After Li Tuizhi's order was given, he personally went down the slope, mounted his horse, and crossed the river.
Having accumulated prestige over the years, his troops naturally had nothing to say. They just followed the example and the officers of each department followed the lead with a tacit understanding from top to bottom.
In other words, although there are heavy clouds in the early morning, which is destined to not be a sunny day, it cannot stop the basic trend of sunrise and sunset, so the sky becomes brighter and brighter. Correspondingly, the sky gradually becomes brighter and then becomes brighter.
The situation, by this time, even the soldiers at the lower level who know the situation will make a judgment based on the unabashed attitude of the officers and the facts they have seen with their own eyes... In other words, any grassroots officer or battlefield officer with a little bit of judgment will
Every veteran can judge the critical situation at this time from some facts that are seen and believed.
Not to mention anything else, 10,000 state soldiers were stationed in Neihuang City; tens of thousands of Liaodong soldiers no longer concealed their whereabouts and were rapidly marching southward along the east bank of the Qinghe River; a gap leading to Yecheng appeared in the northwest direction of Neihuang City.
The Yan army's main force, Cao Hong, and high-ranking cadres even lost in direct combat... These three things cannot be covered up at any cost.
As a result, when Li Jin crossed the Qinghe River and entered the Inner Yellow River Triangle, he began to come into contact with stragglers on a large scale. Li Jin didn't pay attention to this, and had no intention of gathering or gathering. He just struggled northward and tried to join the Inner Yellow City.
Sakon was just the main force of the Southern Army. In fact, when he and his officers took the lead in crossing the river, they were encouraging some of their timid subordinates to flee directly. However, the clan atmosphere in his army was too strong and not many people escaped.
In the middle of the morning, Li Jin finally arrived at Sun Ce's main force on the west side of Neihuang City, and found a surprised Sun Ce himself among the frightened Sun Ce army.
"General Li really lived up to my expectations!"
Seeing Li Jin abandoning his subordinates and entering the battle alone, Sun Boxu was overjoyed, at least on the surface.
"At this point, it's useless to talk more. I would like to hear Marquis Wucheng's plan." Li Jin raised his knife and moved forward, his expression unchanged.
"I thought about it." Sun Ce quickly raised his eyebrows. "Now that things have happened, there is only one way to go, and that is to abandon Neihuang City and continue the army to the northwest to attack Yecheng... According to my Uncle Zilian
According to what was said there, there were actually only about ten thousand people in the gap in the northwest of Neihuang, and they were all the soldiers who hadtily gathered together from Yecheng and Yingzhou. If all the armies could unite, they might be able to break through before Taishi Ci came over.
past."
Li Jin looked at the movement on Huang Cheng's head not far away, and then turned to Sun Boxu and smiled: "Wucheng Hou can't trust me?"
Sun Ce immediately lowered his head and laughed.
"I understand that the seven armies come from many sources. If the march goes smoothly, they will naturally unite as one. But now that they are in danger, and the overall situation of the world is looming, they will naturally have their own thoughts." Li Jin looked at the southeastern sun above his head and sighed slightly. "This
This is also the reason why Duke Cao prepared to personally lead troops to raid Ye, because he was really afraid of this situation."
"But Yan Gong is keeping a close eye on Guandu, so my father can't come." Sun Ce chuckled, admitting that 'everyone has his own agenda'. "Moreover, Huang Zhong no longer obeys military orders, and many soldiers from various departments have fled. Now
What else can be done?"
"The more critical the situation is, the more General Sun should trust the people around him." Li Jin turned around and said calmly. "I know what Marquis Wucheng is thinking... If it is General Cao Zilian who comes now, I will
He will definitely trust his confidants to deal with him; if Gao and Zhang are the two princes, although they may not completely trust him, they will take action immediately; the only one who comes is the old tribe created by Duke Yan himself, the so-called family slaves with four surnames.
People, but they seem to have to be careful."
"General Li." Sun Ce raised his sword after hearing this, and seemed to become serious. "I can trust you personally, because my father has trusted you! But, you and I know very well that what happened today is nothing.
