Three Kingdoms King of the North

Li Jue is a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. After Dong Zhuo was eliminated by Wang Yun and others, he once pleaded guilty to Wang Yun, hoping that the other party would forgive his sins.After being rejected, he immediately raised troops to invade Chang'an, successfully defeated Lu Bu, eradicated Wang Yun and others, and took the government into his own hands.It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, because he and Guo Si killed each other because of the tricks of Yang Biao, Zhu Jun and others, and Han Zhan took a big advantage in the end.

Chapter 301 Robbery and Food Protection

After Zhao Yun dispatched Cheng Yi and Hou Cheng, he suddenly thought of a crucial matter, and asked Guo Jia worriedly, "Mr. Feng Xiao, Zhao suddenly remembered something."

Guo Jia shook his feather fan lightly, and said calmly, "General Zilong has something to worry about, but it's okay to say."

"If Li Jue and Guo Si took the first step and seized the food and grass." Zhao Yun said cautiously: "When they find that they can't move all the food and grass, will they burn the remaining food and grass?"

Regarding Zhao Yun's worries, Guo Jia stared at him for a while, then shook his head and said, "General Zilong is too worried. If it was in other places, the food and grass might be killed, but near Chang'an, it is definitely not the case." will be burned."

Guo Jia's answer confused Zhao Yun, and he asked in puzzlement, "I don't know why?"

"General Zilong doesn't know that the price of grain in Jizhou is 50 yuan per dendrobium, but in Chang'an it is as high as [-] yuan." Guo Jia looked at Zhao Yun and said, "The price of grain is comparable to gold, pearls and beautiful jade. If you want to recruit soldiers and horses It’s really not enough without food. Jia dared to conclude that even if Li and Guo robbed the grain and grass escorted by Meng Dai, they would not dare to burn it easily, but find a place to store it. Take out the batch of grain and grass."

"If this batch of food and grass is taken away by Li and Guo, not only the people in Chang'an will go hungry, but even the army will run out of food." After hearing Guo Jia's words, Zhao Yun said worriedly: "If we are retreating, Li If the two of Guo took the opportunity to cover up the killing, they would surely be defeated like a mountain."

"Although Meng Dai is just an unknown person, he has [-] soldiers under his command. Even if he is besieged by Li and Guo, he is fully capable of protecting himself. Besides, we have sent two generals, Cheng Yi and Hou Cheng. With their rescue, Li and Guo want to seize food and grass, how can it be so easy." Guo Jia smiled and comforted Zhao Yun and said, "General Zilong, don't worry too much."

Besides, Meng Dai raised his vigilance when he learned that the food team he was escorting might be attacked by soldiers and horses from Li Jue and Guo Si.He sent several teams of scouts to walk five or six miles ahead of the food team, and if there was any trouble, he would be informed immediately.

On this day's trip, after walking less than ten miles, Meng Dai suddenly saw several horses galloping ahead.Judging from the other party's clothes, they were all scouting horses released by him, Meng Dai couldn't help but thumped in his heart, and secretly said: The one who is going to come has finally come.

A cavalryman came straight to Meng Dai and shouted loudly: "Lieutenant Meng, something is wrong, the bandits are here!"

Meng Dai hurriedly asked, "How many people are there?"

The cavalry rushed in front of Meng Dai, reined in their horses, and replied breathlessly: "There are about 3 to [-] cavalrymen, and the distance is only fifteen miles."

Fifteen miles away? !Meng Dai secretly calculated in his heart that the opponent only needed two sticks of incense to rush here.Fortunately, we had discussed it with Zhao Yun in advance. Once Li Guo's soldiers and horses attacked, the grain convoy would immediately form a circular formation and use bows, crossbows and spears to resist the enemy.

Thinking of this, Meng Dai hurriedly shouted loudly: "Stop the convoy, and quickly surround the city with the grain carts, and prepare to rely on the grain carts to resist the invading bandits." Following his order, the soldiers and the driver hurriedly The horses were unloaded, and the carts full of grain bags were surrounded in a circle.

