As soon as Jia Xiong finished speaking, the whole hall was in an uproar. Everyone was shocked and frightened. In the past few years, Zhang Xutuo's reputation has been resounding throughout the world, especially among the rebels from all over the world. Zhang Xutuo regards it as his nightmare. Now that he hears that Zhang Xutuo is going to come to Wagang Village to cause trouble, how can they, who are used to living a comfortable life, not be afraid? I don’t see you, but Lu Mingyue and Zuo Xiaoyou are still there The bones are not yet cold.
"Shut up, everyone." Seeing that everyone was making a scene, Zhai Rang's eyes flashed with anger. He shouted loudly and immediately silenced everyone. Then, Zhai Rang turned around again. He turned over and said to Li Mi next to him: "Mr. Mi, I don't know what you think about this matter."
Li Mi arrived at Wagang Village last year. As soon as Li Mi arrived at Wagang Village, he was treated as an honored guest by Zhai Rang. He even made Li Mi the second in charge of Wagang Village. Even though Li Mi came to work out of desperation. However, Li Mi's reputation was extremely valued by Zhai Rang. This was also thanks to the Yang Xuangan Revolution. The Yang Xuangan Revolution was so spectacular that it almost overthrew the Sui Dynasty. As Yang Xuangan's right-hand man, Li Mi was also affected by this. Zhai Rang is famous all over the world. What Zhai Rang respects most in his life are heroes. So he is the happiest when Li Mi comes to vote this time.
Hearing Zhai Rang's question, Li Mi narrowed his glasses and gently stroked his beard with his hand. His eyes scanned the crowd below. Although the heroes of Wagang Village were powerful, they heard Zhang Xutuo's name. Most of the people turned pale with fright. Of course, there were a small number of people who still maintained a normal mind. Li Mi kept these people in mind. Then he smiled and said to Zhai Rang: "The boss. Now Wagang Village can be said to be We have strong soldiers and horses. Heroes from all walks of life have gathered here. In addition, the stronghold is easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as we stick to the stronghold and defend it carefully, no matter how powerful the Xutuo is, it will not be able to do anything to us."
Different from Zhai Rang's rough tone, Li Mi spoke in a calm tone, but with an inexplicable power that made people calm down involuntarily. Li Mi opened his mouth like this, and the heroes who were panicked because of Zhang Xutuo's news were also one by one. After regaining their composure, they all nodded in agreement. Then, Li Mi said again: "The foolish king has no way. Even if Zhang Xutuo is good at fighting, how can Zhang Xutuo be good at fighting? With that foolish king holding back, what can Zhang Xutuo do to us? We It only takes a few months. The foolish king will definitely recruit Zhang Xutuo back to Luoyang to question him. Then we will cover up and kill him. Humph. The famous victorious general took over but fell into the hands of our Wagangzhai. Then The name of our hero in Wagang Village will surely be famous all over the world."
"That's right." "Haha. Mi Gong's words make sense." "That's right. What does Zhang Xutuo mean? When the time comes, I will definitely chop off his head and use it as a chamber pot."
As Li Mi said this, everyone here also regained their morale. They praised each other with every word. Seeing such results, a trace of pride flashed in Li Mi's eyes. And among everyone present, There were three people whose expressions looked a little different. One of them looked like he was only in his twenties. His face was bronzed, but he didn't need a beard. It was Xu Shiji, the master of Wagang Village who fought against Li Jing in Shihe that day. And. Next to Xu Shiji was Bing Yuanzhen, the secretary of Wagangzhai who had attacked Shihe with Xu Shiji that day.
Both of them were the first heroes to follow Zhai Rang in the uprising. They both admired Zhai Rang and followed Zhai Rang to build the Wagang Village. When they saw what Li Mi said, they had such high influence among the heroes of Wagang Village.
Both of them couldn't help but frowned. The two looked at each other. Xu Shiji winked. Bing Yuanzhen also nodded. Xu Shiji then moved his body forward a few inches and faced the sitting person.
A long-bearded man in front of him shouted in a low voice: "Brother Shan. This..."
"Shhh. Stop talking. I know everything. Just wait and see what happens." The bearded man's name is Shan Xiongxin. He is also one of the earliest veterans of Wagang Village who followed Zhai Rang in the uprising. However, compared to the young Xu Shiji and Bing
The prestige of Yuan Zhen and Shan Xiongxin is no less than that of the great leader Zhai Rang. However, Shan Xiongxin has always valued justice over profit and is not very keen on the power in this village. Therefore, the position of the second leader has always been hanging.
Now it's cheaper again Li Mi.
Seeing what Shan Xiongxin said, Xu Shiji and Bing Yuanzhen could only hold back for the time being and sat aside with their heads bowed. Shan Xiongxin sat there with his eyes and nose in mind, seemingly indifferent to everything happening around him.
On the other side of the hall, Li Mi saw all the actions of Shan Xiongxin and the others just now and remembered them in his heart. Then he turned to Zhai Rang again and said with a smile: "Master. Although the words are
That’s it. But there’s another trouble.”
