Under the pretext of enjoying the scenery and breathing, Shan Yingying, who is now dressed as a young woman, once again boarded the city wall of the West Gate of the Tiger Prison Pass, looking at the mountains and rivers in the west, Shan Yingying's expression was very lonely, and her heart was full of loss, although she was already the wife of another person in reputation, but Shan Yingying still couldn't forget the negative person in the white robe and silver armor, and couldn't forget the **** night and night with him, thinking was like an old wine, the longer the fermentation time, the more fragrant and intoxicating.

"It's been two months, he's been coming to Luokoucang for two months, only thirty miles away, and he hasn't seen each other, will I ever have a chance to see him again in my life? Does he remember me? Do you remember that naughty little girl back then? ”

This thought was repeated in my mind, and I didn't know how much time I was melancholy, and suddenly a familiar call came from my ears, and I called several times, Shan Yingying followed the sound, but saw that her brother Shan Xiongxin and her honorary husband Mulan had also climbed the city wall, and had already come closer, Shan Xiongxin also said in a complaining tone: "Yingying, why did you come to the city wall again?" Not only is it dangerous here, but the wind is strong, what should I do if I get cold? ”

"I'm stuffy in the room, come out and breathe." Shan Yingying barely squeezed out a smile, and while saluting her brother and husband, she asked, "Brother, what did the Duke of Dongjun say when he convened your meeting?" ”

"What else can be said? It wasn't the case that the official army food team had sneaked over the Tiger Prison last night. Shan Xiongxin was a little sullen, and said: "Brother Xu was only one step away from catching up with the grain ship of the official army, Wang Shichong dispatched a large number of officers and soldiers to meet the grain ship, Brother Xu saw that the situation was not good, and he didn't even dare to rely on the shore, so he immediately withdrew, and a large group of people gathered together to scold Chen Gouguan for being treacherous, and the Dongjun Gong also lifted the table. ”

"Will there be another war?" Shan Yingying asked worriedly.

"It's not agreed yet." Mulan replied: "Duke Wei persuaded the Duke of Dongjun to march into the army and fight a decisive battle with Chen Yingliang, but the Duke of Dongjun said that he would consider it, so he didn't make up his mind." ”

Shan Yingying nodded lightly, and after thinking for a while, Shan Yingying suddenly asked, "Brother, why do Dongjun Gong and Wei Gong have to fight hard with Chen Yingliang?" They obviously can't beat Chen Yingliang, and they have been played by Chen Yingliang as a monkey again and again, and they are not Chen Yingliang's opponents at all, so why do they have to fight Chen Yingliang to the end? ”

"It's not because of Luokoucang, if we don't take Luokoucang, our food will not be guaranteed, Chen Yingliang's thief occupies Luokoucang and doesn't leave, who will we fight with him?" Shan Xiongxin replied angrily, and said: "Besides, why can't our Wagang Volunteer Master defeat Chen Gouguan, when we sent troops to attack, when did Chen Gouguan dare to fight us head-on?" Now we haven't been able to take Luokoucang, it's entirely because that dog official is too treacherous and has too many tricks, so we haven't succeeded. ”

After that, Shan Xiongxin waved his hand impatiently, and said: "These are not things that you alone a woman worry about, go back, Brother Hua Xian, send Yingying back, accompany her well, and I will just do it with my heart when it comes to patrolling the city." ”

Mulan agreed, and was about to go down with Shan Yingying, but unexpectedly closed the lookout hand and exclaimed, "Brother Shan, look, there is someone on the mountain in front of you, who is the general of the official army." ”

The Shan Xiongxin brothers and sisters and Mulan hurriedly looked up, but saw that on the top of the Tushan Mountain in front of the right, there were indeed some officers and soldiers riding war horses, and when they took a closer look, Shan Xiongxin and Mulan suddenly exclaimed in unison, "White horse and white robe? Chen Yingliang! It was Chen Yingliang who came in person! ”

"There? There? Shan Yingying's joy is not trivial, and when she tried to find it, Shan Yingying really saw a knight with a white horse and white robe in the crowd of officials and soldiers, Shan Yingying's heart couldn't help trembling slightly, and she kept secretly thinking in her heart, "It's him, it's him, the last time I saw him, he was also wearing a white robe and riding a white horse." ”

Riding a white horse and wearing a white robe on the top of the mountain, it was indeed Chen Fuliang who had lost his conscience, confirmed that the grain convoy arrived in Banzhu along the way, and sent the grain and grass to Wang Shichong's camp to alleviate the urgent need of the friendly army, Chen Fuliang was in a good mood, so he personally led a team of light horses, and personally came to the outside of the Tiger Prison Pass to investigate the enemy's situation, and had been here for a while, carefully observed the terrain of the Tiger Prison Pass, and was ready to withdraw, in order to pretend to be forced and to further hit the enemy's morale, Chen Fuliang simply climbed the high ground and deliberately let the enemy see himself, I also took the opportunity to observe the terrain of Tiger Prison Pass from a high place.

