"You have concerns, I know that without the forgiveness decree of the Son of Heaven now, what I say is in vain, but you can do one thing, at least for your brother." Li Yi saw that Gongsun Yu had been silent, and had no intention of nodding in agreement, so he had to retreat. This is also the main purpose of his personal run to persuade Gongsun Yu to surrender.

Gongsun Yu smiled helplessly and said, "If General Li believes me, send me to the city, and I will discuss it with Gongsun Wen." ”

Li Yi waved his hand and said happily: "Okay, it's a man." ”

Gongsun Yu was carried into Yangle City by eight Wuhuan soldiers.

Three days later, Gongsun Wen surrendered.

Li Yi entertained them for a meal in the camp, and the main generals of both sides on the battlefield of Fuli River were basically present.

Gongsun Wen was very unconvinced, thinking that if his troops were not raided by Li Yi's cavalry, they could completely defeat Li Yi's infantry phalanx with their own cavalry.

Li Yi said with a smile: "My infantry was recruited from the demobilized Yellow Turban Army soldiers after the amnesty, and it took less than half a year to train this infantry phalanx, and during this period, because of the snow in winter, many times it could not be trained, and the real training time was even less than three months." If they can train for a longer period of time and be able to skillfully coordinate and change formations, it will be enough to reimburse all of your 50,000 cavalry. ”

Gongsun Xiao shook his head and said in disbelief: "Although the lack of training of the soldiers is a reason, General Li's troops have suffered heavy losses, and it is not unrelated to the bravery of our Hu soldiers. ”

Zhang Baiqi glared at him fiercely and said loudly: "Although the Hu people are fierce, they are not the same as letting me retreat." ”

Gongsun Wen sneered: "Next time you encounter Gongsun Lei's Xianbei cavalry, or Gongsun Feng's Wuhuan cavalry, you can try again." ”

Li Yi asked, "Are they very powerful?" ”

Gongsun Yu sighed and praised: "Ten times better than me." ”

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May of the second year of Zhongping of the Great Han Dynasty (185 AD).

The 50,000 horses belonging to Gongsun Yu of the rebel army of Liaodong have been wiped out, and Gongsun Han and Gongsun Zhang led their troops to retreat all the way, and all the cities they passed were abandoned.

The cavalry captain opened his jaw and led five thousand cavalry. Captain Wu Meng led 5,000 foot soldiers, and the 5,000 foot soldiers led by Beizhong Lang General Zhang Fei, a total of 15,000 people, chased after them all the way.

Zhang Jaw was worried about the ambush, and he was cautious along the way, and the marching speed was not too fast.

After Gongsun Zhang led an army of 70,000 to retreat to Fuli City at the southern foot of Yiwulu Mountain, he suddenly stopped.

Zhang Jaw hurriedly gathered a large army and stationed it under the city of Fuli. His troops were not as numerous as the rebels and could besiege the city, but the siege was insufficient. Zhang Jaw hurriedly sent fast horses to Han Dang and Zhang Fei's army. Urging the two armies to quickly rush to Fuli City to rendezvous, preparing to attack the rebels, while asking for help from the former general Li Yi.

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At this time, Li Yi's troops had already reached the White Wolf Water's edge.

After receiving the envoy sent by Zhang Jaw, Li Yi hurriedly asked, "How is the battle situation on General Zhang Jaw's side?" ”

"It's not good. Gongsun Zhang is not at war with us at all, they have already retreated to Fuli City. It is not known whether they will continue to retreat, and if they cross the Swamp, the battle will be very difficult to fight. The terrain of the swamp is complex, and it is difficult to transport grain and grass. It's not good for us. Xun Yu smiled bitterly.

In the central region of Liaodong, that is, the lower reaches of the Huanyang River in later generations, it is a large swamp with a radius of nearly 100 miles. This large swamp divided the subject country of Liaodong into two parts, east and west. To the west, there are four counties of Tuhe, Bintu, Changli and Fuli, while to the east are two counties of Xiandu and Fangxian.

Li Yi shook his head secretly, he still had some understanding of the general situation in Liaodong, and knew that Xun Yu was not lying.

It's really complicated in this swamp. Among them, the river channel is tortuous, the fork river is horizontal, and the terrain is low-lying. The water stagnates and becomes a swamp. The aquatic weeds are intertwined and knotted, and they are covered with water. The vegetation that grows in the swamp is mainly Liaosong grass, Wula moss, sea leek, etc., forming a meadow.

Under the meadow, the stagnant water is black and muddy, with no knees in the shallow places and no roofs in the depths. From a distance, it looks like a gray-green ocean, no hills, no trees, birds and beasts are extinct, people are barren, there are no villages, no roads, east and west, north and south, vast and infinite.

Men and mules and horses walked on the meadows, stepping on the roots of the grass and advancing along the meadows. If you accidentally fall into the quagmire and no one can help you, you will sink deeper and deeper, and even be swallowed up. The climate in the grassland area is harsh, and the clear sky is unpredictable.

The rainy season of the grassland from May to September every year makes the already stagnant and muddy swamp even more flooded. It's May, and the rainy season has arrived.

Of course, there are some safe roads in the middle of the grass that can be passed, but these safe roads are not known to ordinary people, and if there is no guide from someone who is familiar with the road, I am afraid that no matter how many people and horses there are, it will be difficult to pass safely.

And once you choose to make a detour, you can only enter the territory of Liaodong County, not only will you have an extra march of hundreds of miles, but you will also encounter a new enemy, that is, the Haoqiang of Liaodong County.

