"Ah——— stupid, rubbish, useless thing!"

Standing on the side of the handsome banner in the wind, Cao Cao, who was standing on the chariot, watched Li Li's army break through the interception of the tiger and leopard cavalry, and then rushed into the west alley, and in the blink of an eye, he broke away from the southern city and disappeared without a trace. At the moment when Li Li's army broke out of the encirclement, Cao Cao exclaimed in shock, beat his chest in anger, and was heartbroken, so he scolded the generals around him.

At this moment, Cao Cao's emotions were extremely excited, clenching his fists but not knowing where to swing, and the wide princes' car seemed to be unable to accommodate his slightly fat body. The extremely distorted hideous expression seemed to be about to choose someone to devour, and the generals guarding both sides were so frightened that they lowered their heads one after another, and they didn't dare to come out, silent like cicadas.

"What are you still doing?"

Cao Cao finally suppressed the anger in his heart, looked down at the generals who bowed their heads, and suddenly became angry, and reprimanded angrily: "The Li thieves have all run away, I don't need to wait for protection." Quickly organize the army to hunt down and kill Li Thief, kill him, you must kill him! If the Li thief does not die, my Cao Cao will never have peace. Let's go and hunt down the thief———! In the last sentence, Cao Cao suddenly raised his voice and shouted angrily, no less than the roar of a fierce beast, so that the generals beside him were stunned by their ears.

"No!" Immediately, the generals on both sides of the Gongwei chariot, such as Zhang He, Jiang Qi, Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu, calmed down, bowed down and agreed, immediately turned around on their horses, and each took their headquarters to chase in the direction of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

??????“ With a loud bang, the closed door was slammed open.

Immediately, the rushing Xiliang Iron Riders swarmed in. Rush straight into this huge mansion, kill everyone you want, and quickly occupy the entire palace.

In fact. The largest palace in Yecheng did not seem to have any defenses, and it was easily smashed open by the Western Liang army, thus occupying the entire palace. Or, the owner of the palace never thought that the Xiliang army could break through the siege of Nancheng and attack here. It was because the servants had no precautions in advance, and it was not until the moment when the Xiliang army rushed to the gate of the mansion that they closed the door in a panic. As soon as the door was closed, the deadbolt and the crossbar had not yet been inserted. was forcibly knocked away by the Xiliang army, and then swooped in on his horse and opened a killing ring.

Not much. Ke Bineng, who was ordered to clear the palace of a hidden danger, hurried to report, claiming that the front hall and the middle courtyard had been cleared, and all the Yuan troops and Hu Cong who tried to resist had been killed, and it was determined that there were no ambushes in the palace. Can be stationed in large armies.

Lema stood in the front yard behind Li Li after hearing this. With a sigh of relief, he immediately waved his hand to signal the army to enter the palace, and immediately organized a defense to resist Cao Cao's army who rushed to hear the news.

At this point, the Xiliang army finally got rid of the unhindered doom of being wantonly slaughtered by bows and crossbows, and found a solid defensive position, and there was enough food and grass here to hold on for half a month. Or even a month.

Obviously, Yecheng can accommodate more than 20,000 soldiers and horses. And there are enough for 20,000 soldiers and horses to eat a large amount of grain and grass for a month, this kind of large official residence is rare, it can be said that there are very few, and there are almost no such large mansions. However, regardless of the size of the official position and the dignity of the status, then there is only one mansion in Yecheng that meets these conditions. This is the mansion of Yuan Shao, who usurped the throne without authorization and usurped the Liu family, that is, the Yecheng Palace.

And the largest building in Yecheng, the most prominent storage of the Han Dynasty——— Yecheng Palace, is under the control of the Xiliang Army at this moment.

With the Han Emperor Liu Xie's relocation of the capital to Yecheng three years ago, this mansion was transformed and upgraded to the Han Imperial Palace, and the gate of the mansion that was broken when it hit also rose and was upgraded to the palace gate. But now, this palace has become the base camp of Li Li's garrison, with more than 23,000 cavalry.

This scene is quite dramatic and incomprehensible, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is incredible.

Just imagine, the dignified Jizhou Prefecture Governor's Mansion, the symbol of the Yuan regime, and the Han Palace, which ruled the Quartet, was captured so easily. Why is this happening? Could it be that the more than 200,000 troops under Yuan Shao's command are all decorations, and they don't even send troops to garrison such an important place as the palace, are they all dead?

This is exactly the question that came to Li Li's mind when he led the troops into the Jizhou Prefecture Governor's Mansion. He was deeply puzzled by this, and could hardly believe his eyes, the palace hall of the dignified Yuan regime was actually occupied by himself so lightly. Why is this qiē all about?

However, as Li Li led his generals into the main hall, he keenly discovered some clues, and had a premonition that something big must have happened in this palace in the past two days.

The walls on the left side of the main hall are embedded with extremely conspicuous white silk threads, and there are some white linen left in the left corner of the main entrance, and there are still some ashes on the floor that have not been completely burned. In addition, there is a large amount of incense after burning incense in the entire hall, and it seems that a grand sacrificial ceremony was held here not long ago, so that the smell of incense and candles fills the entire hall, and it cannot be dissipated in a short time.

This qiē is an unusual sign that something big happened in this palace, which originally belonged to Yuan Shao, and that it was within these two days, no more than three days at most.

