He had already put on the clothes of ordinary soldiers, and helmets were thrown away. He had disappeared. His hair was scattered on his shoulders and behind his back, mixed with sweat and soil, and his handsome little face was covered with mud and dust. Sweat flowed down his face, and white marks were drawn, which immediately became a mess. He was so embarrassed that his acquaintances could not recognize Li Er when they were face to face.

This was the third time that Li Er was so embarrassed in front of the Sui army. The first was the Battle of Mount Li in Guanzhong, the second was the Battle of Mount Li, the third was the present! Li Er, who was ordered to lead the rear of the army to cover the main force of the Taiyuan army's retreat. As a result, relying on the cover of Li Shentong digging the embankment and letting water, Li Er easily fled for more than a hundred miles, but before he could retreat to Qixian, the Sui cavalry led by Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong had already chased him and fought a fierce battle with Li Er on the shore of Lize Lake. Although Li Er's army withstood the battle with the dense infantry formation, the Sui cavalry also bit Li Er's tail from then on.

Li Er was very doubtful whether he had ever been Cheng Yaojin. Qin Qiong had the hatred of killing his father or taking his wife. The main force of the Taiyuan Army, mainly infantry, was actually more than ten miles ahead. The Sui cavalry could catch up with the main force of the Taiyuan Army led by Li Jiancheng with just a little force. However, Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong seemed to have taken the wrong medicine. They put the Taiyuan Army's brigade not to chase and chop, and let Li Jiancheng lead the army to calmly go away. But they just targeted the rear army with less than 4,000 people under Li Er's command. They also divided the army into two, took turns to pursue and fight and took turns to rest.

When Li Er led his army to fight in a formation, the Sui cavalry retreated and refused to fight Li Er head-on. However, as soon as the Li Er army marched, the Sui cavalry would catch up immediately. If he had the chance, he would charge and raid. If he had no chance, he would shoot a raid. If he had no chance, he would force Li Er to fight. He firmly bit Li Er's tail and never give Li Er's chance to escape. Then, another Sui cavalry that had been resting before would relied on his powerful momentum to redirect to the front of Li Er's army, stop Li Er's retreat on the road, and then charge and raid in a raid. If he had no chance, he would continue to drag Li Er's army into a row, consuming Li Er's physical strength and military strength, and constantly weakening the morale and fighting spirit of Li Er's army.

Although Li Er was good at fighting, his body was not iron-killed. The soldiers under his command of Taiyuan Army were not iron-killed. With such high-intensity physical exhaustion, he had lasted for less than a day. Li Er's army was exhausted and almost collapsed. The soldiers were left behind and were separated and fled for more than half of their feather arrow reserves were also consumed in large quantities. He could no longer shoot away the Sui cavalry who charged with strong bows and crossbows. Although the physical and bows and arrows of the Sui cavalry were also very serious, they were better anyway. So when the Sui cavalry seized the fighter plane and blocked the front and back and tried their best, Li Er's army could no longer hold on. They were completely defeated by the Sui cavalry with one charge. They were forced to scatter and flee from top to bottom, and they would never dare to gather again.

It is also considered that Li Er was so smart. When he retreated to Qi County, Zhu Can and Wang Huaiwen and other subordinates suggested that Li Er enter the city to avoid pursuers for the time being, but Li Er was not confused. He knew that once he wasted his time, he would be surrounded by the Sui army's infantry brigade and never had the chance to leave the small town of Qi County. He insisted on leading the army to continue to flee north. When he realized that the army could no longer hold on, Li Er quickly changed into soldiers' clothes so that the Sui army soldiers could not distinguish his identity. Finally, when Li Er's army was about to collapse completely, Li Er ordered the flag bearer to escape with him under his own banner, successfully cheating away the attention of most of the Sui cavalry, and took the initiative to dismount and walk and could not escape to attract attention. Only then did he luckily not be bitten by the Sui cavalry after the collapse.

But soon, Li Er finally understood why Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong were like he had the hatred of killing his father and taking his wife. After catching up with Li Erqiqiu, he found that he was deceived, the Sui cavalry immediately chased and killed Li Er's defeated soldiers, constantly shouting slogans, "His Royal Highness the King of Tang Dynasty ordered Li Er to reward Li Er with a thousand gold medals." He also kept shouting slogans saying that Li Er would give Li Er a hundred taels of gold to be awarded the seventh rank, and encouraged Li Er's defeated soldiers to rebel or identify Li Er, which made Li Er unable to help but start to doubt whether it was Chen Sangliang who snatched his sweetheart or Chen Sangliang's sweetheart?

