On the night when Zhang Xutuo arrived at the Wagangzhai battlefield, the Wagang army used their familiarity with the terrain to launch a tentative sneak attack at night. Fortunately, the soldiers of the Sui army stationed on the high ground noticed it in time and immediately rang the gong to light the alarm. General Kan Leng of the Sui Army who was in charge of the night watch immediately led his army to attack, and only then did he repel the sneak attack of the Wagang Army. Zhang Xutuo's team, which was exhausted from a long distance and fought immediately, was able to rest for a night and recover quickly. less energy.
Zhang Xutuo and other people in Qi County were able to rest in peace, but the next morning when Zhang Xutuo came to Qiaopeng Sui Army camp to discuss with Chen Yingliang how to defeat the enemy, he found that Chen Yingliang, who came out to greet him, had dark circles under his eyes Zhang Xutuo couldn't help but wondered, so he asked, "Boy Chen, what's the matter? Didn't you have a good rest last night?"
"Don't mention it, I barely closed my eyes." Chen Yingliang replied dejectedly, sneezed again, then rubbed his nose and said, "I was harassed all night, and I didn't cover myself with a quilt, so I caught a little cold."
"Because of the sneak attack by the Wagang thieves last night?" Zhang Xutuo was even more puzzled, and asked again: "The sneak attack last night was not a big one, and you made arrangements in advance, so you can rest assured and use it well." Stay up all night?"
Chen Yingliang had no choice but to say that it was only two days since the army arrived at the Wagangzhai battlefield, and the camp fortifications had not yet been fully constructed, so he was a little worried, so he inspected the camp many times at night and personally supervised the battle. Sleep well, Zhang Xutuo believed it was true, and said with a smile: "Boy, learn a little bit. When the camp is not stable, you only need to arrange more night duty teams. You don't have to worry about staying up all night. The general of the army must keep energetic, otherwise It is easy to make mistakes on the battlefield, and the damage will only be greater."
Thanking Zhang Xutuo for his guidance, Chen Yingliang invited Zhang Xutuo, Jia Wuben and other Qi County Sui army leaders to enter the central army tent, and sat down to discuss strategies to defeat the enemy. The result was as Chen Yingliang estimated. Zhang Xutuo, who had seen the topography of the Wagang village with his own eyes, did not propose a frontal attack strategy, but asked Chen Yingliang to use his good tricks to lure the main force of the Wagang army out of the village as soon as possible. Then break the stronghold easily.
"Ambassador, I will definitely think of a way to lure the enemy to a decisive battle, but give me some time." Chen Yingliang said according to his plan in advance: "My subordinate believes that your two armies should first be based on defense, and first go deep and high , set up a camp to prevent the Wagang thieves who are familiar with the terrain from copying the trails and sneaking, and then it will not be too late to plan to destroy the thieves. Anyway, the Wagang thieves rely on plundering water transportation to replenish food and grass, and there must not be much food and grass in the thieves. Even if it is a waste of time and money If we confront each other with a strong wall, the Wagang bandits must be the ones who cannot be exhausted first, and as long as the Wagang bandits are forced to abandon their strongholds and break through, we will be sure to win."
If Chen Yingliang really wanted to take down Wagangzhai, he would definitely use this reasonable tactic to maximize strengths and avoid weaknesses. Therefore, after Zhang Xutuo listened to Chen Yingliang's suggestion, not only did he not notice Chen Yingliang's malfeasance in not wanting to take down Wagangzhai at all, but he also nodded repeatedly. He praised Chen Yingliang for his reasoning, and immediately adopted this tactic. But after accepting it, Zhang Xutuo still reminded: "Ying Liang, the tactic of confronting the wall is correct, but you and I still have about 40,000 troops in total, and the daily consumption of food and grass is huge. If the main force stays here for a long time, there will inevitably be changes in the rear, so you still have to find a way to break through the stronghold as soon as possible, and you can't cling to the idea of confrontation and consumption."
Chen Yingliang nodded in agreement, thinking about how long it would take to receive Emperor Qin's edict from Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, then Zhang Xutuo suddenly said: "Ying Liang, do you think it would be better to stand there for the camp of our Qi County team? Stand side by side with you? Or just set up camp where we camped last night?"
