"What's that? It's beautiful. ”

As a girl, Liu Xiaoyan certainly sighed when she saw the fireworks that appeared hundreds of years in advance for the first time. But Liu Xiaoyan soon discovered with the same pale face as her brother Liu Wuzhou that the fireworks she had never seen before brought not only dazzling beauty, but also terrifying killing machines that made Ding Yangjun's hearts tremble!

Under the fireworks, the torches are as dense as the stars, the military flags are displayed, the swords and guns are like forests, the number of Sui cavalry is incalculable suddenly appeared, under the leadership of the two cavalry generals of the Sui army, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin, the tide rushed towards the flank of the main brigade of the Dingyang army, the horse's hooves rumbled, and the ground trembled slightly, and the shouts of the Sui soldiers were still clearly audible across three or four miles, "Kill!" Capture Liu Wuzhou alive! Kill! Kill! Kill! Capture Liu Wuzhou alive! ”

"Hit the mark! I've fallen for Chen's tricks! ”

Things have come to this point, Liu Wuzhou finally understood why the Sui army ambush that appeared before was defeated, but he found that it was too late to be fooled, the two Dingyang army cavalry that had closely protected the flank of the main infantry, one had been deceived by the Sui army's fake ambush and the tiger leaving the mountain, and the other was very unfortunate that it had already caught fire with the Sui army's pursuers, and all of them could not immediately withdraw their troops back to cover, and now the flank of the main force of the Dingyang army, except for the five or six hundred remnants of the defeated generals under Li Er, There was no longer a single soldier who could stop the surprise charge of the Sui cavalry.

"The whole team! The whole team! Team up! Hold your ground! Hold your ground! Liu Wuzhou was so anxious that his eyes were red, he yelled and urged the army to line up to meet the battle, and quickly pointed at Li Er's team, and shouted: "Go and tell Li Erlang immediately, tell him to countercharge, and give me to meet and temporarily entangle the Chen thief cavalry!" If you want to marry my sister, buy me time! ”

What made Liu Wuzhou thunderous was that before his own soldiers rushed to the front of Li Erjun, Li Er's side had already decisively ordered the Taiyuan army to rush to the east and flee for their lives, withdraw from the battlefield as soon as possible, and no longer care about the life or death of the Yang army! ——Attacked by the enemy on both sides, the fragile waist was raided by a large number of Sui cavalry, the defeat of the Yang army was decided, and the change of immortals could not reverse the situation, Li Er would continue to stay in place and wait for death if he was stupid, and only when his head was in the water would he touch the stone with an egg, and go to the countercharge to fight for Liu Wuzhou that little insignificant time.

Uncertain Yang army soldiers roared and cursed angrily, Li Er and Zhu Cang, Liang Jianfang and others escaped definitely faster than rabbits, but Li Er forgot a very important point, that is, his soldiers have participated in high-intensity battles for two days and one night, and their physical strength has dropped seriously, and their speed is not fast at all. The cavalry of the Sui army had already killed the nearest place like a tide.

Without any superfluous choice, Li Er could only immediately order the soldiers to move closer to him and form a square circle to resist the impact of the Sui cavalry, and at the same time, Li Er was extremely careful to order his own soldiers to immediately put down their banners, lest the Sui soldiers find out about his existence and chase him like crazy and slash endlessly. As a result, as soon as Li Er's side approached each other, the cavalry of the Sui army had already rushed up, directly engulfing the last five or six hundred Taiyuan soldiers under Li Er's command like a tide, and the sound of Li Er's shouting to hold his ground was immediately drowned out in the terrible impact sound.

The sword light and sword shadow, the torches are dazzling, the war horses neigh, the soldiers shout, the horse lance and the saber fall like a storm on the small head of the infantry of the Taiyuan Army, in the chaos of the night, Li Er did not have time to check the situation of the enemy and the situation of his own army, but desperately waved his knife to parry the sabers, guns and spears that were stabbed from all directions, and tried his best to resist all attacks that could lead to death. However, no matter how desperately Li Er resisted, he still couldn't parry the tidal attack of the Sui cavalry, and the soldiers of the Taiyuan Army who didn't have time to settle down at all were scattered, and they were about to completely collapse in a blink of an eye.

