Don't be afraid of floating clouds to cover your eyes, and keep the clouds open and finally see the moon.

To tell the truth, in fact, since Li Yuan was seriously injured and died, stubborn rebel leaders such as Li Er and Pei Lin did not have much confidence in finally being able to hold Daxing City, because the strength of the Sui army in the eastern capital was too strong, and the commander was too cunning and cautious, and it was almost impossible to make mistakes to give the rebels a chance, and the rebels had too many internal problems, low morale, panic, internal instability and many hidden dangers, and even the grain and grass were difficult to support until the spring of the next year, and the expected reinforcements did not know when they would arrive or even if they could come. Therefore, no matter how beautiful the words are and how loud the slogan of co-existence and death with Daxing City is, the rebel diehards led by Li Er and Pei Lin still know very well in their hearts that it is difficult to keep Daxing City.

No one thought that there would be such a turnaround, Li Er's long-line fishing for big fish, just found out the traitor Zhu Cang, who had been lurking in Lao Li's house for a long time, and immediately received the news that Xue Ju had promised to form an alliance against Chen He and had sent troops, and then Zhu Cang immediately betrayed Chen Fuliang with great cleverness, so that the rebels saw the dawn of breaking Chen Fuliang's undefeated prestige, and the spring of the rebels came in advance.

It is really the breath of spring, just in terms of people's aspirations, no matter how good Chen Fuliang, who is subject to the framework of the terms and conditions of the Great Sui Imperial Court, can not be compared with the rebels in terms of gaining the support of the people, he is congenitally weak, and the people in Guanzhong are afraid of it, but the strong combat effectiveness of the Sui army in the eastern capital and the prestige of Chen Fuliang who has not tasted defeat, and as long as the rebels can fight a slightly decent victory, they can not only curb the rainbow trend of the Sui army in the eastern capital. It can also completely break Chen Fuliang's outstanding record of no defeat since his debut, and it will have infinite benefits for the rebels' next Daxing defense battle and the Jedi counterattack with Xue Ju.

A good opportunity that can be encountered but not sought is placed in front of him, and the rebel trio, including Li Jiancheng, will certainly not miss it - Li Jiancheng is just friendly with Chen Fuliang, which does not mean that Li Jiancheng does not want to defeat his good friend. After personally going to the Chunming Gate, the main gate of the third gate of Daxingdong, to explore the terrain, the Li brothers and Pei Lin quickly formulated a pocket array plan to clean up Chen Fuliang, and decided to use the Chunming Gate as the center of the circle to arrange an arc-shaped encirclement, and open the city gate with a red light during the third watch, luring the Sui army into the city, and then launching an undulating attack to meet the despicable Sui army team that stole the city.

Considering the good combat effectiveness of the Sui army in the eastern capital and the rush of time, the rebel three-man regiment gave up the plan of installing a thousand jin iron gate inside the Chunming Gate, and only arranged enough troops and prepared a large number of garrison materials on the city wall to cut off the front and rear communication of the Sui army and increase the difficulty of retreating from the Sui army. At the same time, in order to strive for the maximum results and ensure victory, the rebel three-man regiment not only decided to invest 20,000 middle-aged soldiers to set up an ambush, but also decided to ambush the cavalry in the capital city south of Yirenfang, so as to launch a counteroffensive immediately after the victory, drive out the defeated soldiers of the Sui army as free forwards, and raid the Sui army's troops outside the city to expand the results. - This time, Li Er, who is good at cavalry warfare, once again personally commanded the rebel cavalry.

In addition, the Sui army in the south of Daxing City must have moved, which was also expected by the rebel three-man regiment, and immediately ordered Li Xiaogong, the main general of the three gates in Daxingnan, to prepare for a night battle. Mobile forces should be used well, and after confirming that the official army is defeated and retreated, it can appropriately send troops to pursue, but it can only pursue Qu Tutong's army, Qu Tutong's subordinates are all afraid of us on the Hedong battlefield, and they will be defeated by our pursuit! ”

