Li Mi was wrong about this point. Changpingcang is not a trap intentionally arranged by Chen Sangliang, but it is more dangerous than a deliberately arranged trap, because the terrain in this area is not only like a natural cage, but also the surrounding forces are comparable to each other. One is not easy to mess with, and the other is more difficult to deal with.
Next to Chang Ping Cang is Yao Yi. Although Yao Yi from a famous family is just a small county magistrate with poor official luck, he is a ruthless character who can organize Xiangyong to quell the rebellion in the county at the age of eighteen. When Yang Xuangan rebelled At that time, both Yang Xuangan and Li Mi had suffered in front of him, and afterwards even the small town of Shanxian County he guarded did not dare to attack and retaliate. Changpingcang was right under his nose and next to the city. His pass.
Gao Shilian, the prefect of Hongnong in the southwest, is not a good person either. As Chen Sangliang's wife-in-law, in order to secure his wife-in-law's position as prefect, Chen Sangliang naturally used his power to take care of Gao Shilian overtly and secretly. , Let the wife and uncle use the excuse of calming chaos and preventing thieves to quietly arm an army with good combat effectiveness. As long as Changping Cang is in an emergency, Hongnong's army will definitely appear on the Changping Cang battlefield.
There is also Tongguan in the west, where Liu Changgong, who wears a pair of trousers with Chen Sangliang, is stationed here with more than 10,000 elite soldiers. There are two ruthless characters in the line, one is Zhang Xutuo's old army who has fought countless tough battles, and the other is a hero who has learned a lot from his unscrupulous cousin's viciousness and viciousness. There is an emergency here in Pingcang. They will never sit idly by. They will definitely send troops to help as soon as possible, and they can also take advantage of the distance to arrive at the Changpingcang battlefield first to take the initiative and attack the enemy attacking the warehouse from the narrow passage. .
Under such circumstances, Li Mi paid himself that if he did not send out the main force, even he himself would not be sure that he would be able to take Chang Ping Cang, so he saw at a glance that Li Er lured him to send troops to Chang Ping Cang. The wealth and wealth in the area of Changpingcang was transferred to seduce Zhai Hong and Zhai Mohou, the idiot father and son, and Chen Sangliang used Chen Sangliang to cut off the two wings of Zhai Rang's closest confidants.
The country bumpkin Zhai Rang and his son were really fooled, coveting the hidden treasures of the Hongnong Palace near Changping Cang. Without even passing through Xiaohan Road, he brought 10,000 partial teachers west to fight Changping Cang without saying a word. , thinking that he could fight guerrillas like he did in Wagangzhai before, and he could still run if he couldn't win, but he didn't know the steepness and narrowness of the Weihan Ancient Road. As expected, the partial division led by Zhai Hong and his son had just bypassed the eastern capital and entered Xin'an westward. Before they had time to enter Weihan Road, their movements were sent by Kuaima to Shan County, Hongnong and Tongguan.
"Hehe, there really are ghosts who are not afraid of death. Thousands of mobs dare to enter the dead place of Weihan Dao? But it's also good, just give credit to me, and see how I kill you all!"
This is the sneer of Pei Xingfang, who has been completely taken over by his unscrupulous cousin Chen Sangliang, after receiving the news, vowing to come and kill all the enemies. Or send a fast horse to report the matter to Chen Sangliang who is far away in Daxing, let Chen Sangliang know the mobilization of his own army, and let Chen Sangliang see if it is necessary to send troops to reinforce the garrison in Tongguan, just in case.
When the messengers sent by Liu Changgong and Pei Xingfang sent the news to Daxing, Chen Sangliang was taking some time out of his busy schedule to do some private affairs—to meet the little Luoli Yin Yue'e who had begged him many times to summon him. After waiting for a long time to finally meet Chen Sangliang, Yin Xiaoluoli turned to Chen Sangliang as soon as they met, and cried until she opened her mouth, Chen Sangliang, who had been harboring ill intentions for a long time, finally made a move This is a good opportunity for me to move my feet, so I quickly helped Yin Xiaoluoli with my own hands, wiped the tears on her tender face with my own hands, and asked in surprise: "Xianmei, what happened? Why are you so sad? If you have anything to say, I will I can definitely help you."
"Brother Yingliang, save my younger brother, save my younger brother." Yin Xiaoluoli cried and begged, and then said: "My younger brother has been arrested in the prison, he was wronged, he was wronged."
