The color of the small black circular fire paint imprint is very light, and if it is not set off by fresh wood, it is basically difficult to detect, but this inconspicuous fire paint imprint is a hundred mouths that cannot be explained by Master Li Mi, and the conclusive evidence of the guilt that cannot be washed away by pouring the water of the East China Sea makes Li Mi want to cry without tears, and also makes Li Mi look up to the sky and sigh, "Chen Yingliang thief, you are too ruthless!" ”

What made Li Mi even more tearless and indistinguishable was the false letter, the fake letter written to Chen Fuliang as Li Mi, the handwriting on the letter was not only exactly the same as Li Mi's, but also Li Mi's three secret notes to prevent forgery were also a lot, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Li Mi couldn't believe that there could be such a realistic imitation of the fake letter in the world, and he almost suspected that this letter was written by himself, but he couldn't remember when and where he wrote this letter.

As for the content of the letter, of course, it is too vicious to be vicious, Li Mi read Chen Fuliang's secret letter in the box, moved to tears, and repeatedly thanked Chen Fuliang for the grace of the secret letter to surrender, saying that he was the thief ship of Yang Xuangan by mistake, and was forced to embark on the road of no return against the Sui ******, and he had long wanted to turn back and rein in the precipice, Chen Fuliang persuaded himself to lead his troops to surrender in exchange for the court's pardon, which is simply a great grace to himself! It's just that now the Wagang thieves are powerful, even if they want to lead their troops to surrender and sacrifice the Tiger Prison Pass, the Wagang Gang Gang who are full of evil will definitely not agree, so he can't accept Chen Fuliang's kindness for the time being, and beg Chen Fuliang to forgive him, and ask Chen Fuliang to negotiate with the henchman messenger sent by Li Mi for the specific situation.

There is not a single sentence in the letter mentioning that Chen Fuliang begged Chen Fuliang to cut Zhai Rang with a knife, but this was enough, enough to make the atmosphere on the city wall of Tiger Prison Pass tense, Zhai Rang's people and Li Mi's people unsheathed their weapons and stared at each other, for fear that the other party would suddenly attack and make the first move, and at the same time, the Wagang Army and Li Mijun of Tiger Prison Pass were also on guard according to their orders, and the fire and signs appeared.

Fortunately, at the moment of the great enemy, when it was only thirty miles away from the Sui army's camp, Zhai Rang did not dare to casually turn his face with Li Mi even if he had many soldiers and a wide range of strength, but just held up a false letter and asked Li Mi: "Li Mi, what else do you have to say so far?" ”

"The students have nothing to say." Li Mi shook his head helplessly and sighed: "So far, the students have nothing to say except to admire Chen Yingliang's treacherous and vicious thief. ”

"So, you don't admit that you are secretly in contact with Chen Yingliang's thief?" Zhai Rang asked with a sneer.

"Of course the students won't admit it." Li Mi's tone was even more helpless, and said: "The student only asks the king to think about it with his head, if the student really does this, with the student's prudence and meticulousness, how can he leave such a big handle for Chen Yingliang's thief?" ”

Hearing this, Zhai Rang, who knew that Li Mi did everything well, was a little shaken for a while, but unfortunately Zhai Mohou, who was very talented in this area, immediately shouted: "Sophistry! If you don't write this letter to Chen Gouguan, how can Chen Gouguan believe your envoy, and how can you let your envoy secretly distinguish between my uncle's truth and falsehood? ”

Li Mi was speechless, only then did he find that Chen Fuliang's move was still carefully considered, if he really sent someone to contact Chen Fuliang secretly, he should indeed save such a letter, and it was completely reasonable for Chen Fuliang to leave this letter. After perceiving this, Li Mi could only shake his head again and sigh bitterly, and said, "Little thief Chen, you are the one who does not leak, such a ruthless trick can be arranged so seamlessly." ”

"Li Mi, for your past merits, I'll give you one last chance!" Zhai Rang shouted: "Truthfully explain your secret contact with Chen Gouguan, confess your crimes, and the old man can consider forgiving you!" Otherwise, don't blame the old man for being ruthless! ”

