Xiaoqi

In other words, the heavy armored cavalry under Huan Fei's tent are fully capable of attacking the chariot head-on, killing a bloody path for the breakout army.But now he's not doing that.Instead, all the heavy armored cavalry were concentrated to protect Li Li from the encirclement.This move is tantamount to giving up more than [-] Qingqi.Let go of the crowd and pick the few, and gather the strongest combat power to attack one point, just to protect Li Li and break through safely.

This was an extremely selfish decision, but Huan Fei and Gongsun Zan did not need to discuss it, they just looked at each other to reach an agreement.It has to be said that both of them are Xiliang generals who have a strong outlook on the overall situation and are loyal. They are selfless in their hearts at critical moments, and they know that Li Li's safety is more important than the [-]-odd army.Know how to trade off.

"Da da da boom boom!"

Thousands of horses are galloping like thunder.The chariot crushed.Dust flew all over the sky, the earth trembled, and the wind resonated with it.

Amidst the screams of "咻咻", I saw hundreds of soldiers of the Golden Guards following Li Li charge out of the scimitars on their backs, leaned down on the horse's back, waved their arms, and threw the five-foot scimitar in their hands vigorously. .In an instant, the scimitar hovering close to the ground, with a piercing scream, rushed straight to the oncoming two-horse chariot, and the target of killing was the horse leg of the chariot.

"Xi Yu Yu Bang!" Accompanied by the roar of the scimitar hovering in the air, dozens of two-horse chariots suddenly stumbled, and then rolled loudly amidst the long neighing and wailing of the war horses.And the destructive power of these dozens of chariots rolling over is far more than a simple car crash.After one chariot is destroyed, the chariots following it will inevitably turn around and collide in a row; and after dozens of chariots are rolled over at the same time, it will inevitably cause a series of chariots to collide with each other, thus disrupting the whole area. All the chariots in the area made them mess up and fell into local chaos.

After all, once these chariots hit the impact, it is not easy to stop suddenly, they do not have "brakes".If the soldiers driving the chariot pull the reins suddenly, it will inevitably cause pain and shock to the horses, which will directly cause the chariot to roll over.

Amidst the loud noise of "bang bang", taking advantage of the chaos of the chariot formation, Li Lili rushed into the chariot formation and killed the horse with a knife, and the knives were all on the horse's legs.At this moment, the generals slashed the horse's legs with their swords, while the Xiliang cavalry formed a group of five, and with the help of the impact force of the horses under their crotches, they overturned the chariot and chopped down the chariot soldiers.

Apparently, the Xiliang iron cavalry, which is known all over the world for its combat cavalry, has a lot of experience in dealing with chariot charging.

However, no matter how strong the Xiliang iron cavalry was, they would still suffer heavy casualties in the face of strangulation by ferocious chariots.Often when a chariot is destroyed, three to five Xiliang cavalrymen die, and the death is miserable. The scene is miserable and tragic.

Fortunately, Li Li did not choose to break through the encirclement head-on, but made a roundabout attack.Therefore, there were not many chariots faced by the more than ten thousand warriors under his command, only more than a hundred chariots before and after, which were not enough to stop him from leading the army to break through.

"Li thief, don't leave! Cao Chun is here, and the tiger and leopard cavalry will kill with me!"

Keng Kan rushed out of the chariot formation. Before Li Li, Huan Fei and other generals had time to catch their breath, they heard a shout from the front. Immediately, more than [-] tiger and leopard riders charged straight over. The leader was the commander of Cao Cao's personal guard. Cao Chun Cao Zihe.

"Cao Zihe?" Li Li murmured in astonishment, and immediately frowned, his face showed a stern look, and his eyes flickered with murderous intent.

This tiger and leopard cavalry was no stranger to Li Li. For nearly a month before that, he could see this cavalry that was inseparable from Cao Cao almost every day.This is Cao Cao's biggest reliance on daring to take risks with himself. It is precisely because of this cavalry that he has the courage to spend more than 20 days with Li Li at close range.

