Li Yi's heart sank, and he hurriedly asked, "The battle situation has changed again?" ”

Xu Da smiled bitterly: "I specially rushed to Gall Tao City to greet the lord, because the battle situation in Jizhou has changed again and again. The current situation is very unfavorable for us. ”

At the end of December last year, Xu Da led more than 50,000 troops to Julu City in Julu County. He got the news that because a big war was about to break out in Jizhou, Yu Poison and Zhenggu planned to go south to Yanzhou again to join Gongdu, and go north to attack Jizhou for the second time. The situation in Jizhou this year is significantly different from last year. The Northern Xinjiang Army, the Gongsun Army and the Jizhou Army faced off against the Qinghe State, and Li Yi, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao had to fight fiercely for the ownership of Jizhou. After the war, the three sides were scarred, and the Yellow Turban Army could profit from the fishermen and take the opportunity to go north to occupy the land of Hebei as the foundation for development.

After Xu Da heard the news, he hurriedly sent scouts to closely monitor the movements of the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro. At the end of the first month, Yu Poison and Zhenggu gathered nearly 100,000 Yellow Turban troops to attack the southeast of Wei County. Because Yuan Shao's army was pinned down by Gongsun Zhan and unable to return to help block the attack, he watched the Yellow Turban Army occupy Liyang.

"In late February and early March, the Yellow River will thaw and open. The Yellow Turban Army will smoothly cross the river into Yanzhou East County and join Gong. Xu Da said, "If we concentrate all our forces to defeat Gongsun Chan around March, and then we are faced with a difficult problem, should we continue to pursue Gongsun Chan and let the Yellow Turban Army cross the river to the north, or give up chasing Gongsun Chan and turn to fight with the Yellow Turban Army?" ”

No matter whether the Northern Xinjiang Army continued to pursue and kill Gongsun Chan or attack the Yellow Turban Army, they were all faced with the difficult situation of being attacked by the enemy on their backs and fighting on both sides. At this time, if Yuan Shao took advantage of the fire to rob, the Northern Xinjiang Army would be attacked on three sides, and the situation would be very critical.

Xu Da is not worried about fighting. Fighting a war is not a difficult thing for the Northern Xinjiang Army, and all the more difficult battles than this have been fought. Xu Da is worried about the counties and people of Jizhou. As soon as this battle is fought, the beacon will be in flames, Jizhou will be destroyed nine times out of ten, and the people of Jizhou will also suffer. Northern Xinjiang urgently needs a stable, affluent, and intact Jizhou, not a ruin with millions of homeless displaced people.

Li Yi refused the invitation of the local officials and set up camp outside the city. He and Xu Da discussed for a long time, and the two agreed that Yuan Shao deliberately gave way to the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro to go south, and his purpose was to induce the Yellow Turban Army to go north to attack Jizhou, and then destroy Jizhou.

Li Yi said angrily: "Yuan Shao is an ungrateful white-eyed wolf. The Great Han Kingdom gave him countless glory and wealth to the Yuan family, he was not grateful to Uncle Tu and served the country loyally, but he did this kind of unconscionable thing. ”

Xu Da sneered: "In his eyes, it is you who are the lord who has lost the society, and it is you who is the lord who is causing trouble to the country, and the lord is a bloody and cruel tiger, he can't wait to skin you and cramp." What is Jizhou? What are the millions of people in Jizhou? Compared with the Han Dynasty, compared with the 50 million living beings of the Han Dynasty, this state, millions of lives, is a fart. ”

"This is probably what the scholars call 'sacrificing small profits and taking care of big profits', right?" Li Yi sneered, "As early as when Yuan Shao raised troops to fight Dong, he said so. ”

"In my opinion, this 'big profit' is not the benefit of my big man, but the benefit of his Yuan Shao." Xu Da said hatefully, "Kill this person, and the world will be safe." ”

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In mid-February, Jizhou, Julu County, Guangzong City.

Li Yi led 6,000 hussars to reach Guangzong City.

At the military meeting, Jia Xufeng explained in detail the deployment of the Battle of Jieqiao.

