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Volume 1 Chapter 586 Tried my best

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    Here is also an introduction to Liu Dewei's background. Liu Dewei was originally from Pengcheng, Xuzhou. He was described as tall and tall, and he also had some talents and strategies. As early as the ninth year of Daye, he followed Li Yuan when Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo for the second time.  Li Yuan made minor achievements in the southern and northern campaigns, and also won Li Yuan's trust and love.  After Li Yuan raised his army, he ordered Li Yuanji to stay in Taiyuan, and he also ordered Liu Dewei to serve as Taiyuan March Commander and Li Yuanji's chief military assistant. Because Li Yuanji was only fifteen years old at the time, before Li Jiancheng fled back to Taiyuan, Taiyuan's military was actually  Liu Dewei is in charge.  During the period when he accompanied Li Yuanji to stay in Taiyuan, although Liu Dewei did not perform well, he could still be regarded as doing well. At least he managed to preserve the basic base of the old Li family. It was precisely because of this experience that Li Yuanji always regarded Liu Dewei as  As his close relative, Li Jiancheng fled back to Taiyuan and reorganized the army. Li Yuanji, who gradually grew up and became ambitious, forcibly recommended Liu Dewei to be one of the thirteen general managers of the Taiyuan Army. Liu Dewei had to be in charge of an army.  Li Jiancheng, seeing that his fourth brother had given up power, not only agreed, but also asked Liu Dewei to guard Taiyuan. Therefore, Liu Dewei's soldiers and horses are still intact to this day, and he has always had a very close relationship with Li Yuanji.  The relationship is close, but it is definitely not that easy for Liu Dewei to make up his mind to help Li Yuanji launch a mutiny. But fortunately, Li Shisui was very smart to let Li Yuanji show his hand against Liu Dewei at this moment, and Liu De was immediately defeated  Forced to the point where he had to choose between yes or no, the possibility of Liu Dewei betraying the Li family was completely eliminated. Liu Dewei, who had no prior knowledge, was completely in a dilemma and did not know how to choose.  "General Liu, we can't surrender, we can't surrender." Li Jiancheng, whose mouth was strangled, said with difficulty, "We still have hope, we still have hope to defend Taiyuan City, we cannot surrender." "General Dewei, we didn't want to do this at first.  "Li Er said with a smile: "But there is no way. If we don't make a decision early, when the Tang Dynasty army releases water to siege the city, it will be too late for us to abandon the secret and surrender to the bright side. Let's go to the Tang Dynasty now.  , not only will your life be safe, but you will also be granted a title, and enjoy glory and wealth. General, you are a smart man, don¡¯t you understand this truth?¡± ¡°Dewei, don¡¯t forget how glorious you were when you were under my tent.  "What kind of situation will you be in after my eldest brother takes charge of Taiyuan?" Li Yuanji said fiercely: "If I hadn't insisted, would you have been the military commander? I am a nepotistic and alienated person, so I am not a commander at all.  The materials will kill the entire Taiyuan army sooner or later. If you continue to follow him, you will be buried with him in vain! The right way is to surrender to His Majesty the Tang Dynasty with me!" Liu Dewei, who was loyal to the Li family, was extremely hesitant and hesitated.  Li Jiancheng said with difficulty: "General Liu, don't forget my father's kindness to you. My father died at the hands of Chen Yingliang. If you surrender to him, you will end up under Jiuquan. What will you do?"  ?" "Shut up!" Li Yuanji punched Li Jiancheng in the face and shouted at Liu Dewei: "Dewei, it's not that I forgot the revenge of killing my father. I did this for the sake of the soldiers and civilians in Taiyuan.  It may be possible to hold it, but no matter how strong the city is, it is useless. Once His Highness the King of Tang releases the water, the people in Taiyuan will either be drowned by the flood, or, as Yuan Tiangang said, the city wall will collapse on its own, and then the Tang King's army will enter the city.  How can we resist? Kaicheng's surrender is the only way to protect the people of the city. Why are you hesitating? Make up your mind quickly! " Liu Dewei's current situation is very similar to Li Yuanhong during the Wuchang Uprising. He didn't want to rebel but was pushed to the forefront.  , was in a dilemma, so after hesitating for a long time, Liu Dewei not only did not dare to agree, but also said: "Qi Gong, right governor, it's not that I don't want to serve you, it's that even if I want to, I can't do it. Twenty thousand  There are only 5,000 Xicheng garrison under my command, and I am unprepared in advance. It is not certain whether those subordinates will follow me. Once Feng Li and Xie Shufang receive the news, they will definitely lead their troops to put down the rebellion. How can I resist it then?  "General Liu, you don't need to worry about this." Li Er said with a smile: "We won't hide it from you. In fact, we have already secretly contacted His Highness Tang. As long as we light a fire on the city wall to send a signal, His Highness Tang will do it."  We will send troops to attack the city soon. When the time comes, General, you only need to open the city gates to welcome the Tang Dynasty army into the city, and ordinary men like Feng Li and Xie Shufang will not have anything to fear." Liu Dewei was still hesitant, but Li Yuanji was waiting impatiently.  He drew his sword and shouted loudly: "Liu Dewei, are you going to agree or not? If we dare to kidnap Li Jiancheng, we will be sure. If you don't agree again, we will send you to see the King of Hell immediately! Open the city gate yourself to welcome His Highness the King of Tang to enter.  city!  " Knowing how ruthless Li Yuanji was, and also knowing that if he continued to shirk and refuse, he would definitely end up with his head on the ground, Liu Dewei was forced to have no choice but to nod his head with the idea that it would be better to escape first, and said: "?Okay, I listen to you. I will set fire to the city and open the city gate to welcome the Tang Dynasty army into the city.  " Li Jiancheng roared angrily, and Li Er and Li Yuanji smiled together. Then Li Er said very cunningly: "General Liu, let's do it. I will accompany you to set fire to the city wall. I hope you will be smarter.  Don't play any tricks, otherwise don't blame me for not reminding you, my knife has been smeared with aconite poison.  "Liu Dewei nodded helplessly to express his understanding. At that moment, Li Er, Li Fengci and Li Boyi immediately escorted Liu Dewei to the south gate of Taiyuan East City. Li Er's only subordinate Zhu Can didn't know where he got out from, and Li Eryi left and right.  The gangsters left Li Yuanji's house through the back door with Liu Dewei, while Li Yuanji and others stayed at home to wait. They also piled a huge firewood pile in the back garden in case the fire failed at the top of the city, so Li Yuanji and others stayed at home.  Lighting a fire and releasing thick smoke could also make the Sui army outside the city realize that something was wrong, and send troops to respond outside Taiyuan City. Not to mention that Li Yuanji and others were waiting anxiously at home, but Li Er, Zhu Can and others escorted Liu Dewei out.  After going out, they immediately forced Liu Dewei to go straight to the south gate tower. Liu Dewei kept thinking in his mind with a pale face. He tried to escape several times or shouted a warning, but Li Er, Zhu Can and others guarded him too tightly, and Liu Dewei could not be found at all.  Chance was also unconsciously escorted to the gate of the South Gate in a trance. As mentioned before, the Taiyuan soldiers guarding the city wall today were all Liu Dewei's men. When they saw Liu Dewei, Li Er and others coming to the steps of the upper gate, they were guarding the steps.  Although the Taiyuan Army officers felt strange, they did not dare to step forward to question and stop them. Li Er and Zhu Can also took the opportunity to hold Liu Dewei hostage all the way to the city wall. As soon as they reached the top of the city wall, Li Er could not wait to whisper an order to Liu Dewei.  : "Light the smoke immediately and send the signal.  Liu Dewei hesitated for a while. Li Er saw what he was thinking, so he leaned into his ear and whispered: "General Liu, you haven't looked back. Just now you promised to help us in front of Li Jiancheng.  Do you think Li Jiancheng will spare you again?  If you retreat now, you will be dead. Only by continuing to move forward is your only way to survive.  ¡± He hesitated again, feeling that Li Er¡¯s words still made some sense. Liu Dewei gritted his teeth and made up his mind. He immediately ordered the south gate to light up smoke smoke on the pretext that Li Jiancheng had an order to contact the outside world, and because the guards at the south gate were all Liu Dewei  Because of his subordinates, he faithfully followed Liu Dewei's order and set up a firewood pile to light the smoke. Soon, a line of green and black smoke rushed into the sky from the south gate of Taiyuan, which was particularly clear in the clear sky after the rain.  