"Villain Zhang Liu, Li Shicai is one of the soldiers under King Li's tent. By King Li's order, he pays respects to Duke Wei and Duke Dongjun, and reports important and confidential matters to the two Dukes."
"Duke Wei, Duke Dongjun, we Dawang Li were fooled by Chen Gouguan. At that time, Li Dawang saw that Chen Gouguan was so benevolent to Hao Dawang. When the officers and soldiers invaded our camp, Li Dawang was confused and took We surrendered to the officers and soldiers, but I never thought that Chen Gouguan was a master who beat the cook after dinner. After he deceived us, King Li, it would be fine if he didn't give us an official position, but he kept asking us about Li. How much gold, silver and treasure the king has accumulated over the years, all he said was to bribe us, those dog officers and soldiers either beat us or scolded us, and they didn't treat us as human beings at all. I was so angry that I wanted to bring us back again.”
"Wei Gong, Dongjun Gong, don't worry, our King Li sincerely wants to come back this time, because he was afraid that you would blame him for surrendering to Chen Gouguan, so he didn't dare to come back immediately, as long as Dongjun Gong, Wei Gong, you In a word, promise to forgive us, King Li, and we, King Li, will immediately pull the brothers back. If you want, we, King Li, can also lead the brothers in the camp as internal responses when you enter the army, and help you take down The camp of the officers and soldiers! We, King Li, swear to God that we will have no second thoughts this time!"
Listening to Li Shicai's courier's narration, Li Mi remained calm, and Zhai Rang, Pei Renji, Xu Shiji and others beside him also kept silent until the courier finished speaking, and Li Mi asked: "After your King Li surrendered, Stationed there? How many people does he have? If he wants to come back, how many people will follow him?"
The messenger replied truthfully, saying that after Li Shicai led his troops to surrender, they were stationed in the Sui Army's southern camp. There could be 1,300 to 400 people who surrendered with Li Shicai. If there was a real uprising, at least half of them would follow Li Shicai. In addition, the messenger also took the initiative to tell Li Mi that Li Shicai's camp was very close to the Sui POW camp. If he really wanted to do something, Li Shicai could smash open the POW camp and let the bandit prisoners out to follow the uprising.
Standing up, with a dark face, he walked half a circle in the hall with his hands behind his back, Li Mi suddenly stood behind the messenger Zhang Liu, and said: "Of course I am very happy that King Li is willing to return to the Rebel Army, and I also believe in your sincerity." , but Chen Yingliang and Chen Gouguan are too treacherous, I have to be on guard, now I have a few words to ask you, if you answer truthfully, I will believe your sincerity, if you have half a lie, immediately push out the door and behead !"
"May I ask you, Mr. Wei, the villain will answer truthfully." Zhang Liu replied cautiously.
"Officer Chen Gou ordered to build a wharf on the south bank of the Luoshui River ten miles upstream of Gong County. What is he planning to do?" Li Mi asked straight to the point.
"The villain doesn't know." Zhang Liu shook his head and replied, "Although the villain also participated in the construction of the pier and helped transport the timber to repair the pier, he didn't know why Chen Gouguan repaired the pier there. I asked the higher-ups, There are not many questions from the above.”
"Officer Chen Yingliang, how many piers were built there?" Li Mi asked, "Also, what else did you see there?"
"Officer Chen Gou built two piers there." The number Zhang Liu answered was consistent with what the Wagang Army scouts detected, and then Zhang Liu said: "The villain saw there that many common people used straw bags to hold soil. , piled it on the bank of Luoshui River, filled a lot of soil, and dug up a small earth mountain on the bank, but the villain still doesn't know what Chen Gouguan plans to do."
After all, Zhang Liu thought for a while, and hurriedly said: "By the way, the villain also knows something that may be related to this. Official Chen Gou is looking for a boatman who can sail a boat, and he even asked King Li's team. A few brothers who had worked as boatmen were selected from Dawang Li's team and stayed at the new wharf to listen to them."
