"Dongjun Gong and Wei Gong want to kill me? Be careful? Why do Dongjun Gong and Wei Gong want to kill me? How did Chen Yingliang know that they were going to kill me?"
Fortunately, when the prisoners released by Chen Sangliang returned to the camp of Hao Xiaode’s army, they used the excuse that they were soldiers sent by Liu Heitai to do business outside the camp, and then showed their identity badges released by the Sui Army, successfully deceiving the guards of the camp. The general was able to return to the camp and successfully returned to Liu Heita's army to which he belonged. Then the prisoner who had taken Chen Sangliang's benefits also kept his promise, and immediately came to Liu Heita and conveyed Chen Sangliang's message Gave it to Liu Heitai. As a result, it was naturally Liu Heikai's turn to be puzzled by Zhang Erjingang. He couldn't figure out why Chen Sangliang spent so much effort and effort to bring him such a weird and thoughtless sentence. message
At the same time, Liu Heita's younger brother, Liu Shishan, had already captured the soldier with the letter, and asked Liu Heita how to deal with it, whether to hand over the soldier who voluntarily admitted that he had been captured to Chen Sangliang with the letter to Hao Xiaode? Hao Xiaode, who was already in a strange mood, was not in a hurry to express his loyalty, but asked the soldier who carried the letter: "Chen Yingliang asked you to bring me back this message, what other explanations do you have?"
"No." The soldier carrying the letter shook his head, and said calmly: "Brother Liu, I took the risk to bring you this message. First, because Chen Yingliang was really good to me. You taught us that we must repay our kindness, and I have to repay it. Second, It was Chen Yingliang who told me that if I didn’t bring you this message, you might not live until the sun sets if you are not prepared. That’s why I came to bring you the letter first to repay your kindness to me. Now I say It's over, you can hand me over to King Hao, I don't blame you."
"Did Chen Yingliang ever say why Duke Dongjun and Duke Wei wanted to kill me?" Liu Heita asked.
The soldier with the letter continued to shake his head, saying that although he had asked Chen Sangliang the same question, Chen Sangliang didn't answer, he just wanted to believe his words, and believed that Liu Heita would be in danger today. Liu Heikai became even more suspicious when he heard this, but Liu Shishan said impatiently: "Brother, what are you talking about with such a traitor? How could Duke Dongjun and Duke Wei kill you? Immediately arrest this traitor and hand it over to King Hao. Otherwise, if King Hao finds out about this, you will be in serious trouble."
Fortunately, Liu Heitai was not as straightforward as his younger brother. He shook his head after a moment of calculation and said, "Ten kindness, don't be in a hurry. Although you can't believe what Chen Yingliang said, but this matter is too weird, we can't let it go."
"Brother, do you really believe Chen Yingliang's words?" Liu Shishan asked in shock.
"Of course I don't believe it." Liu Heitai replied: "But Chen Yingliang took so much pains to send me a message, there must be a reason, we should be careful."
After that, Liu Heita made some calculations, and then pointed to the soldier with the letter and said: "Listen, I believe that it is for my own good that you came back to report the letter. Now you just stay in my back tent honestly. Before the sun sets, if I am really in danger, I will let you go immediately, and I will remember your kindness. If I am not in danger today, tomorrow I will beat you with 20 army sticks and punish you for tipping off the officers and soldiers. That's it, but only the three of us know what happened today, if a fourth person hears about it, I'll take your head."
Although there was a danger of being beaten with a military stick, it was better than losing his head. The soldier who reported the letter was overjoyed when he heard it, and quickly thanked Liu Heitai. But Liu Shishan still felt that this incident was too unbelievable, so he asked Liu Heitai again: "Brother, isn't this absurd? You didn't make any mistakes, how could Duke Dong and Duke Wei kill you? Chen How could the dog officer know about this?"
"Be careful." Liu Heita shook his head, and said in a low voice: "Don't forget, I was the one who made the idea of shooting an arrow at Li Shicai last night. If the Duke pursues it, in order to stabilize the army, he must use a scapegoat to vent his anger on Li Shicai, do you think Duke Wei will use King Hao as a scapegoat? Or use me as a scapegoat?"
