Chapter 687: Stratagem
Mr. Yuan and He Congmei are both human spirits, and they understood what Xiao Shaotang meant when they heard these four words.
Zhao Wensong himself is quite knowledgeable, and he nodded in agreement with this idea:
"Now the soldiers guarding Jizhou are all transferred from Yongzhou, their families are still in Yongzhou, if we can directly bypass and attack Yongzhou, their military spirit will definitely be shaken, and then someone will definitely want to return to Yongzhou, Jizhou will not be able to take care of it. β
The generals of Daqi are still a military household system, allowing the families of the generals to settle down and take root nearby, even if those generals were not originally from Yongzhou, after a long time in Yongzhou, their families must have migrated.
He Congmei has always traveled from south to north, pondered in her heart, and then said:
"It is said that this idea is very good, but it is not easy to bypass Jizhou and go to Yongzhou. We must do this after we have thought it through, otherwise it will not only be ineffective, but will scatter our forces to our disadvantage. β
In terms of topography, Yongzhou is almost completely enclosed in Jizhou, no matter which direction it passes, it must pass through the boundaries of Jizhou.
"That's where this comes in, so I'm inviting you to come and talk about it. β
Xiao Shaotang and Bai Chenghuan had already considered this question.
Although the Qin army is now outnumbered, if it is scattered everywhere and the battle line is extended, when reinforcements from all parts of Daqi arrive, the battle will be more fierce and there will be more casualties.
"In this matter, you can only outwit, not fight. β
Mr. Yuan has always been in touch with Xiao Shaotang, knew what he meant, and spoke.
"If we can quietly send a team of men and horses to infiltrate Jizhou, as long as we feign signs of attacking Yongzhou, it will be enough to make Jizhou chaotic. β
Several people present were silent for a moment.
It's a good plan, but it's hard to stay quiet.
Yuan Jing was not the King of Jin who was stationed in Yuzhou at the beginning.
He is not only skilled in the art of war, well-trained, but also alert, and wants to send people out from under his nose.
And Bai Chenghuan, who had not spoken all the time, kept staring at Zhao Wensong.
The black and obsidian-like eyes, with an unfathomable light, stared at Zhao Wensong's heart in a panic.
"Princess Shizi, you, why do you look at the last general like this?"
Zhao Wensong really couldn't stand her gaze, so he asked, and by the way, he glanced at His Royal Highness the Prince of the World.
Xiao Shaotang also noticed Bai Chenghuan's gaze, and his face suddenly darkened a little - Zhao Wensong is also a rude military man, but he looks whiter than others, what is there to see?!
Bai Chenghuan smiled and suddenly asked:
"Does Vice General Zhao have a younger brother named Zhao Wenbai?"
The plain sentence scared Zhao Wensong so much that he jumped up all of a sudden:
"Concubine Shizi, Concubine Shizi is joking, where did I get any brother?"
Seeing him so eager to deny it, Bai Chenghuan did not expose him to his face, but stood up and said:
"I invite Mr. Yuan and the fifth brother to come over today, and I will inform the two of you about the matter first, and the hour is not early, Mr. Yuan and the fifth brother will bother to think about what we should do. β
After speaking, he stared at Zhao Wensong alone:
"Vice General Zhao stays. β
Mr. Yuan and He Congmei didn't know what medicine Bai Chenghuan was selling in this gourd, but along the way, they didn't dare to underestimate Bai Chenghuan now.
Since the princess said so, there must be some things that they can't know.
The two simply left separately, leaving one Zhao Wensong looking at Bai Chenghuan anxiously, and Xiao Shaotang standing on the side with a condensed face.
"His Royal Highness, the princess, but what is wrong with the end?"
"Not only do you have a brother named Zhao Wenbai, but you also have a brother named Zhao Wenting, who is currently the prefect of Yongzhou - am I right, Second Prince Zhao?"
Bai Chenghuan smiled like a flower, but Zhao Wensong was instantly frightened-
How did she know?!
"Princess, you ......"
Zhao Wensong opened his mouth and stammered, unable to say a complete sentence for a long time.
Xiao Shaotang deliberately sneered:
"Okay, you Zhao Wensong, your brother is still an official of the imperial court, but you are under the command of my Qin Wangfu, I really wronged you!"
Zhao Wensong's shoulders fell completely, and he suddenly hung his head and became depressed:
"Where did His Royal Highness and the princess hear this...... I, I didn't want to hide it from His Royal Highness, and no one has ever asked the last general!"
When he came out of his home and vowed to make a career on his own, Zhao Wensong never told anyone about his life experience, but simply reported his household registration in the capital, and no one investigated him in detail.
Seeing that he finally admitted it, Bai Chenghuan also breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"Vice General Zhao has been with us for so long, presumably now that the name has spread all over the capital, aren't you afraid of the concern of your family?"
