Unable to withstand Chen Sangliang's repeated requests, Pei Xingfang finally took the seriously wounded from the rear battalion out of the camp and returned to Luokou Cang first. Chen Sangliang, who had already changed into the uniform of a soldier in the Henan Requisition Army, did not go to see him off. Yuchi Jingde and San Gouzi, who had put on disguises, followed Luo Shixin back to Qin Qiong's camp. During the period, Luo Shixin also proposed to return to his camp and organize his own army to prepare for war, but Chen Sangliang was worried that Luo Shixin, who had a simple personality, would show some flaws, so he did not agree.
The biggest flaw was still in Jia Runfu. As soon as he returned to Qin Qiong’s camp and saw Qin Qiong, Qin Qiong immediately reported to Chen Sangliang that Jia Runfu’s people had come to his camp for the second time to inquire about Jia Runfu’s whereabouts. The people sent them away, but Jia Runfu's people had obviously become suspicious. It was only a matter of time before the news of Jia Runfu's disappearance was revealed to Pei Renji. So after a brief introduction of the situation, Qin Qiong hurriedly asked again: "Stay behind, what should we do next? If Marshal Pei knows that Jia Runfu came to me in the end, he will definitely send the general to question him. If the general does not go by then, Is that a disobedience to military orders?"
"Don't worry, wait another hour, and you'll be fine in an hour." Chen Sangliang replied calmly, and asked about the current time, knowing that it was already the beginning of the hour, Chen Sangliang nodded and stopped talking, He secretly said in his heart: "This place is only ten miles away from Hulao Pass. Even if the transportation is inconvenient during the war, if Xiao Huaijing is really a Wagang spy, one hour is enough for him to send the news to Hulao Pass."
After comforting Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin again, Chen Sangliang did not sit and wait in vain. With the help of Yuchi Jingde and Luo Shixin, Chen Sangliang brought Jia Runfu to interrogation again in the back account, and told Jia Runfu directly, saying that It was the last chance I gave Jia Runfu. As long as Jia Runfu confessed truthfully and explained the details of Pei Renji's secret contact with the Wagang Army, he would report to the court that Jia Runfu had made the first accusation and guaranteed that Jia Runfu would not die.
Chen Sangliang's words are just to fool others. As Pei Renji's absolute confidant after taking over Zhang Xutuo's old department, Jia Runfu is very aware of the grievances and entanglements between Chen Sangliang and Pei Renji, and understands that once he confesses truthfully, Chen Sangliang will definitely do everything possible If he wanted to exonerate Pei Renji in order to please Pei Cuiyun, he, a ready-made scapegoat, would definitely take the blame to death. So Jia Runfu continued to refuse to admit it, and he deliberately delayed the time. He wanted to wait for Pei Renji to find out that the situation was wrong and come to save him. , can only be to plug Jia Runfu's mouth again, and wait for the time to pass every minute and every second.
At the same time, Little Xiao Guojiu Xiao Huaijing also received the news that Pei Xingfang escorted the seriously wounded to leave first. He sneered and understood that this was Chen Sangliang and Pei Renji's plan to minimize the casualties of soldiers, and Little Xiao Guojiu was also in his military tent. Waiting patiently, waiting for Pei Renji to invite him to the handsome account to explain face-to-face, and to plead guilty to him for concealing the fraudulent surrender.
Pei Renji's physical condition helped Chen Yingliang a lot. He had been highly nervous for the past few days. After Pei Renji hadn't rested all this time, he had something important to do in the evening. Anxiety makes it difficult to sleep peacefully, but in order to let him have a good rest, his soldiers stopped Jia Runfu's subordinates who came to report Jia Runfu's disappearance, and bought Chen Sangliang a lot of time more precious than gold.
Time passed by minute by minute, and just after two o'clock, Tan Qingjiu, the captain of Jia Runfu's personal army, could not find his superior. He was in shock and went to the Chinese army to report the matter to Pei Renji again. Fortunately, Pei Renji's personal soldiers stopped him again. Qing didn't dare to forcibly break into Pei Renji's sleeping tent, but begged Pei Renji's personal soldiers to report the matter as soon as Pei Renji woke up. At the same time, Tan Qing mobilized a large number of Jia Runfu's soldiers to search around to inquire about Jia Runfu's whereabouts, and the situation of Jia Runfu's disappearance was gradually known to many soldiers of the Pei army.
