Now it's finally our turn for Wang Shichong, the unlucky father-in-law of Chen Yingliang, who has lost his conscience, to appear again. Here I must say a word of conscience. Wang Shichong really came this time to help his unscrupulous son-in-law get back to Hulao Pass, and to open up a direct relationship with Luoyang, the eastern capital. Contact, standing still in Guancheng is not a passive avoidance of war, it is just a habit of character, wanting the unscrupulous son-in-law to fight the enemy first and lose both sides, and then take advantage of it. At the same time, if Chen Sangliang really can't hold on, Wang Shichong will definitely make a move in time, and it is impossible to sit back and watch Chen Sangliang's army be defeated.
In addition, the instigation and persuasion of the old Wang family was also a key reason why Wang Shichong stayed put. When he joined forces to fight against Du Fuwei, Chen Sangliang did not behave honestly. He took advantage of the advantages and made the old Wang family suffer enough. The narrow Wang clan, Chen Sangliang, as the commander-in-chief of the whole army during the Yanmen War, not only did not take care of the old Wang family, but also used Wang Renze to set up a typical military discipline, and beat Wang Renze violently with a military stick. No one likes Chen Sangliang as a relative, so naturally he will disgust Chen Sangliang when he has the opportunity.
Under such circumstances, Qian Xiangmin wanted to persuade Wang Shichong to immediately send troops to the north to share the pressure on Chen Sangliang. Under normal circumstances, the hope of success is of course very small, but it is hard to say, at least the reward for Yang Tong, which Qian Xiangmin advertised so much. Completely caught Wang Shichong and everyone in the Wang family by surprise...
"Qian Xiangmin went to the kitchen to spread the news of the rewards of His Highness the King of Yue to the army? Have you already let many people in our camp know?"
After asking this question and getting a confirmed answer, Wang Shichong directly slammed his fist on the table, cursing with a livid face: "You man! This must be the instruction of that boy Chen Yingliang again! The soldiers who want to reward us with food and grass to lure us to take the initiative Ask for a fight, forcing us to go north as soon as possible to fight the Wagang bandits!"
"Uncle, arrest Qian Xiangmin and punish him for the crime of confusing the army!" Wang Ren, who hated Chen Sangliang the most in the old Wang family, urged.
"Fart!" Wang Shichong scolded angrily, "Qian Xiangmin was sent by His Highness the King of Yue, arrest him? You want to rebel? Besides, Qian Xiangmin just announced the rewards of His Highness the King of Yue, what is it to confuse the army?"
"Brother, what should we do then?" Wang Shiyun asked: "The one surnamed Qian has read the imperial decree from His Royal Highness the King of Yue, asking us to go north immediately. How should we respond?"
"What are you afraid of? We are only under the orders of His Majesty the Emperor, and we are not directly ordered by His Majesty the King of Yue. If we want us to go north immediately, just continue to find excuses to delay. Afraid of what he will do?" Wang Shichong sneered, and then ordered: "Pay the money Call Xiangmin in, and send him away after receiving the imperial edict."
The soldiers led away, and within a short while, Qian Xiangmin was led into Wang Shichong's Chinese army account, and at the same time, several non-Wang generals, represented by Fei Qingnu, entered the account. Wang Shichong knew that they were here to inquire about news But he didn't express his dissatisfaction in his heart. He just greeted Qian Xiangmin politely. After Qian Xiangmin took out Yang Tong's imperial edict, he led the generals to receive the imperial edict and listened to Qian Xiangmin recite Yang Tong's imperial edict. The content of Yang Tong's imperial edict is also roughly consistent with Qian Xiangmin's publicity. In addition to stating that this is to commend Wang Shichong for his hard work from thousands of miles away, he also announced the amount of rewards, asking Wang Shichong to lead his army northward as soon as possible to get rewards through the Yellow River waterway.
After reading the imperial edict, Wang Shichong and others perfunctorily followed the etiquette and returned to everyone. The formal contest began. Wang Shichong asked hypocritically: "Nephew Xiangmin, you came from the battlefield of Luokou Cang. What is the situation in Luokou Cang now?" What's the matter?"
"It's still holding up." Qian Xiangmin replied truthfully: "Chen Liushou led an army of more than 50,000 people to garrison Luokou Cang. Repelling, both sides suffered some losses, but the biggest problem for the Dongdu army now is that there are too many recruits and too few veterans, so Chen Liushou himself admits that it is not a big problem for him to hold the Luokou warehouse now, the problem is how to take back the Hulao Close, completely eliminate the threat of the thieves to Luokou Cang."
