Doing things that kill heads and lose their heads may even be full of doors, who has the most courage?

Li Yuan's cousin Dugu Huaien, the grandson of Shunyang County Duke Yuan Qi and the youngest son of Zhenxiang County Duke Li Yangcheng, these three masters, immediately discussed how to act, and quickly discussed a specific plan - contact the Sui army to make an appointment, Yuan Qi and Li Yangcheng organized their own family slaves, and Dugu Huai'en's family servants and the officials of Daxing County to join forces to kill the city gate defenders, open the city gate to welcome the Sui army into the city, and receive the merit in front of Chen Fuliang!

I have to say that this is a very genius plan, at least very efficient, in just one sentence to introduce the steps of the whole plan, and even take into account who to find to receive the reward. The execution was also very efficient, and on the evening of the 16th, Dugu Huaien personally came forward as a Daxing Order, sending Yuan Qi, who volunteered to be a messenger, out of the city to contact Chen Fuliang.

Dugu Huaien's method of sending Yuan Qi out of the city is also strange, the original ninety miles long Daxing city wall only needs to find a relatively dark place, avoid the defenders in the city or directly buy the defenders, and use a rope to put Yuan Qi down the city - almost all the representatives of the gate valve families in the city use this method to get out of the city. But Dugu Huaien thought it was too troublesome to do this, and the pampered Yuan Qi didn't want to walk tiringly to the Sui army camp, so these two masters simply led two retinues each at the beginning of the first shift, and rode a horse to Yanhua Gate, one of the three most heavily guarded gates of Daxing East, and directly ordered the rebel soldiers to open the city gate and let Yuan Qi out of the city.

Of course, the city gate official of Yanhua Gate would not open the door, saying that unless he saw Li Er or Li Jiancheng's handwritten warrant, or Wei Yijie, the guard of Yanhua Gate, personally ordered it, he would never be allowed to open the city gate in the dark night. As a result, he replied that this unlucky city gate official was a whip from our Dugu Huaien Gongzi who split his head and covered his face, "Let go of your mother's stinky fart!" This official is a Daxing order, and all the eleven gates of Daxing Outer City have to listen to me! This official is still the general's cousin, don't talk about you, Wei Yijie has to bow when he sees this official! Don't give Lao Tzu nonsense, open the door immediately! ”

Everyone in Daxing City knows the cousin relationship between Dugu Huaien and Li Yuan, and they all know that Dugu Huaien is arrogant and arrogant, and he is extremely difficult to provoke, so after being whipped, the unlucky city gate official thought that he must be unlucky when things got bigger, and he really opened the city gate obediently, and he didn't even dare to ask why Dugu Huaien opened the door and let Yuanqi go out of the city.

What's even more bizarre is still to come, but when it's time to say goodbye, Yuan Qi suddenly remembered a big event, and hurriedly asked Dugu Huaien: "Huaien, how can I go back to the city?" How can I get back when I'm out of town? ”

Dugu Huaien was stunned, and then he remembered that he had forgotten to discuss with Yuan Qi how to return to the city, but this was not difficult for our Dugu son, just after a little thought, Dugu Huaien said in a big way: "Tomorrow at noon, you return to the city from Mingde Gate, and I will pick you up there." ”

"Then you have to be on time, don't be like the last time I went to Lishan to hunt, saying that I was leaving at noon, and I haven't seen your shadow yet."

Uneasy admonishment, our Yuanqi Gongzi swaggered and led the two entourages out of the city, in order to illuminate and put on the lantern in a fair way, our Dugu Gongzi also yawned and went home to make up for sleep, and the Yanhuamen defenders hurriedly closed the city gate, whispering about Dugu Gongzi's arrogance and domineering, fortunately, there were no other accidents, and the city gate officials who were afraid of causing trouble did not dare to poke this matter up.

