Although he had long been suspicious, it was also at this most critical moment that Li Ercai finally confirmed one thing helplessly, that is, as long as he met Chen Fuliang, who had lost his conscience, he would definitely have bad luck! No matter what kind of good thing can turn into a funeral!

This time is the most typical and the most serious, originally Li Er's abacus played very well, betraying his brother can not only please Liu Wuzhou to deepen his friendship with his future wife and brother, but also take the opportunity to get rid of the control of his incompetent brother and be independent, and take the opportunity to control the control of Yuci City, the third is that the target is small and it is not easy to attract Chen Fuliang's main force to attack, and the danger is far smaller than staying in Taiyuan City, which may be besieged by floods at any time, and he can be at peace outside, and finally he can also use the opportunity to contact Dou Jiande's reinforcements first, and quickly establish a deep friendship with his strong ally Dou Jiande, In order to seek more benefits in the future, you will get more in one fell swoop, and you will not suffer losses in any case.

The wishful thinking was crackling, and in fact, he fooled Liu Wuzhou into Taiyuan City to join forces with Li Jiancheng to contain the main force of the Sui army, and accidentally deceived a thousand war horses. When Li Erzheng was secretly happy in his heart, disaster fell from the sky! Luo Yi, the warlord of Zhuojun who had been vacillating before, suddenly defected at a critical moment, and Chen Fuliang also took the initiative to send troops to contain Dou Jiande, and whether the reinforcements of Dou Jiande, who must come to reinforce, can still come to the Taiyuan battlefield has become an unknown. Liu Wuzhou, who turned his face and turned the book, stood on Li Jiancheng's side without hesitation for the benefit of his own army, and the white-eyed wolf Li Er, who had just offended his brother to death, had no way to retreat, so he could only obediently salute Liu Wuzhou immediately, begging Liu Wuzhou to take him in, who was already homeless.

It's okay, Liu Wuzhou is barely righteous, and immediately nodded and agreed to take Li Er in, Li Er did not completely become a lost dog, but if it is not a family, it will not enter the door, Liu Wuzhou, who is also an absolutely selfish idea, not only took the opportunity to take back the thousand war horses that he promised to give Li Er, but also asked Li Er to take up the heavy responsibility of the palace, and take the last capital that Li Er has left to replace the Yang army to resist the pursuit of the Sui army, Li Er is 10,000 unhappy and dare not have half a word of complaint, so he can only return the war horse with obedient hands, and led the people of the headquarters to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the palace.

The war horses that had just arrived and had not been counted suddenly had to be handed back, and at the same time, they had to walk at the end of the team to resist the wolf-like Sui army chasing soldiers, Zhu Cang and Liang Jianfang and other Li Er's confidants were of course confused and puzzled, and asked Li Er about the reason, and Li Er, who had a hard time, could only use the excuse that the military situation needed to be kept secret, and asked the generals under his command to just act according to the order, and what problems were explained to Yuci. Although Zhu Cang, Liang Jianfang and other generals did not dare to forcibly ask to the end, they still reminded: "Right Governor, it's no problem for the war horse to go back, but I'm afraid that our palace can't do it, you don't know how many people we have left, how can you resist the main pursuit of Chen Yingliang's traitors?" ”

"You don't have to worry about this, I have my own arrangements, you just have to restrain the soldiers to fight carefully, and when the pursuers come, I have my own way to retreat from the enemy."

Li Er's calm answer made Zhu Cang, Liang Jianfang and others feel a little relieved, so they didn't say anything, and honestly took over the task of the palace, and Li Er was not exactly just bragging, after arranging the task of the palace, Li Er entered the camp of the Dingyang army again, found Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang and others who were hurriedly packing their luggage, and said: "Brother, it is more than fifty miles from here to Yuci, the road is relatively far away, if the thief Chen pursues with all his might, it will be difficult for our army to get rid of the pursuit and retreat to Yuci smoothly no matter what, a little careless, There is also the possibility of incurring huge losses. The younger brother has a suspicious plan, which will definitely make Chen Thief cowardly and dare not raise troops to chase him. ”

"Brother Xian has a clever plan, just say it, we don't have time." Liu Wuzhou said casually while directing his soldiers to pack up their belongings.

