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Volume One Chapter 574 The Last Hope

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    Although he had suspicions for a long time, it was at this most critical moment that Li Er finally confirmed one thing helplessly: as long as he met the heartless Chen Sangliang, he would definitely have bad luck!  No matter what kind of good thing can turn into a tragedy!  This time is the most typical and serious. Originally, Li Er had a good plan. By betraying his brother, he could not only please Liu Wuzhou and deepen his friendship with his future wife and brother, but also take the opportunity to get rid of the control of his incompetent brother and become independent, and take the opportunity to control Yuci City.  Third, the target is small and it is not easy to attract Chen Sangliang's main force to attack. The danger is far less than staying in Taiyuan City, which may be besieged by floods at any time. If you stay outside, you can also take advantage of the opportunity to first contact Dou Jiande's reinforcements to quickly establish  The deep friendship with Dou Jiande, a powerful ally, will help him gain more benefits in the future, achieve multiple goals with one stone, and never suffer any loss.  The wishful thinking was successful, and in fact, he succeeded in tricking Liu Wuzhou into Taiyuan City to join forces with Li Jiancheng to contain the main force of the Sui army, and unexpectedly deceived thousands of war horses.  Just when Li Erzheng was secretly happy, disaster fell from the sky!  Luo Yi, the Zhuojun warlord who had been wavering before, suddenly switched sides at a critical moment. Chen Sangliang surrendered to the army and took the initiative to send troops to contain Dou Jiande. Whether Dou Jiande's reinforcements, who were bound to come for reinforcements, could still come to the Taiyuan battlefield has become unknown.  For the sake of his own army's interests, Liu Wuzhou, who was quarrelsome, sided with Li Jiancheng without hesitation. Li Er, the white-eyed wolf who had just offended his brother to death, had no way out and could only obediently bow to Liu Wuzhou immediately.  He begged Liu Wuzhou to take him in since he was homeless. He was extremely cowardly and depressed.  Not bad, Liu Wuzhou was reluctant to be loyal, and immediately nodded and agreed to take Li Er in. Li Er did not completely turn into a lost dog, but he would not enter a family unless he was a family. Liu Wuzhou, who also had an absolutely selfish idea, not only took the opportunity to take back  In exchange for the thousand war horses promised to Li Er, he also asked Li Er to take on the important task of rearguard, and used Li Er's last remaining capital to defend the Yang army against the Sui army's pursuers. Li Er had 10,000 dissatisfactions in his heart.  I was happy but didn't dare to complain. I could only hand over the war horse obediently with both hands, and lead my troops to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the rear.  The horses that had just been received but had not yet been counted suddenly had to be handed back. At the same time, they had to walk at the end of the team to resist the wolf-like Sui army pursuers. Of course, Zhu Can, Liang Jianfang and other close confidants of Li Er were confused and full of disbelief.  They all asked Li Er for the reason. Li Er, who was in trouble, could only use the excuse that the military situation needed to be kept secret, and asked his generals to just act in accordance with the orders, and wait until Yuci could explain any problems.  Although Zhu Can, Liang Jianfang and other generals did not dare to press the matter to the end, they still reminded: "Right Commander, it's okay to return the war horses, but I'm afraid we can't do it if you ask us to go to the rear. It's not like you don't know how many of us are left here.  How can we resist the main force of Chen Yingliang's traitorous pursuers? " "Don't worry about this, I have my own arrangements. Just restrain the soldiers and fight carefully. When the pursuers come, I will have my own way to repel the enemy." Li Er replied calmly.  Zhu Can, Liang Jianfang and others felt a little relieved, so they didn't say anything more and honestly took over the task of the queen. Li Er was not just bragging. After arranging the task of the queen, he made some calculations, and Li Er entered the decision again.  At Yang Jun's camp, he found Liu Wuzhou, Song Jingang and others who were hurriedly packing their luggage, and said: "Brother, it is more than fifty miles from here to Yuci, and the road is relatively far. If the Chen bandits pursue with all their strength, it will be difficult for our army to do so."  