Xiaoqi

"Ah, ah, ah"

Before Lu Bu could finish his loud order, he suddenly heard the sound of dense arrows piercing the air from behind the house, followed by screams.For a moment, Lu Bu was stunned, thinking it was the sound of arrows from all the soldiers under his command shooting Li Zhi.However, when he heard the endless screams, his expression changed drastically, and he thought to himself: "It is impossible for Li Zhi and Cai Yong to make so many screams. Could it be that someone responded to Li Zhi and ambushed here in advance? ?”

"kill"

Just when Lu Bu was shocked, he saw a group of hundreds of strong men snatching the horses of the dead soldiers under Lu Bu's command, came out from behind the house, and went straight to Lu Bu to kill.

"Sure enough, there are thieves coming to meet him. It's just in time. Lu Mou simply kills it today!" Lu Bu shouted violently, and immediately rode his horse and held his halberd towards the black-faced big man who was in the front.

"clang"

"Uh!" With a head-on blow, Lu Bu was evenly matched with the black-faced man, not only did not take advantage of it, but his right hand trembled slightly, and his arm went numb.

"Thieves and generals are known by name, a certain Lu Fengxian will not kill the unknown people with his halberd!"

"I am the deputy commander of General Xiaoqi, Wuwei Talu! Lu Bu, what can you do if you know the name of a certain family?" Talu shook his paralyzed arm slightly while speaking, and then waved his hand to signal The soldiers behind continued to cull the archers around the house, while he stayed here to entangle Lu Bu.

"Uh, that's Ma Chao?" Just as Lu Bu returned to his horse to fight Talu again, he accidentally saw a rather familiar figure, and suddenly screamed out the name of that person.

"clang"

At the moment when Lv Bu lost his mind and was stunned, Talu rode his horse to fight with all his might, and slashed through the air with his golden backed saber, trying to split Lv Bu in half.Lü Bu hastily swung his halberd to meet him, and was shocked by Ta Lu a few steps, causing chaos.

After gaining the upper hand with one blow, Talu took advantage of the situation and chained his swords, one knife after another, pressing forward step by step like a raging wind and waves, making Lu Bu panicked and extremely aggrieved.

Talu's attacking style of serial quick knives was learned from Li Li.The name of the "Lightning Golden Sword" by Li Li, the coach of the Wuwei Army, is absolutely unique in the army. Many generals who use big swords compete to follow suit and ask Li Li for advice. .Talu was one of them. Before, he couldn't find a chance to use it. Now that he met a formidable opponent like Lu Bu, he used it naturally.

It's just that the war horse under Talu's crotch is not very powerful, far inferior to Lu Bu's horse, the red rabbit horse Shenjun.After more than ten rounds, Lu Bu pulled back the disadvantage and regained the main offensive advantage, while Talu was reduced to a passive defensive situation.

But Talu is by no means a mediocre player, but a titan with top mid-level combat power.Although he is not as powerful as Lu Bu's top generals, he will not be defeated within a hundred rounds, and it is no problem to entangle Lu Bu.

"Taru, don't get entangled, retreat immediately, I will come to the rear!" Just as Talu and Lu Bu were fighting for fifty rounds, Li Zhi suddenly killed him, and the chains shot out instantly forced Lu Bu to retreat more than ten steps in a row.

After Talu heard the words, he reined in his horse and turned around without hesitation. When he looked up, he saw that Ma Chao had led Cai Yong a hundred paces away.Sure enough, Ma Chao lived up to everyone's expectations and rescued Cai Yong, which freed Li Zhi and let him come to resist Lu Bu and cover everyone's retreat.

Seeing Li Zhi's attack again, Lu Bu was so angry that he couldn't vent his anger.It's just that Li Zhi is now free of shackles, and he is not at all afraid of fighting with Lu Bu, who has many troops.As he said before, as long as Ta Lu, Ma Chao and others can take Cai Yong away safely, it will be easy for him, Li Zhi, to escape. No one, including Lu Bu, can stop him.

Chapter 268

After Dong Zhuo's death, news of his death spread to all departments of the frontier army within ten days.

Subsequently, thousands of Dong Min's men were wiped out by Lu Bu's army, and more than [-] people under Xu Rong's men begged to surrender to the court, and Wang Yun agreed to pardon their crimes.Counties and counties around Chang'an surrendered after hearing the news, and they were willing to obey the orders of the imperial court. For a while, the imperial court represented by Wang Yun increased rapidly, with tens of thousands of troops, and settled in Chang'an City.

Half a month later, Wang Yun ordered General Fenwei Lu Bu to lead his troops out of the city to wipe out the remnants of the Xiliang Army.During the period, generals such as Li Jue, Guo Si, Duan Yan, Zhang Ji, and Fan Chou went to the shuffle to ask for surrender, but they were all rejected by Wang Yun. Then came the wanted edict that the emperor Liu Xie would not pardon him.

