Ordered to come to Wuwei to meet with Fan Yunde, the secret envoy of the Wu army is called Wang Shiduo, a native of Nanjing, Jiangsu, once surrounded by the Taiping army in Nanjing with Wu Chaoyue, after the city of Nanjing was broken, Wu Chaoyue ran shamelessly, but Wang Shiduo, who was born as a person, was forcibly conscripted into the army by the Taiping Army as an errand boy, so he hated the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom very much, although he was not like the hardcore traitor Zhang Jigeng who only wanted to be a lackey for the Manchu Eight Banners, but he was also unwilling to serve the Taiping Army, and only wanted to escape.

Later, by chance, Wang Shiduo escaped from Nanjing, and went to Hubei to make a living from the curtain, and because of his excellent geography, he was accidentally discovered by Guo Songtao, an important minister of the Wu army, and joined the Wu army, and then went to work under Feng Sanbao's account, although he was not as dazzling as the Li brothers under Feng Sanbao, but he was also trusted and valued by Feng Sanbao, who had always respected the scholars. This time, Feng Sanbao needed a reliable person to go to the Wuwei City controlled by the Taiping Army to abduct and deceive, Wang Shiduo, who hated the Taiping Army and was more familiar with the internal situation of the Taiping Army, volunteered to be on this errand, and with the secret envoy of the Taiping Army, he quietly came to Wuwei to test the truth of the Taiping Army's intentions, and did another big thing.

As the so-called layman looks at the liveliness, the insider looks at the doorway, with the Taiping army secret envoy landing at the Shentang River wharf, not much time later, Wang Shiduo, who had been forced to join the Taiping Army for a period of time, vaguely found that something was wrong, and felt that the Taiping army stationed at the dock seemed to be a little too careless about his identity, and the Taiping army secret envoy who led the way had just come out to demonstrate the token of Yunde, and the dock garrison immediately waved his hand to let him go, without carefully inspecting Wang Shiduo, who was disguised as a Taiping soldier but did not have sideburns. But because the Shentang River garrison was directly subordinate to Fan Yunde, Wang Shiduo was not sure that the Taiping army was deliberately indulgent, so he could only hide his suspicions deep in his heart and continue to carefully observe the every move of the Wuwei Taiping army.

Very smoothly went north and entered Wuwei City, Wang Shiduo soon saw Fan Yunde, the chief general of the Wuwei Taiping Army, in the secret room, and what surprised Wang Shiduo was that Fan Yunde, who was knighted in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, bowed to himself as soon as he met, claiming that he would be guilty again and again, Wang Shiduo, who was familiar with the rules of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was surprised, and was a little shaken for a while, feeling that Fan Yunde seemed to be really sincere.

Next, Fan Yunde did not show any flaws in front of Wang Shiduo, and his attitude of surrendering was both sincere and reasonable-Dongwangfu, which has always been subordinate to Yang Xiuqing, and stood on Yang Xiuqing's side during the Taiping Civil War, even if he can keep Wuwei City, he must worry about Hong Xiuquan's revenge. At the same time, the situation on the battlefield in Wuhu was also very favorable to the Wu army, and Fan Yunde thought about his own net worth and life, so he decided to take the initiative to surrender and follow the example of the Zhao brothers in Tongling to abandon the darkness and turn to the light.

Listening carefully to Fan Yunde's flawless reason for surrendering, Wang Shiduo, who had always maintained a high degree of vigilance, suddenly asked: "General Fan, there is something I want to ask, Wuhu and Wuwei are close at hand, since you intend to surrender to the southern king of Daqing Town, then why don't you contact General Cao Yanzhong?" Instead, he went to Tongling to contact us Feng Junmen? ”

"Because the sin general doesn't know if General Cao will accept my request to surrender." Fan Yunde replied without any consideration: "General Cao has broken the Heavenly Kingdom army in Wuhu one after another, but he has never recruited a Heavenly Kingdom general, and when he encounters the enemy, he will directly send troops to defeat him, so the Sin General is worried that he will not look down on the Sin General and take the initiative to surrender." But on the contrary, General Feng relieved He Yunlong in Chizhou, and accepted the surrender of our Heavenly Army's troops in Tongling, magnanimous and benevolent, so the last general gave up the near and far and sent people to Tongling to contact General Feng. ”

