Chapter 552: Melon Field and Plum

Remember [Chinese Network] in one second, and provide you with high-speed text debut. The situation of the Li family brothers on the battlefield of Huoyi is actually better than that of Ren Pi to Wang Fu? The introduction is more hard, there is no other reason, several sieges down, the Taiyuan army not only failed to take Huoyi City, on the contrary, it was also killed and wounded by the Huoyi Sui army defending the city, more than 3,000 people were killed and wounded, but even the Huoyi city wall failed to rush up a few times.

is also the same as what Ren Bi introduced to Wang Fubao, before the Li brothers did see that Liu Heimin's tactical purpose was to pull the Taiyuan army into a war of attrition, and the Li brothers did make the mistake of underestimating the enemy, feeling that it was impossible for the main force of the Sui army to rush to the Linfen battlefield in a short period of time to reinforce, and the Hedong Sui army was far inferior to the main force of Daxing under Chen Fuliang in terms of combat effectiveness, and at the same time paid no casualties on the battlefield of the Bird Mouse Valley. Therefore, the Li brothers decided to strike first and raise troops to fight Huoyi.

The stubborn resistance of the Huo Yi Sui army completely shattered the dream of the Li family brothers, and the Li family brothers, who had beaten Liu Heimin several times before, found out that it was not for nothing that the rival Chen Fuliang trusted and reused Liu Heimin so much, Liu Heimin, who commanded the Hedong Division, was indeed inferior to the Taiyuan army in terms of military strength, but the cohesion and tenacity greatly exceeded the expectations of the Li brothers, and at the same time, Liu Heimin's excellent tactical command ability also made the Li brothers extremely depressed, "This man was really just a thief commander before?" Yesterday's battle, three points more powerful than those world-famous generals who have experienced a hundred battles? ”

Continuing to attack is not sure and doomed to suffer more casualties, so it is too unwilling to retreat, it has too much impact on the morale of the army, and it may also lead to the withdrawal of Dou Jiande's army, which was finally pulled into the Linfen battlefield, and the Li brothers gradually found themselves like an unlucky person riding on the back of a tiger. However, at this time, Master Xu, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites sent by Dou Jiande, suddenly provided the Li brothers with important information worth a thousand gold after receiving a lot of benefits from the Li family brothers-Liu Heimin, who made the Li family brothers extremely miserable, turned out that Dou Jiande was a young friend! I have also received a lot of favors from Dou Jiande!

With such a good relationship, if the Li family brothers don't know how to use it, they will have to change their names to Li Dasha and Li Erdu, so just after receiving the joint report from Ren Bi and Yin Kaishan, Li Jiancheng immediately took the case and said: "Okay! God help our army! Without further ado, we will send an envoy to visit King Changle again, and ask him to personally surrender Liu Heimin by letter! ”

"Brother and slow!" Li Er hurriedly stopped it, and said to Li Jiancheng: "Brother, according to my brother's opinion, this matter cannot and does not need to be directly asked for help from Dou Jiande, first, the road is far away and time-consuming, second, since Dou Jiande has such a friendship with Liu Heimin, he must have the idea of appeasing Liu Heimin on his own in the future, and he may not be able to help us with this, and third, Liu Heimin is greatly favored by Chen Yingliang, even if Dou Jiande personally comes forward to surrender, Liu Heimin may not accept it." ”

"Of course I do." Li Jiancheng smiled and said: "I just want a letter of surrender from Dou Jiande, and then hand it over to Liu Heimin in public, so that the Huoyi thief army will be suspicious of each other, and also take the opportunity to make Chen Yingliang suspicious of Liu Heimin, so as to create an opportunity for our army to capture Huoyi." ”

Li Er still shook his head and said: "Dou Jiande personally came forward to recruit Liu Heimin, so that everyone in the Huoyi Thief Army knew that Liu Heimin and Dou Jiande had a relationship, which can indeed make the Huoyi Thief Army suspicious of each other, but the strength is far from enough, not enough for the Huoyi Thief Army to fight without a fight and kill each other." The younger brother has a plan, if he can succeed, even if he can't let the Huoyi thief army kill each other, it will definitely make the Huoyi thief army suspicious and chaotic without a fight. ”

Li Jiancheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked Li Er where the plan came from? Li Er replied with a smile: "At present, among the generals of the thief army in Huoyi City, Wang Xingben has the deepest qualifications and the highest prestige, and he is neither Chen Yingliang's subordinate nor Liu Heimin's confidant general. ”

