"Bastard, according to your meaning, the loss of Luoyu Pass and Weishui is caused by General Yang and Zhang Ji, and you are not guilty at all?"

"The last general knows that he can't escape the blame for his crimes, and he can't argue for himself, but General Yang, as the commander-in-chief of the Qinling defense line, shoulders the heavy responsibility of defending the Qinling Mountains, but he does not know the enemy and acts rashly, which caused the loss of the Luoyu Pass, can General Yang, as the commander-in-chief, stay out of the matter and escape responsibility?"

"Hmph, whether General Yang is guilty or not is not something you can ask! What do you have to quibble, and if not, kill yourself! ”

"Yes, the last general is willing to die, but the last general pleads with the general to tell the details of the defeat in this battle to the prime minister after the last general commits suicide, so as not to be deceived by the traitor and delay the great cause of my Xiliang army!"

Li Wei looked at Guo Yan and saw that he nodded imperceptibly, he naturally understood what Guo Yan meant, who had been friends for decades. When they were transferred out of Qinling and conscripted Ma Teng and Han Sui, the two originally wanted to nominate Li Le to be in charge of the Qinling defense line, but considering Li Le's lack of qualifications, and the world knows that Li Le is his confidant, if Li Le is recommended for an important position, it is easy to arouse Dong Zhuo's suspicion, so they have to retreat and recommend Yang Feng for this important position. That's the remnant of the Yellow Turban, he has never been his own person, Dong Zhuo has never regarded him as a confidant, and he has scruples about it, if he didn't have to do it, how could he give military power to Yang Feng? Li Le's answer just gave them a good excuse, I believe that as long as this matter is reported to Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo can take the opportunity to take back the military power of the Qinling front, and Yang Feng is the least removed from his post to investigate, they can logically control the Qinling defenders in their hands, and they firmly grasp the vast majority of the military power of the Xiliang Army, and their future is definitely bright, even if Dong Zhuo is moody, they can't easily move them! The important thing is that he also needs to grasp the military power through a general like Li Le, and Li Le has always been dedicated to doing things, and it is easy to chill the generals if he gives up easily, if he saves Li Le's life at this moment, it is equivalent to sending charcoal in the snow, Li Le must be grateful to Dade and swear allegiance.

The choice is certain, Li Dao said: "Li Le, originally the Xiangye ordered the general to take you down and behead you to correct the military discipline, but just listen to your words, there is indeed some truth, after the general and General Guo discussed, it was decided to leave you a dog for the time being, and the general will tell the details of this battle to Xiangye with General Guo, as for how Xiangye will fall, it depends on your creation!" ”

Li Le hurriedly kowtowed three more times, and said in a loud voice: "Thank you General Li, thank you General Guo, if the last general is lucky enough not to die, the last general swears that he is willing to be a cow and a horse for the rest of his life, and go up the sword mountain and the sea of fire for the two generals. ”

Li Wei nodded.

Li Le took the opportunity and said: "General Li, General Guo, this time the last general took Zhang Ji, although he escaped, but from other places seized a large amount of Liu Zhang's property to buy him, the last general has already counted the property clearly, and transported it to the camp, I implore the two generals to count and hand it over to the prime minister!" ”

Li Dao and Guo Yan smiled slightly, knowing that Li Le was giving them gifts from the beginning.

Li Le saw Li Dao and Guo Yan smiling on their faces, and finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said: "The two generals have 5,000 gold, 10,000 copper coins, two large boxes of gold and silver ornaments, and two Yizhou beauties......"

Li Ji couldn't help but pat the case and said: "Zhang Ji, this guy did not hesitate to betray Xiangye for the sake of mere property and women, he is really a sinner in my Xiliang for thousands of years, and this general swore that he would be captured alive in this life...... You quickly go and bring Liu Zhang's bribes, and we will check it out and present it to Xiangye! ”

"Yes, the last will go to ......"

Not long after, Li Le commanded more than 20 soldiers to bring ten large boxes, followed by two young girls who were twenty-eight years old and beautiful in the country.

After putting down the things, Li Le said goodbye with interest.

Li Dao and Guo Yan looked at each other and smiled, took half of their belongings, and after ordering their cronies to accept them, they pulled a girl back to their own barracks, and what they did go, naturally there is no need to say more.

Li Le, who walked out of the camp, breathed a sigh of relief, although he lost most of his wealth, fortunately, his fate was saved.

"Well, this time the loss is big, how can I get it back?" Li Le walked towards Wugong while thinking about how to recover economic losses, and suddenly, he slapped his head: "There is a way!" ”

In order to escape the war, the people around Wugong County moved their families into the city, and there were many rich families here, in Li Le's view, he sacrificed his life to protect these people, so should they pay money and food to comfort everyone? His solution is to go back to the city to find those big families to apportion, and if they dare to disobey, they will be dealt with as collaborators!

