Wei Fengqing had a puzzled look on her face and asked, "Your Majesty, how do you lure a snake out of its hole?"
Zhao Shan explained: "After Ye Yunfei persuaded the Nanyang villages north of Xinye County to surrender, he led his people to bypass Xinye and go south to persuade the villages in the south of Xinye to surrender. Once the news came back that the men's villages had submitted to the imperial court, Zhao Rui could not sit still. living."
"In addition, Zhao Rui is very restless and greedy for success, and is not a calm master. Even if Li Buyi can hold his ground, Zhao Rui cannot sit still. Let's retreat first and create opportunities to lure Zhao Rui's army out of the city."
Zhao Shan said: "If we go to attack Xinye now, there is no benefit in attacking by force."
Wei Fengqing nodded and immediately ordered the withdrawal.
The army retreated, and Xinye County was suddenly safe.
On the city tower, countless soldiers guarding the county seat cheered.
Li Buyi looked at it, but there was no joy or relaxation at all. Instead, his eyes were extremely solemn.
The emperor is too cunning.
They only attacked Xinye for a while, but they withdrew as soon as they found out that it was difficult to attack Xinye.
In a fight with such a person, if Li Buyi had full authority, there would be no pressure and he could fight as he wished. But Zhao Rui is in Xinye County and has to take care of everything, and is very likely to get involved.
Once Zhao Rui intervenes, it will be difficult for Li Buyi to deal with it.
Li Buyi sighed in his heart.
No matter what Zhao Rui did, he could only take one step at a time, arrange the soldiers to clean up the tower first, and then clean up the blood stains and corpses. Now that the weather is getting hotter and hotter, once the corpse is not disposed of, it is easy to cause diseases.
After everything was taken care of, Li Buyi replenished the defensive equipment on the tower, including catapults, bows and arrows.
With everything arranged, it was already sunset.
As night fell, the soldiers were exhausted. Li Buyi arranged dinner for the soldiers. Just when they were about to eat, the soldiers came to report: "General Li, the King of Chu has ordered you to go to the palace."
"knew!"
Li Buyi nodded in reply.
He endured his hunger and went directly to Zhao Rui's palace. He frowned when he saw Zhao Rui eating meat and drinking wine. However, Li Buyi suppressed his dissatisfaction, cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty!"
Zhao Rui smiled, waved his hand, and ordered: "General Li is here just in time. Sit down quickly. Let's eat meat and drink together."
Li Buyi had always been a character who always wanted to talk when he couldn't stand it, so he said directly: "Report to your Majesty, the general is not good at drinking, and drinking is prohibited in the army. If I, as the commander of the army, drink wantonly, how can I manage the soldiers? Please, Your Majesty Mingjian.”
Zhao Rui frowned.
Li Buyi doesn't know what's good and what's good, and his mouth is too foul.
Zhao Ruirong did not tolerate disobedience, his eyes were deep, and he joked: "I heard that Zhao Shan was shouting outside the city, scolding you for being unfaithful, filial, benevolent, and unjust. He also wanted to go back to Luoyang and arrange for someone to write a book to record your affairs."
brush!
Li Buyi's expression changed drastically.
Zhao Shan's words were a taboo in his heart. Now Zhao Rui brought up the old matter again, obviously deliberately irritating him.
Say don't take it to heart.
how can that be possible?
When Zhao Rui saw that Li Buyi didn't answer, a smile appeared on his lips. He liked to see Li Buyi looking deflated.
This guy is so arrogant!
Must beat!
Zhao Rui leaned forward slightly and said falsely: "General Li, don't worry, when I defeat Zhao Shan and enter Luoyang, I will definitely write down his stupid and incompetent deeds and leave a big mark in the history books." A stroke of luck. By then, you will not be the person Zhao Shan described, but a general who can turn the tide."
Li Buyi asked: "Does your Majesty have anything else to do?"
Seeing Li Buyi's anxious look, Zhao Rui became more and more proud, and said in a deep voice: "I invite you here for one more thing, and that is to counterattack Zhao Shan."
Li Buyi said forcefully: "On the tower, the general said that it is not appropriate to take the initiative for the time being."
Zhao Rui said: "I think it is appropriate."
"Inappropriate!"
