Li Jue broke through the front camp and saw a hungry-looking Wu Xi riding a horse and killing people indiscriminately.
He rode off and shouted angrily: "Wu Xi, do you recognize me?"
Wu Xi suddenly raised his head, horrified to the core: "Li Jue?!"
In an instant, Li Jue rode up on his horse. As he swung his long sword, Wu Xi's corpse lay beneath his horse. Li Jue picked up Wu Xi's head with the tip of his sword and shouted angrily: "Wu Xi is dead. If you don't surrender, how long will it take?"
These people are so hungry that their chests are pressed against their backs. How can they have the strength to resist? They all dismounted and surrendered.
Li Jue sent out troops to collect the surrendered soldiers, and led the others in pursuit towards the Weihe River.
At this time, Guo Si had already arrived at the barracks at the Wei River, gathered more than 10,000 broken troops, and combined 25,000 troops to cross the Wei River and set up camp.
The attack failed, and Li Jue immediately ordered his men to camp on the other side.
When he learned that Guo Si's wife, daughter and beloved son died in the war, Li Jue sighed: "I'm afraid this time it will be a life-and-death battle that is difficult to calm down."
The next day, the two armies faced off.
Guo Bang, with red eyes, stood across the Wei River and pointed at Li Jue: "Little Li Jue, if you kill my wife, daughter and beloved son, I will fight you until death!"
"Guo Si!" Li Jue yelled, "You are unkind and unrighteous, and all the generals have turned away from you. How can such a selfish and self-reliant person stand between heaven and earth? I advise you to surrender early to avoid the sword."
Guo Bang shouted angrily: "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!"
"You owe it to your ancestors, you know it, you useless loser."
"ah--!"
"Hey, please! Your ancestors have done you wrong. You gave birth to a useless person like you, and you lost your mother-in-law after losing the battle. Can you live up to your ancestors?"
Guo Bang was so angry that he burst into rage: "Ah——!"
"The light that turns dark all day long knows it! What else can you do?"
"Ah - little Li Jue! You have insulted me too much!" Guo Bang couldn't bear it anymore, "All the soldiers in the army, listen to my order and kill me!"
For today's battle, Guo Bang ordered people to cut down trees and build a pontoon bridge overnight. Under Li Jue's stimulation, Guo Bang took the lead and rushed across the pontoon bridge to kill Li Jue.
Seeing that Guo Si wanted to cross the Wei River, Li Jue was overjoyed and ordered: "Fire arrows!"
Suddenly, long arrows rained down from the sky, stabbing down with a whoosh. Many of Guo Si's soldiers and horses were turned upside down by the shots; but Guo Si was already red-eyed and rushed over without any explanation, and his own soldiers followed the pace and rushed over. .
Li Jue snorted coldly and swung his sword: "Kill!"
The cavalry on both sides clashed.
Guo Si had too few troops, so how could he be Li Jue's opponent? After two rounds, only a few of Guo Si's men and horses were killed. Under the desperate escort of his own soldiers, he finally crossed the Wei River and escaped back.
Li Jue did not dare to cross the river and stood on the bank and scolded: "Guo Si, you are a worthless thing. You have no ability to fight. You can run away very fast!"
Guo Si was so ashamed that he fled back to the military camp.
From then on, the two faced each other at the Weihe River. Every day after leaving the military tent, they would curse at the riverside. When they got angry, they would shoot arrows at each other. After several rounds, each was injured.
…
Three days later, Jia Xu and Wei Yan met in Lantian.
Jia Xu's mission on this trip has been completed perfectly, and he surrendered Wang Fang of Wuguan, Duan Xuan, Li Jue's subordinate, and Zhang Heng, the guard of Hangu Pass.
At this time, the fierce battle between Li Jue and Guo Bang did not notice the rear at all. A group of troops came quietly from Wuguan Road from the rear.
"Wei Qiying, when will our lord arrive in Lantian?" After meeting, Jia Xu asked.
"It still takes three days to arrive."
"Now Guo Si and Li Jue are facing each other on the Weishui River. The battle is fierce, but both sides are short of food and grass. It is estimated that they will retreat soon. Isn't this a waste of time? We can't wait any longer."
Wei Yan was embarrassed and said: "How can we act without the Lord's order?"
"The general will not accept the order of the foreign king. Now the situation is urgent and we cannot wait any longer. Li Jue's army has Duan Xuan as an internal response, and together with Wang Xiaowei's five thousand cavalry, it is enough to attack and kill Li Jue." Jia Xu said without doubt.
