【Chapter 687】 It's hard to ride a tiger
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The more he talked, Yuan Shao lifted the reins of the prancing horse, and shouted angrily: "If you still have a trace of self-knowledge, you will immediately dismount and beg to surrender, and the master of this alliance will remember that God has the virtue of a good life, and you can also leave your whole corpse; Otherwise, the day of the city will be the time for you to be the head of the owl, and when our allies break through Chang'an, the Er Li clan will be wiped out, and they will never be able to live forever! ”
"Hahaha! Good, good, good! ”
Li Li laughed angrily, and shouted: "People say that Yuan Ben was born with a good skin, in the eyes of Li, you still have a pair of sharp teeth, you are really a good head, and you dare to speak out in front of Li when you are old!" Maybe you Yuan Shao is not the first person to debate throughout the ages, but you are the thickest-skinned and most shameless person Li has ever seen! ”
In the midst of the loud cheers, Li Li looked coldly at the army of princes behind Yuan Shao, and shouted: "Since you have the courage to come to the front of the pass to fight today, and you can take advantage of your tongue, how can you do it." If you don't dare to go out to fight, then Li will not send it, and you will quickly roll back where you came from, and Hugh will make noise in front of Li! ”
The voice was paused for a while, but when he saw that his hands were unreined, his right hand shook, and the cold Jin Qi battle knife burst out: "Yuan Shaopifu, don't you want to compete with me?" If you have the guts and are still a man with eggs, even if you let the horse come, it is as easy for Li to kill you as slaughtering a pig and slaughtering a dog, and he can dismantle you with just one knife; If you lose your words, you will immediately admit defeat! How, you dare to fight with me Li Li! ”
“??? Dare to fight with me Li Li???"
The sound of Li Liyang's sword shouting angrily reverberated in front of the pass, and the sound shook in all directions. Prolonged.
In an instant, the 300,000 allied troops looked at Yuan Shao in unison, and even some of the princes in front of the allied army looked at him with burning eyes. Hopefully he can play against Li Li.
It must be known that Yuan Shao was also a well-known brave man in Luoyang City when he was young, and he had been serving as a military general since he came out, and he was a young talent who was coquettish in Luoyang City at that time. Is it just a knife, one knife can decide the outcome of the entire battle, such a good and harmless thing, it is worth a try. Could it be that in just more than ten years, Yuan Shao's martial arts have all been wasted. Can't even take Li Li's knife?
Seeing Li Li lifting the knife in his hand and eager to try, Yuan Shao, who was in front of everyone, was really frightened, and his old face turned as red as a jujube. His face was red, and he almost wanted to turn around and retreat to his own position, but he was worried that he would lose face in public, and he was even more afraid that Li Li would poison him from behind.
True. He did say before that he was going to compete with Li Li on the battlefield. But the original meaning of this sentence was not to say that he was going to duel with Li Li in front of the formation, but to say it casually, which meant that the allied generals and Xiliang generals would fight in front of the formation to see who was better. didn't admit it, but was exploited by Li Li, and the old saying was repeated to squeeze him to fight in person, and said that "if there is a man with eggs, he will fight with him Li Li".
If it is so humiliating, if it is twenty years back. Yuan Shao definitely had the courage to fight Li Li, and was confident that he would save his life under Li Li's sword. But. At this moment, he really can't do it, Hugh said that he survived Li Li's knife, and he didn't even have the courage to fight Li Li head-on.
Now Yuan Shao is over fifty years old, and the years are unforgiving! Although he has often put on armor and gone into battle over the years, he has always commanded the army to fight, and he has always been in the rear of the army, how could he personally go into battle to kill the enemy? It's a pity that the people he is facing now are a group of soldiers who don't know a few words, these soldiers on the bloody battlefield don't understand any big truths at all, they only know how to join the army and eat food, and blindly worship the strong, how can they understand and consider Yuan Shao's hardships?
Just when Yuan Shao was anxious, Cao Cao, Lu Bu, Zhang Yan, Sun Ce and other princes in front of the allied army were also stunned by the sudden scene in front of the formation, and they looked at each other in dismay.
At this time, the princes couldn't help but have such a thought in their hearts: "Li Li invited Yuan Shao to fight, how can this be?" Wouldn't the battle between Yuan Shao and Li Li be tantamount to taking the initiative to send them to death? How could Yuan Shao be Li Li's opponent, even if time went back twenty years, he was not Li Li's enemy, and he would definitely die! ”
Indeed, Xiliang Li Li is also a person. As early as two years ago, he was a well-known battlefield general in the Han Dynasty, slashing Cheng Yin, killing the northland spear king Zhang Xiu in seconds within the three combinations, and breaking into the tens of thousands of troops under the command of Han Sui and Ma Teng alone as if entering a no-man's land, such a fierce army commander, rare in the world, and comparable to the former overlord Xiang Yu. This is all the old past, there is a living example of the princes alone: in the battle of Feiyundu, Li Li rode a sword and killed tens of thousands of Cao Cao's army alone, killing in and out, but he was unharmed, and killed hundreds of Cao soldiers with his own strength. This kind of bravery, even Wenhou Lu Bu, who is known as the invincible god of war among the allies, did not have the courage to try it himself, but Li Li did it and retreated. This is the real courage of ten thousand people, and he can be called an invincible commander who has taken the rank of general in a million-strong army.
"Second son, the alliance leader is now difficult to ride a tiger, and the second son needs to come forward to solve the siege!"
