V3.Chapter 87

Li Shu currently lives in Gongcheng, a small border town between Bainan county and fantiao County, and the remaining rebels are basically stationed near Gongcheng.

After learning that Meng Xiong escorted Qingyu to arrive, Li Shu personally welcomed him out of the city. For Qingyu's name, Li Shu is also like thunder. He knows that he is one of the top commanders in the wind country. At present, what he lacks most is the commander in the army. Qingyu's arrival is like grasping a life-saving straw for him. Whether he can turn over this time depends on Qingyu.

The battle of Wangxi plain not only caused heavy losses to Zhenjun, but also made Li Shu put away his arrogance and realized his shortcomings.

Li Shu has visited Fengguo and has seen Qingyu, but he has not had much contact.

At this time, seeing Qingyu, he stepped forward quickly. When Qingyu approached, he arched his hand and gave a deep salute. It was difficult to hide his joy on his face. He was moved and said, "general Qingyu, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Tang Yin doesn't want to expose his identity in front of many Zhen people. Instead of standing with Qingyu, he mixes with many guards. Li Shu, who pays attention to Qingyu, naturally doesn't see him.

I didn't expect that the arrogant Li Shu would be so polite to himself. Qingyu was more or less surprised. I must hope that the war in the west plain also suppressed Li Shu's arrogance. Qingyu smiled, bowed back and said, "the general is polite."

"General Qingyu, please stay in the city!"

"General, please!"

Li Shu and Qingyu walked side by side and entered the city. Although Gong City is not big, there are many people in the city. At this time, there are many people standing on both sides of the street. People stretch their necks and look around one by one. It can also be seen that Li Shu is really popular in Zhendi, and the people support him very much.

Tang Yin, walking in the crowd, narrowed her eyes slightly. It is both good and bad for the people in Zhendi to support Li Shu. For Li Shu, this is a good thing, but not necessarily for Feng state.

Li Shu let Qingyu into the city master's residence where he stayed and found that a banquet had been arranged. In order to show his respect for Qingyu, Li Shu specially offered the LORD out and invited Qingyu to sit down.

Qingyu didn't refuse, but he didn't sit in the main position, but sat in the starting position opposite to Li Shu. Li Shu felt puzzled. Qingyu and himself sat in the starting position. Isn't the main position empty?

As he was about to speak, Qingyu took the lead in saying, "senior general, your army is fighting in Wangxi plain. Now I know something about it. How do you think your army is fighting this war?"

"This..." Qingyu suddenly asked about the battle of Wangxi. Li Shu was embarrassed and pondered for a moment. He rubbed his hand and said with a smile: "in this battle, the casualties of our army were equal to those of the Sichuan army. In the end, they withdrew and it was a draw."

"Draw?" Qingyu shook his head and smiled and said, "in my opinion, it's not a draw. It should be your army's defeat, and it's still a disastrous defeat."

His words didn't leave any face, which made Li Shu's face more embarrassed. One of the following members, Zhen Jiang, said unconvinced: "although this war is not satisfactory, it is far from being a disastrous defeat!"

Qingyu smiled but didn't say anything, and a voice came out behind him: "the Sichuan army has many soldiers and a wide range of generals, while the Zhen army has few soldiers and few generals. After the first World War, the two sides have the same war damage. One for one, it's not the tragic defeat of the Zhen army. What is it?"

Hearing such straightforward words, the faces of everyone present changed at the same time, and people subconsciously looked behind Qingyu. The speaker was wearing a cloak and wrapped from head to foot. He couldn't see his appearance clearly, but according to his clothes, he should be Qingyu's entourage.

The Zhen general who spoke just now snorted coldly, drank and asked, "who are you? Is there a place for you to speak here?"

"Ha ha!" The man looked up and smiled. He came out from behind Qingyu and pulled the cover off. He didn't look at the Zhen general, but looked at Li Shu with a smile.

He looked at the man's eyes and saw his face clearly. Li Shu was shocked and stunned for a moment. He stood up fiercely, quickly bypassed the table in front of him, came to the man, looked him carefully from head to foot again, and confirmed that his eyes were right. Then he shouted with surprise and joy: "Your Highness the wind... The king of the wind

The man smiled and said, "General Li is safe!"

"Oh, I don't know your Highness the wind king is here. I... I'm really neglecting." Suddenly seeing Tang Yin, Li Shu's eyes were tongue tied, he seemed at a loss and bowed repeatedly.

Your Highness the wind king? Is this man the wind king? After hearing Li Shu's address to this person, all Zhen people present were dumbfounded. People's eyes focused on him, looked up and down.

He is tall and slightly thin. Looking at his face, he has eight colored eyebrows, a bright star like eyes, a gall like nose and a single bead like mouth. He is handsome and has a natural smiling face. The most surprising thing is that he looks in his early twenties. Who would have thought that such a handsome and elegant young man would be Tang Yin, the famous King of the country of wind.

People stayed for a long time before they came back and looked at each other. Then they stood up and arched their hands to Tang Yin and said, "I've seen... Your Highness the wind king!"

Tang Yin casually waved his hand to the crowd and said with a smile, "you don't have to be polite."

