There was a faint smell of medicine in the military tent, his face was a little unnaturally pale, and his hands would tremble even when he held the teacup. He pretended to be calm but was not strong enough to speak loudly and coherently. He could only rely on the accomplices next to him to finish his words. This matter was replaced by other coaches. Then the old Li family, who had always been lucky, must think that his family had good luck again. At the moment of the battle, encountered a great thing that the enemy coach suddenly fell ill. But this time, haha, because the enemy coach this time was famous for being unconscientious, the old Li family had to think carefully.

Of course, this is not impossible. Chen Sangliang's health is not very good. The old Li family had long noticed that during the Dongdu War four years ago, the weak Chen Sangliang had been hit by a sudden illness by heavy rain. He also saw Chen Sangliang fainting in front of Emperor Yang of Sui. In the first half of this year, Chen Sangliang was once again ill at his post in Dongdu. The old Li family also received secret reports on this matter. There were precedents in front of these few times. It was not impossible for Chen Sangliang to fall ill suddenly, and it was quite large.

"Father, be cautious. If Chen Yingliang's little thief pretends to be sick, his purpose must be to lure our army out of the city to fight in the field." Li Er dared not be fooled casually and pointed out to Li Yuan: "Although our army is numerous, it is not as brave as the enemy's army. Although the enemy's army is elite, its geographical location is not as good as our army. Field combat is beneficial to the enemy. Fighting based on the city is beneficial to our army. Chen Yingliang's little thief is good at using troops and must understand this truth. Pretending to show weakness to lure our army out of the city to fight in the decisive battle may be greater than his sudden illness. To be cautious, we should be more cautious."

Li Jiancheng, Pei Ji and others all agreed with Li Er's opinion, and they also felt that it was best not to take the risk of going to fight. Li Yuan nodded and praised, but after approving the suggestion of his beloved son, Li Yuan frowned and said: "I also know that Chen Yingliang's little thief may be very likely to pretend to be sick, but what does Yuan Tiangang's old man pretending to be a god deliberately say that in front of Liu Shilong? It will snow heavily in three days, and the moat will freeze and can pass directly. I will speed up the construction of siege weapons? What is the purpose of Chen Yingliang's little thief doing this?"

"Just bluffing." Li Er said contemptuously: "It's just to let us know that the government army will launch an attack in three days. It's not a solution to just defend the city. It's a decisive battle in the wild, or to make us take it lightly and launch a sneak attack within these three days. This is the old trick of Chen Yingliang's little thief."

The rebels and civil warriors agreed again. Although Li Yuan nodded, he still said in his heart: "It is said that he would attack the city in three days to lure us out of the city to fight to the decisive battle. Erlang's opinion is a bit far-fetched. Even if the moat is not frozen, Chen Yingliang's little thief can fill the river with a toad cart to attack. There is no need to make a fuss about it. In addition to the possibility of launching a sneak attack within three days, there may be other reasons."

Although he did not fully agree with the opinions of his precious son, Li Yuan was not shaken at all when he was on guarding the strategy of responding to the enemy. In addition to letting the army continue to strictly guard the city, he also sent many scouts to closely monitor the main force of the Sui army and maintain the unobstructed contact with the Xinfeng side division. There was no new move. The main force of the Sui army only made every effort to strengthen the camp, made long-term preparations for deep ditches and high bases, and did not invest one soldier to launch an attack. The first day after the main force of the Sui army arrived at the Dongdu City, he also remained restrained and calm on both sides.

The next day, on October 13, 13th, in the morning, Li Yuan, who had been working hard for several days, had just gotten up to work. Before he finished reading the first official document, Li Jiancheng and Li Er rushed into the hall with nervous expressions. Li Yuan quickly asked what happened and whether the Sui army launched an attack on the city? Li Jiancheng and Li Erze shook their heads together to deny it, and then said in unison: "Father, something strange happened to our army's scouts report. Chen Yingliang's little thief actually arranged another side division to go out of the camp, threatening to attack Shiping and Meixian in the west, and prepare for the future to cut off our way to escape west."

"The little thief Chen Yingliang has divided his troops again?" Li Yuan jumped up in surprise and exclaimed in disbelief: "He is crazy? His troops are only one-third of ours, and he dares to divide his troops to advance westward? Did the scout make a mistake?"