Escape from the pursuit and retreat to Yuci smoothly. If you are not careful, you may suffer huge losses. I have a plan to doubt the soldiers, which will definitely make Chen Thief feel timid and dare not raise troops to pursue him. " "If you have a clever plan, I will.  Come on, we don't have time," Liu Wuzhou said smoothly while instructing his soldiers to pack their belongings.  "Brother, you might as well send hundreds of cavalry to go south first, cross the river from the pontoon controlled by the Taiyuan Army, sneak quietly to the east outside Chen Tie's camp to ambush, and then ask the Taiyuan Army to send a troop to set up formations along the north bank of the Dongwo River, with multiple  The torches are bluffing." Li Er suggested: "When our army retreats, our cavalry will beat gongs and drums outside the thief camp, shout to kill, and pretend to rob the camp. If the thief is attacked in the dark, it will be inevitable.  If we hold on to the camp and don't dare to fight easily, and we can see that the torches in the Dongwo River are bright, we will definitely suspect that we are preparing to lure the enemy into an ambush, and we don't dare to fight easily. In this way, our army can seize the opportunity to advance eastward with all our strength and quickly get rid of Chen's pursuit.  "Would this be counterproductive and allow Chen Zei to prepare his troops earlier and send out troops to pursue our army earlier?" Liu Wuzhou asked suspiciously.  "Brother, don't listen to him." Liu Xiaomou, who has been ordered not to leave Liu Wuzhou's side at any time, shouted: "He only makes bad ideas. If we listen to him, we will definitely suffer a big loss." Fortunately, Song Jinjiang sided with Li Er.  , said to Liu Wuzhou: "Brother, this plan is quite clever. Such a big movement of our main force marching westward overnight cannot be hidden from the eyes of the Chen thief scouts. It won't be long before the Chen thief will send out troops to pursue our army. Not long ago."?On the contrary, pretending to rob the camp would probably buy us more time.  Anyway, the terrain south of the Dongwo River is open, and our cavalry can retreat eastward to Yuci and cross the river to return to the army at any time, and we will not suffer any losses.  " "Okay, then you go ahead and do it, move quickly, we don't have much time.  "Liu Wuzhou finally nodded in agreement. Li Er, who was even more petty and profit-making than Li Jiancheng, quietly breathed a sigh of relief, but Liu Xiaomou curled his lips and muttered a bad idea in a low voice. The three pontoon bridges outside Taiyuan Camp have not been damaged.  Under the cover of the already dark night, three hundred Dingyang Army cavalry carried gongs, drums and horns and quietly crossed the river to the south. Li Jiancheng also agreed to send an army to form an array on the north bank. In the middle of the second watch, he lit more torches to bluff and intimidate the Sui army.  It was easy to send troops, but Li Jiancheng explained in advance that the officers and soldiers of the Taiyuan Army were only responsible for bluffing. If the Sui Army sent troops to rush across, the officers and soldiers of the Taiyuan Army would immediately withdraw to the camp if they could not resist. The main force of the Sui Army would really pursue Dingyang Army with all its strength.  There was no need to cross the river from General Taiyuan's defensive position. It was enough to take the risk and bluff. Of course, Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang were not too demanding. When the second quarter arrived, the main force of Dingyang's army had basically left the camp.  Trying to light as few torches as possible so as not to make a big noise, they quickly counted the soldiers and vehicles, and arranged the retreat formation. Just after two and a half hours, Liu Wu gave an order, and the main force of Dingyang's army set off immediately, with Song Jingang personally leading the army.  To open the way, Liu Wuzhou led the Chinese army to protect the grain, grass and baggage. General Huang Ziying led the rear army. Li Er's two thousand Taiyuan Army cranes were at the rear of the most dangerous position. The various departments of Ding Yang's army also cooperated very well. The three main armies.  As soon as they were dispatched, the sound of gongs, drums and horns came from the darkness to the south, and there were also faint sounds of shouting to kill, proving that the suspected soldiers of the Dingyang Army had already started a feint attack.  