It is said that Huan Qi led the army to the north in a roundabout way that day, because the distance is far away, and the mountain road is tortuous, and Huan Qi because the army has been a big victory in the past few years, it is inevitable that he is arrogant, neglected to take precautions, was ambushed by Le Yi, trapped in the mountains and valleys, left and right mountains, there are enemies in front and behind, his team is too long, and it is a sheep intestine trail, and it is impossible to organize troops to break through.

Le Yi's order to Huangxu City was to ask Wu Feng to send someone to monitor Huo Quai's 10,000 army to prevent him from leaving and rescue him from the back.

Huan Qi has an army of more than 10,000 people, stretching for hundreds of miles, except for the handsome tent to find a relatively wide place and set up camp. The remaining 10,000 or so soldiers had no place to camp at all, and they slept in crowding each other every night. Not to mention the cold wind howling, the ground is also humid and humid, and many soldiers are constantly cold, and there is still the strength of a battle, just waiting for death.

Li Xin went back and forth outside the main general's tent, he hated Huan Yan's stubbornness and self-use, and blamed himself for not admonishing one or two more.

It turned out that before the army entered the valley that day, Li Xin asked Huan Qi to divide the army into three armies, the front, the middle and the rear, and the front army would explore the road first, and if there was an accident, it would be good to support, and the front army arrived at the exit, set up camp for defense, and sent back the news, the Chinese army went again, and the rear army broke off, and supported each other, which was the way of marching.

Ke Huan Qi insisted on going his own way, believing that it would be time-consuming and laborious to divide into three armies, but instead gave the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it, and with a wave of his hand, he ordered the whole army to drive into a narrow mountain path, and sure enough, he was ambushed by the enemy.

Huan Qi was horrified and secretly regretted, but to no avail. He knows very well that although his morale has fallen, it has not been exhausted, and it is the best opportunity to break through. However, Li Xin believed that the enemy was worried that the enemy had discovered that the enemy troops at the entrance to the rear of the army should be the least, and that breaking through from the rear could reduce casualties.

But Huan Qi replied: Le Yi must have the same idea, the defenders behind are the most, and he ordered to break through forward, and only eight or nine people can be side-by-side on a mountain path, and the enemy at the exit has a thousand people, and there are ten thousand people behind, how can it be its opponent.

There were more than 20 large and small breakouts, and the losses were heavy, so Huan Qi had to order a breakthrough from the rear, but the previous 20 or so breakthroughs had no effect, and the morale was already low, and the five breakthroughs were all sent to death.

Breaking through the siege for three days, more than 10,000 people were killed, and they were trapped for three days, the food and grass were cut off, and there were four or five thousand soldiers who were affected by the wind and cold, and the army of 32,000 people was now only about 10,000 people left in the battle, and they were still hungry.

The wandering Li Xin finally made up his mind, he wanted to ask to personally lead the breakthrough, although he was still honorable to die.

He was not entangled, he turned to the main general's big tent, and the soldiers guarding the tent crossed and said, "It's also late at night, the general has already slept, General Li, please go back." ”

When Li Xin heard this, he was angry in his heart, when did he still sleep? But he was not presumptuous, so he had to suppress the anger in his heart and said loudly: "General, the last general has something important to ask to see." ”

There was no sound coming from the tent, Li Xinqing burst out, and said: "General Yu, the last general Li Xin, I have something important to ask to see." ”

The tent was still silent, Li Xin couldn't bear it, pulled out the sword at his waist, and reprimanded angrily: "Huan Qi old horseman, the soldiers in the army are drenched in heavy rain every day, and there is nowhere to stay, you don't care if you don't ask, and now you are still hiding in the big tent, do you think you can stay out of the matter in this way?"

The two soldiers guarding the tent looked at each other, and there was a sad look in their eyes, Li Xin didn't notice it, and scolded bitterly for a while, pouring out all the dissatisfaction, injustice, and unhappiness in his heart in recent days, and also calmed down.

