Xiaoqi

Just as Cao Cao was contemplating, Xun Yuce immediately stepped forward and reported in a respectful voice: "My lord, all the Xiliang troops who just escaped from Nancheng are gathered in this mansion, including Thief Li. According to the order of the lord, I am lying in ambush. All the soldiers and horses in the city have now encircled Yuan Shao's mansion, this time Li thief is unable to fly, and he is doomed to die here." When he spoke, Xun Yu smiled all over his face, as if he was in a good mood, his expression was uplifted, and his emotions Quite excited, it seems that I can't restrain the joy in my heart, so that my face is full of joy.

Cao Cao nodded slightly, a flash of excitement flashed in his eyes, but it was fleeting, so he deliberately suppressed his emotions, and asked calmly: "Have all the soldiers and horses of the battalions been sent out? You must know that we have planned a big plan for this." In half a year, the primary goal is to kill Li Li, and the second is to wipe out the more than [-] Xiliang troops who besieged Jizhou in one fell swoop, and strive to severely injure the Xiliang army, so as to reverse the situation in the world. None of these links can appear in the slightest All the soldiers and horses of the battalions must act carefully, and they must hit every hit, and they will not be truly proud until the day when they are done. Before that, the soldiers and horses of all walks of life must not slack off in the slightest, strictly abide by military orders, and act according to the predetermined plan. Advocate. But those who violate the order will be killed without mercy!"

Seeing Cao Cao's murderous demeanor, Xun Yu was startled secretly, immediately suppressed his smile, and carefully observed Cao Cao's face.

When Cao Cao's words fell, Xun Yu replied respectfully: "Don't worry, my lord. I have conveyed the military order of my lord. The soldiers of each battalion are already in place at this moment. When the time comes, I will launch an attack on the Xiliang army outside the city." Here, Xun Yu paused, waiting for Cao Cao's instructions, but he was silent, as if he was not satisfied with the answer.

Seeing this, Xun Yu immediately understood and reported in detail: "According to the Lord's military order, the battle at the South Gate is under the command of General Cao Ren, and the Xiliang camp on the north bank is attacked by General Le Jin, who led the [-] cavalry that sneaked into the north bank last night. The battle at the north gate was led by General Cao Hong to encircle and suppress the remnants of the enemy, while outside the west gate the black-clothed guards who attacked Xiliang army scouts last night were fully responsible.

And Zhou Yu's army outside the east gate is the top priority of this encirclement and annihilation battle.For this reason, the four generals Zhang Yun, Gao Lan, Cao Zhen, and Jiang Qi have now led an army of [-] to encircle him, and they will surely wipe them out.It's ridiculous that Zhou Yusu boasted that he was smart, but he didn't know that he was sitting on the stove at the moment, and when the fire broke out, there would be a bigger crisis waiting for him.Therefore, the battle outside the city is already under control, and there will be no mistakes. Please rest assured, my lord. "

Cao Cao nodded slightly after hearing the words, with a smile on his face, he said with satisfaction: "That's very good. In order to wipe out the 10,000+ Xiliang iron cavalry under Li Thief's command in one fell swoop, more than [-] troops have gathered inside and outside Ye City alone. In addition, there are more than [-] soldiers and horses waiting for the opportunity to attack the three enemy forces including Julu Zhang Liao, Zhongshan Zhao Yun and Changshan Zhang Yan.

These more than [-] troops are all the troops under the command of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. This time, they are all used.Therefore, there must be no mistakes in this battle, otherwise, the battle that we have tried our best to plan to determine the ownership of the Central Plains will be in vain, and thus completely lose the qualification to compete in the world, and even become the dead soul of Li Thief. "

Xun Yu followed suit and said, "My lord's words are very true. Thief Li has already occupied half of the Han Dynasty. If he is allowed to continue to grow and develop, we will have no place to stand and will be wiped out by him sooner or later. Especially in the past three years, Thief Li was so smooth, he was invincible in every attack, so that he was blindly arrogant, thinking that Li Wenchang was already invincible in the world.

