The military situation was in full swing. As soon as Chen Sangliang received the news that Xue Ju and Li Gui had joined forces to invade, Chen Sangliang immediately set about arranging the western expedition. Feigning defeat, temporarily abandoning Weiyuan to let Xue Ju rest assured to go north to Anding County, and then concentrate superior forces to annihilate Xue Ju's main force in Anding and Beidi.
Chen Sangliang moved quickly, and Xue Jujun moved even faster. What made Chen Sangliang dumbfounded was that the messenger who ordered Zhang Jixun to feign defeat had only left Daxing for two days, and an urgent report came from Fufeng, Zhang Jixun, who was very capable of defensive battles He had already been directly defeated by Xue Renguo. Zhang Jixun, who was too upright, was seriously injured on the battlefield and was unable to continue to command the battle. He was forced by his subordinates to flee back to Mingyang. Xue Renguo successfully captured Weiyuan City, with no worries The main force of Xue Ju's army approached Huating via Longcheng, and quickly entered Anding County. The total scale of troops dispatched reached more than 70,000.
There was no way to delay any longer. Chen Sangliang could only order Qu Tutong, the minister of the Ministry of Rites who was familiar with the situation in the pass, to serve as the vanguard, and lead an army of 10,000 to go to Anding City in Anding County for reinforcements to ensure smooth communication with Pingliang. At the same time, Li Jing also dispatched troops to arrange a counterattack against Xue Renguo, and went north to join forces with Chen Sangliang in Anding territory.
At this time, General Yun's every move on the Dongdu battlefield and the situation of the Dongdu battle were constantly sent to Chen Sangliang. Although it was a pity that he missed the great opportunity, he was also a little worried about Old General Yun's too much involvement in the Dongdu war, but the matter has come At this step, Chen Sangliang couldn't spare any time to adjust the strategy on the Eastern Front, so he could only shake his head and say, "Go with Uncle Yun, as long as he can handle the shit stick well, and don't let Wang Shichong, Li Mi and Yu Wenhua It’s fine to join hands with the bandit army of the three routes to take advantage of the fire. Then give Yun Dingxing an order, saying that I am very satisfied with his previous performance, let him let go, and disrupt the war situation in the Eastern Capital as much as possible!”
After receiving Chen Sangliang's approval, Old General Yun, who had been a little nervous before, was completely relieved, and he did the work of stirring up shit even more unscrupulously. He urged General Yun to act as soon as possible to lure Li Mi into the army and Wang Shichong to leave the city. General Yun also replied every time: "Don't worry about nephew Hua and Xian, half a month is half a month, within half a month, Wang Shichong And Li Mi must send troops!"
Old General Yun was calm and composed, but Brother Huaji, who had returned to Jinyong City after tossing around again, had already started to worry, because Wang Shichong's return to aid was quite fast, leaving no chance for the Xiaoguo Army, and then like the Xiaoguo Army's last As worried, Wang Shichong's main force, who had withdrawn from the Eastern Capital City, did not go out of the city any more. He just kept on holding on to the city, without any sign of preparing to go out of the city and fight Hua Jixiong.
It's the same with Li Mi. After Hua Jixiong's main force withdrew, Li Mi's army quickly added an unknown number of new troops from Hulao Pass, and the rest of the work was to quickly repair the already riddled Luokoucang city wall. , rebuilt the fortifications of the city, and there was also no sign of sending troops to the west. At the same time, the frequency of messengers with Wang Shichong was also significantly reduced. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like they are preparing to join hands with Wang Shichong to fight a decisive battle.
Under such circumstances, Hua Jixiong's prestige as the coach, which was already on the verge of collapse, was naturally further weakened. The tactics are simply messed up, there is no hope at all for a coach like Brother Hua, and the morale of the army has been greatly affected. Brother Hua is also aware of this, but there is nothing he can do about it.
Ren Yu, the envoy of Li's Second Army, also took the opportunity to jump out to stir up trouble, and through Yuwen Shiji's channel, he incited Brother Hua to retaliate against General Yun for his dishonesty. He wanted to provoke General Yun and Brother Hua to go to war first. , which in turn triggered an all-out war between Chen Sangliang and Huaji brothers, creating opportunities for the Li family brothers who were lingering in Taiyuan. Fortunately, brother Huaji still had a little confidence in General Yun, so he didn't listen to these fanning the flames, and even scolded Yuwen Shiji, the third brother who was obviously inclined to Lao Li's family.
In this way, ten days passed quickly, but Wang Shichong and Li Mi still did not show any signs of sending troops to a decisive battle. Of course, Brother Hua became more and more flustered about this, and General Yun began to lose his composure, because General Yun We are very aware of Brother Huaji's temper. If Li Mi and Wang Shichong still don't send troops within five days, Brother Huaji can really bring the army to Xin'an Xingshi to interrogate. It is likely to cause an all-out war between Chen Sangliang's army and Hua Jixiong!