Is it so simple for the Yan army to have an ambush? South of the Yellow River, the overall situation of the Central Plains is no longer enough to support us. At this time, we are desperate here. If we can't succeed, the overall situation will be defeated... At this time, I certainly believe that I am a reliable person, but Is this step a reliable one?
Don’t you need to think about the family? Isn’t it because I have to think about the family every time when the overall situation changes?”
"It's different!" Li Jin replied sternly almost immediately. "Yan Gong is tolerant of old times and able to uphold the law. He is much better than Cao and Yuan Gong... Only at this time, I, Li Jin, can no longer worry about what's behind me.
To clear up the old name! It should be noted that Li has always acted against the family, but he has no choice but to act against the family every time. This time, he naturally has to be willful for himself."
Sun Ce was slightly startled, and looked up and down at Li Jin, who was standing proudly in front of him. He then released the hand holding the ancient ingot sword from his waist and nodded slowly: "If General Li said this, it would seem that I am a bit of a villain."
I'm worried... Actually, to be honest with General Li, I want to escape! After all, subverting the Han Dynasty with Yan is such an earth-shaking thing. Even if Yan Gong's climate is successful, he may not be able to get everything he wants, and those who oppose him will not
There will be few. And if I can escape, I will naturally want to return south to the east of the Yangtze River and wait and see a few more times along the river."
"I understand." Li Jin didn't take it seriously. "Although Marquis Wucheng is young, he is still a prince. Naturally, he has ambitions. And once ambition is contaminated, there is no possibility of giving up easily..."
"Actually, it's a bit like being burdened by the family, plus a little obsession." Sun Ce suddenly looked around and laughed. "It's just a life, shouldn't I be dissatisfied?!"
Li Jin didn't want to talk more about this topic, but after a slight pause, he asked directly: "The situation is urgent, what is Wucheng Hou's plan?"
"I want to take advantage of Taishi Ci's encirclement and Gao Shun's arrival to go south along Huangze to see if I can miss the two armies and escape the encirclement all the way." Sun Ce finally gave the answer. "It depends on the weather. It will be necessary this afternoon or evening.
There is heavy rain, and if the weather is good enough, there is no chance that there will be any chance of survival, but I dare not move lightly..."
"Is it because the defenders in the city are watching with eager eyes?"
"Of course, there are more than ten thousand soldiers and horses in the city, which is already formidable, and there is also Huang Zhong's unsteady position..."
"I have something to say." Li Jin suddenly interrupted.
"Speaking."
"General Huang Hansheng came here by mistake just because he wanted to cover up for you, Marquis Wucheng. He is a subordinate of Liu Biao, and although Liu Biao has sent troops since the beginning of the war, he has been very ambiguous, so it is expected that his troops will be shaken.
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"This is natural." Sun Ce said unconcernedly. "Outsiders say that this battle is essentially a battle for the Yan army to annex the Central Plains. But they don't know that after the Central Plains is annexed, the Yan army will inevitably lead Jing Xiang when it acts, and Liu Biao has always
Short-sighted...it was expected that his troops were successfully lured to surrender first."
"That's not what I meant." Li Jin said sincerely. "After General Le died last night to avenge Cao Cao, General Huang's position was again there. He could have taken advantage of the situation to surrender with both armies, but he has only remained motionless until now.
Whether to fight or not, he is actually still concerned about the righteousness of the robe... He may surrender, but he will never have the evil intention to stab you or me in turn! Therefore, if Marquis Wucheng immediately goes south at this time, General Huang will never turn back.
Instead of attacking, we will continue to set up a formation in the north of Neihuang City, so that the Yan army in the city does not dare to move lightly."
Sun Ce responded with silence.
"As for the Ximen here," Li Jin continued to speak calmly, "I'll just let you stop Wucheng Hou for a while."
Sun Ce remained silent in response.
"Wucheng Hou should leave quickly!" Li Jin urged more and more. "If you don't leave, you don't even have to think about it."
Sun Ce didn't say a word, just bowed his hands in salute, put on his helmet, turned around and ordered the whole army to get up and return south.
