At the fifth watch, Zhang Xuan was woken up by Pei Zhizhi in his deep sleep, "Husband, wake up!" ”

Zhang Xuan opened his eyes tiredly and looked at it, and then casually grabbed Pei Zhizhi's waist, held her in his arms and continued to sleep, Pei Zhizhi was angry and funny, and said to him in his ear: "It's Mr. Fang who is in a hurry!" ”

Jao Hyun opened his eyes suddenly, sleepless, he sat up and asked, "How long has he been here?" ”

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Pei Zhizhi got up first and lit the candle, put on his clothes, and helped her husband to wash up briefly, put on a thick leather jacket for him, Zhang Xuan kissed her white pretty face, and laughed in a low voice: "I still sleep here at night!" ”

Pei Zhizhi blushed, "I can't help you, go quickly!" Don't keep Mr. Fang waiting. ”

Zhang Xuan also knew that Fang Xuanling came to look for him at this time, it must be that Liu Heimin had news, so he also left the courtyard quickly and walked towards the front house.

Zhang Xuan walked into the outer study like a gust of wind, Fang Xuanling and Ling Jing, who were talking, hurriedly stood up, Zhang Xuan asked, "Is there any definite news?" ”

In the past two days, Fang Xuanling and Ling Jing simply slept in the official office, and after receiving the news, they immediately came to find Zhang Xuan.

"I just received the eagle letter, it's in Langshan!"

Zhang Xuan walked to the wall and looked up at the map on the wall, Langshan used to be Wei Dao'er's lair, and there were more than 100,000 bandits at most, but after Wei Dao'er, Wang Basu and Lu Mingyue were exterminated one after another, there were no more bandits in Shanggu County.

"Is the message confirmed?"

Ling Jing nodded, "It was Liu Lancheng who mixed into the caravan, this person is bold and careful, and at the same time very steady, and he trusts him very much, since he said that it is Langshan, then it can be determined." ”

"What about Master Fang's opinion?" Zhang Xuan asked again.

Fang Xuanling pondered for a moment and said: "There are two possibilities, one is to deliver the goods in Langshan, Liu Heimin may not be in Langshan, and the second possibility is that Liu Heimin's lair is in Langshan." ”

"Which one does the military advisor prefer?"

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "I specially studied the terrain of Shanggu County yesterday, if Liu Heimin has the support of the Tang Army, then the Tang Army must hope that Liu Heimin will cooperate with the Tang Army to exterminate Liu Wuzhou, and Langshan is not far from the Flying Fox Road, and it happens to be a place that the government can't control, plus there is a foundation laid by Wei Dao'er here, I personally tend to the second possibility, Liu Heimin's lair is in Langshan." ”

Zhang Xuan looked at Ling Jing again, and Ling Jing said with a smile: "The lowly position has been with Liu Heimin for many years, this person is not a suspicious person, he has always been straightforward, and the lowly position also feels that he will not make any more roundabouts, and there is no need." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "No matter what, as long as we keep an eye on five hundred pairs of armor, we can find Liu Heimin's lair!" ”

Zhang Xuan immediately issued a military order, ordering Duan Xianda, the commander of Youzhou, to lead 5,000 troops to Langshan, and at the same time ordered Su Dingfang, who was stationed in Gaoyang County, Hejian County in advance, to lead 10,000 cavalry to march day and night to Langshan.

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Lang Mountain is the Langya Mountain of later generations, belongs to the remaining veins of Taihang Mountain, the mountain stretches for more than 50 miles, the mountains here are stacked on top of each other, the valley is deep, the strange peaks stand in a forest, the mountain is extremely steep and precipitous.

A few years ago, this was Wei Dao'er's old nest, and more than 100,000 soldiers were stationed at the peak, and Wei Dao'er was proclaimed emperor here.

Although Wei Dao'er perished under the joint attack of Lu Mingyue and Song Jingang, there were still many buildings left in Langshan, and Liu Heimin led 3,000 subordinates to settle here, ready to make a big deal here.

Liu Heimin was still in a state of concealment at this time, and he was waiting for the opportunity of the Sui army to launch the Jiangnan Campaign in Shanggu County, capture Shanggu County, and then sweep Youzhou and Liaodong, and then seize Hebei based on Youzhou.

But Liu Heimin was not in Langshan before, but in Hejian County, due to the failure of intercepting Dou Jiande, he was worried that the captured cavalry would betray him, so he evacuated Hejian County overnight and transferred to Langshan, Shanggu County, before that, he had secretly sent his subordinates to store a large amount of grain in Langshan.

At present, what Liu Heimin lacks most is armor, Gao Hui went to Chang'an to visit the prince Li Jiancheng, Li Jiancheng promised to provide them with 10,000 sets of leather armor, but these 10,000 sets of leather armor will not be transported to Shanggu County until the Tang army exterminates Liu Wuzhou.

On the one hand, she used the caravan to send a lot of leather to Liu Heimin, and asked Liu Heimin to cut the leather armor by herself, but on the other hand, she bought armor from Jiangnan, and this time she actually got five hundred pairs of Mingguang armor, which made Liu Heimin overjoyed.

Liu Heimin had been looking forward to the arrival of the Mingguang armor, and at noon that day, a soldier who was standing guard at the foot of the mountain rushed to report, "King, Steward Jiang is here!" ”

Liu Heimin was overjoyed, and after waiting for half a month, Mingguang Kai finally came, and he hurriedly led hundreds of people down the mountain to pick up the goods.......

