In the Huaishui battle, Yu Juluo, the veteran who was executed by Emperor Sui Yang, could rest in peace, and Tu Wanxu, the veteran who was innocently demoted to a commoner, could breathe a sigh of relief. It was Wang Shichong who fought, the strength was Wang Shichong, and Wang Shichong died. In the end, Chen Yingliang took all the military achievements, and in the end Wang Shichong paid some interest. No matter how dissatisfied Yu Juluo and Tu Wanxu are, they are harsh.
Yu Juluo closed his eyes and vented all his thoughts to relieve his hatred, but Wang Shichong's family was roaring and roaring, wishing to bury the brazen Chen Yingliang Lingchi alive. Wang Shiwei, who had finally rushed to the battlefield with reinforcements, was even more furious, and he was about to take the team to Lianshui to find Chen Yingliang Settle accounts. Fortunately, Wang Shichong was quite sensible, and stopped him in time: "Don't go crazy! Chen Yingliang is an official appointed by the court, and his position is still higher than mine. If you take the army to find him, he will immediately charge you with treason. , it will be too late to regret it by then!"
"Then forget it?" Wang Shiwei yelled with red eyes, "In this battle, we suffered almost 10,000 casualties. After finally exhausting the main force of the rebels, the little thief Chen took all the advantages? We Can't even make a sound?"
"Of course we have to settle this account with the little thief Chen Yingliang, but not now." Wang Shichong shook his head and said, "Now the little thief Chen Yingliang is still useful to us, and we have to ask him for something, so we must not turn against him now. "
"What else do we ask of him?" Wang Shiyun, Wang Shiwei and other members of the royal family were all taken aback.
"I beg him to join me in reporting the victory." Wang Shichong explained: "Our basic purpose of crossing the Huaihe River in the north is to quickly fight a battle and make a contribution, so that the emperor and the court know the importance of our Jiangdu army, so as to prevent the army from being idle for too long. It has been abolished by the emperor's order for a long time, but our battle was only a tie with the rebel coalition forces. Not only did we fail to wipe out the rebels, but we also suffered tens of thousands of casualties. Too incompetent, giving birth to abolition thoughts..."
"But we are the ones who destroy the elite soldiers of the rebels." Wang Shiyun hurriedly interrupted: "Ten thousand elite soldiers are more important than one hundred thousand auxiliary soldiers. As long as we let the emperor know this, why are we afraid of abolishing them?"
"Don't say these useless words, okay?" Wang Shichong, who was interrupted, was a little dissatisfied, and said angrily: "According to what you said, Yu Juluo and Tu Wanxu should be responsible for the extermination of Liu Yuanjin. It has nothing to do with us. The emperor can only see the number of casualties, beheads, and captives in the memorial, but he can’t see who is the elite and who is miscellaneous! Even if the emperor suddenly cares who kills the elite, if Chen Yingliang insists on it He wiped out elite soldiers, can we beat him? Don't forget, his backer is Wenxi Pei, and Pei Ju and Pei Yun, two smiling tigers, will not help us and their henchmen to take credit for their achievements!"
After drinking away the mindless fourth brother, Wang Shichong said again: "So the only way for us now is to join hands with the little thief Chen Yingliang to win the victory and divide the gains equally, so that the emperor will be satisfied and think that we should stay. Our Jiangdu army, otherwise, once the emperor orders to disband, we will be finished, understand?!"
Everyone in the Wang family nodded, and only then did they understand Wang Shichong's real intentions, but Wang Ren was still a little worried, and asked, "Uncle, what if that little thief Chen Yingliang refuses to join us in claiming victory? With the cruelty of this little thief and his thick skin, it may not be the case." Will you agree to share the work with us?"
Wang Shichong was expressionless, and he said after a while: "I can only sacrifice some gold, silver and jewels, Xuanying, you immediately take a generous gift to Lianshui, and use the excuse of thanking the little thief Chen Yingliang for his rescue, and then invite him to our camp Come here, just say that I want to meet him and share brotherhood with him."
Wang Xuanying clapped his hands and agreed, but Wang Shiyun cursed and said angrily: "Damn it! The little thief took advantage of the cheapness, and we have to give him a gift in the end. What is this called?!" Everyone in the Wang family nodded and agreed. It's all resentment.
Ever since, after suffering enough losses, in order to preserve the lifeblood of the army, the old Wang family headed by Wang Shichong had to swallow their humiliation and present generous gifts to Chen Yingliang, imploring Chen Yingliang to come. As a result, after Wang Xuanying delivered the gift to Chen Yingliang, Chen Yingliang was really taken aback. He almost thought that Wang Shichong was furious and wanted to set up a banquet to kill himself. Taking advantage of countless advantages, Chen Yingliang thought about it, and finally gave Wang Shichong a face, and brought Niu Jinda and a team of personal soldiers west to Wang Shichong's camp to meet Wang Shichong, the de facto father-in-law.
