Wen Ruzhen and Yang Guodong hurriedly came together, and without speaking, Mo Chongwen could guess that it was related to Long Qisheng, the liaison officer of the National Protector Army.

The letter sent by Long Qisheng also contained a bill of exchange of 10,000 taels in the middle, saying that it was Jia Denglian's intention.

A thin piece of paper in a small envelope. If it were exchanged for silver, it would take ten men to carry it.

Of course, Mo Chongwen, the family background of Jia Denglian, is clear. If Jia Deng's family is tens of thousands, why did he do this bloody business back then? Thinking about it, this must be the money given by Zhu Pingjian, the son of Shu.

Mo Chongwen is short of money, very short of money. There is a lack of money when you are a soldier, and you still lack money when you become a general. But he didn't dare to accept these 10,000 silver tickets, for fear that he would connect the nine clans in the future; He also did not want to accept it, and did not want his character and the lives of his soldiers to be equated with this unclean silver.

Jia Denglian is still in Sichuan, so it is difficult to send it back. Mo Chongwen had no choice but to send someone to pack the letter of thanks and the 10,000 taels of bill of exchange together and send it to Chen Youfu in Yiling, asking him to hand it over.

confiscated it yourself, but you can't keep others from confiscating it, such as Yang Guodong in front of you.

Yang Guodong's hometown is in Xindu County, north of Chengdu Prefecture. Mo Chongwen has been fighting in Sichuan for many years, and he has been in and out of Xindu County a few times, which is very familiar.

In the tenth year of Chongzhen, Xindu County was burned by the thieves who attacked Chengdu, except for the famous Baoguang Temple outside the city, there was no complete house in the whole city.

At the end of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Mo Chongwen and Jia Denglian pursued the thieves and passed through Xindu County again, and saw with their own eyes that the people of the whole city were living in shacks, and there was not one out of ten restored houses in the city.

Yang Guodong spread the word everywhere that he sold his ancestral house in exchange for silver to pay his military salary.

That's a liar! Nine times out of ten, he received the silver money of Shu Shizi! However, the fact that he spent the money he received on the soldiers also showed that he had a good conscience.

Mo Chongwen's eyes inadvertently swept over Yang Guodong and landed on Wen Ruzhen.

Could it be that Wen Ruzhen also received the silver money of Shu Shizi?

Wen Ruzhen is the chief soldier. What should he do if he took the money and forced him to retreat? Do you disobey military orders and go to the higher ranks?

Mo Chongwen's eyes crossed Wen Ruzhen, and then swept to Yao Keming and Yang Tianfu beside him, and he chuckled in his heart.

Shu Shizi can send silver to himself, can't he give silver to his subordinates?

Long Qisheng usually fights with Yao Keming, Yang Tianfu and his own personal soldiers. If they also get a lot of benefits from the Shu Palace, then what will they do!

Thinking of the deputy general's own soldiers, Mo Chongwen thought of his successor Li and his only son Mo Yundi. They were in Yiling, which was the territory of the Shu army......

What to do? Mo Chongwen was full of grief and indignation in his heart.

He has lived a bright and loyal life, but he never thought that the big war was coming, and the congregation would betray his relatives and leave! Shangguan, brothers, comrades-in-arms, subordinates, personal soldiers, henchmen, and maybe even their wives and clansmen, all betrayed themselves! And his only bloodline actually fell into the palm of someone else!

Just when Mo Chongwen's heart was like a knife, he heard Wen Ruzhen tell Yao Keming as majestically as an old man: Bring a few maza, and the three of us will sit down and talk about things! You and the others take the soldiers and move on!

The three face to face showdown.

Mo Chongwen thought to himself, okay! What should come will come!

The sun is scorching and cloudless. We just happened to be under this sun, and we spread out a pole of inexplicable things to dry!

……

The three generals are backed by the adobe kiln to discuss the future plan, and it stands to reason that no fourth person will know. But many days later, the contents of the conversation between the three were leaked.

Some well-wishers speculated that the leaker might have been hiding in a dirty adobe kiln, and all three ignored the search inside the kiln.

There are also good people who speculate that according to the format of the leaked version of the article, it has clearly passed through the hands of cultural people. And coincidentally, among the three generals, General Mo and General Yang are all Confucian generals who can write and martial arts, and they may have deliberately leaked it themselves!

According to the leaked version, the content of the conversation between the three is roughly as follows:

Wen Ruzhen asked Mo Chongwen bluntly: Do you doubt that General Ben and General Yang received the benefits of the Shu Palace?

Mo Chongwen replied with a heavy face, yes!

Wen Ruzhen asked Mo Chongwen again, do you doubt that your lieutenant general and personal soldiers also received the benefits of the Shu Palace?

Mo Chongwen replied again, yes!

Wen Ruzhen and Yang Guodong looked at each other and smiled:

Yes, General Ben and General Yang did receive the benefits of the Shu Palace!

General Yang collected 10,000 taels of silver and prepared all the food, clothes, and armor for the soldiers; Ben also got 10,000 taels of silver bills. It's a pity that it was taken too late, and there was nothing to buy in the mountain, so it remained in the army. However, your lieutenants and soldiers are loyal to you.

