In the Xiliang Army garrison of Yique Pass, in the big tent of Li Lizhong's army, he sat firmly in the middle.

He had just received a report from Tanma and learned that Luoyang had been attacked and that Li Dao and others had fled.

"General, Luoyang is lost, what should we do? Do you still want to stick here, or hurry up and join Da Sima? Li Li's lieutenants were a little flustered and asked him anxiously.

Li Li was also a little dazed, not knowing how to answer.

At this moment, a soldier rushed into the big tent in a panic and knelt down in front of Li Li: "General Qiyu, Cao Zhang's soldiers and horses have arrived at the pass and are calling for battle!" ”

"It's here so soon, this Cao Zhang really has some ability." After listening to the report, Li Li muttered in a low voice, "How many people are here?" Who leads? ”

"Three thousand soldiers and horses, Cao Zhang personally led the army to call for battle under the pass." The soldier reported.

"Three thousand? This Cao Zhang is too blind to no one, I have 10,000 defenders, and he dares to attack me with 3,000?! Li Li cried out in annoyance.

"Come, give me 5,000 soldiers, go out of the customs and line up, I want to meet this Cao Zhang in person!" Li Li commanded his subordinates.

"General, the order given to us by Da Sima is to stick to Yique Pass, we still defend according to the danger, and it is not appropriate to fight!" The adjutant general stepped forward to persuade Li Li.

"Ruoyang has fallen, what's the point of us holding on?! If it drags on, the enemy army in Luoyang will also be killed, and we will be attacked on our backs. It's better to attack now, if I can kill Cao Zhang directly, the enemy army will be leaderless, and naturally retreat, and I will make a great contribution! Li Li had his own ideas and insisted on going out to meet the enemy.

Seeing that Li Li could not be dissuaded, the generals could only bow their heads and accept the order.

Accompanied by the earth-shattering war drums and horns, the gate of Yique Pass was wide open, and the three thousand Xiliang troops lined up, lined up in the open space in front of the pass, and set up a formation.

Li Li took the lead, standing in the middle of the line with a large knife in his hand, and looked up at the opposite side.

Cao Jun on the opposite side had already finished lining up, all of them were in good spirits and radiant.

Cao Zhang's crotch dismounted, a spear in his hand stood in the middle of the queue, and behind him stood the Daxu flag and the flag that read "Defeat the enemy".

Cao Zhang saw Li Li going out to fight, slapped his horse out, came to the front of the two armies, and shouted and asked, "Is Li Li on the other side?" ”

"Even if you know the name of your general, you dare to attack?!" Li Li also urged him to step forward and responded loudly.

"Li Li, Luoyang has been captured by our army, your father Li Huan and uncle Li Dao's life and death are uncertain, I advise you to quickly dismount and surrender, otherwise I will take your life with one shot!" Cao Zhang scolded Li Li with a gun.

"Just because you, a yellow-haired boy who has not dried up, dare to speak wildly, I will come to see how capable you are!" Li Li shouted angrily, urged the seat to dismount, waved the big knife in his hand, and rushed towards Cao Zhang.

Cao Zhang raised the spear in his hand to greet him, and also killed Li Li.

Li Li raised his big knife high, and slashed it down with his head cover towards Cao Zhang.

Cao Zhang held a gun with both hands to parry!

While!

With a loud bang, the two weapons collided together.

Cao Zhang only felt that his arms were numb, and he was obviously struggling, and he couldn't help but let out an exclamation: "You dog thief has so much strength!" ”

Cao Zhang didn't dare to fight again, turned his horse's head and fled to the main formation!

Li Li didn't expect Cao Zhang to be unable to parry after only one round, turned around and fled, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh: "Huangkou Ruzi, what ability do I have when you, it turns out that you are so bare, you have such a skill, and you dare to lead the army to fight, it is really ridiculous and generous!" ”

Cao Zhang ran out of a distance, heard Li Li laugh at himself, turned around and scolded angrily: "You just rely on your strength, what's the big deal, it's just a bull and a stupid pig!" ”

When Li Li heard that Cao Zhang was insulting himself, he was immediately furious and shouted angrily: "You shameless thief, you dare to insult your general, see if I don't take your dog's head with a knife!" ”

After Li Li finished speaking, he urged the horse to swing his knife and chased after Cao Zhang.

Li Li's lieutenant saw that he was single-handedly chasing Cao Zhang, fearing that he would lose, and immediately commanded the soldiers: "Cover up the past and protect the general!" ”

When the Xiliang army received the order, they immediately roared and waved their weapons and rushed forward together.

Cao Zhang saw Li Li leading his troops and horses to chase and kill, and he didn't dare to turn back to face the battle, Pegasus withdrew to his own formation, and shouted repeatedly: "Withdraw, withdraw quickly!" ”

Cao Zhang quickly evacuated with his subordinates.

