Climbed the east gate warehouse wall of Luokou warehouse, looked down on the other side of the Shizi River from a high position, and in the drizzle, there really was a Wagang army marching along the official road, the number was about 3,000. When he took a closer look at the nearby Invincible Army camp, Chen Sangliang's nose almost turned out of breath. The enemy is now, and the enemy is less than five miles away from the camp. The camp of the Invincible Army is still a mess. A large number of soldiers are clustered together and don't know what they are doing. There are not many soldiers guarding the fence. The defense of the camp is very strong. close to negative. In a fit of rage, Chen Sangliang seldom lost his temper with Liu Changgong, and shouted: "What is Liu Changgong doing? Don't you want your head?"
Chen Sangliang was furious on the west bank of the Shizi River, but Liu Changgong was devastated on the east bank of the Shizi River. Ken took the order, and asked Liu Changgong in turn why he didn't let them go out to meet the enemy and make meritorious deeds by killing the enemy? Liu Changgong explained that this was Chen Sangliang's request. Not only did these rich second-generation and official second-generation officials not listen, they surrounded Liu Changgong to force Liu Changgong to ask Chen Sangliang for orders to fight, and even many second-generation officials urged Liu Changgong to fight against orders. Take them to fight with the Wagang thief!
In the end, I saw Liu Changgong pull out his knife angrily, yelling and threatening to execute him immediately if he didn't obey the order. This group of second-generation officials and rich second-generations who were killed by the Wagang Army in history reluctantly obeyed their orders. They took their servants and servants to guard the fortifications of the camp, but they were still full of complaints and dissatisfaction. Everyone was very dissatisfied with Chen Sangliang and Liu Changgong for refusing to give them a chance to make contributions. (This army really existed in history, and the First World War ended.)
Let's also take a look at the situation of the Wagang Army. Just like Yuan Tiangang's analysis, the Wagang Army, which relies entirely on looting for food and supplies, does not have much food in stock. I also heard that Li Mi has taken down the Liyang Warehouse. Zhai Rang and other Wagang leaders are naturally a little impatient. I imagined that they would lure Chen Sangliang to attack the city like they did with Pei Renji before. With the help of the natural danger of Hulaoguan, they would first consume part of Chen Sangliang's strength and then defend and counterattack. However, Chen Sangliang Not fooled at all, the soldiers stationed in the Luokou Warehouse just stood still and fought patiently with the Wagang Army, but Chen Sangliang, who was sitting on the world's largest granary, was no longer exhausted. The Wagang Army was forced to change its strategy, and took the initiative to leave the customs to launch an attack. Looking for a chance to defeat Chen Sangliang.
Wagang general Shan Xiongxin was in charge of the first attack mission. After arriving near the Sui army, he saw that the Sui army did not go out to fight, and Shan Xiongxin did not rush to order an attack. Three branches, one stationed in the Luokou Cang, one set up camp in the south of the Luokou Cang, and the third was the Sui army camp in front of it under the banner of the Invincible Camp, and the distance between the armies was only five miles Left and right are horns for each other, so it is very convenient to rescue each other. In addition, in addition to the original two stone bridges, ten new solid pontoon bridges were erected on the Shizi River. Each bridge was guarded by a large number of soldiers, making it very easy to attack or retreat.
Seeing such an enemy situation, Shan Xiongxin frowned a little, knowing that if the Sui army refused to go out to fight today, he just thought it would be difficult to get a chance to fight—because Shan Xiongxin would not attack the Sui army camp, but behind his back. It is possible to be attacked by the Sui army in other camps immediately, and fall into the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy. In desperation, Shan Xiongxin had no choice but to order troops to be stationed outside the main gate of the Invincible Army's camp, rode his horses across the camp, and went to fight outside the Invincible Army's camp in person, luring this invincible elite soldier who the Wagang Army could not understand to come out of the camp to fight—Wagang Army I really don't understand the Invincible Battalion. The equipment is so good that people are envious, but the military discipline and military appearance are so bad.
"Liu Changgong, if you have the guts to come out and fight me to the death! Hiding in the camp and being a bastard, what kind of hero is he? Come out, come out and fight to the death! Liu Changgong, if you have the courage, come out to Shan Xiongxin!"
