"It seems that the old man not only underestimated Chen Yingliang before, but also underestimated Du Fuwei, a thief." After listening to the news that his nephew Wang Ren brought back from Suyu, Wang Shichong was extremely shocked at first, and then he was silent after shock, and after a long time, he shook his head and sighed: "This battle is not as easy to fight as the old man imagined, and the exploits of exterminating Du Fuwei and Li Zitong are not as easy to monopolize as imagined, Chen Yingliang and Du Fuwei, these traitors, are not good masters." ”

"Why should a virtuous brother grow the prestige of others and destroy his own morale?" Wang Shiyun said very contemptuously: "I think Chen Yingliang's kid is a soft egg, knowing that the envoy can't be fake, and deliberately pretending to be confused to return the envoy to us, it is clear that he is afraid of Du Fuwei and Li Zitong, these thieves, and he is even more afraid of forcing us away. ”

"Brother, you underestimate Chen Yingliang too much." Wang Shichong shook his head and said with a sneer: "He is really afraid that he will not be able to support himself, so he can pretend that this incident did not happen, and quietly write down this black account, why should he return the messenger to us?" However, he did not do so, and generously handed the envoy back to us, which was tantamount to telling us directly, he was not afraid that we would retreat to Huainan, nor was he worried that it would be difficult to support it alone, and we would join forces with him if we were willing to join forces, and if we were unwilling, we could also stand by and watch, and he could deal with the combined forces of Li Zitong and Du Fuwei with the strength of one army. ”

"Just his army of more than 5,000?" Wang Shiyun scoffed.

"His troops are small, but he has this self-confidence." Wang Shichong said: "It may be difficult for his troops to defeat Du Li's thief army, but it is not enterprising enough, but it is more than enough for self-protection, 5,000 regular troops defend a Suyu city with plenty of grain and grass, and it is difficult for Du Fuwei and Li Zitong to break through even if there are 100,000 thief troops." ”

"Father, the child thinks that uncle has a point." Wang Ren also said respectfully: "Chen Yingliang's soldiers and horses are few, but they are better than the elite, only in terms of weapons and equipment, not only far above the thief army that relies on looting and supplies, but even above our team, in the favorable terrain to compete head-on with the Du Li thief army, the child thinks that Chen Yingliang will not be at a disadvantage." ”

Wang Shiyun, who didn't have a very good impression of Chen Yingliang, snorted heavily, very dissatisfied with his son's help for his uncle and not for his father, and then asked Wang Shichong: "Brother Xian, then what should we do next?" Do you continue to stand still, or do you follow the agreement with Chen Yingliang's thief to send troops to the north, and attack the thieves' den on both roads? ”

"It's definitely not going to work if you continue to hold still." Wang Shichong shook his head and said: "First, because Ren Zexian's nephew has agreed to the plan of going forward on two ways on my behalf, we have to keep some credit. The second is that we have to let Chen Yingliang's thief move, only if he leaves the Suyu battlefield, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, can we lure Du Fuwei and Li Zitong's thief army westward to fight with him, otherwise, it will be difficult for those two thieves to attack the fortification, so they will come at us. ”

"But Chen Yingliang's thief has already said directly, if the main force of the thief army is pulled out to the western front, he will immediately retreat to Suyu, what should I do?" Wang Shiyun asked again.

"Retreat, retreat, as long as he can lure the main force of the thief army westward." Wang Shichong waved his hand generously and said: "Besides, Du Fuwei is not a fool, if he finds out that Chen Yingliang is a thief heading west, he has to wait for Chen Yingliang to go farther before sending troops." So it was decided, the order went down, tomorrow morning to pull out the camp and set up the village, send troops to the north, march thirty miles a day, and let Song Hao lead an army of 3,000 as the vanguard. ”

"Uncle, you remember wrong, it's forty miles." Wang Ren hurriedly corrected: "The little nephew and Chen Yingliang agreed to march forty miles a day, if we march thirty miles a day, it will take four days to reach the predetermined battlefield, and we will not be able to meet Chen Yingliang on time." ”

"Virtuous nephew, are you mistaken?" Wang Shichong said quietly: "Chen Yingliang and you only have a verbal agreement, and there is no official letter to prove it, so you have misremembered the agreed marching distance, it should be thirty miles, right?" Right? ”

"Am I mistaken?" Wang Ren was a little stammered, but after seeing the smiles on Wang Shichong and Wang Shiyun's faces, Wang Ren quickly came to his senses and hurriedly smiled: "Uncle forgives the sin, it's the little nephew who remembers it wrong." ”

Wang Shichong and Wang Shiyun laughed together, and then Wang Shichong immediately began to arrange the affairs of the army, during which Wang Ren remembered something again and hurriedly asked: "Uncle, what about that messenger?" ”

"Do you need to ask?" Wang Shichong said coldly: "Send him to where he should go, this kind of shameless traitor who begs for his life will only be a scourge if he stays!" Wang Ren understood and immediately went to kill the unlucky messenger with his own hands.

