Chapter 196 How can the mountains and rivers be stable? 14

Li Yan stopped and looked at the withered hand in surprise.

Seeing him stop, Xiao Hao also stopped and turned his head to look at him inquiringly.

The withered hand that grabbed Li Yan was an old woman. She didn't know martial arts, but her hand was very strong. Li Yan subconsciously struggled twice, but couldn't break free.

Li Yan let her hold him and asked, "Old man?"

The old woman's eyes were red, staring at Li Yan, holding him tightly and asking, "Are you the young master Li under the command of the King of Yan?"

Li Yan wanted to distance himself from Li Zicheng, but the old woman's eyes were burning with something, and Li Yan could not tell for a moment, and replied in a daze, "I am no longer the military advisor of the King of Yan, but Li Yan is me."

The old woman burst into tears after hearing this, and held his clothes tightly, beating him while crying, "Liar! You are the biggest liar in the history of the world!!"

Before Li Yan could react, he was beaten dozens of times by the old woman in a row, and he was stunned on the spot.

He hurriedly helped the old woman up, but he could not stop the old woman from crying loudly, and he was at a loss.

"What did you say? You asked us to welcome the King of Yan, and said 'he will discipline everyone to their delight'! We, a family of four, opened the door to welcome the King of Yan, but he ordered his bandits to rape my wife and kill my son and grandson. Mr. Li, come and take a look. Are we 'a family of delight'?" [Note]

Li Yan was shocked. He looked in the direction she pointed. There were three corpses covered under the white cloth. He froze in his place.

The old woman was still wailing, but Li Yan had no reaction. He didn't even know that Xiao Hao had pulled him into the house. He stared blankly at the glaring white cloth, as if he had lost his soul.

Xiao Hao said solemnly to all the leaders of the Haoqi League, "I'm afraid Li Zicheng will come to suppress us soon. The Tianshaying Camp has only a few hundred Tiance disciples. They are no match for his 100,000 elite troops in a head-on fight."

Cheng Qingzhu immediately asked, "The Qingzhu Gang still has hundreds of people who can be used by the leader!"

Jiao Wan'er also immediately said, "Although the Golden Dragon Gang has suffered many blows, it can still fight!"

Jiao Wan'er's Golden Dragon Gang has suffered many tragic cases. Although its influence is not as strong as before, it is still a group of heroes and righteous men. In addition, Jiao Wan'er is very smart and capable of doing things. Everyone in the Haoqi League knows Jiao Wan'er's gentle and kind name Yao Guang, and her appeal is no less than that of Yuan Chengzhi.

Xiao Hao knew that they were all independent-minded people in the martial arts world, so he thanked them first: "I am very grateful that you have shared hardships with me, but marching and fighting is not a one-sided battle. The difference in military strength is huge. How we can protect the people in the city and fight against them is the key."

Everyone's face was heavy. Everyone knew that although the military power of the enemy army was not as great as before, the internal fighting in the city was much more difficult than attacking and defending the city. They could not just hold on with the idea of ​​one against ten.

Li Yan was surprisingly calm at this time, and quietly held Hong Niangzi's hand.

Hong Niangzi noticed that his fingertips were cold, and she looked at him sideways, then smiled slightly and shook his hand back with force.

Li Yan stepped forward and said, "I have a way."

Everyone immediately looked at him.

Li Yan said: "Brother Xiao killed Niu Jinxing tonight. General Luo, General Zhang, and General Gu were all injured by random arrows. King Qian has no generals available for the time being. He claims to be the son of destiny and will not show up in person to fight. If any Qian army comes tonight, it must be under the command of Liu Zongmin."

Xiao Hao was very pleased to see that he spoke calmly and calmly, and had the style of planning and strategizing. He felt that he had not chosen the wrong person.

Li Yan continued, "Liu Zongmin was born a beggar. He loves beautiful women and gold and silver the most. His soldiers are of the same character. They started from scratch with nothing. Now they have robbed so many properties and will never give them up. They came here to take the lead, rob property, and rob women. But this is the meat in front of them. There is more meat in their bowls. For this group of people, If we touch the meat in their bowls first, they will naturally be entangled in two ends and be in disarray."

He sighed and said coldly: "These people are thinking about the stolen treasures and women in their hearts, how can they be willing to fight with us, and it is impossible to win."

Xiao Hao always felt that there seemed to be something wrong, but he really couldn't find the strangeness for the time being. Li Yan's analysis was very accurate, and it can be said that he saw through the nature of this group of bandits.

He then asked, "Brother Li, what good plan do you have?"

Li Yan said, "Move the main force of Tiance to the north." He paused and said slowly, "We will hold the southeast corner firmly. When the Qian army arrives, we will throw gold and silver treasures on the roads to disrupt their camps. It will not be a problem to hold out for more than ten days. But the capital is in chaos, and Shanhaiguan may not be so easy to calm down. Qian Wang has robbed Wu Sangui's concubine. Although Wu Sangui has surrendered, he may hate Qian Wang in his heart. If we take advantage of the opportunity to attack now, it will ruin the situation. I hope the general will lead the army to bypass the capital, attack Shanhaiguan first, and then return to the capital. "Then come and join us in attacking the King of Qian."

Xiao Hao immediately said, "Don't worry about Shanhaiguan for now. Zhixuan has already led 30,000 elite soldiers to hold off the bastards."

Li Yan was stunned when he heard this, then smiled and said, "The general is very careful."

He seemed to be relieved and said to Xiao Hao, "Then please ask the general to leave here immediately and summon the Tiance Iron Cavalry to the capital. I know that the general is a master of military tactics. On the way north, they will encounter many forces of the King of Qian. Only you can lead them to avoid those intercepting troops. The sooner the general returns, the more confident we will be in pacifying the capital."