What's worse, Li Er, who was as careful as he found that the only five or six entourages left by his side were gradually becoming unreliable, including Zhu Can, who had once sold Chen Sangliang, had quietly begun to have bad intentions in his eyes when he looked at Li Er, as if he could respond to the call of the Sui army's pursuers at any time, and take down Li Er's head and present it to Chen Sangliang to atone for his sins. Li Er was so scared that he had to whisper to the only captain of the personal soldiers with a firm look, so that he could pay attention to keeping a back-to-back position with him and beware of the sneak attack from his subordinates at any time.

Fortunately, Li Er's luck has always been quite good on the battlefield. The Sui cavalry, who was scattered and killed by chance, never approached Li Er within thirty steps. Li Er, who had never found the grass everywhere, and Zhu Can, who had never seen his eyes, had to take action. After the sky, Li Er, Zhu Can and five or six others finally got safe and were able to escape into the woods under the cover of the night, and then fled to Taiyuan by taking a small path.

When Li Er and others fled back to Taiyuan City on foot, it was already the seventh day of the sixth month of the third year of Yining. The main force of the Taiyuan Army successfully withdrew from Taiyuan City despite the small losses. The Sui cavalry, who concentrated on pursuing Li Er, stopped chasing with fifty miles left from Taiyuan. Li Er, who was so embarrassed that his shoes had even broken holes, was able to enter the city smoothly. When he saw his brother Li Jiancheng and fourth brother Li Yuanji and others, when he met, Li Er clearly saw that there seemed to be a trace of disappointment flashing in his brother's eyes, as if he wanted Li Er to die tragically in the fugitive.

No matter how disappointed it is, it is useless. No matter what, the main force of the Taiyuan Army was able to withdraw his old nest Taiyuan City under slight losses, mainly because Li Er successfully restrained the pursuers of the Sui army. So Li Jiancheng had no choice but to order his servants to bring wine and food to reward Li Er. However, just as Li Er was eating voraciously, suddenly a Li Jiancheng's personal soldier hurried into the hall and presented Li Jiancheng with a pond with chicken feathers to Li Jiancheng, saying: "Report to the left governor, Xinkou urgently reported that Liu Wu and Zhou's army had arrived at Xinkou, with a force of about 36,000. Liu Wuzhou came in person. The vanguard was his brother-in-law Song Jingang."

With a bang, when Li Er heard this bad news, no matter how cunning Li Er was, he couldn't help but fall into the case. He asked with a pale face in shock: "Brother, Liu Wuzhou is here to take advantage of the situation?"

"Who said Liu Wuzhou came to take advantage of the situation to rob?" Li Jiancheng gave his second brother a blank look and said, "Liu Wuzhou is here to help us. He wants to join forces with us to resist Chen Yingliang's attack."

"Liu Wuzhou is here to help us?" Li Er was shocked again and exclaimed: "We formed an alliance with Liu Wuzhou when we were? Why didn't I know about this?"

"When Duan Lun accidentally lost Lingshi City, I had already sent Wang Gui north to Mayi and signed an alliance with Liu Wuzhou. After discovering that Lengquan Pass might have persisted for a long time, I sent a quick horse to beg Liu Wuzhou to send troops immediately, but fortunately they all succeeded." Li Jiancheng explained quietly and said, "Also, Liu Wuzhou and you are already relatives. My father is not alive, so my brother has made the decision for you, made a marriage for you and Liu Wuzhou's youngest sister, and married our sixth sister to Liu Wuzhou's cousin, and kinship with him."

Li Er's mouth was so open that he almost fell to the ground, so surprised that he couldn't believe his ears. Li Jiancheng misunderstood his second brother's meaning and said again: "Second brother, don't blame me. In order to work with Liu Wuzhou to fight against the powerful enemy, he had to be forced to surrender to his brother. But you are not young anymore, and it's time to marry a wife. Liu Wuzhou's sister Liu Xiaomou is sixteen years old this year. I heard from Shujie that his appearance is quite good and worthy of you."

"No, no, no." Li Er waved his hand quickly and said happily: "Brother has misunderstood. You have made such a good marriage for me. I am too happy, so why would I blame you? Thank you, brother, thank you, brother, I am very satisfied with this marriage, I can't ask for it! I really can't ask for it!"

When he said this, Li Er's face, which had not yet washed away the mud and sweat, was full of smiles. It was rare to smile very sincerely and relaxedly, and it was definitely from the heart. Li Jiancheng, who knew what kind of virtue of his second brother, sighed in his heart and cursed: "Liu Wu and Zhou are indeed an old fox. I did not agree to ask for a marriage for my fifth brother Li Zhiyun, and insisted on marrying my sister to my ambitious second brother. It was obvious that he wanted to split my inside and find an opportunity to eat our army in one bite!"

He sighed in secretly that it was useless. When things came to this point, Li Jiancheng knew that it was a glass of poisonous wine to marry his second brother and Liu Wuzhou, he had to drink it with his teeth, so Li Jiancheng nodded and said, "It's good that you are satisfied. After you fight Chen Yingliang, you will get married. Also, I will never break my promise if I said anything. I will give you five thousand troops to rest for a few days."

