Xiaoqi

"Tat-tat-swish-swish!"

Following Li Li's order, the generals of the battalions who followed him returned to the headquarters immediately, and then commanded the war cavalry in the headquarters to turn around and retreat quickly. The rear team changed to the front team and rushed to the south gate.

After this moment of great change, tens of thousands of Xiliang cavalry, after a moment of astonishment and stupefaction, took off the bows and crossbows on their backs without anyone's order, put their bows on the strings, and fired arrows at the doors, windows and alleys on both sides of the street. .Although they did not see the enemy, this did not prevent them from judging the danger.

Unflappable.Zhang Gong gallops and shoots.At this moment, the Xiliang iron cavalry showed its amazing adaptability, trying to kill potential dangers on the way to retreat, and act first.Really well trained.Worthy of being the number one team in the world.

Sure enough, at the same time that the Xiliang army was firing arrows in unison, a rain of arrows and arrows appeared in the sky over Nanmen Street as densely as locusts.Immediately, in front of and behind the houses, on the doors, windows and roofs of the houses on both sides, there suddenly appeared dense numbers of Yuan Jun soldiers, all of whom were archers.

In an instant, the Xiliang army, who hastily turned around and retreated, rode their horses and shot.They fired arrows indiscriminately, and Yuan Jun and Cao Jun soldiers who had already been lurking on both sides also fired all arrows, and their targets were not some Xiliang cavalry.It's an entire street in the middle of the house.

In an instant, the dense rain of arrows like a dark cloud completely enveloped the long and narrow Nanmen Street. Hundreds of thousands of arrows met in the air and collided suddenly in the air.It was like two ferocious beasts had met brazenly.Then a violent collision broke out.A sharp arrow broke in the air, and the broken arrow clusters and arrow shafts fell like rain, with sparks as bright as stars and a loud cracking noise.

At the same time as the arrow rain collided, Liu Ya, which avoided the center of the arrow rain, flew towards the soldiers of the two armies.Immediately, thousands of soldiers above and below the house were shot and killed by Liu Ya.However, Yuan Jun soldiers who were shot by the arrows fell down screaming, while Xiliang cavalrymen on the street were shot and fell off their horses. Immediately, these corpses rolled on the road were trampled into meat mud by the galloping Xiliang war horses.Completely plunged into bluestone rubble, blending with the street.

Under such a dense stream of arrows and arrows.The Xiliang Army suffered unprecedented heavy losses, and the casualties were far greater than those of Yuan Jun and Cao Jun who were hiding in the dark.This was because the Xiliang army was blocked on the long and narrow street, surrounded by enemy troops, and tens of thousands of warriors crowded together.Therefore, when the rain of arrows fell, even if they saw sharp arrows coming towards them, they could not dodge them. They could only use the bows and crossbows in their hands to knock down the arrows. If they were slow to react, they would die instantly.

There is no way to escape, no place to hide, no cover and no hindrance.The Xiliang iron cavalry can only face all this with flesh and blood, and only by charging bravely and robbing the living space, can they have a chance of survival.

However, this is just wishful thinking of the Xiliang army, which is tantamount to extravagant hope.The ambush plan planned by the people who set up the ambush was exhausting, how can they watch the Xiliang army enter the city and then turn around and leave the city?

"Boom boom boom boom boom!"

Amidst the loud rumbling noise, all the closed houses on both sides of the street were smashed open by a huge force, and immediately a group of soldiers carrying huge shields and spears appeared on both sides of the street.Immediately afterwards, the deafening sound of war drums resounded through the sky.Then, a chariot crossbow appeared behind the giant shield soldier, and there were thousands of two-horse chariots behind the chariot.

In the blink of an eye, all the houses on both sides of the South Gate Main Street were opened up, and more than half of the houses collapsed, forming a huge trench.Looking around, the trenches on the east and west sides are full of Yuan Jun and Cao Jun soldiers. From front to back, they are: giant shield formation, pikemen, archers, crossbow formation, chariot formation and cavalry formation.There are no less than 15 soldiers in each battle formation, and the total number of troops on both sides of the trench is no less than [-].

The [-] Xiliang cavalry led by Li Li were in the trenches, in the trenches, at an absolute disadvantage.Not only that, the road to the south gate was also blocked by collapsed houses, so tens of thousands of Xiliang iron cavalry were besieged by the sudden appearance of the enemy regiments, and they were in a desperate situation.

