"Vice Envoy Chen, our Jiangdu army took the initiative to go north to help you. Now that the main force of the rebels has been pinned down by us on the north bank of the Huaihe River, you are standing still here in Suyu. Is it too... too immoral? Please also ask Chen Deputy envoy, for the sake of serving the imperial court, immediately send troops south to assist our army in pinching Du Fuwei and Li Zitong's bandit army!"
"I would like to ask your envoy to report back to Wang Juncheng. Regarding his initiative to help, I... cough cough, on behalf of Ambassador Zhang Xutuo, the officers and men of Qiao County, and the soldiers and civilians of the twelve counties of Henan Province, I would like to express my heartfelt heartfelt thanks to him. Thank you! Cough cough, please report back to Wang Juncheng, it’s not that I don’t want to send troops immediately, I really want to fly to the Huaishui battlefield with wings on my back, and fight to the death with Du Fuwei and Li Zitong! It’s just..., cough cough, It’s just that you, the noble envoy, have also seen that this official’s illness has become like this, and he is really powerless. Please report back to Wang Juncheng, as long as my condition can be cured a little, I will send troops immediately, I will send troops immediately, cough cough cough cough... "
"Uncle Chen, uncle, he heard that you are seriously ill, so he ordered his nephew Wang Xingben to bring a doctor to treat you."
"Disease doctor, how is it? Can my illness be cured?"
"Deputy envoy, forgive me for your incompetence. Your pulse condition is intermittent, sometimes strong and sometimes weak. Watch the aftermath."
"Thank you for the disease doctor, nephew Xingben, please report back to Brother Wang, and ask him to rest assured that as long as my condition improves a little, I can ride a horse and walk, I will send troops immediately, even if it means death, I will also die on the counter-insurgency battlefield.”
"How did the pulse become so weird? It's simple, just find something hard and put it under the armpit."
From the above content, it can be seen that what Wang Shichong did to our captain of Chen Yingliang, the young wife, Chen Yingliang. In short, no matter how Wang Shichong urged, lured, or even persecuted, Chen Yingliang just stayed at the city of Suyu and refused to move. As soon as the envoy came to see him, Chen Yingliang lay dying in the ward full of medicine smell, his condition was so heavy that he seemed to die at any time; and as soon as Wang Shichong left, Chen Yingliang appeared in the barracks or on the school field with his back, and he was very rare to practice. He learned riding skills, martial arts and archery skills, and worked hard to improve his pitifully low force value.
Of course, it is not that no one accused Chen Yingliang of being immoral, but Chen Yingliang replied with a sneer: "Moral? Talking morally to Wang Shichong, who perfidiously buried tens of thousands of people alive? Believe it or not, if Du Fuwei and Li Zitong came to Suyu Troubled us and forced us to ask Wang Shichong for help, so don't call him brothers, even if I ask Wang Shichong to be my godfather, he won't send a single soldier to share the pressure for us! Until we fight the thieves Both losers, he, Wang Shichong, won't even look at the battlefield of Suyu!"
Some people were also worried about the consequences of Chen Yingliang's actions, saying that if they sat back and watched Wang Shichong's destruction, then his army would face the threat of Du Fuwei and Li Zitong's bandit army alone, but Chen Yingliang laughed even more happily, saying: "You underestimate Wang Shichong too It's not that he can't deal with Du Fuwei and Li Zitong. With his strength, even if he can't win Du Fuwei and Li Zitong, he will definitely not suffer too much. He just doesn't want to pay too much for this battle. .He doesn't want the army to suffer heavy casualties, and I don't want to, so let's fight and see who can spend more than whom."
As analyzed by Chen Yingliang, if Wang Shichong on the Huaishui battlefield adopts a decisive battle strategy, it is not that he is not sure of defeating the coalition forces of Du Fuwei and Li Zitong, but he is destined to pay a huge price. A warlord and a hero in troubled times, Wang Shichong knows better than anyone else the importance of the direct army. This time, the so-called Northward Assistance and Suppression took the initiative to extend a helping hand to Chen Yingliang. Disbanded and disbanded, and the head-on decisive battle with the main force of the thieves, the heavy casualties gave Chen Yingliang a stepping stone to get promoted and make a fortune. Such a stupid thing would not be done if Wang Shichong was killed!
