Hearing Bing Yuanzhen's story about the meeting with Chen Yingliang by the Sui army, the big gang of thieves in Wagang village couldn't help their faces changing color, and they all gasped, especially It was Zhai Rang who built the Wagang Village with his own hands, and even said in a voiceless voice: "Dig the Yellow River dam and divert the river to flood us? Is this really feasible?"
The Wagang generals, who are generally not well-educated, could not answer Zhai Rang's question. Bing Yuan really had a lot of troubles and refused to be in public. Only Wang Bodang, who took the initiative to bring his team to help, stood behind Li Mi and said calmly: "Please rest assured, King Zhai. Although this tactic is completely feasible, Chen Yingliang will never dare to use it. We don't have to worry about it."
"Why?" Zhai Rang asked quickly.
"Below Wagang is the Tongji Canal, which is the lifeblood of water transport." Li Mi said with a smile: "Digging the Yellow River embankment to artificially change the river course can certainly trap us to death without a single soldier, but after the Yellow River floods, not only the downstream If the people are all fish and turtles, the Tongji Canal will definitely be blocked and cut off. The tyrant Yang Guang may not care about the life and death of the people, but if Chen Yingliang dares to cut off Yang Guang's lifeline of water transportation, Yang Guang will definitely take his skin."
"So your Majesty can rest assured that Chen Yingliang doesn't dare to do this." Li Mi added with a smile: "But there is no need to thank him. This traitor's refusal to do this is not because of his conscience, but because he doesn't have the guts."
After listening to Li Mi's explanation, Zhai Rang, Shan Xiongxin and other Wagang generals were relieved, and then Zhai Rang finally discovered Li Mi's existence, and recalled: "You seem to be called Li Mi, right? It seems that you are still from the imperial court. What duke? What duke? I'm sorry, I can't remember right now."
"It's okay, the king can remember the student's name, the student is already very happy." Li Mi smiled gracefully: "My next Li Mi, the calligraphy master, was once named Pu Shangong, but after the student followed Yang Xuangan to revolt, This title has been taken away by the tyrant Yang Guang."
"King Zhai, Mr. Li Mi is still my teacher." Wang Bodang also interjected: "This time it was determined in advance that the real purpose of the dog officer Chen Yingliang is that the person in Wagang Village is him, destroying bridges and roads to slow down Chen Dog officer's marching speed, It is also my mentor's clever plan for the main force to cover you to return to Wagang Village in advance."
Zhai Rang glanced at Li Mi again, his eyes finally lost the casualness and indifference of the previous few times, and looked more solemn, then Zhai Rang cupped his hands again and said: "Mr. I will remember the favor, and Zhai Rang will definitely thank you when we join forces to kill and retreat the officers and soldiers."
Both Wang Bodang and Li Mi returned the courtesy and modesty, and then Li Mi hurriedly said: "King Zhai, what you said to join forces to kill the army is too correct. The current plan, as long as we work together and work together, we will definitely kill Chen Yingliang." The invading army! And we have to send troops to fight him as soon as possible, we must not make any idea of sticking to the stronghold and confronting him for a long time... "
"Mr. Li, we have our own ideas on how to retreat from the enemy, and we don't need to worry about it." Zhai Rang interrupted Li Mi impatiently, and said very bluntly: "It's getting late, Brother Wang and Mr. Li, you go back to rest first. Let's talk about it tomorrow."
Li Mi kept his mouth shut, knowing that Zhai Rang still didn't trust and value him very much, but he had no choice but to bid farewell with Wang Bodang and leave the conference hall of the Wagang Army. On the way back to his residence, Wang Bodang curiously asked Li Mi why he suggested that Zhai Rang send troops to a decisive battle as soon as possible. Li Mi replied: "The grain and grass supplies of the Wagang Army depend on looting grain supplies. The grain and grass savings in the village must not be very large. It must have been within the expectations of Chen Yingliang's traitor. With this traitor's character, he must have chosen a deep ditch and a high fort to confront the Wagang Army. The army will also be flustered because of the lack of food and grass, and Chen Yingliang will be able to defeat Wagang much more easily. Therefore, this battle cannot be delayed by the Wagang army, and it can only be resolved quickly."