"Brother might as well send hundreds of cavalry to the south first, cross the river from the pontoon bridge controlled by the Taiyuan army, quietly sneak to the east outside the Chen thief camp to ambush, and then ask the Taiyuan army to send a force to set up a formation along the river on the north bank of the Dongwu River, and set up more torches to bluff." Li Er suggested: "When our army retreats, our cavalry will beat gongs and drums outside the thief camp, shout and kill, and pretend to rob the camp. In this way, our army can take the opportunity to advance eastward with all its strength and quickly get rid of the pursuit of Chen thieves. ”

"Will this be counterproductive, so that Chen Thief's soldiers and horses can prepare earlier, and send troops to pursue our army earlier?" Liu Wuzhou asked suspiciously.

"Brother, don't listen to him." Liu Xiaoyan, who had been ordered not to leave Liu Wuzhou's side at any time, shouted: "He will only have bad ideas, and we who listen to him will definitely suffer a big loss." ”

Fortunately, Song Jingang stood on Li Er's side and said to Liu Wuzhou: "Brother, this plan is quite good, the main force of our army has moved westward overnight with such a big movement, no matter what, it can't hide the eyes of the Chen thief's scouts, or it won't be long before the Chen thief will send troops and horses to pursue our army, it is better to do the opposite and pretend to rob the camp, but it is very likely to buy us more time." Anyway, the terrain south of the Dongwu River is open, and our cavalry can retreat to the east at any time to cross the Yuci River to return, and we will not lose anything. ”

"Okay, then you can do it, move quickly, we don't have much time." Liu Wuzhou finally nodded in agreement, and Li Er, who was more modest than Li Jiancheng, quietly breathed a sigh of relief, but Liu Xiaoyan pouted and muttered a bad idea in a low voice.

The three pontoon bridges outside the Taiyuan camp have not been damaged, under the cover of the dark night, three hundred cavalry of the Dingyang army carrying gongs, drums and horns quietly crossed the river and went south, Li Jiancheng also promised to send an army to line up on the north bank, and bluff with more torches at half of the two watches, intimidating the Sui army not to send troops easily, but Li Jiancheng explained in advance that the soldiers of the Taiyuan army out of the camp were only responsible for bluffing, and they really encountered the Sui army sending troops to rush to the crossing, and the officers and men of the Taiyuan army would immediately withdraw to the camp as long as they could not parry.

The main force of the Sui army really wanted to pursue the Dingyang army with all its might, and there was no need to cross the river from the defensive position of General Taiyuan, and it was already interesting enough to be able to risk bluffing, and Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang were certainly not too demanding. When the two watches and the second moment arrived, the main force of the Dingyang army had basically left the camp, as little as possible to shoot the torches and not make a big move, quickly counted the pawn vehicles, and arranged the retreat formation, the two and a half watches just passed, Liu Wu ordered on Monday, the main force of the Dingyang army immediately set off, Song Jingang personally led the army to open the road in front, Liu Wuzhou led the Chinese army to protect the grain and grass, the general Huang Ziying led the rear army, and the two thousand Taiyuan army under the command of Li Er came to the tail of the crane, walking in the most dangerous last position.

The cooperation of the various departments of the Dingyang army is also very good, the main force of the three armies has just been dispatched, the sound of gongs, drums and horns came from the darkness in the south, and there is a faint sound of shouting and killing, which proves that the suspicious soldiers of the Dingyang army have started to feint, and at the same time, the defensive position of the Taiyuan army in the west is also a fire, and thousands of torches and bonfires have been lit, and it really looks like an ambush of thousands of soldiers and horses from a distance, and the momentum is quite scary.

