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Chapter Fourteen: The Tiger's Mouth to Destroy the Enemy

The county magistrate of Wan County lured the enemy alone at Hukou, waited for the enemy to enter the valley road and ambushed it. He annihilated more than 50,000 enemy cavalry, and the bandit general Lei Hu shot and killed him.

--"Xia Ji·Emperor Ai·19th Year of Tianfeng"

Li Sui was very troubled now: the journey was not smooth since the march began. Wan County was surrounded by mountains on three sides, shaped like a bowl, and it was a basin, so it was called Wan. Li Sui decided to walk the relatively flat line of Pingxian-Jiuxian-Jintang, just to avoid the mountains. However, in this area of ​​hills, he often encountered trouble. Either the road was washed away by water or the forests in the road were the road, and people were sent to clean the road, which wasted a lot of time.

Li Sui thought for a long time: "It's just now that autumn has begun, and the water rushing road is still explained, but the road is often blocked by forests and trees. Wang Bo's son is delusional to delay our army's footsteps and wait for reinforcements! No!" Thinking of this, he found Lei Hu, the leader of Huwei Village: "Lord Lei Village, the march is too slow now, and it is too late to delay the fighter's plane. Now there are only one way to divide the troops. You will lead all the cavalry except the central army to Jintang City first, and siege it without attacking. The Wanjun army now has only 50,000, so why don't you? When the army arrives, attack the city again!"

Lei Hu was very prestigious among bandits, so he led a 50,000 cavalry unit composed mainly of bandits. Although he was rough and generous on the outside, he was actually as careful as he thought for a moment, and he felt that as long as he passed the old county, it was the place where the cavalry played its strengths. He then said: "I will follow the orders of the wise man!"

Lei Hu went to lead the cavalry and rushed to Jintang City first.

This group of cavalry consists of bandits, horses and thieves. They are all skillful in cavalry and shooting, brave and good at fighting. They have always been proud of Li Sui: "Who has had so many cavalry at the beginning of the uprising?" It is precisely because of them that Li Sui was able to intimidate the troops in the city when they were unable to attack the city and dare not go out of the city to pursue them, and remain invincible.

Lei Hu led 50,000 cavalry all the way, and the enemy troops stationed along the way fled. After all, the aggressive 50,000 cavalry were not fun. But Lei Hu was still cautious all the way, and wherever he went, he sent a scout cavalry to search everywhere. Seeing that it was about to pass the tiger's mouth in front, Lei Hu took a breath. He held the horse and waved his hand to signal the cavalry to stop. He didn't want to capsize in the gutter and decided to wait for the scout cavalry to find out the situation ahead before making plans. Although he also thought that the other party had no strength to attack, there was no big mistake to be careful.

After a while, the cavalry in front ran back. Seeing this, Lei Hu slapped the horse and went up to meet him. The scout sent the command arrows back. Lei Hu verified it and asked, "What is the situation ahead? What is the current situation of the other scouts?" The cavalry replied respectfully: "Return to Lei Head, the terrain of the tiger mouth in front is dangerous, and there are two small hills intersecting, and only one valley cavalry in the tiger mouth is feasible. However, the brothers went up the mountain to search, but there was no abnormality. The other brothers had already passed through the tiger mouth and continued to search out. Special rewards were sent!"

Lei Hu nodded with satisfaction and said to the detective cavalry, "You lead the way!" He turned to the commander and said, "Transfer! The whole army quickly passed through the tiger's mouth, don't hesitate!" He followed the detective cavalry to the Hukou Valley.

After all the people entered the valley road, Lei Hu felt heavy uneasy: "If the enemy cut off the valley road, we will become turtles in the jar." Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he asked the messenger: "Which leader are you? How can you be so angry!"

The messenger replied respectfully: "The villain was originally under the command of the Li village leader. Later, the leader of the village leader died in the attack on Luo, and then he turned to the command of the Lei village leader." Lei Hu was just suspicious. Seeing that his face was normal, what he said was consistent with the situation, he let go of his doubts and just walked forward quickly. Seeing that there were more than 500 meters left from the entrance of the valley, the detective cavalry who was moving forward grabbed the horse's belly and fell Lei Hu a hundred meters away in a blink of an eye. Lei Hu was shocked and panicked and chased forward: "Stop! Who are you?" With his loud shout, the arrows and woods on the mountain had poured down. In order to avoid the arrows and woods, the cavalry in the valley crowded each other, and the scene became more and more chaotic. The powerful 50,000 cavalry were stuck in the narrow valley road, and they were actually rushing around like headless flies. Lei Hu did not care about his anger and shouted quickly: "Run out of the valley road!"

The scout in front was more than 400 meters away from Lei Hu at this time. When he heard Lei Hu's cry, he suddenly tweeted his horse's head, pulled out a bow and arrow, and laughed: "General Lei is so smart, you almost exposed it! But today is your desperate place, look at the arrow!"

When he was talking, Lei Hu felt a sharp roar, and then his eyes turned dark...

Although Lei Hu was killed, the shout was timely. The remaining cavalry had already slapped their horses and rushed towards the entrance of the valley. The cavalry who shot Lei Hu didn't wait for much, and quickly rushed out of the entrance of the valley. Then the stones poured down from the mountain at the entrance of the valley were sealed by the squall wood. Then, afterwards, only more than 200 cavalrymen barely rushed out of the valley, but were still injured. When they were shocked, they found that their fate was not much better. Five thousand cavalrymen outside the entrance of the valley were just waiting for them leisurely...

When everything was over, the valley was already a Shura killing field, and it was no longer clear in the ten-mile valley road that was the horse corpse and human blood. And more were the seriously injured people moaning and the horse neighing.

At this time, Wang Bocai, who was still dressed in a scout, pressed his bridle and said to the garrison in front of him, who was both excited and frightened, "After the entire army has finished cleaning the battlefield, withdraw to Jintang City!"

The guard dared not say much: "That seriously injured thief?"

"Most of these are from bandits, and they all have innocent blood in their hands, so they are not to be jealous of death. What's more,... mercilessly control the soldiers... everything is handled!"

"The lower official understands." The guard nodded, but did not pay attention to the muscles on his face twitching...

At this time, Li Sui was still marching in Ye County. He was originally a literati and was being overwhelmed by the horse. Zuo Mengxi hurriedly arrived with a look of surprise on his face: "Sir, my father is in a hurry..."

"Oh?" After taking the cloth, Li Sui opened it and looked, his originally indifferent face changed drastically, "How could this be..." A mouthful of blood gushed out and he fell off his horse...

When Li Sui woke up again, it was the next morning. For only one night, Li Sui's originally elegant face was already withered and his face was gray. Zuo Mengxi was still exhorting: "Sir, victory or defeat is common in military affairs. This time, it was just a moment of carelessness, and we still have a hundred thousand troops. It is unknown who will win to death!"

Li Sui slowly shook his head: "After this defeat, the balance of victory is no longer inclined to me. Although I still have 100,000 people, it is a pity that 60% of the elderly, weak, women and children have no chance of winning against Shangwan County!"

After a long breath, Li Sui continued, "I am not willing to cherish my life. It's a pity that these 100,000 refugees have become bones on the roadside..." Before he finished speaking, two lines of tears fell down.

Zuo Mengxi stared at Li Sui in a daze, trying to say something, but she was speechless...
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