Thousands of torches and bonfires were set up. From a distance, it really looked like an ambush of thousands of soldiers. The momentum was quite scary. Seeing this, Li Er of course smiled proudly. Zhu Canhe, who was next to him, already knew Li Er's clever plan.  Liang Jianfang and other generals also showed joy on their faces and praised one after another: "The right governor's clever plan, no matter how treacherous Chen Yingliang is, he must be scared to death at this moment and at a loss. When he reacts, he will try to catch up with us again.  There is definitely no chance.  " "It's impossible to scare Thief Chen into despair. The traitor has been on the battlefield for a long time, and this little movement can't scare him.  Li Er gave Chen Sangliang a rare compliment, and then said with a smile: "But traitors are cautious in their military skills. If there is a change at night, they will definitely not send troops easily without investigating and understanding. This time, I dare not say too much. I will hold him back."  Timing is absolutely no problem.  " After speaking confidently, a pretty face appeared in Li Er's mind, and he hummed in his heart: "Little girls, I dare to say that this governor's clever plan is a bad idea. When we enter the bridal chamber, see how I deal with you!  " Not to mention, although the main force of the Sui Army had already prepared to send troops to pursue at any time, when the cavalry of the Dingyang Army suddenly beat gongs and drums to the east of the Sui Army's camp, Chen Sangliang and Li Jing were still  He was really frightened, and said that he had misjudged the enemy. Instead of retreating tonight, the enemy took the risk to rob the camp. He was very nervous for a while. However, when the Sui army scouts flew to report that there were only drums and gongs outside the camp, there was no trace of the enemy.  After seeing the fire on the north bank of the Dongwo River from a distance, Chen Sangliang and Li Jing immediately woke up, and then asked each other in unison: "Your Highness (uncle), what do you think?  " "Bluffing, doubting the tactics of soldiers.  "Li Jing and Chen Sangliang, the unscrupulous uncles and nephews, replied in unison: "Otherwise, the enemy will not set fire to the river bank, but will only set up an ambush in the darkness!  " After saying this in unison, Chen Sangliang and Li Jing also laughed together. Then Chen Sangliang immediately got on his horse, saluted Li Jing with fists on his horse, and entrusted his army camp to his cousin. Li Jing returned the salute and gave Chen Sangliang instructions.  Liang Qianwan was careful to be safe, but Chen Sangliang thanked him with a smile. After Chen Sangliang gave the order, the Sui army soldiers, numbering more than 20,000, immediately lit torches, divided the troops into six groups and left the camp together, and quickly arrived at the east gate of the camp.  They formed a team outside and were led by Chen Sangliang to attack without hesitation towards the Dongwohe position in charge of the Dingyang Army. It was the turn of the Dingyang Army and the Taiyuan Army to be dumbfounded when they saw the Sui Army's camp from a distance.  Suddenly, torches were everywhere, turning half of the sky red. Seeing these torches arranged in a march and marching out of the camp in six teams, the three hundred Dingyang Army cavalry sent by Song Jingang to act as suspects were almost scared out of their wits. Even the Sui Dynasty  The soldiers did not dare to investigate the specific situation of the army, so they immediately threw down their gongs, drums and horns and fled eastward. The more than a thousand infantrymen of the Taiyuan Army who were bluffing on the north bank of the Dongwo River were also in disbelief. They just prayed to God and Buddha that the main force of the Sui army would not attack them.  The positions were already prepared to run away at any time. Of course, the ones who were most frightened were Li Er and the main force of Dingyang Army. From top to bottom, they never dreamed that they had just withdrawn their camp and retreated.The main force of the Sui army immediately dispatched such a large number of troops to the north, panicking and screaming. Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang both yelled, "Is there a traitor? Chen Thief, why does it seem that there has been a traitor for a long time?"  "Are you ready?" "I told you a long time ago that you can't listen to that bad idea of ??embroidered pillows." Of course Liu Xiaomou had something to say, but the little girl was quite knowledgeable and knew that the lives of countless soldiers in her army were at stake, so she didn't dare to gloat out loud.  , just following Liu Wuzhou's request to follow his brother, and hurried all the way east.  Although the Dingyang Army was selfish, it was still loyal. Preserving the main force of the Dingyang Army was equivalent to preserving the hope of victory in defending the city. Although the strength of the troops was becoming increasingly difficult, Li Jiancheng still bit the bullet and dispatched 3,000 troops out of the camp.  Let Yang Wenqian lead the troops to stop the main force of the Sui army from crossing the river.  However, when Yang Wenqian led the Taiyuan Army in a hurry to the river defense position left by the Dingyang Army, he was horrified to see that the main force of the Sui Army did not bother to build any pontoon bridges or trench bridges to cross the river. Instead, each army team took turns to go into battle and  One after another, bags of soil and straw were thrown into the Dongwo River. In a short time, a temporary dam was built at the slow flow of the Dongwo River. The water volume downstream of the dam was greatly reduced and the water level dropped. The Sui army's pioneers crossing the river led by Liu Shishan also shouted  Then he attacked Yang Wenqian directly. Yang Wenqian hurriedly fought, and there was no way to stop the main force of the Sui army from crossing the river.  Bags of earth and grass were continuously thrown into the Dongwo River section that Yuan Tiangang had secretly explored earlier, and an earth bridge was gradually built on the river. The Sui soldiers, holding torches, strode across the river in an endless stream, and continued to enter the battlefield on the north bank.  In the blink of an eye, their numbers exceeded Yang Wenqian's army, and they threw a large number of gunpowder bottles to disturb the enemy. The Taiyuan army, which had already been frightened by the Sui army, was even more unable to resist. It only resisted for less than half a moment and then dispersed.  Retreat for your life.  Then all the main forces of the Sui army crossed the river, and after quickly regrouping, Chen Sangliang gave another order, and the 20,000 elite Sui troops immediately marched eastward, rushing like a torrent towards Yuci, where the main force of the Dingyang army was retreating.  After finding out the situation of the battle, the kind man Li Jiancheng gritted his teeth and ordered Yang Wenqian to turn back and fight again, biting the Sui army's tail to slow down Chen Sangliang's pursuit. However, Chen Sangliang and Li Jing were well prepared for this, relying on their strong troops and many generals to stay in the camp.  Li Jing ordered General Qu Tutong to lead an army north to attack the Taiyuan Army camp, not to defeat the enemy but to contain it.  Li Jiancheng, who was also preparing to withdraw his troops, had no choice but to recall Yang Wenqian to defend the camp with all his strength. He kept his promise to hold on until the fourth watch before heading north and withdrawing to Taiyuan City.  In addition, the only thing Li Jiancheng could do was to pray secretly, "Brother Wu Zhou, please run faster and bring more main forces back to Yuci! If you are finished again, I will be completely finished!"  " Praying is useless. The distance of more than fifty miles is destined to be reached quickly on horseback. The main force of the Dingyang Army carrying a large amount of military supplies is mixed with infantry and cavalry. The retreat speed cannot be fast at all. The Sui Army is lightly armed. Even if  The main force was infantry, and they were still marching as fast as they could. Just after the third watch, the Sui Army general Qiu Xinggong, who was leading the way, had already led the light infantry to catch up with Li Erjun who was hanging at the end, and immediately shouted to kill directly.  Fight in close combat with Li's second army.  It must be admitted that in order to please his future brother-in-law Liu Wuzhou, Li Er still spent some effort to fight to the death of the rear palace. He first killed and injured many Sui army pursuers with random arrows, and then personally led the army to counterattack in an attempt to drive back the Sui army.  The vanguard fights for time to escape.  However, Li Er himself worked hard, and his generals Zhu Can, Liang Jianfang, and Wang Huaiwen fought loyally, but their soldiers were tired, wounded, and low in morale. They could not even protect themselves in front of the highly motivated Sui soldiers.  