Chapter 711 Dragon raises its head

On the third day before the end of the year, more than 20 carriages drove into the Xiliang Army camp without any obstacles and headed straight for the general's headquarters.

This is the carriage that Li Li's family was riding, escorted by the five-thousand Jin Jin Qiwei cavalry along the way, and rushed from Meiwu to the Hangu Front.

In the chaotic world of war, many people have long forgotten the time and their minds are full of survival and escape, and they have no concept of New Year.

However, Li Li's wives and concubines knew that their husband had a special relationship with the New Year.

In the past, Li Li was a little disappointed at the end of the year, and seemed to have irreparable shortcomings, revealing a rare sentimental and warm side.

Until last year, with several children coming to life, Li Li finally smiled happily and no longer had to drink alone and was sad.

As Li Li's wives and concubines, Li Xin, Dong Wan, Ren Hongchang, Cai Yan, Dian Wuxia and others all know that although their husbands are regarded as the ruthless world overlords by the world, he is actually a good man from the Gu family and cares very much about family affection and family reunion. Regardless of whether others care about the New Year or not, Li Li's mansion carries lights and celebrates the New Year every year. For this reason, Li Li spends a lot of money without frowning and enjoys it.

Therefore, although the war in Hangu Pass is at stalemate and it is quite inconvenient for women to move into the military camp with their children, Li Xin and others still took their children to the front line to reunite with Li Li and celebrate the New Year with him.

Although the conditions are simple, the camp is huge, the size of the camp is equivalent to a barracks stationed by thousands of people. Such a large camp was originally a little empty and wasteful, but after Li Xin, Cai Yan and others moved in with their children, the camp was laughing and laughing inside and outside, and from time to time, you can see a few kids chasing and playing. This made the Xiliang soldiers, who were already accustomed to fighting and bleeding, feel warm. Looking at the scenes of the children of the lord Li Li, crying and making noise. They invisibly touched their softest hearts, thus inspiring their determination to win and their belief in loyalty to their lords to the death.

Warm time is always short, and a month passes quietly in a blink of an eye.

Ten days ago, Li Li personally sent away his women and children, and all eleven wives, concubines and six children were sent to Chang'an. I thought they should have arrived in Chang'an safely now.

On February 1st, the sky is clear and the warm sunshine shines on the earth. All living things that have been silent for a winter have ushered in the horn of the spring breeze that will grow and bloom again.

Tomorrow is the day when the Xiliang army and the allied forces of the princes will fight to the decisive battle. On February 2nd, the dragon raised its head.

On the main gate of Hangu Pass, Li Li stood in meditation on the railings and stood for a long time. Today, he did not look at the former Allied Army camp in Loudi, but looked away from the Allied Army, quietly looking at the mountains and ridges to the west, which was the direction of Chang'an City.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

A steady and powerful footsteps came from far and near, and came into Li Li's ears. But he did not turn his head to observe, and still stood still, looking at the West with a calm expression.

Li Zhi, who was standing outside the pavilion, walked up to him lightly and waited for the person to climb to the top of the city. A smile appeared on his cold and rigid cheeks, and a bit of respect was revealed in his eyes.

"The commander came so fast, and he traveled for more than a thousand miles in half a month. Thank you all the hard way." Li Zhi smiled knowingly.

"Zicheng has been the commander of the personal guards for more than two years. Don't call me 'commander' again. Dian really can't afford it!" The visitor quickly came forward and grabbed Li Zhi's arm and laughed loudly.

It is true that Li Zhizun can still call him the "commander" now, and there is only one of the generals of Xiliang, which is the evil Lai Dianwei who was ordered to exchange defense with Ma Chao this time.

The first personal guard commander around Li Li was Dian Wei. After about two years, Li Zhi was his deputy general, until after the reorganization of the Western Liang Army, Dian Wei stepped down as the chief general of the Huben Camp. It is no exaggeration to say that Li Zhi was a general trained by Dian Wei. Perhaps he did not teach Li Zhi too much military strategy, but how to be a good abilities to protect Li Li's safety at all times was definitely a gift to him without any personal gain. Many of Li Zhi's current habits and taciturn character are from this, which is almost exactly the same as Dian Wei's back then.

Therefore, to this day, Li Zhi still respects Dian Wei very much. When he met, he still called Dian Wei the commander, and he regarded himself as his subordinate.

This shows that Li Zhizhi's Zhongchun has been in his past character for three years and has never forgotten his roots. Otherwise, with his current status, he is both the commander of the personal guards and is deeply trusted by Li Li, and is regarded as a brother of a different surname by Li Li, and his status and power have already ranked above Dian Wei. There is no need to be so polite to Dian Wei.

You should know that now all the civil and military officials of the Xiliang Army, when they see Li Zhi, they must politely call him "Commander" or "General Zicheng". Any memorial and secret report placed on Li Lishuai's case must be transferred through him. This is the innate advantage of the close ministers, and it is also a power that is above ten thousand people. None of the civil and military officials in the Xiliang Army dares to underestimate him.

Just as Li Zhi and Dian Wei were whispering to reminisce about the past, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Fa Zheng and others who were going upstairs with Dian Wei saw their lord Li Li looking west behind their backs and standing in thought. Jia Xu immediately said softly: "General Zicheng, the lord has been standing on the city tower for a long time. I wonder if I can meet my lord at this time?"

