Xiaoqi

Zhuge Liang nodded happily, and then reported: "Last autumn, under the order of my elder brother, I went to Hanzhong with General Zhengnan (Li Xian) to form the Eagle Guard, and the army was completed within two months. Afterwards, I was very quiet and thought about it , So I went to Xichuan with Shi A for a tour, and didn't return until I learned of my brother's great victory in the Southern Expedition. On the way back, Brother Yu watched the stars at night, and suddenly saw a vision in the sky. Within ten days, a star fell. The Ziwei star where the elder brother is located is dim and has the potential to fall. These visions indicate that the battle situation in the Central Plains will change greatly. Later, Brother Yu learned that the elder brother has led the army to conquer Jizhou. In this way, the vision of the stars will surely respond On brother.

Immediately, the foolish brother rushed back to Chang'an starry night, and happened to meet Li Xuan, the governor of Xiliang, who rushed there in a hurry. After asking, he knew that I had the same ominous premonition as him.Then he stayed in Chang'an to stabilize the situation, while Brother Yu went to Luoyang with the tiger talisman left by his elder brother in the general's mansion. Unexpectedly, when Brother Yu arrived in Luoyang, he heard that his brother had led an army to besiege Yecheng for more than half a month, and that Yecheng would be captured in a few days .Therefore, Brother Yu rushed to Hanoi County non-stop, but received an urgent report again, learning that his brother was trapped in Yecheng and our army was defeated. The situation changed so quickly, which made Brother Yu very disturbed.

So Brother Yu did not lead the troops to Jizhou, but directly transferred to Bingzhou, mobilizing troops and horses along the way to Huguan.At noon today, when Brother Yu led the troops to Huguan, he saw thick smoke in the southeast mountain forest, and immediately led the troops out of the pass.Fortunately, the elder brother, Jiren Tianxiang, finally came back safe and sound! "After speaking, Zhuge Liang was still afraid for a while, with lingering fears in his heart.

After Li Li heard the words, he remained silent, drinking to himself, frowning, showing that he was depressed, and he was very worried about the fiasco of Yecheng, and he blamed himself very much.

After a long while, he poured Zhuge Liang a glass of wine with his own hands, and said in a low voice, "Your brother has traveled hundreds of miles in starry nights. It's been hard work. I respect you for this glass of wine!" No more words.

Seeing this, Zhuge Liang wanted to speak out to persuade him, but he didn't know what to say or what to say.

In the battle of Yecheng, the Xiliang army suffered its first defeat in many years of fighting, and suffered a huge loss. The hundreds of thousands of troops who went to Jizhou suffered heavy losses, which can be called an unprecedented defeat.Just now, more than ten defeat reports arrived at Shangdang within half a day, but they were all stopped by Zhuge Liang and did not report to Li Li immediately.

It is known from the battle report that so far, all the soldiers and horses besieging Jizhou have suffered heavy losses.

Zhang Liao, stationed in Julu, had more than [-] Youzhou troops. Cheng Yu, a confidant of Cao Cao's account, led the Qingzhou army to attack at night under the pretext of leading the army to reunite, and broke through the camp in one fell swoop.In this battle, the Youzhou army under Zhang Liao's tent suffered heavy casualties. Ten pavilions broke six pavilions, and were chased and killed by Cao Jun along the way.After the war, Zhang Liao led his army to retreat to Youzhou; fortunately, Bohai County is still in the hands of the Xiliang Army for the time being, and has not fallen, otherwise the Bohai Sea Division will be lost.

Zhao Yun's troops who captured Zhongshan State and Zhang Yan's troops who occupied Changshan State were also aggressively counterattacked by the Jizhou army.In the meantime, Cao Jun went to approach Zhao Yun and Zhang Yan under the guise of the Allied Army as an internal response, and then joined forces with the Jizhou Army inside and outside, and captured the camp one after another, forcing Zhao Yun and Zhang Yan to abandon the camp and flee, and hastily retreated to Montenegro. .As a result, the two counties of Zhongshan and Changshan fell and returned to the Jizhou Army again.

At the same time, Zhao Yun's Wushuang Iron Cavalry and Zhang Yan's two battalions of Feiyan Qingqi suffered heavy casualties. More than half of the soldiers and horses were lost, and dozens of generals were killed.Now, the two battalions retreating to Montenegro are retreating to Bingzhou, and they will reach Shangdang County in a few days.

Compared with these three routes of troops, the central army led by Li Li suffered the most losses.

