Among the 12 counterinsurgency ambassadors in the Great Sui world, there is probably no second ambassador like Pei Renji, the arrest envoy of Henan, who has Xiao Xiaoguo's uncle inside the prison army crazy constraints, and as soon as he took office, he encountered the Wagang Army in the limelight and the rapidly rising terrible opponent Li Mi, who had not fought a decent victory in the three months of his tenure, and he didn't even dare to leave the Tiger Prison Pass, and the county seat in the south of Xingyang County fell one after another, and the thieves became more and more rampant and expanded. Although Emperor Yang of Sui has not given Pei Renji any punishment yet, Pei Renji, who knows about his family's own affairs, has already frowned about it, for fear of repeating the mistake of his predecessor Peng Cheng who stayed behind Dong Chun.

But this can't be blamed for incompetence, Pei Renji's luck is too bad, rotten to the point that it is simply earth-shattering and crying ghosts and gods, the frontal opponent is full of morale and huge troops, Pei Renji's subordinates only have 10,000 second-line troops given by the black-hearted nephew, the training is strict and the battlefield experience is lacking, and the combat effectiveness is a big difference with the elite of Wagang trained in the sea of blood in the corpse mountain, and the five thousand remnants left by Zhang Xutuo are strong in combat effectiveness, but unfortunately most of these remnants are wounded, and they are exhausted from years of fighting, The psychological problem of homesickness and war weariness is very prominent, and because of the recent fiasco at Dakaiji Temple, the morale is low, and the fighting spirit has been severely damaged, and there is not enough time to recuperate, and even if it is forcibly sent to the battlefield, it is impossible to exert its usual combat effectiveness.

In such a situation, let alone Pei Renji, a common man, even if the gods come, there is no way, so Pei Renji can only choose to endure it temporarily, while firmly guarding the throat of the Tiger Prison Pass, while letting the remnants left by Zhang Xutuo recuperate and rest, and at the same time desperately train the army, and also watch the Wagang Army and Li Mijun do evil in Xingyang, and run rampant, even during the siege of Guancheng, Pei Renji did not dare to really pull the army to the outskirts of Guancheng and send them to death in vain- The Wagang army may still lack experience in siege warfare, but it is easy to pinch and kill two current Pei Renji in the field.

By the way, in the face of such a situation, our little Xiao Guo's uncle Xiao Huaijing is called Chunfeng Proud, and the impeachment of Pei Renji's cowardice and fear of war and not saving friendly troops is sent to Jiangdu in three days, although Pei Renji is aware of it, but he is helpless, fortunately, Pei Renji has just taken over this mess and there are still words to shirk responsibility, and there are also one or two powerful backers in the court, not like Dong Chun, who is helpless and can only lie down and wait for death, and there is no need to worry about his head falling to the ground for a while.

Let Pei Renji be helpless is still behind, he has obediently hid in the Tiger Prison Pass not to cause trouble, but the trouble has to take the initiative to find the door, February 13 Yang Qing first sent someone to inform Pei Renji, saying that it was found that the main force of the Wagang Army that had gone south went north again to the vicinity of Guancheng, Pei Renji was once worried that the Wagang Army would besiege Guancheng again, who knew that on February 14, the scouts who were scattered out rushed back to the Tiger Prison Pass to call the police, saying that the main force of the Wagang Army had crossed the Guancheng and came directly to the Tiger Prison Pass, Pei Renji was shocked and hurriedly strengthened reconnaissance, As a result, at noon on 15 February, the scouts flew again to report that the main force of the Wagang Army had crossed Xingyang County and approached the border of Bishui County, where the Tiger Prison Pass was located, and they also clearly heard the slogan of "Break through the Tiger Prison Pass and capture Pei Renji alive" in the ranks of the Wagang Army.

The situation was already very critical, and it was confirmed from the scout that Zhai Rang's banner and Li Mi's banner were in the Wagang Army, Pei Renji immediately held a military meeting in the Tiger Prison Pass, and convened all the generals under his command to discuss countermeasures, and Zhang Xutuo's deputy Jia Wuben had also died of his injuries before, so in addition to the several generals brought by Pei Renji from the Eastern Capital, Luo Shixin, Qin Qiong, He Yanyu and Jia Wuben's son Jia Yanfu participated in this military meeting. - By the way, there is also our little Xiao Guo Uncle Xiao Huaijing, although Pei Renji did not send anyone to inform him at all, but Xiao Xiao Guo Uncle still heard the news from there, and came to the venue with a wicked smile to participate in the discussion.

