"Jishan, do you still hate the little thief Chen Yingliang?"
The voice of Li Mi's question was very low, so low that even Wang Bodang and Wang Xuance who were guarding the front and back doors of the camp could not hear it, but when it was heard in Yang Jishan's ears, it was completely like a thunderbolt from the blue sky. Yang Jishan stood up so suddenly that he almost wanted to roar out. Fortunately, Li Mi had expected Yang Jishan's reaction earlier, so he held Yang Jishan down first, and while motioning Yang Jishan to keep quiet, to beware that the wall has ears, he said in a low voice: "Think about it carefully, besides this, what else can we do?" What is the way out?"
After careful calculation for a while according to Li Mi's request, Yang Jishan, the elder brother who has undergone many years of hardships and training, soon discovered that he and Li Mi really had no other way out except to go to Chen Sangliang, the brother-killing enemy. Dou Jiande is waiting for death in the army, and returning to Suanzao is looking for death. There is some hope in running southeast, but Dou Jiande will definitely send a large number of cavalry to chase him down. If he is not careful, he will also be dead. Moreover, Xingyang County had already surrendered to Wang Shichong before. Now, in order to please Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong's subordinates will definitely help Dou Jiande's army at all costs. The possibility of death is very high.
Chen Sangliang's glorious image of repaying virtue with grievances has long deceived the people of the world, so Yang Jishan is not worried about his safety after surrendering to Chen Sangliang. The only thing standing in front of Yang Jishan is Chen Sangliang and His revenge for killing his brother is over, but thinking that even Li Jiancheng, who has a hatred for killing his father with Chen Sangliang, can put down his face and surrender to Chen Sangliang, Yang Jishan, who is far inferior to Li Jiancheng in status, no longer has any burden in his heart. So, after gritting his teeth hard, Yang Jishan nodded to Li Mi.
Li Mi also expected that Yang Jishan would have this answer. After a smile, Li Mi clung to Yang Jishan's ear again, whispered the escape plan he had just thought of in Yang Jishan's ear, and asked Yang Jishan again. Whether Jishan heard clearly, Yang Jishan nodded without hesitation, then Li Mi suddenly raised his voice, and said: "Then it's settled, leave tomorrow night, go straight to Zhoushan immediately after leaving the camp, and then go directly to Yangcheng."
Hearing this, Yang Jishan was inevitably taken aback, but after seeing Li Mi winking at him like killing chickens and wiping his neck, Yang Jishan, who had been partnering with Li Mi for many years, immediately came to his senses and said knowingly: "Understood, go Yangcheng."
Wang Xuance, who had been trying his best to eavesdrop on the conversation between Li Mi and Yang Jishan, only heard these words clearly. Hearing the words Chuying, Zhoushan, and Yangcheng, Wang Xuance understood that Li Mi was about to flee for his life, and he couldn't help feeling secretly happy , Secretly said: "Li Mi is finally going to run away. After having the real evidence, Dou Jiande will definitely not show mercy. At that time, how can I fight to take off his head with my own hands and avenge Zhang Dashuai?"
It was three o'clock in the night, Wang Xuance turned to make tents, quietly left the tent, touched the front tent of the imperial forest army who was ordered to protect Li Mi, quietly told the imperial army army what he heard, and then hurried back to his bedroom tent continue to rest. However, what Wang Xuance, who thought he did it seamlessly, didn't realize that his withdrawals and returns were actually all seen quietly by Li Mi behind the curtain.
Seeing this, Li Mi snorted coldly in his heart, and said to himself: "Sure enough, it's you, but it's also good, send the news to Dou Jiande for me, and when I do things again, Dou Jiande will not easily be suspicious."
The night passed quickly, and in the early morning of the next day, some rear troops and Dou Jiande's army that had not crossed the river continued to cross the river. The Sui army still stood still and allowed Dou's army to cross the river in full. In the absence of war, Dou Jiande, a country bumpkin nouveau riche, held a court meeting as usual to show off the emperor's prestige. After discussing some innocuous topics at the court meeting, Dou Jiande, who had had enough of the emperor's addiction for the time being, was about to announce the disbandment of the court, and Li Mi came out Played: "Your Majesty, my Great Xia King's Army is approaching the Hulao Pass, and the Chen thief hides in the pass and dare not leave the city. Obviously, he is afraid of my Great Xia King. If this is the case, why don't your majesty send an army to the Hulao Pass to show off my strength?" Da Xia’s army is mighty, and he read out His Majesty’s imperial edict to persuade the Guanzhong rebels to open the city and surrender, which will further hit Chen’s rebels’ morale and boost the morale of my master Wang?”
