After chuckling, Li Li suddenly remembered something, and then asked: "Oh, by the way, the general of the Yuan army who escaped just now has good martial arts, and the arrangement of troops is quite orderly, who is it?" ”

"Zhang He, the word Junyi, one of the four pillars of Jizhou, is strong in martial arts, good at commanding troops, and is a famous general in the Jizhou army in recent years." Li Zhi replied without thinking.

"Zhang He, Zhang Junyi? It turned out to be him. ”

Li Li groaned in surprise, and then his face changed suddenly: "It's not good, Zhang Yan is in danger!" Immediately ordered the whole army to set off and smash Yuan Shao's army! ”

"Ugh! Why is that? Li Zhi said in amazement.

Li Li said: "Zhang He is a general in Jizhou, after the death of Wen Chou and Yan Liang, this person should have been guarding Yuan Shao's side. Especially at this moment, Zhang Yanzheng is leading his troops to attack the Chinese army, Yuan Shao's safety is threatened, and at this critical juncture, Zhang He should stay by Yuan Shao's side and not leave for a moment. However, he had time to lead his army to resist the surprise attack of our army, what does it mean? That is to say, Zhang Yan's Montenegrin army has been heavily damaged by Yuan's army, with heavy casualties, and Yuan Shao is sure that he will annihilate the Montenegrin army with only more than 30,000 soldiers and horses around him, so he will send Zhang He out to stop our army from rushing to aid Zhang Yan. Since then, Zhang Yan and his 50,000 Montenegrin troops are definitely in danger, and their destruction is imminent. ”

After speaking, Li Li waved his hand to signal Li Zhi not to say much: "Zicheng quickly reorganize the army, we will attack immediately, otherwise the Montenegrin army will be wiped out." No matter what, I, Li Li, will not watch so many soldiers of the Montenegrin Army die in vain, and I will definitely lead the army to rescue. I hope it's not too late to save as much as I can. ”

"No!" See it here. Li Zhi didn't say anything more, and immediately went to reorganize the army to fight.

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that Li Zhi had gone away, and Li Li looked at the handsome banner of Yuan Jun with a cold expression. A look of disappointment appeared on his face.

I only heard him mutter: "Until now, Yuan Shao's long-planned conspiracy has not missed the slightest trace, and the flag of the Chinese army is still standing." Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan, you have a full 50,000 Montenegrin army in your hands, but you can't break through the more than 30,000 horses of Yuan Shaozhong's army, you disappoint me too much! ”

When the words fell, Li Zhi went and returned. Riding his horse forward, he said respectfully: "My lord, more than 17,000 war horses are all ready. Ask the lord to give the order. ”

"Ordered Wang Dang to lead three thousand Black Mountain cavalry to return to the flank of the Yuan army and directly attack Yuan Shaoshuaiqi. Chen Zhi led the Feiyan light cavalry to attack from the front and directly took Yuan Shaoxiang's first rank; If possible, try to rescue Zhang Yan. Jin Yiwei is with me. Wait for the opportunity. No trespass without my orders! ”

"No, the lord will wait for a while, and then the order will be passed on." Li Zhi gave the order, and Le Ma turned and retreated.

After a while, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded, but seeing that more than 13,000 Black Mountain cavalry were divided into two, Wang Dang and Chen Zhier would follow the order. Each led his troops straight to Yuan Shao's army and galloped away.

So far, there are only 3,000 soldiers and horses left by Li Li's side. At this time, more than 100,000 cavalry of the Xiliang Army were still on the main battlefield several miles away, fighting fiercely with Lu Bu, Liu Bei's soldiers and horses, and tens of thousands of Yuan troops. According to this situation, it is difficult for the Xiliang army to completely defeat the allied forces in a short period of time, and if they want to defeat the hundreds of thousands of troops of Lu Bu and Liu Bei head-on, it is very likely that they will be able to see it after a night of fierce fighting. However, if it was just to break through the Allied defense line to support Li Li, whether it was the Flying Bear Battalion, the Qinglong Battalion, the Shuofeng Battalion and the Longxiang Battalion, it would only take half an hour to tear a hole and rush to Li Li's side.

