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Chapter 1141: Advice?

Hao Yaoqi saw that King Chuang actually reprimanded Li Shuangxi for this, and quickly said: "This... this is not okay. When you have nothing to do, I can naturally chat with you, but how can I bother you casually when you have something to do?" Hey, now you are the generalissimo. Although I am a rough guy, I still have to learn to understand the rules and what is not etiquette.

Take the matter of addressing people as an example. If I accidentally call you by your name behind your back, or call you Brother Li, but in front of everyone, I must call you Grand Marshal. "

After hearing what Hao Yaoqi said, King Chuang couldn't help but burst into laughter. This may be his heartfelt laughter, which seemed particularly hearty and almost made Hao Yaoqi mistakenly think that the original "Brother Li" was again came back.

After laughing, Li Zicheng said to him: "Wai Qi, you are too worried. We are old friends who have shared life and death together for many years. You can call me whatever you want."

However, Hao Yaoqi shook his head and insisted: "No, no. Since ancient times, you have to act like a certain person no matter what you do. You are the generalissimo now, and you will still be the destined emperor sitting in the Golden Palace in the future. Don't talk about the etiquette of the court. , Just talking about private etiquette, how can you look like a noble person?

Let’s not talk too much. I am in a hurry to see the Generalissimo today just for one thing, and I want to report it to you as soon as possible. "

"Oh. Tell me what's going on!" Chuang Wang said.

"I just arrived at Shuipoji, and I could clearly see the situation of the officers and soldiers stationed there. Now they are setting up camp and building fortifications. There are 10,000 to 20,000 horses in front of them who have already set up camp, facing Zhuxian Town.

The backside was still in a mess, and most of the forts were not firmly established. I think if we launch an all-out attack now, we will definitely beat the shit out of the officers and soldiers. "

Hao Yaoqi became excited as he spoke. He waved his hands and continued: "Besides, we have been recuperating in the Yanli Village area for many days. The officers and soldiers were rushing all the way from Runing. Come on, you must be very tired now."

Finally, he looked at Li Zicheng with a look of hope and begged: "King Chuang, this opportunity is not to be missed. Order a fierce attack on the army immediately!"

Li Zicheng nodded and said to him: "What you said makes some sense. Judging from the current situation, if we give it a try, we really have a good chance of winning. But... I think we should have a better way. Even if they don’t have a big fight, they can still defeat the opponents like Ding Qirui and Zuo Liangyu.”

Hao Yaoqi couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he heard this, and said slightly frustrated: "If there is any good strategy, of course it is good. I am just afraid that I will miss this good opportunity and have to fight anxiously with the officers and soldiers here."

King Chuang smiled and didn't seem to care about this. He just heard him say: "No, I will go back to Zhuxian Town right away. After discussing it with the military advisor, we will make a decision. Don't worry, in the future There are plenty of battles for you to fight, why are you anxious now?"

Hao Yaoqi showed a wry smile, shook his head and said: "My Grand Marshal... you are such a king. You know I have stumbled a few times. I have done some wrong things before, although you are still the same as before." He thinks highly of me, but Jiexuan just doesn't trust me very much. He is always afraid that I will still be like before, unable to accomplish big things.

Last night, even though he knew clearly that the fighting was fierce both inside and outside Zhuxian Town, and that Bu Zhi had brought few people, and that he was unable to withstand it, he refused to let me rescue him, nor did he allow me to go into the town and go straight to the officer. The army was in despair, but they sent me to the south of Zhuxian Town to burn houses, and to burn the uncut wheat in the fields outside along the water slope.

Brother Chuang Wang, this taste is not pleasant!

Ever since I followed King Gao Chuang in the uprising, I, Hao Yaoqi, have not been able to live a casual life. Why can others go into the town to find dog officers and soldiers to catch and kill, but I can't just go in and kill him?

This... this... this is too disrespectful to my surname Hao! "

After hearing Hao Yaoqi's complaint, King Chuang couldn't help laughing "haha". However, after laughing, he had to comfort him and said: "Hey, Yaoqi, you are confused again. This battle is so difficult." It's like playing house, but there are different ways of playing. Sometimes you want to kill quickly, but sometimes you don't kill, but the credit is the same as killing happily.

Last night we had to rescue and make up for it, and we also needed to wrest Zhuxian Town from the hands of the army. Just beating hard would not be enough, so Jiexuan sent you to the south to set fires everywhere, so that the army in the town would be attacked. They were panicked when they saw it. They didn't know how many people we had come, and they were worried that their way back would be cut off, so they forced them to take advantage of the heavy fog to retreat.

