On the afternoon of the seventh day of the April 1990, Dou Jiande's 110,000 army successfully arrived on the north bank of the Yellow River and established a camp north of Niuzhukou. The Zheng army generals Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben, who fled to Xingze, quickly led the remnants of the defeated general to meet with Dou Jiande, bringing some forced Yellow River fishing boats to Dou Jiande, and also bringing news to Dou Jiande that Chen Sangliang was confirmed to be in the Hulao Guanzhong.

It was confirmed that his mortal enemy Chen Sangliang was indeed in the middle of Hulao Pass. Li Mi looked at Hulao Pass in the south and couldn't help but remembered the past when he met Chen Sangliang, met Chen Sangliang, loved and wanted to kill, remembered the first meeting at the head of Luoyang City, escaped by luck on the battlefield of Wushan, met Chen Sangliang outside Menghai City, met again outside Luokou Cang, and fought wits and courage again and again, and was inferior to evil. After a lot of emotion, Li Mi suddenly realized that his hatred for Chen Sangliang had actually been reduced a lot. On the contrary, this hateful and respectable enemy was very eager to meet Chen Sangliang again.

But unfortunately, Li Mi knew in his heart that although he was only a few miles apart, he could not have the opportunity to meet again immediately, because he had to escape from Dou Jiande's army as soon as possible and could no longer participate in the Hulao Pass battle, which he strongly advocated but was destined to be impossible to gain. Therefore, Li Mi missed his gay friend, and could only sigh and said in his heart: "Little thief, let you go this time, next time, next time we will fight to the death."

After sighing, Li Mi turned around and looked at Dou Jiande's expression on the imperial chariot. What surprised Li Mi was that Dou Jiande was also looking at the south bank of the Yellow River in a daze. His face was also a bit complicated, and there seemed to be some gritting teeth and worrying expressions. When Li Mi was wondering why Dou Jiande, a native bun, also looked like this sentimentality, on the other side, the Minister of the Daxia court, Zuo Pushe Qi Shanxing, also saw that Dou Jiande was incorrect, so he asked Dou Jiande curiously: "Your Majesty, why are you so trance? Are you worried that our army would be attacked by Chen Bids halfway while crossing the river?"

Dou Jiande was indeed extremely traumatized, but Qi Shanxing repeated the question for the second time. Dou Jiande came to his senses. He first shook his head and said contemptuously that I used him Chen Zhe to cross halfway? Then he hummed and said, "I don't like the name of the Yellow River Ferry in front and feel disgusted."

Qi Shanxing and many great Xia civil and military officials were confused, so he hurriedly asked Dou Jiande why he hated the name of the ferry. Dou De snorted again and said, "The ferry ahead is called Niuzhukou, also called Niukou. My surname is Dou and Dou, and this bean enters Niukou... Humph, it's not auspicious!"

I believe friends know how serious the feudal superstition in this era is. So after hearing this, Qi Shanxing, Fan Yuan and Hu Daen and other great Xia civil and military officials were stunned at first, and then immediately felt very unlucky. Li Mi laughed in her heart while Dou Jiande was stupid, and hurriedly took the opportunity to flatter her horse and said with a smile: "Don't worry, although the place name ahead is not listened to, Your Majesty is the lord of the world, the people of Jiuzhou, the land of the country, and the ferry in front are naturally owned by Your Majesty. If Your Majesty does not like the name of this ferry, you can change the name of this ferry and turn the bad luck into good fortune. What are the worries about?"

Dou Jiande was indeed superstitious. Although he had made Li Mi extremely alert and hated for some reason, he nodded and said, "What the King of Wei said is so, just do it like this. Let me see, what is the name to change? Well..., Fakou! The Yellow River Ferry in front will be changed to Fakou!"

"Spray bean sprouts?"

Li Mi almost laughed out loud when she heard this, but fortunately she forced herself to hold it back and quickly followed the Daxia civil and military officials to flatter Dou Jiande and praised him for changing the name Niuzhukou well and making a great sound. Then, seeing that Dou Jiande's mood had improved a little, Li Mi, who felt that it was an opportunity, quickly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I have a suggestion about the war in Luoyang, please accept it."

After looking at Li Mi, Dou Jiande's eyes were a little complicated, and he said casually: "Let's listen."

