A cauliflower snake swam swiftly through the grass, instinctively sensing great danger and making it want to flee the dangerous area as fast as possible, but it was clear that its enemies were much stronger than it had predicted. A big foot stomped on its head accurately, and then a burly figure bent down, the soles of his feet moved slightly, and a few fingers pinched seven inches, lifting the cauliflower snake that was nearly two meters long.

The cauliflower snake twisted its body desperately, its long body wrapped around it, and tightened it hard, trying to fight for a life for itself, but the cold snake body also met the cold iron armor.

The strong man who grabbed the snake by seven inches laughed, stretched out his other hand, easily cut through the snake's body, took out the snake's gall bladder from the snake's body, threw it into his mouth, and swallowed it with a gulp.

The snake has a clear heart and clear eyes, which is indeed a good thing for him.

A good shooter, if his eyesight is not good, it is equivalent to wasting half of his effort.

swallowed the snake gall, held the snake body with the other hand, and with a bang, the snake's head was torn off, thrown away from the distance, and then the snake body was taken off the arm and still given to the people behind him.

A huge cauliflower snake, in an instant, entered the belly of several soldiers behind him.

It's a rout.

To be precise, they are a defeated army under Li Xin's subordinates in Luoyang, the eastern capital, and the general who led the team was Li Hai, who was famous for his archery skills.

After the fall of Weizhou, Li Xin, and Niu Furen were killed in battle, Li Hai's troops heard the news and collapsed, and in the end he just led hundreds of henchmen to break out of the siege and escape into the mountains.

In the past two months, Li Hai has almost become a bandit. If you don't have anything to eat, you can only grab it. Not only robbed the common people, but also robbed the Xuanwu army, as long as there is a chance to do it, and if he can do it, Li Hai will not hesitate to dispatch. From the beginning, he only had more than 200 cavalry, and now, he has slowly gathered thousands of defeated troops.

These people not only have the Shence Army in Luoyang, the eastern capital, but also the Chang'an Shence Army under Chen Bangzhao.

The number of people is small, and life can be easier, although the number of people is large, it is more difficult. At the beginning, the Xuanwu army did not take them seriously, although they occasionally attacked the logistics and transportation of Xuanwu, but as long as the vigilance was strengthened, this manpower would not play a role. As for them robbing villages and towns, Xuanwu Jun didn't care at all.

But now that there are more people, Li Hai has no way to rob the village, because this is not enough to feed them, he can only hit the head of the Xuanwu army, and after one or two successes, it finally attracted the pursuit of the Xuanwu army, and Li Hai, who was helpless, could only take them around.

Slowly, the number of people is decreasing.

Some died in battle, while others deserted when they saw that the situation was not good. In this regard, Li Hai didn't care, these people were originally not strong-willed, so it was better to run away, so as not to waste the food he had worked so hard to get.

But life is getting harder and harder. With the Xuanwu army occupying this area for a long time, their rule has slowly stabilized, and the Xuanwu army that has set up checkpoints everywhere is also gradually reducing the space for Li Hai's activities.

He was not in a hurry to send a large army to exterminate the wandering imperial army under his command, but squeezed it into a specific area little by little, and then gathered and annihilated it.

Of course, Li Hai knew this, but he couldn't do anything about it.

He only has this strength, the county town cannot be touched, he avoids the enemy's garrison, the avenues are blocked, and there are checkpoints on the paths.

If you continue like this, even if you don't starve to death, you will probably end up surrounded by the enemy's army.

Surrender is also a way out. For Li Hai, the Xuanwu army is still very appreciative, the first battle of Zhaoyi, the imperial court 100,000 Shence army, almost all of them were scattered, except for those who died in battle, those who fled, and the others who survived, all surrendered to Xuanwu, and now after being reorganized by the Xuanwu army, they are becoming a new force in their fight against Hedong and Wuwei. There was only one Li Hai, who not only ran away from the siege, but also pulled up another team, causing great trouble to Xuanwu.

Zhu Youwen once pasted a letter of surrender signed by him everywhere in various villages and towns, and as long as Li Haiken surrendered, he would be entrusted with the post of deputy commander of Weizhou.

However, Li Hai was sneering at Zhu Youwen's solicitation.

Is he afraid of death?

Of course. Who is not afraid of death!

But as long as he thinks of Fuwang Li Xin, don't drive Niu Furen and others, one died on the battlefield, and the other self-immolated in Weizhou City, Li Hai couldn't help but be extremely resentful, this is his benefactor, and he is more kind than the mountain. Even if he could not avenge them, he would never surrender to Xuanwu, who killed his benefactor.

Li Hai decided to play a big one.

Ten days ago, he set his sights on the county seat of Le'an.

There are not many garrisons here, only one or two thousand, and for him who still has eight hundred, it is not impossible to fight.