In the Battle of Yecheng, Li Li successively mobilized 13 cavalry including Feixiong Camp, Qinglong Camp, Huben Camp, and Youzhou Camp (22), plus [-] Jinyi Guards, [-] Sinking Camps, and [-] infantry troops, for a total of [-] soldiers. army.During the battle, Li Li divided the army into two divisions. Zhou Yu was the chief general of the former army, leading [-] Qinglong Battalion, [-] Youzhou Army, and [-] infantry troops to the South Bank Camp; Stationed on the north bank of the Zhanghe River.

On the day the city was broken, Li Li personally led 17 cavalry across the river, joined Zhou Yu's army, and led the army into Yecheng.So far, there are as many as [-] Xiliang troops stranded outside Yecheng, and only [-] cavalry in the camp under Gao Shun's account and guarding the baggage are left behind in the camp.Immediately Li Li was trapped in the city, while Cao Jun adopted the strategy of besieging points to fight for reinforcements, using both water and fire to defeat Zhou Yu and Dian Wei's two groups of soldiers one after another, and sent troops to attack Gaoshun camp.

After the war, of the 10,000+ Xiliang army outside Yecheng, only 14 iron cavalry and more than 1 soldiers under Li Li's command who successfully broke through the siege were able to escape back to the camp alive. The remaining [-] cavalry were wiped out.Gao Shun's troops, who stayed behind in the camp, lost more than [-] soldiers in the battle against General Cao Lejin's [-] troops attacking the camp, although they held the camp.

Therefore, in the battle of Yecheng alone, less than 22 of Li Li's 6 troops survived, and the remaining 16 soldiers died in the battle.Even if there are survivors, they will become prisoners of war of Cao Jun, and good or bad luck is unpredictable.

After Zhuge Liang received the information, he intercepted all of them and temporarily concealed them from reporting.He was very worried that Li Li, who was physically and mentally exhausted at the moment, would not be able to bear such a heavy loss, which would overwhelm Li Li's will to hold on.

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Chapter 085

After Zhuge Liang received the information, he made some statistics in private and came up with an astonishing number.

This time the Xiliang Army lost as many as 25 soldiers on the Hebei battlefield, of which [-]% were soldiers and horses from the main battalion of the Xiliang Army, and [-]% were county soldiers.

In addition, after the Hebei war ended, except for Bohai County, which was still under the control of the Xiliang Army for the time being, the three prefectures of Qingzhou, Yanzhou and Jizhou all fell into Cao Cao's hands.

Zhuge Liang intercepted all these reports of defeat. He was worried that Li Li, who was physically and mentally exhausted at the moment, would not be able to bear such a huge casualty. Illness, suddenly fell ill.Therefore, after careful consideration, Zhuge Liang resolutely decided not to report it temporarily, and wait for Li Li to recover after a while.

However, even though he never mentioned the battle report, it doesn't mean that Li Li didn't know about it.

As everyone knows, every battle report sent to Li Li will be sent to Li Zhi immediately, and Li Zhi will not hide anything from Li Li.The reports of defeat were frequent this time, if Li Zhi hadn't deliberately stopped these reports of defeat and instructed his own soldiers to send them to Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang might not have been able to get in touch with these military information at all.

Even so, Li Zhi would still report to Li Li that the soldiers and horses from all walks of life had sent back news, but he didn't mention the content of the news.From this, Li Li naturally knew that all the soldiers and horses on the Hebei battlefield were defeated and suffered heavy losses.But Li Zhi insisted not to say anything, and he didn't ask too much, after all, he was mentally prepared for this.It is not a bad thing to not know the specific casualties for the time being, otherwise many failures will be presented in front of him.He himself was worried about whether he could withstand such a huge pressure this time.

Although Li Li had long been accustomed to seeing life and death, he had never personally experienced such heavy casualties.How could he turn a blind eye to seeing the soldiers who fought with him in the past die tragically on the battlefield one by one.How can you not be sad, not sad?Although he once thought that his heart was rock-solid, ruthless and iron-blooded, but when all this was really placed in front of him, he suddenly realized that he was also a body of flesh and blood, with emotions, joys, anger, worries, sorrows and fears, which were no different from ordinary people. Consistent.

So he doesn't want to know the specific situation of the battle at the moment.Even so, he was still depressed and full of worries.Exhausted.

That night, Li Li was drunk, so drunk that he passed out in the main hall.It was Zhuge Liang and Li Zhi who carried him to the dormitory in the backyard.And told Lu Lingqi who came to Bingzhou with Zhuge Liang to serve Li Li to sleep.

The next morning, there was chaos in the backyard.All the generals and bureaucrats who followed Li Li to the Shangdang County Governor's Mansion were waiting outside the door, terribly anxious. From time to time, some irritable generals grabbed the medical officer by the neck and scolded him in a low voice, as if they wanted to tear him into pieces. like.

All this is because Li Li fell ill.