"It has been confirmed that the Wagang thief's target this time is Tiger Prison." Pei Renji looked a little helpless and first introduced the general situation to everyone, and said: "The current strength of the Wagang thieves is not clear, but at least it is more than 60,000, led by Zhai Rang and Li Mi, so it is possible that the Wagang thief army east of Xingyang, Xingze and Tongji Canal may also participate in the battle. ”

There was some silence in the venue at first, and then Luo Shixin clenched his fists and shouted: "Switch to meet the enemy, fight with them!" Avenge Zhang Dashuai! ”

Like Zhang Xutuo and Chen Fuliang, Pei Renji also loves Luo Shixin, a young general, but no matter how much he likes it, it will not come from Luo Shixin's temperament, so after Pei Renji sighed, he still said: "Shixin, calm down, we must avenge Zhang Dashuai's revenge, but not now, now most of you old people in Qi County have only recovered from their injuries, and they have been fighting for many years, and the old man is tired. ”

"Shixin, calm down, don't be impulsive." Jia Yanfu, who still had filial piety on his body, also persuaded Luo Shixin, and then said to Pei Renji: "Dashuai, the enemy is outnumbered, the enemy is strong and I am weak, the best policy is to retreat and hold on, and then ask for help from the Eastern Capital, Chen Yingliang Chen has always been diligent in state affairs, and he will definitely not refuse, and wait until the reinforcements from the Eastern Capital arrive, and then discuss how to break the enemy." ”

There is a huge disparity in strength, although it is a bit face-saving to do so, but Pei Renji still nodded slightly, and began to think about how to ask for help from the Eastern Capital, who knew that at this time, Uncle Xiao suddenly laughed, and said with a smile: "What General Jia said is extremely true, we should ask Chen Liushou for help, Chen Liushou is like a god with soldiers, undefeated in a hundred battles, maybe it will be like the last time Ambassador Pei conquered the Yiyang thieves, there is no need for a soldier at all, just with a letter order, you can command us to break the Wagang thieves." Pei Dashuai, did you say? ”

glanced at Uncle Xiao Guo, Pei Renji's urge to strangle Uncle Xiao Guo to death became stronger and stronger, and he regretted more and more that he really returned the small note to this-stirring stick. Over there, Qin Qiong, He Yanyu and the others looked at each other, although they all hated Uncle Xiao very much, they couldn't help but be curious to ask Uncle Xiao Xiao what he meant, and Uncle Xiao Xiao, who hated Pei Renji to the bone, was also very happy, and hurriedly introduced Pei Renji's long-term suppression of the Yiyang thief and Chen Yingliang's detailed introduction to the matter of the front-line army breaking the enemy with only one order.

While Pei Renji looked embarrassed, Qin Qiong, He Yanyu and others were amazed, and then He Yanyu also said: "Dashuai, then we had better immediately report the enemy situation to Chen Liushou and ask him for help, there is nothing to be ashamed of, when Zhang Dashuai encountered a tricky enemy, he also asked Chen Liushou for help several times, and Chen Liushou also tried his best to help every time, and broke the strong enemy with all kinds of magic strategies, never missed, we should ask him for help." ”

"Yes, ask Chen for help." Luo Shixin, who was very courteous to Pei Renji, also agreed to ask for help, and said: "It's best to ask him to send Kan Liang to help us, that guy is the most reliable to fight a tough battle." But forget about Ma Sanbao, that horseman, there is no gambling money that does not deceive a thousand. ”

The generals of Qi County echoed one after another, and several generals brought by Pei Renji from the Eastern Capital also agreed, Pei Renji's expression was even more embarrassed, Uncle Xiao Guo observed his words, and hurriedly fell into the well and said: "Ambassador Pei, all the generals are right, although His Majesty has a will not allow Chen Liushou to leave the Eastern Capital without permission, but his relationship with you is extraordinary after all, for the sake of Ling Qianjin, maybe Chen Liushou will personally lead the troops to rescue us, and then we will definitely be able to keep the Tiger Prison Pass ......." ”

"Xiao Huaijing! You shut up the old man! ”

Pei Renji couldn't bear to yell loudly, and when the case started, Pei Renji just wanted to make a fuss, but he never thought that there was a personal soldier flying outside the door, saying that the Wagang army had captured a Sui army scout, stripped him of his clothes, and was naked to show humiliation, and then escorted a team of cavalry to the outside of the Tiger Prison Pass to release him in public, and asked the unlucky Sui army scout to bring a letter to Pei Renji. Pei Renji was even more furious when he heard the news, and immediately ordered the letter to be submitted, and when he took the letter and looked at it carefully, Pei Renji's face suddenly turned blue-black, and he yelled again, "Zhai let the dog thief, the old man and you don't share the sky!" ”

"Pei Dashuai, what did the letter say?" Uncle Xiao Guo hurriedly asked.

