In the letter, in addition to promising Pei Renji a reward of 50 catties of gold and silver, and canonizing Pei Renji as the five kings of the Wagang Army, Zhai Rang also ordered Pei Renji to be defeated tonight, flee to Luokou Cang to open the city gate, and meet the Wagang army to break through Luokoucang.

After reading the letter of the Wagang Army, Pei Renji, who had only slept for more than an hour last night for two days and two nights, had no heart to rest, held the letter tightly in his hand, his face was so gloomy that it almost seemed to be dripping, and he hesitated in his heart.

As in history, his henchman Jia Yanfu resolutely agreed with Pei Renji's surrender to the Wagang army, and persuaded: "Ambassador, there is no way to turn back, your letter has been sent to the Tiger Prison Pass, and now turn around, once the Wagang thief shakes out this matter, you will still be a dead end, and you can only go one way to the end." Yang Guang has no way, the Great Sui River is full of smoke, it is already doomed, the Wagang army is strong and strong, and occupies the Tiger Prison Xiongguan, and grasps the initiative in the Central Plains battlefield, you defect to them now, and in the future, the Wagang Yishi overthrows the tyrant and rebuilds China, you are the founding father, the prince of Wandai, isn't it far better than your current situation where you may lose your head at any time when you are angry everywhere? ”

After hesitating for a long time, Pei Renji said: "I'm afraid that the crowd will not obey." ”

"Don't worry, the last general has already thought about it for you." Jia Yanfu said: "The prison army Xiao Huaijing is harsh soldiers, making it difficult for the generals, our army all hates this thief, this evening, the marshal can raise the account of the Chinese army to point the troops, and then list Xiao Huaijing's various crimes, and order the generals to do it together, Xiao Huaijing's knife is divided, and then the marshal you can sue the generals, saying that killing the prison army without permission is a dead end, and the tiger prison pass cannot be captured within eight days, and none of the generals in the army can survive, rather than sit and wait to die, it is better to return to Wagang!" ”

"In this way, the generals will obey their fate!" Jia Yanfu said viciously: "Anyway, it's in the big tent of the Chinese army, and the soldiers in the tent are all your own soldiers, even if a few people refuse to listen to orders, you can kill him with one sword!" ”

Pei Renji's face was gloomy, and after a long time, he nodded and said, "Clever plan, just do it!" ”

Completely determined, Pei Renji did not hesitate, immediately took out the letter that had already been written from his arms, handed it to his confidant, and ordered him to return to Luoyang on a fast horse, and be sure to hand over this letter to his son Pei Xingyan before tomorrow morning, and secretly summoned Pei Xingyan to come to the Tiger Prison to meet him, so as to avoid his only seedling being cut off by the imperial court, and his wife and daughter in Luoyang City, Pei Renji could only resign himself to fate and see the conscience of his distant nephew.

After sending away the letter, Pei Renji discussed the details of his actions with Jia Yanfu for a long time, and finally after the end, Pei Renji personally wrote back to Zhai Rang, promising Zhai Rang's conditions, and also promised to try his best to help the Wagang army take Luokoucang, but the letter had just been written, and there was a herald outside the tent to report, saying that Pei Xingfang led about 500 soldiers to the camp to ask to enter the camp, and sent a batch of folding couches (ancient marching beds) and wound medicine to the Henan Capture Army, in addition to sending some cold old wine to the Henan Capture Army, Help the Henan Capture Army to treat wounded soldiers.

"The old man didn't ask Luokoucang for a couch and medicine?" Pei Renji was a little confused, and the herald reported truthfully, saying that Pei Xingfang saw many wounded soldiers in the rear camp the day before yesterday, and many seriously wounded were still lying directly on the muddy ground, very distressed.

"What a fucking event!" Pei Renji, who had something important to do, didn't appreciate it, first scolded a dirty word, and then ordered: "Let them enter the camp, send them directly to the back camp, and then ask Pei Xingfang to come to see me." ”

The herald took the order and left, and Jia Yanfu next to him hurriedly said: "Marshal, just in case, you must not leave the Dongdu army in the camp overnight." Thank them for a meal and drink, and then send them away as much as possible. Pei Renji also knew that the unreliable army must not be allowed to stay in the camp at this time, so he nodded in approval without ease.