After all, the old man Zhang Xutuo gave Jia Wuben a wink, and Jia Wuben, who had agreed with the old man Zhang, understood it, and immediately said with a smile: "Ambassador, deputy envoy, the final suggestion is to let the Qi County team stand up." Let’s camp in the rear, the location where we camped last night was very good, the surrounding terrain is flat and the view is wide, the small river next to the camp has plenty of water, and it’s easy to get water, it’s an ideal place to set up camp.”
Zhang Xutuo nodded his head, praised and directly accepted it, but the people on Chen Yingliang's side were in a hurry. Yuan Tiangang, who had already been spoiled a lot, quickly winked at Chen Yingliang and asked Chen Yingliang to oppose the decision to establish a camp—just kidding, let Qi County If the army camps at the rear, then the Qiao Peng Sui Army will have to bear all the sneak attacks and harassment from Wagang Village. At the same time, once the Wagang Army sends troops, it will still be the Qiao Peng Sui Army who will stand in front as cannon fodder. Such a disadvantage, Qiao Peng Suijun has never done it before.
Of course Chen Yingliang knew that the old man Zhang wanted to take advantage of him again, but he didn't rush to object. After thinking about it for a while with triangular eyes, Chen Yingliang asked with a smile: "Ambassador, General Jia, is it better to stand side by side?" , so it is more convenient to take care of each other?"
"It's too crowded." Zhang Xutuo and Jia Wuben said in unison: "We have carefully observed the surrounding conditions of your camp, and feel that the terrain in this area is still a bit narrow, and it is appropriate to only station your troops, but if If they stand side by side, it will be too crowded."
After all, Jia Wuben said with a smile: "Also, if you insist on standing side by side, the fence fortifications you just built will have to be redone, Deputy Envoy. It’s better to set up camp behind you. Fushi Chen and Ambassador Zhang are already so old, so you should suffer a little bit.”
"General Jia, I'm not afraid of losing money." Chen Yingliang said without blushing: "I just think that our 40,000 troops are all stationed outside the main gate of the Wagang Bandit Village. It's a waste of strength. Why don't we continue to station our troops?" Outside the main gate of the Wagang bandit village, trouble your troops to move to the back gate of the Wagang bandit village. In this way, all the roads of the Wagang bandits can be blocked, and there is no opportunity to plunder food and supplies. , and can flank the Wagang bandits back and forth at the critical moment, making the bandits face the enemy and fall into a predicament."
Chen Yingliang hadn't finished speaking, Qiao Peng Wenwu present had all changed their faces, but Zhang Xutuo and Jia Wuben were all happy, and immediately said in unison: "Good idea, let's do it this way, we will move to Watanabe immediately. Behind the bandit village, set up camp outside their back door."
As a result, even the kind-hearted Wei Zheng couldn't stand it anymore, and immediately stood up and said, "Deputy envoy, you haven't inspected the terrain outside the back door of the Wagang bandit village, have you? The road at the back door is half narrower than the road at the front door, so it is not suitable for sending troops to fight. Ambassador Zhang moved there, and the Wagang bandits must have sent troops directly towards us?"
"The road at the back door of Wagang Bandit Village is so narrow?" Chen Yingliang was taken aback for a while, and said in a low voice, "Oh no, I really didn't go to the back door of Wagang Bandit Village to check it out myself!"
"Vice Envoy Chen, once a gentleman says something, it's hard to chase." Jia Wuben said with a smile, "You said it yourself just now, please station us behind the Wagang Bandit Village."
Seeing Jia Wuben's anxious appearance, and seeing the shameless smile on Zhang Xutuo's face, Chen Yingliang realized that he had been tricked by this old man, and that he had already found out the situation of the back door of Wagang Village. But the words had already been uttered, and Chen Yingliang was too embarrassed to take them back, so he had to say with a mournful face, "Forget it, Ambassador Zhang is so old, he needs to rest more. We are juniors, so let's suffer a little bit."
