Rumble!

"Wow!"

Amid the low and roaring thunder, the first rain after summer came unexpectedly.

On the hills several miles away from the north gate of Tancheng, there were four people standing on the top of the mountain, looking high from afar, looking down at Tancheng in the rain and fog.

"Under a war, corpses were everywhere, blood flowed into a river, and blood spread for dozens of miles. If people don't collect corpses, they will be collected from heaven. It's really a timely rain!"

Li Lilema Mountain top, looking down at the bloody water under Tancheng City, frowned slightly, letting the falling raindrops hit their bodies, and pondered with emotion.

At this moment, like him, the other three people who stopped at the top of the mountain were Li Zhi, Huan Fei and Guo Jia.

During this trip to the south, Li Li and his party just passed by Xuzhou and did not come to join in the fun.

Along the way, I heard that Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou under Tancheng City, and Cao Cao fought fiercely for four consecutive days, and they are still in a fierce battle. So Li Li made up his mind and took Huan Fei, Guo Jia and others to come over and take a look, that's all.

Seven days ago, a group of four left Sili, crossed Nanyang County and headed straight for Jiangnan. This time, there was no guard or female family to accompany him. They were just four people and four horsemen, light and simple, and they rushed along the way with starry nights without any bonds, and they ran very fast.

At noon, Li Li and his four men quietly climbed to the top of the mountain in the north of Tancheng, and stood high, watching the bloody battle between Cao's army and Xuzhou army, fighting against the desperation and death.

The purpose of Li Li's trip to watch the battle was to take a look at what the hero Cao Cao looked like. If he could see Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei brothers, it would be worth the trip. After all, since his rebirth, Li Li has been thinking about Cao Cao and Liu Guan and Zhang.

As a person with the souls of later generations, luckily returned to the chaos of the princes in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Perhaps Li Li was unfamiliar with many of the princes of this era. He only heard of his name but did not see his deeds. He knew his deeds but did not know the authenticity. However, the names and deeds of Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. For Li Li, he was truly well-known, familiar with him and had a long time to get along with him. However, this kind of thought did not come from kindness and friendship, but had another purpose.

In the chaotic times of the late Han Dynasty, if these four people were not in the chaotic times, the subsequent Three Kingdoms would not have appeared. And there would have been no war-torn era that lasted for hundreds of years. If there were no these four people, this period of history in the late Han Dynasty might have become dull and hidden in the dust of history. If there were no three brothers Cao Cao and Liu Bei, there would have been no dark history of the Five Barbarians invading China and the North and South wars on the north and the South, and it would have not allowed the once extremely powerful Han people to go away and the Han people suffered from the suffering of enslavement.

The profound history allows future generations to always remember this history of the rise and fall of the Han people. They also remember the biography of heroes and heroes in this history that shines in this history. The most eye-catching people are Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Reborn in the chaotic times of the late Han Dynasty, after hundreds of battles, Li Li finally gained a foothold in Xiliang, took charge of the Xiliang army, and held the power of the world. However, all of this was a temporary glory, and the goal was to be named but not real. Because the Eastern Han Dynasty had collapsed. All states and counties in the world were divided by the princes and heroes. They all ignored the laws of the court, listed their territory, established their troops, and ruled independently, and always planned to unify the world and conquer the country.

Therefore, although Li Li is now in a high position and powerful position, he is limited to a corner of Xiliang. All the governments and orders cannot cross the Yellow River, and it is even more impossible to cross the Yangtze River. He is out of reach for the Central Plains and the prefectures and counties in Jiangnan, causing the Chang'an court to be useless. Even Li Li, the general of the Wei who was in charge of the power of the world to inspect the prefectures along the river, had to sneak in secret. He could not reveal his whereabouts at all, so as not to encounter unexpected accidents.

Because of this, Li Li always felt the pressure on his shoulders and did not dare to slack off at all. While stabilizing the overall situation of Xiliang, he secretly sneaked into the Central Plains and the prefectures along the Yangtze River, hoping to memorize the situation and terrain of various prefectures and counties in the Han Dynasty and prepare for the future unification of the world. For this reason, he temporarily put aside the tensions facing Sili and was willing to risk his life, insist on traveling all over the country and exploring the beautiful mountains and rivers of China.

However, it is easy to know the things in the world but difficult to do.

The experience of the past two months is a bit nicer, and it is called "traveling". To be honest, it is just a secret spy, hiding all day long, mysterious, hiding, and hiding, and always facing the danger of being robbed and killed along the way. However, as a soldier thought of later generations, Li Li has always been very disdainful of talking about war on paper, and he will not believe in the nonsense that sitting in a thatched cottage can tell the world. Compared with these nonsense, he only believes in his own eyes and firmly believes that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles.

