Originally, he came to Chen Yingliang to collect protection money. Of course, Miao Haichao would not refuse Chen Yingliang's invitation to meet. Not long after Qian Xiangmin went to negotiate, more than 20 militia cavalry surrounded Miao Haichao and came to the city. Fearing a sneak attack with a bow and arrow on the city wall, he didn't dare to get too close to the moat, so he reined in the horse at a position about 120 steps away from the city wall. Seeing this, Chen Yingliang yelled on the city wall: "Miao Haichao, brother Miao, please come and talk, I don't have archers by my side, and I'm not the kind of despicable person who stabs people in the back!"
Miao Haichao and his party hesitated for a moment, and after discussing, they urged the horse forward again, and reined in the horse's head when they reached the moat of the small town of Yongxian County. If anyone puts down their bows and arrows, whoever dares to attack secretly will be killed immediately!" Chen Yingliang's personal soldiers chanted promises in unison, and helped Chen Yingliang reassure Miao Haichao and others in the city.
It was also at this time that Chen Yingliang could barely see Miao Haichao's appearance clearly. At the age of twenty-six or seventeen, because he was born in a rich family, his complexion was obviously fairer than that of the soldiers of the Mutant Militia next to him, and he looked more refined. Without hesitation, he bowed his hands to Miao Haichao and said loudly: "Brother Miao, it's been a long time, and I haven't seen you for two years. My brother still has a good demeanor, and he is already famous all over the world. Congratulations."
Of course, Miao Haichao was also looking carefully at Chen Yingliang. He was shocked by Chen Yingliang's youth and handsomeness, but Miao Haichao was taken aback by Chen Yingliang's polite words. It took him a while to remember that he had indeed said something that he was familiar with Chen Yingliang in front of outsiders. For some reason, Miao Haichao acquiesced to Chen Yingliang's politeness, and immediately returned the courtesy to Chen Yingliang: "Brother Chen, you are polite. When it comes to being famous all over the world, you are the one who deserves it."
"There must be Du Fuwei's eyeliner in the city!" Chen Yingliang was overjoyed, knowing that since Miao Haichao acquiesced to the nonsense relationship before, there must be Du Fuwei's people monitoring him, otherwise there would be no need to bother. After confirming this, Chen Yingliang hastily said loudly: "Brother Miao is congratulating you, we will save the polite words for later, let's get straight to the point, Brother Miao, are you here to ask for the money?"
"Exactly!" Miao Haichao nodded, and said loudly, "Chen Tongshou, our King Du Fuwei said that as long as you hand over 10,000 shi of grain, 5,000 pieces of cloth, and 5,000 guan, we will retreat and divert our troops. You already know that you don’t need to go deep into Qiao County to pay for food. Now I’m here to ask you under the order of King Du, are you willing to hand over the money and food?”
"Of course I'm willing to hand over the money!" Chen Yingliang's answer stunned everyone, and then Chen Yingliang asked Miao Haichao loudly: "But brother Miao, do you think this little Yongcheng can afford such money?" How much food?"
Miao Haichao was also taken aback by Chen Yingliang's first sentence. After hearing Chen Yingliang's second question, Miao Haichao was silent again, and then said: "This has nothing to do with me, I just came to ask you , are you paying money and food? Or talking with swords and guns?"
"Brother Miao, this matter has something to do with you!" Chen Yingliang replied loudly, and then said confidently: "Brother Miao, you are different from that rogue Du Fuwei. If you like killing people and setting fires, you become a bandit, killing innocent people everywhere, and harming the people! You are different, you are because of corrupt officials who oppress the people, and you resolutely rose up to help the folks and elders. This matter is not only related to you, but also has a lot to do with you!"
Miao Haichao's face changed, and he even took a sneak peek at a knight not far away. The knight wearing a wide-brimmed felt hat lowered his head slightly, unable to see his expression or reaction, let alone what was going on in his heart. think.
"Brother Miao, my messenger has already made the reason very clear." Chen Yingliang said confidently again: "I am asking you for peace, not because I am afraid of you attacking the city, nor because I am worried about defending the seven cities of Qiao County. Because I didn’t have the confidence to prevent you from going deep into the hinterland of Qiao County and hurting the innocent people in Qiao County, I was willing to risk the disgrace of the world and sent envoys to you to ask for peace, and promised to exchange money and food for you to divert and retreat! My hard work, Du Fuwei You don’t understand, but you understand! Brother Miao, for the sake of the innocent people in Qiao County, and for the loyal and brave Xiapi soldiers under your command, you can’t just stand by and stand by and fight against Du Fuwei. Strive for a more reasonable solution! You don't need to sacrifice your soldiers in vain, and you don't need to let the people of Qiao County suffer innocently!"