Seeing this scene, of course Li Er was smiling, and the generals next to him, Zhu Cang and Liang Jianfang, who already knew Li Er's clever plan, were also happy, and praised one after another: "The right capital is superintendent, Chen Yingliang is treacherous, and at this moment, he must have been frightened and at a loss, and when he reacts, if he wants to catch up with us, he will definitely have no chance." ”

"It's impossible to scare the thief Chen so that the six gods have no master, that traitor has been on the battlefield for a long time, and this little movement can't scare him." Li Er rarely complimented Chen Fuliang, and said with a smile: "But traitors are always cautious with soldiers, and when they encounter changes in the night, they will definitely not easily send troops if they don't investigate and understand. ”

After speaking confidently, Li Er couldn't help but have a pretty face in his mind, and secretly hummed in his heart: "Little girl, dare to say that Pontus's clever plan is a bad idea, when you enter the cave room, see how I clean you up!" ”

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Not to mention, although the main force of the Sui army had already prepared to send troops to pursue at any time, when the cavalry of the Dingyang army suddenly beat gongs and drums in the east of the Sui army's camp, Chen Fuliang and Li Jing were really startled, and said that they expected the enemy to be wrong, and the enemy did not retreat tonight but took the risk of robbing the camp, and they were very nervous for a while. However, when the scouts of the Sui army flew to report that there was no trace of the enemy outside the camp, and then saw the firelight on the north bank of the Dongwu River from a distance, Chen Fuliang and Li Jing immediately came to their senses, and then asked each other in unison: "Your Highness (uncle), what do you think?" ”

"Bluffing, suspicious tactics." Li Jing and Chen Fuliang, the unscrupulous uncle and nephew, replied in unison: "Otherwise, the enemy will not light a fire on the riverbank, but will only set up an ambush in the dark!" ”

After saying it in unison, Chen Fuliang and Li Jing also laughed together, and then Chen Fuliang immediately turned over and got on his horse, hugged his fist and saluted Li Jing on the horse, and entrusted the self-army camp to his cousin, Li Jing returned the salute, and instructed Chen Fuliang to be careful and safe, Chen Fuliang thanked with a smile, and then after Chen Fuliang gave an order, the Sui army soldiers with more than 20,000 people immediately lit torches, and the soldiers went out of the camp together in six ways, and quickly assembled a team outside the east gate of the camp, led by Chen Fuliang himself. Without hesitation, he killed the Dongvortex River position in charge of the Dingyang Army.

It was the turn of the Dingyang Army and the Taiyuan Army to be dumbfounded together, and saw from a distance that the Sui Army camp suddenly had torches rising everywhere, reflecting half of the sky in red, and seeing these torches lined up in six teams and striding out of the camp, the three hundred Dingyang Army cavalry sent by Song Jingang to serve as a suspicious soldier almost didn't scare out the urine, and they didn't even dare to carefully investigate the specific situation of the Sui Army, so they immediately threw down the gongs, drums, and horns and fled east. And the more than 1,000 Taiyuan Army infantry who were bluffing on the north bank of the Dongwu River were also scattered, praying to God and Buddha just to pray that the main force of the Sui army would not come to attack their positions, and they were ready to slip away at any time.

The most frightened is, of course, the main force of Li Er and Dingyang's army, from top to bottom, they dreamed that they had just withdrawn from the camp and retreated, and the main force of the Sui army immediately dispatched such a large number of troops to the north, panicking and screaming, Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang both scolded, "Is there a traitor?" On the side of the thief Chen, why did it seem that he had been prepared? ”

"I said a long time ago, I can't listen to that bad idea of embroidering pillows." Of course, Liu Xiaoyan had something to say, but the little girl was also quite knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and knew that it was about the lives of countless soldiers in the army, so she didn't dare to gloat and speak out, but followed her brother according to Liu Wuzhou's request, and hurried all the way to the east.

