Chapter 644 Internal and external troubles will lead to success

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The busier you are, the faster time passes.

A big fire at the third update was not completely extinguished until noon.

Anyi City, which had originally gathered more than 100,000 troops, was evacuated most of the time during this period, and now there are less than 50,000 troops left in the city.

At the same time, the sweet and lovely Bu Lianshi and the families of all the generals of the Anyi Camp left Anyi City together, and the first group crossed the Yellow River south to Hangu Pass, and then most of the families would go back to Chang'an directly.

It was noon and Anyi City guarded the palace.

On the main stairs, Li Li wrote a letter at his desk, followed by a scroll of bamboo slips sealed by Li Zhi himself, and then sent a quick cavalry to send them out.

"Bangbangbangbang!"

When Li Li finished writing the last secret order, he heard the rapid footsteps outside the door before he looked up. Then Tie Xiao walked into the main hall quickly, and followed by Anyi's chief Teng Xiao.

"I will pay homage to the lord!" Tie Xiao walked into the main hall with his front legs, and Teng Xiao arrived, and then the two bowed to worship.

"Well, it seems that you two are not together, sit down and talk." Li Li nodded slightly, then spread his arms and stretched his arms, waved his hands to signal the personal soldiers to serve tea.

"Tie Xiao, let's talk about the situation in the granary in the west of the city first. Have the food and grass been burned up?" Li Li asked calmly.

Tie Xiao's face changed slightly, his expression was solemn, and he said respectfully: "My lord, the situation is not so bad, but it is not optimistic. There were 35 stocks of grain and grass in the granary in the west of the city, each stocking of 3,000 stones, a total of more than 100,000 stones of grain and grass, which was enough to supply our Anyi army for one month. However, a fire at the third update of this morning burned half of the granary. When the general led his army to arrive, he only snatched out seven stocks of grain, and the remaining twenty-eight stocks were burned.

In addition, the hay warehouse in the north of Xicheng was also burned by the thieves. When the fire arrived, the fire was too big and could not be extinguished at all. Therefore, except for the small amount of grass stored in the stable, from now on, our army's tens of thousands of war horses will no longer be supplied. The situation is urgent and urgent. Please make a decision quickly!"

"Well, the situation is better than I thought." Li Li nodded slightly. A smile appeared on his calm face, and then he picked up the teacup and signaled Tie Xiao and Teng Xiao to drink tea.

Taking a sip of tea to moisten your throat, Li Li chuckled and said, "Tie Xiao, the more urgent the situation is, the more you need to be calm. Don't be anxious. There is no hurdle that cannot be overcome, and there is no way out!"

Tie Xiao was stunned when he heard this and said anxiously: "Lord, the seven-stocking of food is only enough for our army to use for seven days. In other words, our Anyi army will be out of food in seven days! This is not the most urgent matter. The most urgent thing is. Our army has tens of thousands of war horses without forage, which can last for one day at most. When tomorrow the forage will be exhausted.

The lord knows that most of the 130,000 troops in the Anyi camp are war cavalry, and the soldiers will not be hungry for a while, but they will never be able to feed the war horses without forage! Once the war horses are lost, our army's combat power will be reduced by half. A mere 100,000 troops cannot stop the hundreds of thousands of allied troops of the princes. What's more, most counties in Hedong County have fallen, and Anyi City is already an isolated city. Once surrounded by the enemy, we will completely lose the initiative, just like a fight of trapped beasts, and will be surrounded and annihilated by the enemy sooner or later. Faced with such a dilemma, how can the last general not be anxious? How can he sit down and drink tea slowly?"

"Hahaha!" Li Li smiled when he heard this, waved his hand to signal the excited Tie Xiao to sit down, and said with a smile: "Things are not as serious as you said. Our army has not reached the point of being burned and ending. It just lost the opportunity for a moment, and the situation is very passive."

After a brief pause, Li Li raised his hand and pressed down to signal Tie Xiao not to be excited. Then he continued: "Our army still has seven days of food. As the saying goes, if there is food in hand, you don't panic. Besides, our army is equipped with weapons and weapons, and the city of Anyi is high and thick. The Allies want to completely siege our army, but they are a little whimsical and crazy! The reason why our army adopted the tactic of shrinking defense this time was because the gentry and powerful families in the Sili counties were eager to annihilate our Xiliang army in one fell swoop.

Because of this, our army did not have much advantage in fighting against the Allies in Sili. Not only did the troops and horses suffer heavy losses, but they were also always wary of these gentry clans taking action from behind us. Just like the fire of the granary last night, I am sure that someone in the city must have secretly responded to the thieves, and then they joined forces to attack the granary defenders and then burned our granary. Fortunately, all our war cavalry were stationed outside the city. Otherwise, if the thieves sneaked into the stable and set fire, the consequences would be unimaginable. Tens of thousands of scary horses rushed around the city, which would be enough to destroy the entire city of Anyi!”