"If the bait is set well, there will be opportunities for soldiers to inquire about the news if they are left behind. It is well-intentioned."
Li Mi snorted coldly in his heart, planning to walk back in front of Zhang Liu, Li Mi suddenly said: "You don't know, I know, I received an inside message from the officer and army, Chen Yingliang's dog officer decided to send Wang Shichong a piece of paper via the Yellow River waterway." For fearing that we would intercept them on the water of the Yellow River, they planned to confuse us with two grain fleets, one real and one fake. The fake grain ship lures us to do it, and the real grain ship breaks through our block and is sent to the lower reaches of the Yellow River!"
"Is there such a thing?" Zhang Liu's expression changed, as if he really didn't know about Chen Sangliang's arrangement.
"My insider in the army is absolutely reliable, and the news cannot be faked." Li Mi sneered confidently, and then said: "This is also an opportunity for you, go back and tell Li Shicai about this, and then tell him, and do whatever it takes to help you." I inquired about the news and found out that the fleet was a real grain ship and that fleet was a fake grain ship, and then someone came to tell me that as long as the information provided by you Dawang Li is true, I believe that he is sincerely repenting. , not only will he be accepted again, but he will also be rewarded, and you soldiers will also be rewarded."
While Zhang Liu hurriedly agreed, Li Mi suddenly raised his voice again, and said viciously: "Tell Li Shicai again, and tell him to remember that even without him, I can know that the fleet is a real grain ship, and that fleet is I asked him to investigate the fake grain boat, just to give him a chance to prove his repentance! If he dares to play any tricks, he will bear the consequences!"
Zhang Liu hurriedly knelt down and agreed repeatedly, Li Mi waved his hand again and said with a smile: "Give him a piece of silver and send him out of the customs."
Li Mi's guard agreed, and immediately led the thankful Zhang Liu out of the house. As soon as Zhang Liu left, Zhai Rang immediately asked like Li Mi: "Wei Gong, how is it? Is it true? Or a fake surrender?" ?”
"Is there any need to ask?" Li Mi smiled slightly, and replied: "The traitor Chen Yingliang used two fleets, one real and one fake, to confuse us. He must be afraid that we would be lucky and stop his real fleet. The news came to deceive us, how dare he let his grain fleet cross the Hulao Pass with confidence?"
"Wei Gong is smart, no wonder you asked Li Shicai to scout out the enemy's situation for you!" Pei Renji and Xu Shiji suddenly realized together, and said happily: "We pretended to be in the trap and believed that Li Shicai really surrendered. When Li Shicai sent false news, we will do the opposite. If we do our best to stop the fake grain ship that Li Shicai said, we will be able to stop the real grain ship that the officers and soldiers are talking about!"
Zhai Rang suddenly realized that he burst out laughing. He even said that Duke Wei was brilliant. This is the truth. Li Mi also smiled, and he laughed very happily. Report to me. The traitor Chen Yingliang is addicted to playing tricks and tricks, this time I will teach him a heavy lesson and let him know that the strength of the army is the most important thing on the battlefield."
Zhai Rang and everyone in Wagang applauded loudly, and they all said that Chen Sangliang must be taught a lesson this time, and a sentence must be mentioned here. Unfortunately, Mulan was not at the scene and did not know about Li Mi's arrangement, so naturally he could not tell Chen Sangliang a lesson. Chen Sangliang tipped off...
At the same time, the Sui army obviously intensified the scouting war. Not only did they send a large number of cavalry to sweep the roads on the north and south banks of Luoshui River, they also found some ships and arranged for some Sui troops who were also proficient in water warfare. Soldiers blocked the Luoshui waterway——When Chen Sangliang first started his business in Qiaojun, he took in quite a few water bandits who also relied on the Tongji Canal for food. There were also many people in the Qijun army who used to be boatmen on the Yellow River. Looking for such people Not difficult.
