Chen Fuliang, who was lonely and unlearned, had never heard of the name Daocheng before, so when the monk Daocheng sent people to sneak out of the city to contact the Sui army, the cunning and suspicious Chen Fuliang once suspected that this was the Taiyuan military general Fan Botong's trick to lure the enemy, and bribed Daocheng, a demon monk and a bald donkey, to come forward to set himself up, and the Yin Sui army provoked himself to buy time for the main force of the Taiyuan army, and finally carefully analyzed the planning steps and found that the danger was very small. Chen Fuliang then had the attitude of giving it a try, and asked Liu Shishan and Qiu Shili to try this luck with an army of 3,000. (Read the latest chapters, щщщ.forced qi)

This luck really let Liu Shishan and Qiu Shili two generals to meet, relying on the help of believers in the defenders, Daocheng demon monk whimsically made a rope ladder with Buddha flags, enough to drag a team of Sui soldiers to the city, and then the Sui soldiers sneak attack and cut the city gate soldiers, open the city gate and put down the drawbridge to welcome the brigade into the city, the happy Liu Shishan and Qiu Shili led the army into the city together, and hacked to death Fan Botong, a loyal minister of the Li family who refused to surrender, in the street battle, easily removed the nail inserted in the throat of the main force of the Sui army.

The good news was sent back to the Sui military camp, and the overjoyed Chen Fuliang of course immediately ordered to summon the Daocheng demon monk and give him a heavy reward, but the Daocheng demon monk was also a little Taoist, not only insisted on declining Chen Fuliang's reward, but also said to Chen Fuliang very modestly: "His Royal Highness the Tang King, the little monk should sacrifice the city, not to covet His Royal Highness's reward, but to follow the Buddha's decree, sacrifice his life to save the Buddha's sentient beings, fortunately the Buddha blessed, the little monk succeeded by luck, and did his best to relieve the suffering of the three Jin Dynasty creatures, after the little monk will pass away in the future, When you see the Buddha, you can also explain a thing or two. ”

"What does the master mean by this, why can't this king understand?" Chen Fuliang was confused.

"The king may not know something." Daocheng demon monk said very honestly: "The pseudo-general Li Yuan claimed to be a descendant of Lao Tzu Li Er, and after conspiring against him, he forcibly put Lao Tzu above Confucius, and demoted Buddhism to the third class. The day before yesterday, His Royal Highness personally led the king to this point, the little monk first heard that the king was the Buddha to lead the Liang Wu Emperor to love the reincarnation of Chen Qingzhi, and the white-robed soldiers built by his own hands must chant the sutra before going into battle, and at night he dreamed that the Buddha decreed to the little monk that His Royal Highness was the one who rescued the Buddha of the Three Jins, so that the little monk made every effort to help His Royal Highness capture Jiexiu and guide Li Yuan to rebel, so the little monk acted in accordance with the order. ”

Chen Fuliang and Li Jing, Yuan Tiangang and others looked at each other and smiled bitterly, knowing very well that this demon monk Daocheng must have been thinking about it day and night, so he dreamed that the pimple head ordered him to defect to help the Sui army, but now the Daocheng demon monk has made a great contribution to the Sui army, Chen Fuliang is embarrassed to tell Daocheng that this is just his psychological effect, and he can only order to rebuild the temple and rebuild the golden body in the small temple where Daocheng is located.

"I can't imagine that I can take advantage of this." This is the first sentence that Chen Fuliang said after Monk Daocheng left, and said to Li Jing, Yuan Tiangang and others with a wry smile: "I am just a monk, Taoist and Confucian three religions are equal, and the Buddhist disciples who were suppressed by Li Yuan are resolutely on my side. ”

"This also reminds us that we have to attack the heart of the city." Li Jing saw another layer and said: "When Li Yuan raised his army, in order to win the hearts of the people and buy fame, in addition to opening a warehouse and giving relief, the people over 70 years old were all awarded to loose officials, and as long as the people in the market had a skill, they were all appointed to official positions and hired, which deceived some of the people of the Three Jin Dynasty to be born and die for him, and the Li brothers were able to entrench themselves after Li Yuan's death, relying on the support of the people left by Li Yuan. If we can start in this link, use benevolence to compete with the Li brothers for the hearts of the people, and make the people of Sanjin for our use, then even if the Li family has a strong city to defend grain and grass, it will be difficult to continue to gain a foothold in Taiyuan, Sanjin. ”

