Xiaoqi

Amidst the "Xi Yuyu" horse's startled roar, Wei Yan's rider stood up, his head raised and neighing, while Wei Yan on the horse had a horrified expression on his face, his eyes opened like cow eggs Yes, looking at the blood hole in his lower left abdomen in disbelief, he clenched his teeth to prevent himself from screaming out in pain.He couldn't accept his defeat. He clearly had the upper hand, so why was he suddenly stabbed in the left abdomen by Tie Zhu? It was unbelievable, it was a shame!

"General Yu Jin, hurry up!" After forcing Wei Yan back with one blow, Tie Zhu didn't care to take advantage of the victory to pursue and kill Wei Yan in one fell swoop.Almost in the blink of an eye, he rushed to Yu Jin's side, and while beckoning Yu Jin to follow behind him, he rushed bravely, killing a bloody path.

The moment Wei Yan was defeated, Liu Pan, Wen Pin and others were deeply surprised, and all turned their attention to Wei Yan who covered his left abdomen and rode back, full of doubts: How could Wei Yan lose the battle?

While they were stunned and hesitant for a moment, Tie Zhu didn't delay at all. A spear danced vigorously in his hand, forcibly cutting a gap in the Jingzhou army surrounded on all sides, and rushed out with Yu Jin. Siege.

"Puff, puff, puff!" The moment Tie Zhu escorted Yu Jin out of the siege, the screams of dying screams from behind made Tie Zhu suddenly turn around, but saw that Huan Yi was killed by Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin , When he cried out in pain, Wei Yan, who rode his horse back, chopped off his head with a knife.

"Dare you, little thief!" Seeing Huan Yi's head beheaded by Wei Yan with his own eyes, Tie Zhu's heart was shattered and his heart ached, two lines of hot tears flowed down his dark cheeks.He originally had a chance to kill Wei Yan, but he was so focused on breaking through that Wei Yan survived, but he never expected that Huan Yi would be beheaded by Wei Yan.At this moment, Tie Zhu blamed himself immensely and was heartbroken. All this was caused by him. He only wanted to break out of the siege but forgot that Huan Yi was still in the siege.In the end, he rushed out as he wished, but Huan Yi was brutally murdered, and Wei Yan, who was let go by him, had his head chopped off.

This scene fell in Tie Gu's eyes, how could he feel so embarrassed?

Which of the Xiliang generals is not a man of iron bones who values ​​love and righteousness. Has there ever been a precedent of abandoning his companions and escaping alone?But now, Tie Zhu only cared about running for his life, watching his comrades and brothers beheaded.Living so hard in the world, how will you stand in the army in the future, how will you explain to General Huanfei, and how will you face the generals who have lived and died together for more than ten years?

After thinking about this, Tie Zhu whispered to Jin, "You must return to Wancheng alive. When you see General Huan Fei in the future, tell him that Tie Zhu has a responsibility to take care of Brother Huan Yi. But someone can accompany you." Let Brother Huan Yi go on the road together, and I, Tie Gu, will fight side by side with Brother Huan Yi on Huangquan Road!" Before he finished speaking, Tie Zhu slapped the horse's buttocks on the horse under the forbidden seat, causing Yu Jin's mount to suffer pain Run wildly.

"No, General Tie Gu" Yu Jin's shouts gradually faded away, but after Yu Jin left, Tie Gu reined in his horse and turned around, turned back and charged into the siege again.

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With the scorching sun in the sky, Chang'an City is as prosperous as ever, but Beicheng City is exceptionally quiet.

Today is a beautiful day and a big day destined to go down in history.The first imperial examination was held as scheduled. At this moment, the former General’s Mansion in Beicheng is the examination room for the literary examination, and the examination room for the martial arts and various schools of thought is located in Xicheng, which is the camp of Jin Yiwei.

This morning seemed extraordinarily long, and it had touched the hearts of countless people since dawn, and when the hour of Chen arrived, the heartbeat reached its peak.

