The horizon is slightly white, and the morning glow is beginning to appear.

A flash of red light pierced the sky.

On the outskirts of Wubao, the wind is waving the flag.

100,000 men marched into the wilderness.

The war horses neighed, and the soldiers stood in a row.

Two feet will rise from the ground.

The sun rises in the east, and the drums of war roar.

Jin Ge Iron Horse went to Rong.

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Outside the city, in front of the stage.

The Tiger Battalion, the Qinglong Battalion, the Jin Yiwei, the Flying Bear Heavy Armored Iron Cavalry, the Trap Camp and 20,000 county soldiers, a total of 100,000 paces, rode on pillows and stood quietly in the wilderness.

In front of everyone's eyes, Li Li was dressed in golden armor, wearing a python-patterned brute lion belt around his waist, stepping on auspicious cloud boots, with a solemn expression and sharp eyes, and steadily walked up to the platform.

Ascending to the general platform, Li Lijian's eyebrows were raised, condescending, and a pair of blazing tiger eyes looked down at the 100,000 Xiliang soldiers in the audience, and his whole body exuded the power of Ling Tian without anger.

Under his gaze, all the soldiers held their heads high, their postures were upright, and they were full of fighting spirit.

After a while, Li Li retracted his gaze, bowed his head slightly, and waved his hand to signal Li Xuan to read out the edict of the Son of Heaven against Ma Teng, Han Sui, and a group of Xiliang thieves.

After receiving the signal, Li Xuan strode to the front of the point general's platform, unfolded the holy decree, and read it out loud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Liangzhou Ma Teng and Han Sui have long supported the army and stood on their own, repeatedly participated in the Qiang rebellion, resisted the imperial court edict many times, and repeatedly banned it, which is a disaster for Liangzhou. Now dismiss Ma Teng and Han Sui from all the officials, and order the general of Zhengxi and the Marquis of Wuwei Li to recruit and suppress the two thieves, and exterminate the bandits along the way. Chin this! ”

"Long live Bixia——— long live!" All the soldiers in the audience shouted in unison with swords in hand.

When the cheers of the soldiers did not fall, Li Li waved his hand gently, and the audience was suddenly silent. Only the eager war horses made a snort, one after another. It is extremely crisp and loud.

"This time, the general personally led the army to the west, and he must exterminate Ma Teng and Han Sui in Liangzhou within a month, clear the princes' separatist Shili, and completely eliminate the bandits entrenched in the vicinity of Chang'an and Liangzhou within three months. In addition, along the way, the public security of various counties and counties was rectified, corrupt officials and corrupt officials were eliminated, and the officials of Xiliang and Xiliang Prefecture were rectified to govern the people's livelihood. ”

Speaking of this, Li Li's tone paused slightly, and then he said sharply: "The commander of the Qinglong Battalion, Guo Yan, listens to the order!" ”

"The last general will be at the disposal of the Lord, please make it public!" Guo Yan came out in response. Strode to the front of the point general's platform, and knelt on one knee to ask for orders.

Li Li looked down at Guo Yan with a cold expression, and ordered: "This general ordered you to be the vanguard general, lead the Qinglong Battalion to lead the army first, and build bridges when the mountains open roads and meet waters." Make no mistake! ”

"No, the last general will take the order!" Guo Yan replied respectfully. Immediately bowed down and retreated.

"Dian Wei, the commander of the Tiger Camp, listens to orders!"

"The last general!" Dian Wei responded to the list. Bow down and ask for orders.

"This general ordered you to be the chief general of the Chinese army, lead the troops to merge with Jin Yiwei into the Chinese army, and follow the handsome banner!"

"No, obey the Lord's orders!" Dian Wei happily took the order.

"Gao Shun and Huang Zhong listen to orders!"

"The last general will wait for the order, please announce it!" Gao Shun and Huang Zhong immediately came out of the queue and bent down to ask for help.

Li Li looked at Gao Shun and Huang Zhong with a solemn expression. He said in a deep voice: "Three days ago, the general had already been sparse and named the two of you as Zhonglang generals. Gao Shun is now appointed as the commander of the trapping camp, and Huang Zhong is appointed as the commander of the 20,000 infantry army. Command the two of you to be the rear of our army. Gao Shun is the main general, Huang Zhong is the deputy general, and there must be no mistake in escorting the grain and grass! ”

"No, the last general will be ordered!" Gao Shun and Huang Zhong looked slightly surprised, and bowed in response.