Wang Bodang and Cai Jiande had already led the pro-army team to hug Li Mi in the middle, and the Wagang generals also led many Wagang soldiers to protect Zhai Rang, the sword was unsheathed, the spear and spear were raised, and they could start fighting at any time, Li Mi was still making the last effort, and said: "King Zhai, the student knows that Chen Yingliang's traitor's discordant plan is very vicious, and the student is indisputable, but the student dares to swear to the sky, I have never had any secret contact with Chen Yingliang's traitor!" The students also asked King Zhai to think calmly, if the two armies of you and us misunderstood the merger, how beneficial it would be for Chen Yingliang and the traitors. ”

"Don't take Chen Gouguan to blackmail me!" Zhai Rang shouted: "The Tiger Prison Pass is thirty miles away from Luokoucang, the old man has time to clean you up, if you are smart, immediately ask your people to put down their weapons and be captured, and the old man guarantees that you can live!" If you continue to be obsessed, the old man will let your head fall to the ground immediately! ”

"Brother Zhai, please calm down."

Xu Shiyun came up to persuade, but was pushed away by Zhai Rang, and Zhai Rang also scolded: "Shut up!" Things have come to this point, if the old man doesn't do this, will he have to wait until this dog thief colludes with Chen Dog Officer and enters the pass to take my head? ”

On Li Mi's side, Wang Bodang quietly raised the strong bow that never left his body, and on Wagang's side, Shan Xiongxin immediately took out the flying halberd, and shouted while ordering his soldiers to protect Zhai Rang with their shields: "Wang Bodang, if you don't put down the bow and arrow, I will shoot Li Mi to death with a halberd!" ”

Cold sweat was rolling on Li Mi's forehead, knowing that today's matter could not end, Zhai Rang had already said it to this point, even if he could barely avoid the fire, there would inevitably be a huge rift between the self-army and the Wagang army, and he could start a war at any time, and with such a vicious opponent as Chen Fuliang peeping on the sidelines, the possibility of him and Zhai Rang breaking out into a fire was even more doomed. After thinking about it quickly, Li Mi immediately made a decision and immediately said: "King Zhai, since you no longer trust the students, well, for the sake of the great cause of opposing Sui and overthrowing the tyrant Yang Guang, I am willing to make concessions, I'll go!" ”

"You're leaving?" Zhai rang for a moment and asked, "How do you go?" ”

"I will take the Pushan Public Camp out of the Tiger Prison Pass and go back to the hinterland of Xingyang, and the Tiger Prison Pass will be left to you!" Li Mi said categorically: "The road is facing the sky, go to each side!" From now on, you and I will act separately and never communicate again! ”

Seeing Li Mi's attitude so resolute, Zhai Rang couldn't help but take a puff, and Zhai Hong next to him couldn't wait to shout: "You can go, but the Pushan public camp must stay, and it will be collected by my Wagang, and the money and grain of the Pushan public camp can't be taken away, you can only go alone!" ”

Li Mi raised his head violently, and the sharp cold light shot out of his triangular eyes made the reckless man Zhai Hong a little timid, and said coldly: "If you want me to stay in the Pushan Public Camp, as well as the money and food that the soldiers of the Pushan Public Camp have worked hard to get through, you have to ask the soldiers under my command if they agree!" ”

"We don't say yes!" The soldiers around Li Mi roared angrily, and they all shouted: "Pushan Gong, let's go together!" Pushan Gong, fight with them, it's amazing that the fish is dead and the net is broken! ”

There were already two armies of officers and soldiers who continued to rush up the city wall quickly, each rushed to their own team to assemble and wait, crowding the top of the narrow wall, although the number of Wagang soldiers was large, they were gossiping, talking and talking in a low voice, Li Mijun generals had few soldiers but almost no sound, and most of the soldiers looked cold, like frost and snow, and the momentum was far more majestic than that of the Wagang army. Seeing this scene, Zhai Rang's heart was inevitably a little worried, knowing that once the order was given, it would inevitably be an earth-shattering fire, and it was also a tragic melee that was destined to lose both.

