The Left Military Guards had been repeatedly lectured by Li Rui before, but they did not dare to tell Mai Tiezhang because they knew that if Mai Tiezhang knew about this, even if the Great General stood up for them, they would be punished. Moreover, there were many fights between soldiers, and it was not up to the Great General to use them.
However, who knew that Yu Wenshu would invite Mai Tiezhang to drink today. During the banquet, Yu Wenshu seemed to have unintentionally mentioned this matter and even joked with Mai Tiezhang, saying that his Left Martial Guards could not even defeat the grain protection army. Was it because they had not fought in the past few years that they had been hollowed out by wine and sex?
Mai Tiezhang was a person who cared about his face. How could he withstand Yu Wenshu's provocation? She was embarrassed. She didn't believe it at first, but when she asked her subordinate, she found out that it was true. Thus, he ordered General Mai Jie to lead a group of people to the grain protection army to retrieve the person.
After Mai Jie set off, Iron Staff Mai was worried that this kid would blow up the matter and hurt his relationship with Li Yuan, so he personally ran over to restrain his subordinates. Who would have thought that not only did the Left Military Guards, who were known as the elites of the world, not only did they not seek justice, but they were also trapped by the Iron Hedgehog Defense Formation and the Eight Bulldozer Crossbow.
This was too embarrassing, so Iron Staff had no choice but to stand up for his subordinate. Originally, when he saw that the grain guard army was only led by a small colonel, he wanted to reduce the big issue to a small one, because Li Rui really wasn't qualified to make him angry. However, the 300 Zuo Wu guards had been subdued by the 300 grain guards. They had to win back some face. Otherwise, not only would he not be able to raise his head in front of his colleagues in the future, his soldiers would also be disappointed by the weakness of the commander.
Therefore, Iron Staff Mai requested Li Rui to release him unconditionally and kowtow to him as an apology. He originally thought that he was already giving Li Rui face by handling it this way. Unexpectedly, Li Rui actually didn't buy it. Not only did he not buy it, but he even had the posture of biting back.
"Old General Mai's lips are so smooth," said Li Rui with a gloomy face. However, the Left Military Guards have repeatedly provoked our grain protection army. I'm afraid the old general has to give us an explanation for this!”
"Brat! Do you know who you are talking to?”Mai Tiezhang was really a little angry and asked with a straight face. He had never been so polite to a mere colonel, but he didn't expect Li Rui to not give him any face at all.
"Isn't the Left Guard the leader?”Li Rui laughed coldly." Or is it that the old general is no longer fit to be the home of the Left Guard?”Li Rui didn't give Iron Staff Mai any face. He admired Iron Staff Mai, but he wouldn't let himself be wronged because of admiration. On the contrary, he wanted to use Iron Staff Mai's name to make his name known.
The chaotic world was not far away. In another year or so, the world would be in chaos. Li Rui needed to quickly increase his popularity in order to attract more followers when the chaotic world arrived. Li Rui had never planned to work for others. No matter how big his position was, he still had to depend on others. What Li Rui wanted was to control his own destiny.
Of course, Li Rui's current foundation was still too shallow. In fact, saying this was polite. He actually had no foundation at all now, and he still had to use other people's resources to strengthen himself. Li Rui didn't believe anything. With a shake of his tiger body, the aura of a tortoise was revealed, and the world immediately followed.
After hearing Li Rui's words, Mai Tiezhang was so angry that his beard was blowing. He shouted angrily,"Little brat. You have guts. Today, I want to hear what kind of explanation you want.”
Li Rui smiled slightly and said," I have already sent someone to inform the old general about the explanation I want. That is to use money to redeem the people. Each soldier will receive 1,000 strings of silver, and the lieutenant will receive 5,000 strings of silver. In total, it will be 35,000 strings of silver." Hand over the money and the person. Did the old general not receive the news? It seemed that the old general really couldn't be the home of the left guard!”
These words were purely pestering. Mai Tiezhang was a noble general, so the messenger sent by Li Rui naturally could not see Mai Tiezhang. The Left Military Guard general who received this news naturally did not dare to tell Mai Tiezhang about this. What did this have to do with Iron Staff Mai? But now that Li Rui had said it, no one could accuse him of being unreasonable, because Iron Staff Mai really didn't know about this.
At this time, Iron Staff Mai couldn't ask his subordinates about this matter, because that would weaken his aura. How could a great general be weaker than a mere colonel?
Therefore, Iron Staff Mai could only rely on his status to pester Li Rui. He said angrily,"Little brat. Stop talking nonsense here. This old man doesn't have the time to chat with you here. Let me ask you one last time. Are you going to let her go or not?”He had actually already taken another step back. He no longer mentioned that he wanted Li Rui to kowtow to him and apologize. He only asked Li Rui to let him go.
However, Li Rui didn't care about this at all. He still said lightly,""If you take the money, let it go."
"Little brat. You really have guts!" Mai Tiezhang's eyes seemed to be spewing fire as he said word by word," You're forcing me to kill!”
Those who were familiar with Iron Staff knew that the old man was really angry this time. Cui Jianren and the others were so scared that they couldn't speak. Li Xiu Ning's brows furrowed as well, her small hands tightly clutching her lapel. She was extremely worried. Yu Wenshu looked like he was watching a joke. Li Shi Min was looking forward to what was happening.
"I wonder if Old General Mai is speaking to me as the Great General of the Left Military Guard or as an ordinary person?" Li Rui sneered.”
Although Cui Jianren and the others were too scared to move, after hearing Mai Tiezhang's threat and Li Rui's hidden threat, the 300 grain guards behind him raised their weapons again. The grain guards had enough of being bullied. If that old man surnamed Mai really dared to kill them, they didn't want to wait for death. Instead, they wanted to follow Li Rui and have a good fight.
Seeing this, the Left Guards on the opposite side also hurriedly regrouped and prepared to fight. As long as they started fighting, it would be a fire fight. The two sides were evenly matched, and whoever was not prepared in time would suffer.
Mai Tiezhang's two deputies, General Huben Lang Qian Shixiong and General Yingyang Lang Meng Cha, did not expect the situation to develop to this extent. They wanted to go forward to persuade him, but they did not know how to speak. Seeing that both sides were at war, everyone could not escape the responsibility if the Emperor investigated. They hurriedly looked at Yu Wenshu. At this time, the only one who could speak was General Yuwen. Iron Staff Mai didn't listen to anyone else.
However, Yu Wenshu had no intention of stopping the fight. Instead, he had a smile on his face. It seemed that he could not count on him.
At this moment, the sound of hooves could be heard again. A group of people ran over with disheveled clothes.
"General Mai, please show mercy. General Mai, please show mercy!" Tang Duke Li Yuan shouted as he rode his horse.
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