After learning the news of Jia Xu's defection, Li Wei's first reaction turned out to be a deep fear, a kind of despair of betraying his relatives.

All along, he relied on Jia Xu's strategy to get to where he is today. Although he is sometimes afraid and defensive of Jia Xu's wisdom, he will still ask Jia Xu for advice once something can't be solved.

Therefore, Jia Xu's betrayal made Li Wei extremely frightened, and he hurriedly sent his nephew Li Xian to lead the army and horses to chase after him, but in the end he returned with nothing. Li Dao had nowhere to vent except to smash everything in his tent.

Huangfu Song's army was still holding on to them without moving, and Li Dao didn't bother to do any tricks such as attacking the camp at this time, but just blindly urged his son Li Shi, who was guarding Hedong County, to increase troops and increase food.

However, within a few days, Li Wei not only did not wait for the help of Hedong County, but received a desperate military report from Hedong:

The state army suddenly attacked southward, and Hedong County was lost!

Li Wei finally understood what Huangfu Song had been waiting for, it turned out that he was waiting for this Bingzhou army to seize Hedong.

Liu Wei, who was in Chang'an, also obtained the same information about Hedong, but it was more detailed and accurate than Li Wei's.

Ding Yuan, who received Liu Wei's order to go south, hurriedly ordered Lü Bu, who was in the Xiongnu tribe to help Yu Fuluo to restore the country, quickly returned to Bingzhou, and led 10,000 wolf horsemen to attack Hedong as a vanguard.

Lu Bu really deserves to be the best tactician of this era. He led the Bingzhou army all the way to the east of the river. In just one battle, the unprepared Hedong defenders were defeated, and the original white wave thieves Han Xian and Hu Cai were killed, and Li Heng, the younger brother of Li Dao, was captured. Yang Feng and Li Le, who were in Anyi, saw that the big thing was not good, and immediately turned against the water, killed Li Shi, the son of Li Dao, who was defending the city, and Li Dao's entire family, and surrendered to Lu Bu in Kaicheng.

After the successful capture of Anyi, Hedong County was basically recovered. Lü Bu left his generals Gao Shun to guard Anyi with Yang Feng and Li Le, and he himself led his soldiers and horses to join the Ding Yuan army that was heading south and pounced on the Xiliang rebels.

The recovery of Hedong County has undoubtedly become the foregone conclusion of the imperial court's rebellion, and the Xiliang army at this time is already a turtle in the urn with no way out, just waiting for the imperial court to launch the final blow.

However, Liu Wei did not immediately order this, although now that he is in power, the imperial court is fully capable of destroying the Xiliang rebels, but at the same time, it is inevitable that he will suffer some losses. Under the danger of the war, Liu Wei wanted to minimize the losses. (After all, his current family background is not thick)

In the Xiliang Army, Liu Wei had already laid out a chess piece, and now it was time to finish this last step.

The special service personnel of the Coordination Agency were ordered by Liu Wei to secretly come to the camp of the Xiliang Army.

At this time, in the camp of the Xiliang Army, Li Dao, who learned that his family had been killed, almost vomited blood and fainted. I don't know if it's karma, after killing Dong Zhuo's family, he finally tasted the slaughter of his whole family.

Li Wei also knew that the loss of Hedong County meant that the end of the Western Liang Army was approaching, not to mention that all the supplies of the Western Liang Army had to rely on Hedong County, and the families of many generals in the army were also settled in Anyi. If the news of the loss of Hedong spreads, I am afraid that it will collapse without a fight before the imperial court can take action.

Li Daoqiang, who did not faint, endured his grief and ordered all news about Hedong to be blocked. Not only did the Hedong soldiers who came to report the news be killed on the spot, but even the personal guards around him who knew about the incident were also killed by Li Dao.

However, the paper could not contain the fire, and the rumors about the loss of Hedong still spread among the army.

For a time, the army's heart was in turmoil, and soldiers fled every day, and Li Wei repeatedly forbade him, and he was so angry that he had to angrily send people to find out who leaked the secret of the loss of Hedong and spread it widely in the army.

