Wang Shichong's strategy was very effective. He crossed the Huaihe River from Shanyang in a grand manner, and stationed troops on the north bank of the Huaihe River. With such a big move, Du Fuwei's team, which is running south of Shuyang, even if they are blind, knows that the army's conquering army is coming, and there are quite a few of them.
Chen Yingliang soon learned of Wang Shichong's actions, and Chen Yingliang also cursed on the spot, "Wang Shichong, son of a bitch! You are a fucking dog from the Western Regions. You are really vicious and ruthless. So don't you!" You can also use tricks on the face, are you fucking here to help me? Or are you here to trick me?"
It was the first time that Yuan Tiangang and Wei Zheng had seen Chen Yingliang lose his composure and yell at him so unmanneredly since they had been acting as bulls and horses to Chen Yingliang. Surprised, Yuan Tiangang hurriedly asked, "Deputy envoy, what's the matter? Where is Wang Shichong?" Offended you, why are you so angry?"
"Wang Shichong, the son of a bitch, didn't offend me, he was just tricking me on purpose!" Chen Yingliang said angrily, "He deliberately made such a big noise, and it was obvious that he wanted to tell Du Fuwei and Li Zitong that he There are many people in the army, and the army is strong and not easy to provoke. To lure Du Fuwei and Li Zitong to pick the soft persimmons, and lead their bandit army to the west first, to fight me first, and then no matter who wins or loses, he Wang Shichong can hide in the back and pick the cheapest ones, and when we are defeated by Du Fuwei and Li Zitong, Wang Shichong can reach out to pick peaches and get the most harvest at the least cost."
Yuan Tiangang was dumbfounded, and only then did he understand why Chen Yingliang and Wang Shichong could become high-ranking officials, but he couldn't even keep his official position as a seventh-rank county magistrate. Wei Zheng on the other side looked silent, and said after a while: "Wang Shichong is a man who speaks duplicity, has honey in his mouth, and a sword in his belly. If he wields power, he will cause great harm to the world!"
"Deputy envoy, what shall we do next?" Yuan Tiangang asked cautiously: "Wang Shichong is so uneasy and kind, should we give up this battle?"
"Things have come to this point, how can we give up?" Chen Yingliang said sullenly: "Wang Shichong has already put on a stance to intimidate Du Fuwei and Li Zitong. If we give up this battle plan again, Du Fuwei and Li Zitong will die." I’m sure they’re going to rush west to Xiapi, kill people and set fire to them.”
After finishing his speech sullenly, Chen Yingliang sighed, and ordered: "Let the army advance eastward according to the original plan, pass Surabaya first, set up camp outside Suyu City, and then slowly consider countermeasures."
Two days later, the Sui Army of Qiaojun, with only about 5,000 troops, successfully crossed Surabaya and set up camp at the city of Suyu, Xiapi County on the east bank of Surabaya. Chen Yingliang was not polite, and said directly to Zhu Yong: "Prefect Zhu, I will not leave the scene of welcoming and sending, and immediately send an order to Pei Juncheng stationed in Tanxian County, asking him to immediately strengthen Tanxian County in the north of Xiapi. Defend against Liangcheng, once you find Du Fuwei and Li Zitong's bandit army marching westward, you can't fight with them, you can only defend the city, and don't let the city fall into the hands of bandits. Also, report the latest enemy's whereabouts, I will be useful."
Zhu Yong hurriedly agreed, and while going to order the two counties in the north to immediately defend the county, he also reported the latest enemy movements. To Chen Yingliang's surprise, Du Fuwei's team stationed troops behind the south bank of Shushui in the east of Shuyang. However, there was no new big move, but Li Zitong's team, who had been plundering Mount Xun before, suddenly let go of those poor fishermen, and led his team directly south. Judging from the road, the destination was probably Du Fuwei's camp. After carefully looking at the map to confirm this point, Chen Yingliang couldn't help but frown a little, and pondered: "Could it be that Du Fuwei and Li Zitong have already hooked up? Are you going to join forces?"
"Deputy envoy, it's not that it should be, it's for sure." Kan Leng, who has a taciturn personality, rarely spoke, and said in a deep voice: "When the last general was under Du Fuwei's tent, he had heard about his raising troops in Qi County, and knew that he and Li Zi Tong has known each other since he was in Changbai Mountain in Qi County, and I heard that there is still a lot of friendship, so it is logical for them to join forces."
Chen Yingliang frowned again, because there had been reports from Shuyang that after Du Fuwei annexed Zhao Pozhen, his army strength had reached more than 35,000. At the same time, Donghai Governor Yin Weng also reported to Chen Yingliang It is said that Li Zitong's team also has 15,000 to 15,000 people. If the two thieves are really merged into one, the strength will immediately exceed 50,000. It's not like you can't fight head-on - it's not that you can't, it's just that doing so will definitely result in heavy casualties.