Hearing Chen Yingliang's insincere words, Zhang Xutuo and Jia Wuben of course laughed very happily, they even praised Chen Yingliang for respecting the elders, he was indeed a good example of respecting the old and loving the young in the Sui court, but Qiao Peng, the Sui army With a mournful face, they all said that the unlucky event of the Teng County War would happen again, and then Chen Yingliang and Zhang Xutuo agreed to communicate with each other for emergency signals, and Zhang Xutuo and Jia Wuben went back to lead the army to move the camp with smiles on their faces.
Zhang Xutuo and Jia Wuben left happily, but General Qiao Peng complained to Chen Yingliang, accusing Chen Yingliang of being too sympathetic to his subordinates, insisting on guarding outside the main gate of Wagangzhai, where the road is open, Let Zhang Xutuo go to the narrow road behind the Wagang village to set up a camp to pick a bargain—the road is narrow, so you don’t have to worry about the Wagang army coming out of the village to attack. As the main force in the attack, the battle is fought by the Qiao Peng Sui army, and the strength is provided by the Qiao Peng Sui army. In the end, the oil and water have to be divided equally, and the Qiao Peng Sui army naturally suffers too much.
Chen Yingliang suddenly laughed happier than Zhang Xutuo and Jia Wuben, and reprimanded all his subordinates: "A bunch of idiots, when did you see me take the initiative to suffer such a big loss? It was an accident last time in Teng County, Zhang Xutuo took advantage of us unintentionally, so I didn't care about it, this time the old man wanted to take advantage of us, or took the initiative to take advantage of us, how can I spare him?"
"But Ambassador Zhang moved his army to the back door of the Wagang bandit village, so he has already taken advantage of it?" Qiao Peng and everyone in the Sui army asked.
"Don't worry, I have my own arrangements." Chen Yingliang replied with a smile: "I have a way for the Wagang bandits to only focus on the Qi County team and not attack us. Aren't we the ones taking advantage?"
General Qiao Peng, who was well aware of Chen Yingliang's cunning schemes, was overjoyed when he heard that, and quickly asked Chen Yingliang what trick he had, so that the Wagang army could only focus on fighting old man Zhang, and not come to trouble their own army? Chen Yingliang smiled but didn't answer, just called Yuan Tiangang to him, and whispered in his ear: "Go and write a letter to Shan Xiongxin in Mulan's tone, and say that Mulan wants to take Shan Xiongxin's sister as the ninth housekeeper. Concubine, if Shan Xiongxin doesn't want to, just go to the back door to look for Mulan's dignitary. Remember, the letter doesn't need to be complicated, just let Shan Xiongxin know that his sister and Mulan are outside the back door. Also, write with your left hand, and it's done Send people to shoot arrows into the Wagang bandit village."
Yuan Tiangang laughed loudly when he heard it, and hurriedly complimented Chen Yingliang for his filial piety to his elders, and also hurriedly comforted Qiao Peng and everyone, telling everyone to rest assured and wait for the good show, and then ran away without explaining the detailed reasons Went to the left hand to write a letter.
It is conceivable that Chen Yingliang's consequences would be like this. After the arrow book was shot into the Wagang village, Shan Xiongxin, who loves his sister, was about to go crazy. Regardless of the narrow road at the back door, he would not listen to the persuasion and comfort of Zhai Rang, Xu Shiji and others. He led the army out of the back door again to find Mulan to settle accounts with important people, and the Wagang army is still extremely united. Although they knew that Shan Xiongxin was doing something wrong, they still bit the bullet and let Shan Xiongxin do what he did. Naturally, the Sui Army of Qi County, which had just moved to the back door, had to fight the Wagang Army again.
Fortunately, Zhang Xutuo's team was very upbeat, and they still didn't suffer any loss in the face of Shan Xiongxin who was in a berserk state. They still beat Shan Xiongxin back again, but at night, the Wagang Army took advantage of the terrain. With his familiarity, he launched a sneak attack on the Qi County troops whose camp was not stable, but did not come to the main gate to find the trouble of Qiao Peng Sui Army. —Of course, the fact that Qiao Peng and the Sui army had no troubles did not mean that Chen Yingliang had no troubles. In order to make good use of Shan Luoli, a cute little prisoner of war, Chen Yingliang had to serve Shan Luoli all day and night with his own hands.