It was also at Wang Shichong's camp that Chen Yingliang and others truly understood how fierce the decisive battle between Wang Shichong and the main force of the rebels was. The war had ended for four days, and there was an autumn rain during the period, but the air was still filled with thick blood. Smell, the trenches of the guard camp filled with soil can also be seen everywhere wreckage and corpses that have not been completely buried, and the earth barriers of the guard camp are full of dark red blood stains and gun holes and arrow holes, covered with dense knife marks, and the Jiangdu army who lined up to welcome Most of the soldiers were also wounded, and many soldiers had bloody gauze on their faces and bodies, and there were traces of fierce fighting everywhere.
At the same time, Chen Yingliang finally met his cheap father-in-law, Wang Shichong. He was in his early forties, with blond hair, blue eyes and few wrinkles. Immediately, he grasped Chen Yingliang's hands, and said kindly: "My dear brother, we finally met. I really didn't expect it. My dear brother, you are already famous all over the world at such a young age. You must have a bright future in the future. Brother Yu, you will be able to meet in the future." rely on you."
"Brother, you're being polite." Chen Yingliang hurriedly said modestly, "Brother took the initiative to help this time, and my younger brother has not thanked him in person. Today, I would like to take this opportunity to ask my elder brother to accept my thanks on behalf of the soldiers and civilians of the twelve counties."
Wang Shichong laughed heartily, and even said that his actions were taken for granted, and he didn't need to thank him. Wang Shiyun, who was full of anger beside him, couldn't bear it anymore, pointed to the devastated self-army camp and said: "Vice Envoy Chen, there is no need to thank you, as long as you know our hard work and sacrifices. Please take a look, my Deputy Envoy. What does the camp look like now? The corpses have already been removed, if those corpses are still there, Fushi Chen probably hasn’t seen so many corpses piled up together, right?”
"I've seen it, and I've seen more." Chen Yingliang replied calmly: "When I led the five thousand defeated soldiers to the decisive battle with Yang Xuangan's 50,000 bandit army, I killed Yang Xuangan's bandit army so that their bodies lay on the road. It was as tall as a person, stretched for several miles in Xiaohan Road, and the blood was so much that it could submerge your knees."
Hearing Chen Yingliang's answer, Wang Shiyun couldn't help being extremely astonished, he couldn't find anything to answer Chen Yingliang at all, Wang Shichong gave him a vicious look, and motioned him to shut up and stop showing off in front of Chen Yingliang who had eaten and seen him before. Then he laughed and said: "Your brother has made many achievements and killed countless enemies. Of course, such a small scene is difficult to understand. Hehe, there is a strong wind outside the camp. Please invite me to the camp, and then brother Yu will introduce my family to you." .”
Talking and laughing along the way, as Wang Shichong entered the camp full of wounded soldiers, the Jiangdu army had already set up a banquet in the Chinese army tent. After each seated, Wang Shichong really introduced Chen Yingliang Everyone, at the same time, let a group of their nephews and nephews perform junior gifts to their distant uncle Chen Yingliang. It was only at this time that Chen Yingliang discovered that the Jiangdu army was basically Wang's army, and the main generals were basically Wang Shichong's brothers and nephews. The generals with foreign surnames were also relatively low-ranking. This discovery also dispelled Chen Yingliang's idea of trying to annex Wang Shichong's team—it was impossible.
At the same time, Chen Yingliang also met his beloved niece Wang Xueji again as a matter of course. Unfortunately, Wang Xueji, an unfilial niece who seduced her distant uncle Hong Xing out of the relationship, refused to admit it. After a symbolic salute, he stood beside him, with a stern face and a haggard look, as if he was still dissatisfied with Chen Yingliang's brutality, and didn't know how to be sympathetic. Seeing the haggard appearance of his beloved niece, Chen Sangliang couldn't help feeling guilty no matter how devastated he was, and secretly vowed that if there was another time, he would be gentler to the younger generation.
After Chen Yingliang introduced Niu Jinda to everyone, the banquet officially began. Both Chen Yingliang and Wang Shichong were extremely deep and treacherous. Although they hated each other, they spoke more beautifully than the other. As affectionate as a brother. At the same time, when the wine was half full, Wang Shichong gradually turned the conversation to the main topic, and said with a smile: "My dear brother, this time you and I have succeeded in conquering the rebels, and we have gained a lot. It is time to report the victory to the emperor at the upper court." It's time, I don't know if my brother thinks we should go to the table separately to report the victory, or should we go to the table together?"