Taking another peek at the felt hat knight, seeing him turning his head and nodding to himself, Miao Haichao asked Chen Yingliang, "Then what are you going to do?"
"Don't let Du Fuwei extort!" Chen Yingliang said loudly: "Brother Miao, you come from a scholarly family. Unlike Du Fuwei who robs houses every day, you know the sufferings of the people and how much food a small county can have! Don't let the innocent people in Yongxian City not starve to death, then stop extorting unreasonably and brutally! Five thousand stones of grain, two thousand coins and two thousand cloth are the most that Yongcheng can give. Money and food! If Du Fuwei is willing, I will give him the money and food. If he is not willing, I can only talk to him with a sword. , at least let him break a few teeth!"
Miao Haichao went to look at the felt hat knight again, saw him nodding and said yes, as long as Chen Yingliang took it out immediately, then Miao Haichao turned to Chen Yingliang and said, "Okay, brother Chen, since you are so reasonable, brother Yu will replace King Du Be the master, as long as you take out the money and food now, we will immediately retreat and leave Qiao County immediately!"
"Thank you Brother Miao for making it happen!" Chen Yingliang was overjoyed, and bowed deeply to Miao Haichao, clasped his fists, and said again: "But Brother Miao, you have to wait another day, and I will be able to hand over the money to you tomorrow morning!"
"Why?" Miao Haichao got a little angry, and said in his heart that because of your crap, how many conflicts did I have with Du Fuwei, and you came to tease me again at the end, didn't you
"Because I'm not ready yet." Chen Yingliang cupped his hands apologetically, and said loudly: "Yesterday, after my messenger brought back Du Fuwei's reply, because the money and food that Du Fuwei asked for would never come out, so I will We have stopped collecting money from the people and are fully preparing for the war, so we haven’t prepared so much money and food for the time being. But brother Miao, don’t worry, tomorrow morning, if you come here again tomorrow morning, I will give you the money and food right away.”
After discussing with the felt hat knight in a low voice, Miao Haichao said loudly: "Okay, I promise you, I will give you another day to prepare! But brother Chen, I will put the ugly words in front, tomorrow morning When I come here again, if you don’t hand over the money and food, or play tricks, don’t blame me for being ruthless! At that time, not only the military barracks outside your city will not be able to keep it, but this little Yongcheng, our 30,000-strong army It must be crushed into powder!"
"Of course! Of course!" Chen Yingliang hurriedly bowed his hands in thanks, and said solemnly: "Thank you Brother Miao for your success, and please rest assured, Brother Miao, although I dare not say what I say, but I can promise to do what I promise, please Brother Miao, don't worry, wait another day, and the money and food will be delivered to you tomorrow morning!"
He solemnly finished his promise, and before Miao Haichao could say goodbye, Chen Yingliang suddenly said loudly: "Brother Miao, there is one more thing, I want to introduce someone to you by the way!"
When Miao Haichao looked up in surprise, he saw a little old man in brocade clothes standing beside Chen Yingliang, with gray hair and wearing a valuable fox fur coat, his appearance was very dignified. Chen Yingliang pointed to the old man again and said: "Brother Miao, let me introduce you, this is Senior Yun Ding Xingyun, who is now an official in the Shaofu Shaoqing, an important minister of the court, and also our elder."
"Why introduce him to me?" Miao Haichao was puzzled, but out of politeness, Miao Haichao, who had received a good education in his youth, bowed his hands to Young Master Yun and said politely, "Miao Haichao, I have met Senior Yun."
"Miao Zhuang is very polite, you don't need to be polite." Yunda Shaoqing returned the salute with a smile, and then said with a smile: "Miao Zhuang, you are famous, I have heard of it in Daxing and Luoyang for a long time, and I can see you today. Sure enough, the appearance is extraordinary, the righteousness is so thin, the old man has grown up for decades, and the young hero who is as heroic and courageous as you, Miao Zhuangshi, the old man has really never seen many."
"Am I that good?" Miao Haichao was puzzled, and even more puzzled why Chen Yingliang introduced Young Master Yun to him.
