Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

And the most important thing is that Tao Qian's current control over Xuzhou is not even half of normal. Even if he wants to send troops, he can only do so out of will.

Generally speaking, all the current situations are beneficial to Li Yi, and Li Yi naturally cannot let go of such a good opportunity. Therefore, after the arrangements in Xiang County were made, he did not take the initiative to go to Yilu and Xinyang. The county town that surrendered only asked Kuai Yue to arrange some affairs for the two county magistrates, and then took the main force directly to the county town of Song State.

Although the county magistrate of the Song Dynasty did not take refuge in advance, he still chose to bow his head in front of Li Yi's army. However, Li Yi believed that the two neighboring counties surrendered voluntarily, but he was moaning. His county magistrate was removed, and a Jingzhou scholar was replaced.

Afterwards, Li Yi's men trained in Song State for two days, and then they waited for Dian Wei. Li Yi was very satisfied with Dian Wei's performance along the way, and praised him greatly. The reorganization was carried out, and then continued to go north. At this time, Li Yi's team had more than 5000 people, of which more than [-] were elite.

After such a big battle, the county towns on the road were naturally unstoppable. In just a few days, they changed their banners one after another and fell under Li Yi's control. However, after taking down Chengfu County, Li Yi's marching speed slowed down down.

Because the next is Qiao County, although Kong Rong has not made any effective resistance until now, making Li Yi look down on him from the bottom of his heart, but in terms of specific tactics, Li Yi is still very careful, for fear that Kong Rong will pretend to be a pig and eat him Hu, secretly set up an ambush for him, it doesn't matter if he stumbles, but the opponent is Kong Rong, and Li Yi feels that he can't afford to lose that person.

So Li Yi slowed down his marching speed and moved forward slowly, while paying close attention to the movements in Qiao County.

Regarding Li Yi's approaching step by step, although Kong Rong had decided to stick to it a long time ago, when the thing really came, the pressure was still not ordinary. He did think about setting up an ambush for Li Yi, but he never discussed the reason. Li Yixing was very cautious, so he completely dismissed this idea.

So Kong Rong began to do his best to arrange defenses. He ordered all the people around Qiao County to enter the city, partly for the purpose of protection, and the other was to mobilize the young and strong who entered the city to defend the city.

At the same time, Kong Rong also asked people to confiscate the grain and prepare to distribute it on time and according to the amount. It was completely a posture of fighting a protracted war with Li Yi.

Kong Rong's decision was in line with the situation, but when it was implemented, it did not go smoothly.

Because Li Yi has a good reputation and guaranteed military discipline, he has never heard that they will attack the people. Therefore, although the ordinary people in Yuzhou are a little afraid of the war itself, they are not so panicked. Kong Rong let them enter the city. When evacuating, many people are unwilling.

Gein has to go up to the city wall to defend the city after entering the city. That is the real sword without eyes. Even if he survives by chance, he is very likely to be punished by Li Yi after breaking the city. The common people are not stupid. willing to do.

Therefore, many people are unwilling to enter the city, but Kong Rong is rare and tough this time, thinking that the people of Yuzhou should contribute to the defense of Yuzhou, otherwise they will be thieves. There have been many conflicts with the people.

Among these conflicts, the performance of Xujiazhuang outside the city was the most intense, and even Kong Rong joined a general.

Before Li Yi and Yuan Shu incorporated the Yuzhou Yellow Turban, the banditry in Yuzhou was quite serious. In order to guard against bandits, Xujiazhuang near Qiao County built a city wall, dug a moat, and built a suspension bridge. Although the scale is not very large, it is also a very It’s a good stronghold. This time it’s another defensive battle in Qiao County, so the Xu family’s Zhuangzi was taken by the officers and soldiers. They planned to move the people from Xu’s family village to the city to defend the city, and then let the officers and soldiers station in Xu’s family village. The defense restrained Li Yi's troops.

The people of Xujiazhuang are naturally not happy about this. They use their Zhuangzi to fight Li Yi. Clean them up?

It's funny to say that no matter the people or the aristocratic families in Qiao County, they basically don't think that Kong Rong can stop Li Yi. What they think about is not how to win the battle, but how they should be in Li Yi after the war is over. Yi's wing to seek life.