"Brother, how do you think it should be played?" Chen Yingliang asked back with a smile.
"My brother and I are as close as brothers and sisters. Why should we divide each other?" Wang Shichong said boldly: "In Brother Yu's opinion, let's write a memorial now and jointly sign up for victory! Brother, what do you think?"
"So that's how it is." Chen Yingliang suddenly realized, and immediately understood that Wang Shichong wanted to share the credit with himself, and immediately hesitated.
There was a reason for Chen Yingliang's hesitation. If someone else offered to share the credit equally, Chen Yingliang, who had taken advantage of this battle, would probably agree without batting an eyelid. But when Wang Shichong made this request, Chen Yingliang had to be careful. Weigh the consequences. Because Chen Yingliang knew very well that Wang Shichong was a snake, or a poisonous snake with venomous teeth. This time, he had already made a big enmity with him secretly. He will bite back and kill him with one blow.
Subconsciously wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it carefully, Chen Yingliang felt that he should still agree, because Wang Shichong had suffered too much this time, and he had taken too much advantage. If he refused to share the credit equally, he would seriously damage himself The good reputation and reputation of the country are not conducive to cooperation with other friendly forces in the future. At the same time, even if I reject Wang Shichong's request, I may not be able to ensure that Wang Shichong's direct line army will be abolished, and two of the four counties under my supervision border on him. He was offended to the point of death, so it would be difficult to meet again next time.
"Forget it, for the sake of my good niece, let's be a good friend. Let's stay a little bit, so we can meet each other in the future." With a dark sigh, Chen Yingliang made up his mind, but said secretly: "No, I have to try again. To try Wang Shichong's humanness, he has to make his humanity bigger."
When Chen Yingliang was turning the wine glass to contemplate, Wang Shichong, Wang Shiyun and others looked relaxed on the surface, but they were extremely nervous in their hearts. They were afraid that the cruel Chen Yingliang would find some excuse to insist on refusing. Fortunately, Chen Yingliang thought quickly, raised his head after a short pause, and said with a smile: "Brother Shichong, it would be great if you said it earlier."
"What do you mean by this brother?" Wang Shichong was taken aback.
"I have already sent out the victory memorial." Chen Yingliang said with a smile: "After counting the gains and casualties, my younger brother immediately sent the victory memorial to Dongdu, so..."
With a sound of "bang", the wine glass in Wang Shiyun's hand fell heavily on the ground. Niu Jinda was so startled that he jumped up and pressed his hand on the handle of the knife. Fortunately, no knife and axe rushed out to kill the devastated Chen Yingliang. Wang Shiyun just said I said that my wine is enough, I went out to relax, and then rushed out of the Chinese army's tent in an angry stride, and then Wang Shiwei, Wang Renze and others followed suit, and they didn't even bother to say goodbye . Soon, only Wang Shichong, his two sons, and Wang Xueji remained among the people surnamed Wang in the Chinese army tent.
When Chen Yingliang signaled Niu Jinda to sit down again, he smiled and observed Wang Shichong's reaction, and found that Wang Shichong's expression was very complicated, with blue, red, black and white, and his knuckles were turning white when he was holding the hand on the table. Obviously, his heart was extremely angry. His eldest son, Wang Xuanying, and second son, Wang Xuanshu, had veins twitching violently on their foreheads, and their gazes were full of viciousness and resentment. Only Wang Xueji still had a pretty face, apparently they didn't care about this matter at all.
Chen Yingliang smiled, and turned his gaze back to Wang Shichong's face, and after Wang Shichong's face turned black for a while, he finally managed to squeeze out some smiles, raised his glass and said with a forced smile: "Since the virtuous brother has already made the appearance first, then Forget it, come on, we two brothers continue to drink freely, my dear brother please."
"Brother, please." Chen Yingliang raised his wine glass with a smile, and then said with a smile: "Brother, if you think it's better to report the victory jointly, that's fine too. I'll send someone to chase the messenger back and take back the memorial of the victory alone." , our brothers join hands to claim victory."
"Can you get it back?" Wang Shichong was overjoyed.
"Of course." Chen Yingliang said with a smile: "The little brother's victory emissary has only been gone for two hours. I sent a fast horse, and it was easy to recover. I will send someone to recover the envoy. Brother, you should draft the victory memorial now." , How about I sign and seal the memorial right away?"
"Hahahaha." Wang Shichong laughed loudly, and said: "Then it's settled. After we finish this glass of wine, Brother Yu, I will write a memorial and ask my virtuous brother to sign it. Come, let's do it!"
"Do it." Chen Yingliang raised his glass with a smile, and snorted coldly in his heart while drinking, "However, even if Mount Tai collapses in front of him without changing his face, there is nothing to be afraid of. Wang Renze's gang of mixed bastards are even more useless, no wonder It was easily wiped out by Li Er."
