The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 245 Chapter 244
After the banquet, Mi Fang, Yuan Huan, and Kan Ze gathered together to discuss how to deal with Li Jue and Guo Si.

Mi Fang first said: "Our army is small, and we will go out tomorrow. Let Duan Yan lead the army at the front and our army at the rear. In this way, even if we encounter danger, our army will not lose troops or lose generals."

Yuan Huan immediately retorted: "This is of course good, but the general seems to have overlooked a problem. Duan Yan's army is a group of mobs, and they are definitely not the opponents of Li Jue and Guo Si. Otherwise, he would not invite us. Yes. If Duan Yan's army is in the front, once it is defeated by Li Jue and Guo Si, it will definitely affect the morale of the whole army. What I mean is that our army will directly charge forward, and when the battle starts, it will rush to the army like a tiger descending the mountain. Enemy army, first give the enemy army a disarm, and make them fear our army, in this way, we can wipe out Li Jue and Guo Si in one go."

Kan Ze said: "I agree with Master Yuan's opinion. However, before the war, our army can also use the strategy of two tigers competing for food. Let the two armies kill each other first, and our army will reap the benefits of the fisherman."

"Two tigers competing to eat?" Mi Fang asked with great interest, "What kind of plan is this?"

Kan Ze said: "The general can first send people to Li Jue and Guo Si respectively, and then pass on a false imperial decree. As long as they take off the head of the other person and present it to His Majesty, His Majesty will order them as Generals of Chariots and Cavalry. Li Jue and Guo Si are already at the end of their battles. After obtaining the fake imperial decree, they will definitely regard each other as mortal enemies. Our army only needs to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight until they are both defeated. , and then drive troops in, you can kill all these two traitors!"

After hearing this, Mi Fang was very happy. She patted her thigh immediately, laughed loudly and said, "A good plan! Sir, it really is a good plan! Alright, then I will do as you said. But this letter, I should send someone to deliver it." ?”

Kan Ze laughed and said, "Duan Yan has a good relationship with Li Jue and Guo Si, but now Li Jue and Guo Si don't know that Duan Yan has joined the lord, so they sent Duan Yan to say that they intercepted the imperial decree on the way. Dedicate it to Li Jue and Guo Si."

Mi Fang said: "Well, sir, this plan can be said to be a perfect plan. But, if Duan Yao refuses to go, what should I do?"

"Don't worry, general, Duan Yan has already taken refuge in the lord, and he must really want to make a contribution. This is an excellent opportunity, and he will definitely go." Kan Ze said.

Yuan Huan also agreed with Kan Ze's strategy, but he raised a new question: "The lord ruled Huainan and obtained the Jade Seal of Chuanguo. The whole world knows that if the imperial decree is not stamped with the Jade Seal, how can it be cheated?" Pass Li Jue and Guo Si?"

Kan Ze smiled, took out two imperial edicts from his bosom, handed them directly to Yuan Huan, and said, "I have already prepared the imperial edicts!"

Yuan Huan and Mi Fang opened an imperial decree together, but they saw that it was covered with the Jade Seal of Chuanguo. This is not a fake imperial decree, it is clearly true.

Both of them looked at Kan Ze with puzzled eyes, and asked, "Where did this imperial decree come from?"

"The night before the expedition, I personally rushed to the lord's mansion, and applied for these two imperial edicts overnight to defeat Li Jue and Guo Si. However, the imperial edicts are true, but they cannot be counted, because they are the ones we have removed. This is a great opportunity for Li Jue and Guo Si, as long as Li Jue and Guo Si die, the imperial decree will be invalidated." Kan Ze said.

Mi Fang and Yuan Huan looked at each other, and said in their hearts: "It turns out that Kan Ze has a plan..."

Early the next morning, Mi Fang found Duan Yan, told Duan Yan her strategy, and hoped that Duan Yan could send the two edicts to Li Jue and Guo Si's troops respectively.

Duan Yan accepted the order gladly, and rushed to Huaili personally with two imperial edicts and a hundred soldiers, while he handed over all the army to Mi Fang's command, and slowly marched westward.

Mi Fang left Huayin County with five thousand soldiers from his headquarters, and Duan Yao's thousands of soldiers, and marched westward.

Li Jue and Guo Si were leading armies facing each other in Huaili City. One occupied the west of the city and the other occupied the east of the city. They attacked each other and refused to give way.During the battle for more than a month, nearly [-] people died in Huaili City. In the streets and alleys, corpses were everywhere, piled up like a mountain, and no one came to deal with them. The corpses were covered with thick snow.

If it weren't for the severe cold, freezing these corpses firmly would definitely cause a plague.

Now, both Li Jue and Guo Si have moved out of the city. One is stationed in the west of the city and the other is stationed in the east of the city. For several days, due to the shortage of food and the severe cold, they have gradually given up fighting. No one is willing to retreat first, for fear of losing face.

On this day, Li Jue was drinking in the big tent. It was icy and snowy outside, and the cold wind was howling, but Li Jue got angry and started a bonfire in the tent, holding two beauties in his arms, playing non-stop.

Suddenly, his nephew Li Li came in from outside the tent, and as soon as he entered the big tent, he immediately cupped his fists and said, "My lord, Duan Yan is here!"