When the houses on both sides of Nanmen Avenue were crushed and flattened by the army, the rain of arrows above the Xiliang army stopped abruptly.Instead, huge and cumbersome crossbows were pushed onto the filled ruins, condescending, suppressing the Xiliang iron cavalry in the huge trench from acting rashly, let alone charging rashly.

At the same time, Cao Jun's archers on the trenches also lost their effect, and the trenches with a width of hundreds of steps have exceeded the range of bows and arrows.As long as the Xiliang army did not charge, the archers would have nothing to do. The real threat to the Xiliang iron cavalry at this moment was the giant crossbow.

It is worth mentioning that in the just-concluded duel of random arrows, more than 2 soldiers of the Cao army who ambushed one side suffered more than [-] casualties, while the ambushed Xiliang iron cavalry suffered more and more casualties. More than [-] cavalry died under the random arrows one after another. .It is no exaggeration to say that in this brief arrow duel, the Xiliang iron cavalry who once won the world were slaughtered for the first time.In just a quarter of an hour, more than [-] elite cavalry were lost. This was the first major defeat Li Li had suffered since leading the Xiliang Army, and it was also a unique defeat.

Fortunately, when the houses on both sides of the street collapsed, the generals of the Cao army had to give up space in order to avoid a hand-to-hand encounter with the Xiliang army.

At this point, the sudden ambush came to a sudden stop, and the battle situation was temporarily stalemate.

"bass!"

On the central position surrounded by war cavalry, Li Li took off his dark red battle robe and spread it on the ground, followed by Li Zhi, who gently put Guo Jia, who had fallen into a coma, on the battle robe.Immediately, Li Li tightly grasped the crossbow arrow that penetrated Guo Jia's left arm, and pulled it out as fast as lightning.Suddenly, Guo Jia, who was already in a coma, cried out in pain, and immediately opened his eyes: he saw Li Zhi holding his left arm, and Li Li took off the leather bag on the back of the golden beast, took out the wine gourd from it, and poured the wine On the wound on his left arm.

In an instant, Guo Jia was trembling with pain, but this time he didn't cry out in pain, but gritted his teeth and held on.He had seen this kind of scene many times before. Many wounded soldiers couldn't bear the severe pain of the liquor poured on their wounds, and some wounded soldiers even cried out in pain.At that time, Guo Jia was still a little disapproving of this, thinking that the wounded soldiers were too fragile, and it was just good wine, so they wouldn't react so strongly, right?It was only at this moment that Guo Jia really felt the pain of pouring fine wine on the wound.

While Li Li was pouring the fine wine on the wound on Guo Jia's left arm, Li Zhi casually flipped through the leather bag and shook out all the contents. In the end, he only found a white gauze scarf with the pattern of step training. Peonies embroidered by the master himself.Li Zhi was very embarrassed at the moment, because it was the scarf that the trainer asked him to hand over to Li Li when he sent someone to escort Xiao Qiao, Lu Lingqi and other female relatives back to Chang'an not long ago.Unexpectedly, Li Li took the scarf without even looking at it, and used it to bandage Guo Jia's wound.

"Feng Xiao bear with it." Seeing that Guo Jia had woken up, Li Li reminded him in a low voice, and then suddenly exerted force on his hand, tightening the scarf, causing Guo Jia to scream again in pain.

"It's done." After bandaging the wound, Li Li let out a long sigh, and his tense mind relaxed a little.Immediately, he sat beside Guo Jia, casually picked up the crossbow made of pure iron, and saw that the arrow was black with a stench.Immediately, Li Li's pupils shrank suddenly, his gaze was extremely cold, his face was extremely solemn, and a trace of deep worry appeared between his brows.

"There is poison on the arrow, and it smells fishy. It should be snake venom. It seems that Cao thief wanted to kill me this time, and he was eager to get rid of it quickly. He even painted poison on the crossbow arrows. It is extremely vicious! If it is not for the filial piety and the sacrifice of his life." Help, I'm afraid I, Li Li, will be doomed this time and will die here."

Having said that, Li Li reached out to support Guo Jia and let him lean on his lap, which would be a little more comfortable.Looking at Guo Jia with a pale face and his dark purple lips that were bitten by his teeth, Li Li relaxed his mind and raised his throat again. Frowning and thinking about countermeasures.

