"What did you say?" Du Fuwei's joyful tone stopped abruptly, and his face changed a little. He stared at Mao Wenshen and asked, "You said that our first choice is Wang Shichong? Have you read military books? Who is strong and who is weak?" Don't you know?"
"King Du, please calm down and listen to the students speak slowly." Mao Wenshen said calmly without fear, "Yes, compared with Chen Yingliang, Wang Shichong is stronger, but the students still think that they should fight Wang Shichong first. , so that we can avoid the dilemma of fighting on two fronts and be more sure of winning, and at the same time, after defeating Wang Shichong, we will have more room for maneuver in terms of strategy."
Hearing Mao Wenshen's firm tone, Du Fuwei was a little confused, and Fu Gong Er hurriedly said: "Mr. Mao, please be straightforward and detailed. Brother Fu Wei, don't worry, we have plenty of time. Listen to Mr. Mao and finish speaking first." .”
Du Fuwei nodded, and Li Zitong also encouraged Mao Wenshen to speak directly. Mao Wenshen then raised three fingers and said, "There are three reasons. First, we have little chance of defeating Chen Yingliang's dog officer quickly. Chen Yingliang stationed troops in Suyu. Standing on the left side of Jiancheng, backed by Surabaya, there is a city to rely on, and Surabaya to defend. Our army launched an attack on Chen Yingliang. Forced to retreat."
"Secondly, it's not that Wang Shichong doesn't want to fight our army. As the magistrate of Jiangdu, he didn't passively defend the Huai River defense line, but chose to cross the north and station troops on the north bank. Obviously, he came here to destroy our military exploits. The reason why he deliberately The purpose of leaking Chen Yingliang's military plan to us is to induce us to fight Chen Yingliang first, and our army will forcefully attack Chen Yingliang who is holding on to the danger. At that time, our army will be attacked by the enemy before and after, and it will inevitably be passive!"
"Thirdly, even though Wang Shichong has more soldiers, he is actually better at dealing with it than Chen Ying." Mao Wenshen continued: "Wang Shichong camped with his back to the water but had no city to rely on. He relied on the south bank of the Huaihe River for supplies, which is a big taboo for military strategists. Our army and Of course, it would be best if the decisive battle can be broken directly, even if the decisive battle is difficult to win, we can take advantage of our strength, divide our troops to cross the river, harass and cut off his food road, then within half a month, Wang Shichong will definitely collapse without fighting."
"Besides, we will fight Wang Shichong first, so we don't have to worry about being caught in the dilemma of fighting on two fronts." Mao Wenshen added with a smile: "Chen Yingliang's troops are already small, so we must be cautious when sending troops to reinforce Wang Shichong. Dare to take risks and send troops. We sent Wang Shichong's emissary to him to let him know Wang Shichong's shameless behavior. Chen Yingliang will definitely have the intention of seeing Wang Shichong die when he is furious, so that we can have a full-scale decisive battle with Wang Shichong without distraction. .When our army defeats Wang Shichong again, then we can go forward and cross Huainan, and retreat or retreat to attack Chen Yingliang and be in an invincible position."
After listening to Mao Wenshen's eloquent opinions, Li Zitong, who trusted Mao Wenshen, nodded again and again, but Fu Gong Er fell into deep thought, and asked Du Fuwei after a long while: "Brother Fuwei, Mr. Mao, what do you think?" What do you think?"
Du Fuwei's face was gloomy, and after a long while he suddenly shouted: "Talk about armies on paper! Nonsense! Since ancient times, in the use of armies, there is no reason to be strong first and then weak? How many soldiers does Chen Yingliang have? How many soldiers does Wang Shichong have? Thirty thousand 30,000 officers and soldiers! How could we defeat Wang Shichong so quickly?"
"King Du, do you believe that Wang Shichong really has 30,000 troops on the north bank of the Huaihe River?" Mao Wenshen was a little bit dumbfounded, and said: "Wang Shichong's ten-mile battalion is clearly a bluff, how could his envoy tell us his real number of troops? If you don't believe me, King Du, you can interrogate the envoy right away, torture him a little, and you should be able to know Wang Shichong's real strength."
