The sky was getting dark, and the 3,000 Sui troops led by Mulan and Fan Hu came out of the camp at the beginning of the shift according to the order, and sneaked to the northeast and northwest corners of Menghai City to ambush under the cover of twilight.

Zhang Xutuo is not unaware of the danger that his Chinese army camp is too empty, but it doesn't matter, the thief army has blocked the narrow and long south gate Yongdao, not to mention that the Sui army scouts have not found that the enemy has dredged the Yongdao so far, even if the thief army team temporarily and urgently dredges the Yongdao, it is not a time to do it, with this time, the two elites of Mulan and Fan Hu have already withdrawn to the south gate to face the battle, not to mention that there are two friendly armies of the neighboring Qian County and Liang County that can send troops to fill the gap at any time, so under normal circumstances, Even if Zhang Xutuo's camp is a little more empty, it can be said to be as stable as Mount Tai.

In view of this situation, the only thing Zhang Xutuo is worried about at present is whether he can kill Meng Haigong and his wife and other thief generals on the battlefield of the North Gate. But fortunately, the current situation is very normal, the scout reported that the south gate of Menghai City seems to be brightly lit, but in fact there is not much movement; The north gate seems to be calm, but the experienced Qi County scouts found that a large number of troops are gathering in the north gate city, and the only thing Zhang Xutuo has to do at present is to wait patiently for the thief army to open the city gate and break through to the north, and then wait for Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin and other powerful generals to break through the good news of the thief army.

Zhang Xutuo waited in the Sui military camp with peace of mind, but Meng Haigong and his wife were restless in Menghai City, because their husband and wife were about to make a life-or-death gamble with their life-based army. Therefore, although the tactical plan of the thief army was carried out smoothly and only waited to act according to the plan, Meng Haigong and his wife were still so nervous that their palms were sweaty and restless.

The order to break out of the siege had already been issued, and everyone in the thief army in Menghai City was equally nervous, both afraid and expectant, and the whole city was also in a tense atmosphere, only Li Mi was still calm and composed, and at the last moment he climbed the city wall to look at the camp of Chen Yingliang, an old opponent in the west. Because Li Mi is absolutely confident that he can hide from Zhang Xutuo's eyes and successfully win the final victory, and the only variable to worry about is Chen Yingliang, the fateful opponent.

From a distance, there are not many lights in the camp of Qiaojun, and it seems to be as calm as usual, but whether it is really as calm as it seems, or is there a murderous plan brewing behind the calm, Li Mi can't guess, the only thing Li Mi can do is to pray that the old opponent has not guessed his true purpose. At the same time, Li Mi still had a trace of regret in his heart, and said secretly: "Chen Xiaothief, why do we fight every time, under the condition of clear strength and weakness and huge disparity?" Why didn't God give us a chance to fight in a proper way? If there is such an opportunity, I can guarantee that it will be an earth-shattering and indescribable fight, and I would love to have that opportunity. ”

At this time, the herald came to Li Mi, saying that Meng Haigong and his wife had an invitation, Li Mi nodded and agreed, and glanced at the camp of Qianjun from a distance, and then went down to the city and came to the southeast corner of Menghai City. And here, the originally solid rammed earth city wall has been dug out of a wall hole one zhang high and two zhang wide! Seeing Li Mi coming, Ma Saifei, who had already put on his armor, immediately said: "Master, there is only half a foot left from the outer wall, if necessary, within a pillar of incense, we can open this new city gate!" ”

Don't dredge the city gate with obvious goals, open a new city gate in the southwest corner away from the camp of the county, such a clever plan is of course from Li Mi's arrangement, in order not to be noticed by the officers and soldiers outside, the thief soldiers dug with knives and shovels for almost a day and a night, and now it is about to be completed, Li Mi is inevitably extremely proud in his heart, and said secretly: "Zhang Xutuo, Chen Xiaothief, you definitely can't dream of it, I don't need to put the ready-made city gate, and use a clever plan to open another city gate to launch a surprise attack!" Such a clever plan to hide from the world and cross the sea, I am afraid that Sun Bin and Wu Qi are nothing more than that. ”

