Li Dao and Guo Yan raised a glass to drink together in the handsome tent, and waited for Hu Cai's good news, and naturally there was no lack of fragrant red sleeves around them, and the two newly acquired beauties whispered softly in the arms of the two, and the joyful atmosphere lasted until the soldiers came to report, Hu was beheaded, and nearly half of the five thousand horsemen were lost, and only less than three thousand horsemen fled back in embarrassment! Hearing this, Li Dao and Guo Yan couldn't help but be furious, and the case was opened at that time, and the two Tianxiang red sleeves were also affected, one of them was slapped in the face, and he left the handsome tent with a deep palm print.

If it is another prince, a loss of two thousand horsemen, I am afraid it is enough to make it hurt, but in the wealthy Xiliang army, the loss of two thousand horsemen is not worth mentioning, Li Dao and Guo Yan care about their powerful and invincible iron cavalry that just broke Ma Teng and Han Sui actually suffered a defeat under the Yizhou barbarians, and even the main general was folded in the formation, which was a basin of ice water poured on their heads, drenched in embarrassment and angry! For the sake of their face, for the glory of the Xiliang Army, if they want to retaliate, they must retaliate fiercely!

"Come on, the whole army gathers, storms the enemy camp, and at the same time orders Li Le to go out of the city with all his strength and cooperate with our army to storm Liu Zhang's camp!" An enraged Li Dao said loudly.

Although Guo Yan on the side was also angry, he was still able to keep his composure, listened to Li Wei's words, and hurriedly said: "Childish, the decisive battle is too hasty at this time, please calm down and think twice!" ”

"Think twice? How to think twice? Li Dao shouted: "My Xiliang Iron Cavalry has been crisscrossing the northwest for decades, and I have not been compensated for a defeat, but today I am hated in the hands of Liu Zhang's children, this is not only the shame of my Xiliang Iron Cavalry, but also the shame of all my Xiliang soldiers, Liu Zhang'er wantonly trampled on the majesty of my Xiliang Iron Cavalry, if it is not severely punished, and the enemy camp is washed in blood, will it not make people laugh?" What is the face of my Xiliang Iron Rider living in the world? Besides, once Xiang Ye heard about the defeat of our army, he would inevitably be furious, how did you and I bear Xiang Ye's thunderous anger? For today's plan, only by turning defeat into victory can we obtain Xiangye's forgiveness! ”

"Childish, like you, I also want to be ashamed of my Xiliang Tie immediately, but can I take revenge on blood and hatred just by blind impulse? No! You and I have witnessed the size of the enemy camp, to put it mildly, it is simply impregnable, although you and I have tens of thousands of iron cavalry in our hands, but everyone knows that without the help of infantry, the cavalry cannot take the enemy camp, if the enemy cannot hold out, my huge cavalry will be useless; Li Le in Wugong County suffered a big defeat, the morale was not fighting, Hu Cai lost, and he must enter the eyes of the martial arts defenders, and the defenders knew that even the first male soldier in Xiliang had also broken and sunk into the sand, but they were afraid that everyone would rise a thick shadow of defeat, and morale would undoubtedly be hit hard, and at this moment, I was afraid that even the courage to fight would no longer exist; What's more, our army has traveled thousands of miles, and the physical strength of soldiers and war horses is seriously consumed, and Hu Cai's defeat is only because of this. Therefore, in my opinion, it is better to rest for a while, wait for the soldiers and mounts to recuperate for a few days, recover their strength, and at the same time wait for the infantry to arrive, and then attack with the whole army to break through the enemy village in one fell swoop! ”

After listening to Guo Yan's words, Li Wei slowly sobered up, although he was still angry in his heart, but he had already dispelled the idea of hastily sending troops to a decisive battle, and said: "This statement is also reasonable, there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the enemy camp (Li Lewei escaped, exaggerated), if in the field, with my strong cavalry defeated like a bag, but if the enemy can't hold out, our army really has no good way." But Hu Cai's defeat will not be known soon, if you and I don't act, I'm afraid Xiangye will blame you and me for this! You also know that if the prime minister is angry, you and I may bear it! ”

