Xiaoqi

Li Yuncong, who met Li Li up close for the first time, seemed nervous and excited at the moment, with some incoherent speech.

Seeing Li Yuncong's immature face, Li Li quickly suppressed his anger, and with a faint smile on his face, he raised his hand and said in a calm tone: "You are Gongming's personal soldier, and from now on you will be my Li Li's relative." Bing, and I have the same surname, so he is my brother. Yun Cong don't have to be cautious, get up and answer, and report what you saw in detail, don't hide it!"

"Promise!" Li Yuncong got up as promised, and immediately reported the report: "About two hours ago, I brought my mother, sister and grandfather and the people in the village to Anyi, and walked thirty miles away from the east gate. When they were in Chaoyangpo Mountain Col, five or six hundred cavalrymen suddenly rushed behind them. They wore the half-length armor of the Dongyuan City Guards. They didn't stop when they encountered the people. At that time, I felt that these people were not like the cavalry of our army, because our army has strict military discipline, and they definitely would not act recklessly like this.

Then a general wearing a general's battle armor shouted to stop and reprimanded Kailu Xiaoxiao. Afterwards, although these people no longer killed people at will, they still went on a rampage, as if they were in a hurry.After they walked away, I found that the horses they were riding were not Xiliang horses, but Wuhuan horses from Youzhou; The Dongyuan garrison with long weapons is also different.

In addition, I also know that the defenders of Dongyuan City evacuated in the afternoon, and if they marched quickly, they should be able to reach Anyi around evening.However, my fellow villagers and I have not encountered any soldiers of our army during the journey, which shows that they are in front of us, not behind us.From this, I judged that the more than [-] cavalry must be the secret work of the enemy in disguise.Its purpose is to sneak into the city before the people enter Anyi City, and there must be some plot.So I chased after the cavalry and chased them to Anyi City along the dust left by their galloping horses. Unfortunately, I was nearly half an hour behind them, so I didn't find out where they settled after entering the city. "

Li Li nodded slightly, looked at Li Yuncong with admiration, and said, "If everything is as you said, then this group of cavalry must be the secret work of the princes and allies. But who sent these people? There are as many as seven princes in Dongyuan City, and each of them can do it with a cavalry team of only 600. In addition, our army has more than [-] troops in Anyi City, and these hundreds of people sneaked into the city. What's the use?"

"Uh, by the way, my lord, the leader of this cavalry is named Cao, and the reprimanded Kailu junior called him General Cao!" Li Yuncong added suddenly.

"Cao Mengde?" Li Li exclaimed in surprise.

Hearing the sound, Li Zhi interjected: "This is impossible. Cao Cao is the deputy leader of the allied army. How could he have personally risked himself and led more than a hundred cavalry to sneak into Anyi City? If that's the case, wouldn't he be committing suicide by sending him to the door? Come to court death?"

Li Li narrowed his eyes slightly.He said in a deep voice, "Of course Cao Cao won't come in person, but he still has a few brothers from the same clan. Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Cao Xiu and others can lead the troops here on his behalf."

Speaking of this, Li Li suddenly remembered the big victory that Cao Cao was most proud of in history, his expression changed drastically, and he stood up abruptly.He said anxiously: "No! Food, food! The purpose of this group of cavalry sneaking into Anyi City is not to join forces with the Allied forces to attack the city gate, but to burn our army's food!"

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Just before Li Li finished speaking, there was a sudden loud bang, so that Li Li, Li Zhi, Li Yuncong and the generals waiting outside the door, such as Teng Xiao, Ma Chao and Zhang Liao, could hear clearly .

for a moment.Li Li hurried to the door, raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the loud noise.However, the sky above the northwest corner of Anyi City was full of flames, the red fire was enough to illuminate most of Anyi City, and the thick black smoke spread rapidly with the north wind, spreading to the entire Anyi City at a speed that could be seen by the naked eye.