You, the Lord, will not take it, and they will not dare to take it, so you need no question!

Mo Chongwen said: In this way, they want to accept it but dare not accept it, so they can't help but hate the last general?

Wen Ruzhen and Yang Guodong smiled again and said: This is nature! Not only that, but they also hate you for taking them out of Shu and to this dead land with no food and water to fight hard!

Wen Ruzhen said again: Although your lieutenant generals and personal soldiers confiscated the benefits of the Shu Palace, most of your soldiers did. You are the one who leads the army, do you know why?

Mo Chongwen replied that the Mo battalion had been in Sichuan for a long time, and more than eighty percent of the battalion sergeants were from Sichuan. But I don't know how many silver bills they collected from the Shu Palace?

Mo Chongwen's question made Wen Ruzhen and Yang Guodong laugh more than once.

Yang Guodong sneered: The beneficiary is not gold and silver Shu coins!

The Shu Wangfu recruited displaced people to open up wasteland and farm, five acres per person. The displaced people can still divide five acres of land, but the Sichuan people have no land? This kind of benevolent government is known to the whole world, but the general does not know?

The Shu Wangfu used the government wealth to protect the national security fund, and gave the Sichuan people a share of the fund. All the families of the soldiers of the Protector Army and the Shu people who hold yellow cards have a share. This kind of kindness is known to the whole world, but the general does not know?

The people of the Shu Wangfu built a royal village, the birth was raised, the old were dependent, the dead were buried, and the people of Shu were covered with rain and dew. Such good deeds are known to the whole world, but the general does not know?

King Wen is benevolent and righteous and the king of the world (Note 1), and he is the world's one who dies without a way, and the world knows it, and the general doesn't know it?

Mo Chongwen was shocked and frightened when he heard this, and said angrily: In this way, whether you should accept it or not, but it will be perverse?

Yang Guodong said yes.

Wen Ruzhen said that he had heard that the Shu Wangfu had made a plague-avoiding medicine called soap when he was in Xing'an. It's a pity that Wen Ying's food and clothing were short at that time, so how could there be any surplus silver to buy? If he had made a decision at that time and was not resolute, why would so many soldiers be infected with diseases and abandon their corpses?

When Wen Ying passed Xiangyang, the Long liaison officer came to visit, if he had received the money at that time, why would the Wen Ying soldiers be like Huazi without clothing and food and still have to fight for their lives?

If you make a mistake again and again, it's too late to regret it! Now all he wants is to bring the remaining eight hundred sons back alive, lest they seek him for his life under the Nine Springs!

Mo Chongwen was silent for a long time, shook his head and sighed: In this way, the end will go against the will of the soldiers, and there will be worries about his life?

Yang Guodong said with a smile, Liaison Officer Long is still in the camp, who dares to use swords and soldiers to harm the main general?

Besides, the prince of Shu is so attached to the general, who dares to stand up for the general? Besides, your family and soldiers are all children of Yuanling Guizhou. Even if there are unscrupulous people who want to cause harm, can Hu be close?

Mo Chongwen sighed: Ben was impulsive and almost made a big mistake! Fortunately, General Wen and General Yang came in time and clicked down, so there was room for maneuver!

Wen Ruzhen and Yang Guodong smiled again and said: It's not our work! Yao Keming, Yang Tianfu and the general's personal soldiers, knowing that the general is loyal and brave, so before the expedition said to us: If you are confused by the false name of loyalty and righteousness, we will come and be good at inducing!

I see!

Mo Chongwen was silent, and said with a long sigh of shame: Shu Shizi predicted that the battle to aid Bianbian would be lost, but now that the army has moved, what can I do?

Yang Guodong hurriedly said: Since the prince of Shu said that this battle will be lost, how to protect the three battalions in the war is the top priority today!

The second general asked General Wen to show it, and Wen Ruzhen put out a map to show the second general:

Now there are 180,000 troops, connected from end to end, in the form of a long snake. THE HEAD IS IN THE COUNTY SEAT OF WEISHI, THE TAIL IS IN THE COUNTY SEAT OF YANLING, THE WAIST SPANS THE WEI (WEI) WATER (NOW THE SHUANGYE RIVER), AND THE WEST IS ADJACENT TO THE JIALU RIVER, STRETCHING FOR MORE THAN 80 MILES BEFORE AND AFTER, AND IT IS TWO DAYS APART.

The head of the snake is the battalion of Ma Jinzhong and Wang Yuncheng, the head of the left army, the neck of the snake is the Ministry of State Security, the waist of the snake is the standard camp of Ding Qirui and Zuo Liangyu, the camp of Zhu Qin, the belly of the snake is the camp of the outer Chu camp, and the tail of the snake is the standard camp of Yang Wenyue and the camp of Hu Dawei and Yang Dezheng.

