"What is that? It's so beautiful." As a girl, Liu Xiaomou naturally sighed like this when she saw fireworks that appeared hundreds of years in advance for the first time. But Liu Xiaomou soon discovered, as pale as her brother Liu Wuzhou, that the fireworks she had never seen before brought not only dazzling beauty, but also a terrifying murderous intention that made Dingyang's army terrified. ! Under the fireworks, torches were as dense as stars, military flags were fluttering, and swords and guns were like a forest. The Sui army's cavalry suddenly appeared in overwhelming numbers. Under the leadership of two Sui army cavalry generals, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin, they charged like a rushing tide. Rushing towards the flank of the main force of the Dingyang Army, the horses' hooves rumbled, causing the ground to tremble slightly. Three or four miles away, the shouts of the Sui Army soldiers could still be heard clearly, "Kill! Capture Liu Wuzhou alive! Kill! Kill!" ! Kill! Capture Liu Wuzhou alive! " "I fell into Chen's trap!" At this point, Liu Wuzhou finally understood why the Sui army's ambush was defeated, but it was already too late. One of the two Dingyang Army cavalry that had been closely protecting the flanks of the main infantry had been deceived by the Sui Army's fake ambush to move the tiger away from the mountain, and the other had unfortunately caught fire with the Sui Army's pursuers. Neither of them could do anything immediately. They withdrew their troops and came back to cover. Now, except for the five or six hundred defeated soldiers under Li Er's command, there was no one left on the flanks of the main force of Ding Yang's army to stop the sudden charge of the Sui army's cavalry. "Complete the team! Complete the team! The whole team fights! Stand firm! Stand firm!" Liu Wuzhou was so anxious that his eyes were red. He yelled and urged the troops to line up to fight. He quickly pointed at Li Er's team and shouted an order: " Go and tell Li Erlang immediately, tell him to counterattack, and come up to me to temporarily entangle the Chen thieves' cavalry! If you want to marry my sister, buy me some time!" What made Liu Wuzhou furious was that before he could do anything, his soldiers rushed away. Climbing and rushing to the front of Li Er's army, Li Er had decisively ordered the Taiyuan army to run eastward to escape, withdraw from the battlefield as soon as possible, and no longer care about the life and death of Ding Yang's army! ¡ª¡ªFighted on both sides, his fragile waist was attacked by a large number of Sui army cavalry. The defeat of Yang's army was determined. Even the gods could not reverse the situation. Li Er was stupid and would continue to stay where he was and wait for death, and only had water in his head. Only then would he touch an egg against a stone and counterattack to buy that insignificant amount of time for Liu Wuzhou. Despite the angry roars and curses of Yang Jun's officers, Li Er led Zhu Can, Liang Jianfang and others to escape faster than a rabbit. However, Li Er forgot a very important point, that is, his The soldiers under his command have been participating in high-intensity battles for two consecutive days and one night. Their physical strength has seriously declined and they can no longer pick up the speed. No matter how desperate they are, they can't outrun the Sui Army cavalry who are full of energy. The exhausted Taiyuan Army soldiers have not yet recovered. Before they had time to escape from the sudden impact of the Sui cavalry, the Sui cavalry was already approaching like a tide. Without any extra choice, Li Er could only immediately order the soldiers to move closer to him and form a square formation to resist the Sui army's cavalry attack. At the same time, Li Er extremely carefully ordered the soldiers to immediately put down their flags to prevent the Sui army soldiers from discovering his flag. existence, and chased him like crazy and kept slashing. As a result, as soon as Li Er's side approached each other, the Sui army's cavalry rushed up and swallowed up the last five or six hundred Taiyuan Army soldiers under Li Er's command like a tide. Li Er's voice calling for firmness was immediately drowned out. There was a terrible crash. The swords flashed, the torches dazzled, the horses neighed, the soldiers shouted, and the horses and sabers fell on the Taiyuan Army infantry formation like a violent storm. In the chaos of the dark night, Li Er had no time to check the situation of the enemy and his own army, and just waved his sword desperately. Parry the sabers, spears and spears coming from all directions, and try your best to resist all attacks that may lead to death. However, no matter how hard Li Er tried to resist, he still couldn't withstand the Sui Army's cavalry offensive. The Taiyuan Army soldiers who had not had time to establish a firm position scattered one after another, and were about to collapse completely