Everyone knows that Emperor Li Er likes to personally explore the enemy's temper, not to mention that bullying Wang Shichong is already a long time to survive, when Liu Wuzhou was at his peak, he kicked the Li family's old nest Taiyuan City, and took down the old Li family's Puban City in Hedong County, which had not been won for more than two years, in addition to the beautiful thing of slaughtering the city in Xia County, the Second Emperor Li also did a more beautiful thing.

This incident was in the winter moon of that year, Li Er led the army like a bamboo, crossed the Yellow River on thick ice at Longmen, and stationed in Baibi in Jiangjun! Then, in view of the arrogance of Liu Wuzhou's traitors, the fearless Second Brother Li jumped off the beam in order to despise Liu Wuzhou's clown, and in order to explore the enemy's situation, he personally led a small number of cavalry to serve as scouts and personally reconnoitred in the enemy's army-controlled area!

Then after arriving at the destination, the famous story happened, Li Erge tactically despised his opponent and sent all the bodyguards and thugs around him to scatter to reconnoitre, leaving only a nameless cavalry attendant - this unlucky cavalry soldier really did not leave any name.

Then the second brother Li and the unlucky cavalryman were too tired, and they both ran to the top of a hill to fall asleep - nothing happened during this time, at least not in the history books.

Then, a group of accomplice lackeys under Liu Wuzhou, because of their clairvoyant ears, quietly and sneakily, with a large group of fierce and vicious cavalry, suddenly surrounded them from all directions! The purpose is nothing else, just to kill our true dragon son Second Brother Li!

The true dragon son of heaven has his own heavenly blessing! At this fateful moment, a snake killed a more unlucky mouse, forcing the more unlucky mouse to hit the face of the unlucky cavalry next to Second Brother Li, waking up the unlucky cavalryman and making him aware that the danger was approaching, and then the unlucky cavalryman quickly woke up Second Brother Li and got on the horse with Second Brother Li, and finally Second Brother Li also shot a big lackey under Liu Wuzhou who was a hundred steps away with an arrow, scared off thousands of enemy troops, and swaggered out of the encirclement!

The Yellow River is frozen, and Brother Snake is still at ease, why don't you ask the author, maybe this snake is a creature from another world, and there is no need to hibernate. Don't say that the author is honest, if this historical material is really fabricated, the culprit has to find Lao Ji and Heer, who fabricated and slandered it in order to please the dry dwarf, and added it when compiling the "Four Destruction Books", so this myth was left.

Regardless of whether it is a myth or not, whether the second brother Li who was abused by Brother Xue on the Western Front and suddenly grew wings and flew to the Eastern Front to replace Li Jiancheng and broke Wang Shichong's subordinates is a superman who wears underwear backwards, we can't delve into it, claiming that after being surrounded by Liu Heimin and rescued by Wei Chi Jingde in every battle, Second Brother Li, who was unscarred in hundreds of battles, has never gone deep into the enemy-occupied area alone, and we absolutely believe that this is recorded in the history books. But in the final analysis, our second brother Li attaches great importance to intelligence work, and he once liked to do it himself.

After moving to Lingshi this time, it was the same, in view of the huge disparity in comprehensive strength, although Li Er was not very optimistic about the defense plan formulated by Li Jiancheng, but in order not to even have the power to protect himself, Li Er still spent a lot of effort to supervise the fortifications of the Bird Mouse Valley, visited the construction site in person, and arranged and built various defense facilities with the vision of a genius military strategist. And very genius built two hidden forts on the cliff on the other side of the Fenshui, condescendingly blocked the road with bows and arrows, and hardly gave the enemy any chance to attack and capture.

The Bird Mouse Valley is an important place for soldiers who are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and after building so many fortifications, it can basically be said to be impregnable, whether the enemy is attacking openly or secretly, it is impossible to break through the defensive position of the Taiyuan army and go north, it stands to reason that Li Er and the Taiyuan army can sit back and relax, but unfortunately, Li Er and his subordinates, who have already learned from the past, not only dare not rest assured, but are also all worried about an important question, "Can our fortifications block the kind of weapons of Chen Yingliang's traitors?" ”

In addition to this important question, there is another question that is also worthy of Li Er's attention, that is, is it possible for the Sui army's partial division Liu Heimin's division to take the Sparrow Mouse Valley before the arrival of the main force of the Sui army, as the legend says? To be honest, Li Er was very skeptical of the truth of this rumor, but for the sake of caution, and because Li Jiancheng and Duan Lun both asked Li Er to find out about this matter, Li Er still sent a large number of scouts to sneak to the area of Huoyi to reconnoiter the movements of the Sui army there and look for any useful clues.

