Time is pressing, Chen Fuliang has prepared for the worst early, just withdrawd? Li asked the army to set up camp at the same time as immediately began to prepare siege weapons, giving priority to the two necessary weapons of trench building bridge vehicles and flying ladders, supplemented by a small number of pointed wooden donkeys, and at the same time using gunpowder to blow up the city gates, this tactic has also become a helpless choice for Chen Fuliang - this tactic is not very certain, Chen Fuliang previously instructed Yuan Tiangang and Cui Hongdan to carry out secret experiments, because the power of the explosion was too spreading, only one of the three was barely successful, and barely blew up half of the city gates.

While making the worst plan, Chen Fuliang did not give up stealing the Tiger Prison Pass with his good tricks of abduction and abduction, and Dai Guan, a major minister of the Zheng Army who was assigned to serve in the Tiger Prison Pass by Wang Shichong, was a good target to start with - he had made great contributions to Wang Shichong's defeat of Li Mi, and was belittled and distributed because of his opposition to Wang Shichong's claim to be the emperor. Whatever kind of divisive plan can be used to make Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben suspicious of Dai Guan, it is of course best to force the aggrieved Dai Zhou to rebel, and if you don't force Dai Guan, you can also use the hands of Yang and Wang to get rid of this dangerous element, so that the internal chaos of the Tiger Prison Pass defenders can also create opportunities and reduce resistance for the Sui army to break through the city.

The target has been found, but how to start has become a big problem, especially now that Chen Fuliang's reputation in this area is already stinky, and if he wants to use any fake books and fake letters to frame Dai Guan, I am afraid that even a battlefield junior brother like Wang Xingben will not be easily fooled, so after returning to the camp, he has been thinking until dark, and Chen Fuliang has not come up with any new tricks to trap Dai Guan. After racking his brains and still finding nothing, Chen Fuliang had no choice but to put this matter aside for the time being, and made up his mind to inspect the camp and the army first.

The new camp, which was hastily built today, was very simple in terms of fortifications, just logging down and setting up a few guard towers, and even the trenches had not had time to be dug. And because it is only five miles away from the Tiger Prison Pass, he inspected and found that it was too dangerous, and in the case of the army being quite tired, Chen Fuliang had to arrange an army to be on duty at night, but fortunately, the bird thief's cousin Li Keshi was also very considerate of his nephew, and volunteered to lead the people and horses of the headquarters with relatively good physical strength to take on the task of hard duty at night, Chen Fuliang accepted the kindness of his cousin, and at the same time ordered Cui Hongdan to rush to build a trench bridge car and a flying ladder overnight, so as to be ready at any time.

After patrolling the camp and returning to the big tent of the Chinese army, when Chen Fuliang, who was still trying to break the city, was troubled, Hao Xiaode, who was newly named the prince of Pingyuan County, took the initiative to find the door and said to Chen Fuliang: "Your Highness, the last general heard that Zhang Sheng, who surrendered to Wang Shichong after Li Mi's defeat and escape, is also in the Tiger Prison City. If he can succeed, Zhang Sheng only needs to lead his men and horses to suddenly open the city gate in the city, and our army will take advantage of the situation to enter the city, and our army can successfully enter the Tiger Prison Pass City. ”

Under the great joy, Chen Fuliang hurriedly asked Hao Xiaode about Zhang Sheng's situation, only to learn that Zhang Sheng was the thief head of Huanshui County before, in order to let his subordinates eat, he took the initiative to lead the troops to return to Li Mi, who occupied Luokoucang at that time, and got acquainted with Hao Xiaode under Li Mi's account, and the relationship was relatively close, and he was barely a friend of wine and meat, and there was indeed hope to encourage him to open the city gate to welcome the Sui army into the city. Chen Fuliang was even more overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked Hao Xiaode to make a book on the spot to persuade Zhang Sheng to come down, and asked Sun Fujia to draft the text for himself, and promised Zhang Sheng a lot of rewards to buy and buy.

