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Chapter 22 The decisive battle is imminent

It is certainly understandable that Zhu Yin calls himself "the last general" in front of Li Ye. In any case, they are now nominally ministers of the Tang Dynasty. Zhu Yin's failure to claim to be "the sinful general" is already a manifestation of his integrity.

Li Ye helped Zhu Yin up and smiled and said, "General Zhu doesn't have to be too polite. When Dengzhou met, the lonely king highly praised General Zhu. Now when he saw each other well, General Zhu's heroic posture became more and more outstanding."

Zhu Yin said ashamedly: "The defeated general dares not speak of his courage. Zhu Yin is just a man who is not aware of his praise."

"General Zhu is a famous general of the world. Whoever does not respect him? Victory and defeat are common among military strategists. General Zhu doesn't have to be upset." Li Ye pulled Zhu Yin and sat down in the tent and greeted each other for a while.

During this period, Shangguan Qingcheng stood behind Li Ye with a knife, still like the guard. He was still the prince of Chang'an, and she was still the head of the palace guard.

When he spoke deeper, Zhu Yin did not let Shangguan Qingcheng be idle. He politely asked the battle in Anju County, and Shangguan Qingcheng's troops and basis for the formation. It can be seen that even if he was defeated, he wanted to lose more clearly.

Shangguan Qingcheng didn't hide it, and he said everything he knew, which made Zhu Yin suddenly enlightened in some places he hadn't figured out.

Li Ye has a good impression of Zhu Yin. Even if the other party is a warrior on the battlefield, he does not seem vulgar. Although his words and deeds are not elegant, he is not accused of being accused of being a regular person.

After about half an hour, Li Ye finally introduced the conversation to the topic and said to Zhu Yin with great earnestness: "The general is a rare general in the world. Although he was defeated by the unjust Ju County, the fault was not the general himself. Zhu Wen did things against the emperor and did not care about the laws of the court, and he was unpopular in the hearts of the Central Plains. The Gu Wang raised troops to fight against rebellion was a matter of his duty. The soldiers and people in the Central Plains all had a scale in their hearts. In fact, victory and defeat were already destined. Since the general entered the Gu Wang’s military camp today, he would follow Gu Wang to conquer all directions in the future to demonstrate the talents of the General’s famous generals. What do the general think?"

Zhu Yin was a little stunned. He probably didn't expect Li Ye to recruit him.

Perhaps in his opinion, Li Ye should be trying to kill him.

However, even so, Zhu Yin still sighed: "Your Highness is kind and righteous, and everyone in the world knows that being able to follow Your Highness to fight is something that countless generals on the battlefield are looking forward to day and night. However, the generals have been following Zhu Shuai for many years and have vowed to never let them down. Although they are defeated and captured today, they cannot abandon their oath... which disappoints His Highness."

This time he claimed to have used the word "sin general", which shows that he felt guilty about rejecting Li Ye's recruitment.

Li Ye persuaded him for a while, but in the end he failed to change his mind.

When he was about to come, Li Ye sighed: "General's loyalty and righteousness should be finally in the dynasty, not in the end. However, everyone has their own ambitions, and it is not easy for the lonely king to force it. General, please stay in the wrong words first. If you change your mind in the future, you can lead troops to fight against the rebels for the Tang Dynasty at any time."

After saying that, Li Ye stood up and said goodbye to Zhu Yin.

When Li Ye followed Shangguan Qingcheng and left the military tent, Zhu Yin still kept bowing and did not move for a long time.

After a while, Zhu Yin stood up, looked at the direction of the door curtain, and sighed: "King An is in his heart, and I have truly realized it today."

After leaving the military tent that imprisoned Zhu Yin, Li Ye followed Shangguan Qingcheng and walked in the camp and talked about the next battle arrangements.

Before they knew it, the two of them came to the school ground again and found that Liu Xiaohei and Riwen were still fighting each other, so Li Ye stopped again.

Although the two were only thirteen or fourteen years old and had not fully grown, they were in the high-level Qi training stage after all, and they had a powerful aura that was hard to underestimate.

In comparison, Liu Xiaohei is shorter. There is nothing we can do about it. At this age, girls always develop faster. However, although their figure is not as tall as adult men, Liu Xiaohei fights with a spear and looks particularly majestic.

However, compared with Riven holding a long sword, it was still a little worse. Although the little girl had an average figure, the long sword was as wide as a door panel and was particularly long, looking like a guillotine, and her tricks were also very open and closed, with a great visual impact.

Li Ye did not stay for long, and then followed Shangguan Qingcheng to leave the school ground, but he still made up his mind: "You tell Commander Song that Riven is leading the army in the army and there is no need to go back to the Qingyi Yamen for the time being. In the Central Plains War, there are opportunities for them to display their talents."

Shangguan Qingcheng looked happy: "With your highness's words, the last general will not let Commander Song take the person away no matter what!"

Li Ye naturally had his ideas when he made this decision. Liu Xiaohei and Riven were still very young and had a good time to train them. In the future, they will be young and strong leaders in the army, which can ensure that the connection between the young and the young is guaranteed.

It was nothing to win the Central Plains. Li Ye wanted to calm the border, regain the Western Regions, and fight against the tribes outside the territory. At that time, Liu Xiaohei and Riven took the lead.

In the afternoon, Li Ye and Shangguan Qingcheng studied Li Maozhen and Gao Pian's subsequent actions in front of the military map of the Central Army's tent. Suddenly, they received a report from the frontline scout: Zhu Wen's army set up a large camp in Bianzhou and was building a deep ditch and high wall. It seemed that they did not intend to continue to march towards Caozhou, but instead switched to defense.

