Chapter 390: Bad Intentions

Li Mi was wrong about this, Chang Ping was not a trap deliberately arranged by Chen Fuliang, but it was more dangerous than the trap deliberately arranged, because the terrain in this area was not only like a natural cage, but the surrounding forces were also more difficult to provoke than one another, and one was more difficult to entangle.

Next to Chang Ping's position is Yao Yi, although Yao Yi, who was born in a famous family, is just a small county magistrate with poor official luck, but he is a ruthless character who can organize the township Yong to quell the rebellion in the county at the age of eighteen, when Yang Xuangan rebelled, Yang Xuangan and Li Mi both suffered losses in front of him, and afterwards even the small town of Shaanxi County he guarded did not dare to attack and retaliate, Chang Pingcang was next to the city under his nose, and if he wanted to lay down Chang Ping, he had to pass this pass first.

As Chen Fuliang's brother-in-law, Chen Fuliang naturally used his authority to take care of Gao Shilian in the open and secret, so that his wife and uncle used the excuse of quelling chaos and preventing thieves to quietly arm an army with good combat effectiveness.

There is also Tongguan in the west, Liu Changgong, who wears a pair of pants with Chen Fuliang, is stationed here with more than 10,000 elite soldiers, although Liu Changgong's ability to fight tough battles is commonplace, but it is not impossible to fight, He Yanyu and Pei Xingfang under his command have two ruthless characters, one is Zhang Xutuo's old department has fought countless tough battles, and a hero out of a young man has learned the evil and viciousness of his unscrupulous cousin, with excellent military vision and outstanding command skills, and they will never sit idly by and ignore the urgency here. It will definitely send troops to help at the first time, and it can also rely on the advantage of distance to arrive at the Changping battlefield first to take the initiative, and meet the enemy attacking the warehouse from the narrow road.

Under such circumstances, if Li Mi did not send the main army, even he was not sure that he would be able to win Chang Ping, so he saw at a glance that Li Er lured him to send troops to Chang Ping, and he also took the opportunity to exaggerate the wealth and wealth in Chang Ping's area, and took it to seduce Zhai Hong and Zhai Mohou, the straw bale father and son, and used Chen Fuliang's hand to cut off the two wings of Zhai Rang's closest confidants.

Tubaozi Zhai let the father and son really fall for it, greedy for the treasure of Hongnong Palace near Changping, in the case of not even walking through the Cuihan Road, without saying a word, he brought 10,000 partial divisions to the west to fight Chang Ping, thinking that he could fight guerrillas as before in Wagangzhai, and he could run if he couldn't win, but he didn't know the steep and narrow of the Cuihan Ancient Road, as long as he was interspersed with a small path by the enemy, he had nowhere to run if he wanted to. The result was not unexpected, the partial division led by Zhai Hong's father and son had just bypassed the eastern capital and entered Xin'an in the west, and before they had time to enter the Cuihan Road, their movements were sent to Shaanxi County by fast horses, and to Hongnong and Tongguan.

"Hehe, there are really ghosts who are not afraid of death, a rabble of thousands of people, and dare to enter the death place of Cuihandao? But it's okay, just give credit to Ben Gongzi, and see how Ben Gongzi kills one of you and annihilates the whole army! ”

This is the unscrupulous cousin Chen Fuliang has been completely damaged Pei Xingfang after receiving the news, after swearing that he must come to the enemy to kill all the killing, Pei Xingfang negotiated with Liu Changgong about sending troops, and on the other hand, for the sake of prudence, he still sent a fast horse to report the matter to Chen Fuliang who was far away in Daxing, so that Chen Fuliang knew the transfer of his own army, and also let Chen Fuliang see if he needed to send troops to strengthen the garrison in Tongguan as a precaution.

When the messengers sent by Liu Changgong and Pei Xingfang brought the news to Daxing, Chen Fuliang was taking time out of his busy schedule to do some personal business--to meet with Xiao Li, who had already pleaded with him many times to summon her. After waiting for a lot of time, it was not easy to see Chen Fuliang, Yin Xiao Lili just met Chen Fuliang, and cried with pear blossoms and rain with one mouth, so that Chen Fuliang, who had long been ill-intentioned, finally had a good opportunity to move his hands and feet, and quickly picked up Yin Xiao Lili with his own hands, wiped the tears on her tender face for her, and asked in surprise: "Sister Xian, what's wrong?" Why is it so sad? If there's anything to say, I can help you. ”

"Brother Ying Liang, you save my brother, save my brother." Yin Xiaoli cried and begged, and said: "My brother was arrested and put in prison, he was wronged, he was wronged." ”

The planned future brother-in-law was arrested in the prison, Chen Fuliang was taken aback, and hurriedly asked for details, after Yin Xiaoli sobbed and choked up, Chen Fuliang also knew that although the brother-in-law was arrested, the person who arrested him also acted in accordance with the law, and was by no means deliberately framed or arrested people indiscriminately.

