In the thirteenth year of Sui Daye, in the early morning of the eighth day of October, Lishan, Jinsha Cave.

Jinsha Cave is also known as the Hidden Cave, the location is very remote and hidden, even the local people of Lishan rarely know this cave, according to legend, in the Kaiyuan period, Tang Ming Emperor Li Longji in order to have a separate tryst with his daughter-in-law Yang Yuhuan, once built a secret palace in this hole, until more than 700 years later in the orthodox years of the Ming Dynasty, it was found by the scholar Liu Ruiwu to visit, and confirmed that there is indeed a secret palace in the cave, as well as the white jade statue of Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan, the little known and secret concealment of Jinsha Cave, can be seen.

The wind was blowing, the temperature was gradually dropping, and the face of a handsome girl suddenly poked out of this little-known cave, and carefully observed the scene outside the cave, until it was confirmed that there was no danger, the girl walked out of the cave with confidence, and said to the cave: "Little brother, come out, it's okay." ”

With a childish answer, a teenage boy walked out of the cave, the girl and the boy were dressed as cloth people, each carrying a small dry food package and a water hyacinth, it seemed that they were going to go a long way, the little boy also said to the girl: "Sister, shall we go out of the mountain today?" ”

"Go to the side of the mountain and take a look, if our Great Sui officers and troops come back, we will go and meet them." The girl replied, "If we can't find our Great Sui officers, we will come back and continue to wait for Daddy, and then go outside the mountain to see the situation in three days." ”

The little boy agreed, and said, "Sister, today is the ninth day, why haven't my father and brother come here to look for us yet?" Something will happen to them? ”

"No, not really." The girl comforted softly and said: "Daddy and brother, their martial arts are so high, no matter how many thieves there are, they can't beat them, they must have been chased too closely by the thieves, and they didn't dare to come back for fear of exposing this hiding place arranged in advance." ”

comforting her younger brother, the girl's heart was heavy, remembering the night full of blood and killing, remembering the horse's hooves like thunder, the light of the sword and the shadow of the sword, and the sudden attack of the arrow suddenly shooting through the throat of the companion next to her from behind, and she was shocked. But in order not to let her young brother be frightened, the girl still held back the fear and worry in her heart, comforted her brother, and led him slowly to the edge of the mountain, looking for the familiar red flag of the Sui army.

At about the same time, the 10,000 reinforcements led by Li Er himself also crossed the Baqiao Bridge and approached the edge of the Xinfeng battlefield, but to the disappointment of the rebels, the scouts reported that the Sui army in the eastern capital did not want to give them a chance to meet with the Xinfeng defenders at all, and had already sent troops to line up and block the way for the rebels to go to Xinfeng City. In this regard, Li Er, the chief general of the rebel army, did not take it seriously, and did not order to continue the attack, but only ordered to stop the advance, set up a camp with his back to the Zishui Baqiao, and fortified himself to protect himself.

Chen Fuliang underestimated Li Er's patience, he didn't expect Li Er to give up on aiding Xinfeng City and set up camp on the spot, Li Er also underestimated Chen Fuliang's vigilance against him, and found out that Li Er set up camp on the spot. Chen Fuliang immediately sent Kan Liang and Kan Liang to lead the army west to attack and prevent the rebels from setting up camp, Li Er guarded the front with a strict formation, and commanded the rear army to step up the construction of the camp. After hearing the report, Chen ordered the attack to be stopped, lined up and waited for orders, and sent more light cavalry to attack to harass and attack the rebel logging soldiers, increasing the difficulty of the rebels' logging and slowing down the rebels' camp.

During this period, Duan Lun once sent an envoy to contact Li Er, asking Li Er to continue to march forward, and send troops to help Li Er enter the city, Li Er categorically refused, asking Duan Lun to strictly guard the city, and must not go out at will, and directly explained that he did not march with all his strength, not afraid of the Sui army in the eastern capital, retreating to the bridge, in addition to choking the Sui army's westward road, but also to strive for the opportunity to turn defeat into victory!

Li Er's ambition can also be seen by Chen Fuliang, who knows history, with his toes - Li Er put the relatively safe north of the Guangtong Canal and did not go, but wanted to take the south of the Guangtong Canal to the main force of the Sui army, and refused to retreat from the water, clearly trying to grasp the initiative on the battlefield, keep the opportunity to launch an active attack, seize the opportunity to thwart Chen Fuliang's undefeated prestige, and also achieve his Li Er's great reputation.

