Chapter 27: The Capture of Xiahoudun
"Hey, hey, Yuan Rang, are you going to be a shrunken turtle in Yan County? If it's a man, come out and fight with me, if you can't beat me, you're my son! Li Ming was outside the city of Yanxian County, pointing to Xiahoudun on the head of the city and shouting.
Since the large army entered Donghai County and set up camp, Xu Huang led 10,000 cavalry troops and secretly launched an attack to the west overnight; Tai Shi Ci secretly attacked to the east. Li Ming routinely brought the guards to the county every day to call for battle, but Xiahoudun closed the city and couldn't come out, no matter what Li Ming said, it was useless.
"Xiahoudun is not a cautious guy, he is really as Feng Xiao said, closed the city?!" Li Ming returned to the camp and immediately looked at Guo Jia curiously.
Originally, it was planned to capture the county in one go, and then launch an attack on other counties in Donghai County one after another. As a result, Guo Jia proposed that he could attack several other county towns first, and those county orders themselves had opinions on Cao Cao, and then saw that the army had bypassed Yan County, and it was easy to think that the army had already captured Yan County, so most of the county orders would choose to surrender directly.
Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, and those county orders who dared to resist had already been killed by him. I don't know what happened to the newly appointed batch, anyway, most of the remaining county orders in Xuzhou were boneless.
This plan was very risky, and only Li Ming's 3,000 people stayed here. And the Cao army stationed in Yan County has 30,000! These soldiers are not cannon fodder, Cao Cao will leave them to guard against Li Ming, so they are naturally the elite of the army.
But then again, it was the relationship between these 30,000 soldiers who were lost here that Cao Cao was defeated in the battle with LΓΌ Bu in Yanzhou, which eventually led to the relenting to the imperial court and returning to the imperial court.
"Xiahoudun is no longer under Cao Cao's command, but the Xuzhou Assassin Shi of the imperial court, he is in a high position, he naturally has to think about more things, plus Chen Deng and Chen Qi, he will not let him fight easily." Guo Jia replied with a smile.
After a pause, he continued to add: "According to the usual practice, after receiving the news of our northward departure, he will ask for help from the surrounding states and counties as soon as possible, and at the same time block us here. Conversely, if reinforcements don't come, then he will be completely meaningless if he doesn't come out here, and he will put himself in danger! β
"It's smart but it's mistaken for smart, right? Having said that, Huang Zhong and the others have already recovered Jiujiang County, and they are planning to attack Runan County or Pei County, but we will be dragged here! Li Ming couldn't help but complain.
"The situation is different, Yuan Shu is already a betrayal of relatives, and the entire Yuzhou is just an empty shelf. It is difficult to say that he can mobilize troops at this moment, but since he is his son-in-law, he must also be able to mobilize Yuan Valve's core combat strength, otherwise he would not have to send Lu Bu, Guan Yu, and even General Huang Zhong over. Guo Jia said slowly, "Fortunately, Wang Yu is over there, he should understand what the so-called family core strength is, and at least it can reduce casualties a lot." β
"Is the so-called family heritage really so powerful?" Li Ming couldn't help but be curious.
"A family that has existed for a hundred years, there will be one or two Xuan-level cheats in the family. A family that has existed for hundreds of years, it is not surprising that there are Xuan-level martial arts and cheats at home. So when conditions permit, he cultivated a group of cultivation mystical cheats and martial arts from an early age, and even mastered secret techniques such as blood explosion techniques!
They are the greatest foundation of the family, we often call them dead soldiers, they are all dead soldiers who can fight for the survival of the family! The longer the time, the larger the family, the more dead people in the family, with the scale of Yuan Valve, there are at least more than 500 dead soldiers in the family! Guo Jia explained slowly.
"Five hundred dead soldiers, I'm afraid it's not enough for me to stuff my teeth!" Li Ming burst out laughing when he heard this.
"Five hundred dead soldiers who cultivate Xuan-level martial arts and cheats, and have obtained all kinds of drugs that strengthen the foundation and peiyuan for a long time, and are proficient in assassination and blood explosion techniques, each of them is equivalent to the combat power of a general or even a deputy general, and they know how to cooperate and support each other, if you really want to face these five hundred dead soldiers at the same time, even if you are the lord, I am afraid that it will be a little unbearable, right?" Guo Jia asked rhetorically.
"This ...... Isn't this nothing to do? Five hundred generals don't want to be put aside, they have to be trained to be dead soldiers! Li Ming suddenly began to complain again, these families are really idle eggs.
"Haha, the lord doesn't know anything, and if he has good qualifications in it, he will basically be recommended into the army by them. Even many developed into a family of military generals, and then became the force of Gongwei Yuan Valve. For example, Ji Ling's family was previously a family established by a dead soldier who was separated by Yuan Valve, and at the same time, Yan Liangwen Chou under Yuan Shao was also in this situation.
They are loyal, and Yuan is responsible for nurturing them, no matter what field they are in. The rest of the mediocre qualifications are the so-called dead soldiers. Theoretically they are consumables, and they know that, so when it comes to offense, they tend to leave no stone unturned, even putting their own lives and deaths on the line. Such an opponent is very difficult! Guo Jia replied.
"Does Lao Cao have it too?" Li Ming pointed to Yan County.
"If it were the Xiahou family, they might be able to raise a group of such dead soldiers. However, unless the Xiahou family is in danger of extinction, they will basically not use these dead soldiers. The dead are the last bargaining chip of all families, as long as they are not played, they can exert enough deterrent power. Once it is played, then it also indicates that this family has reached the point of desperate fighting. Guo Jia said slowly.
