Chapter Eighty-Six: Showing Weakness
Feng Fenglong had been waiting under the city for a long time, and when he saw Dai Tuo leaving the city, he immediately stepped forward to meet him. Dai Tuo also raised his gun to meet him, and the two fought for more than a dozen rounds, and Feng Fenglong withdrew after selling a flaw.
Dai Tuo was hesitating whether to chase him, and Tian Yulong, who was standing at the head of the city, shouted: "Go and chase, don't let him run." Dai Tuo hurriedly chased out.
Shi Luosheng, who was also standing at the head of the city, glanced at Wang Lun, Wang Lun nodded slightly, and Shi Luosheng said to Tian Yulong: "Lord Taiwei, the last general is willing to lead 5,000 troops with General Liu to recover Yuyang, and then go to rescue Cangyi, I hope your lordship will approve." β
Tian Yulong was worried about the loss of Yuyang, although he didn't like Shi Luosheng, but when he saw that he was willing to recover Yuyang, he was still secretly happy in his heart, so he agreed to Shi Luosheng's request to fight.
"Sir, do you see a problem too?" On the way to Yuyang again, Shi Luosheng asked Wang Lundao.
Wang Lun nodded: "Feng Fenglong's martial arts are not weak, at least they will not be worse than Dai Tuo, now the two have only fought for more than a dozen rounds, Feng Fenglong withdrew, it is obvious that he either set up an ambush and waited for Dai Tuo or deliberately showed weakness in front of Tian Yulong." β
Shi Luosheng said: "My thoughts are the same as Mr., they should deliberately show weakness in front of Tian Yulong." At the beginning of this war, Li Peifu only sent Lin Peiyuan to camp outside the city to make a show, and did not let him attack the city, with the intention of obviously perfunctory to the Chu State. But later, Lin Peiyuan set a trap and almost caught Tian Yulong and the second prince, which made Li Peifu tempted, so now he personally led the troops to kill him. But because we couldn't hold on, Li Peifu had no choice, but he also discovered the weakness of Tian Yulong and the second prince's eagerness to win, so he deliberately showed weakness, just to lure Tian Yulong to fight. β
Liu Zixuan said: "I understand, so just now you rushed to recover Yuyang, because there are not many Qin soldiers stationed there at all, we can easily take it if we go, and the same is true for Cangyi County, this is all Li Peifu's show of weakness, so that Tian Yulong and Xiao Yu think that the Qin army is very weak, and then they set a trap to easily lure Tian Yulong to take the bait, and then there will be a chance to capture them alive." But I don't understand, you obviously saw through Li Peifu's strategy, why didn't you tell Tian Yulong, but let Li Peifu's strategy succeed? β
Shi Luosheng said with a smile: "If I tell Tian Yulong now that this is Li Peifu's strategy, will he believe it?" Since he doesn't believe it, I might as well invite Zhan to come to Yuyang and Cangyi, anyway, it's all the credit of picking it up for nothing, why don't you pick it up. β
Liu Zixuan asked again: "If it is really like what you said, Li Peifu tricked Tian Yulong, will we still save him?" β
Shi Luosheng said: "If the second prince is with him, of course he will have to be saved, but if Tian Yulong is alone, we won't go." If the second prince dies in battle, His Majesty will trouble us, and if Tian Yulong dies in battle, His Majesty will reprimand us on the surface, and maybe he will reward us well in private. β
As Shi Luosheng expected, the trio regained Yuyang with almost no resistance. After that, the three of them did not stop, and ran towards Cangyi County with the army.
Lin Peiyuan didn't really plan to capture Cangyi County, and it didn't mean much to take a few more small county towns to the whole battle situation, so when he saw Shi Luosheng coming, the two armies withdrew as soon as they made a little contact. Since everyone knows that he is acting, Shi Luosheng naturally will not chase after him.
Back in Cangwu City, Tian Yulong was overjoyed to learn that Shi Luosheng had recovered Yuyang, after all, he could explain it to Xiao Daocheng.
