The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 943 Completed and out of the mountain, killing in the dark

Li Jiancheng gives people the impression that he is a gentle and modest gentleman. If someone thinks that he is a frail scholar waiting to be slaughtered, they are very wrong.In fact, as a general's disciple, Li Jiancheng's martial arts skills are not bad, but he rarely has the opportunity to do it himself.

At this time, he thought that an assassin was coming to assassinate him, so he pulled out the sword on the table in surprise, and stabbed at Yinmingyue.The sword has been hidden in its sheath for ten years, but it is still a murderous weapon when it is unsheathed.

A sword crossed the sky, like a bolt of lightning, piercing through the distance of space, a distance of several feet, and it arrived in an instant.

When the sharp sword condensed into a little cold star and stabbed at Yinmingyue's throat, Yinmingyue held up his sword to fight, and the two swords clashed. Only a "clang" sound was heard, and Li Jiancheng's sword was struck by the "peerless sword". Cut into two pieces.The momentum of the sword did not disappear, and it stabbed towards Li Jiancheng like a spirit snake.

The unexpected broken blade surprised Li Jiancheng. Seeing that the blade had reached his chest, he dodged to the side behind him, dodging Yin Mingyue's sword with a narrow shot, but what surprised him was that the opponent did not take advantage of the situation to pursue, but the long sword Point to yourself.Only then did he notice that the assassin turned out to be a woman.

She was wearing a night gown with a dagger at her waist, but the tights set off her curvaceous curves, showing the softness of her daughter's family, but her pair of sword eyebrows were black and bright, and she was a little more heroic than most women .

"Why are you here?" It's not the first time Li Jiancheng has seen Yinmingyue, since he started his army in Jinyang, he has had many opportunities to meet Yang Tong, among which Yinmingyue took him to meet Yang Tong twice.It was just the sudden appearance of Yin Mingyue that surprised him.

Of course, Li Jiancheng didn't think that Yang Tong sent Yin Mingyue to assassinate him, because if Yang Tong had the intention to kill him, he wouldn't be alive now.

"I'll come if I want to."

Seeing that Li Jiancheng recognized her, Yin Mingyue took a few steps back, and still looked at Li Jiancheng with a pair of cold eyes vigilantly. If she hadn't cut off Li Jiancheng's sword with the strength of the sword, she might not be the opponent's enemy.

"Husband, do you know this girl?" Zheng Guanyin saw that the assassin was a beautiful and slim woman, and seeing that her husband seemed to know her, her sense of fear was greatly reduced.

"Brother, sister-in-law!" Li Xiuning had already greeted Li Jiancheng when he was about to introduce him.

"Third sister?" Li Jiancheng and his wife were both surprised and delighted.

Li Xiuning closed the door, stepped in, and said hastily: "Brother, sister-in-law, don't be alarmed, we came here to rescue you by holy order, and it's definitely not against elder brother or sister-in-law."

"Third Sister, you, are you here under the order of Renjin?" After all, he was a former prince, and Li Jiancheng quickly recovered the calmness of the superior.

"Exactly." Li Xiuning said, and handed a letter to her eldest brother, saying, "Big brother, this is a letter from my husband."

Seeing that he was respectful and polite to him, Webster's timidity faded away, so he stretched out his hands and accepted the imperial edict.

Li Jiancheng read the letter carefully, his brows twitched, and then he stared at it again.

In the letter, Yang Tong said that no one could change the general trend of the Sui rule of the world. All the efforts Li Shimin made were nothing more than lingering on his last breath and jumping over the wall. The longing for Li Tang's soldiers could not change the war-weariness of Li Tang's soldiers, nor could it change the very clear situation.I hope that Li Jiancheng will use his influence to persuade Li Xiaogong to continue to attack Nanzhao for the Sui Dynasty for the sake of the people of Yizhou, instead of mixing with Li Shimin and doing unnecessary death struggles; after that, he talked about Li Daozong's whereabouts, saying Not only is he still alive and well, but he has already led troops to conquer the country of Wa and captured a large island for the Sui Dynasty. When the world is unified, Yang Tong will let Li Daozong go from darkness to light, and officially canonize him as the leader of the Sui Dynasty. Will.He also made a promise to Li Jiancheng himself, no matter whether he was willing to persuade Li Xiaogong for the Sui Dynasty or not, Yang Tong would not make things difficult for him, and he would choose whether to go into politics or retire in the future...

After carefully reading the contents of the letter, it took Li Jiancheng a long while before he slowly asked a question not related to the contents of the letter: "Did Renjin lead the Sui army to take down Mianzhu County?"