Needless to say, after Li Le returned to Wugong County, there was another burst of chickens and dogs jumping in the county, and many people were destitute overnight, but they were still good, looking at the cold dead corpses in the city, they were glad for their decision, and at the same time cursed in their hearts, where are these soldiers, bandits are a hundred times kinder than them!

Yizhou military marshal's account, Liu Zhang is gathering generals to discuss the military situation.

Wu Ban said: "Lord, Li Dao has traveled thousands of miles, and he must be sleepy and lacking in horses, in the opinion of the last general, he should take advantage of his unstable foothold, launch a sneak attack at night, and defeat him with one blow!" ”

Yang Ren also said: "My lord, my subordinates also agree with General Wu's opinion, now Li Dao has encircled the cavalry into the camp, just like a tiger entering the gate, making it lose its speed, the most powerful minion, if our army can besiege it in the camp, it only takes a fire to make the war horse frightened, trample on each other, and the enemy camp will not be attacked!" ”

"Zhicai, what is your opinion?" Liu Zhang looked at Xi Zhicai, who had not recovered long and his face was still a little tired.

Xi Zhicai coughed, and said a little weakly: "My lord, if in normal times, the proposal of the two generals Wu and Yang is very reasonable, but this time is also the same time!" It may be possible to besiege Li Dao, but you need to remember that there are still 30,000 elite soldiers in the martial arts city next to it, if our army dares to attack, Li Le leads his troops to support, and our army will fall into a difficult situation! ”

Gao Shun echoed: "Li Dao and Guo Yan have been on the battlefield for a long time, and they know that the cavalry has lost its speed, and its combat power is even inferior to the infantry, which is why he did not let the troops enter Wugong County, he understands that once the army enters the city, our army only needs to block the city gate, and he will not escape!" He set up a large camp outside the city, firstly, he could use Wugong County as a horn and support each other, and secondly, he also wanted to ensure that the cavalry was not restricted by the terrain......

Yang Ren said: "But if we can't defeat Li Dao quickly, when his infantry arrives, our army will face a siege of 150,000 horse infantry troops!" ”

Wu Ban also said: "Yang Feng is also leading his troops to come, and will arrive tomorrow night at the latest, it is reported that in order to annihilate our army, Dong Zhuo transferred 5,000 from the 6,000 elites guarding Yiwu to temporarily transfer them to Yang Feng's command, if Yang Feng arrives, the enemy in front will add another 10,000!" Therefore, the last general thought that if the enemy army gathered troops, our army would be in an extremely disadvantageous position, so it was better to take the initiative to attack and annihilate them one by one! ”

Gao Shun said: "But our army is not sure of success at all now, and a rash attack will only put our army on the verge of danger, if our army loses and is driven across Weishui, even if General Wei attacks Guanzhong, it will be difficult to support it alone!" ”

Xun You also said: "My subordinates also think that our army should take a defensive position at the moment, as long as we wait for General Wei to break through the Sanguan, the enemy army will inevitably panic, and then our army will take a response according to the specific situation!" ”

Mao Jue said: "If during this period, the enemy army storms our army's camp, and our army's strength is greatly inferior, in case a large battalion is lost, what should our army do?" ”

Guo Jiadao: "Filial piety does not have to worry, Li Lebu is mostly cavalry, attacking fortifications is not his forte, Li Lebu's new defeat, it is when the people's hearts are fluctuating, there is more than enough defense, and the attack is insufficient, and our army will hold for half a month to a month, so it is not a big problem!" ”

Mao Jue said: "There are no absolutes, the Xiliang Army has been killed for a long time, the soldiers are not afraid of death, from Dong Zhuo to the ordinary soldiers, they all understand that it is time to decide the future of the Xiliang Army, if it fights against the water, our army is only afraid of ......"

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Listening to everyone's arguments, Liu Zhang was also in a dilemma for a while, it was a bit risky to attack, but if he defeated Li Dao, as Jia Xu said, it would be possible to surrender Li Le, and then accelerate Dong Zhuo's demise, but if the attack failed, in the face of the enemy's counterattack, I am afraid that he could only retreat to Weinan, and in the face of the pursuit of the enemy cavalry, how many people could escape back to Weinan is still unknown; If you hold on, if you can hold on until Wei Yan advances into the pass, it will be a victory, but the question is whether you can hold it until that day? After all, the enemy army will take turns to attack with 150,000 troops, and although there are three strong defenses, no one dares to guarantee whether they can keep the big battalion from losing!

After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Zhang still chose a conservative decision and ordered to stick to the camp and wait for news from the Western Route Army!