Not only that, the Xiliang army, which has won many victories, has become a proud soldier. They don't pay attention to the soldiers and horses under the tents of other princes at all.Such a proud soldier and proud master, if he is undefeated, what is the law of heaven?Therefore, Li thief's entrapment this time and the ensuing disastrous defeat seemed accidental but in fact inevitable.It can be said that if you do many unrighteous actions, you will die yourself, and thief Li should be rewarded for this! "When he said these words, Xun Yu's face was ferocious, as if he had a deep hatred with Li Li, and he wanted to eat his flesh and lay his skin on it.

I am afraid that many people can't understand this situation. They can't think of any enmity between Xun Yu and Li Li, so that Xun Yu hates him so much.Some people even thought that Xun Yu's younger brother Xun Chen and nephew Xun You both served under Li Li's command. This shows that the relationship between the Xun family and Li Li is very close. Why does Xun Yu hate Li Li so much?

Maybe most people don't know the reason, but Cao Cao is like watching the fire from the other side, knowing it well.

The reason why Xun Yu hated Li Li so much was because Li Li conspired to poison Liu Xie, ending the Liu Dynasty that had lasted for more than 400 years.And Xun Yu's ambition in life is to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty, and he has always regarded himself as a Han official. However, Liu Xie, the only orthodox emperor of the Han Dynasty, has been murdered by a conspiracy. The traitor in the world is Li Li from Xiliang.Therefore, Xun Yu's lifelong ambitions and long-cherished wishes were all ruined, so he put all these resentments on Li Li's head, hated him deeply, and was eager to get rid of him quickly.

Seeing that Xun Yu was agitated and his eyes were fierce, Cao Cao shook his head lightly, quite disapprovingly.However, he will not speak out what is in his heart, but will push the boat along the way, happy to see it come true.

Immediately Cao Cao comforted him softly: "Wen Ruo doesn't need to worry. At this time, thief Li has become a turtle in a urn, and doom is inevitable. Afterwards, Wen Ruo can get his long-cherished wish and see Li thief put to death with his own eyes!" After finishing speaking, Cao Cao stopped talking and turned his head Looking at Cao Chun who was following closely behind, he waved his hand to signal Xun Yu to act according to circumstances, and then he and Cao Chunce stepped forward and walked slowly towards the palace gate.

"Where is Li Li? Cao is here. Doesn't President Li dare to show up?"

120 steps away from the palace gate, Cao Cao reined in his horse and stood up, shouting loudly in front of the majestic State Shepherd's Mansion.However, he didn't hear a response after calling several times in a row. Cao Cao couldn't help being annoyed, so he shouted angrily: "Where is Li thief? You are also a famous general in the world, and Cao is deeply ashamed to be so timid. ashamed to be with me"

"Isn't this Cao A's trick?"

Just when Cao Cao cursed, an abrupt voice interrupted him, and then he saw Li Li appearing on the palace gate tower in a golden battle robe, "I haven't seen you for a long time, Ah Mo's voice is really loud!" Little, Li did not recognize your voice, and mistakenly thought it was a wild dog running out and barking wantonly. Looking closer, it turned out to be Meng De!"

Chapter 071

"I haven't seen you for a while, but Ah Man's voice is much louder. Li didn't recognize your voice, and mistakenly thought it was some kind of wild dog that ran out and barked wantonly. Looking closer, it turned out to be Meng De!"

"Li,,, the leader is safe and well. Cao just made a slip of the tongue, don't blame the leader." Cao Cao, who was humiliated by Li Li in public, wanted to swear at each other, but he swallowed the words, and turned his tone down, Pretend to be calm and greet Li Li.

Maybe Cao Cao himself didn't realize that deep in his heart he was quite afraid of Li Li.In addition, he had been with Li Li for many days before last night, always being careful with him, catering to and flattering Li Li everywhere, virtually forcing him to get used to this way of communication.Therefore, when he didn't see Li Li, he could abuse him wantonly, but when he actually faced Li Li, he seemed to lack confidence. He instinctively changed his attitude and tone, and he didn't dare to use his tongue again.

