If you are the boss of a department, and a guy at your level tells you that I have a very capable subordinate, but you don’t have many talents, I will lend it to you, what will you think?

Do you instinctively feel that the other person has bad intentions and is planning to bring trouble to you?

But Li Rui...

He didn't think about it at all, and happily said to Bei Gongjing: "Are you willing to lend him to me? That's great. I'm in dire need of people, so you can give me such a powerful person. That's great."

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Bei Gongjing said: "I'm just lending him to you. I have to bring him back when I'm short of people."

Li Rui said: "No problem, let me know when you are short of manpower, and I will transfer him back to you immediately!" After making the promise, he patted Li Lie on the shoulder and said: "Well... brother -

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Li Lie cupped his fists and saluted: "General, please speak."

Li Rui waved his hand and said, "Don't be so formal. We were a family four hundred years ago. It's meaningless to be so polite. How about I'm a little older than you and shamelessly be your brother, and you can be my brother?"

Naturally, Li Lie would not refuse and shouted cheerfully: "Brother!"

Li Rui responded happily: "Hey! Brother!"

The two people burst out laughing.

While the two brothers were laughing, the battle outside the city was coming to an end. Although the heavy rains for days had left the ground covered with water and the ground was ragged, the battle was very difficult for the cavalry, especially the heavy cavalry.

It had a great influence, but the Jin army's eyes turned red at the sight of blood. Everyone fought bravely and fought for the lead. Even the infantry in the city couldn't help but rushed out and joined the ranks of beating the drowned dogs, destroying the country and the family.

He vented all his hatred on these unlucky bastards, killing them all. Yang Xiu was the most ferocious in killing, charging wherever there were many bastards, chopping people like melons and vegetables, and killing them if they accidentally fell off their horses.

Fighting with swords and feet, one came to kill one, two came to kill a pair. The barbarians surrounded her and fired arrows, but she was able to carry them down with a round shield and the extremely fine armor. Although she was hit by more than ten arrows, she was still alive.

Unscathed. The last few Hu men ran into the river in panic and tried to wade to escape to the other side. She still refused to give up and chased directly into the river and continued to kill until the last Hu man was dismembered by the rushing river.

Until she is flushed away. This little girl's murderous nature is so ferocious that even her own people are frightened by her!

When Yang Xiu climbed up from the river covered in blood, the battle was over. The corpses of more than 2,000 Hu people covered the battlefield. The Jin army waved their weapons and stood among the corpses lying on the ground toward the other side.

The Jiehu troops cheered loudly and showed off their power, venting all the anger, sadness and helplessness accumulated in the past few months. The Jiehu cavalry on the opposite side all had gloomy faces and ferocious expressions, wishing they could grow wings and fly to the other side to tear them apart.

These arrogant Jin troops!

In the past few years, they have used clever tactics countless times to surround groups of Jin troops and annihilate them in front of the Jin troops who did not dare to come to support them. At the time, they thought it was so satisfying! But now, the same people want to

When things happened to them, what they brought to them was extreme anger and hatred. The anger almost burned their reason to ashes. Now they have no other thoughts. They just want to fight to the other side regardless of the situation and kill Jin.

The army slaughtered Qingguang to relieve the hatred in his heart!

It's a pity that they can only think about it now. The water level of Ru River is high now, and there are only a few pontoon bridges that can cross the river. Now their troops on the other side have been killed. If they want to cross the river, they have to look at it.

The Jin army refused to agree. If nothing else, just blocking the bridge with bows and arrows was enough for them to drink!

Shi Le gritted his teeth and ordered: "Retreat to Xuchang first, and then we can slowly settle the score with them later!"

Kong Chang, Kuian, Zhi Xiong, Diao Ying and others angrily poked the ground with their spears, rode their horses down the slope, and led their respective troops to retreat towards Xuchang. The rear guard poured a large amount of sesame oil on the bridge deck.

then set fire to all the pontoon bridges to prevent the Jin army from crossing the river to pursue them, and then retreated one after another. I believe they must be in a bad mood at this time. The siege lasted for more than a month, because Sima Fan was too cowardly.

, has been huddled in the fortified city and has not come out, and the terrain of Xiangcheng is too deceptive for the large corps to deploy. Apart from launching a few small-scale tentative attacks at the beginning, they have never made any big moves. This one

For many months, they spent most of the time under the city, barging their teeth with the Jin army on the wall. The Jin army stayed in the city, had no worries about food and drink, and had houses to protect them from wind and rain, but what about them? For a long time

Stationed in the wilderness, they could only live in tents and thatched huts, exposed to the sun and rain, bitten by mosquitoes, and had nothing to eat. It was a lot of hardships. However, after all the hardships, they still could not win the victory.

This damn city was bitten hard by the Jin army when they withdrew, and so many people were lost!

I really feel more and more frustrated the more I think about it!