Wanting to take advantage, they moved to the back door of the Wagang Village, but the Wagang Army did not follow the principles of military strategists and insisted on sending troops from the back door to fight the Sui Army of Qi County. Of course, Zhang Xutuo and Jia Wuben's depression and doubts can be imagined , and because Shan Xiongxin kept asking Mulan for his sister, Jia Wuben, who didn't know some special inside information, had to talk to Mulan alone, asking whether Mulan really wanted Shan Xiongxin's sister's beauty, and violated military discipline after taking Shan Xiongxin's sister captive. Hidden? Mulan wanted to cry without tears, shouted for injustice, and swore that she had never met Shan Xiongxin's sister, let alone forced Shan Xiongxin's sister into a concubine.
In the end, if Zhang Xutuo hadn't come forward to stop her, Jia Wuben almost wanted to search Mulan's bedroom in person! ——It’s also thanks to Zhang Xutuo who came forward to stop her, otherwise, Jia Wuben would definitely have found some conclusive evidence in Mulan’s tent, making Mulan jump into the Yellow River even more unclear.
As for why Mulan jumped into the Yellow River, it is still unclear. You can imagine that if Jia Wuben found women's products such as bellybands and sutra belts in Mulan's tent, how would Mulan explain the source of the items
Two days later, although Shan Xiongxin went to the Qi County team every day to fight against important people, and every night he sneaked into the Qi County camp, but because the Qi County Sui Army was too strong, every time it was useless And back, and as the camp of the Sui Army in Qi County gradually stabilized, Shan Xiongxin's hope of rescuing his sister became increasingly slim. In the end, Shan Xiongxin had no other choice. After being forced to return to the cottage again, he couldn't help crying loudly in front of the Wagang army, kowtowed in the direction of his hometown's ancestral grave, confessed to his deceased parents, and cried out that he was wronged. The crime of poor protection of the younger sister.
"Father, mother, the child is unfilial, the child is incompetent, let the younger sister fall into the wrong hands, suffered torture and humiliation, but was unable to save her! The child is unfilial, the child is sorry for you, I am sorry for Yingying! The child is guilty!" cried hoarsely As he spoke, Shan Xiongxin kowtowed until his forehead bled, and everyone in the Wagang Army shed tears. They were full of sympathy for Shan Xiongxin whose beloved sister had unfortunately fallen into the hands of the "beast", but at the same time they were helpless and had nothing to do.
"General Shan, don't be sad, I can save your sister!"
Shi Potian's shocking voice came suddenly, Shan Xiongxin's cries stopped abruptly, and everyone turned their heads in surprise, only to see that the person who said this was actually Li Mi, who lives here as a guest, and Wang Bodang and Yang Jishan were following him from left to right. Being watched in amazement by everyone, Li Mi was not stage-frightened, and his black face was full of seriousness, and he said solemnly: "General Shan, don't worry, I have a plan to save your sister, and I have a lot of confidence."
"Mr. Fazhu, what clever plan do you have?" Shan Xiongxin walked up to Li Mi, asked anxiously, and then cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Fazhu, if you can save my sister, my life of Shan Xiongxin will be yours from now on. Go up the mountain of swords and go down to the sea of fire, go through fire and water, three swords and six holes, never frown!"
"General Shan doesn't need to do this great gift, please hurry up." Li Mi quickly bent down to support Shan Xiongxin, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, I just need to write a letter to the twelve counties of the official army to arrest the deputy envoy Chen Yingliang, begging him Release your sister, and your sister will return to you."
The pleading expression on Shan Xiongxin's face suddenly froze, and all the generals of the Wagang Army next to him were dumbfounded. Xu Shiji simply shouted: "Li, are you playing with Brother Shan? Are you kidding me? A letter Can I get Miss Shan back?"
"I'm definitely not joking." Li Mi shook his head resolutely, and said decisively: "General Shan, please rest assured, although I am not 100% sure of doing this, I am at least 80% sure of saving your sister!"
