Chapter 18 Into the Tiger's Den
Upon hearing the news from the scouts that Li Yuan's army had arrived at the boundary of Xingyang, Zhai Rang, the leader of Wagang Village, immediately summoned his counselors to discuss countermeasures.
Among the people, Li Mi, the collaborator of Wagangzhai, was the first to be chosen. Most of the time, Zhai Rang obeyed Li Mi's advice. Even if he didn't listen to him a few times, Li Mi had a way to make him obey.
At this time, everyone looked solemn and listened carefully to Li Mi's deployment: "...Whether Li Yuan is taking the official road for a frontal attack or taking the side roads for a sneak attack, this place is the place he must pass.
"We will set up an ambush here, and Zhai Gong will personally lead the troops to lure the enemy into the ambush circle, and then annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop."
The index finger of his right hand landed heavily on a certain spot on the map, and his face shone with the light of victory. This time, he wanted to make Wagang Village famous and add another achievement to himself.
...
As the sun sets, the sky is filled with clouds of different shapes. Lily-colored cotton, golden waves, half-gray and half-red rouge, rosewood-colored cockscombs... The endlessly changing clouds make the whole sky full of strange and mysterious colors.
Li Yuan looked at the colorful sky, intoxicated by it, and could not return to his senses for a long time.
After a long time, he withdrew his gaze and ordered: "Let's go."
At this time, Li Shimin hurriedly came over: "Aye, Wang Yu left, she left this behind."
Li Yuan took the note in his hand and read it, only to see a few big words written on the paper: "I will go explore the way and wait for you in Xingyang."
"Nonsense."
Li Yuan clenched the note into a ball and growled at Li Shimin: "It's you and the Changsun family who spoiled her, and indulged her to the point where she was lawless and didn't know how high the sky was."
Li Shimin lowered his head, feeling aggrieved. He didn't know who gave the order later: "She is a little child, and now she is an orphan. It's so pitiful. Let her do whatever she wants. Don't be restrained. Don't let outsiders laugh at her."
, saying that I treated my benefactor poorly."
It's good now, it's all his and Changsun's fault.
"What are you still doing? Why don't you hurry up and give chase?"
So everyone set off on horseback and stopped again when they reached a fork in the road.
According to Li Yuan's plan, they should take the left road and pass through two villages to attack Xingyang City, but they didn't know which way Wang Yu took.
Li Shimin was attentive and discovered a series of familiar horse hoof prints on the official road, which were left by his horse.
That's right, Wang Yu rode away Li Shimin's horse.
Since Wang Yu caught up with Li Yuan's army, she and Li Shimin rode together on the road, and Li Shimin's mount was a Dawan horse. After riding for so long, she had figured out the horse's temperament, making it easier to control.
Of course, there is another reason, that is, Wang Yu knows that Li Shimin is good at seeing subtle things, and he will definitely be able to recognize this string of horse hoof prints.
"Aye, Wang Yu went to Xingyang from the official road."
Li Yuan frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "Then send two people to chase her from the official road."
After finishing speaking, he was afraid that Li Shimin would dislike the lack of people, so he explained: "A large number of people will easily attract the enemy's attention, but a small number of people will be more convenient."
Li Shimin understood what he meant and said, "Then I'll go find her."
"no."
Li Yuan flatly objected: "You are the general, how can you bother with a child? Just send two soldiers."
Li Shimin knew that his father was right, but he was worried, "But Wang Yu..."
At this time, Tang Jian and Duan Zhixuan rode forward, "Tang Gong, we are willing to go to Wang Yu."
Seeing the two of them, Li Shimin hesitated.
Tang Jian said: "Don't worry, Erlang, we will definitely bring Wang Yu back safely."
Hearing his assurance, Li Shimin felt relieved and said, "Then you go."
So the troops were divided into two groups. Tang Jian and Duan Zhixuan pursued Wang Yu from the official road, while Li Yuan and Li Shimin led the remaining people through the village through the small road.
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"Why did you come here? I've been waiting for you for a long time."
When Wang Yu saw Tang Jian and Duan Zhixuan, he couldn't help but complain.
Duan Zhixuan rolled his eyes at her: "What kind of horse are you riding? What kind of horse are we riding? How about we switch?"
"No change."
Wang Yu tightened his grip on the reins: "Let's go quickly, we must arrive before Duke Tang."
"drive."
"Are you sure you saw the map clearly? Did you remember correctly?"
"I remember correctly."
Duan Zhixuan didn't believe it: "How is it possible? When I saw you, I glanced at the picture twice and remembered it immediately? How is it possible?"
"Believe me."
"Okay...at this time, we can only believe you."
The three of them galloped away to Xingyang.
Two hours later, a dense forest appeared ahead. It was dark under the night and looked even more eerie.
"That's where I said, stay alert, it's about to start."
After Wang Yu finished speaking, he whipped Duan Zhixuan's horse.
"drive."
...
"Coming, coming."
The soldier hiding in the woods shouted excitedly.
But soon, Li Mi realized something was wrong: "Why didn't you see Mr. Zhai?"
That's right, shouldn't it be the leader who leads the Sui army into the ambush? Why are there only three of them?
Wang Bodang thought for a while: "Maybe he is a passerby."
Li Mi looked solemn: "Just wait and see what happens."
The sound of horse hoofbeats was getting closer and closer, and the conversation between the three people also reached Li Mi's ears.
"Erlang, come back quickly. Duke Tang has ordered us to take you back. Erlang, please don't embarrass us."
"Huh, Aye doesn't believe me. I must impress him by killing a few Wagang thieves to show him."
"Erlang, come back with me quickly. The front is dangerous. Tang Guogong said, recharge your batteries first, and then attack the Wagang bandits tomorrow night..."
A sneak attack tomorrow night?
Huh, that's a pretty idea.
"Erlang, stop. If you don't stop, I will shoot."
The young man didn't listen, so he shot an arrow from behind and landed on the ground in front of him.
"Xu~"
The horse was frightened and neighed and stopped.
The young man turned the horse's head and glared at the man holding the bow behind him: "How dare you shoot me, I will ask Aye to kill you..."
Hearing this, Li Mi had already determined the identities of these three people, and he exuded a murderous aura: "The Sui army will not come tonight. That young man is Li Yuan's son. Brothers, if we catch him, we can make him Li Yuan was captured without hesitation.
"Go ahead."
"Go ahead..."
"Kill..."
Suddenly, earth-shattering shouts of killing rang out all around, and countless Wagang troops rushed out of the dense forest.
"Oh my god, there really is an ambush." Duan Zhixuan was so frightened that he almost rolled off his horse.
Tang Jian raised his whip and whipped it at his horse, "You're so careless, why don't you run for your life?"
Wang Yu saw someone rushing out of the dense forest. He stretched out his right hand toward the sky and controlled the horse to run southwest.
"drive."
Li Mi saw that they did not run away in the direction they came, but walked towards the trail. He knew that they were so scared that they had no choice but to choose their way. Li Mi was very excited and did not care about their distress signals. He shouted loudly: "Catch them, don't let them run away." .”
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"Boom."
There was a loud noise, and the fireworks shot into the sky, blooming into a gorgeous flower.
Everyone was shocked.
When he saw the familiar signal, Li Yuan was shocked: "What's going on? Who shot it?"
He remembered that he did not distribute the command arrows to Tang Jian and the two of them. Judging from the position where the command arrows were shot, it was not shot by the people around him.
So, who shot the command arrow?
Chapter completed!