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"My lord, the last general is willing to take on this position!"

Just as the generals bowed their heads in contemplation, Teng Xiao turned over and dismounted, leaned down and bowed.

"Hmm." Li Li bowed slightly, a hint of appreciation flashed in his eyes, and asked, "Yunlong is heroic, if you have any difficulties, you might as well speak up!" ”

Teng Xiao shook his head lightly when he heard this, and said respectfully: "The last general has nothing to ask for, the lord has an order, and the last general swears allegiance to the death!" ”

"My lord, the last general is willing to stay and help General Teng Xiao!" Zhang Liao turned over and dismounted, followed Teng Xiao's words, and knelt down to ask for help.

Immediately, Tie Xiao, Guo Meng, Xu Ding and Xu Huang dismounted one after another to ask for an order: "The last general will wait for the order, and General Teng Xiao will be stationed at Gukou, please ask the lord to agree!" ”

"Well, you are all my Li Li's right-hand men, and your courage is commendable!" Li Li nodded lightly and approvingly.

Immediately, Li Li waved his hand to signal that Teng Xiao didn't need to say much, turned his head to Ma Chao and ordered: "Meng Qi, allocate three hundred of the five hundred personal soldiers around you to protect Yunlong's safety." ”

"No, the last general will obey!" Ma Chao replied respectfully.

Li Li bowed his head slightly, flew from the back of the Golden Lion Beast King and landed on the ground, stretched out his hand to help Teng Xiao, and then lifted Tie Xiao and Guo Meng in turn, and said in a gentle tone: "This time, the three of you are staying here, and holding on for six hours means that from now on until dawn, the burden is not light, you have worked hard!" ”

"I am willing to listen to the Lord's drive, swear to death, and swear no regrets!" Teng Xiao, Tie Xiao and Guo Meng responded in unison.

Li Li bowed slightly, stretched out three fingers and beckoned gently, and suddenly thirty burly cavalrymen in golden armor walked out of the Golden Lion Guard's war cavalry, all of them had cold expressions, and there was no trace of emotion on their cheeks, as stiff as a stubborn stone.

"This is the Golden Armor Guard who has been with me all year round. This time it will be in the hands of Yunlong, and their first task is to protect the safety of the three of you, and the second is to assist you in garrisoning Taniguchi. If you can't do anything, they will cover the evacuation of the three of you, this is my military order for you, it must be carried out, there must be no mistakes! ”

"No, I'll take the order!" Teng Xiao and the three of them bowed down emotionally.

Li Li bowed his head lightly and said in a deep voice: "Go, quickly select the eight thousand soldiers you need." I will personally lead the rest of the men and horses to the south of the valley to intercept Cao Cao's army! ”

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Feiyundu is a mountain stream to the south, a valley that resembles a deformed gourd, and the gourd is divided in two by the stream, like a gourd scoop with two petals.

The valley mouth is narrow. The valley is relatively open, full of rocks. Wild trees are overgrown. The grass withered, and a withered and withered image.

In the middle of the valley, a babbling stream five feet wide meandered, the edge of the stream was frozen, and the dead grass was frozen with frost.

Now. Tens of thousands of armor soldiers sat in groups of three or five leaning on the rocks, curled up, huddled together, and warmed themselves with the help of each other's body heat. Protect against the cold.

"Whew-sizzle!"

A gust of cold wind blew through the mountain stream, waking the dazed armorers from their sleep, and then they shivered one by one, their teeth trembled, and they grinned in a cold breath, shivering from the cold.

Under a huge cliff more than a foot high in the center of the scoop on the left side of the stream, more than a dozen generals dressed in general's battle armor gathered together, also freezing their necks, leaning against the rocks with their heads down, squinting and pretending to sleep, shivering from time to time, freezing so cold that they couldn't sleep at all.

"Lord, lord, it's late at night, the Xiliang Army won't go out to patrol the customs anymore, let the soldiers make a fire to keep warm, right? The weather was so cold that the soldiers couldn't stand the cold! ”

There was a faint torch inserted in the crack at the bottom of the rock, and Cao Hong, who was so cold that his teeth were trembling, gently rubbed against Cao Cao's side, stretched out his hand around the torch to bake his frozen hands, and pleaded in a trembling voice.

Cao Cao, who occupied the torch alone, although his hands were not cold, his body was also shivering, and his hands were warm and cold, which was very uncomfortable. After hearing the sound, he leaned slightly to stagger the obstruction of the rock, looked up at the moonlight, estimated the hour, and found that it was indeed the first shift of the night, no wonder the stream was frozen, and the cold was biting.

In an instant, Cao Cao almost nodded in agreement, his cold blue lips opened, but he suddenly changed his mind and swallowed back the words in his voice.

