Leigong Mountain, Li Yan's head.

Li Yan had already left on the excuse, and only Monk Zhang and Jing Maocheng were left in the turret. The table was covered in a mess. Both of them were already red and full of alcohol. One was a bandit and the other was a horse. They could be said to have a similar smell. After a meal of wine, they were already wearing a clasped shoulders and a brother.

Finally, Jing Maocheng suggested that the two of them simply worship each other, and Jing Maocheng became a brother as an older brother.

"Brother." Jing Maocheng put his shoulder affectionately on Monk Zhang and said with his eyes slanted, "If you are also from Xiangma, you are not a member of the government army at all. You are not a brother to scare you. If something happens at that time, Wang Pu will definitely make fun of you, but if you lead your brothers to join Li Dashuai, it will be different..."

"Brother, you've drunk too much." Monk Zhang smiled, "It must have drunk too much."

"Brother didn't drink too much." Jing Maocheng said seriously, "Brother is talking to you about the serious business. Brother, if you can bring your thousand musketeers here, Dashuai Li will be able to expand your musketeers into a firearm battalion!"

"Hey, let's not talk about these, we won't talk about these." Monk Zhang shook his head. Although he was already five minutes drunk, he still remembered what Wang Pu said in his mind. He quickly staggered the topic, "Let's drink, drink, brother, let's talk about you being the king of the mountain in Laoya Mountain. Haven't you ever thought about finding a wife in the village? Hehe..."

"Madam Yuzhai? I haven't thought about it."

Jing Maocheng shook his head, but suddenly the figure of the Hongniang man appeared in his mind. He picked up the wine jar and shook it. He found that it was empty, so he stood up and shouted, "Come on, bring the wine."

"Oh." Monk Zhang suddenly slapped his forehead and shouted. "Brother, I can't drink anymore, I have to go back today."

"Where can you do it?" Jing Maocheng said unhappily, "I prayed for you today, so I must drink it happily."

"One other day, brother." Zhang said, "I have to bribe horses and silver back to Datong today, so I can't drink any more."

"Okay." Jing Maozheng saw that Monk Zhang had decided to leave, so he stopped insisting and said readily, "Brother brings someone to see you."

"That's good." Monk Zhang said happily, "When I arrive in Datong, I will have fun with you."

"Okay." Jing Maochengdao, "then you'll decide."

A moment later, Jing Maocheng led two thousand cavalrymen to protect Monk Zhang's two thousand musket team to Datong.

When the monk Zhang's two thousand musket team came, they were infantry because they were afraid of Jiannu's interception. They secretly came from the west gate while the night was dark. When they returned, the two thousand infantry became cavalry, and Jing Mao became two thousand cavalry escorted him. If they were not afraid of Jiannu's interception, they would go back to Datong with a swagger.

At this time, Di Jiannu was already in a dilemma of having no horse to ride. Even if he wanted to intercept, he was powerless.

That night, Jing Maocheng and his two thousand cavalry were all settled in the camp west of the city. Wang Pu asked Monk Zhang to hold a banquet in the camp and warmly entertain the brothers of the rebels. By this time, Wang Pu's cooperation with the bandits was already blatant, and he didn't want to hide it from anyone anymore.

The mansion of the eunuch Zhang Zi'an.

A young eunuch hurried into the warm room and reported to Zhang Zi'an: "Godfather, son has found out clearly. The leader of the thief, Jing Maochengzhen, has already brought two thousand cavalry to the camp in the west of the city. General Wang is asking Monk Zhang to hold a banquet in the camp in the west of the city, and treat the bandits with delicious food and drink."

Zhang Zi'an's brows frowned and he whispered to himself: "Is the prince-in-law too brave to do this?"

"Godfather." The little eunuch asked in a low voice, "Will the prince-in-law want to surrender to the thief?"

"You know what a fool." Zhang Zi'an's face changed and cursed, "The prince-in-law is very thoughtful. He knows that the official army in Datong City cannot deal with Jiannu, so he has to borrow more thieves. However... this is a big deal, and we can't hide it from our ancestors and Long Live. Let's have a divorce letter, and you can send it to the capital for 600 miles in a hurry. The ancestors are presented to us."