Li Jin stood there without saying a word, and even sat back and watched as many of his own subordinates of the Li family secretly turned around and followed Sun Ce's subordinates, heading south.
And sure enough, Huang Zhong, who brought the remnant of Yue Jin's troops and the main headquarters, had no intention of blocking him at all. Instead, he moved slightly forward and approached the south gate of Inner Huang. He had no intention of blocking Sun Ce during the whole process, but instead meant to cover for his troops.
At the same time, Cheng Yu could not give up the pursuit of Sun Ce. Since he was unwilling to push Huang Zhong and the remnants of Le Jin to the opposite side, the west gate of the city was opened wide for a while. Cheng Wu personally led thousands of troops out of the city in an attempt to pursue him from here.
Go up, follow and bite Sun Ce.
But at this moment, Li Jin got on his horse, drew his sword and moved forward, taking the initiative to lead the only two thousand soldiers and horses left in his headquarters to fight bravely!
The battle hurriedly broke out in the wilderness to the west of the city. One side had many soldiers, but most of them were soldiers from Yingzhou County who had just been mobilized, and had not yet been baptized by the war; one side had few soldiers, but they were descendants of the same clan of the Li family. They were watching each other, forming a self-contained body, and fighting
Rich in experience...it actually ended in a draw!
However, the problem is that although there is no major battle between the two sides at this time, the overall situation has actually been settled, and the winner is clear. Even if it can theoretically be a draw, it should not be like this... The reason is that Li Tuizhi came out
Unexpectedly, Cheng Wu actually dared to counterattack in front of the battle, which really caught Cheng Wu off guard. Not to mention that after the battle, this famous general from the Central Plains did not retreat even a step, fighting in front of him personally. The battle only lasted for more than a quarter of an hour, and his body was covered with blood.
Li Jin's desperate fighting style scared Cheng Wu... They were fellow villagers and former colleagues. How could they not know each other's abilities? In fact, Cheng Wu dared to go out of the west gate because he felt that Li Jin couldn't explain it.
If you want to surrender, who would have thought that instead of retreating even a step, the opponent would lead his troops in armor and come straight towards you?
For a while, the eldest son of one of the promising Hebei Tuntian Captains and the eldest shepherd of Yingzhou also complained secretly. After all, Guo Yuan learned from his mistakes yesterday, and he really didn't want to lose his life in vain at this time!
Will be brave for the soldiers.
Such a contrast between the two leaders naturally had a significant effect. However, after the two armies fought each other at Huangxi Gate for two quarters of an hour, it was Cheng Wu who was frightened for a moment and cowered first, just because he was afraid of being kissed.
My father and the military law were serious and did not dare to return to the city directly, so I prepared to retreat under the city wall and take a breather through the city wall.
However, Li Tuizhi not only did not give up when he saw the situation, but took advantage of the situation and ordered the entire army to counterattack forward, squeezing Cheng Wu's troops directly to the city! And he even mounted his horse directly, leading his flag and hundreds of confidants
Soldier, charge directly under the banner of General Cheng! Looking at him like this, he has no intention of letting go of his former colleagues and old friends!
At this time, Cheng Wu was really frightened to death, and his mind almost went blank.
Fortunately, he has a good father.
On the city wall, Cheng Zhongde sighed, his face full of helplessness, but he was orderly... The Yingzhou Shepherd ordered the city gate to be closed as a precaution; but at the same time he mobilized the crossbowmen to go forward, regardless of the fact that there were still fighting people below the city.
In the chaotic area, shoot arrows directly on the city to drive away Li Jin's troops!
The arrows flew down, and Li Jin's troops were naturally frustrated on the spot. Li Tuizhi himself was killed on the spot when he was more than a hundred steps away from the city wall, and his own right shoulder was also hit by a moderate arrow.
However, after the man jumped off his horse and broke the arrow shaft in the gap in his armor, he actually did not become angry.
Even more than that, in front of everyone, they saw General Li, regardless of his shoulder pain, raising his sword and pointing at Cheng Wu's flag, which was only seventy or eighty steps away from him, and said loudly: "The banner in front is an old friend of the Yuan family.
