The day when the Xiliang army first arrived under Chen Liucheng.

Zhang Miao avoided but did not fight, and let Wang Fang wantonly slander and abuse under the city, he just made up his mind to hold on and ignored all kinds of provocations of the Xiliang army.

The challenge was fruitless, and Li Dao immediately ordered 3,000 foot soldiers to carry siege ordnance and storm Chen Liucheng.

The two sides fought fiercely for half a day, and the Xiliang soldiers stepped on the ladder to the top of the city several times, but finally failed to seize a foothold at the head of the city, and were killed and retreated by Zhang Miao's army.

Until the sun set and dusk came, Li Dao's army attacked the city to no avail, and retreated in a huff.

In this battle, most of the 3,000 Xiliang infantry soldiers were lost, and less than 1,000 remnants survived.

Zhang Miao defended the fortified city, and was well prepared before the battle, although there were several dangers along the way, Zuihou still stubbornly resisted the Xiliang soldiers. There was no danger to survive the first day of siege, and the first battle was successful, only losing more than 1,000 defenders of the city, which has nothing to do with the overall situation.

At night, the Xiliang army set up camp in Changwei Mountain, twenty miles northeast of Chenliucheng.

This is Li Li led 3,000 soldiers of the baggage battalion to be busy for an afternoon before arranging the haode camp.

Changwei Mountain, in fact, is a large barren mountain with an altitude of more than 200 meters, stretching for dozens of miles, and the other side of the mountain is the Yellow River. The mountain is high in the west and low in the east, the west is the tall and towering main peak, and the east is a steep and narrow mountain beam, which slowly stretches like the long tail of a chickadee. Therefore, it is called Longwei Mountain by Li Li.

The camp of the Xiliang Army is built close to the main peak of Changwei Mountain, and to the west is the direction of Luoyang, which is the territory of the Xiliang Army; The northeast side is covered by a mountain beam more than ten miles long, and 500 foot soldiers can hold the mountain beam; To the south is Chen Liucheng.

Li Li laid three lines of defense at the main gate of Dazhai, a ditch, a fence and several large staggered pits.

These pits, staggered in turn, were covered with thick planks that could accommodate the passage of a large army, and once the planks were removed, they were two feet deep and full of bamboo thorns, enough to kill thousands of soldiers.

Li Li didn't want to build such a temporary camp so complicated, he just mentioned it casually, turned around and left, leaving all the trivial matters to Bocai.

Unexpectedly, in one afternoon, a fairly solid huge military camp was built, and it was both offensive and defensive, especially the pit at the gate of the wall, which was extremely imperceptible.

If Li Li didn't take the initiative to inform Li Dao, I'm afraid that even a battlefield veteran like Li Dao would not know that the underground at the gate of the Yuan Gate was actually full of murderous weapons - bamboo thorn traps.

The camp is very simple, except for the generals' tents, the other camps are linoleum straw huts that can only keep out the rain, and hundreds of people are crammed into a shed, and the environment is bad.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, all the generals gathered in the big tent.

Li Wei sat in the middle, quite majestic, with a solemn expression, and he couldn't see the gloom of today's siege failure.

Li Li's current seat is under Guo Yan, and he is in the second seat on the right, facing Li Meng next to Zhang Ji on the left.

After the generals hastily ate their meals in the big tent, Li Dao coughed lightly and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, today's first battle was lost, and more than 2,000 elite infantry soldiers were lost. It can be seen from this that Zhang Miao Lao'er has been prepared for a long time, and the defense of the city is fully armoured, and it is difficult for our army to win in a short time.

How should our army attack the city tomorrow, what do you think, it doesn't hurt to be blunt, they are all their own brothers! ”

After Li Dao finished speaking, Guo Yan said unyieldingly: "This time, we will send troops to Chen Liu, in addition to defeating Zhang Miao, we also shoulder the heavy responsibility of raising food and salary.

In my opinion, it is better to send a part of the troops and horses tomorrow to go to Chenliu counties to collect money and grain, even if we can't capture Chenliu City, we can ensure that our army's food and grass are safe, and we will not return empty-handed. What do you think? ”

"What General Guo said is true. As long as enough food and salary are collected, it doesn't matter if you can't capture Chenliucheng, in the future, Chenliu County will be full of hungry people and the land will be wasted, so what can Zhang Miao do even if he still sits on this place, it is not a mess, and it is difficult to make a difference. ”

Zhang Ji nodded in agreement with Guo Yan's opinion and said with a smile.

Then all the generals in the big tent nodded yes one after another, eager to lead their troops to loot the counties of Chenliu.

Li Li scoffed at Guo Yan's proposal, and secretly sneered in his heart.

Obviously he wanted to go to the counties to loot money, but he said it so high-soundingly, collecting taxes and raising food, and he spoke better than he sang.

