"If we want to accidentally kill the Turkic general Ashina Simo, and then cause the Turkic army's Tuojiehu soldiers to rebel, we must first resolve a contradiction about Ashina Simo. This contradiction is that since Ashina Simo is in the He secretly betrayed the Turkic army, so why didn't he leak information about Ambassador Li Yuan to us?"
Li Jing, who was at both ends of the first mouse, worked equally hard in front of Chen Yingliang and Li Yuan, and pointed to Chen Sangliang patiently: "Although we cannot confirm whether Ashina Simo knows that Shibi Zeitou has contacted Ambassador Li several times. However, judging from the explanations of the elder Sun Shunde and Hou Junji, when Shibi Zeitou first contacted Ambassador Li, there were many members of the Ashina family present, so the officials believed that Ashina Simo had nine Cheng may know about this. In this way, if we don’t solve the problem of why he didn’t betray Ambassador Li, then our plan will have a huge flaw, and even Shibi Chieftain will immediately understand that this is our plan to alienate , and may even suspect that Ambassador Li can no longer be relied upon."
"Yes, this loophole must be made up." Chen Sangliang nodded, and then said: "We took action to make up for this loophole. Even if Ashina Simo didn't know about Ambassador Li before, it didn't matter, but it proved that he had been secretly spying on him. The Turkic military secrets made Shibi the bandit chief hate him even more. However, how can we make up for this flaw?"
"The lower official has a plan that may work, bargaining, and then create an illusion that Ashina Simo is bargaining with us." Li Jing replied.
"Haggling? How to bargain?" Chen Yingliang asked quickly.
"Marshal, when Ashina Simo contacted you for the first time, you didn't dare to trust him, did you?" Li Jing said with a smile: "Ashina Simo risked contacting us and betrayed the Turkic military situation. Worried that you will kill the donkey and cross the river to tear down the bridge? So the first time he contacted you, he just told you about the attack plan of Shibi Thief Chief, and also told you that Shibi Thief Chief once fought with an important general of King Qin's army. Contacted secretly, but did not tell you the name of this important general. In this way, if you want to know who this person is and want Ashina Simo to continue to provide you with Turkic military information, you must agree to Ashina Simo. Is that the condition proposed by Simo?"
Chen Sangliang laughed loudly, and said with a big laugh: "Li Juncheng, I now know who is the worst among the hundreds of thousands of King Qin's army. Before, people called me the worst. Chen Sangliang, I think I am the worst. Now I just realized that you are the worst and most damaging person! How did you come up with such a reasonable excuse?"
"Desolate Chen Sangliang?" Several black lines appeared on Li Jing's forehead, and it was the first time he heard Chen Yingliang's nickname. After secretly admiring Chen Sangliang's frankness, Li Jing hurriedly said modestly: " Commander-in-Chief, as for how to let the Turks know about the situation, the next official suggested to disclose it through the line of Ambassador Li. By the way, I will plant a crime on Ashina Simo, that is, in addition to asking him to continue to provide military aircraft, there is no other way. It is an attempt to use him to secretly organize the Tuojiehu soldiers to launch a rebellion, and to stab the Shibi thief chief in the back at a critical moment!"
Chen Sangliang nodded again and again, but after careful consideration for a moment, Chen Sangliang mused and said: "Li Juncheng, regarding how to disclose Ashina Simo's situation to Shibi Thief Chief, through the line of Ambassador Li Sending out the news, I think this point must be carefully discussed. It is really convenient to do so, but in this way, the only evidence that Ashina Simo betrayed the Shibi Thief Chief is the news of Ambassador Li, which is too obvious Well, as long as Shibi Chief is more cautious, he will not doubt that this is a divorce plan."