"You can't take care of it!" Bae In-gi roared.

"Why can't I take care of it?" Uncle Xiao Guo sneered, and said with a deep heart: "Xiaguan bravely reminds the marshal, Xiaguan is the overseer sent to you by His Royal Highness King Yue, and he has the right to check the military Chinese letters, Zhai let the letters written to you by the rebel thief are so important, as a superintendent, Xiaguan should check it immediately." In addition, Xia Guan reminded the marshal again, Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Guo, was originally because he concealed a letter written to him by the thief chieftain of Shibi, so that there was a later incident. ”

Tie Qing glared at Uncle Xiao Guo for a moment, Pei Renji threw the letter to Uncle Xiao Guo with a hideous expression, and our Uncle Xiao Guo is worthy of being a friend of Wagang in history, after reading the letter, he first snickered, and then deliberately read one of the paragraphs, "Wagang Xiongshi 100,000, whip the Yellow River, the foot is broken, the blade is pointed, the heaven and the earth change color, even if the foot sends his beloved daughter to Chen Yingliang as a concubine, in exchange for Luoyang to send troops to rescue, it is just a mantis arm as a car, a mayfly shakes the tree, and the ...... can be destroyed with a snap of a finger." ”

"Pei Dashuai, the news of the Wagang thieves is very well-informed, and he even knows the affairs of Ling Qianjin and Chen Liu, which is really amazing. But this is a good idea, Pei Dashuai, you think about ......, think about ....... ”

Uncle Xiao Guo didn't dare to continue when he said this, because Pei Renji was already breathing fire directly in his gaze when he looked at him, and his fists were already clenched joints, and Uncle Xiao Guo, who was thin, could only shut up obediently in order to protect himself. Fortunately, Pei Renji, who was also bound by the imperial decree, had a hideous expression for a long time, and finally let go of Uncle Xiao Guo, and yelled instead: "You don't have to ask for help from the eastern capital, we will fight this battle ourselves, pass the order, and immediately start preparing the equipment to defend the city, prepare for battle, and stick to the Tiger Pass!" No matter how many Wagang thieves come, they must not be allowed to cross the gate by one step! ”

"Commander, please don't be angry." The Huyalang general brought by Pei Renji from the Eastern Capital hurriedly advised Wang Quan and said: "There are many thieves in Wagang, and the troops are sharp, we had better be cautious, inform the Eastern Capital of the military situation, and ask His Royal Highness King Yue for assistance by ......the way." ”

"Shut up!" Pei Renji couldn't do anything about Uncle Xiao Guo's prison army, but it was easy to clean up the generals, and roared: "No need!" This battle is fought by the old man himself! Chen Yingliang, that little thief, let him play with Yang Tong! ”

"Ahem, ahem, handsome, handsome."

Jia Yanfu, who had a good relationship with Pei Renji, hurriedly coughed loudly, and looked at Pei Renji like killing a chicken and wiping his neck, reminding Pei Renji to be cautious in his words and deeds, Pei Renji also realized that he had called Yang Tong's name in the following crime, and hurriedly peeked to see Uncle Xiao Guo, but saw that Uncle Xiao Guo was still reading the letter, and didn't seem to hear his gaffe, Pei Renji breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said to Wang Quan: "No need, the terrain of the Tiger Prison Pass is dangerous, the city is strong, and no matter how many thieves come to Wagang, we are sure to defend it, That's it, we'll fight this battle ourselves. ”

Seeing Pei Renji's resolute attitude, the generals of the Sui army did not dare to persuade him again, so he had to sing his promise and obey his orders, Pei Renji quickly dispatched troops and arranged the affairs of guarding the city, but he didn't notice it at all, and the corners of Uncle Xiao Guo's mouth behind the letter paper had already quietly shown a cruel smile, and said secretly: "The surname Pei, dare to call His Royal Highness King Yue by name, and be disrespectful to His Royal Highness King Yue, this is a big crime." Damn, just copy a copy of this letter and hand it to the Eastern Capital together with the chapter, which made Pei Renji lose face and embarrassed Chen Yingliang's thief. ”

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On the evening of the 15th, the main force of the Wagang Army and the main force of Li Mi's army jointly arrived outside the Tiger Prison Pass, and set up camp at Niuzhukou overnight, and the next day, it was also the day of February 16, when the sky was just dawning, Shan Xiongxin led two thousand troops to the Tiger Prison Pass to fight outside the Tiger Pass, and deliberately cited the example of his brother-in-law Hua Mulan, loudly persuading the Qi County soldiers on the Tiger Prison Pass to surrender, the Qi County soldiers scolded angrily, Luo Shixin and He Yanyu and other generals also asked to go out of the pass to fight, but Pei Renji was worried that this was the Wagang Army deliberately luring the enemy, refused to fight, and closed the door and did not go out.

