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On a stormy night, the rain curtain covered the sword light and sword shadows in the lightning and thunder, swept away the bright red in the pool of blood, and left a refreshing state city.

In the early morning of the next day, the sky was clear after the rain, and the sky was clear.

After the night, there was no significant change in the city, except for many more puddles and stagnant water.

Outside the north gate, the city gate was wide open, and a team of light horsemen galloped and ran out of the city gate non-stop.

"Phew!" The prancing horse crossed the suspension bridge, and with the sound of a soft reins of the horse, the group of about 100 light horsemen stopped one after another and stopped on the moat outside the north gate.

"Zilong doesn't have to be sent far, let's go back quickly."

On the bank of the Zhuma River, Li Li, who was wearing a red robe on his shoulders, looked up at the big banner with the word "Liu" fluttering in the wind on the head of the city, as well as the rows of soldiers who defended the city standing straight, all of them were dressed in silver-white battle armor, which was the armor only of the Yizhou army.

Seeing this scene, Li Li nodded lightly with great satisfaction, and then told Zhao Yun, who was following him: "After Zilong returns to the city, remember not to make a noise, and strictly order the soldiers not to act rashly, and not to take off the armor of the Yizhou Army without receiving the order, and those who violate the order will be severely punished." In addition, Zilong must always keep an eye on Liu Zhang, beware that he still does not give up, resurrects and tries to resist again, and also pays attention to his temporary intentions and luck. ”

After a pause, Li Li stretched out his hand and patted Zhao Yun's shoulder, and commanded in a low voice: "If there is no change in Liu Zhang's subordinates, once someone notices the abnormality and instigates trouble in public, Zilong does not need to scruple and can make a decision immediately." Resolutely remove it. Remember, don't be merciful. Do not have the kindness of a woman in your heart, and when you decide, you will judge; Just look at the big picture. There is no need to scruple about other people and things, and the consequences are all borne by me. ”

After finishing speaking, a cold light flashed in Li Li's eyes, and Zhao Yun immediately understood, nodded and agreed: "The lord can rest assured, the last general will live up to the lord's trust, and he will welcome the lord into the city with Liu Zhang in the afternoon." ”

Li Li bowed his head slightly and smiled: "That's very good." This time, the military advisor (Kong Ming) named Zilong to stay in the city, precisely because Zilong has always acted steadily. Witty and resolute, he is up to the task. In this regard, I deeply believe that it coincides with what the military advisor has seen. In this case, the big and small matters in the city will be handed over to Zilong. ”

Before the words fell, Li Li waved his hand lightly, then lifted the reins of his horse, and led more than 100 light horsemen to go straight to the horse super camp three miles away.

Seeing Li Li and his entourage whip the prancing horse and leave the suspension bridge, Zhao Yun turned around and glanced at Shi A beside him. He said softly: "The military advisor looks up to me and entrusts me with such a heavy responsibility, but he stays in Wu Yi's mansion to hide and relax, and he is very lazy. And so it goes. You and I don't dare to relax at any time, we must keep our eyes open and keep an eye on Liu Zhang and the officials in Yizhou. In case Liu Zhang suddenly repented, the dog jumped off the wall in a hurry. Especially the East Gate guard Zhang Ren. This person and I are brothers in the same sect, and we have had several encounters in the past. It was because of this that he had to bother Brother Shi Ah to follow Liu Zhang, not only to protect his safety, but also not to let him get into trouble. After you have worked hard, when the matter is completed, I will ask the lord for your credit! ”

After hearing this, Shi A showed gratitude on his face and said humbly: "The general is polite. This is a matter within the part of the last general, how dare you take credit? Before leaving, the military advisor explained to the last general, and he obeyed the general's dispatch, but if there was an order, the last general obeyed! ”

Shi A has always been taciturn, very similar to Li Zhi's personality, calm and serious, strong in martial arts, and both are natural personal guards. This remark was already an exception for him, and before that he had always cherished words like gold, and he would not say anything after his promise. This time, Zhao Yun's enthusiasm for treating people with sincerity moved him so much that he said two more words unprecedentedly.

Before the words fell, Shi A did not forget to explain for Zhuge Liang: "The military advisor stayed in the Wu Mansion not to hide from leisure, but several lords and duchess stayed in Changle Garden, in order to avoid accidents, the military advisor will personally sit in the Wu Mansion." ”

Zhao Yun was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled heartily: "Brother Shi Ah is still serious, I am just joking." It is a great honor to be appreciated by the military advisor this time and recommend it to the lord, and it is too late for me to be happy about it, how can I complain about the military advisor. Hehehe! ”

After laughing, Zhao Yun turned around and beckoned Shi A to return to the city: "Okay, you and I both have heavy responsibilities, don't delay, the north gate will be handed over to the Longxiang camp to take over, and I will return to the city immediately." ”

Before the words fell, Zhao Yun and Shi A turned around and entered the city with their own soldiers, and rushed straight towards the state pastor's mansion.

?????? Outside the north gate, Ma Chao Battalion.

As the more and more crisp sound of "da-da" horses' hooves approached the big tent of the Chinese army, Ma Chao walked out of the big tent with the generals of the Longxiang battalion and lined up outside the tent to welcome Li Li's arrival. This is the order they received in advance, after seizing the north gate, the army stood by and did not make a noise, and naturally could not go out of the gate to meet Li Li, so they could only wait for the order in the big tent.

"The last general will wait to meet the lord!"

Without waiting for Li Li to turn over and dismount, Ma Chao led more than 20 generals under his tent to hurry up and bow down.

Flying off the horse, Li Li casually threw the reins to Li Zhi, stretched out his hand to help Ma Chao, raised his hand to signal the generals to get up, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few months, but Meng Qi is becoming more and more polite." In the future, there is no need to be formal, too angry, they are all their own brothers, why do you need to be so polite. As he spoke, Li Li stepped on the steps, walked into the big tent with a tiger, and Ma Chao followed closely behind, leading the generals into the tent.

