Chapter 0008: Westward Advance
Li Yu led 300 wounded soldiers away. Although Yang Wei was very angry, he had no way to deal with this situation. Han Zhao no longer had the face to occupy these 300 wounded soldiers, so he could only watch the 300 people follow Li Yu away.
"Young General, these three hundred people?" Yang Gongdao's expression was uncertain.
"Since he has already agreed, then we can only let him lead the army." Yang Wei took a deep breath. He said coldly, "But these three hundred people are not so easy to get. Isn't he brave and good at fighting? Then let him lead the army to the battle!"
No matter what, Li Yu's action was an embarrassment to Yang Wei. As the eldest son of Yang Xuangan and the future master of the Yang family army, Yang Wei was very dissatisfied with being humiliated in this way.
"Brother." A cold voice came, and Yang Ruoxi came over. She looked at Yang Wei with her beautiful eyes, which made Yang Wei look unnatural.
After a long while, Yang Wei smiled and said, "Don't worry, Ruoxi, I was just joking. Those three hundred people given to Li Yu are actually given to you, right?" Only then did Yang Wei remember Li Yu's other identity. She was Yang Ruoxi's wife-to-be. The embarrassment on his face became even stronger.
After hearing this, Yang Ruoxi just snorted coldly, then slowly left with two maids.
"Young General." Yang Gongdao was in a dilemma. If he had known that Yang Wei was so useless, he would not have been such a bad guy. Of course, it was more important because of Li Yu's strength, who defeated Han Zhao with martial arts, that Yang Wei speechless.
"Forget it. Brother Han, let's forget about it this time. I will select 300 of my personal soldiers to supplement you later." Yang Wei ignored Yang Gongdao. Although this guy came to join the Yang family, this Yang family is different from that Yang family. Who knows if they are sincere? At least, Li Yu is still his brother-in-law, and they are a family.
"Thank you, Major General." Han Zhao suppressed his anger and bowed to Yang Wei with a look of gratitude, but there was a hint of indifference in his eyes.
Li Yu didn't care about the situation behind, and led the 300 people back to Li Zixiong's tent, and asked Li Gu to mix the 300 people with the previous 100 guards for training. The 100 people had been trained by Li Jing in the past few days, and they were used to the simplest queue training. The other training was conducted by Li Yu according to Li Zixiong's military books and some mercenary training methods in later generations. It looked like a formal training. As for the result, at least we have to wait until we go to the battlefield to know.
In the afternoon, Li Zixiong hurried into the tent. Li Yu saw a hint of anger on his face and immediately went up to him and asked, "Father, why are you so angry? Did something happen in the army?"
"The Duke is planning to abandon Luoyang and head west to Guanzhong." Li Zixiong whispered, "This is my plan. Let him seize Yongfeng Warehouse, open the granary, attract refugees from Guanzhong, and expand his influence."
"This is good news! Why isn't father happy?" Li Yu was very surprised. At this time this was the only path before Yang Xuangan, and there was still a glimmer of hope. Otherwise, he would surely die.
"It's actually too late to enter Guanzhong now. We are not sure if we can capture Tongguan before that old villain Yuwen Shu arrives." Li Zixiong shook his head and said.
Li Yu remained silent, because he remembered that Yang Xuangan failed in the end and did not enter Tongguan. He was finally destroyed by Yang Guang and now he was heading west, which meant that Yang Xuangan was destroyed in the process of heading west.
"Father, what are you going to do next?" Li Yu looked at Li Zixiong and said. He wanted to find a way to leave Yang Xuangan right now.
"What else can we do? We can only move westward." Li Zixiong shook his head.
"How about going to Nanyang?" Li Yu whispered, "The army will be divided into two routes, one will go west, and the other will go to Nanyang, to expand the battlefield and attract part of the enemy's troops." The possibility of going to Bingzhou is relatively small. The troops of Qu Tutong, Yuwen Shu and others are all coming along the Yellow River. The troops north of the Yellow River are basically from the Sui Dynasty. At this time, going north will surely lead to death. If they want to survive, they can only go south , to Nanyang, or cross the Yangtze River and enter the south of the Yangtze River, where there may be a chance for them to survive.
Li Zixiong glanced at his son. He was also a capable man. He immediately saw what Li Yu was thinking. After thinking for a moment, he shook his head and said, "The Duke of Chu will not divide his troops. If you and I go with these hundreds of soldiers, I'm afraid we will be killed by the Yang family before we leave the camp."
Li Yu frowned and said, "Forget it, I'd better go to train the troops!"
Li Yu decided to focus on training his troops during this period and not take any action. He understood the principle that the first bird to stick its head out gets shot. Once he got on Wei Xuan's radar, it would be almost impossible for him to escape in the future.
"Father, you'd better be careful during this period, and don't get involved in military affairs, so as not to be known by Wei Xuan and Yuwen ." Li Yu thought about it and said. Li Zixiong was still capable of marching and fighting, but his political wisdom was much worse. If Li Yu had escaped, he could have simply changed his name and hid in the mountains and forests, and become a rich man. But he insisted on joining Yang Xuangan's army. Isn't this courting death?
The next day, Yang Xuangan announced that the army would march westward. In the central army tent, Li Yu met the troops of the Hongnong Yang family. There were several white-haired old men, wearing luxurious clothes and with arrogant expressions. Even Li Zixiong was nothing in front of these elders and was looked down upon by them. Even when he heard that Yang Ruoxi had been betrothed to Li Yu, he was still picked on by these elders.
When Yang Xuangan marched westward, he made a big fanfare and sent people to publicize his achievements, claiming that he had conquered the Eastern Capital and was going to seize Guanxi. In fact, the army led by Yuwen Shu was only five days away from Yang Xuangan, which meant that if Yang Xuangan wanted to enter Guanzhong, he had to conquer Tongguan within five days. Yang Xuangan undoubtedly knew this, so he simply abandoned the wounded camp and went into battle lightly. The army of more than 100,000 marched westward in a mighty manner. Li Yu led his own 400 troops, mainly for training.
Huayin City had already been opened when Yang Xuangan's army arrived. As the base camp of the Yang family, Huayin sounded like the territory of the Sui Dynasty, but in fact, it was just the city of the Yang family. The Yang family controlled everything here. When Yang Xuangan's army arrived, the people of Huayin City welcomed Yang Xuangan's army into the city.
Li Yu naturally followed Li Zixiong into Huayin City. In Huayin City, he witnessed the power of the Hongnong Yang family. Most of the city belonged to the Yang family. The old house of the Yang family was simple and vicissitudes, solemn and dignified. After all, it was a prominent family with hundreds of years of history. The family's heritage could be seen from the appearance of the house.
Yang Xuangan offered sacrifices to his ancestors in the old house, which delayed another day. Li Yu had become numb to all this. He now only hoped to capture his 400 elite guards and escape when necessary.
Of course, there were also things that interested him in Huayin City, that was the secret sword hidden in the old house of the Yang family. It could cut through iron like mud and was indestructible. According to legend, the sword was called the Great Xia Dragon Bird.
