Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Regarding Li Yi's behavior style, the people on Yuan Shu's side worked hard, and directly concluded that as long as there are more than [-] troops in Zhongli City, Li Yi will absolutely not be able to attack the city by force, but will use the means of dividing troops to outsmart them.

In fact, Yuan Shu's guess was very correct, and Li Yi was indeed deceived by Zhongli's false theory.

Then there are places like Yinling, Dangtu, and Maqiuju. Yuan Shuming apparently deployed 5000 people in these two places, but the actual situation is far more than [-].

There are 8000 defenders in Yinling City, which was calculated by Li Yi, but there are more than [-] defenders at Dangtu, which Li Yi failed to notice.

As for the reason why he didn't realize it, it's very simple, because Yuan Shu started making preparations more than ten days ago. He moved many people from Maqiuju, transferred them to soldiers and horses, and then sealed off the city to cut off contact with the outside world. , and Li Yi only relied on some external things to judge the number of soldiers and horses in it. In addition, the two cities were low and there were no ambushes outside the city, so Li Yi was deceived by these appearances.

It can be said that more than half of Yuan Shu's plans have deceived Li Yi. If Li Yi attacked these two places according to the usual strategy of dividing troops, he would probably be defeated under the Yinling City. Dangtu and Ma Qiuju had a great possibility It will be anxious, but after Chen Lan wins and divides his troops to help, it is difficult to escape defeat in the end.

As long as Li Yi's two-way division is defeated, Yuan Shu's two-way troops can catch up with a big victory, and at the same time Ji Ling sends troops to support Li Yi's camp from the side, so that Li Yi's three teams If Wan Dajun is not careful, all of them will stay in Yangzhou. The so-called crusade against Yangzhou can only become a joke, and Yuan Shu will use this battle to regain his glory.

However, in the battlefield, there are thousands of changes all the time. Yuan Shu's layout and calculations at the beginning are all better than Li Yi, but he never thought that Li Yi would be so careful, and it would be unsafe to divide the troops clearly. At the same time as he divided his troops, he staged a trick for Yuan Shu, forcibly eating up his arrangements in Dangtu and Yinling with a small amount of troops, which directly disintegrated his first defense plan, and the loss There are countless troops and supplies, far exceeding Yuan Shu's original worst case scenario.

After Li Yi sorted out the invisible twists and turns from Chen Lan and Lei Bo, he was terrified. He really almost fell this time.

At the same time, Li Yi also wiped out Kuai Yue's treatment of his general and forcing him to lead the army in his heart.

When Kuai Yue suggested that Li Yi send troops to contain the area, Li Yi was very reluctant in his heart.

Because with Li Yi's status, it's only natural that he can fight well, but if something goes wrong, it's embarrassing. However, Li Yi is still a grassroots, without a prominent background, and now he is in the stage of starting a business. He must set himself a never-failed He can't afford to win people's hearts with his image.

It was under the influence of his mentality that after Li Yiying went to support Xu Huang that day, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was inappropriate, so he found Kuai Yue and Xun You in private, and told them about his plan to seize the city with 3000 people. By the way, he also showed his explosive force. Originally, Li Yi was worried that they would dissuade him. Unexpectedly, the two agreed without hesitation, and immediately began to advise him without any delay.

At that time, Li Yi cursed in his heart. These two guys calculated him. They deliberately asked him to go to the front line to show his presence. They only considered that Li Yi was a little timid and a little too conservative on the battlefield, so they took it. With such a tactful method, let Li Yi restrain him first, making him unwilling, and finally let Li Yi propose to attack the city.

After trying to understand these at first, Li Yi was a little depressed. It was because those guys were too calculating and tired. In addition, he liked to be suspicious, and he was worried that he would not know if he would be calculated by them someday, but in After learning about Yuan Shu's arrangement, Li Yi was very fortunate. If he hadn't made the trip himself, but let Huang Zhong and Xu Huang divide their forces, no matter who faced Shangyinling, it would be the result of defeat.

