Before and after, when they met again the next day, Li Mi's attitude towards Liu Heimin obviously changed a lot, and he gave a very high evaluation of Liu Heimin's wisdom and bravery, and also admitted that Liu Heimin infiltrated the junction of the Sui army's camp and successfully deceived the Sui army commander Chen Fuliang, which was a great encouragement to the morale of the Zhai and Li coalition troops, and also a heavy blow to the morale of the official army and Chen Fuliang's prestige, and then Li Mi also fulfilled his promise and rewarded Liu Heimin with 100 yuan and 10 taels of gold on the spot, as a reward for Liu Heimin's courage and wit. ｀｀

For various considerations, Li Mi did not mention that Chen Fuliang wrote a letter to recruit Liu Heimin, but only asked Liu Heimin if he was willing to serve in his Chinese army? Liu Heimin, who already knew the truth, didn't ask Chen Fuliang's letter questions, and then refused to leave Hao Xiaode's command under the pretext that Hao Xiaode had the grace of knowing him, Li Mi's repeated solicitations were useless, and seeing that Hao Xiaode's attitude was obviously a little reluctant to let go, he was no longer reluctant, and asked Hao Xiaode to promote Liu Heimin in person. It happened that another envoy from Zhai Rang came to ask Li Mi to discuss matters with the camp, and Li Mi had to part with Hao Xiaode and others in a hurry.

Li Mi hurriedly returned to the Tiger Prison Pass, Liu Heimin also returned to his camp with Li Mi's reward, just returned to the camp, Liu Shishan and others who received the news immediately greeted Liu Heimin and thanked him, smiling and congratulating Liu Heimin on getting his wish, and finally won Li Mi's reward and favor, Liu Heimin himself did not have much joy, just handed over the reward Li Mi gave himself to Liu Shishan, and instructed: "The old rules are distributed to the brothers." ”

In history, after retiring from Dou Jiande's army, Liu Heimin, who once relied on growing vegetables for a living, did not love money, and most of the rewards were given to his subordinates, which Liu Heimin's soldiers all knew, so everyone just gave in a few words, and thanked Liu Heimin for his kindness with a smile, but his younger brother Liu Shishan saw that his brother was in a bad mood, and just found an opportunity to talk to Liu Heimin alone, Liu Shishan asked Liu Heimin: "Brother, Duke Wei gave you a heavy reward, why don't you seem to be happy?" ”

"Phew! Bullshit reward! Liu Heimin spat out thick phlegm, scolded a dirty word, and said with a gloomy face: "If it weren't for Chen Yingliang's dog official who had vision, he Wei Gong could still take me in his eyes?" Heavy rewards? Dream! ”

Liu Shishan was of course surprised when he heard it, and hurriedly asked about the details, of course Liu Heimin would not hide it from his younger brother, and whispered about Chen Fuliang's letter to solicit him, Liu Shishan was also a little dumbfounded when he heard it, and asked suspiciously: "Brother, in this way, do you think that Duke Wei gave you a heavy reward, because Chen Yingliang's dog official first appreciated you, and then Duke Wei felt regretful and wanted to pull you to his side?" ”

"This is not nonsense?" Liu Heimin said angrily: "If that person surnamed Li is really so discerning, can he beat me like a dog yesterday?" Damn, Chen Yingliang's dog official didn't even mention the letter to me, making it clear that he was afraid that I would know about it. ”

Liu Shishan nodded when he heard this, and also agreed with Liu Heimin's opinion, feeling that if it were not for Chen Fuliang's letter, Li Mi would definitely still look down on Liu Heimin. But after thinking about it again, Liu Shishan persuaded again: "Brother, Chen Yingliang's dog official wrote you a solicitation letter, but it is difficult to say whether he is sincere or not, whether he wants to deceive you and bury you alive like other dog officials, no one dares to guarantee it." In my opinion, this matter will end here, don't expect too much from Chen Gouguan, after all, we are thieves, he is an official, water and fire are incompatible, and he may not be better than King Hao or Duke Wei. ”

Liu Heimin nodded silently, and knew that it was difficult to prove Chen Fuliang's attitude towards him with just a letter, let alone Chen Fuliang's true intentions, so he did not continue to waver in this matter. But human nature, the letter that I have never seen at all, is still like a seed, buried deep in Liu Heimin's heart.

