What Wen Hao just said was ambiguous. Li Jian did persuade him to stay one more night in Changsong, but the purpose was to invite Old Mrs. Li to persuade him to join the Li family. But when these words fell into the ears of Old Mrs. Li, it was something else.
One meaning is that Li Jian and Wen Hao have colluded for a long time, forcing the Li family to tie up each other's chariots. This is completely contrary to Li Jian's original intention. But Mr. Li didn't know what was going on, and his face became increasingly ugly.
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Li Jian is also a smart man. He knows that he can't explain clearly now even if he is covered in words, so he simply becomes cruel and takes the blame, saying: "Old lady, Yu Wenhua will never become a great weapon. General Wen and the others protected him."
It’s the Sui Dynasty orthodoxy again, our Li family must not stay out of it! My child thinks that the Li family should try their best to help General Wen capture Xiangwu City and capture Yu Wenhuaji. Please think again, old lady!"
Wen Hao's original intention was to hope that the Li family would stay out of the matter so as to eliminate one of Yu Wenhuaji's strong supporters, but he did not expect that Li Jian would say such words. He couldn't help but feel happy, patted his chest and said: "Mr. Li, my master
There have always been clear grievances. Although there is no help from the Li family, Xiangwu is also in the pocket of my lord. If the Li family can take the initiative to help Wen Mou take Xiangwu City, although Wen Mou does not dare to make any promises, considering the person of my lord,
I will never treat the Li family badly!"
Old Mrs. Li already knew that Wen Hao was not the one who could make the decision. If Wen Hao made a wish casually, it would appear to be insincere. Now that Wen Hao said this, Old Mrs. Li believed it a little and said in a deep voice: "It's okay to ask for help from my Li family.
But I also have a condition."
Wen Hao said happily: "Old sir, please speak!"
Old Mrs. Li stroked his long beard under his chin and said seriously: "The Li family only arranged for the generals to enter the city and did not participate in the capture of Yu Wenhuaji and the young emperor Yang You."
This is exactly the shrewdness of Mr. Li. If he can help Wen Hao deal with Yu Wenhuaji today, he may help someone else deal with Wen Hao's master in the future. Most people in high positions like to be jealous.
Wen Hao's master left a capricious impression, and the Li family's life will probably be even more difficult in the future. Old Mrs. Li seemed to have made a condition, but in fact he just wanted to express an attitude that the Li family would not interfere too much in the court.
The struggle for power.
Wen Hao couldn't hear the underlying meaning of Mr. Li's words, but his goal was just to enter Xiangwu City smoothly. It was a surprise that the Li family could arrange for his troops to enter the city. If there was anything else he refused to agree to, he immediately waved
He waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Li. As long as you let me wait until we enter the city, we don't need the help of the Li family's children to fight the war."
Mr. Li nodded and said: "Since I am determined to help the general, how can I stand by and watch. Without further ado, I will go ahead and make preparations. Jian'er, you stay here, and the general will enter the city from the west gate of Xiangwu!"
As people grow old, Mr. Li will not really tie the Li family to Liu Ziqiu's chariot with just a few words, not to mention that he still doesn't know who Liu Ziqiu is. He made this arrangement to get himself out of danger first. On the other hand, he didn't know who Liu Ziqiu was.
, mobilize the private soldiers of the Li family. If the combat effectiveness of Wen Hao's army is as powerful as they show, he will naturally be the icing on the cake. If Wen Hao's three thousand cavalry are vulnerable, there is no way he can only fight back.
When the time comes, he can also claim to be a mastermind in front of Yu Wenhuaji, and quote Wen Hao and others to take the bait.
Wen Hao's troops had already been assembled, and there was nothing to prepare. With an order, the army rose from the stronghold and marched towards Xiangwu. However, there was still a lot of food and grass in the army, and the speed could not be increased for a while. When they arrived,
When we arrived at the west gate of Xiangwu City, the city gate was already open and it was already broad daylight.
A long way away, a group of soldiers came over to greet him. The first person raised his hands and asked, "Where is Mr. Li?"
Li Jiance immediately stepped forward and returned the courtesy: "General Cheng, thank you for your work!"
This General Cheng is the Ximen Colonel, and his wife is from the Li family in Longxi. She has long been supported by the Li family and can be considered half of the Li family. Today is the time when Colonel Cheng is on duty at the city gate, so Mrs. Li lets her
They entered the city through the west gate because Cheng Xiaowei could act as an internal agent. However, some secrets could not be known by the peripheral disciples of the Li family. Cheng Xiaowei looked at the hundreds of grain trucks and shook his head repeatedly: "Li
Brother, I am not talking nonsense. The little emperor is stationed in Xiangwu, and our Li family has not gained much benefit. We have sent so much food and grass to them, but we have been careful to waste it."
Yu Wenhua and his troops are in the North, and the war between Fufeng County and Yang Xuangan has reached a stalemate, and is even at a disadvantage. This is already an open secret among the defenders of Xiangwu City. Not to mention that Captain Cheng knows, even
Many ordinary soldiers know this clearly.
Li Jian didn't dare to say anything more, so he laughed and said, "We can't interfere with the fate. Brother Cheng, just guard your door."
The two exchanged some pleasantries and then led a large group into the city. A soldier guarding the gate felt strange and asked: "General Cheng, are these all members of the Li family? How come most of them have never seen them before?"
