【Chapter 495】
Li Li was deeply surprised that the Xiahou brothers led so many dead soldiers from the family to rob and kill him. Why didn’t they directly attack the Bu Mansion from the main gate, but instead bypassed the main gate and the walls on both sides, and rushed in from the backyard from the distance?
What exactly did these brothers think? Did the horse get kicked?
Or maybe it rained heavily in the middle of the night and my mind was flooded?
However, no matter what the Xiahou brothers thought at the beginning, the current situation has turned to Li Li's side.
Just after Li Zhi and Huan Fei fought back, they removed most of the Xiahou brothers' accompanying horses, and also injured Xiahou Dun and severely injured Xiahou Yuan.
In this way, tonight's assassination operation, or the plan of robbery, remains to be discussed who will kill whom. Because although both sides are in the same courtyard at the moment, the strength comparison has been reversed, and who will win to death has actually been revealed.
Now the Xiahou brothers are all injured. Xiahou Yuan was severely injured. Even if he couldn't die for a while, he was unable to fight again. Xiahou Dun first got an arrow in his right leg, and then was kicked by Li Zhi to spit out blood. Therefore, even though he still had the power to fight, his actual combat power would be greatly reduced, far less brave than before. In this way, just over a hundred black-clad dead soldiers wanted to kill Li Li, Huan Fei and Li Zhi, which was undoubtedly a dream and whimsical.
Therefore, the strength of both sides is at a critical point that can be up or down.
It is not easy to win by Xiahou Dun alone leading more than 100 black-clad dead men and Li Li, but if he wants to escape, he is able to do it. However, if Xiahou Dun takes a gamble and leads the black-clad dead men to fight to the death, he may not have any chance of winning. Because they are still crowded and powerful now, if the tactics are appropriate, there may be a chance to counterattack.
At this moment, one thing is certain, that is, if Xiahou Dun leads the crowd to fight Li Li and the other three head-on, there is no possibility of success. Unless,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Xiahou Dun!" Li Li suddenly pondered and said this name.
Just as Li Li was thinking silently, Huan Fei pulled Li Zhi to sit in the hall, but unfortunately he failed, Li Zhi still stood aside. After shook his head helplessly, Huan Fei was not polite. Gu Zi sat on the top of the left. After hearing the lord mention Xiahou Dun's name, he asked in surprise: "The lord has mentioned Xiahou Dun twice. Is there anything wrong with this name?"
"Uh, that's not." Li Li shook his head in shock, and then there was a habitual smile on his lips, saying, "When it comes to Xiahou Dun, he can be regarded as my old acquaintance!"
"Huh?" Huan Fei and Li Zhi were shocked when they heard the sound. Huan Fei asked with confusion: "Xiahou Dun is the lord's old acquaintance? Then why did he deliberately follow the lord and try to assassinate the lord on a thunder and rainy night? What's more, why didn't Mo Jiang mention this person before? Could he be the lord's former acquaintance?"
"Hahaha!" Li Li laughed in silence when he heard this, shook his head and said, "You two misunderstood. Old acquaintances may not be friends, and old acquaintances may not be friends. Besides, I am from Xiliang. This is the first time since I grew up that I have left the Xiliang realm for a trip. I have never met the Xiahou family, so how can I say that old acquaintances are there?"
While speaking, Li Li suddenly put away his smile and continued with a calm expression: "You two are both enlisted in Wuwei County. This is the first time that you have come to visit the Central Plains states, so you don't know the grudges and entanglements between me and Xiahou Dun.
In the early years, when I was Sima of Longxiang Camp, I followed my uncle and General Guo Si to send troops to Luoyang. I fought with Zhu Jun in Zhongmu County. After the victory, the army went north to attack Yanzhou and plundered Chenliu. In the battle of Chenliu, it was Xiahou Dun who led 3,000 troops to support Chenliu Zhang Miao, which caused our army to attack the city for several days, but failed to capture Chenliu City. So I designed and lured Zhang Miao to come to rob the camp, but led more than 3,000 people out of Xiahou Dun's troops. Then Xiahou Dun's troops fell into a trap. No more than 3,000 troops escaped, surrounded by our army, killed more than 1,000 people, and captured Li Dian alive."
"Li Dian! Is the lord talking about General Mancheng?" Huan Fei interrupted in shock.
"That's right." Li Li nodded happily and explained: "At that time, Li Dian was the deputy general of Xiahou Dun. He was captured alive by me in that battle and then followed me back to Chang'an. He did not serve me until I was about to go to Wuwei County to take office."