Wei Yan nodded: "Just follow the military advisor's instructions."
In order to join forces, Jia Xu took another risk and secretly sneaked into Duan Zhen's military camp.
In such a tight time, Duan Xuan was surprised to see Jia Xu.
"Jia Changshi, why did you risk your life here? If Li Jue finds out, I will give up!"
Jia Xu got straight to the point: "How is the food and grass for Li Jue's army?"
Duan Xuan said: "We can still hold on for three days. The grain road in Huangbaicheng was cut off by Guo Si, making it difficult to collect grain from the same place."
Jia Xu nodded: "Lest Li Jue has enough food and grass to retreat, we are preparing to attack and kill Li Jue tonight. You are an internal agent and must kill Li Jue."
"So fast!" Duan Yan was a little surprised.
"We can't wait any longer. If Li Jue retreats, there will be no chance."
Duan Xuan nodded.
In order to prevent being caught and leaking the plan when he went out, Jia Xu stayed in the military camp and waited for the night attack time to arrive.
…
Wei Yan rushed to deliver the news to Zhang Xiu.
Zhang Xiu naturally agreed with such a good opportunity, but there was a problem, that is, the Guanlong gentry could not defeat it.
He originally wanted to capture Feng Yi County and Jingzhao County first, and drive Li Jue and Guo Si to Fufeng, Beidi and other counties. After guarding Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, he could cripple the Guanlong clan step by step, and then destroy Li Jue and Guo Si.
Jia Xu's plan was also to occupy Feng Yi County and Jingzhao County first. The difference was that he wanted to kill Li Jue and Guo Si directly, so that he would have no worries, and then securely deal with other counties.
The operation has begun, and Zhang Xiu cannot refuse.
He said to the person who delivered the letter: "Go back quickly and let them make their own arrangements."
After the man received the order, he immediately retreated.
In the Chinese army's tent, Zhang Xiu looked at the stars in the sky, silently calculating the next plans and steps in his heart.
After Jia Xu's night attack, there is a high probability that Li Jue will be killed. The same cannot be said for Guo Bin across the Weishui River. Across the Weishui River, Guo Bin has a chance to escape. Well...then let Guo Bin go. Bar.
As a native of Xiliang, Zhang Xiu knew that these Xiliang soldiers had become cruel and vicious since they were brought out by Dong Zhuo. They were capable of burning, killing, raping and raping. They were simply a group of bandits. The impression was extremely poor.
After Zhang Xiu settled in Guanzhong, he would definitely be rejected by these Guanlong nobles.
As for those who reject them, it is better to use Guo Si's hand to sweep them away to avoid contamination on their own hands; Nanyang's tyrants have almost been pulled out, and Guan Long's aristocratic family should be beaten to pieces.
…
At the same time, Xu Du.
"What?" When Cao Cao got the news, he stood up in shock, his mouth wide open and his eyes wide open.
Zhang Xiu secretly sent troops to capture Guanzhong?
Cao Cao was startled and sweatdropped on his forehead. He swallowed his saliva and paced back and forth with the secret letter in his hand. After walking for a while, he suddenly realized and shouted: "Quickly tell Fengxiao and Wenruo to come to discuss the matter." !”
Being hurriedly summoned in the middle of the night, both of them knew it was probably not good news, so they hurriedly put on their clothes and came to the Prime Minister's residence.
Seeing the two of them, Cao Cao got straight to the point: "Three days ago, Zhang Xiu marched from Wuguan with 50,000 troops to capture Guanzhong."
The two were as surprised as Cao Cao.
Li Jue and Guo Si are brave and foolhardy people. They don't have to worry about the Guanzhong Plain in their hands. They can take it whenever they want. It would be terrible if it is in Zhang Xiu's hands.
The land of Nanyang County alone is enough for Cao Cao to drink a pot. Coupled with Guanzhong, Zhang Xiu's strength may catch up with Cao Cao. By then, Zhang Xiu's threat will be even greater.
"Zhang Xiu has sent troops to Guanzhong, what can he do?" Cao Cao asked anxiously.
Xun Yu said: "Our army is short of food and grass, so we should not move lightly. Instead, we can send Han Sui and Ma Teng from Xiliang to attack Zhang Xiu."
"Oh? Will Han Sui and Ma Teng send troops?"
Guo Jia said: "It can be said that Han Sui was the captain of the Sili school and Ma Teng was the general who conquered the east and sent troops to attack Zhang Xiu."
Cao Cao nodded: "I will follow this plan."
