Overlord!

Chapter 238 Hero Li Yan
The reality of the rebellion in Jingzhou proved that Sun Ce and Lu Meng's previous ideas were still too conservative.

After a power weakened, the monarch's prestige was lost, resulting in rebellions beyond imagination.

While Sun Ce was still besieging Xiaoling, he heard that the Wuling barbarians had gathered to rebel. According to its dangerous pass, they invaded the Dakou prefecture.At that time, there were only 500 soldiers in the county and there was no way to control them. All the barbarians left the city and fell.

To the north of Jiangling, a large number of counties and counties changed sides and surrendered to Wu.Counties such as Yicheng, Foguo, Yiguo, Bianxian, Linju and even Yiling all fell to Jiangdong.

In fact, they have no ability to resist.Wuling County is a huge county with only 500 soldiers.There are nearly [-] soldiers gathered in the military town of Nanjun. How can Liu Biao have the energy to control these ordinary cities?
If he could hold Jiangling and Yidao, he could easily return to the large counties north of Jiangling after the Jiangdong army retreated.

If Jiangling cannot be defended, it will overthrow and the army will be scattered. Even if we defend these ordinary counties, it will be of no use.

This makes the battle for Nanjun focus on those battlegrounds for several military strategists.

At this time, in Yidao City, where the two sides were most anxiously competing, the atmosphere was hot and depressing.

It was hot because Cai Mao forcibly gathered everyone to celebrate another repelling the attack of Jiangdong's army.

There were singing and dancing in the hall, drums, harps, sheng and Xiao, and orchestras playing in unison.In recognition of Li Yan, the protagonist of this victory.

Li Yan was originally a county official in Nanyang. When Cao Cao attacked Nanyang, Nanyang was panicked. Hundreds of thousands of people fled south to Jingxiang, dragging their families with them.A large number of scholars abandoned their homeland and went south one after another.

Li Yan also fled to Xiangyang with him.He was already well-known for his talents, and Liu Biao often asked him to serve in various counties in the past.Now he has been entrusted with an important task and made him serve as the Taoist priest.

It's just that Taoist Yi, who was ordered to do something in danger, was surrounded by Jiangdong's army before he could use it.

Li Yan was angry that his ambition had not been fulfilled, and was panicked by how difficult the situation was.Anyone can see that the situation in Jingzhou is reaching a precarious end.

With tens of thousands of troops from Jiangdong pressing down on the border, how could he, a small Taoist priest with no soldiers and no power, be able to save the building from falling?
Li Yan was sitting behind the case, lost in thought, when Cai Mao's voice suddenly came from the main seat: "Zheng Fang is extremely talented, loyal and brave. In today's battle, I personally transported the spear and killed the Jiangdong thieves. I rubbed the enemy's spirit and made Jiangdong a dog." Thieves, don’t dare to underestimate me, the hero of Jingxiang. The morale of our army will be greatly improved! Let’s toast this warrior together!”

Cai Mao spoke enthusiastically, but everyone in the lobby was in a very depressed mood.

And Li Yan, who was praised highly, felt even more panicked?

Kill the Jiangdong bandits?

Li Yan couldn't help but think back to today's daytime battle. It seemed that the whole world was stained red with war and blood. On the city wall filled with filth, elite enemy soldiers wearing red robes and black armor were densely packed with ants.

Jiang Dongxiao's skill in fighting is simply frightening.

It seems that even a small soldier among them is brave enough to become famous in the county and dominate the village.

The soldiers of his generals and schools are well equipped with strong weapons and armor. One is worth ten. Once any soldier climbs the city, it will immediately cause chaos. They rush left and right, rushing in all directions. The loose soldiers on the city Even if there are more than ten people, they may not be able to stop him. Instead, they may be killed by several people in a row and flee.

Today, an enemy general with a hundred men in his hand climbed onto the city wall with a spear, and led five or six soldiers to slash and stab, causing heavy casualties.The defenders' counterattack had little effect in front of his strong armor.The gap between the two sides in terms of armament is really huge. One side is a large ragtag group of people, without any armor, wearing only coarse linen clothes and armed with short soldiers.On the other side, the red-robed Xuanjia was well-equipped.Wrapped in heavy armor, he wanted to be armed to the teeth.

At that time, the defenders were like the former, invincible, and the blood seemed to stain the whole world red.

In the chaos, the enemy generals cut down more than ten people and killed them in front of Li Yan.

The situation was so chaotic that Li Yan had no time to think carefully and had to fight desperately to survive.

But the other party's bravery simply shocked Li Yan.This is not a brave hero with only brute strength. In fact, his stabbing skills are very superb.Li Yan couldn't believe that this was the level of an ordinary general.

How long does it take for the opponent to practice to develop such a superb battlefield stabbing technique?

Li Yan was well-known in the counties for his talent and bravery. After a few blows, he relied on his arm strength to drive back his spear and stabbed him in the rebel army.