"Oh, so that's it." Huan Fei nodded with a sudden realization and said, "No wonder General Li Dian never mentioned the past things to others. It turned out that he was the general robbed by the lord from Cao Cao. Perhaps it was this reason that made General Li Dian feel that he was a surrendered general, so he was unwilling to mention the past things. Since General Li Dian was captured alive by the lord, why did Xiahou Dun run away? Could it be that the lord intended to let him go with a way out?"
Li Li shook his head with a strange expression and said, "That night, Xiahou Dun charged forward and fell into the pit with his horse, how could he escape? He was dragged into the mass grave by our soldiers and buried it. After our soldiers left, he escaped by luck. Afterwards, I learned that Xiahou Dun was hiding in the mass grave, and then he took people to the mass grave to search overnight, but it was too late and he escaped first.
Because of this, I said that I was an old acquaintance with him. However, this acquaintance is not a friend, but a life-and-death enemy who has been resentful for many years. This time, the Xiahou brothers led the family's death soldiers to rob me. I guess it was Xiahou Dun who wanted to take the opportunity to seek revenge on me, so he followed me all the way to this night. "
"Li Wenchang is Li Wenchang. You are still so smart after not seeing each other for three years!" Just as Li Li said before he finished speaking, a gloomy and cold voice suddenly came from outside the door.
"Xiahou Dun!" When he heard this voice, Huan Fei and Li Zhi suddenly stood up and exclaimed in dismay.
"Bangbangbangbang!" Just as Li Li stood up, dozens of black-clad dead men rushed into the main hall and blocked the door. Then Xiahou Dun's tall body slowly stepped onto the steps and walked towards the main hall. After crossing the threshold, he stopped and stood on a five-foot dark green sword in both hands, blocking the center of the door.
"You are wrong. We haven't seen each other for three years, but we have never met each other. Otherwise, in the past, Chenliu fought, and you would never escape from me, Li Li, and you would never want to get out of my hands in the pile of dead people!" Seeing Xiahou Dun coming so confidently and appearing in front of him, Li Li frowned slightly, stood up and strode towards the door, and said as he walked.
"Stop!" Seeing Li Li, who led Li Zhi and Huan Fei to walk towards the door with him, Xiahou Dun's gloomy black face changed slightly, and he immediately raised his long sword and shouted sternly.
"Oh?" As he was walking hard, Li Li suddenly found that Xiahou Dun's expression was not changing, and there was no sign of retreating under his feet. Suddenly, a hint of suspicion appeared on his face. He immediately stopped and raised his hand to signal Huan Fei and Li Zhi not to act rashly.
Standing less than ten steps away from Xiahou Dun, Li Li looked at Xiahou Dun with a solemn expression and said in a deep voice: "Xiahou Yuanrang, I heard that you were injured by Li Zhi just now. Then you were hiding in the haystack with your half-dead brother Xiahou Yuan on his back and was so scared that he dared not show up. You are just a rat with a head and tail exposed, why dare you show up and confront me now?"
"How do you know that my brothers are hiding in the haystack?" Xiahou Dun blurted out in surprise when he heard Li Li's words.
"What? You are actually hiding in the haystack by the wall!" When Huan Fei and Li Zhi suddenly changed their expressions, Huan Fei was even more annoyed and shouted angrily.
When Xiahou Dun picked up the haystack, Huan Fei and Li Zhi naturally knew where the haystack was. The haystack was only a dozen steps away from the Xiahou brothers' foot, and the haystack was piled up against the wall. Huan Fei and Li Zhi walked back and forth many times from the haystack, but they never found anything suspicious about the haystack.
Until now, when he learned from Xiahou Dun where they had hidden before, Huan Fei suddenly realized. It turned out that the Xiahou brothers did not escape after jumping off the wall, but hid in the haystack beside the wall and moved only a dozen steps away. However, it was precisely because of this that he avoided the search of Huan Fei and Li Zhi, allowing the Xiahou brothers to escape the disaster in a dangerous way.
"Lord, how do you know that they are hiding in the haystack? If they had told the last general earlier, how could they allow them to live until now!" Huan Fei whispered to Li Li in a low voice.
Li Li shook his head slightly when he heard this, waved his hand and signaled Huan Fei not to ask too much, just wait and see what happened.
In fact, Li Li had this idea in his mind, so he said casually, saying nothing but saying whatever he thought of, and he could not confirm the hiding place of the Xiahou brothers.