At the same time, He Yanyu came to the Qinqiong camp to meet Chen Yingliang, and reported to Chen Yingliang that the army under his command had been secretly alerted. Seeing that Chen Yingliang just nodded and did not speak, He Yanyu was still somewhat worried, and couldn't help asking: "Stay behind, what's next?" What should we do? It’s okay for the soldiers and horses in the battalion to be on guard secretly, but we detained Jia Runfu and didn’t report it to Ambassador Pei. This seems to be a little…?”
"I'll take care of what happens on my own, and it has nothing to do with you." Chen Sangliang replied calmly, and then said: "Wait patiently, and we will talk about it at the first moment of Shen Shi."
It is difficult for everything to go smoothly. Before long, although Jia Runfu's subordinates headed by Tan Qing have not found Jia Runfu, they inadvertently discovered the secret security of He Yanyu's camp during the search. Not good, so he came to Pei Renji's sleeping tent for the third time to ask to see him. However, at the same time that Tan Qing returned to the camp of the Chinese army, Uncle Xiao Guo, who was also in the Chinese Army, also received the news of Jia Runfu's disappearance. In addition to being surprised by this, Uncle Xiao Guo, who had been waiting for more than an hour, was a little overwhelmed. Holding his breath, he simply went directly to the big tent to find Pei Renji to understand the situation.
Knowing that Pei Renji was resting, Tan Qing of course went directly to Pei Renji's bedroom door. After being stopped by Pei Renji's personal soldiers again, Tan Qing did not dare to wait any longer this time. While explaining the situation, he insisted on asking Pei Renji to meet him immediately. A little older, he soon woke up Pei Renji, who was tossing and turning in the tent, and when Pei Renji asked the reason, the soldiers reported the truth, and Tan Qing was finally able to enter the dormitory to visit Pei Renji and report Jia Runfu's disappearance to Pei Renji.
"Runfu disappeared?" Pei Renji, who had countless life-threatening secrets in Jia Runfu's hands, was taken aback. He hurriedly asked, "When did he disappear? Where did he go?"
"Commander, I have been missing for almost two hours." Tan Qing replied truthfully: "About two hours ago, Jia Hujun was invited by General Qin Qiong to talk to the camp, and then we never saw him again. The villain sent someone to look for him, and General Qin Qiong also said that Jia Hujun had left long ago, and he has not been seen since then."
After all, he was guilty of being a thief, so Pei Renji's face turned pale immediately, and he quickly asked again: "Then, has anyone in the camp seen his whereabouts?"
"No." Tan Qing shook his head and replied, "Except for General Qin's camp gate guards who saw him leave, no one saw him again. None of the generals saw Jia Hujun leaving the camp."
"Where are you going?" Pei Renji was puzzled. When he thought of a certain possibility, Pei Renji quickly shook his head to drive the terrible thought out of his mind, and said in his heart: "Impossible, Jia Runfu can't betray me. He took care of it for me, even if he went to inform him, he couldn't escape. Besides, Liu Changgong's troops are at most enough to protect himself, even if Liu Changgong knew, he would have nothing to do with me, Jia Runfu is not that stupid."
"Ambassador, there is something else I have to report to you." Tan Qing said again in a deep voice: "When the villain was looking for the whereabouts of Jia Hujun, he accidentally discovered that the situation of General He Yanyuhe's camp was not right. On the surface, the camp gate was wide open. In and out as usual, in fact, the soldiers are already in armor and armed, and seem to be ready to fight at any time."
"What? He Yanyu's army is preparing for battle in secret?!" Pei Renji's shock was no small matter, and he immediately shouted: "Come on, call He Yanyu to the Chinese army to meet me immediately! Also, order the battalions to look for Jia Runfu's whereabouts carefully, Live to see people, die to see corpses!"
Pei Renji's personal soldiers agreed, and immediately arranged for messengers to go out of the camp to summon He Yanyu. Pei Renji himself did not dare to rest in the sleeping tent, so he immediately got up in his clothes, changed his clothes and put on his armor and went to the central army tent to take command. To be cautious, Pei Renji issued another order on the road. Put the Chinese military camp on alert immediately. And after entering the Chinese army tent, Pei Renji also happened to meet Xiao Guoshu who came to inquire about the news. The enemy was extremely jealous when they met, Pei Renji could only briefly introduce Jia Runfu's disappearance and Xiao Huaijing was amazed by the security situation at He Yanyu's camp, so she didn't leave in a hurry, and stayed in the Chinese army tent together, waiting for He Yanyu to come to explain.