It's a pity that Liu Heimin, the general of the Sui army, is also a talented military genius, Li Er sent a large number of meticulous work to investigate for two days, and even Liu Heimin did not find out how many troops Liu Heimin gathered in the area of Huoyi, the number of Sui army flags and banners in Huoyi and Jiahubao changed every day, and the number of stove smoke in the camp was also different every day, and at the same time, a large number of Sui army flags were once found in the depths of the mountains and forests south of Huoyi, but when the Taiyuan army concentrated on exploring this mountain forest, these flags disappeared without a trace. It's as if there is no zài at all.

Li Er didn't blame the scouts and the incompetence of the meticulous work, because Li Er saw at a glance that this was Liu Heimin's suspicious strategy, so he tried to make it impossible for the self-army to figure out the true strength of the Huoyi Sui army, but Li Er couldn't guess the real purpose of Liu Heimin's doing this for the time being, and didn't understand whether Liu Heimin wanted to bluff and intimidate the self-army? Or do you want to cover up the killing and really want to attack the Bird Mouse Valley? After thinking about it, Li Er habitually decided to go out in person, disguised as an ordinary person, and went to Huoyi to investigate the enemy situation in person and grasp the first-hand detailed information.

The Taiyuan army stationed in Lingshi is already Li Er's descendants, and they all know that Li Er likes to personally explore the enemy's situation, which is not surprising, just a few words of advice to Li Erwan to be careful, and arranged for some soldiers to meet Li Er in a hidden place, Li Er led the captain of the personal army Wang Huaiwen and a local Huoyi capable work, disguised as ordinary people to hide short blades, copied the mountain trail to the south, quite smoothly touched the upper reaches of the river, and then gradually went east along the river, and gradually came to the suburbs of Huoyi.

Looking at the Huoyi town that once belonged to him, Li Er certainly had some bad feelings in his heart, but Li Er was also a person who was very good at regulating his feelings, and after a little sigh, he no longer missed the past, and settled down to carefully investigate the enemy's situation. As a result, Li Er soon discovered that the current situation of the Huoyi Sui army seemed to be a little loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and on the surface it seemed that it was forbidden for business and ordinary people to come and go freely, but in fact, there were sentry posts at key points on the road to closely monitor passers-by, and the camp in the eastern suburbs of Huoyi strictly forbade any outsiders to approach, and did not give the self-army a chance to get close and probe at all.

In addition, Li Er also found that there were obviously many more rut marks on the road, many of which were much deeper from the north and south, and they were obviously carrying heavy objects, but Li Er clearly remembered that the scouts of the army had not reported to himself or Duan Lun until now, saying that the Sui army had signs of carrying a large number of supplies and military supplies to the north.

There are also obviously more boats on the Fenshui River, but the Fenshui River north of Zhengping in Jiangxian County is dangerous, the water flow is rapid and complicated, and it is not suitable for large-scale transportation of troops and grain, and at the same time, the section of the Fenshui River that is sandwiched by the Bird Mouse Valley is turned around, the water is turbulent, and the drop is as high as more than 40 zhang (about 125 meters), even the light boat is difficult to cross, let alone a heavy grain ship. Therefore, Li Er was not worried about this at all, knowing that the Sui army was at most borrowing Fenshui to bear some land transportation pressure, and there was absolutely no possibility of transporting grain, grass and military supplies to Huoyi and the Taiyuan battlefield further north.

Then Li Er took the time to go to the mountains directly south of Huoyi, but unfortunately, the mysterious Sui army that had appeared before was still nowhere to be seen, and Li Er inevitably became more and more suspicious in his heart, and he couldn't guess the real purpose and intention of the Sui army. After a little calculation, Li Er pointed to the direction of Jiahu Fort in the northwest and said, "Let's go, let's go to Jiahu Fort and take a look at the situation." ”

"Right Governor, be careful." Wang Huaiwen hurriedly reminded: "Jiahu Fort tightly chokes the entrance and exit of the official road of the Bird Mouse Valley, and the Chen thief army is closely monitored. ”

