The wind is howling and the snow is fluttering.

On the snowy plank road, a caravan braved the icy cold wind and snow, and the speed of movement was extremely slow, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was difficult.

This unexpected snowstorm came suddenly.

There was still a glimmer of sunshine in the morning, but the cold wind blew at noon, and the snowflakes fell just after noon, dancing with the raging cold wind.

But seeing the roaring wind swaying wantonly with snowflakes, the white snowflakes turned into cold rain and splashed on the cheeks of passers-by on the plank road, which really scraped their cheeks like sharp weapons.

The cold wind deceived people, and the worst thing was the freezing rain in the cold wind, which was really cold and biting, and forced the pedestrians who were rushing in the snow to their cheeks red, forcing them to shrink their necks, close their necklines, and cover their cheeks, leaving only their mouths and noses exposed. Even so, it was still shivering from the cold, and just a breath of hot air turned into ice mist in an instant, so what can I do?

The sudden wind and snow caused the caravan to move forward in the snow.

The already slippery road surface was blown by the cold wind, which condensed into ice at a speed visible to the naked eye, making it difficult for the horses pulling the cart to move an inch, and they slipped three times in one step. In just a quarter of an hour, more than 20 horses stumbled and fell, causing six wagons to overturn on the plank road, and more than a dozen servants fell to all fours, and the neighing and screams of the horses were intertwined but could not withstand the roar of the wind and snow. This situation made the whole caravan extremely wolf, and they were miserable, but there was nothing they could do.

Sigh!

In the neighing of the war horse, the princes in the middle of the caravan suddenly shook. As a result, Zhuge Liang and Li Li in the car were unstable, and then fell to the side. Li Li was agile and stabilized his figure for the first time. didn't fall down, but Zhuge Liang was not so lucky, and his upper body slumped into the carriage.

"Ugh!" Under the pain in his shoulder, Zhuge Liang did not scream in pain, but gritted his teeth and snorted. Immediately, he reached out and stood up bent over the canopy and pushed open a car door. Stick your head out and look out. A cold wind struck, making his neck shrink and his teeth tremble. It was as if I had fallen into an ice hole, and I was shivering from the cold.

"Bang dang!" Suddenly, Zhuge Liang took half a step back and closed the car door in an instant. Causing the door to slam.

"One of the horses stumbled and fell. Thanks to the pro-soldiers, they found it in time and carried the wheel, otherwise the car would have rolled over on its side. The lord waited for a while, and Weichen went down to push the cart. Briefly explaining the reason why the carriage stopped suddenly, Zhuge Liang put on the big hat as he spoke, pushed the car door again, and was about to lean over and get out of the car.

"Wait!" Li Li grabbed Zhuge Liang and reached out to take the mink fur on the couch and draped it on his body. beckoned Zhuge Liang to turn around and sit down, and said with a smile: "The virtuous brother is a scribe." My body is not as strong as mine, and I have to pay attention to the trivial matters of food and accommodation for my group in recent days, which is very tiring. It's the strength of this cart that lets me come, and although the virtuous brother sits here, the rest will be left to the brother. As he spoke, Li Li had bent out of the door and jumped out of the carriage.

"This is absolutely unacceptable!" Seeing Li Li get out of the car, how could Zhuge Liang sit still, and while getting up and getting out of the car, he said urgently: "The lord is a body of ten thousand gold, how can he push the cart for Weichen!" This move is inappropriate, and it must not be done! ”

However, as soon as he got up, Li Li stretched out his hand to block the door of the car, "Brother Xian doesn't need to say much, just do what I say." Since I'm the lord, listen to me, sit tight, and don't hit the carriage again. Hehehe! In the midst of laughter, Li Li closed the car door, immediately rubbed his hands, and pushed the car slowly forward with his own soldiers.

At this time, the war horse that had just fallen had been taken away by his own soldiers and put on a war horse again. Immediately, four personal soldiers supported the war horse and led the war horse slowly. In this way, Li Li did not need to push the cart, but he did not get into the cart, but followed the carriage on foot.

The road is indeed very difficult, and if you are not careful, you will slip and fall, because Li Li walked very slowly, and while walking, he looked east and west, and gradually fell behind the carriage.

"Huh, husband?" Through the small window of the carriage, He Ying inadvertently caught a glimpse of Li Li next to her car, and in shock, she hurriedly pushed the car door and said softly: "Husband, this is ?????? It's too cold outside, husband, get in the car! ”

"No, the road is too slippery, the war horse can't use its strength at all, and one more person will have more weight. Close the door quickly, save yourself from freezing, husband, I am strong and strong, and I can still bear this bit of wind and snow! After speaking, Li Li couldn't help but speak, stretched out his hand to close the car door, and waved his hand through the small window to signal He Ying not to worry.

Indeed, Li Li has been on the battlefield for a long time and has a strong physique, and being in the wind and snow not only makes him not feel cold, but feels more and more energetic in his body, his mind is extraordinarily clear, and the breath in his mouth and nose is extremely fresh.

??????? Towards evening, the wind and snow became more and more ferocious, already obscuring the vision, and Li Li and his party could only see things within fifty steps in front of them, and beyond that, there was a white snowflake.

