"What did you say?" Du Fuwei's joyful tone stopped abruptly, his face also changed a little, he stared at Mao Wenshen and asked, "You said that our first target is Wang Shichong?" Have you ever read a military book? Don't you know who is strong and who is weak? ”

"King Du, please calm your anger and listen to the students speak slowly." Mao Wenshen was not afraid, and said in a calm tone: "Yes, compared with Chen Yingliang, Wang Shichong is stronger, but the students still think that we should fight Wang Shichong first, so that we can avoid the dilemma of fighting on two fronts, and we are more sure of winning. ”

Hearing Mao Wenshen's firm tone, Du Fuwei was a little confused, and Fu Gongqi hurriedly said: "Mr. Mao, please speak in detail." Brother Fuwei, don't worry, we have plenty of time, listen to Mr. Mao finish talking first. ”

Du Fuwei nodded, Li Zitong also encouraged Mao Wenshen to speak directly, Mao Wenshen then raised three fingers and said: "There are three reasons, first, we quickly defeated Chen Yingliang's dog officer with a very small grasp, Chen Yingliang tun troops in Yu, left by the fortified city, back to Surabaya, there is a city to lean on, there is Surabaya to defend, our army launched an attack on Chen Yingliang, if Chen Yingliang blindly insists on not fighting, then it will not take much time, our little grain and grass will run out, and we can only be forced to retreat." ”

"Second, Wang Shichong didn't want to fight with our army, as a Jiangdu Juncheng, he did not passively stick to the Huaishui defense line, but chose to cross the river to the north and camp troops on the north bank, obviously to destroy our military exploits. The reason why he deliberately leaked Chen Yingliang's military opportunity to us was only to induce us to engage Chen Yingliang first, and our army attacked Chen Yingliang, who was holding on to the danger, once it could not be taken quickly, and the veterans of the division were tired and showed their flaws, Wang Shichong would definitely immediately send troops to attack the back of our army, and at that time, our army would be attacked by the enemy in front and behind, and it would inevitably be passive! ”

"Third, don't look at Wang Shichong's many soldiers, in fact, he is better to deal with than Chen Ying." Mao Wenshen continued: "Wang Shichong camped with his back to the water but had no city to rely on, and all the grain and grass relied on the south bank of the Huai River for supplies, which was a taboo for soldiers. Our army is at war with it, and the decisive battle can be directly broken by of course, of course, it is the best, even if the decisive battle is difficult to win, it doesn't matter, we can take advantage of the advantage of troops, divide the troops to cross the river, harass and cut off his grain route, then within half a month, Wang Shichong will inevitably collapse without a fight. ”

"In addition, we will fight Wang Shichong first, and we don't have to worry about falling into the dilemma of fighting on two fronts." Mao Wenshen smiled and added: "Chen Yingliang's troops are already small, and Wang Shichong must be cautious when sending troops to reinforce him, and he will never dare to take risks if he is not sure." We also sent Wang Shichong's envoy to him, so that he knew Wang Shichong's shameless behavior, Chen Yingliang was furious, and he would definitely have the intention of not saving Wang Shichong when he saw death, so that we could have a comprehensive decisive battle with Wang Shichong without distraction. When our army breaks Wang Shichong again, then it can cross the Huai to the south, and retreat to attack Chen Yingliang, and be invincible. ”

After listening to Mao Wenshen's gushing opinions, Li Zitong, who trusted Mao Wenshen a lot, nodded again and again, but Fu Gongyi fell into deep thought, and asked Du Fuwei for a while: "Brother Fuwei, what do you think of Mr. Mao's words?" ”

Du Fuwei's face was a little gloomy, and he suddenly shouted after a while: "On paper! Sling the bull! Since ancient times, how can there be a reason to use troops first and then be strong? How many soldiers and horses does Chen Yingliang's thief have? How many soldiers and horses does Wang Shichong have? Thirty thousand! 30,000 officers and soldiers! How could we defeat Wang Shichong quickly? ”

"King Du, do you believe that Wang Shichong really has 30,000 troops on the north bank of the Huai River?" Mao Wenshen couldn't laugh or cry, and said: "Wang Shichong has been camping for ten miles, and he is clearly bluffing, how can he let his envoy tell us the true number of his troops?" If you don't believe King Du, you can immediately interrogate the messenger and torture him a little, and you should be able to know Wang Shichong's true strength. ”