Li Buyi further elaborated: "There is a saying in the art of war that one surge of strength will then fade away. At present, Zhao Shan's military front is at the point where it is full of strength and then fades. It needs to be exhausted three times. Only when Zhao Shan's military strength is completely removed can it be suitable for attack. To attack now, we are attacking the strong with the weak. We have the geographical advantage of Xinye County, why should we give up our advantage?"
Zhao Rui said: "Do you mean we are weaker?"
Li Buyi said without a smile: "That's true!"
"fart!"
Zhao Rui's eyes widened and he said loudly: "Our army of 60,000 to 70,000 people has strong soldiers and horses, and high morale. Zhao Shan's army does not even have 50,000 people, but he still came from afar, why should we be afraid of him?"
Li Buyi argued: "Has your Majesty forgotten how powerful Zhao Shan is?"
Seeing that Li Buyi kept arguing, Zhao Rui scolded: "Li Buyi, who is in charge in the army? Is it my army or your army? Or, should I follow your orders or my king's orders?"
Li Buyi replied: "Of course I listen to the king, but the king does not understand military strategy, and the general does. It is most appropriate to leave the command of the army to the general. If the king is not willing, then choose another talented person."
"you……"
Zhao Rui was so angry that his heart was filled with panic.
If someone had replaced him, he would have replaced Li Buyi long ago. There would be no need for Li Buyi to yell in front of him.
Zhao Rui was very angry in his heart. After winning this battle, he planned to get rid of people like Li Buyi who talked nonsense and were disobedient when he entered Luoyang and dealt with Zhao Shan. However, he had to suppress his thoughts now.
Zhao Rui waved his hand and said: "Go down."
Li Buyi turned and left.
Su Wei was always sitting down, drinking and eating meat with Zhao Rui. After Li Buyi left, he took the initiative and said: "Your Majesty, General Li has always been domineering and domineering. There is no need to be familiar with him. What he said was also well-intentioned. At least such a person should not be instigated by Zhao Shan to rebel. "
"Who knows?"
A hint of coldness flashed across Zhao Rui's eyes.
Su Wei said some kind words for Li Buyi again. They were speaking for Li Buyi on the surface, as if maintaining the overall situation, but in fact they continued to deepen Li Buyi's domineering, self-righteous, and willful character.
Constantly arousing Zhao Rui's dissatisfaction with Li Buyi.
After Su Wei provoked him, he accompanied Zhao Rui to finish the meal before leaving the palace. He returned to his camp and wrote a letter, writing down the conflict between Li Buyi and Zhao Rui, as well as the news that Zhao Rui's request for war was rejected by Li Buyi.
Then, Su Wei handed the letter to the Dongchang hidden stake who was following him, and asked the people in Dongchang to deliver the letter.
People from Dongchang have been trained and can be found all over Nanyang County.
The same goes for Xinye County.
These people are experts at climbing city walls, diving in rivers, sneaking around, and even changing their appearance.
The Dongchang people sealed the letter to ensure that it would not leak and get soaked, then sneaked into the river in Xinye County, followed the river bottom to get out of the city, then left the moat, and finally came to Zhao Shan's military camp all the way, and reported the news to Zhao Shan in front of.
Zhao Shan got the news from Dongchang, and his eyes lit up after reading it.
Zhao Rui and Li Buyi are at odds.
This is opportunity.
It can drive a wedge between the two parties.
However, Zhao Shan also regretted that without Li Buyi's guard and Li Buyi's strategic determination, it would be easy to defeat Zhao Rui. Because of Li Buyi's persistence, it was not easy to attack Xinye County.
Fang Weihu sat below. After asking about the news about Dongchang, he said: "Your Majesty, since Li Buyi wants to forcefully guard it, we will alienate the relationship between the two parties. I suggested spreading the news that Your Majesty is arranging people to sneak into Jingzhou to lobby Li Buyi." Buyi’s family asked Li’s family to surrender to the court, and also asked Li’s family to persuade Li Buyi.”
Zhao Shan nodded with a smile and said, "Fang Qing's plan is feasible. First arrange for people to spread the news, and then ask Su Wei in the city to cooperate."
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
Fang Weihu also answered with a smile.
"Report!"
Just at this time, another soldier came in and reported: "Your Majesty, there is news from Ye Yunfei."
"Send it up."
Zhao Shan gave an order, took the letter from the soldier's hand, and read it down at a glance. After he read the news, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.