"I thought there was no need to worry, the reason why Xiang Ye urged again and again was nothing more than that he was afraid that Liu Zhang would attack Chang'an, now that our cavalry has arrived, Liu Zhang has lost the opportunity to attack Chang'an, Chang'an is like a rock, Xiang Ye is too late to be happy, how can I blame you and me for a small defeat? What's more, Xiang Ye is familiar with military books, so he naturally understands the difficulties of you and me, as long as you and I will be truthful, I believe that Xiang Ye will not blame you and me! ”

Li Dao also feels reasonable, now Dong Zhuo needs to block Liu Zhang for him, if he blames at this time, in case he is resentful and angrily takes refuge in Liu Zhang, everything will be over, not to mention that at this moment he controls most of the troops in Xiliang, Dong Zhuo wants to deal with himself, but also consider the consequences first, so he said: "Okay, then let people explain the situation here in detail Xiangye, I hope Xiangye can be magnanimous and spare you and me!" ”

Soon, a letter was sent to Chang'an by a fast horse.

After Li Wei sent the letter, he called his own soldiers and ordered Li Le to immediately raise grain, grass and other materials for him.

A day and a night later, Li Dao's letter was delivered to Dong Zhuo.

In the letter, Li Dao said that he personally led the army to rescue Wugong, ate and slept in the dew, and worked tirelessly, and finally arrived before the enemy broke through Wugong and relieved the siege of Wugong. Subsequently, he took a short rest and sent troops to challenge the enemy, but the army ran for more than ten days, people were sleepy and lacking, the enemy waited for work, and he had to retreat after a hard and bloody battle, killing and wounding a large number of enemies. After that, the enemy could not hold out, and he lacked major generals, so it was difficult to storm the enemy camp, so he temporarily adopted the strategy of static braking, while waiting for the infantry to arrive, while closely monitoring the enemy army, if the enemy dared to go out of the camp, he would destroy it in one fell swoop, or wait for the arrival of the main infantry force, then attack with all his strength, and annihilate Liu Zhang's troops in one fell swoop!

After receiving such a battle report, Dong Zhuo naturally did not get angry, and sent Wu Qiong as a messenger to go to Wugong to reward Li Dao and Guo Yan, and accompanied him with 20,000 stones of grain and grass and countless gold and silver to reward soldiers.

After Li Le learned that Li Dao sent cavalry to attack, he knew that the Xiliang cavalry was brave and secretly guessed, and it might be difficult to attack the enemy camp, but if Liu Zhang dared to send troops to fight, it would undoubtedly be easy to destroy it, so he hurriedly asked people to slaughter three animals, and moved out 5,000 stone grain and 1,000 jars of wine from the treasury. The big families in the city only raised a large amount of money for him yesterday, and they didn't want to be filial piety after a day, and they were all full of complaints, but the situation was pressing, so they had to grit their teeth and admit it.

Who knows that people are not as good as the sky, Hu Cai was killed, and the five thousand horsemen who attacked with him suddenly panicked, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which dominated the world, actually collapsed at the touch of a touch after Hu Cai was beheaded, and the Yizhou army took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill several miles, killing countless people, and won a complete victory. What's even more embarrassing is that the fierceness and bravery of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry seem to be only in the legend, under the cover of the Yizhou Army, no one dares to turn back to fight, and leave the ass to the enemy one by one...... Looking at the countless corpses of the Xiliang Army and the few Yizhou Army who died in battle, Li Le sighed. What shocked him even more was Hu Cai's death, of course he knew Hu Cai, who was also Li Wei's confidant, and the two had fought openly and secretly in the past, when it came to Wu Yong, Li Le thought that he would not lose to Hu Cai, but it was not much better, but Hu Cai was shot in the head after only one meeting, and Li Le, who witnessed this scene in the city, had only one thought in his heart - this is not true! But when he confirmed from his own soldiers that the person who had no head was Hu Cai, when he saw the five thousand Xiliang Iron Cavalry leaving his ass to the enemy, he understood that all this was true, at this time he couldn't help but have the feeling of sadness for the rabbit and the fox, he didn't dare to imagine what kind of result he would have if one day he faced the strong man who had mocked Hu Cai like Hu Cai and couldn't even ride a battle!