After Gao Shun and Huang Zhong bowed and retreated, Li Li said in a deep voice: "Jin Yiwei, Flying Bear Heavy Armored Cavalry and Hu Ben Zhongjun walked together, the military advisor Jia Xu was in the middle of the dispatch, and the commanders and deputy commanders of each battalion must act according to the order, and must not act without authorization. In this battle, our army is bound to level the entire territory of Xiliang in one fell swoop, and there will be no victory and no return! In the midst of the battle, the whole army from Li Li below, bravely forward, without a military order, must not be cowardly, dare to retreat before the battle, there is no forgiveness! ”

"Nuo——— obey the orders of the lord!"

100,000 Xiliang soldiers responded in unison, and the momentum was majestic and earth-shattering.

"Ding ———" Li Li stood on the platform, suddenly pulled out the long sword at his waist, and shouted: "All the soldiers listen to the order, level Liangzhou, and set off!" ”

With Li Li's order, the 100,000-foot cavalry suddenly set off, and the troops under the command of their respective commanders marched towards the west.

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Right Fufeng County, outside Huaili City.

From the time of Yi Wu's oath to the present, it took only seven days for Li Li's army to rush to the city of Zhihuaili in Fufeng County, and the Chinese army set up camp ten miles outside the city.

At this time, the Qinglong Battalion of the former army Guo Yan had already passed through Youfufeng County and entered the territory of Liangzhou, and it would soon be able to join Yang Qiu's department stationed in Lintao City, and form an east-west attack on Ma Teng of Hanyang Ji County.

Since the battle of Lintao three months ago, Yang Qiu was ordered to lead 5,000 foot soldiers to garrison Lintao City, and he is still holding on to this day.

This is a nail that the Western Liang Army wedged into the hinterland of Liangzhou early, so that Ma Teng, who retreated to Hanyang County, did not dare to move, like a fish in his throat. In the past three months, Ma Teng led his troops to attack Lintao several times, trying to exterminate Yang Qiu's troops, but he never failed to break through the city, so Yang Qiu couldn't help it. Now the Xiliang army sent troops to Liangzhou, Longxi Lintao City is the foothold of the Xiliang army, just wait for the army to gather in Hanyang County, you can wave your troops to attack Ma Teng's old nest Ji County, and smash Huanglong.

Li Li personally led a large army to the west, and the primary goal was to exterminate Ma Teng and Han Suishili, and he also shouldered the intention of rectifying the counties along the way.

The so-called Jingzhao Sanfu land, that is, Chang'an, Right Fufeng County and Left Fengling County.

Chang'an City and its surrounding counties have long been included in Li Li's rule, and Zuo Fengling County is the residence of Teng Xiao, Bocai and others, and it has also been completely recovered. Therefore, in the land of Sanfu, only Youfufeng County has not yet been recovered, and this county was Ma Teng's hometown before and has always been in his hands.

Three months ago, Li Li took over Chang'an City and the Xiliang Army, and Ma Teng was shocked when he heard the news, and immediately led the army to withdraw to Longxi County.

A clever person has more than one plan. Ma Teng has been entrenched in Xiliang for many years, with big trees and deep roots, and secretly occupies as many as four and a half counties. Youfufeng County is his old nest, Beidi County and Hanyang County are also controlled by him, and he also occupies half of Longxi County and Anding County. It is precisely because of this background that he can share Liangzhou with Han Sui. faintly also stabilized Han Sui's half head and occupied a dominant position.

At present, although Ma Teng was forced to retreat to Longxi, he still left a back hand before leaving, leaving a group of soldiers and horses in the city of Zhihuaili in Youfufeng County. Although this army of soldiers and horses only has 3,000 people, it is the elite war horse in the Ma family's army. But the guards who stayed in Huaili City were very special, neither Ma Teng's nephew Ma Dai, nor his son Ma Tie, but his daughter Ma Yunluo.