"A whole hour." Li Zhi continued: "The lord has given him a long time ago. You can go there by yourself, so there is no need to report it."

"Thank you, Zicheng." Dian Wei, Jia Xu and others thanked him after hearing the voice, then quickly walked into the pavilion and bowed to Li Li.

"We'll pay homage to the lord!"

Li Li turned around slowly, showed a smile on his face, waved his hand to signal everyone to get up, then looked at Dian Wei, and laughed: "The evil has come all the way, do you want to take a break? Is there a bloody battle tomorrow!"

Indeed, since May last year, Dian Wei led the Huben Camp to fight with the Xiongnu barbarians, and then followed Zhou Yu to fight continuously, fighting from Shuobei Grassland to Shangdang County, Bingzhou, and only at the end of last year could he take a breath. Unexpectedly, just after the New Year's Eve, he received a transfer order from Li Li, and transferred the Huben Camp to Hanyang County and handed over to Ma Chao's command. He rushed to Hangu Camp to take over Longxiang Camp and exchanged defense with Ma Chao.

After a long period of time, Dian Wei was running around for eight months. He was really busy and hard, and he worked hard and made great contributions.

"Thank you for your concern, I will not be tired. Even if I go out to fight immediately, I will not frown!" Dian Weilang replied.

Li Li walked to Dian Wei with a smile, patted his shoulder gently, and said with a smile: "If you say you are not tired, it must be fake. Evil comes and you are also flesh and blood, not steel and iron. After fighting for more than half a year, how can you not be tired? This way, with Li Zheng on Longxiang Camp, there will be no problem. Today Evil comes and rest for a day to accumulate strength. When the two armies fight to the decisive battle tomorrow, you still need to charge into the battle!"

"This?" Dian Wei was stunned when he heard this, and hesitated and didn't know how to answer.

Li Li waved his hand and smiled, "Don't say much about evil, go and rest quickly. This is a military order. Do you still want to resist the order? Hahaha!"

"No, I will obey the order!" Seeing that Li Li was not joking, Dian Wei immediately took the order happily and turned around and strode away.

Watching Dian Wei leave, Li Li smiled and said to Fa Zheng: "I haven't seen each other for half a year, Xiaozhi has become more and more calm and capable. It's a joyful congratulations! I don't know what Bingzhou is now, but Gongjin is ready to send troops?"

Fa Zheng said respectfully: "Report to the lord, since September last year, the Shangshu Ling has successively dispatched hundreds of civil officials from Chang'an Tai Academy and Yongliang Prefectures to Shuobei Grassland and Bingzhou counties. At present, the counties and counties are becoming stable and orderly. According to the lord's military order, General Zhou Yu mobilized 50,000 Bingzhou County troops and sent troops to Hedong County five days ago. It must be ready now. Just wait for the two armies to fight to the decisive battle tomorrow, General Zhou Yu can lead the troops to attack Hedong County."

"Fifty thousand county soldiers?" Li Li was slightly stunned when he heard the sound, and then laughed: "It seems that Gongjin has accepted a lot of surrendered soldiers in Bingzhou. After transferring Hu Ben Camp, he still has 50,000 mobile troops. It is a surprise!"

"What the lord said is very true." Fa Zheng nodded happily and said, "As of the end of last year, after our army recovered the entire territory of Bingzhou, it had collected more than 70,000 troops from Bingzhou, and all of these troops were recorded. In addition, our army also captured more than 30,000 barbarian troops, plus our original 60,000 troops from the Northern Expedition. In addition to the casualties during the attack on Bingzhou and the Hub Camp that was ordered to be transferred, General Zhou Yu has nearly 100,000 troops under the tent. Because of this, General Zhou Yu can only draw 50,000 infantry troops to attack Hedong County, and the remaining troops are stationed in Bingzhou and the Xiongnu Grassland, with a slightly insufficient force. However, General Zhou Yu secretly sent troops this time, and his whereabouts were hidden and unknown; therefore, no one should dare to attack Bingzhou in the short term."

"Well, that's great." Li Li smiled and nodded, then said to Fa Zheng: "After several years of training, Xiaozhi can be regarded as an important task. Stay with me for the time being to join the army and lead the General Pinglu, and make other arrangements after this battle."

"Thank you for your appreciation, and I will swear to repay you to the death!" Fa Zheng bowed and responded with joy.

Seeing Fa Zheng's expression was quite excited, Li Li and Jia Xu, Guo Jia looked at each other and laughed: "Hahaha?????"

While laughing, Li Li focused his attention and looked at the Allied camp, and pondered in a low tone: "The big village in front of him is gathered more than half of the princes in the world, and there are many potential treacherous heroes and heroes. All those who should come have come, and those who should not have come have come. It is truly said that all the heroes in the world gather inside and outside Hangu Pass."

"???The battle tomorrow will completely change the world pattern and directly determine the fate of the Han Dynasty. The battle for hegemony in troubled times will begin from this battle. After this battle, the situation of heroes arose to this end. From now on, the number of princes in each capital will only decrease, and there will be no more princes to rise. The next step is the real battle for hegemony!"

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