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Speaking of this, Yuan Shao's emotions were a little agitated, so that his breath became short of breath, and a strange flush appeared on his face again.After he breathed a sigh of relief, Yuan Shao tried his best to make his tone gentler, and his body after a long illness forced him not to be too excited, otherwise he could still speak at this moment, but he might close his eyes completely the next moment.

"Just as my son thought, my father doesn't want to hand over the Yuan family's foundation to others. As long as there is a chance, I will not do so. But what is the current situation of my Yuan family and what is the situation in the world? Do you know nothing? Compared with the lives of more than a thousand members of my Yuan family, what is a mere Jizhou? No matter how good the foundation is, no matter how big the country is, it is not as important as the lives of my Yuan family. Fate If you can't keep it, why do you need Jiangshan?"

Forced to pause again, Yuan Shao breathed a sigh of relief and sighed to the sky: "Fool, you and my father and son can still sit in the mansion and talk at this moment, it's all because of Cao Mengde to hold Thief Li back, and there is a price to pay for all of this. Everything my father has done is to enable you to live a good life, I don’t ask you to go out of your way, I only hope that you can spend your life in peace. If you can do this, your father’s wish is enough!"

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Chapter 058

After the discussion in the garden, only half an hour later, Yuan Shao urgently summoned a group of civil servants and generals to discuss matters in the side hall.

That night, all those who came to discuss matters in the inner hall were Yuan Shao's confidantes.

As for the discussion, it is impossible to know what Yuan Shao said to the civil servants under his command.All they knew was that after the discussion was over, everyone left in a hurry with preoccupations, and the situation of walking together in groups of three or five in the past was no longer seen.

The next day, there was silence in the Imperial Palace of Ye City, not even the sound of children laughing and crying could be heard.

Throughout the day, the huge palace was silent.There were no servants and guards walking back and forth, and no figures of Jizhou civil and military personnel entering and leaving the palace gate. The inside and outside of the palace were extremely quiet, eerie and frightening.

At the same time, the outside of the city is still under siege.Cao Jun, who was almost dead and injured, continued to attack the South Gate one after another, as if he would not give up until he wiped out the remaining 20 soldiers and horses.After besieging the city one day, Cao Jun once again lost [-] soldiers, leaving [-] soldiers and horses left.This is also the only [-] soldiers left after the [-] Cao army sieged the city for [-] days.

In the early morning of the third day, the south gate of Ye City, which had not been opened for two years, was suddenly opened, and Yuan Shao's army, which had been huddled inside the city, finally came out of the city to meet the battle.

This is what Li Li saw when he heard the news and led his troops to the south gate.

It was precisely this sudden scene that aroused Li Li's vigilance and made him faintly uneasy. A sense of crisis that he hadn't felt in a long time came to his heart, and it was fleeting, making him inexplicably palpitate.

This slight palpitation prompted Li Li to make up his mind to get rid of Cao Cao as soon as possible, but now that Cao Cao is leading the remnants to fight Yuan Jun under the city, it is obviously not a good time to do it.after all.Under the watchful eyes of everyone, openly murdering an ally who has fought bloody battles for more than 20 days, how can such an act convince the world?Unpopular.How to win the world?

Therefore, even though Li Li has murderous intentions towards Cao Cao, he can't act too hastily, and needs to wait for the opportunity to move slowly.

Li Li has been on the battlefield for many years, and has experienced countless intrigues and intrigues. He has long been familiar with the principle that small indifference can lead to great conspiracy.So even if he tried to kill Cao Cao.But on the surface, it is calm and expressionless, as if everything is the same, and people can't see the slightest difference.

Watching Cao Cao lead the tiger and leopard cavalry to the front of the south gate.After whispering to Guo Jia, Li Li and Guo Jia then called Zhou Yu to his side and asked in a low voice about the situation of the troops stationed in the North Shore camp.