Chen Fuliang is also the first time to carefully observe the Tiger Prison Pass during the non-war period, the famous Xiongguan Tiger Pass between the two mountains, geographically speaking, there is hardly any opportunity to opportunistic, although the mountains on both sides are not uncrossable, but by no means suitable for the march of the brigade, the narrow and waterless highlands can not be stationed for a long time even if they are seized, and it is impossible to think about taking the high ground to threaten the inside of the Tiger Prison Pass, the wall of the pass is more than three zhang high, and there is a wide and deep moat protection, the city fortifications are also relatively perfect, even if the frontal attack can be taken, has to pay a heavy price, which also makes Chen Fuliang, who doesn't like to attack head-on, even more dispelled the idea of attacking, and constantly pondered the strategy of breaking the level, but there was nothing to do.

At this time, there was already a commotion among the thieves on the wall, and it was expected that the enemy must have discovered him, and Chen Fuliang was too lazy to play hide and seek with the Wagang cavalry, so he smiled and ordered to retreat, so when Zhai Rang, Li Mi and others received the news and rushed to check the situation on the wall, Chen Fuliang had already gone far. But fortunately, Zhai Rang did not complain that Shan Xiongxin did not immediately send cavalry to pursue, but praised Shan Xiongxin for being cautious, otherwise he might be ambushed by Chen Fuliang, who killed a thousand knives. Li Mi analyzed the reason why Chen Fuliang came to visit the city in person with a calm face, and vaguely guessed a possibility, Chen Fuliang no longer wanted to continue the stalemate in the Tiger Prison Pass, and wanted to end the war in the Tiger Prison Pass as much as possible.

Shan Xiongxin accompanied Zhai Rang, Li Mi and others to analyze the enemy situation, and naturally snubbed his sister Shan Yingying, but this was also something that Shan Yingying couldn't ask for, and after quietly pulling Mulan to a remote place, Shan Yingying asked in a low voice: "Sister Mulan, what is he doing here?" Why did you only show up for a short time and leave right away? ”

"If I had known what he was thinking, I would have been promoted." Mulan replied with a wry smile: "Didn't you hear that your brother often scolded him for being the number one traitor in the world?" How many people could have guessed his mind? ”

After smiling bitterly, Mulan looked at her honorary wife again and asked in a low voice, "What?" Missed him? ”

Shan Yingying's face flushed a little, nodded, and said in a low voice: "I want to ask him face to face, why did he lie to me in the first place?" Sister Mulan, is there any way for you to let me see him? ”

Mulan hesitated for a moment, but still shook her head, and seeing the disappointed look on Shan Yingying's pretty face, Mulan couldn't bear it, so she whispered: "Don't worry, let me think of a way, if there is a chance, I will definitely try to let you meet him." Although Shan Yingying didn't hold out too much hope, she still nodded, hoping that such a miracle would happen.

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Since February, Chen Fuliang has actually been held back by the Tiger Pass battlefield for four months, during which there was an opportunity to recapture the Tiger Pass, but because of Emperor Yang of Sui's blind command and refusal to let go of power, Pei Renji's occupation of the pit did not excrete and defected to the enemy, coupled with the heavy rain and the inability to fight, it was in vain that Chen Fuliang forced Li Mi's shameless trick, and finally waited for the rain to stop and Wang Shichong led the army north to reinforce, Li Mi suddenly rebuilt the old friendship with Zhai Rang, and the battlefield of Tiger Prison fell into a stalemate again.

Reality and history are strikingly similar, in history, after Li Mi took Luokoucang, he and the Sui army led by Wang Shichong fought in the Eastern Capital battlefield for more than a year, and fought more than 100 battles large and small, fighting in the dark, bleeding like a river, both defeated, each other exhausted their vitality, and each other wasted precious time, lost the opportunity to dominate the world, and took the old Li family in the empty land of Guanzhong in vain. Today's history, it has not changed much because of Chen Fuliang's demon moth wings, and the old Li family still raised troops in Taiyuan, although it has been weakened to a certain extent compared with history, it still occupies a favorable position to watch the fire from the other side. The Zhai and Li coalition forces that failed to take Luokoucang are not as strong as in history, but they are still not the enemy that Chen Fuliang can quickly defeat, and if they continue to be so deadlocked, the old Li family may still become the final winner.