Although the Dingyang army is selfish, it is also quite righteous, keeping the main force of the Dingyang army is equivalent to keeping the hope of defending the city, in the case of the army has become increasingly embarrassed, Li Jiancheng still sent 3,000 troops out of the camp, so that Yang Wengan led the rush to block the main force of the Sui army to cross the river. However, when Yang Wengan led the Taiyuan army to hurry to the river defense position left by the Dingyang army, he saw that the main force of the Sui army was too lazy to build any pontoon bridges or trench bridges to cross the river, but the various armies and teams took turns to go into battle, throwing one after another bags of soil and straw into the Dongwu River, and in a moment a temporary embankment had been built at the slow flow of the Dongwu River, and the water volume downstream of the dam was greatly reduced, and the water surface of the Sui army downstream of the dam was greatly reduced, and the Sui army led by Liu Shishan also shouted and killed Yang Wengan directly, and Yang Wengan hurriedly faced the battle. There was no longer the slightest way to stop the main force of the Sui army from crossing the river.

The straw bags of soil were constantly thrown into the section of the Dongwu River that Yuan Tiangang had secretly explored and understood earlier, and gradually built an earthen bridge on the river, and the soldiers of the Sui army played torches, strode across the river endlessly, and constantly put them into the battlefield on the north bank, and the number had surpassed Yang Wengan's army in a blink of an eye, and he did not hesitate to throw a large number of gunpowder bottles to disturb the enemy. Then the main force of the Sui army crossed the river and quickly regrouped, Chen Fuliang gave another order, and the elite of the 20,000 Sui army immediately strode eastward, rushing to the direction of Yuci, where the main force of the Dingyang army retreated.

Finding out the battle situation, the kind-hearted Li Jiancheng gritted his teeth and ordered Yang Wengan to turn back and fight again, biting the tail of the Sui army and retarding Chen Fuliang's pursuit speed, but Chen Fuliang and Li Jing had already prepared for this, relying on the strong generals and many generals, Li Jing, who stayed in the camp, ordered the general Qu Tutong to lead an army north to attack the Taiyuan army camp, not seeking to break the enemy but trying to contain it. Li Jiancheng, who was also preparing to withdraw his troops, was forced to have no choice but to recall Yang Wengan to hold on to the camp with all his might, and keep his promise to hold on until the fourth watch and then retreat north to Taiyuan City. In addition, the only thing Li Jiancheng could do was to pray secretly, "Brother Wu Zhou, run faster, and bring more main forces to withdraw to Yuci!" If you're done again, I'm really done! ”

Prayer is useless, the distance of more than fifty miles is destined not to arrive on horseback, the main force of the Dingyang army carrying a large number of military supplies and baggage is mixed with foot and horse, and the retreat speed is not fast at all, and the Sui army is lightly armed, even if it is the infantry as the main force, it is still marching like flying, just after the first moment of the third watch, Qiu Xinggong, the general of the Sui army who opened the way in front, has already led the light infantry to catch up with the Li Second Army hanging at the end, and immediately shouted and killed Li Erjun in close combat.

It must be admitted that in order to please his future brother-in-law Liu Wuzhou, Li Er still spent some effort to kill the queen of the palace, first killed and injured many Sui pursuers with random arrows, and then personally led the army to counterattack, in a vain attempt to kill the vanguard of the Sui army and gain time to escape. However, Li Er himself is desperate again, and his generals Zhu Cang, Liang Jianfang and Wang Huaiwen will fight to the death loyally, but the soldiers under their command are tired and injured, and their morale is low, and they are not even enough to protect themselves in front of the Sui soldiers with a rainbow of morale, let alone kill and retreat the pursuers, Qiu Xinggong only used a charge to completely mix up with the Taiyuan army, and launched the most beneficial hand-to-hand melee for the Sui army soldiers.