"In this case, why don't we forge a handwritten letter written by Liu Heimin to Dou Jiande, saying that he has received a letter of surrender from Dou Jiande, and he is very tempted, just because Dou Jiande is far away in Linwei and is unwilling to surrender to us, so he invited Dou Jiande to personally lead the troops to Huoyi, and then Liu Heimin will not only open the city to surrender to Dou Jiande, but also dedicate the six counties of Hedong under his rule to Dou Jiande's army. Then, we only need to try to get Wang Xingben to get this letter...... ”

"Brother Xian really has a brilliant plan! So how can we get Wang Xingben to get this letter? Li Jiancheng was overjoyed and asked again, Li Er smiled, and whispered to himself in a moment? told Li Jiancheng about the plan, Li Jiancheng was extremely satisfied, and immediately acted according to the plan, Li Er also took the official documents and letters of Liu Heimin that he had obtained through various channels before, personally took the pen, and forged a letter written by Liu Heimin with almost no flaws............

So, a day later, in the evening, when Wang Xingben, the general of the Sui army on duty at night, was inspecting the city defense on the city wall, an unexpected thing happened logically - under the moonlight, a man dressed as a common man was chased and cut by the Taiyuan army patrol and fled to the city, shouting loudly that he was the messenger sent by Liu Heimin to contact the outside world, and during the southward period, he could only escape back if he was discovered by the enemy, and asked the Sui army in the city to put down the hanging basket to save him, Wang Xingben believed it and immediately ordered the soldiers to put down the hanging basket.

At this time, a new accident happened, the Taiyuan army patrol team that chased and killed the messenger suddenly fired arrows randomly, and they were all strong feather arrows shot by strong bows and crossbows, and the unlucky messenger was shot to death by arrows, and then there were Taiyuan soldiers shouting to snatch the corpse and search for letters, Wang Xingben also immediately ordered to release arrows, and the arrows shot away the Taiyuan army patrol.

- There is another detail that must be mentioned, the unlucky messenger turned back in surprise after being shot by the arrow, and muttered with an unbelievable face, "How did you really release the arrow?" Then a few more feathered arrows flew, and the messenger who stood in the moonlight, exposing his body, shut his mouth for good.

After the details were finished, back to the topic, after shooting away the Taiyuan army patrol with random arrows, Wang Xingben, who saw the messenger fall to the ground, immediately ordered the soldiers to use ropes to go down to the city to save people, but the person had already lost his breath, and then carefully searched the corpse, the Sui army soldiers really found a bloody letter sealed with a firearm on the corpse, and finally took a closer look at the cover of the letter by the light of the torch, Wang Xingben's face changed suddenly - on the cover of the letter, the words of Dou Jiande, the king of Changle, were clearly written, and the words of Liu Heimin, the young friend, were clearly written!

Then, of course, it was Liu Heimin's turn to open a hundred mouths and couldn't say clearly, facing the suspicious Wang Xingben, Liang Naizhu and Wu Cong and other Sui army civil and military officers, as well as the overwhelmed right-hand man Cao Qing, Liu Heimin under the melon field and Li took half a column of incense time before making up his mind, and handed the seal back to Wang Xingben and others, and said: "Open it yourself, yes, I admit that Dou Jiande and I are young friends, my family was poor when I was a teenager, and I often received relief from him, and my friendship with him is extraordinary." But we have lost touch for a long time, and I did not write this letter. ”

Very vigilantly glanced at Liu Heimin, Wang Xingben opened the letter, Liang Naizhu and Wu Cong and others also hurried up to read it together, but after probably seeing the content of the letter, Wang Xingben, Liang Naizhu and others quickly turned pale as paper, and Cao Qing, who was promoted by Liu Heimin from the soldier's hand, trembled all over his body, and muttered in his mouth, "How is it possible?" How is this possible? Impossible! ”

"Can you let Ben Shuai take a look?"

Liu Heimin opened his mouth to ask, Wang Xingben and the others hesitated, and then re-presented the letter to Liu Heimin, and then immediately retreated from their guard, at the same time, Wang Xingben and Liang Naizhu also unintentionally supported the handle of the knife on their waists, Liu Heimin noticed these actions but didn't care, just spread out the letter and read it carefully, but Wang Xingben and the others, probably finished reading the letter whose handwriting was completely the same as his own handwriting, Liu Heimin's face also became very pale, trembling for a long time and couldn't say a word.

The handsome hall was silent, so quiet that even the nervous breathing of Wang Xingben and others could be heard clearly, in front of everyone's eyes, Liu Heimin first closed his eyes, closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, Liu Heimin opened his eyes violently, and shouted: "The pro-soldier team listens to the order!" ”

"No!"

