Hu Baozong looked ferocious and shouted sternly: "Didn't I give it to Li Yun? Why are you still the main attacker?"
Are you telling Hu Baozong that thousands of white-armored troops will not be able to escape safely without fighting?
Li Chengzhi sighed slightly and lied without blinking: "Do you know what a 'holiday' is?"
What he meant was that Li Yun gave him orders as the governor of the West Road, and he could only obey...
The so-called holiday is the same as the "Shangfang Sword" in the movie and novel, which is a token of the festival personally awarded by the emperor. The person who holds the festival has similar roles to the "imperial envoy" and "eight government patrols".
However, what Li Yun held was the lowest level of "holiday". He was not allowed to kill officials without permission during wartime or without specific charges.
But even if Li Yun only exercises the "power of control", no matter what orders are issued, the following officials can only execute them. If you dare to say anything more, Li Yun will kill you with the charge of "disobeying military orders", and you will have no place.
Reason.
Unless there is a formal occasion, even Yang Shu, who is not afraid of anything and dares to quarrel even if the King of Heaven comes, can only keep silent.
There are also "Chi Jie" above the envoys, and the highest level is "Chi Jie". The talisman held by Xi Kangsheng is this level: officials with a value of less than two thousand stones can be killed without even asking for a reason, and they can report to the court afterwards.
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This is the so-called "cut first and then report later".
How big is the official of Erqianshi?
For example, a state governor like Hu Shichang...
"But you, Commander Xiao Guan, are dual-captained, so why don't you give him Li Yun control?" Hu Baozong said through gritted teeth.
Li Chengzhi stared at him as if he were an idiot: "Do you know what the crime of leaving the border without authorization is?"
Hu Baozong's face suddenly changed: he is guilty of conspiracy and rebellion, and the Yi tribe.
Revealing this level of identity can indeed temporarily compete with Li Yun, but what happens afterwards?
If no one points it out and no one investigates it, it will be fine. But the Hu family has already caused public outrage, and many people want Hu Shichang to die. They want to pick out the bones in the egg, let alone such an obvious clue?
When the imperial court intervened, Yan Ti, the general of Gaoping Town, and Lu Gong, the deputy general of the town, were so stupid that they dared to admit that Li Chengzhi was ordered by them to go to Jingzhou to recruit troops, otherwise ten heads would not be enough for the emperor to chop off. p>
In the end, Li Chengzhi can only bear the blame...
Li Chengzhi was inexperienced, but it was Li Yun who reminded him. Only then did he realize that there was such a big hole in it, so at this time, Li Chengzhi hated Hu Shichang so much that his teeth were almost broken...
He pondered for a moment and said to Hu Baozong: "So, from beginning to end, I never produced the order letter from Captain Xiao Guan..."
"You didn't produce the order letter? Without such a name, where did my uncle get the main credit, and how can he protect himself?"
Li Chengzhi didn't say anything, just sighed softly, as if to say: Whether Governor Hu dies or not, what does it have to do with me?
Hu Baozong was shocked and looked at Li Chengzhi in disbelief: "You want to regret it?"
"How can you say you regret it?" Li Chengzhi sneered, "I just realized that my Li family is also a mortal enemy of Gao Zhao?"
"How is it possible...Li Yun told you?"
Li Chengzhi neither said yes nor no, as if he acquiesced.
Hu Baozong was stunned, muttering to himself: "Impossible...impossible?"
Is it really impossible?
At first thought, everything was foreshadowed: Why was it that for the same crime, when it was the turn of Zhao Ping, a descendant of the Zhao family who was close to Gao Zhao, Yang Chun, Yang Shu's brother, dared to kill many people, but when Li Shixian was replaced, he was only beaten once
Hundred whips?
They are all the same people. When they meet him, Hu Baozong, Zhang Jingzhi, Yang Shu, etc., they all show no kindness at all. But if it were Li Chengzhi, one or two of them would be closer to each other than their own sons...
No wonder Li Chengzhi didn’t even take the official order?
The Li family has a grudge against Gao Zhao, which indirectly means they also have a grudge against the Hu family. Given this premise, to what extent does Li Chengzhi have to be selfless before giving credit to the Hu family?
If he recognizes the official appointed by Hu Cishi, what is the difference between "recognizing a thief and becoming a father"?
Don't want fame anymore...