Du Fuwei froze for a moment, and then gave Fu Gong Er a wink, Fu Gong Er agreed to leave the tent immediately, and the sound of slaps and whips came from outside the tent, and then Fu Gong Er quickly returned to the middle In the army tent, he said to Du Fuwei: "Brother Fuwei, Mr. Mao guessed right. The emissary just didn't tell the truth. The army Wang Shichong led across the river was only 20,000. The so-called 30,000 troops were ordered by Wang Shichong Lie."
"Traitor! Sure enough, he's the same as the little thief Chen Yingliang!"
Du Fuwei swears a bad word, but Li Zitong laughs loudly, very satisfied that Mao Wenshen saved himself face, and then takes the opportunity to persuade Du Fuwei to adopt Mao Wenshen's suggestion and fight Wang Shichong first. But after repeated calculations, Du Fuwei still shook his head and said: "Don't take risks. Even if Wang Shichong, a traitor, has only 20,000 troops, he is still more difficult to deal with than Chen Yingliang. And brother Li, you haven't dealt with that little thief Chen Yingliang. I don't know how treacherous he is, but putting him behind our backs and ignoring it is like holding a poisonous snake in our arms, and it may be attacked by him at any time."
Seeing that Du Fuwei was still unwilling to adopt Mao Wenshen's suggestion, Fu Gong Er was a little worried that it would affect the close relationship between his own army and Li Zitong's team, so he said: "Brother Fuwei, Brother Li, Mr. Mao, since everyone will be uncertain for a while. My idea, then let's just take Wang Shichong's envoy to Chen Yingliang's little thief, first separate the relationship between these two traitors, and observe their reaction, and then decide how to use troops before it's too late."
Fu Gong Er's compromise idea was unanimously approved by Du Fuwei and Li Zitong, and Fu Gong Er immediately wrote a letter to Chen Yingliang, and truthfully introduced to Chen Yingliang the whole process of Wang Shichong's insidious tricks. Wei is a bit of a waste of time and food, but he has no choice but to take the lead, so he can only acquiesce in this method. At the same time, Mao Wenshen suggested: "Du Dawang, if you want, you might as well ask your envoy to tell the little thief Chen Yingliang directly, as long as he doesn't If we intervene in the decisive battle between our army and Wang Shichong, then our army will immediately cross the south of the river after defeating Wang Shichong, and will never stay in Huaibei to cause trouble for him. In this way, Chen Yingliang can further strengthen Chen Yingliang's determination to see Wang Shichong die."
Du Fuwei glanced at Mao Wenshen, and said coldly: "What's the rush? We haven't decided whether to attack Chen Yingliang first or Wang Shichong first."
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More than a day later, Wang Shichong's envoy was successfully escorted to Chen Yingliang's army, and Fu Gong Er's autographed letter was also sent to Chen Yingliang who was still bargaining with Jiangdu army representative Wang Renze. After reading Fu Gong Er's letter, Chen Yingliang's two staff officers, Yuan Tiangang and Wei Zheng, were of course furious. Even Wei Zheng, who was as stable and upright as he was, couldn't help swearing at Wang Shichong for being cruel and ruthless. , Then Wei Zheng also suggested: "Vice Envoy Chen, this matter cannot be let go, I believe that you should immediately report this matter to the court, and ask His Majesty the Emperor to abdicate Wang Shichong!"
Contrary to Yuan Tiangang and Wei Zheng, Chen Yingliang, who had been yelling at Wang Shichong behind his back these days, seemed to be a different person suddenly. Not only did he no longer swear without grace, but he also showed some smiles, and ordered: " Come, please immediately invite Wang Renze to the camp of the Chinese Army to discuss matters."
"Deputy envoy, do you want to turn against Wang Shichong directly?" Yuan Tiangang was a little surprised, and quickly reminded: "The enemy is now, directly turning against Wang Shichong will do no good, so it is better to hide this matter from him for the time being and secretly report Wang Shichong to the court." Please ask the imperial court to deal with him. When the imperial court orders come down, the war will be almost over, and even if we turn against Wang Shichong, it will not have much impact."
