In more than 20 days, he entered the imperial city of the Eastern Capital for the third time, and entered the main hall for the third time, Chen Yingliang saw at a glance that Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi, who were likely to have a basis, were in the palace, and Pei Hongce and Zhao Changwen, the waiter of the Yellow Gate who was responsible for supervising the Lumen Gate, were also in the palace.

"Excuse me." Fan Zigai waved his hand casually, and then quickly asked Chen Yingliang: "Yingliang, apart from reasoning, what other way can you confirm that the letter last night was forged by Yang Rebel's army?" ”

"Lord Fan, don't you compare your handwriting and seal?" Chen Yingliang cautiously asked rhetorically and said: "As long as you find out Wei Shangshu's past letters or chapters, and compare the handwriting, you may be able to find some clues." ”

"Of course, the old man has checked his handwriting." Fan Zigai took out a few letters and said: "The old man found a few letters from before Wei Wensheng, and compared them with the letters found on the corpse last night, he found that the handwriting did have some traces of imitation, and the seals were slightly different, but the differences were very small, and there was really no way to confirm whether the letters from last night were forged, so the old man asked His Royal Highness King Yue to summon you into the imperial city to see if you had any way to confirm it." ”

"The villain can give it a try." Chen Yingliang asked for a few letters from Fan Zigai's hands to verify the handwriting and seals, but Chen Yingliang was not proficient in handwriting identification, and he almost didn't know anything about calligraphy identification, so although Chen Yingliang also found that last night's letter seemed to have traces of forgery, he couldn't find any major flaws. As a last resort, Chen Yingliang could only use his brains to find new ways to solve the case.

Fortunately, Chen Yingliang originally ate this line of food, and soon thought of another point, and hurriedly asked: "Lord Fan, the body of the messenger last night has not been buried or cremated, right?" ”

"Zhao Shilang, what did you do with that body?" Fan Zigai turned to Zhao Changwen, who was guarding the Lu Gate, and replied.

"Temporarily stopped in the garrison barracks at Lu Guanmen, ready to wait for the afternoon to let his family collect the body." Zhao Changwen replied respectfully.

"Great." Chen Yingliang was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked Zhao Changwen again: "Xiao Sheng dares to ask Lord Zhao, that messenger, can you confirm that the third watch was killed by the traitor scout last night?" This is very important, please explain it carefully. ”

"Yes." Zhao Changwen replied confidently: "When the accident happened last night, I lived in the city tower, and after being woken up by the pro-soldiers, I once asked the time, and the pro-soldiers said that they had just knocked on the three watches, which could not be wrong." ”

"Lord Fan, please send a capable servant to investigate the corpse." Chen Yingliang hurriedly said: "As far as the villain knows, an experienced old man can judge the approximate time of death of the corpse through the clues of corpse spots and bruises, as long as the time of death of the corpse is found, we can know whether he was transported to the Lu Gate after his death, or was killed under the Lu Gate." ”

"Good idea, why did the old man forget this?" Fan Zigai was overjoyed, and immediately ordered Pei Hongce to send several experienced old servants to inspect the corpse, and asked that the time of the messenger's death be determined. It was also after Pei Hongce and Zhao Changwen left that Fan Zigai praised Chen Yingliang again: "Yingliang, this time it's all thanks to you again, I didn't expect you to be so careful at a young age, it's really rare." ”

"Lord Xie Liushou praised him for serving the imperial court, and the villain deserves it." Chen Yingliang was accustomed to a modest sentence, and said: "Left-behind adults, the matter is very important, I wonder if the left-behind adults have already sent messengers out of the city again to contact Lord Wei to confirm this matter?" ”

"It's already sent, but it's ......." Fan Zigai's expression was very depressed, and he gritted his teeth and said: "But these waste scout messengers are really too unreliable, until now even the location of Yang Rebellion's main force has not been confirmed to the old man, and the messengers sent by the old man to contact various places have also been repeatedly robbed and killed, either fleeing back to Luoyang with his head in his hands, or directly surrendering to the rebels, so that the old man is now simply blind, and he knows almost nothing about the enemy situation outside the city!" The new messenger sent out, whether he can contact Wei Wensheng or not, the old man is not sure! ”