in the blink of an eye. Li Eryi could not see the situation. The best thing to do is to yell and run quickly, turn the horse's head and escape towards the main force of Dingyang Army in the south. Zhu Can, Liang Jianfang and other generals will follow them. At the same time, the main brigade of the Dingyang Army, which had not even had time to convey the order to fight, was already in chaos. The generals and soldiers were in a mess. Some tried to gather the team to fight together, and some wanted to hide behind the baggage vehicles. The momentum of the Sui Army's cavalry charge was more of abandoning their baggage vehicles and fleeing eastward. When the Sui Army's cavalry rushed to cover it up, the main force of the Dingyang Army's central army led by Liu Wuzhou himself had only one result: disintegration. It was a complete massacre. In the light of the fire, the Sui army's cavalry formations followed the flags of Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin. The soldiers were divided into two groups and ran rampant among the Dingyang army. They roared like the wind, the roar of iron hooves shook the earth, and the swords, axes, spears and spears shook the ground. As fast as a violent storm, the soldiers of the Dingyang Army were chopped down in pieces one after another. The iron hoofs trampled on the human body, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and screams continued. Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong, two generals, each took the lead with their horses and spears, and stabbed the enemy with all their strength.The enemy in front of them opened their eyes wide to find the location of Liu Wuzhou's commanding flag, and kept shouting, always with the same sentence, "Kill! Capture Liu Wuzhou alive!" The main force of the Chinese army was attacked and the chaos broke out. Naturally, misfortune had to follow. Seeing that the situation was not good, Song Jingang, who was leading the front army to open the way, could only turn around immediately and lead the army back to meet Liu Wuzhou. At the same time, he sent an urgent order to Zhang Wansui, who had been deceived to move further forward. Riding back to support the main force. The rear army of Dingyang Army was even worse. Huang Ziying's troops of Dingyang Army, which had already been defeated by Kan Leng and Qiu Xinggong, saw that the main force was in danger. In panic, they were no longer a match for the Sui Army officers and soldiers, and immediately collapsed. On the first sign, the Sui army's forwards, whose morale was greatly boosted, took the opportunity to rush forward and fight fiercely. After a while, they finally completely killed and dispersed the Ding Yang army's rear troops. Huang Ziying had no intention of fighting anymore, so he quickly led the troops around him who could still command and returned to the battlefield of the Central Army to search for them. Liu Wuzhou. Huang Ziying, who was fighting to the death at the rear, was finally killed. There was no longer any obstacle in front of the main force of the Sui army. Chen Sangliang, whose plot had succeeded again, was full of enthusiasm. He commanded the main force of the Sui army to pursue and fight fiercely. He rushed from behind to pin down the main force of the Chinese army of Yang's army. All the troops advanced together, driving Dingyang's army on the buttocks and hacking them away. But the poor Dingyang army was in chaos. They didn't know what to do. They could only run around like headless flies in the dark night and firelight, looking for the whereabouts of their commander Liu Wuzhou. The soldiers kept running away, and even started to Schools and schools fled. There are two reasons why it was determined that Yang Jun's soldiers and horses were searching for Liu Wuzhou's whereabouts. The first was that it was late at night and the visibility was too poor. The second was that Liu Wuzhou was very unlucky. At the beginning of the war, he was attacked by the Sui Army Cheng Yaojin's troops. Although Cheng Yaojin and other Sui army generals had not had time to see Liu Wuzhou's flag, for safety reasons, Liu Wuzhou immediately moved his troops with him, making it difficult for the Dingyang army generals to return. Finding him, the command was nearly paralyzed. Of course, even if Liu Wuzhou could still effectively command the troops of Dingyang Army, it would be of little use. The two armies of Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong were like two sharp knives, constantly rampaging through the interior of Dingyang Army, killing people and setting fires, without giving any warning. When the soldiers and horses of the Dingyang Army quickly moved closer to each other, Chen Sangliang personally led the main force of the Sui Army to pursue and fight fiercely from behind, driving away the defeated soldiers of the Dingyang Army and constantly attacking the main force of the Dingyang Army. How did Liu Wuzhou command it? The army