Chen Fuliang nodded his head, Yuan Tiangang also opened his mouth to echo, and the famous sycophant Feng Deyi over there immediately offered a plan and suggested: "Your Highness, since this is the case, why don't our army issue an edict, just say that although the people of the Sanjin Dynasty were bewitched and coerced by Li Yuan's traitors and forced to obey the rebellion, their actions are pitiful, so the scattered officials canonized by Li Yuan's traitors are all recognized, and the tombstone inscriptions of the dead scattered officials do not need to be eradicated and destroyed. Wouldn't it be possible to re-win the hearts of the people of the Sanjin Dynasty? ”

"Clever plan, you can do it quickly!" Chen Fuliang was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Anyway, those scattered officials only give the official title and do not give the grain and rice, and those Sanjin like to engrave the official title on the tombstone, just engrave it, and we have nothing to do with half a big money, this favor can be done!" ”

"Your Highness, simply exempt the five counties of Taiyuan, Lishi, Xihe, Yanmen and Loufu from paying taxes and grain this year." Yuan Tiangang also suggested: "Anyway, even if we take these five counties, we won't be able to collect much tax money and grain this year, so we will simply use the excuse of the war to destroy the five counties, Your Highness, you sympathize with the innocent people of the five counties, and decide to exempt these five counties from paying taxes and grain this year, so that the people of the five counties will inevitably hope that our army will break through the Li brothers as soon as possible, so that they can get rid of the pain of this year's tax money and grain, and be more dedicated to our army." ”

Chen Fuliang laughed when he heard this, and after applauding continuously, he immediately adopted the decision, and ordered Feng Deyi to write a book on the spot, and write a text to announce it to the five counties controlled by the Taiyuan Army. As expected, Feng Deyi, Yuan Tiangang and others, after the text was first posted on the gate of Jiexiu, the people of Jiexiu who belonged to Xihe County were really happy, and their hostility to Chen Fuliang's army, which was still under the banner of the Sui army, was greatly reduced, and their good feelings were great, and their resistance was almost none, and there were many people in Jiexiu who did not know the truth so confused that they offered Chen Fuliang a tablet of immortality, praying that God would bless Chen Fuliang, the butcher executioner whose hands were stained with the blood of the peasant rebels, Chen Fuliang lived a long life and lived a long life.

Pulled out the nail stuck in the throat of the soldiers, Chen Fuliang, who has always been timid as a mouse, finally had no scruples, and personally led the main force north to Taiyuan on the tenth day of June the next day of the city, and before that, Liu Heimin had already led five thousand partial divisions to go north to attack Xihe County Zhixi City, Qu Tutong also took the fifth-rate army to the north to attack Pingyao, Qi County and Taigu and other places, and also sent good news in the afternoon of the main force of the Sui army to the north, saying that it was successfully taken Pingyao, and Qi County saw Chen Fuliang's An Min Wen, also chose to surrender to the cavalry of the Sui army led by Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin, and the road for the main force of the Sui army to go north to Taiyuan has been completely unblocked.

There is good news, there is bad news, or in the evening of the same day, the Sui army finally sent the news that Liu Wuzhou personally led the army south to help the Li family brothers, and also reported the marriage of Liu Wuzhou and Li Er by the way. ”

"Your Highness, the report sent by our army is that Liu Wuzhou personally led the main force to come, and the momentum is not trivial, it is best to be careful." Confidential secretary Sun Fujia poured some cold water on Chen Fuliang, and suggested: "Li Shangshu was once the commander of Mayi County, or was he forced to leave Mayi after Liu Wuzhou's rebel rebellion, and he must know a lot about the internal situation of Liu Wuzhou's thief army, why didn't His Highness invite Li Shangshu to discuss countermeasures together?" ”