Li Chengzhi looked around and whispered: "But don't worry: Li Feng has sent an urgent order, Hu Qi has divided his troops, and Liu Huiwang will definitely be captured and killed tonight... To wipe out these remaining thieves at this time will be equivalent to
I have completely solved the difficulties in Jingzhou.
Your contribution here is not small... If you are judged guilty at that time, you will definitely have merit and no fault. Your uncle Hu Duo, as the governor of Longdong County, is naturally not guilty... As for Hu Cishi?"
Li Chengzhi paused for a moment: "Then forgive me for being powerless..."
Hu Baozong's eyesight went dark and he almost fell over.
If the gods are here, they may not be able to save Hu Shichang...
But can we still blame Li Chengzhi for this?
Li Chengzhi was still a clay Bodhisattva who couldn't save himself when crossing the river, but he still cared about him, Hu Baozong, and didn't forget to share the credit with him?
This is the utmost benevolence and justice, and it couldn’t be better...
After thinking about it, Li Chengzhi patted Hu Baozong on the shoulder again: "After you're done, you can take those field deeds back first..."
Thinking about it now, how naive and ridiculous were those ideas at the beginning of the army?
Just a small level, the relationships in it were so confusing that his head was about to explode. By the end, he couldn't even tell which one was the enemy and which one was the friend?
The pits are one after another, and you will fall into them if you are not careful...
Compared with this, tens of thousands of kilograms of copper is nothing?
Politics is not something that ordinary people can play...
Hu Baozong's face turned pale and he looked at him with shock and fear: "Are you humiliating me, or do you want to break off our relationship with me?"
Breaking up with a bird egg?
Is it as simple as black and white?
"If the matter is not done, why don't we get rid of it? This is called justice..." Li Chengzhi glared at him and said coldly, "If you want to break off the relationship, you can wait until this battle is over..." <
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Then he pointed at the enemy camp: "Do something!"
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The stand-in sat on the high platform, wrapped in a silk quilt, staring at the Baijia Camp in the distance with a gloomy expression.
The camp was dimly lit with lights and smoke, and it looked like they were cooking.
It seems that the white-armored thieves will not attack at night tonight...
A cool breeze blew, and the substitute tightened the quilt and sighed sadly: "Let the believers have a rest!"
"Yes!" Faneng responded, hesitated for a moment, and then asked respectfully, "The situation outside the pass has been defeated. Tomorrow at most, the imperial army will gather under the city... There is no hope of revenge, so what is the envoy doing?
Want more branches?"
In fact, Fa Neng was complaining: If you and Fa Wang could have shown up earlier, how could the situation be so bad?
Even if it doesn't work, Li Chengzhi has already been eliminated and the west road has been opened. Why should he be trapped and die here?
"You're really not willing to just leave like this?"
As if he didn't hear the hidden meaning in Faneng's words, the substitute sighed deeply, his face suddenly changed, and he roared ferociously, "It's all Li Chengzhi's fault... Even if I can't kill him, I will definitely bite him off."
A piece of meat..."
What if it’s self-defeating?
Fa Neng was secretly worried, thinking that he could hold on until noon tomorrow at most, and he must advise the Holy Envoy to make preparations early...
With thoughts swirling in his mind, he was about to go downstairs to deliver the order, when suddenly his eyes lit up, as if there was a flash of light.
Faneng looked up and saw that a mile or two away, there was a fire all over the sky?
No, fire dragon...
Looking around, it's like standing on the top of the mountain and looking at the fields below: the fields are connected to each other, and the roads are clear.
As if drawn with a ruler, several fire dragons burned faster and longer, and in just the blink of an eye, the camp was divided into several neat pieces. Then they spread to the middle, and before long, most of them were
The camp was covered in fire.
And it is still burning towards the city wall very quickly...
The stand-in was frightened and anxious, and asked angrily: "Who...who started it?"
No order was given at all, all the monks and guards gathered under the cloud chariot, who could have launched the trap in advance...
Just when I was about to think about it, another earth-shattering roar came from the distance. Reflecting the firelight, like moths flying into the flame, countless chariots rushed into the fire. The neighing of war horses and the miserable howls of people were as sharp as
It feels like the whole day will be turned upside down.
Fa Neng trembled with excitement and shouted in a trembling voice: "It's the white-armored thief... The white-armored thief seems to want to perform night work, but for some reason, he actually set the trap on fire..."
