It took a lot of hard work to get here. Of course, Liu Heitai received the warmest reception in Luokou Cang. In order to buy people's hearts, the Sui actor Chen Sangliang undressed Liu Heitai brothers, needless to say, he directly He left Brother Liu Heita and the subordinates they brought to serve in his own central army to show his trust in Brother Liu Heita, and moved Brother Liu Heita to tears. He couldn't wait to volunteer to be the vanguard and lead an army Going to attack Hao Xiaode's camp, he also said that his brother was very aware of the strengths and weaknesses of Hao Xiaode's camp, and guaranteed victory in the first battle.
Chen Sangliang, who has a despicable character, has always disliked costly frontal battles, but considering that Wang Shichong was under great pressure on the Banzhu battlefield, the Sui Army in the Eastern Capital would not be able to directly threaten Hulao Pass to break through without removing Hao Xiaode's nail. Turning off the opportunity, at the same time, after several fierce battles, Chen Sangliang has basically understood the situation of Hao Xiaode's army. He knows that Hao Xiaode's command does have some elite soldiers like Liu Heita, but the number is not many. It was not as good as the elite soldiers of the Sui army, and the overall combat effectiveness was significantly different from that of the Sui army. Therefore, after a little calculation, Chen Sangliang agreed to Brother Liu Heita's request and agreed to launch a frontal attack on Hao Xiaode's army the next day.
The first suggestion after the surrender was accepted. Brother Liu Heita was of course overjoyed, and offered to lead an army of 500 soldiers as the vanguard to attack Hao Xiaode's camp first, but Chen Sangliang waved his hand and shouted, "Is five hundred soldiers enough? Tomorrow, you brothers will lead 1,000 elite soldiers to serve as the vanguard, and I will personally lead 15,000 troops to fight with you!" Brother Liu Heita was even more delighted, and immediately thanked Chen Sangliang, and vowed not to withdraw troops until Hao Xiaode's camp was destroyed!
In the early morning of the next day, Chen Sangliang indeed allocated 1,000 elite soldiers to Liu Heita's brother, and personally led 15,000 troops out of the camp, followed Liu Heita's brother to kill Hulao Pass, and reported the news to Hao Xiaode In front of him, Hao Xiaode was losing face because of Liu Heita's brother's rebellion, and he suffered a lot because of Liu Heita's killing out of the camp. Hearing the news, he was naturally furious, hating Liu Heita's brother to the bone, Hao Xiaode ignored Li Mi There was an order that only the camp was allowed and not allowed to fight, so he personally led 16,000 troops out of the camp to fight, and fought with the Sui army in the eastern capital at Shilibao.
In the battle between the two armies, Hao Xiaode scolded Brother Liu Heikai for being ungrateful to the Lord, and Brother Liu Heitai also scolded Hao Xiaode for being ignorant of right and wrong, planning to harm each other less than killing, and publicly narrated Chen Sangliang's trust and love for him, and urged Hao Xiaode's subordinates The generals imitated themselves and reined in their horses, leading their troops to surrender in exchange for another glory and wealth. Hao Xiaode was even more furious, and ordered three thousand former troops to attack, threatening to reward those who killed Liu Heita with a hundred taels of gold. Liu Heita ordered Liu Shishan to lead the army to meet the attack , and started a fierce battle with Hao Xiaode's former army.
In order to repay Chen Sangliang's kindness, Liu Heitai, who was already known for his bravery and strength, performed very well in this battle. He led a mere 500 people to face 3,000 enemies. Liu Heitai still took the lead and rushed to the last In the front, as soon as he met the enemy, he killed three enemies in a row, frustrating the enemy's spirit. The dozens of old troops he brought from Hao Xiaode's army were all like tigers descending the mountain. The morale of the generals and soldiers of the Sui army handed over to Liu Heitai, more than 500 people, actually beat Hao Xiaode's 3,000 former army back steadily.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Hao Xiaode immediately dispatched a supervisory team to force the two wings of the front army to encircle Liu Heita, in an attempt to turn the battle into a melee to give full play to his superiority in strength, but Liu Heita ordered his soldiers to follow his banner closely and continue to charge as a group In the middle of Hao Xiaode's front army, Hao Xiaode's front army spread out to press on Liu Heita's wings, Liu Heita ignored him, and even beheaded several enemies in a row to frustrate the enemy's courage, and swung his knife to attack the enemy's front army general, Hao Xiaode The bandit general under his command saw that Liu Heitai was brave enough to stop him, and he knew that Liu Heitai was good at fighting, so he dared not meet the enemy, so he rode his horse and ran away. The famous thief will not let him go, and will take off his head as a meeting gift to Chen Sangliang.
