Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

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Hearing Li Yi's name, everyone couldn't calm down anymore.

The pressure brought by Zhang Liao and Wei Yan is already great, and now even the great god Li Yi has appeared, how can they bear it?

It's no wonder that these officers are not up to date. Qingzhou itself is not the core battlefield, with only [-] troops, and it can still defend against the natural danger of the Yellow River. But now that the natural danger of the Yellow River has been broken through, facing Li Yi, it may be them Several times, but an army with ten times the number of people, no matter how you fight this battle, you will lose!

Seeing how mournful the concubine was, Kong Shun chuckled inwardly, how could he win in front of Li Yi if he didn't scare these people to death first?

It’s true that Kong Shun is a villain, but villains are the best at guessing what they want. The superior is lustful, and the villain’s mind is a woman. Knowing that Li Yi is not a bloodthirsty person, Kong Shun felt that if he simply sold these 4000 people, it would be a credit, but it would not make Li Yi so happy.

However, if these 4000 people were to demote Li Yi, Li Yi's evaluation of him would definitely go up a notch.

The generals were still discussing in a chaotic manner, but Deputy General Liu noticed that Kong Shun, the nominal chief general, did not have the slightest look of panic on his face, and asked involuntarily, "I see the expression on the face of Mr. Calmly, could it be... there is something hidden in it?"

When the others heard the words, they also noticed the abnormality, and looked at Kong Shun one after another. Some people even began to guess, could it be that Yuan Shao had already sent an army to support him?

"Li Yi is indeed not easy to deal with, but a mere Wei Yan still can't turn the sky."

In the midst of everyone's amazement, Kong Shun took out a map and said confidently: "Wei Yan's six thousand pioneers, even if we make a surprise attack, it will be difficult to achieve great results. It's a pity that Wei Yan is pretending to be smart and laying a good road. If you don’t go, you actually took a detour to the southeast and took this ancient mountain road. It’s here, and someone of you should have been there. , even if tens of thousands of troops pass through there, there will be heavy casualties, so... you should understand?"

Immediately, the crowd moved closer and compared with each other with a map. Someone who knew more about the terrain explained the key points in a low voice to the crowd. As a result, the tense expressions of many people began to ease, and even brought A little excited.

They are afraid of fighting, not because they are weak, but because they really can't see the hope of victory, but now that Wei Yan is going into a dead end and surrendering victory, is there any reason for them not to grasp it?

As for how the main force of Li Yi's army in Pingyuanjin should deal with it, we have to finish the battle first.

At this time, Vice General Liu, who was appraised by Chun Yuqiong as prudent, suddenly asked: "How did the eldest son know about such an important matter? There should be no mistakes in it, right?"

Kong Shun's heart tightened slightly, but his psychological quality is not bad, instead of explaining, he said dissatisfiedly: "How noble is the eldest son? How can we as subordinates easily figure out the means?"

Seeing what Kong Shun said, Deputy General Liu also put aside his doubts, and what he doubted was only the news itself. As for Kong Shun, because Kong Shun and Hua Yan had always been the people who defended Yuan Tan the most, and even risked their lives to save Yuan Tan. Regarding Tan's escape from danger, Deputy General Liu never doubted Kong Shun's problem.

Seeing that the generals had the will to fight and their morale was ready, Kong Shun took out Yuan Tan's sword and said loudly, "The whole army immediately set out to set up an ambush on the southeast path. Today's battle will be the beginning of our fame in the world. Anyone who dares to slack off ,cut!"

"Here!"

As a horse used as an ambush, it was very quick in action. It didn't take long for Kong to abandon his luggage and leave the forest with [-] soldiers and horses, heading straight for the new ambush site.

During the march, it is natural to arrange scouts to explore the way, but Kong Shun excused that the military situation was urgent, and they had to spend time in ambush when they arrived at the place, so although the scouts were sent out, because the soldiers and horses marched too much, the scouts were very effective. limited.

Four thousand soldiers and horses marched in a hurry for more than an hour. When they arrived at the target point, many soldiers were so tired that they sat on the ground. Although Kong Shun and the generals were all riding horses, they bumped all the way, and they were shaken all over. sweat.

Deputy General Liu wiped his face with his sleeve, looked up at the terrain ahead, and saw a winding dirt road in the middle, with a cliff on the left and a long slope of more than ten feet high on the right. The mountain forest before, this is indeed a good place to lay an ambush.

"General, should we set up an ambush on the hillside, or climb the cliff on the left? It seems difficult to go up here."

Kong Shun didn't answer in a hurry, but set up an awning with his hands, and kept looking back and forth. Deputy General Liu only thought he was confirming the terrain, and didn't think much about it.

Soon, Kong pointed to the trail in front of him and said, "We go up to the cliff to set up an ambush, and we can defeat the enemy from a high position. As for how to go up, it's simple. We will pass through the trail. There should be a mountain road on the opposite side that can directly connect to the top of the cliff. , but the horses can’t go up, now the cavalry dismounts, leave the horses here, confirm the road behind the cliff, and then we will find a safe place for the generals.”

