The sun is scorching, and the breeze blows green. In front of Lu Long Pass, the Han and barbarian armies face each other, five hundred steps apart, with swords tense, lifting the reins and slamming horses and trying, and the battle is about to begin.

Cold eyes stared at the barbarian army formation opposite, Li Li frowned, his eyes deep, like a deep pool of darkness. No one knew what he was thinking, but he could guess what he was worried about. However, there was no trace of worry and timidity in his eyes, but he was full of murderous intent, like a burning fire. With just one opportunity, it could explode and set off a prairie fire.

Zhuge Liang, who stopped beside Li Li, also carefully observed the barbarian army formation opposite him. His brows were beating from time to time, showing that he was restless and was concentrating on his mind. After a while of silence, Zhuge Liang turned his head to look at Li Li's side face, but saw Li Li's face calm, his eyes narrowed slightly, his eyes were deep, and his murderous aura was everywhere, making the dark red battle robe covered with windlessness, and he was not angry and powerful.

Seeing this, Zhuge Liang vaguely guessed that Li Li was not optimistic about the current war just like him, but he was used to fighting on the battlefield. After many battles, he was already happy and angry. Therefore, it was difficult to see the clues from his expression alone. While thinking secretly, Zhuge Liang whispered: "I didn't expect that the barbarian army would come out in full swing this time, and fought with 130,000 barbarian cavalry head-on battle with my 80,000 infantry cavalry. The force was so disparate, and our army was at a very unfavorable disadvantage before the war started. I wonder what the lord had to do?" It was said that it was a dispatch, but he was just asking for countermeasures, but he was a minister, and he used more elegant words and asked for instructions in a tactful way.

After hearing the sound, Li Li said without looking back: "Things have come to this point. Only fight with all your might. There is no other choice."

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly with deep understanding and responded: "Since this is the case, the central army will be personally commanded by the lord. This battle is of great importance, and Liang has little experience and may not be able to take on a great task. This is the heartfelt words of the minister. Please be sure to agree." After the words, he bowed with a very sincere expression.

After hearing this, Li Li turned his head to look at him, shook his head slightly, and said with a resolute expression: "No, you are still in charge of the central army in this battle and command the army to fight. As for me, I haven't encountered such a passionate decisive battle for a long time. Today I just loosen my muscles and bones, and sharpen my swords with these barbarians and tatars in front of me. Otherwise, people would have thought that I, Li Li, had been distracted from the battle formation for a long time. I was no longer as brave as I was back then!"

Having said that, Li Li knew in his heart what Kong Ming was worried about. This was the first time that Zhuge Kongming, who was a fledgling Zhuge, led his troops to fight. He planned the deployment of troops before the war and the deployment of troops at this moment. Li Li just sat in the position of command to suppress the field for him. Even if Li Li appeared in front of the central army at this moment, he was just to calm down the scene for Kong Ming and stabilize the morale of the army. The specific command of how to command the army was to command the army.

This scene was exactly the same as the battle in the northern region where Zhou Yu first took charge of the army four years ago. At that time, Li Li was in charge of the food, supplies and supplies of the Northern Expedition Army, and all the remaining wars were left to Zhou Yu. He was given the right to be arbitrary on the occasion, and Zhou Yu decided to make a decision on how to fight. He reported it later. Therefore, Zhou Yu led his troops to defeat the barbarian army, and then took Bingzhou in one go, became famous in one battle. Later, he was appointed as a general and was transformed into the commander-in-chief under Li Li.

During the Eastern Expedition to the barbarian tribes around Youzhou, Li Li adopted the same strategy, handing over the war and the army to Zhuge Liang, while he himself sat beside him to press the formation for Kong Ming. To put it bluntly, during the Battle of Lu Longsai, Li Li became the manager of the hand. Although he was named the commander of the army, he was actually Kong Ming in charge of the army. He handed over all the 100,000 troops to Zhuge Liang, who had just arrived. If this move was on the surface, he would be afraid that everyone in the army would be in danger and would inevitably distrust Kong Ming very much, and even sneer at it and disobey him. Therefore, Li Li privately handed over the right to command the army to fight to Zhuge Liang. He was out of the matter and did not express any opinions on Zhuge Liang's decisions or formation arrangements, and would be followed. Therefore, the generals thought that the military orders issued by Kong Ming were instructed by him, and he had no doubt about it and was ordered to be executed without any doubt.

It has to be said that Li Li's move was really bold and even a little risky. Although he knew that Zhuge Liang was a great military strategist who was born in the world, he was definitely a talented person with great wisdom and wisdom, and he was completely calculated; at this moment, Zhuge Liang was too young, only eighteen years old, which was ten years away from the time when Kong Ming came out of history. Ten years of time is undoubtedly extremely important for a young man to grow his experience and knowledge, and there is immeasurable room for improvement. Ten years of tempering directly determines his life's achievements.

