Xiaoqi

In the main hall, apart from Dong Wan's personal maids, there were only Li Ru and his wife.

Dong Wan's third sister, Dong Yue, looked at the red wooden box very curiously, and asked bluntly, "Wen You, did brother-in-law tell you what's inside?"

This sentence really expressed Dong Wan's heartfelt feelings.In fact, she had wanted to open the box for a long time to take a look, but because of the reservedness of the girl's family, she was too embarrassed to open it in public.But happiness needs to be shared by relatives, so she doesn't mind the third sister and brother-in-law watching together.

"Hehehe!" Li Ruwei heard it first with a smile, and said with a smile: "This Wenchang mentioned it, he said it was a wedding dress and jewelry for Wanmei. Don't underestimate this box, according to Wenchang , these clothes were designed by him himself, stitched by the five wives in his mansion one by one, which is different from the general service. And the jewelry is all selected by his five wives, each one has a piece, Wan My sister is among them."

Speaking of this, Li Ru paused, then looked at Dong Wan, and asked, "Sister Wan, do you understand what Wen Chang means?"

Dong Wan nodded shyly, and said softly: "Little sister understands. Those five sisters are all Wenchang's confidante, and they have followed him for a long time. Before that, they had no status, and Wenchang didn't want to let down their affection. , that’s why I married six wives this time. The younger sister came in last, but I didn’t expect the five older sisters to be so reasonable. They had already made new clothes for me and picked out a piece of jewelry for me. Wenchang I asked my brother-in-law to bring me the clothes and jewelry, just to tell me that in his heart, I and the five older sisters are as important as me, and we will be a family from now on, and we must live in harmony, respect and love each other, and have the same heart and mind.

Brother-in-law, this is just my little sister's speculation, please give me advice. "

The smile on Li Ru's face was completely restrained at this moment. After slightly nodding his head, he said seriously: "Sister Wan's words are to the point, and she understands Wenchang's true intention. After you marry Wenchang, you must be with his five The wives should have a good relationship, advance and retreat with them, and feel like sisters. Otherwise, once you have a bad relationship with them, you will be an isolated existence and your situation will be worrying.

Li Wenchang is not an ordinary person, nor is he an ordinary official. Now he has tens of thousands of soldiers in his hands, and the elite soldiers under his command gather and dominate one side.As tyrannical as Lu Bu is not his opponent, it is not difficult to imagine how powerful he is.Although Xiangguo had treated him kindly before, he didn't give him much help. All of this was achieved by his own efforts.

Rather than saying that Xiangguo helped Li Wenchang, it is better to say that Xiangguo is using him to defend the rear of Liangzhou.Now, even though Xiang Guogui is the grand master of the current dynasty, he is in charge of state affairs, and he also has the name of Shangfu, his power is poured into the government and the public, and his power shakes the world.But the world is in chaos, and the princes from all over the world are swarming up. The future situation of the world is unpredictable, and the future is uncertain!

In this troubled world, the generals with heavy troops in their hands are undoubtedly the key to the situation in the world.Although there are quite a lot of generals in our Xiliang army, they all follow the order of the Prime Minister, but there are two people who are not among them.This is Wen Hou Lu Bu and Xiaoqi General Li Li.The soldiers and horses under the command of the two of them were accumulated little by little by their own strength, and had no direct relationship with Xiangguo.And what Xiangguo is doing now is just trying to win them over, it is a means to win people's hearts, but it is not a gift.

Because of this, the two of them dared to ignore the laws of the court and openly led troops to fight against each other outside the city.But Xiangguo couldn't condemn them because of this, he could only reprimand them, and then they had to be properly appeased.

Therefore, sister Wan, after you marry Li Li, if you cannot get his favor and have a good relationship with his many wives, then even if you are wronged, Xiangguo may be helpless and unable to control Li Wenchang .Fortunately, my brother-in-law can tell that Li Wenchang is an upright man, as long as you really love him, he will never disappoint your affection, and the five wives in his house are the most powerful witnesses.

This is all my brother-in-law said, I hope Wanmei will consider it carefully.In the future, you have to control your temper, and don't act emotionally, so as not to annoy Wenchang, and you will regret it later! "

Li Ruyu's earnest words made Dong Yue, who was sitting beside him, frown secretly, but she didn't say anything.Immediately, while Dong Wan lowered her head in deep thought, she pulled Li Ru into a side room, and the couple muttered for a while.

As for Dong Wan, she sat in the main hall in a daze, thinking of many things that she had never thought of before, and thoughts of love, hesitation, apprehension, and worry flooded her mind.

Chapter 231 Others look at the stars, I only look at the moon

Dusk fell, and the night slowly opened.

Longxiang Li Mansion.

In the main hall, the generals of the Wuwei Army who came to Chang'an, except Bo Cai who was ordered to stay in Dongyang Valley, gathered together.