Immediately, he shook his head slightly, the corners of his mouth grinned left and right, moved his frozen jaw, and said in a low voice: "No, absolutely no fire!" Our army has a total of more than 63,000 soldiers, if a fire is lit, at least a thousand fires must be lit, and then the entire valley will be illuminated by fire, and it is difficult to guarantee that the defenders of Hangu Pass will not find the fire. ”

After finishing speaking, seeing Cao Hong's face full of disappointment, Cao Cao couldn't bear it, and explained softly: "Zilian, you must know that Hangu Pass is quite high, the city wall is nearly four zhang high, and the field of vision is broad; Moreover, it was late at night, and standing on the head of the city, you could see the light within a radius of dozens of miles. Therefore, we would rather be frozen than make a fire, otherwise we may be exposed. Once the Xiliang Army discovers the whereabouts of our army, you should know what the consequences are, it will be a catastrophe, and we will all die without a place to be buried! ”

"Well, the Admiral knows." Cao Hong nodded slightly in disappointment, and said weakly: "I know that our army is alone this time, although there are more than 60,000 soldiers and horses, but compared with the Xiliang army stationed in Hangu Pass, there is a huge gap, and it cannot be compared." According to the scout's report, in the past two days, the Xiliang army in Hangu Pass has frequently mobilized troops and horses, and tens of thousands of people have taken refuge in the pass every day, and a group of people have entered the pass this afternoon. ”

After a slight pause to slow down, Cao Hong's tone changed sharply, and he said in a cold voice: "It's a pity that we are one step late, otherwise, we can send thousands of soldiers disguised as civilians to infiltrate Hangu Pass, and then seize the city gate, while our army took advantage of the situation to rush in and capture this pass in one fell swoop." Once we seize Hangu Pass, Li Thief and his Xiliang army will be thrown into the mouse, the grain route will be cut off, there are hundreds of thousands of allied troops attacking the city in front, and there is no way to retreat in the rear, and it will be defeated in less than half a month, and then wait to be killed! ”

"Yes, let's be one step late and miss a good opportunity to seize Hangu Pass." Cao Cao bowed his head slightly, and said in a low voice: "According to the scout's report in the afternoon, it is certain that those people who retreated into the pass are probably the people of Hedong. It can be seen from this that the situation of Li Thief in Hedong must be very difficult. There are more than 100,000 Xiliang troops stationed in Anyi City, but their granaries were burned down, and there was no supply of grain and grass, so they would hold on for half a month at most, and then they would try to withdraw to the south bank and retreat to Hangu Pass.

Now, thirteen days have passed since the granary of Li Thief's army was burned, and now the people of Hedong have begun to take the lead in evacuating, and it is presumable that the Anyi army will cross the river one after another to withdraw their troops. So, we don't have much time left. Our army must seize Hangu Pass before the withdrawal of the Anyi army and cut off the retreat of the Li thief. In this way, we can lay a victory in one fell swoop and deal a fatal blow to the Xiliang Army! ”

Cao Hong nodded when he heard this, and sneered in a low voice: "The lord doesn't have to worry, and there is no need to worry. At this time, our army has already lurked in a hidden place more than 50 miles away from Hangu Pass, as long as it finds a favorable fighter. Within an hour, you can rush to the Hangu Pass, and then attack the pass by surprise. I'm sure of it. The Xiliang Army never dreamed that our 60,000-strong army would lurk under their noses. As soon as they were a little careless, our army immediately attacked and took Hangu Pass in one go.

Once Hangu Pass is lost, the Xiliang army will be completely finished. Hundreds of thousands of Xiliang troops were cut into several sections, one in Hedong and one after Hangu Pass. There are also some soldiers and horses distributed in Yongliang and Chang'an City. In this way, the once strong Xiliang Army will be reduced to a tiger with its teeth pulled out. Don't be afraid. Hmph, when the time comes, I must personally cut off the head of the Li thief and avenge the dead Brother Xiahou! ”

Cao Cao bowed his head slightly with a cold expression, and said in a deep voice: "Zilian also neglected another line of soldiers and horses under the command of Li Thief, this is Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin, who are currently leading the army to attack Bingzhou, and this person still has tens of thousands of troops under the command of Li Thief. Therefore, Li Thief is now fighting in two places, Sili is the main battlefield, and Bingzhou is another battlefield.

Don't look at Li Thief's age, but he is ambitious, ruthless and cunning, and his ill intentions are already obvious. In recent years, the Xiliang army has become more and more powerful, with more than 400,000 soldiers and horses, far exceeding the princes of all walks of life, ranking first among all the princes in strength, holding the authority of the world, and being an uncrowned king.

However, the reason why the Xiliang army has not sent troops to the Central Plains for a long time is because they are short of food and grass, and the treasury is empty, so they cannot supply the army to go out to fight, so they can only stay in a corner of Xiliang and sit back and watch us grow and grow day by day. However, Li Thief's previous secret trip to the states of the Central Plains was huge, and the trip was fake, and waiting for the opportunity to seek the support of major businessmen and families was the real purpose of his lonely adventure.