The future brother-in-law in the plan was actually caught in the dungeon. Chen Sangliang was taken aback, and quickly asked for details. After Yin Xiaoluoli's sobbing introduction, Chen Sangliang also knew that although the brother-in-law was arrested very wrongly, But those who arrested him also acted in accordance with the law, and definitely did not intentionally frame or arrest people randomly.
It turned out that after Yin Xiaoluoli's younger brother Yin Hongzhi was captured by Li Er and brought back to Daxing, Li Yuan, in order to cover up the rebels' crime of killing the acting king Yang You, at the same time planted the blame on the Eastern Capital Sui Army, forcing Yin Hongzhi Zhi gave false testimony that he witnessed the killing of Yang You by a general of the Sui Army. Yin Hongzhi, who was only ten years old, did not know the seriousness and was greedy for life and feared death. The fingerprints were published to the public by Li Yuan's rebels in the form of a bulletin, which constituted an irrefutable crime of framing and false accusation, and must be punished according to the Sui Code. At the same time, because it was related to Yang You, the grandson of Emperor Sui Yang, the Daxing judicial department, which was gradually rebuilding, could only arrest him and put him in prison according to the law, pending conviction.
Chen Sangliang was really in a dilemma this time. If the incident did not involve Yang You, Chen Sangliang's desire to save Yin Hongzhi would be a one-sentence matter, but it happened to be related to the precious grandson of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty. The official Chen Sangliang was a little helpless. Seeing that Chen Sangliang refused to speak, Yin Xiaoluoli felt even more anxious, and couldn't help but knelt down to Chen Sangliang again, hugged Chen Sangliang's legs and cried, "Brother Yingliang, I beg you!" You, you save him, save him, I am just such a younger brother, please take care of my father, save him. In the future, I will be a slave and a handmaid, and I will definitely repay your kindness."
Chen Sangliang once again helped the little Yinli who was crying with pear blossoms and rain, stroked her hair and thought for a while, then Chen Sangliang said: "Well, I will present a seal to His Majesty alone, Explain to His Majesty what happened, and beg Your Majesty, for the sake of your father's merits and your younger brother's ignorance, to issue an edict to pardon his crimes and not to pursue them. Before that, I asked the people in the Ministry of Punishment to Let your brother go home, change the imprisonment to house arrest, and let your brother stay behind closed doors pending trial."
Yin Xiaoluoli was overjoyed when she heard that, and quickly saluted and thanked Chen Sangliang. Chen Sangliang hurriedly pulled her back, comforted her with nice words, asked her what she needed in life, and said that she would definitely Take the time to go to Yin Shishi's house to visit their siblings. It turned out that after Yin Xiaoluoli gradually calmed down, she suddenly realized that she was almost hugged by Chen Sangliang. Embarrassed, Li struggled quickly, and reminded her in a low voice with hot cheeks: "Brother Yingliang, you hurt me."
Reluctantly let go of his claws, he smirked and said that he did it unintentionally. At this time, Fang Xuanling suddenly ran in to act as a light bulb, and handed Chen Sangliang the pond newspaper sent by Liu Changgong Chen Sangliang, who had long regarded Chang Pingcang as something in his pocket, also sneered and said that he wanted to die, but when he saw the enemy commander After it was written by Di Hong and his son, Chen Sangliang immediately changed his mind and said: "We can't completely wipe out the incoming enemy, let alone kill Di Hong and Di Mohou. It is better to let them escape than let them die. It is best to find a way." Capturing them alive will be of great benefit to the father and son, and it would be a pity to kill them."
"Brother Yu also means the same." Fang Xuanling nodded, and suggested: "Brother, this is a good opportunity for us to take the opportunity to directly control Changping warehouse. I think we should add some troops to Tongguan and let General Liu and the others You can free up your hands to go eastward with all your strength, use the excuse of defending the Changping warehouse to take the opportunity to station troops there, and actually control the grain stored there."
Chen Sangliang agreed, and immediately negotiated with Fang Xuanling, deciding to send Qin Qiong to lead 10,000 troops westward to reinforce the garrisons at Tongguan and Yongfengcang, so that Liu Changgong and Pei Xingfang could spare no effort to deal with the troops from the Zhai Li coalition forces. To threaten Xiaohandao and Chang Pingcang, at the same time explain Liu Changgong and Pei Xingfang not to kill Zhai Hong and his son. Of course it would be best if they could be captured alive.