After thinking about it carefully, I suddenly realized that something was wrong, how could Huan Yan's violent temper stand that he was insulting him so much, and he had already come out and beheaded himself for insulting the general and shaking the morale of the army.

Suddenly, he felt bad in his heart, his face turned cold, and he scolded the two guards: "Is there something to hide from me, you also know the situation now, why don't you come quickly?"

Seeing that the two guards couldn't hide it, one stood outside the tent, and the other said to Li Xin: "General, please." ”

The two of them entered the tent, and there was no one in the tent, Li Xin sighed, and his face was suddenly gloomy and terrifying.

The soldier also said in a desperate tone: "Huan Tanas, escape." ”

When Li Xin heard this, his fists clenched tightly, and his anger was nowhere to be released, and he said, "Tell me what you know, fifteen and ten." ”

The soldier said: "When we were trapped, the general sent people to find a way out, and a scout found a small road, but the small road could not accommodate the passage of the army at all, and the news was secretly suppressed by Huan Qi. At dusk tonight, Huan Qi took more than 30 guards to get ready, and when darkness shrouded him, he went straight to the path. Now, I'm afraid it's out of the mountains. ”

In the past few days, the soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, and Huan Qi, as the main general, will not escape the crime, especially Ying Zheng, who has repeatedly ordered and reaffirmed in vain, focusing on stability, and not rushing for quick success.

Therefore, even if the army can break out of the encirclement, Huan Qi will not escape death, and if he wants to live, he can only abandon the army and flee.

Li Xintian sighed, and then looked at the soldier and said, "Since you know about this, you must also be Huan Qi's personal guard, why don't you flee with him?"

When the soldier heard this, he smiled lightly, and then said with a serious face: "Old Qin, go to the national disaster together." ”

When Li Xin heard this, his eyes were a little hazy, and he patted the soldier on the shoulder and said, "Huan Qi thief, why don't you too?"

The soldier asked, "Now that the general has the truth, what should he do?"

Li Xindao: "First, convene the generals in the army to discuss the matter, and second, declare to the outside world that Huan Qi has a sense of wind, which has caused an old illness and cannot go to the ground." Third, we must encourage the officers and men to fight to the death, only by breaking through the siege can we survive, and the longer the time, the more unfavorable it will be to our army. ”

When the soldier heard this, he let go of his worries and said, "I knew that the general had this ability, so I should have informed the general as soon as possible." is not afraid of the general's blame, and his subordinates are struggling with whether to tell the general about it. ”

Li Xin smiled: "It's not too late now, are you afraid that Ben will learn about the small way, and he will also flee alone like that Huan Qi?"

The soldier nodded ashamedly.

"Why are you willing to tell me?"

Seeing that the general was not afraid of life and death, he scolded Huan Qi in front of the big tent. ”

Li Xindao: "You are cautious and talented, I don't know what your name is?"

The soldier said: "The little pawn Wang Ben." ”

"What?

"But the son of General Wang Jian - Wang Ben?"

"Now that he is in the army, it is not good to be called father and son, but General Wang Jian is indeed the father of the pawn. Wang Ben said.

Li Xin was really surprised, he also heard that Wang Jian was extremely strict with his son Wang Ben, and never used his connections to let others take care of him, and threw him into the army, regardless of it.

Originally, he didn't quite believe that there was such a ruthless father, but now it seems that this is the case.

Huan Qi asked him to be his personal guard, but he really didn't know if he wanted to sell Wang Jian a favor, or because of Wang Ben's ability, he thought it should be the latter.

However, this is not the time to chat, and he said to Wang Ben: "Please also ask the major general to send the generals of the army to come to discuss matters?"

Wang Benli said: "Please also ask the general not to call his subordinate major generals, I am me, and General Wang Jian is General Wang Qian." ”。

Li Xin said: "However, now that the lord is not here, according to the law, I am in charge of the army, so I will send you to send the generals to discuss the matter." ”

"No. Wang Ben took the order and left.