Chapter Seventy-Seven: Beyond the Chessboard: Self-Assertive Pawns
September 23rd, ugly three quarters-!
In the Fei ** camp far away in the Sichuan Valley, Zhou Bing is still fighting with the soldiers and horses of the vassal king of Li Bo, the prince of Qiuyang, don't look at Zhou Bing's Yanhu Ji Liangqiu Dance and Ghost Ji Jin Ling'er's two daughters to suppress the formation, but in fact, after a fierce battle with Chen Bei, the two daughters have long been exhausted.
But I have to say that in addition to the second daughter, there are still several tiger generals such as Fei Guo, Tang Hao, and Ou Peng in the Zhou soldiers, even if these generals are not worth mentioning in front of Chen Bei, but for the vassal army, it is like a ghost-like existence.
But even so, the Zhou soldiers still fell into a bitter battle, after all, Li Yan is also a prince, with his unique personality charm, so when the news of the killing of Li Yan, the king of Chu, spread on the battlefield, there were many Jiangling soldiers who were angry and tried to avenge the lord who served him.
Of course, under normal circumstances, such righteous men would never be too right, but the problem was that Li Bo, the prince of Qiuyang, had already led a large army to the battlefield, which undoubtedly fueled the Jiangling soldiers' intention to avenge their own prince.
On the side of the Zhou soldiers, there are only more than 20,000 troops left in the 30,000 troops of the Fei Kingdom, and the 20,000 troops of Tang Hao are also lost by half, on the other hand, on the side of the rebel king, there are still more than 25,000 Jiangling soldiers, plus Li Bo's 30,000 reinforcements, in the gap between Liangqiu Wu and Jin Ling'er who temporarily need to retreat from the battle circle, the Zhou soldiers who are less than 40,000 are facing more than 50,000 rebels, and it can really be said that they are in a bitter battle, which makes the war in the Sichuan Valley unable to end quickly in a short period of time even if Li Yan, the king of Chu, is killed and the fierce general Chen Bei withdraws.
And during the hot battle of the Sichuan Valley battlefield, about forty miles away from the Sichuan Valley, that is, ten miles away from the southern camp of the Zhou army, Wei Xuan, one of the six divine generals of the Taiping Army, was leading more than 8,000 Tianji troops under his command to quietly march in the direction of the southern camp of the Zhou army.
"Lord God, isn't this path a bit ...... Are we going in the wrong direction? ”
During the march, Adjutant General Yang Hua asked the chief general Wei Xuan beside him with a suspicious expression.
An imperceptible color flashed in Wei Xuan's eyes, and he said with a smile, "Why do you think so?"
I saw Adjutant General Yang Hua touch his chin, and said suspiciously, "According to the plan, our army should attack the south side of the southern camp of the Zhou army...... The last general felt that the direction of our army's advance seemed to be a little off......"
Wei Xuan snorted coldly, and said pretending to be displeased, "Yang Hua, are you questioning the judgment of this god general?" ”
Vice General Yang Hua looked frightened when he heard this, and said again and again, "The last general will not dare!" ”
"That's good・・・・・・" With a light snort, Wei Xuan lowered his voice and said, "If you have time to question the judgment of this god general, you might as well think about it, and if you bump into Zhou Jun later, how to quickly defeat it!" ―Don't forget, the Zhou army also has an army of 10,000 people led by the Zhou general Ma Dan in the valley, Ma Dan, who is a good general who can be compared to Fei Guo, one of the six great generals of our army, is by no means an easy person! ”
"Yes, yes・・・・・・" Yang Hua replied resignedly, lowering his head and not daring to say anything more.
“… Glancing at Yang Hua, Wei Xuan secretly snorted coldly in his heart.
Eventful guys!
Do you think that this god will not know that our army has gone in the wrong direction? Hum!
Quietly raising his head to look at the night sky, Wei Xuan judged his position from the arrangement of the stars, and then took a deep look in the direction of the northeast side.
On the northeast side, is there anything worth paying attention to in Wei?
In fact, there is nothing there.