Du Fuwei paused for a while, and then gave Fu Gong Yi a look, Fu Gong Yi immediately went out of the account, and the sound of slaps and whips soon came from outside the tent, and then Fu Gong Yi quickly returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, and said to Du Fuwei: "Brother Fu Wei, Mr. Mao guessed right, the messenger didn't tell the truth just now, Wang Shichong took the army across the river only 20,000, and the so-called 30,000 troops were told by Wang Shichong to lie." ”

"Traitor! Sure enough, he and Chen Yingliang's thief are the same dog! ”

Du Fuwei scolded a swear word, but Li Zitong laughed, very satisfied with Mao Wenshen's fight for face, and then took the opportunity to persuade Du Fuwei to adopt Mao Wenshen's construction and fight Wang Shichong first. But after Du Fuwei thought about it repeatedly, he still shook his head and said: "Don't take risks, even if Wang Shichong, a traitor, only has 20,000 troops, he is still more difficult to deal with than Chen Yingliang." And Brother Li, you haven't dealt with Chen Yingliang's thief, I don't know how treacherous he is, putting him behind our backs and ignoring him is equivalent to holding a poisonous snake in your arms, and you may be attacked and eaten by him at any time. ”

Seeing that Du Fuwei always refused to adopt Mao Wenshen's advice, Fu Gongqi was a little worried that it would affect the intimate relationship between the Zijun and Li Zitong's team, so he said: "Brother Fuwei, Brother Li, Mr. Mao, since everyone will not be able to make up their minds for a while, then we will simply do this, first escort Wang Shichong's envoy to Chen Yingliang's thief, first divide the relationship between these two traitors, reconnoiter their reaction movements, and then decide how to use the army before it is too late." ”

Fu Gongyi's compromise idea was unanimously approved by Du Fuwei and Li Zitong, and Fu Gongyi also immediately wrote a letter to Chen Yingliang, telling Chen Yingliang the story of Wang Shichong's tricks before and after, although Mao Wenshen felt that Du Fuwei was a waste of time and food, but he was not the leader and had no way, so he could only acquiesce to this method, and at the same time, Mao Wenshen said: "King Du, if you want, you might as well let your envoy directly sue Chen Yingliang thief, as long as he does not interfere in the decisive battle between our army and Wang Shichong, Then our army will immediately cross the river and go south after defeating Wang Shichong, and will never stay in Huaibei to make trouble for him. In this way, Chen Yingliang's mind of Wang Shichong will not be saved. ”

Du Fuwei glanced at Mao Wenshen and said coldly: "What's the hurry? We haven't decided whether to attack Chen Yingliang or Wang Shichong first. ”

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More than a day later, Wang Shichong's envoy was escorted to Chen Yingliang's army, and Fu Gongyi's handwritten letter was also sent to Chen Yingliang, who was still bargaining with Wang Renze, the representative of Jiangdu Army. After reading Fu Gongyi's letter, Chen Yingliang's two staff officers, Yuan Tiangang and Wei Zheng, were of course thunderous, and even the steady and upright Wei Zheng was inevitably foul-mouthed, scolding Wang Shichong for being human-faced and cruel, and he did not hesitate to betray friendly troops in order to obtain tactical benefits, and then Wei Zheng also said: "Deputy Envoy Chen, this matter cannot be resigned, and I think that you should immediately report this matter to the imperial court, and ask His Majesty the Emperor to surrender Wang Shichong!" ”

Contrary to Yuan Tiangang and Wei Zheng, Chen Yingliang, who has been scolding Wang Shichong behind his back for not being a thing in the past few days, seems to have suddenly changed a person, not only did he no longer scold without grace, but on the contrary, he also showed some smiles and ordered: "Come here, immediately invite Wang Renze to the Chinese army camp to discuss matters." ”

"Deputy envoy, do you want to turn your face directly with Wang Shichong?" Yuan Tiangang was a little surprised, and hurriedly reminded: "At present, the great enemy will do no harm to directly turn against Wang Shichong, so it is better to hide this matter from him for the time being, secretly report Wang Shichong's crimes to the court, and ask the court to come forward to clean him up." When the will of the imperial court comes down, this big war is almost over, and even if we turn against Wang Shichong, it will not have much impact. ”

