"Chen Yingliang! Traitor! Why are you here?!"
The night wind enters the knife, the skin is about to be split, the moonlight is strange, cold and yellow, the white robe is fluttering, the white horse is a horse, three people and three riders, standing in power, seeing that very familiar figure who is very pretentious, and hearing that shocking Disgusting familiar voice, Li Miru was struck by lightning, and immediately howled in heart-piercing despair, "How is it possible? How is it possible that you are here?"
Hearing Li Mi's howl, he and Zhai Rang's 7,000 Wagang Army officers and soldiers behind him also erupted immediately. They raised their guns and drew their knives, and lined up in battle formation like flying. Suddenly, the ambush of the officers and soldiers appeared in the local area, but almost no one dared to charge immediately to fight the enemy with only three men and three cavalry in front of them-only three enemies dared to block the road, no matter how stupid the soldiers of the Wagang Army knew there must be an ambush , Of course, he didn't dare to take the risk of coming up to die. At the same time, Zhai Rang also yelled loudly, "Get ready to fight, watch out for ambushes!"
"Hahaha, don't be afraid, there is no ambush!" The hearty laughter got closer, and Chen Sangliang's wretched and handsome face also appeared in front of Li Mi and Zhai Rang, and in front of the elite of Qiqian Wagang , laughed loudly and said: "King Zhai, Pu Shangong, don't worry, there is no ambush here, and I am not here to fight you, but to catch up with you."
Zhai Rang and Li Mi remained silent. They all nervously observed the situation of the three people in front of them, and also nervously observed the situation behind Chen Yingliang and others, and then Zhai Rang and Li Mi soon discovered that Chen Sangliang was a tall and burly black-faced man on the left and right, and another A young man with a strange copper stick in his hand, and behind them, there is an endless dark mountain forest with undulating hills, jagged rocks, and complicated forests. Kazuma's Jedi dangerous place, the atmosphere is so weird that it makes people chill.
The atmosphere at the scene was even more strange. In front of Chen Sangliang, who had only three riders and three riders, the seven thousand veteran Wagang elites were almost silent. There was no sound of shouting and charging. Li Mi and Zhai Rang were also sullen and silent. In the wilderness of Nuo Da, only Chen Sangliang's ugly laughter echoed, "King Zhai, Pu Shangong, why don't you talk? Forgot your old friend? We have met before, I guess it was you who led the troops in person. Come on, come here to reunite with your old friends not far away, why don't you even say hello, isn't it rude?"
"What is Chen Yingliang's traitor trying to do? Use himself as a bait to lure us into an ambush? No, if he is well-prepared and has set up a net, he can just launch an ambush and kill us. Why should he take the risk himself? Threatening us with bluff? There's this Possibly, but not likely, this traitor has always been cautious and never took risks, so the possibility of making such a big claim is very small."
Li Mi made quick calculations in his mind, but he still couldn't figure out what kind of medicine Chen Yingliang was selling in the gourd. When the enemy's situation was unknown, Li Mi gritted his teeth, and simply rushed out, clapping his hands and saying to Chen Sangliang: "Chen stay behind, long time no see." , I haven't seen you for more than a year, the general's demeanor is still the same, he has been promoted to the general of Youwuwei, and Dongdu is staying behind, gratifying."
"Toefl, TOEFL." Chen Yingliang smiled and cupped his hands to return the gift, and said with a smile: "Pu Shangong is the same. I beat him to the end several times in the past, and fled alone, but he still made a comeback. He even transformed himself, and now he has become the most famous thief outside the pass. Army leader, this perseverance is really admirable to me."
Chen Sangliang's tone was very kind and kind, as if he was really reminiscing with Li Mi's old friend, but the more it was like this, the more Li Mi couldn't figure out Chen Sangliang's real intentions, and he couldn't find anything to say to continue , but Zhai Rang, who also came out of the crowd, shouted loudly: "Chen Gouguan, stop talking nonsense! Now that you have discovered it, call your army out, and let's fight in an upright manner, and we will have a decisive battle. !"