It's a pity that Chen Fuliang is not Wang Shichong, nor is he Dou Jiande, in history, Li Er was able to defeat Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande at the same time, because Wang Shichong, who killed Yang Dong, had been completely isolated in politics, Yan zhòng was unpopular, and he ran out of vitality in the battle with the Wagang army, and his strength was too far from Li Erjun, who was on the rise; Dou Jiande's army had just begun to cross the Yellow River, and Wang Shichong's army, who was guarding the Tiger Pass, suddenly surrendered to Li Er, allowing Li Er to grasp the absolute initiative on the battlefield of the Tiger Pass.

Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande's weaknesses Chen Fuliang did not have them, although Chen Fuliang, who held high the banner of loyalty to the country, was not very popular with the people, but he won the hearts of the military and officials, and he was not at a disadvantage in politics. At the same time, Chen Fuliang does not have the virtue of an upstart like Dou Jiande, and he has to hold a court meeting to temporarily give up command when he is about to fight, Li Er wants to pick up Dou Jiande's cheapness in Chen Fuliang, so don't even think about it.

At the same time, Li Er's more than 10,000 partial divisions dared to come directly to the main force of the Sui army, and his arrogant attitude also angered Chen Fuliang a little, and then thinking that several of his current women had been tragically attacked by Li Er, Chen Fuliang was even more angry - although to be precise, Chen Fuliang robbed Li Er's several wives. Thinking of these new hatreds and old hatreds, so that Chen Fuliang, who has always been a low-key person, rarely threatened directly, and said viciously: "Li Erlang can't see the sun rising in Xinfeng tomorrow, and before dawn tomorrow, I will defeat him!" ”

"Stay, you want to launch a night raid again?" Wei Zheng asked curiously.

"Otherwise, what am I going to do with Kan Liang and Qin Qiong watching him?" Chen Fuliang sneered and said: "Li Erlang came overnight last night, and today I will use some elite soldiers to toss him for a day, and tonight, won't my chance come?" ”

At noon, seeing that the Sui army in front of him was only facing each other in a strict formation, and did not attack, Li Er's deputies Li Xiaogong and Wang Junkuo and others were puzzled, and did not understand Chen Fuliang's intentions, and when Li Er was asked, Li Er immediately smiled disdainfully: "Why?" In order to attack at night, our army marched overnight yesterday, and today we deliberately induced our elite soldiers to confront each other in a strict formation, consuming the physical energy of our soldiers. ”

After scolding Chen Fuliang for a few words, Li Xiaogong couldn't wait to ask: "Erlang, in that case, do you want to launch an attack and kill this official army on the other side?" ”

"Don't underestimate the enemy, this officer and army on the other side is not simple." Li Er shook his head, bowed his mouth to the military formation of the Sui army in front of him, and said, "See?" Kan Zi Banner, Qin Zi Daqi, we are opposite Kan Liang and Qin Qiong, these two thieves are famous brave generals under the command of Chen Yingliang's thief, brave and strategic, especially good at fighting evil battles and hard battles, we will only consume the soldiers in vain, deplete our already insufficient strength, and fall into the arms of Chen Yingliang's thief. ”

"What then?" Wang Junkuo was a little worried, and said: "If we let the soldiers spend a day here, our main soldiers will definitely be very tired at night, which is not conducive to fighting. ”

"Afraid of what?" Li Er smiled and said: "The night battle is most afraid of being unprepared, and being caught off guard and rushing to meet the battle, now we have concluded that Chen Yingliang's thief is going to attack at night, not only do we not need to be afraid of him, but we can also take the opportunity to set traps and defeat his camp army." Chen Yingliang's undefeated reputation as a thief has lasted for more than four years, and it's time to put an end to it. ”

In the afternoon, when the mysterious pair of sisters and brothers were still struggling on the forest path in Lishan, Chen Fuliang suddenly sent an order, ordering Kan Liang and Qin Qiong to retreat and return to the camp, and at the same time recall all the wandering light horses, although Kan Liang and Qin Qiong and others did not understand why Chen Fuliang wanted them to work hard for most of the day in vain, but out of confidence in Chen Fuliang's tactical use, they still led the army to retreat slowly and retreat to the Sui army camp twelve miles away to rest. Li Er did not launch a pursuit, but only confirmed that the Sui army was far away and lifted the guard, allowing the main army to return to the camp that was only in rudimentary form to rest.