After thinking for a while, Chen Yingliang made up his mind and told Yuan Tiangang: "Mr. Yuan, immediately write a letter of appeal for help to Wang Shichong, saying that we have found out the exact news that the two thieves Du Fuwei and Li Zitong have decided to join forces. After the two thieves joined forces, the army exceeded 50,000, which is more than ten times that of our army. Our army is too small to fight against, so we can only abandon the planned tactics of going east to the East China Sea, and temporarily stay in Suyu to ensure the safety of Xiapi County. Ask him to lead the army Go west to Suyu, join forces with our army, and then discuss how to defeat the enemy."
"Deputy envoy, Wang Shichong is absolutely impossible to agree." Yuan Tiangang said with some surprise: "If Wang Shichong goes west to Suyu, there will be a huge hole in his Huai River defense line. Du Fuwei and Li Zitong will take the opportunity to break through the Huai River defense line." , into Jiangdu territory, then he will be in big trouble."
"Of course Wang Shichong will not agree. How could that old slicker suffer such a disadvantage?" Chen Yingliang sneered, "I know he will refuse, but after he refuses, I will have a chance to bargain with him, right? As long as I can bargain , I can find a way to let him Wang Shichong play the main force, first fight head-on with Du Fuwei and Li Zitong, and then I will go to pick peaches."
Yuan Tiangang suddenly realized, so he hurriedly wrote a letter, and then sent someone to send it to Wang Shichong's camp urgently, and the Surabaya waterway was also accessible between Suyu and Shanyang. It was sent to Wang Shichong who was still stationed on the north bank of the Huai River. After reading Chen Yingliang's letter, Wang Shichong also cursed like Chen Yingliang without grace, but just sneered and said: "Sure enough, he is a cunning boy. He is obviously afraid that I will hide behind and pick up cheap ones. It is a good idea to use such an excuse to bargain. !"
"Chen Yingliang is trying to bargain?" Wang Shichong's fourth brother Wang Shiyun asked in surprise.
"Yes, I want to bargain." Wang Shichong nodded, and said with a sneer: "He knew that I would never leave the Huaishui line of defense and approach him, but he deliberately asked me for help, just because he wanted me to refuse, and asked me to discuss it carefully with him." Then take the opportunity to push us to the front and hold the front for him, so he can take the opportunity to hide behind and pick up the cheap."
"Damn, this treacherous boy." Wang Shiyun cursed, and then said: "My dear brother, why don't you just ignore him, let's go back to Huainan and let him, Du Fuwei, and Li Zitong call by themselves."
"You underestimate Chen boy." Wang Shichong smiled and said: "Chen boy stationed in Suyu and no longer marching eastward, he is clearly guarding against our sudden retreat to Huainan. Yu is not afraid to deal with the coalition forces of Du Fuwei and Li Zitong alone, because he has the strong city of Suyu in Xiapi County to rely on, and the natural danger of Surabaya to defend. It is not difficult to block the two thieves from westward. Then he just needs to Hold for a period of time, and once the two thieves Du and Li rely on plunder for supplies without a rear, they can only retreat obediently. At that time, we, who retreated before the battle, will not be able to explain in front of the court and the emperor. "
"Treacherous little thief." Wang Shiyun cursed again, and then asked: "Brother, what should we do?"
"Follow the plan." Wang Shichong waved his hand very easily, and said: "First negotiate with the little thief Chen Yingliang, bargain, lure him to leave Suyu, and enter the wilderness where there is no city or natural danger to defend, and then design Du Fuwei and Li Zitong first." Go get him."
"It's easy to bargain, but how to lure Du Fuwei and Li Zitong to deal with him first?" Wang Shiyun asked worriedly.
"It's easier." Wang Shichong said with a smile: "Send someone to recruit Du Fuwei, pretend to persuade Du Fuwei to surrender to us, and take the opportunity to tell Du Fuwei the truth about Chen Yingliang. Du Fuwei's vitality was seriously injured by Chen Yingliang's boy, and he almost died in Qiao County. He must have been holding a grudge, and if he found a chance to take revenge, how could he miss it?"
"My virtuous brother is clever, it really is a clever plan." Wang Shiyun laughed loudly, and quickly acted according to Wang Shichong's arrangement, while sending Wang Renze to Suyu to bargain with Chen Yingliang, and at the same time sending envoys to Du Fuwei with Wang Shichong's handwritten letter Daying surrendered, and told the envoy to take the opportunity to tell Du Fuwei about Chen Yingliang's truth.
