Ming Empire

Chapter 81 Li Yan's Hesitation

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Li Yan sat expressionlessly on the head of the big tent, looked at the neatly lined generals under the tent, cleared his throat and said: "Brothers, Madam has already inquired about the latest situation in Datong, let's have a good discussion today, Do you want to attack Datong!"

Taking advantage of the emptiness of Datong, lead the army to capture this fortified city, and take all the wealth and food there. This is Li Zicheng's order to Li Yan.

However, Li Yan did not agree with Li Zicheng's arrangement. He believed that Datong was too far to the north, and he would have to make a long-distance raid to obtain it. If the Ming army was prepared, no one could predict the outcome.Although the Datong army led by Wang Pu occupied or lost almost all of it in Songshan, it is impossible for the Ming army to make Datong an undefended city, and they will definitely replenish their troops from other places.

But Li Zicheng ignored Li Yan's doubts. In addition to ordering Li Yan's troops to speed up and prepare to attack Datong, he also ordered Liu Zongmin to lead a team to enter Shanxi from Henan to prepare to attack Datong with Li Yan's troops.

Li Zicheng ordered Song Xiance to also attack Datong, which made Li Yan understand Li Zicheng's mind, that is, Li Zicheng used the opportunity of attacking Datong to contain the elite officers and soldiers on the nine sides, so that the main force of the rebel army could take all of Henan and Shaanxi, and even take the opportunity to occupy Shanxi a place.

If Li Zicheng really made such an arrangement, then Li Yan still quite agrees. This is a super big layout. If it succeeds, it will be a fatal blow to the decadent Ming Dynasty.As long as Shandong is captured again, the connection between the north and the south of Ming Dynasty can be completely blocked, and Beijing is just around the corner.

Although Li Zicheng did not tell Li Yan his final plan, Li Yan had already thought about it on a deeper level, and planned to succeed in one blow and capture Datong.He made a lot of preparations for this, raising money and food, recruiting new soldiers, and trying his best to find out about the situation in Datong. Finally, he asked his wife, a red lady with strong martial arts, to perform the task of investigating the situation.The so-called know yourself and know the enemy, is it possible to fight a hundred battles without imperil?

Of course, this is also what Hong Niangzi herself requested. She feels that she is the only one in the army who can complete this task.She is a woman, the official army will not suspect a woman to spy on the military situation.It's just that Li Yan and Hong Niangzi didn't expect that this trip to Datong would have such a result.

Li Yan was surprised by the situation in Datong that Hong Niangzi inquired about, and what Hong Niangzi experienced made him angry. In the end, he lost his mind a little bit, his heart was full of anger, and his judgment on things was not so clear and decisive.

Many people already know that Hong Niangzi was captured in Datong.Although some people don't know the specific situation, they think that Hong Niangzi escaped by her own strength.But they saw that Li Yan's face was livid and angry. After the red lady came back, Li Yan sat alone in the big tent all night, and whipped his guards because of trivial matters. what's up.

Many people couldn't help but think the worst about what would happen to a beautiful woman captured by the army.Li Yan's unusual performance made them believe in their deduction even more.

Hearing Li Yan's question, someone immediately stood up and expressed his opinion angrily.

"Brother, I think we should attack Datong immediately," Li Yan's younger brother, Li Qing, his lieutenant general, stood up with a thick throat, "Sister-in-law has returned from disaster, and we want to avenge her."

Li Qing had never seen Li Yan like this before, and he took it for granted that things were really as he thought, and the red lady was insulted.This is a great shame and humiliation to Li Yan, and it is also a great insult to the soldiers of the rebel army who regard Li Yan as a god. They are eager to avenge Li Yan and the red lady, win Datong, and razed Datong to the ground , Unload Cao Yue into eight pieces.

Hearing what Li Qing said, the other generals who were still a little unclear about the situation, or who dared not tell their guesses, were greatly astonished, and became furious. They stood up one after another and strongly demanded that Li Yan immediately He led an army to attack Datong and avenged Hong Niangzi.

Li Yan didn't expect the situation to become like this all of a sudden, and he looked at a loss under the astonishment.

He was also very embarrassed. He didn't expect that Li Qing would find out about this and yelled it out in public.He is a man, and he is a proud man. He has never been able to bear being insulted, and now that his status in the rebel army is slowly rising, he cannot tolerate being insulted even more.But now, the insult he received was made public, which made his face feel dull, and the strong sense of humiliation gave him the idea of ​​revenge.

However, Li Yan did not make a decision lightly, but continued to listen to the opinions of the generals.

The news brought back by Hong Niangzi is shocking. Cao Yue raised 5 horses in Datong and defeated the people who built slaves.Although it was said that it was only the Han army led by Geng Zhongming, it was also the Jiannu army that beat the crap out of the Ming Dynasty's official army, and the official army went out of the city to defeat the opponent and almost wiped out Geng Zhongming's troops.Although Li Yan has 5 troops under his command, and Liu Zongmin has nearly 8 horses to support him, facing Cao Yue, who once broke through Shengjing and destroyed the foundation of Jiannu, and this time he went out of the city to take the initiative to fight against Cao Yue, he did not Any winning confidence.

At this time, a sergeant came to report that Ruyi, the maid of the red lady, had an urgent matter and asked to see Li Yan.

As soon as the sergeant reported that Ruyi, the maid of the red lady, had urgent needs to see her, Li Yan couldn't help but change his face, and hurriedly announced her in.

Ruyi and Xiaolan are Hong Niangzi's personal maids. This time they went to Datong, they also went with them, and they were captured together in the end, and they were also released by Cao Yue.

Ruyi followed the sergeant leading the way, rushed into the tent, knelt down in front of Li Yan with a plop, and cried in horror: "General, madam, she left a letter and left the camp."

"What? Madame, she left the camp?" Li Yan's face changed suddenly, he got up from his seat, rushed over quickly, snatched the letter from Ruyi's hand, and read it quickly.

Of course, the letter was written by Hong Niangzi. In the letter, Hong Niangzi expressed her apology to Li Yan, saying that she was very sad that Li Yan treated her like this, but she did not blame Li Yan, it was her own fault.She knew that Li Yan was sad, and this matter was caused by her. After thinking about it all night, she decided to deal with it by herself.She was just a woman, and losing her in the war would not affect the overall situation. She decided to leave Daying and go to Datong again.

"Master, I want to kill Cao Yue with my own hands to clear myself of shame and help the rebels capture Datong. If I succeed, I will come back to you. If you can forgive me, I will continue to be your wife. If you can't forgive me, The slave family will become a nun and live with the blue lantern in this life. If it fails, then the slave family hopes that you can bury me as a wife!"

Seeing the last few sentences in the letter left by Hong Niangzi, Li Yan felt heartbroken and had a splitting headache. He could no longer maintain his sanity, stared at the blood-red eyes, and yelled at the generals under the tent who looked at him in surprise: "Pass down my general order, the whole army will go out and attack Datong!"

(End of this chapter)