At this time, Zhang Ji came to report to him something that made him even more annoyed:

"General Li, during the day, someone from the east was seen carrying two large wooden boxes into Guo Yan's camp."

Li Dao was shocked when he heard this.

Li Dao, who had experienced repeated betrayals, no longer trusted anyone at this time, let alone that he was at odds with Guo Yan in the first place. Now that the situation is critical, Li Wei naturally thinks that Guo Yan may have secretly surrendered to the imperial court, and is ready to attack him behind his back at any time.

It is impossible to reveal the secret of the loss of Hedong and disturb the morale of the army, which was done by Guo Yan in collusion with the imperial court.

Li Wei was very angry, and regardless of the fact that it was late, he immediately took Zhang Ji to Guo Yan's camp to check.

Guo Yan's camp did come to a court envoy during the day today, who brought two large boxes of treasures and a letter, put down the things and then left, before leaving Guo Yan said that the general would know the meaning of the court when he read the letter.

Guo Yan tore open the envelope and took out the letter to see that the content was a letter of persuasion from the imperial court. It said that if Guo Yan was willing to surrender to the court and kill Li Dao, the court would pardon his sins and worship him as the lord of Xiliang. The two large boxes of treasure sent are the sincerity of the imperial court.

Guo Yan was a little moved. Originally, he had a lot of problems with Li Dao, and he entered Liangzhou first, but he was forced to give up Liangzhou to Li Dao due to Li Dao's strength, and since then he has been quite dissatisfied with Li Dao. If Jia Xu hadn't told them about the sinister intentions of the imperial court, he would not have rebelled with Li Wei.

But now that he has been defeated repeatedly, the situation of the Xiliang army is critical, and even Jia Xu has defected to the imperial court. He had vaguely heard that Hedong had been captured by the imperial court, and Guo Yan, who was worried about his family, had already thought of surrendering to the imperial court. It's just that I'm worried that I, as the chief evil of the rebellion, won't be pardoned by the court, so I've been hesitant.

At this time, the imperial court took the initiative to show favor to him, and in the letter, Li Dao was identified as the first evil, and he was regarded as an object that could be saved, and Guo Yan's mind gradually became active.

For killing Li Dao, Guo Yan did not have much resistance. It's just that I'm worried that Yu Li Dao's strength is stronger than my own, and I'm afraid that the court won't admit it when the time comes.

Just as he was hesitating, Li Dao suddenly appeared in his tent with a fierce look.

Guo Yan was frightened and did not possess his body, so he quickly hid the letter from the imperial court into his arms, but the two large boxes of treasures sent did not have time to hide elsewhere.

Li Wei looked at Guo Yan's flushed face, with a weak expression, walked over and circled around the two boxes three times, kicked open the lid of the box, and the gold and silver treasures inside immediately caught people's eyes.

Li Dao raised his head and asked Guo Yan with a fierce gaze, "Brother Guo, where did these two boxes of treasures come from?" ”

Guo Yan didn't prepare, and in a panic, he replied indiscriminately: "Sent by Anyi's family." ”

Li Wei was annoyed in his heart. Anyi has been captured by the imperial court, and you said that these two boxes of treasures were sent by Anyi, don't you mean that the treasures were given by the imperial court?

Li Ji was about to have a seizure, but Zhang Ji beside him held his hand tightly and glanced at him.

Seeing this, Li Wei had no choice but to hold back, snorted coldly and brushed his sleeves away.

Outside the tent, Li Ji said to Zhang Ji dissatisfiedly: "Why did you stop me just now? ”

Zhang Ji explained: "We have few people, and in Guo Yan's camp, if we tear our faces and start to move, we will inevitably be outnumbered. ”

Li Ji thought that what Zhang Ji said was indeed reasonable, so he had to endure his anger and return to his camp with Zhang Ji.