Zhai Rang asked Li Mi to discuss, of course, it was still a big matter about how to capture Luokoucang - Li Mi had a Liyang granary as a backing, which could afford it, and the Wagang army, which relied on the looting of grain and grass supplies, could not afford it. And Li Mi also saw Zhai Rang's eagerness to take Luokoucang to get food, encouraged his reed tongue, and tried his best to persuade Zhai Rang to continue the frontal attack, forcing Chen Fuliang, who was not much elite, to fight a war of attrition, and completely drowning Chen Fuliang with crowd tactics, and finally Zhai Rang was still moved by Li Mi's words, and agreed to start a decisive battle again the next day, and despite the strong opposition of Zhai Hong and Zhai Mohou, he agreed to undertake the task of attacking the southern camp of the Sui army by the Wagang army with strong combat effectiveness, and Li Mi's army took on the task of blocking the rescue camp of the defenders of Luokoucang. He also served as an auxiliary task for building pontoon bridges and destroying Sui military fortifications.

In fact, Li Mi can barely be regarded as a big-bellied person, he plans to use the powerful Wagang Army to force his rival Chen Fuliang to fight a war of attrition, but he has no intention of taking advantage of the Wagang Army, the Wagang Army sent 20,000 troops to a decisive battle, Li Mi sent a large number of double troops, sent 40,000 troops to fight hand in hand with the Wagang Army, and at the same time did not send the second-line army of cannon fodder to perfunctory Zhai Rang, but decided to send 20,000 troops from Hao Xiaode's side, and Li Mi's Chinese army dispatched 5,000 elites, and would use 15,000 cannon fodder to fight with the Sui army. After another day of careful preparation, the next day's sky was very dark, and the 60,000 troops of the Zhai and Li coalition army joined forces and marched towards Luokoucang.

The scouts of the Sui army flew to report the situation of the Zhai and Li coalition forces to Chen Fuliang, and learned that the Zhai and Li coalition forces were sending troops in the early morning, freeing up enough combat time for the attack on Luokoucang, Chen Fuliang immediately understood that there must be another frontal battle that he was most unwilling to fight today, but he could not change this situation, and as a last resort, Chen Fuliang could only immediately start to arrange the defense of Luokoucang City and Nanying, determined to defend to the end, and use the defensive battle to minimize casualties.

At the same time, Chen Fuliang concluded that the main target of the Zhai and Li coalition army must be the southern camp of the Sui army, which was relatively weak in defense, so Chen Fuliang came to the southern camp in advance to take command, and also brought Kan Liang's army and Bao ** to help, leaving Liu Changgong to lead Ma Sanbao, Cheng Yanjin and Niu Jinda and other generals to guard Luokou Cangcheng, especially explained that only the city was allowed to defend the city and not to help, and in case of emergency, the red flag and wolf smoke were used as signals to inform Chen Fuliang of urgency - Liu Changgong could not fight a decisive battle in the field, but it was reluctant to fight a city defense battle, Chen Fuliang still has some confidence in him defending Cangcheng.

Just after the hour, the mighty Zhai and Li coalition troops arrived on the east bank of the Shizi River, and the cannon fodder army under Li Mi's command immediately set out to grab the pontoon bridge under the cover of the Wagang army, and at the same time sent a large number of scouts to reconnoiter the movements in the upper reaches of the Shizi River to prevent Chen Fuliang from repeating his old tricks and smuggling from the upper reaches of the raid. Chen Fuliang knew very well that Li Mi would not fall for the same mistake again if he suffered a loss, and he did not have the idea of dividing the troops to sneak attack, but just sent a large number of crossbowmen to delay the river crossing action of the Zhai and Li coalition forces, and consumed time to the greatest extent, but unfortunately the Shizi River is not a big river, and the shallow place can be crossed by walking and dripping.

The well-prepared Zhai and Li coalition army only took less than an hour to build ten pontoon bridges, and the elite soldiers of Wagang crossed the Shizi River in an endless stream, followed by Li Mi's huge team to cross the river, and quickly set up a position on the west bank of the Shizi River, Hao Xiaode led an army of 10,000 to cut off the road connection between Luokou Cangcheng and the southern camp of the Sui army, Li Wenxiang and Li Shicai each led 5,000 troops, carrying flying ladders to line up outside the east and north gates of Luokou Cangcheng, which not only contained the defenders of Luokoucang, but also could attack Luokou Cangcheng at any time. Li Mi sat in the Chinese army, and Zhai Rang placed 20,000 troops outside the east gate of the southern camp of the Sui army, and the tactics of frontal assault were clearly revealed.

