Xiaoqi

Besides, if I hadn't fought with Ma Chao for a long time before and was injured by Huan Fei's sneak attack, maybe I wouldn't have suffered such a serious injury.Come on, you have no fault at all, you fought with Huan Fei for two hundred rounds, and finally lost because of your bad mount, although the defeat is glorious!You are my Li Li's general. I don't have a good horse. That's why I am the lord. I can't blame you!

When we gain a firm foothold in Wuwei County, no matter what, I have to get you a thousand-mile steed. If I can get a strange beast like Huan Fei's mount, that would be even better. Take it to the next level!Second brother, Li Zheng, and you guys, don't stare at me.As long as your martial arts can reach the level of evil, even if it is slightly inferior, I will do my best to equip you with the best mounts, and I will never favor one or the other, and treat everyone equally.Hehehe! "

"Thank you, my lord!" Dian Wei and the others bowed in response.

When Li Li first heard the generals call him lord, his expression was lifted, and a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he felt confident.

Before, although all the generals obeyed his orders, they were not really committed to him, let alone loyal.The only ones who were truly loyal to him were his younger brothers Li Xian, Fan Yong and Dian Wei. Most of the others were scruples and thought he was too young, so they hesitated.

Tonight, the army hastily responded to the battle, but the record was brilliant; with [-] war cavalry against more than [-] Pegasus bandits without losing the wind, it is even possible to annihilate the invading enemy in one fell swoop.

This battle is enough to make Li Zheng, Bo Cai, Li Dian and other battle-tested generals look sideways and marvel.And Li Li's many arrangements before the battle all worked, showing his might and destroying nearly [-] Pegasus thieves in one fell swoop.

After this battle, all the generals regarded Li Li as a heavenly man, and they had no calculations and were full of resourcefulness.Therefore, seeing Li Li's kind attitude towards Dian Wei, the generals knew what they and the others should do, and they openly worshiped Li Li as the main one to show their loyalty.

"Okay, let's all get up. Gossip less. Mancheng, you lead the infantry to gather the scattered horses, and go directly to the west exit of the canyon tomorrow afternoon to join the army."

"The last general takes orders!" Li Dian bowed in response.

Li Li smiled slightly and nodded to signal Li Dian to get up.

"Second brother, you lead the brothers to pack up the tents, burn all the corpses, and remove all useful items. After the soldiers of the supply battalion deal with them, maybe the army can still use them.

Bo Cai listened to the order, put on the whole armament, and brought the wounded soldiers, we immediately set off and entered the canyon overnight; so as not to have long nights and dreams, and troubles in vain! "

"No!" Fan Yong and Bo Cai followed the order to leave the camp.

Half an hour later, Li Li and his party of more than [-] warriors escorted the armaments and luggage into the Maple Leaf Canyon, while Li Dian and Fan Yong each led more than a thousand people and stayed around the camp to clean up the mess.

Chapter 66 Lawlessness

In the battle of Maple Leaf Gorge, Li Li's army lost [-] cavalry and burned a large number of luggage.

In the three days after the war, Li Dian and Fan Yong successively recovered more than 3000 lost flying horses and stolen war horses, as well as a large number of weapons and arrows.

At the west exit of Maple Leaf Canyon, Li Li's army camped here and rested for five days to regroup.

More than 1000 infantry turned into light cavalry in a blink of an eye. After a little training, they were scattered and replenished to the battalions.And the three war cavalry under Li Li returned to the original number again, still numbering five thousand, no infantry, all war cavalry.

Among the soldiers under Li Li's tent, there were very few infantry who could not ride horses.However, they may not be good at riding and shooting yet, and they still need to train and grow slowly.Therefore, the combat power is a little worse than the previous five thousand cavalry, and it will take a period of time to run in and temper.

The skill of riding and shooting is the superior stunt of Xiliang's iron cavalry far superior to the army of the Kwantung princes, followed by excellent horses, and lastly, the fierce and brave fighting spirit and strong and tall physique of Xiliang people.

In war with cold weapons, strategy is important, but whether the soldiers who finally realize the strategy are powerful or not is the key.

Zhuge Liang was so wise that he was almost a monster. Before Liu Bei personally commanded more than [-] troops to conquer Soochow, he was sure to win every battle.

However, after Liu Bei's defeat in Yiling, more than [-] elite soldiers were completely burned by Lu Xun, and the combat power of the Shu Han soldiers has plummeted since then.Zhuge Liang made a northern expedition to the Central Plains and went out of Qishan six times, but every time he was tenaciously resisted by the Wei army stationed in Yongliang, who defeated the strong with the weak.There are certainly inappropriate decisions in this, but the most fundamental reason is the limited combat effectiveness of the Shu army.Although every time hundreds of thousands of troops were used for the Northern Expedition, the actual combat effectiveness was far less than that of the soldiers in Liu Bei's period.

Facing the Wei army, which was at a disadvantage in numbers, the Shu army was only able to capture the two states of Yongliang and Liangzhou every time, and the soldiers pointed directly at the Central Plains.But it was such a small gap, but it took Zhuge Liang's life's hard work. Several Northern Expeditions were abandoned halfway, and ended in regret.

Therefore, the strategy of the counselor is of course essential, but the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is the key to determining the victory or defeat of the war.

As long as there are no such major decision-making mistakes as Cao Cao's Chibi defeat and Liu Bei's Yiling defeat, the final outcome of the war will still depend on the number and combat effectiveness of the army.