In order to completely defeat Gongsun Chan before the Yellow Turban Army crossed the river north, the Northern Frontier Army planned to launch an attack in late February. At this time, the Yellow River had not yet opened, and Tian Kai and Liu Bei's army could not cross the river to the north to return for reinforcements, which was the best time to defeat Gongsun Zhan.

Gongsun Zhan's army is currently stationed in Ganling City, with a number of about 80,000 to 100,000. If Gongsun Chan had recruited all the Yellow Turban Army prisoners into the army during the truce, the Youzhou army would have at least 150,000 to 200,000 people.

Considering the food, grass and ordnance, Jia Xu believes that the number of troops that Gongsun Chan can really put into the battlefield will not exceed 100,000 at most, and the elite troops will not exceed 50,000.

At present, the Northern Xinjiang Army has 20,000 troops stationed on both sides of the boundary bridge, more than 50,000 troops stationed in Julu City, which is 120 miles away from Guangzong City, and 20,000 iron horsemen are on the way, and will arrive at Gatao City within five days. Coupled with the 6,000 hussar guards led by Li Yi, nearly 100,000 troops will all be put into the battlefield.

The grain, grass and ordnance transported from the north have arrived in Handan City one after another, and the grain and grass baggage sent by Jizhou to the Northern Xinjiang army has been hoarded in Guangzong. 300,000 people have been recruited from the displaced people, and they have now arrived in the areas of Handan and Guangzong City.

Jia Xu finally looked at the generals and said loudly: "After General Zhao Yun's iron cavalry arrived at the city of Gauntlet, the attack began. ”

The generals agreed with a bang, Li Yi stood up, said a few words of encouragement, and then talked about the problem of the Yellow Turban Army. Li Yi said: "Our goal is the stability of the Han community, not the stability of Hebei, so the Yellow Turban Army must solve it." The solution is not to kill, but to appease. Believe me, I can do it. ”

"You may also be worried that after the Yellow Turban Army crosses the river and goes north, we will be caught in a two-front battle." Li Yi smiled, "In my opinion, we don't just have to fight on two fronts. If Tian Kai and Liu Bei lead their troops north to support Gongsun Zhan, and Yuan Shao gives us a look behind our backs, then we will have to deal with four battlefields at the same time. ”

The generals were secretly shocked.

"Afraid of what?" Li Yi suddenly said loudly, "How many battles has the Northern Xinjiang Army fought in the past few years? No, we haven't fought a single big battle so far, but we've won all of them. ”

"There is no battle that our Northern Frontier Army cannot win, and there is no enemy that our Northern Frontier Army cannot win."

The generals were touched by Li Yi's pride, and all of them doubled their confidence and cheered in unison.

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In mid-February, Jizhou, Wei County.

Li Yi wrote a letter inviting Yuan Shao to meet on the bank of the Qing River.

Yuan Shao's identity is very special, it is impossible to go to Guangzong to meet Li Yi, and Li Yi does not want to surrender his identity to visit Yuan Shao, so Li Yi thought of such a compromise method, and everyone went to Qinghe to meet.

Yuan Shao took the trial, Guo Tu, and a hundred personal guards, and came to Qinghe early to wait.

Suddenly, the sound of a rousing horn rose through the air, and an army of iron horsemen rushed out from between heaven and earth, roaring like a hurricane.

Yuan Shao's face changed greatly, and he exclaimed: "Hurry up, hurry up, that's the hussar guards and iron cavalry......"

Frustrated, he stopped Yuan Shao, who was about to leave, and asked, "What does the lord mean by this?" ”

Guo Tu on the side looked at the iron cavalry army galloping in the distance, and said in a panic: "We have been fooled, Li Yi wants to kill the lord." ”

"What nonsense?" Fu Zhu said calmly, "Li Yi didn't want to kill the lord, but wanted to use the iron horse to deter the lord and force the lord to join forces with him to attack Gongsun Zhan." ”

Yuan Shao sneered: "Li Yi is a madman, who knows what he will do?" Let's go, get out of ......"

A hundred guards surrounded Yuan Shaoru and flew away.

Frustrated as he rode his horse galloped wildly, he kept looking back.

"Uh......h Woo ......" horns sound one after another, and the sound shook all over the world.