Although Liu Heitai speculates about Li Mi in this way, in fact, he is a little bit of a gentleman with a villain's heart, but in the low-quality mutiny army, it is absolutely common for the boss to let his subordinates take the blame, so Liu Shishan immediately thought Yi Lin nodded quickly and said, "Brother is right, we don't have the intention to harm others, but we also have to be defensive, we have to be careful."
Liu Heita nodded slightly, and then ordered Liu Shishan in a low voice to let the soldiers under his command pay attention to the movement in the camp, and report immediately if there is any abnormality. Is it true? Logically speaking, Chen Yingliang couldn’t possibly know about my idea to let Hao Xiaode shoot arrows at Li Shicai? Even if Chen Yingliang knew, he wouldn’t be able to conclude that Zhai Rang and Li Mi would use me as a scapegoat?”
It was also a coincidence that after Liu Shishan arranged for his confidants to inquire about the abnormal news in the camp, they happened to find out that Hao Xiaode had gone to Hulao Pass. Of course, it was a big event for the commander to leave the camp. Liu Shishan did not dare to neglect the report, so he immediately forwarded the news to Liu Hei In front of him, Liu Heita was somewhat worried when he heard the news. Apart from letting Liu Shishan continue to inquire about the situation, he inevitably began to think again, "If the situation predicted by Chen Yingliang really happened, what should I do? Should I make some preparations in advance? "
With antecedents, of course there will be consequences. Just after the application time, a few soldiers Hao Xiaode sent back from Hulao Pass came to Liu Heitai, saying that he had ordered Liu Heitai to follow Hao Xiaode's orders immediately. They went to Hulao Pass. In normal times, Liu Heitai might have left with them without saying a word, but now the situation is different. Liu Heitai, who had received the warning in advance, dared to be careless, and immediately asked: "King Hao wants me to go to Hu Prison, what's the matter?"
"Good thing." The soldiers who had received Hao Xiaode's instructions in advance pretended to be relaxed, and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Brother Liu, it is Wei Gong who wants to see you. Wei Gong heard that you came up with a lot of good ideas last night. The army took the opportunity to break into our camp and made great contributions to King Hao, so I will reward you face to face."
"Duke Wei is back?" Liu Heita asked in surprise, "Didn't Duke Wei be at the Banzhu battlefield? When did you come back? Why didn't we hear that Duke Wei retreated?"
"Wei Gong is in a hurry, so he came back." The messenger replied casually, and then urged: "Brother Liu, let's go, don't let Wei Gong and the others wait in a hurry."
Liu Heita hesitated a little. At this time, Liu Shishan suddenly came in from outside the tent without saying a word, but just winked at Liu Heita a few times. Liu Heita understood, and immediately entered the back tent under the pretext of changing clothes, and Liu Shishan followed immediately. Come in, and whispered: "Brother, the situation is not right. Some people from the Chinese army came and hid in the camp next to us, all of them with guys. Also, there are troops preparing for war in the Chinese army camp, but they didn't hear There is an order to fight."
"Could it be that Li Mi really wants to kill me?" Liu Heitai was taken aback, then Liu Heitai made some calculations, and immediately ordered Liu Shishan: "Go out and tell those birdmen who sent the order that I suddenly have a stomachache and need to shit , Let them report to Hulao Pass first, and I will go there in a while to see how they react."
Liu Shishan agreed, and immediately went out of the account to find an excuse to send the messengers to leave, but the messengers were willing to listen, yelling why Liu Heita had so many things, and some people loudly urged Liu Heita to hurry up and follow them Let's go, Liu Heikai immediately understood that the situation was wrong. Frightened and worried, Liu Heitai simply yelled loudly from the back tent: "Get out of your mother's ass! It's too much trouble to shit? Get out of me, I will do it after I finish it." Going to Hulao Pass, you don’t need to lead the way! Get lost!”
Seeing that Liu Heitai got angry, the several messengers who were also harboring ulterior motives did not dare to mess around in Liu Heitai's camp. , and then hastily said goodbye and left. As a result, even Liu Shishan, who was rather straightforward, felt that the situation was not good, and immediately said after returning to the back tent, "Brother, something is wrong, those birdmen are winking at each other, as if there is some conspiracy."
"Something's going to happen." Liu Heitai's face was extremely gloomy, and he said decisively: "Ten Shan, tell the brothers to prepare, assemble immediately, and get our horses ready!"
