Murong Qi Li came to Huangfu Xiaohuan with a cane, and said complainingly: "General, if you had listened to the old woman's words earlier, how could there be anything today?" ”

For the Murong family's reliance on the old and selling the old, Huangfu Xiaohuan has never felt so disgusted now, but he can't turn his face with her at this time, otherwise he will be left alone How to lead these private soldiers who have lost their master. Huangfu Xiao sighed harmoniously: "Old Madam Murong, what's the use of saying this now?" Hurry up and deal with the Praetorian Guard's other attacks. ”

"How to deal with it, there are only 400 people under the old man, General Huangfu, there are only 600 people under your command, plus a few others, the total number is only more than 1,000 people, and there are more than 2,000 people without masters, what should they do?"

Huangfu Xiao said hatefully: "Immediately rearrange the family soldiers of those who have no principals, you and I are one and a half, if there are those who do not obey the order, behead!" ”

Murong Qi Li was not old and confused, and knew that if there was no one to lead it, without waiting for the attack of the Praetorian Guard, these private soldiers who had lost their family owners would disperse in a hurry. Regardless of the dispute, he paused the crutches in his hand: "Okay!" "Since going down to sort out the team, and Huangfu Xiaohuan also sent his own soldiers to rectify, the two have just sorted out the team, the official road is already dusty, and the Praetorian Guard has been dispatched. Today the Janissaries no longer wait for them, but take the initiative to attack.

Four thousand Praetorian Guards, except for the five hundred people taken away by Yang Yong, He Ruobi only left five hundred people to guard the city, and the remaining three thousand people were like a rolling torrent, pressing directly against the rebels from the official road.

Looking at the torrent of the Praetorian Guards advancing in front, He Ruobi, who was already sixty years old, was full of spirit. Looking at the advancing Praetorian Guards with burning eyes, he almost burst into tears, and finally he could show his talents again.

He Ruobi was born in a family of military merits, his father He Ruodun was famous for his martial arts, and he was the assassin of Jinzhou in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but because of his complaints, he was not tolerated by the king of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and Jin, and was forced to commit suicide.

Before committing suicide, He Ruodun once instructed He Ruobi to say: "I want to calm Jiangnan, but this heart is unsuccessful." Thou shalt be my will. and I die with my tongue. Thou shalt not think about it. In order to make He Ruobi's image profound, He Ruodun personally pricked He Ruobi's tongue with an awl and warned him to be cautious.

Before pacifying Nan Chen, although He Ruobi became the governor of Wuzhou, he only remembered the scene of his father stabbing his mouth with blood, and he didn't dare to be too arrogant, but since the destruction of Chen, He Ruobi gradually left his father's instructions behind. not only competed with Han Baohu, but also did not even put Gao Ying, Yu Qingze, Su Wei and others in their eyes, and said that he was the prime minister's talent, and when it came to Han Baohu, Shi Wansui, Luo Yi and others, He Ruobi declared that Luo Yi was a fierce general, not a general; Han Baohu is a fighting general. non-consuls; Shi Wansui is a cavalry general, not a general. The implication is that only one person is a general.

He Ruobi's words and deeds brought him a lot of trouble in the thirteenth year of the emperor's reign, because the emperor dismissed Gao Ying and Su Wei and others in the court, and the emperor dismissed him from office and put him in prison. He was almost executed, but later the emperor remembered his merits before he opened the net, only dismissed the official, and after more than a year, he was reinstated.

This imprisonment made He Ruobi's temper restrain a lot. Indulge yourself in femininity and money. The Song Mansion is innumerable, and there are hundreds of concubines and concubines. This is also the reason why Han Baohu is dead, Wang Shiji is dead, Yu Qing is dead, and He Ruobi is still a high-ranking official. He Ruobi should be grateful for the thirteenth year of the emperor's imprisonment, otherwise he might have died before everyone else.

It is not an easy thing to suppress his own nature for a long time, He Ruobi dreamed of re-leading the army to fight on the battlefield, however, Yang Jian is old, everything is based on stability, He Ruobi knows that he has been used up in the hands of the old emperor, and there will be no more opportunities, now that the prince is in power, He Ruobi understands that the opportunity to show his strengths will come again.

