Although the Sui army won the battle of sending troops to Hulao Pass, the Sui army won the victory, severely damaged the troops of Wang Dangren of the Wagang Army and Li Shicai's troops, and captured more than 2,500 people and more than 1,600 prisoners, it did not achieve the established tactical purpose of taking the opportunity to break through Hao Xiaode's camp, and it did not weaken the strength of the Zhai and Li coalition forces, because most of the enemies captured by the Sui army were Wang Dangren and Li Shicai's soldiers, and their combat power was relatively weak. No matter how many soldiers killed the Sui army, it would not have much effect, and it was far from the effect of causing the Zhai and Li coalition forces to break the bones.

Of course, the soldiers of the Sui army did not work in vain. The biggest victory of the Sui army in the Eastern Capital in this battle was a heavy blow to the cohesion of Zhai and Li's coalition. In order to ensure the safety of Hulao Pass, Shan Xiongxin and Zhai Hong refused to help Huang Youjun Wang Dangren and watched Wang Dangren be attacked by the Sui army. They were afraid that the Sui army would take the opportunity to enter the camp. Hao Xiaode adopted the suggestion of his beloved general Liu Heita and pulled the bow and shot arrows to Jijun friendly Li Shicai. As a result, Hulao Pass and the camp were saved. Wang Dangren and Li Shicai suffered heavy losses and almost fell to the ground. Because of this, even if they failed to take Hao Xiaode's camp as they wished, Chen Sangliang still laughed and withdrew his troops and returned triumphantly. Then he immediately sent more scouts to investigate the enemy's movements, waiting to see if there were any better fighter jets.

The Wagang Army and Li Mijun had an internal strife without any surprise. After Wang Dangren fled back to Hulao Pass, the first thing he did was to find Shan Xiongxin to curse, scold Shan Xiongxin for being ruthless and unwilling to send support, which caused him to suffer heavy losses. He was also excited and slapped Shan Xiongxin in the face. Shan Xiongxin repeatedly explained it was useless and was furious after being beaten. He fought with Wang Dangren into a group. Fortunately, Bing Yuanzhen and others held it tightly, so the situation did not expand. However, Wang Dangren still greeted Shan Xiongxin 18 generations of ancestors. Bing Yuanzhen was afraid of causing a big disaster and quickly pulled Shan Xiongxin away. He comforted Wang Dangren with kind words, and immediately sent someone to contact Zhai Rang Limi to report the matter to them and ask them to decide what to do.

It was better to Hulao Pass, and the situation on Hao Xiaode's side was even worse. After gathering the defeated soldiers, Li Shicai immediately returned to the camp to settle the score with Hao Xiaode. Hao Xiaode knew that Li Shicai would definitely cause trouble. He was afraid that Li Shicai would return to the camp and caused internal strife, so he did not dare to open the door to let Li Shicai return to the camp. He just sent an envoy to explain the whole story to Li Shicai and apologize. As a result, Li Shicai, who was angry, not only did not listen, but also directly slashed Hao Xiaode's envoy, and then ordered the attack on Hao Xiaode's camp - everyone was bandits, and no one was better than anyone else's temper.

Hulao Pass sent troops to stop Li Shicai in time. Bing Yuanzhen tried to persuade him, and knelt on the ground and begged Li Shicai not to be impulsive and not to give the shameless enemy Chen Sangliang the opportunity to take advantage of the situation. Finally, Li Shicai calmed down for a while and retreated outside the west gate of Hulao Pass for a while, waiting for Zhai Rang and Li Mi to deal with it. The key is that Li Shicai's strength is far less than Hao Xiaode. Otherwise, even if Bing Yuanzhen knocked his head, Li Shicai, who suffered heavy losses, would have to peel Hao Xiaode's skin.

The matter was a big deal, and the situation was reported to Zhai Rang and Li Mi. Li Mi was shocked. He knew that if these things were not handled properly, they would definitely cause a disaster and would definitely give his lord Chen Sangliang a great opportunity to stir up the evil wind and light ghost fire. As a last resort, Li Mi could only temporarily hand over the army to his deputy Yang Jishan, and Zhai Rang also temporarily handed over the army to Xu Shiyu to command, and both rushed back to Hulao Pass for the aftermath. Fortunately, the Banzhu battlefield was not too far from Hulao Pass. In the afternoon, Zhai Rang and Li Mi successfully returned to Hulao Pass, and then immediately summoned Shan Xiongxin, Wang Dangren, Hao Xiaode and Li Shicai to Hulao Pass to meet in person to solve the aftermath problem.

