Chapter 451

(thanks for the melancholy and aggressive reward. This is the book. Although they have survived two winters, the soldiers of the Sui army still feel a little unbearable when the weather suddenly turns cold. In the past two winters, they didn't come down in the mountain stronghold of langrushan, so it's not difficult to stay on the fire stove. But now they have to face hundreds of thousands of rebels and the roaring north wind.

The cold cavalry in northern Liaoning are not at all uncomfortable with this weather. In their opinion, it is much warmer here than 100000 mountains. If they have not been to that place, they can't understand what the real cold weather is.

Li Xiaozong huddled in a chair covered with a thick blanket and stared at the smoke rising from the stove in a daze. Somehow, he suddenly thought of his days in fan Gu.

On a sunny day after snow, the young man named Fang Xie came in from the outside. As usual, he pouted his ass and warmed the fire, and then took out a stack of silver notes from his arms and handed them to him. That was the dividend of the three major industries in Fangu city. Just because of this young man, the people and border troops in Fangu city were getting better and better day by day.

After going out to suppress the horse thieves, the young man always took his friends to Yunji dog meat shop for a drink. When he thought of this, Li Xiaozong couldn't help but sip his mouth.

He thought of the taste of pear blossom wine in the dog meat shop. It seemed that he had never drunk such mellow wine in recent years. He thought of the simple and honest and dull sutu dog, and the boss's wife with a different style. Then he thought of what the boss's wife said to him on the night with a bright moon.

That night, he was going to kill Fang Xie.

Then he thought of the scene of Li Yuanshan's cavalry slaughtering fan Gu's 800 border army. At that time, he watched it happen with his own eyes, but he didn't even have the courage to stop it. He remembered the faces of each of the 800 people. When he closed his eyes, they were still so familiar.

He can still call out those names. He can't call any of them wrong.

When he thought of this, Li Xiaozong felt colder. He tightened the blanket tightly wrapped around his body and felt that the cold wind could still enter his heart unscrupulously. He never regretted any decision and didn't believe that there was really any karma in the world. He only believed in one Tao... Only the strong can stand.

I don't know why. He lost sleep last night.

Over the years, he has never felt this way. No matter what difficult or happy things he encounters, he can keep himself in good sleep. He can sleep in the snow, in the wilderness, and even among the dead.

It's still dark outside. It's not time for a raise.

It's dark outside and darker in the big tent.

The fire is the only light source in the tent, but I don't know why Li Xiaozong suddenly found that the range illuminated by today's fire is particularly small.

Is it because of excitement?

He asked himself.

I think so.

My answer is not sure.

He really should be excited, because he just made a decision yesterday. He planned to let Cui Zhongzhen take people to the rebel xidaying camp to fight. His confidant Liu Silang had rushed to the rebel xidaying camp to meet Meng Viva. If there was no accident, Cui Zhongzhen would die under Liu Silang's arrow after dawn. He was very confident in Liu Silang's shooting, just like his opponent's shooting Equally confident.

Three days later, he will order the army to pull out and return to the stronghold. He will ask Mou Liangbi to take a team of people to protect the luggage first. Of course, there are few luggage left to take down the mountain, so even if they are ambushed by the rebels, the loss will not be unbearable. He has observed the terrain of Jiagou for a long time, which is the most suitable for ambush. Mou Liangbi is the best logistics officer, and he can know everything All things are sorted out and arranged. But he is not a qualified general. Once besieged by the rebels, he will only die. As long as Li Xiaozong rescues a little slower, Mou Liangbi will become a corpse.

All this has even formed a picture in Li Xiaozong's mind.

As long as Cui Zhongzhen is dead, the only evidence that he may know that he killed the king of Xujun is gone. In fact, Cui Zhongzhen did not see him kill the king of Xujun, Yang Kai. But Li Xiaozong is not sure, so Cui Zhongzhen must not stay. As long as Mou Liangbi is dead, this team of nearly 50000 people will completely fall into his hands. 50000 elite are enough for him to settle down in the northwest Yes.

But that's not enough.

Long ago, he agreed with Meng Wansui that they would advance and retreat together. Once Li Yuanshan was defeated, they would join forces to attack Xiangzhou from behind. Xiangzhou is the foundation of Li Yuanshan and was designated as the capital by Li Yuanshan. Of course, the most perfect capital in Li Yuanshan's mind is Chang'an, the most powerful city in the world.

As long as Xiangzhou is conquered, the imperial court must recognize Li Xiaozong's achievements. Governor Xu is dead, Mou Liangbi is dead, and the two main persons responsible for the tragic defeat of the western expedition are dead. Will the imperial court point the spear at him? You know, during the western expedition, he was only one of Li Yuanshan's generals. He resolutely left the rebel army and made many achievements in the past two years. These are all true and true, No There is fraud.

Of course, that's not enough.

Because these alone are not enough for the court to pay attention to him.

Therefore, Meng Wansui is also going to die. As long as he kills Meng Wansui again and takes the nearly 300000 rebels for his own use, even the emperor can't underestimate him. Isn't it enough to have hundreds of thousands of troops and break through the rebel capital and change a top-ranking general?

Enough

Thinking of this, the chill in Li Xiaozong's heart finally dissipated a lot.

"I'm not very greedy, am I?"

He murmured and felt that he was not very greedy. Compared with Li Yuanshan, he is really not greedy. Li Yuanshan wants Jiangshan. Li Xiaozong knows he doesn't have that appetite. All he wants is glory. The great general of zhengsanpin opened his government and built a Yamen to create a family belonging to him, which is much smaller than the Jiangshan dream in Li Yuanshan's heart.