It can be said that had it not been for the chaotic situation of defending the city, there would have been besieges by our own soldiers everywhere.

This enemy general brought two or three warriors to surround him, and it was absolutely difficult for Li Yan to deal with him.

After all, Li Yan knew too well the level of these heroic heroes in the prefectures and counties. He, a scholar who had served as a county official for a long time, would never be able to block the attack and assassination of four or five county heroes.

But the key point is that even if the enemy commander was killed, the enemy army did not collapse directly. On the contrary, the enemy army was well-trained. The captain in the team immediately stepped forward and shouted back to kill the red-eyed soldiers, and After fighting, they retreated and returned to the ladder to climb the city. Using their hands and feet, several people quickly jumped off the city wall.

The Yidao City Wall is less than three feet high in total, about six meters high. If you don't wear armor, you can just jump off without any problems.

These people retreated hastily along the ladder. Although they were embarrassed, they definitely did not lose their temper.Li Yan leaned over the battlements and saw with his own eyes that none of the weapons in the hands of these people were lost. As for the discarded helmets and armor, there was no such thing!

This shocked Li Yan even more. He had repelled the enemy today. If the enemy comes again tomorrow, can he still stop them?

Even if it consumes flesh and blood, one's own side may not be able to stop the opponent!

The key is that if the fight continues like this, our soldiers will have no hope of victory at all. Every time the opponent attacks the city, it will cause a lot of casualties. The morale of the soldiers may collapse earlier than the casualties of the army.

So even if he killed an enemy general, Li Yan couldn't get excited at all.

Besides, can a mere village commander really be considered an enemy general?
Killing him would not affect the general situation, but it would anger the enemy. If he, Li Yan, did nothing, he would probably die after the city was broken.

So Li Yan immediately admonished Cai Mao again and said: "Military advisor, the enemy is digging trenches to surround the city. Once the trenches are built, the city will know that there are no reinforcements outside, and the city will die, and the people's hearts will be in chaos. We must not sit back and wait to die. Ask the military advisor to lead the troops to attack them and invade the enemy camp at night. If the generals of Lü Meng's army can return from their engagements, the enemy's army will be in chaos. Only by reducing its momentum can we secure the hearts of the people in the city."

From the moment the enemy army started digging trenches, Li Yan, Kuai Yue and several others made this suggestion to Cai Mao one after another, and they must not sit still and wait for death.

Everyone can see the current situation in Jingzhou. The building is about to collapse and there will be no more reinforcements to rescue Yi Dao.

Therefore, in Yidao City, the only way to survive is to save yourself and defeat the enemy.

The enemy general was obviously proficient in the art of war and did not give the defenders in the city any chance.Directly dig three layers of ditches and trenches to surround the defenders in the city.

Once the trench is built, the defenders in the city will not even be able to flee. After running out of ammunition and food, not a single general in the entire army will be able to escape.

The enemy general Lu Meng had massacred the city's defenders before, and the effect was now apparent.

The powerful families, generals and celebrities in the city were all fighting in panic, fearing that they would be killed after the city was broken.

The reason why people are holding on to each other now is just because they still have a bit of luck.

Once the city is besieged by ravines and life begins to countdown, you can immediately see what the panicked heroes and generals will do!
But although Cai Mao was respected as a military advisor by Jingzhou, unfortunately, he was not good at military affairs and did not even have any experience in leading troops in combat.

It was entirely because he helped Liu Biao discuss how to hold a banquet to kill Jiangnan clan traitors and helped Liu Biao seize Jingzhou, so he was trusted by Liu Biao and served as the governor of Nanjun.After Liu Biao was granted the title of General Zhennan, Cai Mao served as General Zhennan's military advisor.

Later, Liu Biao was promoted to Sikong. It was not suitable to transfer Cai Mao to a subordinate of Sikong Mansion, so he directly promoted Cai Mao to military advisor general and led the Nanjun prefect Ru Gu.

He was able to serve as a general in Jingzhou entirely because his second sister married Liu Biao.

But looking at the behavior of Mrs. Cai and Cai Mao, we can see that women, villains, tend to have more yin energy, are sycophantic and corrupt in politics, and love evil and corrupt customs.

He can play tricks and tricks, but it is really difficult for him to compete with famous generals such as Lu Meng, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, and Gan Ning.

It's not like Cai Hao has never seen these generals in Jiangdong who are brave enough to champion the three armies and are indomitable.

He was able to hold on to the city and still manage to fight, so he led his army to attack Lu Meng's camp and compete with Zhang Liao on the plains!
Even if you give him ten courages, he won't have the guts.

Therefore, he became furious, slammed the wine bottle on the table, and said angrily: "What are you talking about? We are in chaos and disorganized, and the enemy has a strong army. How can we fight the enemy in the wild? Isn't it just hitting the stone with an egg!"

He glared at Li Yan angrily, was he asking himself to die?
Or do you plan to lead your army out of the city, seize the city gate, and surrender the city?