"Strange, logically speaking, Wang Shichong and Li Mi should have received the news that our main force has sent troops to the west? Why don't they seize the opportunity to act? Could it be that they have other plans to reconcile with Hua and their nephews? , take the opportunity to jointly attack Guanzhong?"
Although this may be very small, for the sake of caution, and also to understand the specific situation as soon as possible, General Yun decided to send his nephew Yun Fu to the Eastern Capital City to meet Wang Shichong under the pretext of congratulating the Eastern Capital Army on taking back the Southern City. Take the opportunity to find out the real situation of Wang Shichong. Before leaving, General Yun told Yun Fu: "To show weakness, you must show weakness on purpose. It doesn't matter if you are wronged, as long as Wang Shichong feels that we are afraid of him. Also, if Wang Shichong has any requests, you will Said that we can discuss it, but you can't make the decision for the time being, you have to come back and discuss it with me."
After Yunfu, who shouldered a heavy responsibility, entered the Eastern Capital City, he really suffered a lot of grievances. No one in Lao Wang's family gave him a good face, and he waited for more than an hour in the room without a fire before bleeding. Sneezing and sneezing, he entered the Nuan Pavilion and saw Wang Shichong, who was acting on official duties. After Yunfu presented the congratulatory gift respectfully, he was mercilessly ridiculed by Wang Shichong, "It has been a few days since our army recaptured the eastern capital and southern city? Your army is now I just remembered to congratulate our army on the success of recovering the southern city, why did you go so early?"
"Uncle, the old man wanted to send someone to congratulate him a long time ago." Yun Fu explained cheekily: "But after you recovered Nancheng, Prime Minister, you immediately sent troops to Luokou Cang. Jin Yongcheng had some misunderstandings, Uncle, he was afraid that the Prime Minister would not accept our kindness out of anger, so he delayed until now."
It was fine that Yunfu didn't mention the Jinyong City incident, but when it was mentioned, Wang Shichong became even angrier and asked, "Misunderstanding? Is it just a misunderstanding? Our army attacked Jinyongcheng, and your cavalry always stood up to our army." Waist, help us, or help him Yuhuahua and the man? Also, your scouts and Yuhuahua and the man's scouts gather together every day to light fire, roast prey, drink, and exchange news with each other constantly. What does this mean? "
"There is such a thing? Why doesn't my nephew know about it?" Yunfu sneezed with surprise on his face and said, "Please rest assured, the prime minister, my nephew will definitely report this matter to my uncle. If there is such a thing, I will The army must be punished severely! Yu Wenhua and the common man who committed regicide are guilty of unforgivable crimes, and everyone in our army is eager to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin, and will never allow such a thing to happen!"
When he met Yun Fu with a cheeky family background, Wang Shichong really had no choice but to snort coldly and say: "Stop talking nonsense, I don't have time to listen to the truth, tell me your real intention, Yun Ding Xing sent you here, what exactly is it for?"
Yunfu quickly shook his head, expressing that he came here just to congratulate the Dongdu army for recovering Nancheng, and nothing else. Wang Shichong looked Yun Fu up and down suspiciously, and suddenly asked, "Where did Xue Ju and Li Gui's army go?"
"Hit..." Yunfu almost slipped his tongue. He was shocked at first, and then overjoyed. Knowing that Wang Shichong had finally found out the important information that the main force of his army was temporarily unable to go east, Yunfu followed his uncle's instructions and shook his head one after another. : "Forgive me, the prime minister. My nephew is a lowly official. He just entrusted his uncle's blessing to serve as a staff member in his army. He doesn't know about these important military affairs."
Wang Shichong laughed, and said casually: "It doesn't matter if you don't want to say it, go back and tell Yun Dingxing, if he is smart, it's better not to engage in those petty tricks, and honestly send troops to fight Yuhuahua and ordinary people, so what do we do?" Everything is easy to discuss, otherwise, he will be responsible for all the consequences."
Yun Fu agreed without a word, but Wang Shichong suddenly changed his tone and said with a smile: "After General Yun returned to the Daxing court, his position seems to be just a servant of the Ministry of Rites, right? I remember that he used to be the official residence of Zuo Tunwei University. The general is third rank, and he has made some contributions to the restoration of Daxing, why not only did he not return to his post, but was also demoted by two ranks?"
Yun Fu hurriedly said that his uncle was forced to surrender to a thief. Anyway, although he had meritorious service, it was difficult to atone for his previous crimes, so he was demoted and retained, and his uncle was willing to accept this punishment. Wang Shichong smiled again and said, "Then Old General Yun doesn't want to think about how to atone for his crimes and return to his original job? If he has this plan, right now is his best opportunity, and he doesn't want to seize it?"
