Of course, Chen Sangliang's travels now will no longer be the same as when he went to Liaodong to join the army. He rode a poor horse with a broken knife and walked around alone. He only brought 300 armored soldiers to protect him, but he still did not forget the emperor's favor. This time, this time, he was going to the enemy's city to surrender again. No matter how low-key Chen Sangliang was, he still had to bring three thousand elite soldiers to show off, right? And because of his cousin Li Jing's advice, Chen Sangliang also brought the Nationalist Army, which had been expanded to eight schools, to his side. Nearly 5,000 well-dressed cavalry surrounded him. Sangliang walks in the middle, of course, he wants to be more coquettish and more coquettish.
Seeing such a coquettish Sui army team coming out of the camp to the east city of Taiyuan, the Taiyuan defenders were naturally extremely nervous. They rang the alarm bell early, and the Taiyuan army soldiers on duty in the east city hurriedly went to the city to prepare for battle. The reserve team in the city also immediately assembled and waited for orders, and then the west city of Taiyuan also immediately stepped up its guard, but because it did not receive a call for help from the east city, Li Jiancheng, who set up the general headquarters in the west city, did not rush across the city to command the battle, but continued to sit in the town Shuai Tang waited for the news.
However, Li Jiancheng couldn't sit still soon. Not long after, Yin Kaishan, who was in charge of defending the east city, sent someone to report to Li Jiancheng, saying that the Sui army was led by Chen Sangliang himself, and Chen Sangliang also sent people to fight the white flag. Came to the east gate of the east city of Taiyuan and asked Li Jiancheng to answer the question in the east city. Hearing this report, all members of the Li clan, including civil and military personnel and Li Shentong, who rushed to the handsome hall one after another, all held their breaths. They even looked a little nervous when they peeked at Li Jiancheng, but Li Jiancheng only thought about it for less than three seconds. After a few minutes, he ordered: "Let Yin Kaishan tell Chen Yingliang that I have nothing to say to him, and ask him to go back. If he wants to attack the city, I will accompany him at any time."
The Dongcheng envoy hesitantly sang promises, and when he was about to turn around and return to his command, Pei Ji, the chief foreign surname of the Taiyuan Army over there, hurriedly stopped him, then turned to Li Jiancheng and cupped his hands and said, "Commander Zuo, please reciprocate, the enemy commander wants to answer with you, Presumably there must be an important matter that needs to be negotiated with you, and it’s best for you to meet and see.”
"What else could he do?" Li Jiancheng said calmly, "It's nothing more than a nice offer to surrender. Anyway, I will definitely refuse. Rather than wasting words with him, it's better not to see him."
Pei Ji really didn't expect that Li Jiancheng would refuse so simply, and he was a little speechless unexpectedly. Fortunately, another important confidant of Li Jiancheng, Wang Gui, also stood up and persuaded: "Leader Zuo, let's see each other. Not to mention that you and Chen Yingliang used to be close friends, it would be good to take the opportunity to test Chen Yingliang's siege tactics, to see if he will really fill the city with water in Fen, Jin as we fear most, if he uses water to fill the city Resolute, we can also take precautions early, can't we?"
Playing with the brush in his hand and hesitating for a long time, Li Jiancheng nodded reluctantly and agreed to go to Dongcheng to meet Chen Sangliang. Hearing this decision, many civil and military personnel of the Taiyuan Army and many members of the Li clan breathed a sigh of relief, a glimmer of hope was rekindled in their hearts, and they all said in their hearts: "I hope that thief Chen can make Li Jiancheng's heart move."
Reluctantly leading a group of civil and military officials out, Li Jiancheng ran into brothers Li Er and Li Yuanji who had arrived late. He asked: "Brother, I heard that the traitor Chen Yingliang personally led the army to Dongcheng, what is he planning to do?"
"He wants to see me and talk to me face to face." Li Jiancheng replied blankly, "I didn't want to see him at first, but Uncle Pei and Mr. Shu Jie advised me to meet up, so I had to make a trip. "
Looking at Pei Ji, Wang Gui and the others, Li Yuanji blinked his triangular eyes, and suddenly he whispered into Li Jiancheng's ear, "Brother, the thief Chen must have come to recruit you, the hatred of killing your father is irreconcilable, You must not be shaken, and you must not forget the revenge of our father's murder?"
Li Jiancheng was a little surprised. He glanced at the incompetent fourth brother who thought he might be shaken. Li Jiancheng nodded and said, of course I won't, and moved on. Seeing that Li Jiancheng agreed with his persuasion, Li Yuanji thought to himself: "Yes, you must not be swayed. The more resolutely you refuse to surrender, the greater my contribution to dedicating Taiyuan City to His Highness Tang Wang will be."