"Brother Miao, I introduced Yun Shaoqing to you because I want to tell you another identity of this Yun Shaoqing." As if seeing the doubts in Miao Haichao's heart, Chen Yingliang said loudly again: "Brother Miao, you may still I don't know, this Yun Shaoqing is the father-in-law of the deposed prince Yang Yong!"
"What?!" Miao Haichao was shocked. He had heard of the bad relationship between Emperor Sui Yang and his brother Yang Yong, the deposed prince.
"Brother Miao, you must be very strange, right?" Chen Yingliang said loudly, "Yang Yong, the king of Fangling, the deposed prince, has been bestowed to death by the last emperor's edict. Why did his elder Yue Zhangyun become an official again and become an important minister? The answer is simple." I was magnanimous in the Sui Dynasty, and I appointed people on their merits. I never cared about my ministers’ previous faults and deficiencies. If you can sincerely repent if you are virtuous, the sage and martial god will be used exceptionally today, give him the opportunity to redeem his merits, and then reward high-ranking officials and bestow noble titles! Senior Yun Ding Xingyun is a living example of this!"
Miao Haichao was stunned, and he completely understood the implication of Chen Yingliang's words, and was even a little tempted for a while. But the felt hat knight's expression changed drastically, and his gaze towards Miao Haichao was no longer just slightly puzzled, but full of suspicion!
"Miao Zhuangshi, the sea of suffering is boundless, turn your head and turn your head!" Yunda Shaoqing's character is very sorry, but his head is not stupid at all. Without Chen Yingliang's guidance, he has already said loudly with a smile: "You are a man of virtue, old man! You already know the matter, think about it, think about it carefully!"
If Miao Haichao yelled at him immediately, or shot Chen Yingliang and Yunda Shaoqing at the old couple, then the situation might not have worsened. However, Miao Haichao hesitated at this critical moment. It doesn't matter if he hesitated, the knight in felt hat immediately turned his horse's head and rushed back on the road.
"This guy? Could it be Du Fuwei?" Chen Yingliang, who had quietly noticed the felt hat knight, was extremely suspicious, and almost wanted to send someone out of the city to hunt him down immediately, but after thinking about it for a while, Chen Yingliang gave up. With this plan, he secretly said: "I'm not sure about catching up. If I can't bear it, I will make a big plan. Let him go. If he is really Du Fuwei, such an interesting enemy, it would be good to keep him for more fun."
After quickly making a decision, Chen Yingliang said loudly to Miao Haichao again: "Brother Miao, I know that the matter is very important, and you may not believe me right now. Go back and think about it carefully. You can come to me anytime you figure it out. I'm here anytime!"
Seeing that Du Fuwei had left quickly, Miao Haichao was already in a state of turmoil apart from complaining in his heart. He still had the mind to continue flirting with Chen Yingliang, so he clasped his fists and said goodbye, and quickly took his own People hurried back to the team. However, when Miao Haichao just returned to his team, he was immediately stunned to see that Du Fuwei's team of more than 5,000 people in the rear had already started a retreat and quickly retreated towards the way they came from!
Shocked, Miao Haichao hurriedly asked Zhang Yaozhu, the deputy who stayed behind in the team: "Did King Du ever order us to retreat too?"
"No." Zhang Yaozhu shook his head, and said, "King Du bypassed our team from a distance, returned directly to his team, and immediately retreated, but he didn't ask us to follow suit."
"Oops!" Miao Haichao cried out loudly, knowing that the rift between him and Du Fuwei would only get deeper and bigger.
At this time, the west gate of Yongcheng City, which had been closed all the time, was suddenly opened a little. Several servants came out with a flock of sheep and two carts. The car led across the bridge and came straight to Miao Haichao's team. At the same time, without waiting for Miao Haichao's order, someone in his team went up to meet the sheep and the wine cart. Soon after, the soldiers happily reported to Miao Haichao, "Your Majesty, Chen Yingliang gave us the wine and sheep. He said it was a thank you. Please accept it!"
"Kill all the sheep! Smash all the wine jars!"
Miao Haichao, who was upset, roared furiously. Unfortunately, the soldiers of the Miao Department who failed to accept the gift yesterday quit, and asked Miao Haichao why he did this. His deputy Zhang Yaozhu also persuaded: "Brother Miao, I I know you are worried about Du Fuwei's suspicion, but Du Fuwei took the army away without even saying hello, which means that he has suspected us for a long time. Brothers are disappointed, why don't you take the wine back generously, if Du Fuwei wants to doubt, he doubts whatever he wants, the big deal is breaking up the family, what's the big deal?"
