Under the eyes of Cheng Yang, Ku Yang and others, who were laughing dumbly, Xu Chang, a young general of the former Ku Yang Army, carefully asked Liao Li who was sitting by the campfire roasting hare.
It was one evening before Liao Li's army arrived in Jizhou. Since they had already exceeded their quota for the day, Liao Li did not hesitate to let his soldiers have a rest by the fire. However, what he did not expect was that the young As soon as General Xu Chang sat down, he asked confusedly.
Because Ku Yang was only a hundred-man general at the time, and as his former general, Xu Chang only got a very senior position after being incorporated into the Jizhou Army.
"What?" Liao Li looked at Xu Chang doubtfully when he heard this.
I saw Xu Chang licking his lips, laughing a few times, and said awkwardly, "That's your title, General Now General Fei Guo, General Ma Dan, and General you are the three members of our Jizhou Army." There is no one who can surpass me in commanding the generals! However, General Fei is called the 'Tiger of Liang' and General Ma Dan is called the 'Wolf of Yanmen', but only General"
"What's wrong?" Liao Li looked at Xu Chang with a half-smile as he stirred the bonfire.
Looking at Liao Li's smiling expression, Xu Chang didn't know what to say, so he had to look at his former old boss Ku Yang for help.
Originally, Ku Yang was not very interested in things like who got what title, but since it involved Liao Li, a general he had a good impression of, it aroused his new curiosity. Therefore, after noticing Xu Chang's look for help, he couldn't help but say. "The cattle from Nanyang in Jingzhouno matter how I hear them, I feel they are not as domineering and majestic as the tigers and wolves"
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of senior generals including Cheng Yang nearby burst into laughter.
"Haha. Bullshit"
"It is indeed not as domineering as Lao Fei and Lao Ma I say general, your title has really destroyed the prestige of our three armies"
"I'll go back and beg your lord to see if I can be transferred to the First Army or the Second Army If any enemy general reveals the name of your general in the future, let's say Jingzhou A cow from Nanyang can¡¯t make others laugh to death?¡±
Looking at the laughter and teasing of the group of military generals, it was obvious that they had made fun of Liao Li's title more than once.
but. Liao Li's expression remained the same. While turning the hare on the branch, he said slowly, "The cattle of Nanyang, Jingzhouisn't this a good title? I think it's appropriate. You see, I'm originally from Jingzhou Nanyang"
"The key lies in the back!" Seeing that Liao Li was not moved at all, Kuyang said with a bit of laughter and tears. "NiuI always feel so awkward"
"Hehehe!" Liao Li shook his head and smiled, and said calmly, "I see you think the cow is too weak, don't you?"
Ku Yang nodded repeatedly and said with a bit of admiration, "Such a fierce general as a general. Ku Yang thinks he should have a more domineering name!"
His words were not meant to be flattering. After all, Liao Li was a fierce general who even Wu Heng, the fourth generation commander of the Taiping Army, was very afraid of. He once commanded three battles in Guangling City at the same time and blocked the attack of tens of thousands of Taiping Army with a force of 10,000 people. even. The Taiping Army, which can also be suppressed in turn, is breathless.
It seems that such a strong general ended up with the title of "cow", Kuyang really felt that it was not worth it for Liao Li.
And this time. Cheng Yang came over and interjected, "Actually, your General Liao's title is not Ox, but Stubborn Ox! - In the beginning, this was what Military Advisor Chang Sun called him."
"Mrs. Changsun?" Kuyang was slightly startled. He naturally knew who Cheng Yang was referring to as Military Advisor Changsun. According to seniority, he also has to call his eldest grandson Xiangyu "sister".
"In addition, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers!" Walking to Liao Li's side, Cheng Yang patted his shoulder and said with a smile, "You don't even know this, right? Back then, our General Liao was actually Mr. Xie himself. When we entered Luoyang to persuade him to surrender, General Liao was so angry that he wanted to fight Master Xie, saying that he wanted to die together! Fortunately, General Zhang Dong, who was the commander-in-chief of the Luoyang army at the time, stopped him"
"Is there such a thing?" Kuyang looked at Liao Li in surprise. He really couldn't imagine that Liao Li, who was so steady now, had such a hot temper back then.
"Okay, okay, just stay here!" Under Kuyang's dumbfounded gaze, even Liao Li felt his old face was dull. He waved his hand and drove Cheng Yang away, saying angrily, "Chen sesame rotten millet. Why are you still talking about doing this now?"
