Five hundred and seventieth chapters do not give up
What Li Ru said was pertinent, detailed, and very logical. Part of it was true, and part of it was added after he and Cao Zhi discussed it. Qingniujiao, Yu Shigen nodded in full affirmation to Li Ru's reasonable words.
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But Yu Du didn't show too many expressions. He just flashed a Maitreya-like smile again and asked, "These words are just spoken by you alone. What's the proof?"
"No!" Li Ru answered simply. The product of this kind of comprehensive analysis, of course, requires the accumulation of intelligence and the Montenegrin Army generals themselves to collect information to confirm it. Everyone knows that this is impossible if Li Ru comes up with evidence.
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"Okay, even if what you said is true, then why doesn't Cao Zhi go it alone? Didn't you say he has a hundred thousand troops?"
"Yes, that was my original suggestion, but the generals' troops and horses are now lying across our road to Yecheng. If we fight all the way through, we will probably lose at least half of our troops and horses when we reach Yecheng. But according to
As far as we know, there are 30,000 garrison troops in Guangye City, and there are 10,000 garrison troops in each city in the surrounding counties. If we don't unite with Marshal Zhang, not only will we not be sure, but if we march straight in, we will be easily noticed by Yuan Shao, and we will be able to advance in advance.
It would be a great disadvantage to us if our troops returned to Jizhou. So Lord Cao thought of uniting with the Black Mountain Army. We would retreat and we would advance together, pretending to fight and kill together into Yecheng, and then we would each get what we need. If Marshal Zhang is willing
Stationed in Yecheng and in charge of Jizhou, my lord is willing to report to the court and express his support. Of course, there is no guarantee whether it will succeed or not. Today, the world depends on who has the most powerful soldiers and horses, and who can become the master of a place!"
Li Ru's instigation was so tempting. As soon as he thought of becoming a court official, Yu Shigen immediately wanted to agree to the alliance between Li Ru and Cao Zhi. He had been rebelling for so long, not just to live a good life and become a high official.
What! What the hell Li Ru said is so right. In today's world, whoever has the most powerful soldiers and horses can be the master of the country! Didn't Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, and Cao Cao, who they are familiar with, all ascend to the throne of a state by virtue of their strong strength?
When they secure Jizhou and Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan kill both of them, their Black Mountain Army will become stronger. Who dares not to recognize them then? What all the heroes in the world can do, why can the Black Mountain Army?
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But Yu Shigen and others had no chance to interrupt, and Yu Du questioned Li Ru again: "You also know that Yuan Shao has heavy troops stationed in various counties in Jizhou. Once we cooperate with you, we will give up opening the road to Youzhou and turn around.
Come, let's attack Yecheng. We don't know whether we can succeed. If we are resisted by the defenders of Yecheng desperately, and the counties on the left and right send troops to attack from a flank, we will have no choice but to die. And to go to Youzhou, we only need to pass the last hurdle and win.
Lu Nu can march straight in. I think Cao Zhi suffered a loss from Yuan Shao and wants to use us as a backing to let us, the Black Mountain Army, be his spearmen, right?"
After listening to Yu Du's words, Li Ru smiled nonchalantly and said to Yu Du: "What the general said is very reasonable. Being attacked from both sides is indeed not what we want to see. We also hope to win a quick victory. If
Let Jizhou's army and horses contain us, and when Yuan Shao turns around, we will not escape the same fate. So when Li Ru sets off to see the general, Lunu City is already under the control of my lord, and we have solved the minimum worries!"
"Oh!" Yu Du was surprised, and Yu Shigen and other generals were moved.
"She's dead?" Zuo Zhuzhangba asked excitedly as he stood up.
Li Ru looked calmly and said: "No, it's just that... I will... sleep for a long time."
Zuo Zhu, Zhang Ba and other generals looked at each other and understood Li Ru's words of "sleeping for a long time" when Yu Du suddenly interjected: "Give me Lunucheng to express your sincerity!"
"No, we still need it. You should express your sincerity first. My lord is very willing to meet Marshal Zhang!" Li Ru refused Yu Du's request. He would not back down from Yu Du's excessive demands.
"Then bring the corpse and hand it over to our custody, otherwise nothing can be discussed." Yu Du retreated and asked for second place. Not only did he need to see the real corpse, even if it was dead, it could prove something.
.And if Yu Du can capture Yuan Shao's nephew, who caused him to lose many soldiers, it will not only be a victory, but he will also be able to explain to Zhang Yan and the Black Mountain Army.
"No!" Yu Du's answer was still negative.
"Why?" Yu Du was already a little angry. He climbed out of the cases he had slapped open, approached Li Ru at the bottom left, and stared at him.
On the contrary, Li Ru became more and more calm, not shying away from the aggressive gaze, and said slowly: "For no reason, we can't take the risk of handing over such an important person to you before you agree to us. General, please
Forgive me, generals, we also need to consider our own safety."
"Then it proves that what you just said is false. If you don't show some sincerity, there will be no need to discuss anything. When we gather our troops tomorrow, we will still attack Lunu City as originally planned, no matter who belongs to whom now!"
Yu Du gave Li Ru an ultimatum and pressed forward step by step.
"I'm afraid that the general won't be able to reach Lunu City. My lord has already taken the first step to betray Yuan Shao and has never thought about turning back. With or without the participation of the Black Mountain Army, we will fight to the end. But if someone wants to stop us,
No matter who he is or how powerful he is, we will get rid of him!" Li Ru refused to give in and moved closer to Yu Du, fighting back with his lips and teeth.
