Under the angry and hateful gaze of the friendly army of Qi County, Chen Yingliang led ten regiments of the Qian County army, singing the more and more unworthy "Jing Loyal to the Country", and strode to the battlefield of Menghai City. There was no general of Qi County to greet Chen Yingliang and the army of Qian County, only Yang Wang, the general guard of Liang County, felt that Chen Yingliang was pitiful, and for the sake of his friend Pei Hongce's face, he led several Liang County generals to greet Chen Yingliang.

"Virtuous nephews don't have to be so polite, hurry up." Yang Wang picked up Chen Yingliang very generously, patted Chen Yingliang on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Good boy, I remember that when I first met you, you were just a small writer in Zanzhi Mansion, Henan, and it has only been less than a year, and the official position is already on the same level as the old man. ”

"Uncle said with a smile, how can the little nephew have such a luxury?" Chen Yingliang hurriedly pretended to be modest, "I was loved by the saint and was able to take up the post of commander of the county, but the little nephew was already powerless and incompetent, so I really didn't dare to have other greed." ”

"Don't say these beautiful words, you have killed so many big thieves, you still have the face to say that it is incompetent? Want to deliberately sarcastically mock me as an uncle? Yang Wang didn't eat Chen Yingliang's set, and said with a smile: "Okay, don't be a sycophant, you can be presumptuous in front of me, you can be respectful when you get to Zhang Xutuo, don't embarrass me, even if you respect your elders." Go, take your army to camp and set up, and then follow me to see Zhang Xutuo, and your camp is also vacated, right next to mine. ”

Chen Yingliang agreed, and quickly led the army to follow Yang Wang to the camp of Liang County, and ordered the army to set up camp on the vacant land cleared by Yang Wang, and then led Yuan Tiangang, and followed Yang Wang to the camp of Qi County to meet Zhang Xutuo, and by the way, he also brought Yuan Tiangang to make the fine sand table by himself.

In the camp of the Qi County army, Chen Yingliang, who had done a lot of evil, of course received the most unfriendly reception, and the soldiers of Qi County went up and down, looking at Chen Yingliang's eyes full of ill intentions, and some people deliberately shouted that the one who grabbed the credit came again, and Chen Yingliang was very graceful and ignored it.

The most unfriendly scene is still in Zhang Xutuo's Chinese army tent, seeing Chen Yingliang accompanying Yang Wang in, not long ago Kan Liang won almost as pants The generals of Qi County were all expressionless, as if they didn't see the reinforcements arrive, Zhang Xutuo also sat behind the handsome case in a big way, and didn't look at Chen Yingliang while drinking tea, until Yang Wang stepped forward and saluted, saying that he was leading Chen Yingliang to meet, Zhang Xutuo seemed to suddenly find Chen Yingliang's deposit, pretending to be surprised and said: "Chen Tongshou is also here?" Last time he was in Mangdang Mountain, didn't Chen Tongshou say that he didn't have time to go north? Why do you have time today? ”

"Ambassador, I still don't want to come." Chen Yingliang said with a smile: "It was Uncle Yang who opened his mouth, he and my uncle Li Guogong are friends of life and death, and the lower officials did not dare to refuse, and I heard that Ambassador Zhang had swept away the thief army outside the city of Meng Haicheng, and he only had to break the city to kill the enemy and destroy the thieves to get food, so the lower officials came to share the credit and spoils again." ”

As soon as Chen Yingliang's words fell, the big tent was already full of anger, Mulan and Luo Shixin also made a clicking sound of grinding teeth, Zhang Xutuo was first stunned, and then said with a smile: "Chen Tongshou is really frank, okay, you can share the credit if you want, and the spoils can also be discussed, take your Qianjun army to break the thief city, how to divide the credit and the spoils can be discussed." ”

"Ambassador Zhang said with a smile, Xia Guan only brought more than 2,000 people from ten regiments, where is this little force enough to break through the thief city?" Chen Yingliang continued with a hippie smile and said: "Therefore, the siege of the city still has to trouble the Qi County soldiers under Ambassador Zhang's command, and the subordinate can only lead the people of the headquarters to fight the ambassador at most and help the ambassador sweep away the remnants of the enemy." ”

"Don't want to siege the city, but want to share the spoils? You want to take all the good things in the world?! ”

Luo Shixin was the first to roar out unbearably, and then Mulan and other Qi generals also accused Chen Yingliang of being brazen and cheating and cheating, Zhang Xutuo was quiet, first waved his hand to make the generals quiet, and then said: "Chen Tongshou doesn't want to attack the city, the old man can't control you, and he can't force you to attack the city, but the old man doesn't want to take on the siege task, what if no one attacks the city?" If the thief city is not broken, how can we divide the spoils? ”

"Simple." Chen Yingliang put away his hippie smile and said with a smile: "Let the Meng Hai Gong thief army go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with us, there is no need to attack the city." ”

"Then how to let the Meng Hai Gong thief army go out of the city and fight a decisive battle?" Zhang Xutuo asked.