The reason why Chen Fuliang was worried that the old Li family would continue to become the final winner was that in addition to the favorable strategic situation in which the old Li family was located, there were also new changes on the Taiyuan battlefield, and the Eastern Capital Imperial Court asked the grain fleet to send Chen Fuliang a new Taiyuan war report, saying that after Li Yuan occupied Taiyuan, he immediately cut off the food supply to Yun Dingxing, and Yun Dingxing, who was confronting Zhen Zhai'er, ran off the grain and left, Li Jiancheng and Li Er led the army to attack Yun Dingxing while the fire was looting, Zhu Cang simply accepted Li Er's persuasion to surrender, and persuaded Yun Dingxing to surrender for Li Er, Yun Dingxing was originally a greedy and fearful of death, and was chased by the old Li family and Zhen Zhai'er, and in order to survive, he also led the army to surrender Li Er. After Yun Dingxing's entire army surrendered, Chen Xiaoyi and Wang Zhibian, the Yanmen Sui army, who were fighting with Liu Wuzhou, were basically doomed to a fiasco - no matter how stupid Li Yuan was, he would never refuse to fight with Liu Wuzhou against the Yanmen Sui army.

The complete collapse of the five counties of Taiyuan is almost a foregone conclusion, and Yang Tong is a little unable to hold his breath even if he trusts Chen Fuliang, so while sending someone to deliver the battle report to Chen Fuliang, Yang Tong also asked the envoy to ask Chen Fuliang for the first time on his behalf, when will he be able to end the battle of Tiger Prison Pass and return to the Eastern Capital to preside over the overall situation? Chen Fuliang had no choice but to write a piece of music in his own handwriting, explaining to Yang Tong that his troops were insufficient, the army was too tired from fighting one after another, the enemy was too strong and occupied favorable terrain, and the people were very thieves, and it was difficult to end the war in Tiger Prison in a short time, begging Yang Dong to give him a little more time, and at the same time begging Yang Dong to allow himself to collect the prisoners captured on the battlefield.

After receiving Chen Fuliang's recital, Yang Tong not only immediately agreed to Chen Fuliang's acceptance of prisoners of war on the spot, but also directly appointed official positions to Liu Heimin, Li Shicai, Liu Shishan, and Liu Shishan, who led the army to surrender to Chen Fuliang, and gave them heavy rewards. At the same time, Yang Tong also issued an edict ordering Chen Fuliang to open the Luokou warehouse again, take out 500,000 stone of grain as military food and relief for the people, and help Chen Fuliang buy the hearts and minds of the people on the battlefield of Hujiao, and said that he would bear the consequences.

-- As a result, after receiving this order, Chen Fuliang was pleased that Yang Tong's decision-making was wise, but inevitably had some thoughts of losing his conscience, "I still underestimated Yang Tong, I didn't expect him to have such courage and courage at such a young age, how can I manipulate him when he grows up?" Don't be Boss Cao, you can't be Han Xin Hu Weiyong in the future, right? ”

How to get along with the young and old Yang Tong in the future is a matter of the future, anyway, Yang Tong's series of actions still helped Chen Fuliang a lot, one after another opened a warehouse to help the people, promised to open a warehouse to release grain after breaking the Luokou warehouse, the importance of the people in the hearts of the people received relief has naturally decreased greatly, and the hungry people who brought their own dry food to inform the Wagang Army of the military situation are becoming fewer and fewer. Thieves like Hao Xiaode and others hate Emperor Yang of Sui no matter how much they hate Emperor Sui, and they inevitably have such a thought in their hearts, "Damn, surrendering to Chen Gouguan doesn't seem to be a bad thing." ”

In addition to Yang Tong's strong support, Chen Fuliang also keenly found that there seemed to be people within the Zhai-Li coalition army who were helping him - of course, not referring to Mulan, Chen Fuliang said help meant that since the main force of the Zhai-Li coalition army withdrew to the Tiger Prison Pass, he had never gone out of the pass to fight with the Sui army in the eastern capital once, this move was very beneficial to the Sui army sitting in Luokoucang, but it was very unfavorable to the Zhai and Li coalition army that needed supplies from Liyang warehouse for grain and grass - after all, Wang Shichong did not eat dry rice, no matter how much he liked to preserve his strength, As long as there is an opportunity, he will definitely attack the grain route of the Zhai and Li coalition army.

