"What? The little thief Chen Yingliang fell ill? Li Mi also broke through the Hulao pass and surrounded the Luokou warehouse? Is it true?!"
Li Yuan couldn't believe his ears. Li Jiancheng's brother and the rebels Zhu Wenwu were also stunned. They couldn't believe such a good thing could happen. Guo Nu, the rebel messenger who had just returned from the Sui army, was full of excitement. Quickly nodded and said: "The villain saw it with his own ears and eyes. When Chen Yingliang received the news that Hulao Pass was breached by Li Mi, he fainted from anxiety on the spot and then fell ill. According to his personal soldiers, Chen Yingliang's dog thief Since entering the customs, I haven't had a good rest, and I fell ill after accumulating illnesses."
All the rebels Wen and Wu continued to be dumb, only Li Er shook his head and said to Li Yuan: "Father, I can be sure that Yun Dingxing did not tell the truth. Chen Yingliang knew that Anu was actually sent by us, so he acted in this scene." You tricked us. In Haier's opinion, there is no need to leave Yun Dingxing as a scourge, so don't worry if you kill him earlier."
Dou Cong, Liu Wenjing and other rebel backbones all nodded, and they all felt that Yun Dingxing should be killed immediately to eliminate future troubles forever, but Li Yuan didn't show much expression. After careful consideration for a while, Li Yuan asked Guo Nu again: "A Nu, what happened later?" What about it? After the little thief Chen Yingliang fell ill, did he see you again? Is there any other explanation?"
"Chen Gouzei didn't see the villain again, but the villain brought back a letter." Guo Nu nodded and admitted, and replied truthfully: "Later, Fang Xuanling, Chen Goupie's staff member, came forward and asked the villain if he could go back to the city to give him a letter." Yun Dingxing sent the letter, and the villain followed your instructions, General, saying that Yun Dingxing arranged for someone to meet me on the city wall, Fang Xuanling gave a letter to the villain, and sent someone to send the villain to Guanghuamen overnight Besides, the villain will have a chance to come back and report to you, General."
As he said that, Guo Nu quickly took out Chen Sangliang's letter and held it in both hands. After the guard passed it to Li Yuan, Li Yuan took it and opened it for a closer look. Slippery enough."
Everyone asked about the content in surprise, Li Yuan showed the letter, and said coldly: "The little thief never believed in Yun Dingxing at all, and he used the excuse that it was too dangerous to open the city late at night, and the location of Gwanghwamun Gate was not good. It is difficult to invest in the follow-up army to ensure that the city is won, and I ask Yun Dingxing to be calm and stay calm, continue to lurk in our army, and wait for a better opportunity to appear."
Li Er, Pei Ji and the others quickly took the letter and read it together. Apart from Li Yuan's verbal introduction, Chen Sangliang understood that he should tell Yun Dingxing that Yun Dingxing was not the only traitor in Daxing City. The generals of the army secretly contacted the Sui Army in the Eastern Capital, and several rebel generals who were trusted by Li Yuan also had plans anyway. It was actually easy for the Sui Army in the Eastern Capital to destroy Daxing City. It is hoped that the rebels will abandon the outer city and retreat to the inner city. In addition, Chen Sangliang arranged two tasks for Yun Dingxing. One was to help the Sui army in the eastern capital find out the grain inventory in Daxing Imperial City, and the other was to ask Yun Dingxing to spy on the main force of the rebel army and Xue Ju and Li Gui. , Bai Yupo and Xiao Yu's contact situation of the four forces.
The civil and military members of the rebel army immediately agreed with Li Yuan's judgment, feeling that Chen Sangliang did not trust Yun Dingxing's sincerity in surrendering, so he politely declined Yun Dingxing's kindness, and refused to use the army to take the risk of stealing the city - according to Yun Dingxing's character As a human being, this can be regarded as Chen Sangliang's normal reaction. It is not difficult to understand that there are other generals in the rebel army who are trying to rebel. If Yun Dingxing's surrender is true, it can cheer Yun Dingxing up. The reverse effect made the rebel army suspect each other, and it was true that it was true or false. This can also be seen from Chen Sangliang's treachery and scheming and his lack of trust in Yun Dingxing.
As for the two tasks assigned to Yun Dingxing, they are actually insignificant matters. Even without Yun Dingxing, the Sui Army in the Eastern Capital could still use other channels to collect these two pieces of information that only need to be known. True, it is a good thing to have obtained these two pieces of information for Chen Sangliang; Yun Dingxing's surrender was false, and Chen Sangliang can immediately know whether Yun Dingxing said it or not as long as he compares the information collected through other channels. Tell the truth, and then identify the true and false of Yun Dingxing's surrender. At this point, it can also be seen that Chen Yingliang is cautious and suspicious and does not trust Yun Dingxing enough.