To put it bluntly, someone once held a funeral in the palace hall, but for some unknown reason, he hurriedly removed the funeral and restored the main hall to its original state in a panic. The reason why it is said to be flustered is because the many remnants of the main hall that have not been cleaned up are enough to explain a qiē. The time was too hasty, so that all the furnishings in the hall were restored to their original state, but the corners were too late to be cleaned up.

"Report to the ——— lord, Yuan Shao's coffin was found in the inner hall of the backyard!"

Just as Li Li was slowly pacing in the main hall with his hands in his hands, Gongsun Chan rushed into the main hall in a panic, and shouted as soon as he crossed the threshold.

Li Li was shocked when he heard this, suddenly turned around, and said in surprise: "Yuan Shao is dead?" He?????? Actually dead? At this moment, the expression on Li Li's face was very complicated, and the expressions of surprise, surprise, and dazedness all appeared on his face, and there was even a little sadness, but there was no joy.

Indeed, Li Li was surprised by the news of Yuan Shao's death, very unexpected, very sudden, and completely unprepared. In history, Yuan Shao was sick three years later and died of depression. But now Yuan Shao died quietly two months after Yuan Shu killed himself.

The qiē came so suddenly that Li Liton was caught off guard, and the shock in his heart was beyond words. Two months ago. When Yuan Shu killed himself in Qianshan, Yuan Shao ascended the throne in Yecheng and became the emperor, continued the Yuan family, and the supreme position, granted amnesty to the world, and rewarded all the princes in the world, but only degraded him Li Li. Deliberate provocation. Now he is in prison, and most of the tens of thousands of Xiliang Iron Cavalry have been killed and wounded, and he is trapped in the Yecheng Palace. Unable to escape for a short time.

And the reason why Li Li chose to capture Yuan Shao's mansion at any cost was precisely because this was Yuan Shao's territory. If Yuan Shao and his family can be captured alive, they can use this to coerce Cao Cao and make him throw himself into a trap. So as to make way for him to get out of the city. But now Yuan Shao is dead. And then led to Li Li's breakthrough plan was stillborn and completely failed.

In addition to being shocked, Li Li forcibly calmed down and listened to the statement of Yuan Yi, the old servant of the Yuan family, brought by Gongsun Zhan, so as to learn the reason for Yuan Shao's death.

It turned out that Yuan Shao had died of illness in the middle of the night three days ago, but he kept the news secret and kept the news tightly sealed, except for Yuan's personal soldiers, servants, maids and miscellaneous servants. Only the Yuan clan and Yuan Shao's cronies Wenwu knew the news. For this, Li Li guessed the moment he learned that Yuan Shao was dead. But what he didn't expect or what he never expected was that Yuan Shao actually gave Jizhou to Cao Cao before he died, and two months ago, he secretly handed over the counties and counties of Jizhou and more than 100,000 Jizhou soldiers and horses to Cao Cao to take over. At the moment before he breathed, he summoned the Jizhou Wenchen and Wu generals to discuss the affairs in the side hall, strictly ordered the Jizhou subordinates to respect Cao Cao, and opened the city late the next night to welcome Cao Cao into Yecheng.

The moment he heard Yuan Yi, the old servant of the Yuan Mansion, say the news, Li Li's expression changed greatly, his face was full of horror, and the shock in his heart was like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, and the horror was indescribable.

"Yuan Shao, the overlord of the Central Plains, actually gave the huge Jizhou to Cao Cao, how is this possible, why is this happening?" A big question came to Li Li's mind, so that he couldn't figure out what kind of psychology Yuan Shao had, or what kind of purpose he had, that prompted him to make such an incredible decision before he died.

However, when Li Li tried his best to suppress his feelings and force himself to calm down, he suddenly realized something. He felt that Yuan Shao's move was very similar to Xuzhou's move of Tao Qian to give up to Xuzhou five years ago, and its starting point and ultimate goal should be the same, which can be described as the same.

Tao Qian entrusted the six counties of Xuzhou to Liu Bei before he died, which made many people confused and quite puzzling at that time. Most people think that Tao Qian is too pedantic, old and stupid, and he didn't leave the foundation to his two sons, but let outsiders pick up a big bargain for no reason, and easily get the six counties of Xuzhou. However, it has come to this day, but when everyone looks at the current situation in Xuzhou, they have to sigh that Tao Qian has a long-term vision, is old and strong, and what he has done can be called a wise move.

Now, Liu Bei, who has been in Xuzhou for nothing, is in exile and is nowhere to be found, but Tao Qian's two sons and their families are still alive and well, and the Tao family is still a famous family in Xuzhou, enjoying wealth for many years. Whether it was Liu Bei's occupation of Xuzhou or Lu Bu's subsequent occupation of the magpie's nest, he did not embarrass the Tao brothers, but doubled the courtesy and rewarded them repeatedly, so that although the Tao family had no authority, they lived freely. At present, even if Xuzhou changes hands again in the future, no one will deliberately make things difficult for the Tao brothers, and will even reward them heavily, so as to win people's hearts.

Unexpectedly, today, after many years, Yuan Shao of Jizhou followed Tao Qian and gave Jizhou, the largest state in the Central Plains, to Cao Cao, in an attempt to exchange for the peace of future generations and the Yuan clan.

But in Li Li's view, Yuan Shao was confused for a while, and made the most stupid decision before his death??????

—————— To be Continued ————————————— (To be Continued......

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