Chapter 0005 Incompetence
Seeing that everything had been ordered, Yang Xuangan ordered his personal soldiers to serve the banquet. Li Yu saw that he had obtained soldiers and horses, and drank a few bowls of wine, which tasted bland. Just looking at the wine and meat in front of him and thinking of the soldiers outside, his happiness suddenly disappeared without a trace. Now that the army was trapped, Yang Xuangan was still in the mood to drink, which was really admirable.
The banquet lasted until the evening, and Li Zixiong took Li Yu back to his tent.
"Father, select five thousand , leave the camp immediately, and go to the Yellow River to see if we can cross the river and enter Bingzhou directly." Li Yu did not drink much, and the alcohol content of the wine in this era was not high. Li Yu's mind was very clear, and he could not wait to speak.
"Enter Bingzhou?" Li Zixiong was stunned and said, "Why do we have to enter Bingzhou? If we can enter Guanzhong, we will definitely win this battle."
Li Yu couldn't help but sigh. Li Zixiong was good at everything, even his military talent was good, but he didn't know the general situation, and that was what Li Yu was best at.
"It is actually impossible to divide our forces to resist the imperial army. Whether it is an army of 5,000 or 50,000, they are no match for the imperial army. The troops of Yuwen Shu and Qu Tutong can defeat us." Li Yu quickly explained: "Yang Xuangan will definitely fail. We will definitely fail if we follow him."
"Don't forget, we have shared honor and disgrace with the Yang family. If the Yang family fails, you and I will suffer as well." Li Zixiong glared at Li Yu with some dissatisfaction.
"That's why we have to enter Bingzhou. Bingzhou has many mountains and forests. Only by entering Bingzhou can we have a chance to escape and find a place to wait for the right time." Li Yu's eyes flickered with ambition, and he said, "Father, the world is about to be in chaos. We just need to wait for the opportunity. Sooner or later, we will be able to make a career ."
Li Zixiong seemed to not know Li Yu. He did not expect that his son would have such ambitions. If he had not confirmed it again and again, he would have thought that Li Yu in front of him was a fake.
"Don't talk about this kind of thing anymore." Li Zixiong pointed to a box on the side and said, "When you have nothing to do, read more military books. They may be of some help to you."
Li Zixiong is a master of military strategy, and even Yang Guang has to admire him. This body can be said to have grown up reading Li Zixiong's military books. He just read them, and it is unknown how long it will take to master them.
"Yes, father." Li Yu nodded and sighed in his heart. It was very difficult to convince Li Zixiong. Now it seemed that he could only act according to the situation. If could take the opportunity to cross the Yellow River, Li Yu would never come back. He would directly kill his way into Bingzhou and go deep into the mountains, waiting for the opportunity to attack Hebei.
The next morning, when the war drums sounded, Li Yu was practicing martial arts. He rode a war horse, held a sword in his hand, and charged on the battlefield in front of him. One by one, the straw men were chopped into pieces by Li Yu. It was not until Li Gu came to urge them that they followed Li Yu to Li Zixiong's tent.
Li Zixiong looked at Li Yu carefully, nodded, and finally his eyes fell on the sword in Li Yu's hand. He said with a little dissatisfaction: "Although the sword is sharp, it is not as good as the lance. You should practice more with the lance in the future. This is the king of cavalry."
"The child is very strong, and it is easier for him to exert his strength if he holds a sword." Li Yu explained.
Li Zixiong shook his head and said nothing. Under the escort of his personal soldiers, he led 5,000 elite soldiers to the bank of the Yellow River. Five thousand soldiers and horses were in a mighty force. Li Yu looked at the five thousand soldiers and horses in front of him and shook his head slightly.
The elite troops behind him can only be said to be young and strong men wearing armor. They don't even look like soldiers when they are marching. Once they enter the battlefield, they will probably collapse at the first touch. They are not the elite troops under Yang Xuangan at all.
"Father, the Duke of Chu is not a man who can accomplish great things. He is too stingy. Look at the soldiers behind us. They are not elite at all." Li Yu sneered .
Li Zixiong just snorted coldly and didn't say anything, but his face looked very bad, and he obviously agreed with Li Yu's words.
Looking at Luoyang City in the distance, Li Yu was in a bad mood. He didn't know how far he could go with the 5,000 soldiers in front of him. More importantly, these people were not his own soldiers and did not obey his orders.
You must have your own troops and can only obey your own troops.
"Sir, please stay. Sir, please stay. The Duke of Chu has an order."
At this time, a burst of hurried horse hoof sounds came from a distance. Li Yu and his son had to stop and turn their horses around. They saw a group of cavalry galloping towards them. When they got close to Li Zixiong, they jumped off their horses.
"Sir, the enemy in Luoyang City has already set out. A large group of troops are about to attack. The Duke of Chu orders you to return to the army." The messenger waved the flag in his hand.
"Return? The Duke has over 100,000 soldiers and horses, and Fan Zigai has only a few men? Can't the Duke's soldiers and horses withstand Fan Zigai's soldiers and horses?" Li Yu asked impatiently before Li Zixiong could answer.
He was also planning to find an opportunity to take these 5,000 soldiers for himself. If he went back at this time, he didn't know if he would still have the chance to lead the army alone.
"This? I don't know either." How would the messenger know these things?
"What a pity." Li Zixiong understood Yang Xuangan better and his emotion immediately turned into a long sigh.
"You are not worthy of being a consultant." Li Yu was not polite and scolded him on the spot. On the one hand, it was because Yang Xuangan missed a chance to turn defeat into victory, and on the other hand, it was because he lost the opportunity to control 5,000 troops.
"Let's go!" Li Zixiong was somewhat dissatisfied, but he could only lead Li Yu and five thousand soldiers on the journey back.
What made Li Yu even more depressed was that when the 5,000 troops returned to the camp, he received news that Fan Zigai had retreated back to Luoyang City, which made Yang Xuangan's preparations useless again. Li Yu was so angry that he cursed repeatedly.
Li Yu simply stayed in his own tent, reading Li Zixiong's military book while training his one hundred elite soldiers. Who knew when Yang Xuangan would be defeated, and Li Yu also needed to be prepared.
"Sir, the Minister asked you to go to the wounded camp." That day, Li Yu was buried in a book when Li Gu's voice came from outside.
"Injured Soldiers Camp?" Li Yu was stunned at first, then he quickly got up, rushed out, and said, "Did father say anything?"
"The Minister didn't say anything, he just asked you to go to the wounded camp." Li Gu shook his head.
"Let's go to the wounded soldiers' camp." Li Yu's eyes rolled. He knew what Li Zixiong meant. Most of the troops were now in the hands of the Yang family. The only one that had not been abandoned or forgotten by the Yang family was the wounded soldiers' camp.
In this era, once a soldier was injured, it was rare for him to recover, and most of them would be abandoned. The same was true for Yang Xuangan's army. Even though there were many doctors in the camp, most of them served the generals in the army and did not care about the lives of the injured soldiers.