Because since ancient times, all the military strategies that use wars like gods have traveled all over the country, are well versed in geography and people's sentiments, have rich experience and are knowledgeable, so that they can never win in a hundred battles and achieve great achievements. Even Zhuge Wolong, who was famous in the history of later generations, had traveled in Xuzhou, Jingzhou, Jiangdong, Xichuan and Bashu before he left his cottage, thus setting a strategy of making the world three times. Later, Zhuge was certainly invincible in a hundred battles, but it was limited to the places he had visited, and he had never been involved in the prefectures and counties he had never captured in his entire life. However, people often valued their achievements and merits, and it was easy to ignore the details hidden behind the merits. However, for those who are good at using wars, these seemingly inconspicuous details are often the key factors for the final victory.

Although Li Li was the overlord of Xiliang, he was born in troubled times. For him, governance was not his primary responsibility, and taking charge of military conquests was the responsibility. His lifelong achievements, wealth and life were all tied to this. Therefore, perhaps he would not do it himself in every battle, but he had to remember the terrain, climate characteristics and customs of the Han states in his heart, so that he could make relatively correct decisions.

During this trip to the south, Li Li still had this purpose and temporarily put the military and political affairs of Xiliang on Li Xuan, Li Ru, Jia Xu and others, arranged the military defense of the Sili counties, and sent the Zhen clan to Chang'an, he set off again and headed straight for Jing and Yang states.

Given that the prefectures and counties along the river were not too strong, and they had no hatred with the Xiliang army, and were far from Xiliang, Li Li did not arrange a brigade of personal soldiers to accompany him during this trip, and only took Guo Jia, Huan Fei and Li Zhi to the south, and changed his dress slightly before departure. All four of them took off their brocade robes and jade belts, took off their jade crowns, put on coarse cloth clothes, and brought some gold and silver treasures, and then quietly left Sili. The trip to Jiangnan was officially started.

Three days later, Li Li suddenly changed his itinerary halfway and turned to Xuzhou. He rushed to the scene and happened to encounter Cao Cao leading his army to attack Tancheng for the fifth time.

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"Wow!"

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the soybean-sized raindrops fell down, soaking Li Li and the other four who had never left on the top of the mountain soaked, and their wet coarse cloth clothes stuck to their bodies. It was so uncomfortable.

"Lord, everyone who wants to see it has also seen it. Now we are all sorrowful. Stop sighing, go quickly, it's important to find a place to hide from the rain now!"

Seeing the heavy rain getting heavier, the lord Li Li stared at the Tancheng Tower in a daze, so that everyone stood on the top of the mountain to get wet. At this time, Guo Jia and Li Zhi naturally would not disturb Li Li's thoughts, but Huan Fei was an exception. He didn't care what the lord was thinking. Anyway, he only knew that it was not good to stand on the top of the mountain to get wet. It was the top priority to find a place to hide from the rain as soon as possible.

Hearing Huan Fei's urging, Li Li suddenly woke up and turned his head to see. Guo Jia, who was thin, was already trembling with cold, and his wet cloth was pressing against his body. The rain flowed downstream along his body and flowed out from his trouser legs.

"Hahaha!" Seeing Guo Jia's lips turned purple after getting wet in the rain, Li Li couldn't help but smile: "Feihu is right. Let's go now. Find a cave to hide from the rain first, so as not to get wet when changing clothes. Let's go!"

While speaking, Li Li immediately stopped his horse and turned around, waved his hand, and took the lead in riding his horse along the mountain road that he had been up the mountain before.

Fortunately, in less than a cup of tea, Li Li and the other two found a very hidden cave, enough to accommodate more than ten people to take shelter from the rain.

"Shit!"

On the bonfire, dead branches that were wet by heavy rain were not easy to burn. The sound was squeaking, the fire was not strong, and the black smoke was not small.

Li Li and Guo Jia, who had changed into clean clothes, sat around the campfire. Li Li and Guo Jia each drank the strong wine in the water bag to drive away the cold. Huan Fei and Li Zhi took out the dough cakes they had prepared and put them on wooden sticks to bake them.

After drinking a bite of wine, a rosy smear appeared on Guo Jia's white cheeks, and his expression gradually returned to normal. Then he whispered to Li Li: "If you have something to do, please ask your lord for advice. I wonder why your lord insists on coming to Xuzhou?"

"Yeah." Li Li smiled and nodded, saying, "I'm afraid Fengxiao has wanted to ask this question a long time ago. I forced myself to ask along the way and didn't ask until I arrived in Xuzhou at this moment. It's hard for Fengxiao to ask."

