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Volume One Chapter 567: Luring the Wolf into the House

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    He had long been put on the clothes of an ordinary soldier, and his helmet had been thrown away long ago. Even his hairpin was gone. His hair was spread over his shoulders and behind, mixed with sweat and mud and stuck into piles. His handsome little face  It was even covered with dirt and dust. Sweat flowed down his face, leaving straight or crooked white marks. Just wipe it and it would immediately become a mess.  His entire body, from head to toe, was in such a state of disarray that even acquaintances would not be able to recognize Li Er face to face.  This is the third time that Li Er has been in such a panic in front of the Sui army. The first time was in the battle of Lishan in Guanzhong, the second time was in the battle of Huoyi, and the third time is now!  Li Er, who was ordered to lead the army at the rear, covered the retreat of the main force of the Taiyuan Army. As a result, relying on Li Shentong's cover of digging embankments and releasing water, Li Er easily escaped for more than a hundred miles. However, before he could retreat to Qixian City, Cheng Yaojin  The Sui Army cavalry led by Qin Qiong had already caught up and had a fierce battle with Li Er on the bank of Lize Lake. Although Li Er's army relied on the dense infantry phalanx to withstand the battle, the Sui Army cavalry also bitten the enemy from then on.  Got on Li Er's tail.  Li Er doubted whether Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong had the hatred of killing their father or taking away their wives. The main force of the Taiyuan Army, which was mainly infantry, was actually more than ten miles away in front. The Sui Army cavalry could catch up with just a little effort.  They went to the main force of the Taiyuan Army led by Li Jiancheng, but Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong seemed to have taken the wrong medicine. They left the Taiyuan Army's brigade alone and allowed Li Jiancheng to lead the army away calmly, but they targeted Li Jiancheng.  The rear army, which had less than 4,000 men under its command, divided the army into two, taking turns to pursue and fight and to rest.  When Li Er led his troops to fight in formation, the Sui cavalry retreated and refused to confront Li Er head-on. However, as soon as Li Er's army started marching, the Sui cavalry would catch up immediately. If they had the chance, they would charge and make a surprise attack. If they didn't, they would pass through.  The random arrows shot Li Er's army and forced them to fight in formation. They firmly bit Li Er's tail and refused to give Li Er's army a chance to escape in large strides.  Then, another Sui army cavalry that had rested before would use its strong maneuverability to detour back to the front of Li Er's army, stop Li Er's army from retreating, and then charge into the melee when they had the opportunity. If they didn't have the chance, they would continue to hold Li Er back with a barrage of arrows.  Consuming the physical strength and strength of Li's army, it also continuously weakened the morale and fighting spirit of Li's army.  Although Li Er is good at fighting, his body is not made of iron, and the Taiyuan soldiers under his command are not made of iron. Under such high-intensity physical exertion, they lasted less than a day*, and Li Er's army was already exhausted.  The army was on the verge of collapse, more than half of the soldiers were separated and fled, and the reserves of feathers and arrows were greatly depleted. It was no longer possible to shoot away the charging Sui cavalry with strong bows and crossbows.  Although the physical exhaustion and bow and arrow consumption of the Sui army's cavalry were also very serious, they were better anyway. So when the Sui army's cavalry seized the opportunity to block and pursue the fighters together, Li Erjun could no longer hold on.  , was completely defeated by the Sui cavalry with a single charge. They were forced to flee from top to bottom and never dared to regroup.  Li Er was considered smart. When he originally withdrew to Qixian County, Zhu Can, Wang Huaiwen and other subordinates suggested that Li Er enter the city to temporarily avoid the pursuing troops. However, Li Er was not confused. He knew that once he wasted time in entering the city, he would be likely to be attacked by the Sui army's infantry.  The brigade surrounded him, and he never had the chance to leave the small town of Qixian County. He insisted on leading the army to continue fleeing north.  