He Yanyu is currently in Qin Qiong's camp. Of course, the messengers sent by Pei Renji first went to his camp in vain, and then came to Qin Qiong's camp to ask for He Yanyu. He failed to enter Qin Qiong's military account immediately, and the news was sent to the account by Qin Qiong's personal soldiers. Hearing Pei Renji's order, Chen Sangliang, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, opened his eyes immediately, and first asked Qin Qiong's soldiers whether he confirmed that He Yanyu was here. After getting a negative answer, Chen Sangliang immediately told Qin Qiong: " Shubao, go out and tell him that General He has just left and went to the rear camp to visit the wounded."
"Stay behind, this..." Both Qin Qiong and He Yanyu who belonged to Pei Renji were in a dilemma.
"According to my request, I will take care of it if something happens!" Chen Yingliang's tone was undeniable, and he said in a deep voice, "Yanyu, after the messenger leaves, you should go back to the camp immediately. If the messenger goes there again to find you, you Just say that you have something to go back to the camp, lie for Shu Baoyuan, and buy a little more time for me!"
It was rare to see Chen Sangliang's attitude so severe, neither Qin Qiong nor He Yanyu dared to be negligent, first Qin Qiong came out to lie and deceived the messenger sent by Pei Renji, and then He Yanyu returned to his camp from the back camp to let the unlucky messenger Running back and forth for nothing, wasting time. It was also after He Yanyu left that Chen Sangliang asked Yuchi Jingde next to him, "What time is it?"
"Shen Shizheng!" Yuchi Jingde replied looking at the dripping pot.
"If it's really tonight, the Wagang bandits should start preparing." Chen Sangliang thought in his mind, and secretly said: "For careful communication, we must force off the main road and take the small road, which is slow and dangerous. To be on the safe side, I will The later you start, the greater your chances of success. As it gets late, the Wagang thieves must be more scrupulous."
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As Chen Sangliang estimated, at the Hulao Pass at the same time, the main force of the Wagang Army who had been ordered to rest for a whole day had already sounded the wake-up drum, and a large number of Wagang Army elites rubbed their sleepy eyes and got up from the bunk , wash and change clothes, check weapons and equipment, the cook and the army have already prepared hot meals for them, and prepared dry food, water hyacinths and torches for night battles. The Wagang generals also came to Henan where Pei Renji left behind. Capture the embassy and wait for Zhai Rang's order to dispatch troops.
"Send more scouts to work carefully, closely monitor the movements of the officers and soldiers' camps, and report immediately if there is any abnormality!" This is the only order issued by Wagang Army Commander Bing Yuanzhen before the pre-war meeting.
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The Wagang Army is ready to go, almost sending troops to fight at any time, but the camp of the Henan Captive Army is cloudy and treacherous, especially on Chen Sangliang's side, due to serious lack of intelligence and time Because of the haste, Chen Sangliang finally missed one point, that is, although the messengers sent by Pei Renji were deceived by Qin Qiong with lies, when they entered Qin Qiong's camp, they noticed that Qin Qiong's troops were secretly preparing for battle. Situation—This is easy to confirm. As long as the soldiers who are resting are wearing armor, holding weapons, and waiting in the tents according to the establishment, anyone with a little military experience will know that they are preparing to fight.
This of course caused an accident. After being deceived by Qin Qiong to the back camp and still unable to find He Yanyu, the messengers did not run around looking for He Yanyu, but went directly to the Central Army to report the situation to Pei Renji. Hearing this news, not only Pei Renji's guilty conscience changed greatly, but Xiao Guoshu, who was also present, was also taken aback, and asked in unison, "Qin Qiong's camp is also on guard? Are you sure?"
The messenger confirmed and reported what he had seen and heard in Qin Qiong's camp. Pei Renji and Xiao Guoshu were even more shocked when they heard it. Then Pei Renji naturally ordered Qin Qiong to be summoned immediately, and after sending the messenger out, Xiao Uncle Xiao Guo thought for a while, and felt that it was time for a showdown, so he turned to Pei Renji and asked, "Marshal, is it time to tell my subordinates the detailed plan?"
"Detailed plan? What do you mean?" Pei Renji was taken aback, subconsciously thinking that Uncle Xiao Guo already knew about his plan to surrender to the Wagang Army.