"My lord Zhai, I really admire your thick skin." Chen Sangliang sneered, "You still have the nerve to call me an upright showdown? You are so upright, why did you use a despicable trap to assassinate Zhang Xutuo? Old General? In an upright showdown, are you the opponent of Old General Zhang?"
Zhai Rang was at a loss for words, but Chen Sangliang said loudly: "But King Zhai and Pu Shangong, don't worry, I have already said that there is no ambush here, so you don't have to be nervous and afraid. I am not here today to fight with you." You guys came here to protect Luokou Cang. So, if you are smart, go back to the same way immediately, then I can consider letting you survive today, otherwise, if you insist on wanting to fly moths into the flames, you will commit suicide Lu, I will help you too."
With only two entourages, Chen Sangliang dared to say such a thing in front of seven thousand Wagang army elites. Of course, Chen Sangliang wanted to be crazy, but Chen Sangliang, whose reputation has already spread all over the world, has the capital of this arrogance. Even Zhai Rang, the biggest leader of the anti-Sui uprising army, and Li Mi, who was resourceful and bold, would inevitably have to weigh the consequences carefully after hearing what Chen Sangliang said. After quick calculation for a while, in order to analyze the specific enemy situation, Li Mi directly asked: "Dare to ask Chen Liushou, do you know that our real goal is Luokoucang?"
"Isn't that simple?" Chen Sangliang said with a smile: "Hulao Pass is dangerous and the walls are strong. If there are not many defenders in the pass, there are 15,000 people, and it is backed by the Luokou warehouse in Dongdu. It is very convenient to supply or deploy troops for reinforcements. Only a fool would really attack such a strong pass. You Pushangong is not a fool, you are also very smart, so after receiving the news that your heavy troops are approaching Hulao Pass, I will compare it with the map sand table If you take a closer look, you will immediately guess your real purpose."
It was quiet at night, although the distance was a hundred paces, Chen Sangliang's voice was not very loud, but Li Mi could hear it clearly, making Li Mi shook his head and sighed loudly: "Oh, I knew I couldn't hide it from you. You have the confidence to deceive anyone, but you have no confidence to deceive your eyes. Now it seems that my worry is right. Chen Liushou, your ingenuity is indeed unfathomable."
"Thanks for the compliment." Chen Sangliang smiled, and said loudly: "But Pushangong, you are also amazing. You know that I may see through your tricks. In order to avoid this possibility as much as possible, you deliberately designed my distant uncle Pei Renji. Ambassador Pei took advantage of the conflicts between me and him to deliberately provoke him, and lured him not to ask me for help, or even to inform me about the military situation at Hulaoguan, and to cooperate internally and externally to buy time for a surprise attack is indeed extremely clever."
"Then how do you know the military situation at Hulao Pass?!" Li Mi hurriedly asked, and then said loudly: "The insider report we planted in Hulao Pass, Pei Renji has indeed been tricked, and he didn't inform you about Hulao Pass. The military situation, let alone ask you for help?"
"When did we install an inside line in Hulao Pass?" Zhai Rang squinted at Li Mi in surprise, but didn't say anything.
"Is Pei Renji inside Wagang?" Chen Sangliang was also taken aback, and his face didn't show any flaws. He just smiled and said, "Pu Shangong, as you said, Uncle Pei really didn't inform me about the situation of Hulao Guanjun, let alone You didn't ask me for help, but you are not as good as God, and a small accident has caused you to lose everything."
"A small accident?" Li Mi asked curiously: "I also ask Chen Liushou to give advice. What is the accident?"