When he realized that the army could no longer hold on, Li Er quickly changed into soldier clothes so that the Sui army officers could not distinguish his identity. Finally, when Li Er's army was about to completely collapse, Li Er also ordered the flag bearer to separate from him under his own banner.  He escaped and successfully deceived the attention of most of the Sui army's cavalry. He also took the initiative to dismount and walk to avoid attracting attention. Only then was he lucky enough not to be bitten by the Sui army's cavalry immediately after the collapse.  But soon, Li Er finally understood why Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong had the same hatred as him for killing his father and taking away his wife. After catching up with Li Er and realizing that he had been fooled, the Sui army's cavalry immediately pursued Li Er's army with all their strength.  The defeated troops kept shouting the slogan "His Royal Highness the King of Tang Jun decreed that if Li Er's head was taken, he would be rewarded with a thousand gold coins." He also kept shouting slogans about handing over Li Er and being rewarded with a hundred taels of gold and an official title of seventh rank, encouraging Li Er's defeated troops to rebel.  Shui captured or identified Li Er, which made Li Er couldn't help but start to wonder whether Chen Sangliang had robbed his sweetheart, or whether he had robbed Chen Sangliang's sweetheart?  What's worse is that the attentive Li Er found that the only five or six followers around him had gradually begun to become unreliable, including Zhu Can, who had sold Chen Sangliang. When he secretly looked at Li Er, his eyes had already changed.  Quietly, he began to have evil intentions, as if he might respond to the call of the Sui army to pursue troops at any time, and took off Li Er's head and presented it to Chen Sangliang to atone for his sins.  He was so frightened that Li Er had to whisper to Wang Huaiwen, the only captain with firm eyes, to keep a back-to-back position with him and beware of sneak attacks from his entourage at any time.  Fortunately, Li Er's luck on the battlefield has always been quite good. The Sui army's cavalry were scattered and pursued by various combinations of circumstances. They never came within thirty steps of Li Er. They never found Li Er, who was crawling around in the grass, and they never found him.  Zhu Can, with twinkling eyes, was forced to take action. When the sky turned dark, Li Er, Zhu Can and othersFive or six people were finally safe and were able to escape into the woods under the cover of night, and then took a small road to Taiyuan.  By the time Li Er and others fled back to Taiyuan City on foot, it was already the seventh day of June in the third year of Yining. The main force of the Taiyuan Army successfully withdrew into Taiyuan City with little loss and concentrated on chasing Li Er's Sui army.  The military cavalry stopped their pursuit when they were still fifty miles away from Taiyuan. Li Er, who was so embarrassed that his shoes had holes in them, was able to enter the city smoothly and met his elder brother Li Jiancheng, fourth brother Li Yuanji and others.  And when they met, Li Er could clearly see that there seemed to be a trace of disappointment flashing through his brother's eyes, as if he really wanted Li Er to die tragically in the rout.  It is useless to be disappointed. In any case, the main force of the Taiyuan Army was able to withdraw to its home base of Taiyuan City with slight losses, mainly because Li Er successfully contained the Sui Army's pursuers. Therefore, Li Jiancheng had no choice but to  He ordered his servants to bring wine and food to reward Li Er.  However, just as Li Er was devouring his food, suddenly one of Li Jiancheng's soldiers hurried into the hall, presented Li Jiancheng with a chicken feather sticker and said: "Report to the Governor of the Left, urgent report from Xinkou, Liu Wu and Zhou Jun have arrived.  Xinkou, with a force of about 36,000, Liu Wuzhou came in person, and the vanguard was his brother-in-law Song Jingang. " With a bang, Li Er couldn't help but lose his job no matter how deep the city was, and his face turned pale with shock.  He asked: "Brother, Liu Wuzhou is here to take advantage of the situation?" "Who said Liu Wuzhou is here to take advantage of the situation?" Li Jiancheng rolled his eyes at his second brother and said, "Liu Wuzhou is here to help us. He wants to join hands with us to resist Chen Yingliang's attack."  "Liu Wuzhou came to help us?" Li Er was shocked again and exclaimed: "We formed an alliance with Liu Wuzhou back then? How come I didn't know about this?" "When Duan Lun accidentally lost Lingshi City, I had already sent  Wang Gui went north to Mayi and concluded an alliance with Liu Wuzhou. After discovering that Lengquan Pass was likely to persist for a long time, I sent fast horses to plead with Liu Wuzhou to send troops immediately. Fortunately, it was successful." Li Jiancheng explained calmly and said:  "Also, Liu Wuzhou and you are already related. My father is not alive, so I, the elder brother, made the decision for you, arranged a marriage for you with Liu Wuzhou's youngest sister, and married our sixth sister to Liu Wuzhou's cousin.  Kiss me more." Li Er's mouth was almost open, and he was so surprised that he couldn't believe his ears. Li Jiancheng misunderstood his second brother's meaning, so he said again: "Second brother, don't blame me. In order to join hands with Liu Wuzhou,  To fight against a powerful enemy, my brother is forced to submit to power. But you are not young anymore, and it is time for you to get married. Liu Wuzhou's sister Liu Xiaomou is sixteen years old. I heard from Shujie that she has quite good looks and is worthy of you.  "No, no, no." Li Er quickly waved his hands and said with a happy smile: "Brother, you have arranged such a good marriage for me, and I am not happy enough. How can I blame you? Thank you, brother. Thank you very much."  Brother, I am very satisfied with this marriage. I really wish for it!" When he said this, Li Er's face, which had not yet washed away the dirt and sweat, was full of smiles. It was rare that he smiled very sincerely and relaxedly, and it was definitely from the bottom of his heart.  heart.  Li Jiancheng, who knew the virtues of his second brother, sighed in his heart and cursed secretly: "Liu Wuzhou, a common man, is indeed an old fox. I asked for marriage on behalf of my fifth brother Li Zhiyun but refused to agree. Instead, I wanted to marry my sister to my ambitious second brother. Let's make it clear."  They just want to divide me and find an opportunity to eat up our army!" "It's useless to secretly sigh. At this point, Li Jiancheng knew that marrying his second brother to Liu Wuzhou was a poisonous drink, so he had to drink it.  He nodded and said: "As long as you are satisfied. After defeating Chen Yingliang, you will officially get married. Also, I will never break my promise. If you rest for a few days, I will give you five thousand troops." "Thank you, brother,  Thank you, brother." Li Er quickly thanked Li Jiancheng and asked: "Brother, Liu Wuzhou agreed to form an alliance with our army and send troops to help us resist the Chen bandit army. I'm afraid there are any additional conditions?" "Of course there are additional conditions?  "Li Jiancheng sighed and said quietly: "Yanmen County, plus ten thousand pieces of armor, thirty thousand stones of grain, and ten thousand pieces of cloth, plus the food and grass expenses for Liu Wuzhou's army to fight in Taiyuan. Fortunately, Chen Yingliang refused Liu Wuzhou's attack on Yanmen County.  Otherwise, Liu Wuzhou might side with Chen Yingliang and help Chen Yingliang attack us. "Brother, there is no need to be sad. It is definitely worth sacrificing Yanmen County to form an alliance with Liu Wuzhou," Li Er comforted.  "Not to mention that we can get direct help from Liu Wuzhou to save our immediate needs. In the future, after repelling Chen Yingliang's bandit army, we can also reopen the salt horse road, obtain horses, cattle and sheep from the Mobei grassland, and form more cavalry.  "There's no need to comfort me. I know it's drinking poison to quench thirst, but now I really can't think of a better way besides drinking poison to quench thirst." Li Jiancheng shook his head.He knew very well that forming an alliance with his old enemy Liu Wuzhou was tantamount to seeking the skin of a tiger, and even more inviting a wolf into the house. However, he had no choice but to save the immediate immediate needs first.  Li Jiancheng shook his head and sighed, but Li Er felt happy in his heart - of course Li Er also knew that Liu Wuzhou had bad intentions in forming an alliance with the Self-Army Army, but it didn't matter. Li Er was confident that he would definitely be more cunning than his future wife and brother Liu Wuzhou, and he even more believed that he could win  After receiving Liu Wuzhou's powerful help, he will definitely be able to trample his damn brother under his feet, continue the army position left by Li Yuan, and regain the glory of the Li family!  