"That's good, as long as we can keep the warehouse in Luokou." Wang Shichong hit the snake on the stick and said with a smile: "Your nephew can tell my son-in-law when you go back, and tell him to rest assured that I will make preparations here." Once we have enough food and grass, we will raise our troops to go north immediately, join forces with him to attack Zhai Li and the two thieves, and retake Hulao Pass."
"Wang stayed behind, do we still need food and grass?" Qian Xiangmin's propaganda had seen results, and Fei Qingnu first questioned: "Although the general doesn't know how much food and grass there are in the army now, but after he went north to the bank of the Yellow River, he persisted. It’s definitely not a big problem to send food and grass to Dongdu, right? Besides, Guancheng was destroyed by thieves last year, which delayed the planting of winter wheat, so what food and grass can we raise?”
"Yes, Marshal Wang, we don't need to delay any longer." Qiu Sheng, the deputy captain of Pengcheng, also said, "King Xi doesn't even have enough military rations for his own use. How much food and grass can he provide us? Luokou Cang needs more food. As many as there are, instead of letting the soldiers eat wild vegetable dumplings here in Guancheng, it is better to go north as soon as possible, as long as we meet with Chen Liushou, we will no longer have to worry about the supply of food and grass."
Fei Qingnu and Qiu Sheng took the lead, and the other generals with the surname of Wang also joined in. They only persuaded Wang Shichong to go north as soon as possible and stop wasting time in Guancheng. Wang Shichong was angry in his heart, but smiled on his face Still, he waved his hands and smiled: "Generals, don't worry, I also know that I should go north to join forces, but the military situation is complicated, and now we don't know much about the specific situation of the two thieves Zhai and Li. In addition, we have seized the geographical advantage, but there is still no new action, no ideal fighter appears, we... ”
"Wang Liushou, didn't Li Mi's thieves already moved a part of the army to the west of Hulao Pass three days ago? Isn't this a new move?" Fei Qingnu interrupted and asked strangely: "Li Mi's thieves moved to the west of Hulao Pass. The battalion faces west, and the strength of the eastern battalion is weakened, isn't this our opportunity to advance?"
"Li Mi's bandit army has already moved part of the army to the west of Hulao Pass three days ago? Why didn't I know?"
Wang Shichong was taken aback, and immediately turned his attention to Wang Shiyun and Wang Renze's father and son next to him. Wang Shiyun's father and son, who were in charge of scouting and secret operations, looked embarrassed and hesitated for a while. , Our scouts can't confirm whether he is deliberately luring the enemy, nor have he confirmed the specific situation of his relocation, so we haven't reported it to you yet, and we are going to investigate the situation carefully."
Wang Shichong kicked Wang Shiyun's father and son to death. He knew that the waste fourth brother and the insidious nephew deliberately took revenge on Chen Sangliang and deliberately concealed it, but it was inconvenient to pursue it in public. No?"
"It's almost there." Wang Shiyun replied helplessly: "Li Mi's rebel army divided up to the west of Hulao Pass and set up a camp of 30,000 troops. The rebel camp east of Hulao Pass has changed, and the scale has been slightly reduced."
"However, the army is still strong." Wang Renze quickly added: "In addition, our scouts have confirmed that the traitor Li Mi is still stationed in the east of Hulao Pass."
He snorted again, Wang Shichong's face was extremely ugly, but at this moment, another soldier from outside the account came to report, saying that it was Qian Xiangmin's entourage who asked Qian Xiangmin to pay the account, and if there was something important to report, Qian Xiangmin After being charged with a crime, he hurried out of the tent to meet with his followers. Seeing this, Wang Shichong became suspicious, and immediately winked at Wang Renze, who agreed, and followed him out of the tent to check the situation.
After a while, Qian Xiangmin returned to the big account of the Chinese army, but he didn't explain the reason for the withdrawal to everyone. He just bowed his hands to Wang Shichong and said: "Wang stay, if there is nothing else, then I will leave the official. The official only slept for an hour last night, he was so tired that he wanted to go back to rest, if Wang Liushou doesn't mind, the next official will go to sleep."