After meeting, several enemies still started with a confrontation and fight. Fortunately, the two bosses Zhai Rang and Li Mi were already present, so they quickly used both soft and hard work. While ordering the guards to pull apart several subordinates, comforted and warned them. It took a lot of effort to calm down the enemy and sat down to accept the boss' mediation. Then, when they reported the incident, several enemies couldn't help but quarrel again. Li Mi and Zhai Rang had no choice but to let them report separately. After fully understanding the situation at that time, Li Mi and Zhai Rang discussed in a low voice, and then invited them back to the hall and sat down to speak well.

"General Wang Dangren, General Li Shicai, I know you are angry." Li Mi, who is very eloquent, spoke sincerely: "This is human nature. If it were me or the Duke of Dongjun when encountering such a thing, he might be more angry and more impulsive than you. So I and Duke of Dongjun have discussed what you did this morning. I will not pursue it. Just pretend that it has never happened."

"Yes, we won't pursue it." Zhai Rang parrot and said to Shan Xiongxin again: "Brother Shan, although Brother Wang hits you, he was angry at the time. He has something to say. Give me a face and don't bother with him."

Zhai Rang spoke, and was somewhat inappropriate. Shan Xiongxin nodded and agreed. Wang Dangren was then angry. Li Mi said over there: "Brother Wang, Brother Li, you should also understand the difficulties of Brother Shan and Brother Hao. Last night it was a night battle. The enemy was unclear, the government army was cunning, and Chen Yingliang's little thieves were also famous for being traitorous and vicious. If one of them opened the door to help, the other opened the camp gate and let you go back to the camp, he would take the opportunity to enter Hulao Pass or the camp. At that time, you will not only not be able to get rescue, but maybe the losses may be greater. They are forced to do this, and I hope you can understand and forgive me.

"I don't blame him if he doesn't save me, but why did Hao Xiaode shoot arrows at my brothers?" Li Shicai said dissatisfiedly: "Some of my brothers have climbed up the fence to return to the camp. They were all cut to death by his people, and they can use such a ruthless hand to the friendly army?"

"Brother Shicai, the most terrifying thing on the battlefield is not the enemy, but the defeated soldiers of your own." Li Mi said with a wry smile: "If General Hao does not make such a quick decision, your defeated soldiers will rush forward when they see that they have the opportunity to return to the camp, and push them overturn the camp fence. At that time, the official army will follow them into the camp, and you and Brother Hao will still suffer heavy losses, and maybe you will lose even worse."

After saying that, Li Mi quickly added: "Brother Shicai, you don't have to worry. I know you have suffered heavy losses. Let's do this. I will add 500 troops to you, 500 young soldiers equipped with weapons and shields, and add 20 war horses to you. This should be enough to make up for the losses caused to you by Brother Hao, right? A chopstick is easy to break, and a chopstick is constantly pulling. If we cannot work together, it is equivalent to sending our necks to be chopped by Chen Gouguan. Don't you understand this principle?"

Li Shicai stopped talking, somewhat satisfied with Li Mi's compensation for him. Zhai Rang also said, "Be a good brother, my military strength is not as strong as Duke Wei, but I will also add 500 fully equipped soldiers to you. I will reward you with thirty taels of gold. Don't bother me if you don't think it's too little, don't refuse, this is what you deserve."

After receiving compensation, he saw Zhai Rang and Li Mi talking kindly, Li Shicai and Wang Dangren stopped saying anything. He honestly thanked Zhai Rang and Li Mi. Seeing that the two thorns were no longer investigated, Li Mi was immediately overjoyed and smiled at Shan Xiongxin and Hao Xiaode and said, "General Shan, General Hao, Brother Wang and Brother Li are no longer investigated. What are you going to say?"

"It's not good for me to be a brother. For the sake of the safety of Hulao Pass, I didn't send troops to rescue you, causing you to suffer heavy losses, and apologize to you." Shan Xiongxin bowed to Wang Dangren and said, "You beat me up today, and I won't worry about it. I will only think that this has not happened. We will continue to be good brothers in the future."

"Brother Shicai, you forgive me." Hao Xiaode also bowed and said, "I was confused for a moment. After listening to Liu Heita's advice, I swung my sword and shot arrows at your people, and offended you. It's your fault that you should be very angry, and I won't care about killing my envoy."

"Listen to Liu Heita's advice? This kid is very courageous." Li Mi's heart moved and admired Liu Heita who had misunderstood. But now it is not the time to talk about this topic. Li Mi can only put this matter aside for the time being, but then turned to Li Shicai and Wang Dangren and asked with a smile: "General Li, General Wang, Brother Shan and Brother Wang have already apologized, so what are you going to say?"