3,000 people beat 500 people and were bullied by Liu Heitai into such a bird. Hao Xiaode was completely unbearable, and he bullied Chen Sangliang's troops to not move behind, so he simply ordered 2,000 troops to attack Liu Heitai together. What Hao Xiaode didn't expect was that he had just dispatched his two thousand troops, and the main force of the Sui army, who had been standing still before, suddenly dispatched a thousand cavalry, led by Qin Qiong, to meet the two thousand rebels, to share the pressure for Liu Heita, and for Liu Heitai. Hei Kai defeated the enemy to buy time. In the end, Liu Heita did not disappoint Chen Sangliang's painstaking efforts. After all, he caught up with the thief general on the battlefield. After only two rounds of fighting, Liu Heita hacked the thief general to death.
The main general was killed, the morale of Hao Xiaode's front army was blown away, Liu Shishan also took the opportunity to launch an attack, the two brothers joined forces to attack, killing Hao Xiaode's front army was defeated, and then the Liu Heita brothers also took advantage of the victory to directly attack Hao Xiaode's central army, Hao Xiaode's army hastily shot arrows to intercept them. Seeing this, Chen Sangliang immediately made a new move, ordering Luo Shixin to lead an army of 3,000 troops to attack from the right flank and attack the left flank of the enemy army on the opposite side. He also ordered Cheng Yaojin to lead 2,000 cavalry to detour eastward to block Hao Xiaode's way back to the camp. , and finally ordered a thousand infantry to come forward with long shields to assist Liu Heitai in attacking Hao Xiaode's central army.
With the cover of the long shield, Liu Heitai, who had been repulsed by the bows and arrows of Hao Xiaode's Chinese army for a while, attacked again, and approached the enemy's position against the rain of arrows. The Sui army's long shieldman suddenly used a large number of gunpowder bottles to disturb the enemy with the explosion of smoke , although Hao Xiaode's army had seen the gunpowder bottle and was somewhat prepared, it was still staggered by the loud explosion. Brother Liu Heita took the opportunity to cross the long shield and rush into the enemy's formation, and continued to attack Hao Xiaode's army in front. At the same time, Luo Shixin, the little monster, had already beaten the left wing of the bandit army into a difficult situation, and Qin Qiong's Qi County elite also defeated the majority with a small number, which put Hao Jun's right wing attacking army at a disadvantage, and Hao Xiaode's army was at a disadvantage.
Hao Xiaode, who had gradually calmed down when he saw the Sui army's strong offensive, gradually became timid, and found that the Sui army cavalry detoured to block his way back to the camp. Immediately sent troops to help, but within a few minutes of asking for help from the messenger, Hao Jun's left wing could not withstand the impact of the little monster Luo Shixin, and suddenly collapsed and fled. . Seeing that the defeat was decided, and seeing Luo Shixin continue to attack the flank of his central army, Hao Xiaode, who regretted his impulsive battle, had no choice but to quickly order Ming Jin to withdraw his troops and lead his army to flee eastward in order to save his voice.
Chen Sangliang was very happy that he defeated the frontal enemy without ordering a general attack, but in case of emergency, Chen Sangliang still did not launch a general attack, but only ordered Luo Shixin, Liu Heita and Qin Qiong to lead their headquarters to pursue and lead the central army The main force lined up, always ready to face the reinforcements that Hao Xiaode might get.
Facts have proved that Chen Sangliang's worries are completely superfluous. Li Shicai and Li Wenxiang's troops who stayed in the camp only care about self-protection, so how dare they send troops to support Hao Xiaode? Shan Xiongxin was even more ruthless. Not only did he refuse to send troops to rescue, but he also asked Hao Xiaode's messenger for help, "Duke Wei ordered you to only guard the camp and not fight. Why didn't you listen? Why did you go to war against the order? You took the lead in resisting the order and not obeying the order." , I can’t send reinforcements to you!”
