Chapter 233 A big tree attracts the wind

Li Ping is sick!

After his victory in Daye County, he hid back in Fuchi to recuperate.

Yuan Jixian, who chased after Fuchi, saw that Li Ping had a high fever and his face was covered with rashes. After visiting him several times in a row, Yuan Jixian could only give up with a sigh.

In the battle of Daye County, which lasted for more than 20 days, Zhang Xianzhong suffered heavy losses. Although Li Ping's losses were not great, they could not be considered small. However, although Zhang Xianzhong suffered heavy losses, his strength was still there, and he wanted to take advantage of the victory to expand his results.

It would be impossible to continue to fight without Li Ping.

"Come, let me apply the medicine on you again." Zhao Lanyue broke into the inner courtyard where Li Ping lived alone with a bowl of freshly mixed herbs.

Behind her was Song Baolai.

Li Ping, who was lying on the lounge chair under the tree to enjoy the coolness, had no choice but to get up after hearing this, and then sat obediently at the stone table in the sun.

Song Baolai immediately occupied the reclining chair unceremoniously, and then closed his eyes with a look of enjoyment on his face and calmed down.

"My face is fine, it's just a mosquito bite. It will heal on its own in two days. There is no need to keep applying medicine." Li Ping muttered as he raised his face.

Most of the bumps on his face were real, but the fever was fake. He spent a lot of time trying to deceive Yuan Jixian in the past two days, and he suffered a lot.

"Everyone else is almost fine, but you are not. How can you say it's fine?" Zhao Lanyue choked Li Ping dissatisfied.

Then, instead of sitting on the stone bench next to her, she stood next to Li Ping and carefully applied medicine to his face and neck.

"Didn't I try to deceive Yuan Jixian by covering it up and scribbling on it with other things to make it worse? Actually, it's okay." Li Ping retorted weakly.

He really has no temper towards Zhao Lanyue.

After the war in Daye ended, Gao Lei, who had been strictly guarded by Li Ping and was not allowed to go to the front line, immediately went to the field medical center in Daye, which is currently a war injury research center and conducts a large number of open and secret medical practices.

Since Gao Lei was away, Li Ping naturally thought of taking this opportunity to bring Liu Xiaohui back. But Zhao Lanyue seemed to have anticipated this problem, and she quickly dismissed Li Ping's idea.

Then, Zhao Lanyue became a frequent visitor to Li Ping, and personally did many things that Li Jing and Wang Xiaofeng should do, and almost even had to live in an outer hospital.

Since this was helpful in further developing Li Ping's established role and coaxing Yuan Jixian, Li Ping acquiesced.

"Since you want to continue to deceive Yuan Jixian, you have to listen to my manipulations. There are still several of his men living nearby who are paying attention to your situation!" Zhao Lanyue continued to retort unceremoniously, but the tactics continued.

Very light and gentle.

"Okay!" Li Ping had no choice but to accept his fate.

Sitting and standing, looking up and down, it's summer and when you are wearing thin clothes, the abundant light also joins in to make the light transmittance of the clothing better.

This was a wonderful moment, and Li Ping's eyes quickly began to wander.

Today's scenery was particularly breathtaking. He did not close his eyes, nor was he willing to close them.

However, Zhao Lanyue didn't seem to notice the problem. Instead, she started nagging again.

"You said that you are now the true leader of an army, and you have many capable generals. Why do you still take such a big risk yourself? How can a war commander be a death-defying captain? This is simply not the case.

This is not your job."

Li Ping didn't say anything, he didn't want to add fuel to the fire, and just continued to admire the scenery.

Zhao Lanyue probably didn't expect Li Ping to defend herself, and just continued to talk to herself: "You can do whatever you want in your position. Everyone already knows that you are not afraid of death, so why do you always try to show off! You should think more about things in the future, and you can't be too old.

Just follow your temper. Don’t even think about it. What will happen to the troops if you die? What will we do..."

Zhao Lanyue's nagging made Song Baolai open his eyes in surprise, and then he immediately noticed Li Ping's happiness and boldness. He smiled evilly, and then gave Li Ping a thumbs up.

"Have you seen enough? How about I continue to maintain this posture for a while." Zhao Lanyue, who was nagging, suddenly changed her tune.

She had finished applying the medicine and found that Li Ping's eyes were not honest.

Cough…cough…

Li Ping coughed as if he was choked. It is always humiliating to be pointed out by others.

He didn't understand why this woman was confused this time.

Phew!

Song Baolai couldn't hold back his laughter.

Li Ping understood instantly.

At this time, Zhao Lanyue sat down on another stone bench next to the stone table, glanced at Song Baolai slightly, and then looked at Li Ping and asked with a straight face: "How long are you going to pretend to be sick?"

"I'm afraid I have to pretend for a while longer, at least ten days and a half!"

"So long?" Zhao Lanyue was stunned.

"It won't work soon! The big tree attracts the wind. If I get better, some things will be beyond my control." Li Ping sighed deeply.

He felt uncomfortable being stuck in the small yard every day, unable to go out, and then having to be ready to act at any time. It had only been five or six days, and he was already going crazy. Pretending to be sick was not as easy as he thought.

"Guangji County has been captured. Zuo Liangyu himself heard that he has also arrived in Guangji, and his troops have even appeared outside Qizhou City. Normally, Yuan Jixian would no longer be able to capture you to fight with Zhang Xianzhong, and

He really left and went to find Zuo Liangyu, what are you worried about?" Zhao Lanyue was a little confused.

On the third day after the victory in Daye County, Zuo Liangyu's army, which was about to attack Guangji County, finally succeeded in breaking the city, and the first place to break the city was the side Zhao Jin was responsible for attacking.