After drinking this glass of wine, Wang Shichong, who was afraid of long nights and dreams, really took up his pen and wrote the victory memorial. At the same time, Wang Shiyun and others who received the news also hurried back to the central army camp, shouting that they were too strong to drink, and desperately Ingratiate Chen Yingliang to make up for his rude behavior just now, and when Wang Shichong wrote the memorial to share the credit equally, and Chen Yingliang signed his name on the memorial, the old Wang family breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the direct line The army will definitely be able to keep it, and the hard work of this war is not in vain.
Letting go of the big stone in his heart, Wang Shichong is of course more affectionate towards Chen Yingliang, a distant brother, but Wang Shichong also seems to feel that the relationship between himself and Chen Yingliang is too far away, and he wants to get closer. Asked: "Brother, I forgot to ask you, are you engaged?"
"Brother, why did you ask about this?" Chen Yingliang pretended to be surprised, but involuntarily glanced at Wang Xueji.
"Just ask." Wang Shichong said with a smile: "Brother Yu heard that my younger brother was betrothed to the Chai family in Daxing, but Chai Shen and his son didn't understand gold and jade, so they forced my younger brother to withdraw from the marriage when he was in his twilight years." , so take care... ”
Speaking of this, Wang Shichong suddenly changed his title, and said with a smile: "If Deputy Envoy Chen is not engaged yet, then the lower official intends to get ahead, but wants to form a marriage with the Deputy Envoy."
Wang Shichong only has one daughter. Hearing Wang Shichong's words, everyone's eyes naturally focused on Wang Xueji. Chen Yingliang couldn't help turning his head to look at Wang Xueji, but saw Wang Xueji just peeking at him. Their eyes intersected. Wang Xueji, who had gotten to know her in depth, blushed immediately, and quickly turned her pretty face away. Seeing this scene, Wang Shichong, who had been paying attention to his daughter and Chen Yingliang's actions, suddenly felt confident, and said with a smile: "Deputy envoy, I am not boasting. My daughter's appearance is not bad, I don't know..."
"Brother, forgive me." Chen Yingliang hurriedly ended the topic, cupped his hands and said, "My younger brother has already arranged a new marriage. He is also from Daxing, and his surname is the eldest grandson."
"It's already engaged." Wang Shichong, who wanted to use marriage to tie Chen Yingliang to his chariot, was disappointed, but after a little calculation, Wang Shichong said again: "I don't know if the deputy envoy intends to take a concubine? If the deputy envoy is willing, The next official is willing to offer his daughter to the Deputy Envoy as a concubine!"
Everyone in the Wang family in the big tent remained silent, only Niu Jinda, who was of pure Han blood, and other Jiangdu generals with different surnames showed surprise, and Chen Yingliang even exclaimed, "Wang Juncheng, are you kidding? Your only daughter, you are willing to let her Marry as a concubine?"
"I am a barbarian, and my family is all barbarians." Wang Shichong confessed once in a while, and said with a smile: "We barbarians are not like you Central Plains people. We don't care about the distinction between wives and concubines, as long as you treat Xue Ji well." .If the deputy envoy is willing, I will take Xue Ji away today and take the house as a concubine!"
"I didn't expect Hu people to be so good?" The moment to decide the fate of life came suddenly. Chen Yingliang, who had long been looking forward to accepting a beautiful concubine for the winter, was ecstatic, but hesitated for a while, because Chen Yingliang knew very well what the ambitious Wang Shichong wanted. Chen Yingliang, who was equally ambitious, had to weigh the pros and cons of marrying the hero Wang Shichong for the purpose of marrying himself, but hesitating for a moment spoiled the big deal, and immediately annoyed Wang Xueji, who had been secretly paying attention to Chen Yingliang...
"I've given you so much money, and my father directly stated that he was just a concubine, so you still have to think about it? Don't you think I'm not good enough for you?"
Having this idea, Wang Xueji, who was very proud in her bones, couldn't bear it anymore, she stood up immediately and said, "Since the deputy envoy is not willing, I am even more unwilling. If you dare to force me to be his concubine, father, I will immediately jump into the Huaihe River. I'll show you!"
After all, Wang Xueji, who had never touched her chopsticks until now, rushed out of the big tent and walked away, leaving Chen Yingliang in a daze on the seat, screaming in her heart, "I didn't say I didn't want to? I'm a lifetime How many half-breeds can I get? Such a good opportunity, how could I be willing to miss it?"
"It's troublesome, this matter is dirty again." Wang Shichong also complained in his heart, he would never take back what his daughter said, and if he really dared to force her to become Chen Yingliang's concubine, she would really dare to jump into the Huaihe River!