At this time, the sun gradually turned west, and the rebel pursuers in the rear were gradually distanced by the Sui army because of the decline of hunger and exhaustion. Li Mi was anxious and worried, constantly thinking about the various situations that might be encountered if he continued to pursue, and thinking of ways to deal with them.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Mi chased after Yang Xuangan again, and said: "Duke Chu, thirty miles further is Hangu Pass, although there are not many officers and soldiers in that area, but the mountain is high and the road is narrow for interception, as long as there are a few hundred officers and soldiers holding Hangu Pass, we can block us for a while." Fortunately, there are a lot of paths in that area, for the sake of prudence, while our army is pursuing with all its might, the Duke of Chu can let General Yang Jishan take the trail to attack the back of Hangu Pass, if there are really officers and soldiers there to intercept, we can immediately outflank and make dumplings with the officers and soldiers guarding the pass and Liu Changgong's team. ”

"Great idea!" Yang Xuangan was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly sent someone to send an order to Yang Jishan's team behind, ordering him to lead the army to take a small road to attack the back of Hangu Pass, and always be ready to outflank the Sui army guarding Hangu Pass.

In this way, driven by Yang Xuangan's strict orders, although the rebel team was gradually distanced by Liu Changgong's army, it always bit the tail of Liu Changgong's team tightly and did not let Liu Changgong's team disappear from view. In this regard, no matter how good General Liu is at escaping, he will inevitably be a little flustered, and said secretly: "Trouble, there is still some distance from Hongnong here, if Yang rebels continue to chase like this, my team may not be sure to escape to Hongnong?" ”

The more worried he was, the easier it was to go wrong, and as the sky grew dark, General Liu was shocked to find that he had put on a big oolong - no torches were prepared for lighting! At the same time, it doesn't happen to be a sunny day today, and there is probably no moon at night! Discovering this, General Liu hurriedly ordered the front army to cut down the branches along the way and collect ignition equipment as much as possible, but General Liu traveled on this road is an east-west official road, and the low shrubs on the side of the road have long been cut down by passers-by, and the remaining shade trees are also tall and big. Therefore, General Liu's orders were naturally not vigorously implemented, and at the same time, because of the approaching night, the speed of movement was inevitably affected.

The Sui army team didn't have time to prepare torches, but the rebel team chasing behind had time to chop wood and light the fire, seeing that the sky was getting dark, Yang Xuangan decisively divided his manpower to cut down trees to make torches, so as to pursue overnight, and at the same time, Li Mi also suddenly discovered this God-given opportunity, and immediately cheered and roared, "Liu Changgong, this idiot didn't prepare torches, it's dark, he definitely can't run so fast!" Chu Gong, please tell the officers and men of the whole army about this situation, as soon as it gets dark, we will be able to catch up with the officers and soldiers in front! After killing the officers and soldiers in front, we can stop and rest! ”

Li Mi's judgment was passed through the mouths of the heralds and the grassroots generals, and soon spread throughout the rebel ranks, successfully boosting the morale of the rebel ranks, and the already exhausted rebel soldiers stopped to rest in order to finish the battle as best they could. Liu Changgong's team gradually slowed down in the evening due to the lack of lighting tools and unfamiliar roads, and was gradually re-approached by the rebel team.

Sensing this danger, General Liu was of course colorless, and the soldiers under his command who were all in good shape were also frightened, but they were helpless again, just desperately moving forward by the last ray, and at the same time, because of the panic, the originally neat and orderly escape team inevitably began to be chaotic.

In the expectation of Yang Xuangan and Li Mi, and also in the curse of General Liu, the sky was finally so dark that it was difficult to distinguish the road, and it was indeed a moonless night, in the absence of lighting tools, General Liu's team was naturally greatly reduced, the formation was chaotic, and the rebel team with some branches and firewood was not greatly affected, and the distance between it and the Sui army was narrowed more quickly.

"Wei Shangshu, how far is it from Hangu Pass?" General Liu asked Wei Xuan.

"Probably, there are still ten or so miles, it's too dark, and the old man can't judge the distance of the road." Wei Xuan replied.

"Sacrifice must be made!" Liu Changgong gritted his teeth, turned to a few generals beside him and asked, "You, who dares to bring a thousand troops to stay behind to stop the traitors and buy time for our main force to retreat?" ”

Several of the generals of Yiqiu Zhiqiu were silent, Liu Changgong was furious, and roared: "You don't have a handle? Whoever stayed to block the attack, came back alive, the general asked for merit for him, and the dead general asked for a reward for him! If it's the master, who would dare to stay and stop Yang Rebellion's traitors? ”

Still no one said anything, several generals just fled forward as if they hadn't heard, and General Liu was even more furious and roared: "Damn it! All dumb? If it weren't for General Ben to protect Wei Shangshu, General Ben himself would have stayed to stop the traitors! ”

"General Liu has an order, and he personally led the army to stop Yang Rebel's traitors! Brethren, let's run! I don't know who shouted, several generals fled in the blink of an eye, and even ignored the soldiers who knocked over and knocked down in front, and the other soldiers were also scrambling to desperately escape from General Liu's side, and they could vaguely hear shouting, "General Liu, you are too great, I must remember you!" ”

"You bastards-!"

