Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

As Li Yi's soldiers continued to move forward, Li Yi soon saw the dense Yangzhou soldiers blocking the front, and the people on the opposite side naturally saw Li Yi and others, especially the banner behind Li Yi, It is even more conspicuous.

Li Yi gestured to Chen Lan. Although Chen Lan didn't want to, but the situation was stronger than others, she could only stand up cheeky and shouted: "Didn't you receive the military order? Why don't you retreat quickly? Today, the Marquis of Xiang Condemning the people against crimes and punishing rebellion is the essence of righteousness, and those who persist in their obsession will become enemies of the imperial court and bring shame to their ancestors, so it is only wise to submit to the Marquis of Xiang!"

As soon as Chen Lan finished speaking, a man came out on a tall horse from the opposite side, and yelled at him: "Chen Lan, you shameless villain, the lord treats you as much as a mountain, and even gives you a heavy responsibility, but you are greedy for life and afraid of death. The lord surrenders to the enemy, are you worthy of the lord! What is your loyalty! Standing in front of the battle now, you are not ashamed!"

Although Chen Lan was thick-skinned, she also had limits. She blushed like a monkey's butt after being scolded by someone. She could only cover her face with her sleeve and dared not respond at all.

The man scolded Chen Lan, then pointed to Li Yi and shouted: "Did you see that, Li Yi is in front of you, as long as you kill him, you will be honored as a marquis!"

Before the four words "Fenghou Baijiang" were finished, the man's voice stopped abruptly, and then amidst the panicked exclamation of the soldiers behind him, he was stunned for a while, then slowly lowered his head, his eyes were straight Looking at the bloody hole in his chest, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, as if he didn't know what was going on, but his eyes immediately dimmed, and he fell off the horse, never wanting to understand this problem until his death.

"He's a man, so he should restrain himself and bury him."

On the opposite side, Li Yi clapped his hands, gave Su Fei an order, then looked at Chen Lan and said, "Did you see, if I wanted to kill you before, it would be so easy!"

Chen Lan's forehead was covered with sweat, she nodded again and again and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Marquis Xiang, thank you Marquis for not killing me."

The general on the opposite side couldn't see clearly before, but Chen Lan saw it clearly. Li Yi just raised his hand and grabbed a long spear backwards, and then threw it forward. Like breaking through space, he pierced the deputy general's chest in an instant, and then continued to fly until the end. Chen Lan couldn't see where he flew. In short, he flew a long way.

This convinced Chen Lan that if Li Yi really wanted to kill him, he would probably have died ten or eight times.

Swallowing her saliva, Chen Lan knelt down and said, "The villain follows the Marquis Xiang, and will be loyal from now on."

"Okay, you are the first one to abandon the dark and turn to the bright in the conquest of Yangzhou this time, so naturally I will not treat you badly!"

Li Yi smiled and gave some words of encouragement, but he didn't think so in his heart.

Among Yuan Shu's subordinates, apart from a few who were incompatible with Yuan Shu and were suppressed by Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu treated them very well, and Chen Lan was able to lead a heavy army to defend Yinling alone. This guy rebelled as soon as he said he rebelled. Although it was beneficial to Li Yi, Li Yi really didn't want to see this kind of person.

Fortunately, Li Yi doesn't care about his loyalty, because what Li Yi needs is just a temporarily obedient "tool". As for what this "tool" thinks, do you need to care?

"Get up, I've already helped you take care of those who are in the way, so you don't have to worry about me anymore, right?"

Listening to Li Yi's question, Chen Lan hurriedly responded: "Please don't worry, Marquis Xiang, the villain will let the army in the city obey Marquis Xiang before noon, no, as long as an hour!"

After killing the lieutenant general, Li Yi's Yangzhou soldiers, who had originally blocked them, surrendered quickly under Chen Lan's persuasion. Then Li Yi asked Su Fei to take Chen Lan to deter the soldiers and horses everywhere, while he himself led the army. 1000 people went to join Dian Wei, only to find that the situation here was far better than he thought.

It turned out that the former deputy general was in charge of the city gate here. After he realized that Dian Wei's troops were not many, he left a thousand people to fight with Dian Wei, and he took other troops to surround Li Yi, and the result was He was killed by Li Yi before he even reported his name, but the people he left behind to besiege Dian Wei were completely defeated by Dian Wei Hanyong. Although the number of people was twice as large, the actual number of casualties was the opposite of Dian Wei's. There were more than double the number on Wei's side. When Li Yi arrived, the 1000 people had already been killed by Dian Wei.

So far, this surprise attack on the city ended with Li Yi's victory. However, Li Yi did not relax because of this, because there were too many surrendered soldiers in the city, more than 1 people. What if someone took the lead in making trouble? It's hard to suppress.