Yun Fu was quite smart, and he heard that Wang Shichong wanted to encourage Yun Dingxing to go to war with Brother Hua as soon as possible, so he pretended not to understand, and promised to take Wang Shichong's words back to Yun Dingxing, but Wang Shichong didn't say anything further, and asked again Some specific information about Yun Dingxing's army, and then thanked General Yun for his congratulations, gave Yun Fu some gifts in return, and sent him away. However, looking at the back of Yunfu saying goodbye and leaving, Wang Shichong couldn't help shooting two vicious rays of light from his eyes...
Luoyang, the eastern capital, is not too far from Xin'an, but it's not too close either. It was already afternoon when Yunfu left the eastern capital with his two servants. In order not to walk at night in winter, he had to hurry back. However, after leaving the city for about 20 miles, just after arriving at Cijian, more than a dozen cavalrymen from the Xiaoguo Army suddenly rushed in the direction of Jinyong City in the northeast, and asked Yunfu and his party to stop aggressively with a Guanzhong accent, and Yunfu obeyed obediently , while introducing himself, he said: "Brother Xiaoguo, I'm here for some business, and I have to hurry back to Xin'an without delay, so please give me a break, and we'll get together for a drink when we're free."
"I know you are here for business!" The leader of the Xiaoguo cavalry said viciously: "Our Prime Minister Yuwen also knows that you went to Dongdu to contact Wang Shichong on behalf of Yun Dingxing, and immediately hand over the letter Wang Shichong sent to you. Come out! Otherwise, shoot to kill!"
"There is no letter." Yunfu quickly explained again.
"No letter?" The Xiaoguo cavalryman was willing to believe it, and swung his knife and shouted: "Brothers, go! Kill them and search for letters!"
A dozen Xiaoguo cavalrymen agreed abruptly, and immediately patted their horses forward. The three of Yunfu and his party were shocked and hurriedly explained, but those Xiaoguo cavalrymen ignored them at all, and cut down one of Yunfu's followers as soon as they came up. Yunfu and others ran towards Xin'an in fright, and the group of Xiaoguo cavalry pursued closely, and soon hacked to death another follower of Yunfu in the pursuit, and Yunfu was also hacked. The shoulder was seriously injured, Yunfu was frightened and ran for his life even faster, and the group of Xiaoguo cavalry continued to chase, yelling and saying that they would take Yunfu's head off.
Fortunately, after riding his horse for about ten miles, Yunfu had already entered the defense zone of Yunding Xingjun, and soon a group of Yunjun patrol sentries came up to respond when they heard the shouts of killing, and finally saved the wounded Yunfu and the group of Xiaoguo cavalry did not give in, and launched an attack on the Sui army patrolling sentries, shouting constantly, "Prime Minister Yuwen has ordered that the old man Yun Dingxing and Wang Shichong are secretly colluding, there is no need to pretend to be with them , Kill them all!"
The combat effectiveness of the second-line army brought by Yun Dingxing was indeed a little weaker, and those Xiaoguo troops were all cavalry with strong combat effectiveness, and soon killed two soldiers of the Sui army, until the patrol sentries of the Sui army came to reinforce them in large numbers, then More than a dozen Xiaoguo cavalry turned around and fled back to Jinyong City. The Sui army patrol sentries did not dare to take it lightly any longer. While quickly strengthening their defenses to prevent the Xiaoguo army from returning, they hurriedly sent Yunfu, whose arms were almost cut off, back to Xin'an City, and reported to the superiors that their own army was attacked. Transformation and the attack of his brothers.
Brother Huaji finally couldn't bear to turn against the Sui Army in Guanzhong. This of course shocked and angered Xian Yuzhi, Yao Yi and the others. I can't stand it anymore. But after calming down, combined with Yun Fu's intermittent description on the hospital bed, General Yun quickly discovered two doubts. First, how could Yu Wenhua know that he had sent someone to contact Wang Shichong? Second, Yu Wenhuaji sent troops to chase and kill his own nephew. Why did he only kill two of his nephew's entourage, and it happened that his nephew escaped with injuries? This is too much of a coincidence, right
After talking about the two doubts to his lieutenants, Yao Yi, Xian Yuzhi and the others were a little bit tongue-tied, and they all asked Old General Yun what he was suspicious of? Our old general Yun was also very frank, and replied: "I suspect that those cavalrymen of the Xiaoguo Army were pretended by Wang Shichong's subordinates. Wang Shichong wanted to blame Yu Wenhua and provoke us, so that we can completely turn against Yu Wenhua, and then he can Take the opportunity to reap the benefits of fishermen."
"Uncle, those Xiaoguo soldiers are all from Guanzhong, with a Guanzhong accent, my nephew can hear it very clearly." Yun Fu said quickly.