"There was a shit-stirring stick that stirred up wind and rain, and unintentionally reported it to me." Chen Sangliang said with a smile: "Pu Shangong, your provocative trick worked so well. In his rage, he said something disrespectful to His Royal Highness Yue, and the shit-stirring stick had some conflicts with my uncle. Hearing this, he immediately impeached Uncle Pei. In the impeachment memorial, he mentioned Hulao Guan military situation, and attached the copy of your letter along with the memorial, in order to make Uncle Pei more embarrassing in the court—you are unlucky, this memorial and the copy of the letter happened to be seen by me."
"Hahahahaha!"
Li Mi laughed wildly, and the fox tail that was just about to laugh at Chen Sangliang was finally exposed. When Chen Sangliang heard Li Mi's smug laughter, his heart froze. Said: "Pu Shangong, why are you so anxious to be happy? Your luck is bad, this is just the beginning, your biggest misfortune is the wrong time arrangement."
"A mistake in the timing? How did we make a mistake?" It was Li Mi's turn to startle.
"Pu Shangong, if I'm not wrong, your original plan should be to send the letter to Uncle Pei on February 15th yesterday when the soldiers came to Hulao, right?" Chen Sangliang smiled. Said: "If your plan goes well, then even if you don't anger Uncle Pei, he still informed me about the military situation at Hulaoguan. Then Hulaoguan is 130 miles from Dongdu. Under normal circumstances, I would at least It will take until late last night to receive the military information at Hulao Pass, and if you are unlucky, you may not receive the military information until this morning."
"In this case, even if I decide to send troops immediately, I still have to ask His Royal Highness the King of Yue to dispatch troops and generals to assemble the army, prepare military supplies, dry food and drinking water. At least half a day will be wasted, and at the earliest I will not be able to send troops until noon today. They all went to Luokou warehouse for a hundred miles, and they rushed for half a day. Even if they arrived at Luokou warehouse in time for rescue, they would definitely be exhausted, their combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced, and there would be no time to set up an ambush. There is still a chance of defeating me, no matter how bad it is, you can easily retreat, don't worry about us chasing and attacking you, causing heavy damage to you. — Pu Shangong, you must be thinking so in your heart, right?"
Seeing that Li Mi was silent, Chen Sangliang also laughed even more happily, and said with a big laugh: "It's a pity that your main force made a mistake, and you don't know what went wrong in that link. On the fourth day, the letter was already sent to Hulao Pass! Pu Shangong, King Zhai, if you can go back alive this time, please remember to thank the subordinate who made the mistake for me. If he didn’t remember the wrong time, I really can't make it anyway!"
"Such a big mistake happened?" Li Mi's face turned pale.
"Zhai Hong, Shan Xiongxin, I will peel your skins when you get back!" Zhai Rang roared angrily.
"King Zhai, don't be angry!" Chen Sangliang laughed loudly, and said: "This is God's will. God's will prevents you from getting the Luokou warehouse. God's will makes you make mistakes! God's will is so, how can manpower make it back?"
Hearing Chen Sangliang's smug laughter and the morale of the Wagang Army generals being demoralized, Li Mi suddenly shouted: "Shut up! Traitor, don't do this! Who are you, others don't know, how can I not know? The generals of our Wagang Volunteer Division will never make mistakes, and there will never be a large number of soldiers ambushing behind you, and you will never be able to prevent us from seizing the Luokou warehouse. You can retreat on your own, right?"
Chen Sangliang's laughter subsided, but the smile on his face remained the same, and he said with a smile: "Pu Shangong is really smart, yes, that's exactly the case, there is indeed no ambush behind me, you can rest assured to pursue. But I still want to remind you Pu Monkey, don't be like Meng Haicheng last time, I was killed and fled alone."
After finishing speaking, Chen Sangliang turned his horse's head, led two followers and rode back, and said with a big laugh: "King Zhai, the green mountains will not be changed, and the green water will always flow. We will meet later!"
Chen Sangliang laughed and walked away gradually, Zhai Rang also hurriedly asked Li Mi: "Pu Shangong, what should we do? Shall we immediately catch up and kill this traitor?"
