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If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, you don't know how expensive they are If it weren't for Jia Xu mentioning this matter, I'm afraid that many people would still be unaware of it, thinking that their own side is strong and strong, but forgetting that the country still has an extremely wide territory and borders, including the civil and military generals here, may ignore this fact. But Li Li will not forget this, because he is the "head of the family", and the hundreds of thousands of troops stationed at the border pass are all sent by him.

Hearing Jia Xu's words, everyone felt heavy, and they all kept silent, bowing their heads and pondering.

Seeing this scene, Li Li knew in his heart that Li Xuan and Jia Xu were deliberately pouring water on the generals to cool down, so that they would be sober and sober, realize that the current situation was not optimistic, and cultivate the generals' sense of crisis. While reminding the generals that they must always keep a clear head, Li Xuan and Jia Xu also reminded Li Li to be cautious in the use of troops, because they knew that they were not among the soldiers who went out with the army, and they had to stay to guard Chang'an, stabilize the rear, and provide food and grass for the army.

Seeing that everyone was silent in thought, Li Li immediately got up and walked to the upper hall, and after taking his seat, he directly ordered: "At present, the situation of Sili is unknown, so put aside the matter for the time being, and discuss it after the enemy situation is discovered." However, the soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, and the household department immediately allocated the grain and grass and ordnance baggage, and set off in the evening and sent it directly to Luoyang. The herald ordered the trapped camp and the first camp stationed in Tongguan to go to Luoyang tonight, and ordered the Kaifeng city guard Zhao Yun to retreat to Luoyang, and ordered the division to drive Zhuge Jin and lead the Nanyang Taishou, and together with Bocai, he would hold Wancheng until the follow-up army arrived in Wancheng. ”

“?????? In addition, the generals present here are the main force of the army on this expedition. Go back and prepare at once, and I will give you three days to assemble your army. On the fourth day and the fifth watch, the army was silent when it left the city. Do not disturb the people, and be sure to leave the city before the hour. ”

"Wait for the order!" Nine generals including Huan Fei and Lu Bu came out one after another. Echo in unison.

Seeing the generals leave, Li Li picked up the letter on the dragon case and opened it one by one, the content of the letter was exactly the same as what Guo Jia and Wang Yue said, and it was from the hands of Bo Cai stationed in Nanyang County and Zhao Yun stationed in Kaifeng City.

There are still five people in the main hall who have not left, they are: Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Zhuge Liang, Li Ru and Wang Yue. Seeing that Li Li was looking through the letters, Wang Yue took out a stack of letters and silks from his sleeves and stepped forward lightly, presented the letters with both hands, and said in a low voice: "This is the secret report that the last general received half an hour ago. It is an urgent war report about Nanyang Deng County. ”

"Oh?" Li Li raised his head when he heard this, and said suspiciously: "Since it is the battle report of Deng County Yu Ban, why did you conceal it just now, why did you wait until now to present it?" ”

"This 、、、" Wang Yue was stunned and responded, and then said in a low voice with a sad face: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, but the last general has something unspeakable, not deliberately concealed. The things mentioned on the letter are related to General Huan Fei, and His Majesty knows that General Feihu is a man of temperament. If he were to learn what was written on the letter, he would be worried??????? He will control zhì does not live in love. After speaking, Wang Yue handed the letter to Li Li, and then bowed and retreated to the side. Say no more.

"Something to do with the Flying Tiger?" Li Li groaned, then spread out the letter, and what caught his eye was: "Deng County is broken." General Huan Yi was beheaded by the enemy general Wei Yanxiao, and General Tie Yu escorted Yu Ban out of the encirclement. Then he tried to rescue Huan Yi, but was besieged by the enemy generals Liu Pan, Wen Ping, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin. Fight to the death. During the battle, the 5,000 soldiers of Deng County were annihilated, and they fled to Wancheng alone under the ban on serious injuries. ”

After reading the letter quickly, Li Li's face changed greatly, and a pair of half-believing eyes were fixed on the keywords of "Tie Zhen died in battle", and he was stunned for a long time.

"Bang--boom!" The moment the letter slipped from Li Li's hand, but seeing him smash his fist on the dragon case, and the case was slammed, just as his murderous Huo Ran stood up, he only heard a crisp sound of "click", and the simple and heavy dragon case suddenly cracked, then scattered and cracked, and collapsed with a bang.

This loud noise made His Royal Highness Jia Xu, Guo Jia and others frightened, and they couldn't help but stand up, showing their shocked expressions, and looked at Li Li in unison, not understanding what happened that made him so angry, and smashed the dragon case with a punch. As soon as they thought of this, they turned their attention to Wang Yue, because he was an insider. Wang Yue shook his head lightly with a gloomy expression, then lowered his head and stood behind Li Ru, silent.

At this time, Guo Jia stepped forward lightly, picked up the letter from the ground, glanced at more than 100 words, and exclaimed: "Huan Yi was beheaded, and Tie Yu died in battle?" ”

At this moment, Li Li, who saw the upper hall, glanced coldly at the red pillar in the southeast corner of the main hall, and walked away without saying a word.

After Li Li left, there was silence in the hall, and Wang Yue, who was standing behind Li Ru, left quietly, leaving without making any sound, so that Li Ru didn't know when he left.

