Xiaoqi

As far as Gao Lan and other surrendered generals were concerned, facing the reprimand of the new lord Cao Cao, they could only bear it with humility and dared not refute a word.Unexpectedly, now Cao Zhen is imitating the example, cursing General Yuan Jun so brazenly in public.At this moment, Gao Lan really felt the bitterness and suffering of living under the fence. He dared not speak out, swallowed his anger, and begged for perfection.

Thinking back to the day just past, he, Zhang He, Jiang Qi, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang and other generals of the Yuan army fought bloody battles with all their might, and worked wholeheartedly for Cao Cao, hoping to win Cao Cao's appreciation and be recognized and accepted by the generals of the Cao army. .But in the end, not only did they not get any military exploits, but they were dismissed as useless by Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu and other relatives of the Cao family, and now they are even more guilty.

Thinking of this, Gao Lan's finally suppressed anger surged out again, because he thought of a very serious problem, or in other words, they, Yuan Jun's generals, could not bear the charges.That is, at this moment, the west gate and the north gate have fallen one after another, which means that Xiliang Li Li has probably broken out of the city and escaped.However, Cao Zhen put all the blame on these people. The crime was too serious, and the generals who had just joined Cao Cao's account could not afford it.

"General Cao Zhen, don't talk nonsense, you have wronged us!"

After thinking up to this point, Gao Lan couldn't help but rode his horse forward, and retorted anxiously: "General, you should know that the two brothers Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang who are stationed at the north gate tonight are brothers Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang and their [-] soldiers and horses. The two of them went out of the city to Cao Gong,,, oh no, to send information to the lord, it was also because they resolutely followed Yuan Gong's last order before he died, and decided to welcome the lord into the city, and for this reason they did not hesitate to confront the brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang. The loyalty of the Lu brothers to the lord is unquestionable, and now that the North Gate has fallen, the two of them are indeed guilty, but they should not be fully responsible. How can the general question their loyalty?"

After a pause, Gao Lan didn't wait for Cao Zhen to refute, and then continued: "Except for the north gate, the general guarding the west gate is General Cao Ren's cronies, but now the west gate is also lost. How can the general spit out blood and blame everyone for his crimes?" Pushing it on us, wouldn't such behavior make us chill?"

The more he talked, the more angry he became, Gao Lan simply made everything that happened tonight public, so that all the soldiers could listen and see whose fault it was.

"Tonight's battle, my lord ordered the general to be the lead general, and we all obeyed the general's dispatch. When the Xiliang army broke through just now, the last general suggested that the general divide his troops to support the north gate and west gate, especially the west gate; because the west gate is quite close to Bingzhou, the distance Huguan is only about [-] miles away, so it is very possible for Li Li to break through the west gate. But the general turned a deaf ear to it, saying that the west gate is solid and safe, so he insisted on mobilizing troops to support the south gate. Now that the two gates are lost, is it true that the general Do you still want to shirk all responsibility and put all the blame on us? In today's battle, we have repeatedly charged forward, and tens of thousands of horses died on the battlefield. Could it be that the general turned a blind eye to this?"

"Gao Lan, how dare you speak to this general like that? You'll have a long life, let's see how proud you are!" Cao Zhen yelled at Gao Lan sternly when he saw all the soldiers of the Yuan Army beside him glaring at him angrily.But in the end, due to the huge pressure around him, he didn't dare to speak harshly to each other, so he dropped a harsh word.Rein in the horse and go.

When returning to the horse, Cao Zhen scolded in a cold voice with sullen expression on his face: "What are you waiting for? Follow the general to the west gate quickly!" Then Cao Zhen galloped his horse and signaled his soldiers to go to the Dongcheng camp to report After all, the breakout of the Xiliang army is a big matter, and Cao Zhen dare not make decisions without authorization. He must report to Cao Cao as soon as possible and wait for orders.

Watch Cao Zhen lead the troops to leave.The lieutenant who had stopped Gao Lan said in a worried voice, "General, why would you offend Cao Zhen in public? You must know that he is Cao,,, the lord's fake son. Although he is not of Cao's blood, he is the adopted son of the lord after all. How noble is my status, how can I afford to provoke it? What's more, I have just joined the lord, and although I am still in command of the army, it is due to the situation. After the situation stabilizes, the whole army must be reorganized. Where I will go is still unknown.