"Virtuous nephew, it's going to be the second watch soon." Meng Haigong's voice was obviously a little nervous, and he asked, "Did you act according to the original plan?" ”

"Record, there's no turning back." Li Mi replied calmly: "The drinking water has been divided, and the city wall has been hollowed out, and turning back now will only be a dead end." If we want to survive and keep your Meng Hai City, we can only continue to move forward, and there is no turning back. ”

The fat on Meng Haigong's face twitched a few times, and then he gritted his teeth and said, "Order Meng Qigui and Jiang Shanhe to act according to the plan!" ”

Meng Haigong's order was quickly sent to the thief army general Meng Qigui and Jiang Shanhe who were waiting for his life in Beicheng, the nervous Meng Qigui and Jiang Shanhe just nodded and did not speak, and at this time, the city finally sounded the sound of the second watch, Meng Qigui and Jiang Shanhe glanced at each other, and each said a cherished word, and then Meng Qigui, who was in charge of serving as the vanguard, waved his hand and ordered, the city gate that had been closed for a long time was immediately opened slowly, and the towering suspension bridge was slowly lowered, and he silently leaned on the other side of the moat.

The breakout operation officially began, and at the forefront were a large number of old and weak women and children, under the coercion of the thieves and soldiers, the women and children who were only given a spoonful of drinking water in the evening, the old and weak, marched out of the city by the moonlight and starlight, and scattered to the left and right after crossing the trench, waiting for the order to scatter and flee for their lives. It was followed by a team of thieves led by Meng Qigui, who also led a hundred selected strong oxen, with sharp knives tied to their horns, oiled reed bundles tied to their tails, and raw cowhides on their bodies—this was also Li Mi's arrangement.

A large number of people flowed out of the city, of course, this could not be concealed from the eyes of the Sui army scouts who closely monitored the movement of the city gate, but what Li Mi expected was that in order to ensure the end of the battle of Menghai City in one fell swoop, the Sui army that had been prepared for a long time did not rush to attack, and chose to continue to stop and pretend not to investigate. As a result, the Sui army not only gave the enemy time to go out of the city to assemble, but also gave the enemy time to arrange the fire bull array.

The army of Meng Qigui went out of the city, and the rear army led by Jiang Shanhe gradually went out of the city and assembled in the wilderness outside the north gate.

Seeing this scene, the old and weak family members of the thief army, who had already been flustered, of course scattered and fled for their lives, but the front army led by Meng Qigui remained unmoved, and the army continued to whisper orders to boost morale, "Stabilize!" Don't be afraid! We've won! ”

It wasn't until the Sui army crossed the fence of the trench that they had erected and dug that Meng Qigui ordered the oxtail to be ignited, and at the same time whipped the ox's buttocks to urge the ox forward. It was also at this time that the war drums were beating in the ranks of the thief army, and the thief soldiers who had no way to retreat shouted loudly, charging forward with swords and guns, and Meng Qi was still yelling in the army, "Brothers! Kill! Fight your way out, fight your way out of your way to find water to drink! ”

The thief army team suddenly used the fire bull array to kill the Sui army team by surprise, Qi County Sui army is the elite, suddenly saw a large number of cattle rushing towards themselves, it is inevitable that there are some frightened, hurrying, screaming and dodging not only morale frustrated, the formation is also chaotic, Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin were shocked Although they also ordered to release arrows, but the vitality of the cow is stronger than that of people, and the cow is tied with raw cowhide to prevent arrows and knives, so the bows and arrows shot by the Sui soldiers are almost useless, On the contrary, it also made many of the ploughing cattle who were hit by the arrow even more crazy, and the rampage became more violent, and many unlucky Sui soldiers were also extremely unlucky to be directly knocked down by the cattle and trampled to death.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Sui army team being disrupted by the fire bull array, the thief army team has also rushed to the front, and the Sui army started a hand-to-hand bloody battle, although the Sui army soldiers are elite, but the formation has been chaotic, and the morale has also been affected, the thief army team is because of the success of the fire bull array and morale, and in terms of quantity, so in a certain period of time, the thief army team that is not the opponent of the Sui army of Qi County in the field battle has the upper hand for the first time, and the team of Qin Qiong Luo Shixin, who was caught off guard, has retreated, and once saw the hope of a successful breakthrough.