And this is precisely the result of Li Li's deliberate arrangement. What he wanted to see most was that Zhang Yan led his troops to force Yuan Shao to retreat, thus exposing Yuan Shao's conspiracy that had been hidden but not leaked. Once Yuan Shao's plan was revealed, Li Li immediately led Jin Yiwei back to the main battlefield, and attacked Huan Fei, Dian Wei, Zhang Liao and others, and then joined forces to defeat the main force of the allied army in one fell swoop. However, if Yuan Shao's conspiracy was delayed, Li Li would not have left the rear of the Allied forces, let alone lead his army to attack Yuan Shao's central army.

Yes, before that, Li Li had always pinned his hopes on Zhang Yan and the Montenegrin army. But at present, Zhang Yan and the Montenegrin army could not attack for a long time, but they were defeated by Yuan Shao's army, and they were in danger, which prompted Li Li to send Feiyan light cavalry again to continue to attack Yuan Shao's army. And, in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, he also asked his trusted general Chen Zhi to personally lead the troops into battle.

Obviously, Li Li is determined to win this battle, and he will not give up until he reaches his goal. Regardless of casualties and costs, even if all 70,000 Montenegrin troops are involved. I have to say that Li Li at this moment is indeed iron-blooded and ruthless, as if he completely treats the Montenegrin Army as an outcast, without the slightest mercy.

"Lord, Wang Dang and Chen Zhi have already led the troops to battle."

Just when Li Li looked at Yuan Junshuai Qi in a daze, Li Zhi quietly came behind him and reported respectfully.

"Well, I've seen them all, and I hope they can live up to their high expectations this time and succeed in one fell swoop." Li Li nodded without looking back.

Li Zhi nodded happily and said in a low voice: "There is something I don't understand in the end, and I implore the lord to make it clear." Now that the army has been sent out, why should we stay here? ”

"Without it. I just want to see with my own eyes what Yuan Shao's conspiracy is and what he wants to do. And this is the best position on the entire battlefield, closest to him, advance and retreat freely, without worrying about being ambushed or besieged by enemy troops. Li Li said in a deep voice without concealment.

Li Zhi nodded lightly, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of the handsome flag beside him, and suddenly he was stunned, and then raised his eyes to look at the main battlefield where the flying bear soldiers were located, and saw the same handsome flag fluttering in the night sky.

"Lord, this ???" For a moment, Li Zhi was stunned and pointed to the handsome flags beside him, and then pointed to the battle flags fluttering on the main battlefield: "How can our army have two handsome flags?"

"Oh, this handsome flag was just hung up." Li Li looked back at his handsome flag and smiled disapprenously.

"Ugh!" Li Zhi was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Li Li in confusion: "As far as the last general knows, since ancient times, on the battlefield, there can be many general flags, and each battalion commander will have his own general flag, but there can only be one handsome flag in an army. But at present, our army has two handsome flags, which ??? Doesn't this confuse my officers and men? ”

Li Li happily bowed his head and said, "Zicheng is reasonable. There is indeed only one handsome flag, so that the officers and men of the whole army can be uniformly dispatched. order and prohibit; Otherwise, it will lead to many gates and chaos in the army. However, I have just ordered the soldiers to erect this banner. But it has another purpose. Before the army attacked, I told Huan Fei that once he saw another handsome flag appear in the rear of the allied army, when the army rushed to the rear, he would drop the flag of the central army, and then the handsome flag next to us would take over the whole army. This is Li Daitao's plan, an expedient measure, and it is okay to use it once in a while. If you use it many times, it won't work.