"In addition, how Ambassador Li found out these important news has become a big problem." Chen Sangliang thought again and said: "I used various channels before to establish a cautious and somewhat suspicious image in front of the Shibi thieves. Well, since Sibi Chief feels that I am cautious, how can he not worry about the source and authenticity of Ambassador Li's information? Although we can still use lies to cover up this point, it is after all the words of Ambassador Li's family. The Thieves Chief may not believe it."
"The commander-in-chief is indeed cautious, and these two issues must be taken seriously." Li Jing nodded, and then said: "Then I should think about it carefully, how to let the news of Shibi's bandit chief be released in a reasonable and reasonable way, and how to use these criminal evidence as evidence. It has become an ironclad proof, making Shibi Bandit Chief fully believe it."
Chen Sangliang nodded, and racked his brains together with Li Jing to think about the bad idea of causing black smoke to rise from the ancestral grave. However, this problem is too complicated, and it is difficult to make up all aspects seamlessly at once, so After thinking for a long time, neither Chen Sangliang nor Li Jing came up with any good solution. In the end, the general army judge Yin Shishi entered the back tent to report the military situation to Chen Sangliang, and saw that Li Jing once again sat down with a lot of secrets. Before and after the document, Yin Shishi, who had been doubting Li Jing's position, couldn't help but frowned, and coughed deliberately, "Cough!"
"Yes!"
The reaction brought by Yin Shishi's cough startled him. Chen Sangliang, who was contemplating with his eyes closed, suddenly yelled, then jumped up, and said with a happy face: "There is a way! I The important general who pulled the soldiers and horses of the king of all roads sent a memorial to His Majesty the Emperor, reporting various situations of Ashina Simo to His Majesty the Emperor, falsely claiming that Ashina Simo's surrender condition was to be canonized as a Turk One of the khans, I implore His Majesty the Emperor to canonize Ashina Simo as Turkic Khan, and then let someone pretend to be Ambassador Li's messenger to contact Turkic, let Turkic know that my messenger went north to send troops to intercept, and seize my messenger to intercept Memorial, wouldn’t that memorial become ironclad evidence that Ashina Simo secretly linked us?!”
Hearing Chen Sangliang's words, the Yin Shishi who had just come in was of course confused and didn't know why, but Li Jing, who was racking his brains, showed joy, and said happily, "A great plan! Let Li Yuan's envoy tell Shibi the thief The chief leaked the secret directly, while arranging a fake evidence, and let the thief chief Shibi know the reason why Ashina Simo did not betray Ambassador Li before, and the thief chief Sibi must be fooled!"
"No, no, no." Chen Sangliang hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands, and said quickly, "We can't let Li Yuan's envoy directly tell Shibi Bandit Chieftain that the Turkic traitor is Ashina Simo, we can only say that Li Yuan knows that there is such a memorial , I also signed the memorial, just because I was too cautious. When I handed the memorial to everyone to sign, I didn't write Ashina Simo's name. After everyone signed, I would Fill in the name separately, so Ambassador Li only knows the existence of this memorial, and does not directly know who the Turkic traitor is!"
Li Jing laughed loudly, and hurriedly cupped his hands to Chen Sangliang and said, "Commander, just now you said that a lower official is the worst, but now the facts have proved that compared with you, a lower official can be regarded as a moral gentleman. The trick has come to an end." At this point, if the Shibi Bandit Chief doesn’t fall for it, it’s simply unreasonable.”
"Thank you, thank you." Chen Sangliang hurriedly humbled, and said with a smile: "But, in this regard, I feel a little scary when I think of myself. How did I come up with such a clever plan? "
After all, Chen Sangliang and Li Jing looked at each other and laughed, but the laughter was quickly interrupted by Yin Shishi's shout, "What are you talking about? Can you explain it to me first, and then laugh, okay? "
Chen Sangliang racked his brains to figure out that this vicious idea is really vicious, so when Chen Sangliang and Li Jing told the situation to Master Yin with a sly smile, they can definitely be regarded as kind-hearted Master Yin Gradually he became tongue-tied, and then couldn't help muttering, "You two bad guys, how can you be so bad?"