?Li is one of the four oxen in the Central Plains. The head of this oxen is enough to make a marquis, and he is about to give it to his old friend! Not only does he have control over the overall situation, but he also has many soldiers, so why does he not dare to come and take it?! Instead, he stands at the feet of his respected father and hides like a chicken.
Hiding behind the hen!"
After saying this, the man burst out laughing, the sound shook the field, and everyone above and below the city heard it, and everyone reacted differently... The children of the Li family naturally laughed and ridiculed each other, but Cheng Wu wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in.
Cheng Yu on the city was also awestruck for a moment, twisting his beard and saying nothing.
However, in the stalemate, as his youngest son reminded him, Cheng Zhongde looked north and breathed a sigh of relief, and then he couldn't help but sigh:
"Why bother? Send two thousand more people out of Beicheng to support, and then another thousand people tell your brother that if you dare to take a step back today, just resign and go home to farm... Mr. Lu can die,
Before Yan Gong's direct eldest brother could be sent to the army, who was he?! Is he shameless?"
Cheng Yan did not dare to neglect and hurried down to the city.
More than a hundred paces away to the west of the city, Li Jin turned around, sighed slightly, turned over, changed his horse, and led his troops northward... There was a huge smoke and dust there, as if it was Cao Hong, and the two high-ranking cadres were defeated.
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Sure enough, Li Jin was only three to five miles north, and before noon even arrived, he ran into Cao Hong two or three miles east of Huang Zedong, who had fled back hastily but also lost his horse.
When the two met, Cao Zilian was panting and waving his hands repeatedly without waiting for the other party to give up his horse:
"Don't go north! The soldiers have no intention of fighting. They haven't slept for two days and nights, and they have already been defeated. If you lead this small number of troops to the north at this time, it will only lead to death!"
Li Jingang was about to ask again, but Cao Hong remembered something: "I just saw soldiers moving south here from a distance, but you helped Sun Bofu escape?!"
"It would be too early to say escape at this time."
"It doesn't matter. In the current situation, you and I can each do our best. I, Cao Hong, can delay it until now and let his son-in-law go, which can be regarded as the conscience of heaven and earth." When Cao Zilian heard that Sun Ce had left, he actually sat down on the ground.
Don't move anymore.
Li Jin's heart moved slightly, but he took advantage of the situation and asked: "Is General Zilian preparing to surrender?"
"How can we surrender?" Cao Hong sneered on the ground. "After all, I am a member of the Cao clan. I don't care about Cao Mengde. I just want to say that since Xiahou Miaocai died, we Cao clan members have no room to surrender...
On that day, Cao Mengde asked me to garrison in Bo County, and after he told me his plans for today, I knew that in all likelihood I would be killed! On the other hand, why don't you surrender?"
"It's just willful..." Li Jin sighed quietly and repeated what he said to Sun Ce before. "I have always been burdened by the family, so that I was treated as a slave of the fourth surname. Today I really don't want to do it again."
, I just want to live for myself once!”
"Hypocritical!" Cao Hong laughed when he heard this. "How are you being willful for your own reputation? You are clearly doing it for the sake of the family, but you just didn't understand it!"
Li Jin was stunned for a moment.
"Let me ask you, if you only want to save your own reputation and ride to your death alone, why would you bring your family members with you to die?" Cao Hong sneered at him. "Are you a shameless person?
Do you want your own children to be buried with you?"
Li retreated and was speechless for a moment.
"In the final analysis, you think Gongsun Wenqi is a person who determines the world, and you know in your heart that this is the last time you will be together. You also understand that the other party will not kill innocent people indiscriminately, so you have changed the concern about the survival of the family in the past to doing it for you.
Considering the survival of the family." Cao Hong, who was sitting on the ground, continued to look at the other party and sneer in response. "You are vaguely aware in your heart that the world is about to be settled, and Gongsun Wenqi's governance is not the same as in the past. But your Li family is the most powerful in the Central Plains.
Connecting counties across states is not tolerated by the new generation. If the centipede is dead but not stiff, it means surrendering on its own initiative. But how can it not be tabooed by others with thousands of veterans of hundreds of battles? And you, a domestic slave with the fourth surname, do it?