However, Wei Xuan knew that in less than a quarter of an hour, Yan Shao, the general of the Taiping army, would lead another army of 10,000 people to pass through that position and attack the southern camp of the Zhou army at night.
Find a way to get rid of this strange army, let the Taiping army kill each other, and seriously weaken the current Taiping army strength for the eldest grandson Xiangyu, this is the real purpose of Wei Xuan's trip!
I didn't expect it, Liu Qing's little girl?
Is it that God will come up with such a clever plan to help you succeed?
Involuntarily, Wei Xuan thought back to the military meeting a few hours ago・・・・・・
― Rewind time to several hours ago -
At that time, Li Yan, the king of Chu, had not yet launched an offensive against Fei ** in the Sichuan Valley as if he had fallen to his death, and at that time, Wei Xuan proposed to Liu Qing to attack his camp at night while the southern camp where the eldest grandson Xiangyu was located.
To be honest, Wei Xuan didn't want to take the initiative to make suggestions, after all, he was a spy planted by the eldest grandson Xiangyu in the Taiping Army, so he naturally had to pay more attention and talk as little as possible, so as not to arouse the suspicion of others.
But the problem is that this time the situation is completely different, if he Wei Xuan doesn't speak, Liu Qing will order to prepare to break through from the direction of the valley.
Yes, it wasn't until Liu Qing put forward this idea that Wei Xuan suddenly realized that he finally understood that Li Yan, the king of Chu, and the 40,000 Jiangling soldiers under his command were just abandoned sons that Liu Qing had abandoned. The real purpose of Liu Qing's instigation of Li Yan to attack the Sichuan Valley Fei ** was not to take advantage of the great opportunity of the Great Liang Army to be unable to act in the short term, as she said, to make a desperate bet and break through from the Fei ** in the Sichuan Valley.
What kind of move will definitely attract the attention of Chuan Gu to Li Bo, the prince of Qiuyang, and if you are lucky, you can not only break through from Chuan Valley, but even unite with Li Bo to wipe out Fei Guo's camp in one fell swoop, those are just lies that Liu Qing instigated Li Yan to send him to death.
Li Yan, the king of Chu, will die if he goes!
However, Li Yan's death created an excellent chance for the Taiping army to survive.
About 150,000 Zhou soldiers, more than 60,000 Liang troops were trapped in Jiangling, and more than 50,000 Jizhou soldiers were attracted to the Sichuan Valley by Li Yan, the king of Chu, and there were less than 40,000 Zhou soldiers left, and an additional 20,000 people needed to be raised, after all, it was the garrison of Hulu Valley, and it was absolutely impossible to move without authorization, otherwise, Li Shen, the king of Qin on the other side of Nanling, would find out about this and would inevitably march in a big way. What's more important is that the Hulu Valley Road is extremely short, only three or four miles away, which means that once Li Shen learns that Zhou Bing is slacking off and taking advantage of the weakness, Zhou Jun will definitely not be able to react.
What does this mean? This means that at present, in the hands of Changsun Xiangyu, there are only more than 10,000 Ma Dan troops in the valley available, and even Ma Dan does not dare to completely withdraw the soldiers and horses guarding the valley, and will inevitably leave a part to guard against the rebel army in Nanling.
In other words, the eldest grandson Xiangyu has almost no available troops at the moment, and in Wei Xuan's opinion, whether Liu Qing chooses to break through from the valley, cross the South Ridge and join the rebel army, or attack the southern camp of the Zhou army, which is currently empty of troops, the second lady that Wei Xuan is loyal to is probably difficult to stop Liu Qing.
That's not good......
Realizing that the form of the eldest grandson Xiangyu was already very bad, Wei Xuan faintly couldn't sit still, so he took the initiative to propose to Liu Qing to attack the southern camp of the Zhou army at night.
Of course, this is not to betray the eldest grandson Xiangyu, I have to admit that the method of the eldest grandson Xiangyu against Wei Crepe back then was indeed very clever, after all, not everyone can withstand the test of a better life, especially when Wei Xuan, who has already tasted the wonderful taste.