Li Li was naturally unwilling to let go of this opportunity to kill Cao Zhang, and led the Xiliang army to chase after him.

The two teams of soldiers and horses marched towards the south of Yique Pass.

After running for about two or three miles, the distance between the two sides gradually narrowed.

A dense forest appeared in front of him, Cao Zhang panicked, took his soldiers and horses, rushed directly into the woods, and continued to flee under the cover of trees.

Li Li led the troops to chase after him, refusing to let go of Cao Zhang, and urging the horse to go into the woods to catch up.

The adjutant general caught up with Li Li and persuaded: "General, don't chase after the poor, let's go back!" ”

Li Li sneered: "Cao Zhang has been defeated, as long as he is killed, our army can turn the tide of the battle, how can we let him go!" Hugh has to say more, chase me! ”

Li Li rode his horse towards the woods and continued to pursue, and the deputy general saw that Li Li was so insistent, so he could only take the Xiliang army to follow.

Li Li looked at Cao Zhang, who was running in the woods in front of him, only to feel that the other party was playing tricks on him, and became more and more annoyed, constantly urging the horse to chase after him, just wanting to catch up with Cao Zhang quickly and cut him off the horse with a knife.

Li Li was just chasing after him, not paying attention to his feet at all, the war horse was rushing forward, and several tripping ropes suddenly appeared in the forest in front of him.

Li Li tried to dodge the horse, but it was too late, and the horse's front hooves were tripped, and he immediately lost his center of gravity and fell forward.

Li Li's whole body was suspended in the air, and he fell heavily to the ground, so that he spun around, lying on the ground, unable to get up.

Several pursuers who followed behind Li Li also tripped over the tripping rope and fell to the ground.

Cao Zhang saw Li Li fall from his horse, immediately turned his horse's head, rushed with a gun, and the soldiers of the Cao army who were ambushed in the forest also roared angrily and pounced on the panicked Xiliang army.

Cao Zhang's Pegasus rushed to Li Li's side, shook the spear in his hand, and stabbed Li Li in the chest.

As soon as Li Li got up from the ground, he felt a cold light stabbing at him, he only felt a flower in front of him, and he didn't have time to dodge, so he felt a cold in his chest, and then looked down, Cao Zhang's spear had penetrated his chest.

Cao Zhang held the barrel of the gun with both hands, pulled it out hard, and a bloody arrow shot out.

Li Li only felt that the world in front of him instantly turned a blood-red color, and he didn't even have time to make any more sound, he had already fallen to the ground with a bang, and died after a few convulsions!

Cao Zhang stabbed Li Li to death with a shot, picked up Li Li's helmet with the tip of the gun, and shouted loudly: "Li Li is dead, those who give up resistance will not die!" ”

When Li Li's lieutenant saw that he was killed, he was already panicking, and immediately threw away the weapon in his hand, knelt on the ground, and shouted repeatedly: "I surrender, don't kill me!" ”

With the deputy general taking the lead, the Xiliang army, which was already leaderless, dropped their weapons one after another and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy.

In an instant, except for a small number of recalcitrant resisters in the pursuing Xiliang Army, most of them directly chose to surrender and were controlled by Cao Zhang's soldiers.

Cao Zhang looked at the scene in front of him and showed a triumphant smile......

Before Cao Zhang led his troops back to Yique Pass, Yique Pass had already been taken by the soldiers and horses led by Xiahou Ru and Xu Shu.

It turned out that Xu Shu's strategy was to let Cao Zhang deceive him, lure Li Li away, set up an ambush to kill him, and then take advantage of the opportunity of no one to lead Yique Pass.

"Ziwen, what's the situation?" Xu Shu and Xiahou Ru greeted Cao Zhang, who had entered the customs, and Xiahou Ru asked loudly.

Cao Zhang threw out Li Li's head in his hand and laughed happily: "Li Li is dead, and all his subordinates have surrendered, how are you here?" ”

Xu Shu stepped forward and reported: "The thieves have no one to lead, when we tackle the key problems, we will scatter and flee like birds and beasts, and now that the pass has been occupied by us, we can directly march into Luoyang!" ”

"Okay, Yuan Zhi, thanks to your strategy this time, we can take Yique Pass so smoothly, you should be credited with your first credit!" Cao Zhang excitedly praised Xu Shu.

"Where, it is the courage of the child, and with the cooperation of the son of Junlin, he can win so easily!" Xu Shu said modestly.

"Okay, everyone has merit, don't be modest, hurry up and recuperate, go to Luoyang, join Gongming, and wait for news from Zhongquan." Cao Zhang laughed and gave the order......