Zhao Yun smiled and said, "Big brother, you have seen what you said. We are brothers, brothers in life and death, and we can't say anything burdened or implicated. Everything we do is for my Han and the people of my Han, and we are not wrong. As subjects of the Han Dynasty, we can't eradicate the traitors in the court, we can't help the Son of Heaven revive the court, we can't help the innocent and poor people, what are we wearing this armor for? What other face lives in this world? ”

Zhao Yun looked at Li Yi and said categorically: "To live, you must always do something, at least do something worthy of your conscience." ”

Li Yi shook his head again and again, and said movingly: "Since Zilong said so, what else am I worried about." I'd like to see who dies in the end. ”

Zhao Yun smiled: "Big brother, it's good if you have confidence." How do you see this battle fought? Now the rebels are strong in strength, their morale is like a rainbow, and they have a momentum of pouring thousands of miles, and with our current strength, it is difficult to resist. ”

Li Yi nodded, although nominally he has 150,000 troops in Liaodong, but 120,000 of them are prisoners who have just been recruited, not to mention the training level and combat effectiveness of this kind of troops, if they are really pulled into the battlefield, they may immediately mutiny and surrender to the enemy.

These captives are different from the Yellow Turban soldiers he took in last year, almost half of these people are Xianbei and Wuhuan Hu people, Li Yi really doesn't dare to have confidence in this kind of people.

No, Li Yi's 5,000 troops left in Xiangping this time not only have the meaning of protecting his own logistics, but also have the meaning of monitoring the 120,000 newly recruited captive army.

Previously, Zhao Yun said that their available troops in Liaodong were more than 40,000 people, and Li Yi felt that Zhao Yun's calculation was too optimistic. First of all, he had to leave 5,000 men and horses to garrison Xiangping; Secondly, for the more than 10,000 horses in the hands of Li Yi and others, Li Yi is also deeply skeptical about their combat effectiveness.

Therefore, the only real combat power in his hands now is the 25,000 men and horses he brought with him. Of these, 10,000 were cavalry, and 15,000 were foot soldiers.

"At present, the enemy is strong and I am weak. We can't win a frontal battle, we can't fight this battle, we can only avoid the edge for the time being. The only thing we have an advantage in is the cavalry, but Gongsun Han is very cunning, and he doesn't give us cavalry room to play at all. ”

Li Yi pointed to the map on the desk and said, "You see, the east and west ends of Liaodong are all mountains, and only the central part is a plain, which is suitable for our cavalry to fight. But Gongsun Han directly abandoned this area and led the army eastward. Attack Xi'an Ping and occupy the eastern part of Liaodong, which is all mountainous. In this way, he not only achieved the goal of joining forces with Goguryeo and other alien alliances to strengthen his own strength, but also made it impossible for us to give full play to our advantages. ”

"In the mountainous area of Liaodong, a complex terrain with no depth and no sufficient combat distance, it is difficult for us to adopt the method of cavalry running long distances and annihilating the enemy one by one."

"Since we can't win with odds. If you don't have a chance to win head-on, you can only retreat. ”

"We still need to preserve our strength first, and it is more realistic to try to keep the rebels stranded in the eastern part of Liaodong. I think it's better to quickly inform Li Yi and Huang Xu and ask them to withdraw to the Xiangping camp immediately. We met them in Xiangping. ”

Zhao Yun was stunned. He asked, "Is the sweat gone?" ”

"Guard, and it's a dead guard." Li Yi said resolutely, "Whether you can quickly defeat the rebels depends on whether Liu Yi can hold on to Fanhan." ”

Li Yi pointed to the Fan Khan on the map and said, "We stick to the Fan Khan. It is equivalent to driving a nail in the rear of the enemy, threatening the enemy's rear at all times. In order to eliminate this threat and ensure the safety of the rear grain routes. The rebels could only pull out this nail first, and this achieved the goal of dragging the rebels in the eastern part of Liaodong. Although the city of Fanhan City is not large, it is very strong, and it is located between the two rivers of Hunshui and Peishui, the terrain is very dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is difficult for the rebels to take this city. Once the rebels' assault on the city is blocked, their overwhelming attack will be curbed. If Liu Yi can hold out until next month, Liaodong will enter a long winter, and with the weather gradually getting worse, it will be impossible for the rebels to risk attacking Xiangping and the western part of Liaodong. If the rebels stop attacking Xiangping, then there is no threat to us. ”

"One winter is enough for us to breathe and gather strength. Next spring, our new army will certainly have been trained, and by that time we will have superior forces, and we will be able to fight the rebels. ”

Zhao Yun glanced at him worriedly and said, "If we don't attack, someone in the DPRK will take the opportunity to frame him and fall into the ground." ”

Li Yi said without hesitation: "The lives of the brothers are not ants, nor are they grass mustard, the lives of the brothers are my lives, I will never treat the lives of my brothers as a child's play, this battle cannot be fought." ”

He looked at Zhao Yun and said with a smile: "Moreover, this is Youzhou, which is my Li Yi's territory, and those people can't make much waves here." If they want to slander before the Son of Heaven, I want to see how much wealth they have. ”

Listening to Li Yi's words, Zhao Yun also smiled. It's just that this smile is a little helpless, after all, a courtier who is loyal to the Han Dynasty, after knowing that this son of heaven is so greedy for money, I'm afraid he doesn't feel very good in his heart.