The process of our Yuan Qi Gongzi coming to meet Chen Fuliang is also wonderful, only five miles out of the city, Yuan Qi Gongzi was blocked by the Sui army patrol scout, and asked about the identity of the origin, Yuan Qi Gongzi was too lazy to distinguish whether it was really a Sui army scout, and directly said: "Lead this son to see Chen Liushou, tell sù Chen Liushou, and say that the old friend Yuan Qi will visit him, and there is a big event to report to him." ”

Looking at the richly dressed Yuan Qi, seeing his calm demeanor, seeing the exquisite lanterns with the mark of the Yuan Mansion in the hands of his two entourages, and seeing him riding a horse from Yanhua Gate with a lantern, the Sui army scouts were also bluffed, and hurriedly stepped forward to lead the way, respectfully led our Yuan Qi Gongzi to the Sui army camp, Yuan Qi also once again regarded himself as Chen Fuliang's old friend, and asked Chen Fuliang to meet immediately, and the Sui military camp official also did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly entertained Yuan Qi Gongzi warmly, While sending someone to report to Chen Fuliang.

"Yuan Qi? My old friend? ”

The good fortune of our Yuanqi Gongzi ends here, Chen Fuliang, who was woken up not long after he fell asleep, was in a daze, and he couldn't remember Yuanqi Gongzi who had only seen two or three sides when he broke his head, or for the sake of the old Yuan's family being one of the eight major valves of Guanlong, Chen Fuliang yawned and ordered: "Go and see if Fang Xuanling is asleep, if he doesn't sleep, ask him to meet me on my behalf, if Fang Xuanling also sleeps, let that Yuanqi wait all night, and talk about it tomorrow." After that, Chen Fuliang fell asleep again as soon as he lay down.

Fortunately, Fang Xuanling, who was diligent in his official duties, was just about to fall asleep, and Fang Xuanling did not refrain from Chen Fuliang's instructions, and immediately came to the guest tent to meet Yuan Qi, and our Yuan Qi son was not left out in the cold. And what's even better is that because of the beating of Chai Shao, Fang Xuanling also met with Yuan Qi, and after the meeting, Fang Xuanling, who has a good memory, immediately recognized Yuan Qi's son, and immediately asked suspiciously: "Yuan Gongzi, why are you?" Aren't the representatives of your Shunyang County Mansion the sons of Yuan Kao? ”

"Yuan exam? My second uncle? Yuan Qi Gongzi was even more inexplicable, and said suspiciously: "When did my second uncle become the representative of my family, why don't I know?" By the way, you seem to be familiar, have we met before? ”

"Yes." Fang Xuanling nodded and explained: "At the beginning, you and Yuwen Gongzi arrested Chai Shao and beat him severely, and Chen Liushou went to ask you to forgive Chai Shao, and I was also present and followed Chen Liushou." ”

"I remembered, I've seen it!" Yuan Qi was overjoyed when he heard this, and quickly looked at Fang Xuanling, and said with great envy: "I was promoted, I remember that you were still wearing cloth clothes at that time, and you would have already worn the official uniform of the fifth grade. Oh, by the way, what about Chen Liu? Did you sue him or me? ”

"It's ......." Fang Xuanling was a little embarrassed, and said in his heart, Yuan Gongzi, aren't you embarrassing me, you have no official position, and you are not the eldest grandson of Changmen of Shunyang County, why should Brother Ying Liangxian answer you overnight?

"If you haven't reported it yet, go and report it." Gongzi Yuanqi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Sue him, I brought him good news, the old thief Li Yuan is dead, and my good brother Dugu Huaien and I have also discussed, and we are ready to open the city gate to welcome you into the city." ”

Before Yuan Qi Gongzi's words were finished, bang, Fang Xuanling had already fallen to the ground, looking at Yuan Qi Gongzi in amazement for a moment, Fang Xuanling jumped up violently, and said quickly: "Quick, go and report to Chen Liu, please ask him to meet Yuan Gongzi immediately!" Let's just say that Yuan Gongzi brought important news, Li Yuan's old thief is dead! Fast! Fast! Also, prepare a wine banquet in the Chinese army's tent, the best wine banquet! Yuan Gongzi, please, please go to our Chinese army tent! ”

Chen Fuliang, who was woken up again, rushed into the Chinese army's tent barefoot, and gave Yuanqi Gongzi a bear hug as soon as they met, apologized again and again that he was late to Yuanqi Gongzi, and scolded the pro-soldier who had not spoken before to a bloody dog, "Palm!" A bunch of waste, why don't you say that it is Yuan Qi Gongzi, just say that it is Yuan Gongzi in Daxing City, Yuan Gongzi in Daxing City has not a thousand but eight hundred, how do I know that Yuan Gongzi is it? I said that it was my old friend Yuan Qi Gongzi, can I snub him? Quick, make amends to Yuan Gongzi! ”

