Chapter 42 Grass Army Counterattack
This general was no other person, but Zhu Wen’s confidant Pang Shigu, who was very important in Zhu Wen’s heart, and his words were pertinent and were a temporary measure.
"No," Pang Shigu said, and a gentle young man with a stern face immediately spoke out and stopped him. The man's name was Li Zhen, who was the chief counselor of Zhu Wen.
Li Zhen was the great-grandson of Li Baozhen, the Sikong of the Tang Dynasty. His family was in ruins and failed many times. He fled to Cao Jun in anger, which happened to be appreciated by Zhu Wen. He is now the first follow-up counselor of Zhu Wen.
"Could Brother Li have a way to calm this matter?" Pang Shigu looked at him suspiciously.
Li Zhen did not look at him, but said to Zhu Wen: "General, the reason why the army of kings confronted us was to recover Chang'an. They were the attacking side and we were the defensive side. Now the troops were not much different. This offensive and defensive position must not be exchanged. Waiting for work to respond to the army of kings and kings is the only choice to seek victory in a stable manner."
"I have studied Zheng Ting. My subordinates admitted that if there were still loyal ministers in the Tang Dynasty, then Zheng Ting would undoubtedly be one of them. He had been a member of the Central Secretariat, Minister of Revenue, Bachelor of Hanlin, and Governor of Wuzhou in his life. As the governor, he was still a novice in leading troops to fight. This shows that this person's strategy of military strategy is much more than his actual command."
"At present, the King of Guild Army and us are in a stalemate, but the enemy has used such a sharp attacking strategy to deal with us incisively. This is not Zheng Ting's style. He does not have this vision and decision, nor does he have the right to seize the opportunity."
When Zhu Wen heard this, his expression became more serious and he said in confusion: "Is there a capable person in the coalition?"
"Yes, General, even if we calm the rumors, if this person doesn't eliminate them, it will definitely cause us a big trouble." Li Zhen bowed and looked at Zhu Wen sincerely.
Zhu Wen lowered his head and pondered for a while, suddenly raised his head and shouted: "Come on, come and check it out for me and see who proposed this scheming."
"Li Zhen, let me quell this incident and leave it to you." Zhu Wen told Li Zhen while instructing someone to investigate the advice.
"promise"
Since the attack was launched, the first few days, the grass army guards fled one after another, and Zhu Li took the opportunity to ask Zhou Dewei to take Meng Juehai to gather, and successively gathered thousands of people.
But a few days later, the deserters had been curbed on the other side, which made the coalition side happy for a few days, and began to think about countermeasures again. It was not that it was a bad plan to attack the heart, but that there were too many capable people in the grass army, and Zhu Li had to admire this.
However, although the scheming was calmed by the opponent, it also caused the opponent to flee to nearly 10,000 guards, which was not without results. The coalition bosses could not blame anything.
Li Zhen calmed down Zhu Li's scheming and tried his best to calm down. The grass army guards who had fear and confusion would not be easily fooled.
He first summoned all the generals and listed Zhu Wen's achievements one by one, so that they could publicize them in the Cao army. Zhu Wen's achievements in the rebel army were indeed unquestionable. Although they were not sure of winning every battle, they were only eight out of ten, nine out of ten, but they stabilized the morale of some Cao army. Zhu Li targeted Huang Chao and was defeated, but Zhu Wen's prestige was still unmatched in front of his subordinates.
At the same time, he sent someone to arrest the fleeing Cao Jun, cut off their heads in public, kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, and work together to reduce the defeat of Cao Jun to a very small level. In the end, he will mark the Cao Jun with another piece.
The big cake stimulates their desires, rebuilds their fighting spirit, and completely eliminates the intention of the grass army guards to escape.
At this time, Cao Jun also received news that Zhu Li had made a scheming.
The Cao Jun discusses a big tent and is discussing a countermeasure to get rid of Zhu Li. Zhu Li's record was soon placed in front of Zhu Wen. To be honest, it surprised the civil and military officials of the Cao Jun.
Weizhou blocked the army and fought, and killed the thirteen generals of Shatuo; offered suggestions to defeat Fu Wenda, and captured him alive; offered suggestions to seize Daizhou again; on the banks of the Wei River, he rode his horse and shot the reins, and captured Meng Juehai, and took away all his troops without bloodshed.
Facing such a brave and resourceful general, even the countless good planners under Zhu Wen were frowning and had no idea how to start.
At this moment, a voice sounded: "General, Zhu Li, my subordinates know him."
As the voice came, everyone's eyes turned to the direction where the sound came. Most of the people were full of eyes. They should be just a brigade commander. I don't know why they ran into the military camp. However, at this time, no one cared about this, and even Zhu Wen looked at the man with his eyes lit up.
He was a strong and thin brigade commander. His eyes were flashing, smart and well-behaved, and he seemed to be harmless. His name was Li Yanzhang, Huang Chao went south, and his troops were divided into two groups. He was the captain of Bi Shiduo, the Cao Army of the West Road.
Bi Shiduo was defeated in Tanzhou, and he fled, and actually let him touch the Caojun East Road and enter Huang Chao's base camp. By chance, he became Zhu Wen's command again.
"Do you know Zhu Li?" Zhu Wen's eyes shot divine light, staring at Li Yanzhang without a moment, and asked.