But if you don’t want to do it, you have to do it. The masters in the thieves’ team also saw through Wang Shichong’s intention to preserve their strength, and suggested that Du Fuwei and Li Zitong should seize this weakness to pursue and attack Wang Shichong’s camp every day. Because the camp was not stable enough, we had to send troops to fight each time, and every time it took a lot of effort to repel the attack of the bandits, and because Du Fuwei and Li Zitong agreed to jointly attack, every day Both had to fight twice with the bandit army. Although the result was mutual victory and defeat, and the Jiangdu army, which had a certain advantage in equipment training, had the upper hand, Wang Shichong still paid a high price for this. After only six or seven days of fighting, there were Thousands of Wang Shichong's direct descendants died in battle or were seriously injured and disabled.
At this point in the battle, Wang Shichong had few options other than to fight head-on with all his strength. One was to quickly pull Chen Yingliang into the battlefield and attack the main force of the bandit army back and forth; The third is to win by surprise and defeat the enemy by plan. However, Chen Yingliang pretended to be sick and refused to send troops. If he retreated across the Huaihe River, he would definitely be attacked by the main force of the bandit army. The casualties were destined to be even greater. In fact, Wang Shichong only had two choices: a decisive battle and a surprise victory. There is no other way.
Like the inherently bad Chen Yingliang, the treacherous Wang Shichong also discovered the weakness of distrust between the bandits and the army. He also tried to drive apart the alliance between Du Fuwei and Li Zitong, but unlike Chen Yingliang, Wang Shichong was Xinyi's reputation in this area is really too stinky, it can be regarded as stinky, and in front of the Great Buddha of Tongxuan Temple, he swore to surrender and not to kill in front of the world, but in the end, more than 30,000 surrendered soldiers were buried alive! Such a scandal was done, and it was done so vigorously. Even if Du Fuwei and Li Zitong were cerebral palsy and dementia, they would not believe any of Wang Shichong's words. Using tricks to sow discord
"Why don't you let the little thief Chen Yingliang come forward and use tricks to drive us apart?"
After racking his brains, Wang Shichong suddenly came up with a very genius and feasible idea, and immediately said: "This old man is on the edge of a dead end! Why didn't he think of using Chen Yingliang's little thief to come forward to sow dissension? Make the two thieves Du and Li suspicious of each other, They even turn against each other and fight each other!"
"Let the little thief Chen Yingliang come forward?" The civil and military officials of the Jiangdu Army, who were basically composed of members of the Wang family, looked at each other in blank dismay.
"Yes! Let the little thief Chen Yingliang come forward and use alienation!" Wang Shichong stood up excitedly and said loudly: "Although this little thief Chen Yingliang is treacherous and despicable, he is ungrateful! But he is good at covering up and showing people his hypocrisy, and he has a good reputation among the people. Excellent, after he recruited the traitor Miao Haichao last time, not only was Miao Haichao not executed, but he was promoted to the left guard and served as Zhechong Lang. There was such a precedent, the little thief Chen Yingliang came forward to contact the traitor, of course It is easy to gain the trust of the thieves, and then take the opportunity to create a rift, making Du Fuwei and Li Zitong turn against each other, creating a favorable opportunity for us to win in one battle!"
"Uncle, that little thief Chen Yingliang is treacherous, shameless, insidious and despicable, will he help us?" Wang Renze asked worriedly.
"He may not be able to help with other things, but he should be able to help with this one." Wang Shichong replied, "Help us separate the two thieves Du and Li. The queen of thieves is easy to pick up cheap, such a good thing with huge benefits and no harm, he should not miss it."
Wang Renze and other members of the Wang family were overjoyed when they heard that, and hurriedly urged Wang Shichong to act according to plan, so as not to be forced to fight a war of attrition with the bandit army every day. But there was only one beginning, and Wang Shichong put down his brush again, frowning and said, "No, I can't write to the little thief."
"Why?" Everyone in the Wang family was stunned, and hurriedly asked: "Could it be that this plan doesn't work?"
"It's not that this plan doesn't work, I'm sure it works, I'm just worried that the little thief Chen Yingliang will take the opportunity to play tricks." Wang Shichong frowned even more, and analyzed from his own perspective: "Last time I pretended to surrender, and used The emissary made a fool of him, Chen Xiaozei, although Chen Xiaozei didn't pursue him, he must still hold grudges in his heart, there is no guarantee that he won't take the opportunity to retaliate this time, if this is the case, then our troubles will only be even greater."
"But father, you said just now that what we do is beneficial to him?" Wang Xuanying, Wang Shichong's eldest son, asked in surprise.
