On the afternoon of the seventh day of the fourth lunar month, Dou Jiande's 110,000 troops successfully arrived on the north bank of the Yellow River, set up camp north of Niuzhukou, and defeated and fled to Xingze, the generals of the Zheng army, Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben, hurriedly took the remnants of the defeated army to join Dou Jiande, brought Dou Jiande some forcibly requisitioned Yellow River fishing boats, and also brought Dou Jiande the news that Chen Fuliang was in the Tiger Prison Pass. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Confirming that the sworn enemy Chen Fuliang was really in the Tiger Prison Pass, Li Mi looked at the Tiger Prison Pass in the south, and couldn't help but think of the various past events when he and Chen Fuliang met, fell in love and wanted to kill, remembered the first acquaintance in Luoyang City, the lucky escape from the Kunshan battlefield, Chen Fuliang's intentional indulgence outside Menghai City, the re-meeting outside Luokou Cang, and the battle of wits and courage again and again, comparing treachery and cheapness. With a lot of emotion, Li Mi suddenly found that his hatred for Chen Fuliang had actually decreased a lot, on the contrary, he was still a very hateful and respectable enemy, and he wanted to see Chen Fuliang again.

But it's a pity that Li Mi knew in his heart that although he and Chen Fuliang were only a few miles apart, they could not have the opportunity to meet immediately, because he had to get out of Dou Jiande's army as soon as possible, and he could no longer participate in the Tiger Prison Pass battle that he strongly advocated but was destined to have no gain. Therefore, no matter how much Li Mi missed his friends, he could only sigh lightly and said in his heart: "Little thief, let you go this time, next time, next time we will fight to the death in a dignified manner." ”

After sighing, Li Mi turned around to look at Dou Jiande's expression on the imperial chariot, and what surprised Li Mi was that Dou Jiande was also looking at the south bank of the Yellow River in a daze, with a somewhat complicated expression on his face, and there seemed to be some teeth gritting movements and worried expressions. When Li Mizheng was wondering how Dou Jiande's dirt bun had such a sentimental appearance, on the other hand, the left servant of the Shangshu of the Great Xia Imperial Court also saw that Dou Jiande's expression was wrong, so he asked Dou Jiande curiously: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, why is it so distracted?" Are you worried that when our army crosses the river, it will be attacked by Chen thieves in the middle of the crossing? ”

Dou Jiande was really distracted, or did Qi Shanxing repeat the question for the second time, and Dou Jiande came back to his senses, first shook his head and said contemptuously that I still used him to attack Chen Thief? Then he hummed and said, "I don't like the name of the Yellow River crossing in front of me, and I feel disgusted. ”

Qi Shanxing and many Great Xia civil and military officers were confused, and hurriedly asked Dou Jiande why he hated the name of the ferry, Dou? De snorted again and said: "The ferry in front is called Niuzhukou, also called Niukou, my surname Dou has the same sound as the bean, this bean enters the Niukou ......, hum, unlucky!" ”

How serious the feudal superstition of this era is, friends must know, so after hearing this, Qi Shanxing, Fan Yuan and Hu Daen and other Daxia civil and military forces were first in a row, and then immediately felt very unlucky, Li Mi secretly laughed in his heart Dou Jiande's stupid hat, and hurriedly took the opportunity to pat the horse, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty rest assured, although the name of the place ahead is not heard, but Your Majesty is the lord of the world, the people of Kyushu, the land of the country, are all in Your Majesty's bag, and the ferry in front is naturally owned by Your Majesty." If Your Majesty doesn't like the name of this ferry, you can change the name of this ferry with just a golden word, and turn evil into good fortune, so what is there to worry about? ”

Dou Jiande is indeed very superstitious, although for some reason he has been extremely vigilant and hateful to Li Mi, he still nodded and said: "What King Wei said is extremely true, so let's do it." Let's see, what should I change my name? Well......, mouth! The Yellow River crossing in front of it will be renamed Fakou! ”

"Mouth? Sprouts? ”

Li Mi almost laughed when he heard it, but fortunately he forcibly held back, and hurriedly flattered him along with Daxia Wenwu, praising Dou Jiande for changing Niu Zhukou's name so well and beautifully, and changing it to croak. Then seeing that Dou Jiande's mood had improved somewhat, Li Mi, who felt that it was an opportunity, hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, regarding the Luoyang war, Weichen has a suggestion, please adopt it." ”

Glancing at Li Mi, Dou Jiande's gaze was a little complicated, and he said very casually: "Let's hear it." ”

"Weichen wants to go to the area of Peng Qingxu and recruit some old troops for His Majesty to come and help in the war." Li Mi smiled and said: "The leaders of the rebel army in the southeast of this area have been subordinates of their subordinates before, and it is very convenient for their subordinates to contact and negotiate, Your Majesty personally conquered Luoyang, it is the time to use people's strength, and your Majesty is willing to hold a holy decree of Your Majesty to appease them to surrender, if you can succeed, Your Majesty can not only have many more warlike divisions before driving, but also get a large area of land and ......." ”

"No need!"