Even Chen Fuliang didn't expect such a coincidence in the world, but at this time, a guard suddenly came outside the tent to report, saying that there was a person who claimed to be the confidant of Zhang Sheng, a general under Wang Shichong, and came to see Chen Fuliang on the order of Zhang Sheng. Chen Fuliang, who was discussing how to recruit this little thief surnamed Zhang, was overjoyed when he heard it, and subconsciously agreed to meet him, but as soon as the guards turned around, Chen Fuliang immediately came back to his senses and hurriedly shouted: "Wait! Wait a minute! ”

The guard turned around in surprise, and Feng Deyi next to him also asked suspiciously, "Your Highness, what's wrong?" ”

"It's too much of a coincidence." Chen Fuliang sneered and said: "This king and General Hao have just discussed here how to recruit Zhang Sheng, and Zhang Sheng's envoy came to the door by himself, is there such a coincidence in the world?" This envoy is probably sent by the Tiger Prison Pass Thief Army to spy on whether the king has personally led the army here. ”

After sneering, Chen Fuliang thought about it a little more, and then instructed Feng Deyi: "Feng Neishi, you have worked behalf of this king, go to meet the messenger to see what his situation is, and in his words, you might as well deliberately show some flaws, let the messenger recognize that I am not here, and then don't rush to send him away, let him wait for my news in the guest tent." ”

Feng Deyi agreed, and hurried to meet the messenger on behalf of Chen Fuliang, and then Chen Fuliang asked Hao Xiaode to follow him to the guest tent to peek and eavesdrop on the negotiations between Feng Deyi and the envoy, and take the opportunity to find out whether the envoy was Zhang Sheng's subordinate, Hao Xiaode agreed, and hurriedly went out of the account with Chen Fuliang to find out the situation, and Mulan did not hesitate to follow Chen Fuliang.

When Feng Deyi arrived at the guest account, the so-called Zhang Sheng envoy had been invited to the tent to wait, after the meeting, Feng Deyi first introduced his identity, and then took a closer look at the envoy's face by the light, Feng Deyi immediately found that it was a little familiar, and couldn't help but wonder and asked the messenger: "Have we met?" Why does the old man seem to have seen you somewhere? ”

"The inner history is a good memory, and the villain Shen Jian is indeed destined to meet the adult a few times." The messenger replied respectfully, "But the villain was just a small retinue at the time, and the adults should not remember the identity of the villain." ”

"Shen Jian?" The messenger obviously underestimated Feng Deyi, who had been stubbornly forced by Fan Lao to eat more than a dozen catties of stones, and just heard the messenger report his surname, Feng Deyi, who was very smart, recalled it carefully, and immediately asked: "Who are you Shenyue, Hou of Cai County?" Are you the head of the house? The old man remembered that you once appeared by the side of Shen Xianhou when you were in the Eastern Capital. ”

Shen Jian opened his mouth wide and said in surprise: "Lord Neishi, what kind of memory do you have?" The villain has only seen you once or twice outside the gate of the imperial city, can you still remember that the villain is with the head of the family? ”

"Even the old man can recite the book word for word after reading it once, let alone people?" Feng Deyi said very proudly, and then Feng Deyi slammed it again, and hurriedly asked: "You are the family member of the Marquis of Shen County, how did you become the confidant of the thief Zhang Sheng?" ”

Shen Jian smiled and replied: "Don't dare to deceive Feng Neishi, the villain is recommended by the head of the family, Shen Countyhou, instructed by Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben and the two thieves, pretending to be the envoy of Zhang Sheng's thief to visit His Royal Highness the King of Tang. ”

Shen Jian's words directly made Feng Deyi can't help but open his mouth wide, and he didn't know how to speak for a while, but Jian took the initiative to take out a letter and said: "Feng Neishi, this is the so-called Zhang Sheng's secret book, but this letter is fake, even Zhang Sheng's thief himself doesn't know about it, it doesn't matter if adults read it or not." ”

After that, Shen Jian put down the fake letter and said offended, then took off his pants in front of Feng Deyi, took out a hidden letter from the hidden pocket of his trousers, held it with both hands and said respectfully: "Feng Neishi, this letter is the really important letter, the reason why the head of the family recommended the villain to be this messenger is just to send his own letter to your military camp by plane while sending the fake letter." It doesn't matter whether His Royal Highness the King of Tang is here or not, just ask Feng Neishi to present this letter to the current commander of your army. ”