Therefore, the general really shouldn't offend Cao Zhen. You must know that all the relatives of the Cao family are high-ranking and powerful, and all of them are generals in charge of the army. In the future, we will definitely be assigned to serve under their account.At that time, maybe these people will take the opportunity to retaliate and make things difficult for us, so our situation will become more and more difficult in the future. "These words are undoubtedly the words from the heart. The real truth.

Gao Lan nodded slightly when he heard the sound, with a deep worry on his face.He sighed in a low voice: "I understand what you said. Now that the old lord has gone, we are like duckweeds without roots. Misfortune and fortune are unpredictable, and good and bad are uncertain. I can't understand the arrogance of these relatives of the Cao family. Besides the three generals Cao Ren, Cao Chun and Cao Hong, how can Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Xia Houba and others have the ability to despise us without restraint?

In addition, I have recently joined Cao Gong, if all my colleagues are suppressed by Cao's relatives, I am afraid that the situation will become more and more difficult in the future, and there will be no bright future at all.Instead of this, it is better to clarify the barriers and differences between each other as soon as possible, so that Duke Cao can be aware of it as soon as possible.If Mr. Cao sincerely accepts us, he will definitely consider our position carefully, apply only according to his ability, select talents exceptionally, and entrust them with important responsibilities.Otherwise, I will have to reconsider the way out, and I will talk about this matter later. "Maybe because he felt that he had talked too much, and he was afraid that the walls would have ears, but Gao Lan swallowed the words when he reached his mouth, and then waved his hand, leading the army to the west gate.

Yecheng, Dongcheng Cao Cao Camp.

As Cao Zhen's personal soldiers came to report the military situation in the middle of the night, after the initial thunderstorm, Cao Cao quickly calmed down. You, Guo Tu and others came quickly to discuss the matter.

Not long after, everyone entered the account one after another, and they had already learned from the personal soldiers that the Xiliang army broke out of the siege at night, so the atmosphere in the commander's tent was very tense and quite depressing.After all, the fact that Li Lili's army broke out of the city is unusual, if he can try to save himself, that's all. If Li Li escapes, the consequences will be extremely serious, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is unimaginable.

"Li thief led the army to break out of the city!" After everyone was seated, Cao Cao first explained the key points of the discussion, and then said in a deep voice: "Li thief is really treacherous and cunning! This thief also showed up to meet me this morning, openly bewitching our army Soldiers, they used Brother Benchu's coffin to threaten us to submit, but they suddenly split up and broke through at midnight. Just now Cao Zhen sent someone to report, and Thief Li divided the more than [-] cavalry under his account into three groups, and attacked our army at the same time. The other three city gates outside the east city where they were stationed, and the north gate and west gate were breached a quarter of an hour ago, and they have now fled Yecheng. What good strategy do you have for intercepting and killing Li thief?"

Xun Yu responded, "My lord, don't worry. From my point of view, the enemy's raid on the North Gate was nothing more than a bluff feint to deceive others. However, in my eyes, this move was a small trick, trying to cover it up. Therefore, his real breakthrough direction It should be Ximen, and he is on his way to Bingzhou at this moment. So don’t worry, my lord. The road from Ximen to Huguan in Bingzhou is full of murderous intentions. Let him get his wish. Hehehe!"

Seeing Xun Yu's face filled with a ferocious smile with wisdom in his hands, Cao Cao nodded slightly, stroked his beard and smiled, his smile was the same as Xun Yu's, with a murderous intent, as if he had planned a long time ago and everything was in his hands.

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Chapter 079

It was getting brighter.A burst of rapid "clack" sound of horse's hooves broke the silence in the mountains and forests, startling the birds that had been sleeping on the high branches at night, fluttering their wings and screaming.

There are vines and thorns all over the narrow path, and the two-foot-high thatch is lush and green, with crystal dewdrops on the green leaves as thin as a blade.The horseshoes galloped past, trampling the weeds everywhere, the vines and thorns were broken head-on, taking away the dew, soaking the horseshoes, leaving a mess.