After finalizing the Changping Warehouse arrangement, when Fang Xuanling hurriedly drafted a book for Chen Sangliang, Chen Sangliang discovered that Yin Xiaoluoli was still in the room, and in front of Fang Xuanling, Chen Sangliang It's not good to continue to tease Xiao Luoli's love, so I can only quickly arrange someone to escort Xiao Luoli home, and at the same time arrange people to contact the Ministry of Criminal Justice, asking them to put Yin Hongzhi home and put her under surveillance. Only then did Luoli blushed and said her goodbyes with gratitude.
Born to work hard, he had just sent away the little Yin Luoli who had never had a chance to do anything. Before Chen Sangliang had time to sit down and regret and think about how to take care of his beloved daughter for his former comrades in arms, Yuan Tiangang suddenly hurried into the room As soon as he entered the door, he held up an official document and said with a wry smile: "Chen Liushou, bad news, the officials we sent to Jiangdu to report the victory encountered bandits in Huai'an. Eleven of the twelve people in the group were killed, and only one guard escaped to report the news." , the envoy Pei Ning was killed, and our victory memorial was also robbed by bandits."
Chen Sangliang and Fang Xuanling smiled wryly at the same time. Because Zhai and Li's allied forces took down Hulao Pass and invaded the Eastern Capital, Chen Sangliang specially told the officials who reported the victory to go away in order to report the good news of Sui Yang's recovery of Daxing to Emperor Sui Yang who was far away in Jiangdu. On the road of Shangluo and Nanyang, unexpectedly, they still failed to escape the interception of the peasant uprising army, and still could not get in touch with Jiangdu. After a wry smile, Chen Sangliang could only say helplessly: "No way, let's send another envoy to take the risk and see if this unlucky guy has the life to send our victory memorial to Jiangdu. Such a big thing must be done at any cost." Let His Majesty know."
Yuan Tiangang, who was in charge of this matter, nodded, and echoed with great gloom: "We can only send another unlucky guy to die. Without His Majesty's will, we will be tied hands and feet in many things, and we can't do it at all."
"It's best to send a shrewd and capable official to go south disguised as ordinary people, and when we arrive in Jiangdu, he can also inquire about the situation there for us." Fang Xuanling also suggested helplessly: "Especially the matter of your Majesty moving the capital to Danyang." Things, we must confirm clearly, when will we move, will we move? How will Daxing and Dongdu be arranged after the capital is moved? These situations must be clarified.”
Chen Sangliang nodded, secretly resentful, and extremely worried, "History has been changed to this by me, will the Jiangdu mutiny still happen? Will Yu Wenhuaji take action? Sun, the sooner the Jiangdu mutiny, the better. It has long been beneficial to me, Yu Wenhuaji, you must fight me... Huh? Wait!"
When Chen Sangliang came to this point of cursing secretly, his heart suddenly moved, and an even more unconscionable thought suddenly jumped into his mind, and he thought to himself: "Why don't I try to make the Jiangdu mutiny happen earlier? Last time Feng Ciming brought the news from Jiangdu , Emperor Sui Yang is different from the history. Now he has directly and publicly announced that he will move the capital to Danyang and will never return to the north. The main force of the Jiangdu Mutiny, Guanzhong Xiaoguowei, has never had a chance to go home. The big gunpowder barrel of the mutiny has been filled The gunpowder is supplied, Yuhuahua and this fuse are also in Jiangdu, what is missing is sparks to ignite the fuse. If this is the case, why don’t I try to ignite Yuhuahua and this fuse?”
Having this idea in mind, he quickly calculated the stakes and the general steps. Chen Sangliang gradually made up his mind, and said, "How about this, let Qian Xiangmin go to Jiangdu for us to meet His Majesty the Emperor, and hand over the victory memorial. He is good at currying favor with his boss, it is convenient for him to inquire about news, and he is famous for his good luck, if he is close to death, others will be close to death, but he is the only one who is lucky enough to touch him."
Yuan Tiangang smiled, and said with a smile: "Stay behind, Mr. Qian's luck has always been good, but he is notoriously timid. If you send him this errand, I'm afraid he will hold your leg again." I cried a lot."
"If you don't go, you have to go. Does the imperial court let him eat for free?" Chen Sangliang smiled and said, "Well, you should re-prepare the memorial first, and I will summon Qian Xiangmin alone later and ask him to take the post." This is an errand." Fang Xuanling and Yuan Tiangang agreed, and Chen Sangliang, who still kept his word, confessed that Fang Xuanling wrote a separate essay to plead with Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty on behalf of Yin Hongzhi.