It turned out that after Yin Hongzhi, the youngest brother of Yin Xiaoluoli, was captured back to Daxing by Li Er, Li Yuan, in order to cover up the crime of the rebels killing the acting king Yang Yun, and at the same time planted the blame on the Sui army in the eastern capital, forcing Yin Hongzhi to make false testimony that he saw the soldiers of the Sui army kill Yang Yu with his own eyes, and Yin Hongzhi, who was only ten years old, did not know the severity and was greedy for life and afraid of death, so he made false testimony in front of many Daxing civil and military officials, and also drew and pressed fingerprints on the testimony, and was made public by Li Yuan's rebels in the form of an example, which constituted an irrefutable crime of framing false accusations. According to the Great Sui Code, crimes must be punished. At the same time, because of the matter related to Yang Yu, the grandson of Emperor Yang of Sui, the Daxing judicial department, which was gradually rebuilding, could only arrest him and put him in prison according to the law, waiting for conviction.

Chen Fuliang is really a little embarrassed this time, if the matter does not involve Yang Yu, Chen Fuliang wants to save Yin Hongzhi is a matter of one sentence, but the matter is related to the precious grandson of Emperor Yang of Sui, and Chen Fuliang, who is still an official of the Great Sui Imperial Court, is a little helpless. Seeing that Chen Fuliang refused to speak, Yin Xiaoli over there was inevitably even more anxious in her heart, and couldn't help but kneel down to Chen Fuliang again, hugging Chen Fuliang's legs and crying: "Brother Yingliang, I beg you, you save him, save him, I am such a younger brother, please save him for my father's sake." In the future, I will be a slave and a slave, and I will definitely repay your kindness. ”

Chen Fuliang once again picked up the little Yin Lili who was crying with pear blossoms and rain, stroked her hair and pondered for a moment, and then Chen Fuliang said: "In this way, I will go to the emperor to explain the matter to His Majesty, and ask Your Majesty to pardon his crimes and not pursue them for the sake of your father's merits and your brother's young and ignorant sake." Before that, I asked the people from the Criminal Department to put your brother in his home first, change his imprisonment to house arrest, and let your brother wait for trial at home behind closed doors. ”

When Yin Xiaoli heard the joy, she hurriedly saluted and thanked Chen Fuliang, Chen Fuliang hurriedly grabbed her, comforted her with kind words and said a lot of beautiful words, asked her what she needed in life, and said that she would definitely take the time to visit their sisters and brothers at the Yin Shishi's house. As a result, it was only after Yin Xiaoli gradually calmed down that she suddenly found that she had almost been held in her arms by Chen Fuliang, and Chen Fuliang's claws kept grabbing her white and tender little hands. ”

Very helplessly let go of the claws, hehe smirked and said that he did it unintentionally, at this time, Fang Xuanling suddenly ran in as a light bulb, and handed Chen Fuliang the Tang newspaper sent by Liu Changgong, and learned that the Zhai Li coalition army went west to Kui Handao and coerced Chang Ping, Chen Fuliang, who had long regarded Chang Ping as something in his pocket, also sneered and said to look for death, but when he saw the words that the enemy commander was Zhai Hong's father and son, Chen Fuliang immediately changed his mind and said: "You can't completely annihilate the enemy, let alone kill Zhai Hong and Zhai Mohou, It's better to let them escape than let them die, it's better to find a way to capture them alive, this has a great effect on the father and son, and it's a pity to kill them. ”

"That's what foolish brother means." Fang Xuanling nodded, and said: "Brother Xian, this is a good opportunity for us to take the opportunity to directly control Chang Ping, I think we should replenish some troops to Tongguan, so that General Liu can free up their hands to go east with all their might, under the pretext of defending Chang Ping, take the opportunity to station troops there, and actually control the grain there." ”

Chen Fuliang agreed, and immediately agreed with Fang Xuanling, and decided to send Qin Qiong to lead 10,000 troops to the west to strengthen the garrisons of Tongguan and Yongfengcang, so that Liu Changgong and Pei Xingfang could free up their hands to deal with the threat from the Zhai and Li coalition forces to Kun Handao and Chang Ping, and at the same time explained that Liu Changgong and Pei Xingfang must not kill Zhai Hong's father and son.