Chen Yingliang didn't dare to say this, and he was quite sympathetic to Fan Zigai's depression, because the scouts of the defenders of the Eastern Capital were too uncompetitive, and in the case of absolute superiority in weaponry and military training, they couldn't even do the most basic enemy reconnaissance, and they were repeatedly killed and captured by the scout sentry team of the chaotic army, and they lied and misreported one after another, not to mention that the rebel team did not detect such a big move as dividing troops under their noses, and even after relying on the **** to fight to the death, and finally confirmed the division of the rebels, The scouts in the eastern capital could not even find out where the main force of the rebels was currently located, which completely blinded Fan Zigai, and also affected Chen Yingliang, who was eager to make meritorious contributions, and did not dare to ask for battle when the enemy situation was unknown.

Quietly sympathizing with Fan Zigai, who has obviously aged a lot these days, Chen Yingliang remembered another big thing, and hurriedly focused his attention on the Wei Xuan letter that might be forged by the enemy, and the content of the letter is known to everyone, Li Mi pretended to use Wei Xuan's tone to tell Fan Zigai, saying that Wei Xuan had accepted Fan Zigai's construction, and decided to station the main force in the Kui Han Road, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and sent the forward to highlight the Kui Han Road to find fighters - Li Mi did this for two purposes, one was to prevent Fan Zigai from continuing to contact Wei Xuan, said that Wei Xuan took the most unfavorable strategy against the rebels, and the second was to prevent the rebels from blockading ineffectively, and the Eastern Capital scouts discovered that Wei Xuan's army walked out of Cuihan Road, so that the decision-making level of the Eastern Capital thought that the Sui army that appeared in the open area was just Wei Xuan's forward.

The layman looks at the excitement, the insider is the doorway, Chen Yingliang, who has been eating by analyzing the psychology of criminals for a long time, saw this letter, and immediately found a huge possibility, and then pondered carefully, Chen Yingliang felt that his discovery was of great significance, and then looked at Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi, and found that they were discussing some unimportant military and political affairs, Chen Yingliang pursed his lips, and then plucked up the courage to say: "His Royal Highness King Yue, Fan Liu, General Huangfu, if this letter can be confirmed to be fake, Then the villain can guess Yang Xuangan's tactical plan of the thief, and he can also guess the weakness of his tactical deployment. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Fan Zigai's white eyebrows raised.

"Left-behind adults, can you allow the villain to speak out?" Chen Yingliang asked first -- Chen Yingliang really had to ask first this time, after all, this is the main hall of the Eastern Imperial City, and Chen Yingliang, who has no official position and no position, is ready to say something that is speculated out of thin air, so naturally he has to be careful.

"Absolutely." Huangfu Wuyi took over the conversation and said with a smile: "I have long heard your uncle Li Guogong say that you kid has some unique insights in military strategy and political affairs, and many of his good builds are from your plans, but you kid refuses to enter the right military guard, and this general has never had a chance to listen to your high opinions, and today is just the opportunity, don't worry, as long as it is not a taboo, I will bear it for you if you say it wrong." ”

"Say it." Fan Zigai also opened his mouth and said: "You said that you can guess Yang Rei's tactical plan, how can you guess?" What is Yang Rei's tactical plan? ”

"If this letter can be confirmed to be forged by Yang Rei, then Yang Re's tactical plan must be to besiege the city and send reinforcements, first concentrate on destroying our Daxing reinforcements, and then turn around and attack Luoyang." Chen Yingliang replied confidently: "If the Yang rebel thief army can do this, then he can gain a huge strategic advantage, first of all, he can concentrate on attacking Luoyang without distraction, capture a large number of officials and families in Luoyang City, and force many officials of my Great Sui to follow the thieves, and then it is best to take Luoyang, even if it is blocked by the Luoyang city wall, Yang Rebel thief army can also calmly move to the west, attack the main force of Guanzhong Daxing, which has been wiped out, and choke Tong Pass and block my Great Sui to return to the main force." ”

"Concentrate on destroying our Daxing reinforcements first, and then turn around and fight Luoyang?" Fan Zigai repeated it, looking a little puzzled.