With a belly full of anger, the Jiehu army withdrew to Xuchang. The battle between them and the Jin army came to an end for the time being. I believe that they will not run into the unlucky city of Xiangcheng again in a short time. Besides, Shi Le

Now there are more urgent opponents that need to be dealt with, one is Wang Mi and the other is Gou Xi.

It is not difficult to understand that he wants to deal with Gou Xi. Gou Xi is one of the more capable generals in the Western Jin Dynasty. Although he was defeated by Cao Yi a few months ago, he is still quite strong. With such a number one man and cat in the Central Plains, Shi Le still has

How can you happily kill people and set fire? You must deal with this old rival. And to deal with Wang Mi, it's a bit unbelievable. You know, he and Wang Mi are colleagues! Isn't it too inappropriate to attack a colleague just after taking Luoyang?

Thickness?

Well, for Shi Le, it doesn't matter whether it is thick or not. Survival and development are the most important. There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and the Central Plains is so big. It is too crowded for two ambitious people to squeeze together, and one of them must die.

Furthermore, that fellow Wang Mi has secretly exchanged letters with Cao Yi and is planning to join forces to kill him. He must strike first, otherwise he will be the unlucky one!

By the way, there are also those poor people from the Beggar Army, and they need to be punished. Mr. Shi just doesn't want those poor people to live a good life!

There were so many opponents to deal with, and it took a lot of time to deal with them one by one. For a while, Shi Le really couldn't spare any time to deal with this tough nut.

Seeing Shi Le's army retreating, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and cheers resounded through the sky!

Sima Fan's helmet was stained with blood, and he laughed and said to Li Rui: "It's so happy! I haven't killed so happily in a long time!"

Li Rui said: "Well, it looks quite satisfying. Now the battle is over, but what should we do next? Should Xiangcheng County give up or not?"

Sima Fan stopped laughing and thought seriously, looking a little tangled. To be honest, he was not willing to give up Xiangcheng County. This was a territory he had gained with great difficulty, and it was also the only two areas that Dajin could directly control.

How could he give up so easily when he was already one of the counties? But reason told him that the Jin army was currently severely under-strength and had no ability to defend Xiangcheng County!

Oh, if we only defend the two counties of Nanyang and Xiangcheng, the Jin army's current strength is sufficient. There are actually 40,000 troops, of which there are nearly 30,000 well-trained veterans alone. To defend these two counties

It's completely enough. But the problem is that they have to send troops to rescue Jiangzhou, which will be fatal. Wang Du's rebels are huge and powerful, so reinforcements can't be done. No matter how much they save, more than 10,000 people are needed

No problem, this guy took away a quarter or even a third of the troops, and the remaining troops were not enough to defend two counties...

What should I do?

He turned his attention to Bei Gongjing: "General, what do you think?"

Bei Gongjing said: "In my opinion, Xiangcheng County cannot give up."

Li Rui asked: "Why?"

Bei Gongjing said: "Nanyang is too small. If so many people are crammed into Nanyang, it will easily cause conflicts. Most of the county towns in Xiangcheng County are backed by Song Mountain and Funiu Mountain, and they were attacked by barbarians one day.

, it is easier to hide in the mountains, and the cities are relatively intact. In counties like Yangzhuo and Jiaxian, more than a thousand elite soldiers are enough to hold on for a long time. There is really no need to completely abandon Xiangcheng County."

Li Rui nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "Yes, yes, you are right!"

Sima Fan couldn't help but roll his eyes: "It seems that I told you the same thing the day before yesterday, right? What did you say at that time?"

Oh, at that time Li Rui said that the troops at hand were limited and there were many places where the army would be used. It was impossible to defend such a large territory, so it would be better to find a way to evacuate the population to other places.

Li Rui completely forgot about this - or selectively forgot about it: "Isn't she right?"

Sima Fan rolled his eyes violently: "Yes, everything she said is right!"

Li Rui said: "That's it!" He said to Bei Gongjing: "Xiangcheng County cannot give up, but it is a big problem how to defend such a large piece of land next to Xuchang where the Hu people gather heavily.

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Bei Gongjing frowned and seemed to have a headache: "The Hu people have many cavalry and move very quickly. They can often gather thousands of people and horses to attack hundreds of miles in a day and night, but we are mainly infantry, and our limited troops are scattered over hundreds of miles.

Within a few miles, it is easy to be divided, surrounded, and defeated one by one... This time, the Hulu were frightened by Li Lie during the siege of Yingyang and did not dare to let go of the siege, so our army faced them without any danger.

We have been working for more than a month without losing any city or territory, but it’s hard to say what will happen next time!”

Sima Fan fell silent as he spoke.

Yes, a man with two legs can't outrun a beast with four legs. On the Great Plains of North China, the advantage of cavalry over infantry is so great that even an excellent general like Bei Gongjing can't think of a way to do it.

Come and erase the Hu people’s huge advantage in cavalry!
Chapter completed!