"Hahaha...Li Chengzhi, are you today too?" The substitute laughed wildly, "Pass my decree and stand up..."
"Got the order!" Faneng responded and roared downwards in a hissing voice, "The King of Dharma has an order, move the car and ascend to the altar..."
As soon as he finished speaking, three big drums rang out from under the cloud chariot, and then the eight copper chins made a "woo woo woo" sound.
Immediately, the cloud cart that the substitute was riding on, carrying eight bronze ox carts, and several flat carts pulling more than 20 monks in white, all moved forward.
There are several torches on each car, illuminating the surrounding area as bright as day.
More than 20 monks first chanted the Buddha's name three times, "Sparkling holy fire, burn my sinful karma. Wash away the dust, and be reborn in bliss", and then recited the sutra.
The monks and guards, as well as the rioters, rushed towards the fire in the distance like crazy, with expressions of excitement and yearning on their faces.
Li Chengzhi's expression suddenly changed: These rioters want to set themselves on fire?
No, it should be self-immolation while tearing the white-armored soldiers trapped in the formation into pieces...
Fortunately, I had a foresight. When the monk guards were retreating regardless of casualties, if the front line was to take advantage of the victory and pursue them, no amount of filling would be enough...
Li Chengzhi took a deep breath, calmed down, and asked coldly: "What sutra are those monks reciting, the Sutra of Transcendence?"
Li Song listened carefully: "It's "The Book of Saviors", which is said to be written by Ge Xuan..."
No wonder...
Li Chengzhi nodded slightly.
He is curious, is there a "Book of Saviors" in this era?
As for why the monk recited Taoist scriptures, he was not surprised at all.
In these two families, you copied me, and I copied you, for more than a thousand years.
Li Chengzhi can guarantee that if the Buddha really can manifest himself, if he could get a glimpse of it in later generations, he would never dare to recognize it as "Buddhism"...
Shaking his head to clear away all the messy thoughts, he looked into the formation again.
Hundreds of meters away, I couldn't see clearly at all. I could only imagine: countless carriages were rushing through the formation. From time to time, carriages would roll over and horses would fall to the ground. Then the "people" on the carriages would roll around.
was thrown out of the car and fell into the fire...
Just listening to those screams, you can imagine how tragic the scene was.
Those who were lucky enough to survive seemed to be fighting hard against the traitors, and the shouts of killing shook the whole country...
But to Li Chengzhi's ears, the miserable howls and shouts of death seemed to be much weaker than when the fire started just a moment ago.
He looked at the soldiers ten feet away who were looking up to the sky and howling, and couldn't help but wonder: How did those insurgents persist for half a day?
It seems like a really strenuous job...
Li Chengzhi raised his head again, looked at the smoke and dust that covered the sky and made the stars and moon invisible, and said solemnly: "Li Song, the time has come, it's time to set off..."
Li Song nodded, turned over and dismounted, knelt on the ground and said sadly: "Don't worry, sir, I will live up to the trust... If you have second thoughts, the sky will strike with thunder, and your descendants will die..."
Not only was Li Chengzhi not moved, but his face darkened, as if to say: If your husband believed this, he would have died hundreds of times...
He frowned, glared and cursed: "Grudge...get out of here!"
Li Song kowtowed three times, got up and mounted his horse, and entered the fire formation along the passage paved with wet soil.
In a corner about half a mile further to the north, a total of 400 vans, pulling more than 4,000 white-armored soldiers, were waiting quietly.
Seeing Li Song's figure, Li Liang knew that he was about to set off. With a few gentle shouts, he saw a wall of fire in the north extinguishing at a speed visible to the naked eye. It extinguished dozens of feet in the blink of an eye.
Li Song waved his hand: "Let's go!"
Li Liang nodded slightly, jumped off his horse, knelt straight on the ground, and kowtowed three times towards the bright red blood-like lanterns in the distance.
He kowtowed loudly, but his tone was very calm: "Langjun, take care... I will never betray your trust: these four thousand soldiers are members of the Li family in life, and ghosts of the Li family in death..." Li Song couldn't help sighing.
Mr. Lang is good at everything, but he is too suspicious.
You are afraid that I will have second thoughts, but you have not thought about whether I have this ability?
Look at Li Liang, is he saying goodbye to you?
This is nearly a hundred feet away, Lang Jun can hear shit...
He is telling me Li Song: He will only be loyal to the husband in this life!
