Chapter 397: The Rise of the Wind and Clouds (thirty-nine)
Mayi City, which is now Shuozhou City, Shanxi, is located on the north side of Shanxi, not far from Taiyuan where Li Tang started.
Pass through Shenchi County, Ningwu County, Yuanping County, Dingxiang County, and finally arrive at Yangqu County. The next stop is Taiyuan City...
In order to unite the strength, Xue Rengao, Li Gui of Wuwei, Liang Shidu of Shuofang, Liu Wuzhou of Mayi, and Fu Gongyou of Hefei, gathered 250,000 troops and appointed generals in Mayi City.
Of course, they didn't know that Fu Gongyou was already Li Jiancheng's man, lurking in the alliance, waiting for the critical moment to take action and give them a fatal blow.
Liu Wuzhou's two generals, Yuchi Jingde and Song Jingang, who were able to take action, rebeled and surrendered to Dou Jiande. This is Liu Wuzhou's opinion; the other disappeared.
Liu Wuzhou was very worried about this.
Now, this time in Mayi coalition, he was the host of the Mayi coalition, who should be the pioneer. However, everyone thought that he had no one to be a general, and they all disagreed. In the end, he could only have a general who fought against him to decide the vanguard.
Pioneers are the most dangerous thing to open up the road, so why are they so active?
It turned out that according to their agreement, in the battle with Li Tang, as long as the various materials obtained by the side belonged to them, they didn't have to share them, so they were so active. Li Tang was so rich that there was not a shortage of materials, so they naturally wanted to take the lead.
In the end, the young man Xue Rengao, who was awarded the responsibility of pioneering the task.
Liu Wuzhou originally wanted the young man to fool him and go to discuss with him. However, the other party refused to agree, and the two quarreled about it. If it weren't for the arrival of Liang Shidu, Li Gui and Fu Gongyou, the arrival of the three men, might have evolved into a showdown between the two armies. However, Liu Wuzhou and Xue Rengao had planted the seeds of hatred.
And all of this was seen by the lurking Fu Gongyou.
However, when Xue Rengao took his men and performed his vanguard duties, he discovered a serious problem, that is, he did not even find a single hair.
It turned out that when Li Xiuning came to Taiyuan to station, he implemented the measures to strengthen the walls and clear the fields based on what he had heard from Li Jiancheng before. He evacuated the local people who had to pass or do what they could, and took away the money and materials that could be taken away. Those who could not be taken away were burned, and he would never leave a needle or thread for the enemy.
As for some people who were unwilling to stay away from their hometown, Li Xiuning did not force them to hide in the mountains and wait until the war was over before returning.
So, all Xue Rengao saw were empty thatched huts and unguarded towns.
Although so many places were captured without a single soldier, it also caused a serious problem, that is, food and grass.
Because he was a vanguard force, he pursued speed and thought that the road could be plundered. Therefore, when he came out, he did not bring much supplies. After occupying Yangqu County, he was shocked to find that they were almost short of food.
In desperation, Four Hundred Lis rush to ask Liu Wuzhou to send food and grass.
However, until Xue Rengao was short of food and grass and the soldiers were hungry for more than a day and were about to rebel, Liu Wuzhou's food and grass finally arrived. The next day, Liu Wuzhou, Li Gui, Liang Shidu, and Fu Gongyou also arrived in Yangqu County immediately.
"Is Liu Wu and Zhou Ji intentional? I have already sent someone to send a message to Ji, why did the food and grass arrive yesterday? My soldiers were all hungry and almost rebelled."
When Liu Wuzhou and others arrived in the city, Xue Rengao found Liu Wuzhou and roared angrily.
Liu Wuzhou looked calm and spread his hands helplessly: "Brother Xue, this sentence is wrong. Do you think I am like this? When I arrived in Mayi, I asked someone to prepare. However, collecting so much food and grass and distributing staff is required. All of this takes time. Brother can't deliver the food and grass at once, right?"
“Ah…”
After hearing Liu Wuzhou's words, Xue Rengao's anger not only did not disappear, but was so angry that he was speechless by Liu Wuzhou's words.
Liu Wuzhou said it nicely, but Xue Rengao had already learned about some of the situation.
After his men arrived in Mayi, they were indeed immediately received by Liu Wuzhou. However, the soldiers who arrived in the morning did not meet Liu Wuzhou until the evening. Therefore, the next morning, the food and grass were not set off from Mayi City at noon.