According to Li Mi's information, Dou Jiande, who was more and more showy, was not only moved immediately after hearing this, but also said after a little calculation: "Aiqing's suggestion is very good, but there is no need to send another army. I will lead the army to the tiger prison To show off the might of the army at the pass, I will also personally explore the terrain of Hulao Pass so that we can attack the city in the future."
"Sure enough, he is a country bumpkin. If he has some money, he wants to show off and let the whole world know." Li Mi smiled secretly in his heart, but asked hypocritically on his face: "Your Majesty wants to visit Hulaoguan in person? See, Your Majesty had better not risk himself, and just send a few civil and military officials there."
"No need." Dou Jiande waved his hand and said, "I don't need to be afraid of Chen Yingliang, the traitor? If he dares to come out, I will just see what that traitor looks like! You all go, all of you are with me Go and see what thief Chen looks like."
Dou Jun Wenwu accepted the promise, and Li Mi hurriedly sang the promise, but at the same time he was quietly relieved—if Dou Jiande didn’t make this decision, although Li Mi still had other ways to get out, his chances would definitely be much lower. So after the dynasty was over, Li Mi returned to the camp, and immediately got Yang Jishan and Wang Bodang ready to follow Dou Jiande to the Hulao Pass to show off their power. He took Wang Xuance to revisit the old place, and also told Wang Xuance to go with him.
In no time, more than 10,000 well-dressed soldiers of the Dou Army came out of the camp and assembled, and Li Mi confidently got rid of the surveillance of Dou Jiande's guards for the time being. He took Yang Jishan, Wang Xuance and others and a dozen or so confidant soldiers out of the camp, and followed Dou Jiande's camp. After the imperial chariot, everything was ready, Dou Jiande issued an order, and the army of more than 10,000 troops marched towards the east gate of Hulao Pass, ten miles away. During this period, Li Mi always maintained a relaxed appearance talking and laughing with a group of colleagues, but in fact he kept approaching Yang Jishan and others on the periphery of the official queue, waiting for an opportunity to escape.
At the same time, the scouts of the Sui army had also reported to Chen Sangliang the news that Dou Jiande personally led the army to kill Hulaoguan. It was still as Li Mi guessed, and Chen Sangliang, who had never met Dou Jiande, also answered the meeting. He was very interested, and while ordering the army to prepare for the battle immediately, he also boarded the east gate wall of Hulao Pass early, and waited condescendingly for Dou Jiande's arrival.
Ten miles away, Hulao Pass appeared in front of Dou Jiande, Li Mi and the others. Out of contempt for Chen Sangliang and a deliberate show off, Dou Jiande ordered the troops to cross the Sishui directly. He set up his formation only half a mile away from Hulao Pass, ordered the army to beat the drums, and lined up the troops so that the Sui soldiers could clearly see his majestic appearance.
What Li Mi was waiting for was the opportunity for Dou Jun to mobilize the arrangement. First, he winked at Yang Jishan and Wang Bodang and other confidantes to get them ready, then suddenly shouted and walked away, and immediately rushed forward, galloping half a mile away. At Hulao Pass, Wang Bodang, Yang Jishan and others, who had been prepared for a long time, also rushed forward, so fast that other civil and military officials and Dou soldiers around them had no time to react.
The incident happened too suddenly, not to mention Daxia Wenwu and Dou Jun soldiers who didn't know about it at all, even Wang Xuance, who was close to Li Mi, was caught off guard. He rushed out of Dou Jun's formation, and rushed into the wilderness at full speed. But Dou Jiande, who was still trying to observe the topography of Hulao Pass before, reacted more slowly. Li Mi and others had already rushed out of the formation, and Dou Jiande saw them screaming, "What happened? Who is so bold? Wuzhen Zhunyun, dare to go out on your own?"
The escape plan went more smoothly than he expected. Li Mi was overjoyed and did not dare to be careless. While taking time to see Dou Jun's reaction, he couldn't wait to shout loudly: "His Royal Highness Tang! His Royal Highness Tang! Li Mi, here to vote, I hope His Highness will take you in!"
Surprised by this accident were Chen Sangliang and all the civil and military officials of the Sui Army. When they saw more than a dozen riders rushing towards Hulao Pass suddenly, Chen Sangliang and the civil and military officials of the Sui Army couldn't help but be extremely surprised. They didn't understand what happened. What's the matter, it was time to barely hear Li Mi's voice, Chen Sangliang and the others came back to their senses, and probably guessed some reasons for the situation - Li Mi, who has a rebellious bone in the back of his head, is 99% unable to stay with Dou Jiande , so I seized the opportunity to come and surrender.