"It's true." Li Jiancheng quickly replied: "The children have seen Chen Yingliang's side troops go out of the camp on the city tower, carrying a large amount of supplies, food and grass, and they look like they are preparing to launch a Western Expedition."

Li Yuan was stunned. After coming to his senses, he immediately led his two sons out of the hall without saying a word, and rushed straight to Chunming Gate, closest to the Sui Army Camp. As a result, he climbed up the high place of the city tower and looked towards the Sui Army Camp, Li Yuan couldn't help but be stunned again. On the other side of the Sui Army Camp, there was indeed a considerable number of troops leaving the camp, and he had already taken a large number of baggage vehicles to drive westward. The rebel scouts ran back and forth in the wilderness, rushed back to the city and loudly reported the changes in the enemy situation. They soon discovered that the size of the Sui Army's partial division was about 10,000 people. The main general was Ma Sanbao, who was given to Chen Sangliang by the Lao Chai family for free, and the deputy general was He Panren, who had previously cheated the main force of the rebels.

Unbelievably, he rushed to the southeast corner of Daxing's outer city. Until he saw the Sui army's partial divisions bypassing Daxing City, Li Yuan finally believed that the Sui army's division was indeed true. After coming back to his senses, Li Yuan was immediately full of anger and paused his feet and cursed: "Chen Yingliang, an arrogant child, dared to despise my husband so much, and the troops were far less than that of me. He even dared to divide the troops again and again when he was about to fight. He simply didn't take me seriously at all."

Li Jiancheng, Li Er and the civil and military officials of the rebels also looked very bad, because Chen Sangliang did this a bit too much. Although his troops were only one-third of the rebels, he still dared to divide his troops under the eyes of the main rebels, and he was extremely despised of the main rebels. Chen Sangliang was also very good at adding fuel to the fire. At this time, another rebel soldiers rushed over and presented Li Yuan with an arrow book that had just shot into the city. When Li Yuan took the arrow book and looked carefully, the blue veins on his forehead couldn't help but get a little furious again.

The content of the letter was of course provocation and humiliation, mocking Li Yuan for being timid and afraid to fight. Li Yuan, who was old and cunning, was not an impulsive person, but Chen Sangliang's division of troops was like a slap in the face, slapped heavily on Li Yuan's face. After seeing Chen Sangliang's arrogant and mean provocative letter, Li Yuan really had the intention of leading his army out of the city to fight for the first time. Fortunately, Li Yuan quickly calmed down again, knowing that his anger and raising troops would definitely hit Chen Sangliang's wishes, and he was unlikely to win and would be severely injured again.

After obtaining Li Yuan's consent, Pei Ji, Li Jiancheng and others read Chen Sangliang's provocative letters, and they all gritted their teeth because of the content of the letter. However, Li Er always kept calm and sneered after reading the letter. He wanted to hand it back to Li Yuan, but after halfway through the handover, he suddenly remembered a big thing. He quickly picked up the letter and read it carefully, especially paying attention to Chen Sangliang's autograph. Then, soon, Li Er blurted out: "No."

"What's wrong?" Li Yuan asked with a glance at his son.

"Chen Yingliang's autograph." Li Er pointed to the signature on the letter and said: "Chen Yingliang's handwriting is not strong enough, the ink marks are a little disordered. When he puts the pen, he should have insufficient wrist strength and his hands may still be trembling."

Li Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up. He quickly took the letter and looked at Chen Sangliang's handwriting carefully. He found that although Chen Sangliang's regular script was quite neat, his brushwork was obviously insufficient. The ink marks of the pen were also a little disordered, and his wrist was trembling like when he signed the signature. Li Jiancheng and Pei Ji on the other side also studied this aspect. After careful reading, he was surprised and said: "Really, Chen Yingliang's handwriting was indeed a bit disordered. He should be the trembling hands when he finished writing."

"Is Chen Yingliang really sick?" Li Yuan's hope ignited in his heart and asked, "Can you tell whether to disguise? Did Chen Xiaozhe's handwriting deliberately pretend like this? Or did he accidentally expose the secret of heaven?"