So, a few days after crossing the river, the famous Jiangdu County Cheng Wang Shichong finally kept his credit, according to the agreement to lead 20,000 Jiangdu Sui troops to the north, but also more abide by the oral agreement of the daily march of thirty miles, one mile is not more, and there is no less than one mile, at the same time, the Jiangdu Sui army built before the strong camp can only be forced to give up, as a result, the abandoned fence watchtower and other things are not wasted, Wang Shichong's army just left on the front foot, and there are countless people and homeless people pouring into the abandoned camp on the back foot, The timber that Wang Shichong's team had worked so hard to cut down was swept away and used as firewood for wintering, during which the trenches and other fortifications were naturally damaged.

Our Wang Shichong Wangjun keeps his promises and remembers his promises, and he is naturally extremely concerned about whether the friendly army is trustworthy and keeps his promises, and at the same time as going north, he naturally has to send people to contact Chen Yingliang quickly, under the pretext of reporting the movements of his own army, and take the opportunity to find out whether Chen Yingliang sent troops according to the agreement? As a result, what made Wang Shichong's envoy vomit blood was that after he came to the city of Suyu, he not only saw the untouched Sui army camp of Qian County, but also saw Chen Yingliang lying on the hospital bed and dying.

"Please return to the world, please rest assured, I will definitely send troops tomorrow." Chen Yingliang took the messenger's hand, groaned in pain and said: "I will walk sixty miles tomorrow and another sixty miles the day after tomorrow, to ensure that I will meet you on time, and I will never let you fight alone." ”

Cursing the shameless person that it is better to die of illness as soon as possible, Wang Shichong's messenger could only leave Suyu quickly and come back to report the news, but after returning to the army in the early morning of the next day, Wang Shichong heard the news that Chen Yingliang was suddenly sick, and no matter how good his cultivation was, he couldn't help but scold, "This goddamn thief is simply shameless to the extreme!" is obviously afraid that Lao Tzu will not keep his promises, so he deliberately waited and watched for a day, and even used the excuse of pretending to be sick, the most shameless scoundrel in the world is this Chen Yingliang thief! ”

"Brother Xian, since Chen Yingliang is a thief who has broken his trust first, then let's not be polite to him!" Wang Shiyun said viciously: "Let's just stay still for a day, and wait until we confirm the whereabouts of Chen Yingliang's thief!" ”

The biggest advantage of our Wang Dajuncheng is that he wants everything, but he doesn't want his face, and he was angry when he was put on a posture by Chen Yingliang, so he immediately accepted the advice of the fourth brother Wang Shiyun, and ordered the whole army to rest for a day, and at the same time sent people to closely reconnoiter the movements of the friendly army and the thief army in Qian County, and swore that unless Chen Yingliang sent troops to the east, he would never go further to the north!

Wang Shichong's order won the cheers and support of the Jiangdu Sui army, and after half a year of idleness, the Jiangdu army formed by Wang Shichong himself developed some inertia, and did not want to work hard to work hard, so he stopped and rested after walking for thirty miles, and most of the Jiangdu army officers and soldiers were naturally very happy. Of course, there are some exceptions, in addition to some brave and ruthless people who are eager to make meritorious contributions are quite regretful and dissatisfied, Wang Shichong's baby daughter Wang Xueji is even more dissatisfied, and asked why she has to stand still in the morning, and came to Wang Shichong in the evening to inquire if she would go north to fight the next day?

"What are you anxious about? What's there to hurry? Wang Shichong said with a wry smile to his daughter helplessly: "Father is taking the army to fight, not to play, the soldiers in the army are not in a hurry, what are you a girl anxious about?" ”

"My daughter is anxious to make a contribution to you." Wang Xueji said confidently: "My daughter has learned martial arts since she was a child, and she has never had a chance to show it, this time you finally agreed to take me on the expedition, of course I have to rush to kill the enemy and show my skills." ”

"I really shouldn't have promised to bring you here."