Anyi camp, inside the tent of the Chinese army.

"Boom! That's unreasonable, Wang Yun is going to drive us and other brothers to death!" Li Jue, who was in the position of the commander, saw the wanted edict sent by the sentinel, and his face was livid, and he shouted angrily.

In the big tent, Guo Si, Duan Yao, Li Meng, Wang Fang, Zhang Ji, and Fan Chou who led the army from the Xingyang camp gathered together. All the generals looked angry and gloomy.

"Brothers, Wang Yun does not allow us to surrender to the court, what should we do now?" Li Jue was furious, got up and walked among the generals, and asked in a deep voice.

Guo Si said with a face full of resentment: "As soon as Dong Xiang died, Xiliang Ma Teng, Han Sui and others immediately fell to the court, cutting off our retreat. In addition, Wang Yun, Lu Bu and others controlled Chang'an, directly cutting off our Waiting for the supply of food and salaries. Now we have no way out, and we have no food and grass, so we are in a dilemma. In my opinion, it is better to distribute the food and salaries in the army, and let everyone go to their own lives with gold, silver and soft goods!"

Li Meng shook his head immediately when he heard the words and said: "Second brother's words are wrong. If I return to the village with gold and silver money, a pavilion chief can kill us. This is absolutely impossible! Now we all have heavy soldiers in our hands. Since Wang Yun and others don’t allow us to surrender to the imperial court, we can’t sit still and wait for death. In my humble opinion, it’s better to lead an army to counterattack Chang’an and fight Wang Yun, Lu Bu and others to the death. It’s much better than bowing your head and waiting to be killed!”

Before Li Meng could speak, Fan Chou, Wang Fang and others echoed loudly, supporting Li Meng's strategy of attacking Chang'an.

Zhang Ji, Duan Yan and other generals were also in disarray at this time, and they were out of their minds, but they wanted to surrender their military power.It is absolutely unacceptable to bow your head and be slaughtered.But Fan Chou's strategy was right in their arms, so they readily agreed, pleading for orders one after another, willing to send troops to attack Chang'an.

"Okay!" Li Jue made a decision immediately.Sitting back in command, he said in a deep voice: "Now we have 12 soldiers. In addition, Brother Fan Chou's 2 horses and General Duan Yan's 17 Huayin defenders. We have [-] troops. We have so many Soldiers and horses, how can we let Wang Yun do as he pleases! All the generals listen to the order, and immediately gather all the soldiers and horses of the troops, hurry up and return to Chang'an in the starry night, and capture the city of Chang'an in one fell swoop!"

"Promise. The last general will take orders!" All the generals under the account promised loudly.

"report"

"Xiaoqi General Li Li sent someone to send an urgent letter, please write it personally!"

Just as the generals in the tent were sharpening their swords and preparing to go out to lead the army to attack Chang'an, the soldiers outside the tent rushed into the big tent and handed over the brocade letter sent by Li Li.

Li Jue took the letter with a surprised expression.Immediately opened it to watch, then frowned slightly and fell silent in thought.

"Brother, what did Wenchang's letter say? Wenchang has always been resourceful, brave and good at fighting. Now he sent the letter, he must have a good plan!" Guo Si seemed to trust Li Li quite a lot, and said to Li Jue with an excited expression.

Li Jue was shocked when he heard the words, looked up at the generals in the tent, and pondered: "Second brother is right. Wen Chang already expected that the imperial court would not pardon us, and he also knew that we would not sit still, and would definitely counterattack and attack Chang'an. However, he said in the letter that we must not mobilize all the troops, and we must leave no less than [-] troops to garrison the border, lest the Kwantung princes take the opportunity to knock on the pass. In addition, Wenchang has led [-] Wuwei cavalry to Chang'an day and night, and it is agreed that two days later Join our army at the foot of Chang'an City, and then attack Chang'an."

"Oh, Wenchang's news is so well-informed. He has led the army to Chang'an now? It's amazing, [-] Wuwei cavalry will attack Chang'an with us, and this will happen! Hahaha!" Guo Si took Li Jue and handed it over. After reading the letter at a glance, he looked extremely excited and laughed loudly.

Amidst the loud laughter, Guo Bang passed Li Li's letter to the other generals and asked them to check it one by one.

"What do you guys think of what you said to Wenchang?" Li Jue asked calmly.

Guo Si smiled and said: "Brother, Wenchang's letter came at the right time, with a long-term vision, and it was right in one sentence. If we withdraw all the troops to attack Chang'an, then there will be no one to defend the passes we are currently stationing. , if the Guandong princes take advantage of the situation to attack, then even if we capture Chang'an, we will be in a dire situation. Once the pass is lost, all the counties and counties south of the Yellow River will be lost, and even the east and west of the river will not be able to defend. Xiliang, sit and guard a corner, after all, it will be difficult to survive for a long time!"