Of course, it's not a hard bar.

To his surprise, in Le'an County, there was actually a Shence army of more than 100 people who were recruited, and it was subordinate to the Luoyang Shence Army, and the sentry commander who led more than 100 people also happened to be a person known to Li Hai, a distant relative of Changshi Pei Ju, named Pei Yuanqing.

After contacting Pei Yuanqing, Li Hai's confidence was greatly increased, this time he went out day and night, lurked near Le'an, prepared to rob Le'an City, get enough food, war horses, and then fled in the direction of the river.

"Li Zhen, I will bring fifty people into Le'an City, Pei Yuanqing will pick me up, he can't accept more people." Li Hai looked at his deputy Li Zhen, this is a disciple of the clan, and it is also the reason why Li Hai believes in him, others will surrender, and people like Li Zhen will definitely not, because Xuanwu Zhu Wen is now preparing to dig up the ancestral grave of his Li dynasty.

"Three days later, at midnight, you led all the horses to launch a surprise attack on Le'an, Pei Yuanqing and I met in the city, took the county seat in one fell swoop, and then got enough food and war horses, we have a great chance to escape. As long as you escape to the river, you will have the opportunity to return to Chang'an. "Li Haidao.

"General Li, is Pei Yuanqing credible? He surrendered to Xuanwu! Li Zhen gritted his teeth and said.

"In that situation, you can't be too harsh on others." Li Hai sighed: "Besides, for Pei Changshi's sake, I will choose to believe him once." Li Zhen, we don't have many opportunities, Zhu Youwen is a powerful person, if we continue to consume like this, we don't want to live. ”

Li Zhen nodded helplessly: "General Li, you have to be careful." ”

"The attack will start three days later, and if I don't send you a letter back, the operation will be canceled immediately. Scatter yourselves, and remember my codeword, for if there is no codeword, then I am done. "Li Haidao.

Li Zhen nodded.

That night, Li Hai left the team with fifty henchmen and quietly headed for Le'an. The next day, with the help of Pei Yuanqing, he successfully entered the city, and then lurked in Pei's camp.

Le'an County was defenseless, which made Li Hai overjoyed.

But this joy only lasted for half a day. On this day, I was convinced that a force of 3,000 soldiers and horses suddenly appeared outside Le'an City, and the commander of the troops turned out to be Zhu Youwen stationed in the Acropolis.

Li Hai was stunned in an instant.

Could it be that someone betrayed him? Otherwise, why would Zhu Youwen suddenly appear here with a large army?

Before he could put his suspicions about Pei Yuanqing into practice, a greater shock followed, and after the sky was bright, more Xuanwu troops came in an endless stream, and for a while, nearly 20,000 Xuanwu troops gathered in Le'an.

And Li Hai, who was hiding in Pei Yuanqing's camp, was unscathed.

This let Li Hai know that Pei Yuanqing did not betray him, and something else must have happened, which led Zhu Youwen to suddenly appear here with a large army.

There was no news that made Li Hai sit on pins and needles.

Zhu Youwen knows him, and there are really many people like Li Hai who know him. But now, he can't move, and he doesn't dare to leave the camp at all.

At noon on the third day, Pei Yuanqing finally brought back the news.

"It's Qianniuwei." Pei Yuanqing said: "Qianniuwei has more than 5,000 horses, and they are coming towards Le'an, they have avoided Weizhou City, they want to take Le'an and then march to Luzhou." ”

"How did Qianniuwei end up here?"

"I heard that it was Qianniu Wei who escorted the wife, son, and mother of the general Li Ze to Wuwei Festival Town, and the Xuanwu direction wanted to intercept them." Pei Yuanqing said: "The military order has just been passed down today, and at most tomorrow, Qianniuwei will arrive in Le'an." ”

Li Hai nodded slightly, compared to Weizhou City, Le'an is naturally much easier to fight. The low walls here are of little help to the defending side. But after breaking through Le'an, Acropolis City has become an ornament.

"Qianniuwei was trained by the Wuwei generals. The combat effectiveness is extremely strong, but I know that even General Qin's Yuan Cong Janissaries can't kill them, Pei Yuanqing, this is an opportunity for us. A flash of joy flashed in Li Hai's eyes. Zhu Youwen must use the city wall here to form a three-dimensional defensive area, defend the middle and lead the attack, and fight a decisive battle with Qianniuwei under the city. Will you be sent out of the city? ”

Pei Yuanqing shook his head: "How can we win their trust?" This time, those who went out of the city to fight were the main forces brought by Zhu Youwen. ”

"Very good." Li Haidao. "Tell the brethren that when the time comes, let's fight to the death."

"Is the brother outside the city still informed?"

"I don't notice it, this kind of big war, they can't make a difference." Li Hai stroked the longbow in his hand.