"Exactly!" Chen Yingliang nodded vigorously and said loudly: "And the villain's speculation is not groundless!" Please Fan Liushou think about it carefully, if this Wei Shangshu's letter was forged by Yang Wei, then what is the purpose of Yang Wei's forgery of this letter? In addition to wanting to stabilize our Eastern Capital Army, what other purpose can it have? ”

"Yang Wei forged this letter to stabilize us?" Fan Zigai somewhat understood.

"Exactly." Chen Yingliang nodded and replied: "In addition to wanting us to no longer contact Wei Shangshu's reinforcements, Yang Yi also hopes that we will stay in the Eastern Capital City honestly, and not risk going out of the city to destroy his tactical plan to completely annihilate our Daxing reinforcements, so that he can concentrate his forces on dealing with our reinforcements with a little bit." Previously, Yang Rebell's thief army went to the eastern capital every day to fight, and it was also one of Yang Rei's tricks that he didn't want us to send troops, and his purpose was just to bluff, wanting to use a small number of partial divisions to contain our defenders in the eastern capital, so that his main force could be distracted and rest assured to deal with our reinforcements. ”

"One more point." Chen Yingliang added, "Yang Shun forged this letter to deceive us, and it proves one more point, what he is most afraid of at present is that Wei Shangshu will take a defensive position, and the troops will only defend and not fight in the Kuihan Road, and we will be in a confrontation with the army of the Eastern Capital, otherwise, if Yang Shun is not afraid of our tactic, then he can ignore our tactic, and he will not be able to make such a big effort to forge the letter." ”

"Kind of makes sense." Fan Zigai nodded and said, "If Yang Wei is not afraid of the tactics proposed by the old man to Wei Wensheng, then even if he intercepts the old man's handwritten letter to Wei Wensheng, he can ignore it and take the risk to deceive the old man." ”

Agreeing with Chen Yingliang's judgment, Fan Zigai hurriedly asked: "Then you can guess the weakness of Yang Rei's tactical deployment, where is Yang Rei's weakness?" ”

"Kim Yong Cheng!" Chen Yingliang replied categorically: "Yang rebel thief army stationed in the rear army of Kim Yong City, a few days ago came to the eastern capital every day to bluff, creating the illusion of strong military strength, after being defeated by the villain led by the national army, did not send too many troops to meet the defeated soldiers, and then has been disappearing for the past few days, just by virtue of this, the villain can be sure that Yang Rebell's Kim Yong City battalion may have a lot of troops, but it is definitely not strong, and it is definitely not the opponent of our Eastern Capital army, so Yang Rebellious thief army has obediently hid in the camp of Kim Yong City these days, I didn't dare to get close to Luoyang City for the next step, for fear that we would find out the true face of their paper tiger and be chased and beaten by us because of his weakness! ”

Looking at Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi, who were pursing their lips and contemplating, Chen Yingliang added, "Left-behind adults, the rebel general Yu Rou that we captured on the battlefield last time must know the details of Kim Yong City. ”

"Don't mention that bale of straw." Fan Zigai replied helplessly: "Yang Xuangan rebel thief entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, but this straw bag is so bad that he doesn't even know the specific situation of Yang rebel army, the old man repeatedly asked him about the strength of Yang rebel army, the deployment, this straw bag is all one question and three don't know, only said that there are many, many, every day, hundreds of thousands of people voluntarily rebel, how many rebel army there are in the vicinity of Kim Yong City, he doesn't know at all, no matter how much he asks, there are many, many, so many that he can't even live in the city, so he can only live outside the city." ”

"Soldiers are expensive, not much." Chen Yingliang replied in a deep voice: "Even if there are 10,000 people, even if there are 10,000 people, they are by no means the opponent of a thousand elite soldiers. Kim Yong City's Yang rebel thief army didn't dare to come to Luoyang City to fight these days,"

"Listen to your tone, you want to fight Kim Yong City?" Fan Zigai smiled a little.

