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The cold moon hangs on the horizon, and the stars in the night sky are scarce.

The north wind howled in the ears, like loneliness and loneliness deliberately disturbing people, moaning and whispering, wanting to spend a cold night with a soulmate.

It was midnight, and it was freezing cold.

The battle between the defenders of Dongyuan City and the 50,000 vanguard troops under Sun Ce had ended, and lasted from evening to late night, until the dust settled.

Sigh!

A frightened horse wail pierced the long night, breaking the silence, and the cold wind carried the strong blood, rendering the weirdness and mystery of the night, which was terrifying.

Outside the south gate of Dongyuan City, a bloody battle has just ended, and at this moment the soldiers defending the city are cleaning the battlefield and cleaning up the remains of the corpses. On the huge battlefield, dozens of ownerless war horses neighed and wailed, hovering beside the masters who died in battle for a long time and refused to leave, adding a little rhyme to the night, as if they were eager to break free from the darkness that swallowed the light.

Two hours ago, Sun Ce, the vanguard general of the Allied army, who was seriously wounded, brazenly ordered a large-scale siege of the city, and more than 30,000 Baibo troops bore the brunt of the attack at the right time. Seeing the enemy's momentum, the 3,000 foot soldiers and 2,000 cavalry left by the Xiliang army under the city instantly retreated into the city, and then closed the city gate and defended the city.

Just as all the Baibo troops rushed to the city to attack the city, the vanguard general Sun Ce suddenly broke his wound and fell off his horse, causing Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and Han Dang to suddenly be in chaos, and then led more than 16,000 Yangzhou who were about to attack the city to retreat urgently. Immediately, they hurriedly lifted the unconscious Sun Ce and quickly retreated, and then abandoned the Baibo army and withdrew from the battlefield and returned to the camp.

By the time the three leaders of the White Polish Army, Han Xian, Yang Feng and Li Le, found that Sun Ce's headquarters had all withdrawn from the battle, the siege battle had already begun for half an hour, and the fierce battle was in full swing. Unable to get rid of the entanglement of the Xiliang defenders, it is impossible to retreat with all his body. Seeing this, the three leaders of the Baibo Army were anxious but helpless, except to scold Sun Ce for being insidious and cheating to death, and the Yangzhou army was as cowardly as a mouse, there was nothing to be done.

Immediately, just as they hesitated for a long time and finally decided to take their own soldiers to leave the battlefield, but when they saw the city gate suddenly open, tens of thousands of Xiliang war horses rushed out of the city, like a storm sweeping leaves, straight to the rear of the Baibo army.

At this moment, Han Xian, Yang Feng and others saw that the leading general who led the Xiliang War Cavalry out of the city to kill was Teng Xiao, the chief general of Anyi. It was followed by dozens of Xiliang generals. Tie Xiao, Guo Meng, Xu Ding, Xu Huang, He Yi and other generals poured out, and all of them went out of the city to fight, and the person who stayed in the city to command the soldiers to fight bloodily and defend the city turned out to be Li Li himself.

That is to say, in addition to more than 10,000 county soldiers and infantry soldiers who continued to stay in the defenders of Dongyuan City, more than 20,000 Wuwei battalion war horses poured out. Massacre the besieging White Polish army.

Suddenly, Teng Xiao led 500 pro-soldiers and guards to take the lead. Aside from the white wave army under the city, he ignored the foot soldiers. Single-handedly, he went straight to the rear of Han Xian, Yang Feng and Li Le to kill the generals, and the remaining 20,000 Wuwei battalion cavalry killed the Baibo army who was busy attacking the city below. In an instant, the Wuwei Iron Cavalry swept through like a flood beast, cloaked in stubbornness, unstoppable, and smashed the White Bo Army to pieces. Flee in a hurry. Subsequently, the Wuwei battalion divided its troops and outflanked them, and annihilated the 30,000 Baibo army, so that the two-legged foot soldiers could definitely not outrun the four-legged war horses.

At night. The whole siege was actually a massacre. More than 30,000 Baibo troops were caught off guard and were not at all the opponents of the Wuwei battalion war cavalry, and when they saw the Xiliang Iron Cavalry rushing to kill, tens of thousands of Baibo troops scattered in a hurry, only caring about panicking and running for their lives, and they didn't even have a decent resistance. Such a one-sided battle is not a battle at all, but a massacre, and the results can be imagined.

In the pursuit of the Wuwei Iron Cavalry sweeping the battlefield, the whole battle ended in less than two hours, and more than 30,000 Baibo troops were almost wiped out, and the Wuwei battalion won a complete victory. In contrast, because Sun Ce's more than 16,000 cavalry withdrew from the battlefield in time, he was able to retreat with his whole body, except for Zu Mao, who died under Ma Chao's gun, almost no loss of a single soldier.

At the same time, under the personal supervision of the commander Li Li, the defenders of Dongyuan City were extremely heroic, fought bloodily, and did not retreat an inch, so that more than 3,000 Baibo troops who rushed to attack the city failed to reach the top of the city from beginning to end, and Dongyuan City was impregnable.

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"My lord, the casualties of our soldiers in this battle are less than 3,000, including more than 1,300 infantry killed, more than 600 cavalry killed, and the remaining more than 800 soldiers wounded, which can be described as a complete victory!"

In the main hall of the city guard's mansion, Li Ligao, who had just returned to the house, sat on the main seat, took the teacup handed by the maid casually, took a sip of tea, and listened to Guo Jia, who reported the battle situation in the hall with a smile on his face.

"Good! Today's battle to destroy the White Polish Army far exceeded our expected goal, and it was very good. Hehehe! Li Li said with a smile.