When Chen Fuliang heard it, he felt reasonable, and when he just gave the order, he had already entered the account to report that Li Jing and Yuan Tiangang had joined hands to ask for a meeting, and Chen Fuliang immediately ordered to summon him, and left Wei Chi Jingde, who was also from Mayi, in the tent. Then after Li Jing and Yuan Tiangang entered the account, Chen Fuliang immediately smiled at Li Jing and said: "Uncle, good news, Liu Wuzhou Pifu, who forced you to flee alone, came to give you a chance to take revenge, and also brought the main force of his Dingyang thief army." ”

"I also heard the good news, so I hurried here to seize the opportunity." Li Jing smiled and said: "Otherwise, if it is too late, Liu Wuzhou will be broken by Your Highness first, and I may not have the opportunity to settle old accounts with Liu Wuzhou in my life." ”

Chen Fuliang laughed when he heard this, and then invited Li Jing and others to take a seat, and then handed over the Sui army's detailed investigation report to Li Jing and others to watch, and said to Li Jing: "Uncle, the little nephew has never seen Liu Wuzhou, and I don't know much about him, I only heard that he also has a few hands in war, and he is also very cunning. ”

"Your Highness doesn't have to be polite, you don't dare to give advice." Li Jing was modest, and then said: "Liu Wuzhou is a native of Jingcheng in Hejian, born in a wealthy family, when he was young, he was famous for his courage and friendship, and later followed the servant Yang Yichen to make some military exploits, and was subject to the feudal festival captain, because his family moved to Mayi for ten years, he went to Mayi as the captain of Yingyang Mansion. I do have a lot of contact with him, and I can see that he is a good general and handsome talent, who can use people and recognize people, and can also attract people. ”

"Your Highness, Liu Wuzhou has also enveloped the last general." Wei Chi Jingde interjected next to him and said: "At that time, the last general was still striking iron in Shanyang, because he was a little famous, Liu Wuzhou took the initiative to come to the door, and when he met, he was very generous, and he also invited the last general to eat a few times, and wanted the last general to serve under his account." However, at that time, the last general's mother was still alive, so she didn't agree, otherwise, maybe the last general would have gone with him at that time. ”

"It's a good thing that Jingde didn't go with him, otherwise at this time, I would have to worry about my own head on the battlefield of the two armies." Chen Fuliang smiled and praised Wei Chi Jingde, and then said: "Liu Wuzhou is bold and generous, cunning and wise, can attract people, use people, and recognize people, so doesn't he have any weaknesses?" ”

"No, Liu Wuzhou has an Achilles heel." Li Jing smiled and said: "Liu Wuzhou is good at making heroic rangers, and he is also very good at encircling his subordinates, but he is fierce and fierce to the officials and gentry and the common people, taking and robbing, killing at every turn, not good at uniting the squire, and there are many outlaws under his command, the military discipline is corrupt, and the situation of local rape and plunder is very serious, so he once captured Yanmen County and failed to gain a foothold, and was soon driven back to Mayi. ”

"Then why has he been able to hold on to Mayi for so many years?" Chen Fuliang asked: "He is very supported by the people of Mayi?" ”

"It's not that he has the support of Ma Yi, it's that the people of Ma Yi who don't support him have all been killed by him." Li Jing smiled and said: "If it weren't for Your Highness, you seriously weakened the Turkic Khanate in the Yanmen War before, and the first emperor split the Turkic Khanate into dozens of tribes, so that he could still grab the Turkic tribes and occupy Yanma Road, and later, if our army did not seriously threaten the Li family brothers, they would not have had time to go all out to conquer Liu Wuzhou, Liu Wuzhou would have been unable to stand in Mayi." ”

After that, Li Jing hurriedly added, "But Your Highness can't be too light on the enemy, Liu Wuzhou is not popular with the people, but he has a huge army and a large number of cavalry, and he must not be underestimated on the battlefield." Now that he has formed an alliance with the Li family brothers, and has also sent troops to help the Li family brothers resist our army, he will definitely get the support of the Li family brothers to make up for his shortcomings in money and food. ”

"Must face a bitter battle?"