"It's okay, the terrain in that area is complicated, and I'm familiar with all the big and small roads, so it's okay to go into the mountains." Li Er replied confidently, and said more confidently: "Go to the official road, it is easier to attract suspicion by taking the mountain road, but it's okay to take the official road in a big way." ”

couldn't twist Li Er, Wang Huaiwen could only carefully protect Li Er and return to the official road, but fortunately, there were not many official and military posts in this area, and he didn't find Li Er and others quietly returning to the mountain road from the forest. However, at this moment, facing the direction of Fen in the south, a caravan suddenly came, with a large scale of more than 20 trucks, donkeys pulling mules and packs slowly northward, under the banner of Zhengping Liu Ji business, and happened to pass in front of Li Er and others, Wang Huaiwen and another entourage did not pay attention to this, but Li Er only took a cursory glance, and immediately found that something was wrong, and hurriedly whispered: "Pay attention to this caravan, something is wrong!" ”

Wang Huaiwen hurriedly observed the caravan carefully, and sure enough, he quickly found a lot of things wrong, the twenty or so wagons looked like they were filled with sacks full of utensils, but the sacks were not piled up very high, and the rut marks were very deep, twelve of them were still pulled by two donkeys, and at the same time, there were more than fifty guys guarding the twenty cars, each of whom was thick and round-armed, and looked brave and fierce, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like an ordinary business guy. When Li Er whispered to remind Wang Huaiwen to pay attention to the back, Wang Huaiwen quickly discovered that behind this caravan, there were some ordinary merchants with packages on their backs, who seemed to be not like a group, but in fact they were all sturdy and strong, vaguely as if they were protecting the caravan.

Li Er knew that his luck was very good, and when he saw these situations, he immediately understood that his luck was coming again, and under secret joy, Li Er immediately gave up his plan to go to Jiahubao to spy on it, and took Wang Huaiwen to follow behind this caravan, and sent the local fine worker to step forward to try to observe what those trucks were loading, and at the same time, Li Er couldn't help but beat a little drum in his heart, and said secretly: "Twelve cars are pulled by two donkeys?" Twelve? Twelve? How is this number so familiar? ”

The caravan also attracted the attention of the Sui army sentry along the way, and when the Sui army sentry stepped forward to inquire, he quickly retreated to make way for the way, and then the previous investigation quickly slipped back quietly and reported to Li Er in a low voice: "Right Governor, this caravan may also be pretended by the Chen thief army, they showed some things to the thief army post, and those thief army posts immediately retreated." ”

"Keep probing and go your separate ways." Li Er commanded in a low voice: "Meet at the mountain junction in the upper reaches of the river before sunset, and remember, try to find out what is on those cars as much as possible." ”

Li Er took Wang Huaiwen on a detour, and rushed to the Sui army camp in the eastern suburbs of Huoyi City, hiding in a hidden high place to monitor the Sui army camp from afar, but I don't know how long I waited, the mysterious caravan really went directly to the main gate of the Sui army camp, and at the same time, this caravan also attracted the attention of many other passers-by, and then to Li Er's great joy, one of the trucks pulled by two donkeys turned around, and I didn't know that there was something wrong there, and it suddenly overturned on its own. The sack on the car fell to the ground, and at the same time, a thick black and long cylindrical object rolled out!

The matter soon became bigger, and the men who escorted the car immediately pounced, hurriedly covering the cylindrical object with sacks and even their bodies, and then some people rushed to the Sui army camp to negotiate, and an army soon rushed out of the Sui army camp, quickly blocking the scene and arresting passers-by who saw the cylindrical object. Li Er was secretly happy in his heart when he saw it, and immediately instructed Wang Huaiwen: "Go, go back to the mountain road and wait for news, I saw clearly just now that our people had already run away in advance and were not caught by the thief army." ”

Wang Huaiwen agreed, and hurriedly accompanied Li Er back to the way he came, and at the same time, Wang Huaiwen couldn't help but ask Li Er with a trembling voice: "Right Governor, is that what is loaded in the car?" ”

"It's quite possible, but it's not entirely certain." Li Er replied in a low voice: "But it doesn't matter, our people are close, they must see what it is, let's go back and wait for a while to know the news." ”

Wang Huaiwen nodded again and again, and while accompanying Li Er to hurriedly return to the road, he said in a nervous voice: "Right Dudu, if it is really that thing, then we will be in big trouble, and the Chen thief army may launch an attack in the next few days." ”

Li Er nodded and said in a low voice: "Yes, if it is really that thing, then Chen Yingliang's plan is already very clear, pretending that the main force is still preparing to go on the expedition, so that our main force is not in a hurry to go south to fortify the Bird Mouse Valley, but in fact, he has secretly sent reinforcements to Liu Heimin, and let Liu Heimin serve as the pioneer task, highlighting the surprise soldiers to take the Bird Mouse Valley and open his way forward." Turning fiction into reality, it is really clever. ”