"I want to go to Qiao Pengqingxu's area and recruit some old subordinates for Your Majesty to help with the war." Li Mi said with a smile: "The leaders of the rebel army in the southeast area have been subordinates of their subordinates before, and it is very convenient for them to contact and negotiate with them. Your Majesty personally conquers Luoyang. It is the time to use people to force them. I am willing to take your Majesty's imperial edict to recruit them to surrender. If you can succeed, your Majesty can not only have many good combat troops in front of you, but also obtain a large area of ​​land city..."

"No need!"

Dou Jiande's reaction surprised Li Mi. Before Li Mi finished speaking, he interrupted directly and said coldly: "My current army is enough, so there is no need to bother me to recruit new troops to fight. I will send an edict to recruit the charity army in Qingxu, Qiao Peng counties and other counties to recruit me. I will send an edict to recruit me and I don't have to worry about you."

Li Mi was a little stunned. He never expected that he had already flattered Dou Jiande so much. Dou Jiande actually distrusts him so much. At the same time, Li Mi, who is good at observing words and expressions, also clearly realized that Dou Jiande's tone seemed to have some anger, and he seemed to be very dissatisfied with his request. Surprisingly, Li Mi couldn't help but say in his heart: "What's wrong? Could it be that the broken place name of Niuzhukou really makes Dou Jiande, a native bun, so unhappy?"

At this time, one or two Great Xia civil and military officials stood up to help Li Mi and suggested that Dou Jiande agree to what Li Mi asked for - because if this succeeds, it can indeed help the Great Xia court obtain many cannon fodder troops and large areas of land. Unfortunately, Dou Jiande seemed to have taken the wrong medicine and roared: "I said there is no need, so don't say too much!"

The civil and military officials who were also extremely surprised quickly shut up. Li Mi, who had seen Dou Jiande's bearish temper, did not dare to persist. He shut up obediently and lowered his head slightly. Dou Jiande glanced at Li Mi again and snorted in his heart, "You are smart. If you say something more, I will kill you immediately if I mutiny on the white horse! But don't be too happy too early. When I get the real evidence, I will wait for the ordinary man Yang Jishan to come here... Humph!"

After saying that in his heart, Dou Jiande ordered loudly: "I will send an order to the whole army to rest for a night. The whole army will cross the river tomorrow. Fan Yuan will lead 10,000 elite troops to cross first. If the Chen thief goes out to intercept, fight resolutely! Be sure to win!" The civil and military officials of the Great Xia sang promises together, and they all muttered in their hearts whether His Majesty took the wrong medicine today. Why are he so angry for no reason?

He left Dou Jiande in confusion and returned to his entourage. When he returned to his entourage, Wang Bodang and Wang Xuance immediately came up to meet him. While saluting Li Mi, Wang Bodang whispered: "Mr., what happened? Why are there a tail behind you?"

"Is there a tail behind me?" Li Mi's heart trembled. While pretending to be talking to Wang Bodang and Wang Xuance indifferently, while observing sideways casually, he found that there was a tail behind him. Li Mi couldn't help but wonder, and said in his heart: "What happened? How could anyone secretly monitor me? Didn't the spurt that Dou Jiande had placed next to me before had already been removed?"

What made Li Mi even more surprised and worried was still behind. In the evening of that day, a team of Dou Jiande's Imperial Guards suddenly came to his camp and claimed that they had come to strengthen their protection of Li Mi by following the imperial edict of Dou Jiande. Li Mi was shocked and quickly ordered Wang Bodang to come forward to inquire about the reasons. The Imperial Guards also said that it was because they were very close to the Chen thief army. Dou Jiande was afraid that the Sui army would sneak into the camp to hurt important officials, so he increased his troops to protect Li Mi. After hearing this, Li Mi complained and knew that Dou Jiande had indeed become suspicious of him, but he couldn't figure out the problem there. At the same time, he was forced to accept Dou Jiande's so-called kindness, and at the same time he quickly found the reason why Dou Jiande suddenly became suspicious of him and studied other ways to escape.

The next morning, with the support of the remnants of Yang Gongqing of Zheng's army, the Dou army began to cross the river in full swing. More than 200 boats and boats of all sizes and boats on the river surface were constantly transporting Dou army soldiers across the Yellow River. The scouts of the Sui army discovered these situations and quickly sent the news to Hulao Pass to report to Chen Sangliang. The generals of the Sui army suggested that Chen Sangliang send troops immediately, fight a victory first to boost morale, and also setback the enemy's spirit. However, Chen Sangliang shook his head flatly and refused, "No need to attack, let him Dou Jiande cross the Yellow River."