"I was so stupid that I turned against Wang Shichong directly." Chen Yingliang smiled, and then ordered: "Go and call Wang Renze, and then you will know my intentions. Also, let someone send Wang Shichong and Du Fuwei's emissary Bring them together, gag Wang Shichong's envoy, and put him outside the tent to wait for his orders. He is not allowed to say a word. Du Fuwei's envoy is also gagged, and put him in the back tent, so that he can hear the conversation between me and Wang Renze. .”
Yuan Tiangang went down to deliver the order with suspicion. After a while, Wang Shichong's unlucky emissary was first taken out of the tent, and the envoy sent by Du Fuwei was also taken to the back tent to be guarded by his own soldiers. Then Wang Renze, who didn't know the news, also After being invited to the big tent, after meeting and saluting, Chen Yingliang was not polite, and directly handed the letter of Fu Gong Er to Wang Renze, and said with a smile: "My nephew, this is from Fu Gong Er, the leader of the thief. Letter, you read."
Of course Wang Renze wondered why Chen Yingliang wanted to read the letter by himself, but after reading the letter for a few seconds, Wang Renze's expression changed immediately, sweat dripped from his forehead quickly, and he quickly shouted: "Uncle Chen, Divorce plan! This is a divorce plan, a divorce plan by the rebels! My uncle and you are both colleagues and relatives, how could you deliberately leak your military information to Du Fuwei's rebels? Uncle Chen, you have to believe me, Believe in my uncle!"
"Of course I believe you." Chen Yingliang said with a smile: "The military situation introduced in this letter is not really a secret. Du Fuwei's rebels can find out as long as they send more scouts to scout. Me, it's not that easy."
Wang Ren breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly thanked Chen Yingliang for his trust in his uncle and nephew. Then, Chen Yingliang asked his own soldiers to escort Wang Shichong's envoy into the big tent, and said to Wang Renze with a smile: "Nephew Renze, this person was escorted by Du Fuwei's rebels, who said he was sent by Brother Shichong." I haven't interrogated the envoy who went to negotiate with him, and I don't bother to interrogate him, so you take him back and hand him over to Brother Shichong for your disposal."
Wang Renze was overjoyed when he heard that, he hurriedly bowed his hands to thank him, and insisted that the envoy was a fake and he had never seen it before. Chen Yingliang smiled again and said: "Of course I know that he is a false messenger, the dead man sent by Du Fuwei, so it's rare for me to listen to his nonsense. Nephew Ren Ze, take him back for strict interrogation, and give him a serious punishment. Condemn, don't be polite to him."
"Definitely, definitely." Wang Renze nodded and bowed, secretly admiring Chen Yingliang's ability to take it and let it go. He knew that the envoy could not be fake, but in order to continue to maintain the friendly relationship with the Sui Army in Jiangdu, he insisted on joining forces to attack Du Fu now. In such a pretentious situation, he simply pretended to be confused and stupid.
"There is one more thing." Chen Yingliang said again: "Nephew Ren Ze, let's make a plan for the army by the way. Do you think this arrangement is okay? Our Qiao County team and your Jiangdu team are far away from Du Fuwei's big army." The battalion is about 120 miles away. You should report back today and make preparations tomorrow. We will send troops to attack Du Fuwei’s camp the day after tomorrow. We will march forty miles every day, and we will arrive at Du Fuwei’s camp in three days. Join forces outside the camp, how about a joint attack?"
Of course, Wang Renze knew the purpose of Wang Shichong and Chen Yingliang's bargaining. The purpose was to mobilize Chen Yingliang's team and leave Suyu, Surabaya, an easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack battlefield. decisive battle. Now that Chen Yingliang is finally willing to climb out of Suyu's tortoise shell and march eastward, Wang Renze is of course very happy, and immediately nodded and bowed and said: "Uncle Chen's words are very true, and my nephew has always thought that this plan of marching troops is the safest. We have made a decision like this, after my nephew returns, I must ask my uncle to act according to the plan."
"Nephew, don't worry, I haven't finished my words yet." Chen Yingliang said with a smile, "Nephew, you also know that I only brought over five thousand people from twenty-five regiments this time, and the force is too thin. If Du Fuwei's rebel army adopts the tactics of defeating each other and goes out to the west first, I can only lead them back to the Suyu battlefield immediately, defend according to the danger, and use the favorable terrain to compete with the rebel army. At that time, brother Shichong should also be asked to go west immediately, attack the back of the bandit army, join hands with our army to attack back and forth, and defeat the bandit army together."