Chen Fuliang's smiling appearance seemed to be a little disagreeing with his cousin's analysis, and he smiled extremely viciously and treacherously, Li Jing, Yuan Tiangang and others saw Chen Fuliang's obscene appearance, and immediately secretly said in their hearts: "Here it is again, it must be another divisive plan, maybe they will try their best to let Liu Wuzhou and the Li family brothers fight first!" ”

Sure enough, after the treacherous smile, Chen Fuliang didn't even blink his triangular eyes, and immediately said with a smile: "Everyone, haven't you noticed that this is the time for our envoy to appear and deceive again?" Liu Wuzhou Pifu and the Li family brothers are their own people, even if they temporarily tolerate each other in order to resist our army, there will definitely be contradictions and frictions between them, there will be contradictions and frictions between them, there will be suspicions, and there will be opportunities for us? You say, isn't it time for Qian Xiangmin to make a hard trip again? ”

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"Ahh Ahh Qian Xiangmin, who was sleeping, suddenly sneezed twice in a row and woke up, and subconsciously hugged the quilt tightly, trembling and whispering: "Why did it suddenly become so cold?" It's like there's an evil spirit coming up from the ground? Could it be, what kind of envoy does His Royal Highness King Tang want to send me to? ”

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It's not bad for Qian Xiangmin, after listening to Chen Fuliang's shameless words, although Li Jing, Yuan Tiangang, Sun Fujia and others all laughed and said that they were not wrong, but after laughing, Li Jing still said again: "Your Highness, it is indeed a clever plan to break the thief army between Liu and Li, but the lower officials think that they can't act like this immediately." There are two reasons, one is that Liu Wuzhou sent troops to help the Li brothers resist our army, the key reason is that the lips are cold, without the Li brothers as a barrier, it is easy for our army to break through Liu Wuzhou, Liu Wuzhou will not fail to see this, so we use the discord strategy now is not only doomed to be ineffective, but also very likely to backfire, completely angering Liu Wuzhou, making it more difficult for our army to have a chance to separate the enemy coalition forces in the future. ”

"The second point is more critical, we haven't scared Liu Wuzhou yet." Li Jing added: "Liu Wuzhou is fierce, and violent people will be arrogant, the more our army tolerates him in a low voice, the more he will see no one in his eyes, and he also said that we are really afraid of him, and then he will either open his mouth widely, or he wants to use force to force our army to submit." For such a person, only by subduing him with fear, letting him know the strength and strength of our army, and letting him have cowardice and fear, so that we can get twice the result with half the effort. ”

After thinking about it for a long time, Chen Fuliang nodded helplessly and said: "What my uncle said is very true, so let's do it, don't sow discord for the time being, first fight with Liu Wuzhou and Zhou Pifu, and then talk about subduing him." ”

Yuan Tiangang, who had long been tired of Chen Fuliang's shameless separation, nodded together with Wei Chi Jingde and others, saying that this was exactly the case, but Li Jing saw the disappointment in Chen Fuliang's conscience, so he smiled again: "Your Highness, if you must like to use tricks, it is not without opportunities." If nothing else, the Taiyuan thief army and Liu Wuzhou's thief army will inevitably fortify at the Dongwu River (now Xiaohe) to block the advance of our army, and it will be too much of a loss to cross the river and attack our army. Your Highness, if you like, you can use your best strategy to lure the enemy across the river for a decisive battle, so that ours will be much easier, Your Highness, your endless miraculous strategies will also be useful. ”

"My cousin still knows me." Chen Fuliang applauded and laughed, and said shamelessly: "Every time I fight a war, I don't need to use a strategy, I feel itchy and uncomfortable, just have the opportunity to use a strategy, at least I don't have to worry about having nothing to do." ”

Laughing, Chen Fuliang couldn't wait to unfold the map of Taiyuan, began to study the geographical topography of the Dongwu River, and pondered what kind of immoral tricks to lure the enemy across the river for a decisive battle. Li Jing over there picked up the Sui Army's detailed report again and looked at it carefully, and then Li Jing was a little flustered, and said to himself: "Liu Wuzhou married his sister to Li Erlang? That sister of Liu Wuzhou? He has three younger sisters, the eldest sister married Yuan Junzhang before, and the other two, one I heard that she married Song Jingang last year, and it should be the fourth oldest one, so Li Erlang wants to marry Liu Wuzhou's youngest sister, the little girl ....... ”