"But can the Wagang Army beat Chen Yingliang?" Wang Bodang said worriedly.
"Under normal circumstances, the Wagang Army is really not sure that it can defeat Chen Yingliang's little thief." Li Mi replied with a smile: "Although the Wagang Army has been in the army for many years, it has traveled to various counties to support wars, and has trained many elite troops. In terms of strength, it is comparable to the little thief Chen Yingliang. But when it comes to the battlefield, the Wagang Army is definitely not the opponent of the little thief Chen Yingliang, because Zhai Rang, Xu Shiji and Bing Yuanzhen combined are no match for Chen Yingliang Half as cunning as a little thief, he will only suffer losses if he uses tricks to fight wits, and he will not gain the slightest advantage."
"Then you still persuade Zhai Rang to send troops to fight Chen Yingliang?" Wang Bodang was surprised.
"Because I'm here." Li Mi smiled and said proudly: "So far, there is only one person who can fool the little thief Chen Yingliang on the battlefield, and that person is me. As long as Zhai Rang obeys my advice and adopts my tactics Combat, coupled with the strength of the Wagang Army, breaking Chen Yingliang's little thief is easy."
Wang Bodang, who admired Li Mi from the bottom of his heart, nodded repeatedly, believing in Li Mi's self-confidence and ability, and then said: "The master's strategy and strategy are unmatched, and the student knows this very well, but Zhai made him obviously not believe you. , even if you are not allowed to participate in the military situation meeting, how can you make Zhai Rang obey you?"
"It doesn't matter." Li Mi said calmly: "I can wait, and I will try my best to let Zhai Rang know my talents and abilities, and give me a heavy responsibility."
At the same time, the senior Wagang army also quickly decided on the strategy of defending against the enemy, and discussed a strategy that would definitely make Chen Yingliang smile: stick to the stronghold, try to lure Chen Yingliang to launch an attack, and use the dangerous location to resist the enemy who is now notorious. Chen Sangliang. At the same time, Zhai Rang, Xu Shiji and others also considered the problem of the grain and grass in the cottage, and the countermeasure they adopted was to use the complex terrain around Wagang Village to wait for an opportunity to attack and harass Chen Yingliang's grain road, so that Chen Yingliang could not replenish the grain and grass, and when Chen Yingliang ran out of grain and grass Then naturally retreat.
In addition, Zhai Rang, Shan Xiongxin and others also decided to carry out a large-scale investigation in the cottage to investigate and find the government and army traitor who stole the appearance of Wagang people, and planned to find out and cut them down, just in case.
After deciding on the strategy to defend against the enemy, the generals of the Wagang Army naturally went back to their residences to rest. Shan Xiongxin, Xu Shiji, and Bing Yuanzhen came together. It was also at this time that Bing Yuanzhen suddenly remembered something and hurriedly smiled at Xu Shiji He said: "Brother Xu, there is something I almost forgot. When I met Chen Yingliang and Chen Gouguan today, the dog official asked me to thank you, saying that it was the assistance of Tongji Canal back then. He has not forgotten it until now. .”
It’s good that Bing Yuan didn’t mention this matter, but when he mentioned this matter that made Xu Shiji regret his whole life, Xu Shiji immediately blushed with anger, clenched his fists and roared, “I will kill that shameless thief sooner or later! His treacherous dog's head is made into a chamber pot, and I will be punished for my shame!"
Shan Xiongxin and Bing Yuanzhen laughed loudly, and they laughed very gloatingly, but at this moment, a beautiful girl in a yellow shirt suddenly appeared next to him, but Shan Xiongxin was only fourteen years old. The baby sister, Shan Yingying, asked very curiously: "Brother, Mr. Bing, what are you laughing at? Also, Brother Xu, who were you scolding just now?"
Xu Shiji, who was in a fit of anger, didn't bother to pay attention to Shan Yingying, and Shan Xiongxin was too embarrassed to expose Xu Shiji's ugliness in person, but Shan Yingying clung to him, tugging on Shan Xiongxin's sleeve and just asking, but Shan Xiongxin, who couldn't get around this naughty sister, had no choice but to answer. : "Calling Chen Yingliang that dog thief, you have heard about your big brother Xu and Chen Yingliang, the dog officer who came to attack our Wagang village this time happened to be that traitor Chen Yingliang, and that traitor asked Mr. Bing to bring a message to you Xu Big brother thank you, of course your big brother Xu will be angry and curse."
