Li Mijun's division of troops and relocation of camps has another advantage for the Sui army in the eastern capital, that is, Chen Sangliang will not have to worry about fighting head-on with Zhai and Li's coalition forces for another day or two-the strong camp will not be established in a short time. , but Chen Sangliang was not idle either. As soon as he confirmed the good news of Li Mi's army moving the camp, he immediately sent a large number of scouts to investigate the various situations of Li Mi's new camp and understand the enemy's situation.
In the early stage of development, Chen Sangliang's descendants, who absorbed a large number of soldiers who surrendered to the rebel army, have always done a good job in scouting and careful work. Just in the evening, the scouts of the Sui army, who were served by Qiao Peng's old army, detected the approximate strength of Li Mijun's new camp. The composition of the army, the main generals, and a rough sketch of Li Mijun's new camp were secretly drawn, all of which were reported to Chen Sangliang. After learning that the leader of Li Mijun's new camp was the famous bandit Hao Xiaode, he recalled that Zhang Xutuo had once fought against Hao Xiaode. When it was just dark, Chen Sangliang came to Luokou Cangnan Camp by taking the opportunity to inspect the sentry. While patrolling the camp, he learned about Hao Xiaode's situation from Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, He Yanyu and other old people in Qi County.
"About Hao Xiaode, the last general and others don't know much." Qin Qiong, He Yanyu and others introduced to Chen Sangliang: "In the ninth year of Daye, Hao Xiaode and some thieves followed the rebel Wang Bo to attack Zhangqiu in Qi County. Ambassador Zhang led the We fought against him once and defeated him. The bandit army was scattered and scattered. This Hao Xiaode led the remnant army and fled to Jinliang. He met the team of General Zuo Wuwei General Zhou Fashang and was defeated again. Then the bandit leader fled to Jinliang. In the north of the Yellow River, there is no Nandu, and we have never fought against him, so we don't know him very well. I only remember that he was barely able to fight. At that time, we broke through the Chinese army of the leader of the bandit army, Wang Bo. The bandit army was then defeated."
"The general heard that after Hao Xiaode fled to the north of the Yellow River, he fought Yang Taipu (Yang Yichen) and escaped after being defeated." He Yanyu added: "Also, I heard that he was in Hebei for grain. Jincheng became enemies, fought with Zhang Jincheng once, and won Zhang Jincheng, but failed to capture Zhang Jincheng's lair, and was afraid that our officers and soldiers would take the opportunity to attack, so he retreated."
"Awesome." Chen Sangliang was a little surprised, and said with a smile: "I have fought with Marshal Zhang, I have fought with Zhou Fashang, and I have also fought with Yang Taifu. Calling such a local snake in Hebei, this Hao Xiaode, seems not easy."
"Stay behind, from your tone, you seem a little afraid of this Hao Xiaode?" Qin Qiong asked curiously.
"It's not enough to be afraid, but we have to be on guard." Chen Sangliang shook his head and replied: "Daye raised his army in nine years and conspired to rebel, fled in Henan and Hebei, but was never completely wiped out. This Hao Xiaode must have accumulated some capital in his hands. We There are too many recruits in the Eastern Capital's army, and if you fight against such rebels, if you are not careful, you may suffer a little bit."
"Stay behind, let us take care of Hao Xiaode." Luo Shixin volunteered: "Let us Qijun old man be the main force, and you send some Dongdu troops to cover our formation and take care of Hao Xiaode's bandit camp."
"Don't worry, let me think about the matter of defeating the enemy." Chen Sangliang shook his head with a smile, and then said: "I must make good use of you old men of Qi County, you and the soldiers of Qi County under your command are all He has experienced hundreds of battles, and each of them does not know how many times he crawled out of the dead. It is the most precious treasure left by Zhang Dashuai to the Sui court, and it is also the core backbone of our Eastern Capital army. I can't be like Pei Renji. You were wasted in vain on the battlefield. Now your most important task is to give me a good rest, take care of the old wounds on my body, help me train new recruits, and teach new recruits experience through old and new. I will worry about other things .”
Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin and others who fought for years, no matter how brave and skilled they were, they already had some war-weary mentality. After hearing Chen Sangliang's thoughtful and beautiful words, Qin Qiong and others were all moved, and hurriedly thanked Chen Sangliang again and again. Chen Sangliang comforted He Yanyu and others with hypocritical good words, and then left after inspecting the camp, and returned to Luokou Cangcheng, five miles to the north, with Yuchi Jingde and his personal troops.
"Li Mi is a traitor indeed. Hao Xiaode, the old bandit leader who started his army in the ninth year of Daye, led his troops to defect to him. It was clear that they were aiming at the grain in Liyang warehouse in his hand. Li Mi, a traitor, had to use Hao Xiaode's veterans of the bandit army. And I have to guard against Hao Xiaode’s retaliation and annexation, and push Hao Xiaode to the front to fight me, how should I deal with this Hao Xiaode?”
On the way back to Cangcheng, Chen Sangliang had been thinking about how to deal with the current situation. He felt that he should try to learn more about Hao Xiaode, especially Hao Xiaode and Li Mi. The relationship between them, as well as Hao Xiaode's own thoughts, and then play it by ear to obtain the greatest victory at the least cost. However, just when Chen Sangliang made up his mind, Yuchi Jingde beside him suddenly shouted, "Who is in the grass? What are you doing hiding there? That army? It's already dark, why didn't you Back to camp?"
Hearing Yuchi Jingde's shout, and following his gaze, Chen Sangliang saw a soldier of the Sui Army standing up from the grass with his trousers in his hands. After the personal inspection, he bowed to Yuchi Jingde and said: "General, Mr. Xie, General He Yanyu's scouts, who were ordered to go out to spy on the camp, suddenly had a diarrhea and shit in the grass. They didn't hide on purpose. If you don't believe me, please see, my little brother." Human shit is still here."
Chen Sangliang's personal soldiers had already walked up to the Sui soldier with torches. Chen Sangliang also casually observed the soldier's appearance, and found that he was in his thirties, with normal facial features, but a very serious expression. Sturdy, his accent is also the accent of Qi County, so he didn't pay much attention to it. At the same time, Chen Sangliang's personal soldiers also reported that the waist badge was correct, and this soldier named Xie Chang was indeed going to the toilet, and Chen Sangliang didn't care much. Concerned, nodded and said: "Thanks for your hard work, you must be careful at night, pay attention to safety, and beware of sneak attacks by bandit scouts. Let's go."
The soldiers agreed, and immediately returned to the team with torches. As he was about to ride the horse, Chen Sangliang suddenly remembered something trivial, and then turned to Mr. Xie, asking, "Is your diarrhea serious? Do you want to go back with me?" , seek medical treatment from a military doctor?"
"Thank you for staying behind and caring. The villain's diarrhea is not serious, and he can still hold on." That Xie Zhang hurriedly declined.
Chen Sangliang nodded, and then he rode his horse and led Yuchi Jingde and others away. Before leaving, he explained: "Before going out to patrol the camp in the future, remember to bring a gourd of water that has been boiled, and try not to drink it. Unboiled water is bad for your health."
There will always be ghosts when you go up the mountain too much. What Chen Sangliang never dreamed of was that just after he left here, the Sui soldier named Xie Chang randomly pulled a handful of grass blades to wipe his buttocks, and then groped towards him under the cover of night. The South Camp of the Sui Army also specially chose dark and secluded places to walk around, and went around the Sui Army camp, constantly looking for the weak spots of the Sui Army camp, and once tried to sneak into the camp by crossing the trench antlers of the Sui Army camp. , and immediately showed his waist card to find an excuse to explain. Although he failed to sneak into the Sui army camp, he managed to trick the Sui army's secret sentry into believing that he was one of his own. The military camp, then took the trail back to Li Mijun's partial camp to the west of Hulao Pass...