"That's what the villain is planning." Chen Yingliang replied loudly: "But the number of the four regiments of the army is too small, and the villain still needs thousands of rear troops to cover, and they don't need to charge into battle, as long as they stand behind and make a show, and make a strong name for the national army, and wait until the villain's team wins, and then help fight the tailwind battle and kill the enemy's defeated soldiers!" ”

Fan Zigai was so distracted that he almost blurted out to agree, but Huangfu Wuyi, who was familiar with Fan Zigai's character, quickly coughed and reminded: "Fan Liushou, we are only speculating at present, and we have not confirmed that this letter is forged by Yang Wei." Also, the eastern capital is too big, there are twelve gates alone, we need a large number of troops to hold the city, and the reserves that can be dispatched, even if we add the army to serve the country, are only four or five thousand people. ”

Fan Zigai's eyes dimmed, but he refused to give up, so he retrieved the letters from Chen Yingliang's hand, looked at them carefully for a long time, and suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "The old man can be sure that there are at least three traces of imitation on this letter, and the seal words are also relatively fine, which is likely to be forged!" But I'm not sure, I'm not sure! ”

"Please rest assured, when Uncle Pei and the others arrange for an autopsy to come back, they will have the answer as soon as they come back." Chen Yingliang opened his mouth to comfort, but he was a little worried in his heart, because Chen Yingliang knew very well that if he used this strategy instead, he would definitely find a way to deceive the messenger for his own use, let him go to the bridge across the river by himself, and then treacherously add words without trust, and let his accomplices and lackeys slaughter the messenger on the bridge, so as to avoid exposing clues as much as possible - if Yang Xuangan can be as cunning as Chen Yingliang, then even the autopsy will not find evidence.

Fortunately, Chen Yingliang's worries were finally superfluous, and after waiting for an unknown amount of time, Pei Hongce and Zhao Changwen suddenly rushed into the hall as if they were crazy, and as soon as they entered the hall, they yelled: "His Royal Highness King Yue, Fan Liu, General Huangfu, I have examined the body, and I found that our messenger did not die in the third watch last night, but should have died yesterday evening at the latest!" ”

"Sure!" Fan Zigai asked with a yell.

"Absolutely!" Pei Hongce nodded vigorously, wiped his sweat and said: "Also, our servants also found that there was a circle of extremely dark bruises on the wrists of the corpse's hands, and the three servants were sure that our messenger was killed when his hands were tied, and it took a while after death to loosen the tie, so there were traces of rope binding!" ”

"Thank God, fortunately, Yang Xuangan, a fool, didn't do things secretly, leaving such an obvious loophole." Chen Yingliang quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sure enough, it's a forgery!" Fan Zigai gritted his teeth, and suddenly said angrily: "Waste! This waste! The letter sent by the traitor can be intercepted by the traitor, and the old man was almost deceived by the traitor's fake letter! The order is not to be sent to this messenger and the bereavement money and food of his four entourages, and those that have already been sent will also be recovered by the old man! ”

"Fan stays behind, please take a break from the wrath of thunder." Chen Yingliang hurriedly bowed and said loudly: "This is not a bad thing, at least it proves that the current weakness of Yang's rebel thief army is the Kim Yong Cheng camp, if our army immediately sends troops and goes all out to storm the Kim Yong City camp, it will win a big victory, and it can also receive the effect of killing two birds with one stone, which not only indirectly shares the positive pressure borne by Lord Wei Xuanwei, but also makes the rear of Yang rebel traitors catch fire, unable to deal with the western front with all their might, and can also take the opportunity to combat the arrogance of Yang's rebel thief army, so as to avoid thieves from becoming chaotic and thieves becoming more and more rampant!" ”

After thinking about it for a moment, Fan Zigai gritted his teeth and shouted: "Okay, Ying Liang, you go down and prepare immediately, and send troops tomorrow to attack the traitor's camp in Kim Yong City!" You led the **** as the vanguard, and the old man sent Liu Changgong to lead 3,000 ...... No, the old man sent Liu Changgong to lead 4,000 elite soldiers as the rear army to strengthen your momentum! ”

"Regarding this, the villain has two more requests, please stay behind and be sure to agree." Chen Yingliang said.