This damn guy is my nephew, Li Song...
When Li Liang got up, the car camp immediately set off, and soon it disappeared into the dark night...
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More than a mile to the west is the village gate.
Li Yun had already ordered his personal guards to move several cloud carriages together and specially summoned Yang Shu and Zhang Jingyi to watch the formation together.
When he saw the fire bursting out in the enemy camp, covering the sky and the sun in the blink of an eye, and the miserable howls and shouts shaking the night sky, Li Yun's face changed.
Is there really a trap?
He thought this was an excuse made up by Li Chengzhi.
The reason why Li Chengzhi secretly asked him for a night attack was probably because he wanted the Baijia Battalion to take the opportunity to escape at night...
But Li Yun never expected that Li Chengzhi would actually fight?
Is it possible that he deliberately wanted to kill all those thousands of soldiers here?
With the thought, Li Yun's face became darker and darker, and his eyes became more and more fierce...
If Li Chengzhi is really so vicious, how can he be recognized as a holy gentleman by Yang Shu and Zhang Jingzhi?
It shouldn't be possible...
Zhang Jingzhi's face was blue, his fists were clenched, his nails had already dug into his palms, and his whole body seemed to be trembling.
He controlled himself over and over again: Don't be angry, don't be angry... As long as Li Chengzhi is fine, what if the Baijia Camp is completely destroyed?
As long as you pass this level, you can summon another one sooner or later...
Yang Shu was shocked and angry.
Li Chengzhi said there was a trap, so there must be a trap. Yang Shu had no doubt at all.
But who could have expected that it would be so cruel?
In a radius of three or four miles, the fire burned so brightly that it blocked out the sun, and there was not even a single vacancy in sight?
The screams and roars were like needle pricks, which stung Yang Shu's heart.
Look at those horses again, they are like mice that have been doused with oil and set on fire. They are frightened and confused, running around everywhere.
What's more, most of the horses are pulling carts behind them?
Under such circumstances, not to mention people, even iron lumps can be smashed by you...
As I listened, the shouts of death seemed to disappear, and even the miserable howls became much weaker. What I heard in my ears was mostly "the bliss of the afterlife"?
If it is a white-armored soldier, even if he is flawless and shouts to kill to boost his morale, he will only scream...
Is it possible that everything is broken?
That's a whole four battalions...
Yang Shu's eyes bulged, and they were about to burst.
If it weren't for Li Yun, how could these white-armored soldiers die in such vain?
He gritted his teeth and wanted to slap Li Yun a few times: "So, is Governor Li satisfied?"
Li Yun ignored Yang Shu and just stared at the enemy camp.
The fire was too big and the smoke was too thick, so it wasn't very clear, but at least I could see that countless horses and people had been burned, and they were howling miserably and running around the camp.
As for how many were rebel soldiers and how many were white-armored soldiers, he wouldn't be able to tell the difference even if he lent Li Yun ten pairs of eyes.
But those carriages must be from the Baijia Battalion. If you think about it, the four thousand soldiers Li Chengzhi brought out of the camp would probably be trapped inside?
Is it possible that even Li Chengzhi didn't expect the trap to be so vicious, and he wanted to pretend to fight, so he sent out the White Armor Battalion rashly, but he didn't want to fall into an ambush?
The more Li Yun thought about it, the more frightened she became, and she shouted in a cold voice: "Let's go and take a closer look..."
He was about to go down to the watchtower when he suddenly heard an urgent order: "The commander-in-chief has ordered the auxiliary troops to leave the camp as soon as possible to stop the enemy..."
It has reached the point of using auxiliary troops?
Yang Shu's eyes were about to burst, and he roared angrily: "Where are the four battalions from before? Where is Li Song, where is Li Liang?"
"I don't know yet!" the soldier replied urgently, "the enemy thieves are getting closer and closer, and even the wall of fire can hardly stop them, and they are about to rush over... The commander-in-chief, even the archers of the brigade serving as reserve team, are
Already sent up...there are only a dozen mounted guards left..."
Li Yun's expression suddenly changed: "What else are we going to attack? Come back and let Li Chengzhi go back..."
The soldier lowered his head slightly and responded in a hissing voice: "Please forgive me, Commander-in-Chief: The Commander-in-Chief has an order. If he doesn't punish this group of thieves today, he will not retreat even half a step..."