After the deployment of the Zhulu army was completed, and in the rumbling war drums, the Luokoucang offensive and defensive battle officially began, and the well-prepared Zhai and Li coalition troops first set up temporary fortifications outside the Sui military camp with long shields, covered by archers, and then dispatched a large number of shrimp and toad carts to carry soil and stones, and filled the triple protection camp trench of the Sui army's southern camp - Chen Fuliang, who had a despicable personality, asked the Sui army to dig a triple trench. Chen Fuliang ordered the crossbowmen to suppress with all their might, desperately delaying the offensive of the Wagang army, and fighting an orthodox offensive and defensive battle with the Zhai and Li coalition forces.

This is a tragic and abnormal offensive and defensive battle, from the very beginning of the two sides of the casualties, the offensive and defensive feather arrows are like hail raindrops, and like flying locusts and swarms, always in the battlefield over the sky endlessly, the soldiers on both sides from time to time appear to be hit by arrows to the ground, the screams of the wounded and dying echo endlessly on the battlefield. And what made Chen Fuliang angry was that the few Wagang Army feather arrows that his soldiers were ordered to pick up and show him turned out to be the best wolf tooth arrows used by the regular army of the Sui Army - obviously, these arrows were all good things that Pei Renji gave to the Wagang Army at the Tiger Prison Pass, maybe there were also arrows given to the Wagang Army by the second-generation uncles of the invincible battalion, and now these good arrows are shot at the soldiers of the Sui Army, which are not only more deadly, but also difficult to recover quickly after being injured.

"Loser!" After scolding a swear word, Chen Fuliang carefully observed the lineup of the Wagang Army, and it turned out that Pei Renji's Pei character banner really appeared in the banner of the Wagang Army, and then thought of Pei Cuiyun, the junior who was being locked up in the prison, Chen Fuliang was even more angry. However, it was not only Pei Renji's banner that stimulated Chen Fuliang, He Yanyu next to him suddenly pointed to the array of the Wagang Army and reminded: "Stay behind, look, Mulan is also here." ”

Looking in the direction of He Yanyu's guidance, next to Shan Xiongxin's banner, Chen Fuliang really saw Mulan's flower-character banner, Chen Fuliang couldn't help but feel gloomy again in his conscience, and he really couldn't understand why Mulan hadn't contacted him until now? If Mulan had no channel to exchange news with her before, but now that she has taken the initiative to send someone to contact Mulan, and has also used a detailed inside line that has been lurking in the Wagang Army for half a year, why hasn't Mulan brought herself a sentence and a piece of paper? Even Zhang Kai, the old soldier of Qian Peng, who was sent to the Wagang Army to go undercover as early as the fall of Tiger Prison Pass, has never heard from him?

"Could it be that Mulan and Shan Yingying's little girl are addicted to lilies? Betrayed me and finally inserted into the inner line of the Wagang Army? Chen Fuliang even had such doubts for a while.

Chen Fuliang's worries seemed to have come true, at the same time in the Wagang Army flag array, Mulan stood beside Shan Xiongxin with a sword, staring at the bloody Sui army camp battlefield, his face was expressionless, and his eyes were full of indifference, but the generals Shan Xiongxin and Wang Dangren next to him continued to scold, constantly scolding Chen Fuliang for being despicable and shameless, only relying on fortifications to play Laipi, and also scolding Li Mijun's cannon fodder for being greedy for life and afraid of death, and filling in the Sui army's trench fortifications too slowly. Mulan turned a deaf ear to these scoldings, and with an indifferent expression, she just slowly turned her gaze back to Shan Xiongxin's team, and found Zhang Kai, who was lining up in Shan Xiongxin's army to wait for orders, and the muscles on her face twitched a few times.

