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Seven days later.

On the bank of the Yellow River, Dayang Ferry.

The setting sun hangs westward, and the cold wind whistles.

Standing on the north bank of the Yellow River, although there is sunshine, there is no warmth. The whizzing wind blade makes the cheeks hurt and the cold is blowing.

"roar---!"

The King of Jinniu Beasts let out a low roar from time to time, as if urging the soldiers and the people who crossed the river to speed up. Just like this, Li Li, who was sitting on its back, said that he was in his heart.

The divine beast is spiritual, and although it cannot speak, it can keenly feel the mood of the master. Therefore, the noise of the master is heard.

By this time, Li Li had been watching the high ground on the north bank of the ferry for most of the day, gently stroked the golden mane on the back of the golden beast king's neck with his fingers, and stood for a long time, silent.

The sound of horse hooves came from far and near, and then he rode his horse slowly to Li Li, looking down at the soldiers and the people of Hedong who were hurrying on board the boat on the shore below, as if he was thinking.

The person who stopped on both sides of Li Li was not alone, but more than a dozen trusted generals and civil officials who were deeply trusted by Li Li. Right Army advisor Guo Jia, generals Li Zhi, Ma Chao, Zhang Liao, Tie Xiao, Guo Meng, Xu Chu, Chen Dao and Xu Huang were all present. Everyone stood up with a solemn expression and looked very unwilling to accept the eyes as Li Li.

"Gongming is running back and forth for several days, and he should have rested for a day, and there is no need to work so hard." He remained motionless, looking at the turbulent river surface, Li Li said softly in a gentle tone.

"Lord Thank you, don't let your body be unhindered." Xu Huang responded when he heard the sound, but his expression seemed a little excited. His eyes looking at Li Li's side face were filled with emotion.

"Yeah." Li Li nodded slightly and asked, "Have Huan Fei, Gao Shun, Jin Gu and others prepared everything, are there any difficulties?"

Xu Huang replied in response: "Report to the lord, the guards of the city are piled up like mountains, and four teams of 10,000 people rotated to defend the city day and night, without any mistakes. All the things that should be defended in the lord are dispatched by General Jingu, and General Huan Fei governs more than 100,000 troops in the lord. General Gao Shun is responsible for defending the city. The three generals have clear division of labor and orderly, and have prepared everything three days ago. When the general returned to leave the lord, the generals, Huan Fei and Gao Shun, came out to the lord to send him off and asked the generals to wait for him to ask the lord's safety."

"It's so good." Li Li showed a smile on his face, turned his head to look at Xu Huang, nodded with relief, and then turned his eyes to Guo Jia and Ma Chao.

Before Li Li could ask, Guo Jia said respectfully: "Report to the lord, I started boarding the boat and crossing the river from noon on the day the granary was burned. Until this time, it took a full seven days. 140,000 soldiers and people arrived on the south bank by boat. At present, more than 30,000 people and more than 50,000 soldiers, including us, remain on the north bank. It is expected that it will take another five days before all of them can reach the south bank and go to Hangu Pass."

Speaking of this, Guo Jia turned his head to look at the generals beside him and continued, "During this period, Zhang Liao, Guo Meng, Li Zheng, Qubei, Xu Chu and Chen Dao six generals led the Longxiang Camp, Wuwei Camp and Shuofeng Camp to collect more than 1,200 cavalry. In addition, the more than 300 ferries raised by Huan Fei, Gao Shun and General Jingu, a total of 1,500 search ships. These ships vary in size, carrying more than 10 people, and the most are 300 people. If the cavalry and war horses cross the river, they will take up at most about ten people, and all the ferries will travel back and forth twice a day.

During the seven days of crossing the river, in the first four days, only 20,000 people crossed the river every day. In the past three days, the number of ships increased a lot. In the past one day, about 30,000 people were transported to the south bank. The speed of crossing the river was very slow. However, the generals have tried their best to raise ships, but the ships are too small, and our army has many war horses, and more than 100,000 people have supported the elderly and young people to cross the river. Therefore, the speed of crossing the river can be imagined, and it is impossible to cross it."

After hearing this, Li Li frowned slightly, thinking. Then his eyebrows gradually stretched out, and his expression was calm and composed. After a little thought, he whispered: "The granary was burned, and our army's war horses and grass were completely damaged. Have all the war cavalry crossed the river now?"

Guo Jia nodded and responded: "The last batch of war cavalry boards have just boarded the ship. At this point, Longxiang Camp, Wuwei Camp and Shuofeng Camp all cross the river. They can reach Hangu Pass tonight. At the same time, the Minister of State Li Xuan personally took charge of Hongnong County, raised grass, and resettled the people of Hedong."

"Well, that's good." Li Li nodded when he heard the sound and said, "Yuan Zhong is meticulous and cautious in his work. With him in charge of the supply of our army's food, we have no worries anymore, so we can give it a try."

After saying that, Li Li turned his head and looked at the generals beside him, and smiled again, saying, "The war cavalry you commanded has crossed the river, why are you still here? Do you want to drink the northwest wind with me too?"

"Hahaha!" The generals laughed and then Zhang Liao said with a smile: "My lord's words are inappropriate. We do not like drinking the northwest wind, but we must always be consistent with our lord! The lord is still on the north bank and has not crossed the river. How can we cross the river first? Wouldn't we become a greedy person who fears death? Therefore, we will discuss with all the generals and ask the deputy general to take the soldiers and war horses across the river, and we will stay with our lord. When will the lord board the ship, we will cross the river whenever we will, otherwise we will drink the northwest wind with our lord. This is the real sharing of joys and sorrows! Hahaha!"