After thinking for a while, Li Li ordered to Li Zhi: "Looking at the situation, in order to lure my Li Li army into the city, I have spent all my efforts. Today, we are destined to be very difficult to get out of the whole body, and even more dangerous than good. Right now, Feng Xiao is seriously injured. He has lost too much blood, and the crossbow bolts are poisonous, so we can't delay any longer, and urgently need medical treatment. Otherwise, not only will he lose his left arm, but he may even endanger his life. Therefore, I will lead the army to kill later, and Zicheng will take Fengxiao with him. Take the opportunity to break through and get out of the city as soon as possible."

"This..." Li Zhi hesitated for a while, and said anxiously: "This place is not far from the south gate, and outside the gate there is General Dian Wei leading an army to meet him, so we don't need to split up to break through. go out!"

Li Li shook his head and said: "Zicheng's thinking is too simple. Bandit Cao is so deliberate to lure me into the urn, how can he not send troops to attack the Huben camp stationed at the south gate? In other words, it has been so long since Dian Wei sent troops to rescue, presumably The south gate has been trapped inside and outside the city by Cao Jun, and he can't take care of himself. Therefore, Zicheng can no longer go out of the city through the south gate. If you take Feng Xiao out of the city through the east gate, Zhou Yu's army is outside the city."

Chapter 065 Please enter the urn

Xi Yuyu!

The war horse neighed, and the crossbow arrows criss-crossed.

The brief stalemate in the battle was just to avoid the dust in the sky after the collapse of the house.

After the dust settled, the stalemate was broken, and a large-scale war of encirclement and annihilation broke out immediately.

The crossbow arrows of "咻咻" traversed the sky, like locusts covering the sky above the Xiliang Army's heads.

The unscrupulous sharp arrow screamed in the sky, it was chilling to see, and horrifying to hear, it seemed to be wrapped in the supreme murderous intent, sweeping over the sky and covering the earth, like a giant beast in hell trying to swallow tens of thousands of Western Liang cavalry.

The Xiliang army was under the attack of crossbows, even though they had bows in hand, it was still useless. The range of bows and arrows was far less than that of chariot crossbows.In addition, they don't have shields to resist, and they don't have any bunkers to rely on or hide in. The right time and place are not here, and they are completely at an absolute disadvantage.Therefore, the only means of defense they can rely on is to charge their horses, charge into the trenches, and fight Cao Jun in close quarters.

Facing the condescending crossbows and arrows of Cao Jun on both sides of the trench, the Xiliang Army's only means of attack was to charge forward in an attempt to break through.

At this time, Huang Lie, the deputy commander of Feixiong Bing, was responsible for leading the army to launch a counter-charge.He was ordered in the face of danger, and he also took the initiative to ask Ying to lead his troops to break through, willing to be the vanguard of the army, and pave the way for the follow-up army.In fact, it was a suicidal charge, the purpose of which was to test the strength of Cao's army, and the commander Li Lili's army broke through the encirclement and stood in the front.

Obviously, the besieged Xiliang army didn't know the real situation inside the city at all, let alone the situation outside the city, they ran around like headless flies.I don't know anything about the situation inside and outside Yecheng.

What's more, the Xiliang Army, which is in a desperate situation, has not figured out until now that the soldiers and horses besieging themselves are actually the Yuan-Cao Allied Army under the command of Yuan Shao.It is still Cao Yuan's army with Cao Cao as the commander.To put it bluntly, it is Yuan Shao or Cao Cao who commanded the troops besieging Xiliang.Don't underestimate this seemingly insignificant leadership issue, which is directly related to Li Li's decision to break out.In other words, only after knowing the commander of this army, Li Li can determine the direction to break through, and then fight with all his strength.Make a powerful final charge.

It was indeed the last charge.

After two large-scale, full-coverage random arrows and crossbow attacks, Li Li's available soldiers were running out.

Before entering the city, Li Li led [-] cavalry to the south gate.After entering the city.He ordered Dian Wei to lead the [-] Huben Battalion to guard the south gate, and then led [-] Youzhou Battalion, [-] Feixiong soldiers, and [-] Golden Guards into the city, heading straight for Yecheng Imperial Palace (Zhou Mu Mansion).Unexpectedly, he was ambushed before he got close to the State Shepherd's Mansion.Even if it loses more than a thousand Jinyiwei war cavalry.Then turn around and retreat.However, they encountered endless random arrows, so that [-] war cavalry were massacred, and they all died under the random arrows in less than a quarter of an hour.