In the Great Hall of Changle, Li Li reviewed the memorial notes as usual, sometimes frowning in thought, sometimes leaning over his desk to write, sometimes staring at the sunshine outside the palace gate in a daze.What was different from the past was that there was no smile on his face throughout the morning, his expression was exceptionally stern, and his brows were always knit together, appearing preoccupied and depressed.

Not far from him, Li Zhi, the commander of the imperial guards, stood motionless behind the courtyard pillars. Except for Li Li, who was sitting high on the dragon chair, who could see him, no one knew that he was also in the hall, let alone his identity. hiding place.For more than ten years, wherever Li Li was, there was Li Zhi. Whether in the palace or in the wilderness, rain or shine, Li Zhi always stayed within ten steps of him, and his location could be changed at any time. , but the distance remains the same, and neither does the person.

Suddenly, a rush of footsteps broke the silence of the hall. Li Li's eyelids twitched violently when he heard the sound, and he muttered to himself: "What should come will come eventually, but the time is a little earlier than expected."

Chapter 242 Drive the tiger and devour the wolf ([-])

Suddenly, a burst of hurried footsteps broke the silence of the hall, and then the figure of Li Ru, the resident servant, appeared at the gate of the palace and trotted all the way into the hall.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from the flying eagle from Sili." Li Ru hurriedly ran to the steps, holding two stacks of letters in both hands, and said anxiously.

Hearing the sound, Li Li put down the note in his hand, stood up unhurriedly, walked down the steps, and said in a deep voice: "What should come will eventually come, but the time is a little earlier than I expected."

As soon as the words were finished, Li Li reached out to take the letter, and before he opened it, he saw that the light in front of the palace gate dimmed, and Li Xuan, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Zhuge Liang and all the battalion leaders in Beijing would come hand in hand.

Seeing them coming so fast, Li Li glanced at Li Ru, Li Ru's expression changed, his cheeks turned red, and when he was about to explain, Li Li shook his head slightly, forcing him to swallow the words.

"Your Majesty, I will see you!" More than a dozen civil and military officials headed by Li Xuna and Jia Xu saluted in unison.

Li Li nodded slightly, and was not in a hurry to open the letter. He put the letter on the dragon table casually, and raised his hand calmly: "Your honor."

While talking, he walked down the steps and took a seat on the left side of the hall: "Everyone sit down. Wen You stepped into the palace, and you will arrive later, which means that you already know what happened to Sili. If that's the case, then simply Sit down and discuss countermeasures. The war is urgent and time is not waiting for us. Only by negotiating countermeasures as soon as possible can the losses be minimized."

Li Xuan, Jia Xu, Guo Jia and the others sat down upon hearing this.Li Xuan and Jia Xu sat at the head of Li Li, Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang sat opposite, Lu Bu, the commander of the Wolf Cavalry camp, Huan Fei, the commander of the Feixiong camp, Dian Wei, the commander of the Huben camp, Ma Chao, the commander of the Longxiang camp, and Li Dian, the commander of the Wurui camp Zhang Fei, Commander of the Suzaku Battalion, Wu Yi, Deputy General of the Jinyi Guard, and Wang Yue, the Commander of the Zuo Du Commander of the Eagle Eye Guard, took their seats.

After everyone sits down.Li Liping said calmly: "With the war together, all the heavy burdens are on your shoulders. The soldiers and horses go first before the food and grass are moved. Yuan Zhong is responsible for raising food, grass and supplies, and Wen He is responsible for mobilizing troops and horses. Feng Xiao and Kong Ming plan countermeasures. Therefore, the next assessment will be handed over to Gongtai and Wenyou to take full responsibility."

"I will obey your orders." Li Xuan and the others replied in response.Immediately, Li Xuandao: "Your Majesty, don't worry. The food and supplies have already been prepared. As soon as Your Majesty gives an order, I will immediately allocate the food and grass and arrive in Luoyang within ten days. In addition, the military equipment and supplies have been prepared, and the troops and horses of each battalion The purpose of entering Beijing this time is to replace weapons, battle armor, and other supplies. Up to now, all the main battalions who have been ordered to enter Beijing have all replaced their equipment half a month ago. Adaptive training is currently underway, and the entire army can go out at any time."