Returning to the big tent and sitting down, Zhang Jicai said to Li Dao: "Just now, when I saw Guo Yan, he looked panicked when he saw the general, and he was hesitant to answer the general's questions, and he was full of lies. This must be a ghost in the heart. Look at the two big boxes of treasures, they must be given by the imperial court, and they must have been given by the imperial court, and Guo Yan was bribed to get rid of you and me. As the saying goes, the first strike is strong, and the last strike suffers, the general should not sit idly by, and should try to figure it out as soon as possible. ”

Li Dao nodded again and again after listening to Zhang Ji's words, and said indignantly: "Guo Aduo (Note 1) deceives me like this, I will not spare him!" ”

Even though he wanted to raise troops and horses to attack Guo Yan, Zhang Ji stopped him and said, "General, no!" After what happened just now, Guo Yan will also be wary of the general, and besides, the army of the imperial court is there, if we wait for the day to attack, a large number of troops and horses will be discovered by the imperial court. When the time comes, they will take advantage of the chaos and enter, and wouldn't it be nice to have a fisherman to make a profit? ”

As soon as Li Wei heard that it was reasonable, he asked, "What should you think of?" ”

"The general should be patient a little, and pretend to be nothing during the day, so that Guo Yan is paralyzed. In the evening, the general asked the army to echo outside, and then personally led a small number of light cavalry to raid Guo Yan's camp, attack it unprepared, and quickly cut it down in the camp. Guo Yan is dead, and the remnant will surrender. Such a small number of troops and horses will not attract the attention of the imperial court, so that the chaos can be eliminated invisibly. ”

Li Dao nodded and said, "This is a great good, just do what you say." ”

He ordered the soldiers to prepare and attack Guo Yan's camp at night.

Zhang Ji also took Li Ji's order back to his camp and ordered his soldiers to prepare for battle. When everything was arranged, he went back to his tent and closed his eyes to prepare for tonight's action.

After a while, a cronie soldier walked into the camp, Zhang Ji opened his eyes and looked at him, and asked lightly, "The news has been sent?" ”

"It's all gone. When the time comes, there will be chaos in the army, which will be the signal. The soldier replied briefly.

"Good!" Zhang Ji clapped his hands, his eyes blazing.

At this time, the soldier said, "The east side is afraid that the general's strength is weak, so he sent a man to assist the general." ”

Zhang Ji was stunned for a moment, and then thought that this should also be the meaning of the question. Send someone to watch, but they still don't dare to believe themselves too much.

"Wherever the people are, let him in." Zhang Ji said.

"The man is outside the tent." The soldier replied. As soon as he finished speaking, a young man had already opened the curtain of the tent and walked in.

Zhang Ji trembled when he saw the man, and his heart was filled with joy and sorrow, and he felt even more ashamed that he had just spent the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

"It's actually you...... here," Zhang Ji choked up and was a little speechless.

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At night, Li Dao, who was ready to move, led a thousand cavalry to set off towards Guo Yan's camp. Before leaving, his nephew Li Li, who was worried about Li Dao's safety, said to Li Dao: "Uncle is afraid that it will be dangerous if he only brings such a small number of people and horses. ”

Li Dao said disapprerovingly: "There are not many soldiers, but because they are taken by surprise and attacked unprepared." If there are too many people, it will startle the snake. You can wait for the support from the periphery, don't worry about it. ”

Li Li saw that Li Dao was stubborn, and it was difficult to persuade him again, so he had to lead the main force to stand by to support Li Dao at any time.

Taking advantage of the fact that tonight was a dark moonlit night, Li Dao unknowingly touched Guo Yan's camp, and after killing the guards, Li Dao took the lead and led the cavalry straight to Guo Yan's Chinese army camp, but halfway through, Li Dao suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Because the movement of these 1,000 people into the camp was not small, but the soldiers in the camp did not come out to check and block it for half a day, and the whole camp was like an empty camp.

After all, Li Dao is also a famous general in the world, with strong military acumen, and immediately realized that there is a hidden danger here. However, before he could stop and jump on his horse's head, there was a sudden earth-shattering shout, and a large number of troops came from all directions to surround them.

Li Dao was shocked and knew that he had been ambushed. At this time, Guo Yan's proud voice came into his ears:

"Li Dao, I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

(To be continued, stay tuned for the next chapter)