"My lord, the camp on the north bank was built by General Cao Ren on the scale of 20 soldiers and horses. The camp is quite large. There are a lot of tents and they are very dense. Right now, my lord is leading the army to station on the south bank of the Zhang River, making more than half of the camp on the north bank The tents in the camp were temporarily idle, so the camps were very empty. After the last general led his troops into the northern camp, General Cao Ren gave up all the tents of the eastern camp and the central army to our army, and the soldiers and horses under his tent were stationed in the west camp, and he was in charge of the whole camp. The daily chores of the battalion. At present, all the camps of the Chinese army are vacant, leaving it to the lord to lead the army to station." Zhou Yu reported truthfully.

After Li Li heard the words.It is not surprising at all, because Cao Ren is Cao Cao's most trusted confidant general.He is also the chief general of Cao Jun's three armies.Through recent close observation, Li Li found that Cao Cao seemed to be bold and generous, but in fact he was meticulous and extremely cautious. He had to personally intervene in all military affairs in the military, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was cautious.In this way, Cao Ren, who was cultivated by him, must be extraordinary, and there will be absolutely no mistakes in arranging the army camp.

Everything is so reasonable, everything is orderly and logical.It was precisely because Cao Cao thought of almost everything, prepared in advance, and did everything in every possible way. On the contrary, Li Li felt abnormal, and faintly felt a strange and strange atmosphere covering the whole army.However, this inexplicable feeling is very strange, groundless and clueless. It seems to come out of thin air and go away inexplicably, more like an inexplicable illusion.

But Li Li firmly believed that this kind of premonition was by no means unfounded and mediocre. There must be a huge crisis hidden under this seemingly normal and clear situation.This is his instinctive hunch that he has fought for many years, also known as the sixth sense.This kind of feeling will not appear easily, but once it appears, it means that the danger is coming, the crisis is around, and it directly endangers his life.

Before this, this kind of mysterious premonition appeared twice, both during his travels in the Central Plains and Jiangnan.The first time it appeared was when he was staying at Wuji Zhen's house. The crisis came so quickly, it was almost a premonition one moment before, and he was in danger the next moment.The second time it happened when he was staying at Bu Mansion in Shu County. That time he was alert in advance, but he didn't take it to heart. As a result, the family of Bu Mansion was destroyed. Shen Changjiang.

This time the premonition of crisis appeared again, and it appeared very early. At least for now, Li Li has not discovered any potential threats.In other words, the crisis was around him, but he didn't see the slightest sign of it coming, and he had no clue.However, this sense of crisis without any sign is precisely the most worrying. With Li Li's previous experience and lessons, he clearly knows that the sooner the premonition appears, the larger the scope of its involvement and the more serious the consequences, even Unbelievable.

"Where is the problem? Cao Cao, there are more than ten thousand people in the area, why should we be afraid? Yuan Shao, a long-term sick man, is just a trapped beast, even if he is dying to fight back, he can't make a big wave!" Amidst his thoughts, Li Li repeatedly thought about the situation in front of him and the enemy he was facing, but he still couldn't grasp where the mysterious premonition came from.

In front of the South Gate.Cao Cao led his army back to his own army, and Cao Ren, the leading general before the formation, immediately led the generals to meet him.The generals were quite excited, and looked overjoyed, as if Cao Cao had just turned around from the gate of hell, and now he finally came back safely.

"You don't need to be too polite." Seeing the surprised and happy expressions of Cao Ren, Cao Zhen, Le Jin and others, Cao Cao was quite relieved, and immediately raised his hand to signal to get up.

While speaking, Cao Cao turned his head and glanced at the hill behind him, which was three miles away from the south gate, where Li Lile's horse could be vaguely seen.Seeing that Li Li didn't lead his army to follow, Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief, a tricky smile appeared on his face, and the moment he turned his head around, there was a cold and stern murderous intent in his eyes.

"You must not lose your temper in public. You must know that we are not safe at this moment. We are still in the cave of dragons and tigers. We must be extra careful in every word and deed. Don't show any flaws, so as not to fail!" Cao Cao once again reminded Cao Ren and other cronies with a solemn expression. The general's tone was extremely resolute, with a faint murderous air.