"Marshal, at this point in the matter, I really don't know what you are still hiding from me?" Uncle Xiao Xiao smiled, and said slowly: "I am very interested in something, and I ask you to enlighten me, Marshal. How did you get in touch with the Wagang bandits? How did you gain the trust of the Wagang bandits and make them believe that you are ready to surrender? ——Although the rank of the subordinate is humble, but as a supervising army, for such a major event, the subordinate must still You need to know one thing so that you can report it to the court."
Uncle Xiao Xiao's words were like a bolt from the blue, causing Pei Renji to jump up from his handsome chair. Looking at Uncle Xiao Guo in disbelief, his mind was completely blank. He drew his sword, but these actions also startled little uncle Xiao Guo, and hurriedly asked a few soldiers: "What do you want to do? Unauthorized use of a knife in the handsome tent, do you still want your heads?"
The soldiers kept silent, and all peeked at Pei Renji's reaction, while Pei Renji was calculating quickly in his mind, while making the soldiers go out of the tent to check the movement with winks, to find out if Uncle Xiao Guo had any other tricks, and at the same time forced his composure to Xiao Xiao. Uncle Guo asked, "How much more do you know?"
"I know." Uncle Xiao Guo was quite proud, and said: "I even know how many soldiers and horses from the Eastern Capital Chen Yingliang and Chen Liushou brought."
"Chen Yingliang is here too? He brought soldiers and horses?!" Pei Renji felt as if he was struck by lightning again, and his first reaction was to scream secretly. The news must have leaked out. Chen Yingliang has brought an army to conquer me. The army is quite prestigious. Two-thirds of my subordinates belong to his former Eastern Capital, and the rest are also closely related to him. He doesn't need to lead an army to fight me at all. My army is about to fall apart!
"Why did old man Pei react like this?" Uncle Xiao Guo was not extremely surprised, he didn't understand why Pei Renji reacted so violently.
Seeing sweat on his forehead, and nervously calculating, Pei Renji asked tentatively, "Where has Chen Yingliang been?"
"Marshal, why do you ask me this question?" Uncle Xiao Guo became even more confused, and asked back: "Isn't it a plan that you and Chen Liushou secretly negotiated with Chen Liushou to lure the Wagang bandits out of the customs? Chen Liushou's reinforcements are in ambush You don't even know where it is?"
"Fake surrender to lure the enemy? This and that?" Pei Renji was completely dumbfounded, and blurted out, "Who told you?"
"Marshal Pei, what happened to you today?" Uncle Xiao Guo was also dazed, and replied, "Of course your cousin Pei Xingfang told me."
"Pei Xingfang?" Pei Renji felt that he had fallen into a dark pit, and he was dizzy in the dark, completely unable to understand what happened...
At the same time in Hulao Pass, in the handsome hall left by Pei Renji, all the Wagang generals shouted the slogan of breaking Luokou warehouse and capturing Liu Changgong alive. After the cheers settled down, Zhai Rang ordered loudly: "Everyone! Brothers return to their teams and are on standby at all times, when it gets dark, we will attack immediately!"
While all the generals in Wagang were singing promises in unison, the news that Pei Renji had summoned Qin Qiong had also been sent to Chen Yingliang. Looking at Qin Qiong who was full of embarrassment, and Luo Shixin who was at a loss, Chen Yingliang thought again and again, and finally made up his mind. Commanded: "Shi Xin, now you go back to your camp, organize your soldiers and horses to wait for orders, and when you hear the news of my appearance, immediately bring a reliable team to meet me in front of the camp of the Chinese Army, and send Someone informed He Yanyu, telling him to do the same. Shubao, you lead a reliable team, escort Jia Runfu, and follow me to the gate of the Zhongjun camp to see Pei Renji."
Luo Shixin agreed without hesitation, but Qin Qiong was shocked when he heard it, and hurriedly said: "Stay behind, it's okay to escort you to see Marshal Pei, but what if something happens? It's only ten miles away from Hulao Pass. Once the Wagang bandits come to our camp Abnormal, it can be killed outside the camp in half an hour, how can we resist then?"
"Don't worry, Wagang bandits don't dare to come!" Chen Sangliang shook his head, and shouted again: "That's it, San Gouzi, help me change my clothes! I want to see Pei Renji openly as the left-behind of Dongdu!"