However, there are not many places where people can hide on this thunderstorm night, and Xiahou Yuan is still vomiting blood, so it will be even more difficult to hide the blood. In addition, Huan Fei just mentioned that there are no signs of Xiahou brothers in all rooms and corners of the yard in the west wing, which means there are no signs in the room or the yard. In this way, there are only two places where people can hide, one is on a big tree and the other is in a pile of hay. Hiding on the tree, the blood will dilute and fade with the heavy rain, and the light will be dark, which is not easy to be noticed; and it is even more difficult to find when hiding in the pile of hay. The blood seeps into the thatch and will not flow outside for a while.
After a little analysis, Li Li can infer where the Xiahou brothers were hiding, and there was no other place to go except for the haystack. Because Xiahou Yuan was seriously injured and almost lost his ability to move. If Xiahou Dun climbed the tree with Xiahou Yuan on his back, his speed would definitely not be fast. Perhaps before they could climb up the big tree, they would have been discovered by Li Zhi and Huan Fei.
Now Huan Fei asked him the reason, but Li Li really didn't know what to say. After all, he was a soldier in his previous life. Although he was a navy and not a policeman, his tracking and investigation skills were absolutely not bad, and there was no doubt about this. If he was also at the scene just now, it would be difficult for the Xiahou brothers to escape. They could find the two of them in less than a cup of tea.
Unfortunately, if you miss something in the world, you cannot do it again, and regret is useless.
At this moment, Li Li didn't need to think too much about it to know that Xiahou Dun must have some reliance on his appearance this time. He was confident, otherwise he would not be so stupid that he would come to his house to die.
As his mind turned sharply, Li Li's heart became heavy and he felt a little uneasy. It seemed that something was going to happen, and it must be related to him.
"Xiahou Dun, tell me, what do you have to rely on to appear in front of me? I think you wouldn't be stupid enough to come to the door to die, right?" Li Li asked in a deep voice when he felt something.
"Send to death?" Xiahou Dun sneered without a smile, then looked at Li Li with a very sinister look and said sternly: "Li Wenchang, I really told you to be right. I came to the door for the initiative this time, and it was indeed sent to death. But the person who was about to die was not me, Xiahou Dun, but you, Li Wenchang. I was here to send you to the underworld. Hahaha!"
After saying that, Xiahou Dun laughed happily, his laughter was crazy, proud, refreshed, relieved, and full of confidence.
Staring at Xiahou Dun's dark face with a very distorted smile, Li Li frowned, and an extremely cold murderous intent appeared in his eyes. Then he narrowed his eyes slightly and said coldly: "Have you laughed enough? If you don't have one, keep laughing! Smile, miss it now, I'm afraid you won't have a chance to laugh again in this life. Let you laugh enough at once, so that others will not say that I, Li Li, are cold and bloodthirsty, are unkind and unkind!"
Xiahou Dun slowly restrained his smile, looked at Li Li with a slight squinting eyes, deliberately lowering his voice, and said in a deep voice: "Li Wenchang, do you have a lot of love, are you very conscientious? Look at how much innocent blood your hands are stained with, how many people died in your hands, saying that you killed people like numb and bloodthirsty, have you ever wronged you!"
"The people who are fighting on the battlefield are also countless people who die at your Xiahou Yuan Rang, and they are full of blood debts. What's more, what is your identity and what qualifications are there to judge me?" Li Li asked with contempt.
Seeing Li Li suppressing people with power, Xiahou Dun was so angry that his mouth twitched left and right, and his dark cheeks flushed. He nodded heavily and shouted loudly: "Okay, that's right! If you don't say it, I'll forget that a sparrow under Chenliu City used to climb onto the branch and turn into a crow! You Li Wenchang is just an ant grass, at most you are a priest, and you can be considered a priest, and you can also match the position of the Three Dukes and usurp the position of General Guard! Do you think that my Han family and aristocrats are dead, and it's your turn to ride on your head to act as a mighty man? What a joke!"
Listening to Xiahou Dun's contemptuous mockery, Li Li's expression not only did not look angry as Xiahou Dun expected, but was extremely calm and there was no trace of emotional fluctuation.
When Xiahou Dun finished speaking, Li Li shouted in a calm expression but a cold tone, "Speak less nonsense, you can use it as soon as possible, otherwise I don't have time to talk nonsense to you, and I will directly slash you with one knife!"
"Okay, okay, okay, so good! You are cruel, you are awesome, I, Xiahou Dun, were scared by you!"
After gritting his teeth and squeezing out this sentence, Xiahou Dun shouted loudly: "Bring those girls to me and let General Wei play with his power and see who is more cruel tonight!"
——————————— (To be continued)
Chapter completed!