The Xiliang soldiers, all of them were damaged by Dong Zhuo's gang, and they had to burn, kill, loot, and loot money and food at every turn. Don't you know that although this move is a temporary pleasure and the food is sufficient, it is killing chickens and taking eggs, which is notorious and has left endless disasters!

It is no wonder that among the princes who will compete in the world in the future, although the name of the Xiliang soldiers is spread all over the world, there is no real male lord who can command the various departments, and can only be divided and eaten by the princes from all walks of life. In the end, Yongliang Erzhou and Youyou Iron Cavalry were all collected by Sima Yi, thus laying the foundation for the Sima family to dominate the world.

Therefore, when all the generals echoed and sent troops to plunder Chen Liu, Li Li knelt there with a serious expression and did not move at all.

Li Dao saw that all the generals wanted to lead the troops to plunder, and immediately prepared to open his mouth to agree, but he inadvertently caught a glimpse of his nephew Li Li's face was stunned and he didn't say a word.

Immediately, he looked stunned and asked in a slightly surprised manner: "Li'er, you have heard everyone's words, I don't know what you think?" ”

Li Li actually had the heart to admonish his uncle Li Dao to be strict with military discipline and strictly restrain the soldiers and horses under his command, but there has never been a suitable time, and he is soft-spoken and weak.

Now, since Li Dao took the initiative to ask, Li Li didn't plan to remain silent. Anyway, on this trip, he is not ready to make any more military exploits, and he should be a bystander, and he will not compete with the generals for the opportunity to fight.

The wall is standing thousands of people, and there is no desire. Since I don't have a utilitarian heart on this trip, I don't need to avoid anything, just spit out the words that have been held in my heart for a long time.

As for the consequences, it's a big deal that he will be isolated by the generals, and once he encounters the right time, he will jump out of the cage and start all over again.

"Uncle, generals, since Dong Xiang entered the eastern capital of Luoyang, my Xiliang army has been collecting money and grain everywhere, and the current Luoyang is the most powerful proof. The counties and counties of Sili originally had millions of people, but now they are withered, uninhabited for hundreds of miles, starving everywhere, and the homeless people are cannibalistic.

In the past Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Yellow Turban thieves burned and looted everywhere, causing the people of the world to rise up and attack it; Millions of yellow scarves, half a year to scatter birds and beasts, panic to flee for their lives, seclusion in the wilderness and mountains, panic all day long.

In the past two years, how different is the behavior of my Xiliang Army from the Yellow Turban Moth thieves back then? Wantonly burning, killing and looting, everywhere they passed, corpses were everywhere, looting money and food, ravaging women, notorious for murder, full of evil!

You have strong soldiers, strong martial arts, and are not afraid of people's words, let alone homeless people. But have you ever thought about what will happen to us if we have wives and children, relatives and friends behind us, and what will happen to them once we fall?

Heaven is clear, karma is retribution. The evil is too great, sooner or later it will be repaid! Even if we ourselves can die and become heroes, our wives and children have to pay for these sins, and we are in a dilemma of life and death.

In troubled times, the strong are respected; The princes compete for hegemony, what do they have to do with the poor people, why do they want to harm the innocent?

On the battlefield, no matter how many enemies you kill, it is your merit; Killing one person is brave, and slaughtering 10,000 people is heroic. But is it a heroic act to slaughter innocent people? How can you use the lives and money of the people to show off your exploits?

I Li Li is belligerent and murderous, but I only kill those who are my enemies, and I will not kill innocents in vain, let alone kill the poor people!

The words of the family, but they have been held in their hearts for a long time, and today they are happy to spit out, and I ask all uncles and brothers to bear more. If you think that I Li Li is young and frivolous, and I am not ashamed to speak, then I don't say it. But I don't care about plundering the people, and I'm on my own page. ”

As he spoke, Li Li stood up and continued: "Uncle, my little nephew is offensive today, please don't blame my uncle." Generals, there are still some military affairs in the camp that need to be dealt with urgently, so let me retire first. ”

After saying that, Li Li got up and bowed to the generals in the tent, and then quickly withdrew from the big tent, left the Chinese army, and returned to the Longxiang camp.

After Li Li left, all the generals in the big tent had gloomy faces, lowered their heads one after another, panting heavily, their faces were red and their ears were red, and they were extremely embarrassed.

Li Dao's face was also not good-looking. Because Li Li's words just now actually included him, his words were sharp and left no room for anything; It's like a slap in the face, a slap on the left cheek, a slap on the right cheek, crisp and loud, shocking, leave after the fight, but it's very neat!

Suddenly, there was silence in the big tent, only the sound of chaotic and heavy breathing, which proved that the generals had not left.

The crowd bowed their heads and remained silent, like pious believers; Obviously, he hasn't woken up from Li Li's words just now.