At night, Yue Yuxian played music in the tent.
Xie Wenzhou's main generals all gathered here to discuss the next move.
In order to make up for his father's regret of not being able to capture Yunmeng County, Xie Wenzhou sent troops to attack Yunmeng County many times. Now he finally occupied Yunmeng County!
Under the leadership of General Le Yuxian, the Xie army quickly found the enemy's weakness and defeated the garrison of Yunmeng County.
The county magistrate Wang You was defeated and fled, but was caught up and beheaded by the vanguard Ji Xu Shi.
"Commander-in-chief, Ding Nanjing has sent an envoy." Deputy General Ming Zishi reminded Le Yuxian who was concentrating on thinking about the battle situation.
"I understand. I'll go meet him right away." When Le Yuxian saw the envoy coming, he already had a plan in mind. Maybe he could attract Ding Nanjing to attack them with all his strength.
Upon seeing Le Yuxian, Ding Nanjing's envoy bowed and saluted, then stated his purpose: "Commander Le, I have come here on the orders of our lord to seek peace."
"Oh? Then the envoy's trip has been in vain. Our army has no intention of negotiating peace." Le Yuxian smiled and planned to drive the other party away as soon as they met.
"Commander-in-chief, let me tell you a few words..." The envoy was pulled by the soldiers. If he had not practiced some martial arts, he would have been taken away by Xie Jun's soldiers in an instant.
"Alright, then let me hear what you have to say. Let me make it clear that our army will absolutely not retreat." Le Yuxian waved his hand and looked at the envoy with a smile, "Please sit down."
"Sir, this man has an ordinary appearance and I'm afraid he can't say anything good. It's better for us not to listen. Stopping him will only waste our army's time for attack." Ming Zishi reminded him, while looking at the envoy with a sour face.
"This must be Lord Ming Zishi, right? I am also the envoy of Lord Ding Nanjing. Please show me some respect!" The envoy clenched his fists, feeling that this negotiation would be extremely difficult.
"Haha, Zishi, don't be anxious. Anyway, you and I have already decided on the future deployment. Now we are bored, so you might as well listen to what Ding Nanjing thinks." Le Yuxian raised his hand and signaled the messenger to speak first.
"My lord, you and I are both ministers of the Chi Dynasty. Now the bandits on land are causing chaos..." As soon as the envoy opened his mouth, he spoke in a tone of king-subject relationship. Le Yuxian's ears were almost callused from listening to him, so he interrupted him directly.
Le Yuxian ordered his men to bring out the map, and then mentioned the key to the peace talks: "Sir, there is no need to speak of such empty words. As the commander-in-chief of the Xie Army, I only care about one thing, and that is the interests of our army."
"It's better to leave your words to Yuchi Feng, Lu Ganhai and others."
"Also, although you all call yourselves ministers of the Red Dynasty, you are actually no different from Lu Ganhai and the others. You are all just princes who rule your own territory."
The envoy wanted to argue, but Le Yuxian interrupted him decisively: "There's no point in talking any more. It seems our army must come up with the terms."
"Please give us your instructions, Governor." The envoy had no choice but to follow the other side's pace. After all, the current battlefield situation was not favorable to Ding Nanjing's side.
"Very good, this is the attitude for negotiating peace. Please come over here." Le Yuxian waved his hand and then drew two circles on the map. "Yunmeng County is already ours, so there's no need to explain further. If you want to negotiate peace, your army must surrender Xiangjiang County."
"Xiangjiang County? It seems that your Excellency has no intention of negotiating peace at all. He is simply teasing our army!" Upon hearing this, the envoy turned away.
Xiangjiang County is the core area of Ding Nanjing's power, equivalent to the heart of Xiangzhou.
Le Yuxian's words were undoubtedly a contempt for them!
When he walked out of the tent, Ming Zishi led his troops to stop the envoy.
"What do you mean? When two armies fight, envoys should not be killed. Are you trying to break the rule?" The envoy scolded the other party angrily.
Le Yuxian walked up and patted the envoy on the shoulder: "Don't be in such a hurry to leave, envoy. Our army has just seized a treasure and I would like you to present it to Lord Ding on my behalf."
"Although our armies are at war, we are still subjects of the Chi Dynasty, and Lord Xie doesn't want to damage the relationship. Even though we fight, we still have to maintain the friendship." Le Yuxian continued to smile, and his handsome face made it easy for him to hide his intentions.
"Okay, since Commander Le has spoken, I will convey it on his behalf. But I don't know what kind of treasure your army wants to send?" asked the messenger.
Le Yuxian clapped his hands, then asked the soldiers to bring a box.
When the messenger opened it, he found that it was Wang You’s leader. He was so scared that he dropped the box to the ground.
He didn't expect that when he arrived at Xie Jun's camp, Wang You's army had already been defeated to this extent!
"Why, Your Excellency the Envoy, is he so frightened? Are you dissatisfied?" Le Yuxian continued to ask, as if adding fuel to the fire.
"...I have understood your army's intention. I will certainly report what happened today to Lord Ding without reservation!" The envoy suppressed his fear and displayed the integrity that an envoy should have.
"That's good. Thank you for your help, envoy. Come, please escort the envoy out." Le Yuxian waved his hand and asked the soldiers to escort him out.
While waiting for the messenger to leave, the young general Xu Shi took the lead in asking, "Commander-in-Chief, is it really a good idea to anger Ding Nanjing like this?"
"Haha, only by angering the other party can we make him lose his rhythm, follow our pace, and then fall into our trap!" Le Yuxian continued to smile, as if everything was under his control.
Le Yuxian then made further arrangements: "Ziming, you select some elite troops to feint an attack on the nearest county, doing your best to provoke the enemy into action. I will lead the troops to ambush here. Zishi, you lead the navy to provide cover."
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In the Wen family army camp, Wen Juye had already rushed to the east to support Mao Dehui's subordinates according to Ding Nanjing's arrangement.
As expected, although Mao Dehui had a large army, its quality was uneven. After Wang You was beheaded, there were no other soldiers available, so Mao Dehui had to command them personally.
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