After speaking, Fan Yunde said with some twist: "Also, the sin general also knows that Feng Junmen is not only the Hunan governor of the Qing Dynasty, the acting governor of Hunan, a high and powerful position, and the father-in-law and elder of the southern king of the Qing Dynasty. ”

Carefully observing Fan Yunde's reaction, seeing that he did not pause in answering Ruliu, Wang Shiduo's doubts in his heart were not eliminated, knowing that if Fan Yunde did not really want to surrender, he had prepared in advance, and he had expected that he would have prepared the answer to this question in advance. Then, when it was impossible to judge the truth of Fan Yunde's words, Wang Shiduo could only discuss the details of the surrender with Fan Yunde according to the requirements of Feng Sanbao, Li Hezhang and others, and further test the truth of Fan Yunde's surrender.

As long as the Wu army launched an attack, the Wuwei Taiping army would immediately abandon the distant muddy river wharf, and at the same time block the news of the Shida Kaijun army in Yuncao Town, so as to buy time for the Wu army to land, and then as long as the Wu army approached Wuwei City, Fan Yunde immediately opened the four gates and led the army out of the city to surrender to the Wu army. During this period, if the generals and soldiers of the Taiping Army were not satisfied, Fan Yunde would also be responsible for solving the problem, and if it was really not possible, he would ask Wu Jun to take action.

In addition, in order to win the trust of Wu Jun, Fan Yunde also offered to ask Feng Sanbao to contact Cao Yanzhong, so that Cao Yanzhong could also send troops to the battlefield to help Feng Sanbao surrender and prevent Shi Dakai from making any moves. ——This is also Fan Yunde's last resort, he can only bet on whether Feng Sanbao will be greedy for merit and eat alone.

Still didn't find any flaws, but Fan Yunde's initiative to propose a surrender plan gave Wang Shiduo a chance, and after careful consideration for a while, Wang Shiduo asked: "General Fan, then in Wuwei City, who will definitely follow you?" ”

"Xiao Fusheng, who guards the wharf of the muddy river, must be fine, he is the henchman of the criminal general, and he already knows about my secret request to Feng Junmen to surrender." Fan Yunde still didn't think about it, and immediately said: "There are also Liu Huaijiu, Ma Yutang and Yan Duan in the city, they are also my confidants, they all know my affairs, they will definitely follow me when the time comes, and they will also help me kill other people ......who are not convinced." ”

"Ma Yutang?" Wang Shiduo hurriedly interrupted Fan Yunde's words and asked in surprise: "General Fan, under your account, there is a general named Ma Yutang?" ”

"Yes." Fan Yunde nodded and asked with some confusion: "Mr. Wang, do you know Wang Shiduo?" ”

"Not sure, maybe it's just the same name and surname." Wang Shiduo shook his head and asked again: "General Fan, is this General Ma Yutang under your account a native of Linxiang, Hunan?" Who joined you in the second year of Xianfeng? ”

Hearing this, Fan Yunde was suddenly surprised, and said with a smile: "That's right, it's him, what?" Mr. Wang, do you know him? ”

"Do you know more than that?" Wang Shiduo, who had already asked Zhao Jinfu for Ma Yutang's information, said with a smile: "When I was in Linxiang, he and I were still very good friends, at that time he was fishing on the river, I taught private school by the river, he was illiterate and wanted to learn from me, he often sent me fresh fish just from the river, I taught him to read, and I also gave him a brush, and taught him to write his name by hand, but later after he joined you, we broke off contact." General Fan, I haven't seen General Ma for a long time, can you let me meet him? ”

As Ma Yutang's direct boss, Fan Yunde was of course very aware of the past situation of his subordinates, and seeing that what Wang Shiduo said was all the truth, although he felt that it was too much of a coincidence, he immediately sent someone to invite Ma Yutang to meet with Wang Shiduo. However, Fan Yunde is also a treacherous person, and while continuing to discuss the details of the surrender with Wang Shiduo, he also ordered someone to prepare a banquet to let Wang Shiduo and Ma Yutang meet in front of him.