Now, the army of Liaodong County has not yet started a war with the Youzhou army, and Li Yi does not want to start a war before exterminating the rebels of the subject state of Liaodong.

The population of Liaodong County is more than twice that of Liaodong vassal states. According to the household registration reported to the imperial court by Liaodong County two years ago, Li Yi knew that this Liaodong County could be regarded as a county with a large population, with nearly 110,000 households and a total population of more than 600,000.

You must know that in a place like Yangle in Liaodong and Yangle in Liaoxi County, with a population of about 300,000, there are more than 100,000 troops in the Gongsun family of Liaodong vassal country. With the population of more than 600,000 people in Liaodong County, it is enough to pull up an army of 200,000 or 300,000.

"General Zhang's lone army is deep, and it's dangerous." Jia Xu whispered.

"The rebels are retreating fast, very fast, we have to catch up, otherwise what will we do? Let them swagger back to the east side of the Swamp? They didn't want the western part of the Everglades at all, and gave up all the cities. The determination of the rebels to withdraw was completely unexpected. Xun Yu said worriedly.

"What does Brother Wen Ruo think of this latest battle situation?" Li Yi asked.

Xun Yu glanced at him and said, "Lord, Yu thinks that it is necessary to hit Gongsun Han and Gongsun Zhang hard and drive away Gongsun Lei, otherwise it will be difficult to have a result in a short period of time." ”

Li Yi was silent.

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Fuli City is located on the east side of the southernmost part of Yiwulu Mountain, the holy mountain of Liaodong, in the middle of Liaodong vassal country, and more than 100 miles away from Changli City, the seat of Liaodong vassal country.

The middle of the two cities is separated by the southern end of Yiwulu Mountain, and they come and go to each other, either through a very dangerous canyon in the southern section of Yiwulu Mountain, or they can go around more than 100 miles and walk from the south of Yiwulu Mountain.

It can be said that this section of the five-mile-long canyon located in the south of Yiwulu Mountain is the only passage to Changli City.

Gongsun Zhang's face was very ugly, and the whole person was thin and out of shape. Although his injuries have not deteriorated, he has shown no signs of recovery. Gongsun Zhang lay on the sickbed all day long, tormented by injuries.

Gongsun Han walked in slowly, waving his hand to signal the two healers to leave.

"Third ......" Gongsun Han gently grabbed Gongsun Zhang's hand and shouted in a low voice.

Gongsun Zhanghui held Gongsun Han's hand and smiled reluctantly: "Big brother, I'm in pain, it's very painful, I really can't stand it." ”

Gongsun Han shook his head painfully, patted his arm and said, "Third brother, hold on for a while, and when we finish this battle, we will go back to Changli City." ”

Gongsun Zhang closed his eyes, moaned a few times, and asked in a low voice, "Old Five...... Is there any news from the old five? ”

Gongsun Han's eyes suddenly burst into anger, and the muscles on his face twitched a few times. He held back his anger, let out a long breath, and whispered, "There's news." ”

Gongsun Zhang opened his eyes in surprise, and then saw the anger on Gongsun Han's face. He was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "What happened to the fourth and fifth children?" ”

Gongsun Han nodded, let out a long breath again, and said in a low voice: "We just got the news that they were ambushed by the army led by the former general Li Yi near Fuli Mountain in the Yangle Territory Realm, and the whole army was annihilated. ”

Gongsun Zhang was stunned, he stared blankly at the roof, and he didn't make a sound for a long time.

After a while, Gongsun Zhang asked, "Are they all dead?" ”

"No, they've all been caught." Gongsun Han said angrily, "These two people buried 50,000 of us at once. ”

Gongsun Zhang smiled helplessly and said, "It's good if you're not dead, it's good if you're not dead." Big brother, the fourth and fifth can't come back, then our encirclement plan will be null and void. ”

"Yes, third child, I just came to discuss this matter with you." Gongsun Han calmed down the anger in his heart for a while, and said slowly, "The troops of the former general Li Yi's subordinate generals Zhang Fei of Beizhong Lang, Zhang Jaw, the captain of Xiaocai, and Han Dang, the captain of Wu Meng, have already set up a large camp outside the city. ”

Gongsun Zhang looked at Gongsun Han and asked, "Big brother, what are you going to do now?" Cut off his grain path? ”

"Yes, I'm going to cut off their food routes." Gongsun Han thought for a moment and said, "The troops of Gongsun Qiu, Gongsun Yi, Gongsun Xing, and Gongsun Play are now all ambushed on the Tianshi Ridge outside the city, if the Youzhou army intends to cut off our grain route, we can just hit them in an ambush and take the opportunity to annihilate a part of the Youzhou army." Then I asked Gongsun Qiu and them to block both ends of the canyon and completely cut off the food and grass supply of the Youzhou army. ”

"When do you choose to occupy the canyon?" Gongsun Zhang asked, "Wait for Zhang Fei and them to attack the city?" ”

"The Youzhou army chased all the way, and the grain and grass they brought were limited, according to my prediction, it would not exceed ten days. So I'm going to let Zhang Fei and them attack for a few days first, you see? ”

"Siege?" Gongsun Zhang said: "We have few troops now, and the soldiers are not as elite as the Youzhou Army, so we will suffer heavy casualties once we fight." It would be better to think of a way to make the enemy think that we are short of food, so that they may only besiege and not attack in order to avoid losses. ”

Gongsun Han closed his eyes slightly, and a smile flashed across his face. (To be continued.) )