"What? You are the messenger sent by You Wuwei Ying Jilang to Ma Kou, and you also brought Ma Kou's handwritten begging letter? Where is the letter? Show me."
Knowing the general intention of Huang Youwei, Ma Kou's brother-in-law, from the escorting soldiers, Li Mi was taken aback immediately, and subconsciously blurted out to ask Huang Youwei for a letter. Brother-in-law, he has an explanation, so that the villain must present this letter to Duke Chu of Shangzhu Kingdom with his own hands, and the villain has not seen Duke Chu yet... "
"Stop talking nonsense, I'm a military adviser, so it's the same if you show me first." Li Mi urged anxiously.
"Mr. Fazhu, you are not a military advisor anymore, you are a deputy military advisor." Yang Xuanting's voice suddenly sounded from the side, and Li Mi hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see Yang Xuanting, Yang Wanshuo and Yang Jishan brothers surrounded by Li Zixiong who had come to the side at some point Recently, Yang Xuanting, who was very dissatisfied with Li Mi, added: "Also, even if you are still a military adviser, you can't read the letter that you want to submit directly to your brother by name."
Hearing Yang Xuanting's dissatisfied tone, Li Mi's already dark face naturally became even darker. Old General Li, who was surrounded by the Yang brothers, smiled, and said with great grace: "Don't mind the three generals, and the Master is too. You can forgive me for being impulsive when you care about military affairs. Fazhu, don’t worry, Duke Chu will be here soon, and when Duke Chu reads the letter, we should be able to know the contents of the letter.”
Li Mi, who had already fallen out of favor in front of Yang Xuangan, agreed sullenly, while Brother Yang Xuanting couldn't wait to ask Huang Youwei about the specific situation. After Huang Youwei introduced Li Mi carefully, he found out that Huang Youwei's brother-in-law Ma Kou was fanned the day before. The unlucky guy that Zigai was tied to a wooden stake and whipped in public, was whipped half dead and covered with bruises and returned home. Ma Kou, who was overwhelmed by Fan Zigai's cruel methods, quietly found his brother-in-law Huang Youwei, and promised to give Huang Youwei a heavy hand. For the reward, let Huang Youwei sneak out of Luoyang City overnight with the help of his confidants, come to Jinyong City to meet Yang Xuangan, and hand over Ma Kou's autographed letter.
Although Huang Youwei didn't know what his brother-in-law said in the letter, it was enough to make Li Zixiong and the Yang brothers overjoyed. Sure enough, a moment later, when Yang Xuangan came to the big tent of the Chinese army and learned about it, he immediately He was also overjoyed, he had already asked for the letter from Huang Youwei before he had time to enter the tent, and while leading the crowd into the tent, he opened the letter to read it, but in the end, before everyone could sit down in the tent, Yang Xuangan suddenly yelled , shocked everyone present, "Okay! That's great!"
"Grand Chu, what did you write in the letter? It made you so excited?" Li Mi who vaguely felt that the situation was not good asked hastily.
"Hahahahaha!" Yang Xuangan ignored Li Mi's question at all, just laughed wildly and said: "Fan Zigai, old man, you have your day too! Don't treat the soldiers under your command as human beings, blindly impose punishments, and treat people's lives carelessly, this time Finally got retribution, right? God help me too! God help me!"
"Grand Chu, what is written in the letter? Please ask my servant to read it for you."
Li Miyi, who had a strong sixth sense, felt that something was wrong, and asked to read the letter again, but Yang Xuangan turned a blind eye to him, and directly handed the letter to Li Zixiong and the others, and said with a smile: "Old General Li, third and fifth younger brothers, hurry up!" Look, good news, great news!"
Li Zixiong quickly took the letter, but Li Mi had no choice but to run to Li Zixiong's side to read the letter together, and then was pushed away by Yang Wanshuo unceremoniously, forcing Li Mi to stand behind Li Zixiong, poking his head with difficulty They read the letters together, but it turned out that it was okay not to read the contents of the letters. After probably glancing at the contents of the letters, Li Mi's little black face suddenly turned pale into a little white face.
The content of the letter must have been known to all of my friends. Ma Kou, the eagle general of the Sui Army stationed at Shangchunmen, told Yang Xuangan that he had just taken a rest on the corridor of the city gate the first day, but Pei Hongce mistook it for a cowardly escape. Zigai filed a complaint in front of Zigai. Fan Zigai, who regarded the generals of the Sui army as pigs and dogs, whipped General Ma eighty lashes indiscriminately in public. , determined to abandon the dark and turn to the light to join the glorious ranks of the rebellion, volunteered to serve as the internal support of the rebel army, and prepared to gather a group of Sui army soldiers who were poisoned and killed by Fan Zigai. into the city.