"Ah! That's bad, that's where our army's rations are stored!" Seeing the sky filled with flames in the northwest corner, Teng Xiao, Tie Xiao and the generals of the Anyi camp exclaimed.Immediately, all the generals showed horror and anger, and they ran away at the same time, trying to rush to the granary in the west city as soon as possible.

"Stop! Don't panic, come back!" Just as the generals were about to leave the backyard, Li Li suddenly sternly stopped.

Teng Xiao stopped when he heard the sound, and hurried to Li Li, with a mournful face, he said anxiously: "My lord, the west city is hoarding all the food and grass for my 13 army in Anyi! Once the food and grass are burned out, we will not even have the food for the next day." No, don't you just sit and wait to die?"

"Hmph!" Li Li snorted coldly with a gloomy face: "Have you seen the flames over the west city? What's the use of rushing there now? How to put out such a big fire?"

While furious, Li Li squinted his eyes and looked gloomyly at the red and bloody sky above Xicheng, took a deep breath, and forced himself to calm down.After thinking for a while, his furious expression calmed down quickly, and he ordered in a sharp voice: "Teng Xiao listens to the order and immediately seals off the whole city. No one can come in or out. Without my order, the city closure order cannot be lifted!"

"No, the general will obey!" Teng Xiao left in response.

"Tie Xiao listened to the order and immediately led [-] soldiers from the county government to the granary in Xicheng, grabbed the grain that had not yet been burned, and demolished all the houses within a radius of [-] steps around the granary!"

"No, the last general takes orders!" Tie Xiao bowed to promise, then turned and left quickly.

"Zhang Liao, Li Zheng, Guo Meng, Qubei, Xu Chu, and Ma Dai listened to the order, appointed Zhang Liao as the chief general, dispatched them in the middle, and immediately led the Shuofeng Camp, Longxiang Camp, and Wuwei Camp's cavalry to set off in full gear, and brought all the civilian officials of Hedong County, Go to the ferry of the Yellow River, confiscate all the boats, and prepare a large army to cross the river. In addition, no board will be left within [-] miles along the river. No matter who dares to resist and refuse to hand over the boats, bamboo rafts and wooden boards, there will be no mercy!"

"Promise, I will obey!" Zhang Liao, Li Zheng, Xu Chu and others responded and strode away from the backyard immediately.

"Ma Chao and Chen Dao listened to the order and ordered the two of you to lead the defenders of Dongyuan City to transfer the people in the city and start preparing for the evacuation of the army. It must be completed within two days! If anyone gathers a crowd to cause trouble and resists the order, kill them!"

"No!" Ma Chao and Chen Dao bowed to accept the order, then turned and left.

"Xu Huang listened to the order and immediately took over the five thousand gold guards under Zhang Liao's department. After dawn, he escorted Lianshi, Teng Xiao, Tie Xiao and other family members to cross the river first and go to Hangu Pass to stand by!"

"No, the last general takes orders!" Xu Huang bowed and saluted, then turned and strode away.

Watching the generals leave one after another, Li Li gradually calmed down, and there was no trace of anger in his eyes, and his expression was extremely calm.

At this time, there were only three people staying beside him, Guo Jia, Li Zhi, and Li Yuncong who was frightened by Li Li's fury and stood in the corner holding his breath.

Walking gently to Li Li's side, Guo Jia said in a low voice: "Cao Cao is really not easy. If you don't make a move, you will hit the vital point of our army! When the army goes out, food and grass are the most important thing, but Unexpectedly, as soon as the Allied forces arrived at Dongyuan City tonight, they immediately dispatched a small group of cavalry wearing our army's armor to sneak into the city, and found our army's grain storehouse so quickly, and succeeded in a sneak attack. If there were no them in the city I, Guo Jia, absolutely do not believe the internal response. Even in the sneak attack on the granary defenders, some people secretly joined forces with them to attack our soldiers.