"Also, notify Brother Yuan immediately and order him to bring the Golden Snake Camp back quickly. He is in Huashan and has many friends and relatives who are experts. His speed should be faster than Tiance. Coming here can also increase our combat power."

Xiao Hao thought carefully for a long time and asked Li Yan, "Brother Li, how confident are you that you can hold on here?"

Li Yan smiled calmly and said, "General, don't you trust me?"

Xiao Hao shook his head. "Tell me honestly how many days you can hold on."

Li Yan thought for a while and said, "Seven days."

"Okay." Xiao Hao immediately had a private chat with Yuan Chengzhi. In this situation where they were thousands of miles apart, a private chat was much faster than sending a letter by carrier pigeon. Li Yan must have taken into account the time it took them to go back and forth before giving the answer, but with Xiao Hao, he was unwilling to waste even a minute.

Li Yan saw that he was silent for a long time, and then suddenly smiled, puzzled.

Xiao Hao said: "I have just informed Brother Yuan, they have started to rush here."

Li Yan was shocked, and before he could ask, he heard Xiao Hao said: "Three days, wait for me to come back."

Everyone looked at each other. From Luoyang to the capital, 1,600 miles, even if you gallop day and night, and keep changing fast horses, it will take at least seven days to run back and forth. How did Xiao Hao come up with this number? !

Hong Niangzi suddenly remembered that when they were pulling out the city, they were blindfolded for only one stick of incense to get from the King's camp to Kaifeng City, but they themselves did not even move a step, so she grabbed Li Yan who wanted to ask what was going on, and said to Xiao Hao with full trust: "General, let go, we will wait for you."

Xiao Haochong nodded at her and said to Li Yan in a serious tone, "I don't care what Brother Li wants to do, but I want you to remember, you are a member of my Haoqi League in life and a ghost of my Haoqi League in death. What Li Zicheng, what Dashun Dynasty, I left these brothers to you, not for you to take them to die. There is wine buried under the gate of Dongdu. It's agreed to be three years. Not a day less, not an hour less will do. If you really feel sorry for those people, after you kill these bandits, follow me to kneel in front of their graves and pay tribute to them properly. Don't continue to bear the curse for that over-inflated bandit all the way to your death."

Li Yan's face turned pale, and he nodded slowly in agreement.

Xiao Hao read the book "A Thousand Miles" in front of them, and said as he read: "Wait for me on the top of the city in three days, and I will count the names of the Tiance soldiers."

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It only took Xiao Hao a moment to get from the capital to Luoyang, but it took him a long time to rush back to the capital from Luoyang. He and the soldiers of the three battalions did not even have time to explain. As soon as he landed, he immediately mobilized the army to go straight to the capital.

Ordinary horses must rest after running for thirty miles day and night, but Xiao Hao and his men could not afford to delay at all, so Xiao Hao gave out the special horses that he had raised for the territory before. These good horses not only ran faster than ordinary horses, but also did not get tired.

The fullness was gone, but a few bundles of royal bamboo grass were eaten, and they could run as they should.

For the first time, Xiao Hao felt how important horse grass was to Tiance.

The reaction of the prince was not so quick. They did not encounter any obstacles on the first night and rushed more than 500 miles from Luoyang in one day and one night.

But this was far from enough.

From the second day, the road to the north was blocked. Li Zicheng probably knew the news of his departure from Beijing and began to set up forces and defenses along the road to stop him from rushing. However, most of their defenses were close to the capital. They underestimated Xiao Hao's ability to rush, which led to them not having so many troops near Luoyang.

Xiao Hao opened the battlefield plug-in and saw the red names blocking the way ahead. If there were not many people, he would lead the crowd to trample over them openly. If there were more troublesome people, he would decisively bypass them from one side. The Tiance soldiers were accustomed to obeying his orders unconditionally and never raised any doubts about the road he pointed out.

After running day and night, Xiao Hao finally arrived in the capital on the evening of the third day, even faster than Yuan Chengzhi who set out directly from Huashan.

The fading sun was like blood, and the "Tian" flag of Tiance was planted in the southeast corner of the capital, rustling in the wind. Xiao Hao breathed a sigh of relief and led the crowd straight into the city gate.

Li Yan kept his word. Xiao Hao rushed to the city. Cheng Qingzhu, Jiao Wan'er, Meng Bofei and others were still in good spirits. Although they were injured, they didn't seem to be seriously injured.

Xiao Hao felt relieved. He looked around but didn't see Hong Niangzi. He was immediately shocked.

When Jiao Wan'er saw him coming back, she stood up to greet him and said in surprise, "General Xiao!"

He quickly dismounted and asked Jiao Wan'er, "Where are Brother Li and General Hong?"

Seeing that he asked the most difficult question right away, Jiao Wan'er's nose suddenly soured and she said with red eyes, "The enemy is coming in force. Sister Hong led the Tiansha Camp to fight to the death to clear a path for us. She was seriously injured. General, please follow me to see her first!"

Xiao Hao's heart sank all the way, and he immediately followed her and turned into the house where Lady Hong was recuperating.

Lady Hong's meteor rope was hanging on the wooden frame at the entrance, broken in two in the middle, with dried blood stains that had not been wiped off in time, which was very glaring.

When Xiao Hao walked to her bed, before he could speak, Hong Niangzi had already grabbed his hand and stuffed a ball of something that was almost shapeless into his palm.

She struggled to raise her body and said to Xiao Hao, "Save him!"

Xiao Hao unfolded the ball of something bit by bit, and his heart sank into the deepest ice cellar as the full picture of the paper was revealed.

It began with four big characters in blood -

"My wife personally wrote this letter."

It was a letter from Li Yan.