Kan Liang, Qin Qiong and the light cavalry of the Sui army did not work in vain, because of their containment and obstruction, the rebel rear army could only cut timber from the west of Baqiao to establish a camp, and the Sui army did not have time to build the camp fence when they retreated, and the trench was only dug a shallow circle. Seeing this scene, Li Er was not worried, and directly ordered: "Stop digging trenches, make every effort to build fences, and be sure to build them before dark." The main soldiers immediately returned to their tents to rest, and the auxiliary soldiers prepared dinner and dry food and torches for the night battle, and told our soldiers that they were not allowed to disarm, and that they were only allowed to rest for half an hour. ”

"Erlang, what are you going to do?" Li Xiaogong hurriedly asked.

"It's early winter, and it's getting dark early." Li Er said quietly: "The sky will be completely dark at the second quarter of the hour, and I will lead the cavalry out of the camp first and ambush halfway up Lishan Mountain in the southeast. After I left, you were the main one in the camp, and at the beginning of the shift, you and Wang Junkuo each led two thousand soldiers out of the camp and ambushed on both sides of our camp, and the auxiliary soldiers made more lights in the camp, bluffed, and then ambushed the enemy in the back camp, and waited until the officers and soldiers robbed the camp and killed them into the camp, and the auxiliary soldiers suddenly killed and frightened the officers and soldiers, and then you killed left and right, impacting the two wings of the officers and soldiers, and when the officers and troops were defeated and left, I took the opportunity to kill again, and I will win a big victory. ”

"A clever plan is a clever plan, but Chen Yingliang's thief has always been scheming, so I'm afraid he is also prepared." Li Xiaogong reminded.

"That's why I personally led the cavalry out of the camp to ambush." Li Er smiled, pointed to Lishan Mountain in the southeast and said: "The only ambush location in this area is Lishan, I preemptively left the camp to climb the mountain at the second quarter of the unitary hour, and I can just look down on the situation of the entire battlefield from a high position, if Chen Fuliang thief has other arrangements, he will definitely not be able to escape my eyes." ”

When Li Xiaogong heard the great joy, he quickly praised Li Er for making the arrangements, and then lowered his voice and asked, "Erlang, what about that person's business?" Do you want to do it today? ”

Li Er finally frowned, only then did he realize that he had forgotten this important matter. After thinking about it for a while, Li Er said: "Take that child to the edge of Lishan now, and act according to the plan if you can meet the people, and if you can't find any witnesses from the people, you will take refuge in the mountains and forests for the night to avoid the spread of the war, and come back tomorrow to meet us." ”

Li Xiaogong hurriedly agreed, and immediately arranged for reliable henchmen to act according to the plan, while Li Er asked the cavalry generals Gao Zhensheng and Liang Jianfang to organize the cavalry to prepare for the night battle, and sneered at the east and said: "Chen Yingliang, come on, for the sake of innocence, I must defeat you this time!" ”

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At almost the same time in the Sui army camp, Chen Fuliang personally led the army Chinese Wu to the front of the camp to meet Kan Liang and Qin Qiong's army, Kan Liang and Qin Qiong were flattered, and quickly dismounted to apologize, saying that since the army had not built an inch, Chen Fuliang personally went out of the camp, but Chen Fuliang said with a smile: "Who said that you have no merit?" It is already your great achievement to let the main force of the traitors stand with you for most of the day, and it is all thanks to you that our army can destroy the thieves tonight. ”

"Stay, you're going to start a night battle today?" Kan Liang and Qin Qiong both hurriedly asked.

"I'm already preparing, I'll send someone to bring you your dry food and torches for the night battle." Chen Fuliang nodded, and said: "Although you may not need to participate in the battle tonight, but for the sake of prudence, you still have to make some preparations, you have an hour and a half of rest, you are not allowed to disarm, and you must get up to eat at the beginning of the correction and prepare for the night battle." ”

"Initial correction?" Qin Qiong was stunned and hurriedly said, "Chen Liushou, it's too early, right?" Usually the camp robbery is done after the third watch or the third watch, and our camp is only eleven or twelve miles away from the traitor camp, so even if it is the second watch, it is too late to get up and prepare for the war? ”

"Who said I'm going to rob the camp?" Chen Fuliang smiled.