could not reverse the defeat. So after barely staying away from the sudden Sui cavalry, Liu Wuzhou didn't even blink an eyelid, and immediately fled eastward with his troops. Unable to withstand the fierce onslaught of the Sui soldiers, all the soldiers and horses of the Dingyang Army also began to retreat eastward and fled. Chen Sangliang did not hesitate to order an all-out pursuit, shouting: "Chase! Chase! Chase to Yuci." ! We must not give Liu Wuzhou a chance to escape into Yuci City. We must kill his main force outside the city!" The hunting battle began. As hunters, the various divisions of the Sui army marched forward, shouting and marching like flying. They continued to kill the soldiers of the Dingyang Army who were lagging behind, and they also continued to kill and disperse the Dingyang Army's troops who could barely maintain their formation. As the prey, the Dingyang army had no power to fight back. They abandoned their heavy vehicles loaded with military supplies and food and fled like a group of frightened rabbits. In the chaos, you pushed each other and trampled on each other. Countless people died and were implicated. The two Dingyang soldiers and horses, Song Jingang and Zhang Wansui, who maintained their intact formation, were also frightened and would be in chaos if they did not fight. During the hunt, the Sui army's cavalry kept moving forward, trying their best to block the Dingyang army's eastward escape. As a result, Qin Qiong, who had been memorizing words before, finally had a change of luck and managed to get to the front of the Dingyang army in the chaos. , when the road blocked the way of Dingyang Army, Zhang Wansui's troops of Dingyang Army who were fleeing in front were forced to have no choice but to charge forward and fight. Song Jingang, Liu Wuzhou and others took this opportunity to bypass the battlefield and continue to advance eastward. The Sui Dynasty The army continued to pursue, and kept biting the tail of Dingyang's army during the fierce battle. At the same time, an army was appropriately divided to help Qin Qiong attack Zhang Wansui front and rear. Zhang Wansui's army, who was attacked from both sides, was panicked. The soldiers scattered and fled for their lives. Zhang Wansui himself was also in the melee. Qin Qiong knocked him off his horse, and he fell off his horse and became a prisoner of the Sui army. Many cavalrymen of the Dingyang army surrendered. While hurriedly fleeing for their lives, Liu Wuzhou, Song Jingang and others finally saw the lights on Yuci City from a distance. They were overjoyed and everyone rushed to escape eastwards. Who would have thought that another Sui army cavalry suddenly appeared in the assassination, shouting. He headed directly towards Liu Wuzhou's handsome flag. It turned out that Xiong Wei, the Sui cavalry general who was responsible for luring the enemy, completed the task of mobilizing the tigers to leave the mountain. According to Chen Sangliang's request, he came to the outside of Yuci City to ambush first. When he saw Liu Wuzhou's flag among the rebels, he immediately They rushed out and threw a lot of gunpowder bottles during the charge, blowing up the enemy and opening the way. Everyone in Dingyang's army was not interested in fighting, so they all dodged and escaped, allowing Xiong Wei to lead his army into the interior, leaving Xiong Wei with less than a thousand people under his command. The Sui army's cavalry miraculously reached Liu Wuzhou's approach. The fierce battle resumed, and Liu Wuzhou desperately urged his troops to come forward to stop the Sui army's cavalry. Xiong Wei and other Sui army officers who had already seen Liu Wuzhou from a distance were highly morale, and they were just rushing to kill with red eyes, especially as early as Qijun.Xiong Wei, who had been following Qin Qiong, took the lead. He kept slashing forward with a big sword in his hand, shouting with every blow, "Liu Wuzhou, die!" During the fierce battle, although Xiong Wei's soldiers were stopped by Liu Wuzhou's own soldiers in a fierce battle. , but Xiong Wei himself fought to the front alone, less than twenty steps away from Liu Wuzhou's handsome flag. With two loud bangs and bangs, the Sui army cavalry who was stopped by Liu Wuzhou's soldiers threw the last two bottles of gunpowder, which fell in front of Xiong Wei and exploded. The Liu Wuzhou soldiers who were intercepting Xiong Wei were blown up. Xiong Wei took the opportunity to kill two people and charge. He stepped forward and quickly got within five steps of Liu Wuzhou. He raised his sword and shouted, "Liu Wuzhou, a common man, suffer death!" Shouting, Xiong Wei swung his sword and tried to slash. Liu Wuzhou, who was frightened and frightened, hurriedly tried to parry, but he turned sideways. He stabbed Xiong Wei first, and hit Xiong Wei in the face, knocking Xiong Wei off his horse. Liu Wuzhou was overjoyed and looked back, and was stunned to see the man who was driving Xiong