Wang Shichong sighed, and was about to tell his daughter why he didn't move, but a scout rushed in outside the tent, knelt down on one knee and said to Wang Shichong: "Yujun Cheng, at noon today, Du Fuwei and Li Zitong, the two thieves, suddenly abandoned the Shushui camp, poured out their nests, and joined forces to come to the southwest. The four gates of Shuyang County are closed, and martial law is already under martial law! ”

Du Fuwei's thief army camp is located east of Shuyang, whether it is to attack Suyu or to go south to the enemy Wang Shichong, you must first go to the southwest direction, so Wang Shichong was not shocked after listening to the report, but quickly asked: "Where is the destination of the thief army, have you ever found out?" ”

"The destination of the main force of the thieves has not yet been discovered." The scout replied truthfully: "But I found that there was a group of thieves of about 3,000 people, who walked very fast and went directly in the direction of Suyu. ”

"Trailblazer!" Wang Shichong immediately flashed this word in his mind, and a smile appeared on his face, and he immediately laughed loudly: "Chen Yingliang boy, the old man told you to play a lie, told you to pretend to be a soldier, what's the use of you pretending to be sick and tricking again?" Du Fuwei and Li Zitong are not fools, why do you want to let your more than 5,000 people not fight, but come to a decisive battle with the old man's 20,000 army? ”

The brothers of the Wang family next to him also laughed loudly and got carried away, but Wang Xueji was relatively simple, and asked very suspiciously: "Father, several uncles, and a few brothers, what are you laughing at?" What's so funny? ”

"Good daughter, soon you will understand." Wang Shichong laughed and said, "Don't you want to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions? Don't worry, your father will give you this opportunity, and when the thief team and Chen Yingliang's boy are defeated, your father will personally take you into battle to kill the enemy and make contributions to the country! ”

When Wang Xueji heard the joy, she hurriedly thanked Wang Shichong, and then asked curiously: "Father, that Chen Yingliang is the famous little Chen Qingzhi, right?" I heard that he once led hundreds of white-robed soldiers into the camp of tens of thousands of traitors, burned the rebels' grain and grass and fought his way out of the siege unscathed, what kind of person is he? So powerful? ”

"Ask your starling, I haven't seen that kid, your starling has seen it." Wang Shichong pointed to Wang Renze.

Seeing that his cousin turned his curious gaze to himself, Wang Ren smiled and said: "Thirteenth sister, don't listen to those unreliable rumors, when you see that Chen Yingliang boy, you will be disappointed, he is not only as ugly as a pig, with green fangs, but also a little battlefield chick who has never even seen blood. ”

Wang Xueji was indeed disappointed, pouting her ruddy mouth and said: "It turned out to be another hero who blew out, I heard that he went straight to the thief's nest with a white-robed soldier, and I thought it was a great character, it turned out to be fake, and he looked so ugly, then forget it, I don't want to see him." ”

Hearing Wang Xueji's words, the brothers of the Wang family laughed even more, and the laughter was so proud, and at the same time, Wang Shichong also laughed and ordered the army to continue to rest in place the next day. And at the time of the second watch, Suyu, who was far away, sent an urgent report, saying that Chen Yingliang had not moved under the pretext that his condition had not healed, Wang Shichong sneered when he heard it, and said: "Pretend, continue to pretend, wait until the 50,000 thieves surround you, and when you want me to ask for help, see how the old man pretends to show you." ”

In a good mood, Wang Shichong, who is quite strict in governing the army, broke an exception the next day, temporarily left the barracks, led a large number of nephews and daughters to hunt in the neighboring mountains, a family of more than a dozen brothers and sisters to compete in archery and riding, but it can be regarded as a happy one, when the excitement came, Wang Shichong also personally pulled the bow and released arrows, shot down a lonely goose that went south, won the applause of the house, Wang Shichong himself was also proud, extremely satisfied with his civil and military skills, and expected things to be like a god.