Liu Heimin's personal soldiers in the hall sang the promise neatly, and subconsciously held the handle of the knife together, Wang Xingben and the others were also so nervous that they immediately drew their knives, who would have thought that Liu Heimin shouted again: "You will immediately disband and leave, and move to live in other camps!" In the future, obey the command of General Wang Xingben, and before the main force of our army arrives in Huoyi to relieve the siege, you are not allowed to meet with this commander again! ”

The hall was shocked, and Liu Heimin's pro-soldier team thought that they had heard it wrong, and when they hurriedly asked Liu Heimin for confirmation, Liu Heimin shouted: "Didn't hear clearly? Leave the lobby immediately, move to the outer camp and live, and from now on I will only be allowed to accept the command and orders of General Wang!" This is the commander's military order, and it will be executed immediately! ”

Seeing Liu Heimin's stern tone, all the pro-soldiers sang their promises one after another, said goodbye and left the lobby, or after the pro-soldiers were gone, Liu Heimin turned to Wang Xingben and said: "General Wang, now I have no personal soldiers available, please give me half of your pro-army team for the purpose of commanding orders." Also, General Liang, Wu County Order, each of you will lend me ten personal soldiers and choose someone you can trust. ”

"Big ......, big handsome." Wang Xingben came back to his senses after a while, and said squirmingly: "The last general didn't say anything about you, why are you doing this?" ”

"Under the melon field and plums, Ben Shuai must avoid suspicion!" Liu Heimin replied categorically, and then said to everyone: "Everyone, I don't blame you, the enemy's divisive plan is really vicious, and he imitates my notes vividly, almost no difference, if it were you and me, I would also be suspicious." This is the only way to crack the enemy's discord scheme. ”

Wang Xingben and the others' faces slowed down, and they hurriedly returned the salute to Liu Heimin, but Liu Heimin said again: "Zhugong, the purpose of the enemy using this trick is nothing more than to want our army to suspect each other and create internal chaos, and to create fighters for them to break through Huoyi, which also proves that our strategy of holding on to Huoyi City is correct, and it has made the Taiyuan thief army extremely painful, and we have to use such a trick." If the enemy is uncomfortable, we will make it difficult for them! As long as we continue to hold on to Huoyi to the end, then not only can the Taiyuan thief army spend a lot of military and material resources in vain, but also their tactical plan to keep the enemy out will be completely shattered! When His Royal Highness the King of Tang personally led the main force north, if we want to destroy the Taiyuan thief army, it will be ten times easier! Hundredfold! ”

"What the marshal said is very true, we will definitely continue to stick to Huoyi, so that the Taiyuan thief army will be difficult to suffer!" Wang Xingben and the others agreed together.

"Good." Liu Heimin was satisfied, and said calmly: "Don't worry, His Royal Highness the King of Tang treats me with kindness and reconstruction, even if I am broken, I will never do anything that is half sorry for him." You can also rest assured, the counties of Linfen have fallen, and the soldiers of our army have suffered huge casualties on the battlefield of the Bird Mouse Valley, these are my responsibilities alone, if His Royal Highness the King of Tang asks for guilt in the future, I will bear it alone, and it has nothing to do with you! ”

After that, Liu Heimin returned the letter to Wang Xingben and others, and ordered them to jointly report the matter to Chen Fuliang, and despite the persuasion of Cao Qing and others, he insisted on replacing all his personal soldiers with the henchmen and guards of his subordinates. For the safety of the city, Wang Xingben and others did not insist on modesty, and after confessing their crimes to Liu Heimin, they sent their own henchmen to Liu Heimin to temporarily serve as personal soldiers, and at the same time, Wang Xingben and others jointly signed the table, and sent someone to send the watch to Daxing together with the forged letter to report to Chen Fuliang without mentioning it.

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Similar personalities but very different fates, just when the Li brothers were waiting for the internal chaos of the Huoyi Sui army, the news of Wang Fubao, the general of Dou Jiande's army, who was very similar to Liu Heimin, also passed on through the fast horse, and the report of Master Xu, who had received countless benefits from the Taiyuan army, was added to Dou Jiande. And what is even more unlucky for Wang Fubao is that on this day, Dou Jiande's confidant Zuo Zuo Jie Shanxing happened to send a report on the same day, saying that he failed to attack Shangdang County and lost it, Dou Jiande was in a very bad mood, and when he heard that Wang Fubao dared to resist his order, Dou Jiande suddenly became angry.