Wei off his horse. He had sharp eyebrows, starry eyes, and handsome facial features. I know the future brother-in-law Li Er will appear from there. Seeing Liu Wuzhou's surprised look, Li Er smiled slightly and asked: "Brother, are you okay? It's a death penalty for me to frighten my brother." "It's okay, it's okay." Liu Wuzhou quickly shook his head and thanked him sincerely: "Thank you, my dear brother, for saving me. Otherwise, I would have been in danger just now." "It's easy, brother." Li Er smiled and said, "Brother, Thief Chen is chasing me very hard. Let's go quickly. I'll protect you." Liu Wuzhou nodded quickly and said. When he was about to take a picture of the horse and walk with Li Er, he suddenly remembered an important event. He looked around hurriedly to find no one, and he panicked and yelled: "Where is Xiaomou? Where has Xiaomou gone? Have you seen Xiaomou?" ?¡± Liu Wuzhou¡¯s soldiers shook their heads one after another, saying that they didn¡¯t know where Liu Xiaomou was. Liu Wuzhou finally remembered that he had not seen his sister for a while in his panic, and suddenly shouted in annoyance, blaming himself for being too selfish and neglecting his sister, which caused her to be separated from her. Lost yourself. Li Er also searched around, and then said to Liu Wuzhou: "Brother, Thief Chen is chasing too closely. Let's leave first. When we get to a safe place, we will try our best to find the beautiful girl with small eyes." The main force of the Sui army is indeed chasing. It was very tight, and in the blink of an eye, a large number of Sui cavalry were pursuing them. Liu Wuzhou was forced to have no choice but to pat Ma Dongjin with Li Er, and quickly rushed to Yuci City to stay away from the pursuers. On the way eastward, Liu Wuzhou couldn't wait to say to Li Er: "Erlang, I don't know if the official military order that Dalang gave Yuci has been sent to the city. To be cautious, you can go up to the city for me and ask Yuci to open the city gate to welcome him. Let's enter the city." "It's okay to call the city." Li Er replied with a sullen face, "But what I'm worried about now is that we may not be able to open the city gate." "Why do you want to call the city?" Open the city gate?" Liu Wuzhou asked in surprise. "Chen thief is careful. He is very well prepared for this ambush. He will not forget to try to recruit Yuci to surrender." Li Er replied: "I bet that traitor Chen Yingliang will send an envoy to the city to pay homage to the Yuci guard tonight. General Liu Jizhen will try his best to surrender Liu Jizhen at all costs. Once Liu Jizhen wavers and betrays us, we will not be able to enter Yuci City. Maybe the Yuci defenders will take the opportunity to defect and exchange our heads for glory and wealth with the Chen thieves. ""Will Liu Jizhen betray him?" Liu Wuzhou asked quickly. "I don't know. I haven't had much contact with Liu Jizhen and don't know him well enough." Li Er shook his head and said: "Let's take it one step at a time. If we really can't enter Yuci City, we still have to go north and go straight back to Mayi. "When he said this, Li Er glanced at Liu Wuzhou again and saw that he looked hesitant and embarrassed. He obviously had not made up his mind to return to Mayi. However, Li Er did not take it seriously and secretly said in his heart: Chu Zhen has arrived. At that time, even if you don't want to go back to Mayi, even though the world is big, I only have a temporary shelter in Mayi County. "Unfortunately, Li Er's words were spoken by crows. In the dark of night, the defeated Dingyang army, which hurried like a bereaved dog, fled all the way to Yuci City. Although the lights on Yuci City were brightly lit and the defenders were on full alert, the city gates and the drawbridge were closed. Gao Ji did not immediately open the city to welcome Dingyang's army into the city. In addition, Yuci guard Liu Jizhen also personally boarded the west gate of Yuci facing the Taiyuan official road and kept shouting: "Please come out to see me, Emperor Dingyang, please." Ding Yang Tianxia comes out to see me! " Time was running out, so Liu Wuzhou ventured to the edge of the moat and loudly identified himself, asking Liu Jizhen to open the city gate immediately to welcome him into the city. Liu Jizhen was overjoyed and shouted loudly: "Emperor Dingyang, Governor Zuo has given you the order to enter Yuci City. , the villain has received it, but the Chen thief's army is pursuing too closely. If the general opens the city, Chen thief will definitely take advantage of the situation and directly attack the city. For the present plan, we can only ask Your Majesty, your Majesty, and your important civil and military officials to enter the city from the west gate first. The rest of the army can advance as much as they can. If the Chen thieves come, I will immediately pull up the drawbridge and close the city gate, and then invite your remaining soldiers. Go to the north gate and east