Xiangwu is the county town of Longxi, and the whole of Longxi belongs to the Li family. Some of the soldiers under Cheng Xiaowei belong to the Li family themselves. Even if they do not belong to the Li family, most of them are related to the Li family. Looking at the faces of these people
It was a tight place and there were many foreign faces, so the soldiers were inevitably suspicious.
Only then did Cheng Xiaowei understand why Mr. Li sent someone to inform him to come to meet him. If it was an ordinary matter for the Li family to send grain to the city, it could be done openly. In Longxi territory, who would dare to take advantage of the Li family's grain team, so why should he come?
Responding? It turns out that there is a problem with this grain team. Regardless of whether there is a problem with the grain team, he did not dare to disobey Mr. Li's order, so he lowered his face and shouted: "Stand your post, why are you meddling in so many other things?"
When the army entered the city, Wen Hao blew a whistle, and the army immediately divided into three teams, one team went to the government office, one team went to the Longxi Palace, and one team rushed to the east gate. The two thousand soldiers dressed as civilians were also pulled out from under the grain carts.
With swords and guns, they attacked the north and south gates respectively. In fact, the people guarding the north gate were also the children of the Li family, but Mr. Li refused to show all his cards, so Wen Hao could only think that they were Yu Wenhuaji's men.
Wen Hao held his hands high and personally led an army to kill the government office. According to the information provided by Li Jian, Yu Wenhuaji was in the government office at this moment, so there were heavy guards around the government office. However, Yu Wenhuaji did not expect that anyone would come from the government office.
The west side rushed into the city, and the guards of the government office were completely unprepared. When Wen Hao's army arrived outside the government office, Yu Wenhuaji received the report and hurriedly sent troops to resist.
The first to arrive with troops was Yu Wenhua and his general Chen Botu. Chen Botu was ordering troops at the school ground to prepare for reinforcements in Fufeng County, which was unfavorable in the war. After receiving the news, he immediately led his 5,000 troops back to Longxi Prefecture to aid Wen Hao.
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Chen Botu relied on his martial arts skills again, and even bullied Wen Hao's lack of soldiers. He rode his horse to meet him first. Wen Hao met him, and the two horses met, and the two fought together. After fighting for about seven or eight rounds, Wen Hao gave up.
Unexpectedly, Wen Hao pulled out his saber and slashed with it, cutting the long sword in Chen Botu's hand into two pieces. Chen Botu did not expect Wen Hao's saber to be like this.
Sharp, startled, reined in his horse and wanted to run away. Wen Hao's horse was fast, he caught up from behind, raised his hand, stabbed Chen Botu under the horse, and killed him again.
The general was killed, and the rest were in chaos. The deputy general Zhao Xingshu killed many retreating soldiers one after another, and then barely stopped the chaos, but Wen Hao had already moved his army to kill him. Zhao Xingshu shouted loudly and ordered the soldiers to come forward. They fought in the streets and alleys, and the cavalry spread out.
Without it, the characteristics of cavalry and archery cannot be brought into play. Zhao Xingshu's subordinates are all infantry, and many of them also hold long spears, which are suitable for restraining cavalry in street fighting. Chen Botu is already dead. If he can defeat this team, who knows what will happen next.
Wherever an enemy appears, he can replace Chen Botu's position in Yu Wenhua and his subordinates.
However, the combat power of the cavalry on the opposite side surprised him. These cavalry did not use their bows and shoot arrows as he imagined, but drew out their slender sabers. At first, a hundred cavalry rushed into the infantry formation regardless of their safety, slashing left and right.
.Although some cavalrymen kept falling off their horses, the remaining cavalrymen were still fearless and fought their way through the infantry formation. Wen Hao pointed a long finger on his left hand and waved his saber with his right hand, killing all the way.
In the past, Zhao Xingshu could not resist and fled in defeat.
At this moment, Mr. Li was sitting in a carriage outside Xiangwu City, listening to his subordinates report on the progress of the battle in the city. It was said that Wen Hao defeated Yu Wenhua and 5,000 men with only a thousand cavalry, and killed Yu Wenhua and his men.
General Chen Botu couldn't help but secretly rejoice. This army is indeed very good at fighting. Even without the help of the Li family, such a powerful army would have defeated Yu Wenhuaji as soon as possible. If Li Jian had not made contact with this army of unknown origin in time,
His Li family may be included in Yu Wenhuaji's party. At that time, the Li family may usher in a bloody storm.
Old Mrs. Li waved his hand and ordered: "Tell the people in the Li family in the army to lead their troops to surrender!"
For the people of the Li family, the order of the head of the family is far greater than the decree of the court. Mr. Li's order had just been issued, but before it reached the city, another news came, saying that Wen Hao's army had captured four gates.
The children of the Li family guarding the north gate have died in the rebellion.
Mr. Li sighed and had nothing to say. It was precisely because he had two sides, helping Wen Hao but not wanting to offend Yu Wenhua too much that he had such consequences. Wen Hao's army was too brave, Yu Wenhua
The more than 10,000 defenders in the city fell apart in the blink of an eye. Mr. Li did not make a decisive decision and cost the lives of many Li family members in vain. Of course, he could only keep these things in his stomach and would never speak out.
A moment later, another news came that Wen Hao had invaded the Xiangwu City Government Office.
It had only been half an hour since Mr. Li ordered Wen Hao's troops to enter the city. Mr. Li was shocked and asked repeatedly: "Where is Yu Wenhuaji?"