Chapter 644: How to Use Li Dao
After Yuan Shao secretly agreed with Wang Yun and others, he marched towards Wuguan.
But Yuan Shao didn't expect that Liu Jian could think of anything in advance, and he would secretly put on small shoes for him.
Just when Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses secretly passed through Wuguan from Nanyang, Li Dao and Guo Yan had already received the news in Youfufeng.
As for how this news was obtained, there is no need to go into details, anyway, Liu Jian has a way to let them get this news.
Although Li Dao and Guo Yan are from Liangzhou and have greedy personalities, it does not mean that they do not have a sense of crisis.
Now Dong Zhuo is seriously ill and has just recovered but has not returned, and the main forces of Liangzhou are all restrained in the northwest by Ma Teng and Han Sui and cannot move.
If Yuan Shao sent troops to Chang'an at this time, what would happen to Li Dao and Guo Yan?
This is almost self-evident.
After getting the news that Yuan Shao was going to enter Chang'an through the military attachΓ©, Li Dao and Guo Yan couldn't bear it anymore.
They immediately gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under their command, and secretly headed towards Wuguan Road from the right side of the wind, intending to defeat and intercept Yuan Shao before he entered Chang'an.
Li Dao and Guo Yan's abilities on the battlefield are sufficient, but in terms of design and intrigues, including the planning of the overall situation, they are still a lot worse than the people in the Central Plains family.
They thought that Yuan Shao couldn't count them at all, and would intercept and kill.
But Yuan Shao has many capable people, all of whom are more knowledgeable than them.
Xun Chen of the Yingchuan Xun clan thought of this.
He admonished Yuan Shao that although Wang Yun had secretly reached an agreement with Yuan Shao and sent someone to put Yuan Shao into Guanzhong through the military attachΓ©, Li Dao and Guo Yan were in charge of the troops in Guanzhong after all, and the Wuguan side might have their details.
Once the matter is revealed, Li Dao and Guo Yan will definitely withdraw their troops from Youfufeng to attack Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao's heart was like a mirror, and he immediately had a heart, and he quietly set up an ambush on the way from Wuguan to Chang'an, thinking of a counterattack, and first annihilated the soldiers and horses that Li Dao and Guo Yan came to attack him.
Yuan Shao ordered his generals Ji Ling, Zhou Ang, and Li Tong to ambush three armies of soldiers and horses on the road leading to Wuguan in the Guanzhong Plain to ambush Li Dao and Guo Yan.
And Li Dao and Guo Yan were also in a hurry to attack Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses because they were kind to survive, so they stepped up their marches along the way and did not investigate too carefully.
And this also gave Yuan Shao an opportunity.
In the autumn of 196 AD, Yuan Shao's generals Ji Ling, Li Tong, and Zhou Ang ambushed Li Dao and Guo Yan in Yulin, north of Wuguan, defeated their soldiers and horses, and captured countless ordnance.
In this battle, Yuan Shao can be said to be proud.
In the previous two wars in Sizhou, Yuan Shao lost to Liu Jian and suffered a heavy defeat, especially among his subordinates, even the general Sun Jian was killed, which can be said to be very demoralized, resulting in a lack of morale.
But this battle with Li Dao and Guo Yan helped Yuan Shao regain all his dignity.
Li Dao and Guo Yan, in desperation, could only lead the defeated troops to flee quickly in the direction of Chang'an.
However, their defeated army could not reach Chang'an......
Outside Hexian County, which is about 100 miles away from Chang'an, Liu Jian's envoys Xiongnu Zhonglang General Lu Yi and Shangdang Taishou Gongsun Zhanzheng led the Xiliang crossbowmen who were good at bows and crossbows and the Baima Yicong who were good at shocking to wait for them.
At this point, the night has just passed!
The horse's hooves scraped the turf, the black and brown mane caressed in the wind, the horse's head sneezed, and the hooves trampled the ground twice anxiously.
The light of day shone in.
A large group of running blue-gray figures are converging towards the place where Koji Yi and Gongsun Chan are!
The order was issued in the crowd, and all the Hebei soldiers reached out to hold the handle of the weapon, and the ring head knife was drawn out of the sheath little by little, and the forest cold flickered in the light.
Koji Yi looked at the large number of Xiliang people in the distance, and was a little excited!
After all, he is also from Liangzhou!
Even if they are far apart, he can feel that the other party is a good fighting army,
In the next second, he clenched his teeth, his legs clamped the horse's belly, the cloak was raised, his arms were raised, the blade was erected in the wind, and the war horse under him slowly moved its hooves towards the grassy slope, and then accelerated and dived, slowly, and an arc was drawn in the knife light.