"Your Highness, the bandit army is powerful and has a force of more than 100,000. If they all cross the Yellow River, it will be difficult to defeat them in one fell swoop." Yin Kaishan asked suspiciously: "Now is a great opportunity to severely damage the enemy's vanguard. Your Highness has always used troops like a god, so why should he miss it for nothing?"

Chen Sangliang smiled and said, "If Dou Jiande runs to Yanjin, Baima to cross the river, then I will send troops to seize the opportunity to attack halfway. But since Dou Jiande is at the Niuzhukou Ferry, we don't need to send troops."

"Why?" the Sui army generals asked in surprise.

"Because Niuzhukou is a mortal enemy." Chen Sangliang replied with a smile: "The Yellow River is on the north side of Niuzhukoukou, Hulao Pass to the west, and Tongji Canal to the east, which is difficult to cross. Only the south side is open, but the counties and counties in the south have been destroyed, and there are no food and grass supplies or solid cities to guard. There are also three rivers of Suo, Jing and Zheng that are not big or small, and the more we go, the more we will be far away from Dou Jiande's nest. Therefore, as long as we defeat Dou Jiande in the Niuzhukou area, we can immediately severely damage or even wipe out his main force! In such a favorable battlefield, since Dou Jiande likes to come in, why should I stop him?"

He looked at each other in surprise for a few glances, and then Feng Deyi reminded carefully: "Your Highness, Dou Jiande's thief army is in a difficult situation and has strong troops. It is probably not that easy for us to defeat him in Niuzhukou?"

"The situation is difficult to stop? Why didn't I find it?" Chen Sangliang laughed and said with a smile: "If Hulao Pass is still in the hands of the enemy and Dou Jiande's bandit army directly crossed Hulao Pass and drove towards Luoyang, then it can be considered a difficult to stop. But now that Hulao Pass is already in our hands, what kind of situation does Dou Jiande's bandit army have to stop? Don't forget that even I had no choice but to take Hulao Pass back then, and in the end, I could only rely on Wang Shichong to attack Zhai Li's bandit army, and finally barely forced away Zhai Li's bandit army. Could Dou Jiande's bandit army have more and more powerful methods and strength than me?"

Speaking of this, Chen Sangliang paused and smiled and said, "So we must not be anxious in this battle. We must first use the strong city of Hulao Pass to exhaust Dou Jiande's vigor and make his thief military commander tired and tired of fighting. Then we will send troops to attack fiercely, and we will definitely win a great victory!"

Seeing that Chen Sangliang was so confident and had Hulao Pass City to defend, there was no need to be afraid of Dou Jiande's attack head-on, the civil and military officials of the Sui army did not insist on asking for the battle. Then Yin Kaishan suggested: "Your Highness, then let's take advantage of Dou Jiande's usual weapon to take down Luokou Cang as soon as possible. After taking down Luokou Cang, we can completely solve the food and grass problem, and we don't have to worry about being attacked by Wang Xuanying when Dou Jiande's ordinary man fought."

"It's still not necessary." Chen Sangliang smiled and said, "Dou Jiande is here to save Wang Shichong. When he sends troops to attack the city, will Wang Xuanying stand by and watch? When Wang Xuanying is forced to send troops, we will first severely damage his main force in the field, and then send troops to attack Luokoucang. This will not only make sure that it can increase a lot, but also reduce many casualties in soldiers."

The Sui army generals nodded and said yes, and they flattered King Tang and said that the ghosts and gods were hard to predict. Chen Sangliang smiled, then turned to Wang Fubao and said, "Fubao, you have to suffer some grievances when you give you a task of scolding, but for our overall consideration, you must suffer this grievance."

"Please give me the order." Wang Fubao clasped his fists without hesitation.

"You bring 300 cavalry out of the city and go to the formation of Dou Jiande's bandit army to show off, pretend to surrender your former companions, and completely anger Dou Jiande for me." Chen Sangliang said: "If Dou Jiande sends troops to attack you, you cannot fight with you, and retreat immediately."

Wang Fubao promised and immediately went down to assemble cavalry to get out of the city. Although some of the civil and military officials of the Sui army were worried that Wang Fubao would take the opportunity to escape, considering Chen Sangliang's unquestionable habit of hiring people, he knew that even if he spoke, it would be useless, and no one wasted this little effort.