"Brother, isn't it too risky to do this? If something happens, you will definitely lose your head?" Liu Shishan asked in shock.
"If we don't do this, we will definitely lose our heads!" Liu Heizai said angrily, "Can't you see that, while sending me to Hulao Pass, while arranging manpower next to our camp, it is clear that it is targeting you Yes, if I leave, your head may fall to the ground as soon as you walk on the front foot!"
Liu Shishan's complexion changed, and he hurried out of the tent to organize and assemble the army, while Liu Heita strode up to the soldier with the letter who had been imprisoned in the back tent before, cut off the rope on his body with his own hands, and pulled out his mouth again. He asked in a deep voice, "Has Chen Yingliang ever said, what should I do if I find out that Zhai Rang and Li Mi are going to kill me?"
"No." The soldier with the letter shook his head, and then said, "But brother Liu, I can see that the senior official surnamed Chen likes you very much. He always praised you in front of me for being brave and resourceful, and that you are a great general. It's a pity that I went the wrong way and followed the wrong person, so I am so aggrieved now."
Liu Heitai didn't say a word, and pondered for a moment with a sullen face. Then he threw back the weapon he confiscated earlier to the soldier with the letter, and ordered: "Take it well and follow me."
Quickly put on the armor, led the soldier with the letter back to the front tent, and organized the troops inside and outside the tent, the soldiers under Liu Heita's command who had received the order had also gathered in front of the tent one after another. Feibao said, "Brother Liu, it's not good. The Chinese army suddenly dispatched troops, and they came directly here."
"Sure enough, it's an arrangement aimed at me." Liu Heita closed his eyes and said in his heart, "It's just a gamble."
At this time, Liu Shishan also brought his horse and came in front of Liu Heita. Liu Heita got on the horse immediately, drew his sword and said loudly to the soldiers under his command who were still assembled: "Brothers, stop talking nonsense, I Liu Heikai is in trouble today, someone wants to kill me! I don’t want to die unjustly, so I have to leave! Those who are willing to follow me, follow me now, I guarantee that you will have a better life than now! If you don’t want to leave with me Yes, you can leave now, and the road will be open to the sky in the future, each side will go! But if anyone dares to stop me and help others kill me, first ask me about this knife!"
Liu Heita, who was able to fight so many beautiful battles in history, of course has a good commanding power. Hearing Liu Heita's words, hundreds of people immediately agreed to go with Liu Heita. Liu Heita was overjoyed and dared not When the army was fully assembled, he immediately pointed his saber at the west gate of the camp on the left, and shouted: "Brothers, let's go! Anyone who dares to stop us will be killed! Shishan, you are the queen!"
The breakout battle began, and Liu Heitai took the lead. The hastily assembled hundreds of soldiers of Liu Heitai's army followed closely, and made a concerted effort to attack the west gate of the camp. The battalion was in chaos, but fortunately Hao Xiaode did not arrange for the whole army to prepare for the battle, so except for a few hundred bandit soldiers who had already prepared to rush forward to stop them, most of the rest of the bandit soldiers just screamed in surprise and did not respond. Liu Heita's army posed a threat.
The bandit general who led hundreds of people to stop Liu Heitai was called Lu Er, who was from Jiangnan and Hao Xiaode's confidant lackey. He stopped Liu Heitai aggressively, and Lu Er immediately shouted: "Liu Heitai, man! What do you want to do?" ?”
"What do you want to do?" Liu Heita asked with a sneer.
"Under the order of the king, capture you, a traitor!" Lu Er shouted.
"Huh? What's that?" Liu Heita suddenly pointed at Lu Er's back. When Lu Er was planning to turn his head, Liu Heita rushed up with a horse, and the saber broke through the wind. Before Lu Er could turn around, the saber It had been chopped heavily on his neck, and Lu Er just saw that there was nothing abnormal behind him, his head had already flown into the sky, and the blood on his neck was still soaring more than half a foot high.
"Whoever stops me will die!" Liu Heita yelled with a knife in his hand, and the direct subordinates behind him also rushed forward with a roar as usual, slashing wildly with their knives and guns, and the frightened Lu Er subordinates Hugging their heads and fleeing, Liu Heikai and his group easily broke through this weak line of defense, and rushed directly to the west gate of the camp.