Seeing the Praetorian Guards neatly pressing towards themselves, all the rebels were demoralized, yesterday it was their turn to attack, today it was their turn to defend, although they occupied two high ground first, but there was no sense of security, the banner of the Praetorian Guard was hunting, their head of the house had already run, facing this flag, these private soldiers did not know why.

"It turned out to be the Right Guard." The corners of Huangfu Xiaohuan's mouth showed a bitter smile, yesterday in vain nearly a thousand people, they only knew that they encountered the Praetorian Guard, but they didn't know which one it was, and now they really understand their opponent to tell the truth, Huangfu Xiaohuan is not convinced by He Ruobi, Han Baohu's exploits in destroying Chen, if he is replaced, he can destroy Chen, if he is now in command of his Zuowu Hou Army, Huangfu Xiaohuan is happy to fight with He Ruobi, to see who is high and who is low, but unfortunately there are only 200 personal soldiers around him who are from Zuowu Houjun, The rest are all private soldiers of various families, and their family masters have left first, how can they compete with the absolute elite Praetorian Guards of the Great Sui when they lead such a plate of scattered sand?

It is located in a hilly area, composed of some small peaks of tens of meters, the highest two mountains are only seventy or eighty meters, most of the slopes are not steep, Huangfu Xiaohuan and Murong Qi Li respectively occupy the two peaks of Chengqi Horn and stand, each mountain range is more than 2,000 people, this is all their people, as for the surrounding peaks, Huangfu Xiaohuan can only give up.

"Click, click." The sound of ironclad collision sounded, the Praetorian Guard had left the official road, divided into two ways to attack the rebels occupying the high ground, there were sparse arrows shot down the mountain, however, most of the arrows fell on the open ground, even if occasionally fell into the Praetorian Guard, the arrows also rebounded to the ground, the Praetorian Guards dispatched ironclad infantry, wrapped in iron armor, ordinary arrows are useless.

Huangfu Xiaoxiao's face turned blue with anger, and the officers and soldiers still had hundreds of meters to release arrows, if it was his subordinates, they would have already implemented the military law, and he said hatefully: "The order of the general is passed on, and you are not allowed to release arrows without an order." ”

"Yes!"

The Emperor's filial order was quickly passed down, and for a moment, the mountains and mountains were silent, except for the rustle of the Praetorian Guards.

"Attack!"

A Praetorian Guard officer pointed with one finger in his hand, and a group of hundreds of Praetorian Guards ironclad troops armed with spears in their hands, first attacked the mountain ridge occupied by Huangfu Xiaohuan, a mountain peak of only seventy or eighty meters, and the distance from the bottom of the mountain to the peak was about two or three hundred meters. It's really not steep, but after all, it's uphill, and the official army in iron armor is not advancing fast, advancing step by step.

"Knock, knock, knock." The drums sounded, and the seven or eight large drums in the middle of the Praetorian Guard began to beat wildly.

"Shoot the arrows!" As soon as Huangfu Xiaoxiao's hand was pressed, the mountain suddenly buzzed loudly, and countless arrows flew towards the officers and soldiers under the mountain.

"Bell, bell, bell." Arrows rained down on the mountainside. emits a crisp metal strike. The advancing Praetorian Guards remained silent, and occasionally an arrow fell to reveal a gap, which was immediately filled.

After four or five rounds of arrow rain, there were only a dozen wounded and fallen Praetorian Guards, and the armor of the Praetorian Guards was so difficult to penetrate that they even wrapped their heads in the iron armor, revealing only a pair of eyes, unless they were shot directly through the eyes. Otherwise, it will be difficult for the arrows to cause damage to the Praetorian Guard.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and even the sound of gasping could be heard, and seeing the iron Praetorian Guard approaching, the rebels on the hill began to have a slight commotion. These rebels can be regarded as elite compared to ordinary officers and soldiers, but they were abandoned by their own family masters, and their hearts were already extremely chaotic, if it were not for the strong orders of Huangfu Xiaohuan and Murong Qi Li, I am afraid that they would disperse immediately.

"What are you afraid of. Steady, retreater, slash! Huangfu Xiaohuan had anticipated this situation, and put his own soldiers in the back to form a supervising team, and killed them just by waiting for someone to retreat. Hearing the order of the emperor's filial piety, the riot subsided, and the people in front had to hold the weapons in their hands tightly and wait for the Praetorian Guards to come up.