"I was stupid before I turned my face directly with Wang Shichong." Chen Yingliang smiled and commanded again: "Go and call Wang Renze to come, and then you will know my intentions." Also, let Wang Shichong and Du Fuwei's envoy bring it together, plug Wang Shichong's envoy's mouth, escort him outside the tent to wait for his life, and not allow him to say a word. Du Fuwei's messenger also closed his mouth and put him in the back tent, so that he could hear the answer between me and Wang Renze. ”

Yuan Tiangang sent the letter to the suspicious to pass the order, after a while, Wang Shichong's unlucky messenger was first escorted to the tent, and the messenger sent by Du Fuwei was also escorted to the back tent to be guarded by his own soldiers, and then Wang Renze, who did not know the news, was also invited to the big tent, after meeting and saluting, Chen Yingliang was not polite, and directly handed the letter to Wang Renze, and said with a smile: "Virtuous nephew, this is a letter written to me by the head of the big thief, you can take a look." ”

Of course, Wang Renze wondered why Chen Yingliang wanted to read the letter by himself, but after only reading the letter a few times, Wang Renze's face suddenly changed, sweat was oozing from his forehead, and then he hurriedly shouted: "Uncle Chen, the discord plan!" This is a divisive plan, a thief's discord plan! My uncle and you are both a colleague and a relative, how could it be that he deliberately leaked your military information to the Duvowe thieves? Uncle Chen, you have to believe me, believe in my uncle! ”

"Of course I believe you." Chen Yingliang smiled and said: "The military information introduced in this letter, to be honest, is not a secret, Du Fuwei traitors can know as long as they send more scouts to reconnoitre, and it is not so easy to fool me with such a superficial divisive strategy." ”

Wang Ren breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly thanked Chen Yingliang for his trust in his uncle and nephew. Then, Chen Yingliang asked his own soldiers to put the Wang Shichong envoy into the big tent, and smiled at Wang Renze and said: "Ren Zexian's nephew, this person was sent by Du Fuwei's traitors, saying that it was the envoy sent by Brother Shichong to negotiate and contact him, I haven't interrogated him yet, and I don't bother to interrogate him, you take him back and hand him over to Brother Shichong, and you will dispose of it." ”

Wang Ren was even more overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly thanked him, and insisted that this messenger was a fake and he had never seen it. Chen Yingliang smiled again and said: "Of course I know that he is a false messenger and a dead man sent by Du Fuwei, so it is rare for me to listen to his nonsense, Ren Zexian's nephew, you take him back for strict interrogation, and he will be convicted severely, so you don't need to be polite to him." ”

"Definitely, definitely." Wang Ren nodded his head, and secretly admired Chen Yingliang in his heart for being able to afford to put it down, knowing that the envoy could not be fake, but in order to continue to maintain friendly relations with the Sui army in Jiangdu and maintain the current situation of joining forces to attack Du Fuwei, he simply pretended to be stupid.

"One more thing." Chen Yingliang said again: "Ren Zexian nephew, we also made a plan to enter the army by the way, do you think this arrangement will work?" Our Qianjun team and your Jiangdu team are about 120 miles away from Du Fuwei's camp, you go back today to report the news, and get ready tomorrow, the day after tomorrow we will send troops together to attack Du Fuwei's camp, the daily march is forty miles, and three days later we will arrive together outside Du Fuwei's camp to join forces, how about joining forces to attack? ”

The purpose of Wang Shichong and Chen Yingliang's bargaining Wang Ren certainly knew that the purpose was to make Chen Yingliang's team move and leave the battlefield of Suyu, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and then Du Fuwei would naturally pinch the persimmon and immediately march west to fight Chen Yingliang first. Now that he heard that Chen Yingliang was finally willing to climb out of the Suyu turtle shell and march eastward, Wang Ren was of course overjoyed, and immediately nodded and said: "What Uncle Chen said is very true, and the little nephew has always felt that this plan for marching is the most secure, so we will decide, after the little nephew goes back, he must ask his uncle to act according to the plan." ”

"Virtuous nephew, don't worry, I haven't finished my words yet." Chen Yingliang smiled and said: "You also know that I only brought more than 5,000 people from 25 regiments this time, and the troops are too thin. ”