Gongsun Chan is also close behind!
First, the bows and crossbows of the first archers shot overwhelmingly at Li Dao and Guo Yan, who were retreating.
Then there is the white horse Yicong and the Hebei cavalry charging side by side!
Head-on, the figure of Liangzhou who rushed on horseback was cut out, blood poured in the air, and the knight who rushed down stepped over the corpse, and his speed accelerated again.
"Killβ" he shouted at the loudest voice in his mouth.
On the grassy hill, the warriors of the White Horse Righteous Servant howled, and the surrounding figures rushed into the light.
The Xiliang soldiers who were running away raised their weapons in reaction and wanted to set up a formation, but the speed of the other party was too fast, and in an instant, the black lines rushing from both sides approached, and they crashed into it fiercely, Hebei's sophisticated weapons began to wave back and forth, and the frightened war horses neighed violently, and when those on horseback tried to stabilize their bodies, the cold weapons wiped their necks, and their heads and blood rose into the sky........
Li Dao and Guo Yan commanded angrily
The horse's hooves galloped, turning up the mud.
The rumbling hooves of the horses rushed over like smashing the earth, and the sound of the clashing of gold continued to collide one after another, blood splattered, some people fell screaming, and the horses fell.
The white horse is like a meteor, sprinting along the flank of the Xiliang army, mainly attacking the opponent's mount, the sharp weapon can always scrape off pieces of flesh and blood, the war horse neighs in pain, jumps up in place, and the figure on the horseback is swept out by the blade that is waved at the opportunity.
Guo Yan slashed a Hebei cavalryman to death with his backhand, and he was surrounded by chaotic figures, as an experienced general in his own army, he knew what it meant to run into these people.
In the midst of countless shouts and killings, Guo Yan fought with several white horse servants who rushed over, and after killing one, the left rib of the horse under him was stabbed again by a weapon that came out of nowhere, and he hurriedly moved closer to his own side, waving the weapon while shouting: "Close!" Hurry up! β
On the battlefield of the surprise attack of 10,000 people, in the surging shouts, his voice was not too big, and there were dozens of people nearby who attracted the attention of his subordinates, but it was a little difficult to get over after all, and if he was not careful, he was chopped off the horse, and then counting the other party's long-planned sudden sneak attack, the specific number is unknown, and there are many Xiliang soldiers who fell into passivity.
On the periphery of the fight, Gongsun Zhan led several of his subordinates out of the center of chaos, he took the lead in the charge just to boost morale, and as a direction, but he would not take his life under the blade of the Liangzhou people, his fierce eyes looked at the battlefield, inspiring, shouting and rallying Guo Yan, and then waved his hand.
"Kill him!" Gongsun Chan said.
As soon as he gave the order, he saw a group of heroes from Youzhou rushing towards the direction where Guo Yan was.
Including Qi Zhou, Zhang Nan, Xian Yuyin, Cheng Xu, Yan Gang, Gongsun Huang......
The pace of rushing out accelerated, the big knife and spear were raised from his hands, and he roared wildly in his mouth and slashed and slashed, directly tearing a hole from the outside and killing it, approaching Guo Yan who was shouting not far away.
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The horse's head went round and round in circles.
Guo Yan was already covered in blood, both his own and the blood of the Hebei people who had just stopped him.
He wiped the blood and roared, but in the next second, he hurriedly turned around with a numb scalp and drove the knife.
With a loud bang, a knife slashed up, and the huge force made his wrist numb, and he almost fell off the horse.
In a trance, it seemed that many people could be heard shouting, "Kill him!" The big knife cut off the horse's legs, the flesh and bones splashed with the blade, and the war horse let out a terrible roar, pounced forward, and fell to the ground with a bang.
Guo Yan immediately jumped off the horse, and then he felt the killing intent attacking, he almost reflexively set up the knife again, Jin Ming rang again, the moment his arm was shaken, a big foot kicked straight in his chest, and in a moment, Guo Yan's hand loosened, and the big knife pressed on his blade deflected, and the back of the knife smashed on the top of his head.
Blood poured out in an instant, blurring his vision, and the chaotic people around him became shadowy, and he gradually couldn't see clearly.
After stumbling a few steps, his body finally fell backwards, and a bag of gold hidden in his arms spilled into the bleeding soil......
Eventually, however, his fingers struggled to grasp the particles in the dirt.