barely supported for a while, and then when Kan Liang led a large group of Mo Dao soldiers to the scene, the soldiers of the Taiyuan Army lost the courage to fight to the death, and the deputy non-commissioned officer of the team rushed to flee for his life, and then soon there was a situation where the captain led the team to flee for his life, Li Er and Zhu Cang and other smart people saw the situation, and naturally immediately made a smart choice to spread their feet and run! With the remnants of the remnants of the hundreds of people left, the defeated generals fled eastward, and the soldiers of the Sui army were walking like flying, chasing closely, constantly slashing and killing the defeated soldiers of the Taiyuan army in the pursuit battle, even if the Taiyuan soldiers had already surrendered on their knees, they were also killed correctly at this time, the soldiers of the Sui army did not have time to contain the prisoners, and the soldiers of Taiyuan fled faster and more in horror, and many defeated soldiers fled directly to the open north.

If it weren't for the fact that Li Er was about to become Liu Wuzhou's brother-in-law, Huang Ziying, who led the rear army of Dingyang, simply didn't even have the heart to counter-charge and kill Li Er, while trying to restrain the anger in his chest, Huang Ziying ordered the soldiers to stop advancing and the whole team to meet the battle, and shouted: "Bow and arrow ready!" Those wastes in Taiyuan dare to rush at us, and immediately release arrows! ”

There are indeed many Taiyuan army defeated soldiers in the panic to see that there are many people running there, and died tragically under the random arrows shot by the soldiers of the Dingyang army without hesitation, but it is a pity that Li Er, Zhu Cang and others are all smart people, knowing what will happen if they lead the defeated troops to attack the front of the friendly position, and they returned to the open north with the army that they could still command early, bypassing Huang Ziying's position and advancing eastward. As a result, when he returned to the north of Huang Ziying's position, Li Er, who was a little frightened, took the time to look back at the situation of the Sui army, and when he saw the torches of the Sui army surging towards the east like a torrent tide, Li Er was first glad that he had escaped successfully, and then suddenly woke up and blurted out: "No! Not good! ”

"Right Governor, what's wrong? What's not good? Wang Huaiwen wiped the blood and sweat on his face and asked suspiciously.

"The Chen thief cavalry did not appear!" Li Er roared: "Thief Chen personally recruited this time, and he brought tens of thousands of cavalry!" But the first to catch up with us was the light infantry of the thief! There are also no torches on the open left flank of the main force of the Chen thief, which proves that the Chen thief did not bring too many cavalry in this pursuit, and there is no need to organize the cavalry into an army alone and act alone! Don't you understand what this means? ”

"What does that mean? I don't understand, huh? ”

Wang Huaiwen asked suspiciously, Zhu Cang, Liang Jianfang and others were also confused and looked at Li Er, so Li Er yelled frantically with blue tendons on his forehead: "You are pigs?" I don't understand this?! The fact that there was no cavalry or infantry in the pursuit showed that the thief had already placed his cavalry in front and was ready to ambush us! We abandoned the camp and retreated tonight, and Liu Wuzhou led the main force to flee east to Yuci, which had already been expected by the Chen thief! Thief Chen had already laid out a net of heaven and earth, preparing to kill Liu Wuzhou's main army in a battle! ”

Zhu Cang, Liang Jianfang and the others finally suddenly realized, and in addition to being shocked, Zhu Cang, whose face was already extremely pale, hurriedly suggested: "Right Governor, then let's run quickly, taking advantage of the fact that we have not yet entered the ambush position of the Chen thief, we quickly flee to the north, and then make a detour back to Taiyuan." ”

"If only I dared to go back to Taiyuan." Li Er lamented in his heart, and said categorically: "No! We can't run! We must go to Liu Wuzhou immediately and warn him to guard against the cavalry raid of the thief Chen!" We still have hope in this battle, and we must do our best to seize this last hope! ”