At the same time, the scouts scattered outside the pass also reported that the Wagang army was cutting timber everywhere, Pei Renji guessed that this was the Wagang army preparing siege weapons, so he ordered the soldiers to scold the Wagang army at the pass, trying to provoke the Wagang army and lure the Wagang army to launch a siege in the absence of siege weapons, but unfortunately Shan Xiongxin was not fooled at all, and retreated back to the camp just in the afternoon, and the soldiers of the two armies just wasted some saliva in vain. However, not long after Shan Xiongxin left, there was a scout who reported that he overheard the conversation of the logging soldiers of the Wagang Army, and that he wanted to cut down more pine and cypress trees to prepare torches, and that he must send them back to the camp before dark.

What Pei Renji probably never dreamed of was that when he concluded that the Wagang army was going to attack at night and concentrated all his forces on the defense of the Tiger Prison Pass, at the same time, in the area of Fangshan in the southwest of the Tiger Prison Pass, the elite of the 7,000 Wagang Army led by Zhai Rang and Li Mi had already crossed the highest peak of Fangshan and entered the mountains and forests in the north of Fangshan, and under the guidance of a large number of local people, with the last afterglow before the sun set, they were advancing at full speed towards Luokoucang due north, which is the largest granary in the world. There are only more than 40 miles left.

The mountain road was rugged, Li Mi and Zhai Rang were leading their horses, along the way, although the scouts in front of them kept reporting safe and sound, and did not find the Sui army ambushing, Zhai Rang was still careful to keep looking around, for fear that an ambush would appear somewhere, blocking him on this narrow mountain road, and refusing to rest assured of anything. Li Mi saw what was on his mind, so he smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, the king, although this place is close to the Tiger Prison Pass, Pei Renji's puppet is brave and stubborn, but his cleverness is far from enough, and he will never guess our true purpose, let alone arrange an ambush here." ”

"I hope so." Zhai Rang muttered, looked up at the sky again, and saw that the sun was about to set, so he said again: "Pushan Gong, it's getting dark, and there are still twenty miles on the mountain road, what should I do?" ”

"Speed up the march, and before the second watch, you must get out of the mountains." Li Mi said quietly: "Then rest for an hour near Luokou on the edge of the mountain, and prepare the flying ladder by the way, rush to Luokou Cang before the fourth watch, attack and take it, and then take a boat down the Luoshui River into the Yellow River to Niuzhukou, and tell us that the main force has been successful." ”

"I know all of that." Zhai Rang was still a little nervous, and said, "What I'm worried about is, can we take Luokoucang along the way?" And when we get to the edge of the mountain, what if we don't have time to prepare the flying ladder? ”

"In Luokou Cang, there are only more than 1,000 defenders, and all of them are wine bags and rice bags that have never been on the battlefield and can only embezzle money and food, which can be broken in a battle." Li Mi smiled and said: "As for the flying ladder, I have already sent someone to investigate, and the area around Luokou is full of bamboo forests, and you can build as many flying ladders as you want." I also know that the wall of Luokoucang is only one zhang high, and it is easy to climb. ”

Seeing that Li Mi was so confident, Zhai Rang relieved his mind a little, no longer nagging and asking more, and only urged the army to hurry, and although Li Mi's expression was as confident as before, the closer he was to Luokoucang, Li Mi's heart was also beating a drum, and he said secretly: "Chen Yingliang thief, don't you notice it, my clever plan has the confidence to hide it from anyone, but I don't have the confidence to hide it from you." But fortunately, the eastern capital is a hundred miles away from Luokoucang, and it is not possible to send troops overnight, unless you see through my plan to break the enemy before yesterday afternoon, you will not have time to stop me from capturing Luokoucang anyway. ”

Dragged down by Emperor Yang of Sui, the best emperor, luck stood on the side of the Wagang army, the sixteen circles of the fifteenth moon, it happened that this night was a clear sky, the moon stars were scarce, the light was excellent, the Wagang army was perennial flow of food, it was good at walking the night road mountain road, in such an environment, of course, it was like a fish in water, even the torch did not need to be beaten to march, and the advance speed of the Wagang army also exceeded Li Mi's estimate, the first shift was just over halfway, and the main force of the Wagang army walked out of the mountains and came to the Luokou area where there are many bamboos. Of course, Zhai Rang and Li Mi were very happy about this, and immediately ordered the army to seize the time to rest, eat, and prepare the flying ladder.