"The lord is so rude. The subordinates are the lord's ministers, and they should act according to the lord's will. How can they obstruct the lord's whereabouts at will?" Guo Jia responded with a solemn expression.

Li Li nodded happily and smiled and said, "This trip to Xuzhou has no special purpose. It is purely a move that I am excited about and a temporary intention. Cao Cao and Tao Qian fought against Xuzhou. Xuzhou is the most eye-catching war among the Central Plains states at present. The princes of all walks of life sit on the wall and wait for them to succeed or fail. Some people even hope that they will suffer both defeats and then reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Before this, the six counties of Xuzhou were among the few rich places among the Central Plains. Among them, the two counties of Donghai and Guangling were one of the best fertile places in the world. The peace and prosperity of the people were the people living and working in peace, which was eye-catching. However, under a war, Xuzhou, which was once regarded as the land of peace in the Central Plains, was no longer as peaceful as the people were fleeing. The people were fleeing in panic, and there were no pedestrians in the city, and corpses were everywhere and devastated.

From this we can see that it is not easy to protect the people in troubled times. Tao Qian of Xuzhou is a living example. Compared with Xuzhou, the current goal that the prefectures and counties in Xiliang are the previous peaceful Xuzhou. Perhaps we cannot achieve such prosperity as the six counties in Xuzhou, but we can try our best to maintain the difficult peace days in Xiliang.

If we look at how Xuzhou is declining, we will know what we should do in the future. Be prepared for danger in peace and prepare for the troops, and actively train soldiers. We must not relax at all times. When the war comes to Japan, our Xiliang army will not move, and we will win if we move!"

After a brief explanation, Li Li took a sip of the spirits and revealed the true purpose of this trip to Xuzhou: "The four of us switched to Xuzhou this time, without any special intentions, and we don't have to pay attention to the situation in Xuzhou, because the situation is already very clear. Although Xuzhou is an important town in the Central Plains, it is located in a corner of the East China Sea, easy to attack and difficult to defend, and is far from Xiliang, and has nothing to do with us at the moment. If we want to conquer Xuzhou in the future, we only need to sweep away the surrounding prefectures and counties, and the army is approaching, and Xuzhou will naturally be able to fight.

I have only one purpose here in Tancheng, which is to see the three brothers Cao Cao and Liu, Guan and Zhang, Yanzhou. I have long been interested in meeting these four people, but I am struggling to sit in Xiliang and have no chance to see them. This time I went south and had the opportunity to have a long-term wish, so I naturally had to come and take a look. Fortunately, I waited for this trip, and when I first arrived in Xuzhou, I encountered the battle of Tancheng. I sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, so I could see them all. After seeing them, we don’t have to stay here. When the rain was slightly weak, we would set off to Yangzhou immediately."

After hearing this, Guo Jia became more and more confused and looked confused. He immediately continued to say, "In the eyes of his subordinates, although Cao Cao in Yanzhou now has more than 100,000 soldiers, most of them are county government soldiers, and his combat power is not strong. The strongest combat power is the Qingzhou soldiers who attacked Tancheng today. However, although his Qingzhou soldiers claimed to be 100,000, there were actually only more than 70,000 people. In the past, he surrendered 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans in one fell swoop. After removing the elderly, young, women, children, and wounded and disabled, only 70,000 to 80,000 young and strong.

At the same time, Cao Cao is not optimistic at present. Although he was in charge of the governor of Yanzhou, he did not receive the imperial edict of the emperor. It was not justified and it was difficult to convince the people of Yanzhou. In addition, there were Chenliu Zhang Miao and Jiyin Lu Bu in Yanzhou, waiting for an opportunity to move, so Cao Cao has not been able to recover the entire territory of Yanzhou. In addition, Yanzhou is adjacent to Qingzhou, Jizhou, Sili and Xuzhou, which is actually a place of four battles and is always under the military fronts of the surrounding princes.

Compared with Cao Cao, the Liu, Guan and Zhang brothers who were famous in Hulao were not worthy of justice. At present, Liu Bei was in the prime minister of the plains, with only a few thousand soldiers and only tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, and he was still subject to Gongsun Zan's jurisdiction, which prompted him not to recruit troops privately, otherwise Gongsun Zan would have doubts. In the past, when the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang became famous in the battle, they were just the courage of ordinary men, and they wanted to have a name but no reality. If his subordinates were not wrong, Liu Bei led his troops to Xuzhou by helping Tao Qian, in fact, he wanted to take the opportunity to leave Gongsun Zan and rely on Tao Qian, so as to achieve the goal of establishing a self-esteem.

Therefore, my subordinates really can't see what these four people are outstanding, and it is worth the lord's trip to Xuzhou to visit them. Could it be that the lord has other profound meanings?"

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Chapter completed!