Will Ming

(Thanks to Juan Xunfang for the reward)

Chapter 290 Waiting

Li Xian led the army from Yuncheng to Leize County. The straight-line distance between the two places is not very far, but it takes a lot of time to walk. The reason is very simple, because the distance between Leize County and Yuncheng In the distance is Juye Ze.If you want to go around this big swamp, you have to walk at least three times the distance, but compared to the people of Yanyun Village, this is not a problem, because there are not many ships in Juye Ze.It's just that the hundreds of large grain ships snatched back from Li Yang at the beginning are almost the same, and they can take all the people and horses by going back and forth twice.

After passing Juyeze, Li Xian ordered the army to slow down, and then sent someone to inform the Qingmu camp Luo Fu and half of Chen Que'er's navy to join.

The army chose a place to stay for less than half a day, and Luo Fu and Chen Que'er led more than ten thousand people to join them.The two troops joined forces, with an army of more than 5 horses, lined up in a mighty formation and went straight to Lei Ze County.

Xu Shiji guessed that Li Xian would not easily agree to Zhai Rang's request for him to come to the door to apologize in person. He thought Li Xian would make a good bargain, but he never thought that Li Xian would pour out Yanyun Village People and horses came in mighty force.

When the scouts hurriedly reported the news to Zhai Rang and the others, Zhai Rang was furious, and Shan Xiongxin also cursed, complaining why Xu Shiji was so stupid, why did he guarantee that Li Xian would take the blame?Xu Shiji thought for a while and didn't even have an explanation. At this time, it was meaningless to explain anything by himself. He suggested that Zhai Rang withdraw the troops surrounding the four gates of Lei Ze County, gather the army together, and wait in formation.

However, Shan Xiongxin proposed to take advantage of the fact that the troops of Yanyun Village were not stable from afar, and intercept them halfway, and defeat the troops of Yanyun Village in one go.

Zhai Rang thought for a while but didn't agree with Shan Xiongxin's proposal, looked at Xu Shiji and then at Cheng Zhijie and said slowly: "Let's wait for a while, I want to see what he plans to do when Li Xian arrives. If we really plan to go to war, how have we ever been afraid of anyone in Wagang Village?"

Shan Xiongxin said angrily: "If we had known what news we were waiting for, it would be great if we took Lei Ze directly! Now that guy Li Xian has dealt with Wang Bo, and then led the reinforcements to rescue Lei Ze, now the best opportunity to break the city has been lost. How could this battle be so aggrieved? It took half a month outside Lei Ze City in vain, and after half a month, maybe we have already fought in Yuncheng."

Zhai Rang said: "Be safe and don't be impatient, I want to see how Li Xian explains this matter."

"Maogong"

Zhai Rang looked at Xu Shiji and said, "It's better for you to take command of military affairs. Don't make it seem like we are afraid of Yanyun Village."

Xu Shiji nodded and said, "Of order."

After he responded, he turned around and left the big tent. He first ordered the withdrawal of all the troops surrounding Lei Ze's four gates, and then formed a strict and majestic formation, waiting in the open space outside Lei Ze City.Rangers on both sides galloped back and forth, and scouts came back from time to time to report news.

After waiting for less than an hour, the sun was covered by smoke and dust on the official road ahead, the sound of rumbling horseshoes stepping on the ground came from far to near, like the sound of thunder, slowly suppressed from the sky, and as the sound of thunder increased As they got closer, every soldier in Wagangzhai had a dignified look on their faces.Especially Shan Xiongxin and others looked at each other a few times with shock in their eyes.The sound of the cavalry coming from a distance was too loud, Shan Xiongxin and others knew that there were definitely not a few cavalry coming from the sound.

"Could it be that Mao Gong and Yao Jin are telling the truth?"

Shan Xiongxin whispered to Zhai Rang.

Zhai Rang nodded slowly and said: "There were rumors on the Greenwood Road that there was a large cavalry team in Yanyun Village. I thought it was just a rumor. We already have a lot of cavalry in Wagang Village. Could it be? Is there any team on the green forest road that has more cavalry than our Wagang Village? Mao Gong came back and said that Yanyun Village had no fewer than 6000 cavalry. At first, I thought he just didn't want to fight Yanyun Village, so he and Yaojin were two The lie I thought of, I can't think of it..."

Just as he was talking, the dust and smoke dispersed a few hundred meters ahead, and he saw countless cavalry tides slowly pressing over, just like a thick layer of dark clouds floating over the ground, giving people a sense of spirituality. oppressive feeling.What is even more astonishing is that the cavalry who came like a tide slowed down and began to gather their formation. When the cavalry stopped completely, they had already formed six square formations.

The door flag was raised, and more than a dozen generals rode out slowly from the formation, and a very high flag was erected in the formation, and the huge Li character could still be clearly seen from a long distance away.

After that, the black infantry came up neatly from behind the cavalry, and there was no edge to be seen at a glance.

Zhai Rang gasped when he looked at the well-groomed Yanyunzhai troops, and subconsciously looked at Xu Shiji, but Xu Shiji's face was serious at this time, and there was even a hint of worry in his eyes.