The three animals, wine, and grain that had already been loaded into the car were unloaded, and Li Le was sure that Li Dao must be in a bad mood now, if these things were sent, wouldn't it be a slap in the face? He could almost imagine what would happen to him if he did! The slaughtered three animals could not stay for a long time, Li Le was merciful, and rewarded the soldiers in the city, which made the soldiers thunder with joy, and the 10,000 yuan of money apportioned by the big family fell into his pocket, but he did not have the slightest sense of joy......

Li Le didn't expect that his front foot had just rewarded the fat cattle and sheep to his soldiers, Li Dao sent people to urge the supply on the back foot, the rich people in the city were blackmailed twice in a row, if he did it again, he himself thought it was too much, he was not kind, but he felt that this frequency was too high, it was easy to provoke the people, there was nothing wrong with shearing sheep, but he had to wait for the sheep to recover, and the wool would grow before shearing, wouldn't it? If you ignore the reality and blindly fish with all your might, it is not a long-term way! However, in the face of Li Dao's order, he did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and without thinking about it, he made a stupid move, and under his order, the cattle and sheep sent to the houses of the various military units were confiscated again, and a large amount of grain was attached to them, and they were sent to Li Dao non-stop.

Li Le explained the past, but the city was chaotic, to be precise, the soldiers in the city were chaotic, and the newly defeated soldiers were already panicking, Li Le rewarded a large amount of meat, and the soldiers were all thunderous and praised Li Le's benevolence and righteousness, which greatly stabilized the morale of the army. Who many soldiers were drooling outside the room after learning about it, who knew that the meat was taken away before it was cooked, and all of them were sent to the camp outside the city, and the soldiers were suddenly angry, since ancient times, they have not suffered from widowhood but unevenness, everyone is the same Xiliang Army, they are all working hard and bleeding for Xiangye, why do they have to divide three, six, nine and so on? Why do they have big fish and meat, white flour and refined food, but they only have a musty smell that is difficult to swallow? It's good to say if it's never sent to them, but the people outside the city actually grab food in their own pots, this is simply too unusual, the soldiers are all bloody people, especially the Xiliang army often plagues the people, it can be said that they are used to seeing bloodshed, and they feel that they are not insulted, they are immediately angry, and they surround their commanders and ask for explanations. These mid- and lower-ranking officers were just as angry as the soldiers, but what could they do? If the generals make trouble, it is ill-intentioned, and they will inevitably suffer the most severe punishment, they have to do everything possible to stabilize the soldiers, but how can it be so simple? A few commanders also wanted to use their majesty to shock their soldiers, but they were pushed to the ground by the angry soldiers, beaten all the time, and almost lost their lives. Seeing that the situation was getting more and more out of control, these people had to find Li Le, hoping that he would take a solution, Li Le couldn't help but regret his sloppiness, but what could he do? was asked in a hurry, and he couldn't help scolding: "Ask me for a way, where can I find a way?" What do I keep you to eat? It's not for you to come to me every day to make trouble, it's for you to help me solve problems, you can't do these little things, so what's the use of me keeping you? There is no way, go back and find a way to solve your own problems, if you can't solve it, take off your military uniform as soon as possible and get out! ”

These people did not get a clear solution, and in the end there were several bold proposals, didn't the general let them figure it out on their own? The only way they could think of was the big families in the city, and in their opinion, Li Le's words were acquiescing to their use of any means......

Some people still wanted to oppose it, but when they thought of their subordinates who were eager to swallow themselves, they finally reached an agreement. Soon, a mournful cry sounded in Wugong County, and the wolf-like soldiers smashed open the doors of one house after another......