"Promise!" Cao Ren, Cao Zhen, Le Jin and others accepted the order in unison, but they didn't say a word, for fear that something unexpected would happen and spoil the important affairs of the lord Cao Cao, so that tens of thousands of soldiers who died in the battle before died in vain.

Cao Cao nodded slightly, and said in a low voice: "You must have known the military order three days ago. Today, Yuan Jun went out of the city to face the battle, which means that the city has made all preparations, and whether it can be accomplished tonight. Before that, you must be cautious. Proceed with caution, and there must be no mistakes. If the situation requires it, you must lead the soldiers to attack the city bravely at all costs."

Hearing this, Cao Ren understood, and respectfully said: "Don't worry, my lord, the last generals have already put their own lives and deaths aside, and if they fail this time, they will be benevolent. At present, there are only [-] soldiers left in our army's [-] elite infantry. They are carefully selected warriors from the [-]-strong army, and they are all middle and low-level generals with a team rate above. Equipped with war horses, it is a war cavalry battalion that is not inferior to tiger and leopard cavalry."

Cao Cao smiled and nodded: "That's very good. Next, Zilian has won, Zihe will fight quickly!" After a pause, Cao Cao saw Cao Hong and Lu Kuang, who were fighting in front of the battle, passing by. The moment the two horses missed each other, they met side by side, and Lu Kuang quickly stuffed a stack of silk into Cao Hong's hands.So Cao Cao's voice stopped suddenly, and he immediately ordered Cao Chun to go out to support, and take over from Cao Hong to face Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang brothers.

"Da da da!"

Cao Chun didn't hesitate for a moment after hearing the sound, and immediately leaped out of the battle, the horse's hooves were fast, and he arrived in the blink of an eye.

"Brother, retreat, wait for a certain Cao Chun to come and kill the enemy general!" Amidst the loud shouts, Cao Chun jumped on his horse and galloped, and knocked back Lu Xiang who was fighting fiercely with Cao Hong with a volley of swords.Taking advantage of this vacancy, Cao Hong quickly retreated with his horse, and went straight back to the main formation without looking back.

"Don't be alarmed, General Lu, I'll come to help you!"

"The thieves are going crazy, let's die!"

At this moment, two loud shouts sounded in succession from Yuan Junjun's formation under the city gate.Immediately afterwards, three Yuan generals rode out of the battle, brandishing their sabers, and rushed towards Cao Chun like lightning.

The brothers Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang turned their heads when they heard the sound, only to see that it was Ma Yan, Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan who were riding horses to fight.For a moment, the two brothers looked at each other, and then rode their horses to confront Cao Chun again.During the fight, Lu Kuang gave Cao Chun meaningful winks, and Cao Chun nodded knowingly.Immediately, the three of them fought together, and the fight was so inextricable that the three of Mayan, who had rushed over on horseback, couldn't get in. The impact force that had been stored for a long time was interrupted by the Lu brothers, which was like a punch in the air. Really good uncomfortable!

However, just when Ma Yan, Jiao Touch and Zhang Nan were feeling discouraged, Cao Chun suddenly exerted force, swung his knife to frighten the Lu brothers back, and rushed into the middle of Ma Yan with lightning speed.

In an instant, I saw Cao Chun jumping up into the air, spinning around in the air, and the sword in his palm followed him like a shadow. The cold light of the sword flashed in front of Ma Yan, Jiao Touch and Zhang Nan like a sudden appearance.

"Ah!" Amidst the extremely shrill screams, Ma Yan, who was intact just a second ago, had already separated from his head, and his big head flew into the sky; while Jiao Touch and Zhang Nan covered their hands There was a cry of shock and pain in his chest, without even thinking about it, he immediately hit his horse and ran away.At this time, Cao Chunzheng wanted to ride his horse to chase him down, but was blocked by brothers Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang, which made Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan, who were seriously injured, barely escaped a catastrophe, and fled back to the front in panic.

Chapter 059 The Value of Treasures

"Ding Ding Ding!"

Amidst the clear and loud sound of gold ringing, the soldiers of Cao Jun, who were attacking the city in blood, quickly withdrew from the city and slowly retreated to the camp on the north bank.

The sun was setting and the night was slowly falling.

