Xi Yuyu!

The war horses are neighing, and the crossbows are scattered.

The brief stalemate was just to avoid the dust after the house collapsed.

After the dust settled, the deadlock was broken and a large-scale encirclement and annihilation war broke out.

The "swish" crossbow arrows ran across the sky, like locusts covering the sky above the heads of the Xiliang Army.

The unscrupulous sharp arrow roared the sky, which was terrifying and terrifying. It seemed to be wrapped in the supreme murderous intent of heaven and earth, sweeping overwhelmingly, like a giant beast in hell trying to devour tens of thousands of Xiliang Iron Cavalry in one bite.

The Xiliang Army, under the attack of crossbows, was still useless even though they had bows and arrows in their hands. The range of bows and arrows was far less than that of chariots and crossbows. In addition, they had no shields to resist, and had no cover to rely on, hide, and the right time and place were there without them, so they were at an absolute disadvantage. Therefore, the only defensive method they could rely on was to charge, rush into the trenches, and fight with Cao's army in close combat.

Facing the condescending crossbows and arrows of Cao's army on both sides of the trench, the only way for the Western Liang army to attack was to charge and attempt to break through.

At this time, the person responsible for leading the army to launch a counterattack was Huang Lie, the deputy commander of Feixiong Bing. He was ordered in the face of danger and volunteered to lead his troops to break through. Gan was the vanguard of the army and cleared the way for the subsequent army. In fact, it was a suicide charge. The purpose was to test the strength of the Cao army and to fight for the front station for the commander Li Li's army.

It is obvious that the besieged Xiliang Army at this moment did not know the reality of the city, nor did they know the situation outside the city. They bumped into each other headless flies, and they knew nothing about the situation inside and outside Ye City.

Even the Xiliang Army, who was in a desperate situation, has not yet figured out whether the troops besieged by themselves were Yuan Cao's coalition forces commanded by Yuan Shao, or Cao Yuan's army with Cao Cao as the commander. To put it bluntly, it is who the troops besieged by this Xiliang army are commanded by Yuan Shao or Cao Cao. Don't underestimate this seemingly irrelevant issue of subordinates, which is directly related to Li Li's decision to break through. In other words, as long as you know the commander of this military force, Li Li can determine the direction of the breakthrough. Then he will make every effort to launch a powerful last charge.

It was indeed the last charge.

After two large-scale and full-coverage attacks of arrows and crossbows, there were few soldiers under Li Li's command.

Before entering the city, Li Li led 80,000 war cavalry to the south gate. After entering the city, he ordered Dian Wei to lead 30,000 Hu Ben Camps to guard the South Gate, and then led 20,000 Youzhou Camps, 20,000 flying bear soldiers and 10,000 Jinqiu Guards into the city. He headed straight to the Imperial Palace of Yecheng (Zhou Mu Mansion). However, before he approached the Zhou Mu Mansion, he encountered an ambush before he even got close to the Zhou Mu Mansion. He immediately lost more than a thousand Jinqiu Guards. Then he turned around and retreated, but encountered endless arrows and arrows, resulting in 20,000 war cavalry being brutally massacred, and they all died under the arrows in less than two quarters of an hour.

Immediately afterwards, the enemy troops ambushed on both sides of the South Street appeared one after another, forcibly breaking through thousands of houses, thus building a huge trench about three thousand meters long and four hundred meters wide on the main street of Nanmen. It almost occupied the entire southern city within Yecheng. Then, the enemy was set up to occupy the trench highland, while the more than 30,000 war cavalry under Li Li was in the trench. It was at an absolute disadvantage. (There were 300 to 500 personal soldiers under the command of each battalion of the Western Liang Army, which was not within the entire battalion. Therefore, there were still more than 30,000 troops after losing 20,000 war cavalry. This section is detailed in the previous article, and I will not repeat it here.)

Jizhou is the largest state in the Central Plains with a total population of more than 5 million. Its capital, Yecheng, is also the second largest city besides the Luoyang imperial capital. Since the Luoyang imperial capital was burned, Yecheng has been the most well-deserved city in the Central Plains. The permanent population in the city is hundreds of thousands. Because of its huge city, the prosperity of all industries, and the dense population, it is by no means comparable to other prefectures and counties. This is also the main reason why Cao Wei established his capital in Yecheng in history.

Because of this, when Li Li learned that Cao Cao had led his army into the city, he led his army into the city without thinking and tried to occupy Ye City before Cao Cao. However, he never expected that the city had already set up a net of heaven and earth, and was waiting for him to lead his army into the city. The people living in the south city had long been forcibly driven to other places to accommodate him. The people he saw at the gate of the city were actually those who set up the plan to show him, so as to dispel his concerns and suspicions and lure him to lead his army into the city.

As a result, he was indeed trapped.

This is a huge conspiracy carefully planned and long-term preparation. It has a name known to all military strategists since ancient times: Please fall into the trap.

After Li Lirui's army entered the city, he had never seen the hidden crisis in the city because he had never seen the city. However, he could not see the abnormality in the layout of the houses, streets and roads in the city. Some people were very familiar with Yecheng, which was Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao, who had been a counselor under Yuan Shao's tent.