"What the lord said is very true!" Before Li Li finished speaking, Teng Xiao continued with anger: "The facts are indeed as the lord said. At the end of this morning, the general was ordered to lead his army to block the city gates. When he arrived at the north gate, he happened to see the arson thieves forcibly attacking the city gates. At that time, there were 5,000 rebels who seized the city gates with the thieves, including more than 300 cavalry wearing our armor. I think the remaining 300 people should have died in the battle of burning the granary. In addition to this cavalry, the remaining 5,000 people were all the major gentry of Hedong County and the entourages in the mansions of the powerful, and then they led the thieves to find our granary, and then sneaked into the granary defenders under General Hu Zhen, and then burned our army's food and grass in one fell swoop.

Unfortunately, when the generals led their troops to arrive, they had already seized the city gate and fled in a hurry. The generals immediately led their troops to chase after him, killing more than 4,000 people along the way, capturing more than 700 people alive, and chasing more than 50 miles in the end, but in the end, the more than 300 cavalry escaped. From the captured entourages, they learned that there were originally seven thousand people arsons who set fire with the thieves, and more than 2,000 people died in battle when they captured the granary. Among all the entourages, 4,000 were attendants of the Hedong Wei family, servants and guards, and the remaining more than 3,000 were soldiers and horses gathered together by the great gentry and powerful men in the county.

After learning the truth, Mo Jiang beheaded all these entourages and led his army to confiscate the mansions of all the gentry and powerful people in the city. However, he found that there were only a small number of maids and servants in the house, and no other people were seen, and there were no valuables in the house. Seeing this, Mo Jiang immediately searched the whole city. Half an hour ago, he finally found all these people in the slums south of the city. There were more than 2,000 men, women, young and old, and more than 70 trucks of gold, silver and fine silk. Mo Jiang came here to ask the lord, how should these beasts who were scattered inside and outside be dealt with?"

Li Li's expression changed slightly, his eyebrows frowned, and he pondered: "Wei Family? Is the largest Wei family in Hedong?"

"That's right!" Teng Xiao nodded and responded: "This Wei family is the largest aristocratic family in Hedong. It is said that after General Wei Qing, he has a prominent family and a century-old prominent family. Many prominent figures of the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers have emerged. However, after hundreds of years of development, the Wei family has long been scattered. The tribesmen and children are spread all over the Han prefectures and counties, and only the direct descendants still stay in their ancestral homes. The Wei family has many courtyards and is rich and powerful. They have an ancestral home in the city, twelve villas, and there are several manors outside the city. More than half of the shops in the entire Anyi city are under the name of the Wei family. In the end, 20,000 troops were mobilized to confiscate all the industries of the Wei family in the city. More than 400 of the more than 2,000 people arrested in the slums came from their own homes. How to deal with it, please let the lord make it clear!"

Li Li nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "To be honest, the Wei family is also a loyal descendant. It has a prominent family lineage and has been passed down for hundreds of years. It is a pity that they have too much prejudice against me, Li Li, and spared no effort to put our army to death. What if it does?"

While sighing, Li Li glanced at Teng Xiao's expression of wanting to speak but stopping, and said softly: "Does Yunlong want to say that the Wei family has a deep grudge with me and cannot reconcile at all?"

"Lord's wife," Teng Xiao nodded softly and whispered: "General Shumo is brave enough to say that Mrs. Cai Yan once married Wei Zhongdao, the second son of the Wei family. After Wei Zhongdao's death, the wife lost her husband and had no son, and then left the Wei family alone. Now Mrs. Cai Yan is the wife of the lord, which invisibly made the Wei family lose face and then formed hatred, but they could not help the lord and kept a grudge. This time our army retreated to Anyi, and because we were still carrying many people together, this gave these evil men an opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to secretly collude with the enemy and burn our granary. It is not difficult to see that the Wei family has hated the lord to the core and is eager to get rid of it, hoping that the allies will annihilate us in one fell swoop. Therefore,,,,,,,”

"So what?" Li Li pondered: "It seems that Yunlong has made a decision. I wonder what you want to deal with these powerful families who secretly colluded with the enemy?"

After hearing the sound, Teng Xiao continued without thinking: "Cut the weeds and eliminate the roots, and we will never suffer any future troubles!"

"Oh?" Li Li's expression changed slightly, then his eyes closed slightly, and nodded slightly, "You will handle this matter with all your power, and there is no need to report it afterwards."

"No!" Teng Xiao respectfully accepted the order and asked softly: "I don't know how our army will fight the enemy next, please make an announcement!"

Li Li opened his eyes when he heard the sound, got up and walked to the Jinbo map on the left side of the Shuai Chou, waved to Teng Xiao, Tie Xiao and the others forward, and then pointed to the map and said: "From the geographical point of view, Anyi guards the east bank of the Yellow River, backed by the Yellow River, and to the north are mountains that stretch for hundreds of miles, and to the south are counties of Hexi. The purpose of our army stationing troops here is to intimidate the princes who occupy Bingzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou and Youzhou.

If the allied troops of the princes want to attack Chang'an in one go, there are only two paths, one is Hangu Pass and the other is Wu Pass.

Needless to say, Wu Pass is located on the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains, surrounded by mountains. Once hundreds of thousands of allied troops enter Wu Pass, it is equivalent to seeking death. It is easy to get in and difficult to get out. Our army only needs to send 50,000 infantry to guard the pass, and can block the Allies outside the pass and drag the Allies to death in the mountains.

Therefore, in addition to Wu Pass, the only attack path that the princes allied troops can choose is Hangu Pass!"

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Chapter completed!