From this point of view, the counties of Sili are indeed as the lord said, on the surface they are attached to the lord, but in fact they are in the hands of the gentry.The reason why the small group of cavalry sent by Cao Cao this time was so easy to succeed, presumably because of the meticulous work of the Hedong gentry and various princes' subordinates to cooperate with this group of cavalry, the multi-party alliance was able to succeed in one fell swoop.Otherwise, it would be difficult for these [-] cavalry to get close to the granary, let alone burn dozens of grain and grass in one fell swoop! "

Li Li nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Cao Cao has been trapped by food and grass many times in recent years, several times because of the shortage of food and grass, he had to withdraw his troops for a truce, so this Cao Aman likes to cut off people's food and grass, and sneak raids to rob camps!

I'm also to blame for my negligence this time. I thought that the allied forces would have to rest for at least one night when they captured Dongyuan City after dark.I didn't expect that I played with the princes of the Central Plains during the day, and then I was attacked by the enemy and burned the food and grass in a blink of an eye. Compared with the two, we lost too much.Originally, I planned to stay in Anyi City for half a month, so I prepared to store food for [-] days, but now Cao A concealed it and burned it.As a result, our army will have to withdraw to Hangu Pass ahead of time, and when they arrive at Hangu Pass, it will be the time for our Xiliang army to fight the allied princes! "

Chapter 644

Chapter 644

The busier you are, the faster time passes.

A big fire at the middle of the night was not completely extinguished until noon.

And Anyi City, which originally assembled more than 5 troops, also evacuated most of them during this period, and now there are less than [-] troops left in the city.

At the same time, the sweet and pleasant step trainer and the families of all the generals in Anyi Daying left Anyi City together. The first batch of them crossed the Yellow River south to Hangu Pass, and then most of the family members would return directly to Chang'an.

At noon, Anyi city guards the mansion.

On the steps of the main hall, Li Li pressed his desk to write urgently, and then Li Zhi sealed the scrolls of bamboo slips with his own hands, and then dispatched a fast horse to send them out.

"Tom tom tom!"

When Li Li finished writing the last secret order, before he even raised his head, he heard hurried footsteps from outside the door, and then saw Tie Xiao walking into the main hall, followed by Teng Xiao, the chief general of Anyi.

"The last general pays homage to the lord!" Tie Xiao walked into the main hall with his front foot, and Teng Xiao arrived with his back foot, and then the two bowed to pay respects.

"Well, it seems that the two of you didn't come together, let's sit down and talk." Li Li nodded slightly, then stretched his arms and waved his hands to signal for the soldiers to serve tea.

"Tie Xiao, tell me about the granary in the west of the city first. Has all the grain and grass been burned?" Li Li asked calmly.

Tie Xiao's face changed slightly when he heard the words, and he looked solemn, and said respectfully: "My lord, the situation is not so bad, but it is not optimistic."There were originally 35 stockpiles of grain and grass in the granary in the west of the city, each of which was three thousand stones, totaling more than 28 stones of grain and grass, enough to supply our army in Anyi for one month.However, a fire in the middle of the morning destroyed most of the granary. When the last general led his army to arrive, only seven stocks of grain were taken out, and the remaining [-] stocks were all burned.

in addition.The hay barn in the north of Xicheng was also completely burned by the thieves. When the general arrived, the fire was too large to be extinguished.Therefore, in addition to the small amount of forage stored in the stables, from this moment on, our army's tens of thousands of war horses will have no more forage to supply.The situation is urgent and cannot be delayed, please make a quick decision, my lord! "

"Well, the situation is better than I imagined." Li Li nodded slightly.A smile appeared on the calm and waveless face, and then he raised the teacup to signal Tie Xiao and Teng Xiao to drink tea.

Taking a sip of tea to moisten his throat, Li Li smiled lightly and said, "Tie Xiao, the more urgent the situation is, the more you need to calm down. Don't worry, there is no obstacle that cannot be overcome. There is no unparalleled road!"

Tie Xiao was astonished when he heard this.He said anxiously: "My lord, the seven stockpiles of grain can only be enough for our army for seven days at most. In other words, after seven days, our Anyi army will run out of food! This is not the most urgent matter. The most urgent thing is that our army has tens of thousands of There is no fodder for the war horses. It can last for a day at most, and the fodder will be exhausted tomorrow.