Li Jiancheng, Pei Ji and others shook their heads and admitted that their calligraphy skills had not reached this point. Li Er's research in this area was not very profound. He just planned to propose a possibility and said: "Father, is there such a possibility? Chen Yingliang's little thief is really sick and is still very ill. He is afraid that we will take advantage of the situation and take advantage of the situation to rob, so he deliberately divided his troops, bluffed his power, and deliberately selected archery to show his strength, making us even more afraid to go out of the city to fight. He could take the opportunity to cure his illness and recuperate, and then start a war after his health was cured."

Li Yuan was thinking and said nothing, and Li Er continued: "If this is the case, then what Yuan Tiangang deliberately said to Liu Shilong yesterday is probably also Chen Xiaozhe's bluff, making us only beware of his sneak attack and frontal attack, and not considering going out to fight. If Chen Yingliang's thief really had this purpose, then this is indeed a bluff."

"There is this possibility." Li Yuan nodded, and then said calmly: "But this is more likely to be his tactic of hard-to-get. He wanted to lure our army out of the city to fight a decisive battle, but he knew that I would not be fooled easily, so he tried his best to set up the illusion of bluffing. On the surface, it actually showed weakness, but the ultimate goal was to lure me out of the city to fight a decisive battle. If I got the trap, it would hit his mind."

Li Er nodded, admitting that there is indeed this possibility. Then Li Er said: "Father, why don't you let the child lead a side army out of the city and fight a battle with the little thief Chen Yingliang, and try his real situation again."

"Do you want to suffer another defeat and hit our morale?" Li Yuan asked with a sneer, and said again: "There are many elite troops under the command of Chen Yingliang's little thief. Lian Zhan Liansheng's morale is strong, and he boldly divides his troops to give him a small number of enemies. At this time, fighting with him with a partial army will only find a vent for his high morale. Even if Chen Yingliang's little thief does not have to lead the army to fight in person, he can defeat our partial army head-on with just one fierce general. This will not only not test his virtuality, but also shake the morale more and damage the morale.

Li Er, who had seen Chen Sangliang's elite elite, shut up, but Li Yuan said, "If you want to go out to fight, there is only one way, that is, I personally lead the main force out of the city and fight to the death with him. But this is just the last choice, and it is also likely that he will hit Chen Yingliang's little thief's thoughts. Until the last moment, I will never consider it.

After saying that, Li Yuan raised his legs and left, and while returning to the city, he ordered: "Let's go back to Wude Hall and continue to closely monitor the every move of the official army camp. By the way, pay attention to keeping the communication with Xinfeng unobstructed. I must know the specific situation there at any time."

Chen Yingliang was also concerned about the situation of Xinfeng. In order to the needs of Daxing's main battlefield, Chen Sangliang ordered the side troops to launch a strong attack on Xinfeng City. Although he was mentally prepared for the side troops to suffer considerable losses, he was still used to worry about the heavy casualties of the soldiers of the side troops. Fortunately, several commanders reported to Chen Sangliang that the Xinfeng battlefield was progressing smoothly, and the Sui Army led by Qu Tutong was progressing smoothly.

With the previous efforts, the Sui Army's partial division had basically filled the moat at the south gate of Xinfeng at noon. Qu Tutong, who had fought in a mess on the Hedong battlefield, was anxious to save face and redeem his sins. He also took the initiative to shoulder the heavy responsibility of attack. As soon as the road to the city was opened, he volunteered to lead the army to launch an attack, posing a practical threat to the Xinfeng defenders, and also prevented Chen Sangliang from worrying about his own casualties in the Dongdu family.

Ma Sanbao's side was also progressing smoothly. In order to prevent the rebels from leaving the city to intercept Ma Sanbao, Chen Sangliang also arranged a cavalry marquis. As a result, Chen Sangliang was just worried in this regard, afraid that this was Chen Sangliang's plan to lure troops and kept huddling into the city. He watched the Sui army's side troops leave, and when the Sui army's side troops successfully crossed the treacherous waters, Chen Sangliang basically had no need to worry about Ma Sanbao anymore.

