As night gradually fell, Shi Dakai, the guard of Yulin Pass, did not dare to relax. He was still patrolling the city defenses on the city wall in full armor with a vigilant look on his face.
At this moment, a cry of killing suddenly came from not far away, and there were faintly swaying torches.
Shi Dakai did not dare to neglect, and immediately waved his hand and shouted: "The crossbowmen come forward, prepare to release arrows!"
"People on the city, don't shoot arrows. I am Wei Changhui, King of the North!"
In the dark night, Wei Changhui galloped on his horse. When he heard the order from Shi Dakai at the top of the city, he immediately shouted loudly: "King Ji, don't shoot arrows, I am Wei Changhui!"
"King of the North?"
Shi Dakai and Wei Changhui were ministers in the same palace, so they were naturally very familiar with each other's voices. When they heard Wei Changhui's voice, they immediately raised their hands to stop the archers from firing their arrows, and shouted towards the top of the city: "King of the North, it's really... You?"
Wei Changhui replied loudly: "King Ji, it's me, Wei Changhui. There are Sui troops chasing me behind, come out quickly to help me!"
"Okay, I'll come right away!"
Shi Dakai immediately got off the city wall and led a group of troops to fight out of the city. After receiving Wei Changhui, he went straight towards the Sui soldiers and horses behind him.
The leader of the pursuit of Wei Changhui was Sui general Niu Jinda. He had only two to three hundred cavalry. Seeing the overwhelming number of Taiping soldiers, he immediately cursed and roared several times, then turned his horse and led the army away.
Seeing the Sui cavalry retreating away, Shi Dakai was afraid that a large group of Sui troops would come from behind, so he immediately led his troops back to the pass.
After returning to Guancheng, Shi Dakai immediately took Wei Changhui back to the military mansion, retreated all the soldiers, and asked Wei Changhui: "King of the North, I heard that you were accidentally captured by the Sui army in Longxi County, why did you suddenly arrive today? Yulin Pass?"
Wei Changhui smiled slightly and said: "King Ji, to be honest, the Sui army deliberately let me back!"
"What?"
Shi Dakai was shocked when he heard this. He put his right hand on the hilt of his sword unconsciously and asked coldly: "You are the majestic King of the North. How could the Sui army let you go for no reason?"
"King Ji, there is no need to panic. Wei Mou has always been loyal to the King of Heaven and would never betray the Kingdom of Heaven."
Wei Changhui first gave Shi Dakai a reassurance, and then explained calmly: "Now the Sui army is blocked at Yulin Pass. Yue Fei is in a hurry and has to seek medical treatment. He wants to surrender to me. I hope I can come to Yulin Pass to do it." He responded internally. I followed his plan, pretended to agree to him, and took the opportunity to escape from the Sui camp."
Shi Dakai burst out laughing when he heard this and said: "King Bei is really wise and brave. Although he was trapped in the enemy camp, he was still able to escape safely. Shi Dakai admires him!"
"King Ji is so complimentary. If King Ji hadn't defended the city well and made Yue Fei suffer so much, how would I have had a chance to escape?"
Shi Dakai praised Shi Dakai a few words, and then said in a deep voice: "But when I was running back all the way, I had already thought of a clever plan. I will definitely avoid the shame of Longxi before Xuexue!"
Shi Dakai's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, and he asked Wei Changhui if he had any clever ideas.
Wei Changhui's eyes were full of murderous intent, and he said coldly: "Yue Fei still doesn't know that I'm pretending to surrender to him, and he is waiting for me to open the city gate for him. Then I will do as he wishes, and pretend to inform him to open the city gate for him to lure him." When he entered the city, he actually mobilized all the elite troops to set up an ambush at the city gate. If he was lucky enough, he might be able to capture Yue Fei in one fell swoop!"
Shi Dakai was also overjoyed when he heard this and praised: "The King of the North really has a clever plan. Now that our Heavenly Kingdom army has been defeated repeatedly, there are already some voices of dissatisfaction within the Heavenly Kingdom. If we can kill the Sui army leader Yue Fei in one fell swoop at this moment, we will definitely help the Heavenly King stabilize the Heavenly Kingdom." Internal situation.”