Then, there was the sound of drawing the sword immediately beside Chen Sangliang, and Chen Sangliang didn't need to turn his head to guess that it was Mulan, who respected Zhang Xutuo, who was drawing the sword, and immediately fell into a dilemma—whether he should accept it or not? Li Mi's surrender? Accepting is raising a tiger, and there is no way to explain it to Mulan. If you don't accept it, who will dare to surrender to you in the future
At this time, Li Mi and others had already rushed to the edge of the moat outside the east gate of Hulao Pass. Li Mi came forward in person and shouted loudly: "His Royal Highness, Li Mi, the sinful minister, Shedou Jiande and the traitors came to join us, and His Highness Wanwang took him in." , The guilty minister must do his best to repay His Highness's kindness! The guilty minister is willing to surrender, please lower the suspension bridge quickly!"
A few rows of shining arrow tips had already appeared on the wall, and Mulan had already grabbed a strong bow and was about to release the arrow herself. When Chen Sangliang hurriedly held her down, Mulan asked with red eyes: "Did you promise?" Me, let me personally avenge Zhang Dashuai! Are you going to break your promise?"
"Let me think about it!" Chen Sangcong's mind was in a mess, and he used modern words in his annoyance, "Three minutes! Give me three minutes to think about it!"
"What is three minutes?"
Mulan was taken aback by Chen Sangliang's weird words, but Chen Sangliang didn't have the heart to explain to her, but just quickly figured out how to deal with this matter? At the same time, the civil and military forces of the Sui army had already gathered together and expressed their opinions in a hurry. Some people suggested that a suspension bridge should be set up to let Li Mi enter the city immediately, so as to hit the morale of Dou's army. After being taken in, it is inevitable that they will repeat the mistakes of Zhai Rang and Dou Jiande, but someone immediately retorted: "Then what should we do? Kill Li Mi with an arrow? After that, who will dare to surrender to His Highness Tang Wang?"
Chen Sangliang was in a dilemma on the wall of Hulao Pass, Li Mi shouted loudly under the city, begging Chen Sangliang to put down the suspension bridge immediately, but Dou Jiande was furious on the imperial chariot, and Li Mi's confidant Wang Xuance, who was the only one who didn't escape, was brought in front of Dou Jiande. Became Dou Jiande's punching bag, and Dou Jiande snarled and asked: "Didn't you say that Li Mipifu will only run away tonight? Didn't you say that he ran to Zhoushan? How could it be like this? How could it be like this?"
At this point in the matter, the very talented Wang Xuance has also come to his senses, and replied dejectedly: "Your Majesty, it may be that Li Mi has seen through the lowly position, deliberately used false news to deceive the lowly position, and used the lowly position to deceive His Majesty again, and then He just...he took the opportunity and ran away."
When Dou Jiande became more furious, Fan Yuan who was next to him hurriedly reminded: "Your Majesty, Chen's army has not put down the drawbridge yet. Let's send troops forward and shoot some soldiers to death with bows and arrows. We should be able to kill Li Mi's traitor!"
"No!" Counselor Liu Bin immediately objected: "Chen's bandits didn't set up the drawbridge because they were still doubting whether Li Mi's surrender was true or not. We sent troops to chase and kill Li Mi, only to make Li Mi immediately win the trust of Chen bandits, our soldiers Not only will the deaths and injuries be in vain, but Li Mi will also be able to cross the river and enter the city immediately!"
Although Liu Bin said this to Dou Jiande, after hearing Wang Xuance's ears, he suddenly woke up Wang Xuance who was determined to avenge Zhang Xutuo, and Wang Xuance immediately thought of an idea, and then Wang Xuance raised his head immediately , quickly said to Dou Jiande: "Your Majesty, there is a plan for a lowly position. You can get rid of Li Mi with the help of Chen Thief!"
As soon as Dou Jiande heard this, he hurriedly asked what to do. After Wang Xuance finished speaking quickly, although Liu Bin and Fan Yuan felt that Chen Sangliang could not fall into such a trick, but Dou Jiande made an order with the thought of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor. As a plan, he first ordered the army to stand still, and then sent an envoy out of the battle, rushed to the vicinity of Li Mi and others, and shouted loudly: "His Royal Highness, Your Majesty has an order. You cheat, you don’t have to take risks anymore, come back, come back!”
Hearing this shout, Li Mi on the side of the moat was startled at first, and then almost didn't laugh out loud, and said, "Dou Jiande, I didn't expect you to be so quick-witted, but why don't you think about it? With Chen thief's treachery, how could it be possible To catch a small plan like you?"
Still hearing this cry, Chen Sangliang, who was in a dilemma, was shocked all over his body, and he was grateful to Dou Jiande at once, and then Chen Sangliang leaned out without hesitation, pointed at Li Mi and cursed: "Li Mi, Mrs. How dare you come to defraud the city! What kind of person is this king? How could he fall for your foolish plan?"