They also somewhat underestimated the response speed of Li Jiancheng's confidants such as Feng Li and Xie Shufang. As soon as they smelled smoke on the south gate city in Jinyang Palace, Feng Li, Xie Shufang and other Li Jiancheng's confidants immediately became suspicious. At that moment, Feng Xie and others  In addition to immediately sending people to the south gate to inquire about the situation, the general also immediately sent people on flying horses to Li Yuanji's mansion to report the matter to Li Jiancheng. At the same time, for the sake of caution, Feng Li and Xie Shufang also ordered their troops to assemble and wait for orders.  At the same time, the Sui army scouts reported the news of the smoke coming from the south gate of Taiyuan to Li Jing. Li Jing only considered it for less than three seconds before ordering the troops to gather and prepare for war, and he personally led them to Taiyuan.  Waiting outside the south gate for the door to open. At the same time, Li Jing sent people on flying horses to the main camp to report the matter to Chen Sangliang and ask Chen Sangliang to prepare for contingency. Although Chen Sangliang was a little skeptical after receiving the news.  , some couldn't bear it, but they also ordered the army to prepare for the war immediately, and also very carefully ordered the preparation of torches and dry food in advance for the night battle. Time has become ten thousand times more valuable than gold for Li Jiancheng. If Feng Li and Xie Shufang.  If the generals can immediately send troops to guard the city gate, then the Li family, Liu Dewei and others will definitely not be able to open the city gate, and there will definitely be hope for Li Jiancheng to be rescued. However, it is a pity that at this critical moment, Li Jiancheng's normal behavior towards Li Jiancheng  However, Xun, a very loyal warrior, seemed to have his soul taken away by ghosts and gods. He actually used Li Jiancheng's reputation to tell the envoys sent by Feng Li and others that the smoke at the south gate of Taiyuan was lit by Li Jiancheng's order, so that Feng Li and others  Don't be nervous, just guard Jinyang Palace. As a result, after Feng Li's messenger Pegasus brought the news back to Jinyang Palace, Feng Li and others did not dare to make any decisions due to doubts, so a lot of money was wasted.  Time was extremely precious. But it only ended here. When he saw the Sui army gathering from a distance, although Liu Dewei claimed that there was no need to be nervous at Li Er's request, he did not immediately send someone to alert Jinyang Palace.  When they saw the Sui army marching towards the south gate of Taiyuan, the loyal defenders of Taiyuan City immediately sounded the gong to call the police. It was too late for Liu Dewei and Li Er to stop them. Soon the walls of Taiyuan West City were  The gong alarm sounded everywhere, and Feng Li, Xie Shufang and others, who had already vaguely realized that something was wrong, did not dare to hesitate. Xie Shufang immediately led his troops to rush to the south gate for reinforcements. Feng LiOnce again, he sent people to Li Yuanji's house to alert Li Jiancheng.  It was the turn of Li Er, Liu Dewei and others to be anxious. They saw troops coming from Jinyang Palace in the distance. Li Er, Zhu Can and others did not dare to hesitate at all, and immediately forced Liu Dewei to go down to the city and open the door. There was no way to retreat.  Liu Dewei was forced to have no choice but to hurry down to the city with Li Er and others, rush to the door latch, and ask the city gate official to open the city gate immediately.  As a result, the city gate official was shocked when he heard the order. He screamed and asked: "Manager Liu, are you crazy? The bandit army is coming this way. You want to open the city gate. What do you want to do?" With a sound of wind, Li Er  He made a decisive decision and immediately struck the city gate officer with a knife. As the city gate official hurriedly dodged, his left hand was cut off on the spot. The gate guards were shocked and stepped forward to stop him. Li Er, Zhu Can, Li Fengci and others each slashed with their swords and killed him quickly.  The gate soldiers who were caught off guard pounced on the city gate official again and snatched the city gate key.  