Chapter 184 Decision
After Pei Xiaoer made up his mind, he went to Gao Yingxiang to discuss. After all, Gao Yingxiang still has 20,000 infantry and cavalry under his command. If he can obtain Gao Yingxiang's support and let him accompany him out of the city, the probability of going out safely will be greatly increased. Even if it doesn't work, he must stabilize him and tell him not to make any trouble.
When Pei Xiaoer talked about his thoughts with Gao Yingxiang, Gao Yingxiang's head immediately shook like a rattle, and refused repeatedly: "Brother Pei, didn't I tell you? At this time, there is a trap outside the city. If we leave the city at this time and happen to be trapped by the officers and soldiers, not only will we not come back but we will probably lose this Jie Xiu."
"Brother Gao..." Pei Xiaoer continued to persuade him, but he was just slandering, but Gao Yingxiang just stopped getting in. In the end, Pei Xiaoer said.
"Brother Gao, what if I say I have to go?" Pei Xiaoer's face gradually became gloomy, and his tone was a little threatening.
Unexpectedly, Gao Yingxiang actually laughed, "Brother Pei, don't forget that your 30,000 army is besieged by officers and soldiers outside the city. How many people do you have here? If the fight really starts, it is still unknown who wins and who loses!"
"You..." Pei Xiaoer didn't expect that he had delicious food and drink. Gao Yingxiang, whom he offered, was actually such a thing with two sides and three swords. Pei Xiaoer stared at Gao Yingxiang as lightning, and clenched his fist with his lower right hand. Because he tried too hard, the blue veins on his fist suddenly rose. It can be seen that Pei Xiaoer was in a state of uneasy at this time.
"Since that's the case, then please Brother Gao go back first. I'm thinking of another way to do this."
"Goodbye." Gao Yingxiang sneered and left Pei Xiaoer with great strides.
After Gao Yingxiang left, Pei Xiaoer angrily punched the table beside him, then took a few deep breaths and swallowed the anger. He knew that anger could not solve any problem. The top priority now is to send troops to rescue Pei Zhuer, and the other is to solve Gao Yingxiang in Jiexiu City.
At this moment, Pei Xiaoer couldn't help but wonder if the decision to let Gao Yingxiang stay and assist him was correct.
Just when Pei Xiaoer was thinking about how to deal with Gao Yingxiang and did not cause chaos in Jiexiu City, Liu Changle led a man and hurried to Pei Xiaoer. He handed a letter to Pei Xiaoer. Liu Changle's tone was a little flustered and said, "General, you have a letter here."
"Oh, what letter?" Pei Xiaoer looked at him suspiciously, took the letter, and read it. However, when Pei Xiaoer glanced at it, he immediately stood up from his seat in shock and said, "Lu Xiangsheng from Northern Zhili defeated Luo Rucai, and led 30,000 troops to Yangcheng, now... is this true?"
"General. This news is that General Wang Daozhi sent someone to send him here. He is now in Yicheng, and opposite Yangcheng is. This news cannot be fake."
After one wave was settled, another wave started again. Pei Xiaoer did not expect that the situation had deteriorated to this level. Hong Chengchou from Puzhou in southern Shanxi was still ready to move in Puzhou; Zhang Zongheng in the north was in Jiexiu at this moment, and was still attacking the camp outside Jiexiu City.
Most of his troops were restrained by these two directions, and at this critical moment, Lu Xiangsheng actually directly threatened his hinterland from the east.
You should know that Wang Daozhi has only nine thousand people under his command at this moment. Not only that, half of them are the recruits who have just replenished the past. On the other side, Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army is indeed famous and a powerful force that has been through the battlefield. In history, Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army had fought with the Jianzhou Jurchens without being at a disadvantage. If it weren't for Gao Qiqian, the dead eunuch, it would be better for the Jianzhou Jurchens to take down Lu Xiangsheng so easily.
Now, such a fierce man, without knowing that he had already arrived at the city with his 30,000 troops. Once the king was defeated, Wenxi, Xia County and Anyi County would inevitably be out of protection. Once these three counties were lost, his food, grass and supplies would be cut off. By then, even if he had the ability to reach the sky, he would be unable to turn the sky back.
