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The wind was gusting, and the night was as cold as ice.

In the whistling north wind, the exhalation turned into frost, and the intermittent stream quietly condensed into ice, completely blocking the stream and isolating a qiē sound.

The night is deep, the clouds are crossing, everything is silent, the crows are hard to find, and the cold is quiet.

Only the whistling north wind whistled tirelessly, one after another, like a ghost crying wolf, making people's hairs stand on end, and it was terrifying.

Feiyun crosses the mountain stream in the north, and more than 20,000 people and horses stand quietly in the cold wind, savoring the cold night of the mountain stream before the arrival of midwinter.

"Da Da Da!"

A crisp and loud sound of horses' hooves broke the silence, came from the south of the mountain stream, and in a short time rushed to Li Li at the front of the line.

"Phew!" In the middle of lifting the reins, Chen Zhifei landed on the ground, and said urgently: "My lord, the last general will live up to his mission and find out the identity and origin of the enemy army!" ”

Just as Chen Zhi was breathing for breath, Li Li's expression was slightly shocked, and he said in a deep voice: "Where is the origin of this enemy army, report it quickly!" ”

"Back to the lord, the scout captain was right before, this enemy army is indeed a group of people in the alliance of the princes, the number is not 50,000, but 60,000!" After Chen took a breath, he said sharply with rapid breathing.

"Sixty thousand?" Li Lijian frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "There are a lot of people, it seems that they are a certain prince among the four people of Yuan Shao, Lu Bu, Zhang Yan and Cao Cao?" ”

"Exactly." Chen Zhi continued: "What the lord said is extremely true. The enemy army that appeared in front of our army at this moment was Cao Cao's army, which had previously attacked our army's grain and grass, and the leading general was Cao Cao himself! ”

"What? Cao Cao personally led the army to come? Li Li heard the change in color and exclaimed.

"Ahh Cao Cao? Before Li Li's words fell, the generals Guo Jia, Teng Xiao, Ma Chao, Zhang Liao and other generals who followed him exclaimed in amazement, looking stunned. They all showed expressions of disbelief.

Immediately, Teng Xiao was pleasantly surprised: "It's just in time!" This is really not a family that doesn't get together, what do you want, the road is narrow! ”

Indeed, after the outbreak of the Battle of Sili, Li Li often mentioned Cao Cao in front of the generals, claiming that Cao Cao was the most difficult prince to deal with in the army of princes, saying that he was as cunning as a fox, as ruthless as a wolf, and resourceful. Don't be careful. Coupled with the burning of the granary in Anyi more than ten days ago, it further confirmed what Li Li said, Cao Cao is really not a good type, if he doesn't make a move, he will be enough, and once he makes a move, it is indeed accurate and ruthless. Directly hit the lifeblood of the Anyi army.

Therefore, the generals under Li Li are absolutely no strangers to Cao Cao. Resentment is hard to settle and very jealous. I am afraid that I will be calculated by Cao Cao one day if I am not careful.

Even though Li Li and his subordinate generals did not calculate everything, Cao Cao actually went deep alone this time, leading an army of 60,000 to sneak into the south bank of the Yellow River unconsciously, and now he is sneaking near Hangu Pass.

This is really nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it.

Cao Cao actually sent it to the door to find death by himself?

If you don't kill at this time, when will you wait?

"My lord. Give the order! We will immediately wave our army to kill him, and we will definitely kill Cao Cao to lose his armor and leave no armor behind! For a time, Teng Xiao, Ma Chao, Zhang Liao, Xu Chu and other generals were in high spirits. They all asked for war.

After hearing that the enemy army at the southern end of the mountain stream was really an army of 60,000 led by Cao Cao, a look of astonishment appeared on Li Li's cheeks, which had always been unfazed, and he seemed to be a little unable to believe that this was true.

Cao Cao, who is scheming, cunning and wise, would actually do such a stupid thing of personally committing danger, and dare to touch the front of Hangu Pass with only 60,000 soldiers and horses, is he tired of living?

Or, he didn't take me Li Li in his eyes at all, he burned down the granary of Anyi with a fire the previous time, and this time he wanted to capture Hangu Pass by surprise, Cao Apu simply regarded me Li Li as nothing?

This guy has taken advantage and doesn't know how to accept it when he sees it, he can do whatever he wants, and act recklessly, can he really take me Li Li as a dead person?

As soon as he thought of this, Li Li's face showed a rare look of anger, raised his hand to signal the generals to silence, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, don't argue, I have my own plans for how to decide!" Since Cao Cao secretly infiltrated my Xiliang realm, he must have a plan, and he won't be able to run away for a while. Since he met tonight, how can he be allowed to leave alive, even if Lao Tzu breaks his front teeth, he will kill him! ”

In a fit of rage, Li Li's words changed sharply: "Now it has been confirmed that the enemy army lurking in the mountain stream to the south is the 60,000-strong army led by Cao Cao. The more this is the case, the more cautious we must be, and not to attack hastily, so as not to startle the snake and be slipped away by Cao Cao, an old boy. Tonight, we must do not move, and if we move, we will hit with one blow, and trap the 60,000 Cao army in Feiyundu, kill them all, cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, and do not allow a single soldier to escape! ”

Speaking of this, Li Li took a deep breath, calmed his mind, and continued: "And if you want to achieve this goal, you must plan properly, take preventive measures, and strive to be foolproof. The most important thing at the moment is that our army has only 23,000 men and horses, and it is located at the northern end of Feiyundu, while Cao's army has 60,000 soldiers and horses, and it is holding the valley mouth at the southern end. This south and north are each based at one end, and the middle is more than ten miles apart, once our army launches an attack, Cao Cao will definitely lead the army to flee immediately after discovering that his whereabouts are exposed.