Considering the rare opportunity and the relationship is too important, the rebel decision-making trio decided to command the battle in the outer city tonight, Li Er is responsible for commanding the cavalry, Li Jiancheng is responsible for commanding the ambush, Pei Lin is responsible for commanding the enemy in the city and condescending to coordinate the overall situation, fortunately, Li Shentong who guards the imperial city and Chai Shao, who guards the palace city, are both reliable relatives who can never have problems, and the rebel trio all spend the night in the outer city, but there is no need to worry about the safety of the imperial city and the palace city. Li Er only returned to the palace once before the first shift, preparing to bring Zhu Cang to the city for backup at any time, and also explained the night affairs to Chai Shao in person.

probably told Chai Shao about his brother and Pei Lin going to command the battle in the outer city tonight, and Li Er said to Chai Shao again: "Brother-in-law, I'll ask you for Miyagi tonight, remember two things, first, no matter what the battle situation in the outer city is, you must not leave Miyagi for a single step, and you are absolutely not allowed to open any gate of Miyagi!" Second, don't keep an eye on the Xuanwu Gate, what is the Xuanwu Gate, you know, once there is an accident, the entire Daxing City is not in danger, and there must be no accidents! ”

"Don't worry, I'll stay on the Xuanwu Gate tonight." Chai Shao replied calmly: "The three gates of Yong'an, Zhaoyang and Changle in the south, I will also bring the key with me, no matter who can't open the door." ”

"Erlang, don't worry, I will also live on the Xuanwu Gate tonight." Dugu Huaien also patted his chest and said: "Don't worry about going to the outer city to kill the enemy, with me, Xuanwu Gate is foolproof!" ”

Li Er smiled and said with a smile: "Uncle Cousin, you have a brother-in-law who lives on the Xuanwu Gate, you don't need to work so hard, you can rest properly, just get up at any time and inspect the interior of the palace." ”

"No, no." Lonely Huaien shook his head into a rattle, and said with a heartfelt voice: "Xuanwu Gate is so important, Erlang and you don't spend the night in Miyagi tonight, how dare I rest assured?" In this way, I will live in the gatehouse of the Xuanwu Gate tonight, keep an eye on the city gate at any time, and patrol the city at any time, and there will be no accidents! ”

"Then please." Li Er smiled again, first thanked Chai Shao and Lonely Huaien, and then explained a sentence about night defense, and then mentioned that Zhu Cang hurried back to Chunmingmen to command and prepare for the war. As soon as Li Er's front foot left, Chai Shao also really closed the three gates of Yong'an, Zhaoyang and Changle in the south of the palace city, and collected the key to the palace gate to carry it personally, and then returned to the Xuanwu Gate with the lonely Huai'en who secretly smiled to control the defense there, and also confiscated the key to the Xuanwu Gate and carried it personally.

Let's take a look at the situation on Li Er's side, when Li Er returned to Chunming Gate with Zhu Cang, the rebels' pocket array had been arranged, and snowflakes had already drifted in the night sky. Zhu Cang also flattered and sycophant, desperately begging Li Er to spare him from dying.

Li Er really didn't want to kill Zhu Cang, and after handing Zhu Cang over to Pei Lian, who was in charge of opening the door to lure the enemy, Li Er also directly told Zhu Cang, saying: "You can put a hundred hearts, as long as you help us lure the enemy tonight and help our army defeat the Chen dog thief, I will definitely not kill you!" Chen Yingliang's dog thief is insidious and hypocritical, deliberately forgiving many generals of our army one after another, I also need to set an example of returning anyway, as long as you are obedient and obedient, don't play any tricks, your head can grow on your shoulders! ”

Zhu Cang was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Li Erqian, Li Er no longer paid attention to him, and talked to Pei Lin in a low voice, and then hurriedly returned to the cavalry position in the metropolis, Zhu Cang also quickly changed the object of flattery, and changed to flattery to Pei Lian, Pei Lian smiled and said: "Okay, let's be obedient and talk about it after the battle, now you have a quiet rest, it's still early, we have to wait." ”

The time is indeed early, it is only more than half of the first shift, and there is still a full hour and a half before the scheduled time, and for the core backbone of the rebel army such as the second brother Li and Pei Lian, this hour and a half is even more terrifying, and every minute and every wonder is like torment. Especially Li Er, sitting next to the bonfire wrapped in felt, said that he wanted to rest and recuperate, but in fact he couldn't sleep at all, Qingxiu's eyes kept open, and his mind was constantly churning, constantly thinking of all kinds of past events, thinking of all kinds of grievances and grievances between himself and his enemy Chen Fuliang, remembering all kinds of humiliation he suffered in front of his rival, and even more thinking of his eldest grandson Xiao Luoli, who was his childhood sweetheart but was snatched away by Chen Fuliang............

