Now it's finally our turn to lose the conscience of Chen Yingliang's unlucky old man Wang Shichong appeared again, here must say a word of conscience, Wang Shichong really wants to help the unworthy son-in-law take back the Tiger Prison Pass, open up the direct connection with the eastern capital Luoyang, and stand still in Guancheng, it is not a passive avoidance of war, it is just a matter of character and habits, I want the unworthy son-in-law to fight with the enemy first, and then choose the cheapest. At the same time, if Chen Fuliang really can't hold on, Wang Shichong will definitely take action in time, and it is impossible to sit back and watch Chen Fuliang's army be defeated.

In addition, the instigation and persuasion of a group of people from the old Wang family is also a key reason why Wang Shichong did not move, when he joined forces to fight Du Fuwei, Chen Fuliang did not do things authentically, and took advantage of the old Wang family to suffer enough losses, and he had already offended the narrow-minded Wang clan, Chen Fuliang, as the commander of the whole army, not only did not take care of the old Wang family, but also took Wang Renze to establish a typical military discipline, and beat Wang Renze with a military stick, so none of the people in the old Wang family looked at Chen Fuliang, a relative, pleasing to the eye. Naturally, there will be a chance to disgust Chen Fuliang.

In such a situation, Qian Xiangmin wanted to persuade Wang Shichong to immediately send troops north to share the pressure for Chen Fuliang, but under normal circumstances, of course, the hope of success is very small, but it is difficult to say, at least Qian Xiangmin's much-publicized Yang Tong reward completely caught Wang Shichong and the Wang family off guard......

"Qian Xiangmin ran to the house to spread the reward of His Royal Highness King Yue to the army? And already let a lot of people in our camp know? ”

After asking this question and getting a confirmed answer, Wang Shichong directly slammed his fist on the table, and scolded with a blue face: "Piff! This must be Chen Yingliang's instruction again! The soldiers who want to reward and lure us with grain and grass take the initiative to fight, and force us to go north to fight with the Wagang thieves! ”

"Uncle, arrest Qian Xiangmin and punish him for the crime of confusing the army!" Wang Ren, who hated Chen Fuliang the most in the old Wang family, instigated.

"Fart!" Wang Shichong scolded angrily: "Qian Xiangmin was sent by His Royal Highness King Yue, arrest him?" Do you want to rebel? Besides, Qian Xiangmin just announced the reward of His Royal Highness King Yue, what kind of confusion did it confuse the army? ”

"Brother Xian, what should I do then?" Wang Shiyun asked: "The person surnamed Qian read out the decree of His Royal Highness King Yue, asking us to go north immediately, how should we respond?" ”

"Afraid of what? We are only under the orders of His Majesty the Emperor, and are not under the direct command of His Royal Highness the King of Yue, so we want to go north immediately, and continue to find excuses to delay, what are we afraid of him doing? Wang Shichong sneered, and then ordered: "Call Qian Xiangmin in, and send him away after receiving the edict." ”

The soldiers took the order and left, and after a while, Qian Xiangmin was led into Wang Shichong's Chinese army account, and at the same time there were several non-Wang surnamed generals represented by Fei Qingnu, Wang Shichong knew that they were here to listen to the news, but he was dissatisfied but did not reveal it, but politely and Qian Xiangmin took out Yang Dong's edict, and led the generals to worship and receive the edict, and listened to Qian Xiangmin recite Yang Dongjun's edict, and the content of Yang Dong's edict is also probably consistent with Qian Xiangmin's hype, in addition to explaining that this is a commendation for Wang Shichong's thousands of miles of help, Then there is the announcement of the reward amount, requiring Wang Shichong to lead his army north and pass the Yellow River waterway to get the reward.