Seemingly noticing the embarrassment in the face of Liao Li, who was blushing, Cheng Yang looked at each other and the nearby generals, laughed triumphantly, and then went to barbecue and eat meat.
"I don't know where I heard it from" Looking at Cheng Yang's leaving figure, Liao Li gritted his teeth with some resentment. Just like Gou Gong who is following Xie An now, as his official position gets higher and higher, Liao Li cherishes his wings very much. Naturally, he doesn't want his past mistakes to be revealed, and he still doesn't want to do it in front of Kuyang, Xu Chang and others. He admired his young general's face very much.
"Ignore that guy, he's so awesome" Licking his lips, Liao Li lowered his voice and said, "Actually, I had some objections to this title at first. Why can Lao Fei and Lao Ma both win? I had a domineering and majestic reputation, but in my case, I turned into a grazing animal? However, Mr. Xie persuaded me at that time"
"Brother-in-law?" Kuyang's face showed some surprise, and he asked subconsciously, "What did brother-in-law say?"
Liao Li looked up and recalled something, and imitated Xie An and said, "Cow? It's pretty good. It's a pretty ferocious beast"
¡°Pfft¡ª¡ª¡± Xu Changleng, who was drinking water, accidentally heard this and squirted out a mouthful of water. Originally, he happened to spray Liao Li in the face, but in the end, Liao Li's intuition was too strong and he turned slightly to the right, so that Xu Chang's mouthful of water did not touch him at all.
"Isn't that right?" Liao Li looked at Kuyang and Xu Chang with strange expressions in confusion.
After looking at each other with Xu Chang, Kuyang licked his lips and said with difficulty, "The cow doesn't look like a ferocious beast, does it? - Has General Liao never seen a cow before?"
"Of course I've seen it before!" Liao Li glanced at the withered sheep strangely.
However, Kuyang responded with an even weirder look. He said in astonishment, "That's right. How can a docile beast like a cow be compared to a tiger or a wolf?"
Liao Li laughed when he heard this and said, "What you are talking about is just a kind of docile cow. According to my lord, there is also a kind of extremely aggressive and cruel bullfighting in the world. I am afraid that tigers and wolves may not necessarily be able to subdue it!"
"Bullfighting?" Kuyang tilted his head and thought for a while. He said suspiciously, "Isn't it my brother-in-law who just made it up because he thinks it's troublesome?"
"How is that possible!" Liao Li immediately became anxious when he heard this. He was deeply grateful to An for his kindness and promotion, but he could not allow others to say anything wrong about Xie An. If Kuyang hadn't been Xie An's brother-in-law, he would have turned against him long ago.
"Okay, okay. Let's not mention bullfighting. Let's take ordinary cows as an example. Have you ever seen a so-called tiger that dares to charge at a cow head-on?"
[What kind of rhetoric is this? ]
Kuyang was stunned and speechless.
"No?" Seeing that the withered sheep was speechless, Liao Li said proudly, "Ah. Even tigers don't dare to charge head-on at cows. If that beast dares to do so, it will be pierced by the sharp horns in the next breath. Body!" As he spoke, he paused and chuckled in a slightly condescending tone. "Master Xie once said that if a cow eats meat instead of grass, it will definitely be more ferocious than tigers and wolves!"
¡°Maybe it was because his voice was a little loud that the nearby Jizhou Army generals turned their heads in unison and savored Liao Li¡¯s words carefully.
"It seemsmakes sense?" A Jizhou soldier said thoughtfully, stroking his chin.
As soon as he finished speaking, another soldier cursed in a low voice, "Nonsense! Could what Mr. Xie said be false?"
"Well¡¡"
"If a cow is full of sharp teeth, and with its pair of sharp horns"
Maybe it was because they really had nothing to do, but the nearby Jizhou Army officers and soldiers started to think carefully and discuss it. During this period, a soldier also recounted a true story of a cow being angered and then attacking a person, which proved from the side that Liao Li's concept did have some truth to it.
It¡¯s no wonder, after all, an ox is stronger than a tiger and has a pair of sharp horns. It is absolutely no problem to break open the intestines with the help of a charge. Otherwise, there was a famous general in history who came up with a fire ox formation to defeat the enemy. What about the crisis?
Looking at that group of people, Kuyang was really dumbfounded.
[what is this? Just now, I clearly said that cows are just docile animals. When I mentioned this, it was my brother-in-law who said that in Newton's time, they turned into beasts more ferocious than tigers and wolves? ]
However, after taking a look at Liao Li, who was full of piety, Kuyang wisely closed his mouth.