The unlucky scapegoat soldier obediently made amends, fortunately, our Yuan Gongzi would be too lazy to care about these little things, in addition to hugging and laughing loudly with Chen Fuliang, he also couldn't wait to talk about the old with Chen Fuliang, Chen Fuliang was casually perfunctory, while personally inviting Yuan Gongzi to the seat, personally pouring wine for Yuan Gongzi, and then couldn't wait to ask: "Brother Yuan, you said that Li Yuan's old thief is dead, is it really fake?" ”

"Of course it's true, Brother Wynne saw him die with his own eyes." Yuan Qi replied casually: "Do you remember Brother Dugu Huaien?" He is the cousin of Li Yuan's old thief, and now it is the Great Xing Order, when Li Yuan's old thief lost his breath, he happened to be at the scene and saw it with his own eyes. ”

Casually, Yuan Qi introduced the situation he knew to Chen Fuliang, Fang Xuanling and others, saying that Li Yuan had kicked his legs in the evening of the day he returned to the city after the defeat, and when he was dying, he saw a son of an official eunuch named Du Ruhui, and lamented that the sky was going to defeat him. Chen Fuliang and Fang Xuanling became more and more happy the more they listened, and hurriedly asked: "After the death of the old thief Li Yuan, who is the main commander of the thief army?" ”

"There is no manager." Yuan Qi's answer made Chen Fuliang and Fang Xuanling almost stared out of their eyes, and Yuan Qi said again: "Listen to Brother Huaien, Li Yuan's old thief died before he finished his last words, and his two sons wanted to be the boss, and no one obeyed anyone, so in the end, they had to give up one step and each be the left and right commander, Pei Lin was the chief Shi Ling, and they discussed and handled things together, and together they were blinded under the banner of Li Yuan's old thief." ”

Chen Fuliang couldn't wait to kiss Yuan Qi a few times, but the good news was not over, Yuan Qi immediately said that Dugu Huaien had agreed with himself and Li Yangcheng to open the city to accept the Sui army into the city, Chen Fuliang was even more ecstatic when he heard it, and quickly asked: "Brother Yuan, then how do you plan to receive us?" ”

After listening to the foolproof response plan introduced by Prince Yuan Qi, and knowing that they didn't even make up their minds about preparing to make a move at that city gate, Chen Fuliang and Fang Xuanling were finally dumbfounded, and they began to admire the courage and courage of these gentlemen, they were indeed brave enough! Then after carefully asking Yuan Qi Gongzi about going out of the city tonight, Chen Fuliang and Fang Xuanling almost fainted on the spot - this is okay?!

Fortunately, Yuan Qi Gongzi and others, who have the courage and the heart of a thief, have not yet started to do it, and the plan can be reversed and restarted, first of all, he praised Yuan Qi Gongzi and others for their loyalty to the country, and promised to go to the Sui Yang Emperor to ask for merit and reward for them, and then Chen Fuliang hurriedly excused himself for being too dangerous, and directly denied the concise and efficient response plan of Yuan Qi Gongzi and others, and asked Yuan Qi Gongzi to introduce the power in their hands, how much power Dugu Huaien has in his hands, and personally give them advice and make internal plans.

Yuan Qi Gongzi's answer made Chen Fuliang and Fang Xuanling very speechless, Yuan Qi and Li Yangcheng, the two officials and authorities, can only organize thirty or forty armed men at most, Dugu Huaien is basically the official of Daxing County, the combat effectiveness is weak and very unreliable, and he may be betrayed at any time, and he can't even think about taking the door by force alone. However, Dugu Huaien's special identity is definitely worth taking advantage of, and if it is operated well, there must be a lot of hope for opening a city gate.

