With the excuse of enjoying the scenery and breathing, Shan Yingying, who is now dressed as a young woman, once again climbed the west gate of Hulaoguan. Looking at the mountains and rivers on the west side, Shan Yingying looked very lonely and felt lost. Although she was already a honorary wife, Shan Yingying still couldn't forget the unfaithful man in white robes and silver armor, and she couldn't forget the nights with him. Missing her is like aged wine. The longer it takes, the more fragrant it becomes.

"It's been two months since he came to Luokoucang for two months. He was only thirty miles apart and never met. I still have a chance to see him again in my life? Does he still remember me? Do you still remember that naughty little girl back then?"

This thought was tossing and turning in my mind. I felt so complicated that I didn’t know how long it was that I had been sad. A familiar call suddenly came from my ears, and I called several times. Shan Yingying then looked in the sound, but she saw that her brother Shan Xiongxin and her honorary husband Mulan also climbed the city wall and had already walked closer. Shan Xiongxin said in a complaining tone: "Yingying, why are you coming up to the city wall again? Not only is it dangerous, but the wind is also strong, what should I do if it is cold?"

"I was so bored in the room, come out for some breath." Shan Yingying forced out some smiles and asked while saluting her brother and husband: "Brother, Dongjun Gong summoned you to discuss matters, what did you say?"

"What else can I say? It's not that the Guan Jun ration team secretly crossed the Hulao Pass last night." Shan Xiongxin was a little depressed and said, "Brother Xu was only one step away from catching up with the Guan Jun's grain transport ship. Wang Shichong dispatched a large number of official troops to pick up the grain ship. Seeing that the situation was not good, Xu didn't even dare to rely on the shore, he immediately withdrew. A large group of people gathered together to curse Chen Gou Guan's treacherousness, and the Duke of Dongjun also lifted the table."

"Will there be a war again?" Shan Yingying asked worriedly.

"Not yet agreed." Mulan replied: "Duke Wei persuaded Duke Dongjun to advance as soon as possible and fight with Chen Yingliang. Duke Dongjun said he wanted to consider it, but he didn't make up his mind.

Shan Yingying nodded slightly. After thinking for a while, Shan Yingying suddenly asked: "Brother, why do Duke Dongjun and Duke Wei have to fight with Chen Yingliang? They obviously can't beat Chen Yingliang, and they are repeatedly fooled by Chen Yingliang as monkeys. They are not Chen Yingliang's opponents at all. Why must they fight with Chen Yingliang to the end?

"It's not because of Luokou Cang. If we don't take down Luokou Cang, our food will be guaranteed. Chen Yingliang's little thief occupied Luokou Cang and refused to leave. Who will we fight with him if we don't fight with him?" Shan Xiongxin answered angrily and said, "Besides, why can't our Wagang Yishi Division beat Chen Gouguan? When we sent troops to attack, did Chen Gouguan dare to fight us head-on? Now we can't take down Luokou Cang. It's entirely because the dog officer was too treacherous and had too many tricks, so we haven't succeeded."

After saying that, Shan Xiongxin waved his hand impatiently and said, "These are not things you, a woman, go back, Brother Hua, send Yingying back and accompany her well. I'll just worry about the city patrol."

Mulan agreed and was about to go to the gate with Shan Yingying, but she closed her hands and screamed, "Brother Shan, look, there is someone on the mountain in front of the right, and it is a general of the official army."

Shan Xiongxin and Mulan quickly looked up, but saw some officers riding war horses on the top of the Tushan Mountain in front of the right. When they looked carefully, Shan Xiongxin and Mulan immediately screamed in unison, "White horse and white robe? Chen Yingliang is Chen Yingliang coming in person."

"Where? Where?" Shan Yingying's joy was extraordinary. After trying hard to find it, Shan Yingying indeed saw a knight in white horse and white robe among the official and military crowd. Shan Yingying's heart couldn't help but tremble slightly, and she kept thinking in her heart, "It's him, it's him. When I saw him last time, he was wearing a white robe and riding a white horse."

Chen Sangliang, who was riding a white horse and wearing a white robe, was indeed a careless person who was pretending to be on the top of the mountain. He confirmed that the grain transport fleet had successfully arrived at Banzhu and sent the grain to Wang Shichong's camp to alleviate the urgent needs of the friendly forces. Chen Sangliang was in a good mood and personally led a team of light cavalry outside the city of Hulao Pass to explore the enemy situation. It had been a while since he had carefully observed the terrain of Hulao Pass. When he was about to withdraw, in order to show off and to further attack the enemy's anger, Chen Sangliang climbed to the high ground, deliberately letting the enemy see him, and also took the opportunity to observe the terrain of Hulao Pass again at a high place.