Wei Xuan, the young general who was once loyal to the Taiping Army, is long gone. He can't go back.
"Attack ・・・・・・ the southern camp of the Zhou army?" Hearing Wei Xuan's words, Liu Qing frowned, after all, she knew very well that Eldest Sun Xiangyu was not without soldiers under her command, in fact, Eldest Sun Xiangyu was still able to conjure up an army of 20,000 people, that is, the 20,000 soldiers and horses of Li Xian, the Eight Sages King.!" Precisely! "How did Wei Xuan know that this battle presents the current battle situation, all of which is deduced by the joint efforts of Changsun Xiangyu and Liu Qing, and can only say that although he is also quite scheming and has a city government, but even so, he is still not qualified to intervene in the confrontation between the two women, after all, the chess game that these two women are playing is at least dozens of steps ahead of others.
"Her Royal Highness Princess Mingjian, if our army is attacking the southern camp of the Zhou army right now, there is a great advantage......"
"Great advantage?" Liu Qing glanced at Wei Xuan with a little confusion, and said in an inexplicable tone, "You mean, the armor that our soldiers are wearing right now?" ”
"That's right! It's the armor of the Gangneung soldiers! Glancing around at the generals, Wei Xuan Zhengse said, "The Jiangling soldiers also belonged to the Great Zhou army before, and there is not much difference between them and the Jizhou soldiers in terms of clothing, if you want to say what is the difference between the two, I am afraid that there is only a difference in the flag・・・・・・ why don't our army pretend to be Tang Haojun?" In this way, the possibility of being detected by the Zhou army can be reduced, and once our army approaches the southern camp of the Zhou army, our army will immediately launch an offensive against the southern camp...... A woman, I'm afraid it's difficult to have a corresponding strategy! ”
“… Liu Qing looked deeply at Wei Xuan and suddenly asked, "Tell me what you think!" ”
"That's the case・・・・・・ Wei Xuan hugged his fists and said, "The last general suggested that two armies be sent to attack the southern camp of the Zhou army, one from the east side of his battalion, leading out the remaining 20,000 troops in the southern camp of the Zhou army, and after that, the last general personally led the Tianji army to attack the southern camp of the Zhou army from the south side, and the command account of the Zhou army was wiped out in one fell swoop!" ”
"This method is not bad..." Before Liu Qing could speak, Yan Shao, the general of the Taiping Army, clasped his fists and said, "Your Royal Highness Princess, the last general thinks that the Tianji God General is reasonable, and Her Royal Highness the princess has a clever plan, the command account of the Zhou army has almost no available troops at the moment, and the last general really can't figure it out, in such a good situation, why didn't our army attack the southern camp of the Zhou army, but retreated from the valley?" ――As long as the southern camp of the Zhou army and the base camp of Li Xian, the king of the Eight Sages, are eliminated, our army will win this battle! ”
"Yes, yes!" The generals Jiang Pei and Chu Qi nodded in agreement, especially Xu Le, who was arguing to be the vanguard of this lot.
Seeing this, Yang Yu frowned, after all, he didn't want his generals to ruin Liu Qing's delicate plan, he thought about it and said unhappily, "You ...... a few of you?"
However, before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Liu Qing raising his hand.
I saw Liu Qing take a deep look at Wei Xuan, then looked at the marching map for a while, and suddenly said, "Okay, let's do it!" Wei Xuan, since it is your proposal, the matter of the assault will be handed over! ―Yan Shao! ”
Yan Shao took a step forward, clenched his fists and said, "The end will be!" ”
"You come to cooperate with the Tianji God to carry out this plan and feint to attack the southern camp of the Zhou army・・・・・・"
"Yes!"
―Time back to the current hourˉ〜
Heavenly Ji Liu Qing......
It's nothing big deal!
Recalling the events of a few hours ago in his mind, the corners of Wei Xuan's mouth raised a faint sneer.