Ma Yunluo, Ma Chao's own sister, is only one year younger than Ma Chao. The same age as Ma Tie. She and Ma Chao are both concubines, and their biological mother is the daughter of the common people, not Ma Teng's wife, so Ma Yunluo is a concubine. But her brother Ma Chao is not. Because Ma Chao is Ma Teng's eldest son, although he is a concubine. is very popular with Ma Teng, so Ma Chao's status in the family is very different from that of his sister Ma Yunluo.

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Outside the city of Huaili. Xiliang Daying.

Inside the big tent of the Chinese army. Li Li waved his hand with a smile on his face to signal that Ma Chao did not have to be formal, and sat down on the left side.

"Meng Qi, according to the scout report, the current guard stationed in Huaili City is your own sister Ma Yunluo, but is there such a thing?"

Hearing the lord Li Li mention his own sister, Ma Chao's expression suddenly changed. couldn't help lowering his head and said in a low voice: "My lord, this is indeed the case. Yunluo is the sister of the last general, and my mother died young. My sister has been with me since I was a child. She is really lively by nature, does not love female red, when she was young, she practiced martial arts with the last general, more than ten years later, now she has superb spear skills, skilled bows and horses, and strong martial arts. However, my father didn't like her very much, and he didn't care about her, plus she was a woman, and he never let her lead the army. As for why she led the troops to defend the city this time, the last general is unknown. The last will be reported according to the truth, there is no lie, please see the Lord! ”

"Hehehe!" Seeing the nervous look on Ma Chao's face, Li Li got up with a smile and walked to Ma Chao's side and sat down, and said in a harmonious voice: "Meng Qi's words are serious." Your sister was ordered by her father to defend the city, and there is nothing wrong with the matter itself, and it has nothing to do with you at all. If the general is angry with Meng Qi because of this, it is too far-fetched, but it shows that I, Li Li, am narrow-minded and unworthy of being the commander of the army. There is no excuse for the sin that you want to add! ”

"Thank you for your magnanimity." Ma Chao said gratefully.

Li Li bowed his head slightly, and said in a harmonious voice: "Every man should have a broad mind, otherwise it will be difficult to succeed." However, our army will never be merciful because Ling Mei is a woman, and it is impossible to avoid Huaili City and go directly to Liangzhou. Meng Qi should understand this section. Therefore, tomorrow our army will attack the city on a large scale, and the sword has no eyes in the fight. ”

"This 、、、、、、" Ma Chao was stunned, his expression was extremely complicated, and his eyes showed a deep sense of worry.

After a little hesitation, Ma Chao got up and knelt down in front of Li Li, and said earnestly: "The last general has a reluctant request, and I implore the lord to agree." ”

Li Li's expression was calm, there was no discoloration on his face, his chin head motioned for Ma Chao to get up, and said with a smile: "Although Meng Qi is outspoken, there is no need to be so formal. ”

But Ma Chao didn't get up immediately, knelt down and said: "The last general will ask Ying to enter the city tonight to persuade his sister Yunluo to open the city and surrender, please fulfill the lord!" ”

"Oh?" Li Li was slightly stunned, his eyes looked at Ma Chao, and he muttered: "Meng Qi wants to enter the city alone to persuade Sister Ling, I don't know how sure you are?" If the odds aren't high, don't go. There are only 3,000 cavalry and 2,000 foot soldiers in Huaili City, and a mere 5,000 cavalry is not enough for our army, and this city can be broken with a snap of your fingers! ”

"The last general and her are siblings, and they have depended on each other since childhood, and they can't bear to watch her city fall and die. Please give the last general a chance, and the last general is completely sure to persuade Ma Yunluo to open the city to surrender! Ma Chao bowed his head and bowed.

Looking at Ma Chao's sincere appearance, Li Li's thick sword eyebrows jumped slightly, and he muttered: "Since Meng Qi insists on this, then you can go." It doesn't matter if it succeeds or not, it will be able to spare Ling Mei's life and will not embarrass you. However, this is the only time, not an example! ”

After speaking, Li Li stood up, strode out of the military tent, and went to the rear camp to rest.

"Thank you to the lord, the last general will definitely live up to the lord's great kindness!" Looking at the back of Li Li's departure, Ma Chao said respectfully. —————— (To be continued)(To be continued......