After Yu Du and Li Ru said a few harsh words, they both got closer and closer in excitement. At this time, they had reached a real stare-down, the kind of lightning-like stare in Japanese cartoons. Look like this in real life.
Over time, it will become cross-eyed.
"Li Ru, are you threatening me? Who do you think you are? Believe it or not, I will..." Yu Du, who failed to restrain Li Ru, finally collapsed. He became angry and picked up Li Ru's hand.
On the front of his clothes, he was frothing at the mouth and roared that he wanted to kill Li Ru.
"I believe it. I believe that the general can kill Li Ru's soul with just a drop of his sword. But Li Ru's death is a trivial matter. I'm afraid these 30,000 to 40,000 Black Mountain Army officers will never leave the Zhongshan Kingdom again." Li Ru refused to give in.
The counter-arguments are equally lethal.
"I'll kill you, the alarmist traitor..."
"Hey, chirp, general, calm down, calm down..." Seeing that something was wrong, Yu Shigen and others quickly came up to stop Yu Du's impulse. Even Zuo Mouzhangba didn't know where to stand and help Yu.
Shigen and others stepped forward to dissuade Yu Du. Loyalty needs to be put on the table and let his brothers know, but without brothers, there is no loyalty at all. In response to Li Ru's confident words, even Zuo
Vulgar generals like Zhu Zhangba believed it a little. They all knew how much wealth the Montenegrin Army still had. The 30,000 men who attacked Lunu City were already the main force of the Montenegrin Army. Liu Shihe behind them was
Zhang Yan, who is in Changshan's hometown, still has some troops on hand, but they will not exceed 40,000 troops even if they are fully attacked. Among them are some old and weak soldiers who have no fighting ability.
Li Ru was imprisoned in the temporary prison of the Black Mountain Army, which was an abandoned stone mill in the middle of the Black Mountain Army camp in Qingniujiao.
Yu Shigen arranged for him to be here, and repeatedly stated that this was just a temporary measure, and asked Li Ru for forgiveness many times.
Li Ru was very down-to-earth and didn't complain too much. He just asked Yu Shigen to go and do his business!
That night in Yu Du's big tent, a group of Black Mountain troops had a heated discussion about the cooperation plan brought by Li Ru.
Yu Du insisted that Li Ru was being alarmist. Cao Zhi did not have that many soldiers and horses, and his country was not easily controlled by Cao Zhi, let alone Lunucheng.
Yu Shigen and others believe it is credible. Their Black Mountain Army is not a regular army and is quite lagging behind in receiving some military information. If Cao Zhi really has 100,000 soldiers and horses, if they don't cooperate with him, they may be eaten by Cao Zhi and lose.
An excellent opportunity to expand their territory. They should return to Yanshan immediately and ask Zhang Yan for instructions.
Yu Du thought that cooperation needed to be seriously considered. As for this letter, Yu Du agreed to send someone back to Yanshan overnight.
After the meeting, Yu Shigen thought for a long time, and finally left the camp overnight, rode south alone, followed the messenger who delivered the message, and returned to Yanshan. He wanted to personally bring Li Ru's words to Zhang Yan.
And at dawn on the night when Li Ru was detained by Yu Du, three thousand troops from Yanmen Wuhuan, who had promised to jointly assist Youzhou, arrived.
When Yu Du was losing his troops and generals, he was overjoyed by the new addition of new troops.
The upright Zuo Zhuzhangba asked Yu Du, while he was lucky, he asked in a disgraceful manner how the Yanmen Wuhuan Army called "Sir" came? His reason was very simple. They didn't break through the Zhongshan Kingdom's defense line. Yanmen
How did Wuhuan come here?
King Wuhuanqiao of Yanmen explained that they knew an ancient road under the Great Wall and sneaked in from the west.
Yu Du, who has always been suspicious, did not doubt it when he heard that there was an ancient road under the Great Wall. He was overjoyed and asked King Wuhuanqiao of Yanmen to lead the way. He actually led his troops to bypass Zhongshan Kingdom and went to the back of Lunu City to launch a surprise attack.
A bold idea.
King Wuhuanqiao of Yanmen readily agreed, and after taking a short rest at the Black Mountain Army's camp, he took Yu Du's men and horses to explore the road when the sun first rose.
At this time, Yu Du ignored the many doubts of his generals and hurriedly summoned more than a thousand troops from his headquarters. Regardless of the exhaustion of a sleepless night, he personally led this army and Yanmen Wuhuan's "Master" Wuhuan.
The army left the main force and led its troops to the west to explore the division of Hebei and to find out whether the ancient road under the Great Wall of the two states could be passed around the road behind Lunu City.
However, the shadow of the ancient road had not yet been found, and the team had just left thirty miles west of the main battle area of Anxi. The leader of Yanmen Wuhuan, "Master", who was good at wielding a giant ax, suddenly slashed at Yu Du with the sharp blade in his hand.
of the head.
At the same time, the Yanmen Wuhuan Army suddenly mutinied collectively and took great action against the Black Mountain Army who were accompanying them.
Yu Du was lucky. When a military guard next to him saw "Master" Yanmen Wuhuan swinging an axe, he pounced on him from behind in time.