The morning sun was rising, and the golden sunshine fell on the ground, as if the ground was covered with a golden carpet.
At first glance, it is very stunning.
In the village, Li Xiaogong had regained his energy after taking a rest. Last night, he traveled all night and did not rest until early morning. When it was about two hours before dawn, he came across a village. Li Xiaogong ordered people to capture it.
After arriving at this village, we took a rest in the village.
For a martial arts master of Li Xiaogong's level, he is so skilled in martial arts and full of energy that even if he stays up all night, it will have no effect.
However, people in the army do not have such physical strength as him.
We have to take care of Dong Cheng and others.
There was some commotion in the crowd during his main visit.
Just as Li Xiaogong gave the order and was about to set off, suddenly Dong Cheng came in a hurry.
Dong Cheng's face was full of worry.
Li Xiaogong asked: "General Dong, what happened?"
Dong Cheng looked panicked and said: "Something is going wrong. Someone in our army has died."
When Li Xiaogong heard this, his heart suddenly jumped.
Someone died at this time, and something was wrong.
Li Xiaogong asked: "Where is the person?"
Dong Chengdao: "General, please follow me!"
Li Xiaogong followed Dong Cheng forward. He came to the dead man, squatted down, inspected it carefully, and said solemnly: "This was not a death with a weapon, but someone broke his neck. Last night,
While we were resting, someone must have passed over the patrolling soldiers and killed him silently."
Li Yuanba muttered: "I didn't hear any movement last night. If someone wants to do something under my nose, it's not something ordinary people can do."
Li Xiaogong snorted: "You sleep like a dead pig, what can you find?"
Li Yuanba chuckled and stopped talking.
"Report!"
Suddenly, Zhao Erhu ran over, came to Dong Cheng's side, and whispered: "General, it's not good. We arranged for more than ten soldiers in another residence in the village to die."
"brush!"
Dong Cheng's complexion turned livid.
He did not expect that not just one or two people died, but so many people.
Under such circumstances, he began to worry about his own safety. The other party could kill his soldiers silently, and by the same token, it was possible to get rid of him silently.
“Tap! Tread!
There was a sound of footsteps, and Xue Gang was seen approaching.
Xue Gang walked up to Li Xiaogong, bowed and said, "General Li, something bad has happened. Last night, someone approached the horses. Moreover, they poisoned the fodder. Early this morning, he died.
We have nearly thirty war horses, all of them mares."
Although Li Yuanba was not very smart, he thought about it and said, "Brother, this is not right. If the other party can poison the horses, why don't they poison all the more than 30 horses?"
Li Xiaogong said: "My guess is that the other party did not poison all the horses. I'm afraid it's not because they can't, but because they don't want to see the horses die. They deliberately poisoned some of the horses, probably to disrupt our rhythm and deliberately shock us.
"
The death of the horse made Li Xiaogong heartbroken.
Many of the mares sent by Xue Gang were pregnant with foals. Once these thousand horses arrived in the Tang Dynasty, after being raised, they could give birth to countless foals.
The Tang Dynasty lacked war horses. Such a large number of war horses was extremely helpful to the Tang Dynasty.
"Who is it?"
Li Xiaogong thought carefully in his heart.
Li Xiaogong suddenly thought of Wang Can.
Yesterday, he made trouble in the academy and even burned it down. Now, Wang Can actually caught up with him, which was really impressive. He tried his best to get rid of Wang Can and get rid of the pursuit, but he didn't expect to be caught up.
Li Yuanba asked: "Brother, who could have done this?"
"Wang Can!"
Li Xiaogong gave a decisive answer.
But in Li Xiaogong's heart, he was not clear about Wang Can's purpose. Now that Wang Can had arrived, why did he only kill some people and block a group of war horses without actually starting a battle?
This is what Li Xiaogong is confused about.
Li Xiaogong said: "General Dong Cheng, you come to deal with the dead brothers and comfort the soldiers. You tell them that I, the Tang Dynasty, will never treat any brother badly, whether he is dead or alive."
"no problem!"
Dong Cheng immediately agreed, then turned and left.
After Dong Cheng walked away, Li Xiaogong looked at Li Yuanba who was standing aside and said: "Yuanba, just relying on Dong Cheng's people will definitely not be able to hold on. In the next time, you mobilize Zhang Liang's subordinates and let them
They also joined in, patrolled carefully, and reported immediately if they had any clues."
When Li Yuanba received the order, he immediately went to make arrangements.
Li Xiaogong sighed, raised his brows, and felt a little anxious. At this moment, Li Xiaogong only felt that there were not enough manpower. If he had brought more capable people with him when he left Datang, he would not be in such trouble.
No matter how bad it is, it would be a good idea to let Cheng Yaojin come.
With Cheng Yaojin around, he could relax a lot.
It's a pity that he doesn't have many people around him now, so he will be at a loss to deal with Wang Can.
…
It is in the forest on a hillside five miles away to the west of the village.
Wang Can, Mu Guiying and others gathered here.
Mu Guiying said: "I actually don't understand why we only killed this few people."
Wang Can said: "First, what we want to do is to create chaos. Last night, we killed someone. Are the people under Li Xiaogong worried that something will happen tonight?"
"This is disrupting the morale of the military."
"Second, let Li Xiaogong ponder our intentions and confuse his mind."
"If Li Xiaogong panics, he will make mistakes."
Wang Can said: "What we have to do is to force Li Xiaogong to Ziwu Valley step by step. By the time we reach Ziwu Valley, Li Xiaogong's troops are already in mourning and lack combat effectiveness. Then, if we want to win, we must be even more
It's easy. Besides, if we really start a war now, we may not be able to please you. Don't be anxious, let's take our time."
Mu Guiying said: "That's true. This is the only way we can do it now."
The two chatted and talked about the next arrangements.
…
On the other side, after Li Xiaogong took care of the morning's affairs, he took Dong Cheng, Xue Gang, Shan Xiongxin and others on his way. Although Li Xiaogong was strictly ordered not to talk about the morning's affairs, the news had already spread.
The soldiers under Dong Cheng's command were all discussing this matter in low voices.
"Zhang Erniu, have you discovered a problem?" A thin soldier with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks spoke.
He belonged to Dong Cheng's soldiers.
Zhang Erniu said: "What's the matter?"
At this time, everyone else looked at the soldier with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and heard him say: "This morning, dozens of people died. But the people who died were all our people. The rest of the people were not injured at all.
"
Zhang Erniu nodded and said: "That's true, why didn't I think of it?"
The rest of the people agreed one after another.
The soldier with the sharp mouth and monkey cheeks continued: "We are probably being followed this time. In my opinion, the killing this time will never be so simple. Last night, people died. Will there be more deaths tonight?
Woolen cloth?"
As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of exclamation.