Dou Jiande's reaction surprised Li Mi, and he interrupted directly without waiting for Li Mi to finish speaking, and said coldly: "My current army is enough, I don't have to bother Aiqing to recruit new troops to fight, the leader of the righteous division of Qingxu and Peng Counties, I will pass on the message to appease, and I don't need to bother Aiqing." ”

Li Mi was a little dumbfounded, he never expected that he had already flattered Dou Jiande like this, Dou Jiande was still so distrustful of him, and at the same time, Li Mi, who was good at observing words and feelings, also clearly found that Dou Jiande's tone seemed to have some anger in it, and he seemed to be very dissatisfied with his request. Surprised, Li Mi couldn't help but say in her heart: "What's the matter? Could it be that the broken place name of Niu Zhukou really makes Dou Jiande's dirt bun so unhappy? ”

At this time, one or two Great Xia civil and military officers really stood up to Li Mi's help, suggesting that Dou Jiande agree to Li Mi's request-because if this was successful, it would indeed help the Great Xia court to obtain many cannon fodder armies and large tracts of land. It's a pity that Dou Jiande seemed to have taken the wrong medicine, and he actually opened his mouth and roared angrily: "I don't need to say that I don't need to, don't say much!" ”

The civil and military officials who were also shocked hurriedly shut up, Li Mi, who had seen Dou Jiande's bearish temper, did not dare to insist, obediently shut up and lowered his head slightly, Dou Jiande glanced at Li Mi again, and snorted coldly in his heart, "Count you smart, if you are wordy, I will kill you immediately if I mutiny on the side of the white horse!" But don't be too happy, wait for me to get the real evidence, and wait for Yang Jishan's puppet to come here ......, hum! ”

After saying it in his heart, Dou Jiande ordered loudly again: "Spread the order to the whole army, rest for the night, tomorrow the whole army will cross the river, Fan Yuan will lead 10,000 elite soldiers to cross first, if the thief Chen goes out of the customs to intercept, resolutely face the battle!" Be sure to win! The hundred civil and military officials of Great Xia sang the promise together, and they all muttered in their hearts, did Your Majesty take the wrong medicine today, why is he so angry for no reason?

When he left Dou Jiande in confusion and returned to his entourage, Wang Bodang and Wang Xuance, two absolute henchmen, immediately greeted him, and while saluting Li Mi, Wang Bodang whispered: "Teacher, what's wrong?" How do you have a tail behind you? ”

"I have a tail in the back?" Li Mi's heart sank, while quietly pretending to talk to Wang Bodang and Wang Xuance, while casually observing sideways, he found that there was indeed a sneaky tail behind him, Li Mi couldn't help but wonder in his heart, and said secretly: "What's wrong?" How could someone spy on me? Isn't the eyeliner that Dou Jiande planted beside me before already withdrawn? ”

What surprised Li Mi even more was that in the evening of the same day, a team of Dou Jiande's Imperial Forest Army guards suddenly came to his camp, claiming that they had been ordered by Dou Jiande to strengthen the protection of Li Mi. Li Mi was shocked and hurriedly instructed Wang Bodang to come forward to inquire about the reason, and the guards of the Imperial Forest Army said that it was because it was very close to the Chen thief's army, and Dou Jiande was afraid that the Sui army would infiltrate the camp and hurt his important ministers, so he increased his troops to protect Li Mi. Li Mi listened to the bitterness and knew that Dou Jiande had indeed become suspicious of himself, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong, and at the same time, he didn't dare to resist, so he had to accept Dou Jiande's so-called kindness with fear, and at the same time hurriedly looked for the reason why Dou Jiande suddenly became suspicious of himself, and studied other ways to get out.