As Chen Sangliang expected, when Wang Fubao appeared in front of the Dou army formation with 300 cavalry, countless Dou army generals roared and cursed in the Dou army formation. When Wang Fubao persuaded his old colleagues to lead the army to surrender, the Dou army generals led by Fan Yuan were even more furious and immediately rushed to attack. Wang Fubao remembered Chen Sangliang's orders and led the army to retreat immediately. The Dou army chased him reluctantly, but Wang Fubao escaped quickly and simply, and even chased him at Hulao Pass that he could not kill a Sui cavalry. On the contrary, he was shot dead and injured by the strong bow and crossbow on the city wall, and had to retreat with hatred.

When the news reached Dou Jiande, Dou Jiande was naturally furious. While cursing Wang Fubao's shameless betrayal, he ordered the army to immediately prepare siege weapons after crossing the river and launch an attack as soon as possible to capture Hulao Pass. At the same time, it is natural that people must be sent to go up the Yellow River in a small boat to Luokoucang to contact Wang Xuanying, and asked Wang Xuanying to send troops to attack Hulao Pass when his own army sieges, sharing the frontal pressure for his own army.

On Li Mi's side, Li Mi could certainly see that this was Chen Sangliang's re-use of the same trick as Chen Sangliang bullied Dou Jiande like he bullied Yang Xuangan back then - deliberately provoking and angering, seducing Dou Jiande to launch a hasty attack when he was not prepared enough. However, Li Mi no longer cared about persuading Dou Jiande like he persuaded Yang Xuangan back then, because Li Mi, Wang Bodang, Wang Xuance and others were not always closely monitored by Dou Jiande's guards, and could not move freely. After Dou Jiande crossed the Yellow River, when he established a camp ten miles east of Hulao Pass at night, Yang Jishanran, who was commanding the last direct line for Li Mi, also came to Dou Jiande's camp and came to Li Mi's front.

Seeing Yang Jishan suddenly appear, Li Mi was very surprised at first, then was shocked. He quickly asked Wang Bo to guard the tent gate, and then asked in a low voice: "Why are you here? Where is our army? Why didn't I see a new army coming here?"

"Our army is still in the jujube." Yang Jishan replied: "I was ordered to lead the army westward to assist in the war. As a result, I suddenly received an imperial edict from Dou Jiande yesterday, asking me to temporarily stay in the jujube, and temporarily hand it over to command Fang Xuanzao to lead, and to come to Niuzhukou first to see the enemy, so I came."

"It's bad!" Li Mi heard the complaint and was even more certain that Dou Jiande had indeed become suspicious of himself and was probably ready to attack him. Yang Jishan quickly asked Li Mi again what happened. Why did Dou Jiande suddenly issue this strange imperial edict? Li Mi did not answer, but asked angrily: "Why don't you make excuses to refuse? Why did I entrust my last line to you for? Don't you know in your heart?"

When Yang Jishan heard the cry for injustice, he quickly said, "I originally wanted to find an excuse to refuse to leave the army, but Fang Xuanzao reminded me again that you are still here. If I disobey, you will definitely be in danger, so I have no choice but to bring a team of cavalry to come here first."

When Li Mi heard this, he almost fainted. He knew in his heart that Fang Xuanzao had been secretly bribed by Dou Jiande, and he knew even more that he could no longer rely on his direct line to help him. Yang Jishan quickly asked the reason for this strange thing. Li Mi was forced to helplessly, and then he whispered the truth in Yang Jishan's ear, and said that the fact that he was preparing to defect was probably noticed by Dou Jiande. Yang Jishan was shocked and asked, "What should I do? Now we are all in Dou Jiande's camp, and we are just like fishing in the same case. If Dou Jiande suddenly takes action, we can't resist it at all?"

Li Mi did not answer, and was silent for a long time before whispering: "It can only be run away. Dou Jiande is so angry that he can kill him. If he doesn't run away, we will all be dead."

"Then where will we run?" Yang Jishan asked again quickly: "Do you escape back to the sour jujube and meet with our army?"

Li Mi shook her head and said, "You can't go back to the sour jujube. Fang Xuanzao strongly urges you to leave the army and come here to pay homage to Dou Jiande. It's probably no longer reliable. When we go back, we will only die in vain."

"Then run to that? Go south? If Dou Jiande's usual cavalry dispatches to chase him, how can we resist?" Yang Jishan asked again in a low voice.
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