As for the main seat, Li Li has not returned yet, so it is temporarily vacant.

At the left rear of the main seat, Li Zhi stood quietly in armor; a temporary seat was added on the right side, which was specially added for Dian Wuxia.There is an empty seat in the lower part behind her, which is the place where Tietuo, the deputy commander of the Golden Guards, stands.

On the left side of the hall, Li Xuanduan was sitting first, and below him was Jia Xu, a military advisor who came from Dongyang Valley. At this time, the two were whispering about the current situation in Chang'an.Under Jia Xu, there were generals such as Yingu, Tiegu, Ma Chao and Tie Xiao.

On the right side, Dian Wei sat at the head, followed by Huan Fei, Teng Yu, Pang De, Hu Cheer, Huan Yi, Huan Quan and other generals.In addition, Pound's lower seat was vacant, which was reserved for Tarru.

At this moment, all the generals in the hall were seated on the left and right, and Dian Wuxia sat high in the hall wearing a silver battle armor, which was particularly conspicuous.The coach Li Li, Talu, and Tietuo hadn't returned home yet, so everyone whispered to each other and discussed in private. The central topic was the battle between Wuwei Army and Lu Bu's Wolf Cavalry Battalion during the day.

"Boom!"

"My lord is back!"

Hearing the sound of horses treading outside the gate of the mansion, all the generals were shocked, and they all stood up and stood on both sides, welcoming the lord Li Li back to the mansion.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Li Li entered the lobby with a fast pace, and the two generals Talu and Tietuo who followed him quickly returned to their positions.After Li Li sat down on the main seat, all the generals gathered in the center of the hall and bowed in unison, with a great momentum.

"The last general (subordinate) is waiting to meet the lord!"

Li Li swept across the generals with deep eyes, nodded slightly, and said softly: "There is no need to be too polite. I kept you waiting for a long time, get up and take your seats!"

After watching the generals take their seats, Li Li asked Li Xuan with concern: "Yuan Zhong, how is the injury on Jin Gu's leg? Is it not life-threatening?"

"My lord, Vice Commander Jin Gu's left leg was seriously injured. Fortunately, my lord bandaged him in time, and his life is safe. But? He needs at least three months of recuperation to recover. After the injury is healed, his left The leg is disabled. It is not suitable to go on an expedition with the army." Li Xuan replied in a deep voice.

Li Li nodded slightly with a heavy expression, and said: "As long as people are fine. Jin Gu is brave, loyal and righteous. Today he beheaded Song Xian in front of the two armies and severely injured Hou Cheng. Afterwards, he sacrificed his life and seriously injured Lu Bu. Rong. He should be rewarded heavily.

Listen to orders.Appoint Jin Gu as the garrison of Wushuang City, under the control of Zhangye garrison Teng Xiao, and his salary is the same as the command; reward 300 liang of gold, [-] pieces of silk and satin, and give five maids.In addition, after he recovers from injury.Ben will personally officiate the marriage for him, and only after marriage can he go to Wushuang City to take up his post! "

"I will wait for the two brothers to thank the lord for the gift on behalf of the elder brother!" In the hall, brothers Yingu and Tiegu got up and knelt down in gratitude.

Li Li waved his hand to signal the two to get up, and said loudly: "This is the reward that Jin Gu deserves. Although his left leg is disabled, he is a general on horseback. After he recovers, he can still gallop on horseback. Let him take care of the Wushuang Racecourse temporarily, so that he can start a family and start a business, and after he gets used to it for a while, he will fight in the Central Plains with the army!"

"Thank you, my lord!" Brothers Yin Zhu and Tie Zhu bowed again, and then returned to their seats.

"Where is Ma Chao?" Li Li said in a solemn voice.

Ma Chao stepped out in response, bowed and said, "Please show me, my lord."

Li Li nodded slightly and said, "Yes. You inform the generals about today's battle and post-war matters."

"No!" Ma Chao respectfully complied.Then he gave a general account of the previous battle between the two armies, and then said: "According to post-war statistics, our army suffered more than 800 casualties in this battle, of which more than 830 were killed, and more than 780 soldiers were injured. More than [-] people were disabled. The specific death situation is: [-] five people were killed in the Jinyiwei battle, and [-] people were killed in the Tiger Xiaoying camp.

The battle losses of the Wolf Cavalry Army under Lu Bu's command were as follows: more than [-] people were killed in battle, and about [-] soldiers were injured, for a total of more than [-] casualties.Among them, more than [-] heavy cavalry were killed in battle, and more than [-] light cavalry were killed in battle.

At the end of this point, I will emphasize that the reason why our army was able to draw with the wolf cavalry battalion was that the lord ordered five hundred archers to shoot and kill more than [-] wolf cavalry battalion soldiers in one fell swoop during the truce.Otherwise, the death rate of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry Army will be far lower than that of our army.