In short, although this plan to divide the troops won both ways, Li Yi's face was joyful, but deep down, he felt that he had lost Yuan Shu's move, because although he had planned a lot in this victory, In the end it was by luck.

Li Yi likes luck very much, but he doesn't want to rely on it, especially with Li Yi's current status, it would be a bit naive to do things "by luck".

What Li Yi wants is to firmly control everything in his own hands, no matter whether the opponent in front of him is Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao

Chapter 517

The battle between Dangtu and Yinling was very dynamic, and the result was naturally impossible to hide. Soon, the news that Yinling, Dangtu, and Maqiu had changed hands spread to all parts of Yangzhou.

Among them, Ji Ling, who was on the same defense line as the three places, was naturally the one who got the news the fastest, and was also one of the people who suffered the most before Yuan Shu.

In Yuan Shu's arrangement this time, Ji Ling doesn't seem to lead the most soldiers and horses, but in fact, this time the layout is mainly based on him, and Ji Ling is also the first person to face Li Yi Bingfeng directly. It is also the biggest one. Once he makes a mistake here and Li Yi sees the flaw, then Yuan Shu's arrangement will be meaningless.

But what Ji Ling never expected was that there was nothing wrong with him, but that Dangtu and Yinling, which Yuan Shu had deployed heavily, fell one after another in less than half a day.

It was in the afternoon when Ji Ling received the urgent report from the scouts. At that time, Ji Ling didn't know exactly how Li Yi took those two cities, but he knew that he had to deal with it immediately, but how to do it specifically, Ji Ling The spirit is extremely difficult.

When Tu and Yinling fall, it is equivalent to cutting off the connection between Ji Ling and Yuan Shu. Zhongli has actually become an isolated city. If Ji Ling really has more than 1 people, he can still try to defend and delay. Li Yi's footsteps, but he didn't have so many soldiers and horses at all. Last time he tested the reality of Li Yi's camp, he was defeated for a while. Now the soldiers are few and weak, and after the news of the defeat in the rear spreads, he will definitely It's because people's hearts are floating. In this case, Ji Ling really doesn't have the confidence to stick to it.

Therefore, shortly after getting the news, Ji Ling began to rectify the troops, preparing to burn the food and grass in the city and then abandon the city, but Li Yi's camp moved faster than him, and Ji Ling hadn't opened the city gate yet. Huang Zhong led the troops out of the camp first.

What also surprised Ji Ling was that although Huang Zhong sent troops, he did not block Ji Ling's way, but blocked the east side of Zhongli City. It is where Dangtu and Yinling are located.

In fact, Ji Ling's original plan was to retreat to the west. Firstly, to see if he could rescue Chen Lan and the others and gather the defeated army. Second, even if he couldn't save them, it would be convenient for Hui Shouchun to join Yuan Shu. As for heading east, Ji Ling I never thought about it.

Therefore, if Huang Zhong directly sent troops to block the west of Zhongli, Ji Ling would almost certainly fight Huang Zhong to break out of the blockade, but now Huang Zhong did not block the way, but "urged" him to go west from behind , this situation is too abnormal.

Ji Ling thought about the reason carefully, but the more he thought about it, the more confused he became. Now that Li Yi has taken down Yinling and Dangtu, if he set up an ambush on the spot, and he just retreated directly, wouldn't it be a sheep in the mouth of a tiger?

And Huang Zhong's actions just drove him into the tiger's mouth.

Although Ji Ling is very brave, he is not an idiot. On the contrary, he is still a little indecisive in his actions and lacks the grandeur of Zhang Xun. Therefore, under Huang Zhong's performance and his own various associations, Ji Ling that afternoon Ling hesitated again and again, but in the end he still didn't dare to leave the city.

Of course, this does not mean that Ji Ling was frightened, so he didn't dare to move. Ji Ling's plan was to wait until after dark to act, and the troops retreated in two ways, so that even if Li Yi had an ambush, the loss would not be too great heavy.

This afternoon was extremely tormenting for Ji Ling. For most of the time, he stood quietly on the city wall, looking towards the west, without speaking. No one knew what he was thinking.