But it is undeniable that Xie An¡¯s words also affected him to a certain extent.
[What if cows are carnivorous animals instead of herbivorous animals? It seems to make some sense]
After thinking about it for a while, Liao Li found with some amazement that even he seemed to be vaguely convinced.
"It's really hard to refutebrother-in-law's fallacy!"
Kuyang shook his head in confusion.
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"It's really scary, if the cow is a carnivorous animal instead of a herbivorous animal"
Muttering to himself, Kuyang looked at Liao Li in the distance who was looking at the head of the Northern Xinjiang general with a moved expression.
In just one encounter, Zhang Wang's two thousand Yuyang cavalry were defeated. Even Zhang Wang himself was killed by Liao Li. The powerful force of the Jizhou army shocked Kuyang.
You must know that this is the third legion of the Jizhou Army, just a very small part of the Jizhou Army's 10,000-strong partial division
[No! It's not that the Jizhou army is stronger than the Yuyang cavalry, but]
Kuyang's eyes subconsciously looked at Liao Li not far away. He knew very well that if it weren't for this peerless general, Kuyang alone would never be able to defeat the two thousand Yuyang who looked at him. The cavalry was completely defeated, at least it would never be so easy to win.
At the same time, Liao Li casually threw Zhang Wang's head to a Jizhou Army cavalry and said coldly, "Don't pay attention to the defeated troops. Our target is that big fish!"
"Oh!" Nearly two thousand Jizhou Army cavalry cheered in unison. As the saying goes, soldiers are the courage of generals, and generals are the soul of soldiers. With Liao Li, a peerless general who is gradually showing his prominence, I believe that even if he is in a dragon's pool and a tiger's den, all the Jizhou soldiers will also Happy and not afraid.
"Chase!"
"Whoa whoa¡ª¡ª"
Leaving behind the more than a thousand Yuyang cavalry detachment, which was at a loss because of the loss of its commander, the defeat, and even the defeat in all directions, Liao Li led the original team that had almost no losses. Quickly move forward to catch up with Yuto's army.
"These peoplejust let them go like this?" Xu Chang muttered secretly while driving the horse beside Kuyang.
Yes. If it were Liao Li in the past, he would definitely kill all the defeated Yuyang cavalry before he thought of chasing Yudou. However, at that time, Yudou had already gone to nowhere. But now, Liao Li is willing to let go of this easily obtained achievement. It is undeniable that he has indeed changed a lot from the incident with Qi Zhi, and he has gradually begun to focus on the overall situation. No longer obsessing over trivial details, you must ask yourself to do everything to perfection, thus delaying the opportunity to fight and making mistakes instead.
At the same time, Yudou, one of the Five Tigers of Northern Xinjiang, seemed to be aware of the situation of the rear troops, and he became increasingly frightened and angry. He never expected it. Liao Li, who was just a nameless lieutenant in his eyes, actually defeated his two thousand Yuyang cavalry detachment in such a short period of time.
[what happened? How did it fail? Jizhou soldiers are not proficient in mounted archery, they just rely on hand crossbows, and loading crossbow bolts while the horses are galloping is not a simple task]
Yuto frowned slightly and thought to himself. It seems that the lethality of this Liao Lijun is indeed unusual. With only two thousand Yuyang cavalry
[Did I underestimate my opponent? ]
A thought suddenly popped up in his mind, making Yuto slightly unhappy. As Fei Guo and Liao Li said, the Yuyang Cavalry has set its positioning very high due to its invincible performance on the grasslands in recent years. To put it bluntly, Youdou just sent out two thousand Yuyang cavalry to deal with Liao Li. This is already quite respectable for Liao Li's approach. He originally thought that the two thousand Yuyang cavalry could defeat Liao Lijun, or at least repel them. However, in less than half a stick of incense, Liao Lijun's two thousand cavalry team followed up again.
What makes Yuto feel extremely incredible is that Liao Lijun, who has caught up again, has almost no reduction in strength.
What does this mean?
Yuto¡¯s expression suddenly became extremely gloomy.
In his opinion, if Liao Li just shook off the pursuers like Ma Dan had shaken off Xiao Huo earlier, that would be fine, but what if But what if this cavalry defeated his own two thousand Yuyang cavalry? , and also in such a short period of time
[impossible! It is absolutely impossible for the Jizhou Army to be so powerful that it can surpass our Yuyang Iron Cavalry]
"General?" Yuto muttered to himself as if he had figured something out.