"Knock knock knock!"

Just as Wei Xuan rolled his eyes and General Liu roared wildly, on the top of the mountain next to the road, suddenly the war drums were like thunder, shouting and killing, and then, countless rolling stones and trees fell from the top of the mountain on both sides like hail and raindrops, and smashed their heads and faces on the heads of the rebel pursuers, and at the same time rolled down several huge fireballs made of firewood and grass, which also rolled towards the heads of the rebel team, and the rebel team that was about to cut the butt of the Sui army was suddenly in chaos, and the screams were earth-shattering, "There is an ambush!" We are in ambush! ”

"Hahaha!" General Liu, who was still scolding his timid subordinates just now, laughed loudly, "Brother Ying Liang is here!" Brother Ying Liang is finally here! Brother Yingliang, you are so interesting that you came to pick me up outside Hangu Pass! It's my destiny to know you, brother! ”

"Chen Yingliang, where is he?" Wei Xuan looked left and right, only to see the rolling stones and trees constantly falling on the high mountains on both sides, as well as throwing down fireballs and torches, but he never saw the shadow of half of the army wearing white robes.

"General Liu, you withdraw first! The end will be interrupted! Countless soldiers of the Sui army ran back to General Liu's side, scrambling to express their willingness to take on the task of sending them to death.

"Fuck off, how could Lao Tzu bring out your shameless bastards?" Liu Changgong slapped a few generals, turned his head and laughed at Wei Xuan and said, "Wei stays behind, don't worry, he will come out soon!" Ambush, that's the Ying Liang brothers' forte! This ambush must have been arranged by Brother Ying Liang himself! ”

At the same time, in the rebel ranks, Li Mi also pulled Yang Xuangan off his horse, and while stuffing Yang Xuangan with a set of Sui soldiers' uniforms that had already been prepared, he said with a crying voice: "Duke Chu, quick, take off your armor and change your clothes, let's go up the mountain quickly, we are ambushed, Chen Yingliang, that thief, is about to be killed!" ”

"Fart! Where is that thief Chen Yingliang? Why didn't I see it? Yang Xuangan pushed Li Mi away and yelled.

"He's definitely here!" Li Mi said with a crying voice: "Cutting off our team with rolling stones and fireballs, such a vicious idea can only be thought of by Chen Yingliang, a traitor!" He not only wants to take over Liu Changgong, but also wants to kill our former army! Now our team is too tired to beat his new force! I beg you, change your clothes quickly, if you let Chen Yingliang's thief know that you have unfortunately been cut off from the rear army, then everything will be over! And you, put down the handsome flag of the Duke of Chu, put it down! ”

Looking at the stones and trees that kept rolling down on the mountain, as well as the way where the smoke had already risen, and the self-army team that had been completely chaotic, Yang Xuangan roared angrily, and snatched the clothes handed over by Li Mi, and then Yang Xuangan asked a little strangely: "How did you prepare a change of clothes?" ”

"After knowing that Chen Yingliang's thief had arrived in Hongnong first, I carefully prepared a set to fight against that treacherous thief, and I couldn't do it without preparation." In fact, as early as when the rebels left Luoyang and advanced to Guanzhong, Li Mi, who had already prepared this suit to prevent accidents, gritted his teeth and scolded: "I just didn't expect that that thief would set up an ambush outside Hangu Pass, and he would also come up with a poisonous plan to cut off our contact between the front and back and take the opportunity to annihilate our front army!" This thief is too vicious! ”

In the secret material of Liu Changgong, a good friend and his sworn enemy Li, in front of Liu Changgong's team at the same time, torches suddenly broke out on both sides of the road, and countless **** soldiers appeared on the side of the road with torches, and Chen Yingliang, who was also dressed in a white robe, also appeared in the firelight, and laughed loudly to the cheering Sui soldiers: "Brothers, you're welcome, go to the front and rest, let us solve the rest." ”

"Chen Ji Room, I'll kill the thief with you!" I don't know who shouted, and then, countless Sui soldiers turned around and turned east, holding their swords and guns high and turning back to kill the way they came, and everyone shouted like thunder, "Kill!" The white-robed soldier is here! Brothers, kill the thieves and put down the rebellion! Kill! ”