"It's time to start a family, after repelling Chen Yingliang's dog thief, I will marry Yang Yuer immediately. You rob my lover, and I will rob you of your favorite. With this idea in mind, Li Er finally took a nap in a daze.

When the third watch was only a moment away, Li Er was woken up by the pro-soldiers on duty at night, shook his head and quickly sobered himself up first, Li Er immediately asked if there was any abnormality outside the city, and the pro-soldiers truthfully reported that they had not found any abnormal movement until now, but the snow was bigger and more difficult to see in the distance, Li Er nodded and said secretly: "Come on, Chen Yingliang, tonight, see how I am ashamed and end your so-called undefeated prestige." ”

The rebel infantry commanded by Li Jiancheng has also gotten up one after another to prepare for battle, do the final pre-battle inspection, replenish drinking water and dry food and prepare tinder torches, shouting in a low voice to boost morale, silently watching the busy scene of his subordinates, and looking up at the direction of the Sui army camp in the northeast, Li Jiancheng also muttered in his heart, "Brother Xian, come on, we are confidants and friends, but you killed my father on the battlefield, and if you have a chance on the battlefield, I must also avenge my father!" ”

and Pei Lin on the Chunming Gate has also gotten up and taken position, while arranging for the defenders in the city to get up and prepare for battle, while nervously watching the snowy night outside the city, Zhu Cang, who was escorted by four rebel soldiers, kept sticking his head out of the arrow stack, hoping that the soldiers of the Sui army could appear as much as possible, and kept praying in his heart: "The surname Chen, you must come, whether I can save my head, but it depends on whether you come to die." ”

The rebel trio, Zhu Cang and countless rebel soldiers, their hearts also rose to their throats at once, and they just listened to the sound outside the city, but the rebels were not disappointed, and soon, in the snowy night outside the city, there were three loud eagle chirping.

Hearing the sound of the eagle, Zhu Cang was relieved, and Pei Lian, who was old in the city government, also quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly ordered: "Light the red light and open the city gate!" ”

Three bright red lanterns were hung on the city wall, and the rebel soldiers in the city gate who were so nervous that their palms were sweating also hurriedly opened the city gate, and Li Er and Li Jiancheng, who received the code, one grasped the order flag, the other clenched the handle of the knife, and the violently beating heart almost jumped out of the chest, and said in their hearts: "Come on." ”

It is very strange, in response to the code, the city gate opened, but there was no movement outside the city, only snowflakes flying, no fire, and no sound, this situation was detected in the city, and the long history of the rebels made Secretary General Pei Lin couldn't help but have a terrifying premonition, and said secretly: "Could it be that it has been recognized?" ”

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Almost at the same time on the Xuanwu Gate City, after finally hearing three eagle chirpings outside the city, Chai Shao, who had never closed his eyes, was equally relieved, and quickly ordered his subordinates to continue to defend the city without permission and not leave their posts, and then led a few reliable soldiers to carry knives down the city, and strode to the latch of the Xuanwu Gate. ”

Lonely Wynn stepped forward to open the door without hesitation, and the city gate official next to him was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Chief, deputy chief, what do you want to do?" It's the middle of the night, how can you open the city gates? ”

With a swish of the wind, the sword flashed, and the head of the city gate official fell to the ground, carrying a bloody horizontal knife, Chai Shao said to the door soldiers who were already shocked: "Tell you the truth, the general has been dead for several days, I and the deputy chief Dugu decided to open the door to welcome Chen Liushou into the city, and if you are willing to go with me, help the deputy chief Dugu open the door, and if you don't want to go with me, you can go there after opening the door, but if you dare to stop us from opening the door, talk to me with this knife!" ”