After cursing Chen Sangliang for being treacherous and suspicious, Li Er asked another very crucial question, saying: "Father, since the little thief Chen Yingliang doesn't trust Yun Dingxing and can't tell whether Yun Dingxing's insider is true or false, then he Why did you play that show in front of Yun Dingxing's emissary? Pretending to be sick and pretending that Hulao Pass was broken?"
"It's easy to explain." Li Yuan replied smoothly: "The little thief Chen Yingliang wanted us to believe that he had fallen ill, but he couldn't find a suitable opportunity to tell us the news. He suspected that Anu was actually sent by us. By the way, I performed that play in front of Anu."
"Father, what is the purpose of that thief Chen Yingliang?" Li Er asked.
"Aside from luring us out of the city for a decisive battle, what other purpose does it have?" Li Yuan sneered disdainfully, and said, "This time he is beating the crowd with a few, and he still faces difficult problems. Of course, he hopes that we will fight in the wild and give him a chance to defeat them. Shameless Dude, treacherous little thief, dare to stand in front of this old man with such a small plan..., wait!"
Speaking of this with a sneer, Li Yuan suddenly remembered a big event, and blurted out: "Wait! There is another possibility! This little thief has another possibility to stabilize us, let us continue to stick to the city and fight him! Let us feel that as long as we defend the city, he will have nothing to do with us, and if we blindly defend the city passively, he will take the opportunity to catch us by surprise and give us a heavy blow!"
Although Li Yuan's analysis is a little brain-inspired, it is not impossible, because even if it is just a confrontation, the rebels will not be able to win the Sui army in the Eastern Capital who holds the Yongfeng warehouse. It may not be a problem for the rebels to confront each other for a month or two. , but if the time is longer, the food and grass of the rebels will have problems. At the same time, the main force of the rebel army has been passively avoiding battles for a long time when the number of troops has an absolute advantage. The morale of the army will inevitably decline further, and there will only be more internal problems. The possibility of being caught by the opportunistic Chen Sangliang is even greater.
Knowing this serious relationship, Li Yuan and his son and the rebel civil and military forces are inevitably more suspicious, and they can see Chen Sangliang's real purpose even more. When they rack their brains to figure out Chen Sangliang's intentions, naturally they don't bother to pay attention to the hanging thread of fate. Yun Dingxing, decided to continue to put him under house arrest in Miyagi - this is also normal, he was the general of the Sui army who led his troops to surrender without any reason, and the other generals of the rebel army are not in danger No wonder.
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In the Sui army camp at the same time, Fang Xuanling and Yuan Tiangang and other Sui army officials did not understand Chen Sangliang's real intentions. When they asked Chen Sangliang the reason, Chen Sangliang's answer also made them very angry, "It's nothing. Intention, the old thief Li Yuan is extremely treacherous, and his precious son Li Er is not a good thing. He will be seen through 90% of the time if he tricks them, and it will only harm our soldiers in turn, so I have no purpose. A simple ecstasy formation, let them guess by themselves, the more suspicious they are, the more dizzy they will be, and if we try to time them, we will be more likely to succeed."
Shaking his head and lamenting that Chen Sangliang had no tricks to win, Yuan Tiangang asked Chen Sangliang again: "Stay behind, then how can we lure the enemy out of the city for a decisive battle? Including today, we But it's only three days."
"Divide the troops, continue to divide the troops, take Fufeng from the west, hold on to Mei County, wait for the opportunity to seize Sanguan, and cut off the connection between Li Yuan's old thief and Xiao Yupifu."
Chen Sangliang's understated answer made Fang Xuanling, Yuan Tiangang and the others jump up, and exclaimed in disbelief, "We still need to divide the troops? Li Yuan's army is three times stronger than ours, so we still need to divide the troops?"
"If you don't do this, old thief Li Yuan won't leave the city for a decisive battle." Chen Sangliang shrugged and replied: "In addition to taking the initiative to weaken our own strength, with Li Yuan's cunning and cunning, he will never leave the city for a decisive battle. What's more, dividing the troops to Fufeng in advance can also cut off the old thief's escape route to the west, lest this old thief run into Hanzhong Chengdu under Xiao Yu's support, and it will definitely be more troublesome to exterminate him when the time comes."
Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Yuan Tiangang and the others looked at each other, all of them felt terrified. They never expected that Chen Sangliang would be so courageous. His troops were only one-third of the enemy's and he dared to divide them up in front of the battle. Advance westward and take the initiative to weaken its own strength.
Chen Sangliang saw the timidity of the accomplices, so he smiled again and said, "I know it's risky to do so, but this is our only chance for a quick victory. We can only lure the enemy out of the city within three days." Only in a decisive battle can we hope to quickly destroy the thieves. In order to win this opportunity, this risk is worth taking. Besides, we are not taking risks indiscriminately. Don't forget that there are uncle pharmacist and old general Qu Tutong behind us The rear army, even if our battle is unfavorable, if necessary, they can rush to the battlefield for reinforcements within a day, and at the same time, we can also recall the Western Expeditionary Army without too much loss."
Hearing what Chen Sangliang said made sense, and at the same time, based on the current situation of the main force of the Sui army, the only way to quickly defeat the enemy was to lure the rebels out of the city for a decisive battle. After careful consideration for a while, Fang Xuanling gritted his teeth and said, "Xian Brother, I have no objection to your division of troops, but the number of divisions must not exceed 10,000, and in the first three days after the division, our division speed must not be too fast."
"Of course, I just want to lure the enemy, and I don't want to die." Chen Sangliang replied with a smile, and then decided on the spot that Ma Sanbao and He Panren would lead 10,000 troops to march westward and travel fifty miles a day to take Shipingmei County. Cut off the connection between Li Yuan and the hated uncle Xiao Guo.
After receiving the order, Ma Sanbao and He Panren were also taken aback. After Chen Sangliang spent a lot of time to reassure them of accepting the order, he just arranged for them to go down to prepare for the expedition. But the foreigner came to report suddenly, saying that Li Yuan sent his subordinate Liu Shilong as an envoy to come outside the Sui army camp with a white flag in his hand to ask to see Chen Sangliang. Chen Sangliang was very surprised when he heard the news, and said with a surprised smile: "The old thief Li Yuan still dares to send an envoy to contact me? You are so courageous, did you say you didn't say anything?"
The messenger clapped his hands and replied: "I have stayed behind. As I said, the bandit army wants to exchange the old thief Li Yuan with Qu Tushou and Qu Tuquan, the two sons of the old general Qu Tutong, and Wei Ziqi, the only grandson of the old Wei who stayed behind." Daughter Li Xiuning."
Chen Sangliang, Yuan Tiangang and the others looked at each other in amazement, and said in amazement: "Since when did the old thief Li Yuan care so much about his daughter that he was willing to exchange three important captives for his daughter?"
"Exchanging captives is fake, but it's true to have other plans." Fang Xuanling, who is good at perceiving people's hearts, pointed out sharply, "The old thief Li Yuan sent his envoys to visit, there must be other purposes!"
"It makes sense." Chen Sangliang also agreed with this analysis, and said in doubt: "Then what is the purpose of old thief Li Yuan?"
"Maybe it has something to do with what happened last night." Fang Xuanling pointed out again: "Even the people around us don't know your real purpose in the ecstasy array you set up, let alone the old thief Li Yuan. Notoriously good at using tricks and schemes, it is very possible that the old thief Li Yuan sent envoys to find out your true intentions."
Of course, Chen Sangliang was overjoyed that the aimless ecstasy array he had set up casually in order to save Yun Dingxing had such an effect. He hurriedly asked his accomplices and lackeys to make some preparations, and then Chen Sangliang summoned Li Yuan's emissary, Liu Shilong.
By the way, let me explain the origin of Liu Shilong. Liu Shilong was the mayor of Jinyang Township in Taiyuan before Li Yuan raised his troops. He had a good relationship with Pei Ji in private, but on the surface he maintained a close relationship with Wang Wei and Gao Junya, the two deputy left behind in Taiyuan, and they often went in and out. Wang Gao's private house helped Li Yuan get quite a lot of important information in Taiyuan. He was one of the important heroes of Li Yuan's mutiny. In negotiating and contacting, he also took a fancy to this advantage of him. —Of course, if Li Yuan knew that Chen Sangliang had sneaked into the poison nest twice as an undercover agent after 1,500 years, he would definitely not have such confidence in Liu Shilong.
However, Liu Shilong is not a white faction. When he was first led into the tent of the Chinese army, Liu Shilong not only saw Chen Sangliang sitting in the middle at the first sight, but also immediately smelled a faint smell of medicine in the tent, and at the same time noticed Chen Sangliang's appearance. He behaved calmly, but his face was a little pale, but he couldn't see clearly from several steps away. Then, Chen Sangliang asked Liu Shilong straight to the point: "The old thief Li Yuan wants to exchange prisoners? Is it true?"