After some whispered discussion, Chen Fuliang and Fang Xuanling decided to divide the plan into two steps, the first step was to wait for Li Jing and Qu Tutong's rear army to arrive, let them be stationed in the south of Daxing City, and at the same time threaten the six southeast gates of Daxing, the second step was to let Dugu Huaien excuse the urgency of the three gates of Daxing, and take the opportunity to ask for one of the three gates of Daxing to be stationed in Daxing South to strengthen the defense - as Dugu Huaien's cousin of Li Yuan, it is definitely not difficult to seek this position, and Dugu Huaien only needs to obtain the right to manage even one city gate, If the Sui army wants to enter the city again, it will be easy. At that time, if they are lucky and move quickly, the Sui army may still have the hope of inflicting heavy losses on the main rebel force on the battlefield in the outer city and reducing the resistance to attack the inner city in the future.

told Yuan Qi the details of the plan, forcing him to memorize it so as not to forget it, and then Chen Fuliang instructed Dugu Huaien to take the initiative to move closer to Li Er, win Li Er's trust, and then volunteer to Li Er to defend a city gate. He also carefully explained that it didn't matter if he failed, he must not take the risk of doing it without permission, as long as he kept in touch with himself at any time - Dugu Huaien was able to directly participate in the rebel military aircraft, and Chen Fuliang did not want to lose such an important intelligence channel.

So, after a full meal of wine and meat in the camp of the Sui army, carrying Chen Fuliang's secret letter and reward promise, the next morning, our Yuanqi Gongzi returned to Daxing City in a big way, and returned to the main gate of Daxing Outer City at noon under the Mingde Gate, as a result, Dugu Gongzi finally guarded the time this time, and came to Mingde Gate in advance to wait, and saw that Yuanqi Gongzi returned and immediately excused himself to be a subordinate who arranged to go out of the city on business, so that the Mingde Gate defenders opened the door and let Yuanqi return to the city, which was also very smooth. Seeing this scene from afar, the soldiers of the Sui army who secretly escorted and monitored Yuan Qi's return to the city were overjoyed, and immediately returned to the camp to report to Chen Fuliang, who was also overjoyed when he heard the news, and felt that this time there should be a lot of hope.

On the morning of 18 October, the rear army led by Li Jing and Qu Tutong arrived outside Daxing City and joined forces with Chen Fuliang's front army, plus the newly incorporated rebel army of more than 20,000 people, the strength of the Sui army suddenly exceeded 110,000 people, and the momentum not only increased greatly, but also completely reversed the superiority and disadvantage of the troops. In addition to keeping his promise and personally leading the Chinese army out of the camp to meet Li Jing, Qu Tutong, and the newly surrendered Qiu brothers, Chen Fuliang also ordered Li Jing and Qu Tutong to place the camp ten miles south of Daxing City, and set up a partial division camp to directly threaten the three gates of Daxingnan.

Seeing the sharp increase in the strength of the Sui army on the city wall, and the establishment of a camp in the south to threaten the three gates of the southern city, the rebels were of course worried, and their faces were even more gloomy. But there are exceptions, on the city wall, seeing Chen Fuliang keep his promise to camp outside the south gate, Daxing's parents Dugu Huaien is smiling, and immediately ran into the Wude Hall in front of the Li brothers and Pei Lian, volunteered to participate in the defense of the city, and also asked in a great tone to serve as the chief general of the defenders of the South Three Gate, leading the defenders to resist the attack of the Sui army.

The tone is also a bit big, but Dugu Huaien's special identity is placed here after all, Li Yuan's cousin, Li Jiancheng and Li Er's cousin, and the Conglong heroes who stood in line in advance before Li Yuan's rebels entered Daxing City, Li Jiancheng and Li Er were no matter how suspicious they were, they didn't suspect him, but they were worried that Dugu Huaien had never been on the battlefield, the brothers and Pei Lin hesitated and hesitated, but Dugu Huaien repeatedly expressed his loyalty, patted his chest and said that he would definitely defend the city gate to the end, serve the righteous teacher, and avenge his cousin.

Things have come to this point, as long as the Li brothers nod and agree, the Daxing outer city is basically destined to be buried in the hands of Dugu Huaien, but at this critical moment, Chai Shao, who had been pumped by Dugu Huaien with a whip dipped in thick salt water, stood up and said to the Li brothers and Pei Lian: "Da Lang, Erlang, Pei Changshi, General Dugu has never been on the battlefield and lacks battlefield experience. ”

The Li brothers were worried about this, and nodded even more when they heard Chai Shao's opposition, Dugu Huaien secretly hated, but Chai Shao continued: "I think, in fact, the most suitable position for General Dugu should be in the palace, General Dugu entered the palace at the age of three, grew up in Daxing Gongcheng since he was a child, and is familiar with the situation in the palace, and we are ready to give up the outer city at a critical moment to retreat to the imperial city and the palace, and General Dugu is willing to lead the army to kill the enemy, it is better to arrange General Dugu to serve in the palace and be my deputy, It would be more appropriate to assist me in guarding Miyagi. ”