The surrounding soldiers didn't dare to move, and only one of them asked timidly: "Chief Chai, don't you have a common enmity with Chen Liushou?" ”

"I have a great enmity with him, but he is even more kind to me." Chai Shao said calmly: "Four years ago outside the Mingde Gate, two years ago in Yu Wenhua and at home, five days ago on the battlefield outside the city, Chen Liushou spared and saved my life three times, and also took care of my family for me, and gave my whole family charcoal in the snow, he was as kind to me as a mountain, and I owe him." ”

After that, Chai Shao paused slightly, and said lightly: "You can also rest assured, no matter what you do wrong, Chen Liushou can even forgive me, let alone you?" Help Deputy Chief Dugu open the door, he can't treat you badly. ”

Chai Shaodu has already said to this point, what else can the soldiers of the Royal Forest Army under him say, scrambling to help Lonely Huaien, removing the thick and heavy door latch, and then opening the tall Xuanwu Gate with a thickness of six inches, as soon as the city gate opened, a large group of Sui infantry immediately rushed outside the city, Chai Shao and Lonely Huaien ordered the soldiers around them to lay down their weapons and stand on the side of the road to let the Sui soldiers enter the city, and at the same time, the city only then sounded the screams of the late rebel soldiers.

At the same time that the soldiers of the Sui army flocked into the city, several war horses stopped in front of Chai Shao and others, and the owner of one of the war horses, Yuan Qi, hurriedly introduced Chai Shao and the Sui army generals to each other, saying that the vanguard of the Sui army would be Kan Liang, when Chai Shao looked up to see Kan Liang, Kan Liang also said in surprise: "Chai Gongzi, are you really trustworthy?" I don't lie to you, in fact, I am ready for an ambush, and I really didn't expect that you would really open the door to me. ”

"Except for some dogs who look down on people, I have a good reputation in terms of credit." Chai Shao laughed at himself, first threw the keys to the other gates of the palace to Kan Liang, and then said: "The keys to the other gates, if General Kan doesn't mind, I can act with you and order my subordinates to surrender for you, although they may not all listen to me, but it should have some effect." ”

Kan Liang took the key with his hand, laughed, and said, "Then there is General Lao Chai, come quickly, prepare a horse for General Chai." ”

"I'll go too." Lonely Huaien was unwilling to be left behind, so he hurriedly grabbed the merit and said: "General Kan, I will also help you recruit the thief army in the palace, I am the deputy head of the Royal Forest Army, and I am the cousin of Li Yuan's old thief, and some people should listen to my words." Also, I entered the palace at the age of three, and I grew up here, and I know every place in the palace city, so I can show you the way. ”

Kan Liang laughed, and immediately ordered someone to prepare a horse for Lonely Huaien, and at this time, a group of guards of the Imperial Forest Army finally rushed down from the city wall, shouting with torches and rushing over to prevent the Sui army from entering the city, but they were soon stunned to see that what appeared in front of them was not only the countless Sui army soldiers and soldiers who were swaying Modao, but also their main and deputy bosses Chai Shao and Lonely Huaien who were standing side by side with the Sui army soldiers.

"Listen up! I am your governor Chai Shao, and I now order you as the commander of the Miyagi Imperial Forest Army to immediately lay down your arms and surrender to the imperial army left behind by Chen! Violators will be killed! ”

"I am your deputy chief Lonely Huai'en, tell you the truth, my cousin Li Yuan, the old traitor, died five days ago, the Li family thief army is finished, what are you still doing stupidly, burying Li Yuan's old thief? Lay down my arms at once and surrender to the imperial army! Do you hear that? Lay down your arms now! Otherwise, kill them all! ”

In the shouting, Chai Shao and the rebel soldiers under the command of Lonely Huai'en, you look at me, I look at you, and then the weapons in their hands kept falling to the ground, and people also knelt down on their knees, scrambling to say: "I am willing to listen to the orders of the deputy chief of the governor, we are willing to surrender." ”