Immediately afterwards, the enemy troops ambushing on both sides of the South Street appeared one after another and forcibly broke down thousands of houses, thus forcibly building a 3000-meter-long and 400-meter-wide fence on the South Gate Main Street. The huge trench almost occupied the entire southern city within Yecheng.Immediately, set up an ambush to occupy the high ground of the trench.However, the more than [-] warriors under Li Li's command were in the trenches and were at an absolute disadvantage. (The commanders of each battalion of the Xiliang Army have [-] to [-] personal soldiers. They are not included in the whole battalion. Therefore, after losing [-] cavalry, there are still more than [-] troops. This section is detailed in the previous article. , and will not be repeated here.)

Jizhou is the largest state in the Central Plains, with a total population of more than 500 million. Its capital, Yecheng, is also the second largest city after the Luoyang imperial capital.Ever since the Luoyang imperial capital was burned down, Yecheng was truly the number one city in the Central Plains, with a permanent population of hundreds of thousands.Therefore, the size of the city, the prosperity of all industries, and the dense population are by no means comparable to those of other prefectures and counties.This is also the main reason why Cao Wei established his capital in Yecheng in history.

Because of this, when Li Li learned that Cao Cao had led his army into the city, he led the army into the city without thinking about it, trying to occupy Yecheng before Cao Cao.However, he never expected that a net had already been set up in the city, just waiting for him to lead the army into the city.And the people living in Nancheng have long been forcibly expelled to other places to take shelter. The people he saw fleeing in a panic at the gate of the city were actually deliberately shown to him by the person who set up the situation, so as to dispel his worries and doubts. , Lured him to lead the army into the city.

In the end, he really fell for it.

This is a huge conspiracy carefully planned and prepared for a long time. It has a name known to military strategists since ancient times: please enter the urn.

After Li Li's army entered the city, he didn't notice it, because he had never been to Yecheng before, so he couldn't see the hidden crisis in the city at all.But he couldn't see any abnormalities in the layout of houses, streets and roads in the city, but someone was very familiar with Yecheng, and this was Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao who had been counselors under Yuan Shao's tent.

Before joining Li Li, Guo Jia worked under Yuan Shao's tent for more than a year, but he was not appreciated, and he belonged to the fringe people, or a diner.However, for Guo Jia, who is good at military strategy and warfare, although he was idle during this period of time, he did not gain nothing.At least he knows all the counties, counties and cities in Jizhou like the back of his hand, especially the longest stay in Yecheng, so every street and house construction model in Yecheng is in his mind.In addition, Yuan Shao's affairs have not gone well in recent years, he has consumed a lot of money and food, and has been continuously recruiting troops, so Yuan Shao is not able to repair the city, let alone change the layout of houses and roads in Yecheng.

Therefore, the moment Guo Jia discovered that the streets leading to the State Shepherd's Mansion had changed greatly, he realized that there was an ambush in the city, and that he and his lord Li Li had been plotted against.

It was precisely because Guo Jia discovered that something was wrong in time, reminded Li Li as soon as possible, and blocked the deadly poisonous arrow from the crossbow, that Li Li was able to escape by luck and ordered the army to retreat immediately.Otherwise, if he continues to lead the troops to the State Shepherd's Mansion, not only will his own life be lost, but even the [-] cavalry under his command will be wiped out.

However, although Guo Jia discovered the crisis in time and blocked an arrow for Li Li, it was not enough to resolve all the crises.In fact, all Guo Jia did was to buy Li Li some time and a chance to fight hard, so that he would not be helpless to fight back.

That's it.

Because this ambush against Li Li has been brewing for half a year, and the people who set up the plot did not hesitate to spend a lot of manpower and material resources in order to eradicate him in one fell swoop. Almost every step has been deduced countless times and weighed repeatedly.As a result, an impenetrable net was finally woven in the huge city of Ye, leaving no dead ends and killing every step of the way.

And all of this is for one purpose, which is to kill Li Li.

Perhaps in the eyes of those who set up the situation, once Li Li died, everything would be fine.If there is no Li Li in the world, then everything will be smooth, no one can pose a threat to him and his family, and no one can stop his lofty ambition to dominate the world.And this may be the biggest difference between the princes who were born as common people and the children of aristocratic families.