Hearing Shan Xiongxin's scolding, Liu Changgong's second-generation generals were all furious, scrambling to be the first to encourage Liu Changgong to fight. Unfortunately, the greatest advantage of our General Liu is that he has a little self-knowledge. He knows that his army is unreliable, so he is determined to refuse play. Just to appease the dissatisfaction of his subordinates, Liu Changgong had to order the army to scold back in the camp, asking Shan Xiongxin to attack the camp himself if he had the guts to do so. After scolding the fire and launching an attack on the camp, our General Liu really didn't have much confidence in defending the camp.
Fortunately, Shan Xiongxin is a rational and calm person. When the enemy's situation was unknown, he was not provoked by the second-generation army's scolding and launched an attack hastily. Asked: "The officers and soldiers refuse to go out of the camp, what should I do?"
"Brother Shan, why don't we try attacking once?" A Wagang general suggested, but Shan Xiongxin flatly rejected this point. Other Wagang generals also felt that this move was too risky, and no one agreed.
"Brother, why don't you directly ask to see Chen Yingliang." Brother-in-law Mulan suggested: "Chen Yingliang always likes to show his face, if you ask to see him, you may succeed. If you anger him with words, you can induce him to fight. "
Shan Xiongxin thought it was good, so he immediately sent a soldier to fly a white flag, and shouted at the bridge adjacent to Cangcheng, Luokou, asking Chen Sangliang to come out and answer. I kept hoping that Chen Sangliang would agree to meet Shan Xiongxin on the other side of the Shizi River in person. At the same time, I also look forward to meeting Chen Sangliang alone, talking a few words alone, and questioning Chen Sangliang face to face why he used her banner to deceive the innocent girl
After all, Mulan's expectation was in vain. After the negotiating envoy conveyed the request, the soldiers of the Sui army on the other side of the Shizi River quickly responded, conveying Chen Sangliang's words: "What are you, Shan Xiongxin? You are also worthy of me. Tangtang Dongdu stayed behind to meet and answer? I want to answer and call Zhai Rang, I don’t have time to talk to you today, attack our camp if you have the courage, and get out if you don’t!”
Mulan was disappointed, and Shan Xiongxin, who was despised, was also a little angry. He quickly dispatched two hundred elite soldiers and sent them to storm a Shizi River pontoon bridge in an attempt to win the bridge to lure the Sui army to fight. The soldiers could only defend by the bridge, and fought fiercely with the soldiers of the Wagang Army on the pontoon bridge.
Seeing this scene, Shan Xiongxin was of course extremely depressed, knowing that it would be difficult to explain to Zhai Rang when he went back, but Chen Sangliang smiled on the Cangcheng of Luokou, and said: "The Wagang bandits are in a hurry and want to lead me to change the current confrontation situation , Adjust tactics to expose flaws, and then take the opportunity to break me. Hehe, it's a good idea."
"Chen Liushou, you might as well follow the strategy." Wei Zheng next to him suggested: "Set up a trap to lure the Wagang bandits out of the customs and fight. A victory will boost morale and reduce the pressure on our future siege."
Chen Sangliang squeezed his smooth chin and remained silent. Yuan Tiangang saw Chen Sangliang's thoughts, so he leaned into Chen Sangliang's ear and whispered: "Chen stays behind, showing the enemy that Zhai Rang will not let Zhai Rang ask for help from Li Mi. This point is important, but when it's time to be tough, we should be tougher and let Zhai Rang know that we are not easy to mess with. Don't forget to stay behind, your father-in-law is a master who likes to take advantage of everything. With his temper, even if When we got to the Hulaoguan battlefield, he must first try to let us bear the main pressure, and he hid behind his back to take advantage of it."
Yuan Tiangang's words reminded Chen Sangliang, remembering the intrigue between himself and Wang Shichong during the Huaishui battle against Du Fuwei, and his father-in-law's extreme temper of desperately taking advantage, Chen Sangliang nodded and said: "Say, Reasonable, but there is no need to worry, the Wagang thief has lost his composure, and there will definitely be moves in the future, and I will act sooner or later when the opportunity arises."
Shan Xiongxin, who tried his best to lure Chen Sangliang to take action, failed in the end. Two hundred elite soldiers stormed a pontoon bridge. Although they once gained the upper hand with their individual combat effectiveness and forced the Sui army to send a school regiment to reinforce the pontoon bridge, they still failed to win in the end. At the same time, Shan Xiongxin did not dare to put a large number of troops into the battle for the pontoon bridge when there were invincible troops on the flanks. He ordered the troops to be withdrawn, loudly mocked Chen Sangliang for being cowardly as a mouse, and led the army away in a huff.