Seeing that the time was approaching dusk, Ji Ling sighed, but he soon cheered up, because he couldn't wait any longer, he was going to rectify the troops, and after dark, he would send the army out of the city.

It's just that Ji Ling turned around and took two steps when he heard a guard shout: "Look, general, someone is coming up ahead."

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Ji Ling felt tense when he heard the words. Although he was worried that Li Yi had prepared a big hole for him in front this afternoon, he was also afraid that Li Yi would return to the army and trap him in the city, so when he heard what the guard said , Ji Ling's first thought was that Li Yi's army was back.

Fortunately, Ji Ling leaned over the city wall and looked out, and found that there were only seven or eight people galloping on horseback outside the city, and he was immediately relieved.

Ji Ling was a little concerned about these people, so he was not in a hurry to go down the city. When the other party arrived, before Ji Ling could signal, a guard shouted loudly: "Stop coming, report your name!"

One of the leaders under the city reined in the reins, raised his head and shouted to the city wall: "Where is General Ji Ling? I am Lei Bo, the guard of Machuju!"

The guards at the head of the city were startled when they heard the words, and stretched their necks to look, only to see that the person who spoke was dressed in the clothes of an ordinary soldier, his face was sooty, how could he look like thunder?

But the guards didn't recognize him, but Ji Ling could hear clearly that the voice of the person below was Lei Bo's.

Ji Ling waved his hand to stop the guards, leaned out and shouted, "General Lei?"

When Lei Bo saw Ji Ling, it was like seeing a relative, his eyes turned red, and he choked up, "General Ji Ling, I am defeated!"

When Lei Bo cried, Ji Ling felt very sad. Seeing Lei Bo's appearance, he had concluded that Lei Bo had escaped in disguise. He felt a little unhappy and wanted to ask him something before letting him in, but When Lei Bo wept, Ji Ling softened his heart, sighed secretly, waved his hands to his side and said: "Open the door, please come in General Lei."

The guards at the side immediately led the order to go down the tower. Soon, the city gate opened, and Lei Bo and others entered the city. Lei Bo was also invited to the top of the city. After meeting Ji Ling, both of them were dark and complicated. I was silent for a long time.

After a pause, Ji Ling asked, "How did you lose there?"

Lei Bo didn't hide anything, he said truthfully that Li Yi's army arrived before dawn, they were caught off guard, and Li Yi broke the city, and Chen Lan from Yinling surrendered Li Yi. And he was at the last moment, seeing that he was powerless, he escaped in disguise.

Ji Ling did not pursue the matter of Lei Bo's escape. Although he should not have escaped as the main general, according to what Lei Bo said, it was indeed the end of the day, and Lei Bo could only die there.

So Ji Ling asked again, how did Li Yi's soldiers and horses pass by, how many people there were, and whether there was an ambush now, but this time Lei Bo was full of shame, asking three questions.

Ji Ling was a little unhappy, and asked again: "How much can the soldiers and horses of Yinling and Dangtu gather?"

Ji Ling stared at Lei Bo closely. Yuan Shu deployed a total of more than 2 people in Yinling and Dangtu. According to common sense, even if Li Yi wins the battle, it is impossible to eat all these people in one go. Then, if possible, when he retreats, he can gather them along the way and save them for future use.

Facing Ji Ling's question, Lei Bo lowered his head and didn't dare to look at him, until Ji Ling got a little impatient, and then said softly: "The Yinling side has captured more than ten thousand people because of Chen Lan's surrender."

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As soon as Ji Ling heard this, he let out a foul breath and clenched his fists. This time, he really wanted to cut Chen Lan into pieces, and he was captured more than ten thousand times. It's just ridiculous!

Although anger was surging in his heart, Ji Ling still suppressed his emotions and continued to ask, "Where are you?"

Lei Bo's expression became more and more ashamed, and his voice became lower, he said, "Dangtu has few troops, and after General Chen died in the battle, there are very few troops left."

After a pause, Lei Bo said again: "After Machuju City was destroyed, I took more than a thousand people out of the city, but was chased by Li Yi's generals, and now there are only about five hundred people left."