Li Mi didn't answer, but quickly calculated in his mind, "Chasing? Or not chasing? Is there really an ambush ahead? Chen Yingliang's traitor deliberately mentioned Meng Haicheng, is he implying to me that he still wants to deliberately let me die? Where are Zhai Hong, Shan Xiongxin and Yang Jishan? , Is it true that something went wrong and the letter was sent to Hulao Pass a day earlier? There is a possibility, but it is definitely not a big possibility! Is there really an ambush ahead? Is there an ambush?"
When Li Mi was nervously calculating, the horseshoe sounded again in front of him, and the tall knight beside Chen Sangliang suddenly rushed back on his horse. When the soldiers of the Wagang Army rushed to protect Zhai Rang and Li Mi, the tall knight was already drawing his bow on the horse. The arrow suddenly shot out, the arrow pierced through the air, and flew directly towards Zhai Rang. Li Mi reacted quickly and pulled Zhai Rang with all his strength. The feathered arrow flew past Zhai Rang's arm, leaving a bloodstain on Zhai Rang's upper arm. He continued to move forward, piercing the chest of a Wagang soldier behind Zhai Rang, and he got into the lower abdomen of the second Wagang soldier before he stopped.
"Rebel! If you have the courage, chase after him!" The tall knight roared loudly, and then turned his horse's head to chase Chen Yingliang again.
All the soldiers of the Wagang Army were furious and rushed to catch up. Suddenly, there was a flash of fire in front of them. There was a loud noise, shouts of killing, drums and gongs in the distance in the night sky, and torches densely like stars suddenly appeared behind the distant forest. The tide rushed towards the Wagang Army. Seeing this scene, Li Mi didn't hesitate any longer, and immediately shouted: "Your Majesty, retreat quickly!"
Seeing that there was really an ambush, Zhai Rang didn't hesitate anymore, and immediately shouted and ordered to retreat, and turned his horse's head together with Li Mi, and took the lead in fleeing towards the way he came. They retreated straight to the way they came from, and the shouts and drums and gongs continued to resound throughout the world. Countless torches also rushed towards the Wagang Army. The Wagang Army panicked and fled faster. Because of this, during the period, there were also casualties of trampling on each other, which caused the army's morale to become more flustered and they fled faster.
It was also after flying all the way to the high ground where he came from, that Li Mi clearly saw that the number of Sui troops chasing after them was indeed quite a lot. The dense torches were overwhelming, and the number was at least 10,000. Seeing this scene, Li Mi couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and said: "The little thief Chen Yingliang is really not an ordinary person. He actually has the guts to let me live for the second time. It is rare in ancient and modern times to raise his own self-esteem to his level."
At the same time, in the north of Luokou, seeing the torches of the Wagang Army fleeing into the forest from a distance, Chen Sangliang also heaved a long sigh of relief, and sighed: "It's dangerous, if the Wagang thieves really come to chase, then I will Even if you can escape by luck, Luokoucang will definitely not be able to keep it."
"Stay behind, the general admires you so much." Yuchi Jingde next to him cupped his hands and said, "I only brought more than 200 soldiers in total, and they were scattered on various roads to spy on the bandits, and I stayed behind to organize the people." Bluffing, with only Sangouzi and me protecting you, you dare to show your face in front of the Wagang bandit army and successfully scare off the Wagang bandit army, such courage and resourcefulness, even the last general has never heard of it."
"If the Wagang thief knew the truth, he would be so angry. We don't have time to organize an army, and even the horses of the soldiers are the mounts of officials from the Eastern Capital." The three dogs next to him laughed and said: "The Wagang thief If you know this in the future, if you don’t die of rage, you will still be pissed off.”
"Don't be too happy." Chen Sangliang said calmly: "The Wagang thief is not an ordinary thief, and Li Mi is even more treacherous. My empty city plan can only deceive him for a while, but it won't last long. It is still possible to go back and forth, and the danger of Luokou warehouse has not passed yet."
"Then what should we do?" Yuchi Jingde asked quickly.