When he came here, Feng Deyi finally came back to his senses, and hurriedly wrote to Shen Jian to wait, and then before Shen Jian could agree, Chen Fuliang had already walked in from the back door of the guest tent, and said with a smile: "No need, just watch it here, the Hou Benwang of Shen County also remembers that the nephew of Shen Wuhua, the last queen of the Chen Dynasty, Meng Zuyin was the marquis, and when the king stayed in the eastern capital, he served as a member of the Eastern Capital Imperial Court, and he was inconspicuous in the court. But this king really didn't expect that the Marquis of Shen County would still have such a loyal heart to serve the country. ”

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Sending such an envoy to spy on the intelligence of the Sui army, the military intelligence report received by Zheng Jun in Tiger Prison Pass was of course as ridiculous as it was. In the second half of the night, Shen Jian smoothly returned to the Tiger Prison Pass City, first met with the head of the family, Shen Yue, and then was immediately sent to the city headquarters to wait, and then before dawn, Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben immediately summoned Shen Jian before they even had time to eat breakfast, and asked him, "How is it?" Have you seen Chen Thief? ”

"His Royal Highness King Yujing, General Yuyang, no." Shen Jian shook his head and said very honestly: "It was Yu Wenxin, a subordinate of Chen Thief, who came forward to meet the villain, and the villain asked to meet with Chen Thief several times, but he didn't agree, but he just asked the villain to say anything to him, the villain said that General Zhang was going to dedicate the city, and Yu Wenxin didn't let the villain meet with Chen Thief, but repeatedly interrogated many things about General Zhang's dedication to the city, and he didn't see Chen Thief himself until the villain left the camp." ”

Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben were disappointed together, and said that this time it was just in vain, but Shen Jian said: "Your Highness, General, the villain should not run in vain, after the villain handed over the letter to Yu Wenxin, when Yu Wenxin took it out of the tent, the villain heard him tell the villain to watch it tightly outside the tent, and said that he missed a sentence, saying that he was going to present the letter to General Qu Tu. ”

Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben were overjoyed when they heard it, and hurriedly asked about the details, Shen Jian talked about the details of the so-called Yu Wenxin inadvertently leaked his mouth, Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben were also overjoyed, and suspected that Chen Fuliang actually did not come to the Tiger Prison Pass in person, and the main general of the Sui army outside the city was actually the old man Qu Tutong, and the army did not face the most dangerous and insidious enemy. Then Yang Gongqing hurriedly asked again: "Then after you handed over the letter to Yu Wenxin?" Regarding Zhang Sheng's dedication to the city, what is the reply or reply? ”

"No reply." Shen Jian shook his head and said: "Yu Wenxin just asked the villain to bring a message to General Zhang, saying that since General Zhang is willing to surrender the city, then after success, the Chen thief will inevitably reward General Zhang with a heavy reward, but now there is no need to take the risk of doing it directly, and there is no need to send people out of the city to prepare with Chen Thief, you only need to prepare in advance, or in a few days, there will naturally be changes in the Tiger Prison City, and when General Zhang starts to help open the city, this certainty will be much greater." ”

"What do you mean?" Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben were taken aback together, "Could it be that there are already people in the Tiger Prison Pass City who are ready to accept the Chen thief into the city?" ”

"That's what the villain asked Yu Wenxin about." Shen Jian hurriedly said: "But that Yuwen Xin obviously doesn't trust the villain enough, and refuses to go into detail, just smiled and said that the righteous are more helpful, and the unrighteous are less helpful, our Majesty is perverse, and the rewards and punishments are unknown and alienate the heroes, so naturally there are people who want to be thieves." What did you say if it wasn't for the luck of His Royal Highness the Prince, who hid in Luokoucang City and didn't come out, otherwise, the Chen thief army would even be able to capture His Royal Highness the Crown Prince alive this time. ”