Seeing that the crossbowmen were ready, Meng Dai set up an awning and looked into the distance, only to see a black line appearing on the horizon in the distance.The black line changed from thin to thick, creeping towards his position.Seeing this, he knew that Li Guo's cavalry had arrived.

Meng Dai called a corps leader and said to him, "Hurry up and take people to Chang'an, and inform General Zhao that I will be intercepted by the soldiers of the two thieves Li and Guo, please lead the troops forward quickly." Come to the rescue." The corporal agreed, and led his subordinates to rush out of the circle and head south.After avoiding Li Guo's men, they planned to turn west and rush to Chang'an to report the news.

The faint sound of horseshoes came from a distance, and Meng Dai felt the ground under his feet tremble slightly, and his hand holding the weapon was covered with sweat.Looking around, seeing the crossbowmen and infantry hiding behind the grain carts, their bodies were trembling slightly, obviously shocked by the cavalry of Li and Guo.

Although Meng Dai was very scared in his heart, he knew better in his heart that if the soldiers around him were overwhelmed by the momentum of Li and Guo, then it would be a question of whether they could support them for an hour under the siege of Li and Guo. .So he raised his voice and shouted: "Soldiers, don't worry. General Zhao Yun in Chang'an has already guessed that there are bandits coming back to attack our grain team, so he and I have made a plan to deal with these bandits. Only everyone insists In an hour, our reinforcements will arrive."

Although the soldiers in the chariot formation were intimidated by the momentum of Li and Guo's cavalry, they felt much more at ease when they heard Meng Dai's shout.In order to save energy, the crossbowmen put the crossbows in their hands on the grain cart and sat beside the cart to rest.The infantry also followed suit, sitting on the ground holding their weapons.

When Li Guo's cavalry was still a mile away, Meng Dai raised the weapon in his hand and shouted loudly: "Bowmen, get ready!"

Following his shout, the crossbowmen sitting on the ground stood up abruptly, picked up the crossbows they put on the grain cart, aimed at the cavalry rushing from a distance, and waited for Meng Dai's order , they can pull the trigger and shoot out the already wound crossbow.

When the cavalry of Li and Guo were within an arrow's reach of the chariot formation, Meng Dai yelled, "Shoot the arrow!" and swung the weapon in his hand downward.The crossbowmen pulled the trigger suddenly, and a thousand crossbow arrows flew into the air like locusts, drew beautiful arcs, and fell into the formation of cavalry.

For a while, the neighing of horses and the screams of people could be heard endlessly.After the horse in the front was hit by an arrow, it knelt on its front legs and threw the cavalry on its back.After the cavalry was thrown out, the horse hit by the arrow rolled forward and hit its master under the action of huge inertia.The cavalry who were lucky enough not to be crushed to death, did not wait for them to stand up, and the cavalry who swarmed from behind trampled them under the hooves of their horses.

The crossbowmen in the chariot formation fired three times in a row before Li and Guo's cavalry rushed to the grain cart.Because the grain carts were full of grain, the cavalry couldn't jump over, and because they rushed too fast, they couldn't rein in their mounts in time, and they knocked people on their backs.Seeing that the cavalry was in chaos, the soldiers with spears hurried forward, stabbed the spears out from the gap in the grain cart, and stabbed the cavalry outside the cart formation off their horses.

When the infantry used their spears to reap the lives of the cavalry outside the chariot formation, the crossbowmen were not idle either. They used the crossbow arrows in their hands to continuously shoot at the cavalry rushing towards them.In just half a stick of incense time, there were thousands of corpses of cavalry and horses piled up outside the chariot formation.Li Jue and Guo Si, who were following behind, saw that the grain convoy had already prepared, and knew that if they continued to attack like this, they would suffer heavy losses, so they quickly ordered Ming Jin to withdraw the troops.

After the soldiers and horses returned, Li Jue roughly counted the number of people, and found that more than [-] horses had been lost, and many of them were veterans who had followed him for many years.Seeing this situation, Li Jue asked Guo Si depressedly: "Aduo, it seems that Jizhou soldiers and horses are already prepared, what should we do next?"