When Li Ming heard this, he seemed to understand that many countries in later generations had nuclear bombs, but as a result, they only developed them, but did not use them, and even signed agreements on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. This thing is actually not that powerful, really throw this out as a trump card, even if it can be blown up, if it can't be blown up, wait for yourself to be blown up.
On the contrary, as long as it is not thrown out, then everyone will be afraid of this thing, and then they can maintain a posture of peaceful coexistence. In this era, these dead soldiers are the last foundation of the family and their last trump card. This trump card, only by holding it in your hand, can you exert its deterrent power, and it is not a wise move to play it.
"So even if I kill Xiahou Dun, I won't attract this group of dead soldiers from the Xiahou family, right?" Li Ming was thoughtful, and at the same time, he couldn't help but consider whether to form such a team. If nothing else, find a group of children with good qualifications to cultivate, and finally ......
"Anyway, the former Yulin Wei ......" Li Ming looked at Guo Jia with a strange expression.
"That's right, that's the core strength of the royal family, Huo Quzhi and Wei Qing and others have been discovered because of this, and even a lot of generals have appeared one after another, but with the decline of Yulinwei, it has long existed in name only." Guo Jia came back.
Two days later, in the early morning, Xu Huang had already divided into two roads with Tai Shi Ci on the left and right, and surrounded Yan County.
When Li Ming received the news, he immediately laughed, continued to come to the gate of Yan County, and shouted: "Yuan Rang, are you still fantasizing that reinforcements from other states and counties will come?" I'm telling you, don't count on it, except for Yan County, the entire Donghai County has fallen into my hands! β
"You!" Xiahoudun was immediately annoyed, he didn't expect Li Ming to fight here for several days, and as a result, Donghai County was gone. At the same time, he couldn't help but look at Chen Gui's father and son angrily, they didn't persuade themselves not to be reckless.
"Open the door, I'm going out! Gather your soldiers at once, we must fight the enemy in a decisive battle, otherwise, we will have to flee in disgrace! Xiahoudun looked at Cao Bao and his original subordinates, "We only have these two paths to go!" β
Of course, there is also surrender, wagging his tail to Li Ming and begging for mercy, if he will do that, then he will not be Xiahoudun!
"Li Ming, I used to crusade against the Jiao Snake, I know you are very powerful! In the past three years, I have not made no progress! As the door opened, Xiahoudun took the lead and killed Li Ming directly, "Let me teach you how powerful!" β
"Yuan Rang, after three years, do you think you can do it? No, you can't, unless it's Lu Bu, you have to at least learn the exercises above the prefecture level! Li Ming looked at Xiahoudun with pity, but he still drove Shattered Moon to crash forward.
"Lao Tzu also condenses the innate Qi!" Xiahoudun roared angrily, and the innate qi burst out in an instant, condensing and on top of the spear, it was as if a layer of purple thunder and lightning had been attached.
"Come on! Li Ming, let you taste my Xiahou family's thunder gun! Xiahoudun roared angrily, and the spear suddenly stabbed out, and then exploded in an instant, turning into six thunderbolts and killing Li Ming.
"I have to say, the innate Qi is really gorgeous!" Li Ming couldn't help but sigh, every time he saw these innate Qi martial arts above the Xuan level, he just felt that it was so cool. Somewhat, and a little unpleasant.
It is said that he has already completed the cultivation of the innate body, and he doesn't even need to cultivate the "Five Fowl Body Shaping Secret Method". However, he didn't condense the innate Qi, so he could only trace the origin of the nine turns, and he only completed the second turn not long ago.
After the second turn, the current Rakshasa Heart Sutra also fell to LV3, but the internal qi in the body suddenly expanded, four times that of one turn and two times after one turn. According to this statement, it is very likely that after three turns, it will be eight times as much as the original.
The amount of internal qi is large, so there is naturally no shredging in using skills, watching the other party kill, Li Ming also waved the spear in his hand and killed it with Shura marksmanship. This move, marksmanship, belongs to group combat martial arts, but it is used to defend against the spear that comes from the stab, and it is just right. The two sides fought each other, and finally staggered by.
"You've got a lot of strength!" Xiahoudun turned his horse, looked at Li Ming, and felt it up close, only to know that this guy's strength was amazing. Let's not talk about the acquired qi attached to the surface of the body, just talk about his own strength, I'm afraid it will definitely not be small.
"Yours isn't small!" Li Ming looked at Xiahoudun playfully, and the implication was: 'In the end, it's still younger than me'!
"But on the battlefield, you can't win in the end with a lot of strength!" Xiahoudun sneered and killed Li Ming again.
At the same time, Xu Huang and Tai Shici had already begun to engage in war with Xiahoudun's men. Chen Deng and Cao Bao constantly commanded the soldiers to meet the battle, and the soldiers also kept moving outside the field in the city.
As Xiahoudun said, there are only two roads in front of them at this moment. Either die on the battlefield, or quickly break out. Compared with Xiahoudun, the two actually didn't want to fight at all, they just wanted to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible.
On the battlefield, the two watched Li Ming and Xiahoudun go back and forth, fighting again and again, and passing by mistake again and again, and couldn't help but have the urge to stay on the battlefield and wait for the results.
At this time, the horses under Xiahoudun's seat could not withstand the violent collision between the two and collapsed blatantly. Although Xiahoudun rolled and avoided it, he didn't want to be killed by Li Ming, who was killed immediately, and flew out with a broken army marksmanship.
Seeing this, the two were immediately startled, and hurriedly commanded the soldiers to break through. As for Xiahoudun, he had been taken to the rear by the soldiers of the Guards, and the two of them wanted to save it, but they couldn't save it.