Thick smoke rolled into the sky, and the neighing of war horses resounded through the mountains and forests.

The narrow mountain road above the cliff was filled with shouts of killing, interspersed with terrible screams and fierce fighting.

More than 1,000 black-clothed soldiers divided into two routes, pretending to be two passing caravans to form a front and rear attack on the Xiliang army that had fled here, and then suddenly attacked, igniting the carriage full of thatch and dry firewood, causing the horses pulling the cart to be frightened and frantically attacking the Xiliang army.

Face the music. In the face of the sudden great changes, the more than 4,000 Xiliang cavalry who were surrounded by the front and rear hurriedly resisted, and they were limited by the narrow mountain roads, unable to advance or retreat, and were crowded into a group for a while, so that they were disrupted by the fire carriage, and the casualties were huge.

The first wave of the chariot alone caused thousands of cavalrymen to panic when they were hit by the wagon, so that even men and horses fell off the cliff and were shattered.

After the carriage collided, two black-clothed men came out from the brazen slaughter, attacking front and rear, and engaged with the cavalry under Li Li's command. However, at the moment when the two armies fought in close combat, the Xiliang cavalry was once again caught off guard by the black-clothed soldiers, and suffered huge casualties again under surprise, and had to shrink their formation and retreat.

There is no other reason, just because these black-clothed servants actually carried crossbows with them and hid behind them in advance, until they were about to make a short encounter with the Xiliang war cavalry, and the crossbows were fired in unison, causing many cavalry to die immediately and suffer heavy losses again.

After two rounds of killing, only 3,000 soldiers remained of the more than 4,000 Xiliang cavalry, and forty percent of the soldiers and horses were lost. At this point, the black-clothed Hu never had any means of sneak attack, so he fought with Xiliang in close quarters and fought to the death. At war. The black-clothed servants were very fierce and stubborn in battle, as if they had a deep enmity with the Xiliang Army. Fierce and not afraid of death, there is no advance or retreat.

In the face of such a fierce enemy, the pressure on the Xiliang army increased greatly, although it occupied an obvious advantage in strength, but it could not take the slightest advantage in the fight, and it was inseparable from the black-clothed soldiers.

Such a difficult battle is for these Xiliang soldiers who broke through from Yecheng. It's rare, and it can even be said to be the first time in history. The reason for this situation is entirely because the narrow mountain road limits the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. Let them have the advantage of strength and powerful impact. But it couldn't be used at all, and only a dozen people could be dispatched to fight with the black-clothed servants at a time, while the others were blocked in the middle of the mountain road, in a dilemma. I can't use the strength. I can only do it in a hurry.

It has to be mentioned that in the previous breakthrough, the arrows carried by these Xiliang Iron Cavalry have been exhausted. In this way, they were blocked on the narrow mountain road, watching the soldiers in front of them fight, and their comrades being knocked off the cliff one by one, so anxious that they were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, but they could not help at all.

Just as the war was stalemate, the situation changed abruptly. The Western Liang Army ushered in a heavy turnaround. And this turning point originated from Liu Bei's screaming wolf-like screaming when he fell off the cliff.

The scene of Liu Bei being knocked off the cliff was not seen by many black-clothed people. However, it was the terrible scream when he fell off the cliff that attracted the attention of the black-clothed servants, which greatly affected the fighting spirit and morale of the black-clothed servants.

Under the elimination of the other's strengths, the Xiliang soldiers were greatly excited. Immediately, the soldiers who rushed to the front and rear rose up to counterattack, reversing the unfavorable situation of being passively beaten in one fell swoop, grabbing more combat space, so that the remaining cavalry could join the battle group and further expand the results of the battle.

In the afternoon, the sun in the sky was completely obscured by dark clouds, and the whistling west wind was mixed with the moisture that was about to come.

At this moment, there was another scream like a beast's roar on the battlefield in the middle of the mountain road, this was Guan Yu's voice, and the black-clothed servants could hear it.

In an instant, the tenacious fighting spirit of the black-clothed servants was finally broken, and the formation was in chaos, and some of the black-clothed men had already fought and retreated, trying to escape from the battlefield.

Coincidentally. Just when the black-clothed man was about to be unable to resist, a rumbling sound of horses' hooves reached the ears of everyone in the battle, and tens of thousands of troops emerged on the top of the mountain, and tens of thousands of cavalry rushed to the front.