Back then, the first emperor was interested in promoting Zhao Wenting, so he told Xiao Shaoyun about Zhao Wenting's net worth.
She accompanies Xiao Shaoyun every day, and naturally she has also read the official documents, only remembering that the Zhao family is also a famous family in the capital, three brothers, Zhao Wenting took the road of a civil official, and Zhao Wenbai, the third son of the Zhao family, took the path of a military attachΓ©, only Zhao Wensong, the second son of the Zhao family, did not record.
For Xu Chenghuan that day, the name Zhao Wensong was just one of the vast family members of the officials, and when she heard it again, she didn't care for a while, after all, there are many people with the same name and surname in this world.
It was only a few days ago that Zhao Wensong repeatedly used carrier pigeons in the army to send letters, which made her suspicious, and after searching in her memory, she remembered the affairs of the Zhao family.
Regardless of whether Zhao Wensong is loyal to the Qin Palace, just talking about his identity is promising.
Since he had been asked to tell the truth, Bai Chenghuan automatically retreated and gave up the right to control Zhao Wensong to Xiao Shaotang.
Xiao Shaotang understood what she meant, and couldn't help but feel warm in his heart - is Huanhuan afraid of damaging his majesty?
Don't you know that in his heart, she is far more majestic than his face?
But Xiao Shaotang will not live up to Bai Chenghuan's intentions, and still said to Zhao Wensong with a cold face:
"You don't have to hide your identity now, just say it, do your family know that you are with me, and what if they call you back, or if they treat you with affection and reason?"
Zhao Wensong's scalp tightened, and his identity couldn't be hidden, did His Royal Highness the Prince distrust him?
He thought for a moment and said:
"No-at least the last general's brother won't think it's wrong for the last general to follow His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince forgot, the last general's brother was calculated in the position of the Yongzhou prefect and took the official position, fortunately, His Royal Highness the prince presided over justice and made decisions for the people, and the last general's brother was reinstated, and the last general's brother is not such a person with no conscience!"
Xiao Shaotang was surprised:
"Yongzhou land invasion case?"
At that time, after he married Huanhuan, he secretly went to Yuzhou, sent the grandfather on his last journey, and when he came back, he saw an uneven thing at the gate of the capital, but he didn't expect that the Yongzhou prefect who was reinstated that day would be Zhao Wensong's brother!
He nodded:
"If this is the case, then your loyalty, this son can continue to believe. β
"His Royal Highness the Prince of the World can definitely believe that the last general will be loyal to the prince and His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, and there will be no two hearts!"
He is now following the prince of Qin, although it is harder, but after the future is completed, he will be the immortal hero of the new emperor, with the temperament of the people in the Qin Palace, his future is bright.
How could he give up his great future and go back to be the second son of the Zhao family under the mediocre emperor?
Xiao Shaotang smiled, in fact, no matter what Zhao Wensong's identity was, he never doubted Zhao Wensong's loyalty.
Zhao Wensong has known his father for many years in the northwest, and has been with him for so long, born and died, if he still doubts his loyalty, it is too inhuman.
He paused for a moment, and suddenly threw out another sentence that was not related to the wind and horses:
"Then I wonder if you look similar to your brother?"
Zhao Wensong was stunned, he and his brother?
"The last general and the last general's brother naturally look a little similar...... Zhao Wensong has not seen his younger brother Zhao Wenbai for many years, and he hesitated.
Xiao Shaotang was overjoyed, stretched out his hand and patted Zhao Wensong's shoulder, and immediately entrusted him with an important task:
"It's okay, as long as you have three or four points of imagery! I didn't expect that the matter of attacking Yongzhou would be handed over to you today!"
According to Huanhuan, Zhao Wenbai, but what about the thousand presidents of Luzhou!
The next day, when Mr. Yuan and He Congmei reappeared in Xiao Shaotang's tent, Zhao Wensong was gone.
After a few people discussed it secretly, Mr. Yuan and He Congmei smiled.
"Soldiers don't get tired of deceit, that's exactly how it should be! Such a strategy is very good!"
The Qin army was stationed in a stable place for a while, and no longer attacked the city, but only confronted the Jizhou army in the city.
Yuan Jing saw such a situation in the city, and he was suspicious in his heart, and ordered people to investigate in many ways, but he only said that the Qin army had come from afar, and the soldiers were tired and were repairing.
Yuan Jing could only order people to strengthen the city defense, and the inspection was even more severe.
Two or three days later, someone rushed to report:
"Yuan garrison, reinforcements from Luzhou have arrived! Knock on the door outside the south gate!"
"Luzhou, who is leading the troops?"
