At this time, the sun was gradually moving towards the west, and the rebel chasing troops in the rear were gradually separated by the Sui army due to hunger and exhaustion. Seeing this situation, General Liu was of course happily ordering the whole army to speed up However, Yang Xuangan in the back was so angry that he yelled, and directly ordered the supervising team to use knives and leather whips to expel the team to pursue at full speed, and also issued a strict order to stop those who stopped to fight. Li Mi, on the other hand, was impatient and worried, constantly calculating the various situations he might encounter if he continued to pursue the pursuit, and thinking about contingency strategies.
After thinking about it for a long time, Li Mi chased after Yang Xuangan again and offered a plan: "Duke Chu, Hangu Pass is 30 miles ahead. Although there are not many officers and soldiers stationed in that area, the high mountains and narrow roads are suitable for intercepting. As long as there are a few Hundreds of officers and soldiers defending Hangu Pass can block us for a while. Fortunately, there are many small roads in that area. For the sake of caution, while our army is fully pursuing, Chu Gong can let General Yang Jishan take the small road to attack the back of Hangu Pass. If there are officers and soldiers intercepting there, we can immediately circle around and make dumplings with the officers and soldiers guarding the pass and Liu Changgong's team."
"Good idea!" Yang Xuangan was overjoyed when he heard that, and quickly sent someone to send an order to Yang Jishan's team behind, ordering him to lead the army to take a small path to attack behind Hangu Pass, ready to outflank the Sui army guarding Hangu Pass at all times.
In this way, driven by Yang Xuangan's strict orders, although the rebel team was gradually distanced by Liu Changgong's army, they still held on tightly to the tail of Liu Changgong's team, preventing Liu Changgong's team from disappearing from sight. Regarding this, General Liu was a little flustered no matter how good he was at escaping, and said to himself, "Trouble, there is still some distance from Hongnong here. If the traitor Yang continues to chase like this, my team may not be sure that we will be able to escape to Hongnong." Hongnong?"
The more you worry, the more likely you will go wrong. As the sky gradually darkened, General Liu was shocked to find that he had made a big oolong - he didn't prepare a torch for lighting! At the same time, it just so happens that the weather is not sunny today, and there may not even be a moon at night! Discovering this, General Liu hurriedly ordered the former army to cut down the branches along the way and collect as much as possible the ignition equipment. However, the road that General Liu is traveling on is the east-west official road, and the low bushes on the roadside have been cut down by passers-by. , the remaining shade trees are also tall and big, how can the soldiers of the Sui army have the time to cut and cut them while fleeing for their lives in a hurry? Therefore, General Liu's orders were naturally not effectively implemented, and at the same time, because of the approaching night, the speed of travel was inevitably affected.
The Sui army had no time to prepare torches, but the chasing rebel army had plenty of time to chop firewood and light the fire. Seeing that it was getting dark, Yang Xuangan decisively assigned his men to cut down trees and make torches for the overnight pursuit. At the same time, Li Mi suddenly discovered This god-given opportunity immediately cheered and shouted, "This idiot Liu Changgong didn't prepare a torch, and he must not be able to run so fast when it gets dark! Duke Chu, please tell the whole army about this situation. We can catch up with the officers and soldiers in front! After killing the officers and soldiers in front, we can stop and rest!"
Li Mi's judgment quickly spread throughout the rebel army through the mouths of the messengers and generals at the grassroots level, and successfully boosted the morale of the rebel army. The exhausted rebel soldiers stopped to rest in order to end the battle as soon as possible. Take out the last physical strength and run desperately. Liu Changgong's team gradually slowed down in the evening due to lack of lighting tools and unfamiliar roads, and was gradually brought closer by the rebel team.
Sensing this danger, General Liu's expression was of course pale, and all the soldiers under his command were terrified, but they were helpless together, just desperately moving forward with the last light, and at the same time, because of the panic, they were originally neat and orderly. The escape team inevitably began to appear chaotic.
In the anticipation of Yang Xuangan and Li Mi, and also in the sound of General Liu's curse, the sky was finally so dark that it was difficult to distinguish the road. It was indeed a moonless night, and without lighting tools, General Liu's team Naturally, the speed was greatly reduced, the formation was chaotic, and the rebel team that had some branches and firewood was not affected much, and the distance between them and the Sui army team was shortened more quickly.
"Wei Shangshu, how far is it from Hangu Pass?" General Liu asked Wei Xuan.
"Probably, there are still about ten miles. It's too dark, and the old man can't judge the distance of the road." Wei Xuan replied.
"Some sacrifices must be made!" Liu Changgong gritted his teeth, turned to several generals beside him and asked, "You, who dares to bring a thousand troops to stay to stop the rebels and buy time for our main force to retreat?"
Several generals of the same feather kept silent, Liu Changgong was furious, and roared: "No one with a handle? Who will stay to stop the attack? This general will give him credit when he comes back alive, and this general who is dead will ask the court for him! It's a man! Just say a word, who dares to stay and stop Yang Ni's traitor?"