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Two days later, when everything was ready in the customs, Wei Changhui sent a secret letter to Yue Fei. Claiming that he has now gained Shi Dakai's trust, he leads a single army to guard the west gate of Yulin Pass. Tonight at Shenshi, he will open the city gate and let the Sui army enter the city.
After reading Wei Changhui's secret letter, Yue Fei curled his lips slightly and handed the secret letter to Wang Shouren immediately, saying: "Master Wang, take a look at Wei Changhui's letter!"
Wang Shouren took the secret letter, glanced through it, smiled slightly, and asked, "I wonder what Commander Yue thinks?"
Yue Fei snorted disdainfully: "It's a little trick! Shi Dakai is so good at using his troops, how could he let Wei Changhui, a prisoner who had just escaped from the enemy camp, lead the army alone? It seems that Mr. Wang is right, Wei Changhui is indeed a real man. I've already betrayed you, and I'm afraid I've set up an ambush at the west city gate, just waiting for me, Yue Fei, to get in!"
Wang Shouren laughed and said: "Wei Changhui, the thief, thinks he has a plan, but he doesn't know that he has fallen into our trap long ago. He wants to ambush our army and achieve a great victory, so as to avenge the shame of the defeat of Xuelongxi. Unexpectedly, this resulted in a huge loophole in the defense system of Yulin Pass."
Yue Fei nodded and said: "The Taiping Army is not strong. If Shi Dakai and Wei Changhui want to ambush our army at the west city gate, they must mobilize the entire army's elite. In this way, the guards of the other three city gates will be empty, which will give me an opportunity to break through." Good opportunity."
At that moment, Yue Fei issued a military order and mobilized all the elites of the army to secretly move to the camp outside the east gate of Yulin Pass to wait for orders. When the time came, he immediately launched a strong attack and captured Yulin Pass.
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At night, at the western city gate of Yulin Pass, more than 40,000 elite Taiping troops were fully armed and secretly lurking in the Wengcheng. They clutched their weapons with nervous expressions and looked down from time to time.
Shi Dakai and Wei Changhui stood side by side at the top of the city, constantly looking into the distance, looking forward to the appearance of the Sui army's troops.
But time passed like this minute by minute, and there was still silence and no movement outside the city gate.
"King Bei, what's going on? Why haven't the Sui troops arrived yet? Are you sure you made an appointment with Yue Fei at Shenshi?" Shi Dakai, already impatient with waiting, asked Wei Changhui in a low voice.
Wei Changhui nodded solemnly: "How could I make such a big mistake? I did make an appointment with Yue Fei to present the gate. Could it be that the Sui army was delayed in marching along the way?"
"impossible!"
Shi Dakai shook his hand and said: "Although our army and the Sui army have sworn hatred, we have to admit that the Sui army has strict military plans and will never delay its actions at this time!"
"Then why haven't the Sui troops come yet?" Wei Changhui murmured, looking into the distance with a confused face.
"Yes, why haven't the Sui troops come yet? Where will they go?"
Shi Dakai also frowned and thought hard. Suddenly a thought flashed through his mind, and he suddenly felt bad and yelled: "No, we have fallen into a trap!"
Boom! ! !
Before Shi Dakai finished speaking, there was a loud sound of landslides and ground cracking coming from the direction of the east gate, followed by earth-shattering shouts of killing.
Shi Dakai turned his head hurriedly, only to see the flames already blazing into the sky in the direction of the east gate. His eyes darkened and he fell forward. Wei Changhui on the side hurriedly supported Shi Dakai and asked in a low voice: "King Ji, what's going on? I clearly agreed that Yue Fei would offer the west gate, so how could he attack the east gate?"
Shi Dakai gave a helpless smile: "It seems that Yue Fei has already seen through your plan to surrender, and took advantage of the opportunity when we transferred the main troops to the west gate to attack the empty defense of the east gate."
"What?"
When Wei Changhui heard this, he suddenly became confused and asked with a look of horror: "King Ji, what should we do?"
Shi Dakai pushed Wei Changhui away, held the knife in his hand, and said loudly: "Now that the situation has come to an end, the only choice is to fight to the death with the Sui army!"
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