"Thank you brother, thank you brother." Li Er hurriedly bowed to Li Jiancheng and asked quickly: "Brother, Liu Wuzhou promised 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, add tens of thousands of iron armor, 30,000 stones of grain and 10,000 pieces of cloth, and the food and grass expenses for Liu Wu and Zhou's army to fight in Taiyuan. Fortunately, Chen Yingliang rejected Liu Wuzhou's land requirements for Yanmen County, otherwise, Liu Wuzhou might have stood on Chen Yingliang's side and helped Chen Yingliang attack us."

"Brother, don't be sad. It is definitely worth sacrificing a Yanmen County in exchange for alliance with Liu Wuzhou." Li Er comforted: "Not to mention that we can get the direct help from Liu Wuzhou to save the current urgent needs. After repelling Chen Yingliang's thief army in the future, we can also reopen the salt horse road, obtain horses, cattle and sheep from the grasslands in the north of the desert, and form more cavalry teams."

"There is no need to comfort me. I know this is drinking poison to quench thirst, but now I can't think of a better way except drinking poison to quench thirst." Li Jiancheng shook his head and sighed, knowing that forming an alliance with his old enemy Liu Wuzhou is tantamount to seeking skin with a tiger, and even leading a wolf into the house. However, he has no choice but to save the urgent matter first.

Li Jiancheng shook his head and sighed, but Li Er was happy in his heart. Of course, Li Er also knew that Liu Wuzhou had bad intentions to form an alliance with his own army, but it didn't matter. Li Er was confident that he would definitely beat his future brother Liu Wuzhou. He also believed that after getting the strong arm of Liu Wuzhou, he would definitely be able to step on his damn brother under his feet, continue the army throne left by Li Yuan, and reappear with the Li family's heroic spirit! After secretly being happy, Li Er hurriedly asked again: "Brother, what about Luo Yi and Dou Jiande? Do they agree to send troops to help us?"

"There is no news yet." Li Jiancheng replied casually: "Dou Jiande's side should not be a big problem. He has always been disgusted with Chen Yingliang stealing the power of the court. Not only did he expel Chen Yingliang's envoy leave several times, but he also made great enemies with Chen Yingliang on the battlefield in Linfen. Now it is much more convenient for him to send troops from Jingxing Pass than from Shangdang. Even if he does not personally lead the main force, he will at least send another reinforcement to share the pressure with us."

"As for Luo Yi's side..." Li Jiancheng frowned and said, "What I worry most now is him. Although he had refused Chen Yingliang's pledge before, he treated Chen Yingliang's envoy very respectfully and kindly, leaving a sufficient way out. If he stood on Chen Yingliang's side at this critical moment, he would not only threaten our rear, but also bite Dou Jiande and let Dou Jiandeteng not take action to help us."

"Brother, I have a plan to convince Luo Yi to form an alliance with our army." Li Er said with a smile: "I heard that Luo Yi and his wife, Meng, have deep feelings, and are still afraid of others. Why don't you buy his wife with rare treasures first, so that Meng can tell Luo Yi that the lips are lost and the teeth are cold, and that Luo Yi will also send troops to fight against the Chen thief with our army?"

"Meng's loves pearls and jade." Li Jiancheng said casually: "I gave her three sets of pearls and jade jewelry collected by Jinyang Palace, but I don't know if she is satisfied."

Li Er laughed loudly, and he rarely praised his brother's brilliant mind from the bottom of his heart. After asking about the situation of the main force of the Sui army, Li Jiancheng introduced that the main force of the Sui army was not fast. At present, the latest investigation was still attacking Jiexiu to ensure the smooth flow of food. At the same time, he divided his troops to attack Xicheng, the capital of Xihe County. Li Er was completely relieved and laughed at Chen Sangliang for his cautious use of troops all his life, so he picked up his job and ate again.

Liu Wuzhou, who was determined to help the Taiyuan army, came very quickly. The day after Li Er returned to Taiyuan, it was just the ninth day of the sixth month. Song Jingang, the pioneer of Liu Wuzhou's army, had already arrived at the city of Taiyuan first, and stationed in the northeastern suburbs of Taiyuan. Then on the next day, Liu Wuzhou, who had long called himself Emperor Dingyang, also personally led the main force of Dingyang to Taiyuan. Li Jiancheng did not dare to be negligent when he heard the news, so he quickly led Li Er and Taiyuan army civil and military personnel out of the city to greet him for twenty miles. Li Yuanji was worried that Liu Wuzhou was not in good intentions and refused to leave the city. Li Jiancheng did not force him to let him guard the city with his absolute confidant Feng Li, and at the same time brought some elite players to prevent it.