They are the elite of the Wagang Army, not only can fight well, but also bear hardships and stand hard work, in the case of limited rest time, the soldiers of the 7,000 Wagang Army still completed the tasks assigned by Zhai Rang and Li Mi, and quickly prepared more than 200 bamboo flying ladders. In the middle of the second watch, the well-prepared Wagang army set off in advance, and under the leadership of Li Mi and Zhai Rang, they re-embarked on the road by moonlight, and strode towards Luokou Cangcheng, which was already less than twenty miles away.

The front was silent, there was no movement, and the military flag that was finally raised fluttered against the night breeze, and the breeze was like a girl's hand, gently caressing Li Mi's dark face, making Li Mi's heart feel refreshed, and also making Li Mi smile and murmur in his mouth, "Chen Xiaothief, I really want to see what kind of expression you have after hearing the news that Luokoucang was broken." ”

"Pushan Gong! King Zhai! Long time no see, long time gone! ”

The sound of breaking the earth suddenly came from the front, and Li Mi and Zhai Rang, who were riding in the front, were taken aback, and quickly looked up, but saw that on the road, I don't know when there were three people riding horses over, the person in the middle was in white armor and white robes, riding a white war horse with a crotch, before the person arrived, the familiar voice had already come in advance, and laughed: "Pushan Gong, King Zhai, I didn't expect it, I, the old man, would be here?" Why are you here now? I've been waiting for you for a while. ”

The distance was still far away, and he couldn't see the appearance of the person who came, but just seeing the appearance of the white-clothed and white-armored person riding a white horse, and hearing the disgusting familiar voice, Li Mi still shouted out loud in a heart-rending voice, "Chen Yingliang! Traitor! How did you end up here?! Said: "Chen Yingliang thief, don't you notice it, my clever plan has the confidence to hide it from anyone, but I don't have the confidence to hide it from you." But fortunately, the eastern capital is a hundred miles away from Luokoucang, and it is not possible to send troops overnight, unless you see through my plan to break the enemy before yesterday afternoon, you will not have time to stop me from capturing Luokoucang anyway. ”

Dragged down by Emperor Yang of Sui, the best emperor, luck stood on the side of the Wagang army, the sixteen circles of the fifteenth moon, it happened that this night was a clear sky, the moon stars were scarce, the light was excellent, the Wagang army was perennial flow of food, it was good at walking the night road mountain road, in such an environment, of course, it was like a fish in water, even the torch did not need to be beaten to march, and the advance speed of the Wagang army also exceeded Li Mi's estimate, the first shift was just over halfway, and the main force of the Wagang army walked out of the mountains and came to the Luokou area where there are many bamboos. Of course, Zhai Rang and Li Mi were very happy about this, and immediately ordered the army to seize the time to rest, eat, and prepare the flying ladder.

They are the elite of the Wagang Army, not only can fight well, but also bear hardships and stand hard work, in the case of limited rest time, the soldiers of the 7,000 Wagang Army still completed the tasks assigned by Zhai Rang and Li Mi, and quickly prepared more than 200 bamboo flying ladders. In the middle of the second watch, the well-prepared Wagang army set off in advance, and under the leadership of Li Mi and Zhai Rang, they re-embarked on the road by moonlight, and strode towards Luokou Cangcheng, which was already less than twenty miles away.

The front was silent, there was no movement, and the military flag that was finally raised fluttered against the night breeze, and the breeze was like a girl's hand, gently caressing Li Mi's dark face, making Li Mi's heart feel refreshed, and also making Li Mi smile and murmur in his mouth, "Chen Xiaothief, I really want to see what kind of expression you have after hearing the news that Luokoucang was broken." ”

"Pushan Gong! King Zhai! Long time no see, long time gone! ”

The sound of breaking the earth suddenly came from the front, and Li Mi and Zhai Rang, who were riding in the front, were taken aback, and quickly looked up, but saw that on the road, I don't know when there were three people riding horses over, the person in the middle was in white armor and white robes, riding a white war horse with a crotch, before the person arrived, the familiar voice had already come in advance, and laughed: "Pushan Gong, King Zhai, I didn't expect it, I, the old man, would be here?" Why are you here now? I've been waiting for you for a while. ”

The distance was still far away, and he couldn't see the appearance of the person who came, but just seeing the appearance of the white-clothed and white-armored person riding a white horse, and hearing the disgusting familiar voice, Li Mi still shouted out loud in a heart-rending voice, "Chen Yingliang! Traitor! How did you end up here?! ”