A ray of morning light emerges, drives away the morning fog, illuminates the mountain path, and points out the direction for pedestrians in the mountain.They still have a long way to go. On the other side of the vast mountains is Huguan, a pass in the southeast of Bingzhou.

Xi Yuyu!

The war horse neighed, and the horse stopped on the mountain ridge. Looking into the distance, there are rolling mountains in front of you. The mountains are majestic, densely wooded and lush.This is the end of the mountain road.

"call!"

Seeing the scene in front of them, the people who rushed here couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Their tense minds finally relaxed, and their dignified expressions were relieved. They all turned their heads and looked around. They could vaguely see the huge city on the plain dozens of miles away. Outline.

"Finally rushed out, it's good to be alive!" This is the unanimous voice of all the soldiers who survived the catastrophe.

"Cao Jun didn't seem to go out of the city to pursue them. We are safe for the time being!" Gongsun Zan was the first to break the silence and said thankfully.

Li Li nodded slightly: "Order the soldiers to dismount and rest, and set off in half an hour." After speaking, Li Li got off his horse and sat down on a rock not far away.

Gongsun Zan gladly passed the order and sent scouts to find out the way.Send out the personal guards to be in charge of vigilance, and count the whole army.

Not long after, Gongsun Zan, Huan Fei, Li Zhi, Ke Bineng, Chen Dao and other generals were all sitting beside Li Li.Report the casualties of their respective soldiers and horses.

"Last night, when the troops were divided into three ways to break through, three thousand cavalry raided the south gate, five thousand cavalry attacked the north gate, and the remaining 1 soldiers were led by us to attack the west gate. Right now, there are only [-] people left behind us. The remaining [-] soldiers were all killed in battle, and the casualties were heavy!" Gongsun Zan sighed in a low voice.

Li Li looked sad after hearing the sound and remained silent.After Huan Fei saw this.He said softly: "Three routes of breakout soldiers and horses, our route has the most troops. Now that our casualties are so heavy, the other two groups of troops must be in danger. Therefore, I guess they may not come back."

Li Li waved his hand to signal the other generals not to speak.Sighing: "The matter has come to this point, it is useless to talk, we can only face it calmly! Next, the whole army will be divided into eight teams, each with five hundred soldiers. Break through. Remember, don’t worry that Cao’s army didn’t pursue immediately, but they will never let me leave Jizhou. Therefore, I suspect that there must be an ambush arranged by Cao Cao in advance in this mountain forest, and there are even a lot of soldiers and horses in vain. I ambushed and killed us in the barren hills in one fell swoop. Therefore, you must not be negligent, and you must always maintain a high degree of vigilance. As long as we do not enter the Huguan, the crisis will always be with us, and the enemy will give us a fatal blow at any time. "

There was a pause in the voice.Li Li looked at the generals sitting beside him with complicated expressions, both sentimental and a little relieved.It is gratifying that despite the heavy casualties in this breakout, many of the main generals of each battalion are still alive; what makes him sad is that the more than twenty Zhonglang generals who followed him before all died. In Yecheng, it disappeared forever.

And this kind of result was what Li Li had expected.When he decided to break out of the siege overnight, he had already thought that the battle to break out would be extremely tragic, and the generals under his account would definitely not be able to survive, and it was inevitable that they would suffer losses.At that time, Huan Fei, Gongsun Zan, Chen Dao, He Man and others asked for a fight, willing to risk their lives to lead the troops to break through, but Li Li sternly refused.Therefore, he did not send capable generals such as Gongsun Zan, Huan Fei, and Ke Bineng to raid the other city gates, but sent out all the more than 20 Zhonglang generals, and let them each lead [-] warriors to raid the south gate and west gate.

Now, Ximen has successfully broken through, but there is no news of the other two breakout troops.Although Li Li didn't believe that the other two armies failed to break through the siege, and the entire army was annihilated, he knew that even if the eight thousand cavalry were able to break through the city gate, they would surely die, and there were very few survivors.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Li closed his eyes and lay down on the rock, and said softly: "Take a rest, the next battle is likely to be even more tragic than before, and while there is still a little time now, take good care of yourself before continuing." Break through." In fact, the reason why he decided to rest in place for half an hour was because he wanted to wait for the soldiers at the south gate and west gate to break through.If the other two soldiers and horses can break out of the city, half an hour is enough time for them to arrive here and join the army.