"Don't be surprised, Kong Ming is here!" When the people fighting on the mountain road looked up, a loud voice came from the top of the mountain.

Immediately, a handsome man with a feather fan in his hand rode his horse and stood on the top of the mountain, looking down from a high position, and then waved his feather fan, and gave the order loudly: "Shoot the black-clothed thief and release the arrow!" ”

At this moment, the Xiliang soldiers on the mountain road all recognized it, and the person who came was Nanyang Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Kongming, the righteous brother of his own lord.

"Whoosh" arrows shot down, and hundreds of black-clothed people fell from the moosk and fell to their deaths in a scream. The remaining hundreds of black-clothed followers had the idea of retreating and fled in a hurry, but unfortunately they missed the best time to retreat, so that at this moment, as soon as they left on their front feet, Xiliang Tieqi followed and chased until they wiped out all the black-clothed followers.

?????? It was only at this moment that the identity of this group of black-clothed servants surfaced, and they were the personal guards who had followed Liu Bei for many years.

After the defeat of Xuzhou, only more than 1,000 people fled to Runan with Liu Bei, after which Guan Yu, who was separated, found Liu Bei and brought more than 200 personal soldiers. So far Liu Bei, Guan Yu brothers only got more than 1,500 cronies who had survived the battle, after learning the news that Zhang Fei was killed by Li Li, Liu Bei wanted to lead the remnants to Jingzhou Liu Biao, but Guan Yu insisted on avenging Zhang Fei, so after a long dispute between the two brothers, no one could convince anyone, so they stayed in Runan for half a year.

In the end, Liu Bei decided to lead his army north and defect to Yuan Shao. Unexpectedly, when they led their troops to the north bank of the Yellow River, the news that Yuan Shaolu had killed the Han Emperor Liu Xie immediately disrupted their original intention of defecting to Yuan Shao. After that, Liu Bei and Guan Yu had to think about it in the long run, and hesitated for more than two months, during which they fell into the grass in Yanzhou and barely made ends meet.

It was during this period of time that Cao Cao of Yanzhou learned the whereabouts of Liu Bei and Guan Yu, and Xun Yu took the initiative to persuade Liu Bei to lead his troops to join Cao Cao. And Cao Cao was forced to ask for his identity as a member of the Yuan Alliance, and Liu Bei was not really willing to lead his troops to surrender, so the whereabouts of Liu Bei and his party were concealed. As a result, for two years, their brothers disappeared from the sight of the princes of the towns as if they had sunk into the sea.

In the battle of Yecheng, Liu Bei and Guan Yu led more than 1,300 men and horses from their headquarters to use as surprise soldiers. Hidden in the shadows, he is responsible for cutting off the scouts and sentinels of the Western Liang Army. More than 200 Xiliang army scouts outside the east gate were quietly wiped out by them, but they also paid the price of more than 300 casualties for this, which is equivalent to exchanging lives for lives, and the casualties are still higher than the Xiliang army scouts. After getting rid of the scouts at the East Gate, Liu Bei led his troops to sneak into the mountains and forests to the west that night, trying to wait for the rabbits. Deliver a fatal blow to the defeated Li Li.

According to Cao Cao's predetermined plan, he intended to send Liu Bei an additional 5,000 or 10,000 soldiers and horses, and ordered them to set up an ambush within a hundred miles outside the West Gate; And so on. Even if Liu Bei failed to intercept and was defeated by the fleeing soldiers and horses led by Li Li, Cao Cao could send reinforcements in time. However, Liu Bei categorically rejected Cao Cao's kindness and insisted on leading his headquarters to set up an ambush in the jungle of Xishan. And claimed that if Li Li had not fled to the state. No matter how many people there are, it will be in vain. Seeing that Liu Bei's mind had been decided, Cao Cao no longer insisted, and obeyed Liu Bei's wishes, ordering him to lead his troops to intercept Li Li's defeated army, which might flee to Bingzhou.