Tian Yulong said to the generals: "A few days ago, I asked you, and you all asked me to stick to the city, and I also listened to your opinions, but Yuyang County was lost, and Cangyi County was almost lost. Later, Feng Fenglong came to call for war again, I asked Dai Tuo to fight, and sent Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan to recover Yuyang, but both won the victory, it can be seen that the Qin army is nothing more than this, are you still afraid of them now? β
All the generals present lowered their heads, Tian Yulong smiled with satisfaction, and then said: "If the Qin army comes to call for war again tomorrow, I have decided to go out of the city to meet the battle, do you have any objections?" β
After waiting for a while, seeing that no one spoke below, Tian Yulong said: "Since no one objected, then it was decided." β
After everyone withdrew, Tian Yulong said to Xiao Yu: "These people are all frightened by Li Peifu, I think the Qin army is nothing more than that, if we win again tomorrow, we will take advantage of the victory to capture the Qin army's camp in one fell swoop." β
Xiao Yu also swept away the haze of the previous few days and said: "I will also fight tomorrow, and I can't help it after holding it for so many days." β
Tian Yulong persuaded: "Your Highness, you better wait, tomorrow I will let Shi Luosheng go to battle first, if he can win, His Highness will not be too late to fight." β
Although Xiao Yu was unhappy in his heart, he also knew that Tian Yulong was thinking about his own safety, so he did not insist.
On the second day, Li Peifu sent Lin Peiyuan to call for battle, and Tian Yulong sent Shi Luosheng to meet him. Shi Luosheng was not in a hurry to make a move when he came to the front of the formation, and said to Lin Peiyuan with a smile: "General Lin, how did you change this time?" What about General Feng? How many tricks are you going to take me this time and then withdraw? β
Lin Peiyuan feigned anger and said, "I don't know what you're talking about, look at the move." β
Shi Luosheng opened Lin Peiyuan's spear with a knife and continued: "It's all just acting, why should General Lin be in a hurry? β
Lin Peiyuan was even more angry, and he stabbed out several shots in a row without saying a word, Shi Luosheng took them one by one, and said as he said: "You just want to use a trick to show weakness, do you think I don't know?" It would be too naΓ―ve to want to let Tian Taiwei and the second prince underestimate the enemy, and then set a trap for them. β
Lin Peiyuan saw that his intentions were seen through by Shi Luosheng, and he no longer concealed it: "Everyone says that Shi Luosheng, the crown prince of the Song Kingdom, is outstandingly resourceful, and it is true when I see it today, but what can you do if you see through it?" Will Tian Yulong believe you? If he had believed it, would you still say this to me now? β
Shi Luosheng saw that his thoughts were also said by Lin Peiyuan, and he was a little angry and said: "Even if he doesn't believe it, what can he do, as long as I am here, your treacherous plan will not succeed." β
Lin Peiyuan said: "If Taifu is the commander of the Song army this time, I naturally don't dare to doubt Taifu's words, but now, hum, I heard that you killed Taiwei Tian's own brother and his niece and son-in-law, don't you worry that he will kill you on the battlefield this time?" β
This sentence hit the key point of Shi Luosheng, what Shi Luosheng was most worried about on the battlefield this time was that Tian Yulong set himself up, otherwise Wang Lun would not have come with him.
Lin Peiyuan saw that Shi Luosheng didn't say anything, and said: "Taifu, you might as well consider surrendering to our Qin State, we have also investigated you, you have no other relatives in the Song Kingdom except for one mother, we will send someone to secretly pick up your mother, you will have no worries." The Song Kingdom is controlled by the family, what chance can you have if you are a poor family, although you are the righteous son of Deng Yuanjue, but you are not surnamed Deng after all, it will be different if you come to our Qin State, look at our general Bai Mengqi is also from a cold family, don't you still be a general. β
The two kept talking, and they didn't stop in their hands, they came and went, and in the eyes of others, the two were on par, only Liu Zixuan knew that the two were acting with each other.
Lin Peiyuanjue's own self was almost at this point: "Okay, Taifu, I'm leaving, you can think about it yourself, our General Li also admires you." After speaking, he also sold a flaw, pretended to be cut by Shi Luosheng's knife, and fled with the Qin army.
Tian Yulong saw Lin Peiyuan wounded and fled, stood at the head of the city and ordered: "Chase me and catch Lin Peiyuan." The Song soldiers swarmed out and chased in the direction of Lin Peiyuan's escape. The second prince, Xiao Yu, took the lead and rushed to the front.
Liu Zixuan also followed out of the city, walked up to Shi Luosheng and asked, "Shall we go after it?" β
Shi Luosheng sighed and said, "The second prince has come out, can we not go?" I knew there was a trap in front of me, and I had to jump into it, and my brain was really in the water. β