In addition, Li Li, who had escaped from Yecheng at this moment, was not afraid of the pursuit of Cao Cao's army. After leaving the city, the Xiliang army was like a tiger escaping from a cage.In this lush jungle, the [-] troops led by Li Li entered the forest, and Cao Cao's hundreds of thousands of troops could not trap the Xiliang Army, let alone besiege Li Li again.

What's more, to the west of these mountains is Bingzhou, where there is the Danguan Huguan that guards the southeast gateway.After Huguan, there were [-] county soldiers stationed under Li Li's command and stationed in Bingzhou. The commander was Li Li's direct line general Zhenbei General Teng Xiao.

Therefore, Li Li was not worried about Cao Jun chasing after him. What really worried him at the moment was the unknown enemy hidden in the vast mountains in front of him.

Half an hour later, Li Li didn't wait for the other two soldiers to break through, and there was no one.Disappointed, he had to lead five thousand soldiers and horses into the jungle, all the way west.

The sun in the sky appeared and disappeared from time to time, making the forest under the towering trees dim and bright, and there was a faint murderous atmosphere, which made Li Li and his party feel very depressed, and their minds were always tense. lax.

However, for a whole day, Li Li and the others did not encounter any attack, and walked the mountain road for a day in peace and stability, but they didn't even see the shadow of the enemy, and there was not even a trace of lurking.

At noon the next day, Li Li and his party finally got out of the mountains and set foot on a relatively flat road, which is the only way from Wei County of Jizhou to Huguan, also known as the official road.

"My lord, this place is only [-] miles away from Huguan, and I will be able to enter the pass in an hour!" Huan Fei rode his horse and followed Li Li, his face full of joy.

After Li Li heard the words, a smile finally appeared on his always stern and gloomy face, and his brows relaxed.Immediately, he looked around, and saw that the north of the official road was the jungle that the army had just walked through, while the south side of the official road was a steep cliff. They were now on the official road near the top of the mountain.

The scouts have just found out that there is no abnormality found in the jungle on the top of the mountain. Since then, there is no longer any condition for setting up an ambush on the mountain path carved out of the cliff.

At this point, Li Li was finally relieved, and his tense mind relaxed.So when he heard Huan Fei's words, he nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, we will be completely safe after entering the customs. Order the army to speed up and arrive at Huguan City within half an hour!"

Before the words were finished, Li Li rode his horse and galloped, as if returning home, in a very good mood.

Just at this time, a sentinel galloped from the front, and the moment he saw Li Li, he said anxiously: "Report that there is a caravan of more than [-] people two miles ahead!"

"Caravan?" Li Li reined in his horse when he heard the sound, his brows that had just been stretched out were instantly frowned, and his face became gloomy again.Just as he opened his mouth to inquire about the sentinel, an urgent report came from behind him: "Report to my lord, there is a caravan behind our army. There are many carriages and horses. There are more than a hundred carriages, and there are no less than 500 retinues." !"

"There is also a caravan behind?" Li Li was stunned, and then his expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed in surprise: "No, the caravan is an ambush! The army stops, hurry up!"

"Boom, boom, kill!"

Before Li Li could finish speaking, he heard loud rumbling noises coming from the turning of the mountain road in front of him. Then, he saw horse-drawn carriages covered with black cloths and loaded with goods galloping straight towards him. The army rushed over.Immediately, rockets wrapped in tarpaulins suddenly landed on the carriage, but seeing the black cloth ignited at one point, a raging fire ignited in an instant. It was not until this moment that Li Li could clearly see that the carriages were piled up on top of each other. The piles of goods turned out to be all thatch and dry firewood.

In an instant, Li Li immediately reined in his horse and backed away without even thinking about it.The moment he reined in his horse and turned back, he suddenly saw the same scene behind the army.I saw one after another of the carriages galloping fast, and the horses pulling the carts were forced to run wildly by the burning fire behind them, and their speed was no less than those of the carriages swooping down in front of the army.

Faced with hundreds of chariots attacking back and forth, Li Li and his [-] soldiers were in a dilemma and had no way to escape.