Let's take a look at the situation on Pei Xingfang's side, after getting Pei Renji's permission to enter the camp, Pei Xingfang immediately led the army straight to the back camp, with oil paint on his face and a fake beard disguised as a Sui army Chen Fuliang, and also took the opportunity to look at Pei Renji's camp, and found that it was similar to what he expected, Pei Renji's camp atmosphere was really similar to his expectations, the generals were listless and lifeless, and the grassroots generals did not have much heart to restrain the army. The middle-level generals also turned a blind eye to details such as the uneven raising of the flag and the dislocation of the sentry posts, and the morale of the army was obviously depressed.

When I went to the rear camp to take a look, even if Chen Fuliang had eaten it, he was a little shocked, the number of wounded soldiers in the rear camp far exceeded Chen Fuliang's previous expectations, and the rough estimate was more than 1,500, accounting for more than one-tenth of Pei Renji's total strength, in addition, if you add those lightly wounded on duty, Pei Renji's army is at least more than 30% of wounded soldiers. Seeing this scene, in addition to worrying, Chen Fuliang was more distressed, distressed by these former subordinates, and even more distressed by the elite of a hundred battles left by Zhang Xutuo, and even more convinced that he had made the right choice not to send troops to help Pei Renji - helping Pei Renji keep his position was simply a scourge.

Handed over the three hundred folding couches and wounded medicine and old wine to the generals of the rear camp, Pei Xingfang was ordered to go to meet Pei Renji, and when he was leaving, Chen Fuliang explained to Pei Xingfang in a low voice: "Mention the matter of the deadline, pretend to comfort him, and say that I and your Uncle Pei Ju will definitely intercede with His Majesty for him, pay attention to his expression, the more detailed the better." If I am not there when I come back, I will go to General Qin Qiongqin and pretend that I have a message to bring to him, and I will be there. ”

Pei Xingfang agreed in a low voice, and then went with Pei Renji's personal soldiers, and Chen Fuliang commanded Ma Sanbao and Kan Liang's carefully selected Dongdu soldiers to step forward and take the initiative to help Pei Jun's soldiers, helping them to support the folding couch, and carrying the seriously wounded who were sleeping in the muddy water to the folding couch to rest. It also happened that the seriously injured man who was personally helped by Chen Fuliang happened to be the old department left by Zhang Xutuo, moaning and thanking him with a Qi County accent, Chen Fuliang also took the opportunity to talk: "Brother, listen to your accent, are you from Qi County?" ”

"Qi Jun Zhua people." The wounded soldier who was stabbed in the lower abdomen groaned and replied, and took the initiative to say: "Thank you, brother, listen to the accent, you are from Guannai, right?" ”

"Daxing people, and Chen Yingliang and Chen Liuliu are fellow villagers." Chen Fuliang replied.

"Your life is good, you can be a soldier in the team left behind by Chen." The wounded soldier groaned and said, "A few years ago, we joined forces with Chen Liushou's army several times, and at that time, Chen Liushou was still Zhang Dashuai's deputy, and he applauded our soldiers, and every time he finished the battle, he would visit his wounded brothers, and he also gave our horses to our injured brothers, which was as good to us as Zhang Dashuai." It's a pity that he was left in the Eastern Capital by the emperor, otherwise, it would be the turn of the Wagang thieves to be so rampant? Alas, he forgot about us. ”

"I haven't forgotten you, it's Pei Renji who is holding you up, otherwise, I'm willing to exchange three for one of you." Chen Fuliang had a sour nose, and asked again: "Brother, listen to your tone, Pei Dashuai is not good to you?" ”

"Pei Dashuai is okay with us, and he is very rewarded." The wounded soldier groaned: "But he just forced it too strictly, the ground is so soft, the cloud car crashed into the city and the car couldn't go up at all, he still had to force us to attack the city, the brothers carried flying ladders to attack the city, how many people can go up at one time?" If it weren't for the Zhang Wan brothers in front of me who desperately blocked it, I couldn't even retreat, but I fell back, and Zhang Wan brothers were ...... by six or seven Wagang thieves. ”