"Wang Fubao Piff! What a guts! This king ordered you to attack Linfen, but you dared not to carry out the order, and you dared to say that you are in command of the army, and this king's order cannot restrain you! Are you tired of being a puppet? Tired of it?! ”

Seeing Dou Jiande's angry appearance of slapping the table and smashing the bench again, the generals of the Dou Army, who were originally seriously dissatisfied with Wang Fubao's too showmanship, did not take the opportunity to fall into the ground, and they all echoed and scolded Wang Fubao's act of resisting the order, and some people couldn't wait to express their worries, worried that Wang Fubao wanted to rebel, and reminded Dou Jiande that he must be on guard as soon as possible. But fortunately, there is still a outspoken Song Zhengben under Dou Jiande who has not had his head cut off at this moment, and he came out in time and said: "King, General Wang has always been loyal to you, and he must have his troubles if he resisted the order and refused to attack Linfen." The king should not listen to one side of the story, it is better to send someone to ask General Wang for the reason, and then it is not too late to make a decision. ”

After listening to Song Zhengben's advice, Dou Jiande, who still trusts Song Zhengben very much, will inevitably be a little shaken, but unfortunately, at the critical moment, Dou Jiande's brother-in-law Cao Dan jumped out again and admonished Dou Jiande: "King, Wang Fubao has a small merit, he has always been arrogant and has no one in his eyes, and now he is alone and unrestrained, openly resisting the king's order, and his heart of disobedience has been revealed. His Majesty thought that it was best to immediately call Wang Fubao back to Linhuo to seize his military power, and send another general to take over the army, so as to prevent it. ”

"No!" Song Zhengben was taken aback and objected: "King, don't do this!" Not to mention that changing commanders in battle is a taboo for soldiers, Wang Fubao has defeated Chen Thief's army twice before, and if he is replaced at this moment, the army will definitely not be convinced, which will not only severely damage morale, but also definitely give Chen Thief's army a chance to counterattack! ”

Dou Jiande, who knew this truth, suddenly hesitated, and his brother-in-law Cao saw that things were going to be yellow, his eyes turned and he had an idea, and hurriedly said: "King, if you don't do it, anyway, they have already opened up the road from Linfen to Linfen, and our army has already won a lot of money and grain in Linfen, and there is no need to worry about food and grain, it is better to let the last general lead an army to reinforce the Linfen battlefield, assist the Taiyuan friendly army to seize the Linfen County and the money and grain of the Chen thief's Northern Expedition, and also command and monitor Wang Fubao for the king, if he really has a different heart, The last general can also be in place! ”

"No!" Song Zhengben jumped three feet high again, and said in a loud voice: "King, you can't increase troops to Linfen anymore, the main force of Chen thieves is about to enter Taiyuan, if our army increases troops to Linfen again, it will only give Chen Yingliang the opportunity to take the opportunity to severely damage our army!" 10,000 troops is already the limit, so even if the battle situation in Linfen is unfavorable, our army can retreat much easier. ”

Although Song Zhengben's dissuasion was a word of loyalty, Ling Jing, another loyal minister under Dou Jiande, saw another one, and came out and said: "King, General Cao's suggestion is feasible, our army has formed an alliance with the Taiyuan army to wage war against the Chen thief, and has already formed a mortal enmity with the Chen thief, and has been in the same boat with the Taiyuan army, relying on each other, if the king does not provide strong reinforcements for the Taiyuan Li family, the Taiyuan army will be destroyed by the Chen thief!" As soon as Li died, our army would face the threat of the main force of the Chen thief alone, isolated and helpless, so it was better to take this opportunity to increase the troops in Linfen, more effectively contain the flank of the Chen thief, and join forces with the Taiyuan army to break the main force of the Chen thief. ”

After saying that, Ling Jing hurriedly added: "Besides, Yueyang City is already in the hands of our army, and our army can rely on this city to attack the flank of Chen Thief and harass his grain route. In the future, if there is really an enemy fighter, the king can also take the opportunity to personally lead the army to the west, first break the main force of the Chen thief, and then take Hedong Guanzhong, and achieve the emperor's hegemony! ”

"Ling Qing's words are just in line with his will!" Dou Jiande was overjoyed, and immediately clapped his hands and said: "Okay! That's it! Cao Dan, you immediately lead an army of 10,000 west to Linfen, and command Wang Fubao and the friendly army in Taiyuan to join forces to capture Linfen! ”

Cao Dan was overjoyed, hurriedly sang the promise to receive the order, and then asked in his heart: "King, after the last general leads the army to Linfen, will he immediately confiscate Wang Fubao's military power?" ”

Dou Jiande hesitated again, and then said: "Don't rush to collect all his military power, Wang Fubao still has the ability to fight, and he must make good use of his strengths, among the 10,000 troops sent to him by Zuo Gu, less than 3,000 people are his descendants, and he can't make much trouble." In this way, after you arrive in Linfen, first recall the other troops under his command to the main force, and then drive his headquarters to attack Linfen as the vanguard and meet the Chen thief army. ”

Cao Dan sang the promise again, Dou Jiande called Cao Dan in front of him again, and whispered in his ear: "Keep an eye on Wang Fubao, if he really has a different heart, you don't have to report me, you can cut it first and then play!" ”