As a result, it became more difficult for the Zhai and Li coalition forces to detect the Sui army's grain fleet, but fortunately, no matter how tightly the government and army blocked it, some would slip through the net. After paying a considerable price, they disguised themselves as The scouts of the people's Wagang Army finally found out that there were indeed two fleets from the upper reaches of the Luoshui River. One fleet was flying a red flag. The hull was stable and the draft was deep. The team flew the blue flag, the hull was frivolous, the draft was very shallow, and it was obviously empty. Hearing this news, Li Mi sneered again and again, but Zhai Rang, Pei Renji and others were puzzled, and said, "What the hell is Chen Yingliang doing? Why did the fleet fly red flags and blue flags separately? Isn't it convenient for us to distinguish?" ?”
"It is convenient for us to distinguish, but this is also the treachery of Chen Yingliang's traitor." Li Mi said with a sneer: "The fleet is deliberately divided into two teams with flags, so that if we fall into the trap, we will only intercept fake food ships. All his real food ships escaped. If necessary, he can also make the two fleets exchange flags, making it even more difficult for us to distinguish."
Zhai Rang, Pei Renji and others woke up again, and once again scolded Chen Sangliang for being treacherous, vicious, cunning and despicable. It's time for the pier, and if there is, get ready to welcome Li Shicai's messenger, it should be here soon."
On the afternoon of the second day, which was also the afternoon of the thirteenth day of June in the thirteenth year of Daye, at about You hour, the fleets of government and army ships with flags of different colors arrived at the pier one after another and moored on the shore of Luoshui River. At the same time, the Sui army in the eastern capital also dispatched a large number of troops to clean up the scene, driving away all the people within a radius of ten miles, even the north bank of Luoshui. Fortunately, the scouts of the Wagang Army disguised as ordinary people detected the situation in time, and sent the news back to Hulao Pass before it was completely dark. In addition to visiting, he patiently waited for Li Shicai's messenger who was sure to arrive.
Only half a quarter of an hour later, when it was dark, Li Shicai's messenger, Zhang Liu, came to Hulao Pass again to meet Li Mi and Zhai Rang. Li Mi was overjoyed when he received Li Shicai's letter. When he took a closer look at the letter, he found that the handwriting on the letter was fair and strong, and he played in Li Shicai's tone:
"The guilty general Li Shicai worshiped a hundred times, and the letter was submitted to Wei Gong's command: the sinful general received Wei Gong's great favor, and there was no way to make up for it. The day before yesterday, he was mistakenly tricked by Chen Yingliang, trapped on the top of the cliff, and missed the old master. When will he forget it? Wei Gong sent , the crime has been found out, the Chen Yingliang traitor divided the fleet into two, the red flag was loaded with grain, and the blue flag was empty. Carrying grain for the blue-flag fleet and soil for the red-flag fleet, in order to confuse Duke Wei, and hope that Duke Wei will be cautious. The guilty general did not dare to make meritorious service and ask for rewards, but he really wanted to redeem himself for his previous crimes. The book is not exhaustive. If Duke Wei has any doubts, you can ask the messenger .”
"Okay!" Li Mi slapped the table heavily, and while passing the letter to Zhai Rang, Pei Renji and others, he couldn't wait to ask Zhang Liu: "Zhang Liu, how did you find out such confidential news?"
"Our King Li pretended to please Liu Changgong, the general of the army, Huben Lang, and bought him a drink last night. After he got drunk, we tricked him out of his mouth." Zhang Liu replied truthfully.
If it were another opponent, Li Mi might really be fooled—everyone knows what kind of virtue General Liu is. In addition to being secretly happy, Li Mi's face was even more happy, and he said, "Well done! I know that bastard Liu Changgong." , When you're drunk, you don't shut your mouth. You Dawang Li asked him to talk to him, so you found the right person. Tell me, Liu Changgong, that idiot, did you say anything to your Li Dawang?"