Then he said to Li Shu, "General Li doesn't have to be polite to the king anymore. Please sit down!" With that, he walked impolitely to the main seat, threw off his cloak and sat down.

Li Shu was still in shock and stammered: "why did your Highness the wind king come to Zhenxi? Your highness didn't mention it in his previous letter..."

Tang Yin shrugged and said calmly, "I don't want too many people to know about my coming, so I'm making an unannounced visit. I hope General Li and you won't make a public announcement."

"Yes, yes, yes, your highness, although you can rest assured, I will never disclose your Highness's whereabouts, and will restrain my subordinates from spreading the news of your Highness's visit." With that, Li Shu turned to look at the people below and asked in a deep voice, "do you understand?"

"General, I understand!" Everyone spoke in unison.

Tang Yin raised her mouth and asked Li Shu, "General Li, how many soldiers are left in your army now?"

Li Shu looked straight and said, "there are still no less than 100000 soldiers in our army."

Tang Yin smiled and reminded, "I asked about the soldiers who can fight."

"This..." don't see Tang Yin laughing, but under his gaze, Li Shu felt that his mind was seen through by him. He licked his dry lips and said with a bitter smile, "to tell you the truth, your highness, the combat troops of our army... Are now less than 80000."

Tang Yin narrowed her eyes and asked, "what about the Sichuan army?"

"It is reported that the 16th corps of Jinggu County has been stationed in fantiao County, and now the total strength of Sichuan army in fantiao county has reached more than 200000." When Li Shu spoke, his confidence seemed insufficient.

"80000 to 200000, General Li, do you think your army has a chance to win?" Tang Yin asked.

If it had been in the past, Li Shu might have dared to say such heroic words that Zhenjun would win, but after the war in Wangxi plain, he really didn't have such confidence and didn't want to deceive himself and others. He shook his head and said, "almost... No."

Tang Yin was silent, knocked on his forehead and turned his eyes to Qingyu. Qingyu thought for a moment and asked, "who is the commander of the Sichuan army?"

Li Shu answered simply and said, "it's Chen Lihua, the commander of the ninth corps of Sichuan."

Among the upper generals in the state of Sichuan, Chen Lihua is a relatively unknown one. He has not made too outstanding achievements or fought too famous battles. Of course, he has never made any mistakes. He has always been in line with the rules. He only survived to the position of commander-in-chief of the Ninth Army by virtue of his seniority, and then promoted to the upper general. Among the commanders of the state of Sichuan, he is not outstanding, but it does not mean that he is a mediocre. It can only be said that the state of Sichuan is full of talents, and people with slightly lower strength can not show their edge at all.

Chen Lihua is proficient in military tactics, good at strategy and good at commanding on the battlefield. If a handsome person like him were to be sent to other countries, he would have become a famous general long ago and would be unknown only in the state of Sichuan.

However, he was also a late bloomer. In the battle of Wangxi plain in Zhenxi, he became famous in the first World War.

"Chen Lihua?" Tang Yin said the name, thought about it for a while, then shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it."

Qingyu is not very familiar with Chen Lihua, but has heard a little about him. He knows that there is such a number one person in the general army of the state of Sichuan. He asked, "does general Li have a more detailed war report?"

Li Shu nodded hurriedly and shook his head to the attendant next to him. The attendant promised and ran out quickly. He didn't leave for a long time. He returned from the outside and held a roll of bamboo slips at the same time.

That is the record of the whole battle by the counselors under Li Shu. It is very detailed, but all the details that can be seen are recorded in it.

Qingyu takes the bamboo slips, unfolds them and looks closely at them. Taking advantage of Qingyu's view of the war report, Li Shu shook his head to Tang Yin and said, "Your Highness, the Ninth Army under Chen Lihua is extremely powerful, and it is his ninth army that kills our army the most. The only thing to be thankful for in this war is that our army has also put together Chen Lihua's Ninth Army. At present, the strength of Sichuan army mainly comes from the three legions of 11, 16 and 17."

Tang Yin doesn't agree with Li Shu's statement. The sequence has been ranked ninth. How strong can the combat power be? To be strong, it can only be said that the commander of the Sichuan army is strong, good at using troops and commanding on the battlefield.

Sure enough, when Qingyu read the whole war report, he nodded and sighed: "Chen Lihua's on-the-spot command and battlefield response can be called first-class. In this war, he hasn't made mistakes from beginning to end. It's not easy to do this in such a large-scale battle."

"General Qingyu also thinks this man is powerful?" Li Shu asked with wide eyes.

Qingyu smiled bitterly and said without hesitation, "of course, he's powerful. He can be called the best among the generals. But I haven't figured out one thing. Why doesn't he take advantage of the opportunity to attack?"

On the surface, the war in Wangxi plain was a draw between the two sides. In fact, the Zhenjun army was defeated miserably, leaving only 60000 or 70000 troops, while the main force of the Sichuan army still exists. At this time, wouldn't it be a missed opportunity not to attack on a large scale? Judging from Chen Lihua's ability to unify the army, he really shouldn't have made such a mistake.