Under the intrigue between each other, a very ridiculous scene appeared. He talked about joining hands to break the bandits, but Chen Yingliang led his army to station under the city of Suyu on the east bank of Surabaya. They were stationed on the north bank of the Huai River, leaning against the Liyang Duoli fence, and refused to go further north. The distance from each other to Du Fuwei's camp was about 120 miles, but no one was willing to move first. Looking forward to the opponent to take the lead, all expecting the opponent to hold the front of the battlefield, but no one is willing to suffer this loss, and no one wants to take advantage of the latecomers.
The intrigue between Chen Yingliang and Wang Shichong, the two big bastards, is of course for nothing. Du Fuwei, who is being attacked from both sides, allowed Du Fuwei to survive the most dangerous moment of fighting alone, and successfully waited for his old friend Li Zitong brought reinforcements to the south to join forces, and the strength of the joint army exceeded 50,000, which greatly increased its strength. At the same time, Du Fuwei was very surprised to welcome Wang Shichong's surrender envoy, and also saw the sincere surrender letter written by Wang Shichong himself.
No matter how sincere and sweet Wang Shichong's surrender letter is, it is useless. No matter how ignorant Du Fuwei is, he has heard of it. Just over half a year ago, Wang Shichong burned incense and swore in front of the Buddha statue in Tongxuan Temple in Wujun County, promising that Liu Yuanjin's remaining party would surrender and not kill him. When Liu Yuanjin's remnants had almost surrendered, Wang Shichong buried all the more than 30,000 people in the field for fertilizer! If there is proof in the past, Du Fuwei would only believe Wang Shichong's surrender letter if he was a fool! So after reading Wang Shichong's surrender letter, besides laughing out loud, Du Fuwei immediately ordered the envoy to be pushed out of the tent and beheaded.
Fu Gong Er spoke in time to stop Du Fuwei's impulsive behavior. Behind Li Zitong, who had just joined forces with Du Fuwei, a middle-aged scribe also stood up and said to Du Fuwei: "King Du, please calm down. Although Wang Shichong is a man He is despicable and has no trustworthiness, but even if the two countries are fighting each other, he will not be killed, let alone this person is actually an official envoy, killing him will not only be useless, but will also damage morality and be detrimental to King Du's reputation."
"Who are you? Why haven't I seen you before?" Du Fuwei looked at the scribe and asked, and found that the scribe was in his early thirties. good education.
"Brother Du, let me introduce you." Li Zitong opened his mouth and introduced Du Fuwei: "This is Mr. Mao Wenshen. The officialdom is dark, and he resigned in anger. I went south and passed through Dong'an this time, and he defected to my army to help me make suggestions and handle paperwork and accounts. He is a rare talent."
Du Fuwei was a very ambitious thief, and he knew the importance of civil servants. He nodded immediately after hearing what Li Zitong said, and said, "It turns out that he is Brother Li's confidant. Come here, set up a seat for Mr. Mao."
The thief in the tent agreed, and immediately brought Mao Wenshen a beard stool, and placed it next to Li Zitong. Mao Wenshen thanked him politely, but did not sit down. He just pleaded with Du Fuwei on behalf of the envoy. Objecting to beheading the envoy, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, since Mr. Mao is pleading with Brother Fu, let him go."
The emissary of Wang Shichong, who escaped from the dead, was overjoyed, saluted and thanked him quickly, and then left quickly, but Mao Wenshen stopped him again and said: "Wait a minute, letting you go is not free. I have a question for you. Since your Shangguan Wang Shichong He sent troops to conquer us, so why did his army stay still after crossing the Huai River and not go any further north?"
"Mr. Mao, it's not that the villain doesn't want to answer you, it's that the villain really doesn't know." The emissary said with a sad face: "The villain is just Wang Juncheng's military secretary office, and he is not qualified to participate in military affairs. I don't know why Wang Juncheng wants to stand still. .”
"It's okay, let me ask another question, and you can answer it truthfully." Mao Wenshen said calmly, "I heard that your army has a ten-mile battalion and a lot of flags. How many troops did your Wang Juncheng bring to the north to cross the Huaihe River this time?"
"The 30,000 elite soldiers were the main force of our Wang Juncheng when we put down Liu Yuanjin."
The emissary timidly gave a false number according to Wang Shichong's instructions, and then quickly added: "Mr. Mao, I am also very aware of the situation on the side of Deputy Envoy Chen. This time, Deputy Envoy Chen brought twenty-five regiments There are more than 5,000 people, of which four regiments are cavalry, seven regiments are heavy infantry, and the rest are all light infantry."