Guo Bang looked in the direction of the chariot formation for a while, and then said: "Zhiran, I see that the chariot formation is quite tight. If you want to use cavalry to break away, it may not be easy, and it will only increase casualties."

After Zhao Yun dispatched Cheng Yi and Hou Cheng, he suddenly thought of a crucial matter, and asked Guo Jia worriedly, "Mr. Feng Xiao, Zhao suddenly remembered something."

Guo Jia shook his feather fan lightly, and said calmly, "General Zilong has something to worry about, but it's okay to say."

"If Li Jue and Guo Si took the first step and seized the food and grass." Zhao Yun said cautiously: "When they find that they can't move all the food and grass, will they burn the remaining food and grass?"

Regarding Zhao Yun's worries, Guo Jia stared at him for a while, then shook his head and said, "General Zilong is too worried. If it was in other places, the food and grass might be killed, but near Chang'an, it is definitely not the case." will be burned."

Guo Jia's answer confused Zhao Yun, and he asked in puzzlement, "I don't know why?"

"General Zilong doesn't know that the price of grain in Jizhou is 50 yuan per dendrobium, but in Chang'an it is as high as [-] yuan." Guo Jia looked at Zhao Yun and said, "The price of grain is comparable to gold, pearls and beautiful jade. If you want to recruit soldiers and horses It’s really not enough without food. Jia dared to conclude that even if Li and Guo robbed the grain and grass escorted by Meng Dai, they would not dare to burn it easily, but find a place to store it. Take out the batch of grain and grass."

"If this batch of food and grass is taken away by Li and Guo, not only the people in Chang'an will go hungry, but even the army will run out of food." After hearing Guo Jia's words, Zhao Yun said worriedly: "If we are retreating, Li If the two of Guo took the opportunity to cover up the killing, they would surely be defeated like a mountain."

"Although Meng Dai is just an unknown person, he has [-] soldiers under his command. Even if he is besieged by Li and Guo, he is fully capable of protecting himself. Besides, we have sent two generals, Cheng Yi and Hou Cheng. With their rescue, Li and Guo want to seize food and grass, how can it be so easy." Guo Jia smiled and comforted Zhao Yun and said, "General Zilong, don't worry too much."

Besides, Meng Dai raised his vigilance when he learned that the food team he was escorting might be attacked by soldiers and horses from Li Jue and Guo Si.He sent several teams of scouts to walk five or six miles ahead of the food team, and if there was any trouble, he would be informed immediately.

On this day's trip, after walking less than ten miles, Meng Dai suddenly saw several horses galloping ahead.Judging from the other party's clothes, they were all scouting horses released by him, Meng Dai couldn't help but thumped in his heart, and secretly said: The one who is going to come has finally come.

A cavalryman came straight to Meng Dai and shouted loudly: "Lieutenant Meng, something is wrong, the bandits are here!"

Meng Dai hurriedly asked, "How many people are there?"

The cavalry rushed in front of Meng Dai, reined in their horses, and replied breathlessly: "There are about 3 to [-] cavalrymen, and the distance is only fifteen miles."

Fifteen miles away? !Meng Dai secretly calculated in his heart that the opponent only needed two sticks of incense to rush here.Fortunately, we had discussed it with Zhao Yun in advance. Once Li Guo's soldiers and horses attacked, the grain convoy would immediately form a circular formation and use bows, crossbows and spears to resist the enemy.

Thinking of this, Meng Dai hurriedly shouted loudly: "Stop the convoy, and quickly surround the city with the grain carts, and prepare to rely on the grain carts to resist the invading bandits." Following his order, the soldiers and the driver hurriedly The horses were unloaded, and the carts full of grain bags were surrounded in a circle.

Seeing that the crossbowmen were ready, Meng Dai set up an awning and looked into the distance, only to see a black line appearing on the horizon in the distance.The black line changed from thin to thick, creeping towards his position.Seeing this, he knew that Li Guo's cavalry had arrived.