Blinking his blue eyes, Wang Ren immediately arched his hand and said: "Uncle Chen's hardship, the little nephew understands, please rest assured, when the time comes, we will definitely immediately send troops to the west and join forces with my uncle to flank Du Fuwei's thieves!" ”

"Then it's settled." Chen Yingliang was overjoyed, patted the handsome case in front of him and said: "Please go back immediately to report the news, the morning after tomorrow, we will send troops together, advance in two ways, and smash Du Fuwei's thief's nest together!" ”

Wang Ren happily agreed, hurriedly said goodbye and left, and even more happily took away the unlucky messenger who was still gagged. Looking at the back of Wang Renze's departure, Yuan Tiangang and Wei Zheng were both puzzled, and hurriedly asked Chen Yingliang together: "Deputy envoy, forget it?" This is too cheap, Wang Shichong, right? ”

"Of course not." Chen Yingliang smiled: "Have you forgotten? In my back tent, there is also a messenger of Duvowe? Bring him out. ”

The envoy of Du Fuwei, who was gagged and locked in the back tent, was pushed out and directly escorted in front of Chen Yingliang, Chen Yingliang did not let his soldiers loosen his mouth for him, but just smiled and said: "You heard what I said to Wang Shichong's nephew just now, right?" Do you want me to repeat it to you? ”

The equally unlucky envoy Du Fuwei nodded, whining in his mouth, and he didn't know whether he heard it or wanted to ask Chen Yingliang to repeat it. And our Captain Chen is a careful person and a kind person, so he said: "I agreed with Wang Shichong that the day after tomorrow we will send troops together and march forty miles every day, if I find that you are pouring westward, I will immediately retreat to Suyu and hold on, and let Wang Shichong attack your back, attack back and forth, and break you." ”

"So." Chen Yingliang showed a smile and added: "You can go back and tell Du Fuwei and Li Zitong directly, if they want to find me for a decisive battle, it is very easy, as long as they are sure to break through Suyu City, just come, when I was in the Eastern Capital, I was not afraid of Yang Xuangan's 100,000 siege army, and I was afraid of him Du Fuwei and Li Zitong, two little thieves?" My words, remember not? ”

The envoy nodded hurriedly, indicating that he had remembered.

"Good." Chen Yingliang nodded with satisfaction, and said slowly: "By the way, bring a word to Du Fuwei, I am now the deputy envoy of the twelve counties of the imperial court, and my duty lies, if he must mess around under my rule, I will deal with him to the end no matter what, if he is smart, just get out of my rule, I don't care if I like to go there or there!" - Do you remember that? ”

The envoy of Du Fuwei hurriedly nodded again, Chen Yingliang smiled, and then ordered the pro-soldiers to release the emissary of Du Fuwei to report the news, and explained that Wang Renze's people must not see this envoy, and the pro-soldiers were ordered to escort the envoy away. It was also at this time that Yuan Tiangang and Wei Zheng vaguely understood Chen Yingliang's true intentions, and hurriedly asked Chen Yingliang in a low voice: "Deputy Envoy Chen, do you want to hint to Du Fuwei that as long as he goes south to find trouble with Wang Shichong, we will not send troops to help Wang Shichong, no matter how he and Wang Shichong toss?" ”

"Of course." Chen Yingliang smiled and said: "Actually, if I were Du Fuwei, then I would definitely lead the army to find Wang Shichong for a decisive battle first, instead of going west to Suyu first." Because our army has Suyu City and Surabaya to defend, it is definitely not so easy to break through, and Wang Shichong, who has enough strength, may be stabbed in the back at any time. ”

"The decisive battle with Wang Shichong first is very advantageous for Du Fuwei, first of all, there is no need to fall into a tough battle, and you can even fight a decisive battle with Wang Shichong without crossing the Huaishui, which is very conducive to a quick battle, and at the same time, our army is small, Du Fuwei only needs to arrange a small number of troops to protect the rear to prevent us from sneak attack. And once Du Fuwei defeats Wang Shichong in the decisive battle, then he can be invincible in terms of strategy, he can break through the Huai River to the south, and go to Jiangdu, which is far richer than the East China Sea and Xiapi, to grab money, grain, and beauties, or he can turn back to me for a decisive battle, and repay the original revenge with the power of a great victory, advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended, and completely grasp the strategic initiative. ”