At the same time, the main force of the Dingyang Army, which had not even had time to convey the order to meet the battle one by one, was already in a big mess, and the generals and soldiers were in a mess, some tried to gather the team to meet the battle, some wanted to hide behind the baggage vehicles to avoid the charging momentum of the Sui cavalry, and more threw down the baggage vehicles and fled eastward, and then when the Sui cavalry rushed to cover, the main force of the Dingyang Army led by Liu Wuzhou personally had only one result of collapse.

It was completely a massacre, in the firelight, the cavalry of the Sui army followed the banners of Qin Qiong and Cheng Biting Jin, and the soldiers were divided into two teams to rampage in the chaotic army of the Dingyang army, whistling like the wind, the roar of iron hooves shook the earth, the swords, axes, guns and spears were as urgent as a storm, and the soldiers of the Dingyang Army who were in chaos were cut down one after another, the iron hooves trampled on the human body, the flesh and blood flew sideways, and the screams continued. Cheng Yanjin and Qin Qiong's two generals each took the lead, and while stabbing the enemy in front of them with all their might, they opened their eyes wide to find where Liu Wuzhou's handsome flag was, and what they kept shouting in their mouths was always the same sentence, "Kill!" Capture Liu Wuzhou alive! ”

The main force of the Chinese army was raided and chaotic, and the front army and the rear army naturally had to follow the bad luck, seeing that the situation was not good, Song Jingang, who led the front army to open the way, could only immediately turn the horse's head and take the army back to meet Liu Wuzhou, and at the same time sent someone to urgently order Zhang Wansui, who had been deceived to the front, to lead the cavalry back to reinforce the main force. The rear army of the Dingyang army was even more miserable, and the Huang Ziying department of the Dingyang army, which had already been beaten by Kan Liang and Qiu Xinggong, saw that the main force was in a hurry, and it was not the opponent of the Sui army soldiers in a panic, and there were immediately signs of collapse, and the morale-boosting Sui army forwards took the opportunity to rush and fight, and finally completely dispersed the rear army of the Dingyang army after a while, Huang Ziying had no intention of fighting again, and quickly led the army that could still be commanded around him back to the battlefield of the division to find Liu Wuzhou.

Finally killed Huang Ziying, who was desperate to the death, there was no obstacle in front of the main force of the Sui army, and Chen Fuliang, who succeeded again in his tricks, commanded the main force of the Sui army to chase and fight, and rushed the main force of the Yang army from behind. However, the poor Dingyang army was in a big mess, and they didn't know what to do at all, so they could only run around like headless flies in the dark night firelight, looking for the whereabouts of the coach Liu Wuzhou, and the soldiers kept fleeing, and even began to flee into schools.

Why do you want to say that the soldiers and horses of the Dingyang army are looking for Liu Wuzhou's whereabouts everywhere, there are two reasons, the first is of course that the sight is too poor in the middle of the night, and the second is that Liu Wuzhou's luck is too bad, at the beginning of the war, he was directly impacted by the Sui army Cheng Biting Jin, although Cheng Biting Jin and other Sui army soldiers have not had time to see Liu Wuzhou's handsome banner, but for the sake of safety, Liu Wuzhou immediately took his personal army to transfer the position, making it difficult for the generals of the Dingyang army to find him again, and the command was almost paralyzed.

Of course, even if Liu Wuzhou can effectively command the soldiers and horses of the Dingyang army, it has little effect, Cheng Yanjin and Qin Qiong's two armies are like two sharp knives, constantly rampage inside the Dingyang army, killing people and setting fires, and not giving the Yang army the opportunity to quickly get closer to each other, Chen Fuliang personally led the main force of the Sui army to chase and fight fiercely behind the back, driving out the defeated troops of the Dingyang army and constantly attacking the main force of the Dingyang army, no matter how Liu Wuzhou commanded the army, he could not reverse the defeat. So after barely staying away from the suddenly killed Sui cavalry, Liu Wuzhou didn't even blink an eyelid, and immediately fled east with his own army.

Unable to withstand the fierce impact of the soldiers of the Sui army, the soldiers and horses of the Dingyang army also began to retreat eastward and flee one after another, and Chen Fuliang did not hesitate to order an all-out pursuit, shouting and ordering: "Chase!" Pursue! Chase to Yuci! Liu Wuzhou's thief army must not be given the opportunity to escape into Yuci City, and his main force must be killed outside the city! ”

The hunting battle began, and all parts of the Sui army, as hunters, marched together, shouting and striding like flying, constantly slashing and killing the soldiers of the Dingyang Army who were lagging behind, and also constantly breaking down and killing the Dingyang Army Brigade that could barely maintain its establishment. As the prey, the Dingyang army was powerless, throwing down the heavy vehicles full of military grain and grass and fled like a group of frightened rabbits.