The strength was not enough, let alone kill the pursuers. Qiu Xinggong only used one charge to completely get involved with the Taiyuan army, launching a close-quarters melee that was most beneficial to the Sui army officers. Li Er and Zhu  Can, Liang Jianfang and others fought hard but could not defeat the Sui army's pursuers.  After barely holding on for a while, when Kan Leng led the Mo Dao soldiers to the scene, all the soldiers of the Taiyuan Army lost the courage to fight to the death. The main and deputy soldiers of the team, Huo Chang, rushed to escape first, and then quickly appeared again  When the school captain led the team to escape, smart people like Li Er, Zhu Can and others saw the situation and naturally made a smart choice to run away!  The defeated generals fled eastward with only a few hundred remaining soldiers. The Sui army soldiers were running like flying, chasing after them and constantly killing the defeated soldiers of the Taiyuan army in the pursuit, even if the Taiyuan soldiers had already knelt down and surrendered.  At this time, the Sui army officers and soldiers had no time to take in the prisoners. The Taiyuan soldiers were so frightened that they fled faster and faster. Many defeated soldiers fled directly to the open north.  The incompetent performance of the Taiyuan Army, which was about to collapse, of course made the Dingyang Army furious again. If he hadn't known that Li Er was about to become Liu Wuzhou's brother-in-law, Huang Ziying, who led the Dingyang Army's rear army, would not even have the heart to counterattack and kill Li Er.  While trying to suppress the anger in his chest, Huang Ziying ordered the soldiers to stop advancing and form a team to fight, while shouting: "Prepare bows and arrows! Those losers in Taiyuan dare to charge in front of us, release arrows immediately!" There are indeed many of them!The defeated soldiers of the Taiyuan Army panicked when they saw that there were many people running there, and died miserably under the random arrows shot by the soldiers of the Dingyang Army without hesitation. Unfortunately, Li Er, Zhu Can and others were smart men and knew how to lead the defeated soldiers to attack the friendly forces.  What would happen to the front of the position? They had already taken the troops that could still be commanded and detoured back to the open north, bypassing Huang Ziying's position and heading eastward.  As a result, when he detoured back to the north of Huang Ziying's position, Li Er, who had calmed down for a while, took time to look back at the situation of the Sui army. When he saw the torches of the Sui army pouring towards the east like a torrent, Li Er first  Fortunately, he escaped smoothly, but then he suddenly woke up and blurted out: "No! It's not good!" "Right Governor, what's wrong? What's wrong?" Wang Huaiwen asked doubtfully, wiping the blood and sweat on his face.  "Chen's cavalry did not show up!" Li Er roared: "Chen's personal expedition brought tens of thousands of cavalry! But it was Chen's light infantry who caught up with us first! And Chen's main force  There are no torches on the open left wing, which proves that Chen Thief didn't bring much cavalry at all in this pursuit. There is no need to organize the cavalry into a separate army and act alone! What does this mean? Don't you understand?" "What does it mean?  "The general doesn't understand?" Wang Huaiwen asked in confusion. Zhu Can, Liang Jianfang and others also looked at Li Er with confusion. Li Er yelled wildly with veins on his forehead: "Are you pigs?"  Don¡¯t you understand? The absence of cavalry and infantry as the main force in the pursuit means that Chen Zei has already deployed his cavalry in front, preparing to ambush us! We abandoned the camp and retreated tonight, and Liu Wuzhou led the main force to flee eastward.  It has been predicted by Chen Thief! Chen Thief has already set up a dragnet and is preparing to kill Liu Wuzhou's main army in one battle!" Zhu Can, Liang Jianfang and others finally realized it. In shock, Zhu Can, who was already extremely pale, quickly suggested.  : "Right Governor, let's run quickly. We haven't entered the Chen bandit ambush position yet. Let's escape to the north and then take a detour back to Taiyuan." "If only I dared to return to Taiyuan." Li Er lamented in his heart.  , and said categorically: "No! We can't run! We have to go to see Liu Wuzhou immediately and warn him to be prepared for Chen Thief's cavalry raid! We still have hope in this battle, and we must try our best to save him  This last hope catches up!¡±
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