Therefore, Xu Jiazhuang believed that Li Yi could not be offended, so he refused to carry out Kong Rong's order, and after Xu Jiazhuang took the lead, many people nearby also attached themselves to the past.

Kong Rong was very angry when he found out. He felt that the people in Xujiazhuang were not correct in their thinking. They didn’t support the government to resist the rebellion. a role model.

Kong Rong sent Liu Yao's general Yu Mi over there, gave him two thousand soldiers and horses, and ordered him to destroy Xujiazhuang and bring the people in Zhuangzi to the city.

Yu Mi thinks that a small Xujiazhuang is not a problem, the key is to fight beautifully and boost morale before Li Yi arrives, so Yu Mi's dispatch of troops can be said to be vigorous and decisive, and there is no nonsense in the second half of the place , There was a rain of arrows when they went up, and then the soldiers and horses pressed on, Xu Jiazhuang was caught off guard, and Yu Mi really broke through the gate with the force of thunder.

At that time, the morale of the Yuzhou army was very high, and he felt that his general was worthy of being from Chang'an, and he was indeed extraordinary. Yu Mi was also very proud, thinking that Xujiazhuang was the beginning of his fame.

Seeing that Xujiazhuang was about to fall, a group of men and horses suddenly came out of it, not many in number, but very elite, and rushed straight to Mi Ben's formation, trying to break the situation. He was very angry, and immediately went up to meet him, ready to let the other party see how powerful he is.

However, no one expected that Yu Mi went up just to take a look at his face, and before he even had time to swing his weapon, he was cut in half by the opponent and killed on the spot.

Yu Mi's death happened so suddenly. Although it was very tragic, everyone couldn't believe it was true. There was no sound on the huge battlefield for a long time, until someone lifted Yu Mi's half body and yelled "" Killer, Xu Chu", the two thousand Yuzhou soldiers just woke up like a dream, and then threw away their helmets and armors, and fled in terror, not even daring to look back, for fear that they would be a step too late and follow in Yu Mi's footsteps.

Chapter 642 Fighting, Bathing, Changing Clothes

Yu Mi's death in battle was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for Qiao County. The morale of the army, which was not very strong, was once again in turmoil. Many people couldn't help thinking in their hearts that the Yuzhou soldiers could not even defeat Xujiazhuang. , How could they fight Li Yi?

People in Qiao County became more and more panicked, and at the same time, the name Xu Chu appeared on the official table for the first time.

Although Kong Rong occasionally has a strange brain circuit, he is not really a ruthless person. At first, Kong Rong really just wanted to teach Xu Jiazhuang a lesson, let them know how good he is, and then just obediently work for him. It was expected that such a big change would happen in the end.

Then Kong Rong and others began to discuss this matter. Liu Yao himself didn't say anything, but all the generals he brought said that they must break Xu's house and kill Xu Chu's family to avenge Yu Mi.

It's no wonder they were so angry. They walked together, aggrieved every step of the way, and finally started to do business. Yu Mi was accidentally killed in battle. I really felt a bit sad. If Xu Chu was not killed, they would be so angry!

However, although the local officials in Yuzhou, including the people from Kong Rong's side, also felt that Xujiazhuang must be taken down, otherwise the face of the Yuzhou government and army would be lost, but many people did not approve of killing Xu Chu.

Although they didn't witness how Dian Wei killed Yu Mi, the soldiers who escaped described that Xu Chu didn't attack by surprise, nor did he use any crooked methods. He just chopped Yu Mi face to face, without any tricks. .

According to Tai Shici's explanation, it was because Xu Chu's martial arts were superior to Mi Too much's, and even Zhang Ying and the others could not deny this.

As for the level of Xu Chu's martial arts, Tai Shici couldn't describe it exactly. He only said that Xu Chu should be better than him if he only competed with weapons without using bows and arrows.

Tai Shici was reused by Kong Rong and accepted by officials in Yuzhou. Apart from his ability to be a man, Taishici's martial arts were too high. At least in Yuzhou, he had never met an opponent before. In addition, Tai Shici has a good personality, although he is brave, he is not rude, such a fierce general is very popular everywhere he goes.

Now Tai Shici actually said that Xu Zhu was better than him in his hands, and Xu Chu was still from Yuzhou, so those Yuzhou officials instinctively wanted to protect Xu Chu.