Shangguan Qingcheng heard this and said, "Zhu Wen's three troops advanced to the army, and now he has just experienced the defeat of Yinju County, but suddenly turned to defense, which is too unhelpful."

Li Ye was not surprised by the news, and his smile seemed confident: "Zhu Wen had just annexed the seven towns in the Central Plains. Before he could consolidate his rule and win over the hearts of the people, he led the army to fight again. It seemed to be huge, but in fact there were many hidden dangers. In the battle of Yinju County, although Zhu Wen only lost tens of thousands of troops, his morale was hit hard, and it was not surprising that he turned to defense."

Shangguan Qingcheng could see through at a glance, his eyes lit up and said, "Then will we attack in full swing next?"

Li Ye shook his head, "Don't be in a hurry. Zhu Wen dared to confront me on the battlefield, but the real reliance on the army of the vassal states, but the Taoist soldiers sent by the Taoist Immortal Court in the lower realm. Next, our focus is to clear the two wings, and the core of the battle in front of us is the competition of the monks."

Shangguan Qingcheng nodded solemnly.

The next day, Xue Wei, the governor of Tianping Army, rushed to Yinju County with his elite cavalry.

As soon as he entered the tent, Xue Wei bowed to Li Ye and took advantage of the rituals and said in a pleasing tone: "Your Highness is wise! Your Highness told the last general that the army would definitely be able to attack the Bianzhou territory within a few days. At that time, the last emperor was short-sighted and had some doubts. Today, he received the military report that Zhu Wen had already built a camp on the border of Bianzhou and did not dare to step into Caozhou again. Only then did he realize that your highness had a brilliant plan and the last general was impressed!"

Li Ye chuckled and did not comment.

Shangguan Qingcheng sneered: "Your Highness fought against the world, defeated Huang Chao and destroyed Hedong and subdued Hebei. Which battle was not enough to break the opportunity beforehand? Xue Shuai also served His Highness on the battlefield. He was considered a general under His Highness, but he had some questions about His Highness's army. He was really laughable."

Xue Wei blushed, ashamed, and said embarrassedly: "The general was actually full of confidence in His Highness and Peace of Lu's Army. However, the army was in chaos for a moment when they were at the forefront, so they made so many jokes that General Shangguan looked down upon..."

Seeing that Xue Wei was at a loss, Li Ye waved his hand and said, "General Xue doesn't have to be ashamed of himself. There are still many wars to fight next. The Tianping Army has the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, just seize it."

What he meant was naturally to let Xue Wei express his feelings well in the next step, so that he could cover up his previous misfortune. Although he could speak politely, it was not so harmless.

Xue Wei could understand Li Ye's use of the picture because he did not dare to complain at all. Not only did he have no complaints, he also made up his mind to take the Balance Army to fight hard next.

In the next few days, except for Henghai, Pinglu, and Tianping Army, a unit of the Tianping Army, went to Caozhou, and the front line of the unjust Ju, there was no major military action. Zhu Wen had already tried to fight for power head-on with Li Ye, while Li Ye was waiting for the monks of the demon clan to arrive.

Three days later, Li Ye received the good news, and the vanguard of the three armies of Wei Bo, Chengde and Yiwu successfully crossed the Yellow River.

The governor of Yicheng Army of Huazhou once wanted to lead his troops to intercept him, but was blocked by a unit of Tianping Army in Weinan County and could not break through. After the troops in the three towns crossed the Yellow River, they joined forces with the Tianping Army and launched a great battle with Yicheng Army in Weinan County.

It only took half a day before the Yi Cheng army retreated completely.

When military information reached Li Ye, Li Ye immediately ordered the attack on Huazhou City.

Four days later, Liu Dazheng heard a good news. The Pinglu army, part of the Henghai Army, led by him, had already attacked Gunzhou. The two armies fought an encounter thirty miles north of Gunzhou City, and both sides suffered considerable losses. After the war, the Gunzhou army retreated to Gunzhou City, and Liu Dazheng led his troops to encircle him.

On the sixth day, Wei Bo, Chengde and Yiwu armies gathered a total of 150,000 troops in Wei County. With the help of the pioneer, they all crossed the Yellow River, landed directly in Huazhou, and took direct access to Huazhou City.

As of the hour of You coming from the military newspaper, the vanguard of the three towns of troops had already launched an offensive against Huazhou City.

At this point, the offensive between the left and right wings of Caozhou was smooth, and Li Ye no longer had to worry about flanking threats. He could concentrate on a decisive battle with the main force of Zhu Wen's army on the front.

On the seventh day, the Bull Demon King and the Monkey King who had not seen for a long time came to the battlefield with tens of thousands of monks of the demon clan.

The demon clan’s military camp has been built, and Li Ye asked them to enter the military camp directly and set up a banquet that night to welcome the arrival of demons such as Bull Demon King.

After a night of banquet, the next morning, Li Ye, Niu Mowang, Mihouwang and other great monks of the demon clan left the Angju County and flew to the border of Bianzhou, and conducted an open investigation on the Zhuwen army camp.

"There are powerful spiritual fluctuations hidden deep in the enemy camp. Judging from its size, it is less than 10,000 real people. It should be that the third batch of 8,000 soldiers have arrived." Bull Demon King said, patting his big belly.

Li Ye looked further away. It was the vast world behind Zhu Wen's army camp. "If it were just these ten thousand soldiers, we could easily defeat it. However, the two armies had been calm for so long. Once the battle was fought, it would definitely be a decisive battle that would affect the outcome. I think Zhu Wen would not have only such a little power - the Immortal Court should not be underestimated."
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