Thinking about it, although Youdou has a fiery personality, it is undeniable that he is very talented in leading the cavalry. Otherwise, King Yan Li Mao would not appoint him as the deputy commander of the Northern Xinjiang army and take over the entire army in his absence. an army.
No, after thinking about it carefully, Youdou realized the most critical reason why the Jizhou army was able to defeat his two thousand Yuyang cavalry detachment.
The difference between generals!
[That Liao Li is definitely not an ordinary person! ]
Putting all the previous contempt and disdain behind him, Yuto told himself secretly.
"The whole army reined in its horses"! "
Youdou shouted loudly, and the 18,000 Yuyang cavalry that were galloping quickly slowed down, then reined in their horses and stopped. During this period, it only lasted for more than ten breaths, so one can imagine the solid basic skills of Yuyang Cavalry.
At the same time, Liao Li also ordered the entire army to rein in their horses. From a distance of about three hundred feet, he stared at the Yuyang cavalry in front of them who had stopped for unknown reasons.
By comparison, it can be seen that although the Jizhou Army cavalry led by Liao Li performed very well in the battle just now, they are obviously inferior to the Yuyang cavalry in terms of riding skills. It's no wonder, after all, the Yuyang cavalry were the strongest cavalry of the Great Zhou Dynasty that defeated the grassland tribes, a nation on horseback.
If it weren¡¯t for the fact that the Eastern Army had the name Yanhu Ji to support the scene, otherwise, the Eastern Army would definitely not be as intimidating as the Yuyang Iron Cavalry on the grasslands.
"Tai! That general opposite is Liao Li from the Jizhou Army?!"
Riding his horse to the rear of his own group, Yudou shouted in the direction of Liao Li.
When Ku Yang saw it, he frowned and said to Liao Li, "General, that guy seems to want to have a few words with you."
"Hey!" Liao Li smiled when he heard this and whispered, "Let the whole army prepare to retreat. I'll go meet him!"
¡°It¡¯s an order!¡±
After ordering the withered sheep to stop, Liao Li took a few steps forward on his horse and shouted loudly, "What's the matter?"
[Is that Liao Li? ]
Far away from the ground, Yudou looked at Liao Li carefully for a few times, and suddenly shouted in a deep voice, "This general has no enmity with your army, so why do you keep harassing our army?"
"It's funny!" Liao Li sneered and rebuked without mercy, "The King of Yan, Li Mao, led his troops south to attack the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, intending to usurp the throne. The ambition of the wolf is obvious! - You are the traitor Li Mao. The army under his command, and I am the lieutenant general of the Jizhou Army of the King's Division that protects the capital. We meet on a narrow road. How can we sit back and watch you leave under my nose? Naturally, I will do my best to cut off the wings of the traitor Wang Mao!"
"How brave!" Seeing Liao Li's rude words, Youdou was furious and gritted his teeth and cursed, "What a thief general, how arrogant! Do you really think you can cut off my 20,000 Yuyang cavalry with just 2,000 men and horses?" "
"Ah, that's what Liao thinks!" Liao Li said lightly with a slight sneer at the corner of his mouth, "Didn't I just eat your two thousand fine cavalry? Let me, the general, do the mathah, look at the sky. It's less than half a day before and after, so in ten and a half days, that is, in five days, this general can eat all of your 20,000 Yuyang cavalry!" At the last four words, Liao Li's face suddenly changed. After a moment of silence, he said decisively in an extremely cold tone.
"Howthat makes sense!" Even though Yudou's temperament has changed a lot in the past few years, he was still angered by Liao Li's words. He laughed angrily and said, "Okay, okay, okay! - Ben The general wants to see how you can eat me with just two thousand cavalry!"
With that said, he pointed the spear at Liao Li, gritted his teeth and cursed, "First kill Liao Li, and then kill Ma Dan! - Even if we chase them to the end of the world, we will cut these two dogs into pieces with a thousand knives!"
"Oh!" Nearly 18,000 Yuyang Iron Knight soldiers raised their arms and shouted, then turned around and rushed towards Liao Lijun.
But at this time, Liao Li had already issued the order to withdraw his troops. After flicking the reins and asking the horse to run, he turned his head and glanced at Yudou, who was obviously irritated by him.
"Catch meI'm not afraid that you'll chase me, I'm just afraid that you won't chase me! - Let's go!"