Dou Jiande's general Wang Fubao defeated the many with the few, defeated the strong with the weak, and defeated Qin Qiong, one of the few first-line generals under Chen Sangliang's command. Chen Sangliang and the Guanzhong Sui Army were of course shocked when they received the news. But the Taiyuan army was actually even more shocked, especially Li Jiancheng and the second brother Li, who knew the details of the Sui army, shouted in unison after hearing the news, "How is it possible? How could Dou Jiande's army be so capable of fighting? "
After being shocked, and after carefully understanding the battle, the Li brothers discovered that it was not that the soldiers of Dou Jiande's army were all invincible supermen, but because Dou Jiande sent the general Wang Fubao, who was brave and resourceful, to use his troops skillfully. The Sui army’s underestimation of the enemy after winning consecutive battles in Guanzhong also captured the slack mentality of the Sui army soldiers before dawn, and then used camouflage and noise to confuse the Sui army camp. This created a miracle. Qin Qiong, a famous general of the Sui Army. Then, Li Jiancheng and Li Er inevitably had a very regretful thought at the same time, "Why isn't this Wang Fubao my general?"
Regrets are useless, not to mention that Wang Fubao is notoriously loyal to Dou Jiande, even if Wang Fubao voluntarily asks to join him, the Li family brothers who are currently begging for Dou Jiande will never dare to take him in, so after discussion, the Li family brothers only It could be that Ren Yu was sent south with a heavy gift to thank Wang Fubao. While establishing friendship with Wang Fubao first, he asked Wang Fubao to make persistent efforts and join hands with Yin Kaishan to take down Linfen City, where the Sui army hoarded grain and military supplies as soon as possible, completely disrupting Chen Sangliang's plan for the Northern Expedition. .
Ren Yu, who came to Yang County excitedly to meet Wang Fubao, soon found that his hot face was stuck to his cold butt. The generous gift he presented on behalf of the Li family brothers was given to his subordinates on the spot by Wang Fubao without leaving a penny. The officers and soldiers, Wang Fubao's attitude of setting up relationships to make friends is neither salty nor weak, and he is unwilling to have a heart-to-heart with Ren Yu at all. When Ren Yu asked Wang Fubao to take Linfen City on behalf of the Li family brothers, Wang Fubao directly asked: "Taking Linfen City by taking advantage of the situation? How to take it? Linfen originally had more than 7,000 Chen thieves defending the army, and Qin Qiong took another 6,000 Many of the defeated soldiers have fled back to the city of Linfen, and the strength of the thieves defending the city is not much different from ours, so how should we attack?"
"No wonder I heard that Wang Fubao is not very popular in Dou Jiande's tent, so he really can't talk." Ren Yu muttered something in his stomach, and then said with a flattering smile: "Of course I have to ask General Wang to worry about it. General Wang paid three hundred The warriors defeated the bandit army with tens of thousands of people. Naturally, there is a way to win more with less and take down Linfen city in one fell swoop. The two governors on the left and right of our army also said that with your brave strategy, general, breaking through the small city of Linfen is absolutely easy. "
"The two governors are absurd, Fu Bao is ashamed and dare not take it." Wang Fubao pushed back Ren Yu's ecstasy soup, and said: "If the two governors want our army to take Linfen, then there is no way. Yi put more pressure on the bandit army, forcing the bandit commander Liu Heikai to mobilize the army to go north for reinforcements, then our army will take the opportunity to attack it, but there is hope to take Linfen. Or if your army can take Huoyi City as soon as possible, the main force will go south to join us If the army joins hands to attack the city, then there is also hope. Besides, there is really no way for Fu Bao to break through the city."
No matter how good at communication Ren Yu was at this time, his face was a bit ugly at this time, but Wang Fubao refused to let go, and asked Ren Yu: "Mr. Ren, the main force of your army has more than 30,000 people attacking Huoyi City. Take Huo Yi?"
After hesitating for a while, Ren Yu replied reluctantly: "It will be difficult in a short period of time. Liu Heita is good at using troops, and he always sticks to the city. Huoyi is surrounded by water on both sides with high moats and deep moats. I succeeded, but on the contrary, I paid a considerable price.”
"Liu Heitai's purpose is obvious, even if he is severely injured, you will consume a lot of your strength. Hasn't your army seen this?" Wang Fubao said even more bluntly: "The overall strength of your army is not as good as Thief Chen, you should try to avoid a stalemate in a war of attrition, why didn't you think about retreating to the Queshu Valley? Why do you insist on pulling our army into the Linfen battlefield?"
