Li Qinghuan

Chapter 115

There has always been a tacit understanding between Ji Qing and Song Duan. Song Duan knows that besides Ji Qing, no one else has such talent and means to help him secure his seat on the throne. The meeting specially gave Ji Qing some benefits so that this person can be used by him in a down-to-earth manner.

Ji Qing knew that Song Duan didn't dare to do anything to him now, so he retained just the right amount of arrogance, but he would not let Song Duan be jealous and suspicious because of his favor.

Song Duan breathed a sigh of relief, allowing Ji Qing to leave in an open and aboveboard manner.

The emperor's intentions were so obvious, Ji Qing naturally had to be ignorant, he finished the matter at hand overnight, and headed to the northwest with reinforcements.His A Li must be very sad, he doesn't want to wait for a moment.

He Li knelt in front of the old general's coffin for a whole day and a night, and Han Jue worried that he was doing something stupid, so he also stood in front of the mourning hall for a whole day and a night.On the third day, when the dawn broke, He Li came out of the mourning hall, his face was pale, and he was extremely emaciated.

As soon as he got out of the tent, He Li saw Han Jue standing in front of the door. Guessing that the other party hadn't slept all night, he said, "General Han, you should go back and rest for a while. I'm afraid there will be a fierce battle coming up, so don't rest well." How can you stand it?"

He Li's head was still clear, but his voice was hoarse, as if his soul had been stripped from his body, and now he was just a shell.

Han Jue sighed, and patted He Li's shoulder lightly: "Little Ah Li, you too, cheer up."

He Li nodded, turned around and walked towards the big tent. Along the way, he met many red-wing soldiers who greeted him. He Li nodded and responded, and found that almost all the red-wing soldiers had white cloth strips tied on their foreheads and arms. Li didn't give an order to do so, and the soldiers could only do it spontaneously.

The Red Wing Army is different from other armies of the Great Wei Dynasty. The Red Wing Army was created by He Huaizhou during the Wanxi period. General He led this team for decades. Although the soldiers have been replaced several times, the strength of the Red Wing Army has never changed. never lowered.Old General He is a unparalleled hero in the eyes of the people of Wei, and he is like a relative in the eyes of these young soldiers.When soldiers absolutely trust and obey the general, how can such a team not be strong?

The old general's body was going to be sent back to Yudu for burial, but the weather was slowly getting warmer. In order to keep the body from decaying temporarily, He Li called Gao Yangsu to see what could be done.

As a result, Gao Yangsu didn't think of any solution, but the cloud clothes he brought with him solved the problem.

Yun Yi stood in front of General He's coffin, holding a small kit in his hand, and took out a bean-sized thing from inside, and put it between the old general's eyebrows. The bean came alive after touching the old general's skin. After crawling around for a while, it stopped at the top of the old general's hair and did not move.

"Is it possible to do this?" Gao Yangsu felt suspicious and asked suspiciously.

Yun Yi stared at the old General He's body for a while, then breathed out softly, and put away the kit: "Don't worry, my lord, this is a kind of Gu worm produced in southern Xinjiang, which can keep the body from rot. Thirteenth Master gave me three when I was with Thirteenth Master."

Gao Yangsu nodded, and said to He Li: "The things Thirteenth Master gave are not wrong, don't worry."

He Li lowered his eyes, nodded, and said softly, "Thank you."

Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Gao Yangsu didn't say anything more, and left with Yunyi

He Li looked at his grandfather's body, and after a while, reached out and closed the coffin lid.

"General—" a little soldier hurried in.

He Li stroked the coffin lid lightly, then turned his head: "What's the matter?"

"Donghu suddenly attacked, and it has already reached the foot of Lancheng ten miles away."

He Li's expression changed, and he strode towards the main tent.Someone was already waiting in the tent, and a group of people were discussing noisily.He Li walked to the main seat and sat down, and the whole room fell silent instantly.

The generals in the Red Wing Army all performed their duties, and as soon as the Donghu Army came, they immediately led their men into battle to kill the enemy.Except for Han Jue, most of the generals who stayed in the tent were reinforcements sent from various places in the past few years. At this time, they looked like a group of headless chickens.