Blinking and blinking some blue eyes, Wang Renze immediately cupped his hands and said, "My nephew understands Uncle Chen's difficulties, please rest assured, uncle, we will definitely send troops westward at that time, and join hands with uncle to attack Du Fuwei's rebels!"
"Then it's settled." Chen Yingliang was overjoyed, took a picture of the handsome case in front of him and said, "Please, my nephew, report back immediately. In the morning of the day after tomorrow, we will send troops together, marching in two ways, and smash Du Fuwei's thief's nest together!"
Wang Renze happily agreed, hurriedly bid farewell and left, and even more happily took away the unlucky messenger who was still gagged up to now. Seeing Wang Renze's leaving back, Yuan Tiangang and Wei Zheng were very puzzled, and hurriedly asked Chen Yingliang together: "Deputy envoy, let's forget it? This is too cheap for Wang Shichong, right?"
"Of course that's not the case." Chen Yingliang smiled and said, "Have you forgotten? In my back tent, there is an envoy from Du Fuwei? Bring him out."
The envoy Du Fuwei, who was gagged and held in the back tent, was pushed out and brought directly in front of Chen Yingliang. Chen Yingliang didn't let his soldiers untie him, but smiled and said, "What I said to Wang Shichong's nephew just now, Did you hear it all? Shall I repeat it to you?"
The same unlucky Messenger Du Fuwei nodded and murmured, not knowing whether he was saying that he heard it, or that he wanted to ask Chen Yingliang to repeat it. And our Captain Chen is a careful person and a kind person, so he said: "I made an agreement with Wang Shichong that we will send troops together the day after tomorrow and march forty miles every day. If I find that you are all heading west, I will return immediately." Su Yu stood firm and let Wang Shichong attack you from behind, flanking you from front to back, and smashed you."
"So." Chen Yingliang smiled and added: "You can tell Du Fuwei and Li Zitong directly when you go back. If they want to find me for a decisive battle, it will be easy for them. As long as they are sure to break through Suyu City, just come. Dongdu, facing Yang Xuangan’s 100,000 siege army, you have never been afraid of him, but you are afraid of him, Du Fuwei and Li Zitong, two little thieves? Remember what I said?”
Messenger Du Fuwei nodded quickly, expressing that he had remembered it.
"Very good." Chen Yingliang nodded in satisfaction, and then said slowly: "By the way, I would like to bring a word to Du Fuwei. I am now the Deputy Envoy of the Twelve Counties of the imperial court. What is my duty? Let’s make trouble, I will deal with him to the end no matter what, if he’s smart, he’ll just get out of my control, I don’t care where he likes to go!—Remember this?”
Envoy Du Fuwei quickly nodded again, Chen Yingliang smiled, and then ordered the soldiers to release the envoy Du Fuwei to go back to report the letter, and explained that Wang Renze's people must not see this envoy, and the soldiers led the order to escort the envoy away. It was also at this time that Yuan Tiangang and Wei Zheng vaguely understood Chen Yingliang's real intentions, and hurriedly asked Chen Yingliang in a low voice: "Vice Envoy Chen, are you trying to hint to Du Fuwei that as long as he goes south to find trouble with Wang Shichong, we will take care of him." If you don't send troops to help Wang Shichong, how can he and Wang Shichong make troubles?"
"Of course." Chen Yingliang smiled and said, "Actually, if I were Du Fuwei, then I would definitely take the army to find Wang Shichong for a decisive battle first, instead of going west to Suyu first. Because our Qiaojun army has Suyu The city and Surabaya are naturally dangerous, and it is definitely not that easy to break through, and Wang Shichong, who is strong enough, may stab him in the back at any time."
"It is very beneficial to Du Fuwei to fight Wang Shichong first. First of all, he does not have to fall into a difficult battle, and he can fight Wang Shichong without even crossing the Huai River. It is very conducive to a quick battle. At the same time, our Qiaojun army With few soldiers, Du Fuwei only needs to arrange a small number of troops to protect the rear to prevent us from attacking. Once Du Fuwei defeats Wang Shichong in the decisive battle, he will be invincible in terms of strategy. Jiangdu, which is far richer than Donghai and Xiapi, goes to grab money, food, and beauties. You can also turn around and come to me for a decisive battle. With the power of a big victory, you can avenge your original revenge. You can attack when you advance, and you can defend when you retreat. initiative."