Sure enough, in the evening, Chen Sangliang summoned Qian Xiangmin alone and asked him to take the memorial to Jiangdu to meet Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty. Qian Xiangmin knelt down on his knees again, hugged Chen Sangliang's legs and cried loudly. , begged Chen Sangliang to let him live, and not let him perform this mission of narrow escape. But begging is doomed to be useless. Chen Sangliang, who needs him to perform a special task, refuses to agree to change, and repeatedly points out to him the various benefits of going to see Emperor Sui Yang, constantly cheering him up and encouraging him. Go take the risk.
"Xiang Min, I sent you to visit His Majesty the Emperor because you have been loyal to me for so many years, so I took care of you. Why don't you think about it, what a big event it is to celebrate the restoration of our army? His Majesty heard it Such good news, can you not give you a big reward and promotion? You just need to see His Majesty the Emperor, say a few more obedient words, and add your previous credits, maybe you have a share in the six books. Such a good thing, others If you want to grab it but you can't, why are you pushing it out so stupidly?"
"It doesn't matter if you resign! If you don't go, even if you resign, I will punish you for a felony of abandoning your job and running away! Are you willing to go to the prison to eat chaff, or go to Jiangdu to spend time and wine? It's up to you Decide!"
In spite of everything, even threats and lures, Chen Sangliang finally let Qian Xiangmin take over this dangerous job in tears, but Qian Xiangmin put forward another condition, wiping his tears and said: "Chen Liushou, if you must step down It’s okay to go to Jiangdu to meet His Majesty, but you have to send He Erpai instead of me, and send me more guards with high martial arts skills. Otherwise, even if you kill the subordinate, the subordinate will not dare to travel so far to Jiangdu .”
Considering that Baojie must be sent to Jiangdu, and He Er is also very good at collecting important information and doing dirty things, Chen Sangliang agreed to Qian Xiangmin's request. After Qian Xiangmin wept and had no choice but to accept the order, Chen Sangliang explained to him that after arriving in Jiangdu, he must collect information about the move of Emperor Sui Yang's capital. When you arrive in Jiangdu, you must go to see Youtunwei General Yu Wenhuaji for me, give him some gifts, and ask him to do something for me."
"What do you want to ask him to do?" Qian Xiangmin asked quickly.
"Please persuade His Majesty the Emperor, please change your mind about moving the capital, and lead the civil and military officials and Xiaoguowei soldiers back to Daxing, and take command of the capital to calm the chaos." Chen Sangliang ordered casually.
"Chen Liushou, are you kidding me?" Qian Xiangmin was taken aback, and said, "Your Majesty's temper has been decided, who dares to persuade you?"
"Yu Wenhuaji dare to persuade." Chen Sangliang said very relaxedly: "Yu Wenhuaji's father, Yuwen Zhuguo, is the emperor's number one favorite minister before His Majesty, and his third brother Yu Wenshiji is the son-in-law of His Majesty's eldest princess. I was once a servant of His Majesty's prince, and I have a personal relationship with His Majesty, even if I said something wrong, His Majesty would not do anything to him."
"But what if I say I won't move General Yuwen?" Qian Xiangmin asked worriedly.
"It doesn't matter, you just have to do your best." Chen Sangliang still has some confidence in Qian Xiangmin's ability to handle affairs and negotiate, knowing that as long as he is given a task, he will try his best even if he can't do it. Then, Chen Sangliang pointed out: "Remember, thank General Yuwen for me, saying that without the few good friends he introduced to me at the beginning, I would not have succeeded in this Daxing battle so easily."
"Also, if he asks about the situation of his family in Daxing, you tell him that his mansion in the city is fine, and Dugu Wynn and I will take care of him. Also, by the way, make an apology to him, For example, when the old thief Li Yuan entered Daxing, his manor outside the city was ransacked by the bandits, and he suffered heavy losses. At that time, our army was still fighting with the bandits at Yongfeng warehouse in Tongguan, so we didn’t have time to send troops to protect them, so I felt sorry for him.”
Qian Xiangmin didn't doubt that he was there, so he agreed. Chen Sangliang nodded, and said in his heart: "Brother Huaji, it's up to you, don't let me down. Don't worry, if you follow the path I paved for you, I will give you no matter what in the future." You leave a whole body behind."
"Oh, by the way, remember that you still have a younger sister. If you help me, as long as your younger sister is not too ugly, I will take care of her for you."