The evening wind blew, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood, covering the city of Ye under the night, and permeating the open field with the wind, which lingered for a long time.

In the just-concluded bloodbath, although Cao Jun did not break through the South Gate, he still won a complete victory.

In front of the battle, Cao Chun beheaded Ma Yan, a trusted general under Yuan Tan's account, and severely injured Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan. If the Lu brothers hadn't stepped forward to resist in time, they would have been reduced to swords. The next ghost.After Jiao Chu escaped from death, Cao Chun fought against Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang with one against two.The two sides fought for a long time, from the morning to the afternoon. In the end, Cao Chun was still brave and killed Lu Xiang's mount with a single knife. Drag back to the formation.

Later, Cao Chun, who was about to ride his horse to chase after him, was shot by the defenders on the top of the city with random arrows, so he had to give up the chase and retreat to the main formation.

At this moment, Cao Cao swung his army to hide and kill them, trying to seize the city gate in one fell swoop.However, Yuan Jun, who was defeated by the battle, did not love to fight. After rescuing the Lu brothers, he withdrew to the city, making Cao Jun who had rushed over to attack the city empty, and then attacked the city again.

When the city gate was closed, Li Li, who was watching the battle on the hill three miles away from the south gate, couldn't help but shook his head, then stopped staying, turned around and returned to the camp on the south bank with tens of thousands of warriors.

"From Zicheng's point of view, what is Cao Chun's combat strength? Who in our army can fight?" Sitting in the tent of the commander of the Chinese army.Li Li made tea with his own hands skillfully, while asking softly with a lot of preoccupations.You don't even need to look, the person following him at this moment is Li Zhi, the leader of the Golden Guards.The word Zicheng.

After Li Zhi heard the sound, he came out from the curtain at the west corner of the big tent, and said respectfully: "Cao Chun showed his might in front of the battle today, and defeated three generals with one blow, but he seems to be opportunistic. However, his combat power is indeed extraordinary. Excellent riding skills. Martial arts are high-strength, with the strength of the top-level generals, which can be called the top-level generals that are rare in the world. However, his strength is not yet a top-notch master. There are not a few top fighters."

When Li Zhi was speaking, Li Li waved his hand to signal him to sit down, and poured two cups of hot tea.There was a pause in the voice.Li Zhi cupped his hands to express his thanks.Then he took a sip of tea, and then said: "My lord's five tiger generals are all as powerful as Cao Chun, and even surpass them. In addition, General Talu, General Teng Xiao, and General Teng Yu are also capable. , while the last general, Feihu and Zilong were above him.

If it is a front-line fighter, he can still fight me, after all, head-to-head confrontation is not my specialty; if it is about charging in the battlefield, he is not as good as Zilong.Not even Feihu's opponent.There is also the lord himself, if Cao Chun fights with the lord.It must not be the opponent of the lord. "At the end of the day, Li Zhi suddenly remembered that the lord Li Li sitting opposite him was also a peak fighter with superb skills, and the Thunderbolt Sword had reached the peak level. It was only because Li Li seldom took action in person in recent years. So much so that Li Zhi almost forgot that his lord himself was a battle-tested iron-blooded warrior, and there were as many as dozens of famous warriors who died under the golden sword. (Five Tiger Generals of Xiliang Army: Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Dian Wei and Xu Chu.)

When Li Zhi finished speaking, Li Li drank two cups of hot tea one after another, then he reached out and poured out Li Zhi's cup of cooled tea, and poured him another cup of hot tea.

"Drink tea while it's hot, don't drink it when it's cold, it hurts your stomach." Li Li explained casually, thoughtfully: "The battle before the battle today is a bit strange, but I still can't think of the reason. Forget it, this time Let things go for now."

After the understatement, Li Li changed the subject abruptly: "Has Zicheng ever had an ominous premonition recently? Especially in the past few days, have you felt anything unusual?" This is what Li Li wants to know the most.If he had the illusion because he was thinking too much recently, then Li Zhi should not have this illusion.After all, Li Zhi was doing the same thing every day to protect the safety of the commander, and there was nothing else to distract him.