Hearing this, Ren Yu almost had the urge to walk away, but considering the current situation, Ren Yu still suppressed his unhappiness, and said with a smile: "To tell the truth, the generals, in fact, our left and right governors have already seen through it. However, we underestimated Mr. Liu Heitai a little bit at that time, and felt that it should not be a big problem to take down a small city of Huoyi with the main force, so we went south and launched a siege. But we did not expect that we would commit He underestimated the enemy and made a mistake, and was dragged into a war of attrition by Liu Heitao."
It is true that Wang Fubao is not born to be annoying and annoying, nor does he have any malicious hostility towards the strangers of the Li family. He is not polite, but he is just venting his anger at being forced by Dou Jiande and his colleagues to enter the rotten quagmire of Linfen. See Ren Yu repeatedly recognized each other and honestly admitted his mistake, and Wang Fubao's anger almost dissipated. So after thinking about it again, Wang Fubao slowed down and said: "Mr. Ren, Linfen City is a county government, and the city is far stronger than ordinary county towns. The Chen bandit army is heavily stationed in the city. There is little hope for our army to attack by force. But your army wants to It is not impossible to join hands with our army to defend against the upcoming attack by Chen's main force, I have a proposal, what do you think about it?"
"What clever plan does General Wang have, please tell me quickly." Ren Yu quickly replied.
"I think we should avoid the strong and make the layout in advance." Wang Fubao replied: "The main force of your army can continue to attack Huoyi, and take Huoyi with all your strength to build a defense line. Our army will avoid Linfen Jiancheng and attack Xiangyang. For the two counties of Ling and Ji, it is of course best to lure the Linfen rebel army to send troops to rescue them. If the rebel army sit back and watch the two counties fall and ignore them, then our army will seize the food and fodder from the two counties and concentrate them in Yueyang City, based on Yueyang for the long-term. If the main force of your army has already captured Huoyi, then we will jointly attack Linfen to capture the food and grass of the Chen thief, and then face the main force of the Chen thief; if your army cannot capture Huoyi, then our army can also threaten the flank of the main force of the Chen thief in Yueyang. Let the main force of the Chen bandits dare not go northward, and then your army will be able to calm down and relax whether it is retreating to the Queshu Valley or facing the main force of the Chen bandits on the spot."
Ren Yugang's slowed face became very ugly again, because although Wang Fubao's proposal did not take advantage of the Taiyuan Army, it also prevented the Taiyuan Army from taking advantage of Dou Jiande's army. Even if they were unable to withstand the main attack of the Sui army, they could calmly retreat to Shangdang to protect themselves, and let the Li family brothers' dream of pulling Dou Jiande's army into the quagmire of Linfen completely come to naught. So Ren Yan was sobbing for a long time, and then said vaguely: "The general has a great plan, but this is a big matter, and the envoy dare not make decisions without authorization. I must ask the two governors for instructions."
"Then please ask for instructions, sir." Wang Fubao waved his hand and said: "Our army will fight according to this strategy first. Tomorrow our army will attack Xiangling to seize food and transport it to Yueyang for storage. The enemy is now, and Fubao will go to inspect the camp." , I won’t be with you anymore, come and see off the guests for me.”
Leaving Wang Fubao's camp full of anger, Ren Yu could only hurry back to the Huoyi battlefield to report the situation to the Li family brothers. As a result, the Li family brothers also complained, saying why Wang Fubao was so shameless and not cheap at all. Let the army occupy? Then after some discussion, the Li brothers, who were determined to cut off a few pieces of fat from the kind man Dou Jiande, hurriedly sent envoys to go directly to the Shangdang to sue Dou Jiande, and asked Dou Jiande to force Wang Fubao to attack Linfen City , Also tried to get Dou Jiande to order Wang Fubao to accept the command of his own army.
Wang Fubao is a man of his word. Early the next morning, he really led his army south to attack Xiangling City next to Linfen City. He also asked Yin Kaishan to go south with his own army to help out. Yin Kaishan, with more than a thousand people, gritted his teeth and agreed for the sake of the overall situation of the alliance. The Sui army hesitated again and again after finding out about this situation. Qin Qiong, who was ordered to reinforce the Linfen battlefield, still gritted his teeth and led his headquarters to the battle, fighting against the Dou Li allied forces in the Zhengdong of Linfen.
On the front of the two armies, Qin Qiong patted his horse and held his guns and cursed, and directly challenged Wang Fubao by name and name. Wang Fubao went out to fight Qin Qiong himself without hesitation. , the little-known Wang Fubao is almost the same as him in terms of martial arts, and even won the game for more than a hundred rounds. Unexpectedly, it was extremely difficult to deal with. Everyone was brave and took the lead on the battlefield, and they also fought on par with Qin Qiong's main soldiers.