"Stay, you're not going to rob the camp?" Wei Zheng, Yuan Tiangang and others next to them were also taken aback, and asked one after another, "Then what should we do?" You can't start a head-to-head showdown, can you? ”

"Yes, it's about to start a head-to-head showdown!" Chen Fuliang nodded, sneered and said: "Don't underestimate Li Erlang's kid, don't forget that when the Yanmen War was in the beginning, I arranged for that kid to go to the Turkic camp to surrender, and he just listened to my order, and immediately guessed my entire tactical plan, and he put me on a hard beating, almost scaring me to death!" ”

"So, I dare to conclude that the night attack tactics I prepared to rob the camp must have been seen through by him." Chen Fuliang smiled even colder, and said: "So this time I want to deliberately act the opposite, pretending to be ready to arrange a night raid and robbery camp, but in fact, I suddenly launched a head-on decisive battle and killed him by surprise!" ”

"Brilliant plan!" Liu Heimin was the first to wake up, and said happily: "Our elite is far more than the rebels, even if General Kan and General Qin can't fight tonight, our remaining strength still has an overwhelming advantage over the reinforcements of the thief army, the thief army is tired and unprepared, and the camp is far from strong enough, and we still have a solid chance of winning the head-on battle." ”

The civil and military forces of the Sui army suddenly came to their senses, and Chen Fuliang also gave Liu Heimin a thumbs up to express his praise, praising Liu Heimin for being a general, and then instructed Kan Liang and Qin Qiong: "Go and rest, you and some auxiliary soldiers stay in the camp tonight, and if the thief army in Xinfeng City comes to help, you will be responsible for the attack." Qin Qiong and Kan Liang agreed, and then hurriedly led the army back to the tent to rest, Kan Liang also muttered that it was best for the Xinfeng thief army to go out of the city, so that he could kill a happy one.

After leading the crowd back to the big tent of the Chinese army, Chen Fuliang immediately dispatched troops and decided to use 20,000 troops to launch a decisive battle, or to personally lead the decisive battle, Ma Sanbao, Cheng Yanjin, Liu Heimin, Wei Chi Jingde and Luo Shixin and other capable generals all accompanied him, and the army that had not to be dispatched was also named by Chen Fuliang to fight, and he was very extravagant to invest a lot of money on his rival Li Er. At the same time, in order to ensure the suddenness of the decisive battle, Chen Fuliang specially explained that he would go out of the camp at three o'clock in the hour of Youshi to assemble, and not to light the torches for the time being, and then suddenly light up the torches and launch an attack on the rebel camp for more than ten miles with great fanfare.

In addition, Chen Fuliang made two more arrangements, the first arrangement ordered Cheng Yanjin to lead the cavalry as the vanguard, and asked Cheng Yanjin to suddenly kill in front of the thief camp with lightning speed, alarm the enemy's heart, destroy the camp gate if he has the opportunity, and wait on the spot if he doesn't have the opportunity, but be sure to guard against the cavalry raid from the southeast direction of Lishan. And Chen Fuliang's second arrangement surprised everyone - Chen Fuliang actually asked the national army to serve as the queen of the palace and walk at the end of the army.

Hearing this order, Guo Feng and Chen Ci immediately stopped doing it, and protested one after another: "Chen Ji Room, since the establishment of the National Army, when has the Baoguo Army been at the end of the line?" Except for occasionally staying in the Chinese army to listen to us, otherwise we have always been the vanguard, and put us at the end of the team, don't you believe us? ”

"It's not that I don't believe you, it's because I absolutely believe in you, and this time I put you at the end of the line." Chen Fuliang sternly raised his face and said solemnly: "Judging from the information that our army has, our opponent Li Erlang this time is best at cavalry raids, and likes to find out the weaknesses of the enemy's array, and then suddenly attack and impact, which is very similar to the combat method you reported ****, so I must leave you to take precautions, and be ready to guard against Li Er's attack on me." ”