Seeing Li Mi's serious expression, not to mention that everyone in the Wagang Army was even more dumbfounded, even Yang Jishan and Wang Bodang beside Li Mi were also confused. They didn't understand why Li Mi had such confidence, while Shan Xiongxin held on to a glimmer of hope Asked: "Mr. Fazhu, are you very friendly with Chen Yingliang?"
"There is no friendship." Li Mi shook his head and said seriously: "Not only do I have no friendship with him, but we also have a mortal enmity! But I can be sure that I must have hope to ask him to get your sister back!"
"Why?" Shan Xiongxin was completely confused, "You have a sworn feud with him, and you can still get my sister back from him?"
"Because you don't know much about Chen Yingliang." Li Mi said solemnly: "Although this traitor is extremely cunning and scheming, I admire him in terms of character. General Shan, you may not have heard that Chen Yingliang is making a name for himself." Before, he was forced to hang himself by his fiancée’s family, but after he became famous, he repaid his hatred with kindness and won a pardon for his enemies, which has been passed down as a great story.”
After all, Li Mi briefly talked about the affairs between Chen Yingliang and Lao Chai's family, introduced Chen Yingliang's noble virtue of repaying grievances with virtue, and then said: "General Shan, Chen Yingliang is a proud and arrogant person, and he is also a person who treats prisoners well and never treats them well." Killing innocent people indiscriminately, you must disdain to use your young sister who is only 14 years old to threaten and persecute, and his official position is far higher than that of Hua Mulan, so I only ask him to agree, and your sister will definitely come back! "
"Can it work?" Shan Xiongxin was somewhat skeptical.
"I think there is hope." Bing Yuanzhen, the early think tank of the Wagang Army, said with a serious expression: "I have seen Chen Yingliang, and his amazing aura of clues to the world is definitely not something that young people can show. He will never do the thing of raping a fourteen-year-old girl! So I think Mr. Fazhu's suggestion may work!"
Shan Xiongxin became even more tongue-tied, and subconsciously turned his attention to Zhai Rang, the current head of the Wagang Army. Zhai Rang hesitated, and then said: "Then give it a try. I will personally write a letter to Chen Yingliang, please He let people go."
"King Zhai, please allow me to write this letter." Li Mi said hastily: "I know Chen Yingliang's character weakness of liking fame, and I am more sure that the writing will match his liking."
In view of Shan Xiongxin's face, Zhai Rang certainly would not refuse Li Mi's request, and immediately asked someone to fetch a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and asked Li Mi to make a book on the spot. The sincere letter implored Chen Yingliang to stop Hua Mulan's obscenity and evil deeds for the sake of benevolence, righteousness and filial piety, release Shan Yingying and return to Wagang Village, and resolve any grievances and grievances on the battlefield with real swords. Then Li Mi signed his name at the end of the letter even more bluntly - Pu Shan Gong Li Mi!
After carefully checking that Li Mi didn't use any code words to hide his head in the letter, Zhai Rang, who still doesn't trust Li Mi very much, sent someone to the camp of the Sui Army in Qiao Peng, and at the same time sent a gift to Chen Yingliang with the letter, and then Wa Gang Jun and Shan Xiongxin could only wait in fear for Chen Yingliang's reply.
Everyone in the Wagang Army and Shan Xiongxin were worried, and Wang Bodang and Yang Jishan were even more worried. As soon as they found a chance to talk alone, Wang Bodang immediately asked Li Mi: "Master, are you really sure? Then your reputation in Wagang Village will be ruined immediately."
"Master, are you playing too much?" Yang Jishan was also very worried, and said: "Although Chen Yingliang's character is a bit reasonable, and he never kills and tortures prisoners, but a letter can make him Isn't it too much to put Shan Xiongxin's younger sister back?"
"A letter can really make Chen Yingliang let go. But..." Li Mi's tone became calm, and then suddenly became extremely solemn, and he said firmly: "But, this letter was written by me, so he must Will let people go! I will never refuse!"
Wang Bodang and Yang Jishan looked at each other, more puzzled and puzzled, what did Li Mi mean by this? Li Mi refused to explain, but said in his heart: "Little thief Chen, don't you want to fatten me up and then kill me? You also deliberately instructed me to come to Wagang to fatten up. This is your best chance. I believe you Absolutely will not refuse!"