Fortunately, just as night was falling rapidly, Hu Cong, who was exploring the way ahead, reported that there was a post station five hundred steps ahead, and Hu Cong had already chartered the entire post station and instructed the shop to prepare in advance.

This was undoubtedly the most exciting news for the entire caravan. Suddenly, the servants who had been so cold that the tips of their noses were red and their lips were purple became brisk, and even if they fell, they didn't care, they just ran forward, eager to step into the post station and get rid of this damn blizzard.

At this time, Li Li was already behind the team, but he still insisted on walking forward, insisting on refusing to sit back in the warm and comfortable carriage. Because of this, Li Zhi, the commander of the personal guards, brought more than 20 subordinates (Jin Qiwei's personal soldiers) around him to shield him from the wind and snow, so as not to interrupt his train of thought.

It is true that the reason why Li Li insists on walking is actually that he can't help but think about the pattern of the world and the current shape of Yizhou while walking.

Under Fang today, Li Li has already occupied seven states and counties, and most of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty have fallen into his hands. In this case, it seems that he has won the battle, and his strength is unprecedentedly strong, as if he is a leader in the league. However, this is just a superficial shì, and it is not actually the case at all.

Before the defeat of Yecheng, Li Li once thought that after he destroyed Yuan Shao, there would be no opponent in the world, and the day of domination of the world was just around the corner, and the victory was close at hand. However, the defeat of Jizhou made him almost hate Yecheng and die in Huangquan, even if he was lucky enough to escape, the Xiliang army under his command also paid an extremely heavy price for this, and his strength plummeted by three percent, almost completely canceling out all the results of his capture of Youzhou, Yuzhou, Huainan and Xuzhou and other prefectures and counties, and even exceeded.

This unprecedented fiasco made Li Li still unable to let go, repeatedly recalling the beginning and end of the Battle of Jizhou, reflecting on his every decision, and finally came to an astonishing conclusion. That is, every decision he made in the entire campaign could not be said to be a mistake or a mistake, it was an extremely rational decision, but the result was the opposite of what he wanted, and he completely fell into the situation that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had already designed, resulting in a crushing defeat.

This result couldn't help but remind him of several large-scale battles in the Three Kingdoms Struggle in his memory, almost all of which were battles in which the few won more and the weak defeated the strong, which had many similarities with the Battle of Jizhou he experienced.

First, the Battle of Guandu, which was a key battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to determine the ownership of the Central Plains. Yuan Shao attacked Cao Cao with five times the absolute superiority of Cao Cao's forces like Mount Tai, but Cao Cao burned down the black nest with a fire when the battle was at a stalemate, thus laying the foundation for victory, and then attacking the entire Central Plains, laying a solid foundation for the future Cao Wei world.

Second, the Battle of Red Cliffs, which was a subversive battle in which Cao Cao lost his domination of the world. With an unprecedented advantage ten times that of the Jiangdong Army, he tried to devour Jiangdong with the momentum of swallowing a whale, but unexpectedly at the last moment, he collapsed and sank into the sand, his success was lost, and half of his life's hard work was ruined. If there was no Battle of Chibi, how could there be the subsequent Three Kingdoms struggle for hegemony, and how could the troubled times of the Eastern Han Dynasty last for a hundred years?

Let's imagine that Cao Cao fought in the north and south, fought for half his life, won most of the world, but folded on the small red cliff. Could it be that he was really carried away by the victory, arrogant to the point of stupidity and incompetence? This is absolutely not the case. He has been fighting the world for decades, how can he be arrogant and carried away at the last moment? However, he was defeated in the end, and he was defeated like never before, and he lost the best opportunity in his life to dominate the world, and then he never had the opportunity to unify the world again.

Third, the Battle of Yiling, which was a battle that decided the fate of Shu Han. Its essence is no different from Cao Cao's Battle of Chibi, almost identical, and it was finally destroyed by the word "fire". It was precisely because of a great defeat in Yiling, which damaged the most elite army of Shu Han and cost countless money, food, and ordnance, that the subsequent more than ten Northern Expeditions were all anticlimactic, and they returned in vain, and were finally completely destroyed by Cao Wei after a successful sneak attack.

With history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall; With people as a mirror, you can know the gains and losses.

Everything has changed since Li Li's presence, but that hasn't stopped him from learning from it, as he has also suffered a fiasco that he thought he would win. And this is a wake-up call for him, making him deeply realize that "the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly" is definitely not an empty phrase, but a real thing. Before victory is in front of you, a qiē is illusory, even a boiled duck may fly away, even the fat placed in the mouth may be lost, this qiē is only because there is no absolute.

Sigh!

"Bang!" A long neighing sound of a war horse interrupted Li Li's thoughts, bringing him back to the ice and snow in an instant, and then a faint cry for help came from his ears: "Help, help, help??? Yes! With a loud bang, the cry for help stopped abruptly, and the last scream of "ah" clearly came into Li Li's ears, which also made him quickly determine the direction from which the cry for help came.

"What are you doing around me? Go and save people! The moment he turned his head to look behind him, Li Li casually took the reins from Li Zhi's hand, turned over on his horse, and beckoned his soldiers to follow him to save people.

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