Sigh!

The horses neighed, and the crossbow arrows were vertical and horizontal.

The battle was briefly stalemate, just to avoid the dust after the collapse of the house.

When the dust settled, the deadlock was broken, and a large-scale siege and annihilation battle broke out.

The crossbow arrows of "Xiuxiu" pierced the sky, like locusts covering the sky above the heads of the Xiliang army.

The unscrupulous sharp arrows screamed in the sky, which was terrifying to see and terrifying to hear, as if it was wrapped in the supreme heaven and earth killing machine, sweeping all over the world, like a hellish beast trying to devour tens of thousands of Xiliang Iron Riders in one bite.

The Xiliang army, which was under the blow of crossbow arrows, although they had bows and arrows in hand, it was still useless, and the range of bows and arrows was far less than that of car crossbows. In addition, they have no shield to resist, and they do not have any cover to rely on or hide, so they are at an absolute disadvantage when the time and place are right for the other and not here. The only means of defense they could rely on was to charge on horseback, rush into the trenches, and fight Cao in close combat.

Faced with the condescending crossbow arrows of the Cao army on both sides of the trench, the only means of attack of the Xiliang army was to charge up and try to break through.

At this time, the person responsible for leading the army to launch a counter-charge was Huang Lie, the deputy commander of the Flying Bear Soldiers. He was ordered to be in danger, and he also took the initiative to ask Ying to lead his troops to break through, and was willing to be the vanguard of the army to clear the way for the follow-up army. In fact, it was a suicidal charge, the purpose of which was to test the strength of Cao's army and break through the front station of the commander-in-chief Li Li's army.

Obviously, the besieged Xiliang army at this moment didn't know the reality inside the city at all, let alone the situation outside the city, and was like a headless fly. I don't know anything about the shape of the city inside and outside Yecheng.

Even, the Xiliang Army, which was in a desperate situation, had not yet figured out whether the soldiers and horses besieging them were the Yuan Cao coalition army commanded by Yuan Shao. or Cao Yuan's army with Cao Cao as the main commander. To put it bluntly, it is who commands the soldiers and horses besieging the Xiliang army, whether it is Yuan Shao or Cao Cao. Don't underestimate this seemingly inconsequential issue of subordination, which is directly related to Li Li's decision to break through. In other words, as long as he knows the commander of this army and horses, Li Li can determine the direction of the breakthrough, and then fight with all his might. Unleash a powerful final charge.

The last charge, indeed.

After two large-scale, full-coverage arrows and crossbow strikes, there were not many available troops under Li Li's command.

Before entering the city, Li Li led 80,000 horsemen to the south gate. After entering the city. He ordered Dian Wei to lead the 30,000 tiger battalions of his headquarters to garrison the south gate, and then led 20,000 Youzhou battalions, 20,000 flying bear soldiers and 10,000 Jin Qiwei into the city, and went straight to the Yecheng Imperial Palace (Prefecture Pastoral Mansion). Unexpectedly, before he got close to the state governor's mansion, he was ambushed. Even if more than a thousand Jinqi Guard cavalry were lost. Then turn around and retrace. But they were met with an endless stream of arrows, so that 20,000 horsemen were slaughtered, and all of them died in less than two quarters of an hour.

Immediately afterwards, the enemy troops who were ambushed on both sides of Nanjie appeared one after another, and forcibly broke through thousands of houses, thus forcibly building a huge trench about 3,000 meters long and about 400 meters wide on the main street of the South Gate, almost occupying the entire Nancheng within Yecheng. Immediately, an ambush was set up for the enemy to occupy the high ground of the trenches. And the more than 30,000 war cavalry under Li Li were in the trench and were at an absolute disadvantage. (The commanders of each battalion of the Xiliang Army had 300 to 500 personal soldiers under their tents.) It is not included in the establishment of the whole battalion, and there are still more than 30,000 troops after the loss of 20,000 war cavalry. This section has been described in detail above and will not be repeated here. ）

Jizhou is the largest state in the Central Plains, with a total population of more than 5 million, and its capital Yecheng is also the second largest city after the Luoyang Imperial Capital. Since Emperor Luoyang was burned down, Yecheng is the first city in the Central Plains, with a permanent population of hundreds of thousands. It is because of the huge city, the prosperity of all industries, and the dense population, which is by no means comparable to other states and counties. This is also the main reason why Cao Wei set the capital in Yecheng in history.

Because of this, when Li Li learned that Cao Cao had led his army into the city, he led the army into the city without thinking about it, trying to occupy Yecheng before Cao Cao. However, he never expected that a net had already been set up in the city, waiting for him to lead the army into the city. The people living in Nancheng had long been forcibly expelled to other places to stay, and the people he saw fleeing in panic at the gate of the city were actually deliberately shown to him by the people who set up the bureau, so as to dispel his worries and suspicions, and lure him into the city with his army.

As a result, he did it.

This is a huge conspiracy that has been carefully planned and prepared for a long time, and it has a name known to soldiers since ancient times: please enter the urn.

After Li Li's army entered the city, he couldn't see the hidden crisis in the city because he had never been to Yecheng before. However, he could not see the abnormality in the layout of houses, streets and roads in the city, but someone was very familiar with Yecheng, which was Guo Jia Guo Fengxiao, who had been a counselor under Yuan Shao's account.

