Xiaoqi

Three days.

In just three days, the Xiliang army occupying the east city and south city of Chang'an completely wiped out the rich and powerful in the city.

Such a large-scale cleaning and ransacking of homes caused many powerful gentry to drag their families to take refuge in the West City and North City occupied by the Wuwei Army. Without the help of the Wuwei Army, they voluntarily donated half of their wealth and asked the Wuwei Army to protect their lives.

In the west and north half of the city under the control of the Wuwei Army, most of the residents here are poor, and the number of rich and powerful households is far less than that in the southeast half of the city.Since more than [-]% of the grain stores in Chang'an City were emptied out by Li Xuan in advance, the people in the city could not buy food even if they had money, and hungry people were everywhere.At this time, the Longxiang Li Mansion, the temporary residence of the Wuwei Army, began to release food on a large scale, and set up a stove in front of the mansion to relieve the homeless hungry and refugees.

Within three days, Longxiang Li's Mansion continuously distributed more than [-] shi of grain, and rescued tens of thousands of hungry people and refugees.All the people in the west and north cities can receive enough food for two months. Tens of thousands of victims of the disaster have been resettled in the vicinity of Meiwu, and thousands of young people have joined the Wuwei Army.

Three days later, in the same city, the southeast and northwest half of the city faced each other on the street.On the one hand, it is murder and arson, and the chickens are flying like dogs; on the other hand, it is benevolent and generous.Chang'an City is like ice and fire.

For a time, more than [-] people in the city firmly remembered the names of two people, one was Li Jue, the notorious northern tiger, and the other was Li Li, the benevolent and loving general of Xiaoqi.At the same time, most people in the city still knew that Li Jue and Li Li were uncles and nephews.For this reason, many people secretly sighed: "The gap between the uncles and nephews is too great! Although Li Jue is an elder, he is a vicious person who kills people like hemp, and the people fear him like a tiger. On the other hand, although Li Li is young, he He is benevolent, righteous and kind. He saved the people from the fire and water, which made the people grateful to him and won the hearts of the people.

Such a huge contrast caused the people in the city to complain about Li Jue and Guo Si's army, and rumors and rumors were flying everywhere.

Regarding this, Li Jue, Guo Si and others who were in charge of the palace were very angry, but they also felt distressed.Their army of more than 10,000 troops had been out of food for half a month when they came to Chang'an from Anyi. After they captured Chang'an, most of the food stored in the Grand Master's Mansion and the Imperial Palace was taken away by the soldiers of the Tiger Roaring Camp.In this way. [-]+ The army in Xiliang was short of food and grass, so they could only rush to grab food to meet the urgent need, otherwise the soldiers in the army would have to starve.

It's a pity that the Xiliang army's sufferings are not known to the common people.They only know that Xiliang soldiers killed people and set fire everywhere.Wanton looting, and many Xiliang soldiers bullying young women.Make the well-endowed Chang'an Imperial City into a miasma.Chickens fly dogs jump.The people are forced to live without a stable life, and the people are in dire straits.

After forcibly enduring for three days, Li Jue could no longer tolerate the situation where the Wuwei army occupied half of the city in the northwest.He ordered Guo Si to lead the army to recover the whole city, and also sent someone to the Li Mansion in Longxiang to deliver an order, asking Li Li to immediately allocate 13 grain and grass needed by the Xiliang Army for half a year from Kaiwu.

As soon as this order came out, Guo Si immediately led his army to confront the Wuwei army stationed in the west and north cities.It's just that both sides have scruples.There was no large-scale fight on the spot, but small-scale frictions were indeed staged one after another.Within half a day, both sides suffered casualties, but the Wuwei army showed strong combat effectiveness.The number of casualties of soldiers was much smaller than that of the Xiliang Army.Under repeated conflicts, the Xiliang Army suffered thousands of casualties, while the Wuwei Army only had more than two hundred casualties.

Such a disparity in the number of casualties made Guo Bang and other generals quite afraid of the Wuwei army, and they did not order the army to attack for a long time.

The two sides fought on a small scale in the city for most of the day, and finally the two armies faced a stalemate in the Beicheng school grounds.Soldiers from both sides glared at each other, and the atmosphere was extremely dull and hot, and the war was about to break out.

In front of the Xiliang army formation, Guo Bang reined in his horse and stopped on the street, looking gloomy at the Wuwei army who was eager to try.In front of the military formation of the Wuwei Army, Huan Fei, the commander of the Huxiao Battalion, and Pang De, the commander of the Qinglong Battalion, reined in and stared at Guo Bang and the tens of thousands of Xiliang troops behind him.

During the stalemate, Guo Si was waiting for Li Li to show up, while Huan Fei and Pang De were also waiting for the command of the lord Li Li.

However, where is Li Li now?

"When a bird is about to die, its song is mournful; when a man is about to die, his words are kind. Wu Wei Li Li, with affection and righteousness, with clear grievances and grievances, is a true husband in the world! Wang Yun's unique pen."

