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The frost became thicker and the weather became colder.

Four days are fleeting, and a new day comes as scheduled.

In the early morning, the north wind is cold, everything is withered and the earth is frost.

Li Li stood at the city wall wearing a large cloak. Looking around, the city in Dongyuan was depressed and there were no pedestrians. Only the city tower and around the city guards were the figures of soldiers walking around.

Bang bang bang!

A sound of footsteps broke the silence of the city tower, and then Guo Jia's figure appeared in Li Li's sight and quickly stretched and widened.

"Ha!" He walked quickly to Li Li, Guo Jia's cheeks were red from cold. He held his hand and sniffed out a breath of heat. He warmed his fingers and took out a stack of letters from his sleeves and handed them to Li Li.

"This is a letter from Wenhe Military Advisor from Hangu Pass. Please read it." He explained the source of the letter with soft words. Guo Jia did not say much, and took two steps back and stood beside Li Li.

After carefully reading the secret letter, Li Li put it into his sleeve, then turned around and walked to the fence, leaning on the railing to look southeast, as if he was thinking.

Guo Jia followed Li Li slowly and whispered: "According to the scouts' inquiry, Yuan Shao personally led more than 400,000 troops to Sun Ce's front camp last night. Since the previous army and the central army have merged into one, a total of 430,000 troops. In addition, Sun Ce was seriously injured and no longer served as the vanguard general. Yuan Shao appointed his confidant general Han De and Han Meng's uncle and nephew as the chief and deputy vanguards, leading Yuan Shao's 50,000 troops and 20,000 troops under Zhang Yang, a total of 70,000 troops. He has taken the lead in the fifth update today.

However, after Han De and his uncle and nephew led the army, the march was not fast and were expected to arrive at the city at noon. At the same time, half an hour ago, Yuan Shao personally led the Allied troops to set up the camp and marched even slower. He could come to join the front army around the evening and the troops were at the city."

"The troops are at the city?" Li Li pondered, turned his head to look at Guo Jia, and said with a smile: "The meaning of filial piety is to suggest that I am going to Dongyuan City as soon as possible to avoid being besieged by the allied forces of the princes?"

"The lord is clear, and I am the one who is the one who is not here." Guo Jia nodded and said respectfully: "Although the city of Dongyuan City is high and thick, very strong, and has a high terrain, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack; however, the Allies have come out in full swing this time, and the momentum is huge, and it is difficult to fight head-on. Therefore, Dongyuan City cannot be defended anymore, and it cannot be defended, so it must be abandoned, and the lord should evacuate as soon as possible and head to the camp of Anyi.

If there is any hesitation, if the news leaks out, Yuan Shao and others will know that the lord is still stranded in Dongyuan City, they will definitely besiege the city regardless of everything, and then break through the city at any cost and capture the lord. If the lord is trapped or captured by the Allies, then wouldn’t we beg for the lord and surrender?”

"Hahaha! It's not as serious as you said." Li Li smiled loudly and shook his head and said, "Since three days ago, there were only five people who knew I was still in Dongyuan City, you, Zicheng, Yunlong, Wenhe and Gongming. Will you five reveal my whereabouts?"

After a pause in his tone, Li Li laughed and said, "So, don't worry about me, and you don't have to be so nervous. The air is good in the morning and the cold is very refreshing. It can make your brain clearer when you go out for a walk. Therefore, you don't have to worry about my safety. Although there are many vassals, it is not a fear in my opinion.

However, the Allied vanguard was replaced by Yuan Shao's confidant general, which was a bit beyond my expectations. I thought that after Sun Ce was seriously injured, the Allied forces would let Lu Bu lead his troops as the vanguard of the front army, but I didn't expect that it was Han De and Han Meng's uncle and nephew. In fact, Lu Bu is definitely the best candidate for the vanguard general. If I were Yuan Shao, I would use Lu Bu as the vanguard. If such a good general was abandoned, I wonder if Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others were frozen? Hahaha!"

Guo Jia laughed and said happily: "What the lord said is very, and this matter is indeed a bit strange. But if you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to understand. According to detailed investigations, the relationship between the princes of this alliance is very delicate and there are rifts between each other. For example, Lu Bu and Cao Cao are fighting for Yanzhou, Zhang Yang had previously colluded with Yuan Shu to attack Cao Cao's East County, Yuan Shao and Zhang Miao had always had grudges, Zhang Yan and Yuan Shao, Lu Bu had fought several times, etc. They all joined forces, although they all wanted to destroy our Xiliang army, but they were also guarding against each other, for fear that they would be accidentally plotted by others, just like the Bai Bo army, and the whole army would be wiped out in vain."