Ever since he fell asleep last night, Li Li, who was in a state of drunkenness, has been hot and cold. Zhuge Liang, who was so anxious to hear the news, summoned dozens of medical officers and doctors to come to treat him overnight, but there was no effect at all.Last resort.Li Zhi sent a message to Chang'an with a flying eagle at night, ordering the genius doctor Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji to rush to Shangdang.at the same time.Li Zhi, Huan Fei and other generals each led a team out of the city early in the morning, and went separately to meet them, hoping to bring back the two genius doctors as soon as possible to treat their lord.

After the rain, the courtyard is clean, with well-decorated bonsai and green trees standing in a patchwork pattern, the courtyard pillars under the porch are polished, and the stone steps are also washed clean.It is no exaggeration to say that because Li Li lived in the backyard, the governor of Shangdang and his subordinates racked their brains and painstaking efforts to clean up the entire mansion without leaving any dead spots. The bedroom is much cleaner.

In addition, the maids in the entire backyard have been carefully selected, all of them are of superior posture, all of them have good faces, graceful figures, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they have big breasts and buttocks.What's more, the thirty maids are all pure and lovely virgins, and they are specially prepared for Li Li.

With such an arrangement, one has to admit that the Sheriff of Shangdang has done his best and done everything impeccably.It's a pity that his luck was not good, and Li Li fell ill on the first night of staying in the county mansion.Immediately, a group of tiger and wolf generals questioned him. If Zhuge Liang hadn't interceded from the sidelines, he might have been slapped to death by one of these warriors.

Therefore, for the prefect of Shangdang, the situation in front of him was really a disaster for no reason, which made him speechless and wanted to cry without tears.The restless generals then saw that the many beautiful maids in the backyard were not pleasing to the eye, and once again reprimanded the prefect and his subordinates, so that all the officials of the Shangdang were frightened and trembling, so that several timid The knife and pen clerk was so frightened that he peed on his pants on the spot, ashamed and extremely embarrassed.

Seeing a group of generals lose control and lose their temper, Zhuge Liang was able to stop them at first, but as the generals became more and more violent, his words were no longer effective.The generals knew that he was Li Li's brother-in-law, so they would not lose their temper with him, let alone be violent, but they would not listen to his persuasion.At present, the generals have only one attitude, that is, whoever has the means to save the lord Li Li will listen to him, other than that, no one's words are easy to use, so don't open your mouth as soon as possible, otherwise you will be humiliating yourself.

In this way, even though Zhuge Liang has the ability to reach the sky, he can't even do anything to the group of generals who are about to run away.So he could only stand outside Li Li's dormitory door, looking at the situation in the dormitory from time to time, and then turning his head to look at the situation in the yard, with a bitter face, shaking his head and sighing helplessly.

"Mr. Kong Ming, the medical officers have tried their best, but my husband is still suffering from hot and cold. Since there is nothing we can do, let me try it myself." Just when Zhuge Liang was at a loss, Lu Lingqi, who was dressed in military uniform before, changed Back in a red brocade skirt, her jet-black hair was wet, and Huo Ran had just bathed and changed.

Hearing the sound, Zhuge Liang turned his head to look at Lu Lingqi, a flash of understanding flashed in the corner of his eyes, and he said in surprise, "Sister-in-law, what are you?"

Hearing that Zhuge Liang understood what she meant, Lu Lingqi couldn't help but blushed, lowered her head shyly, and said softly: "I have heard of this method before. Now my husband is suffering unbearable pain for ordinary people, and he is unconscious after struggling. I don’t wake up, seeing that the medical officers are at a loss, I want to give it a try, I don’t want my husband to recover immediately, as long as I can wait until the two genius doctors arrive here. I wonder if Mr. Kong Ming can make it happen?”

"This,,," Zhuge Liang couldn't answer, he hesitated immediately, and an extremely rare look of embarrassment appeared on his face.

In fact, Zhuge Liang knew that although Lu Lingqi was called Li Li's concubine, she was still a perfect body, and Li Li never touched her a finger.The reason for this, Zhuge Liang has long known, is nothing more than because Lu Lingqi's father, Lu Bu, was vacillating and was still unwilling to lead his troops to surrender.Because of this, for nearly a year after getting married, Li Li has been neither far nor close to Lu Lingqi, neither hot nor cold, and has not let her truly become his own woman for a long time.

Although this is Li Li's family matter, Zhuge Liang is Li Li's brother-in-law, brother-in-law, and Li Li's confidant and close minister, so he can see clearly the emotional entanglement between Lu Lingqi and Li Li like watching the fire from afar.It was precisely because he knew these inside stories that he was even more embarrassed at the moment, he didn't know how to answer, and he didn't dare to make a decision lightly.After all, although he has won Li Li's trust, he is still a courtier.As a minister, how can he interfere with the lord's family affairs, and how dare he make an arbitrarily assertive offer to the lord to take a concubine?