Although you didn't go into the town to fight with the army, you still made a great contribution. When I arrived here today, Jiexuan was the first to report your great contribution. Why does he look down on you? "

Although Hao Yaoqi is also a rare warrior in the Chuang camp, he is very simple, without any twists and turns. Now that he has been coaxed by a few kind words from King Chuang, he feels very comfortable in his heart. I felt extremely relieved and immediately became happy.

After hearing his cheerful laughter, he said to Li Yan: "Lin Quan, I am a rough man. I can't discuss military affairs in front of King Chuang like you do. But if you let me go to fight, I will fight for my life." , I didn’t even blink.

However, now I feel that I shouldn't be like before, always calling him Brother Li when I see Chuang Wang, let alone calling me Zicheng. I should also learn some etiquette like you.

King Chuang's situation today is very different from that of the past. If we don't respect him, how can others respect him? Nowadays, we have Cao Ying’s troops here as well as many newcomers. How can we respect him?

I understand this truth in my heart, so I also want to learn more etiquette from those of you who have studied. "

King Chuang and Li Yan both laughed heartily after hearing his tirade.

King Chuang even said to him: "Wai Qi, although you say you are a rough man, your thoughtful son has learned very carefully. Let's go and rest for a while. We have to go to the military advisor to discuss important matters." ”

Hao Yaoqi knew that the important matter discussed by King Chuang was how to defeat Ding Qirui's hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers. He did not dare to waste King Chuang's precious time any longer, so he said goodbye and left.

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In fact, Li Zicheng's statement that he wanted to go back to discuss military affairs with military advisor Song Xiance was just an excuse for Li Zicheng, just to send Hao Yaoqi away.

After Hao Yaoqi left, Chuang Wang and Li Yan were not in a hurry to return to Zhuxian Town. The two of them rode up the slope again, planning to go west to inspect the terrain there.

At this moment, the idea of ​​cutting off the Jialu River had already sprouted in King Chuang's mind, so that the government army would collapse due to lack of water. However, he had not revealed it to anyone else, including Li Yan, who was now with him, and he did not know that he had already had this idea in his mind.

The reason why King Chuang insisted on going further upstream was that he was still not sure where the best place to intercept the river was, so he planned to walk around more to determine the general direction of intercepting the Jialu River.

But King Chuang and Li Yan had just walked not far to the west when they suddenly heard the sound of rapid horse hooves behind them. They stopped and looked back, only to see Wu Ruyi galloping towards them on horseback. Before and after, Wu Ruyi immediately reported to King Chuang that breakfast had been prepared. Liu Ye, the general sentry, asked King Chuang to return to Yuewang Temple to have dinner quickly and discuss how to attack the officers and soldiers.

Li Zicheng didn't care about breakfast, but asked him, "Has the military advisor gone back?"

Wu Ruyi naturally understood Li Zicheng's thoughts and hurriedly replied: "The military advisor has gone back. He told the commander-in-chief Liu Ye that he had a clever plan in mind to defeat the enemy, which could make Ding Qirui's hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers on the opposite side collapse without a fight. !”

"Oh!"

A hint of joy flashed across King Chuang's face, and he hurriedly asked him, "What's the clever plan?"

Wu Ruyi replied with a rather embarrassed look on his face: "Master Liu, the general sentry, also asked the military advisor if he had any good ideas or strategies, but the military advisor laughed and did not answer. He just said that we would discuss it after breakfast when King Chuang comes back."

Although it is still unclear what Song Xiance was thinking, King Chuang felt that it should be consistent with what he was thinking. He felt excited in his heart and smiled at Li Yan and said: "Let's go, stop looking. Let's go back to eat first." After breakfast, let’s hear what the military advisor has in store!”

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After Cao Cao broke up with Li Zi in front of the Yuewang Temple, he did not go back to rest. Instead, he immediately took his military advisor Ji Gui and a group of personal soldiers and generals to inspect his own camp in the southwest of Zhuxian Town and arranged it around the camp. How to build forts, how to dig trenches, and so on.

Luo Rucai has been a bandit for more than ten years and has grown into an experienced commander. Moreover, he has also experienced several ups and downs. Naturally, he understands that the more he is at this juncture, the more he must be careful to prevent himself from suffering a loss and being weakened. troops.