After explaining the reason, Chen Fuliang pointed to the direction of Lishan and said: "We will send troops tonight, it is from east to west, the terrain in this area is that Lishan may hide ambushes, if the enemy has any surprise attack, the ambush soldiers must come from Lishan Mountain, and the left flank of our army will bear the brunt at that time, so you should try to keep the formation to the left tonight, don't play too many torches, and don't show your white robe for the time being. ”

Guo Feng and Chen Ci nodded and sang a promise in a sudden realization, and Chen Fuliang turned to Luo Shixin and said: "Shixin, I arranged for you to be on the left flank of the Chinese army before, also because of my absolute trust in you, the enemy really has an ambush to kill from Lishan, don't worry about panicking, just meet the head-on attack, and report the enemy's flank that the national army will naturally attack, and share the pressure for you." ”

Luo Shixin sang the promise, his attitude was very relaxed, Chen Fuliang, who knew the history, was a little uneasy, so he added with a straight face, and said: "I remind you very strictly, remember, don't underestimate the enemy!" I will leave my waist and kidney to you for protection, and whether I can accept a few more beautiful concubines and have a few children in the future depends on whether you can protect my waist and kidney! ”

Hearing this, the Sui army laughed loudly, and Luo Shixin also grinned with laughter, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Please rest assured that Chen Liushou will take care of the matter of the concubine again, and after tonight, you can still ride the concubine tomorrow and have a child." ”

The generals of the Sui army burst into laughter again, Chen Fuliang also smiled, and couldn't help but think of the **** Yue'e of the Yin World Master who had never met at all, and said secretly: "Little girl, you must live, don't worry, as long as we can meet, I will definitely take care of you, and I won't let you be bullied by Li Er's pervert like in history." ”

"Ahh Ahh ”

At the same time in the Lishan forest, the mysterious girl who was carrying her younger brother on her back suddenly sneezed twice, rubbed her nose, and looked at the gradually gloomy sky, and quietly cried bitterly, "Oh no, it's getting dark, the road is still far away, the little brother is stumbling again, if we can't get out before dark, we may be lost." "Judging from the intelligence that our army has, our opponent Li Erlang this time is best at cavalry raids, and likes to find out the weaknesses of the enemy's array, and then suddenly attack and impact, which is very similar to the combat method you reported ****, so I must leave you to take precautions, and guard against Li Er's attack on me at any time."

After explaining the reason, Chen Fuliang pointed to the direction of Lishan and said: "We will send troops tonight, it is from east to west, the terrain in this area is that Lishan may hide ambushes, if the enemy has any surprise attack, the ambush soldiers must come from Lishan Mountain, and the left flank of our army will bear the brunt at that time, so you should try to keep the formation to the left tonight, don't play too many torches, and don't show your white robe for the time being. ”

Guo Feng and Chen Ci nodded and sang a promise in a sudden realization, and Chen Fuliang turned to Luo Shixin and said: "Shixin, I arranged for you to be on the left flank of the Chinese army before, also because of my absolute trust in you, the enemy really has an ambush to kill from Lishan, don't worry about panicking, just meet the head-on attack, and report the enemy's flank that the national army will naturally attack, and share the pressure for you." ”

Luo Shixin sang the promise, his attitude was very relaxed, Chen Fuliang, who knew the history, was a little uneasy, so he added with a straight face, and said: "I remind you very strictly, remember, don't underestimate the enemy!" I will leave my waist and kidney to you for protection, and whether I can accept a few more beautiful concubines and have a few children in the future depends on whether you can protect my waist and kidney! ”

Hearing this, the Sui army laughed loudly, and Luo Shixin also grinned with laughter, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Please rest assured that Chen Liushou will take care of the matter of the concubine again, and after tonight, you can still ride the concubine tomorrow and have a child." ”

The generals of the Sui army burst into laughter again, Chen Fuliang also smiled, and couldn't help but think of the **** Yue'e of the Yin World Master who had never met at all, and said secretly: "Little girl, you must live, don't worry, as long as we can meet, I will definitely take care of you, and I won't let you be bullied by Li Er's pervert like in history." ”

"Ahh Ahh ”

At the same time in the Lishan forest, the mysterious girl who was carrying her younger brother on her back suddenly sneezed twice, rubbed her nose, and looked at the gradually gloomy sky, and quietly cried bitterly, "Oh no, it's getting dark, the road is still far away, the little brother is stumbling again, if we can't get out before dark, we may be lost." ”