And the journey was even more outrageous. The wheels of the grain transport truck were broken, or the grain transport truck was trapped in a pit. In short, the problematic journey came to Yangqu County, which caused Xue Rengao's subordinates to suffer a day of hunger.
"Okay, very good!"
Xue Rengao could not produce evidence, so he gritted his teeth and said a few words hatefully, leaving with anger on his face.
"Hmph, I'm having fun with me, boy is still young!"
Liu Wuzhou snorted coldly and thought disdainfully. However, he was very glad that he did not get the opportunity to pioneer this time, otherwise it would have been a waste of effort.
And all of this was seen by Fu Gongyou on the side.
In the evening, the heads of the five forces began to plan the issue of how to attack Taiyuan.
"Ahem, please listen to what Liu said." He coughed lightly and pulled everyone's attention. Liu Wuzhou said slowly: "Now, Li Tang is attacked by our other alliances, and I think there are not many troops that can be used. According to Liu's spy, there are only 100,000 people in Taiyuan City. And the one who led the troops was Li Xiuning, what can a weak woman do?"
"People rumored that Princess Li Xiuning of the Tang Dynasty was extremely wise, and her ability to use troops was not inferior to her brother Li Shimin."
As soon as Liu Wuzhou finished speaking, Xue Rengao had already refuted it.
The two of them did not match up, and Liu Wuzhou naturally opposed it. Moreover, this guy still had some ideas about Li Xiuning, so he naturally did not allow Liu Wuzhou to slander it.
"Haha, Brother Xue, I say it's a folk rumor, how can I believe it?"
“Ah…”
Xue Rengao's face turned blue and red. When Liu Wuzhou mocked her, she was about to explode.
"You two are quiet, let's listen to something." Fu Gongyou came out at the right time to stop the two of them, and said with a serious look on his face, "Even if Li Xiuning is not afraid, there is one person who must be very clear about her strength."
“Yes, who is it?”
Shidu Liang and Li Gui both showed curious expressions.
"Former Wagang Military Advisor, Shen Luoyan, known as Shen Luoyan." Fu Gongyou said with a solemn look, as if he was talking about a very important thing.
Of course, this matter is indeed very important.
After hearing Shen Luoyan's name, the leaders of several forces showed a solemn expression on their faces, which showed that Shen Luoyan's reputation was renowned.
"cut!"
Xue Rengao made a disdainful sound, as the saying goes, a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger. How could a rising man like him know how powerful Shen Luoyan is? In his eyes, only Li Xiuning, so the others naturally don’t take it seriously.
"What's the fear of a traitor from the Shen Luoyan? Let's see if someone is so terrified that he will learn from Zhuge Wuhou that Chen Luoyan will die in shame. Li Mi's guy is even more unbearable. He can't even deal with a woman. It's ridiculous to be the leader of the Wagang tomorrow. It's really ridiculous and ridiculous..."
Xue Rengao commented disdainfully, as if God was the eldest, his second child.
Everyone on one side was speechless. Just like Zhuge Wuhou, who was really a frog in the well and had no self-knowledge at all.
Liu Wuzhou even sneered in his heart, not to see Li Mi showing a kind look all day long. However, those who know him know that this guy is just a smiling tiger, one in front of others and another behind others, and he is sinister and vicious, and narrow-minded. If he knew that Xue Rengao said this, this kid would not even know how he died.
Of course, Liu Wuzhou would not remind him so kindly, and he would rather have hoped that something happened to this guy.
"It's really hard to deal with the falling geese. Please see how it is."
After thinking for a while, Li Gui took the lead in proposing his ideas.
"We bypassed Taiyuan and pretended to attack several other cities. Let Li Xiuning and Shen Luoyan in Taiyuan City send troops to rescue, and we will turn around and shoot back, and then we can solve the reinforcements in one fell swoop. As long as we catch one of them, we can easily obtain Taiyuan City. What do you think?"
"This plan is very wonderful, Brother Li is a talented person!"
"Brother Li is very proud. Even if Marquis Wu is resurrected, it will be like this!"
“…”
"Hmph!" When the few people were happy, a cold snorted interrupted their interest. "A Taiyuan City, a mere rebellious and sunken geese, makes the genies so afraid of their hands. Tomorrow, I will personally lead the troops to capture Taiyuan City, so that the genies can see and see."
After Xue Rengao said that, he swayed his sleeves and strided away.
The other people looked at each other. Is this guy crazy or arrogant? I wonder if it is a wrong choice to join him this time. To be continued...
Chapter completed!