"Go to see Chai Xiaohe immediately, let him organize the people to continue pretending to be an army to intimidate the Wagang bandits, gather our people, and go to Luokou Cang immediately." Chen Sangliang made a decisive arrangement, and couldn't help muttering, "I hope Pei Renji Don't get your head in the water this time, and don't send reinforcements to Luokoucang, otherwise, our troubles will be even greater."
As he said that, Chen Sangliang hurriedly led Yuchi Jingde and Sangouzi to find Chai Xiaohe, the county magistrate of Gong County, who organized the people to pretend to be the army. After going up the mountain to pursue, he immediately gathered his personal troops and led them on the horses of officials at all levels snatched outside the gate of the Eastern Capital Imperial City, all the way straight to Luokoucang to join the defenders there.
Because of the warning from Chen Sangliang's personal soldiers in advance, Deng Chengchun, the guard of Luokou Cang, has led the defenders into a state of preparation for battle, and Zhang Jixun, the Yingyanglang general of Jishan Prefecture next to Luokou Cang, also led his army to Cangcheng to help defend, but The combined strength of the two armies is only about 1,500 people, and their strength is very weak, and their combat effectiveness is also extremely unreliable. Chen Sangliang probably understood the seriousness of the situation. Apart from scolding Emperor Sui Yang for his neglect of Luokou, he also prayed that Pei Renji, who was thirty miles away, would send reinforcements as soon as possible, just in case.
Fortunately, just after midnight, an army finally arrived at Hulao Pass. Chen Sangliang was overjoyed at first, but when it came time to rendezvous with the reinforcements at Hulao Pass, Chen Sangliang's nose was distorted on the spot—Pei Renji didn't For Chen Sangliang to send the elites of Qi County left by Zhang Xutuo, Hu Yalang just asked Wang Quan to bring 1,000 troops to the rescue, and the 1,000 troops were the second-line troops that Pei Renji brought to Hulao Pass from the Eastern Capital. , Combat power is also extremely unreliable.
In a fit of rage, Chen Sangliang naturally had to yell at King Quan, asking why only such a small amount of reinforcements came? In the end, Wang Quan bowed his hands to Chen Sangliang very aggrieved and said: "Stay behind, the final general dare not hide it from you. Marshal Pei didn't even want to send you reinforcements at all. He also said that you are worrying about nothing and mediocrity. It is impossible for the Wagang thief to appear in Our rear also said that he is the envoy from Henan, who is not subject to your command, and refuses to send you reinforcements. It was the last general who insisted on it and angered Marshal Pei, so Marshal Pei asked the last general to lead his army to come to the rescue."
"Pei Renji!"
Chen Sangliang gritted his teeth and said every word, but it happened that the house was leaking all night, and it happened that at this time, Chai Xiaohe, the county magistrate of Gong County, suddenly rode his horse to the front of the warehouse in Luokou, and played to Chen Sangliang with a crying voice. : "Staying behind, the big thing is not good. Our fake army has been seen through by the Wagang thieves. The Wagang thieves have come down the mountain again. They are humble and incompetent and cannot continue to restrain the people. The people have turned to the Wagang thieves. The Wagang thieves have already moved towards Luokou. Cangsha is coming!"
The faces of all the generals of the Sui Army changed drastically, and Chen Sangliang also sighed, and said, "There is no other way, just defend Cangcheng and wait for reinforcements. Magistrate Chai County, it's not your fault. You should go back to Gong County immediately and defend the city behind closed doors. Absolutely don't let the thieves enter the city and cause us more trouble. Wang Quan, you send someone back to report the situation to Pei Renji, and ask him to arrange for Qin Qiong to lead 3,000 soldiers from Qi County to rescue. But remember, you must not lead the army in person For rescue, you must not send more than 3,000 reinforcements, and you must leave sufficient troops in Hulao Pass to prevent the main force of the Wagang bandits from taking the opportunity to enter Hulao Pass!"