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Seven days later.

On the bank of the Yellow River, Dayang Ferry.

The sun hangs in the west, and the cold wind howls.

Standing on the north bank of the Yellow River, although there is sunshine but no warmth, the whistling wind blade blows the cheeks painfully, and the cold hits people.

"Roar!"

From time to time, the Golden Lion Beast King let out a low roar, as if urging the soldiers and civilians who crossed the river to speed up, just like the voice of Li Li, who was sitting on its back.

The divine beast is psychic, although it can't speak, but it can keenly feel the mood of the master, therefore, the substitute is noisy.

Up to this time, Li Li had been watching on the high ground on the north bank of the ferry for most of the day, his fingers gently caressing the golden mane on the back of the Golden Lion Beast King's neck, and he stood silent for a long time.

The sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and then he rode his horse slowly to Li Li's side, looking down at the soldiers and people in Hedong who hurriedly boarded the boat on the shore below, as if he was thinking.

The people who stopped on both sides of Li Li's side were not one person, but more than a dozen trusted generals and ministers who were deeply trusted by Li Li. The generals of the Right Army Guo Jia, the generals Li Zhi, Ma Chao, Zhang Liao, Tie Xiao, Guo Meng, Xu Chu, Chen Zhi and Xu Huang were all present, and everyone stood with their horses and solemn expressions, and their eyes were as unwilling as Li Li.

"Komeito has been going back and forth for several days, and he should rest for a day, so he doesn't have to work so hard." The body did not move, still looking at the turbulent river, Li Li said softly in a gentle voice.

"Thank you for your lordship's concern, and the end will be fine." Xu Huang replied when he heard this, but his expression was a little excited, and his eyes looking at Li Li's side face were full of emotion.

"Hmm." Li Li bowed his head lightly and asked, "Are Huan Fei, Gao Shun, Jin Gu and the others ready for anything, but are they in trouble?" ”

Xu Huang replied: "My lord, the ordnance of the city guarding the city in the gate is piled up. The 40,000-strong team rotated day and night to defend the city, and nothing went wrong. The things that should defend the city in the pass are all unified by General Jin Gu, General Huan Fei commands more than 100,000 troops in the pass, and General Gao Shun is responsible for defending the city. When the last general returned to the customs, the two generals, Huan Fei and Gao Shun, personally went out of the customs to see each other off, and asked the last general to greet the lord. ”

"That's very good." A smile appeared on Li Li's face, and he turned his head to look at Xu Huang. nodded with satisfaction, and then turned his gaze to Guo Jia and Ma Chao.

Without waiting for Li Li to take the initiative to ask, Guo Jia said respectfully: "My lord, from noon on the day when the granary was burned, I boarded the boat to cross the river until this time. In seven days, 140,000 soldiers and civilians had arrived on the south shore by boat. At present, more than 30,000 people and more than 50,000 soldiers including us are still on the north bank. It is expected that it will take another five days to reach the South Bank in full. Head to Hangu Pass. ”

Speaking of this, Guo Jia turned his head to look at the generals beside him, and continued: "During this period, six generals, Zhang Liao, Guo Meng, Li Zheng, Qubei, Xu Chu and Chen Zhi, led 80,000 cavalry from the Longxiang Battalion, Wuwei Battalion and Shuofeng Battalion, and successively requisitioned more than 1,200 ships, plus more than 300 ferries raised by Huan Fei, Gao Shun and Jin Gu. A total of 1,500 search vessels. These boats ranged in size from a dozen men to thirty or forty men, and the cavalry and horses crossed the river by boat. Up to about 10 people, all ferries make two round-trips a day.

In the first four days, only 20,000 people crossed the river every day, but in the last three days, the number of boats has increased considerably, and about 30,000 people have been transported to the south bank in one day. However, the generals have done their best to raise boats, but the ships are too small, and our army has a lot of war horses, and there are more than 100,000 people to help the old and young cross the river, so the speed of crossing the river can be imagined, and it is not fast if you want to. ”

After Li Li heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, thoughtfully, and then his eyebrows gradually relaxed, and his expression was calm and calm. After thinking about it for a while, he said in a low voice: "The granary has been burned, and the forage for our army's war horses has been destroyed, and now all the war horses have crossed the river?" ”

Guo Jia nodded in response: "The last group of war cavalry has just boarded the boat, so far the Longxiang Battalion, Wuwei Battalion and Shuofeng Battalion have all crossed the river, and they will arrive at Hangu Pass by tonight." At the same time, Shangshu ordered Li Xuan to personally sit in Hongnong County, raise pasture, and settle the people of Hedong. ”

"Well, that's fine." Li Li bowed his head when he heard this, and said: "Yuan Zhong is meticulous and cautious, and he is responsible for the supply of grain, grass and baggage for our army, so our army has no worries, so we can give it a go." ”

After speaking, Li Li turned his head to look at the generals beside him, a smile appeared on his face again, and he smiled: "The war horses under your command have all crossed the river, why are you still here?" Do you also want to drink the northwest wind with me? ”

"Hehehe!" The generals laughed when they heard this, and then Zhang Liao smiled and said: "The lord's words are inappropriate, we don't like to drink the northwest wind, but we must always be consistent with the lord!" If the lord stayed on the north bank and did not cross the river, how could we cross the river first, and then we would not become greedy for life and afraid of death? Therefore, the last general consulted with the generals, and let the lieutenant general cross the river with the soldiers and horses, while we and I should stay with the lord. When the lord boarded the boat, I would cross the river whenever I waited, otherwise I would drink the northwest wind with the lord, this is the real sharing of joys and sorrows! Hehehe! ”

Li Li laughed when he heard this, and said, "Since this is the case, then as you wish, stay if you want." Hahaha! ”

After laughing, Li Li sighed with feeling: "In life, there are only blessings that cannot be enjoyed, but there is no suffering that cannot be endured. Speaking from the heart, this battle of Hedong is really depressing, and the unspeakable grievances are very wretched!