In a private house in Gejiapo, He Ying looked at the content on the brocade with a sad expression, and two lines of tears rolled down instantly.

After a while, she raised her hand to wipe away her tears, and turned to the soldier who came to deliver the letter, "I know my father is dead, but this is not my father's handwritten letter. Where did it come from, and why did Li Wenchang send it?" This letter?"

The soldier who delivered the letter was Li Li's personal soldier.After the soldier heard the words, he said softly to He Ying: "Miss, this letter is indeed not written by the grand master himself, but copied from the wall of the south gate of the palace. In the middle of the night four days ago, the grand master didn't If you want to fall into the hands of the Xiliang army, you will bump into..."

"Okay, you go out!" Just as the soldiers were telling the story of Wang Yun's death, Li Li opened the door and walked in, and immediately asked the soldiers to retreat.

"Li Wenchang, tell me, what's going on here?" Seeing Li Li coming in, He Ying took the letter in her hand, walked up to Li Li in two steps, and asked angrily.

"My father crashed to death at the south gate of the palace four days ago late at night. Before he died, he wrote this line of words on the city wall with the blood on his hands. Afterwards, my uncle collected my father's body and ordered him to be buried with the honor of a duke. Today is the day of your father’s burial. I’ll come to see you and bring you your father’s last words. This line of blood writing is still preserved on the wall of the south gate. Go check it out." Li Li whispered calmly.

"Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow ! ,' hadn't finished listening to Li Li's words, He Ying backed up a few steps in grief, then fell down on the side of the bed and wept bitterly.

Li Li stood in the middle of the low room, looked at He Ying's sad look, and wanted to go up to comfort her, but didn't know what to say or what to say.So he could only stand where he was, listening to He Ying's crying, but looked at the mountains outside the window with his deep eyes, and remained silent.

He Ying cried alone for a long time, until she was tired from crying and her voice was hoarse.Only then gradually stopped.Immediately, she glared at Li Li with red and swollen eyes, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Li Wenchang, I saw the maids in the palace two days ago, and I know that your soldiers rushed before Li Jue and Guo Si's army broke through the city." They broke into the palace and kidnapped the emperor, the Empress Dowager He. You said, you obviously had a chance to rescue my father, why didn't you save him?"

"Yes, you are right. The emperor and the queen mother are in my hands, and they have been transferred to Meiwu yesterday. The soldiers of the Tiger Roaring Battalion under my command met Wang Yun before leaving the palace, and did not kill him. But they did not bring He went out of the city. You asked me why I didn't save him, so can you tell me why I saved him?" Li Li sat on the wooden bench with a calm face and asked softly.

"Hmph!" He Ying snorted angrily, and immediately turned her head away.Don't look at Li Li's expressionless handsome face.

Suddenly, the room was silent.Li Li still sat calmly on the wooden bench beside the bed.His eyes were clear, and he was silent.

After a long while, Li Li got up and said, "You will move to the courtyard on the east side in the afternoon. This place is too simple and unsuitable for long-term living. I will leave two maids to talk with you, and there is also a centurion pro. Wei guards the house. The deceased is gone. Don't be too sad, take care of yourself. I have something to do, so I'm leaving first."

"Wait!" He Ying got up immediately after hearing Li Li's footsteps.Then he walked behind Li Li and asked softly, "You asked me to live in your backyard, are you going to leave?"

"Yes. Xin'er and the others moved into Meiwu early this morning, and all Gejiapo garrison troops have moved into Meiwu. It is very quiet and safe here. The people are simple and kind, so you can rest assured. If you need anything, or If there is a lack of utensils, you can just tell the soldiers, and they will make arrangements for you." Li Li stood at the door of the room and said with his back to He Ying.

He Ying walked quickly to the door, stood in front of Li Li, and asked indignantly: "You want to leave me in this mountain for the rest of your life? Am I your burden, annoying? Do you hate me so much? "

Seeing He Ying's unrelenting expression, Li Li frowned slightly, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.Then he said calmly: "If you want a quiet and carefree life, this place is very suitable for you. If there is another accident in Chang'an, I will send someone to take you to a safe place in advance. In short, I, Li Li I will definitely do what I said. Well, please step aside, I do have a lot of things to deal with."

"No! You mean what you say, so don't I, He Ying, mean what I say? I told you clearly when I was in Mei Wu, that between you and Lu Bu, I choose to follow you for the rest of my life." Wang Ying stretched out her hand to block the door, He said stubbornly.

When her tone paused, she raised the letter in her hand and said excitedly: "Seeing what was written on the letter, my father said when he was dying that you, Li Li, were a man of love and righteousness, with clear grievances and grievances! Now that my father is dead Now, Cousin Hongchang is also your wife, I have no relatives, are you going to abandon me too?"

Before the words fell, He Ying's tears came out of her eyes again, and she looked at Li Li tearfully.

The so-called charming, I feel pity, nothing more than this.