Shen Jian's nonsense does not mention Dai Zhou in half a word, but it is more serious than directly stating that the traitor in the Tiger Prison Pass City is Dai Guan, because in the entire Tiger Prison Pass City, Dai Zhou suffered the most grievances in front of Wang Shichong, and was driven out of the capital after making great contributions, and the relationship with Wang Shichong is most worthy of the comments of unknown rewards and punishments and alienating heroes. At the same time, what is even worse is that before that, Dai Xuan strongly persuaded Wang Xuan to give priority to guarding the Tiger Prison Pass, and repeatedly suggested that Wang Xuan should move the General Headquarters of the Eastern Front to the Tiger Prison Pass, closing the sentence that the Sui army could almost capture Wang Xuanying alive in the Tiger Prison Pass. So it was extremely natural, after carefully pondering and tasting these words, Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben also focused their suspicions on Dai Guan.

Poor people must also have something to hate, just when Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben were full of suspicion, the object of suspicion, Dai Guan, came to the handsome hall in a big way, and said with a sneer on his face: "I heard that the person who went to contact Chen Thief is back?" What do you think? Surely I haven't seen Chen Thief himself, right? What kind of person is Chen Yingliang, how can he fall for this carving insect trick? Don't worry if you don't contact him, you can't see him if you go, isn't it more confused and worried? ”

exchanged glances with each other, and Yang Gongqing first tolerated it in a low voice, admitting that Dai Guan's expectations were not bad, and the deceitful envoy had indeed not seen Chen Fuliang. Then Yang Gongqing asked cautiously: "Dai Shilang, the strength of the Chen thief's army is unknown, and the strength of the Tiger Prison Pass is thin, I intend to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to send an army back to the Tiger Prison Pass to strengthen the troops, I don't know what you think?" ”

"It's late." Dai Xuan shook his head and said with a sneer: "It's too late now, the Chen thief's army is stationed outside the city, and our Luokoucang defenders will inevitably be intercepted by the Chen thief's army when they return to the city, and it will only make the soldiers sacrifice in vain." ”

"Then according to Dai Shilang's plan, how should we defend against the enemy now?" Wang Xingben stared at Dai Xuan and asked.

"It's simple, just close the door and don't go to war." Dai Xuan said very easily: "I said yesterday that the Chen thief's army is coming seventy miles a day, and there must not be much grain and grass in the army, we only need to hold on without fighting, then within ten days, the Chen thief will definitely retreat on his own." ”

Wang Xingben nodded, and then suddenly said, "Then what if there is a traitor who opens the city gate to welcome the thief Chen into the city?" ”

Human nature, as smart as Dai Xuan, couldn't help but change his face when he heard this, and he was surprised and said: "Mole? Is there a mole in the Tiger Prison City? Who is the mole, has it been found out? ”

Suspicious of stealing the axe, Dai Guan's normal reaction was seen in the eyes of Wang Xingben and Yang Gongqing, which naturally became ironclad evidence of his weakness and timidity. Under the suspicion in his heart, although Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben did not speak, their two pairs of eyes were still fixed on Dai Guan's face, Dai Zhou was inexplicable at first, and then gradually woke up, and asked in surprise: "General Yang, His Royal Highness King Jing, should you suspect that Xia Guan is a traitor of Chen Thief, right?" ”

There is still no direct evidence, no matter how suspicious Yang Gongqing and Wang Xing are in their hearts, there is no way to prove that Dai Zhou is a traitor who is preparing to surrender the city, and after thinking for a while, Yang Gongqing said: "Dai Shilang misunderstood, how can we suspect that you are a traitor?" But there is one thing that we are very strange, when the Chen thief army was still in Luoyang and did not advance eastward, Dai Shilang, you can't wait to encourage His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to move to Hujiao Pass, what is this for? ”

"For what?" Dai Xuan was asked this question again, and then immediately came to his senses, and said angrily: "I suggest that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince move to the Tiger Prison Pass, of course, because the Tiger Prison Pass is now a hundred times more important to our army than Luokoucang!" Only by ensuring the safety of the Tiger Prison Pass can we ensure that Dou Jiande's reinforcements will reach the city of Luoyang to relieve His Majesty's siege! Do you think that I want to deliberately give Luokou Cangbai to Thief Chen?! ”