He was kicked here by Li Shimin to be the owner of the valley, and he was trapped here to live a life isolated from the world. The Red Armor Army supervised him so tightly that he was almost deaf and blind, so he couldn't even think about what happened outside.However, Zhao Hongzhi, Xu Shimo, Wei Ting and others were afraid of leaking secrets, so they only sent letters occasionally. Li Jiancheng had no way of obtaining first-hand information.Therefore, I don't know the news that Pu'an and other counties fell, and that Yang Tong led the army to Mianzhu County in Shu County.

"Not only Mianzhu County, but I am afraid that Luo County will also be beaten down by the army tonight, and the next step is to come to Chengdu." Li Xiuning glanced at the elder brother who had mixed feelings, and sighed: "Brother, today's Li There are not many Tangjiang mountains left, and the only twelve counties of Dangchang, Tongchang, Wudu, Wenshan, Shujun, Xincheng, Suining, Linqiong, Meishan, Ziyang, and Yuejuan are incomplete, and they are not complete. The Great Sui army was split into many small pieces that could not communicate with each other, I am afraid that it will not be long before the world will be reunified by the Great Sui."

Li Jian was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled bitterly silently.Now this valley is the territory of the Great Sui Dynasty, and Yang Tong even sent someone to meet with him; doesn't this mean that he is trapped in the tiger's den before he escapes from the wolf's den?

He calmed down and made his thoughts clearer, then he asked strangely: "Renjin wants to see me, so he just asks someone to take me away, but now he asks you to come to meet me secretly, why?"

Li Xiuning pondered for a while, and then said: "Although the elder brother was forced to live here in seclusion, after all, he was the prince of the Li Tang Dynasty, and his influence in the court will not be eliminated in a short time. Li Shimin naturally does not want to see the elder brother use it His own influence has promoted the unification of the world as soon as possible. And now he just sent the direct army to monitor the eldest brother's every move. The Holy One is worried that after the news of the acceptance of the eldest brother, these soldiers who may have some secret orders will act against the eldest brother. Therefore, the younger sister and the younger sister Defei led people to sneak into the valley, first discuss with the eldest brother, and reach an agreement, so that you can be taken away smoothly without being discovered, at least, before being discovered, the safety of the eldest brother and sister-in-law must be ensured .”

Li Jiancheng frowned deeply and did not speak. He had completely given up on Li Tang Dynasty, his father and younger brother, and now he was concerned about the safety of his family, and began to think about how to cooperate with Li Xiuning so that the people who watched him would not find out.

Perhaps in front of the most ruthless father and brother, the former prince lost everything, and the only thing he had was the love from his wife and children. This made Li Jiancheng, who already cherished his family, cherish his family even more. Any mistakes in his wife and children.

"Husband, at the beginning you promised me that you would take our mother and son back to our hometown in Hedong to live a life of men farming and women weaving!" Zheng Guanyin thought that her husband was unwilling to follow the Sui Dynasty, so she said softly: "Now the world of Li and Tang has passed away. There is no one worthy of our nostalgia, let's go with Sanmei! Isn't Yuanji's family a lesson for us?"

Li Jiancheng was silent for a moment, then smiled self-deprecatingly: "Even if I was careful not to make mistakes, I would still be a prisoner? If it weren't for Xiao Gong's soldiers outside, we would have followed in Yuan Ji's footsteps. There is really nothing in Li Tang's world to be attached to." Let's go with the third sister, and when the world is stable, I will never participate in the right and wrong of the world again."

"It's so good." Zheng Guanyin's eyes were moist. They were a couple who depended on each other and loved each other. At this time, they could not help but feel agitated when they received her husband's words of affirmation, and they choked up and shed tears.

"Third Sister, how many of you are here?" Li Jiancheng asked Li Xiuning.

"For the sake of secrecy, we didn't have too many people here, but they were all elite soldiers brought out by the Holy Majesty himself. Including our two sisters, there were more than [-] people in total. To avoid long nights and dreams, we had better act tonight." Li Xiuning Speaking of this, the voice changed, and he said in a tone full of evil spirit: "Since there is no problem with the elder brother, then we will divide into two groups, one to ensure the safety of the elder brother, and the other to be responsible for annihilating the army in the valley."

Hearing this, Li Jiancheng's lips could not help trembling: more than 800 enemy troops came silently, but Li Shimin's so-called elite soldiers didn't notice it. This Sui army is really terrible.

At the same time, he was also deeply moved by Yang Tong's risky move of sending two concubines for him. He cooperated and said: "This army usually operates outside the main house, but whenever there is trouble, it will come forward." Come check."

