Under the city of Xinzheng.

Li Wei led 8,000 iron cavalry and more than 10,000 foot soldiers to pass the pass, and the army was mighty and murderous.

The remaining more than 10,000 foot soldiers, led by Guo Yan, surrounded the city gates and surrounded the entire Xinzheng City.

This time, Li Daojun came with the complete annihilation of Zhu Jun's army. Therefore, the whole city is surrounded and no dead end is left.

As for the method of encircling three and missing one in the siege battle, it was abandoned, and it was clear that there was no way for Zhu Jun's army to live.

Xinzheng City, before the North Gate.

Li Wei rode out of the crowd alone, walked to two hundred steps in front of the pass, stopped at the horse, looked up at Zhu Jun surrounded by the generals at the head of the city, and knocked loudly.

"Zhu Jun, in the rest of the month, you and I fought three battles, and you were like a lost dog, repeatedly defeated and fled, fleeing all the way from Luoyang to Xinzheng Town. Do you still want to avoid a fight now?

Today, I will fight you to the death, do you dare to fight? ”

Zhu Jun stood at the head of the city, looking down at the majestic Xiliang war cavalry under the city, and was very worried.

Li Dao was not wrong, he traveled to various counties and counties, raised food and wages from the rich and powerful, and formed more than 30,000 righteous troops.

At first, the rebel army attacked the city all the way, invincible, and recaptured the ruined Luoyang City in one fell swoop.

It can be described as a righteous teacher, famous for its division, thanks to the help of the gentry of various counties and counties, and the flag is victorious.

However, since Li Dao led the army to conquer, he has suffered repeated setbacks, abandoned the city and abandoned the village, and fled all the way to Xinzheng Xiaocheng to temporarily avoid Li Dao's soldiers.

Now it has been several months of continuous fighting, the men are sleepy, the horses are scarce, the food and grass are scarce, and there is no ordnance to defend the city.

Originally, there were more than 30,000 rebel troops, but under the successive battles, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and only more than 10,000 soldiers remained, and their morale was low.

In addition, in the small city of Xinzheng, the city wall is no more than three zhang high, and the thickness is less than one zhang; In recent years, it has been damaged by wars and devastated by wars.

With such a small number of soldiers and a broken city, it is really difficult to resist the mighty army of the Xiliang Tiger and Wolf.

"Li Dao Pifu! Dong thieves troubled the dynasty, coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and was full of evil. You don't want to serve the court and eradicate the traitors, but instead help the gang to abuse, and you are willing to be a Dong thief eagle dog, and sooner or later you will not die well, and the whole clan will be harmed!

Today, the old man will fight you to the death, even if he dies on the spot, he has no regrets!

The old man is a minister of the Han Dynasty in life, and he is also a ghost of the Han Dynasty in death! If you don't eradicate the traitors and accomplices who bring disaster to the country and the people, the old man will become a powerful ghost, and he will never be willing to give up!

Come on, open the city gate, today we will fight with the Xiliang thief army, and we will not die! ”

With Zhu Jun's order, in an instant, in Xinzheng City, the sound of horses' hooves was loud and noisy.

However, Zhu Jun did not lose his mind, although he kept shouting to open the city gate, in fact, it was a bluff.

Soldiers and horses gathered in the city, lined up in formation, and they would never open the gates until they were ready.

Zhu Jun was stubble, bluffing, and couldn't hide, so he had to go out of the city to fight with our army. Uncle, wait a while, when the city gate is wide open, let me lead the Longxiang battalion to attack the city gate, and I can set foot in Xinzheng Xiaocheng in one battle! ”

Li Li patted his mount, paced to Li Wei's side, looked at the trembling soldiers defending the city at the head of the city, and said softly.

"Oh?" Li Dao was slightly stunned and sighed.

Then he turned his horse around, returned to the military formation with Li Li, and said as he walked: "Li'er, the soldiers of our army are several times larger than Zhu Jun's army, and the victory is in hand. Why raid the city gates in such a hurry?

In doing so, it is in the name of righteousness, and will it not make the heroes of the world laugh at our uncles and nephews? ”

"Hehehe!" After Li Li listened to Li Dao's words, he laughed out loud.

"Uncle, since ancient times, the victor is the hero, and the loser is the thief, how can there be so much truth to talk about!

In this battle, it was because our army was already in sight of victory, so we had to reduce the casualties of the soldiers as much as possible and strive to defeat Zhu Jun completely.

If you open the formation, you will fight head-on with Zhu Jun. Even if we finally annihilate more than 10,000 of his rebels, I am afraid that our army will have to pay at least 5,000 or even tens of thousands of soldiers.

The combat effectiveness of Zhu Junjun's resolute counterattack was certainly not weak, and there were definitely many casualties among the officers and men of our army. Such a battle that does not outweigh the losses can be avoided if it can be avoided, and the strength of our army should be preserved as much as possible.