Then, when Yin Kaishan led the Taiyuan army to attack the flank of Qin Qiong's rear army in a roundabout way, Qin Qiong, whose military strength had been severely damaged, could no longer parry. He could only accept the second defeat with great depression, and fled back to Linfen City again. Behind closed doors. Huo Shiju and Wei Ziqi, who were guarding Linfen, were shocked and dared not go out to fight. At the same time, they sent messengers south to ask Chen Sangliang for help.
Knowing the battle situation in Linfen, the Li brothers were even more jealous that Dou Jiande had such a good general, at the same time, they sent envoys to congratulate Wang Fubao again, and took the opportunity to instigate Wang Fubao to attack Linfen again. I went my own way and only went to attack the small town of Xiangling. As a result, because Linfen did not dare to send troops to rescue, Xiangling could not hold on after only half a day. The county magistrate took the lead in abandoning the city and fleeing for his life. Go to Yueyang to transport grain and stockpile. The Li family brothers, who hoped that Wang Fubao would fight recklessly with the Linfen Sui army, hated this, but there was nothing they could do.
Fortunately, order tofu in brine, and one thing will drop one thing. After Wang Fubao sent two thousand troops to easily take down Jishi City at the southeastern end of Linfen County, just three days later, Dou Jiande, who had already opened up direct contact with the Li family brothers, sent a fast horse An urgent order was sent, although Wang Fubao was not ordered to accept the command of the Li brothers, but he was also ordered to send troops to attack Linfen City immediately, and seize the mountain of grain, grass and military supplies there. What made the Li family brothers secretly happy was that Master Li, the emissary sent by Dou Jiande, not only accepted the beautiful woman as a gift from them unceremoniously, but also patted his chest to promise that he would force Wang Fubao to attack Linfen immediately.
It is still a pity that when Yin Kaishan, Ren Yu and other Taiyuan military stars surrounded Master Li in front of Wang Fubao like a moon, Master Li read Dou Jiande's order in public to force Wang Fubao to enter the army, but Wang Fubao still flatly refused to attack Linfen also told Master Li very confidently, "The general is out, and the king will not accept the order! The king is far away in the east of Taihang Mountain. I don't know the specific situation in the west of Taihang Mountain. I can't accept this for the sake of our soldiers not to sacrifice in vain. Order!"
"You! You! You!" Master Li, who hugged the beautiful woman and patted his chest to reassure the Taiyuan Army, was so angry that he even stuttered, and it took him a long time to roar out, "You are so bold! You don't even listen to the king's order. , do you want to rebel?!"
"Of course I don't want to rebel, I just think about it for the soldiers." Wang Fubao replied calmly: "I will report and explain to the king in letters about resisting orders. Your Majesty is of course the best, if you still want to hang out with women in the friendly army camp, it doesn't matter, I will send someone else to deliver the letter."
"You nonsense! Did I hang out with women in the friendly army camp?!" Master Li jumped three feet high.
"Then where does the smell of powder on your body come from?" Wang Fubao asked calmly, "Also, before you say this, can you wipe off the lip marks (lipstick marks) next to your ears first?"
Master Li's complexion changed, and when he hurried to sniff his clothes and touch his ears, Yin Kaishan and Ren Yu had already discovered that beside Master Li's left earlobe, there was indeed an imperceptible sandalwood lip print, and they were surprised by Wang Fubao's carefulness Besides, when Ren Yu and Yin Kaishan rushed to see Wang Fubao again, Wang Fubao had already led his own soldiers out to patrol the camp, leaving Master Li gnashing his teeth in the tent, vowing to make Wang Fubao look good!
Then, another small incident happened when Wang Fubao was patrolling the camp. A Sui army scout who was out of the city to spy was unfortunately captured by Wang Fubao's subordinates. When Master Li met, he interrogated the newly captured prisoner himself and asked him about the situation of the Sui army. As a result, the Sui army scouts were greedy for life and afraid of death, asked questions and answers, and really explained a lot of Linfen military situation to Wang Fubao, but it was of little value. The interrogation was over, and the soldiers were ordered to treat the prisoner well.
Coincidentally, when the soldiers escorted the prisoner and were about to leave, Yin Kaishan and Ren Yu, who could not wait for Wang Fubao to return, just ran to bid farewell to Wang Fubao and left. He asked the prisoner, "I have something to ask you. Wasn't there a rumor in your army that Liu Heita wanted to rebel? Is there any follow-up to this matter?"
"My lord, deputy director Huo and prefect Wei have ordered that they are not allowed to discuss this rumor anymore, otherwise they will all be severely punished." The prisoner replied truthfully.