At that time, Zhao Jin, Shi Ming, Ma Jinzhong and Wang Yuncheng were ordered to each be responsible for attacking a city wall, which was intended to encourage competition between them.

After the city was broken, Shi Ming, Ma Jinzhong and Wang Yuncheng immediately carried out a bloody massacre of Guangji according to Zuo Liangyu's instructions, but Zhao Jin's troops did not participate.

Li Ping sniffed and said: "Yuan Jixian let me go, but it is said that he is now persuading Zuo Liangyu to attack Huangzhou Fucheng. If I don't continue to be ill, what do you think Zuo Liangyu will do? I'm afraid something will happen

It’s gone around in a circle and back again!”

"That's not true! Our troops need to rest and reorganize, and our troops are insufficient. Zuo Liangyu should understand." Zhao Lanyue said with some hesitation. She is no longer a novice on military issues.

"Nothing is impossible. Zuo Liangyu has ordered Shi Ming to set off immediately to attack Taihu County, and Zhao Jin has been ordered to immediately go to Yuanzhou (today's Yichun, Jiangxi Province). The two of them have also just finished fighting and have insufficient troops. This

They are already on guard against us, not only to prevent us from getting together again, but also to dismantle and weaken them through the hands of others."

"Shi Ming is going to Taihu County? Wasn't Guangji County just attacked? Where is Yuanzhou? What was Zhao going there for? Is the news accurate?" Zhao Lanyue asked a series of questions in surprise. She didn't know the news yet.

"The news is not wrong. It was sent by someone from Zhao Jinggang. I haven't had time to tell you yet. That's why I called Baolai here. That Yuanzhou is in Jiangxi, six or seven hundred miles south of us.

I heard that a man named Qiu Yanghuan organized local people to take over the city and decided to join Zhang Xianzhong. Zhao Jin's mission is to suppress them."

"What's going on in Taihu County? Is Shi Ming in big trouble?" Zhao Lanyue frowned, but she did not avoid Shi Ming.

"When Zhao Jin, Shi Ming and others attacked Guangji, Zuo Liangyu actually arranged for Wu Xueli, the general stationed in Jiujiang, to lead 5,000 people to attack Taihu County. However, it is reported that Wu Xueli suffered a heavy defeat. Taihu County was completely

In mountainous areas, there is plenty of water and the folk customs are fierce, so it is very difficult to fight. Shi Ming's current strength is said to be only about 2,000 men, so it should be more difficult."

"Is the current situation so delicate? I thought it would be much easier if I won the battle, but I didn't expect it to be more complicated!" Zhao Lanyue's face was full of sorrow and thinking.

Li Ping smiled bitterly and said: "I'm afraid that's the case. I have sent people to negotiate with Xu Wenqi and prepare to withdraw the first regiment to Fuchi. Xu Wenqi will not let Zuo Liangyu's army enter Qizhou, and our soldiers can no longer be stationed there.

.Otherwise I will feel uncomfortable, and Xu Wenqi will not feel comfortable either."

"Hey... By the way, what did you think of asking Baolai to come over?"

"It's not really an idea. I just wanted to send Zhao Jin and Shi Ming 100 knives, 500 spears and 100 blunderbuss each. We don't want the inferior items captured. They must be made by us. I hope we can

They help."

"ah!"

Song Baolai, who was stretching his neck to listen, was surprised, then jumped down from the recliner and said: "So many? Our equipment is also very tight, and we don't have so much inventory at all now? I guess they will all have it by the time we get it all."

Gone far."

"If you don't have that much inventory, just squeeze some out of the hands of the troops. The troops can make do with the seized items first, and then make up for them when they are produced. Zhao Jinshi said it is difficult for them, so let's do our best!

And don’t just mention the things I mentioned. Food, medicine, toilet paper, etc., you can prepare some of the things you need in our stock, and you must do it as soon as possible!" Li Ping insisted.

"Okay!" Song Baolai's answer was not very pleasant.

Zhao Lanyue glanced at Song Baolai and said sadly: "This is the only way."

However, she immediately came to her senses and asked: "Zuo Liangyu was already on guard. If you went to send so many things to Zhao Jin and Shi Ming, wouldn't it make them more troublesome? After all, so many things must be escorted by troops.

, there’s no way to keep it secret!”

"Yes!" Song Baolai also reacted and was full of doubts.

Li Ping glanced at Zhao Lanyue in admiration and said: "I will let Xu Keran do this. Everyone knows that he is Xu Wenqi's man and a businessman, so he won't think too much about it. When the time comes, he will send his assistant and steward to tell Zhao Lanyue in advance.

Jin and Shi Ming said hello, and then everything was handed over on the Yangtze River. From the outside, it looked like a business."

"That's a good idea." Song Baolai nodded immediately.

But Li Ping suddenly stood up at this time, and then walked to Song Baolai with a big face, and said seriously: "Baolai, I didn't just ask you to come to prepare things, I hope you can go there yourself.

It is getting harder and harder for us people to meet each other, and we don’t know if we will have the chance to meet again in the future. What you represent is our attitude, and you can also say something."

"Then I will prepare now! But it would not be appropriate for me to directly tell the troops to bring out the weapons currently used by the troops." Song Baolai said with a stern expression.

Li Ping nodded and said: "I will ask Deputy Chief of Staff Zhou Peng to find you. He will arrange the number of weapons that need to be deployed by the army. He will also arrange how many guards you need. You can just make your request."

After Song Baolai left in a hurry, Zhao Lanyue suddenly tilted his head and looked at Li Ping strangely and asked, "Do you have any new ideas?"

Li Ping said helplessly: "I have some new ideas, but I haven't thought of them yet."

Seeing that Li Ping was not ready to talk, Zhao Lanyue smiled nonchalantly and said, "It seems I have to continue to take care of you more often!"
To be continued...