It was getting dark, but the envoys who left the village from the main gate still hadn't come back. The Wagang Army guarded in front of the main gate, hoping to see through them. Shan Xiongxin was so anxious that he turned around in circles with his hands behind his back, and Wang Bodang and Yang Jishan stood at Li Mi The left and right were uneasy, but Li Mi remained calm and behaved as usual, as stable as Mount Tai.
"Back! Back!"
When it was completely dark, the envoy sent to communicate with Chen Yingliang finally returned to Wagangzhai. Shan Xiongxin rushed to the envoy, his voice trembling with nervousness, "How is it? Chen Yingliang agreed?"
"Agreed." The Wagang Army envoy nodded and said, "Chen Yingliang asked me to bring a message back to the kings, saying that he will definitely find your sister, Big Brother Shan, and bring her back. It's just that he needs a little time, because Hua Mulan is not His direct subordinates, he must first convince Zhang Xutuo before he can force Hua Mulan to return your sister."
After all, the messenger presented the gift he had brought before and explained: "Chen Yingliang said he didn't want our gift. Although he is our enemy, he doesn't bother to embarrass a fourteen-year-old girl, so there is no need to give a gift to thank you." But when it comes to the battlefield between the two armies, we don't even think that he will be merciful!"
A big stone fell to the ground in his heart, Shan Xiongxin's hot tears welled up in his eyes, he turned to Shan Xiongxin immediately, Jishou was about to salute, Li Mi hurriedly stopped him, and said in a deep voice: "General Shan, there is no need to do this, your sister is not safe yet Come back, don't be in a hurry to thank me."
Shan Xiongxin's body trembled, and then he remembered that Chen Yingliang had only promised to release him but hadn't actually released him, so he tremblingly said, "Mr. Fazhu, did Chen Yingliang go back on his word before?"
A smile appeared on Li Mi's dark face, and he said with a smile: "Never before, although Chen Yingliang is treacherous, but for the convenience of doing treacherous things, even if it is against the enemy, he never backs down from his word."
Shan Xiongxin showed a look of ecstasy, Li Mi smiled, but said in his heart: "Little thief Chen, you and I are both friends and enemies. I can guess your thoughts, and you can understand mine. I can have such an enemy and confidant as you, and I have no regrets in this life!"
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"Damn it, you're pretty smart. You can seize such an opportunity to build up your prestige. I don't think you can do it."
At the same time, in the Qiao Peng Sui army camp, Chen Yingliang was also playing with Li Mi's handwritten letter and murmured in confidence. After thinking for a while, Chen Yingliang put the letter on the oil lamp, lit it on fire, and said in his heart: "However, I can't fulfill you right now, because you can't know my real purpose. If I fulfill you now, you will definitely lead the Wagang Army out of the village for a decisive battle, and that will ruin my event. So you have to wait, I will fulfill you when I am ready to leave."
When the letter gradually turned into ashes and was completely burned, another soldier rushed in from outside the large tent of the Chinese army, saying that the little girl Shan Luoli who was locked in Chen Yingliang's tent was making a fuss again, saying that she was going to spend money. Mulan went to see her right away, but refused to tell the reason. Chen Yingliang had no choice but to get up quickly to return the account, and continued to mutter in his heart, "Shibi Khan, hurry up, if you drag it on, I will be tossed to death by that little girl! Damn, the fat on my mouth It’s really painful to just watch but not eat!”
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Almost at the same time, thousands of miles away to the north of Yanmen Pass, the greatest woman of the Sui Dynasty! Princess Yicheng, daughter of the imperial clan of the Sui Dynasty! Suddenly sent a confidant messenger to send a letter to Emperor Sui Yang's parade Luanjia. After reading Princess Yicheng's handwritten letter, Emperor Sui Yang, who was on the Great Wall to the north, was shocked and immediately ordered to throw away all unnecessary things. , led the entourage of hundreds of officials and the guard army to flee south in a hurry. The famous Siege of Yanmen in history kicked off!