"What? Thief Chen really fell for it? When did he become so stupid?" Li Mi was really dumbfounded.
At this time, Chen Sangliang pushed away the civil and military officers of the Sui army who came up to persuade him, and shouted: "Shoot the arrow! Shoot and kill these swindlers!"
"Promise!" In the sound of promises, arrows were fired from the city, and Mulan couldn't wait to shoot an arrow, which happened to hit Li Mi's left shoulder. Li Mi screamed and ran away, but Yang Jishan was extremely unlucky. Even the men and horses were shot to death on the spot, Wang Bodang was also injured by the arrow, and the rest of Li Mi's cronies were also killed or injured, so they all withdrew their horses and fled.
Of course, it is impossible to escape back. Dou Jiande's army has already blocked Li Mi's escape route. Seeing Wang Xuance's offer succeeded, Dou Jiande laughed loudly, and ordered the army to continue to stand still, so that all the soldiers in the army can see for themselves that the seller is seeking glory. At the same time, Hulaoguan City has been shooting arrows continuously, shooting Li Mi and others out of range.
Caught between the Sui army at Hulaoguan and Dou Jiande's army, Li Mi, who had come to his senses, reined in his horse and sighed in the wilderness: "Chen thief still won't allow me, Dou Jiande's little trick, he did it on purpose. Yes. Chen thief, Chen thief, we are both confidants and enemies, why don't you allow me? Forbid me? Could it be that you... ?"
Sighing here, Li Mi's whole body shook, and he suddenly came to his senses. He looked up to the sky and shouted: "I understand! It's not that Thief Chen forbids me, nor Dou Jiande forbids me, but Heaven forbids me! I killed Zhai Rang and annexed them, I have violated the taboo of being a master, although the world is big, there is no room for me anymore!"
Roaring, Li Mi drew out his waist knife and was about to kill himself when it reached his neck. Uncle Wang stepped forward to stop him crying, but Li Mi asked sadly: "If I don't do this, what else can I do? Do you want me to be like Yang Xuangan?" The same, being captured alive by Dou Jiande, being humiliated and then executed? Let go, or it will be too late."
Uncle Wang cried and let go, Li Mi yelled at Tianchang again, and cut his own carotid artery ruthlessly, while blood spattered, Li Mi also slowly fell off his horse and landed on the most glorious land he had ever seen.
After Li Mi committed suicide, Wang Bodang also committed suicide. Seeing Li Mi and Wang Bo who fell off their horses and died as mentors and apprentices one after another, Chen Sangliang was filled with emotion, and secretly said: "Mr. You revealed the fact that I deliberately raised the thief to be self-respecting, and I couldn't explain it to the world. Therefore, I can't tolerate you, and you must die. Sorry, farewell, my enemy, my confidant and friend. "
It was also when Li Mi fell from the horse that Wang Xuance felt a faint sense of regret in his heart, remembering all the kindness Li Mi had shown him in the past, he couldn't help but said in his heart: "Wei Gong, I'm sorry, I feel sorry for you. But there is no way, who told me to recognize Chen Liushou first, and who told you to kill Zhang Dashuai, who I admire the most? So, I can only feel sorry for you. "
Looking at Li Mi's corpse in the distance, Wang Xuance began to think about how to get away from Dou Jiande and return to Chen Sangliang, but someone next to him patted him on the shoulder and said, "Hey, why are you going?" God? Your Majesty is speaking to you."
Wang Xuance raised his head quickly, and seeing Dou Jiande on the imperial chariot, he really smiled and said to himself: "Yes, I can't see that you can have such quick wit at such a young age. Come on, what reward do you want?"
Wang Xuance made some calculations, and then played to Dou Jiande Jishou: "Your Majesty, forgive me, I just want to ask for a favor. Please allow me to collect Li Mi's body and let him rest in peace, in order to repay his kindness to me."
Someone next to him immediately scolded Wang Xuance for his plea, and said that Li Mi's body must be chopped up and fed to the dogs, but Dou Jiande liked Wang Xuance's loyalty the most, and waved his hand and said, "Okay, I allow you to keep Li Mi's body, and I still want to I will make you a Zhongshu Sheren, and I want everyone in the world to see that as long as I am a loyal subject, I will never treat him badly!"
Although Zhongshusheren is only a sixth-rank official, he is a close official of Dou Jiande, who can also participate in military aircraft and contact secrets. However, after Wang Xuance thanked him respectfully, he said in his heart: "King Dou, I'm sorry, I appreciate your kindness. But I have to go after I have collected Li Mi's corpse, I have had enough of this kind of life."