In the early morning of the next day, under the response of the remnants of Zheng Jun and Yang Gongqing, the Dou army began to cross the river in an all-round way, and more than 200 boats and boats on the river were constantly coming and going, transporting the soldiers of the Dou army across the Yellow River in an endless stream. The Sui army scouts found out about these situations and hurriedly sent the news to Chen Fuliang at the Tiger Prison Pass, and the generals of the Sui army suggested that Chen Fuliang immediately send troops to win a battle to boost morale and frustrate the enemy's spirit. However, Chen Fuliang shook his head categorically and refused: "There is no need to attack, let him Dou Jiande cross the Yellow River." ”

"Your Highness, the thief army is huge, with more than 100,000 troops, if you let them all cross the Yellow River, it will be difficult to defeat them in one fell swoop." Yin Kaishan asked very suspiciously: "Now is a great opportunity to severely damage the enemy's forward, His Highness has always used soldiers like a god, why should he miss it in vain?" ”

Chen Fuliang smiled and said: "If Dou Jiande Pifu runs to Baima Yanjin to cross the river, then I will send an army to seize the opportunity to attack Bandu no matter what, but since Dou Jiande Pifu is at Niuzhukou Ferry, then we don't need to send troops." ”

"Why?" The generals of the Sui army asked in surprise.

"Because Niu Zhukou is a mortal enemy." Chen Fuliang replied with a smile: "The north of Niuzhukou is the Yellow River, the west is the Tiger Pass, and the east is the Tongji Canal, all of which are difficult to cross, only the south is open, but the counties and counties in the south have been destroyed, there is no grain and grass supply and a strong city to defend, and there are three small rivers of Suo, Jing, and Zheng, and the more we go, the more we will stay away from Dou Jiande's lair, so as long as we defeat Dou Jiande Pifu in the area of Niuzhukou, we can immediately severely damage or even completely annihilate his main force!" It's such a battlefield for us, since Dou Jiande likes to come in, why should I stop him? ”

Surprised, he looked at the generals a few times, and then Feng Deyi cautiously reminded: "Your Highness, Dou Jiande's thief army is unstoppable, and the army is strong, we want to defeat him in Niuzhukou in one fell swoop, I'm afraid it's not so easy, right?" ”

"Unstoppable? Why didn't I find out? Chen Fuliang laughed out loud and said with a smile: "If the Tiger Prison Pass is still in the hands of the enemy, and Dou Jiande's thief army directly crosses the Tiger Prison Pass and marches towards Luoyang, then it can be regarded as a great and unstoppable situation." But now that the Tiger Prison Pass is in our hands, what else is there for Dou Jiande's thief army to be unstoppable? Don't forget, even this king was helpless to take the tiger prison back then, and in the end, he could only rely on Wang Shichong to send troops to attack, and finally reluctantly forced Zhai Li's thief army away, Dou Jiande's thief army's means and strength, can it be more and stronger than this king's? ”

Speaking of this, Chen Fuliang paused, and said with a smile: "So in this battle, we must not be in a hurry, we must first use the Tiger Prison to drain the sharp morale of Dou Jiande, so that his thieves and soldiers are tired, and the generals and soldiers are tired of fighting, and then send troops to attack, and we will win a big victory!" ”

Seeing that Chen Fuliang said so confidently, and there was a tiger prison to defend the city, there was really no need to be afraid of Dou Jiande's frontal attack, so the Sui army did not insist on asking for battle. Then Yin Kaishan suggested: "Your Highness, then let's take advantage of the fact that Dou Jiande Pifu is not ready to attack the fortified weapon, hurry up and divide our troops to take Luokoucang, and if we take Luokoucang, we can completely solve the problem of grain and grass, and we don't have to worry about being attacked by Wang Xuanying when Dou Jiande Pifu is fighting." ”

"I still don't need it." Chen Fuliang smiled and said: "Dou Jiande is here to save Wang Shichong, when he sends troops to attack the city, will Wang Xuanying stand by and watch?" When Wang Xuanying was forced to send troops, we first inflicted heavy losses on the main force of his defenders in the field battle, and then sent troops to attack Luokoucang, which not only made it much larger, but also reduced many casualties among the soldiers. ”

The generals of the Sui army nodded yes one after another, and they all patted their assemblies and said that the Tang King was clever and unpredictable. Chen Fuliang smiled, then turned to Wang Fubao and said: "Fubao, give you a task to scold, you have to suffer some grievances, but for the sake of our overall situation, you must accept this grievance." ”

"Your Highness, please." Wang Fubao clenched his fists without hesitation.

"You take three hundred cavalry out of the city, go to the front of Dou Jiande's thief army to swagger, pretend to surrender your former companions, and completely anger Dou Jiande for me." Chen Fuliang said: "If Dou Jiande sends troops to attack you, you can't fight, and you will withdraw immediately." ”

Although some people in the Sui army were worried that Wang Fubao would take the opportunity to slip away, considering Chen Fuliang's habit of using people without suspicion, it was clear that even if he opened his mouth, it was useless, so no one wasted this bit of saliva energy.