Finalized the arrangement of the regular liquidation, when Fang Xuanling hurriedly wrote a book for Chen Fuliang, Chen Fuliang found that Yin Xiaoli was still in the room, in front of Fang Xuanling, Chen Fuliang could not continue to use his hands and feet to tease Xiao Luoli's spring heart, so he could only quickly arrange someone to escort Xiao Xiaoli home, and at the same time arrange for people to contact the Criminal Department, so that they could put Yin Hongzhi home under residential surveillance, and Yin Xiaoluoli also left with a red face and a thousand thanks.

Born with a hard life, just sent away Yin Xiaoli who has never had a chance to start, Chen Fuliang didn't have time to sit down and regret and ponder how to further take care of his beloved daughter for his former comrades-in-arms, Yuan Tiangang suddenly hurried into the room, and as soon as he entered the door, he held up an official document and said with a wry smile: "Chen Liushou, bad news, the officials we sent to Jiangdu to report the victory encountered bandits in Huai'an, eleven of the twelve people in the group were killed, only one guard escaped to report the news, the envoy Pei Ning was killed, and our Baojie was also robbed by bandits." ”

Chen Fuliang and Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly at the same time, because the Zhai and Li coalition forces took the Tiger Prison Pass and entered the eastern capital, Chen Fuliang had previously reported the good news of the recovery of Daxing to Emperor Yang of Sui who was far away in Jiangdu, and specially explained to the officials who reported the victory to take the road of Luo and Nanyang, but he still failed to escape the interception of the peasant rebel army, and still could not get in touch with Jiangdu. After smiling bitterly, Chen Fuliang could only say helplessly: "No way, send another envoy to take risks, see if this unlucky guy has the fate to send us to Jiangdu, such a big thing, we must let His Majesty know at any cost." ”

Yuan Tiangang, who was in charge of this matter, nodded, and echoed extremely depressedly: "I can only send another unlucky guy to death, without His Majesty's will, we are tied up in many things, and we can't do it at all." ”

"It's best to send a shrewd and capable official, disguise yourself as an ordinary person and go south, and when you arrive in Jiangdu, you can also inquire about the situation there for us by the way." Fang Xuanling also said helplessly: "Especially in the matter of His Majesty moving the capital to Danyang, we must confirm it clearly, when will it be moved, and whether it will be moved?" How to arrange Daxing and Dongdu after the capital was moved? These situations have to be clarified. ”

Chen Fuliang nodded, secretly hateful in his heart, and extremely worried, "History has been changed by me like this, will the Jiangdu Mutiny still happen?" Will Yu Culture do it? Sun, the sooner the Jiangdu mutiny, the better, the sooner it will be beneficial to me, Yu Wenhua, you must give me ...... to fight. Hey? Wait a minute! ”

When the secret hatred cursed here, Chen Fuliang's heart suddenly moved, and a thought that was even more destructive suddenly jumped into his mind, and he said secretly: "Why don't I try to make the Jiangdu Mutiny happen in advance?" The news that Feng Ciming brought from Jiangdu last time, Emperor Yang of Sui is different from history, and now he has directly and publicly announced that he wants to move the capital to Danyang, and will never return to the north, the main force of the Jiangdu mutiny, Guanzhong Xiaoguowei, has never had a chance to go home, the big powder keg of the mutiny has been filled with gunpowder, Yu Wenhua and this fuse are also in Jiangdu, what is missing is only the spark to light the fuse. In that case, why don't I try to light the Yu culture and this fuse? ”

Having this idea, and quickly thinking about the stakes and general steps, Chen Fu's conscience gradually made up his mind, and said: "Otherwise, let Qian Xiangmin go to Jiangdu to meet the emperor's majesty for us, and submit a report to the emperor, he is good at currying favor with his boss, it is convenient to inquire about the news, and his luck is notoriously good. ”

Yuan Tiangang smiled and said with a smile: "Stay behind, Lord Qian's luck has indeed been good, but his courage is notoriously small, you send this messenger to him, I'm afraid that he will hold your leg and cry again." ”

"If you don't go, you have to go, is the food of the court for him to eat for nothing?" Chen Fuliang smiled and said, "In this way, you first prepare for the recital again, and I will summon Qian Xiangmin alone in a while and let him serve as this messenger." Fang Xuanling and Yuan Tiangang agreed, and Chen Fuliang, who was still trustworthy, explained that Fang Xuanling had written a separate text to intercede with Emperor Yang of Sui on behalf of Yin Hongzhi without mentioning it.