"The 5,000 soldiers were wiped out, only one of them survived, Huan Yi died tragically, and General Tie Yu died in battle. This 、、、is the first time that our army has not been completely annihilated since its formation, and it is no wonder that His Majesty is furious. After reading the letter, Jia Xu sighed in a low voice.

Zhuge Liang and Li Ru stepped forward lightly, stood with Jia Xu and Guo Jia, and looked at the letter silk one after another, and felt sorry for them.

After a moment of silence, Zhuge Liang said softly: "General Huan Fei has seven brothers, and now more than half of them have been killed in battle, it is better not to sue him for the death of Huan Yi this time, otherwise I am afraid that I will not be able to persuade him once he is angry." In addition, the death of the two generals on the battlefield, although it is not what we want, it has nothing to do with us. It's only to blame us for underestimating the combat effectiveness of the Jingzhou Army and the determination to capture Nanyang County in advance, which led to a catastrophe, and we can't escape the blame! ”

Li Ru nodded when he heard this, and said in a low voice: "Huan Yi and General Tie Yu are the first generals to follow His Majesty to fight the world, from the Western Regions to the Central Plains, and they have survived more than ten years of ups and downs, but I don't think this time is ??????." Speaking of this, Li Ru couldn't help but sigh and felt a lot, so he continued: "Especially General Tie Yu, he is a fierce general in the army, he charges forward in every battle, and has served as a vanguard general dozens of times, with outstanding military achievements, and his official rank is equivalent to Jiuqing. Seven years ago, His Majesty had intended to let him enter the county army sequence, serving as the general of Pingxi and the commander of Zhangye, but he was unwilling to leave the main battle camp and was willing to serve as a general, rather than returning to the rear to garrison the state and county. Whether it is official rank or military merits, he is above the deputy general of the Wuwei battalion, but in order to stay in the main battle camp, he took the initiative to ask Yu Ban to be the deputy general. I didn't expect it??????"

Guo Jia continued: "Your Majesty was furious just now, and he blamed himself because Tie Yu died on the battlefield. Ten years ago, Jin Yu was seriously injured and disabled, and five years ago Yin Yu was also seriously injured in the Western Expedition to the Southern Barbarians, and almost died, and now General Tie Yu is even more killed on the battlefield. These three brothers are all iron-clad battlefield warriors, but now they are one dead and two injured, which makes His Majesty how can he not blame himself, how can he not be angry? ”

Li Ru said: "What should we do now, do we still go to His Majesty to discuss the war of Si Li?" ”

Jia Xu, Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang were silent when they heard this, glanced at each other, and then Jia Xu said in a low voice: "Forget it today, Your Majesty has no intention of dealing with the war, you need to be quiet, I'll come back tomorrow." Li Rushen nodded in agreement, and then the four of them bowed to the empty dragon chair and left the hall together.

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The night is hazy, a crescent moon hangs in the sky, and more than a dozen lonely stars dot the night sky, setting off her proud beauty of the Milky Way.

Kaifeng City at night was particularly quiet, and the offensive and defensive battles that lasted all day came to an end with the slow withdrawal of Cao's army.

The smoke has not been extinguished. However, the soldiers on both sides were already hungry and overwhelmed, and Cao's army came from afar, seeing that they could not conquer Kaifeng City in one fell swoop, and camping was their top priority, and they must gain a firm foothold before dark, in order to fight again. This was the first day that Cao Wei's army stormed Kaifeng.

In the face of Cao's army's large-scale siege of the city, Kaifeng City was like a small boat on the vast sea, facing the violent impact of the stormy waves, crumbling, and there was a danger of shipwreck and death at any time. During this period, Cao's army attacked the city several times and fought to the death with the defenders, but was killed and retreated by the tenacious defenders again and again; The east gate and the north gate were also broken by the Cao army, but the defenders in the city piled up the stone gate behind the city gate, blocking the city gate alive and dead, so that the Cao army could not enter the gate, and could only attack the city head with all its strength and break the city strongly.

In the dead of night. The east gate and north gate of Kaifeng City were brightly lit, and thousands of defenders stood behind the female wall, staring at the city with wide eyes, and from time to time they looked at the Cao army camp five miles away, lest the Cao army sneak attack at night. Cao Jun had already attacked once before, and it was hard to guarantee that they would not repeat their old tricks and make a comeback.

In the early hours of the morning, the west gate quietly opened, and a group of cavalry rode out of the city, but the movement was very small, almost imperceptible. As the 10,000 horsemen left the city quickly, the west gate closed again, leaving only a black shadow moving rapidly from west to east in the night.

The camp of Cao's army, five miles away, had long been quiet, but it was heavily defended, and a group of soldiers patrolling the night roamed back and forth in this narrow area between the gate of the camp and the east gate, leaving no dead ends, and would make a comprehensive tour every quarter of an hour. The precautions are strict and impermeable, and they do not give the Xiliang army in the city the slightest chance to clash and encircle or sneak attack at night.

Suddenly, a "sigh" sound broke through the silence of the night, instantly drowning a 100-strong team of Cao Jun who was patrolling the night. However, the people died, but their war horses were still alive, and suddenly, the neighing of the war horses broke the silence of the night and resounded in the sky. The neighing of horses revealed the whereabouts of the sneak attackers hidden in the night, and the premeditated night raid instantly turned into a raid on the camp.

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