"Siege ———"

Under Lintao City, Zhang Ji shouted loudly in front of the prancing horse, waved his big knife, and pointed directly at Teng Yu's army on Lintao City.

Suddenly, more than 20,000 pieces of Jibu moved in response to the sound, surging out like a tide. Zhang Xiu, who was prancing on a horse and raising a spear, took the lead and led the army to kill the city wall, and hundreds of ladders were carried by the soldiers on their shoulders across the trench, and then set up on the city wall and bravely climbed the city.

Lintao City is just a county seat, there is no moat under the city, only a dry ditch that is three zhang wide and more than one zhang deep. Fortunately, this is Dong Zhuo's hometown, the city is quite strong, the city wall is three zhang high, one zhang and five zhang thick, but it is not easy to be breached.

"General Zhang Ji, how can you order the siege of the city without authorization? General Li Dao has long ordered that there must be no head-on conflict with the Wuwei army, have you forgotten? Under the city pass, Li Meng saw that Zhang Ji disobeyed Li Ji's general order and ordered the army to attack the city without authorization, so he immediately rode his horse and galloped to Zhang Ji's side, and asked loudly in anger.

"Humph! Li Meng, don't forget your identity, this time I came to Longyou, you are my deputy general, and I Zhang Ji is the main general! How to fight, don't you teach me? Zhang Ji glared at Li Meng angrily, and snorted coldly with a gloomy face.

Taking a breath of relief, Zhang Ji continued: "The generals are outside, and the military order is not subject to it!" We have been confronting Teng Yu's subordinates for two days, but Teng Yu's thieves have not taken us seriously at all, neither going out of the city to answer, nor opening the city to surrender, as if we did not exist. Deceive people too much, is it tolerable or unbearable!

Li Meng, if you are not willing to lead an army to attack the city, then you will wait outside the city with your 10,000 soldiers and horses, and I will take my own troops to attack the city. Afterwards, General Li Ji asked for responsibility, and I, Zhang Ji, will bear it alone, and I will never drag you down! ”

The facts are exactly what Zhang Ji said.

It has been three days since Zhang Ji and Li Meng led the army to come to Taocheng. In the previous two days, Zhang Ji and Li Meng led an army of 30,000 to the city to shout. tried to intimidate Teng Yu and make him hand over tens of thousands of soldiers and horse farm horses under Niu Fu's command. Unexpectedly, Teng Yu at the head of the city except for the first day climbed the city tower to look at Zhang Ji and Li Meng and the Xiliang army behind them, and then closed the city gate, ignoring the Xiliang army outside the city, as if turning a blind eye. The same is true of Huan Wolf and Yang Qiu's subordinates stationed on the east and west sides of the city, only setting up antlers and trenches around the camp, and laying strong bows and crossbows around the gate, ignoring the Xiliang army at all.

Faced with such a scene, Zhang Ji and Li Meng's second generals were immediately dumbfounded, and they were furious. Resentful. It's just that they didn't find out the reality of the Wuwei army in Lintao City, and they didn't dare to act rashly for a while, so they could only camp on the spot five miles outside the city and confront the Wuwei army.

After two days passed, Zhang Ji and Li Meng's second generals finally knew the deployment of the Wuwei army. The two large camps outside the city each had 3,000 Wuwei iron horsemen. There were 4,000 light horsemen in the city, and 10,000 horses in all. The other 30,000 men were all surrendered soldiers who had just surrendered. No worries.

After finding out the situation in Lintao City, Zhang Ji did not say anything on the surface, but in fact he made up his mind to lead the army to storm Lintao City. However, he knew that Li Meng was Li Wei's general, and he had an old relationship with Li Li, so he naturally would not agree to attack the city. So he didn't say anything in advance, but secretly ordered Zhang Xiu to build a ladder and a well railing. Prepare siege armaments. Early this morning, he pretended to lead the army to the city for questioning, but in fact he was preparing to lead the army to attack Lintao. As a result, he led his troops on the left wing, and Li Meng's 10,000 soldiers on the right wing. When he arrived at the city, he did not wait for Li Meng to react, and brazenly ordered the army to attack the city.