The slogan of surrender and not killing gradually sounded inside and outside the palace, during which it was only accompanied by sporadic shouts of killing, and countless rebel palace guards even fell asleep, and they were already pointed at the chest and abdomen by the Sui army soldiers with knives and guns, and were forced to kneel and surrender, only a very small number of rebel soldiers noticed the stubborn resistance in advance, but in the face of them, there were only two options of being dismembered by a random knife or kneeling and surrendering. At the same time, more Sui soldiers also rushed into the Xuanwu Gate with torches, quickly seized the key points of the city defense such as the ramp of the upper city, the city tower, the arrow tower and the parapet wall, captured the rebel soldiers who were caught off guard, hacked to death a few rebellious enemies, and quickly flooded the most important Xuanwu Gate in Daxing like a tide.

On the night of October 19, the thirteenth year of the Great Cause of the Sui Dynasty, it was an unbelievably dirty night, the deputy head of the Miyagi Imperial Forest Army of Li Yuan's righteous army, the son-in-law of Li Yuan's commander-in-law Chai Shao, and his cousin Lonely Huai'en, both shamelessly betrayed Li Yuan's righteous master who took the overthrow of the tyrant Emperor Yang of Sui as his own responsibility, betrayed their father-in-law and cousin, opened the most important of the 23 gates of Daxing, Xuanwu Gate, and surrendered to Emperor Yang of Sui's lackey Chen Yingliang Xiancheng! The later history of this incident is said to be the change of Xuanwumen!

The consequences of the shameless betrayal were incomparably bad, after entering the Xuanwu Gate, the inner latches of the twenty-two gates of the three inner and outer cities of Daxing, as well as the backs of the 100,000 Li Yuanyi teachers in Daxing City, were all exposed under the butcher executioner Chen Yingliang and his accomplice lackeys with the blood of the rebel army on their hands! And the 100,000 Li Yuanyi soldiers led by Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin and Pei Lin are also about to face a tragic defeat and rout! Words, kill them all! ”

In the shouting, Chai Shao and the rebel soldiers under the command of Lonely Huai'en, you look at me, I look at you, and then the weapons in their hands kept falling to the ground, and people also knelt down on their knees, scrambling to say: "I am willing to listen to the orders of the deputy chief of the governor, we are willing to surrender." ”

The slogan of surrender and not killing gradually sounded inside and outside the palace, during which it was only accompanied by sporadic shouts of killing, and countless rebel palace guards even fell asleep, and they were already pointed at the chest and abdomen by the Sui army soldiers with knives and guns, and were forced to kneel and surrender, only a very small number of rebel soldiers noticed the stubborn resistance in advance, but in the face of them, there were only two options of being dismembered by a random knife or kneeling and surrendering. At the same time, more Sui soldiers also rushed into the Xuanwu Gate with torches, quickly seized the key points of the city defense such as the ramp of the upper city, the city tower, the arrow tower and the parapet wall, captured the rebel soldiers who were caught off guard, hacked to death a few rebellious enemies, and quickly flooded the most important Xuanwu Gate in Daxing like a tide.

On the night of October 19, the thirteenth year of the Great Cause of the Sui Dynasty, it was an unbelievably dirty night, the deputy head of the Miyagi Imperial Forest Army of Li Yuan's righteous army, the son-in-law of Li Yuan's commander-in-law Chai Shao, and his cousin Lonely Huai'en, both shamelessly betrayed Li Yuan's righteous master who took the overthrow of the tyrant Emperor Yang of Sui as his own responsibility, betrayed their father-in-law and cousin, opened the most important of the 23 gates of Daxing, Xuanwu Gate, and surrendered to Emperor Yang of Sui's lackey Chen Yingliang Xiancheng! The later history of this incident is said to be the change of Xuanwumen!

The consequences of the shameless betrayal were incomparably bad, after entering the Xuanwu Gate, the inner latches of the twenty-two gates of the three inner and outer cities of Daxing, as well as the backs of the 100,000 Li Yuanyi teachers in Daxing City, were all exposed under the butcher executioner Chen Yingliang and his accomplice lackeys with the blood of the rebel army on their hands! And the 100,000 Li Yuanyi soldiers led by Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin and Pei Lin are also about to face a tragic defeat and rout!