And Cao Chun, the commander of the tiger and leopard cavalry, once attracted Li Li's attention, and Li Li was even a little curious about Cao Chun.Because Cao Chun in history was not outstanding.Compared with his elder brother Cao Ren, his martial arts and martial arts are far behind, and compared with Xiahouyuan and Xiahoudun brothers, he is not even as good as Cao Hong.It can only be compared with Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu and other junior generals of the Cao family.The only thing that makes Cao Chun stand out is that he is the first commander of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and also the commander of the Imperial Guard that Cao Cao relies on and trusts most.

After more than 20 days of careful observation, Li Li could see that the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is indeed a well-trained elite war cavalry. Although the number is not large, every cavalry is a carefully selected warrior. It can be called the enemy of a hundred men.Therefore, this cavalry can be regarded as a short and sharp elite division.Its combat power is strong enough to be comparable to that of Jin Yuwei, and even the individual combat effectiveness of ordinary soldiers is still higher than that of Jin Yuwei.After all, its scale is small, only more than 10,000 people.But they are loyal and brave warriors selected from the [-]+ Cao army; in contrast, the Jinyi Guards Battalion has [-] people, so the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers is not as good as that of tiger and leopard cavalry.

But this does not mean that the Jinyi Weiying is inferior to the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.On the contrary, the tiger and leopard cavalry are powerful in individual combat, but their riding skills are not as good as the golden guards' riding skills.The mutual cooperation during the fight is not as good as Jin Yanwei's tacit cooperation.So in the case of equal forces.The Tiger and Leopard Riders were able to face Jin Yanwei head-on without losing the wind, but they couldn't win either, as if they were evenly divided.When it comes to the overall combat power, the tiger and leopard cavalry are not the opponents of Jin Yiwei. The huge difference in troop strength directly determines the disparity in strength between the two cavalry, which is not the same.

After being dazed for a moment, Li Li let go of his murderous intentions, even though he really wanted to lead his army to completely wipe out Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and Cao Chun.But the critical situation now forces him to keep calm and face everything rationally.Otherwise, if one step is wrong, the whole game will be lost.Not only was the entire army wiped out, but his life was also at stake.Because reason overcame impulsiveness, he did not immediately lead his army to fight the tiger and leopard cavalry. Instead, he looked around instantly, scanning the situation on the battlefield in the entire southern city, looking for the most beneficial route to break out of the encirclement.

Seeing the six roads and listening to the eight directions, Li Li made a decisive decision and ordered brazenly: "Where is Huan Fei? Open the way for my army and defeat the tiger and leopard cavalry!"

After Huan Fei heard the sound, he immediately jumped forward, raised a long-handled mace with one hand, and shouted loudly: "Flying bear heavy armored cavalry, gods block and kill gods, demons block and eliminate demons, anyone who dares to block our army's way will give it to me!" Smash his bones, kill!"

"Boom, kill, kill!"

Amidst the loud bang, more than [-] heavy armored cavalry charged on horseback, followed by Huan Fei and rushed towards the tiger and leopard cavalry head-on.In a moment, the flying bear heavy armored cavalry and the tiger and leopard cavalry met brazenly, collided violently, and suddenly staged this desperate duel of war cavalry.At the same time, this is also a battle between heavy armored cavalry and light cavalry. Who is strong and who is weak, who wins and who loses, can be seen in the first round of charging and fighting.

The weapon collision of "Qiang Qiang" was a bang, and Huan Fei and Cao Chun, who took the lead, confronted each other first.Perhaps Cao Chun knew something about Huan Fei before, so he deliberately avoided Huan Fei's first blow in the first round of confrontation, and then slashed with his knife at the moment Huan Fei missed the blow, but was defeated by Huan Fei. Fei held the round shield with his left hand, and immediately raised the long hammer with one hand, and smashed it to Cao Chun's head brazenly.

"Dang!" Amidst the loud bang, Cao Chun held the knife in both hands, raised it above his head, and abruptly took the long hammer that Huan Fei smashed down on his head.

The sound of the horse retreating suddenly sounded "thud thud", and Cao Chun, who was receiving Huan Fei's hammer, was knocked back six steps with his horse, causing the mount under his crotch to scream and neigh.Immediately, Cao Chun blurted out a mouthful of blood, his face was flushed, his eyes that were originally high-spirited became frightened and flustered at this moment, as if he didn't want to believe that he couldn't hold Huan Fei's one-handed hammer, and he declared defeat in one hit. And seriously injured vomiting blood.

