The soldiers of the Left Guards subconsciously paused, but then they began to slowly and decisively advance, because they did not hear the new orders from their generals. Then they had to continue forward. Moreover, they were also holding shields. A hundred archers could not do much damage to them.
"Wang Ba!" Li Rui shouted again," Aim at the enemy's main commander, get ready!"”
"Yes!" With a resounding reply. The haystacks on both sides of the gate of the grain guard army camp suddenly opened, and four eight-bull crossbows that had been loaded were pushed out. On them were twelve huge javelin-like arrows that looked daunting.
"Stop!" Seeing these four eight-bull crossbows, the yellow-faced general had no choice but to give up on the idea of crushing the 300 grain guards in front of him.
From the way his opponent held his saber and the height of his shield, he could tell that the ones blocking in front of him were a group of new recruits. The seasoned soldiers of the Zuowu Prefecture only needed one charge to kill these newbies who had never been on the battlefield.
However, he couldn't just leave those four Eight Bulldozer Crossbows alone. This thing was used to attack cities, and its range was more than a thousand meters. It was less than a hundred meters away from him now. Once it was fired, he would definitely not be able to escape. At this distance, shields and armors were as useless as paper in front of the crossbow. Wherever the 12 arrows passed, there would be 12 bloody paths.
The yellow-faced general could easily judge that as long as Li Rui's 300 grain guards could last for three times, the left guard would definitely collapse. He had only brought 300 people with him today, which was not enough for four eight-bull crossbows to kill.
The yellow-faced general was somewhat puzzled. He didn't know where the grain guards had gotten their eight-bull crossbows, and he didn't understand who gave the grain guards the courage to confront the Left Military Guards. If he knew that his brothers had delivered these four Eight Bulldozer Crossbows to him, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood.
None of this was important now. It was enough for him to understand his current predicament. Since Li Rui had still maintained " restraint " until now, it meant that there was still a possibility of negotiation.
Thinking of this, the yellow-faced general walked forward and said angrily,"General Mai Jie of the Left Military Guards is here on official duty. I wonder which general is leading the army? Why did you lead your troops to stop our army?!" Although his tone was still angry, it was far from the boldness he had when he gave the order to fight.
It was really going to be a "tea talk". Li Rui wasn't afraid. When he was in school, he was mischievous and mischievous. Fighting was a common occurrence. He had eaten tea more than once or twice. Wasn't it just lying through his teeth? Who wouldn't? So he coldly said,"I am the general of the grain protection army, Li Rui. I am not worthy of the title of general!" Our army isn't blocking anyone's path, we're only protecting the army's rations.”
Seeing that Li Rui didn't want to continue, Mai Jie could only make things clear,"Brigade Commander Li! Why did you imprison our Left Military Guard Lieutenant He Ruoxiong and thirty soldiers? And why do you want us to use money to redeem them? Could it be that the grain guards were bandits? I hope Brigade Commander Li can give us an explanation today!”
Mai Jie knew that he would definitely be at a disadvantage if he used force. Moreover, if he really killed someone, his future would also be affected, so he could only be reasonable. Sometimes, reasoning was the most unreasonable thing. Because of the difference in status, there was no reason to reason with. He didn't believe that a lowly colonel like Li Rui could talk to a fifth-grade Cheji General like him. Li Yuan, the army treasurer, was only a second-grade fifth-grade general, let alone a third-grade general.
The soldiers of the Left Guard heaved a sigh of relief, put away their weapons, and retreated to the sides of the road. As long as the general was reasonable, no matter which side won, they would not have to fight with their allies. There was no way they could fight this battle. They were elite soldiers who had been through hundreds of battles, while the other side was a logistics unit, and they were all new recruits. Losing was embarrassing, but winning was not a matter of pride. Moreover, the opponent had the Eight-Bull Crossbow. It was not easy to win.
"I don't know what General Mai is talking about." Li Rui sneered. Why would my grain protection army detain an ally? We're just detaining a few local ruffians who went to the grain guards to cause trouble.”
"You! You're slandering me!" Mai Jie's yellow face turned red from anger. He realized that not only could he not beat Li Rui, he could not even reason with Li Rui.
"Useless thing, back off!”With an angry shout, two generals in bright armor slowly walked over under the escort of dozens of guards. The one who spoke was one of the bearded generals.
Seeing these two people appear, Li Xiu Ning, who was dressed in men's clothing, suddenly changed his expression. Li Shi Min, who was beside him, stared at the middle-aged general beside the bearded man with wide eyes, his eyes almost bursting with fire.
Cui Jianren and Zheng Chong immediately went limp again. Their faces were pale, and they were drenched in cold sweat. Their teeth were chattering.
"Who is it? Why are you two so scared?" Li Rui looked at Cui Jianren and Zheng Chong with disdain.
"Who else could it be? Iron Staff Mai, Old General Mai!" Zheng Chong said with a bitter face," It's over now. We're dead. We're dead!"”
Cui Jianren stuttered,"Iron Staff Mai is not scary because he is reasonable. What was scary was the person beside him. That person was unreasonable!”
"Oh? Who's that?" Li Rui asked indifferently," It doesn't look scary!”
"Left Yiwei General Yu Wenshu!"
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