In addition, General Ma Kou also took the initiative to introduce a situation that made Yang Xuan feel ecstatic and Li Mi secretly complained. He said that his own brother Ma Yihao was also a general of the Sui Army. He was stationed in the Luoyang granary, and he said that Ma Yihao was willing to follow him to join the rebel army. He could burn the granary at any time to create the greatest chaos in Luoyang city and welcome Yang Xuangan's army into the city.
After reading this letter quickly, Li Mi, who read and think very fast, immediately yelled, "A bitter trick! A bitter trick of the class! Chu Gong, you must not fall for it, this is a bitter trick by old man Fan Zigai! He wants us to be fooled and fall into his despicable trap!"
Roaring, Li Mi was like a furious lion again, furiously stepped forward and grabbed Huang Youwei, slapped Huang Youwei hard on the face, and roared angrily: "Brave thief! How dare you cooperate with you!" My brother-in-law came here to feign surrender, deceive and play with Duke Chu, the crime is unforgivable! Someone, push this rat thief out of the tent and behead him for public display!"
Of course, Yang Xuangan's soldiers in the central army tent would not pay attention to the order issued by Li Mi, who had already lost power. On the contrary, Huang Youwei was frightened out of his wits, and quickly knelt down on his knees, wailing with snot and tears, " Chu Gong forgive me, the villain is not a feigned surrender, the villain is not a feigned surrender, the villain is just obeying the order of my brother-in-law to deliver the letter, the brother-in-law said that if I deliver the letter, there will be a big reward, and he also said that he wants his maid to give it to me as a concubine , I just sent the letter, I dare not lie to you, dare not lie!"
"Li Mi! Have you had enough?" Yang Xuangan also got angry and shouted: "Let him go, step aside!"
"Chugong..." Li Mi wanted to cry, but could only shout, "You can't be fooled, this is a bitter trick, it's a trick to surrender, it's a trap set by that old man Fan Zigai for you! This goddamn old man Old man, I used to think that he was just cruel and easy to kill, mean and ungrateful, but I didn't expect this old man to be so treacherous! He can even think of such a vicious scheme... "
"Shut up!" Yang Xuangan couldn't bear it any longer, and roared: "Say one more word, and you'll be out of control!"
Li Mi opened his mouth again to say something, but seeing Yang Xuangan's livid face, Li Mi still closed his mouth helplessly—it doesn't matter to Li Mi whether he was beaten out of the tent with random sticks, whether he can stay in the tent to prevent Yang Xuangan from being tricked That's what matters.
At this time, Old General Li and the brothers of the Yang family also finished reading the letter one after another. Regarding the content of the letter, the brothers of the Yang family who were eager to avenge of course smiled happily and clapped hands to celebrate, but Old General Li Zixiong remained calm and closed his eyes for a while After making some calculations, Old General Li turned to Li Mi, and said slowly, "Master, just now you insisted that this letter was a swindle to surrender and a scheming, so I would like to ask you, what is the purpose of Fan Zigai doing this? Is it to lure Let us sneak attack Luoyang City, take the opportunity to set up a trap to ambush us? Or do you want to trick us into the Wengcheng and annihilate our troops entering the city? Apart from the imperial city, is there any city gate in Luoyang that has a Wengcheng?"
"Old general, why do you ask this knowingly?" Li Mi said with sweat profusely: "The purpose of this bitter trick of old man Fan Zigai is not to induce us to make tactical mistakes, but to induce us to make strategic mistakes. I feel that the capture of Luoyang is very hopeful, so I will continue to attack Luoyang's strong city, not to do anything else, especially not to attack the already empty Guanzhong Sanfu, and to find ways to share the pressure for the Guanzhong officials and troops."
"Master, don't you find your explanation ridiculous?" Old General Li laughed, and said with a smile: "Our army has over 100,000 troops, and Fan Zigai has only over 20,000 troops. The great city of Luoyang, which has as many as twelve gates, has to take into account the safety of the imperial city. There are very few troops that can participate in mobile warfare. Whether Fan Zigai is crazy or stupid, we will tempt us to point all the spearheads at him ? He is not afraid that our army will break through the city of Dongdu and kill his whole family? Isn’t this very absurd?”