However, the mountains and forests in the west border with Bingzhou, and the distance to the Huguan defenders is quite close, so the risk of ambush here is extremely high, and the slightest carelessness will wipe out the entire army. But Liu Bei did the opposite, holding the gambler mentality of knowing that there were tigers in the mountains and preferring to go to the tigers. Resolutely decided to take the official road directly to Huguan, and set up an ambush on the cliff mountain road thirty miles southeast of Huguan. This is the reason why Li Li and the others did not find a trace in the jungle. Apparently. Liu Bei knew that most of the Xiliang army came from bitter cold lands and were good at field warfare and jungle warfare, so he decisively gave up the plan of setting up an ambush in the jungle, and then took a feint caravan to take the main road, and rushed to the cliff mountain road in advance to wait for Li Li and his party to appear.

In fact, as Liu Bei expected, the remnants of Li Li's army, who had successfully broken through, really fled to the jungle in the west, in a vain attempt to use the natural barrier of the jungle to reach Huguan, so as to escape. It can be said that Liu Bei's entire ambush plan was quite successful, and all of them were carried out according to the trajectory he expected, as if he had guessed the escape route after Li Li's fiasco. Perhaps this is also Liu Bei's experience summary and experience of many years of fugitive career, based on his ability to guess Li Li's thoughts after suffering a big defeat, and accurately judging that Li Li will definitely choose the nearest escape route after breaking through successfully.

However, there was one thing that was beyond Liu Bei's expectations, that is, there were still four or five thousand war horses in the soldiers and horses after Li Li's breakthrough, and they were all elites of a hundred battles for the rest of their lives. According to his speculation, after Li Li's troops rushed out of Yecheng, his soldiers and horses would definitely be killed and wounded, and even if the remnants of the army were defeated and supported by the left and right, at best there would not be more than 3,000 people.

Why should the 5,000 elite warriors flee? Is this the strength of a fugitive? With so many war horses, Li Li could lead the army back to the north bank of the Zhanghe River and join the big battalion on the north bank, so why bother to cross the mountains and mountains and risk fleeing to Bingzhou?

But no matter what Liu Bei thought, Li Li led the remnants of the army to appear anyway and fell into the ambush circle he had prepared in advance. Liu Bei was surprised and had no choice, he was already ready to shoot, so he resolutely decided to attack, and did not hesitate to use himself as bait to give Guan Yuchuang a chance to kill Li Li with one sword??????

As the saying goes: planning is in people, and success is in heaven. For this blockbuster beheading plan, Liu Bei and Guan Yu and more than 1,000 soldiers under their tent waited for two years, which can be described as two years of sharpening a sword, just to be able to stab out at this moment and get what they wanted. However, his carefully planned ambush still ended in failure, and there is only one explanation for the reason: strength determines a qiē.

On the other hand, the reason why Li Li was able to survive this time was precisely because he had more preparation on weekdays, and he had more possibility of success at critical moments; This is true of soldiers and horses, and even more so of human affection. This time, he led nearly 5,000 cavalry to successfully break through, which invisibly disrupted Liu Bei's ambush plan, and Gongsun Zhan's brave pounce when his life was hanging by a thread was due to Li Li's kindness to Gongsun Chan on weekdays. Although he does not fully trust Gongsun Zhan, he has always treated Gongsun Chan extremely kindly, treated him with all kinds of courtesy, and took care of Gongsun Chan's affection on different occasions, so that he could not feel a trace of cold reception and live a dignified life. At the most critical moment when he was facing life and death, Gongsun Chan stepped forward and repaid the past kindness with his own life.

?????? At dusk, a heavy rain that had been brewing for three days finally fell.

Lightning and thunder poured down, washing away the smoke and dust that filled the sky, washing away the blood and blood that permeated the air. The rain soothed the devastated fields and trampled green grass, soothed the souls of those who had not yet gone far, and the grief and fragile hearts of the survivors.

At the same time, the belated heavy rain also brought the curtain down on the three-year-long fierce battle in Hebei. With the arrival of this heavy rain, the beacon smoke was extinguished, the war clouds dissipated, and the dust had settled.

After the Battle of Yecheng, this protracted war came to an end temporarily. After countless game battles, now the winner is clear, and Yanzhou Cao Cao is the biggest winner. On the other hand, Jizhou Yuan Shao stole chickens and rice, and lost cleanly; However, Li Li, who had the chance to win, made a big mistake at the last moment when victory was in sight, and suffered the first defeat since the start of the army, and it was an unprecedented defeat.

Therefore, this rain came at the right time, washing away the smoke and showing no makeup, returning the tranquility that the mountains and rivers should have, and returning the land to a pure sky.

—————— to be continued———————————— (To be continued......

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