Before joining Li Li, Guo Jia had worked under Yuan Shao's account for more than a year, but he was not appreciated, and belonged to the marginals, or diners. However, for Guo Jia, who is good at military strategy and warfare, although he is idle during this time, he has not gained nothing. At least he knew all the counties and cities in Jizhou well, especially staying in Yecheng for the longest time, because every street and alley and house construction mode in Yecheng was in his mind. In addition, everything has not gone well in Yuan Shao over the years, the consumption of money and food is very huge, and he has continuously recruited troops and horses, so Yuan Shao is not able to repair the city on a large scale, let alone change the layout of houses and roads in Yecheng.

Therefore, when Guo Jia found that the streets and alleys leading to the governor's mansion had changed greatly, he realized that there was an ambush in the city, and he and his lord Li Li were calculated.

It was precisely because Guo Jia found out that the situation was wrong in time, reminded Li Li as soon as possible, and blocked the poisoned arrows of the deadly crossbow that Li Li was able to escape by luck, so he ordered the army to retreat as soon as possible. Otherwise, if he continued to lead the troops to the governor's mansion, then not only would his own life be at risk at this moment, but even the 50,000 war cavalry under his command would be wiped out.

However, although Guo Jia discovered the crisis in time and blocked an arrow for Li Li, it was not enough to resolve all the crises. Even, what Guo Jia did was just to buy a little time for Li Li and the opportunity to fight hard, so that he would not be powerless to fight back.

That's all.

Because this ambush against Li Li has been brewing for half a year, in order to eradicate him in one fell swoop, the people who set up the bureau did not hesitate to spend huge manpower and material resources, and almost every step was deduced countless times and weighed repeatedly. So much so that in the end, an impenetrable net was woven in the huge Yecheng, leaving no dead ends, and killing every step.

And this qiē is only for one purpose, and that is to kill Li Li.

Perhaps in the eyes of the person who set up the bureau, as soon as Li Li died, everything would be fine. If there was no Li Li in the world, then everything would be very smooth, and no one would be a threat to him and his family, and no one would be able to stop his lofty ambition to dominate the world. And this may be the biggest difference between the princes from the common people and the children of the family.

The princes who were born in the common people have a very shallow foundation, and completely rely on their own ability and strength to fight the country, develop and grow step by step, and then dominate one side. Therefore, once the common people and princes die, the huge forces under their command will fall apart, or fight or fall apart, just like the decline of a river, the strength is no longer strong, and then it will be submerged in division and internal strife.

The children of the family are different. The children of the family inherit the shadow of their ancestors, with a deep heritage, a solid foundation, and a wide range of contacts, just like the roots of an old tree, the roots of the tree are deep, and the branches are luxuriant. Even if the ruler dies or is defeated, as long as there is still a chance, the children or successors of his family may have the conditions to make a comeback, make a comeback, and continue to be brilliant.

Therefore, the current ambush battle is actually to kill Li Li, and the tens of thousands of troops under Li Li's command seem irrelevant. However, when the assassination failed, if you want to kill Li Li, you must cut off the soldiers and horses around him; Otherwise, wanting to kill Li Li is tantamount to a fool's dream.

?????? The dust dispersed, the crossbow arrows raged, and the lives of the Xiliang Iron Riders were harvested.

Huang Lie, the deputy commander of the Flying Bear Soldiers, who took the initiative to ask for help, led a 10,000 light cavalry to charge in the direction of the south gate, because the south gate was three hundred steps away, and from a distance, it could be seen that a large number of enemy troops were entangled in the tiger camp inside and outside the south gate, so that they could not rescue the commander Li Li Li when he saw him besieged.

However, the short distance of more than 300 steps forcibly blocked the pace of Huang Lie's cavalry, and the crossbow arrows roared, and the arrows were fired in unison, making it difficult for them to move an inch, and they paid huge casualties for this. However, the cavalry under his tent could not even touch the corners of the enemy's clothes, and only crossbow arrows and ordinary arrows blocked more than 10,000 cavalry in his headquarters in the trench, and they were never able to rush up.

This is the greatest reliance on the ambush in the city. It is equivalent to demarcating the activity area of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry in advance, and then imprisoning it there, making it impossible to advance or retreat, and then shooting it with a strong bow and a hard crossbow. And the Xiliang Iron Cavalry in it, even though it has the powerful combat power that is invincible in the world, it doesn't even have the opportunity to fight with the other party in close combat, that is, if you want to fight with a bayonet, you can't find anyone. In fact, this was the massacre, a well-designed massacre that was specifically targeted at the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

The center of the Xiliang army formation. Huan Fei, Gongsun Zhan, Kebineng, Chen Dao, Xu Ding, He Man, and more than 20 Zhonglang generals and above all gathered around Li Li, waiting for Li Li's order, and the whole army launched a charge, striving to break out of the encirclement as much as possible. And Jin Yiwei's commander Li Zhi and Guo Jia, who was seriously wounded, had already left the army at this time, and when Huang Lie led his troops to charge, Li Zhi carried Guo Jia on his back to break through on foot.

This time Li Zhi did not listen to Li Li's orders, he did not make a detour to the east gate to break through, but went out of the city directly from the south gate. He is a pair of iron feet, his speed of running on foot is faster than that of a war horse, and his ability to jump is unmatched, plus he is dressed in dragon scale armor, and has a pair of iron chains several feet long like arms and fingers, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is as light as a swallow. The emaciated Guo Jia was almost negligible to Li Zhi, and under the cover of Huang Lie's army regardless of casualties, Li Zhi successfully broke through the siege and sent Guo Jia to the south gate tower to meet Dian Wei.

This was the first time Li Zhi disobeyed Li Li's order, but fortunately he succeeded and let Guo Jia, who was seriously injured, temporarily out of danger.

―――――― To be Continued ―――――――――――― (To be Continued......