Weishi north to Zhuxian Town fifty miles, away from Kaifeng hundred miles. According to the usual method of using troops, the officers and troops must first take Zhuxian Town, control the Jialu River, transport grain from Yanling to the army by waterway, and then contact the Kaifeng defenders, and attack the two thieves in the north and south to relieve the siege of Kaifeng. Even if the battle is invincible and a confrontation is formed, it can attract the main force of thieves, so that the Hebei officials and soldiers can take the opportunity to cross the river and help the soldiers and civilians in the city......

But everyone has seen that it is now in the scorching heat, and the water is dry up into a ditch, and people and horses have no way to drink water; Although there is surplus water in the Jialu River, the water is shallow and the river is narrow, and it is difficult to carry grain boats. The soldiers marched for more than ten days, and the men and horses were tired. The armies rushed out of Zhuxian Town, blocked by the thief brigade in front, and there was no food and grass to help the army, that is to kill themselves......

If the general guess is correct, with the old man of Zuo Ping's thief, he will not be willing to rush forward and fight a decisive battle.

It is better for the army to stay on the front line of Wei's Yanling, rest the men and horses, and investigate the enemy's traces. If it is detected that the thief brigade is coming, the armies will retreat to Yanling in turn, relying on the walls of Weishui and Yanling to defend; If it is harassed by the thief squad, the forward rangers will chase them away. In short, the decisive battle of the army is based on the importance and the undefeated......

But that Ding Qirui has the emperor's order, holding the top in his hand, and may not let Zuo Ping thief use troops at will. And with the arrogance of Zuo Ping's thief, Yang Sichang is still nine years old, and Ding Qirui has hundreds of pacesetters, how can he be easily dispatched......

The thing that the general was most worried about was that Zuo and Ding had a falling out, and Zuo Ping said goodbye to the thief and threw Ding Qirui to the thief, so that he could repeat the mistakes of Fu and Wang Erdu......

Yang Guodong interjected that Zuo Ping's thief was born in the Guanning Army, and the Guanning Army fled more ruthlessly than the Qin Army, not only losing the Supervisor Hong Chengchou, but also losing the Qin Army Cao Bianjiao......

The soldiers all know that this expedition, the northern aid to Bianjing is fake, and the decisive battle is true.

The soldiers also knew that the baggage was stranded in Yanling. Now there are rumors in the army, saying that Inspector Ding and Zuo Ping thieves have teamed up to embezzle 500,000 taels of silver from the imperial court. The bales of grain piled up on the trucks were full of grain and grass. Light as a wing, the road has no rut marks............

At this time, Mo Chongwen suddenly whispered to Wen and Yang Erjun that he had a plan, which might be able to get the soldiers of the third battalion out of this misfortune......

After Mo Chongwen finished speaking, Wen and Yang were both good.

Yang Guodong slapped his legs and said happily: This is the golden cicada's plan to get out of its shell!

Wen Ruzhen said: Although Shu Shizi has the intention of retreating to the shore of the Yangtze River, he did not say when to go, nor did he say which way to go. At present, Huguang can't go, and if you go, you will be bound by the imperial court, and sooner or later you will die. Not as good as us......

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On May 13, the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, after more than ten days of arduous trekking, the 180,000 reinforcement army entered the area of Weishi County, a hundred miles south of Kaifeng, under the leadership of the superintendent Ding Qirui, the governor Yang Wenyue and the thief general Zuo Liangyu, and there was the appearance of continuing to advance.

On the evening of the same day, the thief's scout horse galloped into Yan Li Village, which was located 20 miles southeast of Kaifeng City, and informed the whereabouts of the official army to the figure who was famous in the Ming Dynasty and could stop the baby's crying: the thief Li Zicheng. Soon, another knight rushed out of the old camp of the thieves and ran straight to the horizontal shop to the west (Note 3). Hengdipu is the Chinese army of Luo Rucai, the general of the righteous army nicknamed Cao Cao.

That night, thousands of exhausted officers and soldiers marched to the west bank of the Jialu River, north of Yanling, and camped for the night.

In the dead of night, when the soldiers were asleep, a group of cavalry quietly left the camp, crossed the knee-deep Jialu River, and galloped away into the endless darkness of the east.

Note 1: From "Han Feizi Five Worms"

Note 2: Yan Li Zhai, now Yan Li Zhai Village, Wangtun Township, Xiangfu District, Kaifeng City (the map is also marked as Yan Li Village), is located on the side of the Gubian River (now Huiji River), and is not far from the "Tufu Tomb Village". From a geographical point of view, this place controls the Bianhe River and the tributary Majia River, which can monitor the east and south sides of Kaifeng City at the same time, and can easily transfer troops to occupy Yuwangtai, a key point in the south of Kaifeng. In one respect, this shows Li Zicheng's outstanding military talent.

There is an online article saying that Yan Lizhai is in the west of Kaifeng City, and Xiangmu is very confused. Please check by yourself if you are interested.

Note 3: Hengdipu, now Hengdipu Village, Longting District, Kaifeng City, outside the southwest corner of Kaifeng City, just east and west of Yanlizhai, Kaifeng is killed in the south of the Yellow River.