"Kill!"

The Praetorian Guard, who had been bending forward, suddenly shouted, and the spear in his hand thrust forward. The sound of "porphyr" sounded. Most of the rebels in the front row close to the Praetorian Guard were suddenly pierced with a hole the size of a bowl and let out a scream. plopped and fell to the ground.

"Kill!" The rebels behind also began to counterattack, stabbing the spears in the hands of the Praetorian Guards, they were condescending, and it was reasonable to have a great advantage, but their spears were pierced on the iron armor of the Praetorian Guards, and they could only send out a series of sparks. Many used too much force, and the spears were broken instead.

"Kill!" With another shout, the Praetorian Guard stabbed his second spear, "Porphyry, porphyry." Another group of rebels fell, and the casualties on both sides were not proportionate.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

Stepping on the blood of the rebels, the Praetorian Guards advanced step by step, but the rebels were forced to retreat step by step, and the blood of the fallen rebels quickly stained the mountainside red.

"Lord Guogong, it's attacked, it's attacked." A general under the mountain shouted excitedly.

He Ruobi held his beard in his hand and nodded slightly, the Praetorian Guards fought against those private soldiers, which itself was a knife to kill chickens, if he couldn't win easily, he didn't have the face to see people, in fact, He Ruobi didn't know for a reason, that is, these soldiers had no fighting spirit due to the departure of the family master, otherwise although the Praetorian Guards had weapons and armor advantages, they had no geographical advantages, and it was impossible to go up so easily.

"Steady, steady." Huangfu Xiaohuan shouted loudly, although he knew that these people could not be compared with the Praetorian Guard, Huangfu Xiaohuan did not think that he would not even be able to resist the first wave of attacks. Anxious to shout loudly.

"My lord, send out the cavalry!" A close confidant suggested.

The cavalry originally had to wait for these ironclad soldiers to get tired before they went out, otherwise even the light cavalry would have no advantage over the ironclad soldiers, but at the moment, it was impossible to wait until the ironclad soldiers were tired, otherwise the entire mountain would be lost, and the emperor said helplessly: "Okay!" Cavalry sortie. ”

"Boom." The sound of hooves sounded, and Huangfu Xiaohui personally commanded the cavalry to rush down from the mountain, rolling up billowing smoke and dust, and striking the Janissary ironclad soldiers who were climbing the mountain from the flanks.

"Kill!" The ironclad soldier who was climbing the mountain had to turn his spear to the side, and the pressure on the mountain suddenly decreased.

"Wow!" The first rebel horse rushed into the camp of the ironclad soldiers, and the war horse was immediately pierced into several holes, but the momentum of the war horse also caused the spears in the hands of several Praetorian Guards to break in two, and several Praetorian Guards threw off the broken spears in their hands, pulled out their long knives, and slashed at the rebels behind.

"Boom" A war horse crashed into a Praetorian Guard who had lost his spear, and the Praetorian Guard suddenly lost his footing and fell to the ground, and he was just about to get up, but a huge horse's hoof was already on his chest. Although he was wrapped in iron armor, a mouthful of blood still spat out of his mouth, and as soon as the horse passed, the horse behind him stepped up again, and after a few horses, the Praetorian Guard's eyes were wide open, and he was bleeding from seven holes, and he had been trampled to death.

With the cavalry sortie, the casualties on both sides quickly closed, although it was not possible to do it to one. Two cavalrymen can also be replaced by at least one ironclad soldier. The Janissaries only had 500 ironclad soldiers, and if they fought with a thousand cavalry, Huangfu Xiaohui would still be sure to annihilate this ironclad army with the greatest threat.

It's a pity that the officers and troops under the mountain will not watch it, and a team of archers quickly pushed to the front line.

"Shoot!" Countless sharp arrows fell halfway up the mountain, and the rebel cavalry fell from their horses, but the ironclad soldiers of the Praetorian Guard were unharmed.

There was another rumbling sound of horses' hooves, and Murong Qi Li saw that the emperor's filial piety was not good. Commanded the cavalry to rush down and relieve the siege.