My lord knows that most of the 13 troops in the Anyi camp are war cavalry, and the soldiers will not starve for a while.But without fodder to feed the war horses, it is absolutely impossible!Once the horses are lost, our army's combat power will be cut by half, and a mere [-] troops will not be able to hold back hundreds of thousands of princes and allies.What's more, now that most of the entire Hedong County has fallen, Anyi City is already an isolated city. Once it is besieged by the enemy, we will lose our initiative completely.Faced with such a predicament, how can the general not be in a hurry, and An Neng sits down and drinks tea slowly? "

"Hehehe!" Li Li smiled when he heard the words, waved his hands to signal the emotional Tie Xiao to sit down, and said with a smile: "The matter is not as serious as you said, our army has not yet reached the point where the fire is imminent and the situation is exhausted, but we just lost the opportunity for a while. It's very passive."

After a short pause, Li Li raised his hand to signal Tie Xiao not to get excited, and then continued: "Our army still has seven days of food, as the saying goes: don't panic when you have food in hand. Besides, our army is fully equipped with weapons and equipment. The walls of the city are high and thick, and the allied forces want to completely surround our army, but it is a bit whimsical and idiotic! The reason why our army adopts the tactics of shrinking defense this time is because the gentry and powerful people in the Sili counties are against each other. I wish the Allies would annihilate our Xiliang Army in one fell swoop.

Because of this, our army did not have much advantage in the battle against the Allies in Sili. Not only did our troops suffer heavy losses, but we were also always on guard against these gentry clan masters who would attack us from behind.Just like the burning of the granary last night, I can say with certainty that someone in the city must have secretly responded to the thieves, and then they teamed up to attack the defenders of the granary, and then burned our granary.Fortunately, all our war cavalry were stationed outside the city, otherwise if thieves sneaked into the stables and set fire to them, the consequences would be unimaginable. Tens of thousands of frightened horses rampaged in the city, enough to destroy the entire Anyi city! "

"What the lord said is true!" Before Li Li finished speaking, Teng Xiao said angrily: "The facts are exactly as what the lord said. At the end of this morning, the army will be ordered to lead the army to seal off the city gates. When we arrive at the north gate I happened to see the arsonist thieves attacking the city gate by force. At that time, there were 300 rebels who captured the city gate with the thieves. Among them, there were more than 5000 cavalry wearing our army's armor. Presumably the remaining [-] people should have died in the During the fight to burn down the granary. Except for this group of cavalry, the remaining [-] people were all the retinues of the major noble families in Hedong County and the powerful mansions. They led the thieves to find our army's granary, and then attacked the granary guard under General Hu Zhen. Army, and then burned our army food and grass in one fell swoop.

Unfortunately, when the last general led his troops to arrive, they had already seized the city gate, and then fled in a panic.The last general immediately led his army to chase and kill more than 2000 people along the way, capturing more than 4000 people alive, and pursued for more than 3000 miles, but finally let the more than [-] cavalry escape.It is known from the followers who were captured alive that there were originally [-] followers who joined the thieves in setting fire, and more than [-] people died in battle when they seized the granary.Among all the retinues, [-] were servants, servants, and guards of the Hedong Wei family, and the remaining [-] were soldiers and horses gathered together by the major gentry and powerful families in the county.

After learning the truth, the final general beheaded all these subordinates, and then led his army to confiscate the houses of all the powerful gentry in the city.But it was found that there were only a few maids and handymen in the house, and no one else was there, and there were no valuables in the house.Seeing this, the general searched the whole city immediately, and finally found all these people in the slums in the south of the city half an hour ago. There were more than [-] people, men, women, and children, and there were more than [-] carts of gold and silver.In the end, I came here to ask the lord for instructions, how should these beasts who eat inside and outside should be dealt with? "

Li Li's expression changed slightly, his eyebrows frowned, and he pondered: "The Wei family? Is it the biggest family member of the Wei family in Hedong?"