"Wei Gong is amazing. That dog official Liu Changgong really dared to say anything when he was drunk, and even told our King Li a lot." Zhang Liu nodded quickly, and then said: "Liu Changgong also said that the dog official Chen spent a lot of money this time. He made great efforts to pretend to be a grain ship, and asked Yuan Tiangang, a rare man in the world, to calculate the weight of grain, grass, pigs and sheep, and how many straw bags were needed. The soil was as heavy as these grains. After eating food for a hundred years, it is impossible to tell whether it is a real grain ship or a fake grain ship from the outside."
"Also, Liu Changgong also said." Zhang Liu said again: "Tonight, the dog officer Chen Yingliang will let all the sailors and escort soldiers disembark, go to a distant place to rest for the night, and replace the soldiers under Chen Dog officer's command with the ship. After the soil was loaded on the ship, Chen Gouguan had to seal all the cabins and not allow anyone to open it. In this way, even the sailors and officers and soldiers on the ship did not know what food was loaded on the ship. It's still dirt, so that they won't be intercepted by Duke Dongjun after they know the truth, and they will expose the truth in fear of death."
"Officer dog, you are really treacherous." Li Mi sneered, and then said: "Go back and tell Li Shicai that this time I can believe that he has truly repented. I plan to use the blue-flag ship to load the grain and the red-flag ship to load the soil, so that he can rest assured to wait for my good news. After I stop the army's grain ship, I will immediately raise troops to attack the army's camp. Just play by ear at the officer's camp, and let us enter the officer's camp, and when it's done, I'll count both merits and give him a big reward!"
"Thank you, Duke Wei, thank you Duke Wei." Zhang Liu thanked repeatedly, and then said cautiously: "Grand Wei, the officers and soldiers are conducting strict investigations, and the villain is ordered to go out to the camp to investigate. If you go back late, I'm afraid..."
"You go." Li Mi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Hurry up, send Brother Zhang Liu out of the customs, and reward him with a big pearl."
Zhang Liuda was overjoyed when he heard that, and hurriedly bid farewell and left with great gratitude. As a result, after Zhang Liu was sent away, Zhai Rang, Pei Renji and others burst into laughter, and then Xu Shiji couldn't wait to say: "Wei Gong, Lord Dongjun, we should let our sailors and sailors take the time to rest, get up and board the ship at five o'clock, and then be ready to intercept the official army food team at any time."
"Why did you get up and board the ship at five o'clock?" Pei Renji, who didn't understand water warfare, asked suspiciously.
"It takes time for the officers and soldiers to load the soil into the boats." Xu Shiji said with a smile: "The officers and soldiers only built two piers, and they can only load soil for four boats at a time. It took most of the night to load all the more than 50,000 stones of grain and soil into the ship. In addition to cleaning up the scene, changing sailors, and preparing for sailing, the Dongdu fleet arrived at the new pier around 11:00. Even if the officers and soldiers started loading the ships immediately, No matter what, we have to be busy until tomorrow morning to finish these things, and it will take more than an hour to get from that position to Hulao Pass at the earliest, and we get up at five o'clock to prepare for the battle, no matter what, we will make it in time."
Only then did Pei Renji understand the reason, and quickly cupped his fists to show he was taught. Li Mi also smiled and said: "Brother Xu is really proficient in water warfare. Yes, it is time for the navy to rest immediately and get enough energy to fight tomorrow morning. Brother Xu, you are a water warrior!" Expert, tomorrow morning will be up to you!"
Xu Shiji agreed without hesitation, patted his chest and promised to stop all the official and army grain ships, while Zhai Rang said impatiently: "Tomorrow I will personally board the ship and direct the interception. Don't even think about any of the official army's grain ships with red flags." run!"