Li Li smiled and nodded, saying sarcastically: "These princes have hatred between each other and have beaten to the death. Therefore, if you want them to unite and be together, it is no different to dreams!"

Speaking of this, Li Li's tone suddenly turned: "But these guys are very united this time and can temporarily put aside their grudges, for fear that I will send troops to eliminate them one by one, so they united in advance to take action first, trying to severely damage or completely destroy our Xiliang army. This alone means that these people are not simple, they all know the truth about the loss of their lips and teeth, and their knowledge is extraordinary."

"What the lord said is very true." Guo Jia nodded and said deeply: "These princes in this alliance are the targets of our army's upcoming troops to be launched, especially Zhang Yang from Hanoi and Lu Bu and Cao Cao from Yanzhou, who are always under the powerful army. As for Yuan Shao from Jizhou, the reason why he spent so much money and food to raise the alliance was to attempt to dominate the Central Plains. However, if we want to achieve this goal, we must first get rid of our Xiliang army. Otherwise, as long as our Xiliang army is still there, he will not only not be able to realize his wish to dominate the Central Plains, but will likely be destroyed by our army.

In contrast, among these princes, Zhang Yan, the only Black Mountain bandit, sent troops, is somewhat unpredictable and quite strange. Before this, we had no relationship with the Black Mountain bandits, and even if there was a grudge, it was a matter of Dong Zhuo's period and had nothing to do with us. However, he sent 80,000 troops this time, including nearly 10,000 war cavalry of the Black Mountain Army. In other words, the Black Mountain Army almost came out in full swing this time and took out all the family's assets. What exactly did Zhang Yan want to do when he mobilized the troops? Could it be that he wanted to go out of Black Mountain to grab a piece of land in Sili or Xiliang? "

Listening to Guo Jia's words, a strange light flashed in Li Li's eyes, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, showing a habitual smile.

"There is no need to make any guesses about filial piety. Anyway, these princes are not easy to share with each other. They are all cunning and have bad habits. Instead of trying to speculate on their intentions, it is better to think about the war in front of you. No matter what purpose they come to join the alliance, they will eventually rely on their strength to achieve it. Although conspiracy is powerful, the battle on the battlefield is still a real fight. Any conspiracy requires strength to achieve it. If the strength is too poor, no matter how good the calculation is, it will be in vain in the end." Li Li chuckled.

Guo Jia nodded slightly and said thoughtfully: "My lord is a noble person. He is not as good as a court struggle in troubled times. Conspiracy and tricks may be stronger for a while, but to seek the world and take charge of the country, you will eventually have to fight and fight with real swords and guns. If you take a step back, even if conspiracy and tricks can gain power, their foundation will be unstable and it will not last long. Just like Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, although he was able to win the throne, he was short-lived and then overthrown, his family was confiscated and his family was killed. There was no place to bury him."

Li Li was shocked and pondered: "Your words are quite insightful, and it seems to have other meanings?"

"My lord is wise, I want to know what I want to say." Guo Jia looked at Li Li and smiled indifferently.

Li Li nodded slightly and waved his hand and said, "It's too early to say this now, and I'll see what I'll know in the future. Let's go. Today I'll invite Fengxiao to have breakfast together, and then return to Anyi together."

After saying that, Li Li turned around and left the city tower and walked towards the city guard. Guo Jia followed and said as he walked, "I don't know what happened to me. Please let the lord make it clear. Bai Bo leaders Han Xian and Yang Feng are both cunning people. Why didn't the lord behead them and show them publicly, but instead accepted their begging for surrender and granted the position of General of the Central Army? The generals of the army have been discussing this in recent days. They are quite angry about this, but the lord's words are spoken by gold and jade, and they dare not refuse to obey."

Li Li stopped slowly when he heard this, turned around and looked at Guo Jia, and said softly: "Han Xian, Yang Feng and his two deaths are not worth mercy, but now is not the best time to kill them. After all, there are more than 20,000 Baibo surrendered soldiers in the prisoner-of-war camp. Once I behead Han and Yang, these surrendered soldiers must be sad about the death of rabbits and foxes, worried that I will kill them together; even if I don't die for the time being, I will definitely have concerns. If this is true, what's the use of me asking these surrendered soldiers?"

"I understand." Guo Jia said happily: "The lord means to keep Han Xian and Yang Feng's lives and give them official positions. In fact, it is not to be interested in the talents of them, but to set a benchmark to allow many white-bo-subdued soldiers to see the hope of survival and quickly win over people's hearts. However,,,"

Guo Jia wanted to speak but stopped, and then admitted under Li Li's gaze: "However, I'm sorry, I'm frank about it, Han Xian and Yang Feng are both snobs and greedy and cunning. Even if the lord is favored by them, I'm afraid these two will not be grateful, nor will they be loyal to them. Once they encounter profitable things, they will surrender and rebel again. Therefore, I think that the lord's position as the General of the Central Army was really too generous, and it is extremely inappropriate to send them to the Chang'an County Government Army. I'm worried that these two people are not a scheming person after all, and will cause trouble in Chang'an. If so, trouble will happen!"

