Water overcomes fire, Sui Chonghuode, with the red banner, our Wei Gong Li Mi in order to show his firm determination to overthrow the Sui court and seize the good words, after standing on his own, he chose the black military flag representing Shuide, even if the reputation has returned to the command of the Great Sui court, the color of the military flag has not changed. (The Tang Dynasty worshiped the virtue of the earth, and the yellow banner was used, which also meant that fire was born.) ）

The main force of Li Mi's army of 80,000 people held high the black banner, walking in the white ice and snow, and the black oppressive army was like a black oppressive river, slowly but unshakably overflowing the snowfield woods, hills and streams, and it was extremely spectacular. And on top of this flood is the reflection of one piece after another of metal, dense knives and guns illuminated by the winter sun, the flickering light is dazzling and shocking.

Li Mi rode his horse to walk at the forefront of the Chinese army, Yang Jishan, Wang Bodang, Pei Xingyan and Shan Xiongxin were all in armor, trailing left and right, majestic, Xu Shixian, who served as the vanguard, constantly sent fast horses back to report the situation ahead, Li Mi bowed his head slightly every time, and replied calmly, "Sue sù Xu Shixian, pay attention to maintaining speed, strictly organize the formation, the enemy is coming, immediately line up to meet the battle." ”

On the surface, he is calm and calm, but Li Mi's heart is surging and undulating, turning over the river and the sea, because of this battle, Li Mi Wei Gong, who is the main force pouring out, has not only gambled on his future, but also gambled on his net worth, if he wins, Li Mi will have a great hope of regaining his majesty and returning to the throne of the overlord of the Central Plains! And if he loses, even if he doesn't die on the battlefield, Li Mi, who has no hope of a comeback, doesn't plan to go back alive!

Li Mi is very sure to win this big gamble, in fact, as early as when Hua and his brother lifted the siege of Luokoucang and returned to Jinyong City, Li Mi had already considered joining forces with Wang Shichong to make this big gamble, but he was worried that Chen Fuliang Huang Que who was hiding in the gate would take the biggest advantage, and he might even be wiped out by his rival Chen Fuliang with his hands! But now, hehe, Wei Gong doesn't have this to worry about.

Li Mi knows very well that the overall strength of Hua and his brother is still above him, and even above him and Wang Shichong, but Li Mi knows even more that the Xiaoguo army, which has been frustrated in the battle one after another, is now short of clothes and medicine, injured and tired, and will be divided internally, and tormented by the wind and snow in the middle of winter, and the morale of the army has reached a critical point close to collapse, just like a giant whose blood is about to be drained, it looks tall and terrifying, in fact, it can make him lie down with a gentle push. Therefore, Li Mi is now not only full of confidence in victory, but also has already thought about how to reap the most fruits of victory after victory! - The Xiaoguo elite soldiers and the war horses they ride are all good things that our Mi Gong covets.

Wang Shichong's side also sent people to contact Li Mi one after another to understand the advance of Li Mi's main army, and also informed Li Mi of the preparations of his own army, as well as the general situation of the current situation of Hua and his brother's army, and what made Li Mi smile proudly was that although Hua and his brother's side were also preparing for war in an all-round way, they did not seize the last precious time to build fortifications and strengthen the defense of the camp. After confirming this point again and again, Li Mi finally couldn't help laughing, and said with a cruel smile: "It's good to be in a hurry to fight, it's best to be in a hurry to fight!" Bengong is not afraid of your Yu culture and the quick battle of the horseman, I am afraid that you will stick to the camp and fight offensive and defensive battles with Bengong! ”

"Yu Wenhua and Pifu have defeated our army in field battles before, of course, they are not afraid of a decisive battle with us in the field." Yang Jishan, who is getting older and more skilled, calmly agreed, and reminded: "Master, it's better to be careful, the combat effectiveness of the Xiaoguo army is strong, and the weapons and equipment are also above our army, and we don't have absolute certainty of victory in the field decisive battle." ”

"It's okay, Wang Shichong is trying to share the pressure for us." Li Mi said confidently: "Yu Wenhua and sent troops to fight a decisive battle with our army, Wang Shichong will inevitably attack his back, with his current army situation, he will definitely not be able to withstand the front and back attacks between us and Wang Shichong." ”