Finding that the situation was not good, Mulan and Fan Hu, who were ambushed on the two wings of the north of the city, could only strike in advance, and hurriedly urged the army to kill the two wings of the thief army, but unfortunately this was not only expected by Li Mi, but also the situation that Li Mi was most looking forward to.

In terms of troops, the outnumbered thief army still has the upper hand, and the thief army with more than 15,000 people temporarily defeated the Sui army of Qi County, which only has more than 8,000 people, and although the Sui army team is inferior in number, it was also caught off guard by the fire bull formation, but the elite Cheng Dù is far above the enemy after all, so even if they are temporarily at a disadvantage, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin and He Yanyu and other Sui army generals are still full of absolute confidence, believing that as long as they give themselves a little time, they will definitely be able to stabilize their positions and launch a counterattack again. Wipe out the rabble on the opposite side with ease!

It's a pity that what Li Mi needs is exactly this period of time!

When they first heard the shouting and killing from outside the North Gate, the anxious Meng Haigong and his wife once asked Li Mi if they could do it, but Li Mi always remained calm and asked Meng Haigong and his wife to be calm and continue to wait patiently. It wasn't until the lookout in the city reported that the Sui army had found an ambush at the left and right corners of the north gate of Menghai City, that Li Mi nodded, smiled and said to Meng Haigong and his wife: "Record, auntie, you can do it." ”

The thief soldiers who had been guarding the hole in the wall immediately waved their hoes to dig, and the rammed earth layer that was only half a foot thick was immediately broken, and the first small hole connecting the inside and outside of the city appeared, and Meng Haigong turned to the thief army waiting behind him - this is also Li Mi's real killer weapon, although the number is not much, only a thousand people, but all of them are elite dead soldiers carefully selected by Meng Haigong and his wife from more than 10,000 thief army teams, each of them is physically strong, and everyone has human lives on their hands!

"Brethren, I won't say more nonsense! The main force of the official army has been concentrated in Beicheng, and our opportunity has come! Meng Haigong said viciously: "After leaving the city, go straight to Zhang Xutuo's camp!" The goal, the head of the old dog of Zhang Xutuo! Who can cut off the head of Zhang Xutuo's old dog, the gold and jewelry in Lao Tzu's treasure house, he will take thirty percent! Others split half of the treasure trove! One more girl per person! Do you understand? ”

"Understood!"

The thief soldier replied neatly, his voice not loud, but incomparably firm and deep. At this time, good news came from the city, saying that the Sui army of Liangjun in the east sent troops to the north gate of Menghai City, and the elite of the thief army and the neighboring officers and soldiers were even more empty. Li Mi looked calm, and kept saying in his heart: "Little thief Chen, go to Beicheng, go to Beicheng!" Hurry up like Yang Wang's old dog, go to the north gate to participate in the battle and grab merit! ”

There was no report on the movement of the Sui army in Qiaojun, but on the contrary, a fire rose on the side of the north gate - a small number of rear troops in the city were ordered by Li Mi to set fire to the north gate and burn off the retreat of the thief army out of the city, forcing the thief army out of the city to only advance, but not retreat. At the same time, the thieves finally dug up the thin layer of rammed earth, and after ordering these sappers to temporarily plug the gap with a Saimen knife cart, Meng Haigong waved his hand, and a thousand thieves immediately marched out of the city and assembled outside the city where the trench had been completely filled by the Sui army.