In the early morning of the next day, an anecdote was spread in Li Mijun's partial division camp. Liu Heita, the commander of Li Mijun's Hao Xiaode Department, even claimed that he disguised himself as a soldier of the Sui Army and touched the edge of the Sui Army's camp and the Sui army. The army coach Chen Sangliang met and answered a few words with Chen Sangliang, and finally successfully tricked Chen Sangliang into leaving. Regarding this news, Li Shicai and Li Wenxiang, who had recently partnered with Hao Xiaode's army, did not believe it at all, but Hao Xiaode's soldiers were not surprised. After Hao Xiaode heard the news, he even cursed, "Fuck you ! This kid is doing it again!"
It was also a coincidence that what Liu Heita claimed by himself was heard by the soldiers of the Wagang Army who helped Li Mijun build the camp, and it was spread to the Wagang Army as a joke, and then to General Wagang at noon In Xu Shiji's ears, although Xu Shiji also felt that this incident was unbelievable, he still said it as a joke at the gathering of senior generals of the Wagang Army and Li Mijun that afternoon.
Liu Heitai's first day seems to have come ahead of schedule. After hearing this joke, Li Mi and Zhai Rang, who knew Chen Sangliang's treachery, were very surprised. They happened to be a little free, so they simply passed Liu Heitai to Hulao Pass. In the army, while having a banquet and drinking, he asked Liu Heita for details. Liu Heikai truthfully reported the details of what happened, and honestly admitted that he had not received the order of Hao Xiaode, so he disguised himself as a soldier of the Sui Army and went to Luokou Cang to scout the enemy's situation. When the guards around Liang found out, they immediately took off their pants and quickly took a shit, and successfully deceived the treacherous Chen Sangliang.
When Liu Heitai was not picky when he spoke, Li Mi, Zhai Rang and others were eating and drinking, but he said that he was shitting. Even if he didn't mean it, some Wagang generals and Li Mijun's senior generals still felt a little uncomfortable. At least Zhai Rang's elder brother Zhai Hong immediately changed his face and scolded: "Shut up! Didn't you see Duke Dong and Duke Wei having a banquet? Why are you talking about those dirty things? Don't wink!"
Liu Heikai, who even Wang Shichong looked down upon in history, is naturally a proud person. After hearing Zhai Hong's scolding, his face changed color. Fortunately, Zhai Hong was open-minded, smiled and waved, saying: "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay in the past Forget it. You are a good kid, you can even fool that dog official Chen Yingliang, yes, come and enjoy a glass of wine."
Zhai Rang's guard agreed, and immediately poured a glass of wine and handed it to Liu Heita. Li Mi also smiled and said, "Thank you, Duke Dongjun? I will send someone to investigate later. If there is such a thing, I will naturally There are also some rewards, but only this time, there will be no next time, and there will be no general order next time, if you dare to leave the army and go out of the camp privately without reason, I will not forgive you lightly."
Hearing Li Mi and Zhai Rang's words, and seeing the wine handed over by Zhai Rang's guard with one hand, Liu Heita, who was originally full of hope, was immediately disappointed, and didn't take the wine, but just cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Duke Dongjun, but the villain My stomach feels a little uncomfortable, I dare not drink, thank you."
Zhai Rang was open-minded and didn't mind, he waved his hand and asked the guards to retreat, and his guards also poured the wine on the ground in front of Liu Heitai. They continued to eat and drink in the handsome hall, discussing important military affairs together, and did not notice Liu Heita's disappointment and anger.