Xiliang Huanfei is so tough!

Fortunately, after Cao Chun was knocked back with one blow, Huan Fei didn't get entangled with him, but led the flying bear soldiers under his tent to charge straight into the tiger and leopard cavalry formation, charging left and right, killing all directions.This is the demeanor of a general. He does not show off his momentary courage, but never forgets his mission. He leads the army to fight bravely, to fight a bloody path for the master Li Li behind him, and to break out of the encirclement as soon as possible.And this is exactly the purpose of Li Li ordering him to lead the Flying Bear Battalion to defeat the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

At this time, for Li Li, Huan Fei and the more than [-] Xiliang cavalry, beheading generals and killing the enemy was not the goal. The top priority was to break out of the siege, leave Nancheng, and find a place to stay that could withstand the bow and crossbow as soon as possible so that they could rest and rest.

That's the top priority.

Chapter 068

"Oh stupid, useless, useless thing!"

Standing on the chariot under the turbulent flag, Cao Cao watched as Li Lili's army broke through the tiger and leopard cavalry's interception, rushed into the west alley, and left Nancheng in a blink of an eye, without a trace.The moment Li Lili's army rushed out of the siege, Cao Cao cried out in shock, beat his chest and stamped his feet angrily, and cursed at the generals around him.

At this moment, Cao Cao was extremely emotional, but he clenched his fists tightly but didn't know where to swing them. The spacious lord's car seemed to be unable to accommodate his slightly fat body.The extremely distorted and ferocious expression seemed to want to choose someone and devour him. The generals who were guarding on both sides lowered their heads in fright, not daring to breathe, and kept silent like a cicada.

"What are you still doing in a daze?"

Cao Cao managed to suppress the anger in his heart, looked down at the generals bowing their heads, and suddenly became angry, and angrily reprimanded: "The thief Li has run away, I don't need your protection. Quickly organize the army to hunt down Li thief, kill him, you must kill him! Li thief is not dead, and I, Cao Cao, will never have peace. Go, chase and kill Li thief!" At the last sentence, Cao Cao suddenly raised his voice, screaming angrily, no less than The ferocious beast roared so loudly that the ears of all the generals beside him were stunned and they were stunned.

"Promise!" Immediately, Zhang Yun, Jiang Qi, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu and other generals who guarded the chariots on both sides forcibly calmed down, bowed to promise, immediately reined in their horses, turned around, and each followed the direction of the Xiliang iron cavalry with their troops and horses. catch up.

With a loud bang, the closed door was knocked open.

Immediately, Xiliang cavalry swarmed in.He rushed straight into this huge mansion, killed everyone he met, and quickly occupied the entire palace.

In fact.The largest palace in Yecheng seemed to have no defensive preparations, and the gate was easily knocked open by the Xiliang army, thus occupying the entire palace.Or, the owner of the palace never thought that the Xiliang army could break through the siege of Nancheng and attack here.Therefore, the subordinates did not take any precautions until the moment when the Xiliang army rushed to the front of the mansion, they closed the gate in panic.Unexpectedly, as soon as the gate was closed, the bolt and crossbar had not been inserted.He was forcibly knocked away by the Xiliang army, and then he swooped in with his horse and started killing.

Not long.Ke Bineng, who was ordered to remove all hidden dangers in the palace, hurried to report, claiming that the front hall and middle courtyard had been cleared out, and all Yuan Jun and his followers who tried to resist were beheaded, believing that there was no ambush in the palace.You can enter the army.

Reining in the horse, Li Li, who was standing in the front yard, heard the words.Taking a deep breath, he immediately waved his hand to signal the army to enter the palace, and immediately organized a defense to resist Cao Cao's army who had heard the news.

At this point, the Xiliang army finally got rid of the bad luck of being massacred by bows and crossbows, and found a solid defensive position, and there was enough food and grass here, enough to hold on for half a month.Even a month.