In the hunting room, the cavalry of the Sui army continued to intersperse forward, trying their best to block the eastward escape of the Dingyang army, and as a result, Qin Qiong, who had been walking the back word before, finally turned around once, and successfully grabbed the front of the Dingyang army in the chaos, and blocked the way of the Dingyang army, and the Dingyang army Zhang Wansui who fled in front was forced to be helpless, so he could only charge and fight, Song Jingang and Liu Wuzhou and others took this opportunity to bypass the battlefield and continue to march eastward, and the Sui army continued to pursue endlessly, and always bit the tail of the Dingyang army in the fierce battle, At the same time, an army was also appropriately divided to help Qin Qiong flank Zhang Wansui before and after, Zhang Wansui's army was panicked, and the soldiers scattered and fled for their lives, Zhang Wanzai himself was also smashed off his horse by Qin Qiong in the melee, and became a prisoner of the Sui army after falling off the horse, and there were many cavalry of the Dingyang army.

In a hurry to flee for their lives, Liu Wuzhou, Song Jingang and others finally saw the lights on Yuci City from afar, and everyone rushed to flee eastward under great joy, who would have thought that a Sui cavalry suddenly killed in the stabbing area, shouting and killing directly towards Liu Wuzhou's handsome banner. It turned out that Xiong Wei, the cavalry general of the Sui army who was responsible for luring the enemy, after completing the task of transferring the tiger away from the mountain, took the lead in coming to the ambush outside Yuci City according to Chen Fuliang's requirements, and saw Liu Wuzhou's handsome banner in the chaotic army and immediately killed it, and also threw a lot of gunpowder bottles in the charge, blowing up the enemy to open the road, and the people of the Dingyang army had no intention of fighting, and they dodged and evaded, allowing Xiong Wei to lead the army into the interior, so that the Sui cavalry of less than 1,000 people under Xiong Wei miraculously killed Liu Wuzhou.

The fierce battle broke out again, Liu Wuzhou desperately urged the pro-army team to step forward to stop the Sui cavalry, Xiong Wei and other Sui soldiers who had seen Liu Wuzhou from afar were demoralized, and their red eyes were just rushing to kill, especially Xiong Wei, who had followed Qin Qiong as early as Qi County, was the first soldier, and kept slashing forward with a big knife in his hand, and every time he cut a knife, he roared, "Liu Wuzhou, suffer death!" In the fierce battle, although Xiong Wei's soldiers were stopped by Liu Wuzhou's own soldiers to the death, Xiong Wei himself killed the front alone, and there was only less than twenty steps left from where Liu Wuzhou's handsome banner was.

Boom boom two loud bangs, the Sui cavalry who was stopped by Liu Wuzhou's personal soldiers threw out the last two gunpowder bottles, fell in front of Xiong Wei and exploded, blowing up Liu Wuzhou's personal soldiers who intercepted Xiong Wei, Xiong Wei took the opportunity to cut two people and charged forward, quickly bullied Liu Wuzhou within five steps, raised his knife and shouted, "Liu Wuzhou Pifu, suffer death!" ”

Roaring, Xiong Wei waved his knife and wanted to cut, and the frightened Liu Wuzhou hurriedly parried, but he stabbed out a shot first, and a shot hit Xiong Wei's face, stabbing Xiong Wei directly off the war horse, Liu Wuzhou looked back at it, and was stunned to see the person who picked Xiong Wei off the horse, with handsome eyebrows and eyes, but he didn't know where his future brother-in-law Li Er came out. Seeing Liu Wuzhou's surprise, Li Er smiled slightly and asked, "Brother, are you okay?" Let the elder brother be frightened, and the younger brother will be sentenced to death. ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Liu Wuzhou hurriedly shook his head, and thanked him sincerely: "Thanks to the virtuous brother for saving me, otherwise, my brother would have been in danger just now." ”

"With a gesture, brother doesn't have to be polite." Li Er smiled and said, "Brother, the Chen thief is chasing very closely, let's go quickly, and the younger brother will protect you and get out." ”