Guo Si's words made the generals nod their heads one after another. At this time, he said: "The last general invites you to stay on the front line of Anyi, strictly guard the pass, and please the general!"

"Hehehe!" Seeing that all the generals had no objection, and Duan Yao took the initiative to ask Ying to stay behind, Li Jue suddenly smiled.

Then when he was about to agree to Duan Yan's invitation, he suddenly remembered a passage that Li Li had told him before: "Duan Yan is a man with a strategy in mind, rigorous in running the army, and extraordinary martial arts; but his scheming is too deep. Its nature is suspicious, if you can't subdue its heart, you can't entrust it with important tasks."

Thinking of this, Li Jue said with a smile: "General Duan is highly skilled in martial arts, and the soldiers under his tent are brave and good at fighting. This time the army can't attack the city without you! How about this, brothers, the lieutenants in the army will stay at the station to strictly guard against the surprise attack of the Kanto princes. General Duan led an army of 12, our troops led an army of [-], plus Brother Fan Chou's [-] soldiers and horses, a total of [-] troops rushed to Chang'an. I wonder what you guys think?"

"No, I'll take the order!" All the generals in the tent gladly accepted the order.

Seeing Li Jue's arrangement, although Duan Yan felt dissatisfied, he could accept it.At least Huayin City is still under his control, and the foundation is still there, so it won't lose its foothold.Except for Duan Yan, the other generals had no objection to this, leaving the deputy general to guard the pass, which reassured them.

Immediately, all the generals left quickly, mobilized troops and strong generals, and prepared to attack Chang'an day and night.

Li Jue asked Guo Si, Li Meng, Wang Fang and others to mobilize the army and horses, but he sat alone in the big tent and meditated for a long time.

While meditating, he remembered what Li Li had said half a month ago when he was farewell for him: "If something happens to Prime Minister Dong, uncle is expected to take his place and hold the power in the world."

Before this, Li Jue didn't take it seriously at all, thinking that Li Li was just joking, it wasn't enough to believe it.Unexpectedly, Dong Zhuo died so quickly, and most of Xiliang's army fell into his hands, Li Jue.As long as he can capture Chang'an in one fell swoop, he will be able to take over the power of the world and become an extremely human minister, replacing Dong Zhuo's previous prominent position.In this way, what Li Li said earlier has been verified.

But how did Li Li know that Dong Xiang was going to have an accident, and he said it exactly.Could it be that he can really predict the future and predict things like a god?

Thinking of this, Li Jue felt inexplicably irritable and worried.There are various indications that his nephew Li Li has lofty aspirations and foresight.Before Dong Zhuo died, Li Jue didn't think there was anything wrong with Li Li's character, but thought that his nephew was young, promising and motivated, which was good and worthy of his support and encouragement.For this reason, he once encouraged Li Li, saying that he himself was not as talented as his nephew, and that if Li Li could make his ancestors shine in the future, he would be willing to help his nephew accomplish something great.

Li Jue's remarks are definitely pure encouragement, a kind of encouragement and encouragement from the elders to the younger generations, they are just polite, and they are not really willing to be inferior to their nephews.

However, things are unpredictable.When Dong Zhuo died, Li Jue suddenly felt that there was an invisible gap between himself and his nephew Li Li, and the old jokes were now facing a severe test.He himself once said that he was willing to assist Li Li to achieve a great cause, but Li Li also made it clear that he was willing to help him take over the power of the world and pacify Xiliang.

Now Li Jue keenly feels that the current crisis contains great opportunities. Once the crisis is over, he may really be able to dominate the world, coerce the emperor to make his ministers, and control the power of the world.However, how should he fulfill the promise he made to Li Li and Li Li's promise to him?Although Li Li was brought up by him, he is not his biological son, but only a nephew. He has his own son, Li Shi.Once he takes over the power of the world, it will be a huge family property, and it must be passed on to his biological son Li Shi in the future, not his nephew Li Li.But would Li Li really be willing to help his uncle?

Based on the respective strengths of the uncle and nephew, Li Jue's soldiers and horses were obviously more than twice that of Li Li's, and his strength was still higher than Li Li's.But his family knew about his own affairs, and Li Jue knew very well that the more than 3 soldiers and horses in his hands seemed to be powerful on the surface, but in reality they were not.Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Duan Yan, and Fan Chou each have 5 to [-] horses in their hands, while the real lineage under Li Jue's tent is only [-] to [-].Comparing this way, his real strength is far inferior to the Wuwei Army under his nephew Li Li.

Speaking of counterattacking Chang'an this time, Li Li can lead 10,000 Wuwei iron cavalry back to Chang'an with a single order, but Li Jue has to discuss with many generals to send troops, and he cannot completely control the [-]+ Xiliang army.In addition, the Wuwei army under Li Li's command is all elite soldiers and powerful generals, with extraordinary combat power. Since its establishment, it has not lost a single defeat.