Chapter 525: The Chaotic North
Li Yunfei himself is not dangerous, but he can't solve the entanglement of the three for a while, but Thirty-six and Xiao Qiao in the distance are in danger, and Thirty-six is also under the siege of twenty or thirty people to protect themselves, these assassins are much stronger than half of the soldiers. And although Xiao Qiao's swordsmanship is okay, he has never seen such a big battle, surrounded by several assassins, and he is in danger, maybe those assassins want to be captured alive to persevere.
Fortunately, the previous 361st momentum troops immediately launched a message for help, and there was a faint roar in the earth, and the rescue came really quickly, only a few minutes later. It was from the northeast, it should be Lu Lingqi who brought her crossbow cavalry, and there should be a lot of people, and there must be at least two or three thousand people in the dusty appearance.
"Lu thief, your head is temporarily placed on your body, and I will kill you next time." Ma Chao shouted and ran away, Sun Ce and Huang Zhong ran away without even saying a word, and the group of assassins ran away when they saw that several of the leaders had run away, and then they also fled. Although these people are all skilled, they are not professional assassins, otherwise Thirty-Six and Little Joe would definitely die.
Li Yunfei didn't chase but rode back to the carriage, and got out of distance from the group of assassins, so that Lu Lingqi could make a big move, and the accuracy of the ultra-long-distance strong crossbow attack was not enough.
Sun Ce and the others saw that Li Yunfei did not dare to chase, and they also relaxed a lot and thought that it was safe, because the rescuers still had a distance of three or four hundred steps, and in their cognition, it seemed that in addition to the strong crossbow placed at the head of the city, there was no weapon that could fight so far. As for the pursuit of the cavalry behind, the horses they brought over this time were very fast, and it was not a problem to get rid of the pursuit at all, so they turned around and rode away without any scruples.
But just when they boldly turned around and galloped, tragedy happened, the overwhelming rain of arrows fell from the sky with the sound of breaking the air, and more than half of them fell to the ground in an instant, and the remaining dozen or so people hurriedly rode their horses and fled for their lives, but another wave of arrow rain arrived......
Li Yunfei didn't look at the one-sided killing, but checked the injuries of the two, in general, the blood stains on Thirty-six's body were all from the enemy, only a few skin injuries, Xiao Qiao was not injured at all, but his clothes were torn in many places, his hair looked very messy, and he was obviously a little tired when he was panting.
"Thirty-six looks very good today!" He patted Thirty-Six on the shoulder and said.
"The subordinates are ashamed, if it weren't for Miss Qiao, she could protect herself, then ......"
"Don't blame yourself, you've done a great job...... Little Joe, are you alright? Seeing that Xiao Qiao was staggering and about to fall, he hurriedly went over to help people, and saw that her clothes were torn in many places, and even some places where the flesh was about to be exposed, so he took off his robe and put it on her.
"Thank you general, the slave family is just tired, and his hands and feet are a little weak." As she spoke, she felt a burst of shame, but in fact, she was not tired but frightened.
The strength of several assassins who besieged her just now was one point higher than her, and it was supposed to be a certain death, but those assassins wanted to catch her alive, and she fought with her life so she was not subdued, but several times she was almost alive, and she really felt scared when she thought about it.
"Well, you were brave just now...... Thirty-six, let's go back to the city first, since something happened in the north, we have to deploy as soon as possible, and the matter here will be handled by Qi'er. Saying that, he directly picked up the person and got into the carriage, and let Thirty-six drive back to the city, and deliberately handed it over to Lu Lingqi to deal with, of course, in order to cultivate her ability to deal with various emergencies.
"General, since the young lady has arrived, the slave family should go down to greet you!" Xiao Qiao, who was sitting next to Li Yunfei, struggled to stand up, and it just so happened that the carriage shook at this moment, and she sat on Li Yunfei's lap suddenly before she stood firmly, and Li Yunfei also subconsciously reached out to hug the person...... The only feeling is that it is so elastic, and Xiao Qiao is also frozen there and does not dare to move, because no matter how you look at it, he deliberately sat in Li Yunfei's arms just now......
“…… Uh, it's okay, you can rest well, and I'll talk about it when Qi'er finishes taking care of things. "Since everyone took the initiative to sit in their arms, of course, they didn't push people out without understanding, and they all said that if you have a bargain, you don't take advantage of it, so if you don't want to be a bastard, then take advantage. It seems that it is used as a meat cushion for others, and it is not just to take advantage of yourself, right? In this world, he is the first macho man who fascinates thousands of girls, for example, this little Qiao doesn't take the initiative to give him a hug......
The carriage didn't go for a while and stopped, because a person rode a horse to chase after her, it was Xiaobu that she had no ability, but after seeing the master's signal for advice, she immediately rode a horse and chased out of the camp without hesitation......
"The old slave is here!" Before the person arrived, Li Yunfei was thinking about whether to put the beauty in his arms aside and sit down, when he suddenly found that this girl was asleep, and he suspected that she was pretending to be asleep, otherwise how could a person sleep so fast?