Liu Wuzhou nodded hurriedly, and when he was about to pat the horse and walk with Li Er, he suddenly remembered a big event, and hurriedly looked around for a figure that was missing, and hurriedly shouted and asked, "Where are the little eyes?" Where did Xiao Yan go? Do you see the little eyes? ”

Liu Wuzhou's personal soldiers shook their heads, saying that they didn't know where Liu Xiaoyan went, and Liu Wuzhou finally remembered that he hadn't seen his sister for a while in the panic, and immediately yelled in annoyance, blaming himself for being too selfish and negligent in his sister, causing his sister to be separated from him. Li Er also looked around, and then said to Liu Wuzhou: "Brother, the thief Chen is chasing too closely, let's go first, wait until we reach a safe place, and then try to find Xiaoyan Xianmei." ”

The main force of the Sui army did chase very closely, and in a blink of an eye, a large number of Sui cavalry pursued to the front, and Liu Wuzhou was forced to be helpless, so he could only march east with Li Er, and hurried to Yuci City to stay away from the pursuers. On the way east, Liu Wuzhou couldn't wait to say to Li Er: "Erlang, I don't know if the official letter military order that Da Lang gave to Yuci was sent to the city, for the sake of caution, you come forward to call the city for me, and let Yuci open the city gate to welcome us into the city." ”

"Of course it's okay to call the city." Li Er replied with a gloomy face: "But what the junior brother is worried about now is that we may not be able to open the city gate anymore." ”

"What does Erlang mean by this? Why can't you open the city gates? Liu Wuzhou asked in surprise.

"Thief Chen is cautious, this ambush battle is very well prepared, he will not forget to fight for the surrender of Yuci City." Li Er replied: "I bet that Chen Yingliang's traitor will first enter the city tonight to meet Liu Jizhen, the general of Yuci, and strive to surrender Liu Jizhen at any cost. Maybe the Yuci defenders will also take the opportunity to defect and exchange our heads for glory and wealth for the Chen thief. ”

"Then will Liu Jizhen betray?" Liu Wuzhou hurriedly asked again.

"I don't know, the little brother doesn't have much contact with that Liu Jizhen, and he doesn't know him well enough." Li Er shook his head and said again: "Let's take one step at a time, if we really can't enter Yuci City, we still have the option of going north and going straight back to Mayi." ”

When he said this, Li Er also glanced at Liu Wuzhou again, and saw that he looked hesitant and embarrassed, obviously not making up his mind to return to Mayi, but Li Er didn't think about it, and secretly said in his heart: When the time comes, you can't go back to Mayi, although the world is big, I only have a temporary place to stay in Mayi County. ”

Unfortunately, in the mouth of Li Er's crow, in the night, the defeated soldiers of the Dingyang army who were in a hurry like a lost dog fled all the way to the city of Yuci, although the city was brightly lit and the defenders were on full alert, but the city gate was closed and the drawbridge was held high, and the city was not immediately opened to welcome the Dingyang army into the city. In addition, Liu Jizhen, the general of Yuci, also personally boarded the west gate of Yuci, facing the official road of Taiyuan, and kept shouting: "Please Ding Yang Tianzi come out to see me, please Ding Yang Tianxia come out to see me!" ”

Time was pressing, Liu Wuzhou ventured to the edge of the moat and loudly identified himself, asking Liu Jizhen to open the city gate immediately to welcome him into the city. Liu Jizhen was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly shouted: "Dingyang Tianzi, the general order of the Zuo Governor to let you enter Yuci City, the villain has received it, but the Chen thief's army is chasing too tightly, if the last general opens the city, the Chen thief will inevitably take advantage of the situation to directly enter the city." For today's plan, I can only ask Your Majesty and your civil and military ministers to enter the city through the west gate first, and the rest of the army can enter as much as they want, if the thief Chen comes, he will immediately pull up the drawbridge and close the city gate, and then invite the rest of your soldiers to enter the city at the north gate and the east gate! It is related to the safety of Yuci City, please remember it for Your Majesty, and please forgive your Majesty's soldiers! ”

Saying that, Liu Jizhen really ordered the suspension bridge to be lowered, opened the west gate of Yuci again, and invited Liu Wuzhou and his senior civil and military generals to take the lead into the city, but Liu Wuzhou, who had been warned beforehand, remembered Li Er's advice this time and did not dare to act easily. Li Er also hurriedly came up and reminded again: "Brother, be careful of deception, if there is a change in the city, you will no longer have any power to resist after you enter." ”