As soon as Shan Yingying was amused, she immediately laughed out loud, and at the same time she was extremely curious, and asked, "Brother Xu, what kind of person was that Chen Gouguan you misplaced back then? How did you deceive such a smart person like you?" You’re still cheating so badly? Also, didn’t you say that he is the prefect of Qiaojun, why did he bring dog officers and soldiers to beat us in the blink of an eye?”
"You don't care!" Xu Shiji reprimanded angrily, but Shan Yingying persisted, and continued to pester Xu Shiji to inquire about Chen Yingliang's situation. Xu Shiji was so pestered that he had to say even more angrily: "What are you asking? That The traitor is uglier than a pig, uglier than that pockmarked Kang in Houzhai, I feel sick when I mention him, don't mention it!"
After all, Xu Shiji, who was extremely depressed, made Shan Xiongxin complain to his sister, accusing her of being so mischievous and talkative. Shan Yingying groaned dissatisfied, and then asked impatiently: "Brother, When will you lead your troops out of the cottage to fight Chen Gouguan? I will go too, I have long wanted to go to the battlefield to kill those dog officials. You didn’t take me when you traveled far before, but this time is just the right time for you to take me.”
"Let's go, you are not as tall as a knife, and you want to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy?" Shan Xiongxin pushed his sister away angrily, and scolded: "Please act like a girl, please? You thought it was just a joke? If you are accidentally caught by the officers and soldiers, let's see how you die!"
Shan Yingying was still unconvinced, and when she wanted to argue again, Bing Yuanzhen, who was next to her, remembered an important event, and hurriedly said to Shan Xiongxin: "General Shan, there is something you need to worry about. , the officers and soldiers are still setting up camp and I have no way to observe the situation. It is estimated that the officers and soldiers' camp will have a general appearance tomorrow. Please send a few scouts who can draw maps out of the camp and walk to the side of the officers and soldiers' camp to steal pictures of the officers and soldiers. Come back with the topographic map of the camp to see if we have a chance to launch a sneak attack by taking the path."
"Okay, no problem, I'll make arrangements tomorrow morning." Shan Xiongxin agreed without hesitation, but he didn't notice at all that the big eyes of the mischievous sister next to him were flickering and flickering, thinking about the ghostly idea that always gave him a headache.
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As Bing Yuanzhen expected, the Sui army camp that had built the fortifications overnight had a rough shape in the morning of the next day. Fences were erected and trenches were dug to protect the camp. However, Chen Yingliang, who was planning to delay here, still refused Satisfied, he personally led the construction site to supervise the construction, and asked to dig at least three guard trenches. At the same time, he asked to build temporary forts on the surrounding highlands, and stationed soldiers to observe the ground from the heights to prevent the Wagang Army from sneaking attacks.
In the long-term confrontation with the Wagang Army, what worries Chen Yingliang most is the intricate paths around the Wagang Village. The floods of the Yellow River flooded the land in this area to pieces, forming countless hills and ravines. The complexity of the roads is absolutely comparable to In such a complex environment, the soldiers of the Wagang Army who have been stationed here for a long time are of course like a fish in water. The soldiers of the Sui Army who are not familiar with the place must be in such a terrain. Suffering in everything, being beaten everywhere. For the sake of caution, Chen Yingliang had to find time to inspect the surroundings of the camp again, thinking about whether to use traps and roadblocks to completely block the path, so as not to give the Wagang army a chance to sneak attack through the path.
Leading a group of people around the camp for more than half a circle, Chen Yingliang probably had a clue in his mind, and found that although the terrain in this area is indeed extremely complicated, the soil is soft and there are not many rocks, which is very conducive to digging traps and building earth walls. Blocking the path does not give the enemy a chance to sneak attack. Feeling relieved, Chen Yingliang focused his attention on the high ground to the northeast of his own army camp, and found that he could overlook the whole situation of his own army camp from a commanding height on that earthen hill, and at the same time, there were a lot of vegetation on the mountain, which was good for hiding. Chen Yingliang immediately turned to be responsible for the construction of the camp Yuan Tiangang pointed to the earth mountain and said, "Mr. Yuan, soldiers should also be stationed on that mountain. Also, destroy all the vegetation on the mountain, so as not to give the enemy a chance to spy on our camp."
