Where Cheng Dalei's finger fell, three ink words appeared: Yin Ma Po.
The terrain of Bingzhou is mostly composed of grassland, with no boundaries visible at a glance, and almost no danger to defend. Yinmapo is located a hundred miles north of Huangsha City and consists of a scattered lake. In the past, herdsmen often drank here
The horse rested, hence the name Yinmapo.
"The terrain of Yinmapo is open, and the enemy's strength is ten times that of ours. If there is a head-on conflict, we may not have any advantage." Liu Bei expressed the doubt in his heart.
"On the terrain, no one can take advantage." Cheng Dalei said: "But on the open terrain, our firearms can exert their maximum power. This is why the decisive battle location is chosen at Yinmapo."
Liu Bei was silently thinking about Cheng Dalei's answer and did not speak for the time being. Xu Shenji asked: "Will they pass through Yinmapo? If they take a detour from other places to attack the city, wouldn't our preparations at Yinmapo be in vain?
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"In the current situation, the imperial army hopes that we will gather together and catch us all in one fell swoop. And we don't think so. Everyone is looking for an opportunity for a decisive battle." Cheng Dalei said firmly: "I will issue a gauntlet to them and invite the princes of the world to fight.
Let’s fight in Yinmapo to see if they have the courage.”
Afterwards, everyone in the hall discussed the specific action plan to see how to maximize the combat effectiveness of the Toad Army.
At the same time, Cheng Dalei sent people from the Xizi Team to submit a letter of war to the Imperial Army.
Cheng Dalei personally wrote the book of war and made an impassioned statement in the war book, saying that you are all rebellious officials and traitors, and that you are evil and cruel to the common people. And I, Cheng Dalei, am the Holy Lord descended from the sky. In the name of justice, I use light as a weapon to defeat you all.
The dark dregs are cleared away.
This letter of war was sent to the Imperial Army's coalition.
Because Cheng Dalei has been doing things on the grassland, the princes of the imperial army have quietly gathered together. Now the princes' camps are set up together, and a joint camp has been set up on the grassland. This is done, first, to bring Cheng Dalei to the grassland.
Catch them all in one go. Secondly, it also prevents Cheng Dalei from taking the opportunity to destroy that unit after it becomes alone.
After receiving Cheng Dalei's letter of challenge, the Imperial Army immediately held a military meeting. The main purpose was to discuss how to respond to Cheng Dalei's challenge.
Attending the meeting were Li Letian, Li Xingzai, Li Xing and other imperial families, as well as important officials of the imperial court such as Cui Xiang and Yuchi Li, as well as princes from Qingzhou, Yuzhou, Jizhou and Liangzhou.
The letter of challenge written by Cheng Dalei was passed around and read by everyone. Before the meeting started, everyone deeply laughed at Cheng Dalei's writing style and handwriting.
Frankly speaking, Cheng Dalei was indeed an uneducated and reckless person, his writing style was crude and vulgar, and his handwriting was ugly. Some people even said: Isn't there anyone in the Toad Army who can write? This made everyone burst into laughter.
Li Letian coughed lightly, stopped everyone's laughter, and asked: "The enemy's letter of challenge has been sent here. As for whether to accept the challenge, what do you think?"
There was silence. After Li Letian's voice fell, no one spoke for a while.
Whether everyone is willing to admit it or not, Li Letian has gained a good reputation from this battle. Holding the Emperor's Sword, the eldest son of Emperor Ming, guarding Chang'an with a lone army... In any case, Li Letian has the final say on this occasion.
The one.
Of course, some people still don't take him seriously.
Seeing that Li Letian didn't answer, Yu Chili cleared his throat and said: "If the Cheng thief is not eliminated, he will be a serious problem for the empire after all. He wants a decisive battle here, so we will fight him decisively. Is it possible that I, a dignified imperial soldier, are still afraid?"
You can’t help the bandits.”
"Ahem."
As soon as Yuchili's voice fell, a familiar cough sounded. Yuchili snorted coldly in his heart and cursed an old fox.
The coughing sound naturally came from Cui Xiang. He held his beard and smiled and said: "Cheng Dalei is indeed a fool. He pitted the two armies against each other and treated them like fools in the rivers and lakes to show off their ferocity and fight to a decisive battle? Haha, if word spreads, I'm afraid the world will know about it.
The scholar laughed his head off."
"So according to Prime Minister Cui, what should we do about this matter? Shouldn't we not fight and watch Cheng Dalei show off his power in front of us?" Yu Chili said.
"Oh...hehe, I don't dare to make any rash judgments. Leading troops in war is not my expertise. I have to ask General Yuchi for advice on this matter."
Please ask your mother...
Yuchili roared in his heart, since you don't understand, why are you talking so much nonsense? If something happens, it has nothing to do with you, and you still have to share the credit. Yuchili and Cui Tongtong are each other's biggest political enemies.
, Yu Chili understood Xiang Cui’s behavior very well.
Now he was angry, unwilling to speak, and turned his head to the side.
At this time, Yangzhou Mu Li Xing said: "Cheng Dalei is not an easy person. Is he hiding any tricks this time?"
In the past few days, Cheng Dalei's troops were making trouble on the grassland. Li Xing's troops were greatly weakened, and the Yangzhou soldiers suffered heavy casualties. Now Li Xing was almost psychologically affected. He was a little scared when he thought of this incident.
"I have already investigated. The people from Huangsha City are indeed mobilizing towards Yinmapo, and the teams they sent out have also been brought back. Have you heard any news of defeat in the past two days?" Yuchi Li said with a bad look.
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"So, does he really mean to fight a decisive battle at Yinmapo?" Li Letian said: "Our troops are ten times that of the enemy. If we open up our battle array at Yinmapo, we may not be able to wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop."
"Ahem."
That annoying coughing sound started up again, and Yuchili closed his eyes in an effort to hold back his anger. He just wanted to end today's meeting as soon as possible.
"As the saying goes, soldiers never tire of deceit. Even if Cheng Dalei mobilizes his troops, there may not be other conspiracies. It is better to be careful."
Everyone was talking to each other, some wanted to fight to the death, while others had many concerns, and they argued back and forth, but in the end they couldn't come up with a definite idea.
"Okay."
Li Letian suddenly spoke, scanning the crowd and suppressing his uneasy voice.
"The thieves want to fight, so we will fight them out. The imperial army has absolutely no reason to be afraid of a few thieves." Li Letian said impassionedly: "We then mobilized our troops to punish the generals and hit all the troops at Yinmapo.
Defeat them."
Li Letian took a deep breath: "The next thing to talk about is how to deploy the troops?"
In the big tent, discussions started again, and they kept talking non-stop. Sometimes they would argue for a long time about a small detail.
During this process, Li Xingzai didn't say a word from beginning to end. He squinted his eyes slightly and supported his chin with his hand, looking at ease, but no one knew what he was thinking.