"Cut off his water source, so that he has no water to drink!" Chen Yingliang replied categorically: "The Meng Hai Gong thief army has no water to drink, so they can only obediently go out of the city to fight with us!" ”

"Cut off his water source?" Zhang Xutuo was again, and then immediately laughed, and laughed: "The old man also said that Chen Tongshou can have any tricks, it turns out that the water source is cut off!" I have heard for a long time that Chen Tongshou uses soldiers like gods, and there are endless tricks and tricks, I can't imagine that I can come up with such a strategy on paper, clever, really clever! ”

"Ambassador Zhang, this tactic of the lower officials is definitely not on paper." Chen Yingliang said calmly: "Xiaguan has not yet been to the city of Menghai City to investigate on the spot, but there is already a master who is more proficient in geography and hydrology than Xiaguan, and he has carefully surveyed the geography and hydrology of Menghai Thief City for Xiaguan, so Xiaguan can conclude that as long as we cut off the Hulu River, within ten days, Menghai Thief City will definitely be defeated!" ”

"Superior? The master? Zhang Xutuo smiled disdainfully, and pointed to Yuan Tiangang beside Chen Yingliang and said, "Is this the county order that lost Yanguan County?" Yuan Tiangang, who tells fortunes for people every day? ”

"Yes, it's him." Chen Yingliang nodded and said solemnly: "Ambassador Zhang may not know that Mr. Yuan Tiangang is not only proficient in Zhouyi gossip, but also has a deep study of astronomy and geography, and his attainments in astronomical arithmetic, geography and hydrology, if he claims to be the second in the world, no one in this world dares to call himself the first!" ”

"It's amazing." Zhang Xutuo sneered in approval, then slapped the table in front of him and yelled, "Have you blown enough?" Don't think that the old man hasn't thought about this tactic! However, the old man sent someone to investigate and learned that the Meng Hai Gong Thief Army basically did not take water from the Hulu River, and personally interrogated the prisoners of war of the Thief Army, and there were many wells in the Meng Hai Gong Thief City, and there was no need to take water from the river outside the city, and the wells alone could be enough for the whole city to drink! ”

"There are so many wells in the city?"

Chen Yingliang was a little dumbfounded, almost thinking that he had put on a big oolong, but Yuan Tiangang next to him said calmly: "Those are not wells, they should be culverts!" The student dared to bet on Xiang Shang's head that there was absolutely no groundwater under the city of Menghai Thief City, and his so-called wells must be underground culverts connecting the Hulu River, which led the river water to various parts of the city, making it convenient for the soldiers and civilians in the city to get water. ”

"Underground culverts?" Zhang Xutuo was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "How do you determine that it is a culvert?" ”

"It's simple." Yuan Tiangang said calmly: "As long as the ambassador sends a few more captives and asks them to point out the location of the wells on the map of the thief city, he will definitely find that those so-called wells are distributed in a linear shape, or in a straight line, or they may be arcs. ”

Zhang Xutuo blinked his bronze bell eyes, and suddenly shouted: "Qin Qiong, go and take a few prisoners immediately, the prisoners who have entered the Menghai Thief City!" ”

Qin Qiong sang a promise, hurriedly rushed out of the tent, and after a while, several thieves were taken into the big tent, Zhang Xutuo took out the simple plan of Menghai City, and ordered a few captives to point out the location of the well in the city, as a result, what made Zhang Xutuo and the generals of Qi County stunned was that the wells marked by the captives were indeed connected into two arcs on the map of Menghai City.

This was not over, and one of the captives took the initiative to say: "General, in fact, these are not wells, they are all water intakes in culverts. When Meng Lushi built the city, because there were no wells dug in the city, he dug two culverts in the north and south cities to connect the Hulu River, and laid wooden planks and stone slabs and mud on them, which did not affect the road, and only opened some openings to get water, which looked similar to the wells. The villain was involved in the construction of the city at that time, so he knew it, but the people who entered the city later thought that they were wells. ”

"Then why didn't you say it earlier?" Zhang Xutuo almost vomited blood.

"You never asked me." The captive replied aggrievedly.