This run is all in vain, and it is not easy to catch Cao Cao again. The boundaries of Henan are too large, and our army has completely reduced its forces and retreated to Hangu Pass, and there are not many troops stationed in the counties and counties of Hexi and Henan, so it is impossible to stop Cao's army from absconding. Therefore, once Cao Cao led his troops to escape from Feiyundu and absconded south, it would mean that we completely lost the opportunity to kill him. It's a shame to miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! ”

After speaking, Li Li turned his head to look at Guo Jia and the other generals and asked, "Does Fengxiao have a good plan for this?" It doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it. And you too, say whatever you think! ”

Guo Jia smiled indifferently when he heard this: "The lord doesn't have to be angry. As the lord said, at this time, we do not have the ability to flank Cao Jun in front and back, in order to avoid startling the grass and snakes, it is not appropriate to act rashly for the time being, let alone be in a hurry. Just now, the lord said that Cao Cao personally led the army to secretly sneak into the vicinity of Hangu Pass, and there must be a plot to leave for a while, and Weichen agreed with this very much.

I still remember that after our army's granary was burned down, the first prince to come to attack Anyi City was the Qingzhou soldiers under Cao Cao, and the leading general was Cao Ren, and the number of soldiers and horses he led was only 20,000. At that time, I was quite surprised, and I couldn't understand why the 80,000 Cao army would join the alliance, and there were only 20,000 horses when the army was sent to attack the city, and it was not Cao Cao who personally led the army to attack the city, but let Cao Ren lead the army. Until this time, I was very cheerful, it turned out that Cao Cao had already led his troops to leave Dongyuan City on the day of burning our army's grain and grass, returned to Hanoi County all night, and then smuggled to the south bank in a boat that had been prepared, and then hid his whereabouts day and night, and hurried all the way straight to Hangu Pass.

At the same time, Yuan Shao sat in Dongyuan City and commanded the princes' armies to attack the city in turn, each time he dispatched 10,000 or 20,000 horses, and then turned around and withdrew after a feint. In fact, these princes did not plan to break through Anyi City at all, they just wanted to drag our army in Hedong County, delay the time to cross the river and withdraw troops, and when Cao Cao led his army to sneak outside Hangu Pass, Yuan Shao immediately led a large army to attack Anyi City after hearing the news. At that time, our army will either withdraw its troops to cross the river and retreat to Hangu, or mobilize the defenders of Hangu Pass to reinforce Hedong; No matter what method our army chooses, Cao Cao's army lurking near Hangu Pass can take advantage of the lax defense of Hangu Pass to send troops to attack the pass, and then take Hangu Pass in one fell swoop. ”

After a pause in his voice, Guo Jia's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "If Hangu Pass is lost, even if our army has hundreds of thousands of troops, it will be useless, and it will be difficult to escape defeat, and there will be no place to bury it." If I'm not mistaken, presumably this two-way attack plan was set long before the start of the offensive and defensive battle in Hedong, and even earlier, it was determined at the beginning of the alliance. Two ways to attack, one bright and one dark, the princes' army attacked Hedong on the surface, and when our army was in a critical situation in Hedong, the other road lurking in the shadows of the strange soldiers attacked Hangu Pass by surprise.

In this way, the armies of the princes can be fully defeated in one battle. Seize Hangu Pass, divide our army into two halves, the lord and the Anyi army of more than 100,000 troops outside Hangu Pass, the remaining 100,000 soldiers and horses are in Hongnong County in the pass, and the rest of the soldiers and horses are distributed in Yongliang two prefectures, so that our army can not care about each other. The most important thing is that if Cao's army occupies Hangu Pass, it can cut off the supply of food and grass for our army, and with Cao Cao's 60,000 soldiers and horses, even if he loses some when he sneaks into the pass, he can at least hold Hangu Pass for more than a month. If this is the case, our army will die sooner or later! ”

Guo Jia's answer to the question was not what he asked, and when he heard the generals' necks shrink, cold sweat broke out on their foreheads, and their backs were cold, and their hearts were frightened, and they were afraid.

"I see!" The generals suddenly realized, Guo Meng said loudly with palpitations: "The last general thought that Cao Cao had a problem with his brain, and he was impatient, so he stretched his head over and sent him to death, it turns out that there is such a dangerous and huge conspiracy hidden here!"

Not to mention, once Cao Cao is allowed to take advantage of the loophole, it is indeed possible to attack Hangu Pass. Although our army has gathered more than 100,000 troops in Guannei, these soldiers and horses are camped more than ten miles away from Guannei. After all, Hangu Pass is just a pass that guards against natural dangers, with a maximum of 10,000 or 20,000 defenders in peacetime, and no more than 50,000 soldiers and horses in wartime, otherwise it will be crowded. ”

Speaking of this, Guo Meng wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and rejoiced: "If it weren't for the lord leading me to wait here for General Teng Xiao tonight, and I would have been delayed for an hour, I would have missed Cao Cao; I didn't know that when I waited for the front foot to leave Feiyun and cross the mountain stream, Cao Cao's army lurked at the mouth of the mountain stream valley with the back foot.

If Cao Cao's army followed us to Hangu Pass, and then attacked it and entered the pass by surprise, it would be a big chaos. At this moment, there are still tens of thousands of people and 30,000 soldiers in Hedong, plus our more than 20,000 soldiers and horses and 20,000 soldiers defending the city, and 50,000 or 60,000 Cao troops took advantage of the chaos to enter the pass. It's amazing, more than 100,000 horses are congested in Hangu Pass, there is no need to fight, just people will be killed and injured if they step on horses!

It's really dangerous, it's only an hour before and after! ”

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