The main minister sat down, and Ma Chao said respectfully: "The last general was going to lead the army into the city last night, but he was stopped by Kong Ming's military division, and ordered me not to wait to enter the city, just guard the city gate." Then he ordered the last general to leave 5,000 armor soldiers to defend the city, and they had to change into Yizhou armor, and the rest of the soldiers and horses all withdrew from the city gate and garrisoned the camp to standby. I wonder if the lord knows about this? ”

"Well, I've got that." Li Li knew that Ma Chao had this question, and after Kong Ming led the army to the state governor's mansion last night, he reported the matter to him.

At the third watch last night, after Kong Ming and Pang Xi, the commander of the Dongzhou army, joined the north gate, Shun Lì took over the north gate, and then opened the city gate to welcome the Longxiang battalion of Ma Chao's department into the city. After Ma Chao led his army into the city, Kong Ming ordered him to leave 5,000 armor soldiers to take over the city gate, and then lead the army back to the camp outside the city; Ma Chao couldn't figure it out, he finally entered the city, why did he withdraw the army. So he refused to retreat for a long time, and in order to persuade him to withdraw his troops, Kong Ming explained bitterly, and finally had to move Li Li out and strictly ordered him to lead his troops to withdraw from Beicheng, so that Ma Chao reluctantly retreated.

It was this negotiation that delayed some time, so that Zhuge Liang led the army to the state capital half an hour later than expected, almost delaying the event. At that time, Dong He had already noticed that something was wrong, but fortunately he was stopped by Zhang Song and Wu Yi in time, and then Liu Zhang was also alert, but he was cowardly and timid, and he did not dare to take risks at the risk of his life, so Li Li was able to hold on for half an hour without danger. Then, Kong Ming led the Dongzhou soldiers to arrive, quickly took control of the Governor's Mansion, quietly took over the Yizhou Governor's Office, and brought Liu Zhang and his family under control.

At the same time, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, who were stationed outside the south gate and the west gate, took advantage of the rainy night to transfer their soldiers and horses, leaving only 3,000 soldiers and horses to guard, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were all transferred to the east gate camp. The main generals such as Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong entered the city from the north gate as soon as possible, waiting for Kong Ming's dispatch, which naturally included Ma Chao. By the time the heavy rain stopped, Kong Ming only left the 20,000 Qin Gong battalion led by Huang Zhong and the 500 personal soldiers of Zhao Yun's department, in addition to the 5,000 Longxiang battalion soldiers stationed at the north gate, and all the remaining Xiliang troops who entered the city withdrew from the city one after another under the cover of the sound of wind and rain.

In this regard, the generals of the battalions were very puzzled, and were extremely dissatisfied with Kong Ming's arrangement, if it were not for Kong Ming's claim that this was all the order of the lord's army, the generals were afraid that they would not obey it. Even so, there are still many generals who have doubts about this, and Ma Chao is one of them, and he is also the most headache for Kong Ming. Fortunately, the discipline of the Xiliang Army was strict, and although these generals were suspicious of Kong Ming's orders, they did not dare to openly disobey the order, and finally carried out the order.

Li Li has a clear understanding of the whole thing. In this matter alone, Zhuge Liang and Ma Chao and other generals are not wrong, the fault lies with Li Li himself. He did not inform the commanders of the battalion commanders of his plan in advance, underestimated the consequences of passing on military orders from generation to generation, and overestimated Zhuge Liang's prestige and influence in the army; As a result, the military orders conveyed by Confucius were not enough to convince the generals of the battalions, which led to chaos and almost caused a catastrophe. Fortunately, after the generals of the battalions learned that he went to Liu Zhang's mansion alone, they immediately settled the dispute and obeyed Kong Ming's dispatch one after another.

Otherwise, once Liu Zhang makes a desperate bet and would rather fight to the death than be caught, then Li Li will be in a very dangerous situation; Even if he and Li Zhi teamed up to rush out of the mansion, an unprecedented melee was inevitable. If this is the case, his original intention of recovering Yizhou without blood will be completely shattered, so that the strategic plan of the entire battle of Yizhou will eventually evolve into a desperate fight, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

And the root cause of this emergency is that Li Li did not give Zhuge Liang a written military order, and all of them dispatched troops and horses in the form of oral communication.

If the military adviser was any of the four people, including Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Li Xuan, and Zhou Yu, this would not have happened. Because they have considerable prestige in the army, and are extremely familiar with the commanders and commanders of the battalions, and even have close personal friendships.

In contrast, although Zhuge Liang is Li Li's brother-in-law, he is too young after all, his qualifications are too shallow, and he does not have a sufficiently prominent record, and he only has one experience in commanding the army, which was the Battle of Lu Longsai three years ago. But although the merits of that battle were recorded on Kong Ming's head, the generals in the army did not recognize it, and still regarded it as Li Li's achievements.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang took the post of the left army division this time (the right army division is Fazheng), and in the eyes of the battalion generals, he was quite suspicious of nepotism, relying on his dual identity as Li Li's wife's brother and brother-in-law, so he was able to sit on the position of military division. But in fact, the generals did not approve of him in their hearts, so they were skeptical of the military orders he conveyed and made things difficult in every way; If it weren't for the embarrassment, maybe there would be a stunned young man who would dare to be rude to him.

This is the biggest drawback of the arrogant soldiers??????

―――――― (Note: Mo Shang Sang, the name of the poem of Han Yuefu, this article takes the original meaning: the mulberry forest on the field road.) Metaphor: When the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds. ―――――― to be continued―――――――――――― (To be continued......