Datong, the general's headquarters.

Zhen Youcai said to Wang Pu: "General, two thousand cavalrymen in the monk land, and two thousand bandits from Jing Maocheng walked from Leigong Mountain to the west camp. Jiannu did not send cavalry to intercept him at all. In the past few days, Jiannu continued to shrink and transferred the troops from the south and east camps back to the north camps of the city. All signs indicate that Jiannu was really caught!"

"Well." Wang Pu said, "this is expected."

Zhen Youcai said: "It seems that the time for a decisive battle with Jiannu is ripe."

"Yeah." Wang Pu said, "It's indeed time."

Zhen Youcai said: "General, how are you going to fight this battle?"

Wang Pu said: "Even if Jiannu lost his war horses, they had 30,000 people after all, so they had to cooperate with Li Yan in this battle, otherwise even if they could win, we would suffer heavy casualties."

Zhen Youcai said: "But this time is different from the past. If Jiannu is destroyed, we and the thieves will become opponents again. This time we will have a decisive battle with Jiannu. Will this kid Li Yan still help us?"

Wang Pu said: "Yes, he will definitely do it."

The next day.

Jing Maocheng returned to Leigong Mountain with two thousand cavalry and also brought back a handwritten letter written by Wang Pu to Li Yan.

Li Yan's head.

Li Yanyangyang Yangyang wrote the letter in his hand and said to Li Hu, Li Xuan and Jing Maocheng: "In the letter, Wang Pu said that the batch of horse materials that were intercepted by Jiannu last time were drugged by him. Now all the war horses of Jiannu have been poured out by the medicine. The official army is preparing to fight with Jiannu tomorrow and invite us to send troops together."

"Brother, we ignore him." Li Hu said, "Since the war horse in Jiannu has been poured out by medicine, we just take this opportunity to return to Mizhi, so let the official army and Jiannu fight."

Li Yan asked Li Xuan and Jing Maocheng: "What do the two generals mean?"

Li Xuan thought for a while and said, "Master, I think this is a good opportunity."

Li Yan said happily: "Oh, let's talk."

Li Xuan said: "If Jiannu lost his war horse, it would be like a tiger losing its minions. There is nothing scary anymore. The general, this is a rare opportunity to train troops. What's even more rare is that he can still use Jiannu as the target of training. If Jiannu can really be defeated, the brothers will become confident and have a high morale."

Li Xuan's words meant to Li Yan's heart. This is indeed a rare opportunity to train troops.

If we can really defeat Jiannu from the front battlefield, the confidence and morale of the rebel soldiers will be greatly improved. This kind of training effect cannot be practiced by training behind closed doors, but it can only be refined in the test of iron and blood.

Li Hu said: "But brother. What if the official army attacks behind the scenes after destroying Jiannu?"

Li Yan said: "No, Wang Pu wouldn't do this."

Today, Li Yan has already figured out his true intentions from Wang Pu's unscrupulous actions. Wang Pu completely ignored the rules of the court and took two moves to help the rebel army overcome difficulties. It was only one reason to rely on the rebel army to restrain the founding of slaves, and another reason was to raise the thief to respect himself.

As long as Li Yan's rebel army was active in Shanxi, Wang Pu could stay in Datong in a noble way and become his local emperor.

Li Xuan also said: "Even if the official army wants to attack behind the scenes, it will not be that easy."

Li Hu's eyes showed fierce light and suddenly said, "Brother, when the government army and Jiannu are fighting fiercely tomorrow, I will ruthlessly give them from behind. Wouldn't it be better to clean up Jiannu and the government army together?"

"Nonsense!" Li Yan's face darkened and he shouted loudly, "Hu Zi. Do you want your elder brother to be an ungrateful villain?"

Li Hu retorted: "Brother, this is called "deception" without any hesitation."

"Shut up." Li Yan shouted sternly, "No more mention of this matter."