As he spoke, he urged his horse and rushed into the village.
Not to mention the commanding officer, even the auxiliary soldiers watching from across the wall did not take Li Yun's words seriously.
As the brigade commander, team leader and other officers shouted, one team after another, the wooden armored soldiers rushed out of the village gate and rushed towards the fire array.
"It's the opposite... It's simply the opposite..."
Li Yun cursed a few words, and then gave an urgent order to the general: "Raise my flag tent, send an order to the camp, and come quickly to support..."
Following the response, the guards around me hung up lanterns and started lighting fires...
As long as the big lantern representing the commander-in-chief is lit up and the fireworks are seen, the army five miles away will naturally know what it means...
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Li Chengzhi indeed only had a dozen mounted guards around him. In addition, he sent out all the remaining five hundred soldiers.
Ten feet away, five hundred soldiers formed a small horizontal formation: a hundred people lined up in five rows. The first two rows were archers. In addition to the arrow pots full of arrows on their bodies, there was also a bundle of arrows placed at the feet of each archer.
rocket.
These are the more than 10,000 pieces that Li Zhao took with him to stop the enemy in the morning and brought back intact.
They have all been in battle for a long time and have suffered many losses. Officers and soldiers have learned this well a long time ago. For fear that a misfire will cause a large area, each archer must be at least one foot away from each other.
The last three rows are spearmen, all crouching down, pointing their spears diagonally.
This is to guard against the rebel soldiers who rushed through the fire wall and were lucky enough not to be burned to death.
Indeed, there are, but for now there are only a few here and there, most of them were burned to death in the formation.
Even so, Li Chengzhi was so shocked that he bared his teeth.
The trap was extremely wide, two miles wide, and Li Liang sent archers to set it ablaze.
Therefore, not only are there fire roads everywhere within these two miles, but there are also hundreds of horse-drawn carriages rushing through them...
But some people still rushed out of the formation, which shows how brave these rioters are?
It has been burning for almost two minutes, and the kerosene poured on it should have burned out. Seeing that the fire is getting smaller and smaller, I am afraid that more and more mobs will rush out.
There might even be a few carriages still on fire coming out.
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Therefore, Li Chengzhi has long been prepared to retreat...
As for the heroic words of "I won't retreat even half a step", of course I meant them for Li Yun, Yang Shu and others.
Is Li Chengzhi’s brain not broken?
While he was looking out, Li Rui came running over on horseback and reported quickly: "Colonel Hu has asked for orders to lead his troops into battle?"
Li Chengzhi frowned: Is Hu Baozong crazy for wanting to make meritorious deeds?
There are still carriages running around in the formation?
If I hadn't added some "material" to the front wall of fire, there would have been a "fire horse" rushing west?
I'm ready to retreat, but you want to fight?
Is Hu Baozong’s brain swollen?
Li Chengzhi replied coldly: "No!"
"I'll go back to him later!"
Li Rui replied, and then said, "Captain Li mistakenly thought that our White Armor Battalion was completely destroyed, so he urgently ordered the officers and soldiers to come for reinforcements, and came here with Zhang Sima and Yang Juncheng..."
Li Chengzhi pondered for a moment: "I stopped you first, and then you said I would retreat immediately..."
It’s really time to withdraw.
Everything that should be burned and should not be burned were completely burned. Unless a forensic doctor was invited to do DNA identification, who would be able to identify whether those charred corpses were rebels or white-armored soldiers?
At this point, the plan is considered half successful.
So there is no need for Li Chengzhi to stay here.
And we must go back as soon as possible to remind Li Yun not to send any more officers and soldiers to die.
If it had been in the morning and he suspected that Li Yun was here to deal with him, Li Chengzhi might have taken the opportunity to trick him, making Li Yun unable to cry.
But since we are one of our own, it would be unkind to dig holes again...
It's not that Li Chengzhi is arrogant, but that Li Yun can't even imagine how crazy these traitors are without seeing it with his own eyes?
Do you regard self-immolation as reincarnation and think you can go to heaven?
It’s not just that he’s out of his mind... Li Chengzhi is a master’s degree student, but he was trained by his fiancée who is a Chinese language teacher to have a level 10 Chinese level, but he can’t find a suitable adjective for a while?
When encountering these lunatics, inexperienced officers and soldiers may collapse immediately.
At least the Baijia Army has rich experience and knows how to deal with it...