Meng Dai called a corps leader and said to him, "Hurry up and take people to Chang'an, and inform General Zhao that I will be intercepted by the soldiers of the two thieves Li and Guo, please lead the troops forward quickly." Come to the rescue." The corporal agreed, and led his subordinates to rush out of the circle and head south.After avoiding Li Guo's men, they planned to turn west and rush to Chang'an to report the news.

The faint sound of horseshoes came from a distance, and Meng Dai felt the ground under his feet tremble slightly, and his hand holding the weapon was covered with sweat.Looking around, seeing the crossbowmen and infantry hiding behind the grain carts, their bodies were trembling slightly, obviously shocked by the cavalry of Li and Guo.

Although Meng Dai was very scared in his heart, he knew better in his heart that if the soldiers around him were overwhelmed by the momentum of Li and Guo, then it would be a question of whether they could support them for an hour under the siege of Li and Guo. .So he raised his voice and shouted: "Soldiers, don't worry. General Zhao Yun in Chang'an has already guessed that there are bandits coming back to attack our grain team, so he and I have made a plan to deal with these bandits. Only everyone insists In an hour, our reinforcements will arrive."

Although the soldiers in the chariot formation were intimidated by the momentum of Li and Guo's cavalry, they felt much more at ease when they heard Meng Dai's shout.In order to save energy, the crossbowmen put the crossbows in their hands on the grain cart and sat beside the cart to rest.The infantry also followed suit, sitting on the ground holding their weapons.

When Li Guo's cavalry was still a mile away, Meng Dai raised the weapon in his hand and shouted loudly: "Bowmen, get ready!"

Following his shout, the crossbowmen sitting on the ground stood up abruptly, picked up the crossbows they put on the grain cart, aimed at the cavalry rushing from a distance, and waited for Meng Dai's order , they can pull the trigger and shoot out the already wound crossbow.

Following his shout, the crossbowmen sitting on the ground stood up abruptly, picked up the crossbows they put on the grain cart, aimed at the cavalry rushing from a distance, and waited for Meng Dai's order , they can pull the trigger and shoot out the already wound crossbow.

Chapter 302

Neither Meng Dai nor Hou Cheng realized that Cheng Yi's decision was wrong.On the contrary, Meng Dai was even complacent in his heart, thinking that after there were more soldiers and horses in the chariot formation, it would be more difficult for Li Jue's army to break through the chariot formation.As for Hou Cheng, he felt that if the troops stayed on the unobstructed plains, they would be easily attacked by cavalry. Now that they entered the formation of grain carts, the insurance factor was even greater.

Li Jue and Guo Si in the distance were still a little worried when they saw Li Siam return after being defeated.When they saw the soldiers and horses led by Cheng Yi and Hou Cheng actually entered the chariot formation surrounded by grain and grass, Li Jue couldn't help laughing.Li Bie, who was standing beside him on a horse, couldn't help asking curiously, "Uncle, what are you laughing at?"

Li Jue pointed at the formation of chariots in the distance with the whip in his hand, and said with a sneer: "Do they think they can avoid the charge of our cavalry by hiding in the formation of chariots? Don't you lead two thousand cavalry around the chariot?" Since they don't want to leave the car formation, shoot them to death with random arrows."

"Wait a minute," Seeing Li Bie agreeing, he pulled his horse and was about to leave. Guo Bang quickly stopped him: "Little General Li, you can shoot rockets. As long as the grain cart is on fire, the Jizhou soldiers in the cart formation will inevitably be in chaos. , you wait for an opportunity to rush into the car circle."

"Aduo, why use rockets?" Hearing what Guo Bang said, Li Jue asked in a dazed manner, "Didn't you say you can't burn the food and grass?"

"Nowadays, Jizhou soldiers have formed a circular formation with grain carts. Even if we use loitering to kill a large number of their soldiers, it is still very difficult to rush into the circle." Guo Si replied: "As long as the grain and grass are on fire, In order to prevent other grain and grass from being ignited, the Jizhou soldiers will definitely move the grain carts that are on fire. At that time, there will be a gap in the cart formation, and our cavalry can take the opportunity to charge in."