After reading the edict, Wang Shichong and the others perfunctory etiquette, everyone went back, the formal battle began, Wang Shichong asked pretendedly: "Xiang Minxian's nephew, you are from the Luokoucang battlefield, how is the situation in Luokoucang now?" ”

"It's holding up." Qian Xiangmin replied truthfully: "Chen Liushou led more than 50,000 troops to garrison Tunluokoucang, and the Wagang thief army and Li Mi's thief army attacked Luokoucang several times, but they were repelled by our Dongdu army, and both sides suffered some losses, but the biggest problem of the Dongdu army now is that there are too many new soldiers and too few veterans, so Chen Liushou himself admits that he is not a big problem in holding Luokoucang now, and the problem is how to recapture the Tiger Prison Pass and completely remove the threat of thieves to Luokoucang." ”

"That's good, as long as you can make sure you can defend Luokoucang." Wang Shichong hit the snake with the stick, and said with a smile: "The virtuous nephew can sue my virtuous son-in-law when he goes back, and he will tell him to rest assured, and when I have prepared enough grain and grass here, I will immediately raise troops to the north, and join forces with him to flank the two thieves of Zhai and Li and recapture the Tiger Prison Pass." ”

"The king stays behind, do we still need grain and grass?" Qian Xiangmin's propaganda was effective, and Fei Qingnu first questioned: "Although the last general doesn't know how much grain and grass there is in the army, after going north to the bank of the Yellow River, it must not be a big problem to insist on sending grain and grass to the eastern capital, right?" Besides, Guancheng was destroyed by thieves last year, delaying the planting of winter wheat, what grain and grass can we raise? ”

"Yes, Wang Dashuai, we don't need to delay any longer." Qiu Sheng, the deputy governor of Pengcheng, also said: "King Xun's side is not even enough military food for his own use, how much more grain and grass can he provide us?" Instead of letting the soldiers eat wild vegetable dumplings here in Guancheng, it is better to go north as much as possible, as long as we meet with Chen Liushou, we no longer have to worry about the supply of grain and grass. ”

Fei Qingnu and Qiu Sheng took the lead, and other generals with non-Wang surnames also echoed, just persuading Wang Shichong to go north and stop wasting time here in Guancheng, Wang Shichong was angry in his heart, but the smile on his face was still the same, and he waved his hand and smiled: "Generals, don't be anxious, I also know that I should go north to join the division, but the military situation is complicated, and now we don't know much about the specific situation of Zhai and Li's two thieves. There is no ideal fighter to appear, we ....... ”

"Wang stays behind, didn't Li Mi's thief army transfer a part of its army to the west of Tiger Prison Pass three days ago? Isn't this a new move? Fei Qingnu interrupted and asked very strangely: "Li Mi's thief army moved to the west, and the troops on the east side of the camp were weakened, isn't this our advance fighter?" ”

"Li Mi's thief army has already transferred a part of its army to the west of Tiger Prison Pass three days ago? How did I not know? ”

Wang Shichong was taken aback, and immediately turned his gaze to Wang Shiyun and Wang Renze, who were next to him, and Wang Shiyun, who was in charge of the scout's detailed affairs, looked embarrassed and hesitated for a moment, Wang Shiyun said: "Brother Xian, don't blame, there is such a thing, but Li Mi is deceitful, our scouts can't confirm whether he is deliberately luring the enemy, and we haven't confirmed the specific situation of his camp, so we haven't reported to you yet, and we are going to carefully investigate the situation." ”

Wang Shichong had the mind to kick Wang Shiyun's father and son to death, knowing that the fourth brother of waste and the sinister nephew were deliberately retaliating against Chen Fuliang and deliberately concealing it, but it was inconvenient to investigate it in public, so he could only snort heavily, and said, "Is the investigation clear?" ”

"Almost." Wang Shiyun replied helplessly: "Li Mi's thief army is about 30,000 troops to the west of Tiger Prison Pass to set up camp, and the thief army camp east of Tiger Prison Pass has changed, and the scale has been slightly reduced. ”

"But it's still strong." Wang Ren hurriedly added: "In addition, our scouts have also confirmed that Li Mi's traitor himself is still stationed in the east of Tiger Prison Pass. ”

Snorted again, Wang Shichong's face was extremely ugly, but at this time, there were relatives outside the tent to report, saying that Qian Xiangmin's entourage asked money to pay the people to the account, there was something important to report, Qian Xiangmin confessed a crime, hurriedly went out of the account to meet with the entourage, Wang Shichong saw the suspicion in his heart, and immediately made a look at Wang Renze, Wang Ren understood, and immediately followed the account to check the situation.