Liu Qing, Liu Qing, compared to the second lady, you are more tender, I really can't imagine that you can win the final victory in this game with the second lady, who told you that you can't even control Wu Heng? In this way, don't blame Wei for thinking about himself......
The restoration of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the creation of the Founding Meritorious Minister, this sounds wonderful, but if you think about it, how difficult it is to restore the Southern Tang Dynasty? Even if you are lucky enough to win this battle, the Great Zhou Imperial Court will still be able to gather the soldiers and horses of the Southern Expedition again, and I don't want to live in fear every day.
On the other hand, if you help the second lady, with the generosity and measure of the second lady, I can at least become an important member of a state, and at the worst, I can become the head of a county.
The territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty is too vast, how can the so-called Emperor Yuan and the Imperial Court always pay attention to the states, counties and counties under his rule? In this way, even if it is the capital of a county, the authority in the local area is actually no different from that of the Son of Heaven.
When the time comes, with the support of the second lady, money, status, power, and women, what do you want, wouldn't it be better to be a general under your Liu Qing who may lose his head at any time?
It sounds like the six gods, but in fact? What else can you get besides bringing 10,000 soldiers under your hands?
Money? Lao Tzu had served for the Taiping Army for more than 20 years, and the money he received was not as good as the reward of the second lady.
Woman? Bah! If it weren't for the second lady, Lao Tzu really didn't know that a woman would be so effective......
Maybe he thought of something that he was more interested in, Rao is a steady and scheming Wei Xuan, and he couldn't help but raise a little inexplicable smile on his face.
Speaking of which, the two beauties that the second lady brought to serve her that day don't know what happened now......
I remember that one of them was surnamed Wu, and it seemed to be called Wen'er・・・・・・
People are as their name suggests......
Wei Xuan licked his lips involuntarily, but he didn't notice that more than ten zhang behind him, in that group of soldiers, there was a soldier staring at him coldly.
Taking a closer look at it with the help of the faint moonlight, this soldier who deliberately lowered his helmet turned out to be Liu Qing's personal commander, Yang Yu, the commander of the Three Hundred Tianfu Army.
The second generation of Tianji God General Wei Crepe, what exactly do you want to do?
Looking at Wei Xuan on a war horse in the distance, Yang Yu secretly thought in his heart, and he couldn't help but recall the scene after that meeting......
― Rewind time to several hours ago -
Wei Xuan's suggestion was finally finalized, which made Yang Yu very puzzled, after all, Liu Qing had explained to him before that attacking the southern camp of the Zhou army seemed to be a clever move, but in fact, it was a flaw deliberately posed by the eldest grandson Xiangyu, deliberately creating the illusion that the southern camp of the Zhou army was empty at this moment, once the Taiping army bit this bait, then all the advantages that Liu Qing had worked hard to create before would be in vain.
"Your Royal Highness, why did you change your mind?"
"Change your mind?" Liu Qing smiled faintly and shook her head and said, "No, my plan has never changed...... I just can't figure it out, something I can't figure it out・・・・・・"
"What's the matter?"
"Well・・・・・・ this" Taking a breath, Liu Qing pondered for a while, and suddenly asked Yang Yudao, "Yang Yu, how do you collectively call the enemies of our army?" Stop our army from restoring the enemy of the Southern Tang! ”
"Zhou Jun? The court of the Zhou State? Yang Yu frowned, although he didn't show it, he could vaguely hear a deep hatred from his words.
“… Liu Qing pursed her lips and suddenly asked again, "What do you call Eldest Sun Xiangyu?" ”
"The woman?" Yang Yu was stunned, and said thoughtfully, "This ・・・・・・ doesn't seem to have any special name......
"Huh! - That's it, that person, right? ”
"......" looked at Liu Qing with an inexplicable expression, and Yang Yu said in surprise, "Why did Her Royal Highness suddenly think of that woman?" ”
Liu Qing shook her head and said, "It's not that I thought of it suddenly, it's just that I suddenly found that there is a person among us who is a little wrong." The Great Zhou army ・・・・・・ that woman・・・・・・ heh! ”
“… Hearing this, Yang Yu's face changed slightly, and he muttered, "Wei Xuan?!" ――No wonder I'm a little puzzled, obviously he has a very reasonable point, but I always feel a sense of disobedience...... I see! ―― Great Zhou, Zhou State, Great Zhou, Zhou State... ・・・”
"In our army, few people use Da Zhou to call Zhou Guo, right?"