After Li Li heard what he said, he turned his head to look at Jia Xu. Seeing Li Li's inquiring gaze, Jia Xu immediately understood and affirmed, "What Xiangguo said is exactly right. The soldiers and horses under the tents of all the generals present have all changed their outfits, and all the war cavalry Equipped with stirrup saddles, horse chopping knives and crossbows, each cavalry has thirty arrows and short swords, as well as horse armor and soft armor.

The infantry is equipped with light armor and heavy armor.Right now, only the camp under General Gao Shun's account and the Wurui Battalion defending Gyeonggi are all heavy infantry, and the rest of the infantry are light armored infantry.The infantry all use iron weapons and are equipped with repeating crossbows, shields and offensive and defensive ordnance are all replaced.The lethality and sturdiness are twice as high as before, and the combat effectiveness has increased by more than [-]%. "

Having said that, Jia Xu paused.Then he went on to say: "At present, all new equipment is only enough to equip 35 cavalry and infantry, and it is limited to the main battle battalion in Beijing. The main battle battalions stationed in other states and counties still use the original weapons and equipment, and the replaced ones Weapons are distributed to the county soldiers for use.”

Obviously.Jia Xu's remarks actually implied that Li Li and other generals of the main battalion had emotions about this equipment replacement.After all, they were stationed on the border and faced unexpected wars at any time, but they did not enter the sequence of the first batch of dressing, but were excluded. Therefore, these generals guarding the border will inevitably complain and express their dissatisfaction.And Jia Xu, Minister of the Ministry of War, was their target of venting. He wrote letters one after another expressing dissatisfaction, urging Jia Xu to replace them with new equipment. There were many threats and intimidation, threatening that if Jia Xu did not give them a satisfactory explanation, they would jointly report Jia Xu for using power for personal gain. , favoring one over another, and dealing with things unfairly, etc., there is a tendency to jointly impeach Jia Xu.

However, these frontier generals did not know that the replacement of new equipment was on the list appointed by Li Li. Jia Xu and Li Xuan were only executors and had no decision-making power at all.But they couldn't argue, they couldn't tell the generals of the battalions the truth, let alone betray Li Li.Therefore, the two of them are the scapegoat, and they can't avoid it, what should they do if they are responsible?

At present, there are nine main battle battalions gathered near Chang'an City, of which there are six cavalry battalions, with about 23 cavalry, all of which have been re-equipped; Replaced with new equipment, only 18 infantrymen of the Wuwei Battalion under Bocai's account had new equipment, and the remaining 3 infantry still used the old equipment, while the remaining [-] sets of new equipment were distributed to the imperial guards.

It is worth mentioning that during this change of clothes, Li Li formed another battalion of heavy armored infantry, which was the 4000 Xiandeng dead soldiers under Ju Yi's account.The Xiandeng battalion led by Ju Yi was originally an elite infantry force. He had experienced hundreds of battles and achieved outstanding results. The most brilliant achievement was to destroy the ace of Gongsun Zan's powerful Baima Yicong in one fell swoop.In the Battle of Changshan two years ago, Ju Yi relied on [-] Xiandeng soldiers to forcibly resist the fierce attack of more than [-] Cao troops for one year and four months. Although he was defeated and returned to Bingzhou, the surviving Xiandeng died. There are still more than [-] soldiers.

In the eyes of Li Li, these Xiandeng dead soldiers who have survived many battles are priceless treasures. Based on the principle of using good steel on the blade, Li Li decided to build the Xiandeng dead soldiers battalion into a heavy infantry, carefully choosing Select supplementary soldiers to make it the second heavy armored infantry after the trapped camp, a veritable ace infantry.

So far, all the new equipment that Li Li has worked so hard to accumulate for seven years has been exhausted, and even one set is gone.