Probably happy and sad, in the afternoon, just as Wang Shichong was roasting the lonely goose that he shot down with his own hands, several fast horses suddenly rushed to the hunting ground, and shouted from a distance: "Juncheng, go back to the camp, go back to the camp!" Our army scouts reported that the main force of the thief army is heading towards our camp, and it may arrive before this evening! ”

"Smack!" The wild goose in Wang Shichong's hand fell into the fire, and suddenly splashed a lot of oil smoke and dust, and at the same time, the expression on Wang Shichong's face also showed a demented look, and he said in disbelief: "How is it possible?" The main target of the thief army is me? How could the main force of the thieves be me? ”

After being demented for a long time, Wang Shichong didn't even care about greeting his daughter, and galloped back to his own camp directly after beating the horse, and at this moment the Jiangdu army camp was already in a panic, a large number of soldiers were urgently mobilized, while digging the camp trench to cut down trees and build fences, the heralds who ran and shouted came and went, and Wang Shiyun, who stayed in the camp, also hurried up to meet him, and said with a split head and face: "Fifth brother, we have been tricked!" The thief army entered Suyu in the west yesterday, but it was just a partial division, and it seemed that it was to contain Chen Yingliang's boy. The main force of the thief army deliberately stationed troops at the three-way intersection last night, and today suddenly sent a force south, the speed is very fast, and it can arrive here before evening! ”

Wang Shichong's face was gloomy, and he suddenly asked, "Where is Chen Yingliang's thief?" What's going on with him? ”

"There is no news, it should still be holding still." Wang Shiyun replied quickly.

"Immediately send someone to contact him, ask him to abide by the agreement, immediately send troops to attack the back of the thief army, and join forces with us to break the enemy!" Wang Shichong quickly ordered with a straight face: "Besides, let the army step up the camp, before sunset, be sure to set up the camp for me!" ”

Pegasus, the messenger who negotiated with Chen Yingliang, went to Suyu, but the camp did not have time to be set up before sunset -- Du Fuwei was very shameless and sent a cavalry team to the south to attack the Jiangdu army team that was cutting down trees on the side of the road in the mountains, which caused great trouble for the Jiangdu army to set up camp. When it was slightly dark, the main team of the thief army appeared in front of Wang Shichong's team.

The momentum of the thief army is very huge, from a distance, the bonfires and torches of the thief army are endless, it is even denser than the stars in the sky, the war drums and horns are heard one after another, even if they are ten miles away, they can still be heard clearly, and what worries Wang Shichong's family is that Du Fuwei and Li Zitong's thief army team is quite orderly between the camp and the march, the camp can be defended and attacked by the mountains and rivers, the march is orderly and the banner is orderly, and at a glance you know that it is the kind of experienced team with a lot of combat experience. Far from being an ordinary rabble, it can be compared.

Of course, Wang Shichong, who had a regular army of 20,000, was not particularly afraid of Du Fuwei and Li Zitong's 50,000 coalition troops, in addition to worrying about casualties. Considering that the thief army has not gained a stable foothold in the distance, and the body has been affected to a certain extent, and at the same time, in order to test the combat effectiveness of the thief army, that night, Wang Shichong arranged for the captain Song Hao to lead an army of 1,000 to rob the camp, and the result was that Wang Shichong was very shocked that Du Fuwei and Li Zitong had long expected that he would take advantage of the advantage of waiting for work to sneak attack at night, and arranged two ambush soldiers outside the camp early, and suddenly killed Song Hao, Song Hao's army was defeated, and the wolf bèi fled, and the morale of the thief army was greatly boosted. The Jiangdu army, which had not fought for half a year, suffered a demoralization.

After the night attack was frustrated, the next morning, the thief army seized the weakness of the Jiangdu military camp defense, and dispatched a large number of troops to attack the Jiangdu army head-on, Wang Shichong was forced to send troops to meet the battle, and was also forced to fight with Du Fuwei and Li Zitong The war of attrition that he was most unwilling to fight, as a result, after a big battle, although Wang Shichong's team successfully repelled the enemy, the team still suffered a lot of casualties.

At the same time, Wang Shichong was very shocked to find that the thief army took advantage of the advantage of strength and even divided an army to attack the Huai River ferry behind his camp, and Wang Shichong, who had to rely on Shanyang for military rations, had no choice but to order to retreat to the ferry and set up camp to ensure that the grain route was unblocked.

Relying on the bravery and equipment superiority of the Jianghuai soldiers, the Jiangdu army fought and retreated, but it was quite smooth to retreat to the ferry camp, but what made Wang Shichong cry and laugh was that the strong camp he had painstakingly built had already been razed to the ground at this time, and he had to re-establish the camp while fighting, not to mention that the army was tired and tired, and the Jiangdu army also fell into the dilemma of fighting against the water, and there was no choice but to defeat the frontal enemy at any cost - what would happen to the enemy when he crossed the river to the south, I believe there is no need to explain.