The question of whether there is anyone to help was quickly answered, and after two more days, there was no movement of the Zhai and Li coalition forces, and on June 21, Mulan suddenly opened Zhang Kai's channel and sent a letter to Chen Fuliang, not only to Chen Fuliang to answer the question that the Zhai and Li coalition forces had been standing still, but also to Chen Fuliang with a surprising important news!

Mulan's letter is as straightforward and capable as ever, and the full text is as follows: "Zhai Rang is afraid of your cunning and cunning, and the army is good at fighting, Li Mi persuaded him to send troops to fight you several times, but Zhai Rang refused. Zhai Hong's father and son felt that continuing to fight would only lose their strength in vain, so Jian Yì Zhai Rang and Li Mi gave up the Tiger Prison Pass and led the army to cross the Yellow River north to Liyang Cang to get grain, Li Mi refused, Zhai Rang did not express his position, and Shan Xiongxin thought that Zhai Rang had wavered. Also, if I have the chance, I would like to meet with you, and you will do your best to arrange it. ”

Zhai Rang has already given birth to the idea of giving up the Tiger Prison Pass? Seeing this news, even Chen Fuliang felt extremely unbelievable, not to mention Yuan Tiangang and Wei Zheng, who didn't know Mulan's identity, and other staff officers, Yuan Tiangang immediately exclaimed: "Zhai Rang wants to give up the Tiger Prison Pass? Chen Liushou, aren't we joking with this insider? Tiger Prison Pass is such an important strategic place, how could Zhai Rang be willing to give up? Isn't this ridiculous? ”

"The younger brother also feels incredible, how can Zhai Rang be willing to give up the Tiger Prison Pass?" Pei Xingfang also said: "Also, brother, what's the matter with your inside line?" Why do you scold you for being cunning and cunning in your letters? Is there a subordinate in the world who comments on his boss like this? ”

"It doesn't matter if you scold or not, if you don't scold me, it's not like her character." Chen Fuliang replied with a deep groan, and then pinched his chin and calculated: "Zhai Rang gave up the Tiger Prison Pass? Although this plan is incredible, it may not be impossible, Li Mi has Liyang Cang in his hands, and the defenders of Liyang Cang as a backup, even if he can't defeat Luokou Cang in the end, as long as Liyang Cang's grain is in hand, Li Mi can make a comeback immediately even if he escapes back to Liyang Cang alone. Zhai Rang can't do it, he can't beat Luokoucang, and if he uses up the capital in his hand, he wants to make a comeback, I'm afraid it won't be so easy. ”

"Therefore, although it is a pity to give up the Tiger Prison Pass, for Zhai Rang himself, it is a good way to preserve his strength, after all, among the thirty-six plans, there is also a plan to go for the top."

"Li Mi didn't agree to give up the Tiger Prison Pass, how useful is it for Zhai to let a person insist?" Yuan Tiangang asked, and said: "Besides, the overall strength of the Zhai Li thief army is still above us, even if we can't defeat Luokoucang, at least it can make us lose our vitality, Zhai Li thief army is strong, how can we be willing to give up such a strategic place as Tiger Pass?" ”

Chen Fuliang pondered and didn't answer, Pei Xingfang next to him took over the topic and said: "If Wang Shichong is willing to fully cooperate, maybe we still have a little hope of forcing away the Zhai Li thief army, but we paid a lot of money to share the pressure on him, led the main force of the Zhai Li thief army to the east, and sent him life-saving food, it stands to reason that he should immediately attack the empty rear of the Zhai Li thief army, but he has been seven full days, and there has been no movement from him, it is clear that he wants to wait for us and the Zhai Li thief army to defeat both sides, Then he will take credit again, with only our existing strength, how can we force Zhai Li Thief Army to give up the Tiger Prison Pass? ”

Chen Fuliang still remained silent, and after thinking for a long time, Chen Fuliang finally made up his mind, slapped the table and said: "Try it anyway, it doesn't matter if Li Mi refuses to give up the pass, Zhai Rang took the elite of the Wagang thieves and left, and it will be much easier for us to win the Tiger Prison Pass!" The strength of Zhai Li's thief army is stronger than ours, but we are not without the strength to fight back! Defeat both sides, not to mention that Zhai Rang is definitely unwilling to fight with me for all the money, even if we and Zhai Li's thief army are both defeated, what's the matter? There is also Wang Shichong behind Zhai Li's thief army, he is also a soldier of the imperial court, as long as he comes to take back the Tiger Prison Pass, reverse our strategic passive situation, and let me free up my hands to deal with other changes, I will give him this credit! ”