"Well, the situation in Chang'an is turbulent recently, you will live here for the time being. After I deal with the matter in Chang'an, I will send someone to pick you up." Li Li shook his head helplessly, and spoke softly. He Ying said.

"Okay, that's what you said. If you don't come to pick me up then, I'll go directly to your house to find Li Xin, and then tell her that you have abandoned me and occupied my body, but you don't care about me." life and death!" He Ying said slyly with a smile through her tears.

Li Li smiled wryly and said, "Forget it, I was wrong. I thought you were a well-educated, gentle and virtuous lady before, but now it seems that you women are all the same, so difficult!"

He Ying looked at Li Li's helpless expression, smiled sweetly, and then stretched out her hand to gesture in front of Li Li.

Li Li took two steps back immediately, and asked in puzzlement, "What are you doing? Why are you making such a move in broad daylight?"

He Ying gave Li Li a charming look, and said in a low voice with flushed cheeks, "Remember to leave me some fine silk and satin, as long as dark red, dark blue and black fabrics, I live here alone, I have to find something to do Ah! Well, let's go."

After making gestures in front of and behind Li Li, He Ying walked shyly to the side of the bed, turned her back to Li Li, and urged him to leave.

Hearing this, Li Li's expression changed slightly, he strode out of the room, and said as he walked, "I've got people ready for what you said, and I also specially left some new styles of clothes, so I can make more clothes for you, so you don't have to save. In addition, there are a lot of piano, chess, ink and letters, you will not be too lonely,,,,,, "

After Li Li left, He Ying hurried to the door, looked affectionately at Li Li's receding back, and stared up and down for a long time.It wasn't until the scorching sun and the heat that she couldn't bear it that she turned around and walked into the door reluctantly, muttering to herself: "This heartless person came here to comfort me, but he sat like a log for a long time, and didn't even say a word to comfort me." You can’t even say anything, you’re so stupid. Father, your last words may be for your daughter, who has already found her own happiness.”

Chapter 282

Mei Wu, the lobby of the main hall.

Half an hour ago, Li Li received a fast horse report in Gejiapo that the situation in Chang'an City was tense, and the two armies were confronting each other in the Beicheng school grounds.Immediately he hurried back, and when he entered the lobby, Li Xuan, Jia Xu, Dian Wei, Xu Rong, Zhang Liao and others had already been waiting for a long time.

"Hehehe!" Sitting upright in the main seat, Li Li's hearty laughter instantly broke the dignified atmosphere in the lobby.

Then he smiled and said to Jia Xu: "Wen He came back from Lantian Camp so quickly, it's been a hard journey, everything must have been arranged properly?"

Jia Xu respectfully replied: "This is a matter of my subordinate's duty, thank you for your concern, my lord. The Lantian camp is temporarily occupied by Fan Yong, and Deputy Commander Cheng Yi leads [-] infantry to Wuguan to serve as the guard. So far, Wuguan There are five thousand soldiers. In addition, the reorganization of the Lantian camp has not yet been completed, and the leading generals have not yet arrived. As long as the generals of our army are scattered, most of the generals will have important responsibilities, and the matter will eventually need to be appointed by the lord.”

Li Li nodded when he heard the words and said: "Wen He's words are correct. Before that, our army had many generals, because we only had four counties in Wuwei, with tens of thousands of horses. The situation is different now. The army is scattered in Chang'an and Liangzhou. They are separated by thousands of miles, so it is quite inconvenient to mobilize. Let’s temporarily appoint Fan Yong as the commander of the Lantian Camp, and Tie Xiao as the deputy general, and complete the reorganization of the army as soon as possible. After the reorganization is completed, the Lantian Camp will have [-] troops, and the remaining [-] soldiers will be included in the infantry The battalion was uniformly dispatched by Bocai.

In addition, Wen Yuan temporarily served as the deputy commander of the Tiger Xiao Battalion, Cao Xing succeeded Tie Xiao as the Marquis of the Jinyi Guard, Yang Ding served as the deputy commander of the Infantry Battalion, and General Xu Rong felt aggrieved and temporarily replaced Wuxia as the deputy commander of the Jinni Guard.These arrangements are expedient measures for temporary transition. After the situation in Chang'an City stabilizes, the whole army will be reorganized and the generals will make unified arrangements.What do you guys think? "

"No. The last general will take orders!" Everyone in the hall responded in unison.

"Okay, then it's settled." Li Li said with a smile.Immediately, he raised his hand to signal the generals to get up and sit down, and said to Li Xuan with a smile: "Yuan Zhong, I have handed over the defense of Mei Wu's garrison to Bo Cai, and all other matters are on your shoulders."

Li Xuan said knowingly: "This subordinate will definitely live up to my lord's trust. Our army captured Meiwu very quickly before, so the account books have been preserved intact. Currently, my subordinate is checking the money and food in the treasury one by one, and has now re-registered Make a book, and it will be completed in a few days."

Hearing this, Li Li said with a smile: "Very good. Yuan Zhong doesn't need to worry, just check slowly. There is plenty of time."