Ten days ago, I personally led a large army to Anyi at night, originally planning to drag the princes and allies in Hedong County for at least a month, and then cross the Yellow River south and retreat to Hangu Pass. In the meantime, I will lead you to beat these princes hard, and I will make sure that they will be hurt and at least weaken the allied army by more than 100,000 troops.

It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven, and there seems to be providence in the dark. Our army had just destroyed the Baibo army, and then it was secretly attacked by a small group of cavalry of the Allied army, and burned down our army's granary, which was equivalent to directly cutting off the lifeblood of our army of more than 100,000 Anyi, forcing us to cross the river and retreat in advance.

In this way, the disposition of our army was disrupted, and we were forced to retreat to the next best thing, to make up for the present defeat with the help of Hangu Pass, and then to save the situation and return to our predetermined tactics and tactics. Only in this way can we have the hope of victory, otherwise, it is still unknown who will win or lose in this battle of Sili, and it is extremely dangerous! ”

As soon as these words came out, the unwilling look in the eyes of the generals disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by a rumbling battle spirit and high morale.

It is true that generals such as Ma Chao, Zhang Liao, Tie Xiao, Xu Chu and Xu Huang were very unwilling to the defeat of Anyi, and almost all of them were determined to fight to the death with the allied forces of the princes. However, after Li Li ordered to cross the river and retreat to the south, the generals were dumbfounded, and then they asked for battle, but Li Li had made up his mind and the military order had been issued, and he ruthlessly vetoed the generals' request to fight. After that, although the generals did not say anything, they were indignant in their hearts, feeling both aggrieved and cowardly, tossing back and forth for 20 days, not only in vain, but also in the end they crossed the river and withdrew their troops in disgrace.

This was the first major battle of the Xiliang Army since the reorganization of the army, and most of the troops in the twelve battalions, including the county soldiers, were dispatched, and the generals rushed over, but they did not expect that they would retreat back the same way after only staying in the Anyi camp for more than ten days. Such a defeat without a fight is definitely the first time for the Xiliang Army, which is simply a great shame in the hearts of the 130,000 soldiers of the Anyi army!

Because of this, Ma Chao, Zhang Liao and other generals, as the commander-in-chief generals, have been very angry and angry in the past few days. Although they were busy raising boats to cross the river all day long, they were worried about fighting a real battle with the allied forces of the princes, hoping that the allied forces would immediately besiege Anyi City, and then they would be able to let go of the battle with the princes' armies to see who was more powerful and who was the soft bastard!

It is a pity that although there have been continuous battles in the past few days, they are all sporadic siege battles, and the princes' armies have not all rushed to the city of Anyi, and are still stationed in Dongyuan City, which is less than a hundred miles away from the city of Anyi. This disappointed generals such as Ma Chao, Zhang Liao, Xu Chu and Chen Zhi, and their faces were gloomy all day long, and their eyes were full of unwillingness and anger.

Just now, the last of all the cavalry and war horses stationed in the Anyi camp boarded the ferry and headed for Hangu Pass on the south bank. At this point, the battle of Hedong came to an end. At this point, even though Ma Chao and Zhang Liao and other generals were indignant, they were helpless, and only their eyes were full of unwillingness. However, to their surprise, the lord Li Li would also complain, and what he said was what they wanted to say but didn't dare to say.

At this moment, Ma Chao, Zhang Liao, Xu Chu, Xu Huang and others suddenly felt bright, and the haze that had accumulated in their hearts for several days was swept away. At the same time, they have more and more respect for their lord Li Li, and they feel that Li Li is not like a high-ranking overlord, but their intimate person, no shelf, frank and bold, anxious about what people are anxious about, and thinking about what people think, this feeling is really wonderful.

"By the way, Fengxiao, which way did the princes lead the troops to attack the city today?" Just as the generals were thinking about it, Li Li asked Guo Jia softly.

Guo Jia reported: "Today is the eighth day that the allies have occupied Dongyuan City, and the prince who came to lead the army to attack the city is Jiangdong Sun Ce. However, the leading general was not Sun Ce himself, but the veteran Cheng Pu, and Sun Ce's army appeared under the city with more than 10,000 people. When attacking the city, Cheng Pu only sent 3,000 people to rush up pretendingly, and when General Teng Xiao commanded our army to defend and counterattack, these Yangzhou troops retreated in a swarm, so tossing back and forth for an hour, leaving more than 1,000 corpses, Cheng Pu immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops, and today's siege battle ended an hour ago. ”

After Li Li heard this, he said thoughtfully: "These days, the princes of the Seven Roads have taken turns to attack the city, and each time they are twenty or thirty thousand soldiers and horses, and they are all feints, and they will withdraw their troops as a show. The situation is a bit abnormal, what do they want to do, why do they delay marching when they have a chance to surround and annihilate our army? There must be a demon when things go wrong, I think there must be a conspiracy we don't know about, we must guard against it! ”

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