"Kill ———"

Although Zhang Ji's move to order the siege of the city was somewhat unexpected, the Wuwei army at the head of the city still entered a defensive state for the first time, and bows and arrows, rolling logs, and fire oil fell one after another in an instant. Apparently prepared.

At the same time, Huan Wolf and Yang Qiuer, who were camped on the east and west sides outside the city, quickly reorganized their troops and mounted their horses, and then marched east and west, leading the Hugh Tu Iron Cavalry to go straight to the Xiliang army under the city to kill.

"Da Da Da!"

"Kill ———"

"Alas, 、、、、、、it seems that this battle is inevitable!" Under Lintao City, Li Meng saw the iron cavalry of the Wuwei Army on the east and west sides heading straight to the 10,000 army under his command, and shook his head helplessly and sighed. Immediately, he raised the big knife in his hand, swung it hard, and commanded the army to resist the Wuwei iron cavalry attacking from both sides.

At this moment, Zhang Ji retreated into the distance under the protection of his own soldiers, and the corners of his mouth showed a sly smile that his plan had succeeded: "Li Meng, Li Meng, you are really a loyal guard dog under Li Dao and Li Li's uncle and nephew, loyal to the point of naivety!" I have sent 20,000 troops to attack the city, and the Wuwei Iron Cavalry, who are horns on the east and west sides of the city, will naturally lead the army to kill the generals, and the purpose of their killing must be the 10,000 Xiliang troops under your Li Meng. Hehehe, you don't want to be the enemy of the Wuwei Army under Li Li, but once the big war starts, you can't send troops if you don't want to! ”

Indeed, the current situation was already expected by Zhang Ji, or he deliberately caused a situation in which Li Ji's descendants and Wuwei troops were fighting wantonly.

As for Zhang Ji Weishenme to do this? The reason is simple. In Zhang Ji's heart, Chang'an City can belong to anyone, but it must not fall into the hands of Li Li; The Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother, and even the power of the world, whether they fall into the hands of Li Wei or Guo Yan, it doesn't matter, but they must not fall into the hands of Li Li.

If the power of Chang'an City and the world finally falls into the hands of Li Dao or Guo Yan, or if the two of them jointly hold the power, then he Zhang Ji can not only save his own life, but also become an official and enjoy glory and wealth. Because he has more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, as well as his brave and warlike nephew Zhang Xiu, Li Dao and Guo Yan will both win him over and give him everything he wants.

However, if the power of the world and the Xiliang Army finally fall into the hands of Li Li, then he Zhang Jike will be in great trouble. Not to mention that he had a grudge with Li Li because of his visit to ask for a beautiful concubine. Just talking about Li Li's clear grievances and resolute style, if he Zhang Ji is under Li Li, there will be no good fruit to eat. Things like worshipping the marquis and adding officials to the knighthood, don't even think about it, if you are lucky enough to be able to save your life, even if it is a great luck in misfortune. Coupled with the grudge he had with Li Li before, the situation was even more grim and the situation was extremely dangerous. Once he falls into the hands of Li Li, there is a chance that his life will not be guaranteed, even if he is lucky not to die, it will be a long life, and it is probably an extravagant hope to keep his current position and soldiers.

Therefore, now when the two armies of Li Dao and Li Li's uncle and nephew are facing each other, the last thing that wants the Li family's uncle and nephew and Haode is Zhang Ji.

This time he led the troops to Longyou, and Zhang Ji wanted to incorporate some chaotic troops to strengthen his shili. It is best to win the Lintao Horse Farm, with tens of thousands of war horses, the more than 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command can be transformed into more than 20,000 light cavalry. Coupled with the incorporated Longyou troops, his strength can skyrocket several times, becoming the third powerful general in the Xiliang Army after Li Dao and Guo Yan.