Li Mi and Meng Haigong led the horse out of the wall hole side by side, followed by Yang Jishan and his son Ma Saifei on his back, seeing that a thousand thieves soldiers had been set up, Meng Haigong and Li Mi each got on their horses, and under an order, the elite of the thousand thieves army immediately rushed to the camp of Zhang Xutuo five miles away. It was also at this time that the scouts of the Sui army, who had been closely monitoring the south gate road, finally found out that the thief army was heading south out of the city, and in a daze, several scouts immediately rushed back to the camp and reported to Zhang Xutuo to warn him of urgency, but the thief army team did not pay attention to these scouts at all, and they were only rushing quickly.

Relying on the galloping at the expense of horsepower, the scouts of the Sui army finally rushed the news back to Zhang Xutuo's camp, and Zhang Xutuo, who was waiting for the battle report in the camp, was also shocked to the ground with the brush in his hand. It's not the south that hits the north, it's the south that hits the south! Turn the tiger away from the mountain! This time, the old man is in big trouble! ”

"Marshal, our Chinese army is empty, quickly ask Qin Qiong for help!" Tang Wanche also panicked, and hurriedly proposed to Zhang Xutuo.

"It's too late, and even if you can, you can't ask them for help!" Zhang Xutuo said with a stern expression: "They are engaged in a battle with the enemy's main force, and when they learn that the thief army has attacked the old man's camp, they will definitely be defeated in a panic, and our losses will be greater!" ”

"What then?" Tang Wanche hurriedly asked again.

"Send someone to ask Chen Yingliang for help." Zhang Xutuo stood up and quickly ordered: "Zhang Zhizhi, you go and organize the wounded soldiers to move south, go to a hidden place and hide for the time being, and let the auxiliary soldiers strictly guard the grain and grass." Tang Wanche, you and the old man go to the front camp, guard the camp gate, and wait for Chen Yingliang to come to help! ”

When Zhang Xutuo and Tang Wanche hurried to the front camp, the thief army team had also rushed to the gate of the Sui military camp like a fly, and was assembled in a line outside the shooting range, when Zhang Xutuo hurriedly arranged the army to prepare a bow and arrow to guard the camp gate, a pair of cloudy old eyes suddenly widened - in the thief army, three or four war horses with their tails on fire rushed out at the same time, the war horses galloped wildly, the ground rumbled, and most of them rushed towards the Sui military camp gate! Zhang Xutuo was suddenly shocked and blurted out: "Fire Horse Array!" Meng Haigong, you are really willing to spend the capital! ”

Of course, Meng Haigong, who was already here for life and death, was willing to give up this capital, and the war horse galloped wildly, not only overturning the antlers in front of the Sui army, but also most of them crashed directly into the door of the Sui army's camp, rushing the camp gate to the ground, and the elite of the thief army behind was holding a hammer axe and shouting up, shouting the slogan of capturing Zhang Xutuo alive and slashing the door of the Sui army camp frantically, although the soldiers of the Sui army desperately sent arrows and stabbed guns to stop, but they could not stop these elite thieves wearing iron armor and had no way to retreat, and the wooden camp gate was smashed to pieces in an instant. The elite of the thief army began to enter the camp, and the soldiers of the Sui army who were attacked in a hurry were in a hurry and could not parry.

Seeing this scene, Tang Wanche, of course, hurriedly raised his sword and shouted, asking the soldiers to face the battle, and said to Zhang Xutuo: "Dashuai, you go first, the last general will resist here!" ”

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"Dashuai, it's too dangerous." Tang Wanche was in a hurry.

"Boom!"