"It's absolutely true." Liu Shilong quickly cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Perhaps Mr. Xu Chang also knows that Mrs. Li Xiuning Li is not only Mr. Tang's beloved daughter, but also made great achievements for Mr. Tang. Unfortunately, she was captured by Mr. Xu.... "
"That's enough, that's enough, let's stop this kind of rhetoric." Chen Sangliang interrupted with a wave of his hand, and said angrily: "Who is that old thief Li Yuan, can I not know? The world's most ruthless, unjust, unfaithful and unfilial person Can you care about his daughter's life and death? Tell me your real reason for coming, I am very busy and don't have time to talk to you."
"Duke Xu Chang misunderstood." Liu Shilong hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Duke Tang sent the villain here for the purpose of exchanging prisoners, and there is no other intention."
Chen Sangliang looked at Liu Shilong suspiciously, until Liu Shilong couldn't see clearly and started to feel nervous, Chen Sangliang suddenly asked: "Old thief Li Yuan, did you send you to test whether I have really fallen ill?"
Liu Shilong was startled at first, and then quickly denied it, "Mr. Xu Chang, what do you mean by that? Why can't I understand?"
"Coax the ghosts, don't think I don't know, the messenger was actually sent by the old thief Li Yuan last night." Chen Sangliang said very directly: "You all underestimate my meticulous work ability. Dingxing has already been taken over by the old thief Li Yuan directly, and he has no military power in his hands. It is impossible to open the city to meet me, so I just played with your fake messenger last night to see if the old thief Li Yuan has the guts Go out of town and fight me."
Liu Shilong's face changed slightly, but Chen Sangliang waved his hand again, and said: "Since the old thief Li Yuan sent you to test, it proves that he doesn't have this egg, and I don't bother to waste time with you, go back and tell Mr. Li Yuan A thief, tell him to continue hiding in Daxing City, if he is capable, he will hide in Daxing City for the rest of his life, let's see which one of us survives the other."
"Mr. Xu Chang, why can't the villain understand what you are talking about?" Liu Shilong continued to pretend to be confused.
Chen Sangliang smiled, he was too lazy to talk to Liu Shilong, and went to put the teacup on the table with a calm expression, but his hands trembled unnaturally, and almost knocked over the teacup. Fortunately, he put the teacup back on the table in time, and then Chen Sangliang regained his composure and said calmly: "Go and tell the old thief Li Yuan that Li Xiuning is a criminal committed by the imperial court and should be executed for the crime. As the official staying behind in the Eastern Capital, the arrest of the ambassador in Guanzhong must be based on the law of the country. I might exchange prisoners with you, but it’s best not to mention it in the future. Mr. Wei’s grandson and the two sons of General Qu Tu, I will rescue them from prison sooner or later. If you don’t want to be…, be…”
"If you don't want to be chased and wiped out by our army and wiped out your family, you'd better not take the idea of taking hostages!" Fang Xuanling who was next to him hurriedly took over the conversation and shouted: "Okay, you can go now! Come on, send me off!" guest!"
Liu Shilong wanted to say something more at first, but Chen Sangliang's soldiers in the tent couldn't help but let Liu Shilong leave with a half-push and half-please. Suspicious in his heart, Liu Shilong thought to himself: "What's going on? No, why is there something wrong with Chen Yingliang's reaction? Could it be a real illness?"
Suspicious, Liu Shilong continued to carefully observe the details in the tent, but unfortunately, except for the vague smell of medicine, Liu Shilong did not find any clues. Liu Shilong was disappointed, and never thought of leaving the camp of the Sui army. Yuan Tiangang, a well-known and important lackey under Chen Sangliang's command, who is a key figure in the decision-making hierarchy of the rebel army, quickly passed him, and deliberately said to the staff beside him while walking: "The siege weapon must be Step up your preparations, there will definitely be heavy snow in three days, and the weather in Guanzhong is very cold this year, when the moat of Daxing City freezes into ice, you can directly cross it, which is a good opportunity for us to attack the city."
"Is this sentence intended for me?" Liu Shilong sneered secretly, and immediately guessed that Yuan Tiangang's sentence was actually for him.
At the same time, Chen Sangliang issued another order in the large tent of the Chinese army, commanding: "Give my cousin and Qu Tutong an order to launch a siege on Xinfeng tomorrow, without necessarily breaking the city." , but at least a section of Xinfeng’s moat must be filled to open a road leading directly to the city.”