"I also know that Deputy Envoy Chen did not bring much food and grass during this expedition. Before that, he relied on the Tongji Canal to transport food and supplies. Later, after leaving Xiaqiu and marching eastward, Deputy Envoy Chen's army relied on the local government in Xiapi for supplies. Currently His food and grass are mainly supplied by Suyu. In Suyu city, there are only more than 1,000 brave guards. In Qiao County, we won’t be able to make it to the East China Sea battlefield for a while.”
Hearing Wang Shichong's envoy's introduction, Du Fuwei, Fu Gong Er, and Li Zitong, who were still not very clear about Chen Yingliang's strength, were immediately overjoyed. Is the military secretary office? How do you know the situation of Chen Yingliang's army so well? You even know the situation of his food and rear army? How do you know these things?"
The envoy was dumbfounded and didn't know how to answer Mao Wenshen's question. Du Fuwei, who had already suffered a big loss, became suspicious and shouted: "Say, or I will kill you!"
Wang Shichong's envoy was sweating profusely, but still didn't dare to answer, but Mao Wenshen suddenly smiled, and said with a smile: "If I'm not wrong, Wang Shichong should have introduced you in detail about Chen Yingliang's military situation, and then I asked you to tell me on purpose." Ours?"
"How do you know?" The envoy turned pale with shock and blurted out a question.
"Mr. Mao, how do you know?" Du Fuwei, Fu Gong Er and others were also shocked.
"I guessed that it's normal for Wang Shichong to do such a thing." Mao Wenshen replied with a smile, then cupped his hands to Du Fuwei and said, "King Du, please temporarily detain this envoy out of the tent. Something to say."
With a wave of Du Fuwei's hand, the thieves escorted the envoy out of the tent, and as soon as the envoy left, Mao Wenshen immediately saluted Du Fuwei and Li Zitong and said with a smile: "Congratulations to King Du, congratulations to King Li, and congratulations to Gong Er Brother, this great opportunity is right in front of us, not only do we not have to worry about being unable to resist this official attack, but we also have a good chance to defeat the two armies of Chen Yingliang and Wang Shichong."
"What does Mr. Mao mean by this?" Du Fuwei asked happily.
"Chen Yingliang and Wang Shichong are fighting each other. They don't want to send troops to fight with us first, and they both want to hide behind to take advantage." Mao Wenshen said with a smile: "Wang Shichong crossed the Huai River but didn't go north. He set up camps and flags. His purpose was nothing more than bluff and intimidation. We dare not fight with them. Chen Yingliang stationed troops in Suyu but did not advance eastward because he was not strong enough to defeat our allied forces, so he was forced to defend the city. Both of them expected the other side to send troops first and wait until After the opponent has lost both sides in the fight with us, we will then take advantage of the advantages and defeat the opponent at the lowest cost."
Seeing that Du Fuwei and others nodded and agreed with their own analysis, Mao Wenshen said again: "Students can guess that Wang Shichong's emissary's introduction to Chen Yingliang's military situation came from Wang Shichong's personal introduction. This is also the reason. Chen Yingliang's military situation is definitely true, even if there is a discrepancy, it will definitely not be big! Because Wang Shichong hopes that we will seize the opportunity of Chen Yingliang's lack of strength and take the initiative to attack Chen Yingliang. Then no matter who wins or loses, as long as our strength is exhausted to a certain extent, He, Wang Shichong, can immediately pick a bargain!"
"It makes sense." Fu Gonger nodded quickly, and said with a sneer, "To do such a thing is also in line with Wang Shichong's character!"
"Mr. Mao, what do you mean by the god-given opportunity you just said?" Li Zitong asked quickly.
"The heaven-sent opportunity, of course, is the envoy sent by Wang Shichong." Mao Wenshen said with a smile: "The kings only need to send this envoy to Chen Yingliang, and then write a letter to combine his military situation with the envoy's words and deeds." Tell Chen Yingliang the truth, do you think it is possible for Chen Yingliang and Wang Shichong, the two traitors, to continue to work together? These two traitors have turned against each other, and the heaven-sent opportunity for us to defeat each of them will come soon? "
"A wonderful plan!" Du Fuwei jumped up and said happily: "Quickly, act according to the plan, separate the two traitors, Chen Yingliang and Wang Shichong, and make them turn against each other. We will immediately send troops to the west to find Chen Yingliang." Revenge for the traitor!"
"King Du, how could it be Chen Yingliang first?" Mao Wenshen was a little surprised, and hurriedly said: "After separating the two traitors, Chen Yingliang and Wang Shichong, our first choice should be Wang Shichong, right?"