When Li Yuanji deliberately persuaded Li Jiancheng to insist on refusing to surrender, Li Er was also rolling his eyes and thinking about it, and quietly ordered to the soldiers that Li Yuanji had lent him: "Go back to my house immediately, and send me back to my house." Bring that four-stone carved beam bow and deliver it to me in Dongcheng City. Hurry up."
When Li Jiancheng and others came to Taiyuan East City not very quickly, martial law had already been imposed on the East Gate City, and all the soldiers were in place with bows, strings, crossbows and arrows. The Sui Army team reported Chen Sangliang's position in a low voice, and looked down at Chen Sangliang's majestic Tang Dynasty banner. Li Jiancheng was in a very complicated mood, and after a long time he said in a low voice, "Call him over."
Yin Kaishan promised, and then walked to the side of the arrow pile, and loudly told the Sui army envoys under the city that Li Jiancheng had arrived. Surrounded by the general's army, Chen Sangliang trotted towards the east gate. And seeing the familiar figure of his former friend getting closer and closer to him, Li Jiancheng, who had been deliberately stern and expressionless, also had his heart beating faster and faster, and said secretly: "Brother Yingliang, we finally met again, this time , can I continue to be commensurate with your brother like before?"
Lost in his heart and speaking, Li Jiancheng couldn't help but see all kinds of past events between himself and Chen Sangliang in his mind. Hearing Chen Sangliang's surprise and envy and joy when he created all kinds of impossible miracles, he also thought of Chen Sangliang's frank treatment and kindness to himself, and even more of the entrustment of each other on the Tongguan battlefield after he and Chen Sangliang became enemies. thing... . Before he knew it, Li Jiancheng's eyes were filled with hot tears.
"The bow and arrow are ready."
Yin Kaishan's whispered order next to him brought Li Jiancheng back to reality from the past, almost subconsciously, Li Jiancheng immediately shouted: "Put down the bow and arrow! Everyone, put down the bow and arrow immediately! No one who ordered me to shoot the arrow without authorization, Slash!"
Hearing Li Jiancheng's roar, the archers of the Taiyuan Army who were quietly preparing their bows and arrows looked at each other in blank dismay, while Yin Kaishan, who was on duty in the east city, had no choice but to wave his hands to let all the soldiers put down their bows and arrows. But the matter was not over yet. Li Jiancheng looked around the scene and happened to see Li Erzheng hiding a bow behind his back. Without thinking too much, Li Jiancheng strode forward and snatched the bow from Li Erzheng. Holding the bow in both hands, he slammed his knees upwards, smashing Li Er's love bow into two pieces, and then threw it down the city wall with a wave of his hand. Li Er knew that Li Jiancheng was angry and didn't dare to say anything, he could only watch helplessly. Holding his beloved strong bow and scrapping it, he cursed secretly in his heart: "Hypocrite!"
At this time, under the protection of Yuchi Jingde and others, Chen Sangliang went to the edge of the moat of Taiyuan City, and saw a broken bow dropped on the city, with a long shield in his hand, ready for Chen Sangliang's Yuchi Jingde at any time The others were all nervous, and reminded Chen Sangliang in low voices to be careful of hidden arrows, but Chen Sangliang didn't take it seriously, and rushed to the city with a smile and said loudly: "Brother Jiancheng, if I guessed correctly, the broken bow just now You must be the one who pouted and threw it down the city wall? Brother, thank you for your kindness!"
Li Jiancheng finally appeared in the city, and he said coldly, "His Royal Highness Tang has said it before, who is Li Jiancheng, and how dare he be worthy of His Highness's brother? I hope His Highness will be careful with his words, and don't condescend."
"Brother, why are you talking like that? Have you forgotten our friendship?" Asked in surprise, Chen Sangliang looked at Li Jiancheng carefully. What made Chen Sangliang quite sad was that Li Jiancheng hadn't seen him for less than three years. It seems that he has aged ten years, his temples seem to have luxuriant hair, and his face has become significantly thinner. It is obvious that Li Jiancheng has had a very bad life in the past three years.
"That is already a thing of the past. Now I am the left governor of the Anti-Sui Rebel Army. Are you His Royal Highness the King of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, or my father-killing enemy? You are neither an enemy nor a friend!" He replied loudly, and Li Jiancheng also looked at Chen Sangliang carefully. He found that Chen Sangliang was obviously stronger than before, and his demeanor was much more graceful and luxurious. Compared with the thin and humble Chen Sangliang when they first met, it was almost like a different person. After thinking of the past, Li Jiancheng couldn't help but sighed again.