At the same time, Hao Xiaode's pursuers of the Chinese army have also caught up. Liu Heita's soldiers dare not love to fight, and the only way to fight and retreat is to go west. The pursuers of the Chinese army are chasing after them. The generals of the bandit army also organized soldiers and horses to go out of the camp to pursue them, and the slogans of capturing Liu Heita alive resounded one after another, resounding through the sky.
Hulao Pass, five miles to the east, also sent pursuers. In fact, at the same time that Liu Heikai drove away Hao Xiaode's soldiers, the soldiers Hao Xiaode sent to pass the order had already sent people to fly back to Hulao Pass to report the letter. Li Mi, Zhai Rang, Hao Xiaode and others who were gathering at the banquet also immediately realized that the situation was not good. When Hao Xiaode immediately returned to the camp to preside over military affairs, Zhai Rang also immediately arranged for 500 cavalry to be ordered. He saw Hao Xiaode from a distance on the city wall There was a change in the camp, and Shan Xiongxin immediately led the five hundred cavalry to attack, and rushed towards this side at full speed.
Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for Liu Heitai and his group to escape the pursuit of the bandit army, because Liu Heitai and others were not only surrounded by Hao Xiaode's pursuers, but Liu Heitai's army was only ridden by Liu Heitai and Liu Shishan. War horses and infantry's two legs can't outrun the four legs of a war horse no matter what, and that's exactly the case. Liu Heita and others who fled hastily were chased by Hao Xiaode's army, and their subordinates quickly scattered , was either killed or fell behind and was captured. At the same time, the cavalry of the Wagang Army was also rapidly approaching, and they were trying to intercept the road ahead of Liu Heita and others.
After running for more than ten miles in one breath, there were less than a hundred soldiers behind Liu Heitai. At the same time, the Wagang cavalry had already detoured to the right rear of Liu Heitai and others, and they could catch up with Liu Heitai and others in a blink of an eye. In this situation, Liu Shishan hurriedly patted his horse and rushed up, and asked Liu Heita, "Brother, the Wagang cavalry is about to catch up with us? It is impossible for our infantry to outrun them, what should we do?"
"Should we leave the infantry and escape alone?" This thought flashed through Liu Heita's mind.
"Brother Liu, look ahead! The cavalry of the official army is also here!"
At a critical moment, horseshoes thundered in front of Liu Heita and others, and dust and smoke billowed, and a larger number of Sui cavalry rushed towards them. Seeing this scene, Liu Heita's black face turned into a white face, because If the officers and soldiers also regarded him as an enemy to intercept him head-on, Liu Heita would definitely not be able to escape even if he left the infantry behind. But fortunately, before the Sui Army cavalry rushed to the front, the Sui Army general who took the lead and rushed to the front shouted loudly: "Is this General Liu Heita? Qin Qiong was ordered by Chen Liushou, the Eastern Capital, to welcome you here." It's been a long time!"
"How did Chen Yingliang know that I was coming?" Liu Heita was taken aback, but subconsciously shouted: "I am Liu Heita! General Qin, I am willing to surrender!"
"General Liu, please go first, I will cut off the heir for you!" Qin Qiong roared, and led the army directly to Shan Xiongxin. Shan Xiongxin stood up in panic and fought with Qin Qiong. In a rush, they got entangled with the Wagang cavalry in the blink of an eye, and quickly gained the upper hand by virtue of their numerical advantage.
"Brothers, Chen Liushou is here to meet us, let's go!" Liu Heita roared with joy. Although Liu Heita's subordinates behind him didn't understand why the officers and soldiers wanted to help them, they still cheered subconsciously, and their morale was greatly boosted. Speeding up his pace, he quickly opened the distance from the bandit army's pursuers.
The sound of rumbling horseshoes came again, the flags fluttered on the official road leading to Luokou warehouse, and another large number of Sui army cavalry rushed towards them. As before, the leading Sui army general shouted from a distance: " Is it General Liu Heita who came here? Cheng Yaojin was ordered by Chen Liushou to lead an army to meet you!"
"Sinner Liu Heita, see General Cheng!" Liu Heita clasped his fists on the horse and shouted excitedly.