After talking endlessly, Chen Yingliang smiled again and said: "Before I was worried that Du Fuwei was short-sighted and only wanted revenge and disregarded everything else, but judging from the fact that this kid used an envoy to separate Wang Shichong and me, this kid is still a little Brain, I gave him so many hints, and told him my plan of attacking troops directly, I guess he will make a smart choice no matter what."
Yuan Tiangang and Wei Zheng nodded again and again, and they had to praise Chen Yingliang and Wang Shichong as a pair of good partners. Then Yuan Tiangang was still a little worried, and said: "Deputy envoy, what if Du Fuwei refuses to obey? He and your Enmity is not small, if he insists on revenge and must come to a decisive battle with us, what should we do?"
"Come on." Chen Yingliang said with a smile, "The great thing is to give Wang Shichong more credit. Anyway, we have a city to defend, and it's easier to defend the city. We don't have to worry about too much loss."
"Also, do you think I really can't do anything about Du Fuwei?" Chen Yingliang said with a mysterious smile, "Don't forget, Du Fuwei and Li Zitong have just teamed up, and there are naturally gaps and conflicts between them. The reason why I haven’t taken advantage of these barriers and contradictions until now is that I’m just worried that Wang Shichong will take the opportunity to pick up big bargains. If Du Fuwei really dares to come, I’m not afraid of him without Wang Shichong’s help.”
Knowing Chen Yingliang's tricks, Yuan Tiangang nodded quickly, and said with a smile that the deputy envoy is really brilliant, but Wei Zheng looked up to the sky and sighed, "No wonder my official position is not as high as Wang Shichong's, and it's no wonder Wang Shichong's position is not as good as your deputy envoy's."
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Yuan Tiangang's worries were ultimately superfluous. In the afternoon of the next day, after Du Fuwei's emissary brought Chen Yingliang's coping strategy and the original words back to the camp of the bandit army, Du Fuwei vomited blood on the spot, slapped the table and He threw the bench and yelled, "Traitor! God kill your Chen Yingliang traitor! Just pretend to be confused and not be fooled, and then use my emissary Yin Wang Shichong! Why do you fall in love with that and want me to attack Wang Shichong first?" Just say it! Don't say it so nicely!"
"Unexpectedly, Chen Yingliang, a little dog official, is even more treacherous than Wang Shichong, an old dog." Mao Wenshen, who was famous in history, was also a little shocked, and sighed: "The old thief Wang Shichong is just shameless, but the little thief Chen Yingliang can bite people Dogs don't bark, and if they get a chance to attack, they will show no mercy, far more terrifying than the old thief Wang Shichong!"
After shaking his head and sighing, Mao Wenshen hurriedly bowed his hands to Du Fuwei, Fu Gong Er and Li Zitong and said: "Three great kings, tomorrow the government and the army will march in two directions, and you should make up your mind. The students still say the same thing, first It is in our best interest to defeat Wang Shichong, and after Wang Shichong sends troops to the north, the camp fence he built before will inevitably be destroyed when he pulls out the camp and raises troops. It's easier. Please think twice about this, the three kings."
Du Fuwei, who hated Chen Yingliang to the bone, remained stern and silent, while Li Zitong said, "Brother Du, I know you hate that dog official Chen Yingliang and want to seek revenge from him, but you have been waiting for more than half a year, so why bother waiting?" How many days? After we get rid of Wang Shichong, what's the big deal when we come back to seek revenge on Chen Yingliang, the puppy officer? Don't worry, I will continue to help you when the time comes!"
Hearing Li Zitong's words, and seeing that Fu Gong Er also advised him to adopt Mao Wenshen's correct strategy, Du Fuwei finally made up his mind, kicked over the case in front of him, and shouted: "Send the order and prepare to send troops immediately!" At noon the day after tomorrow, the whole army will go south to fight the dog officer Wang Shichong! After defeating Wang Shichong, we will go back and settle the score with Chen dog officer! We will settle the account with that son of a bitch traitor Kan Ling!"