Out of respect for his friend, Chen Sangliang didn't just play around with a playful smile like he did with other enemies, but changed his address as required, and said loudly: "Okay, since brother insists, then I will call you Li Dudu Let's go. Li Dudu, you must be very clear about what my purpose is, but I still want to ask you, the matter has reached this point, why are you still obsessed with it? Your subordinates and you think about it yourself? Don’t you know that not only do I never wantonly kill those who surrendered, but I also treat them kindly and recruit them?”
"I know Your Highness, you are here to surrender." Li Jiancheng sneered loudly, and then said: "But I'm sorry, Your Highness, you will only go for nothing this time. Although I, Li Jiancheng, am not a hero, I am definitely not surrendering on my knees. People! Swear to live and die with Taiyuan, this is the only answer I will give you!"
"Li Dudu, why are you doing this?" Chen Sangliang persuaded again: "You have only left Taiyuan, an isolated city. Your ally Liu Wuzhou has been defeated by me, and another ally, Dou Jiande, has also been blocked by King Yan Luo Yi, so you can no longer come to Taiyuan. The battlefield is helping you, you are doomed, why bother to struggle to the death? Putting down your weapons and surrendering is your best choice."
"Your Highness said that my defeat is certain, maybe not?" Li Jiancheng sneered and said, "There are still 30,000 elite soldiers in Taiyuan City, and the food and grass can last for five years, which is enough to last for a long time! And you, Your Highness, your interior, your rear, are everywhere. There are hidden dangers and hidden dangers, how long do you dare to stay outside Taiyuan City?"
After all, Li Jiancheng persuaded in turn: "Your Highness, you are a smart person, and you must know the consequences of attacking a fortified city for a long time, right? So I advise you, Your Highness, you'd better retreat as soon as possible, and stop doing it for your own self-interest. Let the innocent soldiers under your command die in vain!"
Hearing this, Yuchi Jingde, Guo Feng and other generals beside Chen Sangliang sneered again and again, and Chen Sangliang couldn't help laughing, and then Chen Sangliang looked at the civil and military personnel of the Taiyuan army beside Li Jiancheng. They were all silent, and then they said to Li Jiancheng: "Li Dudu, you should stop talking so much. Look around you, what do they look like now? Is there anyone as confident as you? Even one who dares No one pretends to have such confidence, right? They are all completely desperate for the war, if you continue to be obsessed with your obsession, maybe someone will come to me with your head in exchange for glory and wealth!"
Chen Sangliang's words were naturally scolded by himself, and the city suddenly heard scolding and scolding against Chen Sangliang, but unfortunately most of these scolding were weak and powerless, only Yin Kaishan, Feng Li, Xie Shufang and a few of Li Jiancheng's confidants The scolding should be louder and firmer, and Li Jiancheng also took the opportunity to say loudly: "His Royal Highness Tang, don't come here to sow discord again! Don't worry, the governor will never steal the city from the inside for you like last time in Daxing If you want to stay in this city of Taiyuan, just attack the city with real knives and guns, I want to see how many people you have to die to take down my city of Taiyuan!"
Li Jiancheng had already spoken to this point, and Chen Sangliang could no longer hide it, so he said loudly: "Commander Zuo, don't threaten me with the fortified city of Taiyuan. Wang Ye really doesn't like to fight tough battles, but you should know that the biggest weakness of this Taiyuan city is there! Are you really going to force me to dig the Jinfen Second River and pour water into the city?!"
"The thing that should come has finally come." Li Jiancheng first sighed secretly in his heart, and then said: "So what? I will flood you in the Queshu Valley, and you will dig Jinshui to flood me, and they will even out! What's more, Zhi Bozi flooded the city with water for three years, and finally failed to take Taiyuan City?"
"His Royal Highness Tang, pouring water into the city, are you determined to be ruthless?" Finally, Yin Kaishan, who was beside Li Jiancheng, interjected and asked loudly: "Our army flooded you in the Queshu Valley only for your army, not for your army. Hurting the innocent, you have always prided yourself on being loyal and loving the people, don't you think about the hundreds of thousands of innocent people in Taiyuan City?"
What Chen Sangliang was most afraid of answering was this question, and he was immediately speechless, but beside Chen Sangliang, there was a bad guy named Yuan Tiangang who was waiting for this question, so he laughed out loud, "Haha Haha! Li Jiancheng, Taiyuan bandit army, your fox tails are finally exposed, right? I, Yuan Tiangang, guessed correctly. You are afraid that our army will flood the city with water, so you use the innocent people in Taiyuan city that you have coerced by you as a shield to let Our kind-hearted His Majesty the King of Tang dare not break the embankment, dare not release the water!"