It's a pity that the road is one foot high, the magic is one foot high, after a period of time, when Ma Yutang came to Wang Shiduo under the guidance of Fan Yunde, Wang Shiduo, who had already known Ma Yutang's appearance characteristics from Zhao Jinfu's mouth, did not hesitate, and immediately rushed up and hugged Ma Yutang, and yelled excitedly: "Brother Ma, you want to kill me!" Remember that I didn't, Wang Shiduo and Wang Mei Village who taught you literacy in Linxiang? ”

didn't give Ma Yutang a chance to be surprised, Wang Shiduo immediately whispered in Ma Yutang's ear, "Mrs. Zun is in our hands Feng Dashuai, she is very safe." ”

Wang Shiduo dared to do this because Zhao Jinfu had introduced Ma Yutang's personality and temperament in detail, but Ma Yutang, who had left a mark in the history books, did not disappoint Wang Shiduo, and immediately hugged Wang Shiduo, and shouted excitedly: "Mr. Wang, why are you?" How did you come here? ”

At the same time, Fan Yunde, who had been carefully observing Ma Yutang, also dissipated his suspicions, and said that it was no coincidence that the secret envoy sent by Wu Jun happened to know his subordinates, and at the same time, out of trust in Ma Yutang, Fan Yunde was secretly happy in his heart, feeling that this deception was expected to succeed, and hurriedly invited Wang Shiduo and Ma Yutang to the banquet, so that they could tell each other about their farewell in front of themselves. However, it is a pity that because the traitor Zhao Jinfu of the Taiping Army is too familiar with Ma Yutang's situation, Wang Shiduo and Ma Yutang not only did not show any flaws in recounting the old things at the wine table, but on the contrary, the more they said it, the more it seemed to be true, and the more they said it, the more seamless it became, which also made Fan Yunde completely believe that Wang Shiduo really had an old relationship with Ma Yutang.

There is such a friendship, when the three of them were drunk with meat and vegetables, and Wang Shiduo proposed to go to the toilet again, Ma Yutang, an old friend for many years, of course also went with him, but it was also when he arrived at the place of reincarnation of the five grains, Wang Shiduo hurried up and whispered to Ma Yutang: "It was Zhao Jinfu who told us about you, you can rest assured, your wife is very safe, she has not been bullied, she will meet you again." ”

"What the hell are you trying to do?" Ma Yutang asked in a low voice while putting water down.

"Fan Yunde's request for surrender, is it true or false?" Wang Shiduo asked in a low voice, and said: "To tell the truth, when we take Wuwei City, the martial arts are four products, and the silver is five thousand taels, and let your husband and wife reunite, stay and fly together." ”

The critical moment that decided the direction of the battle on the battlefield of Wuwei came, and he hesitated until the water was released, and Ma Yutang replied in a low voice......

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After learning the truth from Ma Yutang, Wang Shiduo no longer hesitated, and just after the banquet ended, on behalf of Feng Sanbao, he accepted the surrender of the Wuwei Taiping Army, agreed to the surrender plan proposed by Fan Yunde, and presented Fan Yunde with a letter from Feng Sanbao promising a reward, Wang Shiduo was overjoyed, and quickly thanked Wang Shiduo again and again, and then according to Wang Shiduo's request, he sent someone to protect Wang Shiduo to go out of the city to the Shentang River wharf, and let Wang Shiduo go back by boat to report the situation to Feng Sanbao.

The matter is not over, after sending Wang Shiduo out of his Qitian Houfu with Ma Yutang, Fan Yunde did not let Ma Yutang go back, but called Ma Yutang back to the back hall, and asked with a smile: "Did Mr. Wang say something when he went to the toilet with you just now?" ”

Knowing Fan Yunde's personality and temper, Ma Yutang was not surprised, just nodded calmly and said, "Qi Tiantian, when he went to the toilet just now, Mr. Wang did whisper something to the general. ”

"What's the content? Isn't it reminiscing again? Fan Yunde's smile was even kinder, but his eyes were firmly fixed on Ma Yutang's face.

