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The battle at the north gate of Xinzheng City.

Li Li led 3,000 dragon battalions and 2,000 foot soldiers with a total of 5,000 foot cavalry, and at the cost of losing 2,000 foot cavalry, he defeated more than 12,000 Zhu Jun troops in a battle, killed 4,000 Zhu Jun infantry cavalry, broke the city in one fell swoop, and captured the thief Zhu Jun alive.

At the same time, more than 700 cavalry of the Longxiang battalion died in battle, more than 500 people were wounded, and under the first battle, more than 1,300 cavalry were lost, nearly half of the number of troops was lost.

There were still more than 1,300 of the 2,000 foot soldiers, and only more than 600 were killed or wounded, which finally reduced the total number of soldiers and horses lost by Li Li.

Fortunately, more than 15,000 cavalry led by Li Dao and Guo Yan were not decorations, besieging the rest of the city gates, wantonly arresting and surrendering soldiers, and capturing a total of more than 5,000 Zhu Jun's troops.

It can be described as a complete victory, and it has achieved fruitful results at a small cost.

That night, Li Dao ordered the whole army to be rewarded, and a large celebration banquet was held, and all the soldiers drank heartily until late at night.

At the banquet, Li Li always greeted people with a smile, never drunk, and behaved extremely humble and thoughtful.

After the feast was over, Li Li smiled and returned to the camp with a solemn face.

In this battle, the soldiers and horses lost were all Li Wei's troops.

Among them, there were more than 1,000 iron cavalry of the Longxiang battalion, all of whom were elite cavalry in a hundred battles, and had just become Li Li's private soldiers.

If he loses one, Li Li will be in pain for a while, not to mention losing nearly half of his soldiers and horses at one time; How happy he was!

After the war, all the generals returned to their respective camps, and Li Meng, Wang Fang, Li Zheng, Fan Yong and others all had their own soldiers and horses, and their positions were one level higher than Li Li's.

Everyone was in awe of Li Dao, so they called him Li Li, a major general; Otherwise, he would not be qualified to associate with these generals' peers at the moment.

At present, there are only two of Li Li's real subordinate generals, one is his younger brother Li Xian, and the other is Bocai, who has just surrendered.

Fan Yong is naturally obedient to Li Li and is his second brother.

As the saying goes: if the name is not right, it is not good.

Now Fan Yong is an infantry captain, leading an army alone, and has no subordinate relationship with Li Li, so he cannot be regarded as his subordinate.

And Li Fu, Li Zheng, Li Meng, Wang Fang and others are all members of the Li family, obeying the orders of Li Dao, the current head of the Li family, and Li Li is only a nominal master and servant, but not under him.

Therefore, Li Li now really has extremely limited generals and soldiers, two generals, and more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, which is all his current family background.

Moreover, there are still some uncertainties in the more than 1,000 war cavalry of this Longxiang battalion, and the vast majority of the low-level generals are not from his lineage, but from his uncle Li Dao.

If Li Dao gives an order to withdraw the military power now, then Li Li will immediately have nothing, only his younger brother Li Xian and Bo Cai, who has no military position for the time being, will be by his side, that's all.

Although Li Li believes that his uncle Li Dao will not treat him badly, pinning his net worth and life on others in troubled times is by no means a long-term solution, nor is it the work of a strong man.

Building a team that is completely his own and having his own school of people is what Li Li is most eager to do now.

Back at the military tent, Li Li immediately called the seriously injured Bo Cai into the big tent and whispered in his ears with his head bowed.

Then, he said to Li Xian, who was standing quietly: "Brother Xian, you follow Bocai to the prisoner of war camp and bring all the soldiers he selected back to the camp.

If anyone dares to stop him, you ignore it and beat him directly! Go ahead and try to get this done before dawn. ”

"Haode, big brother, I'll go!"

Li Xian was extremely simple, did not ask anything, took a dozen personal guards, and led Bocai straight to the camp where the prisoners of war were held.

"More than half of the three thousand Longxiang battalions have been lost, and a group of veterans with superb riding skills must be replenished, otherwise it is difficult to ensure the combat effectiveness of the Longxiang battalion. In a few months, Dong Zhuo's life will be lost, and then how should I choose?