In this way, Hao Xiaode, who was chased and beaten by several fierce generals of the Sui army, suffered a lot. He paid a lot of money and fled to the vicinity of the army camp, and was immediately intercepted by Cheng Yaojin. Considering that even if he breaks through Cheng Yaojin's blockade, he will definitely suffer heavy casualties in front of the Sui army's front and back pursuit. In order to preserve his strength, Hao Xiaode simply gave up his plan to return to the camp and led his army to flee directly to Hulao Pass, the safest Hulao Pass. Shut down to seek the protection of Wagang Army.
Running desperately, the distance of only five miles was approaching in the blink of an eye. Hao Xiaode even led his own soldiers to rush to the front, went to the Hulao Pass and shouted for Shan Xiongxin to open the door immediately and let the army enter to avoid the pursuers. Then it was Shan Xiongxin's turn to be in a dilemma. Opening the door might cause the Sui army to follow him through the door. If he didn't open the door, Hao Xiaode would be killed and injured. It was a dilemma. Fortunately, it was only noon and the light and vision were good, so Shan Xiongxin only After hesitating for a moment, he immediately ordered: "Open the door and let him in! The knife cart and bow and arrows are ready, beware of Chen Yingliang's thieves who take the opportunity to come in!"
"Brother, wait a minute!" Mulan, who usually seldom speaks, suddenly spoke up, and reminded: "Before leaving, Duke Dongjun told us not to allow Duke Wei's army to enter Hulao Pass."
"Yes, yes, Brother Hua is right." Zhai Mohou also nodded his head, and said: "Uncle has explained, now that the officers and soldiers are biting Hao Xiaode so tightly again, after opening the city gate, if the officers and soldiers take the opportunity Follow in, what shall we do?"
"Brother, I would like to remind you again." Mulan pointed to the flag of the Sui army in the distance and said: "Have you seen the flag of Luo Shixin? That man once defeated more than 20 enemies in the First World War, and he is the most ferocious. He is recognized as the number one fierce general in Qi County, he follows so closely, if we let him follow in, we may never have the chance to close the city gate again."
Back then, Shan Xiongxin had fought against Luo Shixin for his baby sister, Shan Yingying. Knowing how powerful this little monster was, he was hesitant when he heard the words. Don't take the risk to open the door. Shan Xiongxin, who had already decided to open the door to meet Hao Xiaode, changed his mind. He poked his head out from behind the arrow stack and shouted at Hao Xiaode: "King Hao, the officers and soldiers are chasing too hard, and opening the door is too dangerous. I will release the drawbridge." Here you go, you go to the city and fight to the death on the bridge, and I will cover it with bows and arrows, and when you kill the officers and soldiers, I will open the door and let you in!"
Hao Xiaode almost vomited blood. He wanted to greet Shan Xiongxin's eighteenth generation ancestors, but he didn't dare to offend Shan Xiongxin to death at this critical moment, so he could only beg and shout: "Brother Shan, the army is too strong. If you can't stop it, you can rest assured to open the door to me, I will arrange the army to be the rear, and will not let the officers and soldiers rush into the city!"
With Mulan and Zhai Hong's father and son playing tricks by the side, Shan Xiongxin would not believe Hao Xiaode's promise, despite Hao Xiaode's begging, he insisted on lowering the suspension bridge to let Hao Xiaode's army go to the city to hide, and ordered the soldiers of the Wagang Army to hold the city gate tightly, and he was very careful. Let the Yaksha above the city gate be on alert, ready to guard against Hao Xiaode's army directly attacking the city gate at the end of the road—even though Hao Xiaode's army doesn't even have a decent ram now.
Seeing this situation, Hao Xiaode had no choice but to condolences to the ancestors of Shan Xiongxin madly in his stomach. He could only hastily lead the army across the suspension bridge to the opposite side of the moat to avoid the pursuit of the Sui army. However, at this point between the moat and the city wall How many bandit soldiers can be accommodated in the narrow distance? No matter how crowded people are, after three or four thousand people can barely be accommodated, there will be no room for people on the moat side anyway.