With a bang, Zhang Xutuo slapped another big slap on the handsome case in front of him, which shocked the case and made the arrows jump wildly, and his expression was extremely embarrassed, and he said extremely depressedly: "Last time, why didn't the old man pick you out to ask for a confession?" ”

The generals of Qi County were also extremely depressed, Chen Yingliang and Yuan Tiangang remained silent, only Yang Wang was angry and funny, and said: "Ambassador Zhang, this is just a matter of luck, luck, but fortunately, thanks to Mr. Yuan and Ying Liangxian's nephew noticed it in time, we are not delayed, and it is not too late to cut off the water." ”

"It's really a matter of luck." Zhang Xutuo sighed, waved his hand to let the soldiers escort the prisoners away, and then said: "Chen Tongshou, there is another problem, the old man once sent someone to explore the upstream terrain of the Hulu River, and found that there is no suitable place to cut off the water, the Hulu River is not big, it is not small, the widest part of the river is three zhang, and the deepest part is almost one zhang, if such a large amount of water is only blocked, the dam we built will be washed away in a short time, how to solve this?" ”

"Old General, if we want to cut off the water source of Menghai Thief City, we have to solve more than this problem." Chen Yingliang said with a smile: "There is also the Makeng River, Mr. Yuan has already explored and understood, the water surface of the Makeng River is basically the same as the Hulu River, so even if we cut off the Hulu River, the water of the Makeng River will still pour into the channel of the Hulu River to provide drinking water for the thief city." ”

"But that's okay." Chen Yingliang patted Yuan Tiangang next to him and said with a smile: "With Mr. Yuan here, these hydrological problems are not a problem at all, Yuan Tiangang has already designed a set of water cut-off plans for us, as long as we act according to the plan, we can ensure that within one day, the Menghai Thief City will be completely waterless!" ”

"Okay, then please Mr. Yuan!" Zhang Xutuo was overjoyed, then glanced at Chen Yingliang suspiciously, and asked: "Chen Tongshou, since you have already formulated the tactics of breaking the city, then you can just send Mr. Yuan over, why spend money and food to bring your army over?" ”

"Because Uncle Yang is called, I can't help but come." Chen Yingliang shamelessly put the responsibility on Yang Wang, and then added with a smile: "Also, when Xia Guan comes here, he can also help Ambassador Zhang to make the Meng Hai Thief City quickly cut off the water, and completely use the stored water, so Xia Guan is here." ”

"If you want to grab credit and share money and food, you can say it clearly, why make so many excuses?" Zhang Xutuo unceremoniously pointed out Chen Yingliang's true intentions, and then hummed: "Forget it, for the sake of your meritorious contributions, the old man is too lazy to worry about you, after destroying the city and destroying the thieves, you will share thirty percent of the money and grain in the city." ”

"Dashuai, they just came up with an idea, why do they divide so much?" Luo Shixin was in a hurry.

Zhang Xutuo was silent, and only after a while did he say: "Because, if there is no such strategy, the old man is really not sure to break through this Menghai thief city, so don't be unhappy, this is what people deserve." ”

Luo Shixin closed his mouth, but the expression on his face was still angry, Zhang Xutuo didn't bother to pay attention to him, just urged Chen Yingliang and Yuan Tiangang to do their best to say the strategy of cutting off the water, Yuan Tiangang no longer hid his secrets, and immediately offered his own plan to cut off the water. Then, Chen Yingliang said: "Ambassador Zhang, at the same time as Xiaguan Jian yì started to cut off the water, we also had to launch a siege of the city, using trebuchets to throw a large number of incendiary bombs into the city, causing a fire in the city, forcing the Menghai Gong Thieves Army to use stored water to extinguish the fire, so that we can cut off the Hulu River and the Makeng River at the same time, and the Meng Hai Gong Thief City will immediately have no water available, and it will collapse on its own within a few days." ”

Glancing at Chen Yingliang, Zhang Xutuo nodded and said, "Good idea." ”

A very rare praise of Chen Yingliang, Zhang Xutuo remembered another thing, and hurriedly told the thief soldiers that they had put straw men down the city every night for the past few days, and asked Chen Yingliang for countermeasures, Chen Yingliang laughed when he heard it, and said: "It's too easy, arrange several armies to take turns to rest and take turns to be on guard, if the enemy really dares to go down to the city to attack, immediately send some people to pretend to be the thief team of the Menghai Gong thief army, and arrange a few obedient prisoners to lead the way, and go to the gate of the Menghai Gong Thief City to cheat the city, and if you can't cheat, you will take the opportunity to annihilate the enemy, If the fraud is opened, he will take the opportunity to enter the city. There is no urn city in Menghai Gong Thief City, as long as we have a few hundred people to kill into the city first, it will be easy to take this thief city. ”

Zhang Xutuo had nothing to say, and Chen Yingliang said again: "Also, our army that takes turns to guard doesn't need to be idle, as soon as it gets dark, every half an hour they beat drums and gongs outside Menghai Thief City, so that the thieves and guards don't even dare to sleep well, and they have to guard against our real sneak attack at all times." ”