Yang Jishan nodded, and also recognized this, but Yang Jishan still reminded again: "You have to be careful of Yun Dingxing's old horseman, his more than 10,000 troops are stationed in Xin'an, which is not very far from the battlefield of Jinyong City, and may interfere in the battlefield at any time." ”

"Does he dare?" Li Mi replied with a sneer: "Not to mention that he is unknown, let alone dare to join forces with the monarch and the traitor Yu Wenhua and openly, even if he dares to risk the disapproval of the world, he directly sends troops to Yu Wenhua and help, with the strength in his hand, whether it is us or Wang Shichong, he can be killed with a slap!" ”

When he finished speaking, a report came from the front, saying that the forward led by Xu Shiyun had completed the established sixty miles of distance, and asked whether to set up camp, Li Mi immediately nodded and ordered: "Set up camp according to the original plan, tell sù Xu Shixian, you must build a strong camp, don't think that you will take it lightly if you only stay for one night and leave, Yu Wenhua and Pifu are in a hurry to fight a decisive battle, and they must prevent him from taking the initiative to attack!" ”

After the herald sang the promise, Li Mi led the main force to continue westward, according to the original plan to walk 60 miles to meet Xu Shiyun's front army, and then immediately set up camp, Li Mi's army, which had been gaining momentum for a long time, was full of soldiers, and it was not difficult to do this, Pei Renji and Hao Xiaode's rear army of Hujiao Pass also set up a camp twenty miles in the rear, and only waited for the next day to catch up with the main force. During this period, Hua and his brother did not take the initiative to send troops to attack, and Li Mi believed that Hua and his brother felt that the road was far away, which was not conducive to the main force entering the army, so he refused to waste his strength to enter the army, so he didn't care.

Hua and his brother really felt that the road was a little far away and refused to enter the army, and wanted to wait for Li Mijun to come to the door to die, and the generals of the Xiaoguo army were also gearing up, and they only waited for the decisive battle the next day. However, at this time, Feng Deyi, who was sent to Xin'an, returned to Jinyong City overnight, and brought back a valuable thank you gift from General Yun Lao to Hua and his brother, and also brought back a very amazing tactical construction for General Yun and his brother - to stand on the defend! The Xiaoguo army seized the time to strengthen the camp, rushed to repair the fortifications, first frustrated the sharpness of Li Mi and Wang Shichong in the camp battle, and then waited for the opportunity to launch a decisive battle!

"Will Uncle Yun fight in the end?" Brother Hua Ji was a little dissatisfied with General Yun, and snorted coldly: "In this situation, what is our army still guarding?" Stick to the camp, what if Li Mipifu runs away with the main force again? ”

He directly pointed out that the current situation of the Xiaoguo Army is actually as dangerous as a vulnerable egg and is looking for death, Yihua and his brother's bear temper, it is strange not to chop Feng Deyi when he hears such unlucky words, so Feng Deyi, who received a secret mission from General Yun, can only save the country, and said to Hua and his brother: "Prime Minister, General Yun built this way, completely out of love for you, he hopes that you can buy him a little time, Let him find an excuse to turn his face against Wang Shichong and start a war, and directly send troops to contain Wang Shichong, so that the prime minister can more easily and effortlessly defeat Li Mi and Wang Shichong, so that the prime minister can also be much easier when you are arranging the troops. ”

"Uncle Yun plans to directly send troops to contain Wang Shichong?" Brother Hua Ji was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "Didn't he have any scruples before, and didn't dare to directly send troops to fight Wang Shichong?" ”

"It used to be before, but now it's different, Wang Shichong sent an excellent excuse for war to General Yun." Feng Deyi hurriedly told Hua and his brother about Yun Fu, the nephew of General Yun, and said at the end: "General Yun Lao believed from the beginning that the Xiaoguo cavalry who chased and killed his beloved nephew could never be the soldiers under your command, Prime Minister, and concluded that Wang Shichong sent someone to act pretendically, and General Yun is now secretly collecting evidence, just waiting for the ironclad evidence to be in hand, and he can immediately justifiably ask the teacher for guilt." Please think about it, at that time, wouldn't it be easier for our army to win a decisive battle with Li Mi's thief army alone without worrying about being attacked from behind? ”