He returned to Hao Xiaode's camp in a fit of anger. As soon as he entered the camp gate, Liu Heita's younger brother Liu Shishan led a group of people to greet him, scrambling to ask about Liu Heita's meeting with Li Mi and Zhai Rang, and whether he was rewarded? As a result, after hearing Liu Heikai's angry introduction, Liu Shishan and others were inevitably disappointed as well. Liu Shishan also said: "Brother, Wei Gong and Dongjun Gong are too uninteresting, even if you didn't find the officers and soldiers this time. Military situation, but you have tricked the commander in chief and retreated completely. It is also a good thing to damage the morale of the officers and soldiers and boost our morale. Dongjun Gong and the others are having a banquet again, so they only reward you with a glass of wine? You will not be allowed to sit down How many drinks?"
"He is the Duke of Dongjun, so of course he doesn't like a handsome guy like me." Liu Heitai said depressedly, but he couldn't help recalling a few words from last night in his mind...
"Thank you for your hard work. You must be very careful at night, pay attention to safety, and beware of sneak attacks by scouts."
"Is your diarrhea serious? Do you want to go back with me and seek medical treatment from a military doctor?"
"Before going out to patrol the camp in the future, remember to bring a gourd of boiled water, try not to drink unboiled water, it is not good for your health."
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In Luokou warehouse at about the same time, Chen Sangliang finally knew the tragic fact that he was deceived by the enemy for the second time on the battlefield. The reason was that in order to investigate Hao Xiaode's military situation, Chen Sangliang sent a large number of scouts to grab their tongues and ask for confessions. , successfully captured two bandit scouts belonging to Hao Xiaode, and personally appeased the two captives to ask for their confessions. As a result, they asked Liu Heitai about the thing that he boasted—that he was able to deceive the enemy's commander on the battlefield. , is indeed something worth boasting about.
"Your people disguised themselves as our scouts, touched my face, and even answered me? Is there such a thing?" Chen Sangliang was very surprised, and immediately remembered what happened on his way back from the camp tour last night.
"Back to the lord, Liu Xiaoshuai said it himself, the villain doesn't know the truth." A prisoner replied truthfully: "But I heard that Liu Xiaoshuai often does such things, often disguised as enemy soldiers, sneaking into the enemy's camp After investigating the situation, the villain also heard that when Zhang Jin was called King Zhang, Liu Xiaoshuai sneaked into King Zhang's Yejize water village, and came back with a map of the water village stolen."
"Damn it, it looks like I've been cheated again." Chen Sangliang cursed in his heart, and then asked casually, "What's your name, Liu Xiaoshuai?"
"Liu Heita." The two prisoners answered in unison.
"Liu Heikai?!" Chen Sangliang screamed, and jumped up suddenly. He immediately thought of the ruthless man in history who killed Luo Shixin, a freak kid, and the ruthless man who had fought with Brother Li for many years. It's this guy Liu Heita!
The two captives were taken aback by Chen Sangliang's violent reaction, and quickly confirmed Liu Heitai's name, but Chen Sangliang stopped talking. After thinking quickly for a while, Chen Sangliang suddenly asked again: "Liu Heitai Mate, how is your status in your team? Does your King Hao Xiaode like him?"
"King Hao likes Liu Xiaoshuai very much. Even if Liu Xiaoshuai does something wrong, King Hao will protect him." The two prisoners answered truthfully.
Chen Sangliang planned to ask about the relationship between Liu Heitai and Li Mi, but the two captives shook their heads and expressed their ignorance. Chen Sangliang also knew that it was difficult for these small soldiers to know the situation, so he didn't ask more, but asked Hao Xiaode's situation in the Chinese army and Liu Hei Whether he was stationed in the Chinese army or not, after learning that Liu Heita was not stationed in the Chinese army although he was very much loved by Hao Xiaode, Chen Sangliang probably had a bottom line in his mind, knowing that Liu Heita was not Hao Xiaode's absolute confidant. Then, an astonishing thought formed in Chen Sangliang's mind...