After all, there are many people and great strength, more than half an hour later, after paying a lot of casualties, Li Mijun's cannon fodder after paying a lot of casualties, after all, still filled a section of the Sui army's camp trench with blood, corpses and earth, stones, grass and trees, Li Mijun's cannon fodder who sacrificed his life for food continued to fill the trench at the same time, Zhai Rang, who had been waiting impatiently, waved his big hand, and the vanguard of the Wagang army immediately lined up, holding a long shield and slowly approaching the antler fortifications behind the Sui army's trench, and frantically fired arrows to suppress the Sui army defenders in the camp, and the Sui army soldiers were also desperately pulling their bows and arrows to defend the antler fortifications in front of the fence.

Probably thinking that the attention of the Sui army had been attracted by the fence war, the Wagang army flag formation order flag waved, and a Wagang army that had been in front of the Sui army camp suddenly shouted, and actually held a round shield to the Sui army camp gate and charged quickly, head-on to the east gate of the Sui army camp.

Seeing this scene, Zhai Rang was so nervous that he stood up from his seat, and the generals of the Wagang Army were all nervously watching the situation at the door of the Sui military camp, but what made Zhai Rang and the generals of Wagang very happy and incomprehensible was that the Sui army suddenly opened the camp gate by itself, but without waiting for the Wagang army to cheer, a thick and long giant arrow suddenly shot out of the door of the Sui military camp, the giant arrow arrow was shaped like an axe, roaring through the air, and the solid wood-clad iron shield protected by the Wagang army soldiers in front of them also became as fragile as paper paste, and was directly pierced by the giant arrow. Then the giant arrow continued to fly forward, easily piercing the bodies of several Wagang soldiers, and then landed with all its strength.

"Winch crossbow!"

This terrible term flashed in the minds of the generals of the Wagang army, but what made the Wagang army even more unbelievable was that the Sui army's bed crossbow, which was originally going to plough the oxen and wind it, was able to connect, and the giant arrows were shot out of the camp one after another, and the shooting of eight arrows in a row only stopped, and then the door of the Sui army camp was immediately closed.

Eight giant arrows were shot out in succession in the storm, where the axe-shaped arrows passed, the flesh and blood of the Wagang army soldiers were flying, and the corpses were all over the ground, seeing this scene, the Wagang army was all shocked, and the pace of the charge subconsciously slowed down, and the Sui army was shaking the sky with joy, and the morale was greatly boosted, and the generals of the Wagang army and Zhai Rang and Li Mi exclaimed that there were even bed crossbows in the world At the same time, Chen Fuliang also shook his head and sighed in the Sui military camp, and said: "Cui Hongdan made this eight-bed bed crossbow is very powerful, but the winding of the arrows is too slow, and the ballista is too bulky and difficult to move. Otherwise, we would have been much better off this one. ”

The genius craftsman Cui Hong Danming's eight-company bed crossbow was suddenly used, although the morale of the Wagang army was frustrated, but under the urging of the Wagang generals, the Wagang army infantry still did not give the Sui army a chance to load arrows again, and still rushed directly to the door of the Sui military camp, wielding a knife and axe to slash the Sui army camp door, and stabbing the Sui army soldiers behind the camp gate with spears and horses.

Chen Fuliang was most reluctant to fight the war of attrition, the Wagang soldiers who charged in line followed one after another, taking turns to storm the door of the Sui army camp, and constantly expanding the gap in the trench of the Sui army camp, frantically impacting the Sui army's fence defense line, the Sui army soldiers were forced to take turns to face the battle, and in the case of the formation of training time and experience are not as good as the enemy, and the Wagang army launched a camp offensive and defensive battle, many Sui soldiers who have the potential to become elite soldiers died in the battle, and many Sui soldiers who went to the battlefield for the first time retreated because they were afraid of blood and corpses, died tragically under the knife of the Sui army's warlord, and the Sui army's fence defense line was also in crisis for a time, forcing Chen Fuliang to dispatch elite reserves to make up for the leaks and consume the already insufficient elite soldiers. Chen Fuliang hated it so much, but he was helpless.

At the same time, in view of the fact that the Sui army in Luokou Cangcheng could not hold out, in order to contain the new force of the Sui army here, and in order to distract Chen Fuliang's energy, Li Wenxiang and Li Shicai of Li Mi's army also launched a tentative attack on Luokou Cangcheng in two steps.