Sure enough, in the evening, Chen Fuliang summoned Qian Xiangmin alone and asked him to go to Jiangdu to meet Emperor Yang of Sui with his chapter, Qian Xiangmin really knelt on his knees again, hugged Chen Fuliang's legs and cried, begging Chen Fuliang to let him live, not to let him carry out this task of nine deaths. But the plea was doomed to be useless, and Chen Fuliang, who needed him to perform a special mission, refused to agree to change people at all, and repeatedly pointed out to him the various benefits of taking the risk to meet Emperor Yang of Sui, constantly cheering him on, and encouraging him to take this risk.

"Xiangmin, I sent you to meet His Majesty the Emperor because you have been loyal to me for so many years, so I took care of you. Why don't you want to think about what a festive event our army's recovery is? When His Majesty the Emperor heard such good news, could he not give you a heavy reward and promotion? As long as you see His Majesty the Emperor and say a few more obedient words, plus your previous credits, maybe the six Shangshu will have your share, such a good thing, others can't grab it if they want to, how can you stupidly push it out? ”

"If you don't resign, you can't do it! If you don't go, even if you resign, I will punish you for a felony of abandoning your post and running away! Whether you are willing to go to the prison to eat chaff vegetables, or are you willing to go to Jiangdu to spend time and wine, you decide for yourself! ”

It's easy to say that even the threat and temptation, Chen Fuliang finally let Qian Xiangmin cry and take over this dangerous mission, but Qian Xiangmin put forward another condition, wiped his tears and said: "Chen Liushou, if you have to go to Jiangdu to meet His Majesty, it's okay, but you have to send me more guards with strong martial arts." Otherwise, you will kill the lower officials, and the lower officials will not dare to walk such a long way to Jiangdu. ”

Considering that it was necessary to send the report to Jiangdu, and He Er was also very good at collecting important information and doing dirty things, Chen Fuliang agreed to Qian Xiangmin's request. After Qian Xiangmin cried and cried helplessly, Chen Fuliang explained to him that after arriving in Jiangdu, he must collect information about Emperor Yang of Sui's relocation of the capital, and then Chen Fuliang specially explained: "By the way, there is another thing, after you arrive in Jiangdu, you must go to meet Yu Wenhua, the general of the Right Tun Guard, send him some gifts, and ask him to do something for me." ”

"What do you want to ask him to do?" Qian Xiangmin hurriedly asked.

"Please persuade the emperor to change his mind to move the capital, lead the civil and military officials and Xiaoguo guards to return to Daxing, and sit in the national capital to command the rebellion." Chen Fuliang ordered casually.

"Chen Liushou, are you kidding?" Qian Xiangmin was taken aback and said, "Your Majesty's temper, who dares to persuade you?" ”

"Yu culture and dare to persuade." Chen Fuliang said very easily: "Yu Wenhua's father, Yuwen Zhuguo, is the first favorite minister in front of the emperor, his third brother Yu Wenshi and the concubine of the eldest princess of His Majesty, he himself has been a prince servant to His Majesty, and has a personal relationship with His Majesty, even if he says something wrong, His Majesty will not treat him well." ”

"But what if the lower official says that General Yuwen can't be moved?" Qian Xiangmin asked worriedly.

"It's okay, you just have to do your best." Chen Fuliang still has some confidence in Qian Xiangmin's ability to negotiate, and knows that as long as the task given to him is given, he will try his best even if he can't do it. Then, Chen Fuliang pointed out again: "Remember, thank General Yuwen for me, saying that if it weren't for the few good friends he introduced to me at the beginning, I wouldn't have been able to win this Daxing Battle so easily." ”

"Also, if he asks about the situation in Daxing, you can tell him that his mansion in the city is fine, and Dugu Huaien and I will take care of it for him. By the way, I will make amends to him for my crimes, and I will say that during the period when Li Yuan's old thief entered Kou Daxing, he was sacked by thieves in his manor outside the city, and the losses were somewhat heavy. ”

Qian Xiangmin did not doubt that he had him, and agreed. Chen Fuliang nodded, and said in his heart: "Brother Huaji, it's up to you, don't let me down." Don't worry, if you follow the path I paved for you, I will leave you a whole corpse in the future. ”

"Oh, by the way, remember you have a sister, if you help me, as long as your sister is not too ugly, I will take care of her for you."