Poor those bandit soldiers who were too late to cross the river. There was a wall and moat blocking the way in front, and the Sui army soldiers chased after them. They could not advance or retreat, and there was no way forward. Falling into the moat drowned and drowned countless people, pushing and trampling each other also suffered heavy casualties. Bandit soldiers crowded beside the moat crying and screaming, but there was still no way to go. Hao Xiaode's heart was twisted like a knife, and he shouted and ordered, "Hold it! Hold it! Anyway, you are dead, and you will fight with the officers and soldiers! Chinese army, Chinese army regroup and prepare for the battle!"
The mobile and powerful cavalry under the command of Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong took over the task of the main combat force. When Hao Xiaode's army retreated, Luo Shixin's army, which was in the front position, also rushed to the front. Liu Heitai's army fell behind these three Sui armies. The army can still participate in the battle to obtain the results of the battle, but after carefully observing the situation under the city, Liu Heita suddenly ordered to stop the pursuit. Liu Shishan and others asked the reason in surprise, Liu Heita shook his head and did not answer, but first asked his troops to stop advancing and gather Hou ordered, and then ordered Liu Shishan to command the troops temporarily, but he turned his horse's head around and rushed to Chen Sangliang's commander-in-chief.
Seeing Liu Heita's army stop chasing from a distance, and seeing Liu Heita's horse turn around and charge towards him, Chen Sangliang was unavoidably puzzled, and as soon as Liu Heita came in front of him, Chen Sangliang asked, "What's the matter? Why not pursue it?"
Liu Heikai's expression was a little hesitant, but he cupped his hands and said, "Report to Chen to stay behind. The general will see that Hao Xiaode led thousands of his most capable men to retreat across the moat and hide under the protection of the Wagang bandits' bows and arrows. The enemies on this side of the moat are almost all the hungry refugees who came from the thieves for food, and as long as Hao Xiaode has food and weapons, he can pull up more such troops at any time."
Liu Heitai was a little vague, but Chen Sangliang immediately understood what Liu Heitai meant, and asked, "You want to persuade me to withdraw from Mingjin?"
"The last general is bold, that's exactly the case." Liu Heikai got off his horse and said in a deep voice: "The last general begged Chen Liushou to withdraw his troops for three reasons. The first is the composition of Li Mi's rebel army. The last general is very clear, Hao Xiaode, Li Shicai, Li Wenxiang The reason why people like Hefang Xianbo surrendered to Li Mi was because they did not have a stable supply of grain and grass. They turned to him in order to obtain grain from the Liyang warehouse. To obey Li Mi's orders is to restrict them. If there is a change, these people will definitely not really work hard for Li Mi."
"Secondly, Li Mi and Zhai Rang are also just allies, and there are still conflicts between them." Liu Heita continued: "The Wagang bandits refused to open the door to let Hao Xiaode into the city. Hao Xiaode must hate the Wagang bandits deeply. After this battle , the stronger the power in Hao Xiaode's hands, the greater the threat to the Wagang bandits. Even if Hao Xiaode hadn't confronted the Wagang bandits with swords, the two would never be able to continue to work together. But if we chase after and fight to the end, Hao Xiaode will jump over the wall in a hurry , it may bring us a lot of casualties before dying."
"Third." Speaking of this, Liu Heizai hesitated for a moment, but said truthfully: "The general wants to repay Hao Xiaode. Hao Xiaode was not bad for the general before. Although he wanted to kill me yesterday, it was because he stayed behind. Your ingenious trick misleads him into thinking that the general has betrayed him, so the general does not hate him. In addition, Hao Xiaode's subordinates on the side of the moat, who are like fish on an anvil, are also the general's former companions. The general really can't bear to let them die It's so miserable..."
The generals of the Sui army around Chen Sangliang had already held the handles of their swords, but Chen Sangliang remained silent. After a while, he said: "If there is love and righteousness, I promise you, send an order, call for gold, and withdraw the troops!"
"Stay behind!" Yuchi Jingde and others exclaimed, but Chen Sangliang ignored it, waved his hand and shouted again: "Didn't you hear that? Mingjin!"