Yuan Jing knew about the emperor's edict to Luzhou, but the soldiers and horses from Luzhou came over, shouldn't they go to the capital to defend the emperor?
The messenger could not help but rejoice:
"The person who led the troops is Zhao Wenbai, the general manager of Luzhou! Zhao Qianzong brought 10,000 horses over!"
"But a few days ago, those people from Luzhou said that Luzhou didn't have any troops, so they had to come!"
Yuan Jing was puzzled, but he didn't stop to greet him.
I saw a banner outside the south gate, and the big word "Zhao" fluttered in the wind.
Without waiting for Yuan Jing to carefully investigate, the person who came took the initiative to reveal his identity, and even took out the emperor's edict of King Qin.
Yuan Jing was not careless, and ordered the people who had previously come from Luzhou to come and identify them.
The generals looked at it carefully for a long time, and then shouted loudly and asked him some questions, before giving Yuan Jing a positive reply.
"Looking at this appearance, there is no doubt that Zhao Qian is the president, and if the little ones ask, he is also right!"
Yuan Jing exhausted his suspicions and welcomed Zhao Wenbai into the city, and he was still very happy in his heart, the more soldiers and generals who came to reinforce, the better!
The officers and soldiers in Jizhou City were excited, and Xiao Shaotang and Bai Chenghuan outside Jizhou City were also very happy.
As long as this matter can be done, it will no longer be a problem to break through Jizhou!
The capital, the side that saw Liang Sixian, completely disrupted Xu Chenglin's pace.
Originally, when he returned to the capital, he had no intention of getting married immediately, and he never thought of showing up in front of people.
But it's different now.
Since he told Sixian that he wanted to marry her, he naturally wanted to be upright and marry her into the family in a dignified manner, and he must not wronged her.
How to cross the road in front of the emperor became a problem.
Fortunately, in order to avoid the emperor from fainting, Zhao Shizhen handed over the military power to Wei Beihou, and insisted that Wei Beihou was half dead, and at this time Xu Chenglin returned to Beijing, there was no other reason, and his father was critically ill was always a good excuse.
So Xu Chenglin went out of the capital again, and deliberately chose someone to appear outside the south gate of the capital when it was more lively.
Dong Zheng, who had gradually controlled the city gate, immediately went to report to the emperor.
"I didn't summon him back to Beijing, what did he do when he came back?"
The emperor was talking to the king of Anxi, and when he heard the song, he first frowned and asked unhappily.
King Anxi saw that the emperor's face sank, and hurriedly said:
"Lao Chen remembered that he heard Zhao Shangshu say a few days ago that Weibei Hou was critically ill and was about to die, presumably Weibei Hou Shizi returned to Beijing to serve the sick - if Weibei Hou really failed, this could also be regarded as his filial piety. β
After saying good things for Xu Chenglin, the king of Anxi even said a few good words for Dong Zheng by the way:
"From this point of view, this Dong family can be regarded as loyal to the emperor, and when they saw Xu Chenglin, they had no scruples about the love of Weng and the son-in-law of Weibei Houfu, and it was rare to report to the emperor first!"
When the emperor thought about it, it was the same reason, and his impression of Dong Zheng in his heart was a little better, and even his anger towards Xu Chenglin disappeared a little, and he immediately announced that Xu Chenglin came to see him.
Xu Chenglin had already prepared, deliberately entered the palace, saw the emperor, first expressed his loyalty, and then told the emperor about the southeast one by one, and finally said that he returned without an edict because his father was seriously ill.
Although Xu Chenglin pointed a sword at him because of Cheng Huan's sudden death, in the end, in the past and present life, the relationship between him and Xu Chenglin is not left at all.
The emperor even maliciously thought in his heart that if Weibei Hou died, Xu Chenglin took over the Weibei Hou Mansion, maybe he would be more loyal to him!
"Go back and serve Master Hou well, what herbs do you need, just come and tell me." β
The emperor seems to have spared Xu Chenglin very generously.
But just when Xu Chenglin was about to leave the imperial study after he retired, the emperor changed his tone and stopped Xu Chenglin again:
"Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell Cheng Lin, Cheng Huan, I'm back, do you want to meet her?"
Xu Chenglin was shocked, tried hard to restrain the anger in his heart, and slowly raised his head:
"Your Majesty, what you said is true?!"
The emperor smiled gloomily and immediately ordered someone to come to Empress Xuan.
In the past, he felt that he was more lenient with Weibei Houfu because of the queen, but at this moment, he suddenly felt that it was probably a very good thing to use the queen to contain Weibei Houfu.
In order to meet the mood of shock and anticipation, Xu Chenglin went straight out of the imperial study and waited under the corridor.
Even though he had been mentally prepared, when he saw the woman coming from afar, Xu Chenglin still felt distracted-
That's clearly the former Cheng Huan!