After a while, Qian Xiangmin returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, but he did not explain the reason for the account to everyone, but just said to Wang Shichong: "Wang stays, if there is nothing else, then the lower official will retire, the lower official only slept for an hour last night, he was really tired, and he wanted to go back to rest, if Wang stayed behind, the lower official went down to sleep." ”

didn't even say a superfluous word, and immediately proposed to go back to rest, Qian Xiangmin's strange behavior made Fei Qingnu and Qiu Sheng and other Sui army generals inevitably a little stunned, Wang Shichong was even more suspicious in his heart, not only did he not take the opportunity to send Qian Xiangmin to get out, but also said: "Xiang Minxian's nephew, don't worry, wait, now I still want to know what the plans of the virtuous son-in-law are, especially how to break the enemy, what arrangements does my virtuous son-in-law have?" ”

"Uncle, the road is blocked and the traffic is inconvenient, what arrangements can Chen leave behind him?" Qian Xiangmin smiled bitterly and said: "Just ask uncle, you can raise troops to the north, and when you get to the Tiger Prison Pass, you will act when you have the opportunity, and if you have the opportunity, you will join forces to fight, and if you don't have the opportunity, you will act separately, anyway, uncle, after you go north, the back road of Li Mi's rebel thief will be threatened, and there will be as many fighters as there are." ”

"Then when does Ying Liang ask us to go north?" Wang Shichong asked.

"It's ......." Qian Xiangmin hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Uncle, you are Pengcheng Liushou, who is equivalent to Chen Liushou's official position, and Chen Liushou's elder father-in-law, although Your Majesty has a will, after you and I meet the two armies, Chen Liushou will command the whole army under you, but we don't have a division after all, right?" So uncle, you can do it yourself, anyway, Luokoucang can definitely hold it, and there is no hurry for this day or two, if you are in a hurry to urge your uncle to march north, and give the thieves a chance, then our sin will be great. ”

"What do you mean? Want to get away with it? Or is there something suddenly happening in the Tiger Prison Pass like the Huaishui War? Wang Shichong became more and more suspicious in his heart, and he became more and more suspicious of what Qian Xiangmin had just done when he went out.

Wang Shichong was cunning, even if he was full of suspicion, he didn't say anything, but Fei Qingnu next to him was a straight gut, and immediately asked: "Lord Qian, listen to your tone, it seems that Chen Liushou doesn't value our Pengcheng reinforcements, are we all the same?" ”

"General Fei, you misunderstood, we Chen Liushou have always been modest and cautious, how can we be disrespectful to you?" Qian Xiangmin hurriedly waved his hand, wiped his forehead, and then said: "Just like just now, I told the soldiers under your command in the back camp, saying that as long as you reach the bank of the Yellow River, you can get sufficient grain and grass supplies through the guò waterway. ”

The more you describe it, the more you explain the more loopholes and flaws, Qian Xiangmin deliberately spread the reward news in the back camp before, and fools understand that Qian Xiangmin is deliberately luring Wang Shichong's army to the north, but now Qian Xiangmin explains that it is to help Wang Shichong stabilize his determination, and the treacherous and suspicious Wang Shichong is really a fool if he believes it. At this time, Wang Renze also quickly returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, and immediately gave Wang Shichong a look, Wang Shichong understood, and ordered everyone to wait for a while, and then led Wang Renze into the back tent, and asked in a low voice: "What's the situation?" ”

