Xiaoqi

In the tree-lined courtyard, hundreds of flowers are blooming in full bloom.

Despite the changes in the world and the passage of time, the Wuchen Palace is still peaceful and uncontested.

Since the civil strife broke out in Yizhou, Li Li left the Bamboo Forest Courtyard and re-lived in the main courtyard of Wuchen Palace.

For ten days, although he hadn't been to the battlefield in person, he knew the whole battle situation well, had a clear understanding of the situation in Yizhou, and was always paying attention to the changes in the current situation.

As the civil strife in Yizhou intensified, the Wuchen Palace, which was in the middle of the war, also became busy.

In the backyard on the top of the mountain, Li Li sits in the gazebo and flips through the bamboo slips, sometimes contemplating, sometimes writing at his desk.Li Zhi, the commander of the personal guard, stood behind him, motionless like a stone pillar, letting the cool breeze blow on his face, quietly watching the sunset.At this time, apart from the two of their chief ministers, there was no one else in the backyard.

Suddenly, a sound of hurried footsteps broke the tranquility of the backyard, and then Zhuge Liang's figure came into Li Zhi's sight, walking towards the gazebo quickly.

Hearing the sound, Li Li put down the bamboo slips in his hand, only then did he realize that it was getting late, and before he knew it, he had been sitting here for three hours.

"My lord, the Hanzhong army set off five days ago." As soon as he entered the gazebo, Zhuge Liang respectfully reported.

"Oh?" Li Li murmured, and waved his hands to signal Zhuge Liang to sit down and talk, but he stood up, thinking and pacing.At this moment, Li Zhi who was standing by the side waved lightly, and saw two Wuchen Palace disciples walking quickly with trays, offering tea and pastries, and then bowed to salute.Quietly recede.

After thinking for a while, Li Li sat down again, holding up the teacup and sipping tea slowly.With a smile on his face, he said: "Gong Jin's grasp of the timing is quite accurate. It is just right to send troops at this time, which can achieve twice the result with half the effort." After speaking, Li Li put down the teacup and took the letter from Zhuge Ling.

The letter that fell into Li Li's hands at this moment was Zhou Yu's expedition plan and marching route written in handwriting before he led the army.There are only a few hundred words on the letter, but it records the entire plan for the expedition to Yizhou.Its importance is self-evident.

After reading the secret letter, Li Li smiled and shook his head, then handed the letter to Zhuge Liang.He laughed and said, "Gong Jin is indeed an extremely smart person, with a meticulous mind and a considerate approach. It's just that he's overthinking this time. Hehehe!"

Zhuge Liang took the secret letter and stuffed it into his sleeve without looking at it.Obviously he already knew the contents of the secret letter.This is the privilege granted to him by Li Li.Responsible for all the information about the expedition to Yizhou.The information sent back by secret agents and spies from all over the country will be sent to him immediately, and will be reported to Li Li after being screened by him.

After hearing Li Li's words, Zhuge Liang understood what Li Li was referring to: Zhou Yu and Li Xian were both in the East Route Army and led [-] troops to enter Bajun via Micang Road.

Zhou Yu's move did not match the original battle plan.According to the original plan of the expedition, Zhou Yu should lead the main force to capture the Shu Road, that is, lead Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Huang Zhong's three battalions to enter Sichuan via Jinniu Road;Capture Berkshire.

The soldiers are also divided into two groups, but now the leaders of the two armies have changed.The West Route Army should have been led by Zhou Yu himself.Now it has become Zhao Yun's leader; the leader of the East Route Army is still Li Xian, and Zhou Yu is willing to fight for Li Xian, leading [-] infantry to follow behind Li Xian, and attack Berkshire with him.It is obvious that Zhou Yu's move is deliberately following behind Li Xian, escorting him, and ensuring nothing goes wrong.

As the commander-in-chief of the three armies, Zhou Yu delegated military power to the subordinate generals without hesitation, and did not compete with the subordinate generals. This move shows his broad-mindedness and magnanimity.And his special care and sincere love for Li Siam surprised Li Li and Zhuge Liang, who were willing to serve as the green leaves of Li Siam's red flower.

In this regard, Zhuge Liang had to admit that Zhou Yu was indeed a magnanimous person, and his magnanimity was even greater than his own.In all fairness, if he was in Zhou Yu's position if he were to change places, he might not be as magnanimous as Zhou Yu.

Of course, Zhuge Liang also knew why Li Li chose Zhou Yu to lead the army instead of other generals.The root of this lies in the fact that Yizhou is a land of prosperous dragons, rich in things and rich people, with a large population, and occupies the unique topographical conditions of the Shu Road; therefore, the importance of Yizhou is self-evident.For such an extremely important state and county, no matter which princes occupy Yizhou, they will send their most trusted people to guard it, and will never hand it over to outsiders who are not direct cronies.The same is true of Li Li.