"That's it." Zhang Xutuo agreed, sat back in the handsome chair easily, and said with a smile: "I couldn't sleep well for a few days because of the thief army, and it's time for us to take revenge." ”

Hearing this, Qin Qiong and He Yanyu immediately glanced at each other in surprise, and they both remembered Zhang Xutuo's inexplicable words three days ago. Chen Yingliang said again: "Ambassador, the lower official has one more point to remind you, in addition to the need to keep the water source of the thief army cut off from the outside world, the tasks of organizing the people to dig slots and drain the river and transport soil and fill the river can only be carried out by using your Qi County team or my Qian County team, and the troops of Jiyin County and Liang County must not be involved. ”

"Are you worried that there are moles in Jiyin and Liangjun's ranks?" Zhang Xutuo is a flute.

"Not bad." Chen Yingliang replied calmly: "The Menghai Gong Thief Army is mainly active in Jiyin County and Liang County, and it must be inextricably linked with the officers and troops of these two counties. ”

"On this point, the old man has no problem." Zhang Xutuo said with a smile: "But you said that the officials and troops of Liang County may not be reliable, it is your uncle Yang Tongshou's problem." - Yang Tongshou, what do you think? ”

"Little bastard, you dare to say that the old man's army is unreliable, disrespectful to the elders, the old man whips you!" Yang Wang scolded with a smile and raised his hand to fight, Chen Yingliang hurriedly smirked and apologized, and Yang Wang smiled again: "As a punishment, this time you send troops to Liang County, the grain and grass will bear by yourself, and the old man will not give you a single grain and rice!" ”

"Grain and grass are easy to say, even if my uncle doesn't give it, he should do it." Chen Yingliang gave up his hand and said: "But the little nephew thinks that those spies who may have fornicated with the thief army cannot be wasted, the little nephew is brave, and he also asked his uncle and the ambassador to let the wind out, so he said that the little nephew is here to prepare a special siege weapon, and he can break through the thief city in three or five days, and use this fake news to confuse the enemy." ”

"It's okay to spread false news, but will the thieves believe it?" Yang Wang asked worriedly.

"Uncle, please rest assured." Chen Yingliang replied with a smile: "The little nephew has a way to convince the enemy. ”

Finally it was the turn of the Meng Haigong thief army to start suffering, that night, every half an hour, there were gongs and drums shouting to kill to wake up the defenders of the thief army from their sleep, forcing the thief soldiers to jump up and prepare for the war nervously, to prevent the officers and soldiers from attacking at night, but every time there was no trace of the officers and soldiers, and they could only take turns to rest and take turns to be on guard. And when it was more than half of the third watch, I didn't know that there was a ghost who lacked virtue and threw a black and slimy thing on the city wall, and the thing suddenly exploded in the sky, and an earth-shattering loud noise broke out, waking up most of the thief soldiers in the city, and also waking up Meng Haigong and his wife who were sleeping together, so frightened that the couple jumped off the bed with their bare buttocks together, yelling and asking what happened.

The thief scouts who went out of the city also began to be unlucky, and the Sui army not only invested a large number of cavalry to increase the intensity of the scout battle, but also suddenly became extremely vicious, digging traps and ambushes, and especially liked to pretend to be homeless people to lure the thief army forward, and then either put a secret arrow to sneak attack, or suddenly took out a weapon to slash and kill, and with the password to distinguish between the enemy and me was intercepted by the official army, the thief scout was even more guilty - countless thief scouts suddenly appeared outside the city, shouting the correct password to step forward and get closer, and then suddenly attack, The thieves scouts were so confused that they didn't know who their companions were and who were the enemies, so they could no longer effectively reconnoiter the movements of the officers and soldiers, and their room for movement was greatly reduced.

On the afternoon of the second day when the army of Qian County arrived at the battlefield of Menghai City, there was a prisoner of his own who was released back to the city, and brought a gift and a handwritten letter from Chen Yingliang to Meng Haigong's younger brother Meng Qigui who was on duty in the city, which not only promised to give Meng Qigui a court official position and a large reward, but also instigated Meng Qigui to launch a mutiny to kill Meng Haigong and his wife, and atone for his sins to ask the court for credit! As a result, although Meng Qigui immediately cut down the captive, and immediately handed over the letters and gifts to Meng Haigong and his wife, Meng Haigong and his wife still flew into a rage because of this, scolding Chen Yingliang for being vicious and despicable, and vicious, and at the same time, Chen Yingliang began to attack other generals, and it was not good for his husband and wife to buy other generals.

"This is Chen Yingliang's thief's style of using soldiers." Li Mi said helplessly: "Divisive bribery, rumors sneak attack, pit and abduction, pretending to be bandits and hooligans do everything!" Look, more tricks are yet to come for this little thief. ”