After all, among the 20,000 soldiers and horses in this battle, 8,000 soldiers are all my uncle's descendants, and if the casualties are too great, the strength of our uncle and nephew will be weakened.

After the war, if General Niu Fu does not give us a supplementary source of soldiers, and Dong Xiangguo does not give us a large amount of reward, how can we replenish the soldiers? What's more, these soldiers are all elites in a hundred battles, how can they be compared to new soldiers? I hope my uncle will think twice. ”

Li Dao lightly brushed a handful of black beard on his chin, and his eyes narrowed slightly into a slit.

Immediately, he nodded and said, "Li'er is right, and it is indeed as you said. Since Xiangguo moved the capital to Chang'an, he has built a large number of buildings, built Yiwu, and was bent on greedy for pleasure and abandoned military affairs. I haven't had any new recruits for more than half a year, and so have the other generals.

However, Li'er, the three thousand dragon battalions raided the city, and I am afraid that they will not be able to catch it, and the casualties will be inevitable.

In this way, I will add another 2,000 foot soldiers to you, and in addition, I will also send you generals such as Li Meng, Wang Fang, Li Zheng and Fan Yong to help you break through the city in one fell swoop and build up your military exploits! What do you think? ”

"That's very good, thank you, uncle!" Li Li sat on the back of his horse and bowed in response.

"Hehehe! You and my uncle and nephew, why do you need to be so polite! ”

Li Dao said loudly, and the love and appreciation for Li Li in his eyes were beyond words.

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"Squeak, squeak!"

With a crisp creak, the north gate of Xincheng City instantly opened, and a team of Zhu Junjun's war horses galloped out.

"The Longxiang battalion listens to the order, seize the north gate, and kill!"

At the moment when the north gate opened, Li Li shouted, took the lead, and led the crowd to rush to the city gate.

Behind him, Fan Yong and Li Xian followed closely from left and right, less than ten steps away from Li Li.

And Li Meng, Wang Fang and other generals each led 3,000 cavalry and 2,000 foot soldiers to rush out, rushing to follow, murderous, and like a tiger.

"Damn! The thieves are not trustworthy, the crossbowmen shoot arrows, shoot these treacherous thief generals for me! ”

At the head of the city, Zhu Jun was wearing black armor and a silver scarf, and his face was full of anger and pointed at Li Li and other Xiliang generals who were charging in front of the city, and brazenly ordered archery.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly, the arrows rained down, condescendingly, the speed of the arrows was fast, and the power was great.

"Bah, Bah!"

Li Li swung his knife to shoot down the head-on arrows during the attack, and his body dodged left and right, but the speed of the attack did not decrease at all.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

After dodging two rounds of arrows, Li Li met with the cavalry of Zhu Junjun's army, who had just rushed out of the city gate, and slashed down three enemy horsemen with a sword.

Immediately, he shouted: "Soldiers, the brave will win when they meet on the narrow road!" Kill into the enemy's cavalry, you can dodge the arrows, go straight to the city gate, kill! ”

Entering the enemy's war horse, Li Li clamped his legs on the horse's belly, held the knife in both hands, and the long-handled broadsword five feet long flew left and right in his hands, taking away the blood-sprayed human heads.

This was the first time Li Li had charged and killed the enemy since he was reborn.

Perhaps, for many people in peacetime, killing people is a terrible thing, and it requires great courage and ruthlessness.

However, killing people has long been accustomed to Li Li.

In fact, the soldiers walked all the way by stepping on countless corpses.

Whether it is in troubled times or in times of peace, soldiers who have not really seen blood and killed people will find it difficult to succeed after all, and their achievements are extremely limited.

In his previous life, Li Li can be said to have stepped on the body of a criminal and a terrorist and rose through the ranks.

After 12 years in the army, he rose from the rank of colonel to colonel, and hundreds of outlaws died at his hands or in the battles he commanded.

However, at this moment, such a large-scale hand-to-hand encounter, a hard-fought cold weapon battle, Li Li encountered it for the first time.

This is not the first time he has fought with a weapon, but the first time he has participated in such a large-scale cavalry charge.

Don't look at Li Li in his previous life, he was a marines officer, proficient in various tactics, and his riding skills are quite good. Even without a double-sided horseback, he was still able to charge into battle with a horizontal sword.

In an instant, Li Li slashed more than a dozen enemy cavalry, rushed into the north city gate, and collided head-on with Zhu Junjun's infantry who were waiting in formation.

I saw that the city gate was full of people, densely packed, full of weapons, murderous, and there was no end in sight.

Li Xian and Fan Yong, who had been following closely behind Li Li, rushed to Li Li's side in an instant.

Immediately, the three brothers formed a horn and blocked the city gate, fighting hard.