Yang Xuanting and his brothers all laughed, mocking Li Mi's nonsense loudly and unceremoniously, but Li Mi blushed and said loudly: "Old General Li, where is this absurd? Guanzhong is empty, which is conducive to our army's marching into Guanzhong. Once our army enters Guanzhong, it will be able to defend the natural danger of Tongguan immediately. No matter how many main forces the tyrant Yang Guang has to return to aid, it will be extremely difficult to capture Tongguan! Fan Zigai is sitting on a strong city. Shou, sacrifice yourself to lure our army to continue to attack Luoyang, it is to save the car and resolve the crisis in Guanzhong!"
"Hehe, the Master is really eloquent and eloquent." Li Zixiong laughed, and then said: "Then ask the Master again, then Fan Zigai didn't think about it. After we broke through Luoyang, the eastern capital, he What will happen to Fan Zigai?"
"Old General Li, forgive me for saying something disrespectful, but you can still win Luoyang, the eastern capital?" Li Mi couldn't bear it anymore, and said loudly: "Old General Li, this junior also understands your siege tactics yesterday, yes , your tactic is indeed correct, it couldn’t be more correct, if you commanded You Wuhou’s army to attack the city, you basically captured Luoyang yesterday!”
"But! Don't forget that what you command is not the elite main force of Marquis Youwu, but a group of mobs that have been formed for less than two months, and a group of civilians who have just been armed. No matter how correct your tactics are, the soldiers cannot reach you. The tactical requirements are also vacant!"
"Li Mi, what do you mean?" Yang Xuangan was furious, and roared: "Our 100,000 rebels are mobs, so what is this Zhuguo? Don't forget, our mobs fought all the way from Liyang to Luoyang The momentum is like breaking a bamboo, conquering countless famous cities in Xiongguan successively, killing Pei Hongce, Daxi Shanyi and Yuan Chaoqun's entire army! It severely damaged Wei Wensheng's 40,000 army! If you hadn't dragged down Benzhu Kingdom, Benzhu Kingdom would have killed Wei Xuan Captured alive, wiped out the 40,000 Guanzhong officers and soldiers! If you still think that we are just a bunch of mobs who are not worthy of you, you can go!"
"Yes, if you think we are not good enough for you, you can find another job! We won't keep you!" Yang Xuanting also yelled, and then Yang Wanshuo and Yang Jishan also yelled.
Li Mi, who told the truth, wanted to cry, but Old General Li took the opportunity to beat the dog in the water, and pointed to Huang Youwei, who was still kneeling on the ground, and said: "Master, if you insist that this letter is a trick to surrender, it is a bitter trick. Then I would like to ask you again, how do you explain this messenger of General Ma Kou? If he is a fraudulent surrender and he comes to our army alone to deliver a letter, isn't he afraid of being suspected by us, tortured by us, or killed by us? Beheading?"
"Old general, old general, the villain is not a false surrender, the villain is really not a false surrender!" Huang Youwei burst into tears again, kowtowed desperately and said: "The villain is just sending a letter to brother-in-law, just sending a letter to brother-in-law! Don't kill me , don’t kill me, don’t kill me!”
While weeping bitterly, there was a sudden stench in the large tent of the Chinese army. Everyone looked carefully and burst out laughing. It turned out that Huang Youwei's crotch was already wet, and he was obviously so frightened that he peed on his crotch. Yang Xuanting also seized the opportunity to satirize Li Mi, and immediately pointed to Huang Youwei and asked Li Mi: "Deputy Military Adviser Li, do you think he looks like someone who has the guts to come to our place to risk surrender?"
"Three generals, old general, you should have read Sun Tzu's Art of War, right? You can't even hear the word death?" Li Mi lamented with a wry smile.
"Master, are you willing to let your brother-in-law be the dead body?" Li Zixiong said with a smile: "If you are willing to let your flesh and blood relatives be the dead body, then the old man will believe that he is the dead body."
Li Mi was completely speechless, and couldn't help feeling a little shaken, thinking that Ma Kou was willing to send his brother-in-law out to deliver the letter, could it be that he really surrendered? —Of course, if Li Mi could know that the truth of the whole incident is actually a family ethics drama where brother-in-law and brother-in-law shared a secret lover and gave birth to murderous intentions, then Li Mi would definitely vomit blood three liters of depression.
After refuting Li Mi to the point where he had nothing to say, Old General Li was as proud as if he had already captured Luoyang City. He turned to Yang Xuangan in high spirits, cupped his hands and said, "Duke Chu, the master's caution is not entirely wrong. Caution is the most important thing. It is best for Duke Chu to inquire about the specific situation of this messenger Huang. Also, there are quite a few generals from Youwuwei who have surrendered in our army, and among them there must be some who are familiar with General Ma Kou. Duke Chu might as well call them Come, get to know General Ma Kou's character face to face, so that you can be more confident."