Although he was very tired from marching all night last night, whenever he encountered such a big battle, he was always in high spirits and did not show any signs of fatigue.

After inspecting his camp at Cao Ying, he rode with Ji Si and others to the east and south of Zhuxian Town to observe the geographical situation here. Then he returned to his Zhongjun camp and personally interrogated several people who had just fought. Prisoners captured at the time to further understand the strength and strength of the official army.

When he saw around 4 o'clock in the morning, he lay down and wanted to rest for a while. Unexpectedly, Li Zicheng sent someone to invite him and military advisor Ji Gui to go to the Yuewang Temple to discuss the strategy of fighting the army. He replied to the messenger that he would be there soon. Just go.

However, he was actually not too anxious. He first invited Ji Gua over and asked him, "In the opinion of the military advisor, do we have any clever tricks to win?"

Ji Gui did not answer him directly, but asked him: "My subordinate, do you really hope that the army will be completely defeated in Zhuxian Town?"

Luo Rucai was shocked when he heard this: "What do you mean by this?"

He habitually looked around and then remembered that he was in his Chinese army's tent. He couldn't help but asked him with doubts on his face: "Didn't we already make a decision with Zicheng when we were at Yanli Village?" If we can wipe out or defeat all the officers and soldiers led by the old guy Ding Qirui in Zhuxian Town, the overall situation in the Central Plains can be roughly settled from now on. "

"otherwise."

Ji Gui continued with a mysterious face: "Since Gui regards the general as a confidant, he has to give some advice to the general."

Amidst Luo Rucai's various doubts, Ji Gui continued to say softly: "If the general intends to conquer the king's great cause, he should try his best to come up with a winning strategy. But in today's situation, according to Gui, the general really has to do this. Just stay back!"

After hearing what he said, Luo Rucai was also moved in his heart. His eyes when looking at Ji Gui also changed slightly. He asked softly: "What do you mean, brother..."

"Today, the imperial court spent a lot of effort to gather these 170,000 troops, and it is said that there are more than 200,000 people to the outside world. It is really hard-won, and it can be regarded as a desperate move by the imperial court.

According to the Chaotingtang newspaper seized by Gui Guan, even if they fought against the slaves in Liaodong last year and rescued the crisis in Jinzhou, they could only mobilize 13 soldiers and less than 200,000 horses. From this, it can be seen that the official and military strength of Zhuxian Town today is very low. Sheng.

If they were completely defeated in Zhuxian Town, it would no longer be possible for the imperial court to gather so many people. From then on, King Chuang would definitely be complacent and no longer take the imperial officers and soldiers to heart. It's hard to make a difference. "

Ji Gui finally said meaningfully: "If this situation really happens, the general will be in danger!"

Luo Rucai trembled when he heard this, but he remained silent. He lowered his head and began to think alone. In fact, he also had such thoughts in his heart, but he didn't want to think too much about it due to human feelings.

The reason why Chuang Wang Li Zicheng valued Luo Rucai very much and tried his best to win over him was because the court still had the power and had no choice but to do so.

Indeed, as Ji Gui said, if the battle in Zhuxian Town can really defeat Ding Qirui's 170,000 officers and soldiers and wipe them out in one fell swoop, maybe King Chuang will kill Cao Cao!

In more than ten years of being a thief, he has experienced things like this quite often. The big fish eats the small fish, the small fish eats the shrimp, and the shrimp eats the land. You want to find my loophole, and I want to take advantage of you. Not only had Cao Cao seen a lot of these things, but he had also experienced them countless times himself.

Ji Gui now reminded him of this, and Luo Rucai had some doubts in his heart. He couldn't help but stare into Ji Gui's eyes and asked with doubts: "Lao Ji, now that the matter has come to this, Zhuxian Town's officers and soldiers cannot fight. . But... I think you don't advocate annihilating the army in one fell swoop. So what should you do?"

Ji Gui smiled coldly, gently twirling the slightly sparse yellowish beard on his chin, his eyes looked extremely cold, as if the war that was about to begin in Zhuxian Town was completely irrelevant to him.

In fact, this is indeed the case. What he is thinking about now is really something else entirely!

He was silent for a moment, and then slowly said: "General, today we want the officers and soldiers to suffer a defeat, or to make the officers and soldiers fall into great difficulties. These are all very easy to achieve. Even if we want their entire army to be defeated, it is actually impossible. It’s not that difficult…”