Still no one uttered a word, and several generals acted as if they hadn't heard, and they just ran forward desperately. General Liu was even more furious, and roared: "Damn it! Are you all dumb? If it wasn't for this general who wanted to protect Wei Shangshu , the general himself will stay and stop the traitors!"
"General Liu has an order. He personally led the army to stop the traitor Yang Rebel! Brothers, let's run!" Someone shouted, and several generals disappeared in the blink of an eye, even bumping into each other. The soldiers in front of them turned over and ignored them, and the other soldiers also rushed to escape from General Liu's side, and they could vaguely hear shouts, "General Liu, you are so great, I will definitely remember you!"
"You bastards!"
"Boom boom boom boom boom!"
Just as Wei Xuan rolled his eyes and General Liu roared loudly, on the top of the mountain beside the road, there was a sudden sound of war drums and shouts of killing, and immediately after that, countless rolling stones and trees fell from the tops of the mountains on both sides like hail and raindrops. , hit the heads of the rebels' chasing soldiers, and rolled down several huge fireballs made of firewood, all of which rolled on the heads of the rebels, who were about to cut the Sui army's ass. There was a sudden commotion, and the screams were earth-shattering, "There is an ambush! There is an ambush among us!"
"Hahahahaha!" General Liu, who was still yelling at his cowardly subordinates just now, laughed loudly, "Brother Yingliang is here! Brother Yingliang is finally here! Brother Yingliang, you are so interesting that you are in Hangu Guanwai came to meet me! It is my fate to know you, brother!"
"Chen Yingliang, where is he?" Wei Xuan looked around, only to see rolling stones falling down on the mountains on both sides, and fireballs and torches being thrown down, but he never saw half of the patriotic army in white robes.
"General Liu, you retreat first! In the end, the queen will be cut off!" Countless soldiers of the Sui army ran back to General Liu again, scrambling to express their willingness to take on the task of sending the queen to death.
"Fuck you motherfuckers, why did I bring out you shameless bastards?" Liu Changgong beat a few generals, turned his head to Wei Xuan and said with a smile: "Wei stay behind, don't worry, he will be there soon." Come out! An ambush is what Brother Yingliang is good at! This ambush must have been arranged by Brother Yingliang himself!"
At the same time, in the rebel army, Li Mi also forcibly pulled Yang Xuangan off his horse, and while stuffing Yang Xuangan with a set of Sui soldier uniforms that had been prepared, he said in a crying voice: "Duke Chu, hurry up, take off!" Armor, change clothes, we're going up the mountain, there's an ambush among us, that little thief Chen Yingliang is about to come out!"
"Fart! Where is that little thief Chen Yingliang? Why didn't I see it?" Yang Xuangan pushed Li Mi away and shouted.
"He must be here!" Li Mi said in a tearful voice: "Using rolling stones, falling trees and fireballs to cut off our team, such a vicious idea can only be thought of by that traitor Chen Yingliang! He not only wants to meet Liu Changgong, but also wants to kill our former army Ah! Now our team is exhausted, and we can't beat his new force! I beg you, change your clothes quickly. If you let the thief Chen Yingliang know that you have unfortunately been cut off from the rear army, then you may Everything is over! And you, put down Duke Chu's handsome flag, put it down!"
Looking at the rocks and trees rolling down on the mountain, the path where the fire and smoke were already rising, and the self-army team that was in complete chaos, Yang Xuangan roared angrily, and snatched the clothes that Li Mi handed over, and then Yang Xuangan And asked a little strangely: "How come you are ready to change clothes?"
"After knowing that Chen Yingliang's little thief had already arrived in Hongnong first, I carefully prepared a set, and fought against that treacherous and incomparable little thief. I can't do without preparation." In fact, when the rebels left Luoyang and advanced towards Guanzhong Li Mi, who had prepared this set of clothes just in case, gritted his teeth and scolded: "I just didn't expect that little thief would set up an ambush outside Hangu Pass, and would think of cutting off our connection. Take the opportunity to wipe out our former army's poisonous plan! This little thief is too vicious!"
According to good friend Liu Changgong and rival Li, at the same time, in front of Liu Changgong's team, torches suddenly appeared on both sides of the road. Countless soldiers of the patriotic army appeared on the side of the road holding torches, and Chen Yingliang, who also wore a white robe, also appeared in the light of the fire. In the middle, he laughed loudly to the cheering Sui army officers and soldiers: "Brothers, you are welcome, go to the front and rest, let us solve the rest."
"Chen Jishi, I will kill the thieves together with you!" Someone shouted, and then, countless soldiers of the Sui army turned around to the east, holding up their knives and guns and turned back to kill the way they came. Everyone shouted like thunder, "Kill!" Ah! The white-robed soldiers are here! Brothers, kill the bandits and put down the rebellion! Kill them!"