Seeing that Shan Xiongxin and Hao Xiaode were quite serious about apologizing, Wang Dangren and Li Shicai didn't have much, but also accused Shan Xiongxin and Hao Xiaode, admitting that they were too much, and offended Shan Xiongxin and Hao Xiaode. They saluted each other and apologized to each other and resolved the grudge. Li Mi and Zhai Rang were very happy when they saw the mediation successful and quickly ordered a banquet to celebrate the reconciliation of several subordinates. They also summoned several senior civil and military generals from the Wagang Army to accompany them to liven up the atmosphere and further increase friendship.

In the banquet setting room, several Wagang civil and military officials who were invited came to the lobby. Only Bing Yuanzhen came to the hall after the banquet. She looked solemn and seemed to be worried. When she was hypocritical and polite, she also said nothing and said nothing. Her face was full of desire. When Li Mi saw that something was wrong, she asked Bing Yuanzhen: "Mr. Bing, what happened?"

Bing Yuanzhen hesitated for a moment, looked at Hao Xiaode, and then said, "Duke Wei and Duke Dongjun, it's about last night. Last night, the official army sneaked into our beacon tower, pretending to be General Hao Xiaode to send a fake signal, and deceived Brother Wang to be captured by a trap. From this point, it can be seen that there was a traitor in our army."

"Yes, I'm about to report this matter." Hao Xiaode was reminded by Bing Yuanzhen and quickly said to Li Mi: "Duke Wei, the beacon signal I sent last night was not sent by me, but by the government army pretended to be me. The government army could know our contact signal, which means that there must be a traitor among us, and this matter must be investigated strictly."

"I was already suspicious just now." Li Mi said calmly: "Although the government may have learned about this matter through investigation, the possibility of a traitor is very high. We must investigate carefully and prevent it."

After saying that, Li Mi turned to Zhai Rang again and said, "Duke Dongjun, both of you and I have involved in this matter. How do we investigate separately? I am responsible for investigating the situation in General Hao's military camp, and you are responsible for the internal investigation of Hulao Pass. What do you think?"

"Okay, just ask separately." Zhai Rang agreed and said viciously: "If there is really this traitor, you must pull him out, split him up, chop him up and feed him to the dog."

Zhai Hong, Zhai Mohou and others agreed loudly, saying that they must not spare the damn spy easily. However, Bing Yuanzhen was hesitant and hesitated for a moment, and suddenly said shockingly: "Duke Wei, Duke Dongjun, there may be no need to investigate. This traitor has been discovered."

"Who? How did you find it out?" Li Mi, Zhai Rang and others were all shocked, and Zhai Rang jumped up in surprise.

"It was reported by two soldiers who escaped from the battlefield." Bing Yuanzhen said hesitantly: "During the war last night, they were captured by the government army. When they heard the generals of the government army answered, they said the names of the traitors in our army. Later, when the government army wanted to kill them, they quickly fled, entered the mountains and forests in the south, and escaped by chance to report the news."

"Who is this traitor?" Zhai Rang asked happily.

"Liu Heita" Bing Yuanzhen gritted his teeth and replied: "The little coach under General Hao Xiaode, Liu Heita is Liu Heita, who claimed to have deceived Chen Yingliang's dog official last time and was once rumored to meet you."

"Liu Heita?" Everyone present except Li Mi screamed out, and Hao Xiaode jumped up and shouted: "How is it possible? Liu Heita has always been loyal, how can he betray us?"

"General Hao, does Liu Heita know the secret signal of your connection with Hulao?" Li Mi asked calmly, and was nervously calculating in his heart, analyzing whether this was a disagreement plan by Chen Sangliang, or did Liu Heita really become a traitor in the official army?

Hearing Li Mi’s question, everyone’s eyes naturally focused on Hao Xiaode’s face. Hao Xiaode first opened his mouth, then nodded honestly, admitting that Liu Heita knew this secret signal. As a result, Zhai Rang immediately roared like crazy, "Catch Liu Heita and dismembered the body, and avenge our dead brothers."

"King Hao, no wonder Liu Heita advised you to shoot arrows at me. It turns out that he is a traitor from the official army." Li Shicai also suddenly realized and shouted.

"Let's go," Li Mi quickly shouted to stop him and said in a deep voice: "Calm down, Chen Yingliang's little thief is too treacherous. We must prevent him from using his old tricks again, and we will disagree with our Mr. Bing, the two soldiers who fled back..."