Liu Wuzhou was even more hesitant, but Liu Jizhen was so anxious that he stomped his feet in the city and shouted, "Your Majesty, why haven't you entered the city yet?" The main force of the Chen thief has already been killed, and it will be too late if you don't enter the city again! ”

Liu Wuzhou couldn't distinguish the truth from the fake and didn't dare to risk his own life, so he could only turn his eyes for help to Li Er, Li Er couldn't distinguish the truth from the false, and after hesitating for a while, he suddenly opened his mouth and asked loudly: "Liu Jizhen, can a thief envoy enter the city to see you tonight?" ”

"Right Governor? Why are you here? Liu Jizhen recognized Li Er's voice, and he didn't dare to ask more in a hurry, but said loudly: "Right capital!, more than half an hour ago, a thief envoy came into the city to see me, in a vain attempt to bribe the last general to close the city gate and not let Dingyang Tianzi enter the city, but the left capital governor has the grace of knowing the last general, how can the last general bear to betray him?" Therefore, the last general immediately refused, and had already put the Chen thief messenger in prison, ready to wait for the Zuo Du Du to fall! ”

"Really?" Second General Li was suspicious, but Liu Wuzhou over there heard that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked: "General Liu, since you refused to surrender to the envoy of the thief Chen, why didn't you kill him with one knife and have to leave him behind?" ”

"Your Majesty, the two countries are fighting each other, and they will not be killed!" Liu Jizhen replied loudly: "The governor of Zuo has already ordered that he is not allowed to kill the enemy's envoys without authorization, so how dare the general disobey the order?" ”

"Take the envoy of the thief out and let me see!" Liu Wuzhou subconsciously shouted.

"Your Majesty, you don't believe me?" Liu Jizhen finally woke up, and asked angrily: "Do you suspect that the last general has been bribed by thieves Chen and arranged an ambush in the city to kill you?" ”

Liu Wuzhou was speechless, and Li Er, who was bent on encouraging Liu Wuzhou to return to Mayi, smiled and said loudly: "General Liu, the thief Chen is treacherous and resourceful, and the Dingyang Tianzi is also for the sake of prudence, so you can escort the Chen thief's envoy out and let the Dingyang Tianzi take a look." ”

"Whatever you want!" Liu Jizhen was furious and paused again, then turned back and yelled at his subordinates: "Go and bring the envoy of the thief Chen and let them see it clearly!" ”

The left and right soldiers agreed, and immediately rushed down to escort the envoy of the Sui army, but immediately some subordinates came to Liu Jizhen and said in a low voice: "General Liu, Liu Wuzhou Pifu and the Right Governor are so suspicious of you, after they enter the city, what good life can you have?" The envoy of His Royal Highness the King of Tang said very right, Dingyang thief army plundered, **** excessive, after they entered the city, the people of Yuci will inevitably suffer from the pond fish, general, in order to protect the righteousness of the people of Yuci City, why can't you abandon some ...... and some subsections? ”

Before the words of the kind-hearted subordinates were finished, Liu Jizhen had already grabbed the hilt of the knife on his waist and glared at his subordinates, and the good-intentioned persuaded subordinates shrank their heads and did not dare to say anything more. However, at this time, the west suddenly made a loud killing, and the cavalry of the Sui army had already pursued and killed to the front, seeing this scene, Liu Wuzhou did not dare to slack off, regardless of Li Er's persuasion, he first sent some personal soldiers into the city to investigate the situation, and the preliminary investigation did not find any abnormal situation, Liu Wuzhou immediately patted his horse into the city, and the soldiers of Dingyang cheered and shook the sky, and hurriedly swarmed into the city. Seeing this scene, the well-intentioned subordinate who had persuaded Liu Jizhen before immediately shook his head and sighed: "Yuci is over, and the people in the city are all finished." ”

In the flash of light, Liu Jizhen, who was loyal to Li Jiancheng, remembered Liu Wuzhou and Li Er's suspicion and suspicion of him, and even remembered the current situation of the Taiyuan army, Liu Jizhen suddenly changed his mind and instructed the kind-hearted subordinates: "Go, put down the jack gate, catch the turtle in the urn, and catch Liu Wuzhou to make a meeting gift to the king of Tang!" ”