Speaking of this, Li Er smiled slightly, and said secretly in his heart: "But, God doesn't bless you, God bless me, just let me see your killer weapon appear on the Huoyi battlefield in advance, not only do you not have the opportunity to stand out the surprise soldier, but you may also let me get your magic weapon." Hum! ”

It was quite smooth to return to the agreed mountain intersection, and waited in the hidden place until the evening, and the local fine worker before came back sneakily to meet Li Er, Li Er first carefully confirmed that there was no tail behind him, and then took Wang Huaiwen out to meet him. As a result, after Li Er appeared, without waiting to ask, the fine worker couldn't wait to say excitedly: "Right Governor!" It's artillery! It's the artillery of the thief army! The donkey cart was loaded with the artillery that the thieves used to blast away Huoyi City! Their wheels got stuck in a pothole on the side of the road, and the car rolled out with artillery! ”

"See clearly?" Li Er asked quietly.

"See it clearly!" Xiaozuo replied truthfully: "The little one also saw that the contents of those sacks were very light, and they were not goods at all, and they could be lifted with one hand. ”

"Very good, you have made meritorious service, and I will reward you when you go back." Li Er smiled and commanded again: "Let's go, go back to Lingshi to prepare for the battle, Liu Heimin's puppet is coming." ”

Second Brother Li's Chrysostom is indeed very smart, in fact, just when he, Wang Huaiwen and others were still on the way back to Lingshi, Liu Heimin, who was supposed to be in Linfen, suddenly dozens of light cavalry, without a banner, rushed to the outside of Huoyi City in the guise of ordinary soldiers, and directly entered the Sui army camp outside the city. Wang Xingben and Cao Qing, who led the army to guard here, were shocked when they heard the news, and hurriedly went out to greet them and invited Liu Heimin into the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Have you arrived with those artillery?" Liu Heimin asked straight to the point: "Is the plan smooth?" ”

"It's arrived, it's very smooth." Cao Qing replied with his hand, and said, "Our people are very sure that at least one enemy has seen it with their own eyes, and we also deliberately let him escape." ”

Liu Heimin nodded with satisfaction, and Wang Xingben asked suspiciously: "Dashuai, why are you here in person?" Could it be that our plans have changed? ”

"It's not that our plans have changed, it's that your opponents have changed, that's why I'm here personally." Liu Heimin replied casually, and said: "You reported to me before, saying that Li Erlang led the army into Lingshi, and when I received the news, I quickly entrusted the matter in hand to Wei Taishou and General Huo Shiju for the time being, and came here to take over your command of the battle, so as not to suffer a loss." ”

"What do we lose?" Cao Qing and Wang Xingben were both a little inexplicable.

"You are not Li Erlang's opponent." Liu Heimin replied: "And I'm pretty sure that once Li Erlang learns that we have artillery delivered to Huoyi, he will definitely have the idea of sending troops to rob him, so I can only temporarily adjust my plan and come here to take command in person, so as not to make any mistakes and frustrate the spirit of our Northern Expedition to Taiyuan." ”

"Marshal, Li Erlang only has more than 5,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and he has to be responsible for guarding the Bird Mouse Valley and Lingshi City, he has the courage to fight, and he still wants to grab our artillery?" Cao Qing asked in surprise.

"Of course he has." Liu Heimin smiled and replied: "This point is still told by the prime minister himself." Okay, let's talk about the rest slowly, do two things first, first, block the news that I have arrived in Huoyi, and second, closely monitor the movement of the thief army, and report to me as soon as there is news. ”

Late that night, Li Ershun returned to Lingshi City, first strictly ordered to speed up the construction of fortifications, and then ignored the fatigue and fatigue of the personal sentinels, let Duan Zhixuan and Tang Xian continue to be in charge of the Lingshi defense for himself temporarily, and personally went north to Jiexiu to report to Duan Lun. Zhu Cang hurriedly persuaded him: "Right Governor, you are too tired to personally investigate, it is better to rest first, and send a messenger to tell Chief Duan about such a trivial matter." ”

"No, I have to go myself." Li Er replied quietly: "Because I not only went to report to Chief Officer Duan, but I also want to persuade him to help me and send troops to seize the artillery sent by Chen Yingliang in advance!" ”R1148