“…… Master, is Sister Xiao Qiao injured? As soon as he got into the carriage, he saw Xiao Qiao lying in Li Yunfei's arms, his eyes closed, his face was a little pale, and he looked like an injured patient.
"I'm tired and scared, but now I'm asleep, when did you learn to ride a horse?" So as not to be embarrassed, Li Yunfei changed the topic.
"This, in fact, it didn't take long for the slave to learn it, and it only took last month to learn it." recalled that Li Yunfei always pretended to be scared when he rode a horse with him, and kept drilling Li Yunfei's return salute......
“…… Come and sit down, I really didn't expect a simple girl like you to be so good at pretending. ”
"No, no, the slave didn't dare to ride a horse alone before, but today I suddenly heard that something happened to the master, so I dared to ride."
"Well, for the sake of you caring so much about the master, I don't blame you!"
"Sir...... Why don't the slaves help you hold Sister Xiao Qiao, you must have been tired just now! As soon as Xiao Bu's words fell, he felt Xiao Qiao's eyelashes in his arms flicker a few times, and he was sure that he was awake, just to avoid embarrassment, and deliberately pretended to be asleep.
"Of course not, this kind of physical work, how can you let a little girl help."
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Only a few of the assassins in that group of assassins escaped from the shooting range of the strong crossbow, and most of them had already suffered some injuries, Lu Lingqi did not continue to chase and kill, because they could not catch up, but immediately sent a herald to order the city passes to arrest the assassins, of course, it is unlikely that they can catch those people, since these people can come quietly, of course, there is a way to go silently.
This incident had little impact on Li Yunfei, but it still had a great impact on the entire Xuzhou New Army, the lord was assassinated in his safest place, many people were ashamed, and Lao Jiu, who was in charge of intelligence, was even more guilty and had to resign, and in the end, Li Yunfei personally came forward to appease him, which could be regarded as atonement. The transmission from the north was half a beat slower, and it was not until Li Yunfei returned to the city that he received the information.
Yuan Shao did die of illness, to be exact, he was playing too well with a concubine, and he died suddenly, although the death was very strange, but no one could say what the problem was, and his three sons did not spend too much energy to investigate, but the position of many heirs. Fight to the death, the current north can be said to be a mess of porridge, no wonder there were so many old and weak women and children in Xuchang who were in urgent need of help some time ago.
Yuan Shao's forces were in civil strife, and Li Yunfei's 200,000 troops stationed in the north would certainly not give up the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to occupy a large territory, and even the land of Luoyang and Chang'an was included in the bag, although it was said that it had become a ruin because of years of war, and the population was already very small, but the foundation there was still there, and it would prosper again in a few years of good development.
Almost all the territory south of the Yellow River was pocketed, these territories were originally Cao Cao's, and then became Yuan Shao's, and now it has become Li Yunfei's, in just one year, there have been three managers, and those ordinary people below can be said to be miserable, dead and running, only some old and weak women and children who can't run are left in a ruin to die.
Fortunately, Li Yunfei is a bumper harvest this year, otherwise he can only watch from afar, and he would not dare to occupy those territories, although there are few people, the format is good, and the total population of a large area is also several million. Most of the food for these people because of the war was snatched away by the soldiers, and if there is no timely rescue, many people will not survive this winter.
After seeing the victims, they first boiled a thick porridge and ate it, and then guided the victims to gather in the city for unified relief and transfer, which was quite slow and wasteful of manpower.
If it weren't for Li Yunfei's order, Xu Sha wouldn't be willing to do this, in fact, the better way now is to directly concentrate his forces to cross the Yellow River to the north, collect Yuan Shao's forces with a sweep, and occupy those territories.
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"Brother Yang (Hu Yi's name is Yang Xiao), what kind of person do you say the lord is, why would he give up such a good opportunity, this time we have a chance to unify the north, it's a pity." Xu Shu saw that the great opportunity was given up, and he also sighed a pity.
"The last thing the lord can see is that a large number of people are starved to death without being saved, this is not the lord's style of doing things, when the lord and we talked before, he said a word, but it is still fresh in the memory."
"What are you talking about?"
"It is meaningful to have talents in this world, if there are no people, the world will be useful!" Hu Yi said in Li Yunfei's tone.
“…… It is said that Liu Bei is merciful, and I think the lord who smashed the door is even more merciful...... It's a pity, wasting a lot of time, financial and material resources to save people, although it is said to have gained some popular support, but after the north stabilizes, it will be much more difficult to re-attack, and it is said that Cao Cao has gained a firm foothold in Youzhou again. ”
"Cao Cao is just a defeated general under the lord, what are you afraid of him doing, we just need to do what we are told, and the will of the lord is the direction of our wait."
“…… Or you are open-minded, don't think about it, tomorrow tens of thousands of victims will come, I have to go and make arrangements first. ”.