Therefore, Li Li is indeed a bit suspicious of using Zhuge Liang like this now. If he succeeds in his battle, he will undoubtedly promote Zhuge Liang to grow up quickly with the fastest speed, allowing him to establish strong self-confidence in the shortest time and establish prestige in the army. On the contrary, if he fails in the first battle, it will undoubtedly be a heavy blow to Zhuge Liang. He will bear the burden of failure too early, which will only increase the variables of his future growth path. He will carry forward with heavy burdens. The degree of difficulty can be imagined.

Li Li did not have considered these serious consequences, but on the contrary, he considered them in almost every aspect. It was precisely because he had considered countless consequences that he made him determined to use Zhuge Liang as soon as possible. This was not only because he had high hopes for Zhuge Liang, but also because he was too superstitious about the great achievements Zhuge Liang created in history. It was the current situation that Li Li did not have much time to slowly explore Zhuge Liang's potential, nor did he have time to grow step by step.

Time waits for no one, and the situation in the world changes rapidly and will definitely not stagnate due to someone's will. Now, the situation in the world is at an extremely critical turning point. If you push it hard, you can end the troubled times decades or even hundreds of years in advance, thereby minimizing casualties among the Han people, retaining more vitality for the Han people, and even reappearing the strong Han people's prosperity in the past. And vice versa.

Li Li, who is familiar with history, is well aware of the huge harm of the turmoil in the late Han Dynasty for more than a hundred years, so he always wants to end the troubled times as soon as possible and unify the world. He strives to gain the most extensive territory and the vast land for the entire Han nation in his lifetime, so that the Han nations trapped in a corner of the east can realize as soon as possible that there is a wider vast space outside the Han Dynasty, and break the vicious circle of self-confidence of the Han people as soon as possible, and to go out one day before they can become stronger.

It is precisely with this sense of crisis that Li Li breaks the rules again and again, promotes talents out of order, and provides a stage for them to display their talents, so that they can grow up as soon as possible, stand on their own, and hope to end the troubled times in the shortest time and rebuild order. This is not that Li Li is fantastic, but that he now has this ability and the ability to withstand failure.

Perhaps for other princes, they could not fail at all, nor could they afford to lose. Failure to them means destruction. But Li Li did not have such concerns. He had enough troops and a relatively broad territory. These were the key to his suppression of the princes in various towns. For him, it was not important to lose once, and he could bear the loss of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops because he had the ability to afford to lose. However, he had no time to wait, and his life was limited after all, and waiting meant was wasting his life. If he missed a year, he would be one year older. Therefore, time was the most urgent and fatal to him, and he could not waste a moment.

Putting aside the chaotic thoughts in his heart, Li Li knew that the reason why Zhuge Liang proposed to return the military power to him was because he had begun to shake his heart. He was shocked by the powerful formation of more than 100,000 barbarians in front of him, which made Zhuge Liang, who had just entered the battlefield, began to doubt his previous judgment, and his confidence was gradually fading away, worried that if he failed in this battle, at least half of the 80,000 Han soldiers would die. This cost was too great, so great that he could not accept it, and could not bear the serious consequences after the failure.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang, who was cautious by nature, was unwilling to take risks, or he did not dare to take risks, and subconsciously chose to retreat. In his opinion, in the face of this situation, Li Lizheng had rich experience in fighting. If he handed over all the troops to Li Li, the result after the war would definitely be much better than that he commanded the war.

However, Zhuge Liang never expected that Li Li refused his request without thinking, and still insisted on the original plan, and still handed over the life and death of the 80,000 army to him.

Suddenly, Zhuge Liang was also full of thoughts and mixed feelings, with deep worries and indescribable gratitude. He never thought he was a genius, but he firmly believed that as long as he was willing to work hard and endure hardship, he would definitely become a talent for helping the world like Guan Zhong and Le Yi.

Today, Kong Ming believes that he is well-educated, has a good understanding of ancient and modern historical records, is proficient in astronomy and geography, is well versed in the world and human relations, and is not inferior to anyone in the world. However, when he truly faces the confrontation between more than 200,000 armies, his strong self-confidence and inner arrogance can't help but shake. Human life is greater than that of heaven. When he holds the lives of 80,000 soldiers in his hand, he feels the heavy responsibility on his shoulders for the first time, which makes him breathless and feels overwhelmed. He even suspects that what he has learned is like Zhao Kuo in the past, talking about war on paper, and mistakes oneself and the army.

Just when Zhuge Liang was wandering, Li Li suddenly patted his shoulder, gave him an encouraging look, and said solemnly: "Don't be afraid, don't have too many concerns, just follow your prior plan and command the battle. If you win this battle, it will be your battle to become famous; if you lose, all the consequences will be borne by me. To be honest, losing 80,000 troops is nothing to me. After a little rest, our army can regroup and make a comeback." When he said this, Li Li's expression on his face was very calm, without any force.

Seeing that Li Li had made up his mind, Zhuge Liang's wandering heart was inexplicably calmed down and responded respectfully: "I promise, I will accept the order!"

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