After feeling secretly happy, Li Er quickly asked: "Brother, what about Luo Yi and Dou Jiande's side? Do they agree to send troops to help us?" "No news yet." Li Jiancheng replied smoothly: "There should be no problem with Dou Jiande's side.  Da, he has always resented Chen Yingliang for stealing the power of the imperial court. Not only did he expel Chen Yingliang's envoys several times, but he also made a big enmity with Chen Yingliang on the Linfen battlefield. Now it is far more convenient for him to send troops from Jingxingguan than from Shangdang, even if he can't kiss  When the lords come, they will at least send another support force to share the pressure with us. " "As for Luo Yi" Li Jiancheng frowned and said, "I am most worried about him now, although he declined before.  Chen Yingliang recruited and conferred the title, but treated Chen Yingliang's envoys with great courtesy and kindness, leaving ample escape routes. If he sides with Chen Yingliang at this critical moment, he will not only threaten our rear, but may also bite Dou Jiande.  Let Dou Jiande spare no time to help us. " "Brother, I have a plan, maybe we can persuade Luo Yi to form an alliance with our army." Li Er said with a smile: "I heard that Luo Yi is deeply in love with his wife Meng.  There are also some henpeckers, why don't the elder brother buy his wife with rare treasures, so that Meng can tell Luo Yi the reason why his lips are dying and his teeth are cold, so that Luo Yi can also send troops to fight against Chen's thieves? "" Meng loves pearls and greens."  Li Jiancheng said smoothly: "I gave her three sets of pearls and jade jewelry collected by Jinyang Palace, but I don't know if she is satisfied with it." Li Er laughed loudly, rarely sincerely praising his brother for his cleverness, and then asked again  After the situation of the main force of the Sui army, Li Jiancheng introduced that the main force of the Sui army was not advancing very fast. The latest reports were that they were still attacking Jiexiu to ensure that the grain road was unimpeded, and at the same time they divided their forces to attack Zhixi City in Xihe County. Li Er then gave up completely.  In his heart, he laughed a few words. Chen Sangliang had always been cautious in his military use, and then he picked up his job and started eating again.  Liu Wuzhou, who was determined to help the Taiyuan army, arrived very quickly. On the second day after Li Er returned to Taiyuan, it was only the ninth day of June. Song Jingang, the vanguard of Liu Wuzhou's army, had already led an army of 5,000 to arrive at Taiyuan City.  They were stationed in the northeastern suburbs of Taiyuan, and the next day, Liu Wuzhou, who had already proclaimed himself Emperor of Dingyang, personally led the main force of Dingyang to Taiyuan.  Li Jiancheng heard the news and did not dare to neglect, and quickly personally led Li Er and the Taiyuan army civil and military out of the city for twenty miles to greet him. Li Yuanji was worried that Liu Wuzhou had bad intentions and refused to leave the city. Li Jiancheng did not force him to stay with his absolute confidant Feng Li.  At the same time, some elite soldiers were brought to the city to take precautions.  Li Jiancheng obviously misunderstood Liu Wuzhou. After the two armies met, the flags moved away. Liu Wuzhou, who had met the Li brothers several times on the battlefield, led some civil and military officials to take the lead under the leadership of Li Jiancheng's confidant Wang Gui.  , also dismounted and walked forward in front of the army, indicating that he did not have any ill intentions.  Li Jiancheng and Li Er were slightly relieved when they saw each other. They dismounted their horses together and strode forward to greet Liu Wuzhou and others. When they were still far away, they clasped their fists together and saluted, shouting loudly: "Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin have met Emperor Dingyang."  "Your Majesty!" "You two good brothers, you don't need to be polite." Liu Wuzhou, who is now in his thirties, is obviously an actor. He laughed and returned the greeting with fists, and then took Li Er's hands and patted Li Er's shoulder.  He laughed heartily and said: "Erlang, we finally meet again! The last time we were in Loufan, I was almost shot to death by you with an arrow. At that time, I gritted my teeth and swore to avenge you. I really didn't expect that we would meet again this time."  