He Li glanced around among them, thinking that he might not be able to ask anything, and immediately looked at Han Jue: "General Han, what's the situation?"

"Donghu suddenly sent troops last night, leading people to fight back from the border of Youzhou, and most of the Youzhou that was captured before fell back into Donghu's hands."

"Did the Youzhou garrison not resist?"

Han Jue shook his head, sighed, and there was a hint of anger between his brows: "The troops sent to garrison earlier were all reinforcements sent from various places. Huai Zhou died. The generals of the garrison thought that the power of Wei was over and surrendered."

"Trash!" Furious, He Li clenched his fist and smashed it on the desk in front of him, causing the wooden desk to snap in two.

"Now we are short of troops. Donghu has 30 troops this time. It seems that they want to take Lancheng in one fell swoop."

He Li pinched his forehead, forced himself to calm down, and said, "How many people do we have now?"

"Lancheng can barely scrape together 10 people now."

He Li spread out the city defense map, and began to think about how to fight this battle.

"Report-"

He Li didn't raise his head: "Say."

"General, someone from Xiliang is here!"

"what?"

"messenger."

He Li raised his head, squinted his eyes slightly, and said, "Understood, I'll see you later."

Han Jue said, "What is the purpose of sending envoys from Xiliang at this time?"

He Li shook his head: "I don't know, I'm too lazy to guess, I'll check it out later. The most urgent thing right now is to drive back the Donghu army that is besieging the city."

"Report—" The messenger rushed in again, out of breath, and said, "General! Troops are dispatched from Xiliang! They are approaching Lancheng from the west!"

"It seems that my grandfather failed to convince them back then." He Li sneered, extremely contemptuous, but he couldn't hide the worry on his brows, "Ask for help from the imperial court. I don't have real power now, and I don't have many soldiers to mobilize. , General Han, hold me down a little bit."

Han Jue said: "Huai Zhou said that the Red Wing Army is handed over to you. All the Red Wing soldiers are at your disposal."

He Li frowned: "When did it happen?"

"When you came back from East Huna Dole, you were in Xiangcheng, Huai Zhou explained."

Now is not the time to dwell on these details, He Li didn't ask any more questions, and quickly issued an order: "General Han, you take Luo Ran and [-] red-winged soldiers to guard Yueya Mountain, and hold on to it!"

Crescent Mountain is the last barrier of Lancheng, and also the last barrier of the Great Wei Pass. He Li doesn't need to say much, Han Jue knows the importance of Crescent Mountain, and He Li is planning to fight to the death.

"Yes!"

"The order goes on, Xiangcheng reinforces 3000 people, let Lu Yi defend Xiangcheng, and General Xiao goes with him."

A general in armor in the tent immediately stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Yes!"

Although the road in Xiangcheng is not easy to walk, it is also a shortcut to get to Yueya Mountain, so it must be watched closely.But in this way, there are only less than [-] soldiers left in Lancheng.

Han Jue knew that there was nothing wrong with He Li's deployment, and even considered what he hadn't considered, but it was still too much for less than 7 people to resist Donghu's 30 army and the Xiliang army from the west to watch the excitement. So he thought about it and said: "A Li, you can go to Crescent Moon Mountain with fewer people."

He Li shook his head: "No, Crescent Moon Mountain is the last line of defense, so there must be fewer people. If Crescent Moon Mountain is lost, Great Wei will be lost. It's a pity that I don't have the military power given by the imperial court, so I can't mobilize Yanzhou's troops, otherwise things will go wrong. Much easier to handle."

Han Jue wanted to say more, and He Li said: "General Han, don't worry, I will send someone to ask for help from the Yanzhou Camp, but I'm not sure if the governor of Yanzhou has the guts to send troops."

"Who would dare to send troops without the Tiger Talisman? Ah Li, you are betting your life!"