Now it's the turn of the second generation of the Invincible Army to clamor. Seeing the retreat of the Wagang Army, the generals of the Invincible Army, large and small, rushed to Liu Changgong again, demanding that Liu Changgong immediately send troops to pursue them. One of them had a touch with Emperor Sui Yang. The dear general of the Invincible Army even opened the gate of the camp without authorization, calling for the troops to come out of the camp to pursue him. Liu Changgong was so frightened that he kicked him to the ground, closed the gate with his own hands, and then ordered this relative of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty to be dragged down and beaten again. Forty batons. And then naturally, Liu Changgong ran to Chen Sangliang again, weeping and wiping away his tears, begging Chen Sangliang to change to another person to lead the gang of second-generation uncles, but it's a pity that Liu Changgong has the strongest family background under Chen Sangliang's command. Naturally, Chen Sangliang once again rejected Liu Changgong's request—if someone else changed, he would definitely be unable to deal with these second-generation uncles.
The Wagang Army was really anxious. After Shan Xiongxin returned to the pass, he reported the battle to Zhai Rang. Zhai Rang scolded Chen Sangliang for being cowardly and fearful of the battle. He also slapped his beard with worry and said, " Chen Gouguan did not move. If he did not come to attack the city, he would not withdraw to the Eastern Capital. If he lived in Luokou Cang, he would not leave. If this stalemate continues, how can we win Luokou Cang? If we can’t win Luokou Cang, we will just pay If you keep controlling Hulao Pass, you will run out of food and grass sooner or later."
"Uncle, go around Luokou Cang and attack Shangluo Cang!" Zhai Mohou suggested: "Chen Yingliang's dog officer stationed in Luokou Cang to confront us head-on. Shangluo Cang must be loosely defended. Just like Koucang, if you send out a group of elite soldiers to detour and attack Shangluocang, you will surely win..."
"Fart!" Zhai Rang interrupted his nephew rudely, and said angrily, "You are Pei Renji, Chen dog official? Dividing troops under his nose to make a detour and surprise attack, are you tired of living? Are you looking for death?!"
Zhai Mohou shut up obediently, and Pei Renji, who happened to be at the scene, also looked extremely embarrassed. Bing Yuanzhen hurriedly coughed a few times, reminding Zhai Rang to be cautious, and then quickly squeezed out a smile, and said to Pei Renji: "Five Kings, You are a relative of Chen Yingliang, and you just came from the Guanjun side, and you know the situation of the Guanjun best, in your opinion, what should we do if we want to take down the Luokou warehouse?"
There was no way out, and although he was very dissatisfied with Zhai Rang's contempt for him, Pei Renji tried his best to offer advice: "King Zhai, Bing's military adviser, Chen Yingliang is indeed cunning and good at winning by surprise, but his army has a fatal problem. There are too many recruits, too few elites, and the overall combat effectiveness is not as good as our Wagang's Hundred Fighters. If such an army is used to guard the city camp, it can compete with our Wagang elites. On the field battlefield, our Wagang volunteers defeated Their confidence will be much greater. So I think it is best to find a way to lure Chen Yingliang out of the protection of the camp Cangcheng, and fight us in the wild, then we can hope to defeat Chen Yingliang, and then capture Luokou Cang."
After hearing Pei Renji's words, Bing Yuanzhen, Xu Shiji and others nodded repeatedly, thinking that Pei Renji's words hit the point and pointed out the direction for the army, but Zhai Rang's idiot brother Zhai Hong said angrily: "Nonsense! It's nothing to say! If there is a way to lure Chen Gouguan out for a decisive battle, why do we ask you?"
Pei Renji's face was once again embarrassed, and Pei Xingyan behind him also had veins throbbing on his forehead. Fortunately, there are still many rational people in the Wagang Army, and the deputy military adviser Jia Xiong immediately said: "Brother Zhai Hong, General Pei's words are very good. Yes, we wanted to lure Chen Gouguan to attack the city before, but Chen Gouguan would not be fooled, and the next best thing is to lure Chen Gouguan out for a decisive battle. As for how to lure Chen Gouguan out for a decisive battle, I have an idea. I know you have heard about Du Fuwei leading Chen Leng to a decisive battle?"