To put it bluntly, Cao Cao felt uncomfortable after being under Li Li for a long time, and suddenly exhaled and raised his eyebrows.

"Meng De doesn't need to be polite, Li is fine."

Standing on the tower, Li Lippi put on a perfunctory sentence with a half-hearted smile, and then changed the subject abruptly: "Look at the situation, Meng De is here, and it will be difficult for Li to be safe. However, Meng De should know that Li has been fighting for many years. , After more than a hundred battles, and countless times of licking blood from the knife edge, Li is still alive and well. It is probably a waste of effort to keep Li in this city with Meng De's kindness. Li has an army of 50 I really can't help my own future and destiny, and I have to live up to Meng De's good intentions."

At the end, Li Li added with a calm expression: "Besides, you and I are old acquaintances. Li should remind Meng De that if I am safe this time, Meng De will be in a very dangerous situation."

Cao Cao frowned when he heard this, and thought to himself: "Threat, this is a naked threat! Li Li is so arrogant, he dared to threaten me when he was about to die, he is worthy of being the number one overlord in the world!"

While secretly sighing, Cao Cao couldn't help but feel a little worried, because Li Li is indeed a very difficult villain.Leaving aside the fact that there are so many generals under his account.Simply speaking, he himself is a brave and fierce battlefield veteran who is good at fighting, and he has not lost a single battle so far.The most worrying thing is that it is exactly as Li Li said.He has experienced countless dangerous crises, but he has repeatedly saved the day and escaped.

Thinking of these, Cao Cao couldn't help but cast a shadow over his heart.He faintly felt that it would not be so easy to kill Li Li in one fell swoop this time.Especially seeing Li Li confidently appearing on the palace gate tower.Cao Cao's heart sank inexplicably, and he felt faintly uneasy, feeling as if he had something to fall into Li Li's hands, as if he had missed something.

Suspicions arose in Cao Cao's heart immediately, his eyes flickered, and his eyes towards Li Li became colder and sharper, and he said in a deep voice: "The general is really courageous, and he is calm when he changes. Cao is really impressed by his calmness in the face of danger. It's just that the general doesn't seem to be See the situation clearly. I don't know that the general is already in prison at this moment, and he can't escape!" Feeling uneasy, Cao Cao tried to test out, wanting to see what kind of support Li Li has, so that he is so confident when he is in a desperate situation.

Li Li nodded slightly after hearing the words, and said frankly: "The current situation is really not optimistic for Li, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is at stake. Li never thought that Yuan Benchu ​​would have such a heart, and he would abandon his ancestral foundation." Regardless, he handed over Jizhou to Mengde. This move really surprised me, and I didn't expect it. Li did not have the courage to live in another place, nor did he have such a broad mind to sacrifice himself for others and marry for others .

During the whole plan, what Meng De did made Li admiration and amazed.Meng De used his body as a bait, risked his life to lead the troops to join me in the alliance, swallowed his anger, lowered his eyebrows, and was cautious in every way, so as to dispel Li's doubts, and then lured me into the city step by step.At the same time, Meng De won the trust of our Xiliang soldiers at the expense of [-] elite soldiers. This kind of courage and courage that regards human life as worthless makes Li feel ashamed and willing to bow down.

Therefore, Yuan Benchu ​​generously surrendered to Jiangshan, and Cao Mengde used his body as bait to lure me into the urn.Now that the matter has come to this point, Li has to admit that you are really good at calculating, scheming, and planning. Li was framed by your design this time, and he really failed unjustly, and he was convinced! "These words are both true and false, and both praise and criticism are added. It is indeed Li Li who said it with emotion, and it can be called a heartfelt statement.