"But it is more beneficial for him to let us fight both sides with the bandit army! At that time, not only will all the trophies be his, but we will also be severely injured, and we will no longer have the power to threaten him with revenge!"
Wang Shichong replied viciously, and said with a cold expression: "If the situation between me and Chen Yingliang, the little thief, is reversed, and Chen Yingliang writes to ask me to use divorce, I will definitely send the letter from Chen Xiaoyou to Du Fuwei and Li Zitong immediately. Help Chen Xiaozei to completely anger these two thieves! If Chen Xiaozei sends my letter to Du Fuwei and Li Zitong, then we can only fight with the main force of the thief army forever!"
Hearing Wang Shichong's words, everyone in the Wang family nodded, and they all thought that Chen Yingliang would definitely do this! — After all, they are all blood relatives of Wang Shichong, and they judge others by themselves, so it is natural to feel that such analysis worries are reasonable and reasonable.
After nodding in agreement, the members of the Wang family hurriedly asked if they would give up the divorce plan? Wang Shichong pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked Wang Renze: "Nephew Renze, if I remember correctly, when you introduced the situation in Chen Yingliang's army last time, you said that Chen Yingliang is only eighteen years old this year, and he is very strict in running the army. , there isn’t even a female singer in the army?”
"That's right." Wang Renze replied with a nod, and added: "My nephew also heard from the officers and men of Qiao County that even if the little thief Chen Yingliang robs a family member or rescues a plundered woman from the bandit army, he will be sent back to his original place immediately. , the homeless are assigned to the sergeants as wives by lottery, and never keep them for themselves, so they are very popular in the army."
"Very good." Wang Shi nodded contentedly, then suddenly turned to his eldest son, Wang Xuanying, and ordered: "Xuanying, take your sister to Suyu by water, and ask Chen Yingliang to help us separate Du and Li Er with schemes. thief."
"Father, why did you bring your younger sister?" Wang Xuanying asked in surprise.
"You just do it, and I'll tell you the reason later." Wang Shichong replied with a cold expression.
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At almost the same time, outside Suyu City, in the camp of the Sui Army in Qiao County, Chen Yingliang was also studying the military situation on the Huaihe battlefield. Judging from the information collected through various channels, Chen Yingliang found that he had also somewhat underestimated Wang Shichong. Patience and forbearance, in the case of unstable camp and insufficient fortifications, in order to preserve his strength, Wang Shichong has not yet launched a decisive battle. No matter what you say, you will not give yourself a chance to reap the benefits. In this three-way battle, whether you or Wang Shichong will have the last laugh is still unclear.
After secretly admiring that Wang Shichong was worthy of being a hero in troubled times, Chen Yingliang focused his attention on the Du Li coalition again, but was surprised to find that the main force of the bandit army did not seem to have plans for a full-scale decisive battle. It was very hot, but the troops dispatched each time were only in the thousands, and they never took advantage of their numbers. They launched a full-scale attack on Wang Shichong, who had a weak foothold, and seemed to have an attempt to preserve his strength. Realizing this, Chen Yingliang couldn't help sneering: "Du Fuwei has either become smarter, or there are some experts around him, who actually saw through Wang Shichong's desire to preserve his strength, and wanted to force Wang Shichong to retreat across the Huaihe River, and then attacked halfway across the Huaihe River." , an easy win."
"What does the deputy envoy mean?" Yuan Tiangang asked curiously.
"It's hard to say clearly in one sentence or two." Chen Yingliang replied smoothly: "In short, the two thieves Du Fuwei and Li Zitong are also stealing and playing tricks. They don't want to fight Wang Shichong head-on and hurt their vitality. Cross the Huaihe River, and then win the greatest victory at the least cost. So don’t look at the fact that the main force of the bandit army and Wang Shichong are fighting every day, in fact, both sides are competing for patience.
"Then, among them, who is sure to win?" Yuan Tiangang asked again.
"It's not clear yet, but Wang Shichong has a better chance of winning." Chen Yingliang replied: "There are too many internal problems in the rogue coalition forces. As long as Wang Shichong seizes an opportunity, he may win a big victory. Compete patiently, Du Fuwei And Li Zitong is no match for Wang Shichong, an old fox, and if he continues to consume, he will probably be exhausted to death by Wang Shichong."
"Isn't it good to be consumed by Wang Shichong?" Yuan Tiangang said relaxedly: "We don't need to fight hard, but let Wang Shichong eliminate Du Fuwei and Li Zitong for us. Isn't it good?"