After talking endlessly, Chen Yingliang smiled again and said: "Before, I was worried that Du Fuwei was short-sighted and just wanted revenge and didn't care about it, but judging from the fact that this kid used a messenger to separate me and Wang Shichong, this kid is still a bit of a brain, I gave him so many hints, and directly told him my battle plan for entering the army, I guess he will make a smart choice." ”

Yuan Tiangang and Wei Zheng nodded again and again, and they had to praise Chen Yingliang and Wang Shichong together for being a good partner for a pair of wolves, and then Yuan Tiangang was still a little worried, and said: "Deputy envoy, what if Du Fuwei refuses to obey?" His enmity with you is not small, if he insists on revenge and must come to fight us, what should we do? ”

"Come on, come on." Chen Yingliang said with a smile: "The great thing is to let Wang Shichong take more credit, anyway, we have a city to defend, and it is easier to defend the city, so there is no need to worry about the loss will be too great." ”

"Also, do you think I really can't do anything about him?" Chen Yingliang smiled mysteriously: "Don't forget, Du Fuwei and Li Zitong have just joined forces, and there are naturally estrangements and contradictions between them. If he Du Fuwei really dares to come, I am not afraid of him without Wang Shichong's help. ”

Yuan Tiangang, who knew Chen Yingliang's methods, nodded hurriedly, and said with a smile that the deputy envoy was really clever, but Wei Zheng looked up to the sky and sighed, "No wonder my official position is not as good as Wang Shichong, and no wonder Wang Shichong's position is not as good as that of the deputy envoy." ”

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Yuan Tiangang's worries were finally superfluous, and in the afternoon of the next day, after Du Fuwei's envoy brought Chen Yingliang's coping strategy and original words back to the thief camp, Du Fuwei vomited blood on the spot, slapped the table and smashed the bench, and yelled, "Traitor! God kill your traitor Chen Yingliang! Deliberately pretending to be confused and not being fooled, forget it, and in turn use my messenger Yin Wang Shichong! What do you fall in love with that and that, if you want me to attack Wang Shichong first, just say it! Don't say it so nicely! ”

"I can't imagine that Chen Yingliang, a little dog official, is even more treacherous than Wang Shichong, an old dog." Mao Wenshen, who left his name in history, was also a little shocked, and sighed: "Wang Shichong's old thief is just shameless, but Chen Yingliang's thief is a dog that bites people and doesn't bark, and he will be ruthless when he has the opportunity to shoot, which is far more terrible than Wang Shichong's old thief!" ”

After shaking his head and sighing, Mao Wenshen hurriedly said to Du Fuwei, Fu Gongqi and Li Zitong: "Three kings, tomorrow the official army will go on two sides, and you should also make up your mind." The student still said that it is most beneficial for us to break Wang Shichong first, and after Wang Shichong sent his troops to the north, the camp fence he built before would inevitably be destroyed when the camp was pulled out, which was more conducive to our decisive battle with him, and it was far easier to fight with him than to attack Suyu Jiancheng. At this point, the three kings must think twice. ”

Du Fuwei, who hated Chen Yingliang to the bone, kept silent with a straight face, and Li Zitong said: "Brother Du, I know that you hate Chen Yingliang's dog official and want to seek revenge on him, but you have been waiting for more than half a year, so why do you care about waiting a few more days?" When we clean up Wang Shichong, and then go back to Chen Yingliang's puppy official for revenge, what's the big deal? Don't worry, I will continue to help you when the time comes! ”

Hearing Li Zitong's words, and seeing that Fu Gong Yi also built his own correct strategy of Mao Wenshen, Du Fuwei finally made up his mind, kicked over the case in front of him, and shouted: "Pass the order, immediately prepare to send troops, and the whole army will go south at noon the day after tomorrow to find Wang Shichong Dog Officer for a decisive battle!" Break Wang Shichong, and then go back to Chen Gouguan to settle accounts! Settle accounts with Kan Liang, that traitor raised by a son of a bitch! "Once Wei defeats Wang Shichong in the decisive battle, then he can be invincible in terms of strategy, he can break through the Huai River to the south, and go to Jiangdu, which is far richer than the East China Sea and Xiapi, to grab money, food and beauty, or he can turn back to me for a decisive battle, and repay the original revenge with the power of victory, advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended, and completely grasp the strategic initiative."