It was the first time that Chen Sangliang carefully observed Hulao Pass during the non-war period. The famous Hulao Pass, which was sandwiched between the two mountains, had almost no chance to take advantage of the opportunity. Although the mountains on both sides were not impossible to cross, they were definitely not suitable for marching in a brigade. Even if they were seized, they could not be stationed for a long time. It was impossible to expect to seize the high ground and threaten the interior of Hulao Pass. The wall of the pass was more than three meters high, and there was a wide and deep moat protection. The city defense fortifications were relatively complete. Even if they could be defeated, they had to pay a heavy price. This also made Chen Sangliang, who had no choice but to attack the front, even if he didn't like to attack the front, he even gave up the idea of ​​a strong attack. He kept thinking about the strategy of breaking the pass, but he had no choice but to do it.

At this time, the thief soldiers on the wall had already had a commotion. They expected that the enemy had discovered him, and Chen Sangliang was too lazy to play hide-and-seek with the Wagang cavalry. He smiled and ordered to retreat. So when Zhai Rang, Li Mi and others received the news and rushed to the wall to check the situation, Chen Sangliang had already gone far. Fortunately, Zhai Rang did not complain that Shan Xiongxin did not send cavalry to pursue him immediately. Instead, he praised Shan Xiongxin for being cautious in doing things, otherwise he might be ambushed by Chen Sangliang, who was killed thousands of swords. Li Mi had a calm face and nervously analyzed the reasons why Chen Sangliang came to explore the city in person, and vaguely guessed a possibility that Chen Sangliang no longer wanted to continue the stalemate in Hulao Pass and wanted to end the war in Hulao Pass as soon as possible.

Shan Xiongxin accompanied Zhai Rang, Li Mi and others to analyze the enemy situation, so he naturally neglected his sister Shan Yingying. However, this was something Shan Yingying wanted. After quietly pulling Mulan to a remote place, Shan Yingying asked in a low voice: "Sister Mulan, what did he come from? Why did he leave immediately after only showing up for a short time?"

"If I had known his thoughts, I would have been promoted long ago." Mulan replied with a wry smile: "Have you heard your brother and the others often call him the world's number one traitor? How many people can guess his thoughts?"

After finishing his wry smile, Mulan looked at her honorary wife again and asked in a low voice: "What? Do you miss him?"

Shan Yingying's face turned red a little, she nodded and said in a low voice: "I want to ask him in person why he lied to me at the beginning? Sister Mulan, is there any way for me to see him?"

Mulan hesitated for a moment, shook her head, and saw the disappointed look on Shan Yingying's pretty face. Mulan felt a little embarrassed and whispered: "Don't be anxious, let me think of a solution. If there is a chance, I will definitely try to let you meet him." Although Shan Yingying didn't have too much hope, she still nodded, hoping that such a miracle would happen.

As Li Mi speculated, Chen Sangliang really didn't want to continue to stalemate on the Hulao Pass battlefield. Since February, Chen Sangliang has been actually restrained by the Hulao Pass battlefield for four months. Although there was a chance to regain Hulao Pass, because of Emperor Yang of Sui's blind command and unwilling to delegate power, Pei Renji's possession of the pit and resigned from the enemy and rebelled. In addition, the heavy rain was continuous and unable to fight, which was wasted Chen Sangliang's shameless trick to force Li Mi to leave. Finally, when the rain stopped, he led his army north to reinforce, Li Mi suddenly reconciled with Zhai Rang, and the Hulao Pass battlefield fell into a stalemate again.

Reality is surprisingly similar to history. After Li Mi took Luokou Cang in history, he fought with the Sui army led by Wang Shichong for more than a year on the battlefield of Dongdu. He fought more than 100 battles, fighting in the darkness and blood flowing into a river. Both of them were exhausted. They both waste their energy and lost their precious time. They lost the opportunity to unify the world. They took advantage of the old Li family who was in a vacant place in Guanzhong. In this period of history, there has not been much change because of Chen Sangliang's demon moth wings. The old Li family still started troops in Taiyuan. Although they were weakened, they still occupy a favorable position to watch the fire across the river. The Zhai Li coalition, who failed to take Luokou Cang, was not as strong as in history, but they were still not an enemy that Chen Sangliang could quickly defeat. If he continues to be so stalemate, the old Li family may still become the final winner.

The reason why Chen Sangliang was worried that the old Li family would continue to be the final winner was not only because of the favorable strategic situation in which the old Li family was, but also the new changes in the Taiyuan battlefield. The Dongdu court asked the grain transport fleet to send Chen Sangliang a new Taiyuan war report, saying that after Li Yuan occupied Taiyuan, he immediately cut off the supply of food to Yundingxing, resulting in Yundingxing, which was confronting Zhen Zhai'er, losing food. Li Jiancheng and Li Er led their troops to take advantage of the situation to rob and attack Yundingxing. Zhu Can accepted Li Er's persuasion and surrender again.

