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Chapter 121 Deng Conghui

"Since you have made great contributions in your first battle, I will forgive you this time. If you dare to disobey me next time, you will not have to return to Tokyo."

Li Yi scolded a few words with a cold face, then looked at the people around the campfire.

"The same goes for you!"

Everyone hurriedly and solemnly agreed.

At this moment, Li Hanchao and his men came quickly and reported: "Li Du Yuhou, the Shu army's military school responsible for garrisoning Huangniu Village has been found."

Li Yi frowned and asked, "Is he still alive?"

"He's alive..." Li Hanchao sighed, "but he's seriously injured. I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to survive."

Li Yi immediately said, "Bring him to see me... Never mind, from what you said he can't come, so I'll go and take a look."

On the way to meet the lieutenant, Li Yi asked about the general situation. It turned out that after taking over Huangniu Village in the evening, the vanguard troops withdrew to rest, and the follow-up troops went up to clean up the battlefield.

However, when they checked the small grain warehouse in Huangniu Village, the soldiers found a Shu army general in the haystack who was seriously injured with an arrow in the abdomen and a knife in the shoulder.

According to the other party, he was the head of the troops stationed in Huangniu Village, and since Huangniu Village was the center of the Shu Army's frontier outposts, the military academy was also the commander-in-chief of these eight military villages.

So when Li Yi heard that this person was still alive, he was naturally anxious to meet him. After all, the other party was very likely to know the troop deployment of the Shu army in Tangcang Town.

The Shu army's military academy student's name was Deng Conghui, who was in his early thirties. When Li Yi saw him, he found that he was indeed seriously injured, with a pale face.

"How is his injury? Is it life-threatening? Did you disinfect his wound with the alcohol we brought with us?"

When Li Yi met Deng Conghui, he did not rush to ask him any questions, but asked the military doctor who was treating his wounds.

The doctor said apprehensively, "General Li, we've already given him alcohol. As for whether he can survive... I can't guarantee it."

After hearing this, Li Yi said no more. Medicine was not well developed in those days. If you were injured on the battlefield, you could only do everything you could, and your life and death would be left to God.

"I am injured and cannot salute the general. Please forgive me."

Perhaps it was because he saw that Li Yi was very concerned about his injuries that Deng Conghui from the military academy felt a little touched, and he behaved very politely when facing Li Yi.

Li Yi shook his head and said, "On the battlefield, you and I each serve our respective masters, fighting to the death. There's nothing much to say. But off the battlefield, we all share the same blood. What's the difference between the Zhou people and the Shu people?"

Deng Conghui's expression changed. "May I know your name, General?"

Before Li Yi could reply, Li Hanchao beside him said, "The man in front of you is our deputy commander of the expeditionary camp, Li Du Yuhou, commander of the Sima Army of the Great Zhou Imperial Guards!"

Li Hanchao was quite arrogant and called himself the deputy marshal. In fact, according to the size of the army that was sent to conquer Shu, this was definitely a compliment to Li Yi.

However, war is all about momentum. Ten or twenty thousand people can be exaggerated to be a hundred or eighty thousand, and there is nothing wrong with giving someone the title of deputy marshal to scare people.

"The cavalry in front of the palace... Li Du Yu Hou?" Deng Conghui was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up and he said excitedly, "Is it General Li Yi of Xiajin, who killed the Han army's most powerful general in battle and defeated the Liao reinforcements?"

Li Yi nodded slightly, without much emotion in his heart. If he had just returned from the Northern Han expedition last year, he would have been somewhat happy and proud to hear people praising him like this.

But now, as his status is getting higher and his thoughts are becoming more ambitious, he no longer feels much about these titles that he has been called so many times.

However, Hou Shu was quite well-informed about the affairs of the Later Zhou court. Even a middle- or lower-level military officer knew the names of the generals of the Zhou imperial guards. However, on second thought, Hou Shu had not completely severed ties with the Central Plains over the years, and commercial exchanges between the two sides were still frequent.

Some things can be known with a little inquiry...

Deng Conghui sighed, "So it was General Li who led the attack on Qin and Feng this time... Alas! Our defeat was well deserved. Even the Khitans were afraid of General Li. I can die in peace after being defeated by you."

The admiration for the strong is ingrained in warriors' DNA. Li Yi's reputation and achievements are truly remarkable. Losing isn't scary; the only thing to fear is the frustration of losing.

Deng Conghui's tone darkened as he spoke: "There's nothing scary about dying on the battlefield. The only thing I miss is my old mother, my wife, and my children. I won't be able to see them again before I die..."

"You won't die. You will live to see your family."

Li Yi comforted him. He felt that Deng Conghui was a man. It was a pity that war was so cruel and ruthless. Life and death could not be changed by human power.

"Cough-cough-"

At this time, Deng Conghui started coughing violently. After a long pause, he continued, "General Li, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask... cough cough, while I can still speak."

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That night, Li Yi summoned all his officers and soldiers to his side to arrange the next battle plan.

"According to the information we have received so far, there are three thousand Shu troops stationed in Tangcang Town, forty miles northwest of Huanghua Valley, and more than two thousand Shu troops are defending Weiwu City."

"In addition, there should be another 4,000 to 5,000 soldiers led by Wang Huan, the powerful governor of Shu, in Fengzhou City."

"As for the troops sent by Shu Kingdom to support us during the previous attack on Shu, led by Commander Gao Yanchou of the Left Guard Sacred Infantry, they have temporarily retreated to Xingzhou due to the difficulties in accessing food supplies. They won't be able to arrive for a while, so it's not a big problem."

Li Yi looked around at the generals and analyzed, "So when we reach Huanghua Valley, the first thing we'll have to deal with is the Shu army in Tangcang Town. Then, when we attack Weiwu City, Fengzhou will definitely send reinforcements."

"Before we march into Fengzhou, we must fight at least two tough battles. What are your thoughts?"

Wang Changgong immediately said, "We will fight the way Li Duyuhou tells us to. Do we think we are afraid of the Shu army if we fight head-on?"

"Yes!" "That's right, just fuck him!"

All the generals followed suit and echoed each other, all of them were eager to fight.

Li Yi nodded, and his thoughts were similar to those of the other generals.

Although he had not led troops into battle alone in recent years, he had seen a lot of things in the army and had experienced two major battles in Gaoping and Xinkou, which were much larger than this attack on Shu.

Fighting a war mainly depends on the bravery of the soldiers. As the main general, more energy should be focused on the overall situation and making safe decisions... Li Yi believes that his vision is pretty good and his consideration of the entire battle situation is relatively comprehensive.

With this in mind, he began to make arrangements: "The news of our capture of the Shu army camp will probably reach Tangcang Town and Weiwu City in the next two days, so we need to arrive at Huanghua Valley and ambush before the Shu army."

"Tomorrow, Second Commander Luo Xiang and Third Commander Shi Maozhen will lead your troops to capture the remaining Shu army camps."

"The main force will follow me on a hasty march to Huanghua Valley... Luo Xiang and Shi Maozhen, after you capture the camp, wait for General Pan Mei to bring his men to relieve the defense, and then lead your troops to catch up with the main force."

Li Yi quickly arranged the tasks for the generals and without further ado, asked everyone to go back and have a good rest in preparation for the subsequent battles.

(End of this chapter)