"Little sister understands." Li Xiuning nodded, looked at Yin Mingyue, and asked, "Sister Mingyue, what should we do now?"

Li Xiuning is good at commanding upright and upright troops to conduct large-scale battles, while Yin Mingyue's fighting style is just the opposite. Her specialty is to use small groups of troops to launch raids.And long before they set off, Yin Mingyue had already drawn up an action plan to sneak in and wipe out the enemy.

This is the plan drawn up by Yin Mingyue, who has never failed. Li Xiuning, who is not good at this, will naturally not pretend to be an expert and give orders blindly. After hearing Yin Mingyue's simple explanation, she is already amazed by her plan. The wealth and lives of brothers, sisters-in-law, nephews and nieces are naturally based on Yin Mingyue's opinion.

Yin Mingyue and Li Shi had a feud against their father. Although it was due to differences in political opinions, his father died at the hands of Li Tang. It is impossible to say that there is no grudge, except for Li Xiuning, who has become a female family member of the Yang family. Well, Yin Mingyue didn't have the slightest affection for the Li family and his son, so after Li Xiuning came in, she kept silent.Hearing Li Xiuning's question, he just said with care like gold: "Shock the grass to scare the snake."

After that, he walked out of the room. "Papa papa" three times in a row, and several figures jumped out of the darkness immediately.

"I've seen the general," Zheng Liwan and Fang Xiuzhu, who were walking in front, hurried over.

"Excuse me!" Yin Mingyue ordered in a low voice, "You can start now."

"Here."

Zheng Liwan responded, leaped to a high place, took out a torch from her bosom, unplugged it, and blew vigorously, the torch suddenly burst into flames, and then she waved it three times to the south of the dark valley .

Soon, a small flame also appeared in the dark, and danced three times in this direction to show that it had received the message.

Zheng Liwan put away the fire folder, jumped down lightly, and said in a low voice: "General, Luo Cha has replied."

As soon as the words fell, a house burst into flames, which quickly reflected the dark sky red.

Yin Mingyue watched silently, and found that the burning house in the distance was a garrison of the Red Armor Army. Obviously, when she was acting, Yang Qinfang had already led people to sneak in and killed all the soldiers of the Tang Army inside.

……

The fire finally alarmed the soldiers of the Tang army guarding Li Jiancheng. They shouted in shock, and some people rushed to the residence of the general Qiao Gui. The wind helped the fire, and the rapid flames burned through the roof. A sea of ​​fire.

Qiao Gui already knew the news of the fall of Mianzhu County, and was worrying about becoming a lone army. It took more than an hour before Li Shimin sent an emergency order, asking him to try to transfer Li Jiancheng to Chengdu. Qiao Gui While he was relieved, he was worried about being out of the sight of the Sui army. He was considering the details of the operation to escort Li Jiancheng back to Beijing, but the shouts outside interrupted his train of thought, and he said angrily, "What happened outside?"

A personal soldier rushed in and said very nervously: "Report to the general, there is a fire outside, outside!"

"Is the main house on fire?" Surprised, Qiao Gui stood up without waiting for the soldiers to reply, and strode outside. He saw that all the ten large tents in the southeast direction were on fire, and the flames shot up into the sky. In one piece, the soldiers were in a mess, staggered and escaped, crying and shouting.

Qiao Gui was stunned, and then asked sharply, "What's going on?"

"I don't know what the reason is, or someone came in and set fire?" said Chief Shi Weilun who rushed over after hearing the news.

"I don't think it's possible." Qiao Gui shook his head and analyzed: "We have set up ten detection posts at the mouth of the valley to make sure nothing goes wrong. If someone sneaks in, it will definitely alarm our light and dark detection posts. It's a cliff, and even a vigorous ape might not be able to climb it down, let alone a human. Could it be that some soldiers accidentally caught fire?"

Wei Lun looked at the blazing fire and said: "The fire is so fierce that it seems to burn up all at once. I think the possibility of a fire is unlikely."

"What do you think, sir?" Qiao Gui was also aware of this problem.

"The King of Qionglin County still has an army that His Highness the Crown Prince does not know about, and he has already contacted the King. These soldiers provide the opportunity for the Sui Army to go south, sneak into the valley to snatch people, and our scouts have laws to follow. The king of the county pays attention, it's not difficult to know." Wei Lun said anxiously: "Our scout post may have been solved silently by the infiltrators."

"Then what should we do?" Qiao Gui jumped anxiously.

"First gather the troops, and then command them to meet the enemy. As for the county king, he can ignore it for the time being. After all, there is only one way out of this valley. As long as the invading enemies are wiped out, the county king will be hard to fly."