Reluctantly, the signaler of the Sui army rang the gong for retreating soldiers. Liu Heikai also knelt down on one knee instead of on both knees, and thanked Chen Sangliang, but Chen Sangliang said again: "I ask you to return the favor to the end. After the army retreats, go up and tell Hao Xiaode loudly that I only ordered the money to be paid after listening to your entreaties. Then tell him, if he also leads the army to vote like you, I will definitely take him in!"
At the same time, hearing the golden gong sounded by the main Chinese army, the soldiers of the Sui army who were happily killing were all dizzy. , but did not dare to disobey the military order, so he could only quickly lead the army to retreat and let go of the bandit soldiers who were already like fish on an anvil.
Hulaoguan and Hao Xiaode's thief army were also tongue-tied, and they couldn't figure out why Chen Sangliang ordered to call for gold at this time, and after finally recovering, Hao Xiaode immediately roared happily, "Chen Gou The officers and prisoners are confused! Quick! Quick! Regroup, regroup, and prevent the officers and soldiers from coming again!"
Of course, the Sui army didn't come back again, only Liu Heikai came to the vicinity of Hao Xiaode's army alone, seeing this strange scene, the chaotic Hao Xiaode's army suddenly fell silent, and Hao Xiaode himself was full of hair. Wushui blurted out, "What is Liu Heita doing here? Looking for death?"
"Hao Xiaode, Hao Dawang!" Liu Heita opened his mouth and shouted: "I, Liu Heita, called you Hao Dawang for the last time, and I can also tell you clearly that Chen Liushou ordered the gold call because I begged him to see For the sake of your kindness to me in the past, I will let you live and let you off this time! Chen Liushou gave me a lot of face, that's why we had the emergency retreat just now, and he wants me to tell you, if you also Surrender him with an army like me, and he will definitely take him in!"
Hao Xiaode was speechless, and Mulan and Shan Xiongxin on the city wall were also speechless, but Liu Heitai shouted again: "Hao Xiaode, I will repay your favor. Brothers from the past, the brotherhood from the past, I am here today!" I will give it back to you too! When we meet on the battlefield in the future, we will be enemies! At that time, don’t blame me for being too ruthless!”
After finishing speaking, Liu Heikai bowed his hands to Hao Xiaode's army, then turned his horse's head and galloped back, leaving Hao Xiaode's army crowded together and looking at each other, you look at me, I look at you, I can't believe this The fact is true, Hao Xiaode himself was stunned, he couldn't believe that Liu Heitai could be so affectionate and righteous to him, and he couldn't believe that Chen Sangliang would accept Liu Heitai's plea.
After finally regaining his senses, Hao Xiaode looked up at Hulao Pass, his face was terribly black, and his eyes were full of hatred, while Shan Xiongxin on the city was pale, his body trembling slightly, and he said after a while: "Hao Xiaode is unreliable. Now, immediately send someone to report to Duke Dongjun and Duke Wei, and ask them to decide how to deal with this matter."
On the afternoon of that day, after the main force of the Sui army turned around, they attacked the camp left by Hao Xiaode's army with all their strength. Even though the distance was only five miles away, Hao Xiaode's army never sent a single soldier back to the camp. Half a step away from Hulaoguan, the morale of the bandit army led by Li Shicai and Li Wenxiang was low, and they could not resist the Sui army's offensive at all. Li Wenxiang led a small number of cronies to abandon the camp and fled south, while Li Shicai simply led his army to surrender to Chen Sangliang, becoming the first leader of Li Mi's army to surrender to Chen Sangliang. The first horn sounded for the disintegration of Li Mi's bandit army.
On that day, the Wagang Army never dared to open the door to let Hao Xiaode's army back to the city. Many soldiers of Hao Xiaode's army fled, and countless people came to the front of the Sui army to kneel down and surrender. In the end, the number of surrendered troops exceeded that of the Sui army. For the number of beheadings, Hao Xiaode gritted his teeth at this situation, but his eyes of hatred always only looked at Hulao Pass and the red Wagang army flag. At the same time, after receiving this news, Li Mi was shocked again, and had to say to Zhai Rang: "Mr. Dongjun, we can only retreat immediately and return to Hulao Pass. Otherwise, Hulao Pass will be destroyed." Chen Yingliang's traitor breaks through! When the time comes, the first ones to break into Hulao Pass will definitely be our own people."