"General Liu, don't be polite!" Cheng Yaojin returned the gift immediately, and said loudly: "General Liu, please go first, and I will defend you from the pursuers! Brothers, make way for General Liu!"
During the sound of singing promises, the cavalry of the Sui army parted on both sides to give way to Liu Heita and others. Seeing this situation, Liu Heita was so excited that he was speechless, and cupped his hands at Cheng Yaojin. Then he led his subordinates through Cheng Yaojin's team and continued to run westward. Cheng Yaojin led the cavalry to the east without hesitation, and stopped the panic-stricken bandit infantry who were chasing after him. . Seeing this scene, the bandit generals and soldiers chasing Liu Heita were all dumbfounded, and all of them screamed in disbelief, "What happened? Who is Liu Heita? Why did the officers and soldiers dispatch so many cavalry to meet him? "
"Brother, what is the relationship between you and Chen Yingliang?" Liu Shishan and other Liu Heitai's subordinates also exclaimed, "In order to save us, why did Chen Yingliang send so many precious cavalry? He also sent two batches?"
"He and I just met each other once." Liu Heita replied a little lost.
The matter was not over yet, after Liu Heizhen and the others advanced about five miles, another group of Sui army infantrymen appeared on the official road, each of them holding a long Mo knife with solemn expressions, firmly guarding the road, leading a The tall general stood in the middle of the road, clasped his fists to Liu Heita, and asked loudly, "Is this General Liu Heita? Kan Leng was ordered by Chen Liushou to lead an emergency attack with 3,000 swordsmen, and come to meet you!"
"The sinner, Liu Heita, has met General Kan Leng!" Liu Heita got off his horse and returned the salute to Kan Leng.
"General, you are welcome, we will be brothers from now on." Kan Leng cupped his hands again, and said loudly, "Give way to the left and right! General Liu, I will talk about other things later, you take your brother first, and I will cut you off. The thief personally led the army to come, and there is no way to pass through this place!"
In the sound of the promise, the Sui Army's Modao team, which was still as immobile as a mountain before, gave way to the left and right, and gave Liu Heita and others a straight and picturesque wide road, so that Liu Heita and Liu Shishan and others were so excited that they almost cried. Never dreamed that Chen Sangliang would dispatch so many elite Sui troops in an emergency to meet dozens of them. Being moved, Liu Heita couldn't help but asked Kan Leng again: "General Kan, I only met Chen Liushou once, and I offended him so much at that time, why does he value me so much?"
"Brother Heitai, Chen Liushou values you more than you imagined." Kan Leng laughed loudly and said, "You must not know that Chen Liushou is almost dying to read your name in front of us during this time." Our ears are getting callused!"
"Go to Luokou Cang quickly, Chen Liushou is waiting for you there! Ma Sanbao is also waiting for you there, that boy heard Chen Liushou say that you like playing with money, so he kept saying that after you return, you must be with me You should gamble well. But remember, Ma Sanbao likes to cheat when playing money, so be careful when betting with him, and rest assured that you bet with Luo Shixin and Guo Feng. The happiest!"
After listening to Kan Leng's hearty words, he came outside Luokoucang City with excitement. Liu Heita finally shed tears. Under the setting sun, Chen Sangliang, in white robes and silver armor, personally led his army across the Shizi River. I personally came to meet him on the east bank of the Shizi River, surrounded by high-ranking civil and military generals of the Sui Army in distinctive armor. When Liu Heita appeared, the Sui Army's formation also sounded the sound of horns and drums. Immediately afterwards, Chen Sangliang's smiling voice also reached Liu Heitai's ears...
"General Liu Heitai, I have been waiting for you for a long time! The general is willing to come to agree with you, just like Wei Zi went to Yin and Han Xin returned to Han!"
Wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes, Liu Heikai first threw away the weapon in his hand, then got off his horse, and led his younger brother Liu Shishan, who also dismounted to take the knife, strode up to Chen Sangliang, and knelt down on Chen Sangliang without saying a word. Kneeling down, he prostrated himself on the ground and said loudly: "The sinner, Liu Heita, has come down from poverty. I hope that Chen Liushou will forgive his past crimes and take him in! Liu Heita, on the saddle, went through fire and water, was smashed to pieces, and will definitely repay Chen Liushou's kindness!"