Whispering to muttering, it is a great thing to be able to use the enemy's hand to weaken the enemy himself, Yin Shishi is still very willing to help, and immediately said: "The master has a wonderful plan, the messenger will give it to me, and the general will arrange two absolutely reliable ones immediately." One of them will deliver the memorial for you, and the other will pretend to be Li Yuan’s guard to send you a letter to the enemy camp. I will tell him the danger to the one who delivers the memorial, and ask him to deliberately surrender to save his life after being captured, and we will rescue him in the future.”
"Prefect Yin, can you find such a person?" Chen Sangliang, who originally planned to send the memorial with his death, asked happily.
"Marshal, please don't worry, the last general still has a few absolutely reliable people under his command." Yin Shishi replied confidently.
Hearing Yin Shishi's words, Li Jing glanced at Yin Shishi intentionally or unintentionally, but didn't say anything. Chen Yingliang was even more delighted, and hurriedly thanked Yin Shishi, and said: "Yin Taishou, the messenger pretending to be Ambassador Li's guard can Be more casual, but the courier who was deliberately captured for me must be absolutely reliable. To be on the safe side, it is better not to tell him the truth of the matter, to prevent him from defecting after being captured."
Yin Shishi nodded, but Li Jing next to him quickly said: "Commander, you are wrong on this point, the messenger who was deliberately captured is only secondary, and the person who pretends to be Li Yuan's messenger and goes to the enemy camp to directly contact Turkic Shibi Khan It is the most important thing. He must make Shibi Thieves absolutely trust him, and let the Turkic side believe that he cannot be a fake messenger arranged by you. Only in this way can he completely win the trust of the Turkic and facilitate our next move. Therefore, the lower official thinks that it is impossible Then send someone to pretend to be Li Yuan's messenger to deliver the letter, not only will it be difficult to gain the trust of Shibi Bandit Chieftain, but it may also expose flaws, leading to the wastage of previous efforts and the loss of everything."
"Although the words are reasonable, but in a short while, where should I go to find such a messenger?" Chen Sangliang nodded and asked.
Li Jing hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Marshal, I heard that when you were down and out in Daxing City more than two years ago, you sent people to the house of your fiancée who was married twice, and one of them was Mr. Chai Shaochai himself. What's your impression of Mr. Chai after coming to the door and retiring the engagement?"
"Why are you asking this?" Chen Sangliang was confused.
"It's nothing, I just want to ask the commander-in-chief about your impression of Mr. Chai. I dare to ask the commander-in-chief to answer truthfully." Li Jing replied.
"Arrogance, arrogance, supercilious, eyes above the top, a typical style of a son of a family." Chen Sangliang replied casually: "Also, he barely has a conscience. At that time, besides retiring the engagement, he also offered to find me a job. Let me go to his father-in-law's tent to make a living, lest I starve to death, and I am not extremely vicious."
"Wait." Speaking of this, Chen Sangliang finally came to his senses, and exclaimed: "Li Juncheng, don't you want to suggest that I send Chai Shao as this messenger?"
"Marshal, there is no one more suitable than Mr. Chai to be this messenger." Li Jing said in a deep voice, "Mr. Chai's grievances with you are well known in the world, because your talent proves that Mr. Chai's family has no eyes. It also led to the demotion of the Chai family father and son to civilians. This is also known to the world. Mr. Chai is Ambassador Li's beloved son-in-law. Completely trust every word of Mr. Chai!"
"Li Juncheng, are you talking nonsense with a high fever?" Yin Shishi yelled dumbfounded, "The enmity between Chai Shao and the commander-in-chief is as deep as the sea, and you still suggest that Chai Shao should take on such an important task? Chai Shao What if you sell us?"
Li Jing didn't answer, but just asked Chen Sangliang: "Commander, do you think Chai Shao will betray us? With Chai Shao as a person, is it possible to betray you without hesitation?"