The most infuriating thing is that after some travel, he actually succeeded in his conspiracy. The Zhen family, the largest merchant family in the Central Plains, was deceived by his rhetoric and moved their family to Xiliang. And the little slut of the Zhen family, the head of the Zhen family, turned out to be the concubine of the Li thief, committed to the Li thief, abandoned the head of the Zhen family, but made a concubine for the Li thief, and also took over the position of the steward of the Li thief's inner government, and was willing to degenerate and become a slave and a concubine. It was this slut who contacted the merchants of various states and counties to go to Chang'an for Li Thief in recent months, so that a large amount of grain and grass quietly flowed into Xiliang, which greatly relieved the pressure on the supply of grain and grass for the Xiliang army, and provided nearly one million stone grain and grass to Li Thief.

The foundation of the Xiliang Army is deep and solid, and it is based on the foundation of the Eighth School of Xiyuan during the He Jin period, the Yulin Army of Luoyang Third Base and the Xiliang Army under Dong Zhuo, plus the accumulation of money, food and ordnance for hundreds of years by the Han Dynasty. Therefore, now the Xiliang army is strong in combat and has many war horses, it is the most elite army in the world, ranking first in the world, and no army can face its edge. Therefore, when the Li thief solves the supply of grain and grass, we will be destroyed by this thief, which forces the princes of the Central Plains to unite in advance, and strike first, without waiting for the Li thief to take the initiative, my Central Plains princes will destroy him first! ”

Cao Hong was stunned when he heard this, and then suddenly realized: "Well, I see! I asked why Yuan Shao was so generous and actively promoted the alliance, it turned out that he was also afraid that Li Thief would send troops to the Central Plains after his soldiers were strong and threatened his old nest Jizhou. But why did he promise to supply the grain and grass needed by the princes of all walks of life to send troops at any cost? You must know that the grain and grass needed by hundreds of thousands of allied troops is definitely not a small amount, and it will consume three months of grain and grass in Jizhou in a month, which is equivalent to a year's supply of grain and grass in Jizhou. No matter how rich Jizhou is, no matter how abundant the grain and grass are, it can't withstand Yuan Shao's profligacy! ”

After Cao Cao heard this, a sneering smile appeared on his face, and he shook his head and said: "Yuan Benchu is not a fool, and he will definitely not take out grain and grass to supply the princes' army for no reason. Zilian should still remember the situation in the later period of the Chen Liuhui League in the past, right? ”

Cao Hong nodded in astonishment, and responded: "Of course I remember." At that time, the grain and grass of the Allied forces were provided by Han Fu of Jizhou, Tao Qian of Xuzhou, Liu Dai and Zhang Miao of Yanzhou, and was distributed by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers. At the beginning, there was nothing to do, but when the war situation was stalemate, the Yuan brothers withheld the grain and grass without authorization, and later directly let the princes of all walks of life raise grain and grass by themselves, and if they could not raise grain and grass, they had to use war horses, weapons and captured materials to exchange grain and grass from the Yuan brothers. As a result, the princes' allies deviated from Germany, went their own way, wantonly robbed the grain with their troops, and caused a lot of harm to the counties under the division, so that Zhang Miao's Chenliu County was not spared, and finally the alliance of the princes fell apart and broke up unhappily. ”

Cao Cao bowed slightly, and sneered: "Chen Liuhuimeng allowed the Yuan brothers to accumulate a lot of money, food and weapons, and also got a lot of soldiers and young people, and they gained a lot. Therefore, when the other princes lost their troops, the two brothers not only did not reduce their troops and horses, but took the opportunity to expand their army and became stronger and stronger. I dare to assert that the Hanoi Alliance will gradually evolve into the former Tranliu Alliance.

At the beginning of the alliance, Yuan Shao would definitely provide the allied army with grain and grass very generously, and after the capture of Hedong County this time, once the allied army crossed the river into the counties of Henan, Yuan Shao would gradually reduce the supply of grain and grass until the supply of grain and grass was completely cut off, and let the princes of all walks of life raise their own grain and grass. By that time, these Huimeng princes were in the territory of the Li thief, and they had a deep grudge with the Li thief, and they were already on the same footing. Even if they intend to quit halfway, they can only think about it, but in fact, they really dare not and cannot quit.

Because, once the allies are defeated or disbanded, it is equivalent to relieving the siege for the Li thief and giving the victory to the Li thief. After the dissolution of the allied forces, the Li thieves must march eastward and attack the city on a large scale, and these princes are the first targets of the Li thieves. Therefore, it is easy for princes from all walks of life to come to the alliance, but if they want to withdraw halfway, they can't help it. In short, it's easy to come and hard to go, and once an alliance is formed, it's too late to regret it! ”

Cao Hong was shocked when he heard this, and said hurriedly: "In this way, there is no need for us to work so hard, it is better to rush back to Yanzhou as soon as possible." The 80,000 soldiers of our army came to the alliance only because of the grain and grass provided by Yuan Shao, if he cut off the grain and grass of our army, then wouldn't we starve to death in the territory of Sili? ”

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