"It's not all a gamble. I have an old friend who is currently the governor of Yanzhou. I believe he has the guts. I'll take care of what happens. If it doesn't work, I will try my best to hold Donghu back and wait for the reinforcements from the court to come."

There is no other way now, but to do this first. The disparity in their military strength is too great, and it can be delayed for a day.

"General Han, set off immediately, I will hand over my back to you."

"Yes!"

After arranging the manpower for patrolling at night, He Li ordered all the tents set up outside the city to withdraw to Lancheng, and then he personally counted the food and grass, which was enough for the time being, and could hold Dong Hu for a while.There are not many people now, so we can only minimize the frontal conflict, fearing that the reinforcements will not come in time, and Lancheng will be trapped to death.

He Li's face sank like water, trying not to think about the second possibility.

It was already late at night when everything was properly arranged, and Donghu was still launching attacks, trying to take down Lancheng in one fell swoop. Wounded soldiers were carried back to the city, and after simple bandaging, they took up weapons and joined the battle again.

The entire Lancheng was brightly lit all night, and He Li didn't close his eyes all night, trying to cope with the ever-changing situation on the battlefield. At dawn, Donghu's offensive was barely weakened.In one night, the Red Wing Army lost more than [-] people, and He Li had a severe headache, so he pulled himself together and went to meet the envoy from Xiliang who had been waiting for him all night.

He Li glanced at this man who was dressed in colorful clothes and looked like a butterfly. Feeling a little irritable for no reason, he sat down on the chair, raised his legs, and said, "He Li."

The Xiliang envoy didn't care about his attitude at all, stood up and put his hand on his left chest, leaned slightly: "I am the Xiliang envoy Sang Dan, I met General He."

He Li glanced at him and said coldly, "What's the matter?"

Sang Dan didn't care about his rude attitude, with a faint smile on his lips, he said: "Sang Dan was entrusted by the King of Xiliang to cooperate with General He."

He Li sneered: "Your country's army has already reached the foot of Lancheng, what kind of action should we take?"

Sang Dan thought for a moment, and said sincerely: "My king deeply apologizes for this."

"If you really feel sorry, withdraw your troops immediately, there is no need to discuss if you do not withdraw your troops."

Ever since He Li found out that the Youzhou garrison had surrendered to Donghu last night, He Li had been holding back his anger and had nowhere to vent his anger. Hearing what the envoy said, he immediately felt that the other party was here to scold him.

"I'm sorry, do you think I'm stupid? What kind of soft persimmon do you really think Da Wei is? Everyone wants to come and squeeze it. As long as I, He Li, are alive for a day, no one will even think about passing through Lancheng, and you won't go back to your hometown to see." Look, there are not many people in places with big farts, and there are many things to do."

Sang Dan was silenced by him, and it took him a long time to react, and he quickly explained: "It is not my king's intention to send troops, but my elder brother King Gu Ye's idea. King Gu Ye holds the military power, and my king has no way If you fight against it, you will not be able to withdraw your troops.”

He Li rolled his eyes: "Why do you ask Da Wei about the matter of the two brothers of the King of Xiliang? Invite Da Wei to watch the fun? Watch two bastards tearing each other up? Sorry, I don't have such a habit."

He Li was merciless in his mouth, but he was silently thinking about the feasibility of this matter. According to what the messenger said, there should be civil strife in Xiliang. Seek the asylum of Great Wei, and use the hands of Great Wei to eradicate the root of the disaster.

One more friend is better than one more enemy, but at present He Li is too busy to take care of himself, it is hard to say whether he can live until tomorrow, where will he have the spare energy to help Xiliang, and this envoy just happened to be sure of this point, using the "cooperation" " the word.

At first glance, Sang Dan was a man capable of accomplishing great things, and even when He Li said so, he could still swallow his anger and smile.

He Li squinted his eyes, and said straight to the point: "What can I get from you?"

Sang Dan's smile deepened: "Reinforcements, supplies, and after the matter is completed, my king will always surrender to Wei."

He Li raised his eyebrows: "Trust me for now, what should I do?"

Sang Dan: "Kill King Gu Ye."

"make a deal."