"Duan Yan? Where is he?" Li Jue pushed away the two beauties beside him and asked excitedly, "How many soldiers and horses did you bring?"

Li Li replied: "Mr. Duan Yan is outside the gate, and he only brought a hundred relatives with him!"

After Li Jue heard this, he was very disappointed, and then he frowned again, waved his hands and said, "I asked Duan Yan to help me, but he refused, and now he came with 100 people. He must be trying to persuade me and Guo Aduo! No see!"

Li Li said: "My lord, Duan Yan came here this time with an imperial decree in his hand..."

"Imperial decree? What imperial decree?" Li Jue asked.

Li Li said: "I don't know either. Judging from Duan Yan's tone, it seems that he intercepted it from the road. This imperial decree seems to be for Guo Si!"

Hearing this, Li Jue rolled his eyes, and immediately said to Li Li: "Let him in, I want to find out!"

"Here!"

Li Li turned around and walked out of the big tent. Li Jue drove the two beauties out of the big tent, and then regained his energy. After a while, Li Li brought Duan Yan into the tent.

As soon as Duan Yan entered the tent, he frowned, and there was a bit of worry on his face, and he immediately said: "Duan Yan has seen General Li!"

"You and I are old acquaintances, there is no need to be formal, please sit down!" Li Jue waved his hand.

Duan Yan did not move, but took out an imperial decree from his bosom, then raised it above his head, and said to Li Jue: "General, this is an imperial decree that I intercepted in Huayin, please take a look at it!"

Li Jue gave Li Li a wink, and Li Li immediately took the imperial decree from Duan Yan's hand and presented it to Li Jue.

After opening it, Li Jue took a quick look, frowned, and said angrily, "Guo Aduo actually wants to exchange my head for a chariot general?"

Li Jue is well-informed and knowledgeable. This decree is indeed genuine, and there is a seal of the Jade Seal of Chuanguo under it. He was so angry that he threw the decree on the ground and cursed: "Well, you Guo Aduo, how dare you secretly take refuge in Zhang Yan?" , want to exchange my head for your wealth?"

Seeing that Li Jue was already angry, Duan Yan knew that his intentions had worked.Originally, according to Kan Ze's strategy, Mi Fang asked Duan Yan to issue an imperial edict to Li Jue and Guo Si.But Duan Yan knew that Li Jue and Guo Si would sometimes unite and sometimes be hostile. He was afraid that Li Jue and Guo Si would unite again in an emergency to fight against Mi Fang's army, so he came up with this strategy. Deliberately gave Guo Si's imperial edict to Li Jue to anger him and let him know that Guo Si had defected to the court.After that, he handed over Li Jue's imperial decree to Guo Bang, and used this method to anger Guo Bang again, making it impossible for the two of them to unite.

"General, no matter what, we are all from Liangzhou, and General Guo and General Guo are also from the same hometown. I have persuaded the two generals before, and I only hope that you can stop fighting. However, I never thought that Guo Si would join us. Zhang Yan, use the general's head in exchange for glory and wealth..." Duan Yan continued to add fuel and vinegar.

"Stop talking, I'm going to kill that villain Guo Aduo with my own hands. Li Li, call all the soldiers and horses immediately, and I must kill that villain Guo Bang today!" Li Jue said angrily.

Duan Yan hurriedly persuaded: "General calm down, I'm afraid Guo Si has already prepared. Why don't I go to Guo Si's side to find out..."

"Uncle, what General Duan said is very true, why don't you let General Duan go to Guo Bang's side to inquire first, and then it will not be too late to make a decision!" Li Li said.

Li Jue thought for a moment, then said to Duan Yao: "Alright, Brother Duan, I will trouble you."

Duan Yan clasped his fists and said, "They are all my brothers, why be polite? General, wait here, I'll go over and find out."

After speaking, Duan Yan left the big tent, and then went straight to the west of Huaili City to meet Guo Si.

Guo Bang was in the camp west of Huaili City, and he was drinking too much wine. It had been more than a month since he fought with Li Jue, and more than half of them were killed or injured. Moreover, the soldiers were exhausted, their morale was low, and there was only half a month's worth of food left in stock. Well, half a month later, where should he go?

He sat there, thinking hard, and felt that it was meaningless to fight Li Jue this time. He fought back and forth, but got nothing, and so many of his subordinates died.

In terms of force, Guo Si is not as good as Li Jue, but in terms of military strength, it is more than double that of Li Jue. However, in terms of combat power, it is inferior to Li Jue's army, so that up to now, Guo Si is almost as good as Li Jue. Jue was flat.

Guo Si drank a glass of mulled wine, thinking to himself whether he should send someone to Li Jue to make peace, and then the two of them would unite again, return to Xiliang, or go to plunder other places, and then divide the looted things equally.

While Guo Si was hesitating, a person suddenly walked in from outside the tent and reported, "My lord, General Duan is here!"

"General Duan? Which General Duan?" Guo Bang didn't think about it for a while, and he asked, who was already in a daze from drinking.

"General Ning Ji Duan simmers!"

"Why did he come? He was invited to come before, but he didn't come, but now he comes in person. How many people did he bring?"

"Only 100 people!"

Guo Si smiled and said: "It seems that Duan Yan is talking about making peace, and I happen to have the same intention, so let him come in first!"

(End of this chapter)