Because of this, as early as when Li Li planned to capture Yizhou, he had already selected the person who would sit in Yizhou in the future, and this was his younger brother Li Xian.Other than that, no second choice.At least, before the world is settled, Li Li will not hand over Yizhou to other civil servants and generals to take over; it will be another matter after the world is settled.

Zhuge Liang already knew this well, even if Li Li did not do this, he would suggest that Li Li send his cronies to withdraw Yizhou.Now it seems that Zhuge Liang is not the only one who can comprehend Li Li's intentions. Zhou Yu also has a clear understanding of this.That's why Zhou Yu gave up the great fame of personally leading the army to capture Yizhou, and handed over the credit to Li Xian, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and Huang Zhong; and he himself was willing to serve as the rear army for the army, escorting food, grass and supplies Follow up slowly.

Zhuge Liang was really impressed by Zhou Yu's mind and bearing, deeply admired and ashamed of himself.

While his thoughts were racing, Zhuge Liang drank two cups of tea one after another, but Gu Zi didn't even notice that Li Li, who was sitting opposite him, had already poured him three cups of tea.Fortunately, Li Li didn't mind this. After seeing Zhuge Liang's distraction, he sat quietly by the side, drinking tea leisurely.

It is obvious that both Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu are young talents under Li Li's command.

There is a saying, see the virtuous and think of the same.At present, Zhou Yu has already walked ahead of Zhuge Liang, with outstanding military exploits, ranks the same as Jiuqing, and is one of the four commanders in the army. Whether it is status, seniority or prestige, Zhou Yu is above Zhuge Liang.Seeing that Zhou Yu was already a big step ahead, Zhuge Liang naturally wanted to hurry up and catch up head-on, not asking for the latecomers to catch up, at least not to fall behind, and to keep pace with each other.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang has been holding back his energy, quite likely to compete with Zhou Yu.However, there is no conflict between them, nor is it a battle of spirits, but a healthy competition of chasing each other.

It is worth mentioning that this healthy competition is not limited to Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu.In fact, there are not a few young talents under Li Li's command. In addition to Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang, there are also Guo Jia, Xun You, and Fazheng. They are all quietly chasing and competing among themselves, and they are in a virtuous circle , each other is not only competitors, but also like-minded best friends.The emergence of this situation is due to Li Li's control of the overall situation, knowing people well, giving them a stage to display their talents, and then adjusting them to firmly control the overall situation, thereby preventing competition from turning into struggle.

After pondering for a while, Zhuge Liang finally came back to his senses, and immediately said apologetically, "My minister is rude, please forgive me, my lord."

"It doesn't matter." Li Li shook his head lightly, and said with a smile, "In the past six months, my brother has been leisurely and carefree every day, but my virtuous brother has been troubled."

"Brother is out of touch, this is my job." Zhuge Liang responded humbly, and after pouring Li Li a cup of tea with his own hands, he continued: "Brother Cai just mentioned the battle plan made by General Zhou Yu, and I was deeply touched by it." I have benefited a lot. General Zhou Yu is thoughtful, meticulous, broad-minded, and generous, which I deeply admire." In front of Li Li, Zhuge Liang did not hide his heart, and frankly stated the reason for his distraction; Selfless and frank, he truly regards Li Li as an elder brother who talks about everything.There is nothing that cannot be said to others, and it is better to tell it frankly than to hide it in a vague way. This is what a wise man does.

Li Li nodded with a smile, and said: "Your brother is right, this time it is really difficult for Gongjin. He has to lead the army and help me take care of my younger brother. It is really not easy to take care of everything. Fortunately, Gongjin Smart, calm and sophisticated, and decent in dealing with things, he didn't let me down."

Speaking of this, Li Li paused, and continued: "Right now, I am in the hinterland of Yizhou, and I can't reach it. Even if I want to lead the army, I can't reach it. Therefore, after the army goes out, I can leave it to Gong Jin to command the battle, and give him a chance. Arbitrary power, there is no need to report everything."

Zhuge Liang responded happily: "My lord is wise, I will send the order, and it will be delivered to General Zhou Yu in three days' time."

After finishing speaking, Zhuge Liang was about to get up and leave, but was stopped by Li Li raising his hand, motioning him not to worry, and asked with a smile: "Mengxin told me yesterday that my brother and sister are pregnant again, but brother virtuous didn't care about it." I don't know. This is your fault, no matter how busy you are in the future, you have to spend some time with her."

"Ah! There is such a thing hehehe!" Zhuge Liang smiled naively after being astonished, and naturally showed a different expression from the past, his face was filled with joy that could not be concealed, and he seemed to be smiling and dancing lightly.If Li Li hadn't been in person, I'm afraid he would have jumped up with joy.

After giggling for a while, Zhuge Liang still had a smile all over his face, and his excitement was hard to calm down, while Li Li laughed along with him, feeling really happy for him.