Time passed slowly and quickly for Chen Sangliang. When he was waiting for the main force of the rebels to react in pain, time was as slow as a snail crawling, thinking about how much time he had left to fight, time was as fast as wind and lightning. In a blink of an eye, it was already halfway through the afternoon, and the second day was about to pass. After confirming that the main force of the rebels was still hiding in Daxing City, Chen Sangliang couldn't help but sigh: "There is no hope today, I can only look at tomorrow. Tomorrow will determine the future fate of the entire Guanzhong battlefield. The main force of the thief army went out of the city to fight to the decisive battle, so the Guanzhong war would have hope to end soon. If the main force of the thief army still hid in the city and remained motionless, it would be nowhere to be achieved when the Guanzhong war would end."

"Don't worry, brother, even if we can't break the main force of the thief army tomorrow, we still have the upper hand." Fang Xuanling comforted: "Tongguan and Yongfeng Cang are both in our hands, and our food and grass are not in our hands. However, the rebels have less food and grass every day. If they are too late, their chances of victory are still in our hands."

"Of course I know this." Chen Sangliang nodded, frowned and said, "We are still in a stable chance of winning, but if we spend too long, there will be too many variables. If we are not careful, we may cause trouble, and we are behind us..."

Speaking of this, Chen Sangliang shook his head and tried to temporarily forget the hidden worries behind him. After thinking for a while, Chen Sangliang gritted his teeth and said viciously: "Anyway, there is only the last day left. Yu Qiang will give him a heavy hand of the old thief Li Yuan and inspire him to leave the city tomorrow to fight us."

"What are you planning to do?" Fang Xuanling asked quickly.

"Use Du Fuwei's method." Chen Sangliang gritted his teeth and replied: "Send someone to the city to give the old thief Li Yuan a set of clothes worn by the old woman, give him a nickname called Grandma Li, and ask him to go out of the city tomorrow to fight."

After careful consideration, Fang Xuanling nodded and said, "It's a solution, it can also echo our previous arrangements and arrangements, so that the old fox Li Yuan feels that we are still bluffing. Since there is not much time, we will be a living horse and try it out in the end."

After saying that, Fang Xuanling immediately ordered someone to prepare women's clothes, and immediately picked up a pen to write a letter to Chen Sangliang to humiliate Li Yuan. Chen Sangliang continued to grit his teeth and said to himself: "Yu'er, pray with me to God for blessing, bless me to successfully lead the decisive battle of the old thief Li Yuan this time. Only with this success can we have hope of meeting as soon as possible

Just as he was gritting his teeth, Yuan Tiangang suddenly hurried in from outside the tent, holding a military intelligence pond newspaper with chicken feathers in his hand. He looked anxious but did not dare to speak loudly. He also deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Leave the way, the urgent report sent by Dongdu just rushed to the east and the west, pretending to invade Hanoi County, and tricked General Wang Shichong across the Yellow River and Wagang thieves' army into the upper hand. Li Mi rebels again provoked the surprise troops and suddenly attacked Hulao Pass and took down Hulao Pass in one fell swoop."

With a light bang, Fang Xuanling's brush fell to the ground, and she fell into a state of stupidity. Chen Sangliang was even more stunned than Fang Xuanling and murmured: "How is it possible? Li Mi's traitor, how could it be that it was so easy to take down Hulao Pass? Our Hulao Pass defenders have another scum like Pei Renji?"

"No, it's not a scum, it's..."

Just as Yuan Tiangang was about to introduce him, Chen Sangliang interrupted him and said, "Don't rush to say it, let me guess, I guess how Li Mi took down Hulao Pass."

As he shook his head, Chen Sangliang tried hard to use his head, and planned to analyze why another arch-rival Li Mi could achieve amazing results so quickly. After recalling the story of Zhai Li's thieves' army abandoning the pass, Chen Sangliang suddenly remembered a big event and blurted out: "Authene, after our army restored Hulao Pass, we did not carefully check whether the enemy left a backup plan in Guanzhong. Zhai Rang's old man and Li Mi traitors occupied Hulao Pass for nearly half a year, and had plenty of time to dig an authentic tunnel leading to outside the pass. Did the traitors Li Mi take down Hulao Pass so quickly, so did he use such an authentic tunnel?"

"The magic tricks left behind are so good, but the ghosts are hard to predict." Yuan Tiangang replied with a wry smile: "You guessed it right, right. Li Mi's thief army entered Hulao Pass with the tunnel left in advance. At night, he suddenly attacked and caught our defenders off guard. He easily took Hulao Pass."
Chapter completed!