Brother Hua and Brother began to waver, and after Yu Wenzhihe next to him hurriedly asked some details, he also echoed: "Brother, Uncle Yun and Feng Neishi are right, and at the same time fight with Wang Shichong and Li Mi, the two traitors, although we are not afraid, if Uncle Yun can temporarily contain Wang Shichong for us, our grasp is not only greater, but we can also fight more easily." It's better to be patient for another day or two, first rely on the camp to defend ourselves, and wait until Uncle Yun and Wang Shichong have publicly turned their faces and restrained Wang Shichong for us, and it is not too late for us to defeat each of them. ”

"What if Li Mi runs away again?" Brother Hua Ji was still a little worried, "We finally seized this opportunity to fight a decisive battle with Li Mi's thief army in the field, if he sees that the situation is not good and runs away, then we haven't missed the fighter?" ”

"Prime Minister, please rest assured, Li Mi's thief army can't escape." Feng Deyi hurriedly said: "Prime Minister, don't forget, our cavalry number is more than 30,000 people, and the distance from Jinyong City to Luokoucang is enough for us to calmly intersperse in the pursuit battle, and surround it in a roundabout way, and want to block the retreat of Li Mi's thief army. ”

After all, Yuwen Zhihe also knew that it was easier to obtain huge results in a defeat battle, so he once again stood on Feng Deyi's side, and tried his best to persuade and instigate Hua and his brother to take a defensive position temporarily, and after thinking about it for a long time, he still nodded and said: "Okay, then defend the camp first, immediately send an order to the whole army, strengthen the camp overnight, build a fortress and build a fence, and guard our camp first before considering sending troops for a decisive battle." ”

After the order was conveyed, the generals of the Xiaoguo army, who were in a hurry to fight a decisive battle, were naturally puzzled, and they came to the front of Hua and his brother to ask the reason, but fortunately, Hua and his brother had an explanation this time, and told the generals about the nephew of General Yun, and also said that General Yun was ready to use this as an excuse to turn his face directly with Wang Shichong, and the result was also a blessing of good credit, and the Xiaoguo army, who was already full of gratitude to General Yun, not only believed in his promise, but also felt that it was far better to defeat the enemy than to deal with two strong enemies at the same time, so they also accepted the order of Hua and brother. With his soldiers, he strengthened the camp defenses with all his might.

What Xiaoguo Jun and Hua and Brother definitely never dreamed of was that their sudden change of strategy to strengthen the camp almost didn't make their two enemies Wang Shichong and Li Mi faint, Wang Shichong, who first discovered the situation, heard the news, and was so shocked that the brush in his hand fell directly to the ground, exclaiming: "How is it possible? How could Yu Wenhua and that puppet have such patience and calmness to be able to calm down and guard the camp first? He took the wrong medicine, why did his head suddenly become normal? ”

What's even more bloody is that our Wei Gong Li Mi led the main force to an expedition of 100 miles, but as a result, Hua and his brother suddenly changed his strategy and stood on the defensive, in fact, Li Mi, who was far more eager to fight quickly than Hua and his brother, simply had the idea of hitting his head against the wall, and he couldn't figure out how Hua and his brother could just choke his life, and chose a tactic that made Li Mijun's main force the most uncomfortable - this tactic is even more cheating than Pei Renji for the main force of Li Mijun, who is pouring out of the nest to gamble on his future and fate!

No matter how you can't figure it out, there is no way, the main force has already been dispatched, at this time, the retreat will not only miss the fighter, but also greatly hurt the morale of the army, and give the cavalry of the Xiaoguo Army a good opportunity to take the opportunity to pursue in a big way, so Li Mi can only continue to order the army to advance, and set up camp fifteen miles southeast of Jinyong City. But fortunately, Brother Hua and Brother chose this tactic only correctly, not very clever, coupled with Brother Hua and Brother Bear's temper and difficult situation, Li Mi still believes that he can usher in a quick solution.

On the first day of Chinese New Year's Eve, at noon on the 29th day of the lunar month, the main force of Li Mi's army arrived at the battlefield of Jinyong City according to the established plan, and set up a camp near Shangluocang, which had been reduced to ruins. Wang Shichong sent his eldest brother Wang Shishi as an envoy to bring valuable gifts to reward Li Mi's army, negotiate with Li Mi in person to join hands to attack the Xiaoguo army, and also urged Li Mi to quickly replenish Wang Shichong's military rations.