"Say, as long as it is reasonable, the old man will agree!" Fan Zigai waved his hand.

"Thank you, Lord Liu, the villain's request is very simple." Chen Yingliang arched his hand and said: "First, please leave behind the lord to give General Liu Changgong a death order, when fighting, unless the army led by the villain retreats, his 4,000 rear army will never be allowed to take a step back!" Because on the two armies, once our rear army flees without a fight, it will inevitably have a huge impact on the morale of the forward army! ”

"It's easy to do." Fan Zigai nodded, turned to Yang Tong and said: "Your Highness, the old minister, please Jun Zhi, when you go to war tomorrow, Your Highness, please send a team of forbidden troops to hold His Highness's order to monitor Liu Changgong into battle!" If he dares to lead the army to take a step back, the soldiers of the forbidden army will behead him on the spot! ”

"Exactly." Yang Tong, who was completely a puppet, agreed, Fan Zigai thanked him, and then turned to Chen Yingliang and said, "Say your second request." ”

"The second request is to ask the remaining adults to allow the villain to adapt and lead the army to retreat in the event of a battle." Chen Yingliang said respectfully: "The villain is not greedy for life and afraid of death, and he does not dare to fight to the death, but the number of the army under the command of the villain is too small, including the villain, a total of only 845 people, if the thief army is too many, or the main force of the Yang rebel thief army returns from the western front, even if everyone fights to the death, it is only a drop in the bucket and cannot reverse the overall situation." ”

"Of course you can, it allows you to be improvisation on the battlefield." Fan Zigai waved his hand and sighed: "As far as your kid's appearance these days, saying that you will be cowardly and lead the army to flee for your life, the old man will be the first to disbelieve it!" It's a pity that you are too young, and you don't have qualifications and official positions, otherwise, the old man really wants to hand over the 4,000 post-army to you to command! ”

"Thank you for your trust!" Chen Yingliang hurriedly knelt down on his knees, clenched his fists and said loudly: "His Royal Highness King Yue, Fan Liushou and General Huangfu trust the villain so much, the villain can only repay if he leads the army to fight to the death and kills the enemy bravely!" Do your best, break your bones, and die without regrets! ”

Fan Zigai showed a pleased smile, and Huangfu Wuyi also nodded and said: "Ying Liang, if others say this, General Ben may not believe it, but if you say this, I believe it." Go and prepare, tell the soldiers who report to the ****, kill the enemy's military exploits, come back triumphantly, and you will definitely not lose them in terms of rewards! ”

Chen Yingliang was overjoyed, and then he said goodbye to everyone and went down to prepare, and looking at the back of Chen Yingliang's departure, Pei Hongce suddenly found that his distant nephew seemed to have become the only hope for the decision-making level of the Eastern Capital and the entire Right Wuwei in the counterinsurgency war, and the biggest backbone, the entire Eastern Capital Luoyang, seemed to be revolving around his distant nephew. After discovering this, Pei Hongce couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "I, a distant nephew, have a bright future." ”

What made Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi and others very pleased was that it didn't take long for them to receive a new report, that is, in the camp of the Baoguo Army in the Jiaoye Workshop, there was a sudden earth-shattering cheer, followed by a neat and loud slogan, the sound was in the sky, and even in the Lixing Fang, which was separated from the Jiaoye Workshop, you could clearly hear the neat slogan of the Baoguo Army, "Kill the thief and quell the rebellion!" Serve one’s country with true allegiance! Kill thieves and quell the rebellion! Serve the country with loyalty! ”