Soon after, the striking of weapons gradually stopped, the autumn wind of the grassland blew across the land, the smell of blood gradually dispersed, the ownerless horses flicked their tails and walked among the corpses everywhere, some of the Xiliang soldiers surrendered, some fled, and most of them died in battle.
Li Dao, escorted by several Youzhou Simas, came to the front of Lu Yi and Gongsun Zhan.
His face is still fierce, and his face is covered in blood!
He stared at Gongsun Chan and Lu Yi angrily, and then shouted at them: "Don't delay, kill me quickly!" β
Ko Yi said coldly: "Since you are also a Liangzhou hero, then I will send you a happy one!" β
After saying that, he saw that he raised the spear in his hand and was about to plunge down towards Li Wei.
But he was stopped by Gongsun Zhan's hand.
"It's better to take him back to Hangu Pass and hand him over to the lord in person, so that it is appropriate, after all, this person is not killed, but captured!"
After hearing this, Koji nodded his head.
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Subsequently, Ko Yi was responsible for commanding his men and horses, counting weapons on the battlefield, and then collecting the weapons and horses of the Xiliang Army!
Gongsun Zhan led a part of the men and horses to escort these captives back to Hangu Pass.
Xu Huang is not the only one in Hangu Pass at this moment, Liu Jian and Jia Xu have also secretly come to the checkpoint.
Gongsun Zhan saw Liu Jian, expressed his merits, and then escorted Li Dao to him.
After seeing Li Dao, Liu Jian didn't have any ridicule, he just stretched out his hand and instructed Xiahou Landao: "Untie him." β
When Xia Houlan heard this, she couldn't help but hesitate.
Seeing this, Liu Jian smiled and said: "Why be nervous, even if General Li is as fierce as a bear and a tiger, but with you and a group of Bai Yu Rui soldiers here, what can General Li do?" β
When Xia Houlan heard this, her spirit was shocked.
Yes, even though Li Dao is a fierce general in Liangzhou, he is just a down-and-out person who has been captured at the moment, how can he be the opponent of this group of white warriors?
If there are a group of people here, and they can't keep Liu Jian's safety, then they don't have to live.
Thinking of this, Xia Houlan couldn't help but secretly say that he was really too careful, and then saw him personally walk in front of Li Dao and untie the rope in his hand.
Li Wei rubbed his wrist, then glared at Liu Jian with wide eyes.
Then, his gaze fell on Jia Xu who was standing behind Liu Jian.
"Wenhe, it's been a long time, you are really powerful now, under the command of General Liu, it can be said that you are rewarded for your ambition.
Jia Xu gave a solemn salute to Li Dao and said: "When the old man was under the command of Xiangguo, he was deeply respected, and his kindness and friendship to the old man have always been remembered in his heart. β
When Li Dao heard this, he couldn't help but raise his head and laugh.
"Okay, okay, old fellow, you have a little conscience, what are you doing this time? persuade me to surrender to you? β
Liu Jian shook his head.
"General Li, someone Liu is also from a border county, and he doesn't despise the border county warriors like the Central Plains people, but it is impossible for you to surrender to my command, General Li can think carefully about your style of action, and you can be a little similar to my people."
"When you come to my command, you will have resentment, and I will not tolerate your actions, so why bother?"
In fact, in the bottom of his heart, Li Jian still longed for Liu Jian to surrender to him, so that he would have an excuse to live.
Even though he is a martial artist in Liangzhou and has been fighting on the battlefield all year round, who would want to die?
It is human nature to be greedy for life and afraid of death.
But Liu Jian refuses to accept him now, and Li Dao is now a general, plus he licks knives on the border of Liangzhou all the year round to live, and has always regarded himself as a martial artist, how can he beg Liu Jian for mercy?
Thinking of this, I saw Li Dao raise his head, and he showed a righteous and awe-inspiring expression that was not afraid of death, and said, "You are exactly what I want, hehe." It's okay, I can see that you are indeed a handsome man, and you know and respect our border county warriors, but since you don't mean to surrender to me, you still deliberately escorted someone here? It is better to order your men to kill me with a single sword on the battlefield. β
Liu Jian said: "I ordered someone to escort General Li here, but I just want to talk to General Li about a business. β
"Of course, if General Li shouldn't, it doesn't matter. It's just that there is one less opportunity to seek benefits and revenge for future generations. β
When Li Wei heard this, he was very puzzled, what value did he have that could be used to allow Liu Jian to talk about business with him?