Chen Sangliang was silent, hesitating for a long time without saying a word, Li Jing said again: "Young Master Chai joined the army this time, and I have had a lot of contact with him, and I can tell that Young Master Chai is a proud person. , also regretted what he did back then, and was tortured in his heart, so that his temples turned gray at a young age. This is enough to prove that he has a conscience and is ashamed of the consequences of his actions back then. Such a person, It’s true that I hate you to the bone, but if he doesn’t care about the life and death of his relatives in the rear, treason to the enemy, and willingly serve as a running dog for the Turkic barbarians, I’m afraid it may not be possible.”
Chen Yingliang was still silent, but Yin Shishi said angrily: "Who said it might not be big? Chai Shao is not only Marshal Chen's enemy, but also Li Yuan's son-in-law. How can such a person be reliable?"
"It is precisely because Chai Shao is Ambassador Li's son-in-law that it is impossible for him to betray the commander-in-chief!" Li Jing replied solemnly: "Chai Shao has made his sister unable to marry, his father is paralyzed in bed, and Ambassador Li His reputation was discredited and he was ridiculed by unknown people. Ambassador Li and Marshal Chen, who had no grievances before, turned against each other because of Chai Shao. Chai Shao already owed his parents and family too much, and he owed even more to Ambassador Li. If he deliberately betrayed Dashuai Handsome, if he completely killed his parents, family and Ambassador Li, he would be worse than a beast!"
Speaking of this, Li Jing asked calmly again: "Marshal Chen, Prefect Yin, do you think Chai Shao is the kind of person who is not as good as a beast?"
Yin Shishi, who had also investigated Chai Shao carefully, was speechless and hesitated for a while, but Chen Sangliang gritted his teeth and said viciously, "Okay! Send Chai Shao there!"
"Marshal, are you really going to take such a big risk?" Yin Shishi was shocked.
"I didn't take any risks, I thought very clearly." Chen Sangliang shook his head and explained: "I entrusted this task to Chai Shao. If Chai Shao sells me, we will only lose a messenger. We will use Ambassador Li to alienate the Turks. This internal opportunity is completely acceptable, but if Chai Shao didn't betray me, then we would have gained too much. Therefore, even if it is a risk, the price is worth it."
Seeing that Chen Sangliang had made up his mind, and considering Chai Shao's normal character and the price of betraying Sui, and the huge gains after the successful adventure, after weighing the pros and cons for a long time, Master Yin still nodded and said: "Yes, Chai Shao He is indeed the most suitable candidate for the envoy, although it is a bit risky, but since you have made up your mind, Commander, you can just take the order as an official."
Chen Sangliang also nodded, and then immediately acted according to the plan, arranging and arranging various affairs, while Li Jing helped Chen Sangliang to prepare a memorial, and said in his heart: "Actually, there is a more suitable messenger, but this messenger is now It’s too wasteful to just send it out, it’s better to stay and wait for it to be used more effectively. Also, this messenger is too unreliable, so I have to accompany him just in case when I send him out.”
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The fake memorial was prepared to fall into the hands of the Turks on purpose. In order to perform the trick, Chen Sangliang summoned important Sui army generals such as Wang Shichong, Yun Dingxing, Liu Changgong, and Yin Shishi, and explained to them The reason, please sign the memorial together, and ask Li Yuan, who is under house arrest, to also sign the memorial, and then write the name of Ashina Simo, seal it with wax and hand it over to Master Yin for personal arrangement reliable messenger. Finally, Chen Sangliang ordered Chai Shao to be summoned, personally explained the mission to him, explained the situation, and arranged for him to pretend to be Li Yuan's traitorous envoy and go to the enemy camp.
Chen Sangliang, who almost became Uncle Lang's relative, and Chai Shao met again. Of course, the scene was as embarrassing as possible. After Chen Sangliang explained the details of the task to Chai Shao, Chai Shao's reaction was of course very intense, and his face immediately became pale. Turned into a pig's liver color, Jishou refused on the spot: "Forgive me, Commander, the last general dare not accept orders!"