"Brother Zhai, be cautious!" Xu Shiyun was also making a final effort, and reminded in a low voice: "Chen Yingliang's army is close at hand, if our army and Pushan Gong turn their faces and start a war, Chen Dog Officer will definitely take advantage of the fire to rob, how can our army resist at that time?" ”

"Brother Xian, you can't let Li Mi Xiao'er go with the army." Zhai Hong also had a bad idea next to him, and said in a low voice: "This traitor has secretly colluded with Chen Gouguan and asked him to take the army away, when Chen Gouguan came to attack the Tiger Prison Pass, if Li Mi Xiao'er suddenly stabbed us in the back, how could we resist?" ”

Hearing this diametrically opposed persuasion, Zhai Rang was in a dilemma, but Li Mi shouted loudly: "King Zhai, decide, whether to let the students leave with the army, or force the students to do it, peace or discord, war or not, are all in your thoughts, please make a decision quickly!" Otherwise, if the officers and soldiers take the opportunity to attack, I am afraid that you will regret it too late! ”

Glancing at the western official road from the corner of his eye, although he didn't see any signs of the Sui army approaching, Zhai Rang still knew very well in his heart that as long as he gave the order to do it, the Wagang army and Li Mi's army started a fire merger, then Chen Fuliang, who had lost his conscience, would definitely come with the army to take advantage of the fire and rob at the first time.

After weighing these pros and cons, Zhai Rang made up his mind, nodded and said: "Okay, Pushan Gong, you can take away Pushan Gongying and your money and food, but I will only give you one hour, and within an hour, your Pushan Gongying must leave the Tiger Prison." Don't play tricks, otherwise, the old man will not be polite to you even if he can't protect the tiger prison! ”

"Thank you, one hour is enough!" Li Mi snorted coldly, first ordered to withdraw, and then remembered a major event, and hurriedly said: "Wait, there is another person, Xiao Huaijing, the Pei Renji prison soldier I caught in the Tiger Prison, I will also take it away!" ”

Zhai let him go, but Zhai Mohou over there immediately shouted: "No, Xiao Huaijing must stay, we have to use him to exchange the ransom for the official army!" ”

"General Zhai, you have pig brains in your head?" Li Mi sneered loudly, "Xiao Huaijing has a grudge against Pei Renji, and he is even more incompatible with Chen Yingliang's thief, and the officers and soldiers will only redeem him with money and grain if they are stupid!" I took him with me because I was afraid that you would not use this chess piece well and waste it in vain! ”

Zhai Mohou, who was scolded in public, suddenly turned angry, but fortunately, Zhai Rang stopped him in time and shouted: "Okay, since it is a prisoner of war you captured, you take it away!" Li Mi snorted coldly, didn't thank you, and left in a hurry with the pro-army team, and Zhai Rang immediately arranged for the army to closely monitor Li Mi's army and withdrew.

In this way, not long ago, the Wagang Army and Li Mijun, who had joined forces to break Zhang Xutuo and seize the Tiger Prison Pass, and Li Mijun, because of a despicable villain who had lost his conscience to sow discord, broke up and broke up in the situation of completely occupying the situation, and Li Mi, the greatest hero of the capture of the Tiger Pass, was forced to lead the army to withdraw, leaving the Tiger Pass and returning to the hinterland of Xingyang County.

At the same time, Chen Fuliang, who was thirty miles away, also received the news of the internal movements of the Tiger Prison Pass reported by the scouts, and asked the scouts to confirm that there was no internal strife and the situation at the Tiger Prison Pass. And Pei Renji, who lost the Tiger Prison Pass next to him, was of course anxious, and couldn't wait to say to Chen Fuliang: "Virtuous nephew, do you send an army to wait near the Tiger Prison Pass, if the thieves are merged, we can immediately send troops to attack the city." ”

"At this time, you must not send troops!" Chen Fuliang said categorically: "Li Mi is treacherous and abnormal, he knows the truth of cold lips and teeth, even if he and Zhai Rang are suspicious and wary of each other, they will definitely not watch Zhai Rang be broken by our army, our army will send troops at this time, Li Mi will definitely do his best to help Zhai Rang guard the pass and resist the enemy, so that my previous arrangement will be wasted." If we are in a hurry, we will save each other, and if we are slow, we will fight, and the more we will not move, the more likely they will be in action! ”

Although he felt that his distant nephew's analysis was a bit arbitrary, Pei Renji, who was still waiting for punishment at present, did not dare to enter the army without authorization, so he could only keep praying: "Heaven bless, I hope that Ying Liangxian's nephew's clever plan will succeed, and Zhai will let Li Mi's two thieves do their best to help our army recapture the Tiger Pass." Otherwise, the old man's sin this time would be great. ”