It is precisely because the new equipment has been distributed that recently, Jia Xu has been battered by the generals of the battalions, but he can neither tell the truth nor give them new equipment, which is extremely miserable.In the end, it was all caused by the position of Minister of the Ministry of War. He sat in this position, who else could the generals of the battalions turn to if they didn't ask him for equipment?Even if they had the guts of a bear, the generals did not dare to directly ask Li Li for equipment, so Jia Wenhe naturally became the scapegoat.In just one month, half of his hair has fallen out, and a large area of ​​hair has been lost on the top of his head; if this continues, within half a year, he will become the first bald person in the Western Jin Dynasty.

Therefore, Jia Xu really felt that he, the Minister of the Ministry of War, was actually being grilled on the stove.It seems that the position is high and powerful, with millions of soldiers in hand, the power is even greater than that of Li Xuan, the prime minister, but in fact it is not the case at all.

So far, the Western Jin army has more than 20 main battle battalions, and the commanders and deputy generals of each battalion are the best in the army. Any one who is pulled out will have outstanding military exploits and a great reputation.These generals are not easy to get along with characters, all of them are good at fighting, unruly and unruly, and to put it bluntly, they are thorns.The reason why Li Li chose Jia Xu as Minister of the Ministry of War was because he was the first military adviser of the Xiliang Army, with outstanding military achievements and profound experience, he could hold back these arrogant soldiers.

But in fact Li Ligao saw Jia Xu.It would be no problem if he was asked to make plans and strategize; but to let him manage the generals in the army is beyond his ability and powerless, just like trying to drive a duck to the shelf, it is too difficult for him.Especially when the system of three provinces and six ministries has not yet been formed, although there is a military aircraft department above the Ministry of War, all the daily work is piled up on him, the minister of the Ministry of War, and it coincides with the war years, and the Ministry of War needs to do too much. , so much that he was out of breath and overwhelmed.

Just one change of equipment made Jia Xu sleepless nights. There are only so many new equipment, and only nine of the more than 20 main battalions can be replaced.It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, it's really tormenting!

For this reason, Jia Xu also thought about quitting.Facing a group of arrogant and arrogant generals all day long, it is reasonable to say that Jia Wenhe is a literati, and he is a great writer with culture and cultivation. He can't talk to these rebellious generals at all. Without a common language, communication is impossible.He used to think that with his profound qualifications and sharp tongue, he could completely deal with these warriors who only knew how to fight and kill, but unexpectedly, the result turned out to be the opposite, which was completely different from his original idea.

After half a year of running-in, Jia Xu realized that he still couldn't control these arrogant soldiers.Li Li himself is the only one who can really restrain the generals of the whole army and command the soldiers of the three armies. He is the only one. There is no other candidate besides him.He Jia Xu can't do it, he can't deter more than 3000 generals in the whole army, and he can't control such a big plate.

Jia Xu was full of bitterness and had nowhere to confide in. At this moment, she finally seized the opportunity to implicitly express the difficulties and troubles she was facing.It's a pity that Li Li's ambition is not here at this time, and he is preoccupied with the Sili war in his heart, so he has no time to take care of Jia Xu's distress and difficulties, so he didn't hear the deep meaning of Jia Xu's words, or he heard it, but he didn't care. deal with.Because now only Jia Xu is the best candidate for the Ministry of War. If even he can't restrain the generals in the army, Guo Jia, Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, Lu Su and others can't even do it. Press the generals.Therefore, only Jia Xu is the most suitable candidate, with qualified qualifications and military exploits, who else is there?

On the matter of distributing new equipment, Li Li was reluctant to say more, and Jia Xu's complaints had no effect. Let’s talk about the war, what happened in the Sili war, and what are the casualties of our army?”

Chapter 243 Drive the tiger and devour the wolf ([-])

Guo Jiadao: "At this hour, the Jingzhou army raided Deng County in Nanyang and broke through the city in one fell swoop. We don't know the exact situation of the battle yet.

At the same time, the Wei army aggressively attacked Henan County. According to the news from Yanzhou, the Cao army who attacked Henan County had as many as 13 people, and the leader of the army was Cao Ren, the general of Wei State.Like the battle in Nanyang County, the specific battle situation in Henan County is still unclear. The urgent report from Guan Ning, the governor of Sili, said that the war is urgent and the situation is critical, and the situation of Sili as a whole is worrisome. "Guo Jia's words were very succinct. A few words outlined the dangerous situation Sili was facing, and also revealed that he had limited information. He had not yet obtained the most accurate information and could not make a judgment.