"Oh." Zhai Rang was in a good mood at the moment. To be honest, Zhai Rang was a little afraid of Zhang Xutuo. But as the head of Wagang Village, he naturally set an example and couldn't mess up first.
Li Mi's words helped Zhai Rang stabilize the morale of the army. So Zhai Rang was also very happy with his decision to keep Li Mi. After hearing what Li Mi said, Zhai Rang immediately asked: "Haha. Mr. Mi, yes.
You can tell us what the problem is and let us all work together to find a solution together."
All the heroes also responded one after another. Li Mi smiled and looked around at everyone. Then he squinted his eyes and said, "Zhang Xutuo is very loyal to Hunjun. Since Hunjun ordered him to attack our Wagang Village, it will not achieve the goal. Zhang
Sotuo will never give up. If we can't hold on, then Sotuo will definitely besiege our Wagang Village. And in this way, food and grass will become a very important issue for us."
"Uh, food and fodder." Li Mi said the problem, which also made Zhai Rang and others silent. When Zhai Rang first established Wagang Village, there were only a few hundred soldiers and horses in Wagang Village.
This problem of food and grass is nothing at all. But since the reputation of Wagang Village has grown, more and more people have defected to Wagang Village from all over the country. Now the number of troops directly under Wagang Village has exceeded 30,000.
There are more than 100,000 other soldiers and horses attached to Wagang Village. Usually these soldiers and horses are dragged out to rob everywhere. There is still plenty of food and grass. But if Zhang Xutuo waits until Wagang Village is surrounded, Wagang Village will be surrounded.
If we don't have much food in stock, we will have to sit back and eat.
Zhai Rang's brows furrowed. He grabbed his chin with his big hand and rubbed the beard on it vigorously. He said in a deep voice: "Well, what the secret official said is true. This food and grass issue is indeed a troublesome thing. Tsk.
Otherwise, let's let all those miscellaneous troops leave Wagang Village and leave only our own 30,000 troops. This may save a lot of food and grass."
The miscellaneous troops that Zhai Rang refers to are those soldiers and horses that are usually attached to Wagang Village. Strictly speaking, these soldiers and horses are not really affiliated with Wagang Village. They are just some bandits and horse thieves around them. They usually fight when they rob homes and houses. They carry the banner of Wagang Village. But as a price, they must obey the orders of Wagang Village. When necessary, they may even fight for Wagang Village. However, in terms of combat effectiveness, these miscellaneous troops are far inferior to those directly affiliated with them. The 30,000 troops in Wagang Village. So it is not unreasonable for Zhai Rang to intentionally abandon these 100,000 miscellaneous troops to protect his direct army.
"No." Li Mi immediately rejected Zhai Rang's opinion. Then he shook his head and said to Zhai Rang: "Master, these people come here to admire the reputation of Wagang Village. If we just abandon them. This is a big blow to the reputation of Wagang Village. Moreover, although these 100,000 soldiers and horses are just a mob, if they are left in the village, they will be of great use to deal with Zhang Xutuo's attack. Moreover, Even if they are driven away, the food and grass left in the stronghold will not last long. If Zhang Xutuo wants to surround the mountain, he will never give up within a month or two. And the food and grass in the stronghold will not last long. It can only support an army of 30,000 for half a month at most."
"Uh." When Li Mi said this, Zhai Rang also felt that what Li Mi said was reasonable. Naturally, he gave up on his previous idea. Then he became more and more distressed. He didn't know what to do. He hesitated for a moment. Rang still turned his head and asked Li Mi: "Mr. Mi, do you have any good ideas?"
Seeing that Zhai Rang was so dependent on him, Li Mi's eyes flashed with joy again. He lowered his head and pondered for a moment. Then he suddenly raised his head and stretched out his hand to a strange man whose facial features were squeezed together at the position where he started. He said : "Bodan. Show me the map."
That strange man's surname was Wang and his given name was Bodang. He was the man who went to Gaojibo with Li Mi to persuade Dou Jiande. This Wang Bodang was originally just an ordinary hunter, but he learned good archery skills in the mountains and forests since he was a child. After Li Mi failed in the uprising with Yang Xuangan, he was wanted by the government. He met Wang Bodang by chance. He was very righteous to Wang Bodang and actually made Wang Bodang worship Li Mi as his disciple on the spot. He became a loyal follower of Li Mi. But this time Li Mi defected. Wagang Village. As Li Mi's only supporter, he also joined Wagang Village with Li Mi.
After hearing Li Mi's words, Wang Bodang immediately took out a folded brocade silk from his arms and handed it to Li Mi. Li Mi took the brocade silk and unfolded it directly. It turned out to be a detailed map. Li Mi lowered his head. I searched carefully on that map for a long time. Suddenly my glasses lit up and I said to Zhai Rang: "Yes. If the master captures this place, we will no longer have to worry about the problem of food and grass." He said. Li Mi stretched out his finger and directly clicked on a certain place on the map.
When Zhai Rang heard this, he immediately stretched his neck and looked at the map. He saw that the map was marked with dense place names. But where Li Mi pointed with his finger, there was a triangular mark with three small characters on it. : "Luokou Cang".