In the troubled times, the ministers, generals, food and foundations must not be missing, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve a climate. Alas! My foundation is still too shallow, and I have to start everything from scratch. Although he is Li Dao's nephew, he also has his own biological son, after all, there is a difference between relatives and relatives! ”

After Li Xian and Bo Cai left the tent, Li Li sat alone in the center of the tent, thinking about his current situation.

············ Nothing happened overnight.

The process of Bo Cai going to the prisoner of war camp to select the soldiers went smoothly, with Li Xian following closely, no one dared to show up to stop him.

At dawn, Li Xian and Bo Cai returned to the Longxiang camp with more than 1,800 elite soldiers.

Li Li stayed up all night, sat alone in the tent and thought all night, sorted out his thoughts, combined many aspects, and initially had a more meticulous future.

Outside the big tent, Li Li carefully looked at the nearly two thousand soldiers selected by Bocai, and nodded with satisfaction from time to time.

"Bocai, I asked for a few hundred-year-old ginseng plants from my uncle last night, and you can take them all later. Don't shirk it, you have a serious injury that has not healed, and you urgently need to recuperate, take good care of your body, I am still waiting for you to train soldiers for me! ”

After not sleeping all night, Bo Cai's seriously injured body looked extremely haggard, but Li Li's reward made him very grateful.

"Thank you for your care, my injuries don't matter, I can still hold up, but these soldiers still need to be placed as soon as possible. These 1,865 soldiers were all trained by me before, and the time was too short to complete the training.

As long as the lord gives me a month, I will definitely train them into elite soldiers! I don't know what happened to the lord? ”

Li Li was not surprised when he heard that Bo Cai took the initiative to ask Ying to train a pawn, and said with a smile: "Okay! Since these soldiers were originally trained by you, you will still be in charge of everything.

These people were temporarily included in the Longxiang battalion, divided into two thousand-person teams, and were the foot soldiers of the Longxiang battalion. Brother Siam, Bo Cai is seriously injured, there is a lot of inconvenience, you work hard, and Bo Cai and Bo Cai each lead a team of 1,000 people to assist him in training recruits! ”

"No!" Bocai and Li Xian bowed down to receive the order.

After placing the soldiers, Li Li set off to the camp of the Chinese army to find his uncle Li Dao to replenish the lack of war horses in the Longxiang camp.

In order to maintain the combat strength of the Long Xiang battalion, he must ask Li Wei for elite soldiers to replenish his troops.

Most of the war horses in the Longxiang battalion are still there, and the missing war horses can also borrow some from other generals and return them later.

In this way, although the overall combat strength of the Longxiang battalion will still decrease a lot, as long as it is run in for a short period of time, the combat effectiveness can be rapidly improved.

Regarding Li Li's request for additional soldiers and horses, Li Dao did not shirk it, and nodded and agreed.

He drew 300 elite soldiers from the 4,000 infantry in his headquarters, and then 200 cavalry from more than 2,000 cavalry, a total of 500 soldiers, and handed them over to Li Li.

Guo Yan also sent three hundred elite soldiers from the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to Li Li.

With Li Guo and the others taking the lead, the other generals couldn't help but support it, and they all drew out 100 or 200 soldiers, while Fan Yong directly took out 300 war horses and handed them over to Li Li in one go.

In the end, Li Li received a total of 2,300 elite soldiers from the hands of the generals, including 1,000 cavalry, and the rest were all elite foot soldiers.

Since then, the soldiers and horses under Li Li's command have skyrocketed to 6,000 foot cavalry, and after the reorganization of the turnip, they are divided into 3,000 dragon battalion iron cavalry and 3,000 foot soldiers.

The reason why he expanded his troops so smoothly was not only the strong support of his uncle Li Dao, but also the reason why he didn't care about his face and licked his face to ask for help.

Most of the Xiliang generals have good faces, and they can't easily pull down their faces and beg for help.

And Li Li is just a faceless person, in the face of his request for help, and then Li Dao in person, so the generals are not easy to refuse, let alone prevaricate, they have generously donated money, and the soldiers handed over to them are really elite soldiers, without indiscriminate filling and not discounting.

So much so that these elite soldiers all cheapened Li Li and enjoyed the success, and the number of troops doubled.

Time flies, like a white horse passing by, and half a month passes quietly.

After Li Dao's army exterminated Zhu Jun's rebels, Niu Fu sent Zhang Ji of Luoyang to lead the army.

Subsequently, Li Dao's army turned eastward and headed for Yanzhou, where he kidnapped Chen Liu.