In front of the allied army, Cao Cao and his strategist Cheng Yu were in Yuan Shao's army this time, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's second son Yuan Xi stood side by side, and Cheng Yu stopped behind Cao Cao. Seeing that Yuan Shao was in a dilemma in front of the formation, and it was difficult to ride a tiger, and the princes of the allied forces stood by and watched, and no one was willing to take the initiative to change Yuan Shao, at this time, others could not save Yuan Shao, but Cao Cao could not ignore it and watch from the wall. Because his rejuvenation plan is all pinned on Yuan Shao, if Yuan Shao has an accident, it will not be equivalent to burying his hope of rising.
However, it was inconvenient for Cao Cao to come forward at this time, and it was impossible for him to send Cao Ren to fight Li Li, so as to relieve Yuan Shao's siege. So Cao Cao turned his head and glanced at Cheng Yu behind him, signaling him to come forward to remind Yuan Xi and send Jizhou generals to break the siege.
Sure enough, after hearing Cheng Yu's whispered reminder, Yuan Xi suddenly woke up, but subconsciously waved his hand again and again: "Mr. Zhongde, did he mean to harm me?" Li Li is so fierce and a thief, how am I the enemy of the thief, if I go out at this time, I am afraid that not only will I not be able to save my father, but I will take my own life! ”
Obviously, although Yuan Xi swore in front of his father Yuan Shao that he would seek revenge on Li Li and was ashamed, when he really faced Li Li, he was scared to the bone and did not dare to come forward to meet Li Li.
"The second son has misunderstood the meaning of the following. I want to remind my son that at the moment, the Lord of the Yuan League is in danger, and he was caught by the Li thief before he spoke, and he is definitely not the enemy of the Li thief, and he is afraid of losing face in front of the allied soldiers and losing his reputation, so he is indecisive and in a dilemma. At this time, Childe only needs to order the alliance leader's right-hand men to fight, so that the alliance leader can not only give the alliance leader a step down, but also save the face of the alliance leader. Cheng Yu explained in a low voice.
"Oh, I see." Yuan Xi nodded lightly in hindsight, with a relieved and relaxed look on his face.
Seeing that Yuan Xi was so unbearable, Cheng Yu couldn't help but sigh in disappointment, and then urged urgently: "The second prince must hesitate, he must make a decision quickly." Otherwise, once the Li thief suddenly makes a move, I am afraid that the alliance leader will be in danger of his life, and by then it will be too late, and I will wait for the major events of the alliance to rest! ”
"Is it so strict?" Yuan Xi responded in astonishment, and immediately turned his head to the vanguard general Han De and ordered: "Please also ask Old General Han to quickly go out to fight Li Li and welcome back my father to relieve my father's siege!" ”
Han De, a veteran who is the same age as Yuan Shao, responded: "The old man takes the order, and he will go out to fight the Li thief, and he will definitely slash this thief, see how arrogant he can be!" ”
"Old General Han is slow!" Seeing the old Han De stepping forward, Cheng Yu was suddenly disappointed, and immediately called out to stop Han De, and then admonished Yuan Xi: "Second son, General Han is brave and fierce, known as the 'Sword King' in Hebei, and I have heard of it before. It's just that this time I went out to rescue the alliance leader and face the Li thief, and I was worried that the old general Han was lacking in skills and would not be able to catch it, so I asked the second prince to send another general to go with him, so as to ensure that nothing went wrong! ”
"Well, what the gentleman said has a point." Yuan Xi hesitated for a moment, and immediately nodded happily: "Where is Han Meng, General Ben ordered you to go out immediately and fight against the Li thief with Uncle Ru!" ”
"No, the last general will take the order!" Han Meng responded to the battle, and then galloped with Han De and rushed to the front.
In fact, just when Yuan Xi ordered the generals behind him to go out to meet the battle, many generals of the Jizhou Army who had just lost their minds woke up. Among them, Yan Liangwen and Chou, the two generals who were always following Yuan Shao's side, were already eager to step forward to face the battle, but Yuan Xi did not order the two of them to fight, but sent Han De and Han Meng's uncle and nephew to the front.
This move made Yan Liangwen and Chou very dissatisfied, but they had no choice but to stop and watch the changes before the battle. In addition to these two people, there are many Jizhou generals in front of the battle who also have the intention of fighting, after all, this kind of opportunity to fight with Xiliang Li Li in person is rare, it is a great opportunity to become famous in the world, miss today, I am afraid that it will be difficult to meet such a good opportunity to become famous in the first battle for the rest of his life. However, Han De and Han Meng's uncle and nephew have always been close to Yuan Xi, and they have faintly joined the account of the second son and become a trusted general. The other generals belonged to different camps, some were attached to the eldest son Yuan Tan, and some took refuge in the third son Yuan Shang, because they were extremely dissatisfied with Yuan Xi's favoritism, but they dared not speak out, so they could only sit in front of the battle and wait.
At the same time, upstairs in Hangu Guancheng, Guo Jia couldn't help laughing when he heard his lord challenging Yuan Shao.
"The lord's behavior is really unexpected, he even challenged Yuan Shao in public, and did not leave Yuan Shao the slightest way out, and forced Yuan Shao Lao'er into a blind corner with one sentence, making it difficult for him to ride a tiger and be in a dilemma. In my opinion, the lord clearly couldn't say Yuan Shao, so he made this decision. Hehehe! ”
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