"What the old general said is very true. You should be more cautious." Yang Xuangan nodded repeatedly, and hurriedly told Yang Xuanting: "Third brother, go and ask Yuan Jinwei to see if he knows this horse bandit? If he doesn't, just ask him." Let him take you to search among the surrendered generals of Youwuwei, to see who knows Ma Kou, and bring them to me."
Yang Xuanting took the order to leave, Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong first comforted Huang Youwei with kind words, and asked carefully about the details of the incident, Huang Youwei also answered in detail, saying that he was called to his sister's house around two o'clock last night, Seeing her brother-in-law lying on the bed with welts all over his face, his sister wiped away tears and kept crying, saying that Fan Zigai personally ordered the beating for the injuries on her brother-in-law. Huang Youwei was a little afraid to go out of the city when he sent the letter here, but his brother-in-law promised to give him half of the family property, and gave him Cuihua, the maid of his sister's house whom he had a crush on for a long time, as a concubine. Huang Youwei, who will get a lot of rewards, is poor and ugly, and his wife is greedy for beauty and gold and silver, so he made up his mind to take a risk, sneaked out of Luoyang City overnight with the help of his brother-in-law and soldiers, and came here overnight to meet Yang Xuangan.
After listening to Huang Youwei's detailed introduction, Yang Xuangan believed it without a doubt, but Old General Li still had a question and asked Huang Youwei: "Brother Huang, since your brother-in-law's personal soldiers put you down on the city wall with a rope, then Why didn't your brother-in-law send his own soldiers to deliver the letter, but why did he send you to deliver the letter?"
"I also asked my brother-in-law." Huang Youwei replied truthfully: "Brother-in-law said that the matter is too important to send someone here. I am afraid that if you don't believe me, Mr. Chu, you will miss the big deal, so you must send me, my brother-in-law. Deliver the letter."
"Messenger Huang, how many brothers and sisters are there in your family?" Old General Li asked again.
"The villain has an older sister and a younger sister, but no brothers." Huang Youwei replied truthfully.
"Chugong, it's all right." Old General Li turned to Yang Xuangan, and said decisively: "General Ma sent his only brother-in-law to deliver the letter. The purpose is to let his brother-in-law come here as a hostage, so we can rest assured. If He sent his confidant soldiers here, we dare not rest easy!"
Yang Xuangan smiled and nodded, agreeing with General Li's judgment. At this moment, Yang Xuanting also led Yuan Jinwei into the tent. Before he could salute, Yuan Jinwei and Huang Youwei screamed in unison, saying in unison: "Brother Huang (General Yuan), why are you here?!"
"You know each other?" Yang Xuangan asked happily.
"I know." Yuan Jinwei nodded, and replied: "The last general and his brother-in-law Ma Kou are good friends, they often go to his brother-in-law's house for drinks, and he also often runs to his brother-in-law's house, so I met him a few times."
"General Yuan, so your name is Yuan Jinwei." Huang Youwei answered the wrong question, and said with a mournful face: "If I knew you were here, I wouldn't need to be so scared."
"Scared like this?" Yuan Jinwei was taken aback, and when he took a closer look at Huang Youwei's wet crotch, he immediately laughed, "Brother Huang, you really deserve to be Brother Ma's brother-in-law. Someone went to the Liaodong battlefield, and there were rumors that his name was right, and he peed on the crotch on the spot, why can't you learn from it, how can you also imitate your brother-in-law in peeing his crotch?"
Yang Xuangan, Li Zixiong and others laughed together, and Li Mi became even more suspicious, secretly said: "Listen, that Ma Kou should not be a person who has the guts to dare to act, he must not have the courage to suffer eighty lashes and use bitter tricks, Could it be that Ma Kou and his brothers are really our hope to defeat Luoyang?"
"Ma Kou was so scared that he peed his crotch on the spot when he heard that he was named for the battle? Could it really be a trick to surrender?" The old general Li Zixiong was also a little puzzled, but he quickly put this doubt aside, and said secretly: "Whether he is a bitter trick or not?" The trick of feigning surrender is not Fan Zigai's trick, of course it is the best, even for the old man, it doesn't matter, as long as Luoyang is defeated, not only will the old man's face come back, but the old man can also take the opportunity to seize the military power and gradually control the army. When the time is right in the future, Yang Xuangan can be replaced."