In order to prove his sincerity, Li Mi immediately sent someone to Wang Shichong to send 10,000 stone of military food for emergency relief, and deliberately let the grain team go to the spring gate to enter the city, luring Hua and his brother to send troops to rob him, but Hua and his brother really hit the plan, as soon as he found out about this situation, he immediately sent 3,000 cavalry to cut off the grain, and did not expect to snatch the grain, but only wanted to destroy this batch of grain to make Wang Shichong, who was in urgent need of food, uncomfortable for the New Year.

Hua and his brother's decision helped Li Mi and Wang Shichong win the first battle, and helped himself, the rash attack of the Xiaoguo army cavalry just approached Li Mi's army grain team, and was immediately attacked by Li Mi and Wang Shichong's two armies, although the Xiaoguo army cavalry was tortured by the cold and greatly reduced its combat effectiveness, although it also fought hard, but it still couldn't parry the long-standing Wang Li Second Army and beat hard, and it was rare to be defeated by the infantry of Wang Li Second Army in the field battle and fled, a grain truck failed to be robbed, not to mention, but also lost more than 300 corpses on the battlefield, More than 50 people were captured. At the same time, it was also good, Hua and his brother were all cavalry, and they couldn't run away if they couldn't fight, and most of the soldiers still fled back to the camp that was constantly being reinforced, and the losses were not so big that the Xiaoguo army could not accept them.

The failure of the grain robbery sounded the alarm for the Xiaoguo Army, so that Sima Dejiao, Chen Zhiluo, Zhao Xingshu and Fan Wenchao and other relatively reasonable Xiaoguo Army generals quickly calmed down, and began to put away the mind of the enemy and face the opponent squarely, and even more glad that Hua and his brother blind cat met the dead mouse and made an extremely correct decision, which won a little time and opportunity for the self-army to adjust.

At the same time, Li Mi gradually began to regret his tactics, because Li Mi suddenly found that if it was his sworn enemy to command this battle, the first battle would definitely choose to let the army deliberately deceive for a while, arrogant of the enemy's ambition to indulge in the enemy's trip, throw bricks to lead the main force of Hua and his brother to a quick victory, and he was greedy for a small profit, but woke up the Xiaoguo army that was obviously a little underestimated by the enemy, which was really more than worth the loss, and it was unwise.

After regretting that it was useless, and successfully sending grain into the eastern capital to express the sincerity of cooperation, Li Mi and Wang Shichong joined forces to send troops the next day, and took the initiative to go to Huahe and his brother's camp to insult and fight, and lured Huahe and his brother out of the camp for a decisive battle. Wang Shichong, who knew the temper of his brother and his brother very well, did not hesitate much, and immediately nodded in agreement.

Li Mi and Wang Shichong's strategy was certainly appropriate, and there was also a great hope that the grumpy Hua and his brother would send troops in a fit of rage, but they forgot about one person - General Yun, who was hiding sixty miles away, was always closely watching every move on the battlefield in the Eastern Capital, and could directly obtain key information from within the Hua and Brother brothers, and could also exert direct influence on the military strategy and tactics of Hua and Brother to indirectly control the situation, in fact, indirectly affect the situation on the battlefield in the Eastern Capital. So......

Therefore, Li Mi and Wang Shichong's insulting war did not have any effect, during the day of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Li Mi sent 20,000 troops, Wang Shichong sent 10,000 troops, and ran together to fight outside the Jinyong City and his brother's camp, and greeted Hua and his brother's family relatives by name, and the nineteenth generation ancestor of Hua and his brother greeted Hua and his brother's little sister, who was only fourteen years old, and also scolded from morning to afternoon. The soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army, who were also armed to the teeth, quickly shot back with strong bows and crossbows. In the end, Shan Xiongxin and Wang Shiyun, who commanded the troops, were helpless, and they could only collect the troops and go back for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

In fact, the scolding battle of the Wang and Li coalition forces still had a great effect, at least the tea bowls and teacups in the big tent of the brother Zhongjun were full of bad luck - all of them were smashed into powder. Fortunately, Feng Deyi and Yu Wenzhi grabbed Brother Hua and never let him give the order to fight, and Brother Hua and Brother kept holding the letter sent by General Yun Lao in the early morning, constantly gritting his teeth, and said viciously, "Lao Tzu endure!" Ben Xiang Shinobi! Wait until tonight, and this appearance will make you look good again! ”