"Yes." The soldier who accompanied Miao Haichao to the city to answer the question also said: "My lord, although I haven't read the book, I can tell that the two senior officials just now like you very much. You will beg them, and now kill the sheep they sent and smash their wine, isn't it a slap in the face?"
Miao Haichao was silent, looking at the wine and meat that Chen Yingliang sincerely sent, and at the top of Yongcheng City in the distance, and then thinking about Du Fuwei's conflicts and contradictions with himself in the past few days, and the suspicion and suspicion of retreating before the battle. Hai Chao finally made up his mind and shouted: "Bring the sheep wine back, so that the brothers can enjoy it! Whatever Du Fuwei thinks, the big deal is to live separately!"
The soldiers of the Miao tribe rejoiced like thunder, and happily retreated back to the camp with sheep wine. Miao Haichao walked in the middle of the team, full of thoughts in his heart, sometimes frowning, sometimes gnashing his teeth, and couldn't help but think of Yunda Shaoqing's words just now...
"The sea of bitterness is boundless, turn your head and keep going!"
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Standing on the top of the city wall, Chen Yingliang could see the fact that Du Fuwei's team left Miao Haichao and retreated first, and when he saw Miao Haichao's team accepting his gift, Chen Yingliang immediately smiled, and even laughed again. I was extremely happy, knowing that Li Erjian's Turkic plan that I copied had basically succeeded. Overjoyed, Chen Yingliang immediately ordered Dong You who was next to him: "Magistrate Dong, immediately prepare for the night battle for me, prepare enough torches and dry food for me, and then take the bandit clothes we seized in Mangdang Mountain and Jishan last time." Turn it out and send it to the new army camp for backup."
Dong You respectfully agreed, and immediately went down to make preparations, while Yunda Shaoqing asked Chen Yingliang suspiciously: "Nephew Yingliang, are you planning to do it tonight? Are you in a hurry? The old uncle thinks that we should investigate first. Let’s clear up the specific situation after the thieves return to the camp, and then play it by ear, shall we?”
"No need, we have already won this battle, and the rest is just a question of how much the victory will be." Chen Yingliang replied confidently, and then said with a smile: "Old man, wait and see the good show, I will keep it safe before tomorrow morning." Let Du Fuwei's 30,000 thieves crumble and disappear!"
"Really?" Yun Da Shaoqing was still a little skeptical, seeing Chen Yingliang's confident expression, and Yun Da Shaoqing, who was quite confident in Chen Yingliang's fighting and using troops, nodded and said: "Okay, old uncle will wait to see your nephew You have shown your might. But nephew, when the battle is over, you must tell me how you arranged and arranged this battle, I want to learn everything, old man."
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Chen Yingliang, who is full of confidence, really doesn't need to play by ear. When Miao Haichao's team retreated to the camp, the first thing they saw was Du Fuwei's team, which was already on full alert, and other thieves' teams who were also on the alert. At the same time, Miao Haichao's troops staying in the camp have also entered a state of alert. There is not even a single soldier wandering between the camps. They are no longer like friendly troops, but Swords are on the verge of breaking out, like guarding against enemies, and the atmosphere is unprecedentedly tense.
Seeing this situation, Miao Haichao was of course worried, and quickly sent several subordinates to send ten sheep and ten altars of wine to Du Fuwei's camp, and reported the incident to Du Fuwei by the way, but Du Fuwei took Miao The half of the wine sheep that Haichao took the initiative to send out gave Miao Haichao two fat pigs as a gift, but he didn't let the army off the alert. He just said that Miao Haichao had a good rest and sent all the troops to Yongcheng to receive money and food tomorrow morning. .
It's strange that Miao Haichao dared to take a rest at this point. In addition to ordering the army to continue to be on full alert, Miao Haichao also summoned a group of Xiapi confidantes and former troops to the Chinese army to discuss the separation of the family with Du Fuwei. Immediately afterwards, Miao Haichao ordered in a low voice to his deputy, Zhang Yaozhu: "Go and arrange manpower immediately, and keep an eye on Du Fuwei's team and other camps at all times. If there is any abnormality, immediately ring the gong to call the police!"