"Can you recruit Liu Heitai? This guy is definitely a general. I remember that he rebelled against the old Li family in history. It was also because the old Li family did not behave honestly. He treacherously killed Dou Jiande, who is a good character. Liu Hei He only raised his army to avenge Dou Jiande, and now he has no ambitions, if such a person is recruited well, maybe he can be of great use."
Having made up his mind, Chen Sangliang decided to give it a try no matter how small his hope was, so he immediately ordered good wine and good meat, warmly entertained the two scouts from Hao Xiaode's army captured today, and spoke kindly to them Comforting, persuading and persuading him to surrender, he finally wrote a letter to Liu Heitai himself, admiring his courage and wit, praising his performance last night, inviting him to meet him again, and directly expressing his desire to solicit Reuse Liu Heizai. In the end, two more captives were released, and promised to reward them with money to bring letters back to the camp and hand them over to Liu Heita.
Chen Sangliang's despicable plan seemed to be in vain this time. After the two prisoners were released, although they returned to Hao Xiaode's camp fairly smoothly, they were severely interrogated by the generals of Hao Xiaode's army. The general of the army truthfully explained what happened before and after his capture. The general of the bandit army was shocked, and hurriedly captured the two prisoners, escorted them to the Chinese army and handed them over to Hao Xiaode. They also found Chen Sangliang's personal letter to Liu Heitai from them. .
Fortunately for Liu Heikai himself, this time Chen Sangliang was not only an ordinary surrender, but also used no alienation tricks for the first time, so after reading the letter, Hao Xiaode did not do anything except immediately chop off the prisoner who did not voluntarily confess. He investigated Liu Heita's alleged collusion with the enemy, and explained very carefully that Liu Heita must not know about it, so as to avoid other incidents.
The incident should have ended at this point, but no one expected the subsequent chain reaction. On the morning of the next day, Li Mi suddenly came to Hao Xiaode's camp in person to inspect. Hao Xiaode accompanied the inspection room, and Li Mi suddenly mentioned yesterday's incident I said I heard the news, yesterday the officers and soldiers suddenly stepped up the scouting campaign, the main target of the battle was the scouts of Hao Xiaode's army, and asked Hao Xiaode's army about the loss of scouts.
Of course, Hao Xiaode didn't know that Li Mi actually came to play this game after receiving the spy report. He first reported the losses in the scout battle, and then truthfully reported the situation of Chen Sangliang's bribery of captives to send letters back to the camp. Li Mi was relieved when he heard this. Knowing that Hao Xiaode was not suspected of collaborating with the enemy, he quickly asked about the contents of Chen Sangliang's letter. Hao Xiaode reported the contents of the letter truthfully again, and asked someone to fetch Chen Sangliang's autographed letter and handed it to Li Mi for viewing. As a result, Li Mi immediately patted his forehead and regretted it, and blamed himself: "Confused, confused, why didn't I pay attention to an outstanding general like Liu Heitai yesterday? Quick, quick, send someone to arrest Liu Heitai." Please come here, I will make amends to him face to face and give him a great reward."
Hao Xiaode also really liked Liu Heitai, and was very happy to see that Li Mi valued his subordinates, so he immediately sent his own soldiers to send Liu Heitai to meet him, but at this moment, Hao Xiaode, who was very meticulous before, made a small negligence , forgot to tell the soldiers to keep Liu Heita a secret, and as a result...
"Wei Gong wants to see me? Why?" Liu Heita, who received the order, asked in doubt.
"Happy event, great event!" Hao Xiaode's soldiers said beamingly: "The commander of the army, Chen Yingliang, the dog officer, wrote you a letter. After Wei Gong knew it, he regretted it very much, saying why he didn't pay attention to you yesterday? So I sent you Called to meet, and said to give you a big reward."
"Officer Chen Gou wrote me a letter? Why didn't I know when it happened?" Liu Heita asked in amazement. After Hao Xiaode's personal soldiers roughly told what happened last night and the content of Chen Sangliang's letter, Liu Heitai's expression quickly became extremely strange...