At the same time, seeing that the self-army had returned from the defeat of the war, Li Mi couldn't understand why Brother Hua and Brother suddenly became so calm and in addition to the city, he also quickly gave birth to a vicious idea, and ordered: "Send someone to contact Wang Shichong, tonight the third watch, we will join forces to rob the camp!" Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, Yu Wenhua and Pifu's camp must be more precautionary than usual, and it is very sure that the troops will rob the camp! ”

In the middle of the heart, Wang Shicheng, who admired Li Mi's clever plan, immediately agreed to this tactic, and sent Meng Xiaoyi, a general, to lead an army of 3,000 to attack at the third watch, and went to attack the camp of Hua and his brother who must have been negligent in guarding overnight, and Li Mi also dispatched 5,000 troops on time, handed over to Pei Xingyan to lead, and went north to sneak attack and rob the camp.

The surprise attack army led by Pei Xingyan was only halfway through, and soon met an army with the same rank and horses in the ice and snow, at first Pei Xingyan thought it was a friendly army sent by Wang Shichong, but if you look closely, how is the direction wrong, how did that army come from north to south? And it's all cavalry, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like Wang Shichong's army lacks cavalry, Pei Xingyan suddenly realized, and scolded, "Fuck it!" It's Yu Wenhua's thief army, Yu Wenhua and Pifu are also coming to attack us! ”

At the same time, Chen Zhiluo, the general of the Xiaoguo Army, who was ordered to send troops to rob the camp, was also stunned to find the enemy on the opposite side, and after finally coming back to his senses, Chen Zhiluo immediately roared and led the army to meet him, and Pei Xingyan started a fierce battle in the snowy night, not to mention the fierce battle, and the scolding was still endless, "Shameless traitor!" Despicable villain! The New Year's Eve came to attack Lao Tzu's camp, Lao Tzu fought with you! ”

And Wang Shichong's side, although Hua and his brother's IQ were not enough to guess that Wang Shichong would sneak attack him on Chinese New Year's Eve, but according to General Yun's letter, while taking advantage of the opportunity that the enemy would definitely be negligent in guarding on Chinese New Year's Eve, he also prepared a rear army to contingency, and as a result, this contingency army also happened to catch Meng Xiaoyi's army sent by Wang Shichong, and Meng Xiaoyi engaged near the self-army camp.

The result of the snowy night melee was that Wang Shichong was more unlucky, the 3,000 army lost more than 1,000 in the melee, and Meng Xiaoyi was defeated and fled back to the eastern capital; Li Mi's side and Chen Zhiluo had a fight, Chen Zhiluo, who was all cavalry, took some advantage in the hasty encounter, killing Pei Xingyan a little unable to parry, and then Li Mi's response army rushed to respond, and Pei Xingyan worked together to stabilize the battle situation, and the combat effectiveness of the decline Yan zhòng's Xiaoguo cavalry also paid a certain price in the melee, and finally when the sky was light, the two armies each collected their troops and returned to the camp.

The camp-robbing melee on Chinese New Year's Eve is only a sentinel battle, and the losses of the three forces are within an acceptable range, which will not affect the future trend of the war, but this still makes Wang Shichong and Li Mi have some urge to vomit blood, racking their brains and can't figure out this truth, how can Brother Hua and brother come up with such a trick as robbing the camp on Chinese New Year's Eve? Also arranging the rear army to take precautions while robbing the camp? This is not like the style of the soldier of Hua and Brother at all? So in the end, Li Mi and Wang Shichong also had a suspicion, "The commander of the Xiaoguo Thief Army, could it be that he has been replaced?" ”

Contrary to Wang Shichong and Li Mi, who wanted to vomit blood, although the sneak attack on Chinese New Year's Eve was unsuccessful, it also unexpectedly prevented the enemy's sneak attack and robbery camp, which greatly saved the prestige of Hua and his brother, and also restored the confidence of the soldiers of the Xiaoguo army in Hua and his brother. While our brother Hua Ji was fluttering in front of the tide of praise, he couldn't wait to instruct Feng Deyi: "Quickly send someone to thank Uncle Yun again, and tell Uncle Yun that if he has any more clever plans to break the enemy, just give him advice, and the little nephew will definitely obey him!" ”