Most of the generals of the Wagang Army who were bumpkins looked at each other, but some of them were well-informed. Pei Renji immediately introduced to everyone how Du Fuwei insulted Chen Leng with women's clothes on the Huainan battlefield and successfully lured Chen Leng to a decisive battle. When Jean was overjoyed, he immediately patted his thigh and said: "Good idea, let's do it this way. Immediately arrange someone to challenge Chen Gouguan, and send him a set of women's clothes by the way, so as to inspire him to come out for a decisive battle."
"Yes, just like Du Fuwei, give Chen Dog Officer a nickname." Zhai Hong also excitedly echoed: "Du Fuwei called Chen Ling Chen Grandma. I heard that Chen Yingliang Dog Officer looks like a pretty little girl. How about we just call him Girl Chen?"
Zhai Rang, Zhai Mohou, Wang Ruxin and others applauded loudly, and they all felt that this plan was great, but Pei Renji quickly shook his head and said, "My lord, this may work for Chen Leng, but it definitely won't work for Chen Yingliang, that kid is too cunning." , the skin is thicker than the city wall, send him women's clothes, maybe he can put them on for us to see on the spot. And by doing this, that kid will understand right away that we are in a hurry to fight him, He’s definitely more reluctant to play.”
Xu Shiji and Bing Yuanzhen echoed Pei Renji's views and said, "Brother Zhai, don't waste your energy. It will be useful for those brave and foolish men, but it will definitely not work against Chen Yingliang's dog official."
"You have to give it a try, if it works, it will be fine?" Zhai Rang waved his big hand and shouted: "That's it, Brother Bing, you write a letter of war to Chen Yingliang's dog official, and invite him to a decisive battle, Mohou, You go and prepare a set of more beautiful women's clothes, and send someone to deliver it to Chen Gouguan."
Zhai Rang's attitude was firm, and Bing Yuanzhen had nothing to do, he could only let him mess around and write letters honestly, while Zhai Mohou also happily ran to prepare women's clothes, and even took a bad taste from his concubine. He stripped off a set of worn clothes and gave it to Chen Sangliang as a gift. After everything was ready, Zhai Rang sent an envoy out of the city the next morning, carrying a white flag to the Sui army camp to make an appointment to fight.
When the news of the Wagang Army envoy's written appointment was conveyed to Chen Sangliang through his own soldiers, Chen Sangliang was reviewing the official documents of the Eastern Capital in Cangcheng, Luokou. He heard the arrival of the Wagang Army envoy and heard that The envoy of the Gang Army came to write a letter to make an appointment. Chen Sangliang smiled wryly, shook his head and said, "There are ghosts who are not afraid of death. If you dare to take the initiative to send someone to contact me for an appointment, Zhai Rang must not know the word death." how to write."
"Stay behind, it's time to teach Zhai Rang how to write dead characters." Yuan Tiangang suggested: "Let's plan, win the battle first, boost our morale, let Zhai Rang know how good you are, and when Wang Shichong comes, Zhai Rang They will only find trouble with Wang Shichong, and dare not come and fight us hard again."
"That's right, let's fight a small victory first, as long as Zhai Rang doesn't push too hard, he won't go to Li Mi immediately." Chen Sangliang nodded, and after a little calculation, he quickly turned to the soldiers next to him Captain San Gouzi ordered: "San Gouzi, put on my armor, go to the handsome tent to meet the messenger of the Wagang bandit, accept his letter, and send him away. Oh, yes, the Wagang bandit Maybe you will play some tricks to lure me out of the camp for a decisive battle, you will accept any tricks and report to me when you come back."
"Stay behind, what do you mean? Why did you let San Gouzi pretend to be you to meet the Wagang bandit envoy?" Wei Zheng and Yuan Tiangang both asked doubtfully. impersonate him.
"Of course it is to lure the Wagang bandits to attack us." Chen Sangliang said with a smile: "Many people from the Wagang bandits have seen my appearance and appearance, and the envoys sent by the Wagang bandits may have seen me. I haven’t seen it before. When I go back and describe my appearance, the Wagang thief will immediately understand that I am a fake. In addition, I refused to meet with Shan Xiongxin yesterday. After arriving in the Eastern Capital, as long as the Wagang bandits are a little bit more normal-minded, it’s time to attack and rob the camp tonight.”
When Wei Zheng, Yuan Tiangang and the others were overjoyed, they all applauded and said, "A great plan! Use this method to teach him how to write Zhai Rang, the old thief."