Moaning and saying this, the wounded soldier couldn't help but shed tears, and choked up: "Brother Zhang Wan, how can I explain to your mother and your daughter-in-law?" When I came out with you, I promised your mother that I would try my best to take care of you...... how can I explain to your mother? ”

Tears flowed on the thin cheeks of the wounded soldier, Chen Fuliang's heart was also crying, and sighed lightly, Chen Fuliang first comforted the wounded soldier softly, carefully covered the thin sheet for him, and then stood up, looked around and found a Pei Jun general, stepped forward to ask him where Qin Qiong's camp was, and said that he was ordered by Qin Qiong's friend Cheng Yanjin to bring a few words of message to Qin Qiong, then Pei Junxin thought it was true, and pointed out to Chen Fuliang where Qin Qiong's camp was, and Chen Fuliang did not delay, After leading two entourages, he immediately rushed to find Qin Qiong.

On the way, Chen Fuliang met several familiar Qi County soldiers, fortunately, the makeup on Chen Fuliang's face was not bad, and he was not recognized by them, and Qin Qiong's army under the teacher of Lai Hu'er and Zhang Xutuo was as strict as ever, Chen Fuliang was stopped and interrogated as soon as he arrived at the gate of his camp, and he couldn't touch it directly, but fortunately, the soldiers guarding the door were quite reasonable, so he reported to Qin Qiong for Chen Yingliang, and as a result, Cheng Biting Jin's banner really worked, and Qin Qiong immediately ordered to meet.

It is conceivable that Qin Qiong was surprised when she unexpectedly saw Chen Fuliang, although Chen Fuliang had done a lot of makeup, Qin Qiong still found that Chen Fuliang's obscene figure was extremely familiar at a glance, and Chen Fuliang did not keep it secret in front of Qin Qiong, and immediately whispered: "Hou Liang speaks." ”

Hearing Chen Fuliang's familiar voice again, Qin Qiong was no longer suspicious, and immediately invited Chen Fuliang to the back tent, and then drove away the soldiers in the tent, only then did he lower his voice and exclaim to Chen Fuliang and asked, "Chen Liushou, why are you?" What are you doing here? Still dressed like this? ”

"Of course, there is something big to come." Chen Fuliang smiled, and then said in a low voice: "I will tell you later, and I will use your reputation to invite He Yanyu and Luo Shixin immediately." ”

"Okay." Qin Qiong agreed, and then asked, "Jia Yanfu, please?" ”

After the last battle of Luokoucang, Chen Fuliang had seen Jia Yanfu a few times, and his impression of him was average, but for the sake of Jia Wu's own face who sacrificed his life for the country like Zhang Xutuo, Chen Fuliang still agreed to invite Jia Yanfu to come to meet, but he carefully explained that he must let Qin Qiong invite him in his own honor, and he must not reveal that he has come here word for word.

The soldiers sent out the letter, but Chen Fuliang still didn't introduce his intentions, but immediately asked Qin Qiong about Pei Renji's situation in the army, and Qin Qiong replied truthfully: "The situation in the army is very bad, the soldiers are very tired, there are too many injuries, Pei Dashuai forced us to attack the city and forced it strictly, and the soldiers have very opinions." There is also that prison soldier Xiao Huaijing, who also makes things difficult for us all day long, the soldiers want to kill him, and the Shixin brothers once pulled out a knife against him, but fortunately he was stopped by me and He Yanyu. Anyway, now the soldiers don't have the heart to fight, and they are all looking forward to retiring and resting. ”

"It can be seen that your morale is very bad now." Chen Fuliang nodded, and then said: "The day before yesterday, yesterday and today, what decision can Pei Dashuai make?" Or has a new order been issued? ”

"Nope." Qin Qiong replied truthfully: "In the third siege battle, after the royal brothers were broken, until the third day today, Pei Dashuai has never issued an order, nor has he summoned us to discuss the military situation. The last general could see that Pei Dashuai was completely desperate to recapture the Tiger Prison Pass. ”

Chen Fuliang nodded slightly, and after thinking for a while, Chen Fuliang asked in a low voice: "Shubao, in the past three days, have you found that Pei Dashuai has contact with the outside world?" ”

"Liaison with the outside world? Stay-at, you mean that outside? Qin Qiong asked suspiciously.