Defeating the frontal enemy is not hopeless and uncertain for Wang Shichong, who has 20,000 regular troops, but the four words at any cost must be carefully weighed by Wang Shichong, so while fighting hard, Wang Shichong is considering two questions, "How to let Chen Yingliang, the traitor, go south and help me to flank the main force of the thief army?" What method can be used to kill the combined forces of Du Fuwei and Li Zitong at the lowest cost? ”

"Wang Shichong is treacherous, he likes to be opportunistic, and confronting him will only play into his hands! The best way to deal with him is to attack, attack and attack, and force him to consume head-on! In this way, in order to preserve his strength, Wang Shichong will inevitably have the idea of retreating across the Huai River, and our army will seize the opportunity to attack it halfway, and it will win a great victory! "This is Mao Wenshen's proposal to Du Fuwei and Li Zitong, the two big thieves.

"Please return to Wang Juncheng, it's not that I don't want to go south immediately to help him flank the main force of the thief army, it's that my illness has not healed and I can't lead the army to fight." This is Chen Yingliang's reply to Wang Shichong's envoy lying on the hospital bed, and he said with a snort: "Also, our southward road was also blocked by traitors, our army scouts reported that Du Fuwei sent his right-hand man Xia Daworm to lead an army of 10,000 to block the road of our army to the south, and if our army wants to reinforce you, we must first break this Xia Daworm." It's hard, it's hard, it's hard for me! "On the morning of the morning, the thief army seized the weakness of the imperfect defense of the Jiangdu military camp, and dispatched a large number of troops to attack the Jiangdu army head-on, Wang Shichong was forced to send troops to meet the battle, and was also forced to fight with Du Fuwei and Li Zitong The war of attrition that he was most unwilling to fight, as a result, after a big battle, although Wang Shichong's team successfully repelled the enemy, the team still suffered a lot of casualties.

At the same time, Wang Shichong was very shocked to find that the thief army took advantage of the advantage of strength and even divided an army to attack the Huai River ferry behind his camp, and Wang Shichong, who had to rely on Shanyang for military rations, had no choice but to order to retreat to the ferry and set up camp to ensure that the grain route was unblocked.

Relying on the bravery and equipment superiority of the Jianghuai soldiers, the Jiangdu army fought and retreated, but it was quite smooth to retreat to the ferry camp, but what made Wang Shichong cry and laugh was that the strong camp he had painstakingly built had already been razed to the ground at this time, and he had to re-establish the camp while fighting, not to mention that the army was tired and tired, and the Jiangdu army also fell into the dilemma of fighting against the water, and there was no choice but to defeat the frontal enemy at any cost - what would happen to the enemy when he crossed the river to the south, I believe there is no need to explain.

Defeating the frontal enemy is not hopeless and uncertain for Wang Shichong, who has 20,000 regular troops, but the four words at any cost must be carefully weighed by Wang Shichong, so while fighting hard, Wang Shichong is considering two questions, "How to let Chen Yingliang, the traitor, go south and help me to flank the main force of the thief army?" What method can be used to kill the combined forces of Du Fuwei and Li Zitong at the lowest cost? ”

"Wang Shichong is treacherous, he likes to be opportunistic, and confronting him will only play into his hands! The best way to deal with him is to attack, attack and attack, and force him to consume head-on! In this way, in order to preserve his strength, Wang Shichong will inevitably have the idea of retreating across the Huai River, and our army will seize the opportunity to attack it halfway, and it will win a great victory! "This is Mao Wenshen's proposal to Du Fuwei and Li Zitong, the two big thieves.

"Please return to Wang Juncheng, it's not that I don't want to go south immediately to help him flank the main force of the thief army, it's that my illness has not healed and I can't lead the army to fight." This is Chen Yingliang's reply to Wang Shichong's envoy lying on the hospital bed, and he said with a snort: "Also, our southward road was also blocked by traitors, our army scouts reported that Du Fuwei sent his right-hand man Xia Daworm to lead an army of 10,000 to block the road of our army to the south, and if our army wants to reinforce you, we must first break this Xia Daworm." It's hard, it's hard, it's hard for me! ”