Li Li frowned slightly after hearing the words, obviously dissatisfied with Guo Jia's answer, but he knew very well in his heart that the situation was unclear and he could not blame Guo Jia, but the time was too short, only half a day, and it was impossible to collect detailed and specific information at all.Not only that, but it was not easy for the news of the sudden war in Sili to come back so quickly.

Thinking of this, Li Li couldn't help sighing inwardly: "It's too inconvenient to send news right now. The front is fighting in full swing, but the rear doesn't know what's going on, let alone the specific battle situation. Just like the current situation, Si It took half a day to receive the news, which is already a miracle." He missed the transmitters and telephones of later generations very much.

Even so, this is due to the unique transmission of the eagle in the Western Jin Dynasty.Otherwise, the time to get the news may be delayed for a day or two, and the information will not be available until tomorrow morning at the earliest.This is the case in the Western Jin Dynasty, not to mention the speed of news transmission between the Southern Han and Northern Wei.It takes at least a day and two nights to receive news from a distance of five or six hundred miles, which is much slower than the Western Jin Dynasty.

so.At present, the three major vassal states are most afraid of encountering such sudden wars, and fierce battles are raging ahead.The rear didn't know anything about it, and when the news came back, the day lily was cold.If the enemy left after fighting, or fled after taking advantage, the party that was beaten could only look at it and sigh, and there was no other way but to retaliate afterwards.

Fortunately, this battle of Sili was by no means accidental, nor was it a pure sneak attack.Not to mention a quick decision and a hasty end.This is a premeditated and well-prepared large-scale war. The sneak attack is just to seize the opportunity and open up the situation by surprise, so as to occupy a favorable position and prepare for the next battle.

The current situation shows that the Southern Han and Northern Wei countries sent troops to attack Sili at the same time, not just to seize a few counties or passes, but had a bigger conspiracy.The ultimate goal must be to drive the forces of the Western Jin Dynasty out of the Central Plains, and then carve up the Central Plains states and counties under the Western Jin Dynasty, so as to achieve the ultimate goal of weakening the national strength of the Western Jin Dynasty and strengthening its own strength.Such an obvious strategic intention.If Li Li still can't understand, then even if he has lived in vain for so many years, he will become a subjugated slave sooner or later.

It is precisely because Li Li is very clear about the strategic intentions of the two vassal states sending troops at the same time.So he was not in a hurry to send troops to help Sili, and responded calmly.Attempt to make a decision before moving, and then strike.In other words.The Southern Han and Northern Wei jointly attacked Sili this time, as early as he expected, or he had been waiting for this opportunity, deliberately creating opportunities to induce the two countries to initiate an attack.As for why he did this, only he himself knows best.

Frowning and thinking for a long time, Li Li's eyes fell on Wang Yue, the eagle-eyed guard Zuo Dutong, and said softly: "Sili governor Guan Ning doesn't understand the military deployment of the North and South countries. He was beaten to the door of his house. He doesn't know The specific situation of these two enemy forces. I don’t blame him for not knowing the situation of the enemy. After all, he is a civil servant and doesn’t understand military affairs. But if you, Wang Yue, don’t know anything about it, I have to wonder whether the Eagle Eye Guard still exists. necessary."

The weight of these words was not light, and they were very severe, showing that Li Li was extremely dissatisfied with the Eagle Eye Guard's inability to detect the movements of the two vassal states in advance, as if Wang Yue was to blame.This is because the Eagle Eye Guard is an intelligence organization that specializes in spying and collecting intelligence.

The Eagle Eye Guard and the Xiliang Army coexisted, and developed with the growth of the Xiliang Army step by step. The formation process was very long, the internal structure was very complicated, the number of people was large, and the power was huge.So far, none of Li Li's civil and military staff knew the exact number of Eagle Eye Guards, nor did they know how the Eagle Eye Guards collected information, nor did they know what specific matters this intelligence organization directly under Li Li's control was responsible for.