As for Xu Chu's killing of Yu Mi, although he killed the officers and soldiers, Yu Mi was not a general in Yuzhou, and according to later investigations, it was because Yu Mi shot arrows into the village at random, killing many innocent women and children. There were even Xu Chu's elders among them, so Xu Chu was so angry that he directly killed Mi.

Although Xu Chu was wrong, his feelings were sympathetic.

In this regard, the people on Liu Yao's side naturally agreed, and the Yuzhou people didn't feel sorry for the Yumi war, but it was their colleagues!

The two sides disagreed, and Kong Rong had to make up his mind in the end.

Kong Rong was very entangled. He wanted to appease Liu Yao's emotions, and at the same time, he wanted Xu Chu, a fierce general, to use him.

When Kong Rong came in, he was already a little disappointed with Tai Shici, because the two people Tai Shici strongly recommended to him all surrendered to Li Yi, and what Xu Chu did was to protect his homeland by himself, not to Li Yi. In Kong Rong's view, It is completely possible to teach a thing or two, and then use it for yourself.

It's just that it's a little difficult.

In desperation, Kong Rong decided to capture Xujiazhuang first to save face, and then decide Xu Chu's life and death.

This time, Kong Rong didn't dare to underestimate Xujiazhuang, and ordered Tai Shici to lead 5000 troops to surround Xujiazhuang, and he had an absolute advantage when he came up.

Such a battle made the people in Xujiazhuang very panic. Although there are brave men like Xu Chu in Zhuangzi, there are more of them are old, weak, women and children. If you fight, Xujiazhuang is doomed.

After Xu Jiazhuang weighed it, he did not choose to resist, but surrendered.

Xu Chu tied his hands and became a prisoner on the condition that Kong Rong would not pursue the crimes of other people in Xujiazhuang. Other people in Xujiazhuang also followed Tai Shici into the city. Also returned to the government.

When Li Yi got the news about Xu Chu, he was almost at Qiao County. He was both worried and happy. He was happy that Xu Chu was waving to him, waiting for him to rescue him, but he was worried because he was afraid that Kong Rong's head would get hot. Kill Xu Chu.

That was Xu Chu, one of the best "bodyguards" in the Three Kingdoms, and one of Li Yi's few obsessions besides beauties. If something happened to him, Li Yi would not be able to vent his anger even if he killed Kong Rong's family.

However, Li Yi also knew that there was no rush for this matter, and it might be counterproductive to act rashly, so Li Yi temporarily suppressed this matter until his army arrived outside Qiao County.

Although Qiao County is the seat of Yuzhou's government, compared with Xiangyang in Jingzhou and Shouchun in Yangzhou, the city wall of Qiao County is obviously lower, and the moat is even more incomparable. It belongs to the kind of city that can be attacked directly.

In addition to Qiao County itself, Kong Rong also set up a partial camp, which is Xujiazhuang about ten miles west of the city. If Li Yi attacks Xujiazhuang, the soldiers and horses in Qiao County can also attack Li Yi's back. From this point of view, Kong Rong's move to win Xujiazhuang is not bad.

Li Yi laughed when he knew it. This tactic has a premise. One is that the difference in combat power between the two sides should not be too large, so that they can achieve results by attacking the weak points of the opponent's camp.

In addition, there must be a certain number of cavalry. The cavalry has strong mobility. Even if the overall strength of the cavalry is weaker, it can still have a good harassment effect, and the chances of retreating completely afterward are also greater.

But what does Kong Rong have?He didn't take advantage of these two conditions at all, and just set up a horn for him according to the scriptures, obviously to facilitate his attack.

According to the information sent by Xi Zuo, there are about 5000 troops in Qiaoxian County, led by Tai Shici, and about [-] in Xujiazhuang outside the city, led by Liu Yao's general Zhang Ying.

As far as the number of troops is concerned, Yuzhou seems to have only 5000 fewer people than Li Yi. In fact, it is not the case. Among the 2 people in Kong Rong's 8000 veterans who have been on the battlefield, there are only [-] to [-] veterans. All the recruits were recruits, or they were temporarily young and strong, and there was a lack of running-in among the soldiers. Taking into account the morale factor, the actual combat power was far weaker than that of Li Yi's side.