Chapter 80: Ping Gu Zang, a Knife (1)
The night was silent.
At dawn at the end of the day, Li Lijun's camp was already cooking in a pot, and all the soldiers were ready to go.
At the beginning of the hour, Li Li strode out of the big tent with his head held high in armor, took the reins handed by Dian Wei and flew on the horse.
The four hooves of the yellow horse flew out of the crowd and took the lead in rushing out of the gate, and the generals such as Dian Wei, Teng Yu, and Teng Xiao immediately waved their hands and led the war cavalry to rush out.
"Lord, Li Kan and Cheng Yin's two thieves are really arrogant! Last night, the subordinates thought that the two thieves would take advantage of the fact that our army had first arrived in Guzang and attacked the camp at night when their foothold was not stable, but they didn't expect these two to do this, but sent someone to hand over the war letter early in the morning, and wanted to fight our army head-on! β
Li Xuan, who was dressed in silver armor, rode out of the gate and whispered to Li Li.
Li Li snorted coldly, rode his horse slowly, and glanced at Guzang City, which was a few miles away, and a grim smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"It's to be expected. Li Kan and Cheng Yin, the two thieves, have been riding in Wuwei for many years, and they have tens of thousands of riders under them, so they don't take our more than 2,000 light horses in their eyes at all.
They came early in the morning to write a war letter and invited our army to fight head-on, but in fact they just wanted to humiliate me. Because, in their hearts, this little bit of our army is not enough for them to stuff their teeth. They're winning! β
Li Xuan smiled when he heard this, and said with a sly smile: "Li Kan and Cheng Yin, the two thieves, were originally from Caokou, and a few years ago, taking advantage of the war in Liangzhou, they led their troops to take advantage of the fire to rob, and gradually gained a firm foothold in Liangzhou. In the past two years, they have relied on Han Sui again, acted recklessly, lawlessly, and have not encountered major setbacks.
This time, the two thieves dared to underestimate our army, so it depends on whether they really have a good pair of teeth. If they are just a bunch of arrogant pus, then we are not here to plug between the teeth, but to pull out their teeth and take their lives! Hehehe! β
Li Li hahadaxiao said: "What Yuan Zhong said is extremely true! Since they took the initiative to engage our army head-on, of course we would be happy to see it happen, and we would save ourselves trouble. Ben Taishou came to Wuwei to take office this time, and he needed a hearty victory to show his military might, but he didn't expect it, what did he want, they stretched their necks over and asked me to behead Liwei. It's a great thing that you can't come by! β
"Haha!"
In the hearty laughter, Li Lijun slowly approached the north gate of Guzang City.
Under the city of Guzang, outside the north gate.
Just when Li Lijun appeared in the sight of the defenders of the city, the city gate suddenly opened, and six thousand light horsemen galloped out of the city, crossed the drawbridge, and lined up a hundred paces in front of the moat, waiting for Li Lijun's arrival.
More than 5,000 foot soldiers were left in the city to defend the city, and Li Kan and Cheng Yiner fought together this time, trying to destroy Li Li's army in one fell swoop.
Yes, Li Kan and Cheng Yin. Although they used to be grass cowards, after attaching themselves to Han Sui, they each obtained the official position of a captain, so others also called them "generals".
Han Sui is now the general of Zhenxi under Dong Zhuo's title, and he has the right to open the government, and he can reward some middle and low-level official positions.
Therefore, small princes such as Li Kan, Cheng Yin, Yang Qiu, Cheng Yi, Zhang Heng and other small princes who had seized a place attached themselves to Han Sui and sought official positions from him to satisfy the vanity of these grass bandits and bandits.
Because of this, these small princes are also known as the eight generals under Han Sui.
In fact, they were only nominally attached to Han Sui, but in fact they were still the princes of a separate land.
If there are benefits to be gained, the eight generals will obey Han Sui's dispatch; If there is no benefit, then it is a different matter, and it is a common thing for yang to worship yin and disobey yin.
Before Han Sui was named the general of Zhenxi, they were also attached to Ma Teng, and Ma Teng's position was relatively high at that time. Since Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an, Ma Teng was suppressed, but Han Sui jumped up, so they abandoned Ma Teng and attached themselves to Han Sui instead.
To put it bluntly, princes like Li Kan and Cheng Yin, who seek profit and avoid trouble, are simply mothers with milk. It's all grass on the wall, and it will fall on whichever side is windy.
Now the reason why Li Kan and Cheng Yin want to fight to the death with Li Li is because Li Li wants to take back Guzang City and take away the "territory" on which they depend.
Therefore, they will inevitably fight back with all their might, and even want to get rid of Li Li, the new Taishou, in one fell swoop.
"Excuse me!"
With a loud neighing of horses, Li Li's light cavalry quickly rushed to the foot of Guzang City, and gathered into a goose-shaped battle formation opposite Li Kan and Cheng Yin's army.
The two sides were two hundred paces apart, and they were all the same war horses, waiting in formation, facing each other from afar.
Suddenly, the atmosphere of the two armies suddenly became solemn, and an invisible evil aura rose into the air, condensed into a group, and shrouded the heads of more than 8,000 war horsemen on both sides.
Before the battle, Li Li looked at the two big men in the general's armor on the opposite side with a cold face.
But I saw that the big man on the left side was wearing a silver battle armor, with black hair and a shawl, a face full of gangsterism, a pair of lying silkworm eyebrows, big eyes, a collapsed nose, a big stubble mouth, and a hint of provocative sneer at the corners of his mouth, intentionally or unintentionally.