Including Chen Sangliang, who turned around to look at Yuan Tiangang in surprise, Yuan Tiangang, who had been suppressing this evil for more than four months, was blushing, pointed at Li Jiancheng and others and shouted: "But, you are wrong! You want to take innocent people It is a big mistake to act as a shield! To tell you the truth, it was not someone else who first proposed to His Royal Highness Tang Wang to flood the city! It was me, Yuan Tiangang, Minister of the Ministry of Industry of the Sui and Tang Dynasties!"
"And I, Yuan Tiangang, since I dare to present this plan to His Highness Tang Wang, dare to be responsible for the hundreds of thousands of innocent people in Taiyuan City!" Yuan Tiangang roared the strongest voice in his life, "Because I, Yuan Tiangang, released The flood can break through the east and west cities of Taiyuan without harming the innocent people in the city!"
As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the audience was shocked. Li Jiancheng, Yin Kaishan and others turned pale with shock. Li Er, Li Yuanji and Li Shentong rushed to the side of the arrow pile to watch nervously. Sang Liang was also so surprised that he couldn't believe his ears, and exclaimed to Yuan Tiangang: "Yuan Shangshu, are you joking? You can destroy the city with floods without hurting the innocent people in the city?!"
"In front of Your Highness, how dare I speak half a lie?" Yuan Tiangang's face was glowing with pride, and he said with a wild laugh: "Actually, this method is also very simple. First, let the flood water level with the city wall of Taiyuan, and then keep the water volume to prevent the flood water from entering the city. , then in the first two days and one month, we will dig the dam to release the water, and the flood-soaked rammed-earth city wall will collapse by itself! Our army can directly enter the city without using any siege weapons. Capture the city!"
"Really?!" Chen Sangliang asked ecstatically, "Then why didn't you tell me earlier?!"
"Of course it is true. If it is soaked first and then dried up, the earth wall will surely collapse!" Yuan Tiangang replied triumphantly, then cupped his hands and smiled and said, "Forgive me, Your Highness. There are two reasons why I deliberately concealed it before. One is to give Your Highness a Surprise, the second is to give Taiyuan bandits a surprise, so that they no longer dare to expect that our army will not dare to flood the city because they are afraid of innocent people suffering!"
Chen Sangliang laughed loudly, admitting that the surprise Yuan Tiangang gave him really surprised him, but Li Jiancheng on the city wall and Zhu Wenwu of the Taiyuan Army were all pale—because they had all seen Yuan Dashen with their own eyes. Stick's ability in this regard. Then, Yuan Tiangang pointed to Li Jiancheng and others on the city and shouted: "Li Jiancheng, if you are smart, open the city and surrender, otherwise, when our army floods, I will see how you are still dying!"
Chen Sangliang, who had no scruples in his heart, also turned his head to look at Li Jiancheng, and said loudly: "Brother Jiancheng, did you hear that? Brother, I really don't have to worry about hurting innocent people this time. If you continue to be obsessed with obsession, I will build you up when I go back, brother." The dam will store water and destroy your city of Taiyuan!"
His face was still pale, but Li Jiancheng replied loudly word by word: "Just let the horse come over, brother Yu will accompany you to the end!"
"I know you will answer like this." Chen Sangliang sighed, and then said loudly: "Well, since you must resist the corner, brother, I will not force you anymore, the same sentence, after the city is broken , brother, you don't want your family members to be safe, I will only treat my sister-in-law and them kindly. Let's go!"
After all, Chen Sangliang pulled out his horse, and excitedly went back to discuss with Yuan Tiangang how to attack Taiyuan by water. However, after walking two steps, Chen Sangliang remembered something again, and hurriedly turned back to look at the city. Sure enough, he found his pale rival Li Er beside the arrow stack, he couldn't help but sneered again, and said to himself: "This time, I'll see how you run away!"
Li Er, who has equally good eyesight, also saw the ferocious smile on Chen Sangliang's face. As his face became paler, Li Er couldn't help but secretly said in his heart: "Why is he smiling so ferociously at me? Is he warning me? Is this my last chance?"
At this time, Li Yuanji who was next to him also clung to Li Er's ear, and said in a trembling voice: "Second Brother, His Highness Tang Wang sneered at me, as if to warn me that if I don't do anything again, his previous The promise will not be fulfilled, you said, should we take a little time, hurry up..., that?"
Li Shuliang, Li Daozong, Li Fengci and other members of the Li clan also looked at each other with pale faces. After exchanging a few glances, the members of the Li clan focused their gaze on Li Shentong's face again. Meaning, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.