Yuan Tiangang agreed and looked in the direction, but immediately exclaimed: "There are people on the mountain! There seem to be people on that mountain!"
Chen Yingliang was startled and quickly raised his head, but he didn't see anyone. He only saw the grass and trees shaking on the mountain. He didn't know whether it was blown by the mountain wind or someone was hiding. Yuan Tiangang hurriedly said again: "Deputy envoy, there must be someone on the mountain. Just in time to see someone poking his head out of the grass, and then immediately retracted."
Chen Yingliang didn't hesitate, and immediately pouted to San Gouzi next to him. San Gouzi understood, and immediately led some soldiers to rush to the dirt mountain. Turning left and right to the back of the mountain to outflank—Chen Yingliang's soldiers played hide-and-seek with the enemy twice in three days, playing the game of scratching their tongues, of course they couldn't be more familiar.
"Stop, don't run!" Soon the shouts of soldiers from the Sui army came from the mountain, proving that Yuan Tiangang was right just now. Chen Yingliang smiled, dismounted and rested on the spot, stretching his legs while waiting for the accomplices to catch him The prisoners came to interrogate on the spot - the terrain in Wagangzhai was too complicated, and the Sui army scouts did not dare to go too deep into it. So far, no prisoner has been caught, and Chen Yingliang certainly paid attention to it when he finally caught a tongue.
The tongue-grabbing accomplice did not disappoint Chen Yingliang. Soon there were loud shouts from behind the mountain, and then to Chen Yingliang's surprise, there was a clear and sharp girl's voice mixed with the shouts. Chen Yingliang couldn't help wondering, Secretly said: "Female scout? The Wagang Army is so popular that even little girls can help them be scouts?"
Sure enough, it was a girl. After a while, San Gouzi led the soldiers to escort a girl in commoner clothes whose arms were turned back. Zi also quickly stepped up to claim credit, nodded and bowed and said: "Deputy envoy, this little girl is really difficult to catch, and her movements are more flexible than a monkey. If she hadn't accidentally sprained her foot, we might have to let her run away."
Chen Yingliang nodded in approval, and when he took a closer look at the limping young girl, Chen Yingliang's triangular eyes lit up a little. It turned out that the young girl was only fourteen or fifteen years old even though she was dressed in commoner clothes. , but she was born with pretty facial features and fair skin. She is a rare beauty embryo—the heartless Chen Sangliang reckoned that if he could keep this little girl by his side and raise him even more, he would be able to adopt her in a short time. A beautiful concubine whose beauty is by no means inferior to that of Yuer Xueji.
Those who have potential belong to those who have potential, and the girl's aggressiveness also opened Chen Yingliang's eyes. Even though her hands were flipped back, the girl still struggled and shouted, and even kicked the Sui soldiers with her feet several times. The Sui soldier holding her hand was furious and shouted: "Stinky girl, if you dare to kick me again, I will strip you off right away, do you believe it?"
Of course the girl was startled by such a threat, Chen Yingliang smiled and said: "Don't scare her, bring her here, little sister, don't be afraid either, they are just scaring you, just be obedient, I won't let them Mess with you."
The girl was escorted in front of Chen Yingliang. She looked at Chen Yingliang very carefully, her eyes full of vigilance. Chen Yingliang smiled and asked, "What's your name? What were you doing hiding on the mountain just now?"
The girl didn't answer, her expression was quite stubborn, Chen Yingliang was not angry, but thought her little face was white and tender and very cute, as if water could flow out with a pinch, so he couldn't help reaching out to touch her cheek, but who knew that the girl was so cute? Opening her mouth fiercely to bite Chen Sangliang's claws, Chen Yingliang quickly withdrew her hands in shock, while the girl screamed: "Don't touch me! Smelly bastard!"
"If I'm a prostitute, you'll be miserable." Chen Yingliang smiled and said, "Tell me, what's your name? What were you doing on the dirt hill just now? If you tell me, I'll let you go. If you don't say anything, you won't be able to leave today."