Unexpectedly, the city gate official was unusually brave. Knowing the purpose of Li Er and others, he grabbed the key from his waist first, inserted it into the crack of the door and tried to break it. Li Er was frightened and quickly flew out with his knife, narrowly missing the key.  Zhongyong City Gate Officer was the first to hack him to death, rescued the already somewhat bent fatal key, and then hurriedly unlocked and unlatched the key.  What was even more thrilling was yet to come. When Li Er, Zhu Can and others were struggling to remove the door bolt, Xie Shufang had also rushed to the city gate corridor with follow-up reinforcements. When he saw the door bolt falling to the ground from a distance, Xie Shufang's face immediately turned pale.  They looked like rice paper, and then they didn't even have time to roar loudly. They immediately swung their swords and entered the city gate corridor. Li Er and others opened the city gate while turning back to desperately resist Xie Shufang and others.  At the same time as the city gate opened, the Sui army's vanguard had already rushed a hundred steps away from the south gate. From a distance, they saw the city gate opening and people fighting at the gate. Liu Shishan, who was the vanguard, had no time to ask Li Jing for instructions, so he yelled and led his troops to kill.  Coming over, the officers and soldiers of the Sui army who also understood the arrival of the fighter plane were all brave and vying for the lead. Regardless of the arrows already falling on their heads, they just rushed straight to the city gate without stopping. They surged up the stone bridge across the river like a tide and rushed towards the city like flying.  Door.  "Quick! Close the door!" Xie Shufang finally shouted the first words at this moment, but no matter how bravely the Taiyuan Army soldiers stepped forward to close the door, Li Er and others tried their best to block their way and refused to close the door for them.  Seeing the opportunity, Xie Shufang was furious. He ignored Zhu Can's horizontal knife and cut it to the waist and abdomen. He just slashed Li Er's head with the knife, "Traitor! Take your life!" At this moment, Li Er's right hand  The knife was blocking the spear thrust by another Taiyuan Army soldier. Seeing Xie Shufang swinging the knife and slashing at him, he wanted to retreat. Unexpectedly, his footsteps were caught by the French door latch. He immediately lost his balance. Xie Shufang's straight sword had also slashed  When he arrived in front of the door and was about to die tragically under Xiao Xiao's knife, Li Er suddenly had an idea and grabbed Zhu Can next to him with his left hand. He used all his strength to pull Zhu Can in front of him. Xie Shufang  The knife he struck with the intention of dying together hit Zhu Can's body, causing blood and flesh to fly everywhere.  "Shameless villain!" While Zhu Can was roaring wildly, Li Er had already taken advantage of his slight obstruction and rolled a lazy donkey on the spot. He rolled to a little distance and was stabbed in the waist before he could kill him.  Li Er's Xie Shufang had nowhere to vent, so he could only slash Zhu Can's neck with his red eyes. The blade broke the wind and cut off Zhu Can's neck directly!  General Zhu Can, who had made a rare contribution to Chen Sangliang this time, also fell down with hatred at the last moment before dawn, and closed his eyes forever with great regret.  After killing Zhu Can, Xie Shufang, who was seriously injured, originally wanted to go forward and kill Li Er, but it was too late. The Sui army soldiers had already rushed in front of him and caught Xie Shufang with their swords. What happened to Xie Shufang?  After frantically killing the enemy, they still could not stop the endless stream of Sui soldiers who were being killed. They were forced back into the corridor of the city gate, forever losing the chance to close the city gate again.  Seeing this situation, Xie Shufang had no choice but to yell: "Go to the city quickly and release the Thousand Jin Gate! Release the Thousand Jin Gate!" Putting down the Thousand Jin Gate will definitely stop the Sui soldiers for a period of time and buy the defenders in the city time to respond, but  If you do this, the Taiyuan Army officers and soldiers in the city gate corridor, including Xie Shufang himself, will definitely not be able to escape with their lives. Therefore, after hearing this order, the Taiyuan Army officers and soldiers in the city gate corridor not only did not dare to pass the order immediately, but also cried: "  Manager Xie, come into the city quickly! Let the gates be opened when you enter the city!" Not to mention that Uncle Xie was already entangled by the Sui soldiers and could not retreat, even if he had a chance to enter the city!  