"Wagang thief!"

Chen Fuliang's answer made Qin Qiong's face change immediately, and Qin Qiong jumped up directly, lowered his voice and exclaimed: "Wagang thief? Stay behind, do you suspect Pei Dashuai of collaborating with the enemy? ”

Chen Fuliang nodded, admitting that he had this suspicion, but there was no evidence, and also explained that the reason for his suspicion was that the deadline given to Pei Renji by Emperor Yang of Sui was running out, and Pei Renji was likely to take risks in a desperate situation. After hearing this, Qin Qiong waved his hand again and again, and said: "Impossible, impossible, Pei Dashuai is not that kind of person, saying that he collaborated with the enemy and rebelled, I was the first to not believe it." ”

"Uncle Bao, knowing people and knowing faces but not hearts, my Uncle Pei is by no means as simple as you think." Chen Fuliang shook his head and whispered about Pei Renji's beautiful story of falsely accusing Li Hun, the general of the Right Wuhou, and also said that Pei Renji did not hesitate to involve his compatriots and brothers in order to be promoted and make a fortune, and for the position of the general of the Right Wuwei, he fought with himself behind his back. Then Chen Fuliang said in a low voice: "As a junior, I shouldn't suspect Uncle Pei without evidence, but he does things too much in front of him, and now his situation is extremely bad, I have to prevent him from taking risks and doing stupid things." ”

After listening to Chen Fuliang's introduction, Qin Qiong was inevitably a little shaken, and after a little thought, Qin Qiong said: "The worry of staying behind is reasonable, but the last general really didn't find out that Pei Dashuai had any connection with the Wagang thief, but it doesn't matter, Jia Yanfu is Pei Dashuai's henchman, if Pei Dashuai really has such a move, Jia Yanfu will definitely know." ”

"Jia Yanfu is Uncle Pei's confidant?" Chen Fuliang raised his head violently.

"Yes." Qin Qiong nodded and explained: "After a few of our old men from Qi County arrived under Pei Dashuai's tent, although Pei Dashuai was very respectful to us, the most appreciated by Pei Dashuai was the Yanfu brothers. ”

"So trusting?" Chen Fuliang became suspicious, glad that he hadn't let Jia Yanfu know that he had come to the camp, Chen Fuliang immediately said: "Jia Yanfu will come in a while, I won't see him, hide in the back tent and listen to your conversation, and then you will ...... him like this." ”

After roughly explaining the cliché to Qin Qiong, He Yanyu and Luo Shixin were invited to visit Qin Qiong one after another, and when they saw Chen Fuliang, the two right-hand men left by Zhang Xutuo had to be taken aback, and Chen Fuliang had to continue to waste saliva, while signaling He Yanyu and Luo Shixin to silence, while whispering to them about his intentions. As a result, He Yanyu and Luo Shixin naturally resolutely refused to believe that Pei Renji was such a person, and Chen Fuliang had to be wordy again, telling them about Pei Renji's previous wonderful performance, and quietly telling Pei Renji about trying to provoke the **** to make a fuss.

"Pei Dashuai is such a person? Why couldn't I see it before? Luo Shixin, who collected Pei Renji's body in history, was speechless, and he couldn't believe Chen Fuliang's words at all.

"In order to get promoted and make a fortune, chasing fame and fortune, there are many such things in officialdom." Chen Fuliang smiled bitterly and sighed: "In this Great Sui officialdom, there are very few real righteous gentlemen, of course Zhang Xutuo and Zhang Dashuai are one, and my Bole Fan Gai Fan is counted as one, I don't admire calling myself a real gentleman, in order to achieve the goal, I will also use some unsightly means." ”

He Yanyu and Luo Shixin and others were silent, but at this time, another soldier outside the tent came to report, saying that Pei Xingfang asked to see Qin Qiong, Chen Yingliang was a little strange why Pei Xingfang came so quickly, so he immediately asked Qin Qiong to order a meeting, and after a while, Pei Xingfang entered the back tent and met with Chen Fuliang and Qin Qiong and others, and then without waiting for Chen Fuliang to ask, Pei Xingfang immediately said: "Brother, the situation is not right, my uncle's reaction is very wrong." ”