Obviously, Yecheng can accommodate more than [-] soldiers and horses.And there is a large amount of food, grass and luggage that is enough to feed [-] soldiers and horses for a month. This kind of large official residence is rare, it can be said that there are very few, and there are almost no such large residences.However, regardless of the size of the official position and status, there is one and only one mansion in Yecheng that meets these conditions.This is the mansion of Yuan Shao who usurped the throne of the Liu family without authorization, that is, the Imperial Palace in Yecheng.

And the largest building in Yecheng, the most prominent place in Yecheng Imperial Palace, is now under the control of Xiliang Army.

The mansion that had just been knocked open was the mansion of General Cheqi. Three years ago, when Emperor Liu Xie moved his capital to Yecheng, this mansion was transformed and upgraded to the Imperial Palace of the Han Dynasty. The gate also rose with the tide, and was upgraded to a palace gate.But now, this palace has become the base camp for Li Li's garrison to take refuge, with more than [-] cavalry.

The dramatic upheaval in this scene is very puzzling, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is incredible.

Just imagine, the majestic Jizhou State Shepherd's Mansion, the symbol of Yuan's regime, and the Han Palace that ruled the Quartet, were captured so easily.Why is this so?Could it be that the more than [-] troops under Yuan Shao's command were just decorations, and they didn't even send troops to garrison such an important place as the imperial palace. Could it be that they were all dead?

This was exactly the question that came to Li Li's mind when he led the troops into Jizhou State Mufu.He was deeply puzzled by this, and could hardly believe his eyes, that the grand palace of Yuan's regime was so easily occupied by him.What is the reason for all this?

However, the moment Li Li led his generals into the main hall, he keenly noticed some clues, and had a premonition that something serious must have happened in this palace in the past two days.

There are extremely conspicuous white silk threads embedded on the wall on the left side of the main hall, some white hemp that has not been cleaned up is left on the left corner of the main entrance, and there are some ashes that have not been completely burned on the floor.In addition, there is a lot of incense smell left in the whole hall. It seems that a grand sacrificial ceremony was held here not long ago, so that the scent of incense filled the whole hall, and it could not be dispelled in a short time.

All these unusual signs indicated that a major incident had happened in this palace that originally belonged to Yuan Shao, and within these two days, no more than three days at most.

To put it bluntly, someone once held a funeral in the main hall of the imperial palace, but for some unknown reason, he hurriedly withdrew the funeral and hurriedly restored the main hall to its original state.The reason why it is said to be flustered is because the many remnants in the hall that have not been cleaned up are enough to explain everything.The time was too short, so that all the furnishings in the hall were restored to their original state, except for the corners which were not cleared in time.

"Report to my lord, Yuan Shao's coffin was found in the inner hall of the backyard!"

Just as Li Li was slowly pacing in the hall with his hands behind his back, Gongsun Zan rushed into the hall in a panic, and shouted loudly as soon as he crossed the threshold.

Hearing the sound, Li Li was surprised, turned around suddenly, and said in amazement: "Yuan Shao is dead? He is actually dead?" At this moment, Li Li's face was very complicated. A bit disappointed, but not secretly happy.

Indeed, Li Li was surprised by the news of Yuan Shao's death, very unexpected, very sudden, completely unprepared.In history, Yuan Shao was sick on the couch three years later, and then died of depression.But now Yuan Shao passed away quietly two months after Yuan Shu committed suicide.

Everything happened so suddenly that Li Li suddenly felt caught off guard, and the shock in his heart was beyond words.two months ago.When Yuan Shu slayed himself in Qianshan, Yuan Shao ascended the throne in Yecheng and proclaimed himself emperor, continued the Yuan family, and reached the supreme position.deliberately provocative.Now he is in jail, and more than half of the tens of thousands of Xiliang iron cavalry were killed or injured, trapped in the imperial palace of Yecheng.Incapable of escaping for a short time.

The reason why Li Li chose to capture Yuan Shao's mansion at all costs is precisely because this is Yuan Shao's territory.If Yuan Shao and his family can be captured alive, Cao Cao can be used to intimidate him and make him fight against the rat.So as to make way for him to leave the city.But now Yuan Shao is dead.As a result, Li Li's breakout plan was aborted and completely failed.

Shocked, Li Li forced himself to calm down and listened to the story of Yuan Yi, the old servant of the Yuan family brought by Gongsun Zan, and learned the whole story of Yuan Shao's illness and death.