Li Hu groaned, not daring to say anything else, and the matter of sending troops tomorrow was settled.

Of course, Li Yandi's vision is not comparable to that of Li Hu. Li Hu only knew that Wang Pu was an official army and a mortal enemy of the rebel army, so he had to try every means to kill Wang Pu. But Li Yan keenly discovered that Wang Pu, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, and Yang Changsi were different, and Hong Chengchou and those who were the court's hawks and dogs, and the real enemies of the rebel army, but Wang Pu was not.

Wang Pu is not a local hawk in the Ming Dynasty. He is nominally the general of Datong, but in fact he is a separatist prince!

Having a prince like Wang Pu in Datong was only beneficial but not harmful to the Shaanxi rebel army. Since Wang Pu's existence was only beneficial to the rebel army, why did he destroy Wang Pu?

Although Wang Pu and Li Yan had never sat down to talk, the two had formed a tacit understanding when they were fighting against Jiannu together. Li Yan helped Wang Pu be a prince of Datong, while Wang Pu gave the necessary assistance to the Shaanxi rebel army. They were enemies on the surface, but they were friends on the private side.

Datong, the general's headquarters.

Zhen Youcai said with concern: "General, do you think Li Yan will take advantage of the fierce battle with Jiannu and launch a sneak attack from behind?"

"No." Wang Pu shook his head and said, "Li Yan is a smart person. He can definitely feel our kindness. Having me, Wang Pu, guarding Datong is only beneficial for him and the Shaanxi rebel army."

Zhen Youcai thought about it and said, "General, I have a saying that I don't know whether to say it or not?"

Wang Pu said: "What else can you and me say?"

Zhen Youcai said: "General, Li Yan is not a good person. Are you not afraid of raising a tiger?"

"Hahaha..." Wang Pu laughed, "Even if Li Yan is really a tiger, he can't bite our heads now. Even if he has to worry about raising a tiger, it's not our turn."

Zhen Youcai's expression moved and suddenly said, "I understand."

Wang Pu smiled and whispered: "This is called planning ahead. If you work with a powerful character like Li Yan, you must always be careful, otherwise you won't know how to die in the end."

Zhen Youcai said: "General, what kind of way should we play in this decisive battle tomorrow?"

Wang Pu said: "In the decisive battle with Jiannu tomorrow, we can only dispatch 4,000 musket teams to participate in the attack, and the remaining 3,000 border troops must stay to defend the city."

"Where is Li Yan?"

"Li Yan should send all 8,000 cavalry to participate in the attack, which means that our army and the bandits only have 12,000 people. Compared with Jiannu, he is still at an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength. However, Jiannu's side is not a solid piece. Once the war is not going well, the Mongolian cavalry will definitely escape first."

Zhen Youcai said: "I'm afraid that the eight thousand cavalrymen of the thieves will not be useful."

Wang Pu said: "I didn't expect the eight thousand cavalry of the bandits to play a big role. They just need to protect the two wings of our army. As long as the two wings are not counterattacked by Jiannu, the four thousand brothers in the firearm camp and two mortar cannons are enough to break through the Jiannu camp."

Zhen Youcai said: "But in this way, this decisive battle will only be a defeat. At that time, the eight thousand cavalrymen in Li Yan will catch the opportunity. They will definitely pursue the victory. Jiannu's weapons and armor will all become troop troop plunders. The troop has no power, but they have picked up so many troops for nothing. That would be too cheap for them."

"It doesn't matter." Wang Pu said, "We only need Jiannu's war horse, which is the real treasure. As for the other rags, if the thieves like to pick them up, let them pick them up."

Leigong Mountain, Li Yan's head.

When Li Xuan, Li Hu and Jing Mao left Chengdu, Hongniang asked softly: "My husband, the official army will fight against Jiannu tomorrow. Do you really decide to send troops to help?"

"Of course." Li Yan said, "Why don't you send troops?"

Hong Niangzi asked in confusion: "Is it really good for our rebel army to send troops?"
Chapter completed!