"Then what about our achievements and trophies?" Chen Yingliang said with a sneer, "Wouldn't it be all for nothing to take advantage of Wang Shichong? When he gets promoted and gets rich, we will have a grudge with him, and there will be even more troubles in the future."
"Then what should we do?" Wei Zheng asked: "Could it be that the deputy envoy wants to send troops to help Wang Shichong? To resolve the grievances, and share the merits by the way?"
"It's not time to send troops yet." Chen Yingliang replied: "The best time for us to send troops is to wait until the main force of the rebel army and Wang Shichong are both wounded in a fight. After the bone-shattering decisive battle, when we send troops again, we can make a final decision and easily obtain the maximum benefit."
"Although the deputy envoy's ideals are good, but Wang Shichong and the main force of the bandit army insist on refusing to fight decisively, what can we do?" Wei Zheng asked, and made a very rare joke, saying: "We can't send people to fight against Du Fu. Wei and Wang Shichong said, I beg you to quickly fight a decisive battle that will hurt both sides, so that our Qiaojun army can hide behind and pick up the cheap."
Yuan Tiangang laughed, and said that Mr. Wei Zheng could also joke, but Chen Yingliang didn't laugh, just crossed his arms and stared at the map of the Huaishui battlefield in a daze. After a long time, Chen Yingliang suddenly said: "Mr. Yuan, Mr. Wei, I have It’s a question, I hope you can answer it truthfully.”
"Excuse me, Deputy Envoy." Yuan Tiangang and Wei Zheng replied together.
"If..., I said if." Chen Yingliang hesitated, and said: "If I use conspiracy and tricks to completely anger Du Fuwei and Li Zitong and other thieves, and induce them to launch a full-scale decisive battle with Wang Shichong, is this too offensive? Morality? What do you think of me? Do you think I am inferior to a beast, and I am not worthy of being a human at all?"
Hearing Chen Yingliang's question, Yuan Tiangang and Wei Zheng looked at each other suspiciously, and then contemplated. After a while, Yuan Tiangang first said: "Deputy envoy, Wang Shichong is our ally. It is really against morality to do so. But if you I did it, and the subordinate officer thinks that you are not wrong, because the person you are targeting is Wang Shichong. Wang Shichong deliberately leaked our military situation to the enemy first. It's not wrong to use any vicious means to deal with him."
Chen Yingliang nodded, and then turned his gaze to Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng hesitated for a long time, and then said: "If you do this to other friendly troops, the deputy envoy, the humble officer will definitely think you are a wolf-hearted dog, and people and gods are all angry! But if you do this to Wang Shichong, But I think you did the right thing. Wang Shichong is a sinister and despicable person. He has honey in his mouth and a sword in his belly. He will use any means to achieve his goals. If he is allowed to flourish, it will be a disaster for the world! You can kill him in the bud and prevent him from getting ahead On that day, countless souls and people were saved.”
After all, he is a former anti-drug captain whose conscience has not been eaten by dogs. Even though Wei Zheng said so, Chen Yingliang still hesitated for a long time before making up his mind. He took the handwritten letter to himself, took it and threw it on the handsome case, and asked: "Which one of you is good at imitating handwriting? Forge a letter written by Wang Shichong for me."
"Imitate handwriting? This...."
Yuan Tiangang, who is only good at astronomy and geography, was a little dumbfounded, but Wei Zheng, an old-fashioned man who can count his fingers in history, picked up the letter and sat beside the desk next to him. He said calmly: "Since the humble official agrees with the deputy envoy to do this, then the humble official will also be a sinner. Please tell the deputy envoy, who is Wang Shichong writing to? What is the content?"
"Wang Shichong wrote to me." Chen Yingliang said lightly: "The content is that Wang Shichong asked me to come forward to separate Du Fuwei and Li Zitong for him, and use the good reputation I established by recruiting Miao Haichao before to buy Li Zitong to surrender to the court with a high salary. , stabbed Du Fuwei in the back suddenly. If I want to, I will take Li Zitong away. If not, he Wang Shichong can solve Li Zitong for me so that my reputation will not be damaged. By the way, add In the previous sentence, the jewelry I used to buy Li Zitong was provided by him, Wang Shichong."
"Understood, please wait a moment, deputy envoy." Wei Zheng agreed calmly, and immediately wrote a book with a pen brush, writing very quickly, but the handwriting left was exactly the same as Wang Shichong's.
"Leave the seal to me." Yuan Tiangang, who is good at fine craftsmanship, also cupped his hands and said, "I will go get the radish and the carving knife."