He didn't even say a single extra word, and immediately proposed to go back to rest. Qian Xiangmin's strange behavior made Fei Qingnu, Qiu Sheng and other Sui army generals a little stunned. Wang Shichong was even more suspicious, not only did not take the opportunity to dismiss Qian Xiangmin got out, and said: "Nephew Xiangmin, don't worry, wait, now I still want to know what my son-in-law's plan is, especially how to defeat the enemy, what arrangements does my son-in-law have? "
"Uncle, the roads are blocked and the traffic is inconvenient. What arrangements can Chen Liushou make?" Qian Xiangmin said with a wry smile: "Uncle, please raise your troops and go north as soon as possible. When you arrive at Hulao Pass, play by ear and join forces if you have the opportunity." If there is no chance, each will play by ear, anyway, after you go north, Uncle, Li Mi's rebels' food road will be threatened, so there are as many fighters as there are."
"Did Yingliang ask us when to go north?" Wang Shichong asked.
"This..." Qian Xiangmin hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Uncle, you are the left guard in Pengcheng. You are the same official position as Chen Liushou, and you are Chen Liushou's elder father-in-law. Chen Liushou will lead the whole army to command you, but we haven't joined forces yet, right? So uncle, you can figure it out. Anyway, Luokoucang will definitely hold on, and there is no rush for a day or two. If Anxiously urging Uncle you to march north and give the rebels a chance, then our crime will be serious."
"What do you mean? Playing hard to get? Or something happened suddenly at Hulao Pass like the Huai River War?" Wang Shichong became more and more suspicious, and he also became more and more suspicious of what Qian Xiangmin did when he went out just now.
Wang Shichong was cunning, and he didn't say anything even though he was full of suspicion, but Fei Qingnu next to him was straight-hearted, and immediately asked: "Master Qian, from your tone, it seems that Chen Liushou doesn't value our Pengcheng reinforcements, are we all the same? "
"General Fei, you misunderstood. We, Chen Liushou, have always been modest and prudent. How could we be disrespectful to you?" Qian Xiangmin waved his hand hurriedly, wiped his forehead, and then said, "Just now, I was in the back camp. Tell your soldiers that as long as you reach the bank of the Yellow River, you can get sufficient supplies of food and grass by water. In fact, it is Chen Liushou's explanation. Let me help you stabilize the morale of the army and let your soldiers know that there is no need to worry about food and grass. No food."
The darker the description, the more loopholes and loopholes the more explanations. Qian Xiangmin deliberately spread reward news in the back camp before. All fools understand that Qian Xiangmin deliberately lured Wang Shichong’s army to go north as soon as possible. Now Qian Xiangmin explains it as helping Wang Shichong Steady and determined, treacherous and suspicious Wang Shichong would be a fool if he believed it. At this time, Wang Renze also quickly returned to the tent of the Chinese army, and immediately winked at Wang Shichong. Wang Shichong understood, and ordered everyone to wait for a while, then led Wang Renze into the back tent, and asked in a low voice :"what's the situation?"
"I've found out." Wang Renze said in a low voice, "It's true that two more messengers from Dongdu from the north entered our camp and called Qian Xiangmin by name. My nephew eavesdropped on their conversation. I heard the words Liyangcang, and I also heard a sentence about why we need to attack Liyangcang."
"Is there something wrong with Hulao Pass?" Wang Shichong shuddered, and secretly said: "There is a sudden change at Hulao Pass, Chen Yingliang is sure to take back Hulao Pass, and he can take back Hulao Pass without our help." Great work, and then you want to arrange for us to attack Li Yangcang, to fight Li Mi's traitor?"
This doubt arose, but considering the treachery and cunning of his unworthy son-in-law, Wang Shichong did not dare to make this conclusion casually. After quick calculation for a while, Wang Shichong asked in a low voice: "Over Hulao Pass, what's new recently?" trend?"
"The latest report is that Zhai Rang and Li Mi jointly attacked the Luokou Warehouse yesterday." Wang Renze replied in a low voice, "The battle seems to have lasted a long time. As of the second watch last night, none of our scouts had found any bandits. There are signs of withdrawal."
"Didn't the troops be withdrawn at the second watch last night?" Wang Shichong thought about it, then suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Wait, did you just say that the two Dongdu messengers who came later came from the north? "
Wang Ren nodded, and Wang Shichong suddenly understood something, secretly said: "The time is almost right, if you send the letter by water, and then go south to Guancheng from the Tongji Canal, the news from last night can be delivered to Guancheng at this time. "
In fact, Chen Sangliang and Qian Xiangmin discussed in private that this play-by-play plan has many loopholes, and the loopholes are countless. Many links cannot be explained satisfactorily at all, but the more simple and simple the plan, the more it eats up Wang Shichong -Because Wang Shichong is too suspicious, and loves to take advantage of small things too much, and Chen Sangliang is notoriously treacherous, such a trick full of loopholes, on the contrary, does not seem to come from Chen Sangliang's handwriting at all. So the more Wang Shichong calculated, the more he felt that this was not a deliberate arrangement by his damn son-in-law, and the more he felt that he should send troops to seize the favorable terrain first, so as not to undertake the more difficult and difficult task of attacking Liyang Cang in the future.