As Chen Fuliang expected, when Wang Fubao appeared in front of the Dou army array with three hundred cavalry, the Dou army immediately sounded the roaring and angry voices of countless Dou army generals, and then when Wang Fubao opened his mouth to persuade his former colleagues to lead the army to surrender, the Dou army generals led by Fan Yuan were even more furious, and immediately waved their troops to attack, Wang Fubao remembered Chen Fuliang's order to immediately lead the army to retreat, and the Dou army was in hot pursuit, but Wang Fubao fled quickly and simply, and chased to the Tiger Prison Pass and failed to kill a Sui cavalry. On the contrary, he was killed and injured by the strong bow and crossbow on the city wall, and had to retreat with hatred.

When the news reached Dou Jiande, Dou Jiande was naturally furious, scolding Wang Fubao's shameless betrayal, and ordering the army to start preparing siege weapons immediately after crossing the river, and launch an attack as soon as possible to take the Tiger Pass. At the same time, it was naturally necessary to send people to take a small boat up the Yellow River and rush to Luokoucang to contact Wang Xuanying, asking Wang Xuanying to send troops to attack the Tiger Pass when the self-army attacked the city, so as to share the positive pressure for the self-army.

On Li Mi's side, Li Mi could of course also see that this was a repetition of Chen Fuliang's old trick, bullying Dou Jiande like bullying Yang Xuangan back then - deliberately provoking and provoking anger, luring Dou Jiande to launch an attack in a hurry when he was not fully prepared. But Li Mi will no longer care about persuading Dou Jiande as he did to persuade Yang Xuangan back then, because Li Mi and Wang Bodang, Wang Xuance and others have not only been closely monitored by Dou Jiande's guards, but they can't move freely at all.

Seeing Yang Jishan suddenly appear, Li Mi was first very surprised, and then taken aback, and hurriedly asked Wang Bodang to guard the tent door, and then asked in a low voice, "Why are you here?" And what about our army? Why don't I see a new army coming here? ”

"Our army is still sour dates." Yang Jishan replied: "I was ordered to lead the army westward to help in the war, but yesterday I suddenly received a holy decree from Dou Jiande, asking me to temporarily keep the army in Sujuo, and also temporarily hand over the command of Fang Xuanzao, and rush to Niu Zhu to see the driver, so I came." ”

"It's broken!" When Li Mi heard the complaint, he was even more sure that Dou Jiande was indeed suspicious of himself, and he was probably ready to attack him, but Yang Jishan hurriedly asked Li Mi what happened, why did Dou Jiande suddenly make this strange holy decree, Li Mi didn't answer, but asked angrily: "Why don't you find an excuse to refuse?" Don't you know what I entrusted you with the last lineage? ”

When Yang Jishan heard the cry, he hurriedly said: "Originally, I wanted to find an excuse to refuse to leave the army, but Fang Xuanzao reminded me that you are still here, and if I disobey, you will definitely be in danger, so I had no choice but to come here first with a team of cavalry." ”

Li Mi almost fainted when he heard this, and he knew in his heart that Fang Xuanzao had been secretly bought by Dou Jiande, and he knew better that he couldn't count on his descendants to help him. And Yang Jishan hurriedly asked the reason for this strange thing, Li Mi was forced to be helpless, so he whispered the truth of the matter in Yang Jishan's ear, and also said that his intention to defect was likely to have been detected by Dou Jiande, Yang Jishan was shocked when he heard it, and hurriedly asked: "What should I do then?" Now we are all in Dou Jiande's camp, which is equivalent to fish and meat on the case, if Dou Jiande suddenly makes a move, we can't resist it at all? ”

Li Mi didn't answer, and was silent for a long time before he whispered: "I can only run, Dou Jiande is in a hurry to kill, if we don't run, we will all die." ”

"So where are we going?" Yang Jishan hurriedly asked again: "Do you want to flee back to Sour Jujube and join our army?" ”

Li Mi shook his head and said: "You can't go back to the sour date, Fang Xuanzao strongly advises you to leave the army and come here to meet Dou Jiande, you can't be relied on anymore, and we will only die in vain if we go back." ”

"Where are you going? South? If Dou Jiande Pifu dispatches cavalry to chase and kill, how can we resist? Yang Jishan asked again in a low voice.

Li Mi stopped talking again, and after being silent for a longer time, Li Mi asked Yang Jishan in a low voice: "Jishan, do you still hate Chen Yingliang's thief now?" ”