"What's wrong?" Chen Fuliang hurriedly asked, and said: "It's all my own people here, it's okay to say it directly, just be quiet." ”

Pei Xingfang nodded, and said in a low voice: "After I saw my uncle, according to your request, the deadline was approaching, and I said that Uncle Pei Ju and brother you will definitely intercede for him, Uncle Pei not only did not stun the mother and the caries emperor snatched the Γ buttocks and prayed to the Yuanhuai Emperor. The members of the school are rich in purchases, and the members of the group are recruited to exchange for the return of the nest, and the wrestling and tailoring of the lyrics are looking forward to shaking!

"What about Jia Yanfu? What was his reaction? Chen Yingliang asked quietly.

"He just listened and helped my uncle persuade me to leave quickly." Pei Xingfang replied.

"Urging to leave? Why? This time, Xingfang sent him Pei Renji a much-needed folding couch, he didn't thank him, and he didn't ask if the quantity was enough, so why did he urge Xingfang to leave? Chen Fuliang was even more suspicious, and after a little calculation, Chen Fuliang instructed Pei Xingfang: "Xingfang, Jia Yanfu is going to be here soon, you go to see your uncle again immediately, under the pretext of asking him if he wants to transfer the seriously injured to Luokoucang for treatment, try to talk to him alone, tell him about your plan, and then see his reaction." ”

After that, Chen Fuliang added: "Sue him, you can transfer Xiao Huaijing back to Luokoucang temporarily through Guò Liu Changgong to facilitate his actions." Go out through the back door, don't let Jia Yanfu know that you are here, wait for me in the back camp later, I will look for you. ”

Pei Xingfang agreed, and left the camp from the back door with the help of Qin Qiong, and as soon as Pei Xingfang left with his front foot, a report of Jia Yanfu's arrival came from the back foot, Chen Fuliang sneered when he heard it, and hurriedly instructed Qin Qiong: "Shubao, you go out to see him, I, Yanyu and Shixin will listen in the back and act according to the plan." Fu Liang opened his mouth to ask, and Pei Xingfang immediately said: "Brother, the situation is not right, my uncle's reaction is very wrong." ”

"What's wrong?" Chen Fuliang hurriedly asked, and said: "It's all my own people here, it's okay to say it directly, just be quiet." ”

Pei Xingfang nodded, and said in a low voice: "After I saw my uncle, according to your request, the deadline was approaching, and I said that Uncle Pei Ju and brother you will definitely intercede for him, Uncle Pei not only did not stun the mother and the caries emperor snatched the Γ buttocks and prayed to the Yuanhuai Emperor. The members of the school are rich in purchases, and the members of the group are recruited to exchange for the return of the nest, and the wrestling and tailoring of the lyrics are looking forward to shaking!

"What about Jia Yanfu? What was his reaction? Chen Yingliang asked quietly.

"He just listened and helped my uncle persuade me to leave quickly." Pei Xingfang replied.

"Urging to leave? Why? This time, Xingfang sent him Pei Renji a much-needed folding couch, he didn't thank him, and he didn't ask if the quantity was enough, so why did he urge Xingfang to leave? Chen Fuliang was even more suspicious, and after a little calculation, Chen Fuliang instructed Pei Xingfang: "Xingfang, Jia Yanfu is going to be here soon, you go to see your uncle again immediately, under the pretext of asking him if he wants to transfer the seriously injured to Luokoucang for treatment, try to talk to him alone, tell him about your plan, and then see his reaction." ”

After that, Chen Fuliang added: "Sue him, you can transfer Xiao Huaijing back to Luokoucang temporarily through Guò Liu Changgong to facilitate his actions." Go out through the back door, don't let Jia Yanfu know that you are here, wait for me in the back camp later, I will look for you. ”

Pei Xingfang agreed, and left the camp from the back door with the help of Qin Qiong, and as soon as Pei Xingfang left with his front foot, a report of Jia Yanfu's arrival came from the back foot, Chen Fuliang sneered when he heard it, and hurriedly instructed Qin Qiong: "Shubao, you go out to see him, I, Yanyu and Shixin will listen in the back and act according to the plan." ”