Xie Shufang would definitely not abandon his subordinates and escape on his own. After the Xuanwu Gate Incident in history, Xie Shufang was the master who led the Prince's Palace Guards to hack to death Jing Junhong and a lot of Li Er's lackeys, and almost killed Li Er to avenge Li Jiancheng.  So Xie Shufang still roared angrily, "Hurry and release the Thousand Jin Gate, otherwise it will be too late! Hurry!" The officers and soldiers of the Sui Army had already entered the corridor of the city gate. No matter how hard the officers and soldiers of the Taiyuan Army resisted, they still could not stop the footsteps of the soldiers of the Sui Army.  , Xie Shufang was already covered in blood, but he was also unable to stop the advancing momentum of the Sui army soldiers, and was soon defeated.The Sui army officers and soldiers were forced to retreat to the middle of the city gate corridor.  Seeing the critical situation, and hearing Xie Shufang's constant roars and shouts to release the gate, some Taiyuan Army officers and soldiers cried to the city wall and ordered the gate to be released for Xie Shufang. The gatekeeper, who was already so nervous and sweating profusely, worked hard to pull the winch.  The heavy iron gate covered with iron sheets crashed to the ground, smashing several Taiyuan Army soldiers who could not dodge into pulp, and completely blocking Xie Shufang and more than a hundred Taiyuan Army soldiers in the city gate corridor.  Seeing the Thousand Jin Gate falling to the ground and the defeated Sui soldiers roaring, Xie Shufang also laughed loudly and shouted: "Brothers! Kill me! Buy time for Governor Zuo and the others! Kill!" After roaring, Xie Shufang unexpectedly  He waved his sword and launched a counter-charge. Inspired by him, more than a hundred Taiyuan Army soldiers who were undoubtedly dead also roared and fought with their lives with their swords and guns. They also used this tone to regain a lot of corridors.  However, the Sui army was driven back by a large margin.  During this period, Xie Shufang also laughed wildly while slashing with all his strength. The ferocious look of him laughing wildly with blood on his face made the soldiers of the Sui army who had experienced hundreds of battles secretly feel terrified.  At the same time, under the command of Li Jing, the Sui Army officers also took advantage of the Taiyuan Army's hasty response and immediately launched an ant attack on Taiyuan City. The flying ladders that had been prepared kept setting up the city wall, and the Sui Army officers and soldiers roared  As they climbed up the ladder and attacked the city's positions, the Sui soldiers in the city gate corridor also began to throw bottles of gunpowder to blow up Xie Shufang and others, racing against time to eliminate the enemies in the corridor.  What's even more terrible for the officers and soldiers of the Taiyuan Army is that the Sui Army's well-prepared rear army is already urgently transporting two artillery pieces and two coffins filled with gunpowder to the front line. In front of the Sui Army's artillery, the Taiyuan Army's emergency emergency gate is purely  Even if it is just a decoration, a coffin filled with gunpowder and tightened with pig iron, it is very likely that the emergency gate will explode directly.  Of course, the Taiyuan Army does not have no chance at all. As long as the defenders can temporarily repel the Sui Army's attack and close the city gate again, the Taiyuan Army officers and soldiers can immediately lift the thousand-jin gate and move the sandbags that have been prepared to block the corridor.  The city gates were protected from artillery, re-stabilizing the entire battle situation.  Precisely because he knew this opportunity very well in his heart, even though he was injured in many places, Xie Shufang still kept killing enemies with his sword, looking like a mad tiger and a wild beast. The same voice kept roaring in his mouth, "Kill!"  Kill! Kill!" There was a loud bang, and a sinister gunpowder bottle fell next to Xie Shufang, exploding right next to Xie Shufang's ear. When his eardrum ruptured and started to bleed, Xie Shufang's eyes went dark, and then,  Two more sinister spears pierced his abdomen and chest, and worked together to lift him off the ground.  Trying to open his eyes, Xie Shufang used the last strength in his body to smash the steel knife covered with blood and hair at a Sui soldier. At the same time, he shouted his last voice in this world, "Commander Zuo, the last general."  Try your best!¡±
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