Pei Renji, a famous moldy man in history, is indeed not covered in terms of luck, the more he hopes that the Wagang army will fight among themselves, the more God will not let him get his wish, within an hour of Zhai Rang's request, Li Mijun, who has strict military law, withdrew from the east gate of the Tiger Prison Pass as promised, during which although Yang Jishan and Wang Bodang and other generals advised Li Mi not to make big concessions, Li Mi shook his head and said: "The suspicion has been born, even if we forcibly stay, sooner or later we will become enemies with Zhai Rang, it is impossible to work together as before, rather than stay in the Tiger Prison Pass and be afraid, It's better to leave decisively and go to fight a world by yourself. ”

When he withdrew from the Tiger Prison Pass with Uncle Xiao Guo and the grain and grass baggage, Li Mi turned around to look at the East Gate of the Tiger Prison Pass, and saw that the gate had already been closed, and Zhai Rang also came to the East Gate City, Li Mi politely bowed his hand to Zhai Rang and said loudly: "There is King Lao Zhai to send you off, thank you." Reading on the love of the past, there are a few good words to give, and I hope that the king will remember! ”

Surrounded by a ganwagang general, Zhai Rang said with a straight face, Li Mi said loudly to himself: "King, Mi's good words are to ask the king not to take risks and send troops, you should stick to the city, Chen Yingliang's thief is treacherous, and he likes to use soldiers to be tricky, if the king sticks to the city and doesn't come out, Chen Yingliang's thief will definitely have nothing to do with you!" If the king is greedy for profit and takes risks, and goes out to fight, he will fall for Chen Yingliang's traitorous tricks! If the king wants to capture Luokoucang, he needs to wait until Chen Yingliang's thief is forced to return to the Eastern Capital! ”

After that, Li Mi turned his horse and left, without looking back at Zhai Rang, seeing the back of Li Mi leading the army to leave, Zhai Rang also had some regretful thoughts, but when things came to this point, Zhai Rang also said that he didn't dare to invite Li Mi's time bomb back. So after thinking about it for a while, Zhai Rang could only say loudly: "Thank you Pushan Gong for your kind words, the old man remembers!" ”

It wasn't until it was dark that Chen Fuliang and Pei Renji and others repeatedly probed and confirmed the situation of Li Mi leading the army to flee through the scouts, and when he heard the news, Pei Renji was so angry that he flipped the table on the spot, Chen Fuliang couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "I can afford to put it down, in order not to give me a chance, I would rather be wronged, this Li Mi is really terrible!" ”

"Afraid of what?" Liu Changgong on the other side said in a big way: "Brother Yingliang, don't you often say that Li Mi is the only one among the Wagang thieves who is your opponent?" Now, although your discordant plan failed to make the Wagang thieves infighting, you still forced Li Mi away, without this traitor to make trouble, if you want to get back the Tiger Prison, it's not easy for you? ”

"Brother Liu is right, without this traitor making trouble, my certainty of regaining the Tiger Prison Pass is much greater." Chen Yingliang smiled and nodded, and then said: "In this way, while sending more scouts south along the Yellow River to explore the movements of Li Mi's thief army, we will build more siege weapons, and when Li Mi's traitors go far away and the siege equipment is complete, we will launch an attack and take back the Tiger Prison Pass!" ”

Liu Changgong, who had great trust in Chen Yingliang, agreed with a smile, and Pei Renji also said: "Virtuous nephew, then it's up to you, move quickly, the faster the better, it's best to take back the Tiger Prison before Your Majesty condemns me, otherwise, I'm afraid my head will be saved!" ”

Chen Yingliang also smiled and agreed, but at this time, Yuan Tiangang on the other side suddenly sighed, and then rushed out of the Chinese army's tent directly, and went outside the tent to look up, Pei Renji asked Yuan Tiangang what this move meant, without waiting for Chen Fuliang to answer, Liu Changgong, who had seen Yuan Tiangang's power in Yanmen Pass, had already smiled and said: "Of course, Mr. Yuan is observing the celestial phenomena, rest assured, it must be a good thing, Mr. Yuan will definitely be able to find the most favorable zodiac auspicious day for us to attack the city." ”

After that, Liu Changgong told Pei Renji about the magic of Yuan Tiangang on the Yanmen battlefield, but just as Pei Renji was excited to hear it, Yuan Tiangang returned to the big tent of the Chinese army with a sad face, and said to Chen Fuliang: "Stay behind, the situation is not good, in a short time, we may not have any hope of recapturing the Tiger Pass." ”

"Why?" Chen Fuliang and Pei Renji were both taken aback.