It wasn't until the pot of tea was finished that Zhuge Liang returned to normal. When he got up to leave, he respectfully said: "Right now, Liu Zhang in Yizhou is so busy that he is so busy dealing with Zhao Wei's rebels that he has no time to care about our army's movements. As far as we are concerned, this is undoubtedly a golden opportunity; if we said that we had only a [-]% chance of winning Yizhou before, then now we are at least [-]% sure. I wonder when the lord intends to set off?"

Li Li laughed and said, "When my army from Xiliang approaches the city, that's the day I'm going to Chengdu. Hahaha"

Chapter 141 Bloodthirsty Butcher

Half a month passed quietly like a white horse passing by.

Yizhou, within the territory of Anhan.

A sudden attack has just ended.

From the beginning to the end, less than half an hour before and after, the battle was declared over.

At present, the war has not yet ended, and the captured city is still extremely noisy; horses neigh, horseshoes rumble, screams and groans fill the space, there are still intermittent shouts of killing and the screams of dying people.

After the war smoke cleared, dilapidated ruins and walls could be seen everywhere, the streets and alleys in the city were in a mess, and the extremely thick blood permeated the whole city.

This is a lightning-fast sneak attack and siege battle.At the beginning of the battle, they captured the city gate in one fell swoop, and then thousands of Xiliang iron cavalry rushed into the city and took the city guard's mansion.Immediately, before all the bureaucrats under Anhan City packed up their belongings and tried to escape out of the city, they intercepted them all, so that all the soldiers and people in the city were blocked in the city, and no one escaped.

An hour later, the city of Anhan, which was suddenly ravaged by the flames of war, finally calmed down. Teams of Xuanjia cavalry garrisoned at the head of the city, at the end of the alleys, and at the dilapidated city walls, enclosing the entire city tightly without leaving any dead ends. Can't escape.

Not long after, thunderous rumbles came from the north of the city, and then the earth trembled. The trees and flowers on the roadside moved without wind, and the roar came from far and near, and gradually approached the city, revealing its true colors.

"Tat-tat-tat-rumble!"

As the distance continued to shorten, the rumble became louder.The scenes presented in his sight became more and more clean.But seeing the crisp and mottled sound of horseshoes filling my ears, and then the roar of "buzzing", it was deafening.The people who have lived in this city for generations heard such a loud noise.They couldn't help being startled and shuddering, they all held their breaths and kept silent, not daring to breathe.

In fact, the common people are hiding at home at this moment, all the doors are closed, and even the lattice windows and doors are blocked; even so.Still can't stop the sound of rumbling horses trampling like thunder, and the sound of "crashing clattering" iron armor mixed with the sound of horseshoes.

After a while, the rumble gradually subsided.But the sound of hooves became clearer and louder.In the city gates and alleys that had just been cleared, teams of armored cavalry entered the city in an orderly manner, four people in a row, thousand people in a team.The warriors entered the city continuously.It extends from the gate of the city to the gate of the city guard's mansion.

On the Qingshi street, which is several kilometers long, all you can see are the gleaming weapons, the banners fluttering in the wind, and the horses and teams of sturdy cavalry. Tens of thousands of people.Therefore, the time it takes for the cavalry to enter the city is longer than the time it takes to capture the city, and it took more than an hour.After the battle ride.That is, tens of thousands of infantry entered the city, followed by extremely cumbersome siege vehicles and other heavy ordnance.

Wait until all the soldiers and horses have entered the city.The sky, which was originally scorching sun, had gradually dimmed, and night fell quietly.

Anhan City Guard.After dark, the inside and outside of the mansion were brightly lit, and mighty soldiers in battle armor could be seen everywhere. There were at least [-] soldiers and horses.

On the school yard in front of the mansion, more than [-] large cauldrons were set up on the ground, and the slaughtered and washed cattle and sheep were directly thrown into the large cauldron, making the whole city waft with the mouth-watering smell of meat.So far, the smell of meat has replaced the lingering blood, making many people in the city who have been unable to eat meat for many years swallow their mouths when they smell the smell, and quickly forget the bloody slaughter at noon, and then fall asleep smelling the scent that fills their nostrils. Long-cherished wish fulfilled, feast on.

In the main hall, a grand banquet was being held at this time, and all the senior generals of the Eastern Route Army gathered together, toasting and staggering, drinking happily.

This was the first hot meal they had after leading the army into the Mi Cang Road for 23 days, and it was also the first time they sat on the boundary of Yizhou to eat meat and drink in big bowls, which is very symbolic.

Before that, they led the army to march day and night, and they lived in the open air for days, lived on cliffs, ate pickled vegetables and dry food, and drank deep mountain spring water.All the soldiers in the army, including the coach Zhou Yu and the general Li Xian, were all treated in this way, and they shared joys and sorrows without exception.All this is because the army needs to hide its whereabouts, so that it cannot be discovered by the Yizhou army, let alone reveal the location of the army, so no fire can be lit during the march.Without a fire, he couldn't eat hot meals. He could only drink cold water and eat dry food to satisfy his hunger. He survived for nearly 20 days.