Li Mi's tactics of attrition were very successful, although Chen Yingliang was very reluctant, but with the prolongation of the battle, the expansion of the front, the offensive of the Wagang army became more and more fierce, and the pressure of the Sui army became more and more intense, Chen Fuliang was still forced to dispatch a reserve composed of old men of Qi County. Chen Fuliang was very angry, but there was still nothing he could do.

Most of the reserves of Qi County went up, and the reserves composed of the old soldiers of the right military guard were also fighting fires everywhere, but the fierce battle reached about Shen Shi in the afternoon, and the soldiers of the Sui army on the other side of the camp gate were a little unbearable, and they were keenly aware of this, Zhai Rang, who had been rolling and crawling on the battlefield for many years, immediately went into battle in person and personally led the army to storm the gate of the Sui army's camp, so the morale of the Wagang army was greatly boosted, and Chen Fuliang could not shout to Kan Liang: "Kan Liang, go up, guard the camp gate!" ”

Loudly agreed, Kan Liang carried a Mo knife and led the army to attack on foot, and the Sui Army Mo Knife Team formed with Chen Fuliang and Peng Lao as the backbone advanced like a wall, and quickly took over the Yingmen battlefield, stabbing the enemy outside the camp with a long Mo knife, and the Wagang Army also suffered from the Kan Liang Mo Knife Team, seeing Kan Liang's fear, the offensive weakened, which basically offset the morale boost effect brought by Zhai Rang's personal battle, and the situation on the Yingmen battlefield also returned to the balance of power.

Here I have to mention Liu Heimin's reaction, followed by Hao Xiaode to guard the connection between the Sui army camp and Cangcheng, the idle and bored Liu Heimin has been observing the battlefield situation, seeing Zhai Rang personally lead the army to dispatch, Liu Heimin, who belongs to Li Mijun, stood in his own perspective, and was once full of confidence in the success of the Wagang army to break through the Sui military camp gate, but when he saw the Wagang army in front of the camp gate retreating after Zhai Rang personally went into battle, Liu Heimin couldn't help but be surprised, and after careful observation, Liu Heimin also asked his companions next to him: " Are the Mo Dao soldiers on the side of the official army very powerful? Why are they even a little afraid of them on the Wagang side? ”

"Kan Liang, who was raised by a son of a bitch, works hard to be a dog for Chen Gouguan." Boss Hao Xiaode personally answered Liu Heimin's question, and said: "The Mo knife soldiers of the official army are very powerful, Du Fuwei's original godson Kan Liang is also a well-known fierce general, Mo Dao fell together, and once killed three people in a row, I heard Wei Gong say that quite a few of our Central Plains righteous teachers have suffered big losses in front of this Kan Liang, and the Wagang Army has also suffered his losses, so I am a little afraid of him." ”

"Du Fuwei's godson Kan Liang?" Liu Heimin noticed another important situation, and hurriedly asked, "Isn't Du Fuwei the king of the rebel army over there in Huainan?" How could his godson work for Chen Gouguan? ”

"I heard that he was surrounded by Chen Gouguan, and after surrendering, he became a dog for Chen Gouguan." Hao Xiaode explained casually again, and then didn't want to dwell on this issue anymore, waved his hand and said: "Don't ask more, be careful, the official army also has a white-robed cavalry, what is it called ****, the best at charging and assaulting on the formation, our position should be the brunt, be careful of them." ”

Liu Heimin forgot to agree, and only secretly pondered in his heart, "Du Fuwei's godson, surrendered to Chen Gouguan and was reused?" Is Chen Gouguan really disregarding the people who surrendered? ”

At about the same time, in the Wagang army formation, taking advantage of the safety situation after Zhai Rang, who Shan Xiongxin was concerned about, after Mulan hesitated again and again, she still pretended to be inspecting the army, walked into Shan Xiongxin's army with a casual face, and then gradually came to Zhang Kai's side, first found an excuse to call Zhang Kai out of the queue, and then asked Zhang Kai in a low voice alone: "What benefits did he give you?" Let you betray Big Brother Shan and risk coming back to deliver a letter for him? ”

"He didn't give me any favors, and I didn't betray them." Zhang Kai replied in a low voice: "I was originally his person, or a native of Qianjun, after the fall of Tiger Prison Pass, I was ordered to pretend to be local people to lurk here, and it has been more than half a year. ”

