——The imperial army camp——
After reading the letter sent by Niu Mu, Huangfu Yun showed a moment of hesitation on his face.
"What did the letter say?" Chen Zhibing asked.
"Zhang Boyu wants us to retreat our troops and horses first, and then he will head west to defeat the Li family for us." Huangfu Yun said.
In the letter, Zhang Boyu revealed his plan in detail, without any concealment: Huangfu Yun's retreat was to confuse Li's envoy; he would march in the name of rescuing Li's army to catch him unprepared.
Worried that the other party would not believe him, Niu Mu grinned: "I am Niu Mu, and the leader of my family asked me to stay with you as a hostage."
Directly to the extreme.
Huangfu Yun frowned slightly and looked at Chen Zhibing.
She had limited knowledge of the thieves in Jishan.
Not everyone is qualified to be a hostage.
"You can believe it." Chen Zhibing nodded and said, "The biggest harm to us if we retreat is to lose the few mountains we occupied."
"And Niu Mu is Zhang Boyu's savior. Zhang Boyu leads Jishan and is known for his faith and strategy."
"If Niu Mu is sacrificed to regain a few mountains, it will not be worth the loss for him... Zhang Boyu is a first-rate smart man, how could he do such a stupid thing?"
Niu Mu grinned and didn't say much.
Huangfu Yun nodded: "Okay, let's move out first!"
Just a quarter of an hour later, a fire broke out in the vacant granary.
The imperial troops who had been stationed for many days quickly retreated without daring to make any stop...
On the mountain, the celebration banquet is about to begin.
"I have something unclear, and I would like to ask Mr. Zhang to clarify it."
Before the banquet started, the two of them walked on the ridge.
Zhang Boyu smiled and said, "Mr. Li, please tell me."
"I have never heard of a major battle between the commander and the enemy. Why did the commander conclude that the enemy will retreat?"
"Where does this idea of celebrating success come from?"
"If the enemy army does not retreat, how many people can the commander mobilize to support the west?"
Just as Li Chen expressed his doubts, he suddenly saw a fire in the east.
Zhang Boyu smiled and pointed with his hand: "The victory has arrived."
"Fire?!" Li Chen became more and more surprised and suspicious.
"Fire that burns grain." Zhang Boyu explained: "Although the enemy troops pushed into Jishan, they were restricted by roads and the grain and grass transportation routes were limited."
"A few days ago, I sent people to find out where they stored grain, and I have made arrangements to burn the grain today."
"Once the food and grass are burned, how can they last for a long time? Not to mention, the court has repeatedly called them back to the army."
Looking at the gradually rising fire, Li Chen was stunned.
After a long time, he leaned over with a look of admiration on his face: "People say that Commander Zhang can conquer hundreds of miles of mountains with his strategies. When I see him today, it is indeed true. I am convinced."
After finishing speaking, he said excitedly: "With Commander Zhang here, it will be easy to break through that corner!"
"Li Laomiao praised it." Zhang Boyu smiled softly and said, "The banquet is ready. Let's set off after we have eaten and drank enough."
"Okay!" Li Chen was extremely happy.
Before going to the banquet, he personally wrote a letter and asked his entourage to send it back to Li: Zhang Boyu is very reliable.
The matter is of great importance, so he will stay and be responsible for contacting and cooperating with Zhang Boyu's actions.
——Li's Wubao——
Outside Wubao, they were surrounded by Zhou Che's men and horses.
After breaking the county city and defeating Xu Ponu, people from all over the place rushed to respond.
Putting aside the old, weak, women and children, there are more than 100,000 men gathered outside Lishiwu Fort!
The rebel army has been like this since ancient times. The expansion in numbers is extremely exaggerated, and it looks like a black mass.
As for those who can really fight, only about half of them are: the main force is more than 40,000 strong men from the headquarters and various places, followed by the various insurrectionary and surrender armies that have gathered together.
Taking the Li family as an example, they have a tribe of 5,000 people who directly joined the Salt Gang.
Today, the troops outside Wubao seemed to have completed their assembly and began to move forward.
This action made the Li clan members on Wubao become nervous and secretly pulled away the bow strings.
Zhou Che himself appeared surrounded by guards.
"It's you!?"
On the Wubao, Li Cuiluo recognized the man in front of her at a glance. He was the so-called mute that day!
"It's me." Zhou Che nodded, and a frivolous laugh came from under the mask: "Are you going to keep me tonight?"
Up and down Wubao, everyone's expressions changed slightly: Could it be that there is a story between these two people?