So at this moment, Zhuge Liang was really embarrassed, hesitant, indecisive, many thoughts came to his mind, and he also thought of the serious consequences caused by this matter.If the lord Li Lian is safe and sound, let Li Li decide everything, saving him from being caught in the middle.However, if this action has no effect, once Li Liyi gets sick, the consequences will be serious.At that time, Li Li died of a sudden illness, but Zhuge Liang ordered Lu Lingqi to go to bed when Li Li was seriously ill.If this is the case, even if he jumped into the Yellow River, he would not be able to wash it away. He could not argue with his mouth. In the end, he could only be buried for Li Li, which truly confirmed the oath when he was married: not to be born in the same year, the same month, and the same day, but to die in the same year, the same month, and the same day.

In the midst of a sudden change of mind, Zhuge Liang is a responsible person who values ​​love and righteousness after all.In an instant, he resolutely abandoned many distracting thoughts and made his own decision.

But seeing him bowing to Lu Lingqi, he respectfully said: "Instead of waiting for the genius doctor to arrive, why not give it a try. Then there will be Mrs. Lao Lao."

After finishing speaking, Zhuge Liang walked quickly to the stone steps, and said loudly to the generals who were arguing endlessly in the yard: "Generals, be quiet! Right now, my lord is suffering from a cold, and the medical officers are helpless. Let Madam Lingqi go to serve the lord, maybe there is still a chance to turn around, otherwise the lord may not wait until the arrival of the divine doctor."

After a pause, Zhuge Liang took a deep breath and continued: "I know very well that I have little qualifications, and I have no right to decide any matters for the lord, especially at this critical moment, and it is not appropriate to do such a presumptuous thing. However, Yu Gong, I am a minister under the lord's tent, so I should consider my lord's safety; privately, my lord has the kindness to Zhuge Liang, and I don't think I came from a humble background, so I consider him a righteous brother. At this critical time, I will treat you with love and reason. You can’t stand by and watch the lord suffering from illness. So, I’m presumptuously allowing Mrs. Lingqi to enter the house alone to serve the lord. Do you have any objections, generals?”

After the voice fell for a while, many generals in the courtyard remained silent.At this moment, Chen Dao and Shi A, the deputy commanders of Jin Yiwei, Ke Bineng, the deputy commander of Youzhou Battalion, and Hao Zhao, the guard of Huguan, strode forward and said respectfully: "We have no objection!" After the two of Zhi left, the four of them were the leaders of the generals. As long as the four of them agreed, the other generals would naturally have nothing to say.

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Chapter 086

With a crisp "creak", the door of the dormitory in the backyard slowly closed.

At the same time, more than a dozen medical officers and maidservants were screened out, and stood tremblingly in the corridor, holding their breath and keeping their voices silent.

Zhuge Liang tapped his fingers to signal the four maids who were pointed to stay outside the door and wait for orders at any time, then raised his hand and left the backyard first.A group of medical officers and maids hurriedly followed behind him, dodging and avoiding the vicious tiger-like generals in the yard, and walked away quickly, fearing that if they were slower, they would be caught and beaten severely by the generals.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang had left with the crowd, the generals looked at each other, and then looked back at Li Li's bedroom door three times, and left the courtyard reluctantly.

The backyard, which had been noisy for half an hour, finally quieted down. Only 24 guards and four charming maids stayed here, standing quietly in the dignified courtyard, motionless.

In fact, they all know the true meaning of Zhuge Liang's just mention of "Mrs. Lingqi enters the house alone to serve the lord".This was originally a beautiful and romantic event, but Li Li's sudden illness completely destroyed the romantic atmosphere, making the backyard permeated with an unusually dignified atmosphere, and the tense and depressive atmosphere was suffocating.

In fact, not only the soldiers and maidservants felt oppressed, but the Xiliang generals who had just left, Zhuge Liang and others were also full of doubts and worried.In any case, they never imagined that Li Li, the protagonist with iron bones and superb martial arts skills, would get sick, and it would happen suddenly without warning. The symptoms were very strange, hot and cold.He was unconscious and babbled (talking in sleep) from time to time.

You know, Li Li's body is extremely strong.Tall and mighty, possessing tremendous strength, he could tear tigers and leopards alive, and kill wolves with his palms.During the years of battles before this, even though Li Li was seriously injured, even though he was seriously ill, he was still able to command a large army to fight, and even had enough strength to go into battle.Just yesterday at noon.Li Li also personally went into battle and swung a knife to cut off Liu Bei's arm, severely wounded Guan Yu, and then beheaded more than [-] followers in black in succession.Brave and fierce, unrivaled.