Mulan's whole body was shocked, and she was stunned for a moment, Zhang Kai smiled slightly, and said in a low voice: "If General Hua still doesn't believe it, I can also sue you directly, my boss is General He Erhexiao, General He Erhexiao, who General Ma Sanbao rescued on the bank of Tongji Canal." ”

Mulan was stunned again, and then scolded in a low voice: "Traitor, it's really his style." ”

Loudly agreed, Kan Liang carried a Mo knife and led the army to attack on foot, and the Sui Army Mo Knife Team formed with Chen Fuliang and Peng Lao as the backbone advanced like a wall, and quickly took over the Yingmen battlefield, stabbing the enemy outside the camp with a long Mo knife, and the Wagang Army also suffered from the Kan Liang Mo Knife Team, seeing Kan Liang's fear, the offensive weakened, which basically offset the morale boost effect brought by Zhai Rang's personal battle, and the situation on the Yingmen battlefield also returned to the balance of power.

Here I have to mention Liu Heimin's reaction, followed by Hao Xiaode to guard the connection between the Sui army camp and Cangcheng, the idle and bored Liu Heimin has been observing the battlefield situation, seeing Zhai Rang personally lead the army to dispatch, Liu Heimin, who belongs to Li Mijun, stood in his own perspective, and was once full of confidence in the success of the Wagang army to break through the Sui military camp gate, but when he saw the Wagang army in front of the camp gate retreating after Zhai Rang personally went into battle, Liu Heimin couldn't help but be surprised, and after careful observation, Liu Heimin also asked his companions next to him: " Are the Mo Dao soldiers on the side of the official army very powerful? Why are they even a little afraid of them on the Wagang side? ”

"Kan Liang, who was raised by a son of a bitch, works hard to be a dog for Chen Gouguan." Boss Hao Xiaode personally answered Liu Heimin's question, and said: "The Mo knife soldiers of the official army are very powerful, Du Fuwei's original godson Kan Liang is also a well-known fierce general, Mo Dao fell together, and once killed three people in a row, I heard Wei Gong say that quite a few of our Central Plains righteous teachers have suffered big losses in front of this Kan Liang, and the Wagang Army has also suffered his losses, so I am a little afraid of him." ”

"Du Fuwei's godson Kan Liang?" Liu Heimin noticed another important situation, and hurriedly asked, "Isn't Du Fuwei the king of the rebel army over there in Huainan?" How could his godson work for Chen Gouguan? ”

"I heard that he was surrounded by Chen Gouguan, and after surrendering, he became a dog for Chen Gouguan." Hao Xiaode explained casually again, and then didn't want to dwell on this issue anymore, waved his hand and said: "Don't ask more, be careful, the official army also has a white-robed cavalry, what is it called ****, the best at charging and assaulting on the formation, our position should be the brunt, be careful of them." ”

Liu Heimin forgot to agree, and only secretly pondered in his heart, "Du Fuwei's godson, surrendered to Chen Gouguan and was reused?" Is Chen Gouguan really disregarding the people who surrendered? ”

At about the same time, in the Wagang army formation, taking advantage of the safety situation after Zhai Rang, who Shan Xiongxin was concerned about, after Mulan hesitated again and again, she still pretended to be inspecting the army, walked into Shan Xiongxin's army with a casual face, and then gradually came to Zhang Kai's side, first found an excuse to call Zhang Kai out of the queue, and then asked Zhang Kai in a low voice alone: "What benefits did he give you?" Let you betray Big Brother Shan and risk coming back to deliver a letter for him? ”

"He didn't give me any favors, and I didn't betray them." Zhang Kai replied in a low voice: "I was originally his person, or a native of Qianjun, after the fall of Tiger Prison Pass, I was ordered to pretend to be local people to lurk here, and it has been more than half a year. ”

Mulan's whole body was shocked, and she was stunned for a moment, Zhang Kai smiled slightly, and said in a low voice: "If General Hua still doesn't believe it, I can also sue you directly, my boss is General He Erhexiao, General He Erhexiao, who General Ma Sanbao rescued on the bank of Tongji Canal." ”

Mulan was stunned again, and then scolded in a low voice: "Traitor, it's really his style." ”

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