People can't be too greedy, especially for illusory things.

Li Xiaozong knew that the road should be taken step by step.

Just at this time, the horn of getting up sounded outside. The sun will soon shine on the earth and a new day will begin.

He lifted the blanket from his body and stretched himself.

The hard night passed.

I hope I can have a good sleep when it gets dark again.

He is in the dark, waiting for the light.

……

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The soldiers helped Li Xiaozong put on his armor. Li Xiaozong looked down at his armor and suddenly fell in a trance... The sunlight outside spilled in, and the armor reflected a light golden luster. It seems that his iron armor has become gold armor.

Li Xiaozong smiled and thought it was a good omen.

"Have all the generals gone to the big tent?"

He asked.

"It's all over."

The soldier replied, "the general told me yesterday to go to the rebel camp today, so the generals waited outside the tent early, waiting for the general to raise his salary."

Li Xiaozong gave a command and said, "go and let Cui Zhongzhen out. You don't have to go to the big tent to listen to the order. Choose a broken camp for him and let him be ready to take the lead."

"Here"

The soldier agreed and gave Li Xiaozong the loop armour.

Li Xiaozong dressed up and walked out of the tent. When he went out, he took a deep breath of the cold air, and the sleepiness he didn't sleep all night was dispelled.

When the soldiers saw him, they saluted respectfully, which made Li Xiaozong feel very comfortable. He likes to sit in the big account and assign military affairs. It feels like instructing the country. He is the child of Li Jiashu. If he wants to be a man, he can only rely on his own efforts. He was sure that sooner or later, the legitimate children of those aristocratic families would also salute and pay homage to him.

Man, who doesn't have a dream?

Sitting down in the big tent, Li Xiaozong arranged the battle today, and then mentioned to the generals that if he could not beat the rebel xidaying again, he would have to withdraw. When he said this, his tone was very heavy and his eyes were sad. He fought with the rebels for a month and failed to avenge the king of Xujun. It seems that he is particularly unwilling.

But the generals knew that it was too cold to fight. The rebels are strong and do not lack food, grass and clothing. The Sui army can't. If they want to survive this cold winter, they can only return to the stronghold for rest.

No one doubts the sadness in Li Xiaozong's eyes, and no one can detect the joy in his eyes.

Li Xiaozong suddenly felt that if he was a dramatist, he would be popular in the north and south of the river.

Just after the military arrangement, the soldiers outside came in and whispered something to him. Li Xiaozong's face changed slightly, and then asked the generals to wait for him at the big tent. He made a big tent alone. As the soldier walked along, he said, "my subordinates just went to release Cui Zhongzhen. He refused to come out. He just said to let you go in person. He has something to ask. If you don't go, he'd rather die than get out of the cage."

Li Xiaozong frowned: "has anyone ever seen him?"

"Last night, Yan Chongde went to see him and gave him a pot of wine and a plate of cooked meat."

"What did you say?"

"Just say it's cold. Let Cui Zhongzhen take care of something."

Li Xiaozong said well. Although he felt a little strange, he didn't care much. The place where Cui Zhongzhen was detained was very close to Wanyan Chongde's cold cavalry station, which was required by Wanyan Chongde at that time. Li Xiaozong knew that Wanyan Chongde and Cui Zhongzhen had a good personal relationship, so he agreed. After all, if he wants to kill Cui Zhongzhen, there is no need to start in the camp. Keeping Cui Zhongzhen near the cold Riding Camp will make people feel that he is generous.

This is an independent tent. Inside the tent is a cage made of wood. When Li Xiaozong came to the door, he saw that his own soldiers were reassured. There were his people outside the tent. Anyone approaching would give warning in advance. He opened the curtain and went in. He saw Cui Zhongzhen sitting with his back to himself.

"What can I do for you?"

Asked Li Xiaozong

Cui Zhongzhen didn't look back. He was silent for a while and suddenly said, "that day, in fact, I saw it."

As soon as this sentence was uttered, Li Xiaozong's face suddenly changed.

Cui Zhongzhen said gently: "I know you sent me to fight today. You said you wanted to kill me, didn't you? Li Xiaozong, I was wrong about you... I saw you kill the LORD with my own eyes that day, but I still hid it for you. What I didn't expect was that you wanted to kill me. I didn't say it all the time. I still had illusions about you. I just thought If I don't say it, you won't kill them all. "

"What are you... Talking about?"

After looking around, Li Xiaozong said coldly, "the reason why you are in prison is that you are not good at fighting. The king was killed by the rebels. My fault is that I failed to save the king."

"There is no one else here. Why do you pretend?"

Cui zhongzhenmeng turned back, looked into Li Xiaozong's eyes and said seriously, "let's make a deal. As long as you don't kill me, I promise I won't tell you about killing the Lord. How about it?"

Li Xiaozong was silent, then shook his head: "I don't know what you're talking about. If you don't fight today, I can't help you. If you make a mistake, you have to make up for it. If you can't make up for it, I'll deal with you according to the military law."

Cui Zhongzhen sneered: "it seems that I must die... In fact, I also know that you found the LORD out of Li Yuanshan's advice, right? Your purpose is to kill the Lord and send all the soldiers to the tiger! Li Xiaozong, do you really think Li Yuanshan will win?"

"No"

Li Xiaozong shook his head: "so now I am very conscientious to be a general of the Sui Dynasty. Cui Zhongzhen, you are really an idiot. No wonder you can't even enter the martial arts academy. If you are smart enough, you won't say these words, because after you say it... I won't keep you."

Hearing this, Cui Zhongzhen's eyes lit up.

He couldn't help applauding: "you're finally willing to admit it."