Li Yanzhang knelt on one knee and bowed, "Yes, General, Zhu Li was originally a guardian of our Cao Army. By chance, he appointed Pang Xun's old subordinate Wu Ziwei as his army. His subordinates heard that they later defected to the Yuchi family in Hongzhou."
"Yes, this is the match. Zhu Li was very happy with Li Keju because of the recommendation of Yuchi Xin, the son of Yuchi Tian. When Li Ke used his strategy to attack Dai Shuo, he became famous in one battle, and he achieved this achievement." Li Zhen showed a sudden look when he heard this, and continued: "Before, his subordinates only found out that Zhu Li was recommended by Yuchi Xin and was the first to be the North Guard of Tanzhou. He knew nothing about his past. He just heard the small brigade commander talk about it and realized that he was also a member of my Cao Army, and it seemed that things were even more troublesome."
"He has been in the grass army and is very familiar with many of our situations. Now he is an enemy of us, and the danger is even more serious." Li Zhen said solemnly and solemnly.
When everyone heard what he said, their expressions became heavier, but the brigade commander named Li Yanzhang said again: "General, Shangguan, Zhu Li also has weaknesses."
"Waste?" Everyone heard this and immediately became energetic. Zhu Wen said urgently: "What's the weakness?"
"General, when his subordinates met Zhu Li, only he and his sister were the only ones. At that time, news of his and his parents' loss was heard in the army. When his subordinates went from Tanzhou to Guiguan, they happened to meet a couple on the way. After asking carefully, they realized that these two were Zhu Li's parents. When they thought that they were all from the grass army, they took the couple with them and now they are still placed in the auxiliary army." Li Yanzhang's expression flashed, and a hint of ruthlessness and enthusiasm flashed in his eyes.
"Hahaha, God really helps me." Zhu Wen's expression was raised and he laughed happily when he heard this.
"Hahaha, where else can Zhu Li run this time?
He, Ah Lang, Ah Mom is all in our hands. Aren’t we allowed us to knead?" Li Zhen was also very happy and echoed.
However, although most people in the big tent looked happy, many people looked strange. After all, they threatened to be close to each other. If this behavior was spread, it would definitely be despised by the people of the world.
However, what they felt even more disgusted was that people like Li Yanzhang who use the orders of other people's parents as their capital for advancement, and that person is not a son of human beings.
In a good mood, Zhu Wen indeed awarded Li Yanzhang, accepted him as his adopted son, gave him the name Zhu Yougong, and promoted him to the personal military commander. Although his official rank was only two levels, it was of great significance and also made Li Yanzhang very excited.
The next day.
Zhu Wen told Meng Kai and came to the coalition forces to fight for the first time, and asked for his name to fight Zhu Li.
The coalition forces were not sure about this, but they had to come out to meet Zhu Wen. Zhu Wen was the general of Huang Chao. He and Meng Kai were known as Huang Chao's right-hand man. Now that the two of them are coming together, everyone has to cheer up and deal with it.
The two armies confronted each other, and Zhu Wen shouted loudly to the coalition forces at a distance of hundreds of meters: "I heard that Zhu Li, Shuozhou, has both civil and military, and Zhu admired her very much. Therefore, Zhu had a reluctant request. General Zhu Li, can you come out and see him."
When the coalition commanders heard this, they looked suspicious. Did Zhu Wen come here just to see Zhu Li? Things are definitely not that simple.
"General, Zhu Wen has countless capable people. If he calls you this time, he will definitely not be able to come. Please be careful, General." Zhou Dewei, guarding his horse, was on Zhu Li's side, and said in a low voice.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Li glanced at him and said calmly: "What Dewei said is, no matter what happens, control the army and be careful not to fall into his plan."
Cao Jun came to fight rashly, which was beyond Zhu Li's expectations. The other party stopped them from going south, but now he has become the attacking side. Even if Zhu Li wants to break her head, she can't even think of any conspiracy between the other party, so she can only urge her subordinates to be careful.
After instructing Zhou Dewei and Shi Yan, Zhu Li lightly knocked on the belly of the Yuqilin horse, drove the horse out of the formation, and ran towards the battlefield. One hundred and fifty meters away from the other party, Zhu Li stopped at the horse and bowed, "General Zhu, do you want Zhu to come by by name, do you want me to challenge?"
"Arrogant, Zhu Li, what are you, and you are qualified to fight against my general." The one who exited was a mighty man, very tough. Even if he was hundreds of meters away, he could feel the oncoming bloody smell coming to his body.
Zhu Li ignored him and looked straight at Zhu Wen. Zhu Wen narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Zhu Li and said, "Zhu Li, if the news I got is good, you were originally from Xuzhou and used to be a member of my Cao Army. Why do you want to be an enemy of King Huang now?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Li looked calm. If the other party carefully investigated his identity, he could always find it. He was not surprised that Zhu Wen knew this and said loudly: "Since ancient times, officials have forced the people to rebel, which is an iron rule. However, throughout history, the consequences of the rebel against the people can only bring greater disaster to the people of the world. Often, these poor people fight to the death for their lives. The final result is either to make wedding dresses for others or to be used by those with intentions. The unlucky one is still them."
Chapter completed!