"Not reminiscence, of course." Ma Yutang shook his head and said: "He promised for the demon soldier's Feng Dashuai that he would give the last general a four-grade martial arts, five thousand taels of silver, and the last general would tell him the truth." ”

Fan Yunde smiled, smiled very pleased, and said: "To tell the truth at such a big price, it must be asking you whether our inactive Heavenly Army really surrendered or surrendered, right?" How do you answer? ”

Ma Yutang smiled, suddenly knelt down on one knee to Fan Yunde, clasped his fists and said: "Qi Tianhou forgiveness, just now in order to deceive the envoy of the demon soldier, the last general deceived you, in fact, the last general didn't know the demon soldier messenger Wang Shiduo before!" I didn't have any friendship with him, and I didn't learn anything to write from him! ”

"What? You don't know that Wang Shiduo at all?! Fan Yunde's surprise was not trivial, and he hurriedly asked, "What's going on?" Since you don't know that demon messenger at all, why do you pretend to be familiar with him? ”

"Because that demon soldier envoy threatened me with Junyu, the last general's beloved wife!"

Ma Yutang replied in a deep voice, first told Fan Yunde truthfully what Wang Shiduo whispered to himself on the opportunity of hugging, and also said that his wife unfortunately fell into the hands of the enemy in Anqing, and then said: "At that time, the last general immediately understood, knowing that the demon soldier envoy wanted to take Jun Yu as a hostage, forcing the last general to betray the kingdom of heaven to serve them, in order to be loyal to the kingdom of heaven, and even more in order to avenge Jun Yu, the last general had an idea, and the general deceived the demon soldier messenger, and also deceived Qi Tianhou you, the last general is guilty, please ask Qi Tianhou for your forgiveness." ”

"What? You've been acting just now? Fan Yunde opened his mouth and stammered, and only after a while did he exclaim: "I didn't expect you kid to have such a hand, I was really deceived by you just now, and I always thought that you and that demon soldier messenger were really old acquaintances." ”

"The end will be guilty." Ma Yutang pleaded guilty again, and said: "But if the last general doesn't act like an elephant point, there is no way to deceive the demon soldier messenger, and there is no way to avenge Junyu with his own hands!" ”

"What happened to your daughter-in-law who was captured by the demon soldiers?" Fan Yunde heard that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked about the situation.

Tears slowly flowed from Ma Yutang's eyes, and he choked up and said: "The last general got accurate news, after the city of Anqing was broken, the demon soldiers caught Junyu and wanted to insult her, but Junyu didn't obey and threw herself into the well......." ”

Choked up and said this, Ma Yutang was already crying, crawling on the ground and crying bitterly, "Junyu, I'm sorry for you, I couldn't save you from Anqing City, at that time, I shouldn't have let you go back to your parents' home, I shouldn't have let you go back to your parents' home......." ”

Seeing Ma Yutang crying sadly, Fan Yunde's heart was also a little miserable, and he hurriedly helped Ma Yutang up with kind words and comfort, and asked a little strangely: "Yutang, since your wife has been killed by the demon soldiers, why do they still use your wife to threaten you?" ”

"The demon soldiers took me for a fool, thinking that I didn't know that Junyu had been killed by them." Ma Yutang's tears poured out of his eyes again, crying and laughing: "It's a pity that they don't know how much I love my daughter-in-law, let alone how much time I spent and how much price I paid to find out about Junyu's situation...... ”

Seeing Ma Yutang's crying and laughing appearance, Fan Yunde was busy and comforted Ma Yutang with kind words, fortunately, Ma Yutang was quite able to control his emotions, and after a while, he wiped away his tears by himself, and arched his hand and said: "Please rest assured, the last general pretended to covet the reward of the demon soldiers, pretended not to know that Junyu had been killed, and lied to the demon soldiers that we really planned to surrender, and the last general guessed that the demon soldiers should have believed it, please Qi Tianhou make arrangements as soon as possible, arrange the trap and invite the demon soldiers to drill, and also ask Qi Tianhou to be the vanguard of the front, Let the last general avenge his beloved wife with his own hands! ”