The army of iron cavalry in the distance slowed down. A white horse stands out and chases after it like a gallop. After that, ten horsemen lined up and followed on horseback.

After taking a closer look and making sure that the Iron Cavalry had stopped, he raised his hand and shouted, "Lordship...... The general came alone ......"

Yuan Shao looked back and shouted angrily: "Don't pay attention to him, let's go ......"

Fu Zhu said loudly: "My lord, we need to meet with the general to determine what the Northern Frontier Army thinks. It's good for us. ”

"It doesn't matter to me what he thinks." Yuan Shao whipped it down and shouted loudly, "I just want him to fight with Gongsun Zhan." Let's go, let's go back to camp. ”

Fu Zhu hesitated for a moment, suddenly grabbed Ma Jian, and said, "The lord will go first, and I will meet him." ”

Yuan Shao glared at him angrily, waved his hand and ordered the guards on the left and right, and said, "Leave fifty horsemen to protect Mr. Fu, and the others will follow me." ”

Frustrated Zhu came to Li Yi and said, "General, I haven't seen you for seven years. You okay? ”

"It's okay to be public or not." Li Yi bowed and said with a smile, "Whether I'm good or not, the public and the public should be clear." ”

He smiled and pointed to the iron cavalry army in the distance and said, "General, what do you mean by this?" ”

"What do you mean?" Li Yi's face sank suddenly, and Yuan Shao was scolded. He scolded Yuan Shao for supporting Liu Yu as the emperor, and scolded until Yuan Shao seized Jizhou, "I want to ask him, why did Jizhou become like this immediately when it came to him?" Is Gongsun Chan going to forcibly occupy Jizhou, or is he going to destroy Jizhou? If he doesn't have this ability, he won't be a Jizhou pastor. Now Jizhou is in chaos like this, it is all his responsibility. ”

Frustrated thoughtfully.

Li Yi pointed to the direction in which Yuan Shao disappeared, and said angrily: "Please go back and tell Yuan Shao, tell him to weigh his own weight first, and if he does not have the ability to govern Jizhou, he will immediately go to the court and take the initiative to resign." ”

Fu Zhu avoided answering, and asked respectfully: "How many men did the general bring to Hebei this time?" ”

"That's just six thousand." Li Yi pointed at the iron cavalry army in the distance with the horsewhip in his hand, "There is no army in northern Xinjiang to support Jizhou." Now the Saiwai Tuntian has not been completed, the people are in hardship, and the Hu tribes in the desert are constantly in friction. Under these circumstances, I did not dare to recruit the foreign army to the south. ”

After a moment's hesitation, he asked: "General, I heard that Northern Xinjiang has recently purchased a large amount of grain in Jing, Henan, and Yang, and has also recruited hundreds of thousands of people in Zhongshan and Changshan. ”

"Hmph......" Li Hong sneered and said rather conceitedly, "To deal with Gongsun Zhan, 30,000 people are enough." ”

There was a hint of mockery in his eyes.

"If Yuan Shao, the Jizhou pastor, still wants to do it, tell him to send troops to Qinghe Country in three days, and attack Ganling City with my northern Xinjiang army." Li Yi said very arrogantly, "I know exactly what Yuan Shao thinks in his heart. He wants to consume the strength of my Northern Frontier Army, doesn't he? You tell him that if he doesn't attack Gongsun Zhan, I will immediately make peace with Gongsun Zhan, this Jizhou pastor, who will be Gongsun Zhan in three days. ”

Frustrated with an ugly face, he said: "General, you are the pillar of my dynasty, the hussar general of the Han Dynasty, you can't bend the law so arrogantly......"

"Do you say me?" Li Yi pointed to his nose and asked, "Am I arrogant and perverting the law?" What about Yuan Shao? Who made Jizhou what it is today? ”

Then he glared at him and said, "Does Yuan Shao want to take advantage of the fact that Gongsun Chan and I are both defeated, to beat me so that the fisherman can profit?" ”

He also wanted to defend himself, but Li Yi waved his hand to stop him and said, "Three days later, if Yuan Shao doesn't beat Gongsun Zhan, I will beat him." (To be continued.) )