"Kill!" The cavalry of the Praetorian Guard was quickly dispatched, and the two sides collided halfway up the mountainside, riding against horseman, and the two sides were inextricably killed, and the war was already in a state of white heat, and from time to time someone fell off his horse, and in the blink of an eye he was trampled into a pulp by the horse's hooves.

However, the battle went on for almost an hour. The victory and defeat of the two sides were divided, Huangfu Xiaohuan and Murong Qi Li both personally participated in the battle, and the other family soldiers who did not monitor no longer had the will to fight, and from time to time someone sneaked away from the rear, and it was only their own family soldiers who were really desperate. The strength of the two became smaller and smaller, and in the end, the two together were only more than 200 people, surrounded by officers and regiments.

"Whew!" A long arrow flew and pierced Huangfu Xiaohuan's cheek, piercing a large hole in Huangfu Xiaohuan's face. Huangfu Xiaoxiao screamed in pain. Pull the arrow out so hard that a finger-sized piece of flesh comes out of the tip of the arrow. Huangfu Xiaohuan's face was suddenly covered in blood, staining his entire face red.

"General, General." His own soldiers shouted.

Huangfu Xiaohuan threw the long arrow in his hand to the ground, and the knife in his hand continued to point forward: "Kill!" ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill! "Huangfu Xiaoxiao's injury made his local soldiers crazy, a soldier was cut off his hand, and directly opened his big mouth to bite the throat of an officer and soldier, and a soldier broke his leg, but still crawled in the direction of the officer and soldier with a knife.

It's a pity that the difference in strength is too big, even if you try hard, it won't help, another long arrow flew over, this time, it directly hit the throat of Huangfu Xiaohuan, Huangfu Xiaohuan's mouth made a few ho-ho sounds, and he fell to the ground with a bang, and the last trace of consciousness flashed, so it's okay to die, at least you don't have to watch yourself raid your family and wipe out your family.

"The general is dead, the general is dead." One of the pro-soldiers cried and shouted, and the other pro-soldiers immediately stopped their weapons and looked blankly in the direction of Huangfu Xiaohuan.

"The general goes first, and the villain follows you." The soldier closest to Huangfu Xiaoxiao swiped his knife to his neck, and blood suddenly gushed out and fell to the ground with a bang.

"The general goes first, and the villain follows you." As if they were infected, the soldiers of the emperor who were still alive committed suicide one after another, and after a while, more than 100 people committed suicide.

Huangfu Xiaohuan betrayed his boss Wang Shiji, but he didn't expect that in the end, his own soldiers showed him loyalty with their lives, and when he went underground, if Huangfu Xiaohuan saw Wang Shiji, I don't know if he was proud or ashamed?

"It's a pity that the emperor has been filial piety and led the troops for a few moments, but he doesn't follow the right path." He Ruobi sighed.

Over there, the Murong Qi Li clan has also reached the most critical moment, there are only a few dozen ghost troops left in the Murong family, and the Murong Qi Li clan is covered in blood, and the hair is scattered, like a powerful ghost, if it weren't for the desperate rescue of the ghost army, Murong Qi and the Li clan would have died long ago.

As soon as Huangfu Xiaohuan died, the fighting between the two sides stopped, and the last Murong ghost army was left to surround Murong Qi and the Li clan in the middle, taking advantage of this rare opportunity to gasp for air.

Whether it was a mountain or a hillside, there were corpses everywhere, and the entire air was full of blood, looking at the dozens of people in the middle, a general asked, "Lord Guogong, do you want to order them to surrender?" He Ruobi shook his head: "No need, just let them go together." ”

"Yes." The officer turned around and ordered: "Archers prepare!" ”

"Shoot the arrows!"

"Buzz." Hundreds of archers shot together, and the dense arrows suddenly covered the last dozens of people in the Murong family.

Outside Daxing City, Yang Shi, Li Jing, Liu Hu and others led a thousand dark horsemen to wait quietly, and saw the dust and smoke rising in the distance, and everyone's faces showed a hint of joy.

The two sides approached, Yang Shi and Li Jing urged the horses forward, and clasped their fists together: "See the prince!" ”

Yang Yong looked at his two favorite generals with a smile on his face: "Don't ask anything, I'll go back to Beijing with the palace tonight!" ”

"Yes, the last will obey."

Yang Shi and Li Jing retreated, and the two sides merged into one and galloped away in the direction of the capital.