Thinking of this, Pei Xiaoer turned his eyes to the messenger brought by Liu Changle, and asked in confusion: "How did you find out that Lu Xiangsheng has arrived in Yangcheng? Has this news been confirmed by someone?"
"Return to General. Our army had just obtained the news from the rebels who were defeated in Yangcheng. In order to ensure the accurate news, General Wang sent spies to Yangcheng to investigate. Only then did he find that Lu Xiangsheng had been in Yangcheng for more than two days and was collecting grass everywhere, otherwise he would have already fought with our army." The messenger clasped his fists and said.
It seems that the news is confirmed. Pei Xiaoer is slowly paced in the room. He thought of Qiao Chun's occupation of Sichuan and waiting for Tianshi's suggestions. He was originally unwilling to abandon everything in Shanxi, but now it seems that the situation has reached a last resort. Pei Xiaoer slowly walked out of the room, looked up at the sky, and said nothing for a long time.
"Second brother." Seeing Pei Xiaoer's attitude, Liu Changle called out with some concern.
"It's time." Pei Xiaoer sighed, "Changle, you send someone to Wenxi County to pass on our military orders and form a baggage army, mainly Liu Xianchun, responsible for collecting all the supplies and manpower of Wenxi, Xia County, Anyi and other counties. All officials, gentry, and people who are willing to go with us will take them with you; if you don't want to go with us, let them stay here and fend for themselves!
As for other supplies, I would take as much as I could. I told Liu Xianchun that talents are the most precious, especially the craftsmen in the military weapon supervision, who would take them away with me. After they were packed up, they would not wait for us and go straight south and go directly to Henan through Pinglu. Later, after I blocked the enemy, I would meet with them.
At the same time, he gave up Yicheng and the entire army immediately went to Wenxi County to escort Liu Xianchun and other baggage troops to evacuate safely.
In addition, I sent someone to Anyi to tell Liu Zhizu. I decided to establish the Wuding Army, with a tentative 30,000 troops, and the specific situation could be adjusted by them depending on the situation. With Liu Zhizu as the admiral, Zhang Zhiyuan, deputy stationed in Yishi in advance, restrained Hong Chengchou for me, and must not let him have one soldier and one soldier to threaten the operation of the baggage army.
After the baggage army retreated, the Wuding army immediately rushed to ten thousand springs north, entered Shaanxi through Hejin, and after entering Shaanxi, they asked them to move towards Hanzhong by themselves. Have you remembered all the things I said? Repeat it."
"Yes," Liu Changle repeated Pei Xiaoer's words without saying a word.
Pei Xiaoer nodded and expressed satisfaction: "Okay, that's it, send someone to pass the order!"
After Liu Changle left, Pei Xiaoer sat back on the chair, poured himself a glass of water, and drank it all. The matter behind had been generally arranged, and the rest was to consider how he could get out of Jie Xiu.
Just as Pei Xiaoer was thinking, the personal soldiers at the door came to report, and Gao Yingxiang returned and was asking for a meeting outside.
"Why is this guy back?" Pei Xiaoer was about to let his personal soldiers directly send Gao Yingxiang away, but he gave up halfway through his words. He first saw his purpose, and then he said, "Go and let Gao Yingxiang come in."
Soon, Gao Yingxiang walked in quickly with a smile on his face, which was very different from the way he left just now. Pei Xiaoer became more sensible. If something happened abnormal, there would be a demon. If this guy went back, he would have a plan.
Sure enough, before Gao Yingxiang entered the house, a cheerful laughter came in first, "Hahaha, Brother Pei, I offended my brother just now. I said the wrong thing. Please forgive me, Brother Pei!"
"Oh? Brother Gao, where are you saying this? You and I are brothers, what's the point of asking about small matters?"
"Okay, Brother Pei is indeed generous and broad-minded. I feel ashamed of myself. After I went back, I thought about it carefully and felt that what Brother Pei said was quite reasonable. Besides, Brother Pei naturally has reasons for having to do this. As a brother, I am so sorry for Brother Pei to do this.
Chapter completed!