Just as he was about to answer, Qiao Gui suddenly saw a suspicious figure running in the big tent. He was furious, and immediately rushed back to the room and took out a big knife. Regardless of Wei Lun's persuasion, he took a few soldiers and ran towards the shadow. Fang Xiang hurriedly chased after him, and shouted: "Good thief, where are you going to run?"

"Hoo!" When he chased a hundred steps away, there was a sharp blade piercing through the air in the darkness, and Qiao Gui's heart was filled with warning signs, and he subconsciously turned sideways to avoid it.

"Pfft~" Qiao Gui let out a miserable snort amidst the splashing of blood, and immediately stopped in his tracks. His impulsive mind, driven by anger, quickly settled down. Taking a closer look under the blaze of flames, he saw the figures in the darkness. Can't help but sink in the bottom of my heart.

"No, I fell into the enemy's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain." '

This thought was fleeting, and just as Qiao Gui was about to retreat, two more crossbow arrows pierced his shoulder blades in no particular order.

"You have no guts, dare to harm me!" Qiao Gui let out an unwilling roar, and was about to turn around and run away when he felt a sharp pain in his back. He screamed and died on the spot, a sharp poisonous arrow pierced through him In the dark, Yang Qinfang ruthlessly shot the enemy general to the ground.

In just such a short period of time, the fire burned more rapidly, thick smoke billowed, and the fire was astonishing.The Tang army's garrison was in a mess. The soldiers who were sleeping were awakened one after another. Before they could put on their clothes, they grabbed their weapons and rushed out of the camp. Many of them were bare-chested and barefooted, looking extremely embarrassed. Under the light of the fire, one by one became a living target for Shura Wei who merged into the night.

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The burning flames in the valley finally spread outside the valley. Li Zhi, who was waiting for the news with a thousand soldiers, also felt the changes in the valley, and the alarm bell at the entrance of the valley rang 'Dangdang'.A dozen or so soldiers of the Sui army rushed out and shouted from a distance: "General Li, the valley is in chaos, hurry up!"

Li Zhi was overjoyed, without any hesitation, he immediately ordered: "Let me kill everyone!"

He clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and the horse rushed out, followed by a thousand cavalry closely behind him, and went to the valley mouth to hide and kill.

The situation is changing rapidly.

They had just walked around the small hill in front of the narrow valley road, and saw that the suddenly clear valley had been engulfed in a sea of ​​flames, and there were two or three hundred soldiers of the Tang Army running towards this side. Everyone was holding weapons, but they all looked in a panic. Facing the sudden appearance of Sui soldiers, they retreated one after another, preparing to form a formation to meet the enemy.

Seeing this, Li Zhi was also very surprised by the performance of this army, but how could he give the enemy a chance to form an formation?Immediately shouted: "Kill me, kill them all."

He took the lead and rushed into the enemy group. Wherever he passed, blood splattered, limbs flew horizontally, and the wailing sounded. Blood flowed everywhere.

These soldiers were terrified of being killed, seeing that the road ahead was blocked by the Sui army, they had to turn around and flee into the valley. Li Zhi shouted, "The first regiment guards the valley entrance, and the rest of the soldiers follow me!" Urging the horse, killing a bloody road, rushed into the valley filled with flames.

Wei Lun, who was commanding the soldiers and reorganizing the lineup, was stunned. He never thought that it was the soldiers of the Sui army who set the fire. This place is very far away from Mianzhu Pass, and it is very secret. How could the soldiers of the Sui army find out so quickly?But the scene in front of him actually appeared.

At this moment, a clear and indifferent voice came from behind, "The enemy will die!"

However, Yang Qinfang saw that the supporting army had arrived, and immediately commanded Shura Wei to turn the darkness into light. In his hand, Chengying Sword slashed at Wei Lun. Wei Lun only had one sword. He drew it to resist, but was caught by Cheng Ying When the shadow sword was cut off, Wei Lun was so frightened that he turned around and fled. A dozen of his own soldiers rushed forward to block Yang Qinfang and her soldiers. escape.

Yang Qinfang was furious: "Kill this guy!"

However, she and her personal guards failed to catch up, but Wei Lun was hacked to the ground by Yin Mingyue's sword and turned into a headless ghost.

The Sui army's night attack turned into a one-sided massacre. Hundreds of soldiers of the Red Armored Army were killed, leaving dead bodies everywhere.

Many servants and servants who were in charge of the daily life of Li Jiancheng's family, they were in chaos because of the fire, and they were about to escape out of the valley, but they attacked the Sui army led by Li Zhi, and all of them suffered disaster and became corpses.

(End of this chapter)