Then he waved his hand and motioned for Guo Jia to sit down, and said with a smile: "It's been a whole day, Fengxiao doesn't have to be formal, sit down and talk." ”

"Thank you, Lord!" Guo Jia bowed, immediately moved to the left side and sat down, and said with a smile: "The reason why this battle is so smooth is that the three generals Teng Xiao, Tie Xiao and Xu Ding, as well as the soldiers of the Wuwei Battalion, should be the first to take the lead. When our army took the initiative to attack, General Teng Xiao took the lead and went straight to Han Xian to kill, and even captured Han Xian alive in only three combinations; General Tie Xiao was not far behind, and followed closely to meet Yang Feng, knocking Yang Feng off his horse in less than ten rounds, and then capturing him alive; And General Xu Ding killed Li Le under the battle. At this point, the four leaders of the Baibo Army have gone to the second, and the remaining bandit leaders Han Xian and Yang Feng have also been captured by our army. Since then, the general trend of the white wave thieves has gone, but after the battle of Sili, our army only needs to send county soldiers to encircle and suppress, and it can be destroyed in ten days! ”

"Han Xian and Yang Feng were captured by our army?" Li Li groaned in surprise.

Guo Jia nodded happily and said, "Exactly." During the battle, it was because Han Xian, Yang Feng and Li Le were killed or alive that the Baibo army was leaderless, scattered and fled, and then was divided into troops by our army to attack, and finally captured them. According to the sentry cavalry, less than 1,000 of the Baibo army escaped in this battle, and the remaining 30,000 horses were wiped out. ”

"The Wuwei battalion killed more than 30,000 people in two hours, and there were no prisoners?" Li Li's face changed slightly, and he asked.

"Hehehe!" Guo Jia smiled when he heard this, and replied, "Don't worry, lord. Not all of the more than 30,000 Baibo troops were killed, most of them were still alive, less than 7,000 people were really killed by our army on the spot, and the remaining 20,000 people immediately knelt down and begged to surrender when they saw that they had nowhere to escape. ”

"That's fine." Li Li bowed his head slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Speaking of which, these white wave thieves are all from poor backgrounds, and they blindly followed the Yellow Turban Thieves to rebel in their early years. Before that, the reason why I didn't order Teng Xiao to lead the army to wipe out the White Wave thieves was because I hoped to be able to recruit them and avoid needless bloodshed. It's a pity that they don't appreciate it, and they don't seem to believe that I will pardon their past crimes, and this time they even joined forces to participate in the Hanoi Alliance, and continue to be the enemy of our army, which is why today's disaster is today.

Fortunately, now that everything has been resolved, the White Wave Thieves have been wiped out, which not only weakens the strength of the allied forces, but also deters the Black Mountain Army under Zhang Yan, so that they will have some scruples and will no longer fight with our army regardless of casualties. More importantly, Zhou Yu is now leading a large army to capture Bingzhou, and sooner or later he will encounter the Baibo army, and our army will destroy the Baibo army in one fell swoop tonight, which is equivalent to clearing the obstacles for Zhou Yu's army, which can be called killing two birds with one stone. Because of this, I will agree to Sun Ce's conditions, 30,000 Bai Bo troops in exchange for an edict from the Son of Heaven, this transaction is not a loss! ”

"Ugh!" Guo Jia was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly realized: "I see! I asked why Sun Ce didn't fall into a coma sooner or later, but he fell off his horse when the Baibo army was attacking the city, it turned out that this was something he and the lord had discussed a long time ago. Selling the White Bo Army to us at the time of the Great War, in exchange for the official title he needs, this Sun Ce is really not simple!

This son seems to be short-tempered and reckless, but in fact, he is treacherous and resourceful. The most rare thing is that he dared to meet with the lord even though he was seriously injured, this perseverance and courage are really amazing. It can be seen from this that Sun Ce's plan for leading the army alliance this time is very big, and his ambitions are extremely great, which should not be underestimated! ”

"Bong-hyo seems to mean something else?" Li Li asked with a smile.

Guo Jia nodded when he heard this, and said bluntly: "That's true." I don't know if the lord has thought about it, although Sun Ce is Sun Jian's son, he has not received any edict so far, not even filial piety, but once this edict is handed over to him, it is equivalent to letting him ascend to the sky in one step. Will he grow bigger day by day in the future and continue to be the enemy of the lord? If this is the case, wouldn't the lord's actions today be tantamount to raising tigers? ”

After a pause in his tone, Guo Jia continued: "In addition, Sun Ce betrayed the Baibo Army this time in exchange for an edict, on the surface, it seems that we are not at a loss, but in fact, he Sun Ce is the biggest winner." Because the white wave thief originally had little to do with him, he was only temporarily sent by Yuan Shao to listen to him, and he betrayed the white wave thief in exchange for an official title, in fact, he was a white wolf with empty gloves, and it was the Bai Bo army who suffered, but it was he Sun Ce who benefited. As for us, even if Sun Ce didn't make trouble, our army would still be able to defeat the White Wave Army, but the price paid would be greater than it is now, and it would not be able to wipe out the White Wave Thieves in one battle. ”

"What Feng Xian said is extremely true." Li Li bowed his head and said, "I have considered all of what you said, and I also know Sun Ce's true intention to do this. However, it was precisely because he had ambitions for the Allies and intended to borrow the soldiers and horses of the Allies for his own benefit that this was the fundamental reason why I agreed to give him the edict. As for whether he will grow bigger day by day in the future, this is self-evident, and he will. But this has nothing to do with us, at least for three to five years there will be no conflict of interest, and when he is really my enemy in the future, I will not be afraid of him! To put it mildly, I can lift him up with one hand today, and he can destroy him with one hand tomorrow! ”

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