothing you can do.

Should you strangle that cheap dad for this? That's unrealistic. If you really do that, no one will believe that you are dedicated to the people. Instead, you will be crushed to death if you are labeled as unfilial.

He shook his head and got rid of the unrealistic fantasies in his mind: "Forget it, let's put aside the matter of saving the people of the world for now. In fact, I am really worried that he will return to Henan and ruin me. The foundation of Henan."

"Do you still have roots in Henan?" Li Yan was confused.

"Isn't your foundation my foundation?" Lu Mou replied confidently.

Li Yan was speechless again.

"So, I hope that Li Guo will go deep into the capital alone. In that way, our Henan base will be safe, and I can annihilate Li Guo's lone army under the walls of Beijing."

Li Yan shook his head: "Li Guo will not do that impulsively, because if we ambush his grain team, we will let him know that there is a large and powerful army in this area. He will never dare to go deep alone. I can tell the prince, Li Guo is nicknamed a tiger, but this man is definitely not a tiger, he is shrewd."

After such an explanation, Lu Mou said worriedly: "Actually, I am still really worried that he will ignore it and go straight to the capital city. As soon as that happens, the situation that I worked hard to stabilize a while ago will collapse in the blink of an eye. At that time, I will stop Li Guo from here at all costs."

Li Yan smiled: "I guarantee that this situation will not happen, because not only is Li Guo a cautious person, but there is also a person in his team who is more cautious than him, and this person's status in the military is no less than Yu Li Guo."

"Who?"

"Li Zicheng's real old brother, Wu Ruyi, one of the twenty-four generals."

"What is this person's personality like?"

"He has a calm personality and is difficult to talk to. It was Li Chuang who placed him next to Li Guo because he was afraid that Li Guo would be eager to achieve success and rush forward."

"That's good. Let's see how Li Guo decides."

(End of this chapter)