Li Er persuaded Yun Dingxing to surrender. Yun Dingxing was a greedy person who was afraid of death, but was blocked by the old Li family and Zhen Zhaier. In order to survive, he led his army to surrender to Li Er. Chen Sang was kind to let Yun Dingxing lead the elite Zuotun Guards to the north, and all of them were surnamed Li. After Yun Dingxing's entire army surrendered, Chen Xiaoyi and Wang Zhibian's troops, who were fighting with Liu Wuzhou, were basically doomed to be defeated. No matter how stupid Li Yuan was, he would never refuse to attack the Yanmen Sui army with Liu Wuzhou.

The complete collapse of the five counties in Taiyuan was almost certain. Even if Yang Tong trusted Chen Sangliang, he was a little impatient. So while sending people to convey the war report to Chen Sangliang, Yang Tong also asked the envoy to ask Chen Sangliang for the first time on his behalf, when the war in Hulao Pass could be ended and he could free his hands to return to Dongdu to take charge of the overall situation? Chen Sangliang had no choice but to write a memorial in person, explaining to Yang Tong that his troops were insufficient, the army was too tired to fight one after another, the enemy was too strong and occupied favorable terrain, and the people followed the thieves, and it was difficult to end the Hulao Pass war in a short period of time. He begged Yang Tong to give him some more time, and at the same time begged Yang Tong to allow him to incorporate the prisoners he caught on the battlefield.

Chen Sangliang looked at Yang Tong's independent courage slightly. After receiving Chen Sangliang's memorial, Yang Tong not only immediately agreed to Chen Sangliang to recruit prisoners of war on the spot, but also directly appointed official positions to Liu Heita, Li Shicai, Liu Shishan and others who led their troops to surrender to Chen Sangliang without asking for instructions from Emperor Yang of Sui, and gave them official positions. He promised that if the thief heads led their troops to surrender, they would also reward them together. At the same time, Yang Tong also issued an edict to order Chen Sangliang to open Luokou Cang again, take out 500,000 stones of grain as military rations and help the people, help Chen Sangliang buy the hearts of the people on the battlefield of Hulao Pass, and said that he would bear all the consequences.

——After receiving this order, Chen Sangliang was happy that Yang Tong's decision was wise, and he inevitably had some thoughts of being careless. "I underestimated Yang Tong a little. I didn't expect that he had such courage and courage at such a young age. How could I manipulate him when I grew up? Don't be Cao's boss, and he will be Han Xin and Hu Weiyong in the future?"

How to get along with the young and mature Yang Tong in the future is a future. No matter what, Yang Tong's series of actions have helped Chen Sangliang a lot of fun. He opened warehouses to provide relief to the people one after another, and promised to open warehouses and release grains after breaking the Luokou warehouse. The importance of the people receiving relief naturally decreased greatly. There were fewer and fewer hungry people who brought their own grain to inform the Wagang Army of military information. After Chen Sangliang intentionally spread the official rewards obtained by Liu Heita, Li Shicai and others, it also caused a significant blow to the morale of the Zhai and Li coalition forces. Even if the thief heads like Hao Xiaode hated Emperor Yang of Sui, they would inevitably have such thoughts in their hearts, "Damn it seems that surrendering to Chen Gou Official is not a bad thing."

In addition to Yang Tong's strong support, Chen Sangliang also keenly discovered that there seemed to be someone within the Zhai Li coalition. Of course, it was not Mulan. What Chen Sangliang said about help means that since the main force of the Zhai Li coalition retreated to Hulao Pass, he had never left the gate to fight with the Sui army in the Dongdu. This move was very beneficial to the Sui army that owned Luokou Cang, and was very unfavorable to the Zhai Li coalition, which needed supplies from Li Yang Cang. After all, Wang Shichong was not a good person. No matter how much he liked to preserve his strength, he would definitely attack the food and food of the Zhai Li coalition.

The question of whether someone helped me soon came to an answer. Two days later, there was no movement in the Zhai Li coalition. On June 21st, Mulan suddenly passed Zhang Kai's channel and sent a letter to Chen Sangliang. Not only did she answer the question that Zhai Li coalition had been holding its troops, but she also sent Chen Sangliang an amazing important news.

Mulan's letter was as straightforward as ever, and the full text was as follows: "Zhai Rang was afraid of your cunning and cunning, and the army was good at fighting. Li Mi advised him to send troops to fight you several times, but Zhai Rang refused. Zhai Hong and his son felt that continuing to fight would only lose their strength in vain. They suggested that Zhai Rang and Li Mi give up Hulao Pass and lead their troops across the Yellow River to Li Yangcang to get food. Li Mi refused. Zhai Rang did not express his opinion. Shan Xiongxin believed that Zhai Rang had been shaken. In addition, if you have the opportunity, I want to meet you and you can do your best to arrange it."