"Hahahahahaha!" Li Mi burst into laughter suddenly, and laughed wildly: "Dongjun Gong, you are really an honest person, what are you doing to intercept the red flag grain ship of the army? It is also a pile of straw bags filled with soil, What's the use of not being able to eat or wear clothes? If you want to stop them, you have to stop those grain ships with blue flags! Those real army grain ships!"
"Intercept the blue flag grain ship?" Zhai Rang, Xu Shiji, Pei Renji and others were all dumbfounded, and they all exclaimed: "Wei Gong, didn't you say that what Li Shicai sent must be fake news, we have to do the opposite Is it?"
"Mr. Dongjun, this is Chen Yingliang's traitor's strategy." Li Mi laughed and said, "Chen Yingliang's traitor sent Li Shicai to use a trick of false surrender. I knew that Li Shicai's fraudulent surrender would definitely be seen through by me, and I also knew that I would definitely use his trick to spy on him. The grain ship is true or false, and then he will come and plan again and again, deliberately let Li Shicai send the real news, let us do the opposite, and intercept his fake grain ship! Therefore, tomorrow's official army grain ship will be in blue The one with the red flag is the real grain ship, and the one with the red flag is the fake grain ship!"
Zhai Rang, Pei Renji and others were all speechless, Xu Shiji quickly pinched his fingers to figure out the logic, Li Mi picked up the letter Zhang Liu just sent, pointed to the words on the letter and said with a smile: "See, the traitor Chen Yingliang is afraid of me?" I didn’t fall for the trick, but deliberately exposed a flaw. How could Li Shicai write neat handwriting with so much ink in his stomach? How could he write such elegant sentences? So when I saw this letter just now, I immediately It is concluded that Chen Yingliang's traitor deliberately let me see through his trick of surrender, and let me do the opposite, to rob his red flag fake grain ship!"
After being dumbfounded for a long time, Xu Shiji finally came back to his senses, and yelled, "What a traitor! You really are treacherous, if it wasn't for Mr. Wei's cleverness, we would have been fooled this time!"
Zhai Rang, who had also come to his senses, also cursed loudly, while Pei Renji shook his head and sighed, finally understanding why he couldn't compete with Chen Sangliang in the officialdom, Pei Renji said viciously: "Chen Yingliang, the little thief, will plan again and again, and we will come One will plan and plan again and again, and tomorrow he will try his best to intercept the official army's blue flag grain ship, and starve him to death, Wang Shichong, Hugou!"
Li Mi nodded with a smile, and then said: "Masters, it's getting late, let's go to rest, we will get up at five o'clock tomorrow morning, go to the highland east of Hulao Pass, and sit and watch Chen Yingliang's traitor's grain fleet throw itself into the net! "
Everyone agreed to disperse and rest at the moment, and at the same time ordered the navy officers stationed at the dock outside the east gate to take time to rest and replenish their strength. Li Mi also sneered and rode back to his camp outside the east gate of Hulao Pass to rest. Under the bright moon, Li Mi couldn't help but recite a poem, "If you are treacherous and cunning like a ghost, you will eventually fetch water from a bamboo basket. This time, I can finally vent my anger gone."
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"Finally I can vent my anger." With this gratifying thought, Li Mi, who was in a relaxed mood, quickly fell asleep in the tent. When he sat up, Li Mi blurted out, "What happened? Could it be that Chen Yingliang's traitor came to rob the camp?"
It soon became apparent that Chen Sangliang would never fly to the east of Hulao Pass to attack his camp. Li Mi shook his head and cursed secretly that he was still afraid of Chen Sangliang, and then asked loudly, "What happened? Where did you come from?" The noise?"
Captain Cai Jiande put on his clothes and went into the dormitory, and reported: "Wei Gong, it's not our camp. The direction of the sound seems to be the Wagang Army dock."
"Wagang Army Wharf? It's also east of Hulao Pass. How could it be attacked?"