"Is it difficult to find a few soldiers who can speak Guanzhong dialect in the eastern capital?" Yun Dingxing asked his nephew, and said with a sneer: "Also, don't forget, when Wang Shichong defeated the Xiaoguo army twice before, there were many Taking captives, gold, silver, and beauties together, trying to bribe a dozen captives to obey his orders, isn't it just like playing?"
"Although the words are reasonable, we have no evidence." Xian Yuzhi hurriedly reminded: "Also, the envoys sent by Yu Wenhua and the general have become more and more anxious these days. It’s not surprising that something like this happened.”
"Of course it's also possible that Yu Wenhuaji did it, but this old man always thinks it's a bit strange." Old General Yun said suspiciously: "It's such a coincidence, it's so coincidental that it seems to be deliberately arranged. Also, today It's already the eleventh day, Yu Wenhuaji can endure the first ten days, can't he even endure the last five days?"
After thinking about it for a long time, Old General Yun said: "You can find out who did it slowly, and it will not be too late to take revenge after finding out. Let the wind out immediately, and say that this nephew of the old man is seriously injured. He will die if he returns to Xin'an." Tomorrow, the old man will send someone to investigate the situation in Dongdu City, and tell Wang Shichong directly about the matter, saying that he didn't find the letter in his nephew, and he didn't have time to ask what happened, so he asked him what Wang Shichong's account is, if it is true That idiot Wang Shichong did it, he will definitely show his feet!"
Although Yunfu felt that it was unlucky for his uncle to curse him to death, since his uncle had already made a final decision, Yunfu could only accept his uncle's gift of a white-haired man to a black-haired man, and let his name be written on the spirit card in advance At the same time, the generals of the Sui army spread the news that Yunfu was dead as required, deliberately letting outsiders who were not soldiers of their own army know about the situation. Then the next day, General Yun sent another envoy to the Eastern Capital to meet Wang Shichong and inquire about the situation.
Wang Shichong's family received the new envoy of Old General Yun very kindly. After hearing that his beloved nephew Yun Fu, whom Old General Yun regarded as his own, was killed by Hua and his brother's subordinates, Wang Shichong was shocked and regretted a lot of words, and then He also said that he did not send any letter to Yun Fu, but only verbally expressed the hope that he could further strengthen cooperation with General Yun and join hands to fight against Yu Wenhua and the rebels. In the end, Wang Shichong also sent his nephew Wang Daoxun as an envoy to Xin'an with heavy gifts to pay tribute to Yun Fu, and also took the opportunity to spy on the real situation inside Old General Yun.
After Wang Daoxun came to Xin'an City with some trepidation, besides seeing Yunfu mourning hall with white silk hanging high, he also saw General Yun who was crying for his beloved nephew, and Wang Daoxun had just comforted General Yun In a few words, a tall and brave general of the Sui army rushed into the mourning hall with a bloody head, saying that he had been ordered to behead the envoy of Hua and brother to present the head. Old General Yun burst into tears when he heard this, and hand-picked the head. Putting the head in front of his nephew's spiritual tablet, he swore to avenge his blood for his beloved nephew.
The next thing is easier. Old General Yun wiped his tears and told Wang Daoxun that his rear army will arrive in Xin'an to participate in the war in a few days. At that time, he will definitely lead the troops to Hehua and his brother to fight for their lives. Please Wang Shichong and Prime Minister Wang Be sure to send troops to help. Wang Daoxun was overjoyed when he heard this, and quickly comforted Old General Yun, and then ran back to Luoyang, the eastern capital, to congratulate his uncle Wang Shichong.
After listening to Wang Daoxun's report, Wang Shichong's heart suddenly felt like a big stone fell to the ground. On the same day, Li Mi's envoy Yu Wenwen came to the Eastern Capital again and brought Wang Shichong the good news that Li Mi's main force had decided to send troops westward tomorrow morning. Wang Shichong was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Go back and tell Duke Wei that I have already prepared here, and I can send troops to meet him at any time! Also, I have confirmed that the main force of Chen Yingliang's thief is going to Anding. The old man Dingxing also turned his back on Yu Wenhua and the old man, telling him to just go in with peace of mind, now is the golden opportunity for a decisive battle that can't be met!"
"Old man Yun Dingxing also turned against Yu Wenhua and his husband directly? Why?" Yuwen Wen Daqi asked.
Wang Shichong smiled, and probably told Yu Wenwen about General Yun's nephew being robbed and killed by Huaji's cavalry, and about General Yun beheading Huaji's envoy in anger. Of course Yu Wenwen was also overjoyed after hearing this, and then asked curiously: "Prime Minister, excuse me for asking one more question, that old man Yun Dingxing's nephew was really killed by Yu Wenwen and his subordinates?"
"Does it matter who killed it?" Wang Shichong asked with a smile.