"Bi Xingqi is in the middle of the yin, and there will be heavy rain in the month." Yuan Tiangang hung his head and said: "Actually, Xia Guan has long been worried that there will be heavy rain in the near future, but he has not been sure, so he has not reported it to you, but now the wind direction has changed, if nothing else, the third watch will change the sky tonight, and it will rain heavily before early tomorrow morning, and the heavy rain will continue to continue, I don't know when it will end." (The torrential rain in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River in the thirteenth year of Sui Daye is a historical fact, not fiction.) ）

Pei Renji's face also changed, because once the heavy rain is majestic and the land is muddy, it is difficult for large siege weapons to move, which is very unfavorable to the besieging party, basically a commander with a normal mind will not launch a siege in such weather, and if he wants to use a light flying ladder to capture the Tiger Prison Pass head-on, it is a good thing not to think about! Frightened, Pei Renji hurriedly asked, "Mr. Yuan, are you sure?" ”

Seeing that Yuan Tiangang, the great god stick that could be counted on his fingers in history, nodded in confirmation, Chen Fuliang was also suddenly desperate, and then Chen Fuliang slammed his fist on the table, and said in annoyance: "God help Li Mi!" This traitor, this time he can take the opportunity to sit big again! ”

As Yuan Tiangang said, it is the night before the third watch, the night sky has been cloudy for many days, just to the fifth watch, the area of the Tiger Prison Pass is already raining, dripping and dripping, in the face of such unfavorable weather, Chen Fuliang and Pei Renji are of course worried, do not know how to attack the city and seize the pass. At the same time, Li Mi, who had already left the Tiger Prison Pass and retreated to the area of Niuzhukou, was happy, and he was still standing in the wind and rain with his arms outstretched, shouting loudly towards the rainy sky.

"God, let it rain more, the heavier the rain, the more hopeful the Yellow River will overflow, the Yellow River will flood, the more people and refugees will be, and my chance will come again! God, please, let it rain more! Please——! With a sad face, he returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, and said to Chen Fuliang: "Stay behind, the situation is not good, in a short time, I am afraid we have no hope of recapturing the Tiger Pass." ”

"Why?" Chen Fuliang and Pei Renji were both taken aback.

"Bi Xingqi is in the middle of the yin, and there will be heavy rain in the month." Yuan Tiangang hung his head and said: "Actually, Xia Guan has long been worried that there will be heavy rain in the near future, but he has not been sure, so he has not reported it to you, but now the wind direction has changed, if nothing else, the third watch will change the sky tonight, and it will rain heavily before early tomorrow morning, and the heavy rain will continue to continue, I don't know when it will end." (The torrential rain in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River in the thirteenth year of Sui Daye is a historical fact, not fiction.) ）

Pei Renji's face also changed, because once the heavy rain is majestic and the land is muddy, it is difficult for large siege weapons to move, which is very unfavorable to the besieging party, basically a commander with a normal mind will not launch a siege in such weather, and if he wants to use a light flying ladder to capture the Tiger Prison Pass head-on, it is a good thing not to think about! Frightened, Pei Renji hurriedly asked, "Mr. Yuan, are you sure?" ”

Seeing that Yuan Tiangang, the great god stick that could be counted on his fingers in history, nodded in confirmation, Chen Fuliang was also suddenly desperate, and then Chen Fuliang slammed his fist on the table, and said in annoyance: "God help Li Mi!" This traitor, this time he can take the opportunity to sit big again! ”

As Yuan Tiangang said, it is the night before the third watch, the night sky has been cloudy for many days, just to the fifth watch, the area of the Tiger Prison Pass is already raining, dripping and dripping, in the face of such unfavorable weather, Chen Fuliang and Pei Renji are of course worried, do not know how to attack the city and seize the pass. At the same time, Li Mi, who had already left the Tiger Prison Pass and retreated to the area of Niuzhukou, was happy, and he was still standing in the wind and rain with his arms outstretched, shouting loudly towards the rainy sky.

"God, let it rain more, the heavier the rain, the more hopeful the Yellow River will overflow, the Yellow River will flood, the more people and refugees will be, and my chance will come again! God, please, let it rain more! Please——! ”