Speaking of this, Chen Fuliang slapped the table again, and said categorically: "It's so decided, I believe that the information provided by the little beauty is true, Zhai Rang has indeed wavered in the matter of whether to give up the Tiger Prison Pass, since I have this hope, I will do my best to turn this hope into reality!" ”

"Little Beauty?" Wei Zheng, Yuan Tiangang and the others were dumbfounded, and exclaimed together: "Stay behind, our inner line, is your friend in the Tiger Prison Pass?" No wonder she said she wanted to see you, and you were bullying that girl again without us? ”

Chen Fuliang smiled and didn't answer, just quickly thought about how to go down this road, and after a while, Chen Fuliang, who had a rough plan in his heart, asked in a deep voice: "Xingfang, I remember the first two times I wrote a letter to deliberately stimulate Zhai Li's thief army, the messenger was recommended to me by you, and he did well both times, what is his name......?" ”

"Zhang Yongtong." Pei Xingfang replied: "He is General Liu's guard, brother, you wanted a bold and eloquent messenger at that time, because I saw that every time Brother Liu lost his temper after getting drunk and beat the soldiers with whips, it was he who came forward to appease Brother Liu and put him to sleep, so I recommended him to you." ”

"This kid is a talent, call him here, I have a task to give him, this task must be him!"

(Zhang Yongtong cried: "Woo, Chen Liushou, I gave you my life twice, and you finally found out that I am a talent, and your vision is too bad, right?") Historically, Wang Shichong used my strategy to mobilize the morale of the defeated generals of the remnants of the Eastern Capital, and launched a decisive battle of the Yan Division, and beat Li Mi back to before liberation in one battle. On the military flags of Wang Shichong in that decisive battle, my name was still written on them - Yongtong! Chen Fuliang was still silent, and after thinking about it for a long time, Chen Fuliang finally made up his mind, slapped the table and said: "Try it anyway, it doesn't matter if Li Mi refuses to give up the pass, Zhai Rang took the elite of the Wagang thieves and left, and it will be much easier for us to win the Tiger Prison Pass!" The strength of Zhai Li's thief army is stronger than ours, but we are not without the strength to fight back! Defeat both sides, not to mention that Zhai Rang is definitely unwilling to fight with me for all the money, even if we and Zhai Li's thief army are both defeated, what's the matter? There is also Wang Shichong behind Zhai Li's thief army, he is also a soldier of the imperial court, as long as he comes to take back the Tiger Prison Pass, reverse our strategic passive situation, and let me free up my hands to deal with other changes, I will give him this credit! ”

Speaking of this, Chen Fuliang slapped the table again, and said categorically: "It's so decided, I believe that the information provided by the little beauty is true, Zhai Rang has indeed wavered in the matter of whether to give up the Tiger Prison Pass, since I have this hope, I will do my best to turn this hope into reality!" ”

"Little Beauty?" Wei Zheng, Yuan Tiangang and the others were dumbfounded, and exclaimed together: "Stay behind, our inner line, is your friend in the Tiger Prison Pass?" No wonder she said she wanted to see you, and you were bullying that girl again without us? ”

Chen Fuliang smiled and didn't answer, just quickly thought about how to go down this road, and after a while, Chen Fuliang, who had a rough plan in his heart, asked in a deep voice: "Xingfang, I remember the first two times I wrote a letter to deliberately stimulate Zhai Li's thief army, the messenger was recommended to me by you, and he did well both times, what is his name......?" ”

"Zhang Yongtong." Pei Xingfang replied: "He is General Liu's guard, brother, you wanted a bold and eloquent messenger at that time, because I saw that every time Brother Liu lost his temper after getting drunk and beat the soldiers with whips, it was he who came forward to appease Brother Liu and put him to sleep, so I recommended him to you." ”

"This kid is a talent, call him here, I have a task to give him, this task must be him!"

(Zhang Yongtong cried: "Woo, Chen Liushou, I gave you my life twice, and you finally found out that I am a talent, and your vision is too bad, right?") Historically, Wang Shichong used my strategy to mobilize the morale of the defeated generals of the remnants of the Eastern Capital, and launched a decisive battle of the Yan Division, and beat Li Mi back to before liberation in one battle. On the military flags of Wang Shichong in that decisive battle, my name was still written on them - Yongtong! ”）