Next to an abandoned mountain road at the foot of Lang Mountain, the caravan was waiting for Liu Heimin to come to pick up the goods, the guys had been walking for more than ten days, they were all exhausted, and they were looking for a place to lie down and rest, but Liu Lancheng was alone and ready to unload, Steward Jiang smiled: "Brother Liu, don't be busy, the mules and horses will be given to the other party later, take a rest!" ”

Liu Lancheng found a big stone to sit down and rest, while looking at the surrounding terrain, they are located in the middle of the mountain, surrounded by snow, the mountain road is a steep mountain on one side, and a ravine is as deep as a hundred zhang on the other side, but it is not a cliff, but a relatively gentle soil slope, wrapped in a thick layer of snow, and below is the pine forest of Hesse.

At this moment, Liu Lancheng suddenly found that countless figures appeared faintly in the pine forest at the foot of the mountain, and he immediately understood that it must be the Sui army that had arrived, so he ambushed in the pine forest, with his own men as guides, and the Sui army could easily find them.

But the rest of the caravan didn't notice anything unusual at the foot of the mountain, and they were all chatting excitedly, mostly about women.

"They're coming!"

Steward Jiang stood up suddenly, everyone got up one after another, only to see a group of people walking down from a narrow mountain road, about hundreds of people, led by a black-faced man, burly, full of meat, very fierce, intimidating, a guy next to him whispered to Liu Lancheng: "This person is called Liu Heimin, he is a bandit leader, murderous like hemp, don't mess with him." ”

After a while, Liu Heimin jumped down the mountain road and smiled heartily: "Steward Jiang, didn't my wife come?" ”

Steward Jiang said with a smile on his face: "General Qiyu, Madame is also looking forward to getting together with Duke Liu, but she still has to find a way to buy a second batch of armor for the general, so she can't come to meet with the general's legion for the time being." ”

Liu Heimin laughed, "My lady is very considerate!" ”

He walked up to the mule and shouted, "Unload all the goods!" ”

Steward Jiang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Doesn't the general just drive the mules up the mountain?" ”

Liu Heimin shook his head, "The heavy snow is blocking the road, the mules can't go up, they can only be carried, these mules will all be slaughtered later, we need meat." ”

Liu Lancheng hurriedly stepped forward and said, "These mules are very psychic, maybe they can go up the mountain!" ”

Liu Heimin was stunned, "Who are you?" ”

Steward Jiang hurriedly said: "General, this is our mule driver, he cherishes livestock more. ”

Liu Heimin grinned, "Mule driver! Of course, they will cherish mules very much, understandable. ”

He saw that Liu Lan had grown tall and strong, half a head taller than the average person, he could be compared with himself, and he had long hands and feet, which was definitely a good material for martial arts.

Liu Heimin patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "What's your name?" Where are the people? ”

"The villain's name is Liu Lancheng, a native of Qi County."

"It turns out that your surname is also Liu, we are all descendants of the Han Gaozu, my family is in Qinghe County, opposite Qi County, there is a saying in our hometown, called a river is not separated by two relatives, maybe we are still relatives."

Liu Heimin was very interested, and asked again: "Have you practiced martial arts?" ”

Liu Lancheng patted the firewood knife on his waist, "The villain can only chop wood and raise horses." ”

Steward Jiang hurriedly flattered: "Brother Liu has a lot of strength, and he can unload three hundred catties of goods alone." ”

Liu Heimin laughed, "Okay! You can unload it and show me. ”

Liu Lancheng unloaded five large bags of goods in one go, and won unanimous praise from everyone, "What a lot of strength!" ”

At this time, the soldiers moved one after another to unload the goods, and Liu Heimin's attention also turned to the Mingguang armor, he tore open a package of goods, took out a heavy Mingguang armor, looked up and down, and suddenly said to Liu Lancheng: "Brother, put it on and show me!" ”

Liu Heimin wanted to wear it himself, but because of his identity, he asked Liu Lancheng, who was similar to himself, to wear it, Liu Lancheng quickly put on the armor, and a soldier tied a belt for him, and he quietly took the firewood knife in his hand.

Liu Heimin looked up and down, and praised it, "Not bad!" Not bad! ”

He lowered his head and went to get another pair of armor, Liu Lancheng was waiting for this opportunity, seeing that Liu Heimin's neck was stretched out, right in front of him, and the rest of the soldiers were on the other side, the firewood knife in his hand slashed down, and the firewood knife was sharpened by him abnormally, and the strength was extremely violent.

Just listen to 'Click!' With a sound, Liu Heimin's head was chopped off alive, without even shouting, without waiting for others to react, Liu Lancheng grabbed the head, ran more than a dozen steps, jumped down the hill, and rolled down the mountain.

At this moment, a frightened shout came from the mountain road, "The king has been killed!" The king has been killed! ”

At this time, Duan Xianda, who was hiding in the woods, saw that the situation had changed, and immediately shouted: "Kill!" ”

Countless Sui soldiers were killed from the pine forest, and they were killed along the mountain road, at this time, Liu Lancheng's men rushed over to save the leader, Liu Lancheng's left arm was broken by a stone under the snow, and the firewood knife was also lost in the snow, but his right hand was still holding Liu Heimin's head.

Liu Lancheng struggled to sit up, raised his head and said to Duan Xianda, the general who rushed up on horseback: "General Qiyu, this is Liu Heimin's head!" ”

After saying that, he felt a sharp pain in his left arm, and he fainted all of a sudden.

[Liu Lancheng is a very outstanding figure in the Sui Dynasty, but unfortunately there is no him in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. (To be continued.) )