"I have brought it, just wait outside the door." Bing Yuanzhen rushed to answer and immediately ordered the two formerly captured Wagang soldiers to be brought into the hall to be questioned.

Soon, the two soldiers were led to the hall. Li Mi first carefully asked about their identity and origin and the army they belonged to. He learned that they were all Wang Dangren's soldiers and were all outside the country who started Wang Dangren. Then he asked about the incident. The two soldiers reported truthfully that after Wang Dangren's team was dispersed by the Sui army ambush last night, they were left alone and were captured by a team of Sui soldiers in the southwest of Hulaoguan. Several Wagang army prisoners were captured with them. Later, a Sui army general came to the scene and laughed and said that the Wagang thieves had indeed fallen into the trap. The beacon signal provided by Liu Heita was indeed true. They were sincerely responsible for the internal response of the government army and celebrated the victory of the ambush with the Sui army.

Then the Sui army general left, the Sui army that captured them was receiving a report saying that his younger brother had unfortunately died on the battlefield. The Sui army was crying loudly, and yelled to kill all the captured prisoners and avenge his younger brother. When they heard this order, they did not dare to continue to die, so they ran away together. Several companions were chased by the government army and killed, but they escaped into the woods by luck and were not caught by the government soldiers. Then, they finally survived until the government army retreated, so they fled back to Hulao Pass to report the news.

The truth was revealed, Zhai Rang, Zhai Hong and others yelled angrily. Hao Xiaode remembered the previous attempt by Chen Sangliang to surrender Hao Xiaode, and was somewhat shaken. Li Mi was skeptical, and some did not believe that such a coincidence would happen, but he did not dare to take it lightly. After a little calculation, Li Mi ordered: "Brother Hao, send a few people to invite Liu Heita, and said that I appreciate his quick decision last night, and make proper statements, and give him rewards. Remember, you must not let Liu Heita know that we are doubting him.

Hao Xiaode first agreed, but did not execute immediately. He also said: "Duke Wei, Liu Heita has a younger brother named Liu Shishan, who is also in my army, helping Liu Heita to lead his troops. If Liu Heita really secretly contacts the official army, Liu Shishan will definitely know. Should he call him together?"

Considering that if Liu Heita is really a traitor, Liu Shishan is also an accomplice. If he summoned Liu Heita and Liu Shishan's brothers at the same time, the two brothers might have suspicion. Li Mi shook his head decisively and said, "You can't alarm the snake. Just tell Liu Heita to come and see him. Just send someone to secretly monitor Liu Shishan. If he has any abnormal movements, he will be killed immediately."

Hao Xiaode nodded, and immediately sent someone to act according to the plan, leaving Li Mi to continue to think about it during the meal, constantly thinking in his mind, "Is it a discord or a coincidence? If it is a discord, why did Chen Yingliang attack such a handsome guy like Liu Heita? Chen Yingliang spent so much effort to arrange the arrangements just to lure me to kill Liu Heita unjustly. Is this a complete coincidence? Liu Heita is really a traitor?"

Li Mi has never read Zizhi Tongjian, of course she doesn't know why Chen Sangliang attaches so much importance to Liu Heita, who is now just a small general of the thief army. In fact, Chen Sangliang attaches much importance to Liu Heita far more than Li Mi's imagination. Through deduction and analysis in advance, Chen Sangliang was also worried that Liu Heita was lured and killed by the fox of Wagang, Li Mi, or by incompetent people such as Zhai Rang, Hao Xiaode, and missed such a rare talent in vain. So in fact, before Zhai Rang and Li Mi returned to Hulao Pass, Chen Sangliang had a new move...

Another Hao Xiaode Army prisoner was released back to the camp. This prisoner was captured by the Sui army a few days ago when Hao Xiaode Army was deceived out of the camp and was defeated. It was also a direct soldier under Liu Heita's command. The Sui army officials spent a lot of effort to identify him from the group of prisoners through the identification of the betrayal prisoners. After repeatedly confirming that he was under Liu Heita's command, Chen Sangliang personally received the prisoner, treated him well with wine and meat, comforted him and clothes with kind words. Then he was released this morning and asked him to return to Hao Xiaode's commander, and gave him a message to Liu Heita:

"Zhai Rang and Li Mi are going to kill you, be careful."

With this verbal message, Chen Sangliang was only afraid that the prisoner could not deliver the verbal message to Liu Heita, but he was not afraid that the prisoner would sell him. Instead, he helped Liu Heita clean up his grievances. In fact, Chen Sangliang was still rewarding the prisoner with his clothes and secretly wrote a sentence, "Putting this small man to Li Mi will be eliminated, and it will be used more."
Chapter completed!