So, Li Yi thought about it, and with Chen Lan's assistance, he confiscated the weapons of these people, and killed more than 1 officers who might be more loyal to Yuan Shu in one go, and then arranged 1000 people in the Outside the city, [-] people were sent to guard the city, and [-] people under the city guarded the city, and were responsible for guarding the remaining thousands of captives.

Although this kind of arrangement is still not perfect, it has a kind of "guarantee". Even if someone makes trouble, at least it can keep the city that Li Yigang laid down from being taken away.

After completing these arrangements, Li Yi handed over the Yin Ling to Su Fei to guard, while he himself took a small number of personal guards such as Dian Wei and Chen Lan, a prisoner, and went straight to Dangtu. Although it was a good start, if they want to win Yinling, Dangtu and Zhongli in one go, it depends on how Xu Huang performs.

Chapter 516 Luck

When Li Yi arrived at Dangtu, the battle between Dangtu and Ma Qiuju had just stopped. As expected, Xu Huang succeeded in taking down these two places by relying on the same surprise attack routine as Li Yi. Li Yi found Xu Huang, and after learning about the details of the battle, he was shocked into a cold sweat.

According to the inferences of Li Yi, Kuai Yue and others on Jiujiang's military strength based on various information, they almost agreed that there should be heavy troops in Yinling City, and although Dangtu and Maqiuju are connected by two cities, there should not be many soldiers and horses. .

But the facts tell Li Yi that there is no problem with the former's deduction, but the situation of Dangtu and Ma Qiuju is completely unexpected.

After Xu Huang arrived at Dangtu before dawn, he divided his army into two. Xu Huang and Cai Zhong led five thousand troops to attack Dangtu, while Gong Du and Ling Cao led troops to attack Maqiuju.

From Xu Huang's point of view, Dangtu's city is wider than Machuju's, and its walls are also higher. It is a hard bone, so he solved it by himself, and let Gongdu and the others pinch the soft persimmon of Machuju. Both Ling Cao and Ling Cao were very grateful, and they were very happy when the troops were divided, but soon, they couldn't be happy anymore.

After the siege began, after Xu Huang's surprise attack broke through the city gate, the fight went smoothly. The guard Chen Ji organized troops to resist and wanted to hold on to Xu Huang in the street fighting to delay time, but Xu Huang He had completely taken the initiative, and Xu Huang had a lot of troops. After several divisions and cuts, Chen Ji was quickly defeated, and even Chen Ji himself died in the chaos.

However, just after Xu Huang finished Chen Ji, Gong Du sent someone to help Xu Huang, saying that they attacked the city according to the plan, and at first they captured the city gate very smoothly. When Lei was thin, there was a problem.

First of all, Lei Bo lived in the barracks, so beheading tactics would not work. Secondly, the number of soldiers and horses in Lei Bo's camp far exceeded their expectations. Gong Du brought 3000 people into the city, so he took advantage of it at first, but Soon, Lei Bo's side stabilized their position, and even moved back to the situation a little bit by virtue of their superiority in numbers, and then began to counterattack. It was precisely because of this that Gong felt that he was going to suffer, so he hurriedly asked Xu Huang for help.

At first Xu Huang was very surprised by this. When he fought Chen Ji just now, there were less than [-] troops in Dangtu City. According to their estimate of the strength of this place, there were at most [-] people on Maqiuju's side. It is impossible to stop Gong Du's attack, but now, Gong Du's offensive has been blocked. Of course, there may be some problems with Gong Du's command, but there is no doubt that Ma Qiuju must have more than three thousand troops.

Naturally, Xu Huang did not dare to be negligent in this situation, and hurriedly led 3000 people to take over the battle of Machuju in person. When he arrived, Gong Du and Ling Cao had almost been scattered by others, and they were defending the city gate. Thanks to Xu Huang's timely arrival, and Xu Huang's prestige is not comparable to the two of them, he quickly reorganized his troops, and then went to kill Lei Bo, and Lei Bo's morale was immediately lost because he knew that Chen Ji had died in battle. Under the huge gap, Lei Bo was defeated by Xu Huang for two consecutive rounds. In the end, he couldn't hold on any longer, so he took the initiative to put down his weapon and surrendered to Xu Huang.

Ma Qiuju fought so hard, Li Yi naturally wanted to find out why, so he called Lei Bo and Chen Lan, and after asking, he realized that Yuan Shu was far stronger than he thought!

At the same time, Li Yi also got a very important piece of information that Yuan Shu was ill, and it was not serious.

When the news of Li Yi sending troops to Yangzhou spread to Yangzhou, Yuan Shu immediately began to conceive of countermeasures. The earliest plan he made was to show the enemy his weakness and defend Zhongli, Dangtu, and Yinling with a small number of troops. Li Yi won easily.

The next step is to lure the enemy to go deep. Yuan Shu deduced that Li Yi must be underestimating the enemy after successively capturing the city, and the army will advance. The next battlefield will be Xiquyang, and Xiquyang is already the hinterland of Jiujiang. Li Yi stationed his troops there. Although it was convenient to attack, Li Yi's battle line would be stretched and it would be more difficult to supply. The soldiers and horses under his command competed with Li Yi outside Xiquyang City.

