Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

In fact, this is not the only thing in Yuzhou, but there are too many feudal states in Yuzhou. Although the feudal kings in those places originally didn't have much real power, the situation is so chaotic now. Seize the hole card to protect yourself, and Kong Rong's own prestige is very limited, so the troops of the feudal countries in those places basically did not respond to Kong Rong.

After learning about Kong Rong's situation, Li Yi set up his camp in the south of Qiao County, not for the sake of proximity, but because there is a big river in the northeast of Qiao County called Shui. Reducing the range of swings makes it easy to fall into a passive position, so Li Yi chose to camp in the south, which is also convenient for Kong Rong to steal camp.

On the first day Li Yi arrived in Qiao County, he did not do anything excessive. He just sent out a large number of scouts to guard against Kong Rong's sneak attack, and at the same time tried his best to build the camp. After such a busy night, after all the defenses were done, the next morning , Li Yi ordered [-] elite soldiers, and then brought Huang Zhong, Zhang Xiu, Dian Wei, Zhou Cang and others to the gate of Qiao County.

Thousands of people marched in unison, so the movement was not small, and Kong Rong's side also had scouts patrolling around, so Li Yi hadn't arrived at the city yet, Liu Yao, Tai Shici, and Wang Xiu, who hadn't had a good night's rest, all came At the top of the city, except for Kong Rong, all the senior officials in the city are basically present.

Liu Yao watched Li Yi's men and horses approaching slowly, without shrinking, and his face was full of dignity. Although he didn't see the siege equipment, he knew that Li Yi should be demonstrating this time instead of attacking the city, but the pressure on him was very strong. big.

As for the Yuzhou soldiers guarding the city, many of them saw such a well-organized military appearance for the first time. The exclamation made the city noisy, even if there were officers scolding, they couldn't be quiet.

Tai Shici was leading the soldiers. He looked at Li Yi's soldiers and horses, as if Yuan Zhiyue Ting, and then at the top of the city, the noise was like a market. At this moment, Tai Shici's face was hot, and his heart was full of excitement. He even suspected that Li Yi's 1 people would be enough to capture the city.

Not long after, with the sudden stop of footsteps, Li Yi's army stopped within a stone's throw away. Li Yice immediately stepped forward, squinting his eyes at the people on the top of the wall. After reading it once, he probably guessed who it was It was Liu Yao, but he didn't find anyone who could match Kong Rong, so he turned around and asked a military lord beside him, "Which one is Kong Rong?"

The military marquis looked at the top of the city for a while, shook his head and said, "Master, Kong Rong is not at the top of the city."

"Ok?"

Li Yi frowned. Although he didn't make an appointment with Kong Rong when he came, there is no need to make an appointment for this kind of thing, especially it's the first time we met. It doesn't make sense that Kong Rong didn't show up when he came. This is obviously abnormal .

Could it be that Kong Rong deliberately put on a show to lose face?

Li Yi felt a little unhappy, and whispered a few times to Dian Wei, Dian Wei understood, immediately galloped to the bottom of the city, and shouted to the top: "Where is Kong Rong, my master Li Xianghou is here, let Kong Rong go quickly Melt out and meet each other!"

The faces of Liu Yao and the others above immediately sank. Kong Rong, a majestic governor of the state and a famous Confucian, was called by Dian Wei's name in public, which can be described as extremely rude.

But Liu Yao didn't answer in a hurry, but looked at a small official, who hurriedly replied in a low voice: "I have sent someone to look for the envoy, and it should be here soon."

Liu Yao nodded slightly. He was actually quite annoyed now. Everyone got the news of Li Yi's arrival at about the same time. As a result, all the main officials of Yuzhou came, but Kong Rong, the governor, was the only one who was still missing.

This is no small matter. Kong Rong is the highest-ranking official in Yuzhou. If he doesn't show up, people will have unnecessary associations. For example, Kong Rong is afraid of Li Yi, or he simply ran away, which will disturb the morale of the army.

In fact, there are many people who are constantly watching in the direction of the gate tower, obviously looking for Kong Rong.

Liu Yao gritted his teeth secretly, since Kong Rong was the governor, no one could do anything to him, if others were so negligent, Liu Yao would definitely send thirty army sticks to serve him first.

Although he complained about Kong Rong in his heart, Dian Wei came over, Liu Yao could only wait for Kong Rong to take over, and said coldly: "Rebellious ministers and thieves dare to shout and bark, they really don't know what etiquette is!"

Dian Wei looked up to confirm that Kong Rong was really not there, then he raised his hand and waved at the army formation behind, and saw Zhu Hao being escorted out by all kinds of ties.

"Bright!"

Seeing this on the top of the wall, Liu Yao was both surprised and delighted, and exclaimed directly. He thought Zhu Hao had been killed, but he was still alive. It's just that although Zhu Hao didn't show any signs of being abused, he still stood beside him. Holding two knives and axes made him feel very uneasy.

Hearing Liu Yao's shout, Zhu Hao raised his head and looked towards the top of the city, but before he could see clearly, he was pushed to the ground by the knife and ax hand, and wanted to open his mouth to shout, but his mouth was stuffed with rags, so he could only whimper.

Seeing Zhu Hao being treated like this, Liu Yao was so angry that his fingernails dug into the city wall, his knuckles turned white, and blood oozes from his fingers without realizing it.

At this time, Dian Wei shouted again: "Listen, my superiors, if Kong Rong still doesn't come out to answer after the three-tone drum, then prepare to collect Zhu Hao's body!"

"You are bold!"

"How can this be?"

"Where is the envoy, where is the envoy now?"