······ Closer to home.

After five days of reorganizing the army, Li Lijun once again pulled out his camp and marched westward, pointing directly at Wuwei County.

During this period, Huan Fei, the leader of the Pegasus Pirates, sent a fast horse to Li Li, saying that Ma Chao and Ma Dai had fled back to Ma's house, and their identities had been confirmed. Everything was exactly as Li Li said. Ma Jin's true identity is Ma Chao, the eldest son of Ma.

Huan Fei was very grateful to Li Li for this, and claimed that if Li Li was in danger in the future, he only needed to send scouts and tokens to inform him, and the Pegasus Bandits would definitely come to help with all their strength.In fact, it is an alliance with Li Li for mutual assistance and mutual benefit.

Yes, it's just an alliance.

On the Liangzhou border, the size of the official position is of little importance to many desperadoes who hold soldiers and horses.

Only strong strength is the most convincing thing, and everything else is in vain.

Because this is the western frontier of the Great Han Dynasty, no matter how big the official position is, it cannot be more deterrent than tens of thousands of troops; it is more fearsome to be rich and rich than an enemy country, and not to have a large army in hand.

Strength, soldiers and horses, territory, money and food, these are the most practical things, and they are also the foundation of whether Li Li can gain a firm foothold in Liangzhou.

With Li Li having thousands of war cavalry and dozens of carts of weapons and supplies, Huan Fei, who is a Pegasus Pirate, is still not in his eyes. Being able to form an alliance with Li Li is already a sign of friendship, and there are still some people who want to repay favors ingredients.

Otherwise, Huan Fei traveled across the Western Regions, galloped and merged Liangzhou for many years, and there were more than 1 brave warriors in his direct descendant Qingqi, and this time, [-] miscellaneous flying horse robbers were cleaned up by Li Li's hands.From then on, Huan Fei will completely control the [-] Qingqi of the Pegasus Pirates. Not only will his strength not be weakened, but it will become stronger, and his combat effectiveness will be upgraded to another level.Coupled with his accumulated income from plundering for many years, his strength is far above Li Li. With this strength, how can he serve Li Li?

Although Li Li and Huan Fei still have a little friendship and have a good impression of each other, this is just a personal relationship. Strength is the key to making the other party surrender, and Li Li is not yet strong enough.

Therefore, although Li Li loved Huan Fei very much, he couldn't take it for his own use immediately.

Perhaps, one day in the future, if the Pegasus Pirates hinder Li Li's expansion of power, they will fight each other again and fight again.

Seven days later, Li Li and his party entered Wuwei County and stationed troops here temporarily.

Although there is only one word difference between Wuwei County and Wuwei County, the county seat of Wuwei County is not here, but Guzang City near Zhangye County to the west.

Wuwei County is located in the hinterland of the whole county, with a population of tens of thousands. It is considered an upper-middle county in Wuwei County.In the city, there are only hundreds of old, weak and disabled soldiers who are in charge of daily defense of the city.

Since officially setting foot in the territory of Wuwei County, Li Li's army has not encountered much resistance and has traveled unimpeded.

In just five days, Li Li sent Bo Cai and Li Dian to lead a thousand-man Qingqi to conquer all the counties south of Wuwei County, and selected the defenders to reorganize into an army.

By the time Li Li entered Wuwei County, he had received nearly 2000 soldiers defending the city. After excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled, there were more than 1000 infantrymen.

Wuwei County Government Office.

Jia Mu hurried into the main hall and reported to Li Li in a respectful voice: "My lord, Wuwei County is like other counties and counties. The government treasury is empty, and all the money, food and military equipment have been emptied. And..., Judging from the traces left in the warehouse, it must have been moved out in the past two days."

Although Li Li had been prepared in his heart, after hearing Jia Mu's report, he was still unavoidably angry and frowned slightly.

This is not the first county government office to be evacuated.All the county government treasuries south of Wuwei County were emptied, as if they had been looted, not a grain of grain or half a piece of pig iron was left behind.

Really neat and well done!

In addition, the law and order in various counties is extremely chaotic, local hooligans are rampant, and they dare to insult good women on the streets, rampant and lawless; many people run away from their homes, trying to seek refuge in Jincheng.

For this reason, Li Li issued an order to kill Bo Cai, Li Dian, Li Zheng and others. Over the past five days, thousands of local ruffians were arrested in various counties, and all of them were sent to the gate of the city to behead them for public display. They left their corpses for three days as a warning Emulate.

Under such Ming Zheng's punishment, the fleeing trend of the common people has just been curbed, and Li Zheng's army of thousands of warriors also intercepted the people who were going to Jincheng, and distributed some food to appease the panic of the people.

In the process of arresting local ruffians, Li Li also learned from these people what happened in various county government offices recently.

About ten days ago, Li Kan and Cheng Yin, who occupied Guzang City, went to various counties in two groups to rob them.They emptied the county government treasuries, forcibly expropriated and looted, forcibly took away the young and young women in the city, and looted the money and food of the common people and wealthy households.And the person who robbed the counties south of Wuwei County was Cheng Yin.

Cheng Yin personally led more than [-] tribesmen to plunder the counties in the south of Wuwei, from the county government treasury to the villages at the township and pavilion levels of each county. .

Li Li hated Cheng Yin's evil deeds.