The setting sun is covered by dark clouds, and the west wind blows the bloody Yecheng.

The storm is coming and the wind is filling the building, and it seems that the weather is about to change.

In the Yecheng Palace, Li Li, wearing military armor, sat quietly on the dragon throne that Yuan Shao once sat on, holding a roll of bamboo slips in his hand, and his ears were filled with wind and rain coming from afar.

In fact, it was not raining at this moment, but there was wind and a whirring northwest wind.

Therefore, the wind and rain that Li Li heard had nothing to do with the sound outside the palace.

The wind is a rustling and stern wind; the rain is a deafening torrent.

The footsteps of "bangbang" broke the silence in the hall. The footsteps were very light and appeared directly beside Li Li, "Lord, I am back."

"Well, you have never disappointed me." Li Li didn't look back, and still held a roll of bamboo slips that were spread out but had never read a word in his hand, and whispered: "Why are you going to break out with your life and die? You should know what it means to come here, why bother with this?"

"The responsibility of the last general is to always stay with the lord, and protecting the lord's safety is the reason for the lord's existence. If the lord encounters an accident, the lord must leave before the lord." This is the answer of Li Zhi, the commander of the Jinqi Guard.

Two hours ago, he was ordered to escort Guo Jia to break through. Until he saw Guo Jia escape from danger, he returned to the city and tried his best to return to Li Li again. Only he knew how many difficulties and obstacles he had experienced, how much blood and sweat he had shed. But he finally came back. Standing behind Li Li again, he was still Li Li's most solid and reliable back, always guarding all sneak attacks from behind. This is the responsibility of the close guard commander and the meaning of their existence.

After hearing Li Zhi's words, Li Li's deep eyes fluctuated slightly, and then he gently closed the bamboo slips. He got up and walked to the hall, waved to Li Zhi to sit down together.

Only then did he see that the dragon scale armor on Li Zhi's body had been stained dark brown by blood, and there were scarves that were red in blood on his legs. There were more than ten wounds like this. At this moment, Li Zhi's serious face looked a little pale, his lips were chapped, his temples were wet, and there were still dry sweat stains under his ears.

In an instant, Li Li's pupils flushed slightly, and a few crystal lights slipped through his eyes. Then he raised his head and stared at the beam above the hall with wide eyes. He was silent for a while, motionless. When he withdrew his gaze and looked at Li Zhi again, his expression was extremely calm, without a word. He poured a cup of tea without any hurry and handed it to Li Zhi.

Li Zhi took the teacup with both hands, blew the heat, and drank it all in one sip. He knew that the amount of this cup of tea contained Li Li's brotherhood, so he drank it in one sip and didn't leave any left.

Putting down the teacup gently, Li Zhi whispered: "On the way back, I saw a fire in the south bank camp. I guess General Zhou Yu was attacked." He wanted to say that he had seen Zhou Yu's army with his own eyes and fled to the south gate in panic. But when he spoke, he held back. He didn't want to make things worse for Li Li.

In fact, the moment Li Zhi walked into the main hall, he saw that his lord Li Li was worried. He held the bamboo slip in his hand but only used it to cover the expression on his face. In fact, his eyes were not on the bamboo slip at all, but frowned and thoughtful. Seeing this scene, Li Zhi immediately knew that his lord Li Li was worried about the predicament in front of him and was thinking about countermeasures wholeheartedly. Therefore, Li Zhi clearly saw Zhou Yu's army fleeing outside the city, but did not say it clearly, but briefly stated that Zhou Yu's camp was suddenly attacked by fire so that Li Li could understand the current situation and make an accurate decision.

Li Li's eyelids jumped a few times after hearing the sound, then nodded slightly, poured a cup of tea without any haste, and said while drinking tea: "The Nan'an camp is a camp prepared by Cao Cao for our army in advance. The location is very strange. It is between the east gate and the south gate, and is quite close to the Zhang River, and it is like a camp on the river embankment. When I led the army to camp, I felt that the location of the camp was a bit inappropriate, but I couldn't figure out what the problem was, so I temporarily planned to set up another camp on the north bank as the camp of the central army. Now it seems that the premonition was right at that time, and this camp was indeed a problem.

Now that the camp is on fire, it is probably because Cao's army has planted charcoal in the camp when it is camping, and then wait for our army to station in. When the time comes, they set fire to the camp and ignite the coke underground, so that our army can be caught in one place." When he said this, Li Li seemed very calm, his tone was calm, without any anger, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

However, Li Zhi, who was sitting opposite him, clearly saw that Li Li's eyes flashed when he spoke, and a strong murderous intent appeared at the corners of his eyes. Obviously, Li Li's heart was extremely uneasy, at least not as silly as it seemed. The reason why he pretended to be careless was that he was forced to take care of himself and was powerless due to the situation in front of him. Therefore, instead of being in vain, it is better to face it calmly. Everything must be done after the breakthrough is successful before calculating, otherwise it will be in vain and it will be useless to make trouble. It is purely to seek trouble.