Speaking to himself at this point, Li Jing immediately laughed, and turned to Chen Fuliang and said, "Your Highness, there is good news for you, Li Erlang, whom you hate the most, is about to marry a tigress and enter the door." If it is not expected, Li Erlang should marry Liu Wuzhou's youngest sister Liu Xiaoyan, I have seen that little girl, she is very spicy and brutal, and Li Erlang is offended. ”

"Well deserved! Do it yourself! Chen Fuliang gloated, and then couldn't help but ask curiously: "Uncle, Liu Wuzhou's little sister, is she beautiful?" ”

"It's ......." Li Jing hesitated for a moment, and said truthfully: "When I last saw her more than three years ago, she seemed to be only twelve or thirteen years old, a beauty, and she should be very beautiful now." ”

"Why did the good cabbage let the pigs arch?" Chen Fuliang was not happy when he heard it, and cursed: "Liu Wuzhou Pifu, it's not good to have a beautiful sister to marry, I want to marry Li Erlang, it's like inserting a flower on cow dung and pushing my sister into the fire pit!" Liu Wuzhou's sister is also not long-sighted, how could she fall in love with Li Erlang's hungry ghost?! ”

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Chen Fuliang is really wrong about this, although Li Er is very satisfied with Liu Wuzhou's sister Liu Xiaomu, but I don't know if it is because of the disagreement, Liu Xiaoyan doesn't have much feeling for Li Er, at the same time, in Liu Wuzhou's so-called royal tent outside Taiyuan City, although Liu Wuzhou, who was interested in encircling Li Er, deliberately called Liu Xiaomu to the banquet, and asked his sister to pour wine for the Li family brothers and also took the opportunity to let Li Er and Liu Xiaomu contact their feelings, but Liu Xiaoyan never had a good face for Li Er, and sat down next to Liu Wuzhou after pouring the wine, and didn't look at Li Er, making the banquet scene quite embarrassing.

In order to resolve the embarrassing scene, Li Er could only take the initiative to change the topic, and said to Liu Wuzhou, Song Jingang and others: "Brother, Brother Song, since you have also agreed to fortify in the Dongwu River to resist the advance of the main force of the Chen thief, then the junior brother must remind you of one thing, that is, you must guard against the endless shameless tricks of Chen Yingliang's traitors!" Especially beware of his discord and temptation schemes! If your army is slightly negligent, it will inevitably suffer a big loss! ”

"Of course." Liu Wuzhou replied casually, and said: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, my brother has already heard of that Chen Yingliang traitor, who is the best at using tricks, and my brother will be careful, if he really uses tricks, I will be able to see through it." ”

"Brother, you still underestimate that Chen Yingliang traitor." Li Er smiled bitterly and said: "That traitor's trick has reached the point of being wild and untraceable, and if he is careless, he will inevitably fall into his trap." ”

"Can the thief be so powerful?" Song Jingang, who had not suffered yet, asked curiously.

"It's only going to get better than that!" Li Er smiled even more bitterly, and then reminded: "The best thing for the Chen thief is to buy and buy, if the younger brother is not bad, before the war, the Chen thief will definitely have an envoy to contact your army, and take the opportunity to provoke the contradiction between your and our armies, at that time, I hope that the two brothers will carefully identify, it is best not to see the Chen thief's envoy, and do not read the Chen thief's letter, otherwise, maybe your two armies may repeat the mistakes of Zhai Rang and Li Mi!" ”

Liu Wuzhou, Song Jingang and others were suspicious, but Li Jiancheng nodded solemnly, and it was rare to seriously agree with the second brother's opinion, but Liu Xiaoyan couldn't listen to it anymore, pouted his mouth, and interjected: "Cowardly as a mouse!" I don't believe that Chen Thief is so powerful, and I don't believe that he will definitely send people to sow discord before the war, and he must not be able to see his messengers to read his letters. ”

"Sister Xian, Thief Chen sent an envoy to sow discord before the war, I bet on that." Li Er smiled and said, "This is his habit, and he can't change it." ”