This man was about eight feet tall, with a strong build, and a black horse with a shiny black mane under his crotch, nine feet long and seven feet high, looked very powerful. He gave Li Li the impression that he was arrogant, perverse, and a typical bully.
Li Li intuitively speculated that the bandit leader who had robbed the surrounding counties and townships of Wuwei County before was this person, and he should be Cheng Yin, who did all kinds of evil.
The black-armored man on the right is nearly eight feet tall, burly, with a fairly thoughtful face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looks quite majestic. It's just that his eyes blink from time to time, and the look in his eyes is also very erratic, giving people a feeling of unreliability, too slippery to be trusted.
However, the mount under the guy's crotch is very eye-catching. It was a black horse, one foot long, about eight feet five inches high, black and shiny, with a mane that stood up and was delicate; The muscles are well textured and the limbs are strong.
There are two most conspicuous places about this horse, one is that its body is unusually tall, more than two feet above the horse on the left. The second is that it has four sky-blue horses' hooves, which are sky-blue fluff from the ankle bones, and when they are raised and trampled, they are like stepping on blue clouds, giving people a sense of floating out of the dust.
Based on intuition alone, Li Li decided that this black war horse was definitely a good horse in a thousand miles.
Judging from the restrained demeanor of the big man sitting on horseback who always tightened the reins, this man did not have this horse for long, and he still cannot control this horse as he wants.
It is rumored that Li Kan seems to be quite dignified, but in fact he is strong on the outside, suspicious and capricious.
And the identity of the person in front of him who is extremely incompatible with the mount, Li Li doesn't need to think about it to know that this person must be Li Kan.
"Phew! Who is the new Li Li Xiao'er, stand up and let your Grandpa Cheng see what he looks like? A yellow-mouthed child who has just turned sixteen dares to encroach on his high position, obviously he didn't take your Grandpa Cheng seriously! β
Just as Li Li was looking at the mount under Li Kan's crotch, the arrogant man on the left shouted, stared at Li Xuan beside Li Li, and shouted defiantly.
Sure enough, the obedient man on the left side on the opposite side was Cheng Yin.
Suddenly, Li Lijian's eyebrows were raised, he looked at Cheng Yin coldly, took a few steps forward, and said in a deep voice: "Bold fanatics, you are a grass bandit, dare to speak so loudly!" A certain is the current Wuwei Taishou and Captain Li Li, who is standing in front of you, Cheng Yin thief, what can you do with me? β
Cheng Yin suddenly jumped like thunder, gritted his teeth and pointed at Li Li, "Ah, the child is really rampant!" Who said that Lao Tzu is a grass coward, Lao Tzu is a Wuwei captain with a seal, and the child dares to slander Lao Tzu! Lao Tzu γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»"
Li Li didn't wait for Cheng Yin to finish speaking, so he interjected: "Cheng Yin thief, take a stone lump and say it's a seal, pick it up on the side of the road, right?" Do you know the words, do you know how to write the word "seal"? is obviously a reckless bandit, and he has the face to call himself a school captain, which is really shameless! β
"Ahh Li Li'er died! β
Cheng Yin, who has been arrogant for many years, has been ridiculed like this, and he didn't take Li Li and his party in his eyes at all.
Li Li has a sentence that is really right, Cheng Yin is illiterate, and he really can't write the word "seal ribbon".
In a fit of rage, Cheng Yin screamed angrily, beat his horse and rushed out of the battle formation, raised the Zhangwu long knife in his hand, and swooped directly at Li Li with murderous energy.
Seeing Cheng Yin, who was full of shouting, rushing towards him, Li Li didn't raise his eyebrows, he rushed forward, and the big knife in his right hand dragged on the ground and rubbed bright sparks.
In an instant, the distance between Li Li and Cheng Yin shortened sharply at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Fifty stepsγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» thirty stepsγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» ten steps, five steps.
Suddenly, the big knife that Li Li had been dragging on the ground suddenly flipped over, his shoulders sank, and he lifted the knife.
In an instant, a dazzling blade was flickered by the sun's rays and refracted on Cheng Yin's eyeballs, causing him to instinctively close his eyelids while galloping his horse, and he was instantly deaf.
"Ahh Cheng Yin be careful! β
At the moment when Cheng Yin closed his eyes, Li Kan, who was a hundred steps away, shouted.
Cheng Yin immediately had a wit in his heart, opened his eyes instantly, and the big knife in his right hand slashed down.
However, it was too late.
Cheng Yin's eyes were still greeted by a dazzling sword, but this time it was not the refracted light of the sun, but the eerie and terrifying light of the blade.
"Click!"
With the crisp sound of broken bones, the blade slashed down diagonally from Cheng Yin's left neck, opening the chest and breaking bones, and the body was split in two, and the right half of the body flew out together with the skull.
The half-cut upper body that flew out was still brandishing a large knife, its eyes were wide open, and its mouth was open but it couldn't make a sound.
Cheng Yin, who was flying, didn't have time to scream, but he was shocked to see that the lower half of his body riding on horseback suddenly spewed out a blood mist more than a foot high.
This is the scene that Cheng Yin saw at a glance in his life. Immediately, his eyes went black and he fell into endless darkness.
"Bang!"
When Li Li turned around the horse, Cheng Yin flew into the air and half of the corpse slammed to the ground.
slashed Cheng Yin with a knife, this is what Li Li said when he learned that Cheng Yin's crime was extremely evil.
Now, he did.
"Ahh Li Li'er is leaving, and I will return the life of my brother Cheng Yin! β
When Li Li returned to the military formation, Li Kan shouted bitterly, waved his big sword, and led six thousand iron horsemen to rush to kill in a surging manner.