It was only now that Li Li, who was in a desperate situation, had truly seen through the entire plan of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

It is obvious that the Battle of Ye City was actually a huge conspiracy, a well-designed killing situation specially designed for Li Li.

Yuan Shu in Huainan was wiped out the moment before, and Yuan Shao in Jizhou ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor the next moment. This move suddenly challenged Li Li's authority as the leader of the princes and the general of the world.Immediately afterwards, Yuan Shao offered rewards to all the princes in the world, even the prominent officials and generals under the tents of the princes from all walks of life. Li Li was the only one who was rewarded at the end, and he was rewarded as a general with a low-ranking name, and he was specially designated to let him stay in the Western Regions forever; The implication is that Li Li is only fit to be with the barbarians of the Western Regions, not to be in charge of the Han army.This is a blatant and blatant provocation, humiliating Li Li unscrupulously, in order to provoke his anger, and thus lure him to lead the army to attack Jizhou and besiege Yecheng.

When this step of the plan achieves its goal, the next step is the highlight.Yuan Shao gave up Jizhou as an exchange condition, sent troops, efforts and money in exchange for Cao Cao's body as a bait, risked his life and led his army to form an alliance with Li Li, and tried to induce Li Li to concentrate all his troops and horses to attack Yecheng directly, so as to complete his meritorious service The strategic purpose of the battle.

And this is precisely the most important part of the whole plan.If Li Li divided his troops to attack other counties or cities in Jizhou, then Yuan Shao, who stationed his army in Yecheng, would have to divide his troops to block the attack and resist steadily.In this way, the Jizhou army will disperse and weaken the army virtually, making it impossible to concentrate superior forces to set up an ambush in the city.If Yuan Shao insisted on not dividing the troops, then the whole plan would show flaws. With Li Li's long experience in commanding troops on the battlefield, he would be able to see through the truth, and then the whole plan would come to naught.If this is the case, Cao Cao, who used his body as bait, will inevitably die.

Fortunately, Huangtian paid off.Cao Cao used his own life and 10,000 elite soldiers as bait to induce Li Li to mobilize [-]+ cavalry to besiege Yecheng and successfully lured Li Li into Yecheng.At this point, the most critical step of the whole plan has been completed. The lore plan, which originally only had a [-]% chance of winning, has been raised to [-]%.

In fact, the reason why Cao Cao and Yuan Shao worked so hard to formulate this lore plan was because they knew that Li Li was a scheming man, experienced in many battles, and his subtlety in using troops was definitely not inferior to them.Therefore, ordinary tricks or tactics can't hide Li Li's eyes at all, so it can only be a waste of effort and futile.What's more, Li Li has a lot of advisors under his command, and there are many of them who are astoundingly talented, such as military advisor Guo Jia, former general Zhou Yu, and battle-tested generals such as Gongsun Zan.These people are not good people, or they are extremely intelligent or have rich experience in battle; even if ordinary tricks can deceive Li Li, they cannot deceive these people.

So Cao Cao and Yuan Shao planned for a long time. After half a year of preparation, they finally chose to sacrifice themselves. Yuan Shao gave up the territory and Cao Cao took the risk. The two worked together to lure Li Lili's army into the city.Therefore, the whole plan is not so much a deliberate conspiracy as a conspiracy at the cost of one's own life and country.

There are still loopholes to follow in the conspiracy, and there are many false appearances, which are very likely to be seen through by wise men.But there is no trace of the real conspiracy, everything is so real, leaving no loopholes or dead ends, so the conspiracy is the kingly way.No matter how wise and wise Li Li is, how clever Guo Jia is, and how Zhou Yu uses his troops like a god, they are all blinded by the facts they have seen with their own eyes, step by step into the urn, and fall into a doomed situation.

Standing on the tower of the palace gate, Li Li's thoughts changed sharply. He recalled everything he had experienced before, traced back to the source, and quickly straightened out the context.Until then, he suddenly realized that his previous intuition was correct, and his judgment of danger was not bad at all.It's a pity that he still believed in the facts he had seen, but held a skeptical attitude towards this intuition, and was finally conspired by Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

A big mistake has been made, and regret is in vain.