The clan leader is afraid that he will also attract the hostility of scholars and officials, which will in vain affect tens of thousands of people in the entire army! This is why he hopes that the elite of the clan will fight to eliminate the hostility, and he will die easily to calm people's hearts!"
Li Jin opened his mouth to refute, but was speechless.
"In fact, when we are born in this world, like you and me, we are born into a rich family. We are favored by our family and have worked hard for our family all our lives. How can we change it in a short time? How can we really escape? I
It's not like I haven't thought about being an Amway offline and enjoying a lifetime of happiness." Cao Hong didn't take it seriously when he saw this. Instead, he reached out to pull the other person to sit down together in the chaos. "But now, you and I,
As a person who cannot be spared, when the old and the new come back and forth, it is a pleasure to be able to be a companion on the journey."
Li Jin shook his head repeatedly, but broke away from the opponent's hand: "General Zi Lian's words are clear, but he may not understand the thoughts of our warriors... I have issued a military order today, and we will advance or retreat, but I cannot leave you here to die! Only
Just die in battle!"
After saying this, Li Tuizhi continued to shake his head, but he got on his horse and again ordered his team, which had less than a thousand men, to go upstream and continue to look for opportunities to fight north amid the rout.
Cao Hong looked at the opponent's back and kept shaking his head. After waiting for a while, he saw a large flag with the word "Cheng" slowly approaching from the direction of Neihuang City. Instead, he felt relaxed all over. He just secretly thought about whether he could
He used himself, who was considered wanted, in exchange for Cheng Zhongde to take care of his family... After all, this guy was more of a businessman than a general.
In the afternoon, the sky gradually became gloomy. Li Jin marched to the edge of Huangze, more than ten miles north of the city, and finally saw an old friend's flag face to face again, but it was one of the seven prime ministers of the Yan Kingdom. Han Dang, Han Yigong, personally led 5,000 soldiers.
We arrived here with five thousand battalion soldiers.
The two stood facing each other on horseback. This time, I don't know if it was because Cao Hong had just reminded him or because he couldn't bear it. Li Jin did not lead hundreds of Li's children behind him to move forward together. Instead, he rode forward alone to greet Han Dang face to face.
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"Why don't you retreat and surrender?" Han Dang frowned and said as he saw the other party draw his sword and reveal his blade immediately after saluting.
"If it is surrendered again, wouldn't it confirm the theory of the four surnames of domestic slaves?" Li Jin answered slowly and directly raised his sword to invite him. The sky was gloomy, but when the light of the sword flashed over his head and wiped his forehead, he was still quite bright for a moment.
."I would like to ask...do you still have soldiers and horses behind Brother Yi Gong?"
"Nothing."
"It's so good. Today we have made no progress or retreat." Li Jin also suddenly felt relaxed. "Brother Yi Gong, if Duke Yan asks me about you one day, please be sure to say hello to me and say that I have been chasing him for half my life.
But in the end, I didn't catch up with him, but instead made mistakes and made him his enemy again and again. I'm really ashamed."
Han Dang's face moved slightly: "Why bother retreating? You are the only one who can't catch up? Who can't be tolerated by Duke Yan?"
Li Jin was startled again, but remained silent for a moment, just holding the sword in his hand without moving.
Seeing that the other party was silent, Han Yigong on the other side was helpless, so he suddenly raised his spear and rode forward, and charged head-on with Li Jin who was following closely and started his war horse.
As soon as the two generals handed over their horses, Han Dang stabbed Li Jin off his horse with a spear, and the latter died immediately.
————I am the dividing line of immediate death————
"When Taizu heard about Li Jin's death, he felt sad for a moment. He looked around and said: 'Li Tuizhi used his talents as a famous general, but was trapped in the clan and could not extend his work. He gained notoriety in vain and was burdened by it until his death. Mencius once said:
If you do what you want, ask for what you want, and do it with all your heart, there will be disaster later. Isn't it this person?'" - "Shishuo Xinyu". Sadness of Death Chapter