"Got it figured out." Wang Ren said in a low voice: "There are two more messengers from the eastern capital who came into our camp, and they saw Qian Xiangmin by name, and the little nephew eavesdropped on their conversation next to them, and vaguely heard the words of Liyangcang, and also heard a sentence that we need to attack Liyangcang." ”

"Is there a problem over there in the Tiger Prison?" Wang Shichong's heart sank, and he said secretly: "There is a sudden change in the Tiger Prison Pass, Chen Yingliang is sure to take back the Tiger Prison Pass, and he can swallow the great merit of recovering the Tiger Prison Pass without our help, and then he wants to arrange for us to attack Liyang Cang and go to fight against Li Mi's rebels?" ”

gave birth to this suspicion, but considering the treacherous and cunning of his son-in-law, Wang Shichong did not dare to make this conclusion casually, and after quickly thinking for a while, Wang Shichong asked in a low voice: "What are the new trends in the Tiger Prison Pass?" ”

"The latest report, yesterday Zhai Rang and Li Mi and the two thieves teamed up to attack Luokoucang." Wang Ren replied in a low voice: "The battle seems to have been very long, and as of the second watch last night, our scouts have not found any signs of the thief army retreating. ”

"Didn't you collect the troops last night?" Wang Shichong thought about it, and suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Wait, did you say just now that the two Eastern Capital messengers who came later came from the north?" ”

Wang Ren nodded, Wang Shichong suddenly understood something, and said secretly: "The time is almost right, if you take the waterway to send the letter, and then go south from the Tongji Canal to Guancheng, the news from last night can be sent to Guancheng at this time." ”

In fact, the plan that Chen Fuliang and Qian Xiangmin discussed privately to capture and indulge in is very flawed, and there are countless loopholes, and many links cannot be satisfactorily explained, but the more such a superficial and simple strategy, the more Wang Shichong eats him to death - because Wang Shichong is too suspicious, and he loves to take advantage of small advantages, plus Chen Fuliang is notoriously treacherous, such a loophole plan to capture and indulge, on the contrary, it does not seem to come from Chen Fuliang's handwriting, so Wang Shichong is more calculating, The more I felt that this didn't seem to be a deliberate arrangement by my damned son-in-law, and the more I felt that I should send troops to seize the advantageous terrain first, so as not to undertake the more difficult and difficult task of attacking Liyangcang in the future.

At this time, Wang Shiyun also suddenly hurried into the back tent, and said to Wang Shichong: "Brother Xian, something happened, many soldiers gathered in front of the camp of the Chinese army, and unanimously asked to send troops to the north as much as possible, and stop wasting time here in Guancheng. ”

"It's the other way around!" When Wang Ren heard this, he was furious, and immediately volunteered: "Uncle, let the little nephew clean them up, slaughter a few leaders, and keep them all shut up!" ”

After that, Wang Ren turned around and left, and Wang Shichong, who had been thinking quickly, immediately made up his mind and shouted: "Stop!" Don't kill! Go and tell them to go back to the camp, and we will pull out the camp and go north today! ”

"Uncle, do you really want to go north now?" Wang Ren was taken aback, and quickly objected: "There's no need to be in such a hurry, right?" Wouldn't it be better to let Chen Yingliang fight with the thieves? ”

"Sooner or later, we will have to go north, and judging by all indications, now should be the best time for us to send troops north." Wang Shichong said coldly: "Even if there is fraud, it doesn't matter, when we get to the bank of the Yellow River, we only need deep ditches and high walls to wait for the enemy, we are a new force, Chen Yingliang is a tired army that fights one after another, Zhai Rang and Li Mi traitors are not fools, so they naturally understand who to fight first!" ”

After listening to Wang Shichong's analysis, Wang Ren felt reasonable, and immediately changed his words, nodded and said: "What my uncle said is very true, Chen Yingliang's thief and the thief army have been fighting one after another, the army is tired, and the soldiers are injured, the thief army should continue to fight with him, as long as we don't fight in the deep ditch and high base, we can still watch the fire from the other side, and we can also get the reward of the eastern capital first to alleviate our suffering from lack of food." ”