At the critical moment, a loud thunderous sound suddenly came, Zhang Xutuo, Tang Wanche and Meng Haigong and his wife opposite were shocked to follow the sound, but they were all stunned to see that the left side of the Sui army camp, which was originally pitch black, was already full of torches at this moment, and countless Sui soldiers lined up to kill, and rode a white horse and silver robe, pretending to be extremely forced, and shouted: "The old general is panicking, Chen Yingliang is coming!" ”

"When did this kid lie in ambush outside my camp?" Zhang Xutuo was completely dumbfounded.

"Little thief Chen? How did he come so fast?! Meng Haigong and his wife were also dumbfounded.

"And sure enough, it was again." Sighing, Li Mi turned to Yang Jishan next to him, and said with a wry smile: "Seventh General, sure enough, the thief was spotted in advance again, let's use the backup plan." ”

After the shock, Zhang Xutuo quickly calmed down, pointed at Meng Haigong's handsome banner with a knife, and shouted: "Soldiers, reinforcements have arrived!" Follow me, capture Meng Haigong alive, don't let Chen Yingliang's little slippery head rob us of our credit again! Kill! ”

Roaring, Zhang Xutuo, who was brave and brave, slapped his horse and charged, and personally swung his sword to kill the enemy, Tang Wanche and other Sui soldiers shouted to follow, and fought bloodily side by side with Zhang Xutuo.

At the same time, Chen Yingliang also pretended to point at Meng Haigong's banner with a horizontal knife, and shouted: "Brothers, Meng Haigong's traitor is there!" Give it to me, capture Meng Haigong alive! ”

Roaring, Chen Yingliang, who was lowly in martial arts, had already ridden his horse and retreated, and Kan Liang, a powerful lackey, stepped forward, led the Mo Dao team to charge in stride, shouted and killed the Meng Haigong thief army, and attacked the enemy with Zhang Xutuo's team before and after. After shamelessly hiding in the center of the team, Chen Yingliang muttered even more shamelessly, "Old General Zhang, that's all I can help you, it's not that I don't want to personally kill you to save you from danger, it's that Meng Haigong's team must be the most elite soldiers in a hundred battles, like me, a rookie on the battlefield who hasn't even killed an enemy with his own hands, fighting them is looking for death!" Pretending to be forced, he yelled and said: "The old general is panicking, Chen Yingliang is here!" ”

"When did this kid lie in ambush outside my camp?" Zhang Xutuo was completely dumbfounded.

"Little thief Chen? How did he come so fast?! Meng Haigong and his wife were also dumbfounded.

"And sure enough, it was again." Sighing, Li Mi turned to Yang Jishan next to him, and said with a wry smile: "Seventh General, sure enough, the thief was spotted in advance again, let's use the backup plan." ”

After the shock, Zhang Xutuo quickly calmed down, pointed at Meng Haigong's handsome banner with a knife, and shouted: "Soldiers, reinforcements have arrived!" Follow me, capture Meng Haigong alive, don't let Chen Yingliang's little slippery head rob us of our credit again! Kill! ”

Roaring, Zhang Xutuo, who was brave and brave, slapped his horse and charged, and personally swung his sword to kill the enemy, Tang Wanche and other Sui soldiers shouted to follow, and fought bloodily side by side with Zhang Xutuo.

At the same time, Chen Yingliang also pretended to point at Meng Haigong's banner with a horizontal knife, and shouted: "Brothers, Meng Haigong's traitor is there!" Give it to me, capture Meng Haigong alive! ”

Roaring, Chen Yingliang, who was lowly in martial arts, had already ridden his horse and retreated, and Kan Liang, a powerful lackey, stepped forward, led the Mo Dao team to charge in stride, shouted and killed the Meng Haigong thief army, and attacked the enemy with Zhang Xutuo's team before and after. After shamelessly hiding in the center of the team, Chen Yingliang muttered even more shamelessly, "Old General Zhang, that's all I can help you, it's not that I don't want to personally kill you to save you from danger, it's that Meng Haigong's team must be the most elite soldiers in a hundred battles, like me, a rookie on the battlefield who hasn't even killed an enemy with his own hands, fighting them is looking for death!" ”