Li Wei frowned and asked, "What business does the general want to talk to me about?" β
Liu Jian said seriously: "General Li, who do you think is the culprit in today's defeat and being captured by me?" β
Hearing this, Li Dao couldn't help laughing: "My soldiers and horses were defeated by you, and I myself was captured by your generals, the culprit is not you, is there anyone else?" β
Liu Jian shook his head and said: "General Li, what you said is wrong, I have no grievances with you, our two armies are just competing fairly in the land of Guanzhong, but a frontal fight on the battlefield, today's use of troops, I have no suspicion of calculating you, and I have no suspicion of ambushing you, but after hearing that you and Yuan Shao had a battle, I sent troops over to intercept the results of the battle, is this also wrong?" If it were you, wouldn't you be? β
When Li Wei heard this, he frowned, he thought about it seriously, and it was indeed as Liu Jian said.
He really didn't deliberately ambush himself this time, the families were fighting for Chang'an in Guanzhong, and everyone was just acting according to their abilities.
If he was in Liu Jian's position, he heard that the two sides were fighting, and his reaction would definitely be faster than Liu Jian's, and his methods would definitely be more ferocious than Liu Jian's.
Seeing that Li Dao lowered his head and didn't speak, Liu Jian continued: "Actually, you should think about it carefully, you are a general of the imperial court, Yuan Shao is now going to enter Chang'an to seize power, and the imperial court should support you, but now Yuan Shao can easily go to Chang'an from Nanyang through Wuguan, what is the reason for this?" You don't get it, do you? β
Li Dao is not a completely unscrupulous person, although he is greedy, he can still figure out some things.
At that moment, I saw that his eyes burst into fine light.
There are also soldiers and horses of the imperial court guarding the Wuguan, but Yuan Shao seems to have passed the five passes without a bloody battle and entered the Guanzhong Plain, and the reason for this is naturally self-evident!
It must be that the Shangshutai of the imperial court ordered Yuan Shao to enter Guanzhong!
And what was the purpose of Shang Shutai letting Yuan Shao enter Guanzhong? Obviously, it was to let Yuan Shao enter the Chang'an government to replace their position in the Western Liang Army in the court.
So this time, it was Yuan Shao and the ministers of the DPRK and China who jointly calculated him and Guo Yan.
Wang Yun and Yang Biao may even be the emperors, and they opened the door to lure the tiger and wolf in. And he also wants to use this tiger wolf to deal with their Xiliang generals.
If there is no accident, it should be the last time Wang Yun sent someone to ask Li Dao to give all the wealth and money and food, but Li Dao did not allow it, so Wang Yun had hatred in his heart.
If they hadn't opened the military attache and let Yuan Shao in, Li Wei would not have been able to defeat the army so quickly, and he would not have been captured by Liu Jiansheng so simply.
Thinking of this, Li Dao changed his mentality and asked, "Then with the intention of a general, what kind of deal do you want to negotiate with Li?" β
Liu Jian said: "Naturally, it's about how to deal with the fangs in the DPRK and Yuan Shao." β
Li Dao was shocked when he heard this: "Does a certain family still have a chance to deal with them?" β
Liu Jian shook his head very sincerely.
"General Li, I don't want to lie to you, you're just afraid that there won't be that day, today you fall into my hands, you must die, because what you and Guo Yan have done, the heavens are angry, people are angry, and people and gods are angry."
"Liu Mou is the guardian of the Han Dynasty, today you fall into my hands, if I don't kill you, I will be spurned by all the people in the world."
"But although you are dead, you still have a way to help me deal with Wang Yun and Yang Biao."
"It's up to you whether you want to or not."
When Li Wei heard that Liu Jian was going to kill him, he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, but he quickly told himself that he was a dignified martial artist in Xiliang. After many years on the battlefield, are you still afraid of death?
The key is to die, and it is most valuable to die.
Liu Jian entered Guanzhong, and there must be a battle with their Xiliang army, and Li Dao's death in his hands was not wronged.
In other words, even if Liu Jian died at the hands of his Li Dao, it was normal.
What is hateful is that Yang Biao, Wang Yun and others, who are both ministers of the court, secretly murdered them behind their backs.
As Liu Jian said, if he didn't want Wang Yun to retaliate against them, it would be a big husband in vain.
"How are you doing!?"
Liu Jian said seriously: "If people today are suspicious, General Li and Guo Yan looted grain and grass and hoarded goods in various parts of Guanzhong in order to rebel, General Li, do you dare to admit this crime?" β
(End of chapter)