"Why?" Ren Yu was taken aback, and asked in surprise, "Huo Shiju and Wei Ziqi, are they so trusting of Liu Heitai?"
"I heard from Deputy Chief Huo's personal soldiers that our Highness the King of Tang personally gave the order." The prisoner replied: "Prefect Wei and Deputy Chief Huo wrote to the King of Tang to report this matter, but His Royal Highness Tang did not believe it, saying that Marshal Liu was absolutely I won’t let him down, I want Wei Taishou to strictly prohibit the spread of rumors. By the way, Tang Wang seems to have said that it doesn’t matter if Yang County and Yueyang are lost. Marshal Liu ordered the abandonment of these two counties for the sake of the overall situation. In the future, our main force will be brought back It's fine, don't worry about it."
"The son of a bitch, Thief Chen, can trust Liu Heita so much!"
Ren Yu scolded a curse word, and Yin Kaishan over there also snorted: "It's not necessary to be suspicious, but not to be suspicious. I really underestimate this little guy, Chen Yingliang. Mr. Liu Heita is a surrendered general and a lone army besieged. Little Chen Yingliang It's rare for everyone not to be suspicious at all."
"How could there be no suspicion at all?" Ren Yu snorted coldly and said, "The little thief Chen Yingliang is just pretending to be calm, pretending to be magnanimous, but in fact, he must have been extremely wary in his stomach!"
"Mr. Ren, General Yin, from your tone, it seems that you are planning to separate Liu Heitai and Chen Yingliang?" Master Li's voice suddenly came from behind Ren Yu and Yin Kaishan, and then he had already wiped off his lipstick. Unknowingly, Master Li of Yin got out of that corner, and said excitedly, "If that's the case, I can help you."
"What's the trick, sir?"
Ren Huan and Yin Kaishan asked curiously, and Master Li whispered in Ren Huan and Yin Kaishan's ears, and then Ren Huan and Yin Kaishan soon became overjoyed, and quickly invited Master Li to go to the Taiyuan military camp together After talking, I was so happy that I even forgot to say goodbye to Wang Fubao. Seeing them leaving happily, Wang Fubao's soldiers next to him were also very curious, and couldn't help asking Wang Fubao: "General, what did Li Shilang and the people named Ren say? How could those people named Ren be so happy?" so?"
"It must be about Liu Heitai and our great king." Wang Fubao replied lightly: "When the news that Liu Heitai was reused under Chen Yingliang reached the king, our king once mentioned the matter between him and Liu Heitai. Hei Kai is our great king's friend from the same village, and he has a good relationship with him. I heard that he has received a lot of favor from our king. So our king said that when we meet Liu Hei Kai on the battlefield in the future, he will be able to speak with just a few words. Let Liu Heita bow his head and surrender."
"There is still this matter?" The soldiers were shocked, and hurriedly said: "General, why didn't you tell them surnamed Ren about this before? Then maybe we have already recruited Liu Heitai. "
"Is that so easy?" Wang Fubao smiled and said, "Your Majesty said that Liu Heita was poor when he was young, and he often relied on him to help him. Compared with Chen Yingliang's kindness to Liu Heita, it is nothing. Don’t you forget, before Liu Heikai surrendered to Chen Yingliang, he was just a young commander under Hao Xiaode’s command. He led no more than a thousand soldiers and had no chance to fight alone. I heard that he was forced by Hao Xiaode to surrender to Chen Yingliang. , Chen Yingliang successively sent three armies to rescue him, and even went out of the city to meet him in person! Now, Liu Heitai is the general manager of the Hedong Road under Chen Yingliang's command, in charge of the soldiers and horses of the six counties. Liu Heita, are you willing to betray Chen Yingliang?"
The soldier nodded, saying that if he were Liu Heitai, he would really be reluctant to betray Chen Sangliang, who was recreated by Entong. Wang Fubao smiled again and said: "Besides, Liu Heita is also a gentleman. I have carefully interrogated his subordinates. He has no bad performance in Hedong. He is close to the people and hardworking. , eat with the same ladle with the soldiers under his command. Such a person, let alone the Li family in Taiyuan, even if our king comes forward in person, he will definitely not be able to appease him."
The soldier nodded again, and suddenly said: "General, I heard you say that, this Liu Heita is almost like you, he treats his brothers as well as you, he is not greedy for wine and sex like you, and eats the same food as soldiers Rough food and wild vegetables, why is he able to sit in such a big official and manage such a big territory, why is the king not willing to give you so many troops and give you so much territory?"
Wang Fubao was silent, and he said after a while: "Your Majesty has treated me with such kindness as a mountain, and I am satisfied."