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Fanhan City is located between Peishui and Zhushui two waters, although the city is not big, but the terrain is very dangerous.

Li Yi and Huang Xu's troops were rapidly passing through the pontoon bridge and rushing north.

Liu Yi is a son of the Haoqiang Liu family in Liaodong County, and when the Haoqiang in Liaodong conspired to assassinate Li Yi last time, he resolutely opposed the Liu family's involvement. In this regard, his father, who is also the head of the Liu family, has the same opinion as him. Therefore, even if Liu Yong, the eldest son of the Liu family, participated in that conspiracy, the Liu family survived in the end. Even after spending some money, he asked the Son of Heaven to buy Liu Yong's life.

It's a pity that the eldest brother Liu Yong, who spent five million dollars to buy his life, died in the chaos two days ago.

Perhaps, the next one to die at the hands of the rebels will become himself, right?

Liu Yi stood on the small hill outside the city of Fanhan with his hands in his hands, looking at the soldiers who were hurrying away with a heavy heart, his face was full of gloom.

In order to explain his thoughts accurately and thoroughly, Li Yi wrote him three letters in one day. Whether the city can be held and whether it can be held for a long time is the key to preventing the rebels from invading the western part of Liaodong.

Li Yi stationed his army in Wenxian County, in addition to containing the enemy, mainly to give strong support to Fanhan City at the right time. As for taking the opportunity to destroy the enemy, or even taking the opportunity to destroy the enemy and break the siege, Li Yi thinks that it is very difficult, unless a miracle happens.

Although Liu Yi is young, as a middle-level officer of the Liaodong County Army, Liu Yi has also participated in many battles, and he is not ambiguous in the war. He was still very confident in holding the city of Fanhan. What worries him and what he doesn't know is the bleak situation in Liaodong.

Originally, after Li Yi had struggled to appease the rebels and bloodily purge those opposition forces, Liaodong, which had been plagued by the scourge of war and the exploitation of the powerful, suddenly had a better future.

However, just when people were looking forward to a peaceful and peaceful New Year, the situation suddenly changed, the rebels rioted again, and everything was restored to the past.

Now it seems that the rebellion between Gongsun Han and Gongsun Zhang must be a situation caused by the joint efforts of all forces in the DPRK and China, and their ultimate goal is probably not only to kill Li Yi, but to regain their lost power and regain the balance of power in the court, so that they can continue to deceive the Son of Heaven, compete for power and profit, and steal the country and the people.

"Lingjun, Li Lingjun and General Huang are here." The squire's shouts woke Liu Yi from his contemplation.

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Li Yi and Huang Xu came with a group of guards Pegasus.

Liu Yi hurriedly greeted him, and the three of them exchanged pleasantries slightly.

"Zhong Jian, according to General Li's request, we have left all the surplus food and weapons behind." Li Yi bowed down and said, "In addition, General Huang will lead two thousand elite soldiers to stay, and they will help Zhong Jian defend the city." ”

Liu Yi smiled gratefully and said, "Thank you." ”

"This is the Lord's urgent order. He thought that if there were 5,000 people defending the city, it should not be a problem for Ling Jun to hold out for two months. Huang Xu said with a worried face, "Lingjun, we will win if we stay until it snows." ”

Huang Xu's heart was very sad, the lord trusted him very much, and promoted him from the many Yellow Turban soldiers, and reached the high position of military Sima in less than a year.

This time in the Liaodong counterinsurgency battle, his performance was good, and the lord did not hesitate to reward him, promoting him to be a captain and serving as the captain of Lelang County.

Huang Xu knew that the reason why the lord made such an arrangement was to value his caution and prudence, and to let him see the enemies who could not be killed, such as Yang Zhong, who was driven to Lelang County by the lord, and of course, it was not without the intention of spying on Gongsun Wen.

However, in the end, he didn't do any of these things, and Yang finally died, but Gongsun Wen rebelled again, and he didn't know anything about it before, which was definitely his dereliction of duty.

Huang Xu felt that he no longer had the face to see the lord, so he decided to lead the army and stay in Fanhan. If you win, you can be regarded as guilty and meritorious, and if you lose, then use your life to wash away the shame you once had.

Liu Yi looked up at the sky and said with a wry smile: "It depends on the will of heaven." ”

Li Yi sighed lightly and said worriedly: "Although we have left food, I think the food in the city can only last for more than a month at most. When we return to Xiangping, we will do our best to persuade General Li to support Zhongjian as soon as possible. ”

Liu Yi shook his head and said, "You have been leading the army to fight for many years, and you should know that General Li's method is the only way to drag the rebels westward now." If we expend too many troops in the city of Fanhan, we can only weaken ourselves and surrender Liaodong to the rebels. Leave it all up to him. ”

Liu Yi waved his hand vigorously, and said arrogantly: "Zizhuo, please go back and tell General Li, just say that I, Liu Yi, swear to defend Fanhan City to the death, even if I fight to the death of a soldier, I will never surrender." (To be continued.) )