After talking endlessly, Chen Yingliang smiled again and said: "Before, I was worried that Du Fuwei was short-sighted and just wanted revenge and didn't care about it, but judging from the fact that this kid used a messenger to separate me and Wang Shichong, this kid is still a bit of a brain, I gave him so many hints, and directly told him my battle plan for entering the army, I guess he will make a smart choice." ”

Yuan Tiangang and Wei Zheng nodded again and again, and they had to praise Chen Yingliang and Wang Shichong together for being a good partner for a pair of wolves, and then Yuan Tiangang was still a little worried, and said: "Deputy envoy, what if Du Fuwei refuses to obey?" His enmity with you is not small, if he insists on revenge and must come to fight us, what should we do? ”

"Come on, come on." Chen Yingliang said with a smile: "The great thing is to let Wang Shichong take more credit, anyway, we have a city to defend, and it is easier to defend the city, so there is no need to worry about the loss will be too great." ”

"Also, do you think I really can't do anything about him?" Chen Yingliang smiled mysteriously: "Don't forget, Du Fuwei and Li Zitong have just joined forces, and there are naturally estrangements and contradictions between them. If he Du Fuwei really dares to come, I am not afraid of him without Wang Shichong's help. ”

Yuan Tiangang, who knew Chen Yingliang's methods, nodded hurriedly, and said with a smile that the deputy envoy was really clever, but Wei Zheng looked up to the sky and sighed, "No wonder my official position is not as good as Wang Shichong, and no wonder Wang Shichong's position is not as good as that of the deputy envoy." ”

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Yuan Tiangang's worries were finally superfluous, and in the afternoon of the next day, after Du Fuwei's envoy brought Chen Yingliang's coping strategy and original words back to the thief camp, Du Fuwei vomited blood on the spot, slapped the table and smashed the bench, and yelled, "Traitor! God kill your traitor Chen Yingliang! Deliberately pretending to be confused and not being fooled, forget it, and in turn use my messenger Yin Wang Shichong! What do you fall in love with that and that, if you want me to attack Wang Shichong first, just say it! Don't say it so nicely! ”

"I can't imagine that Chen Yingliang, a little dog official, is even more treacherous than Wang Shichong, an old dog." Mao Wenshen, who left his name in history, was also a little shocked, and sighed: "Wang Shichong's old thief is just shameless, but Chen Yingliang's thief is a dog that bites people and doesn't bark, and he will be ruthless when he has the opportunity to shoot, which is far more terrible than Wang Shichong's old thief!" ”

After shaking his head and sighing, Mao Wenshen hurriedly said to Du Fuwei, Fu Gongqi and Li Zitong: "Three kings, tomorrow the official army will go on two sides, and you should also make up your mind." The student still said that it is most beneficial for us to break Wang Shichong first, and after Wang Shichong sent his troops to the north, the camp fence he built before would inevitably be destroyed when the camp was pulled out, which was more conducive to our decisive battle with him, and it was far easier to fight with him than to attack Suyu Jiancheng. At this point, the three kings must think twice. ”

Du Fuwei, who hated Chen Yingliang to the bone, kept silent with a straight face, and Li Zitong said: "Brother Du, I know that you hate Chen Yingliang's dog official and want to seek revenge on him, but you have been waiting for more than half a year, so why do you care about waiting a few more days?" When we clean up Wang Shichong, and then go back to Chen Yingliang's puppy official for revenge, what's the big deal? Don't worry, I will continue to help you when the time comes! ”

Hearing Li Zitong's words, and seeing that Fu Gong Yi also built his own correct strategy of Mao Wenshen, Du Fuwei finally made up his mind, kicked over the case in front of him, and shouted: "Pass the order, immediately prepare to send troops, and the whole army will go south at noon the day after tomorrow to find Wang Shichong Dog Officer for a decisive battle!" Break Wang Shichong, and then go back to Chen Gouguan to settle accounts! Settle accounts with Kan Liang, that traitor raised by a son of a bitch! ”