Before joining Li Li, Guo Jia served in Yuan Shao's account for more than a year, but was not appreciated. He was a marginal person or a diner. However, for Guo Jia, who is good at military affairs, although he was unemployed during this period, he did not gain anything. At least he knew all the counties and cities in Jizhou, especially in Yecheng for the longest time, because every street and house construction model in Yecheng was in his mind. In addition, Yuan Shao's affairs were not going well in recent years, his money and food were consumed a lot, and he recruited troops and horses in succession, so Yuan Shao was unable to repair the city in large quantities, and would not change the layout and roads in Yecheng.

Therefore, when Guo Jia discovered that the streets leading to the provincial capital were changing greatly, he realized that there was an ambush in the city, and he and his lord Li Li were plotted against.

It was precisely because Guo Jia discovered that the situation was wrong in time, reminded Li Li as soon as possible, and blocked the deadly crossbow poisonous arrows that Li Li was lucky enough to escape the disaster and ordered the army to retreat as soon as possible. Otherwise, if he continued to lead troops to the provincial and ministerial palace, then not only would his life be lost, but his 50,000 combat cavalry under his command would be wiped out.

However, although Guo Jia discovered the crisis in time and blocked a arrow for Li Li, it was not enough to resolve all the crises. Even all Guo Jia did was to buy Li Li a little time and the opportunity to fight hard, so that he would not have no power to fight back.

That's all.

Because this ambush against Li Li has been brewing for half a year, the people who set up the plan spent huge manpower and material resources to eliminate him in one fell swoop, and had made countless deductions and repeated weighings at almost every step. So much so that in the end, a large airtight net was weaved in the huge Ye City, leaving no blind spots and killing every step.

And all of this is for one purpose, which is to kill Li Li.

Perhaps in the eyes of those who set up a plan, everything will be fine once Li Li dies. If there is no Li Li in the world, everything will go smoothly, no one can pose a threat to him and his family, and no one can stop his lofty ambition to dominate the world. This may be the biggest difference between the princes from common people and the children of aristocratic families.

The princes who were born in common people had a shallow foundation and relied entirely on their own abilities and strength to build the country, develop and grow step by step, and then dominate the other side. Therefore, once the princes of common people died, the huge power under their command would fall and scatter, or fight in internal strife or fall apart, just like rivers falling and strong again, and then they would not be in the midst of division and internal strife.

But the children of aristocratic families are different. The children of aristocratic families inherit the remaining virtues of their ancestors, have a deep foundation, a solid foundation, and have a wide connection, just like an old tree that has a large root, deep roots, and lush branches and leaves. Even if a person in power dies or loses, as long as there is a glimmer of chance, the children or successors of their family may also have the conditions to make a comeback, make a comeback, and continue their glory.

Therefore, the ambush is actually to kill Li Li, and as for the tens of thousands of troops under Li Li, it seems irrelevant. However, when the assassination fails, if you want to kill Li Li, you must cut off the troops around him; otherwise, it would be a dream to kill Li Li.

The dust dissipated, crossbows and arrows raged, and the lives of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry were harvested.

Huang Lie, deputy commander of Feixiong Bing, led the 10,000 light cavalry under the tent, and still charged towards the south gate because the south gate was just three hundred steps away. From a distance, you can see a large number of enemy troops inside and outside the south gate entangled the Hu Ben Camp, making him watch the commander Li Li fall into a heavy siege but cannot rescue him.

However, the short distance of more than 300 steps blocked the pace of Huang Lie's cavalry. The crossbow arrows roared and the arrows were fired at once, making it difficult for him to move forward, and he suffered huge casualties. However, the cavalry under his tent could not even touch the corners of the enemy's clothes. The crossbow arrows and ordinary arrows alone blocked more than 10,000 cavalry in his headquarters tightly in the trench and could not rush up.

This is the greatest reliance on setting up an ambush in the city. It is equivalent to demarcating the activity area for the Western Liang Iron Cavalry in advance, and then imprisoning it there so that it cannot advance or retreat, and then shooting and killing it with a strong bow and crossbow. Although the Western Liang Iron Cavalry in it has the powerful combat power that is invincible to the world, it does not even have the chance to fight with the other party in close combat, that is, it cannot find anyone to fight for a bayonet. In fact, this is a massacre, a carefully designed massacre targeting the Western Liang Iron Cavalry.

In the center of the Xiliang Army formation, Huan Fei, Gongsun Zan, Ke Bineng, Chen Dao, Xu Ding, He Man and more than 20 generals of the Central Army gathered to Li Li, waiting for Li Li's order, the entire army launched a charge and strived to break out as soon as possible. The commander of the Jinqi Guard Li Zhi and Guo Jia, who was seriously injured, had already left the army at this time. With the help of Huang Lie, the troops led their troops to launch a charge, Li Zhi broke through on foot with Guo Jia on his back.

This time, Li Zhi did not obey Li Li's instructions. He did not break through the east gate, but went out of the city directly from the south gate. He had an iron footboard, and his hiking speed was faster than a war horse, and his ability to jump was unmatched. In addition, he was wearing dragon scale armor and had a pair of iron chains that were several feet long as his fingers. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was as light as a swallow. The thin Guo Jia was almost negligible to Li Zhi. Therefore, under the cover of Huang Lie's army regardless of casualties, Li Zhi successfully broke through and sent Guo Jia to the south gate tower to meet Dian Wei.

This was the first time that Li Zhi violated Li Li's orders. Fortunately, he succeeded, which temporarily allowed Guo Jia, who was seriously injured, to escape from danger.

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Chapter completed!