Yang Yushen nodded, after all, the Great Zhou is an honorific title, and there are very few Taiping troops who hate the Zhou State! So much so that almost no one uses this word to refer to Zhou Guo.
"There's something wrong with this crepe!" Tapping his fingers on the table, Liu Qing said in a low voice.
"Not really, right?" Yang Yu was stunned and said in surprise, "Actually, there are also people in our army who use Da Zhou to refer to Zhou Guo, and Chen Shuai often calls Da Zhou ・・・・・・."
“… Glancing at Yang Yu speechlessly, Liu Qing was a little speechless, frowned and said, "So, what is the matter with that woman?" ”
"What's wrong with that?"
"Big problem!" Squinting his eyes, Liu Qing said with a solemn face, "I just noticed that when Wei Xuan mentioned that woman, he originally used 丨 to refer to him, but after an instant, he changed his words and called 丨 Although the two words are very vague together, they can't hide it from my ears......"
"This is why Her Royal Highness the Princess can even hear the music played by the Zhou army on the battlefield!" Yang Yu said half-jokingly and half-flatteringly, then frowned and said, "But what does this mean?" ”
Hearing this, Liu Qing exhaled and pondered and said, "This means that Wei Xuan is very afraid of that woman, so afraid that he even subconsciously uses the honorific title behind that woman・・・・・・" Speaking of this, Liu Qing raised his head sharply and said in a cold voice, "He is most likely the woman of the eldest grandson Xiangyu who was placed in our army!" ”
"What?!" Hearing this, Yang Yu's face changed drastically, and he asked eagerly, "Is Her Royal Highness the princess sure?" The stakes are high, and it must not be a child's play! ”
"Ten of you!" Liu Qing frowned slightly and lowered her voice and said, "In fact, I was a little puzzled, except for the withered sheep who really killed the previous Tianshu God General Geng Nan to the throne, the rest of Wei Xuan and Wei Hu only recaptured the jade medal, but they never killed Fei Guo and Ji..."
"They have already explained this matter, they just mistakenly thought that Fei Guo and Ji were dead, and they wanted to leave Jijing as soon as possible, so they didn't investigate it carefully・・・・・・ they can only say that they were negligent, right?"
"Negligence? Twice all negligent? - It can't be! The only explanation is that they had checked beforehand and banded together to hide something......"
"How can this explain ・・・・・・ the jade medal that was recovered? Whether it is Fei Guo or Ji, it is impossible to obediently present the jade plaque with both hands, right? ”
"What if Xie An speaks?" Liu Qing asked in a deep voice.
"What?"
"Xie An is the object of Fei Guo's allegiance, because Brother Chen's relationship may be far more important than what he knew at that time than Li Xian. If Xie An realized the importance of that jade medal to our army, he would definitely ask Fei Guo to hand over the jade medal so as not to damage Fei Guo, a good general! - Although Xie An and Li Xian are not in harmony with the DPRK and China, their views on national affairs are probably quite similar, as long as Xie An speaks, Li Xian will inevitably let Ji hand over the jade plate......"