In Cai Mao's hand, he also had a message instructing Jiangdong's army to enter the city. Sun Ce, the general of the southern expedition, ordered all the Yidao officers and soldiers that anyone who surrendered to the city would be rewarded with a thousand gold coins, moved to Nanyang as the prefect, and granted the title of Marquis of Guan Nei!
He, Cai Mao, also knew very well that there was probably an undercurrent surging in the city, and there were countless people with burning ambitions.

Marquis of Guannei!
This is the Marquis!
Nowadays, the number of marquises has not become widespread, and any marquis is enough to make people jealous.

Becoming a prince and becoming a general is the highest pursuit of all heroes in this era.

Looking at the whole Jingxiang, there are only a few people like Liu Biao who have the title of marquis.

In the entire Jianghuai, there are only two brothers, Sun Ce and Sun Kuang, and Xu Huang.

The sealing of the Guan Neihou means that he has actually become prominent in the south of the Yangtze River.

Especially when Liu Biao's power was destroyed and the whole of Jingyang was unified, there were only three people in the south of the Yangtze River who were feudal lords.

Who can not be moved?

But all this was done by using Cai Mao's head as a way to advance to the next level!
Seeing Cai Mao's murderous intentions revealed, the generals and heroes at the banquet did not dare to say anything more, and the atmosphere became increasingly depressed.

Li Yan wisely chose not to speak again, so as not to arouse Cai Mao's suspicion and murder.

He, the protagonist of the celebration banquet, was treated like this. Naturally, the banquet could not go on and everyone broke up unhappy.

Just walking out of the door of Cai Mao's mansion, countless heroes couldn't help but touch their necks. How long can this great head stay on their necks?

Countless heroes looked at Li Yan, whose face was ashen. His expression was gloomy and uncertain, and no one knew what he was thinking.

After nightfall, a curfew began to be implemented in the city. Cai He, Cai Mao's younger brother, personally took charge of Cai's tribe and strictly investigated any wanderers in the neighborhood.

It can be clearly said that anyone running around on the streets at this time must be someone with evil intentions and hidden evil intentions.

But even so, there are still many people climbing over the wall in every city.

At this time, in a square in the west of the city, several heroes climbed the wall and entered in the dark.

When Li Zheng heard the sound, he closed the door and stayed in the house, thinking about how many private gatherings this was after the enemy troops besieged the city.

Although they, the people at the bottom, don't know what the situation is like defending the city.

But they know the surge in the darkness better than anyone else.

Recently, private gatherings of these heroes in the city have become more and more frequent, and there are also many unfamiliar faces within the walls of the square. They all have long beards and strong looks.But these people don't go to the city walls to defend the city, and they rarely go out. They stay in the inner courtyard of the deep house every day, and don't interact with others.

Who can't see that they have an agenda?

But Li Zheng was not in the mood to ask, let alone report it.

Picture what?Under Liu Biao's rule, his eldest son died in battle, and his second son was drafted into corvee labor. There were zombies on the road while escorting supplies to Nanyang. Even when he died, his body was not found, only a piece of bad news came back from the government.

He only hopes that he and his 13-year-old son can live peacefully in this troubled world, but just this year, his 13-year-old son was also forcibly drafted into the army!Go to the city and guard the wall.

13 years old!

He was still young and his family was poor. The only pair of shoes he had was worn by the second son to Nanyang, but it did not save his life.The short and thin 13-year-old son could only stay on the city wall with bare feet in the severe cold of the first month.

Li Zheng doesn't want to think about anything right now. He just wants to surrender to Kaicheng and end this damn war!
It is possible for his youngest son to keep his feet and survive this cold winter.

Even if a few toes are broken, there is no need to blame him anymore.

My family had to die and injure so many of their children for Liu Biao, how worthy of him!

And deep in a house not far from Li Zheng, several burly heroes with swords gathered together.

In the flickering candlelight, each other's ambitious faces could be vaguely seen.

The master who gathered these people was Huo Du, a powerful man in Jingzhou. Since the Han Dynasty was in danger and the world was in chaos, Huo Du gathered hundreds of people in his hometown.

These hundreds of people were Huo Du's private soldiers. Liu Biao did not receive a salary, but he could not command them at all.

Huo Du was from Zhijiang, which was the last county before Yidao that Lu Meng attacked all the way.

It was impossible for Liu Biao to let locals like Huo Du occupy Zhijiang, so before giving up Zhijiang, he and hundreds of his tribe were forced by Cai Mao to Yidao to help defend the city.

It's just that Zhijiang has been conquered, and his wife, young family, property, property, and even the clan tombs and ancestor sacrifices are all in Jiangdong's hands. So what's the point of Huo Du helping Liu Biao to guard the Yi Road?

Therefore, after receiving a message from outside the city and sent into the city, a powerful man like Huo Du took the lead in deliberately launching a rebellion.

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(End of this chapter)