"That's it, go and appease the soldiers." Wang Shichong shouted: "Besides, don't always call him a thief, he is your cousin-in-law and a high-ranking official of the imperial court, respect him!" ”

So, in this way, the original plan full of mistakes and omissions to capture the old indulgence actually moved the cunning and suspicious Wang Shichong, after returning to the front account, Wang Shichong did not hesitate at all, and immediately ordered the drums to gather the generals, Yang Dong's reward was officially announced to the generals of the whole army, under the pretext that the military situation in the Tiger Prison Pass was urgent, and he could not live up to the heavy reward of Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and ordered the whole army to immediately pull out the camp to the north, open to the battlefield of Tiger Prison Pass, and set up camp on the bank of the Yellow River to prepare for war!

The order was conveyed, and the soldiers of the Sui army in Pengcheng, who had suffered from lack of food, were thunderous with joy, and the speed of pulling out the camp and marching into the army was very fast, but Qian Xiangmin once again ran to the front of Wang Shichong's family and sighed, and kept asking Wang Shichong why he suddenly decided to march into the army, and Wang Ren, who hated Chen Fuliang the most, was annoyed, and simply asked with a sneer: "Why did you suddenly enter the army?" At the beginning of the Huaishui War, why did you suddenly enter the army, we will do why! ”

Qian Xiangmin's sigh is of course pretended, but there are many people who are really complaining about it, on the same day, Li Mi and Zhai Rang have indeed finalized the tactics of joining forces to send 70,000 troops to attack Luokoucang on the next day, and also prepared the necessary dry food torches for night battles in advance, preparing to storm Luokoucang until late at night the next day, and also agreed that once Chen Fuliang reveals the flaws of his strength, the Zhai and Li coalition forces will send the rear army again to storm Luokoucang and the Sui army camp one after another. Use the peasant rebel army's best tactics to completely drown Chen Fuliang, who deserves death!

All the qi ē was ready, and even the death squad was organized, but in the evening of the same day, the news that Wang Shichong suddenly pulled out the camp and went north suddenly came, and Li Mi, who was drinking and feasting with Zhai Rang and other generals, suddenly fell to the ground with the wine glass in his hand, and his black face suddenly turned purple. Then, Li Mi jumped up, kicked over the table in front of him with one kick, and yelled: "Wang Shichong! Your mother's eighteenth generation ancestor! You dog, if you don't enter the army early or late, why do you want to enter the army today?! You deserve your daughter to be made belly by Chen Yingliang's traitor, you are evil! Annoyed, he simply sneered and asked, "Why did you suddenly enter the army?" At the beginning of the Huaishui War, why did you suddenly enter the army, we will do why! ”

Qian Xiangmin's sigh is of course pretended, but there are many people who are really complaining about it, on the same day, Li Mi and Zhai Rang have indeed finalized the tactics of joining forces to send 70,000 troops to attack Luokoucang on the next day, and also prepared the necessary dry food torches for night battles in advance, preparing to storm Luokoucang until late at night the next day, and also agreed that once Chen Fuliang reveals the flaws of his strength, the Zhai and Li coalition forces will send the rear army again to storm Luokoucang and the Sui army camp one after another. Use the peasant rebel army's best tactics to completely drown Chen Fuliang, who deserves death!

All the qi ē was ready, and even the death squad was organized, but in the evening of the same day, the news that Wang Shichong suddenly pulled out the camp and went north suddenly came, and Li Mi, who was drinking and feasting with Zhai Rang and other generals, suddenly fell to the ground with the wine glass in his hand, and his black face suddenly turned purple. Then, Li Mi jumped up, kicked over the table in front of him with one kick, and yelled: "Wang Shichong! Your mother's eighteenth generation ancestor! You dog, if you don't enter the army early or late, why do you want to enter the army today?! You deserve your daughter to be made belly by Chen Yingliang's traitor, you are evil! ”