After listening to the two people's narration, Li Yi's heart was beating like a drum, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

When Li Yi dispatched troops, he had considered Yuan Shu's battle with him to determine the outcome, and he had corresponding countermeasures, but he never thought about fighting Yuan Shu after entering the hinterland of Jiujiang.

Especially after he hit Xiquyang, every time he took a step back, he would spit out the meat in his mouth again, which was a difficult choice.

Perhaps with the ingenuity of the people around Li Yi, even if that happens, it may not necessarily make Li Yi suffer a lot, but there is no doubt that if it is really arranged according to Yuan Shu, the initiative in this war It will directly fall into Yuan Shu's hands, and the odds are the same.

Fortunately, Yuan Shu did not use this strategy in the end, not because Yuan Shu was guilty, but because Yuan Shu's body no longer allowed him to lead the army in person.

Since the last disastrous defeat in Xiangyang City, Yuan Shu vomited blood several times in his anger, and even fainted for a while, and was chased by Zhang Liao non-stop. Swimming in the river, after such a toss, not to mention Yuan Shu, even an iron man would not be able to hold on, so just after he escaped from danger, Yuan Shu fell ill.

Yan Xiang knows the medical skills, and he sees that Yuan Shu's physical condition is not optimistic, and he should cultivate himself quickly. However, there is Li Yi in the front and Lu Kang in the back, and the situation in Yangzhou is in jeopardy. Time to cultivate?

Therefore, Yuan Shu could only drag his sick body along on the road for days. When it was Shouchun, others only saw Yuan Shu galloping into the city with his horse and whip, but they didn't know that it was just a guard who looked like Yuan Shu. The real Yuan Shu had already passed away. He couldn't ride a horse anymore, and he himself was quietly sent back lying in the carriage.

These arrangements were made by Yuan Shu's confidantes to deceive others, because under the circumstances at that time, once Yuan Shu fell, people's hearts would be completely dispersed.

It was really not easy for Yuan Shu at that time. He survived the most critical moment abruptly when he was seriously ill. Of course, it can also be said that Yuan Shu was lucky enough to a certain extent, because at that time In the current situation, whether it is Xuzhou, Jingzhou, or even Cao Cao, whoever sends an elite team to fight there will become the last straw that crushes Yangzhou.

Since then, Yuan Shu's physical condition has become Yangzhou's top secret, and only the most trusted people around him know about it. Not to mention that Li Yi's hastily established intelligence system cannot be inquired about, even if Sun Ce, who is now entrusted by Yuan Shu with important tasks, is not aware of Yuan Shu. It's all just speculation.

After surviving the most difficult time in Yangzhou, Yuan Shu's body was gradually improving just like the situation in Yangzhou, especially after the imperial court agreed to Yuan Shu's plea. Happily, Yangzhou Wenwu also swept away the haze of the past, thinking that God gave them a chance to make a comeback.

However, before they were happy, they received the news that Li Yi had sent troops to Yangzhou.

For the Yuan Shu Group, which had just breathed a sigh of relief, it was a punch to its weakness. Even though Li Yi knew that Li Yi would not be able to send too many troops at the first time, but Yangzhou was worried since Yuan Shu was below. The future is full of worries.

It was under such circumstances that after several days of deliberation, Yuan Shu and his Yigan advisers made a plan to fight Li Yi in the hinterland of Jiujiang.

It's just that things didn't go as planned, and Yuan Shu fell ill again just after the plan was made.

In the previous plan, the decisive battle between Yuan Shu and Li Yi would require at least [-] to [-] troops, and this kind of battle cannot be commanded by any one person. Prestige, ability, means, and relationship with other generals are all indispensable.

Originally in Yuan Shu's camp, Zhang Xun was a formidable figure who could take on this important task. However, Zhang Xun died in the Battle of Jingzhou. Although the remaining Ji Ling was a fierce general, he was loyal enough, but he was not as good as a commander. Ling went to Li Yi, I'm afraid Ji Ling himself didn't have confidence, and the last time he was captured, Ji Ling's prestige was also greatly affected, so now only Yuan Shu himself can be in command, but he is at the crucial point. Time to fall ill.

Therefore, under unavoidable circumstances, Yuan Shu and the advisers around him had no choice but to take the next best thing, adopting the strategy of defending the city, and hiding their dark hands in the defense. Although this is not as straightforward as a direct decisive battle, it is still possible. The opportunity to make a contribution in the first battle, and even if there is a setback, the loss will not be too great, and it will not be a complete defeat.

As for the specific arrangement of this strategy, Ji Ling led [-] troops to garrison Zhongli, but by setting up false barracks and other means, it gave people the appearance that the number of troops in the city should be around [-].