"Maogong"

Zhai Rang sighed and said, "I also regret it now."

He looked at Xu Shiji and said word by word: "We shouldn't give Li Xian time."

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Zhai Rang still maintained his self-confidence before seeing the troops in Yanyun Village. In his opinion, even if the troops on the Green Forest Road were far stronger than those in Wagang Village, such as King Bo of Jibei and Dou Jiande of Hebei, the soldiers under his command were far away. Not as good as the elite Wagang Village.Zhai Rang is very clear about Xu Shiji's ability in training troops, the source of his confidence is that the Wagang Village has never been defeated in the past few years.

But today's Zhai Rang found that self-confidence has to pay a price. When he saw the people in Yanyun Village, he lost the confidence that he had to face any enemy before.Instead, worry, deep worry.

Mao Gong didn't tell a single lie!

Zhai Rang thought with some regret in his heart that Mi Gong had clearly said that when he came from Qi County to Dongping County, he had seen the people in Yanyun Village, and at best they were a little neater.And before Li Mi left, he told Zhai Rang very firmly that if Xu Shiji came back and said how majestic and mighty the people in Yanyun Village were, it would only mean one thing, and that was Xu Shiji's possible benefit from accepting Li Xian.

Zhai Rang didn't believe it at first, but after Xu Shiji came back, as Li Mi speculated, he not only dissuaded himself from attacking Lei Ze, but also repeatedly said how elite Yanyun Village's troops were, which made Zhai Rang feel more or less excited. suspicion.As long as this kind of suspicion appears, even if it is just a little bit at the beginning, the more you think about it, the more it will become stronger.

Now after seeing the people in Yanyun Village with his own eyes, Zhai Rang knew that what Xu Shiji said was true.

"Mao Gong, how do you think we should deal with it today?"

When he asked this sentence, how could Zhai Rang still see the arrogance on Zhai Rang's face when he asked Li Xian to come to the door to apologize?

"Brother, don't worry. It's impossible for Yanyunzhai's troops to launch an offensive directly when they come from afar. Look, brother, what they listed is also a defensive formation. It can be seen that Li Xian has no intention of going to war. Although his Yanyunzhai's troops are elite , but if he really wants to fight to the death, he can't bear the loss, so don't be impatient, brother, and I will go to meet Li Xian for a while before talking about it."

Xu Shiji said.

Just as Zhai Rang was about to agree, he suddenly felt someone tugging on his clothes quietly. He looked back, only to see Shan Xiongxin shaking his head at him without leaving a trace.Zhai Rang didn't know what Shan Xiongxin meant, but he heard Shan Xiongxin say: "Brother, didn't you just say that you were going to the back team to see if the feather arrows were delivered?"

Zhai Rang hummed and said, "Yes, I forgot about it."

He turned around and said to Xu Shiji: "Mao Gong, you command the front of the formation, I'll go to the rear to have a look."

"Brother, I'll go with you."

Shan Xiongxin said immediately, Zhai Rang nodded, and the two urged the horse to leave the formation and go back slowly.After leaving Xu Shiji far away, Zhai Rang asked in a low voice, "What are you pulling me for?"

Shan Xiongxin sighed: "Could it be that elder brother forgot what Mi Gong said before he left?"

Zhai Rang was startled, looked at Shan Xiongxin and asked, "Which sentence did Mi Gong say?"

Shan Xiongxin said in a low voice: "Mr. Mi said before leaving that Brother Maogong said that he would not accept any benefits from Li Xian. Otherwise, why did he keep blocking us from attacking Lei Ze after he came back? If he hadn't stopped, Lei Ze City is now We have something in our bag. Brother, think about it, after Maogong came back, did he really become a little timid as Mi Gong said? Now that Li Xianyan's troops from Yunzhai are coming, how can big brother let Maogong go to fight with him? Li Xian negotiate?"

He looked at Zhai Rang and said: "Brother, you must not have the heart of harming others, and you must have the heart of guarding against others. We still treat Mao Gong as brothers, but it is better for the eldest brother to make more decisions on major military affairs. "

Zhai Rang was an uninitiated person. He heard what Xu Shiji said before and thought it made sense, and now he heard what Shan Xiongxin said, and he also thought it made sense.After thinking about it, he couldn't think of what to do: "Then tell me, what should I do?"

"Brother, go meet Li Xian in person and see what tricks he can pull off!"

"I'll see you in person?"

Zhai Rang thought for a while and nodded, "Okay, I'll go see him. I had some friendship with Zhang Zhongjian, Li Xian's adoptive father, the bearded man. According to his seniority, Li Xian is still my junior. , he still has to behave like a junior!"

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After returning to the front of the battle, Zhai Rang said to Xu Shiji: "Mao Gong, you are the best at military affairs, so you should be in command of the overall situation. I plan to meet Li Xian in person, but I want to hear how he explained the detention of you and me. If he can't explain the matter of biting gold, then he can justify it on the battlefield. Don't worry, I will take this tone for you."

Xu Shiji opened his mouth, but in the end he just clasped his fists and said, "Brother, be careful, why don't you let Brother Cheng go with you, so that you can take care of me."

Shan Xiongxin quickly said: "