There is indeed a certain risk in this plan, in case the enemy army finds out the news in advance, and also prepares a handsome flag. The consequences will be unimaginable, and it will inevitably lead to a great chaos in our army, and the officers and men will be at a loss, so that a great defeat will be inevitable. Fortunately. Only you and me, Huan Fei and Feng Xiao know about this matter. In addition, no fifth person knows, and others naturally have no way of knowing. ”

Speaking of this, Li Li's tone paused slightly, and he said in a low voice: "The reason why I did this is for only one purpose, and that is to hide my whereabouts and wait for an opportunity to sneak into the rear of the allies. Wait until Zhang Yan, Chen Zhi and Wang Dang find out Yuan Shao's scheme. I immediately raised the banner and led the whole army to attack and kill. Vowed to defeat the Allies in one fell swoop. And before that, the handsome flag next to us is to let Huan Fei see it, and after he waives the flag in response, we will hide the handsome flag and wait until the last moment to play it. ”

"Huh?" Before the words fell, Li Li exclaimed, and then pointed to the Xiliang handsome flag swaying over the battlefield, and said to Li Zhi: "Look, that is Huan Fei waving the flag in response, which means that he has seen our handsome flag and knows where we are." ”

"Oh?" Li Zhi looked up in amazement, and sure enough, he saw the handsome flag in the distance waving in the air: "Well, that's true." Flying Tiger's reaction speed is so fast, we just put up a handsome flag on our side, and he immediately discovered it! ”

Li Li said: "The Flying Tiger is indeed powerful, he sees six ways and listens to all directions, plus he is extremely tall, sitting on the back of the Golden Lion Beast is a head taller than everyone else, so he can naturally see the handsome flag for the first time." ”

Speaking of this, Li Li hurriedly urged: "Quick, Zicheng, order the Jin Yiwei soldiers to extinguish the torch!" In this way, others will not be able to see the handsome banner, and naturally they will not know that I, Li Li, are in the rear of the allied forces at this time. ”

"No." Li Zhi responded to the order, and then beckoned his own soldiers to separate to convey the order, and in a short time, more than 3,000 Jinqi Guards and cavalry all extinguished the torches, and hid in the half-light and half-darkness of the night with men and horses.

In the dark, Li Li and the others could see the fighting situation of Yuan Shaozhong's army two hundred steps away.

At this time, Li Li suddenly found that the Montenegrin army led by Zhang Yan still had 20,000 or 30,000 horses, and although the situation was dangerous, it would not be annihilated by Yuan's army in the short term. The two new forces of Chen Zhi and Wang Dang, who had just joined the battle, invisibly played a role in turning the tide of the battle, directly prompting Zhang Yan and his Montenegrin army to get out of danger, and then turn defense into attack. The three forces of men and horses cooperated very tacitly, and quickly besieged the 30,000 Yuan army regiments around Yuan Shao, thus pressing step by step, squeezing the activity space of the Yuan army little by little, causing the Yuan army to be extremely passive and in a rather disadvantageous situation.

Seeing this, Li Li suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, was in a good mood, and casually asked Li Zhi: "Zicheng, what time is it、、、 uh, what time is it?" The excitement made Li Li a little carried away, and blurted out a sentence that was very common in later generations, but fortunately he found it in time and immediately changed his words.

Li Zhi often hears Li Li say some strange things, and it is not strange at this time. After hearing this, he looked up at the stars in the sky and said casually: "My lord, it is about the first hour of the morning (that is, three o'clock in the morning). ”

Li Li has always been very envious of Li Zhi's ability to look up at the sky and know the time, but he has never found time to study, and he can't learn it for a while. Yes, many times Li Zhi is his clock, if he wants to know the time, he asks, and Li Zhi looks at the time extremely accurately, if there is a saying of minutes and seconds in this era, then the time that Li Zhi said is definitely not bad in minutes and seconds.

"So, Zilong and Gongming have already arrived at the agreed place and have been waiting for the order?" Li Li was surprised.

"Huh?" Li Zhi was stunned when he heard this, and replied in amazement: "Exactly." The last general pleaded guilty, but he actually forgot about this matter, and almost delayed the big thing! ”

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