Li Zhi admires Li Li the most when facing changes. Li Zhi is not surprised by the situation and is not afraid of danger. Every time he encounters a major event, Li Zhi is particularly at ease whenever he sees Li Li's expression. He firmly believes that his lord Li Li must have a way to solve all difficulties, and even if he is in a desperate situation, he cannot trap his lord.

After a moment of silence, Li Zhi continued to report: "Just just now, the soldiers of Cao's army brought back thousands of war horses from the direction of Zhanghe, all of which were our Xiliang war horses. There were nearly 10,000 prisoners of war, most of which were Huainan soldiers, that is, Huainan prisoners of war who were sent to General Zhou Yu's tent to listen to them, and now they were captured by Cao's army again. These soldiers and horses were all covered, and they seemed to have just been fished out of the water. I think it must be related to the rumbling sound coming from the direction of Zhanghe at this moment." In fact, Li Zhi wanted to say that Zhou Yu's army encountered a water attack on the way to retreat, and it was very likely that the entire army would be wiped out. But he did not see it with his own eyes, it was just a guess. Because he reported what he saw, he believed that Li Li would definitely be able to think of what happened in the Zhanghe River.

As Li Zhi thought, Li Li's face was dim after hearing this, and he said in a deep voice: "This morning, we saw some strange phenomena when we led our troops across the river. Poisonous snakes, toads, scorpions and other poisons came ashore. In fact, this is a sign that the Zhang River is about to change greatly. At that time, Bogui (Gongsun Zan) was amazed and amazed. It's a pity that I didn't take these strange signs to heart at that time. My mind was full of the incident of our army's scouts being attacked and attacked Yecheng as soon as possible, and they completely ignored these inconspicuous details. Now, the disaster has been made, and it's too late to regret it!"

Speaking of this, Li Li closed his eyes with a gloomy face and said in a deep voice: "It is early summer now, and the upper reaches of the Zhang River have thawed. Previously, this river was a big river with a deep river, but the Zhang River we saw could wader through it and there was no need to build a bridge at all. However, we were unaware of this and mistakenly thought that this river was like this. We never expected that someone would use the river to set up an ambush at the turn of spring and summer to block the upstream water storage, and then use water attack to give our army a fatal blow.

It is precisely because the water storage in the upstream is caused by man-made that the poisons in the river are aware of it. Until the water level in the upstream skyrockets and the river water in the downstream continues to decline, the poisons in the water finally notice the abnormality. So they went ashore before the danger came, but happened to be encountered by us. The creatures in these living waters are extremely spiritual and their ability to predict danger is far above us humans. Unfortunately, we ignore the vision and are destined to have such a disaster."

"Now when looking back, the fire on the south bank camp was actually a signal to the enemy soldiers responsible for breaking the dike in the upper reaches of the west. When they saw thick smoke rising above the east gate, they broke the river dam that had stored water for more than 20 days, thereby detonating the torrent. In addition, this river dam must be far from our army's camp, and should be at least thirty miles away, otherwise it would be impossible to escape the inquiries of our scouts. It is precisely because of the distance that the river dam is extremely solid and difficult to break, so that when Zhou Yu fled from the camp, he led his army to retreat to cross the river, the water flooded the army and swallowed our army in one fell swoop.

It's really easy to plot! No wonder what Cao Cao said just now, in order to ensure that there is no mistake in the planning, the preparation time has been repeated and the preparation time has lasted for half a year. It seems that what they repeatedly deduced was the last blow, whether the time from digging the dam to reaching the bridge was consistent with the time from the south gate to the riverside. It was really hard work, and no details were left out, so our army was defeated today!"

Listening to Li Li's reason for peeling off the thread, Li Zhi's expression changed drastically, and his face was full of horror. If the facts were not in front of him, he would definitely not believe that Cao Cao and others were so conspiring and planning everything so meticulously. It was truly unbelievable.

After a while of a daze, Li Zhi calmed down and asked softly: "Lord, how should we break through now? Cao Cao is so scheming, so he is definitely not a person who believes in his words. Therefore, the general suspects that he will not keep his promise and may set fire to the palace at any time. Once Cao's army sets fire on all sides, we are afraid that he will be buried in the fire!"

Li Li smiled coldly: "Zicheng is right. However, Cao Cao will not order arson for the time being, for at least three days or half a month. During this period, the Yuan Shao mansion will not be burned. However, we cannot wait any longer and break through tonight!"

Li Zhi said in surprise: "Why is this breaking through tonight? Didn't the lord say that Cao Cao would not order arson?"

Li Li shook his head in a profound way and said in a deep voice: "If there are still our troops and Cao's army outside the city, we can stay here for a few days so that we can make plans for a long time. But now our troops are all without reinforcements outside the city. If we still stay here to hold on, we will have a dead end in the end. Therefore, we have no choice but to fight hard, we will have a glimmer of hope!"

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