gate to enter the city! It¡¯s about Yuci CityPlease keep it in mind, Your Majesty, and ask your Majesty¡¯s soldiers to understand! " With that said, Liu Jizhen actually ordered the suspension bridge to be lowered, opened the west gate of Yuci, and invited Liu Wuzhou and his senior civil and military generals to march into the city first. However, Liu Wuzhou, who had been warned beforehand, remembered Li Er's unfaithful advice this time, and did not Dare to act easily. Li Er also hurriedly came up and warned again: "Brother, be careful of fraud. If there is a change in the city, you will no longer have any power to resist after entering. Liu Wuzhou hesitated even more, but Liu Jizhen stamped his feet anxiously on the city and shouted: "Your Majesty, why don't you enter the city yet?" The main force of the Chen thieves has already arrived. If you don't enter the city, it will be too late! " Liu Wuzhou couldn't tell the truth from the lies and didn't dare to risk his own life. He could only turn his eyes to Li Er for help. Li Er couldn't tell the truth from the lies. After hesitating for a moment, he suddenly asked loudly: "Liu Jizhen, tonight Is there an envoy from Chen Thief coming to the city to see you? " "The right governor? Why are you here? "Liu Jizhen recognized Li Er's voice, and he didn't dare to ask more questions in his hurry. He just said loudly: "Youdu! More than half an hour ago, an envoy from Chen Thief came to the city to see me, trying to bribe the general to close the city. Emperor Dingyang was not allowed to enter the city, but Governor Zuo was kind to the general, so how could he bear to betray him? Therefore, the last general immediately refused and had already put the Chen thief envoy in jail, ready to wait for Governor Zuo's arrest! " "Really or falsely? General Li Er was doubtful, but Liu Wuzhou sensed something was wrong and shouted: "General Liu, since you refused to surrender to Chen's envoy, why didn't you kill him with one sword and insist on keeping him?" " "Your Majesty, the two countries are at war with each other, so why don't you kill the envoy! "Liu Jizhen replied loudly: "The Commander-in-Chief Zuo has already issued an order not to kill enemy envoys without permission. How dare you disobey the order? " "Bring the messenger Chen out and let me have a look! Liu Wuzhou shouted subconsciously. "Your Majesty, you don't believe me?" Liu Jizhen finally woke up and asked angrily: "Do you suspect that the general has been bribed by Chen Thief and has set up an ambush in the city to harm you?" " Liu Wuzhou was speechless. Li Er, who wanted to encourage Liu Wuzhou to return to Mayi, smiled and said loudly: "General Liu, the Chen thief is treacherous and scheming. It is also for the sake of caution that Emperor Yang has been appointed. Please escort Chen thief's envoy out. Let Emperor Dingyang take a look. " "It's up to you! "Liu Jizhen was furious and stamped his feet again, then turned around and shouted at his subordinates: "Go and escort Chen Thief's envoy to let them see clearly! " The soldiers on the left and right agreed and immediately rushed down to escort the Sui envoy. However, some of his subordinates immediately approached Liu Jizhen and whispered: "General Liu, Liu Wu, the husband of Zhou, and the right governor are so suspicious of you. After they entered the city, How else can you live a good life? The envoy of His Highness the King of Tang Dynasty is right. The Dingyang bandits are robbing and ruthless. After they enter the city, the people of Yuci will surely suffer a lot. General, in order to protect the lives of the people of Yuci, Righteousness, why can't we abandon some, some details? " Before the good-intentioned subordinates finished speaking, Liu Jizhen had already grabbed the hilt of the knife at his waist and glared at his subordinates. The subordinates who had good-intentioned persuasion shrank their heads and did not dare to say anything anymore. However, at this moment, there was a sudden killing sound in the west, Sui The army cavalry was already chasing them. Seeing this, Liu Wuzhou did not dare to neglect. Regardless of Li Er's persuasion, he sent some soldiers into the city to investigate the situation. The initial inspection found no abnormality. Liu Wuzhou immediately rode into the city. Dingyang's soldiers cheered and shocked. God, hurriedly swarmed into the city. Seeing this scene, the well-intentioned subordinate who had persuaded Liu Jizhen immediately shook his head and sighed: "Yuci is over, and the people in the city are all over. " In the flash of lightning, Liu Jizhen, who was loyal to Li Jiancheng, remembered Liu Wuzhou and Li Er's suspicions about him, and even thought of the precarious situation of the Taiyuan Army. Liu Jizhen suddenly changed his mind and ordered to the kind-hearted subordinate: "Go, take Qianjin. Put down the gate, catch the turtle in the urn, and capture Liu Wuzhou as a greeting gift to the king of Tang Dynasty! "