After the war, our army cleaned up the battlefield and seized more than 300 sets of heavy armor. The remaining [-] sets were dilapidated and needed to be repaired before they could be used again.More than a thousand horses and several weapons were captured.All captured and injured soldiers have been transferred to Dongyang Valley, and Bocai will take over and resettle them.Right now, the more than [-] soldiers of Huxiaoying and Jinyiwei have all re-camped in Xicheng, only five miles away from Longxiang Li's mansion.

My lord, my lord, my military advisers and all the commanders, this is how this battle is going. "

After Ma Chao finished speaking, Li Li nodded to signal him to return to his seat.

Then Li Li said in a deep voice: "After hearing the whole story of this battle, what do you think? Wen He, you know the strengths and weaknesses of our army and the Xiangguo's Xiliang Army. Tell me, whether our army won or lost this battle. , Where is the victory and where is the defeat?"

"This..." Jia Xu was slightly stunned, seeing all the generals focus on him, he felt quite embarrassed for a while.

"Wen He speaks bluntly. My Wuwei Army was first established, and it has only been a mere year since it was formed. Since the successive battles, there have been more victories and fewer losses. Most people in the army are a little arrogant and arrogant. This battle has sounded the alarm for us. In today’s battle, our army’s two battalions totaled more than [-] cavalry and killed [-] wolf cavalry. There are many things worth thinking about. Please write Let's speak bluntly!" Li Li said calmly.

"This subordinate takes the order." Jia Xu accepted the order happily.He really didn't know how to answer just now, and if he was a little careless, he would offend many generals present.Now that Li Li has expressed his attitude, he has a bottom line in his heart.

After Jia Xu paused for a moment, he said, "In this battle, there is no doubt that our army won, while Lv Bu's army lost. Our army's victory lies in the bravery of the generals. Before the battle, many generals of Lv Bu's army were beheaded and wounded. It boosted the morale of the whole army, and criticized the arrogance of Lu Bu's army head-on. It's just that our army won a miserable victory this time, and it was a narrow victory. I'm afraid it will be difficult for our army to win this battle. At most, it will be evenly matched with Lu Bu's army, and both sides will suffer.

The reason for the disastrous defeat is that the number of soldiers killed in our army is still higher than that of Lu Bu's army, and it is only slightly better than them in general, that's all.

As far as I know, Dong Xiangguo has two of the most elite cavalry, one is the Flying Bear Battalion led by General Dong Yue, and the other is the Huben Battalion.Before that, there was another elite iron cavalry, which was the Longxiang Battalion under the command of the lord.However, compared with the first two iron cavalry, Longxiang Camp.There is a huge difference in numbers and equipment, so they cannot be compared with these two elite cavalry.

The Flying Bear Battalion consisted of [-] heavy armored cavalry and [-] light cavalry. They were Dong Xiangguo's personal guards. They were stationed at Taishi Mansion and Meiwu, and they were under the control of Dong Yue and Dong Min respectively.The Huben Camp is actually the wolf cavalry army under Lu Bu's command.Because Lu Bu had previously served as the general of Huben Zhonglang.It's just that there are only [-] cavalry in the hands of Lu Bu in the Huben Camp, and nearly [-] cavalry are in the hands of the two generals Li Jue and Guo Si.also.Lu Bu doesn't seem to value the Huben camp.Instead, he secretly replaced the battle armor of the soldiers of the Huben Camp with the Wolf Cavalry Army under his command.

Therefore, a large part of the reason why our army fought so fiercely in this battle is that the armor and weapons of our soldiers are not as good as those of the wolf cavalry army.In addition, the skills of our soldiers to cooperate with each other in killing the enemy still need to be strengthened, otherwise our army would not have killed so many soldiers in battle.Although the wolf cavalry army had more casualties than our army, they killed fewer soldiers than us.This is the reason why their battle formation and fighting skills are better than our army's. "

Jia Xu talked eloquently, which sounded very reasonable, but Li Li knew that Jia Xu was avoiding the important and not wanting to offend the general in the army.But Jia Xu also pointed out the key to this battle.In this regard, Li Li didn't want to say too much, he didn't need a heavy hammer to play the drum, just tap it as soon as it stopped.

"Who else has opinions on this battle, but it doesn't matter." Li Li said in a deep voice.

Before he finished speaking, Huan Fei stood up and said, "My lord, there is one thing I don't know about the end. Why should our army fight to the death with Lu Bu's army? If it's just a battle of emotions, the end general thinks that our army should not fight. Please tell me clearly, my lord. "

Huan Fei's words can be said to stir up a thousand waves with one stone, and asked the hearts of many generals in the hall.