The crowd did not suspect him, so they dismounted more than 200 cavalry in the team immediately. Some officers thought it was troublesome to go back and forth, so they also gave up their horses, but Kong Shun never dismounted. Considering that he was a literati and a general, No one thought there was anything wrong.

Soon, dozens of people were left watching the mounts behind, and Kong Shun led the others into the trail. During the march, Kong Shun and many generals kept looking around, but what those generals thought was What is the most appropriate way to set up an ambush, but Kong Shun was thinking about another matter.

"Look, what is that?"

Suddenly, Kong Shun pulled the reins, pointed to the front and yelled loudly. Everyone was shocked at first, and then looked along Kong Shun's point, but the road ahead was empty, except for gravel and soil, there was nothing.

Just when everyone was puzzled, Kong Shun shouted again: "Hurry up, someone and I will catch it!"

After all, as soon as Kong Shun clamped the horse's belly, the horse rushed forward, followed by two military officers who were closer, and the soldiers in charge of guarding Kong Shun subconsciously followed, but Kong Shun was Riding horses, they were walking, and in the blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides was staggered by as much as seven or eight feet.

Deputy General Liu asked questions in his head. He felt that Kong Shun was being reckless, and was about to tell Kong Shun to slow down, but he saw Kong Shun swung his whip and lashed behind him. , the distance between the two sides widened again.

Many people who watched this scene were stunned, and those who were still chasing Kong Shun didn't move, because Kong Shun's posture didn't look like he was going to catch something, but it was a bit like... running for his life?

Inexplicably, a strong unease lingered in Vice General Liu's mind, but before he could recover, he heard a sudden cry of killing from behind.

"what happened?"

Deputy General Liu hurriedly turned his head, but there were people behind him, so he couldn't see clearly for a while.

Vice General Liu was about to let someone out of the way, but he saw that the soldiers and horses moved by themselves and began to rush towards him. At the same time, the intermittent voices of the crowd also transmitted the news from the rear:

"Be careful, there is an ambush!"

"The back road is cut off, everyone run forward!"

"How could this be, how could we be ambushed?"

"Run away!"

"General, where is the general!"

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Although the voice was chaotic, Vice General Liu understood what happened immediately, and thinking of Kong Shun who suddenly found a strange reason to leave, Vice General Liu's face immediately turned pale.

"Everyone calm down, don't mess up!"

"Soldiers and horses of all ministries, form formation quickly, and everyone listens to my orders!"

Vice General Liu's prestige is not high enough, and now it's an unexpected situation. Although he really wanted to control the troops and let everyone form a defensive formation, in the end, not only did it not work, but he was pushed forward by everyone for a long distance.

Just when Vice General Liu was about to continue working hard, there was a burst of "tapping" sound of orderly footsteps on the road ahead. The sound seemed to step on everyone's hearts, and the mixed Jizhou army gradually quieted down.

And Deputy General Liu stopped shouting, because he saw that a big flag was slowly appearing on the slope not far away, and Li Yi was the only one who could have such a banner in the whole world.

Chapter 769 Yuan Shao's Despair

The battle came suddenly and ended quickly.

Discovering that he was betrayed and led into an ambush, and that the opponent's troops were far superior to his own, the four thousand Jizhou soldiers lost their fighting spirit almost instantly, and each one of them was like lambs to be slaughtered, letting Li Yi's troops round them up surrounded.

In the end, only Deputy General Liu led a group of officers and soldiers who were absolutely loyal to the Yuan family, and launched a charge towards Li Yi's place. It seemed that they wanted to capture the thief and the king, but they all knew that it was impossible at that time.

After hundreds of crossbows fired a volley, seeing the dozens of corpses that fell down in an instant, the Jizhou army's morale completely collapsed.

Then Dian Wei held up the imperial decree of the emperor, explaining the correctness of Li Yi's position and the rebellious behavior of the Yuan family, so that people like them should stop being obsessed with obsession. Putting down the weapon in his hand, he chose to surrender to Li Yi.

So far, Li Yi won his first victory after crossing the river with zero damage, and Yuan Tan's party was once again unbearably hurt. However, this was just the beginning for Yuan Tan, because after two days of fighting At that time, the food, grass and supplies behind Li Yi had been delivered, and the troops had been replenished again. Now that the logistics were unimpeded, Li Yi ran non-stop, leading more than 2 people directly to the county town of the plain and killed them.

Not to mention how Yuan Tan should face the near-desperate difficulties in front of him, before him, Yuan Shao felt the despair one step ahead.

Because Yuan Tan was not the only one who encountered difficulties. Before the Qingzhou news was sent to Yuan Shao, Bingzhou had already sent Yuan Shao the bad news:

Li Jue and Han Sui triumphed all the way, and within a few days, they had already approached Jinyang.