Li Li laughed and said, "Since that's the case, then just as you wish. If you want to stay, stay. Hahaha!"

While laughing, Li Li sighed with emotion: "In life, there are only blessings that cannot be enjoyed, but no suffering that cannot be endured. To be honest, this battle in Hedong is indeed depressing, and it is indescribable. It is very cowardly!

More than ten days ago, I personally led a large army to Anyi on a starry night. I originally planned to drag the Allied troops of the princes to Hedong County at least one month, and then cross the Yellow River south and retreat to Hangu Pass. During this period, I will lead you to beat these princes hard, and make sure they will hurt them, and at least weaken the Allied troops' strength. If this is the case, I will not have a waste of my trip to Hedong County this time.

Unfortunately, man's plan is not as good as God's plan, and there seems to be God's will in the dark. Our army had just destroyed the Baibo army, and then was attacked by a small group of cavalry of the Allied forces, burning down our army's granary with fire, which was equivalent to directly cutting off the lifeline of our tens of thousands of Anyi army, forcing us to cross the river and retreat in advance.

This disrupted the deployment of our army, forcing us to retreat to the second best, use Hangu Pass to make up for the current defeat, and then save the situation and return to our predetermined tactical strategy. Only in this way can we have hope of winning, otherwise, it is still unknown which victory or defeat in this battle of Sili, and it is extremely dangerous!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the unwilling expression in the eyes of the generals instantly disappeared, replaced by the rumble of fighting spirit and high fighting spirit.

Indeed, generals such as Ma Chao, Zhang Liao, Tie Xiao, Xu Chu and Xu Huang were very unwilling to accept the defeat in Anyi, and almost all had the determination to fight to the death with the princes' allied forces. However, after Li Li ordered to cross Henan and retreat, the generals were stunned and asked for the battle one after another. However, Li Li had made up his mind and issued a military order, and mercilessly rejected the generals' request for the battle. Then, although the generals did not say anything, they were indignant and felt both frustrated and cowardly. They went back and forth within twenty days, not only in vain, but also in the end they crossed the river and withdrew their troops.

This was the first major battle of the Western Liang army since the reorganization of the army. Most of the troops from the twelve battle camps, including the county government soldiers, were dispatched. The soldiers rushed over, but they didn't expect that they would retreat in shame after only staying in the Anyi camp for more than ten days. Such a battle that was defeated without a fight was definitely the first time for the Western Liang army. This was a very shameful and humiliating in the hearts of the 130,000 soldiers of the Anyi army!

Because of this, as generals in command of the army, Ma Chao and Zhang Liao and other generals have been very angry and angry these days. Although they are busy raising ships to cross the river all day, they are worried about fighting with the princes and allied forces in their hearts. They hope that the allied forces will immediately besiege Anyi City, and then they will be able to let go of the battle with the princes and the army to see who is more powerful and who is the coward!

Unfortunately, although there have been constant wars these days, they have been sporadic sieges. The princes did not all arrive at the city of Anyi, and they were still stationed in Dongyuan City less than 100 miles away from Anyi City. This disappointed the generals such as Ma Chao, Zhang Liao, Xu Chu and Chen Dao. Then they had a gloomy face all day long, and their eyes were filled with unwillingness and anger.

Just now, the last group of cavalry and war horses stationed in the Anyi camp boarded the ferry and headed to Hangu Pass on the south bank. At this point, the Battle of Hedong was over. Even though Ma Chao and Zhang Liao were indignant, they could not help but remained full of unwillingness. However, beyond their expectations, the lord Li Li would complain, and the words they said were all in their hearts that they wanted to say but did not dare to say.

At this moment, Ma Chao, Zhang Liao, Xu Chu, Xu Huang and others suddenly felt cheerful, and the haze that had been accumulated in their hearts for several days was swept away. At the same time, they respected their lord Li Li more and more. They felt that Li Li was not like a lofty overlord, but their caring person, without airs, frank and generous, anxious about what others were anxious about, and thought about what others thought. This feeling was really wonderful.

"By the way, Fengxiao, which princes led their troops to attack the city today?" Just as the generals were thinking about it, Li Li asked Guo Jia softly.

Guo Jia heard the news and reported: "Today is the eighth day after the Allied forces occupied Dongyuan City. The princes who came to lead the army to attack the city were Sun Ce from Jiangdong. However, the general led the army was not Sun Ce himself, but the veteran Cheng Pu. Sun Ce's army had more than 10,000 people under the city. When siege, Cheng Pu only sent 3,000 people to rush up in a pretentious manner. When General Teng Xiao commanded our army to defend and counterattack, these Yangzhou troops retreated in a hurry. After going back and forth for an hour, he left more than a thousand corpses. Cheng Pu immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops, and today's siege was over an hour ago."

After hearing this, Li Li said thoughtfully: "So many days, the seven princes have taken turns to attack the city. Each time they have two or three thousand troops, and they all have feint attacks and withdraw their troops when they are pretending. The situation is a bit abnormal. What exactly do they want to do? They obviously have the opportunity to encircle our army and annihilate it, but why have they not marched? If something goes wrong, there must be monsters. I think there must be conspiracy that we don't know, so we must be careful!"

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Chapter completed!