The girl raised her head again, gritted her teeth and refused to speak, no matter how utterly ungrateful Chen Yingliang was, he was too embarrassed to torture such a little girl, so he had to carefully observe her clothing and temperament to judge her identity, and Chen Yingliang soon found her again. There were some ink stains on the corner of her clothes, and noticing some irregular protrusions on her small breasts, she suddenly stretched out her hand, quickly probed into her clothes, touched it and then pulled it out, and sure enough, she pulled out a piece of ink stains. At the same time, Bai Bu frightened the girl so that her face turned pale, and she screamed: "The pervert! What are you doing? What are you going to do?!"
Chen Yingliang didn't bother to pay attention to her, so he unfolded it, and was surprised to find that the painting on the cloth turned out to be the outline of his own camp. He also carefully drew the roads in the camp of his own army, and marked the number of his army's tents with ink dots. . Seeing this scene, Yuan Tiangang beside him couldn't help being surprised and said: "Is he really a little spy? The Wagang thief is going crazy, using such a young girl as a scout?"
"Little girl, I want to let you go now, but I can't let you go." Chen Yingliang showed the white cloth to the girl helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "I wanted you to go, but you secretly painted our big camp." Tuben is already the actual Wagang bandit scout. I can only take you back to the camp for interrogation. If you cooperate smartly, I will let you go. If you don’t tell the truth about your identity, I will have to punish you. .”
After finishing speaking, Chen Yingliang waved his hand and shouted: "Tie her up and take her back, but don't hurt her."
The sharp girl's screams soon echoed in the forest, but no matter how hard the girl struggled and resisted, she couldn't stop Chen Yingliang's accomplices and lackeys, and was soon tied up like a small rice dumpling. The girl was ashamed and afraid , Shouted: "The prostitute! Let me go, let me go! I'm just an ordinary girl passing by, why did you arrest me? Why arrest me?"
"Ordinary civilian girl?" Chen Yingliang smiled and said, "Not to mention that you stole the evidence of our military camp, although you are wearing simple civilian clothes, the deerskin shoes on your feet are affordable for an ordinary civilian girl." What? Also, I tried it with my own hands just now, and your underwear is still made of silk, can an ordinary woman afford a piece of silk underwear?"
"You bastard! You bastard! Shameless! Obscene!" The girl blushed with embarrassment.
"Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to belittle you. You chose the wrong place to hide the map." Chen Yingliang shrugged helplessly, and said, "If I guessed correctly, you should be a relative of the Wagang bandit. It must be a relative of a high-ranking Wagang bandit, otherwise I can’t afford your clothes. Tell me, what’s your name?”
"What's your name?" the girl asked fiercely.
"I..." Chen Yingliang changed his words and said, "My name is Hua Mulan, and my name is Ziying."
Yuan Tiangang, Sangouzi and the others all looked at Chen Yingliang in surprise, not understanding why Chen Yingliang would use the banner of Hua Mulan to commit such evil and evil things. Chen Yingliang smiled and said calmly, "The people in Wagang Village There are too many, I can't leave a bad impression on them, and this little girl must have a lot of background, why don't you use Mulan's name for a while, and if Mulan's identity is exposed in the future, you don't have to worry about damaging this little girl's reputation."
"Run!" the girl suddenly screamed, "Go back and tell my brother that I was caught by Hua Mulan, tell him to come and save me! Remember, it's Hua Mulan! Hua Mulan! Hua Mulan! Ziying! He's a prostitute, and I'm in danger!"
The girl's screams echoed in the forest, and Chen Yingliang was dumbfounded. Knowing that the girl must have escaped from the trap, she also became afraid, "Will Mulan cut me into two pieces if she knows this?" Ten paragraphs?!"
What made Chen Yingliang even more dumbfounded was still behind, but at this moment, a messenger suddenly flew in front of Chen Yingliang, and Jishou said loudly: "Reporting to the deputy envoy, Zhang Xutuo Zhang sent an envoy to contact our army, saying that his The army will be able to arrive outside Wagangzhai today to join our army, please get ready to meet us! Wei Facao, please go back immediately and discuss a joint operation together!"
"Ah?!" Chen Yingliang was dumbfounded, before he could think about why Zhang Xutuo's team suddenly appeared, he blurted out and exclaimed: "You really came to kill me?!"