Li Li smiled slightly and whispered: "Fengxiao had said before that the entrustment of Sun Ce would be a disaster for raising a tiger. Now he is worried that Han Xian and Yang Feng will have two ambitions and will cause trouble in the future. In this way, does Fengxiao think that my reward to Han and Yang also brings a tiger for raising a tiger?"

"This, I am afraid!" Guo Jia's expression changed drastically when he heard this. He hurriedly bowed and bowed, apologized: "I should not argue with the lord's decision. I have lost my duty as a minister. Please punish me!"

"Hahaha! Fengxiao doesn't have to be like this. I don't mean to blame you." Li Li reached out and helped Guo Jia up and said with a smile: "Maybe Fengxiao doesn't know yet. I like to discuss things with you the most because you are free and straightforward and dare to speak out. So, you don't have to be restrained in the future. If you want to say anything, just say it boldly. I, Li Li, have the words first, and I will never punish you for this!"

"Uh! I'm afraid, thank you lord for being elegant and generous." Guo Jia said respectfully with a look of surprise.

Li Li smiled and shook his head, saying, "It seems that if I don't tell you the truth, it will be difficult for you to let go. Well, since you want to know the reason, I will tell you. As you said, I am raising a tiger for trouble!"

"Ah! Why is this?" Guo Jia said in surprise.

Li Li turned his head and looked around, then pretended to be mysterious and whispered: "We can tell that anyone who dares to raise tigers is usually not afraid of tigers. Even if the tiger suddenly becomes fierce one day, he can uniform the tiger he feeds and even get rid of it. In addition, every person who raises tigers must have his own purpose, otherwise who will feed tigers for no reason? Hahaha!"

After saying that, Li Li turned around and left, laughing happily while walking, as if in a good mood.

"Cultivating a tiger will make you able to conquer a tiger? It seems that there is some reason?" Guo Jia pondered, then looked at Li Li's tall and straight back, and said to himself: "The lord is becoming more and more unpredictable, and it seems that everything is in control. But this is better. Only such a hero is worthy of my swearing to follow him to the death!"

After saying that, Guo Jia quickly caught up and followed Li Li's pace toward the city guard.

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Tattata!

"Boom---!"

The loud rumbling sound of horse hooves came overwhelmingly, roaring the earth and shaking the mountains. The entire Dongyuan City seemed to be shaken gently.

At this moment, the setting sun sets west, and it is evening. The entire Dongyuan City was surrounded by Han De, Han Meng and his uncle and nephew at noon, and they were surrounded by 70,000 troops. At this time, Yuan Shao led hundreds of thousands of troops to the city. Suddenly, the deserted hills outside the city, which was originally very spacious, suddenly became crowded, with crowds and crowds, and the sound of horses resounded throughout the sky, dozens of miles of radius were shrouded in the noise.

"Ga———da da da da da!" Seeing Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and all the princes rushed to the south gate city, the two generals Han De and Han Meng hurriedly rode their horses to meet them.

"I will pay homage to the lord!"

"Well, forget it, get up." After stopping, Yuan Shao waved his hand to signal Han De, Han Meng and the others stood up, then looked up at Dongyuan City, where the city gate was closed.

Suddenly, Yuan Shao frowned slightly, looked at Han De with an unhappy expression, and said in a deep voice: "What's going on? In the whole afternoon, there were a total of 70,000 troops. Can't you even capture this small city?"

"This, lord, please calm down." Under Yuan Shao's anger, the veteran Han Dezuki's burly body, who was eight feet and seven inches tall, became hunched over and quickly accused him of his crime. Then he said respectfully: "Lord, the general of the city has led his army to the city at noon and immediately attacked the city. However, there are many defenders on the top of the city, with at least 20,000 defenders, and prepared a large number of rolling wood, stones and turbulent objects, so that our army did not take a step forward in the city after half an hour of siege. In order to avoid too much casualties, fearing that there will be ambush in the city, the general of the city immediately ordered the army to temporarily stop siege and wait for the lord to arrive before making a decision. The general of the general of the city failed to break through this city, and the blame is hard to escape. Please punish the lord!"

"Hmph!" After a cold snorting, Yuan Shao's face was slightly angry, and he waved his hand to signal Han De to retreat aside, immediately rushed forward, shouting sternly: "Where is General of the Cavalry? Yuan Shao is here, please show up!"

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Chapter completed!