"Her Royal Highness the princess means that the two jade plates of Wei Xuan and Wei Hu were not taken back by them, but Xie An and Li Xian took the initiative to give up? ――In order not to have a direct battle with our army at that time? ”
"No, I'm referring to the fact that Wei Xuan and Wei Hu were most likely captured by the Jijing Imperial Court... Because only in this way will they give up the assassination of Fei Guo and Ji while taking back the jade medal...... Yes, yes! As if he had figured out something, Liu Qing nodded and said, "It should be at that time that the eldest grandson Xiangyu came into contact with Wei Xuan・・・・・・ which is really a far-sighted approach, did you think that I would support a six god general in our army three years ago?" The eldest grandson Xiangyu ・・・・・・"
Yang Yu was only shocked when he heard this, frowned and said, "This ・・・・・・ maybe this is just the speculation of Her Royal Highness the Princess?" ”
"It's better to believe what you have than what you don't have! ――I've been watching this Wei Crepe for a long time...... This person is very strategic in the city, but he never shows it, I used to think that he was Wu Heng's person, and Wu Heng deliberately placed it next to me, now that I think about it, Wei Xuan's strange behavior of being talented but never revealing it, it is easy to explain, he is not on Wu Heng's side, nor is he on my side, he ...... has long been rebelled by the eldest grandson Xiangyu! ”
Yang Yu opened his mouth, and stopped talking a few times, but suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he asked suspiciously, "How does Her Royal Highness the Princess determine that Wei Xuan is talented?" ”
"Huh!" Liu Qing smiled faintly and asked rhetorically, "Eldest Sun Xiangyu actually has 20,000 people in Li Xian's team available, have you told anyone else?" ”
"No! - Her Royal Highness the princess said that she should not disclose it, because Xu Le, Yan Shao, Jiang Pei, Chu Qi, Qi Zhi, and Wei Xuan did not know, and even Chen Shuai did not know. ”
"That's right!" Tapping on the table with his fingers, Liu Qing lowered his voice and said, "Wei Xuan, he just said that he leaked his mouth, he said, asked Yan Shao to feint to draw out the only 20,000 soldiers left in the hands of Changsun Xiangyu, he took the opportunity to attack Nanying・・・・・・ did you notice?" He guessed, he guessed that the eldest grandson Xiangyu was very likely to block the gourd valley and use Li Xian's 20,000 troops to intercept Yan Shao! - He thought of a possibility that you hadn't even thought of, but he never mentioned it! ”
Hearing this, Yang Yu's face flashed with a blue and white color, and after a long time, he let out a long breath and said in a deep voice, "What should I do?" ”
"Disguise yourself and blend in with the Tianji sergeant and follow him! ―If my prediction is correct, Wei Xuan's move is only to reduce the strength of our army as much as possible, so as to ask for credit from his new master! Saying that, Liu Qing smiled faintly and said coldly, "Our army is now wearing the clothes of Jiangling soldiers, which is not much different from the Jizhou soldiers, and it can indeed achieve the effect of mixing fish and pearls, so that the Zhou soldiers in the southern camp think that they are reinforcements, but on the other hand, he Wei Crepe can also mistake Yan Shao for the Zhou army......
"Could it be ・・・・・・" Yang Yu's eyes widened subconsciously.
"I hope I'm worried, but if the truth is as I say, then ・・・・・・" Speaking of this, Liu Qing raised his head and said as if muttering to himself, "You should also have a headache, there is such a change in the plan・・・・・・ a disobedient and self-asserted chess piece・・・・・・ will this affect your judgment a little?" ”
丨Since Wei Xuan wants to "fight to the death" with Zhou Jun so much, heh, he will meet it! In the footsteps of Li Yan, the king of Chu, he was forced to die by the battle situation jointly promoted by me and the eldest grandson Xiangyu! - Yang Yu, make sure that he dies at the hands of "General Zhou"! 丨
The end will understand! 丨
The last words that Liu Qing said to himself came to mind, and Yang Yu's eyes as he looked at Wei Xuan were filled with murderous intent.
Suddenly, the soldier next to him pushed him.
"Hey, what are you doing standing stupidly? The Divine General has sent a message that our army is about to encounter the Zhou army and start a fierce battle with it! ”
Obviously said that in order to avoid being bumped into by the Zhou army patrol guards, he did not send a scout, but at this moment, he could know in advance that he was about to start a war with the "Zhou army・・・・・・
Obviously the heir of the original Taiping Army... ・・・
Alas!
Pressing the helmet, trying to make people unable to see his appearance, Yang Yu nodded.
"Uh・・・・・・yes, I see.........