When we meet again, we will become relatives soon!" "Your Majesty, I did offend you a lot." Li Er quickly apologized, but Liu Wuzhou interrupted him with a wave of his hand and said with a laugh: "There is no need to call your Majesty that way.  You're welcome, you will soon become my brother-in-law, call me brother!" Li Er hurriedly said he didn't dare, but unexpectedly, a clear female voice suddenly came from behind Liu Wuzhou and others, saying fiercely: "Call me brother!  Your Majesty! Brother, I am not the Fourth Sister who is at your mercy. I have to see my husband to my satisfaction. If I don¡¯t nod when you kiss me, it won¡¯t count!¡± As Li Jiancheng and other Taiyuan soldiers and civilians looked up in surprise, they followed the sound.  As he went, Li Er's eyes suddenly lit up again. It turned out that a girl in hunting attire came out from behind Liu Wuzhou and others. She was fifteen or sixteen years old, with a graceful figure, big eyes and a small mouth. She had a pretty face, and her appearance was very attractive.  He also carried a horse bow and arrow pot, which looked very dashing, but the expression on his pretty face was very arrogant, and he hummed and asked: "Who is Li Erlang?Stand up and let me see!  " The scene became a little embarrassing. Li Er, who guessed that this beautiful girl must be with Liu Wuzhou's younger sister Liu Xiaomou, was secretly happy, but he was too embarrassed to take the initiative to speak. Liu Wuzhou was also a little embarrassed. He first whispered that his sister was forcing him to have sex with her.  He came to Taiyuan, and then he pulled Li Er in front of his sister and said with a smile: "Xiao Mou, do you see it?  He is the husband I chose for you, brother. How about it?  Are you satisfied?  "Li Er, whose appearance is far superior to that of Chen Sangliang, is of course absolutely confident in his appearance. He also said that Liu Wuzhou's sister must have been extremely satisfied after seeing his appearance. Who knows that Liu Xiaomou looked Li Eryi up and down?  After hearing the call, he curled his lips and said: "Embroidered pillow!  Who knows if he has the ability?  Can you ride and shoot?  Can you use troops on the battlefield?  " Li Er almost laughed out loud when he heard this. He was about to say that these two things happened to be my best, but unexpectedly a fast horse suddenly ran from the south. Immediately, the knight of the Taiyuan Army held up a pond with chicken feathers in his hand.  The newspaper shouted that it was urgent, but Li Jiancheng did not dare to neglect it, and quickly asked the soldiers to take the newspaper. When he took the newspaper and opened it, Li Jiancheng's face suddenly became a little ugly. "Brother Jiancheng, what happened?"  Already?  Is it Chen Thief's military situation?  Liu Wuzhou asked curiously. "Yes."  Li Jiancheng did not dare to deceive Liu Wuzhou. He lowered his head and said, "Chen Yingliang defeated Jiexiu the night before yesterday, and our defender Fan Botong was killed in battle."  " "So fast?"  "Liu Wuzhou was a little surprised and said: "I remember that the envoy of your army said that Chen Thief broke through Lengquan Pass on the night of the second day of June. At that time, his main force was still in Lingshi, and you also left heavy troops to guard Jiexiu.  We fought for time to set up defenses and even flooded the roads in Queshu Valley. Why was it that the night before yesterday was only the eighth night of the Lunar New Year and Jiexiu was defeated by the bandit Chen?  " "There is a traitor in Jiexiu City.  "Li Jiancheng said gloomily: "There was a demon monk named Daocheng who went to the city to pray for our soldiers. He took the opportunity to contact some traitors, and used Buddhist flags to drag Chen's soldiers up the city wall at night, and opened the city gate to welcome the traitors.  Entering the city, Fan Botong was caught off guard and was killed by the bandits.  " The atmosphere became depressed, and Li Er quietly gritted his teeth. However, at this moment, Liu Xiaomou, who was almost forgotten by everyone, suddenly smiled sweetly and said to Li Er, "Did you hear that?  If you have such ability in fighting, I can consider getting married to you.  Also, I have heard that you have been defeated miserably by Chen Zei several times in the past. If you can defeat Chen Zei this time, I will definitely marry you!  " Liu Wu pulled his sister to glare at him on Monday, but Li Er raised his head, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!  I promise you!  This time, I must find Thief Chen to settle old and new accounts!  "
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