Zhai Rang had already thought of giving up Hulao Pass? Seeing this news, even Chen Sangliang felt extremely unbelievable, let alone Yuan Tiangang and Wei Zheng, who didn't know Mulan's identity, had his staff and other staff members. Yuan Tiangang immediately exclaimed: "Zhai Rang wants to give up Hulao Pass? Chen Liushou, our insider is not joking, right? How could Zhai Rang be willing to give up such an important strategic location in Hulao Pass? This is too ridiculous, right?"

"I also find it incredible. How could Zhai Rang rebels be willing to give up Hulao Pass?" Pei Xingfang also said: "Also, brother, what's going on with your insider? Why do you call you cunning and cunning in letters? Are there any subordinates in the world who comment on your boss like this?"

"It doesn't matter whether you scold me or not. If you don't scold me, it doesn't look like her personality." Chen Sangliang replied in contemplation, then pinched his chin and thought: "Zhai Rang gave up Hulao Pass? Although this plan is incredible, it may not be impossible. Li Mi has Li Yang Cang's Li Yang Cang's defenders as reserve. Even if he can't defeat Luokou Cang in the end, as long as Li Yang Cang's food is in hand, even if Li Mi escapes back to Li Yang Cang alone, he can make a comeback immediately. Zhai Rang can't, and he can't defeat Luokou Cang and spend all his capital. If he wants to make a comeback, it may not be so easy."

"So, although it is a pity to give up Hulao Pass, it is a good way to preserve your strength for Zhai Rang himself. After all, among the thirty-six strategies, there is another strategy that is to go as the best."

"Li Mi refused to give up Hulao Pass. How useful is Zhai Rang alone to persist?" Yuan Tiangang asked, and said again: "In addition, the overall strength of Zhai Li's thief army is still above us. Even if we can't defeat Luokoucang, it will at least damage our vitality. Zhai Li's thief army is strong, so how can we be willing to give up a strategic location like Hulao Pass?"

Chen Sangliang planned not to answer, and Pei Xingfang next to him took over the topic and said, "If Wang Shichong was willing to cooperate fully, maybe we still have a little hope to force Zhai Li's thief army away, but we paid a considerable price to share the pressure for him, leading the main force of Zhai Li's thief army to the east, and sent him life-saving food. Logically speaking, he should immediately attack the empty rear of Zhai Li's thief army, but he had been in full seven days and there was no movement from him. It was obvious that he wanted to wait for us to fight Zhai Li's thief army to lose both sides, and then he would take action to grab the credit. With our existing strength alone, how could it be possible to force Zhai Li's thief army to give up Hulao Pass?"

Chen Sangliang still didn't say anything, and after thinking for a long time, Chen Sangliang finally made up his mind and slapped the table and said, "No matter what, it doesn't matter if Li Mi refused to abandon the pass. Zhai Rang took the elite thieves in Wagang. If we want to take down Hulao Pass, we can be more relaxed. Zhai Li's thief army is stronger than us, but we are not without the strength to fight back and both sides are injured. Not to mention Zhai Rang is definitely unwilling to fight all our capital. Even if we and Zhai Li's thief army are both injured? Behind Zhai Li's thief army is Wang Shichong, who is also the military of the court. As long as he comes back to Hulao Pass, reverse our strategic passive situation, so that I can free up my hands to deal with other changes. I will give him this credit."

Speaking of this, Chen Sangliang slapped the table again and said firmly: "It's settled. I believe that the news provided by that little beauty is true. Zhai Rang has indeed been shaken about whether to give up Hulao Pass. Since I have this hope, I will do my best to turn this hope into reality."

"Little Beauty?" Wei Zheng, Yuan Tiangang and others were stunned and shouted together: "Let's stay, our inside line is your relationship in Hulao Pass? No wonder she said she wanted to see you, and you bullied that daughter from us again?"

Chen Sangliang smiled but did not answer, but quickly planned how to follow this road. After a while, Chen Sangliang, who had a rough plan in his mind, asked in a pondering manner: "Xingfang, remember that the previous two times I wrote letters deliberately stimulated the Zhai Li thief army. The messenger was recommended by you to me. He did a good job twice. What was his name...?"

"Zhang Yongtong." Pei Xingfang replied: "He is General Liu's guard. Brother, you need a courier with courage and eloquence at that time. Because whenever Brother Liu got drunk and got angry and beat soldiers and whipped them, he would come forward to comfort him and coax Brother Liu to bed, and he would recommend him to you."

"This kid is a talented person. Call him here. I have a task to him. This task must be his."
Chapter completed!