The plan for now is to face it calmly, put all your eggs in one basket, and give it your all.At this moment, what Li Li thought about in his mind was no longer the outcome of this battle, because the outcome was already decided and he could not recover. What he thought about now was life and death, and how to escape from death.

"The general is really amazing. In just a few hours, the general has seen everything. Presumably the general has already guessed it. In order to earn the general's entry, Cao and brother Benchu ​​have been planning for half a year. Repeated deduction, once Weighed the pros and cons for the first time, and strived to be seamless and flawless. Now it is finally a fluke."

Hearing that Li Li revealed the plan between himself and Yuan Shao, Cao Cao didn't hide anything and admitted it frankly, but he was quite emotional and even deeply grateful in his words.

After a pause, Cao Cao discarded the distracting thoughts in his heart, and said in a loud voice: "This time, in order to reassure the general, the [-] elite soldiers under Cao's command were killed and injured. Cao is heartbroken. But all this is for this moment As long as the general is able to stay in this city forever, Cao will not hesitate to pay no matter how high the price is. I would rather blame others than others!"

Li Li's expression changed slightly, his mind turned, and he distorted the original meaning of Cao Cao's words in an instant. He said in a deep voice, "Ning teach me to betray the people of the world, don't teach the world to betray me, what a Cao Mengde! Nowadays, all the princes in the world say that I am Li Linai The traitor of the world, from today's perspective, you, Cao Cao, are truly a traitor in troubled times!"

After Cao Cao heard the words, his face didn't blush and his heart didn't jump, he pretended to raise his hands and said: "Thanks to the general's love, Cao is ashamed to be named a traitor in troubled times."

Chapter 072: An Eye For An Eye, A Tooth For A Tooth

Li Li was not surprised by this, and asked in a deep voice: "There is still something unclear about Mr. Meng, please enlighten me."

Cao Cao grinned indifferently, and said: "Cao and the general have known each other for many years, and they spent more than [-] days together day and night, so Cao is here to see the general off. If you have any questions, you can speak up. Cao must know everything and say everything, so that the general will leave with peace of mind." While speaking, Cao Cao inadvertently showed a sneering sneer, as if he was a victor.

Li Li turned a blind eye to Cao Cao's complacent attitude, and asked in a deep voice, "Today's game is perfect, who made it?"

"Hahaha!" Cao Cao laughed loudly when he heard the sound, and said in a loud voice, "Don't bother the general to ask, it is Cao!"

"Oh? Mengde has such a conspiracy, which surprised Li!" Li Li said in surprise.

Cao Cao restrained his laughter, and said in a deep voice, "An accident? The general has forgotten, I wonder if the general still remembers the battle of Feiyundu? That battle was very similar to the scene before him. He closed the door to beat the dog, and caught the turtle in the urn. The general has fought on the battlefield for many years. Don't you hear that stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade?" Cao Cao was really elated when he said this in public, feeling extremely comfortable and quite contented.

Over the years, Cao Cao fought Li Li many times, but he was defeated by Li Li repeatedly, and he never took advantage of it.Especially the battle of Feiyundu, which was the biggest crisis Cao Cao had encountered since he raised his army. The entire army of [-] cavalry was wiped out, so that he himself almost died in the barren valley without a place to die.Fortunately, the sky does not destroy Cao, and he escaped by luck in the end.From this, there is a chance to avenge shame today.

After the Sili War, Cao Cao learned from the pain and learned a lesson.Easily no longer compete with Li Li.At the same time, afterward, he pondered over the whole story of Feiyundu's battle, and gradually solved the mystery to find the truth of the matter.It was concluded that it was a sudden encounter.Li Li ran into a dead mouse purely blindly, and accidentally discovered the hiding place where Cao Cao and the [-] Qingzhou Army were hiding, and immediately surrounded him.Trying to annihilate him in the barren valley.