At this time, Wang Shiyun also hurried into the back tent, bowed his hands to Wang Shichong and said: "My dear brother, something has happened. Many soldiers gathered in front of the Chinese army camp, and they all demanded to send troops to the north as soon as possible, and stop wasting time here in Guancheng."
"It's against them!" Wang Renze was furious, and immediately volunteered: "Uncle, ask my nephew to deal with them, kill a few leaders, and keep them all shut up!"
After all, Wang Renze turned around and left. Wang Shichong, who had been calculating quickly, immediately made up his mind and shouted: "Stop! Don't kill anyone! Go tell them and tell them to go back to camp. We will break out of camp and go north today!"
"Uncle, do you really want to go north now?" Wang Renze was taken aback, and quickly objected: "There is no need to be in such a hurry, right? Wouldn't it be better for Chen Yingliang to fight more with the thieves?"
"Sooner or later, we will go north. Judging from various signs, now should be the best time for us to send troops to the north." Wang Shichong said coldly: "It doesn't matter if there is a fraud. When we reach the bank of the Yellow River, we only need deep ditches, high forts and strong walls." For the enemy, we are a new force, Chen Yingliang is a tired army who has been fighting one after another, and Zhai Rang and Li Mi are not fools, so we naturally know who we should fight first!"
After listening to Wang Shichong's analysis, Wang Ren felt that it was reasonable, and immediately changed his words, nodded and said: "Uncle's words are very true. Chen Yingliang's little thief and the bandit army fought one after another. The army was exhausted and the soldiers were injured. The bandit army should continue to fight him." Fighting, as long as we don’t fight in the deep trenches and high fortresses, we can still watch the fire from the other side, and we can get the reward of Dongdu first, so as to alleviate our suffering of food shortage.”
"That's it, go and appease the soldiers." Wang Shichong shouted: "Besides, don't always call me a little thief, he is your cousin and a high-ranking official of the court. Respect him!"
So, just like that, the original trick of playing hard to get, which was full of mistakes, actually moved the cunning and suspicious Wang Shichong. After returning to the front tent, Wang Shichong didn't hesitate at all, and immediately ordered the beating of drums and gathering of generals to formalize Yang Tong's reward. Announced to the generals of the army, on the pretext that Hulao Pass is an urgent military situation, and they cannot live up to the rewards offered by Yue Wang Yang Tong, they ordered the entire army to move north immediately to the Hulao Pass battlefield, and set up camp on the bank of the Yellow River to prepare for battle!
When the order was conveyed, the generals and soldiers of the Sui Army in Pengcheng, who suffered from food shortages, cheered and marched very quickly, but Qian Xiangmin once again ran to Wang Shichong's family and sighed, asking why Wang Shichong suddenly decided to march. Wang Ren, who hated Chen Sangliang the most, was so annoyed that he sneered and asked, "Why did you suddenly enter the army? During the Huai River War, why did you suddenly enter the army, and we did it!"
Of course, Qian Xiangmin's sighs were feigned, but there were many people who really complained about it. On the same day, Li Mi and Zhai Rang had indeed finalized the tactic of sending 70,000 troops to attack Luokoucang on the second day. Prepared the dry food torches necessary for night battles, and prepared to storm the Luokou warehouse until late at night the next day. It was also agreed that once Chen Sangliang showed his weakness, the Zhai Li coalition army would send out the rear army again to attack Luokou one after another. At Koucang and the Sui army camp, they used the best crowd tactics of the peasant uprising army to completely drown the damned Chen Sangliang!
Everything was ready, even the death squad was organized. However, in the evening of the same day, news came that Wang Shichong had suddenly moved north. It also suddenly turned purple. Then, Li Mi jumped up, kicked over the desk in front of him, and yelled, "Wang Shichong! I'll fuck your mother's 18th generation ancestors! You dog, don't go into the army sooner or later!" Entering the army, why do you want to enter the army today?! Your daughter deserves to be pregnant by Chen Yingliang's traitor, you committed a crime!"