"I'm afraid you don't just want to give Luokou Cangbai to Chen Thief, right?" Shen Yue, who had not spoken before, suddenly spoke, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid you still want to give His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the Chen Thief Army, right?" ”

"Shen Yue! Who are you talking about?! As soon as Dai Xuan heard this, he immediately pointed to Shen Yue's nose and asked, "Who are you referring to?" Do you say that I persuaded His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to move to the Tiger Prison Pass, because I wanted to dedicate the Tiger Prison Pass and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the Chen Thief Army?! ”

"The lower officials don't dare." Shen Yue replied politely: "The lower official didn't dare to mention your name, don't be nervous. ”

"You?" Dai Zhou was choked by Shen Yue, glaring at Shen Yue angrily and almost wanting to kill, but Shen Yue spotted Dai Guan's upright temper, and deliberately smiled at the bridge of Dai Guan's nose, so his eyes did not fluctuate with the slightest emotion, which further angered Dai Guan, causing Dai Zhou to roar and roar: "You said that this official is a traitor, where is the evidence?" ”

"Dai Shilang, forgive the lower official for reminding you again, the lower official did not say a word that you are a traitor." Shen Yue smiled and said, "Squire, you are so nervous, it seems that it is a bit like a ......, like a ......." ”

"Doesn't it look like it's self-defeating?" Dai Xuan roared and finished speaking for Shen Yue, and then Dai Xuan turned to Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben, and said angrily: "General Yang, His Royal Highness King Jing, the soldier Shen Yue slandered the lower officials, please make the decisions for the lower officials." ”

"Dai Shilang, did Shen Sibing slander you with that sentence?" Wang Xingben asked very strangely: "He didn't mention your name, nor did he say that you collaborated with the enemy, how did he slander you?" ”

After looking at the expressions of Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben left and right, and seeing that their faces were all clearly washing their distrust of themselves, Dai Xuan finally suddenly realized and said angrily: "General Yang, His Royal Highness King Jing, are you also suspicious of me?" Do you think I'm secretly a thief? Don't you know that my loyalty to Your Majesty is evident from the sun and the moon? ”

"Dai Shilang is indeed loyal to His Majesty." Shen Yue took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire, and said with a sneer: "So when Your Majesty decided to accept the Zen position of the emperor of the previous dynasty, Dai Shilang fully supported it. ”

"Piff! I'll kill you! ”

Dai Guan, who was poked in the center of the scar on his head, couldn't bear it, and immediately pulled out the sword on his waist in anger, but Shen Yue was prepared, and ran to Wang Xingben with an arrow step, hiding behind Wang Xing itself, and then when Dai Xuan went to cut Shen Yue with a sword, it naturally seriously threatened the life safety of Wang Shichong's nephew Wang Xingben, and the guards in the hall did not dare to have the slightest slackness, and immediately rushed forward to hit Dai Guan's sword, and also held Dai Xuan down, Dai Zhou struggled and yelled, but unfortunately no one paid attention to him.

With the excuse of stabbing Wang Xingben, the king of Jing, Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben also had an excuse to eliminate this hidden danger, and after discussing a few words in a low voice, Yang Gongqing announced to Dai Guan: "Dai Shilang, you calm down first, about your affairs, we will naturally explain it to Your Majesty, and ask Your Majesty to make a holy judgment." But for now, you better go down and rest first, we will arrange a room for you to rest, if you lack anything, just ask the guards, we will do our best to satisfy! ”

"I was wronged!" Dai Xuan roared and roared, "Why do you suddenly doubt me? Still want to lock me up? Without me to give you advice, how can you resist the army of thieves? ”

No matter how much he roared, it was useless, and Dai Guan's arrogant truth further angered Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben, causing him to be forcibly pressed down from the hall by the guards and put under house arrest, while Shen Yue, who was bullied by his boss, continued to stay in the hall, and was comforted by Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben's kind words. It's a pity that Shen Yue is an unappreciative goods, with perfunctory Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben on his lips, and he can't wait to start thinking about it in his heart, and secretly said: "It's done this time, His Royal Highness King Tang has to at least give me a county duke, right?" There is also an official position, why should I be given a real position with authority, right? ”