Li Jiancheng obviously misunderstood Liu Wuzhou. After the two armies met, the flags were dodged. Liu Wuzhou, who had met with the Li brothers several times on the battlefield, led some civil and military officials to take the lead in slapping out of the line, and also dismounted in front of the army and walked forward, expressing that he had no malice. Li Jiancheng and Li Er were relieved when they saw it, and they also stomped forward together, strode forward to meet Liu Wuzhou and others, and bowed together from afar, shouting loudly: "Cheng Ji, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, have seen Emperor Dingyang!"

"You don't have to be too polite, two brothers." Liu Wuzhou, who is over thirty years old, is obviously also an acting player. He laughed loudly and clasped his fists to return the favor. Then he grabbed Li Er's hands and patted Li Er's shoulder and laughed happily, saying, "Erlang, we finally meet again! Last time when I was in Lou Fu, I almost shot you to death. At that time, I gritted my teeth and swore to seek revenge for you. I really didn't expect that we would become relatives soon when we met again!"

"Your Majesty forgive me. I did offend you so much at that time."

Li Er quickly apologized, but Liu Wuzhou waved his hand and interrupted him, laughing and said, "You don't need to call Your Majesty so polite. You are about to become my brother-in-law, call me brother!"

Li Er hurriedly and humbly said that he didn't dare. Unexpectedly, behind Liu Wuzhou and others, a crisp woman's voice suddenly came from behind, and he said fiercely: "Call Your Majesty! Brother, I am not at your mercy. My husband, I have to be satisfied with it myself. If you kiss me, I will not count if you don't nod!"

As Li Jiancheng and other Taiyuan soldiers looked up in surprise, Li Er's eyes suddenly lit up again. It turned out that behind Liu Wuzhou and others, a girl in hunting clothes was graceful, with big eyes and small eyes, small face, and very charming. She also had a horse bow and archery pot on her waist, looking very cool, but the expression on her beautiful little face was very rude, and she hummed and asked, "Who is Li Erlang? Stand out and let me see!"

The scene became a little awkward. Li Er, who guessed that this beautiful girl must be Liu Wuzhou's young girl, must be Liu Xiaomou, who was secretly happy, but was embarrassed to speak on his own initiative. Liu Wuzhou was also a little embarrassed. He first whispered that his sister had pestered him to Taiyuan with him, and then pulled Li Er to his sister and said with a smile: "Xiaomou, do you see? He is the husband I chose for you by my brother. How about it? Are you still satisfied?"

Li Er, who was far ahead of Chen Sangliang, was certainly absolutely confident in his appearance. He also thought that Liu Wu and Zhou's sister must be extremely satisfied when she saw her appearance. Unexpectedly, after Liu Xiaomou looked up and down, he curled his lips and said, "Embroidered pillow! Who knows whether he has the ability? Can he ride and shoot? Can he use troops on the battlefield?"

Li Eryi almost laughed out loud when he heard this. He was about to say that these two happened to be my best, but unexpectedly, a fast horse suddenly ran to the south. The Taiyuan Army Knight held a pond newspaper with chicken feathers in his hand and shouted 100,000 yuan in a hurry. Li Jiancheng didn't dare to neglect when he saw it, so he quickly asked his personal soldiers to take the pond newspaper. When he took the pond newspaper and opened it, Li Jiancheng's face suddenly became a little ugly.

"Brother Jiancheng, what happened? Is it the military affairs of Chen thieves?" Liu Wuzhou asked curiously.

"Yes." Li Jiancheng did not dare to deceive Liu Wuzhou, and said with his head down: "Chen Yingliang captured Jie Xiu the night before yesterday, and our army's guard Fan Botong was killed."

"So quickly?" Liu Wuzhou was a little surprised and said, "I remember that the envoy of your army said that the Chen thief broke Lengquan Pass on the night of the second day of the June 2nd. At that time, his main force was still in the spirit stone. You also left a heavy army to defend Jiexiu to buy us time for defense, and also released Wenshui to flood the Bird and Rat Valley road. Why was Jiexiu broken by Chen thief on the eighth night of the lunar month the night before yesterday?"

"There is a traitor in Jiexiu City." Li Jiancheng said depressedly: "A demon monk named Daocheng used the excuse of going to the city to pray for our soldiers. He took the opportunity to contact some traitors. At night, he used a Buddha banner to pull the soldiers of Chen thieves onto the city wall and opened the city gate to welcome the thieves into the city. Fan Botong was caught off guard and was killed by the thieves."

The atmosphere was suppressed, and Li Er also clenched his teeth quietly. However, at this moment, Liu Xiaomou, who was almost forgotten by everyone, suddenly smiled and said to Li Er: "Have you heard that if you have such skills in war, I can consider getting married to you. Also, I have heard that you have been defeated in front of Chen Zhe several times before. If you can beat Chen Zhe this time, I will definitely marry you!"
Chapter completed!