What Zhang Ji didn't expect was that the Wuwei Army under Li Li actually took the lead in occupying Lintao City, not only the tens of thousands of Longyou soldiers who were recruited, but also occupied the Lintao Horse Farm. If the general of the Wuwei Army occupying Lintao City was Li Li himself, then Zhang Ji would definitely turn around and leave. Even if there are fewer defenders in Lintao City and more gold and silver treasures, he Zhang Ji will not be nostalgic.

But the general stationed in Lintao was actually an unknown black ghost Teng Yu, so Zhang Ji was unwilling to return empty-handed. In addition, he also had 10,000 soldiers and horses led by Li Meng on this trip, such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if he didn't make good use of it, wouldn't he have lived most of his life in vain.

Under all kinds of planning, things developed as Zhang Ji expected.

As soon as the siege began, Teng Yu led thousands of defenders at the head of the city to actively defend the city, and six thousand Wuwei iron cavalry under the city came out from both sides and went straight to the hesitant Li Meng's department to kill.

As soon as the battle began, Li Meng led 10,000 Li family troops and 6,000 Wuwei iron cavalry to kill inseparable. The 20,000 siege soldiers and horses under Zhang Ji's command, after the initial tentative fierce attack, found that the Wuwei army was extremely well defended and had strong combat power. Immediately, the siege of the city was sharply reduced, and the shouts of the soldiers were loud and loud, but in fact they were pretending to attack the city, waiting for the opportunity to move to the east. Once Zhang Ji gave the order to retreat, they withdrew their troops from the east and left the battlefield as soon as possible.

"Da ———"

Just as the battle of Lintao City was in full swing, there was a rumbling sound of thousands of horses galloping on the post road in the east, and then the dark black battle flag of the Golden Lion Beast King greeted Zhang Ji's eyes.

Suddenly, Zhang Ji's face turned pale, his whole body couldn't help but tremble, and the corners of his mouth twitched violently. Then he waved vigorously and shouted urgently: "Withdraw, withdraw!" Xiu'er, lead the army to retreat immediately, retreat from the mountain road to the east, and Wuwei reinforcements are coming! ”

With a shout at the top of his throat and retreating, Zhang Ji took hundreds of soldiers around him to ride horses and whip up, bypassing the main battlefield of Wuwei Iron Cavalry and Li Meng's army, and fled to the mountains and fields in the southeast in a panic.

Zhang Xiu under the city wall has been paying attention to the order of his uncle Zhang Ji, and after hearing the order to withdraw the army, he immediately shouted loudly, and took tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to discard the siege ordnance and quickly leave the battlefield. Immediately, Zhang Xiu jumped his horse and raised his spear to lead the troops to break through the Yang Qiu camp in the east, shouting and shouting the army to rush to the mountain road in the southeast direction.

Half an hour later, on the post road to Chang'an, Li Meng led more than 2,000 remnants of the army to catch up with Zhang Ji's department.

"Li Meng, I've been waiting for you, God forbid, you're finally back intact! Uh, there are only 2,000 of the 10,000 horsemen left under your account? Seeing Li Meng quickly catching up with the cavalry, Zhang Ji took his nephew Zhang Xiu to meet him, he greeted Li Meng with hypocrisy, and then asked with a surprised expression.

"Humph!" Li Meng's cheeks flushed when he heard this, and he glared at Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew with anger in his eyes, then turned his head, waved his big hand, and beckoned the more than 2,000 horsemen behind him to continue on their way.

Zhang Ji watched Li Meng's remnants move forward, with a strange smile between his eyebrows, but he pretended to be sad and said loudly: "10,000 iron horsemen who followed General Li Dao to fight in the south and north, 8,000 were killed in this nest, the Wuwei army is too cruel, Li Li is ungrateful!" —————— (To be continued) (To be continued......