Li Mi was stunned at first, then Li Mi suddenly thought of a possibility, his black face immediately turned pale, he rushed out of the tent before he could get dressed, snatched the horse handed over by his own soldiers, beat the horse and went straight to the Wagang Army At the dock, he kept praying in his heart, "It must be another accident, the traitor Chen Yingliang is not that treacherous, it is absolutely impossible to be that treacherous!"
The nightmare came true. When Li Mi rushed to the pier where the Wagang Army sailors were stationed, besides seeing the Wagang Army soldiers who were hurriedly boarding the ship with torches, they were immediately stopped by Zhai Rang, Xu Shiji and others, and then Xu Shiji He also cried out in tears: "Duke Wei, we've been tricked again! Chen Yingliang's traitor's food fleet, taking advantage of our deep sleep and under the moonlight, has already crossed Hulao Pass and headed for the lower reaches of the Yellow River. !"
With a bang, Li Mi, who was wearing only his underwear, fell off his horse and slumped on the ground motionless, his mind went blank. Zhai Rang, who also had no time to put on his armor, stomped his feet and shouted, "What's going on? What's going on here? What's going on? Isn't Chen Yingliang's dog officer's grain ship still pretending to be fake grain in Gong County? How come his grain ship has already passed the Hulao Pass just as the clapper rang at the third watch?"
No one could answer Zhai Rang's question. After a long time, Li Mi turned over and looked at the bright moon in the sky with his arms and legs wide open, howling hysterically, "Chen Yingliang, you traitor! You are indeed smarter than me! What a real fleet! Fake fleets, everything is planned and counted again and again, it’s all your blindfold! I only paid attention to distinguishing your real and fake fleets, and then miscalculated the sailing time of your grain fleet, and then your real grain ship rushed past The tiger prison is closed!"
"Chen Yingliang! Traitor! You're ruthless! I've been ruthless enough after all my tricks! Unexpectedly, after all your tricks, you're going to be ruthless again! You're a hundred times more fucking ruthless than me!"
While Li Mi was wailing in despair, the Wagang Army's water fighters who refused to give up hurriedly boarded the patchwork convoy, and sailed downstream under the leadership of the furious Xu Shiji, aggressively chasing the Sui Army's grain ship, but one step was too slow. Every step was slow. When Xu Shiji finally saw the Sui army's grain fleet, it was already dusk, and the Sui army's grain ships had already turned into the Tongji Canal. At the time of the grain fleet, the Sui army's grain fleet had already approached Wang Shichong's camp, and a large number of Pengcheng Sui army soldiers had already appeared on the bank of the Tongji Canal waiting in line.
"Wagang bandit son of a bitch, dare to steal my rations! Come ashore, I will fight you! Wagang bandit son of a bitch, come up, I will fight you for 300 rounds!" Suffering from food shortage The soldiers of the Sui army in Pengcheng roared angrily, the green light in their green eyes was three points brighter than that of a hungry wolf, and the green light in the eyes of the Sui army generals Fei Qingnu and Wang Renze who led the team was even brighter.
Seeing the green lights as dense as stars, seeing the polished knives and guns in the hands of the soldiers of the Sui Army, and feeling the soaring murderous aura of the soldiers of Pengcheng, Xu Shiji swallowed timidly, and ordered: "All turn around and return. "
"Li Mimiao's plan to secure the world, the little thief in Wagang is doing nothing!" At the same time, cheering slogans suddenly sounded on the deck of the Sui army's grain fleet, "Li Mimiao's plan is to make the world safe, and the little thief in Wagang is doing nothing!" ! Li Mimiao plans to secure the world, and the Wagang thief is doing nothing!"
"Son, Li Mi, you are too young to compete with the old man's son-in-law!" Hearing the slogan, Wang Shichong also laughed in the Sui army camp, "I never thought that the son-in-law is so trustworthy, so capable, and actually The food was really delivered so quickly! Yes, the old man has to fulfill his promise, and from today onwards, the old man's Wang character will be written upside down!"