A blush flashed across her charming face, and Li Cuiluo snorted coldly: "Reckless gangster, dirty talk!"
"I, Mrs. Li, am a relative of the emperor. You harmed my relatives first, and then raised troops to rebel and besiege the Li family."
Those moving eyes were filled with a deep coldness: "I think you have a right to die and don't know it!"
"Royal relative? Rebellion?" Zhou Che laughed when he heard this: "What the Li family did in Hedong is a complete rebel. If such a royal relative is known by the emperor, I am afraid that he will be uprooted!"
"How can a reckless thief like you understand what is going on in the temple?" Dan Hong raised her mouth lightly, bringing out a touch of disdain and contempt: "Who is the royal relative, who is contributing to the country; who is a thief, who is rebelling in a chaotic situation , let alone you who have the final say!”
Zhou Che was stunned for a moment, then he couldn't help but clasped his hands and praised: "You are so open-minded and can make waves."
Half of the opponent's body was blocked by the walls, and all he could see was his heavy chest and suddenly shrinking waist.
And that arrogant sneer that always hung on his face.
Faced with the siege of 100,000 people, his face did not change, and he still maintained a high and proud attitude.
In terms of character, she is indeed far from ordinary women.
"But I'm still confused. Where does your confidence come from?"
"The one who is in danger now is you, Mrs. Li."
"When I step out of Wubao, the so-called largest clan in Hedong and the tens of thousands of people named Li will be nothing more than a pile of minced meat under my feet."
"As for you~"
Zhou Che raised his riding whip, pointed at the other party and said with a smile: "It's really touching. No wonder Guo Deng will miss you until he dies."
"He told me that whoever can take the other party's head can ascend your phoenix bed."
"I wonder if the fifth prince who is far away in Luo Jing knows about this?"
"I don't know if these words still count?"
As he spoke, he waved his riding crop: "Throw the gift up and let the beauty look at it."
"yes."
After a reply, someone placed the wooden box on a simple small projector.
With a sound, the wooden box flew to the dock.
Several guards reacted quickly and quickly set up shields in front of Li Cuiluo.
boom!
The wooden box fell to the ground and immediately cracked.
An already stinking head rolled out.
Li Wangsong's body was trembling, and he stretched out his feet and turned his head over.
Guo Denlin had been dead for a long time. The flesh on his face was first swollen and then disfigured. He looked weird and disgusting.
Human heads are usually made of salt. Perhaps the Salt Gang produced abundant salt, so this head was completely pickled in salt.
The corpse was white with black spots, almost swollen but not swollen, and had a fishy smell with a salty taste, like a lump of bacon that had failed to be cured.
Li Wangsong's whole body went limp and he fell backward.
When several of the guards held him up, their hands were already covered in sweat!
Li Cuiluo looked at that ugly head, her charming face was extremely ugly.
A few days ago, this head was still boasting in his own hall, threatening to make peace with himself after killing the thief...
And now!
Holding back her nausea, Li Cuiluo glared at Wubao and said coldly: "You don't know how to live or die!"
"Does the beauty keep her word?"
"What are you talking about!"
"Oh~ It seems that this head is broken and is no longer useful." Zhou Che felt regretful and waved his hand again: "There is another one, send it up too."
"yes!"
boom!
The second box was thrown up, and it belonged to Guo Denggao.
"Is this enough?" Zhou Che asked again.
Li Cuiluo's face was extremely cold and she couldn't help but laugh: "You bastard! What kind of despicable thing are you, and you dare to covet me?"
Zhou Che frowned slightly and continued to wave: "Go on!"
"yes!"
boom!
The third and fourth boxes landed.
One was a cooked head, the skin and flesh had fallen off early, leaving only the bluish-white skull.
The other one was just a lump of ashes that could barely be held together.
"The cooked one is Li Wangbai. See if you can recognize it."
"The ashes are your father. This is all that was left of him when he was burned in the furnace."
"It's just these four heads. If it's still not enough, then I will have to..."
Zhou Che kept shaking his head, with murderous intent in his eyes: "I can only wave my sword, break through the fort, chop off all the heads of your Li family, and either pickle, boil or burn them."
"I will kidnap all your Li girls and make them maids, prostitutes and slaves."
"You..."
The man under the fort paused again.
Li Cuiluo saw him raising his big hat and pointing at her, with his white teeth exposed under the mask: "Whether you can survive or not depends on whether you live well or not."
thump!
Next to Li Cuiluo, Li Wangsong, whose lips were white and his whole body was stiff, suddenly sat on the ground.