"Why?" Chen Sangliang asked knowingly.
"The general doesn't want his father-in-law to be suspected of collaborating with the enemy!" Chai Shaolang replied: "The Turks besieged His Majesty the Emperor in Yanmen City. In the future, even if my father-in-law grows a hundred mouths, he still won’t understand it, and even if he jumps into the Yellow River, he won’t be able to clear it up! The final general would rather be sentenced to death for disobedience, than let his father-in-law be accused of collaborating with the enemy!”
"Brother Sichang, it seems that you really don't know, because of the matter between me and you, your father-in-law, Ambassador Li, has already been suspected of collaborating with the enemy." Chen Sangliang suddenly changed his address, and said in a deep voice: "I also To tell you the truth, yesterday I announced that Ambassador Li had a sudden illness and could not lead the army, and that Li Jiancheng was appointed to replace him in command of Taiyuan Qin Wangjun because your father-in-law was suspected of collaborating with the enemy. I had to put him and Li Shimin under house arrest just in case. Chinese army camp."
As he said that, Chen Sangliang explained the situation to Chai Shao in a low voice, and showed the letter written by Shibi Khan to Li Yuan as evidence, and then said seriously: "Brother Sichang, the reason why your father-in-law Ambassador Li The suspicion of collaborating with the enemy is caused by the misunderstanding caused by Changsun Shunde and Hou Junji, but the root cause lies in you and me. It is because the Turks knew about the grievances and grievances between you and me, so they misunderstood your father-in-law Li The ambassador is ready to collude with the enemy and betray the country, so he dared to take the risk of secretly contacting your father-in-law to exchange information. So why... "
Speaking of this, Chen Sangliang paused, and then said: "So, Ambassador Li was suspected of collaborating with the enemy and was detained by the house arrest army. In fact, you and I are both responsible, but I think you are more responsible .”
"Why am I the most responsible?" Chai Shao asked angrily.
"What do you say? Why?"
Chen Sangliang also asked back, and looked at Chai Shao with piercing eyes. Chai Shao glared at Chen Sangliang, his eyes collided with sparks, but after looking at each other for a while, Chai Shao, whose family knew his own affairs, gradually Weakened, he lowered his head feebly. Chen Sangliang also opened his mouth at this moment, and said in a gentle tone: "Brother Sichang, there is only one way to help your father-in-law get rid of the suspicion now, and that is to make meritorious deeds and kill the enemy to prove his innocence. If you want to get rid of the suspicion for Ambassador Li, get rid of the You will be imprisoned, you will be killed, just take this job. Don't worry, as long as you follow my instructions, there will be no danger."
The muscles on Chai Shao's face twitched, and it took him a while to say in a hoarse voice, "Aren't you afraid that I'll betray you and tell Turkic about your schemes?"
"I'm not afraid." Chen Sangliang said calmly: "Brother Sichang, two years ago outside Daxing City, I forgave you for the sake of your sister and your wife. Today, for the sake of our Chen Chai family For the sake of family life, I will give you a chance to redeem your sins. I believe that you will not make mistakes again and again. I think you should know what will happen if you do wrong things again this time? I will forgive you then Your family, father-in-law, I am afraid that the gods of heaven and earth will not spare them."
The muscles on Chai Shao's face twitched even more, and he didn't say a word for a long time. Chen Sangliang observed his words, suddenly slapped the table, and shouted: "Chai Shao, the captain of Zuo Tunwei, my commander ordered you to go to the enemy's camp to defraud the enemy and make meritorious deeds." Do you take orders?!"
Chai Shao was shocked by Chen Sangliang's drinking, and his expression was also dull for a while, then he bowed his head and said in a mosquito-like humming voice: "Little general, take orders."