"It makes sense." Pei Lin nodded and said: "The outer city is too large to defend, and the total strength of the official army has surpassed us, it is only a matter of time before we are forced to give up the outer city, and General Dugu will have nothing to do if he continues to serve as the Great Xingling, so it is better to give full play to his advantages of being familiar with the internal situation of the palace city, and ask him to serve as the deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army, assist General Chai in guarding the palace city, and ensure the safety of our last accommodation." ”

Miyagi such a first place naturally has to be arranged to the most reliable people to guard, listening to Chai Shao and Pei Lian's words, Li Er and Li Jiancheng immediately agreed, and it was rare to unanimously decide that Dugu Huaien would serve as the deputy head of the Imperial Forest Army to assist Chai Shao in guarding Miyagi, and casually arranged a cannon fodder to replace Dugu Huaien as the Great Xing Order, although Dugu Huaien secretly complained, but his thin arms could not twist his thick thighs, plus remembering the Chen Fuliang advice conveyed by Yuan Qi, Dugu Huaien had no choice but to accept the appointment, and obediently went out of the palace to hand over the messenger, Pack your bags and go to Miyagi on an errand.

The matter is not over, after leaving the Wude Hall dejectedly, Chai Shao went out of the palace to catch up with Dugu Huaien, and said to Dugu Huaien with a smile: "Brother Dugu, I remember that you said to me last time, Li Yangcheng and Yuan Qi They really want to serve in our army, since you and I are going to be on an errand in the palace, it is better to call them all to me, and our old friends who used to shoot and play together again will be more lively." ”

"Yuan Qi? Lee Yang-seong? Dugu Huaien's face turned white on the spot, and he almost thought that Chai Shao had discovered their secret.

"Yes, that's them." Chai Shao nodded, and ordered involuntarily: "This is an order, you must bring them to me when you enter the palace, there must be no mistake." ”

After that, Chai Shao turned around and left, leaving Dugu Huaien in the same place confused, not knowing what kind of medicine Chai Shao sold in the gourd, and wondered in his heart: "This kid, should he want to take the opportunity to take revenge?" "If General Dugu continues to serve as the Great Xingling, he will have nothing to do immediately, so it is better to give full play to his advantage of being familiar with the internal situation of the palace city, and ask him to serve as the deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army, and assist General Chai in guarding the palace city to ensure the safety of our last accommodation."

Miyagi such a first place naturally has to be arranged to the most reliable people to guard, listening to Chai Shao and Pei Lian's words, Li Er and Li Jiancheng immediately agreed, and it was rare to unanimously decide that Dugu Huaien would serve as the deputy head of the Imperial Forest Army to assist Chai Shao in guarding Miyagi, and casually arranged a cannon fodder to replace Dugu Huaien as the Great Xing Order, although Dugu Huaien secretly complained, but his thin arms could not twist his thick thighs, plus remembering the Chen Fuliang advice conveyed by Yuan Qi, Dugu Huaien had no choice but to accept the appointment, and obediently went out of the palace to hand over the messenger, Pack your bags and go to Miyagi on an errand.

The matter is not over, after leaving the Wude Hall dejectedly, Chai Shao went out of the palace to catch up with Dugu Huaien, and said to Dugu Huaien with a smile: "Brother Dugu, I remember that you said to me last time, Li Yangcheng and Yuan Qi They really want to serve in our army, since you and I are going to be on an errand in the palace, it is better to call them all to me, and our old friends who used to shoot and play together again will be more lively." ”

"Yuan Qi? Lee Yang-seong? Dugu Huaien's face turned white on the spot, and he almost thought that Chai Shao had discovered their secret.

"Yes, that's them." Chai Shao nodded, and ordered involuntarily: "This is an order, you must bring them to me when you enter the palace, there must be no mistake." ”

After that, Chai Shao turned around and left, leaving Dugu Huaien in the same place confused, not knowing what kind of medicine Chai Shao sold in the gourd, and wondered in his heart: "This kid, should he want to take the opportunity to take revenge?" ”