Liu Yao's eyes widened immediately, with an expression of disbelief. The officials on the top of the city were also in an uproar. They didn't expect Li Yi to be so aggressive. He wanted to kill Zhu Hao because Kong Rong didn't show up. This is really too domineering .

But while blaming Li Yi for being cruel, they couldn't help but wonder, where did their envoy go?

Kong Rong has not shown up for a long time, which in itself affects the morale of the army. There is no chaos now because many soldiers are paying attention to Li Yi, but Kong Rong continues to procrastinate, and Zhu Hao is so tired that Li Yi Cut it off, it's really a joke.

Liu Yao wanted to reprimand Dian Wei, and also wanted to ask Li Yi if he had a conscience, but Dian Wei had already turned around and walked back, and the drums of war on Li Yi's side also thumped. It was Zhu Hao's urging talisman, Liu Yao didn't dare to waste time, he turned his head and shouted: "Where the governor is now, how long will it take to arrive!"

At this time, the messenger who had gone to invite Kong Rong happened to come back, and upon hearing the words, he hurriedly replied: "The envoy was taking a bath in the mansion before, and he is already changing clothes. He should be here soon."

Liu Yao suddenly felt as if someone stabbed his chest fiercely, and his heart ached, the pain made it difficult for him to breathe.

Tai Shici, Wang Xiu, Fan Neng and the others also opened their mouths with disbelief on their faces.

At this time, there was only one thought in everyone's mind, that is, there must be something wrong with Kong Rong's brain!

Because this is a war, soldiers are expensive and fast, and the battlefield situation is changing rapidly. Would a normal person think about taking a bath before starting a war?

Maybe you shouldn't take a bath, but wash your brain!

After a while, Liu Yao finally came back to his senses. At this time, he had a ferocious face and was trembling all over. He was really pissed off by Kong Rong.

Stretching out his hand tremblingly, Liu Yao suddenly pulled out the long sword from his waist, and everyone around him backed away subconsciously, but Liu Yao slashed his sword on the city wall, and it broke into two pieces with a long and short bang, then Liu Yao held the broken sword tightly, Angrily said: "Tell Kong Rong, if he doesn't come again, Liu, Liu will kill himself here!"

Chapter 643

Liu Yao was about to be blown up by Kong Rong on the city wall, but Li Yi under the city was full of doubts.

After thinking for a while, Li Yi said to Huang Zhong: "It's strange that Kong Rong hasn't shown up for a long time. There may be fraud in it. We should not underestimate the enemy. The general should send scouts again, especially in the direction of the other city gates. Changes, report immediately!"

"Here, the end general will do it!"

Huang Zhong took the order, and immediately went down to arrange the manpower, his attitude was very serious, because he had led the army for many years, and it was the first time he encountered a situation where the opponent's coach was not seen before the start of the battle.

The other generals also showed doubts on their faces. If Li Yi was mocking Kong Rong for not knowing the soldiers, they might think that Kong Rong was joking, but Li Yi looked solemn, and they naturally thought of various possible conspiracies and tricks among.

Even Kuai Yue, who is a military adviser, is no exception to this point.

It has to be said that Kong Rong is indeed very successful today in terms of "suspect tactics".

After waiting for too long, the drums stopped, and after three breaths, the war drums sounded again. Li Yi asked people around him to check, but Kong Rong still did not appear.

Li Yi felt a little uneasy, and whispered to Zhou Cang: "Let them play the drum longer, Zhu Hao will still be useful if he keeps it, and he won't be able to kill him for now."

After reuniting with Dian Wei, Li Yi contacted Zhu Hao that day, but Zhu Hao cursed him when he saw him, and he couldn't talk about anything, so Li Yi gave up on him, and only used Zhu Hao as a bargaining chip when necessary. Later, something happened to Xu Chu, so Li Yi decided to exchange Zhu Hao for Xu Chu.

As for using Zhu Hao's life as a threat just now, it was purely because Li Yi felt unhappy seeing Kong Rong not showing up.

After the second drumbeat started, Li Yi just frowned, but Liu Yao was really in a hurry, walking back and forth on the city wall with a broken sword in his hand, his heart was restless, his face turned black and then red, if it wasn't for the overall situation, he would have It's time to greet Kong Rong personally.

Earlier, Liu Yao didn't quite understand why Kong Rong did so badly in Yuzhou, but now after working with him personally, he understood that Kong Rong really didn't understand war at all, and he was not suitable to be the leader of the people. An Ran has stayed until now, completely because no one touched him before, but now when he encounters foreign enemies, all kinds of problems will be exposed.

It seemed that Zhu Hao's life was unavoidable, and when the second drum was about to stop, Kong Rong, the governor of Yuzhou, finally came late, and walked up to the top of the city with square steps.

Compared with the past, Kong Rong's demeanor is very outstanding today. He is dressed in a white Confucian uniform, embroidered with gold threads, black shoes with green hoods, hidden pearls, big sleeves fluttering, and a long belt that sways gently from time to time according to his figure. , coupled with Kong Rong's rich appearance, anyone who saw it would know that this is definitely not an ordinary person.

Many people in the city were overwhelmed by Kong Rong's demeanor at this moment, but they immediately realized that the taste was wrong. Today is a war, not a lecture, so what is Kong Rong doing so grandly?

Especially listening to the still beating drums on the opposite side, and looking at Kong Rong's attire, it even made people feel a little dazzling.

But what surprised them was still behind. As Kong Rong went up to the top of the city, there were no generals and guards behind him, but there were two more boys with red lips and white teeth. One was holding a guqin and the other was holding a whisk. Dressed up in clothes, the people who looked at him were stunned for a while, not knowing what kind of trick Kong Rong was trying to play.