Chapter 81: Chess Pieces
At this time, Chu Liuyan was already on the way to catch up with the sky, only to see the Han army routed like ants, and the riverside was blazing, Chu Liuyan saw that Chen Youliang's troops were defeated like a mountain, and traveled all the way to the direction of Hanyang, and he already knew in his heart that Zhu Yuanzhang had achieved a great victory in the battle of Yingtian.
At dusk, when I returned to the barracks tent, I saw that in the army, pigs and sheep were slaughtered, and there was a jubilant atmosphere.
Looking at the tent, but seeing that all the generals came to offer their merits, Yuanzhang comforted them one by one, and ordered a feast to celebrate. Chu Liuyan felt that it was inconvenient to join in at this time, so he went back to his camp first.
On the second day, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his account, and Xu Da ordered to relieve the captured generals under Chen Youliang.
Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the main position, drank with the generals, and since the beginning of the war, the two armies have faced each other, and each has suffered casualties. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates can't help but hate the generals under Chen Youliang, and now that they have won the battle, some generals wantonly beat and scolded the bound generals, thinking that they were venting their anger. Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang did not stop it, but just sat and watched the wanton humor of his subordinates.
A captured general under Chen Youliang couldn't get angry, and scolded Zhu Yuanzhang: "Pig herder, you won a game yesterday, our family was accidentally captured by you for a while, you can't be humiliated, kill me quickly!" ”
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed when he heard this: "Your lord Chen Youliang has been fishing for generations, but he is just a fisherman, and he has been a scribe for a few years, is it better than a pig herder?" I think you are also a good man, but it's a pity that Mingzhu secretly cast, so it's better to submit to me. The general sneered: "You don't care if my lord is a fisherman or not, I just don't surrender you." You have deceived my lord by virtue of your woman's merits, and you have defeated my lord so much that I can't do anything to surrender. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned blue and white for a while when he heard this, and he was very embarrassed.
Xu Da said on the side: "Marshal, this person is a tough guy, just follow his wishes!" ”
Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated for a moment, and then according to Xu Da's intentions, he ordered him to be beheaded and shown to the public.
The rest of the captives didn't have this kind of backbone, plus Chen Youliang was mean and unkind, and he was very dissatisfied with Chen Youliang's opinion that he only listened to Chu Liuyan before the decisive battle. thinks that this defeat is because coach Chen Youliang mistakenly believed the words of the demon in red and marched into Longwan, causing a big defeat.
Therefore, they all bowed their heads and begged for mercy, and they all professed that they were willing to surrender.
Zhu Yuanzhang ordered these generals who were willing to surrender to be temporarily detained and properly resettled. Then he ordered the cups and plates to be reassembled, and then the feast was held.
The generals were extremely happy, eating and drinking, and Zhu Yuanzhang also drank a lot of wine with the generals, but he soon stopped drinking, and his face was worried. Li Shanchang, who was sitting at the bottom of his right hand, had sharp eyes, noticed Zhu Yuanzhang's abnormality, knew that there was something wrong, and felt that after the big victory, the coach's face was worried, and Yu Jun was unfavorable.
So he stood up and took the opportunity to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang to drink, and whispered to Zhu Yuanzhang.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his face was overjoyed, and he raised his glass to drink with the soldiers.
Drink until the lights are quiet, and then the generals will go away happily.
When Zhu Yuanzhang said goodbye to the generals, he secretly signaled Li Shanchang to break off, and Li Shanchang understood and deliberately stayed at the end.
As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang saw the generals leaving, he waved away the attendants on the left and right, and pulled Li Shanchang to sit down anew.
Zhu Yuanzhang said worriedly: "Since Master Li knows that this commander is depressed, it is because of the rumors circulating in the army that our army can defeat Chen Youliang in the Battle of Yingtian, all thanks to the merits of Chu Junshi. The general said to Ben Shuai at the banquet that there is a way, what is the way. ”
The marshal might as well put the credit for this matter on Kang Maocai, and said that the marshal ordered Kang Maocai to insert his eyes and ears into the Han army's formation, grasp the movements of the Han army, and win this battle. His subordinates sent people to spread this word in the army, and he said that the soldiers themselves would think that the battle was the credit of the marshal's planning. ”
The first half of the military advisor's words is credible, the commander arranged for Kang Mao to enter the Han army, but Kang Mao failed to approach the center smoothly, and it did not help the battle situation. Seeing this, Ben Shuai knew that only Miss Chu could succeed when she entered Hanyang, so he ordered someone to pretend to accompany the Han sergeant and forced Kang Maocai to rebel, so that Kang Maocai returned to the camp. This moved Miss Chu, who was originally reluctant to go to Hanyang, and took the initiative to invite Ying, enter Hanyang in person, and bewitch Chen Youliang, so as to achieve this great achievement. Now that it is said that Kang Maocai is the work, I am afraid that no one will believe it. What's more, Kang Maocai has already told people that this trip is in vain. ”
Elder Li Shan smiled thoughtfully and said, "No, no." The marshal knows only one thing, but not the other. If the credit for the battle of Yingtian falls to Miss Chu, the marshal will definitely be ashamed of the world and laugh at him as having nothing else to do but because of people, and he is still a woman. The spread of such a reputation is a great disadvantage for the marshal. What's more, no one knows this secret at the moment, as long as Kang Maocai is ordered to change his tone slightly, he will say that he instigated a general in the Han army to sit inside, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds. ”
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he pondered for a long time and said: "What the military advisor said is reasonable, so follow what the military advisor said, pat more henchmen, and be sure to handle this matter." ”
Before Zhu Yuanzhang's words fell, a sound suddenly sounded outside the tent, as if someone was eavesdropping outside the tent. When the two of them heard this, they were shocked and hurriedly ran out of the tent, but as far as they could see, it was just the vast moonlight, and there was no one else.
Li Shanchang turned his head to Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Marshal, maybe I heard the errand just now, maybe it's just a nocturnal animal or something." ”
Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath and said, "I hope so, I can't let anyone know about such things." ”
Li Shanchang immediately replied: "Don't worry, the marshal will definitely do it without leakage, and there will be no mistakes." ”
"Well, the military advisor personally handles the knife, and it will definitely be like an antelope hanging its horns, and there is no trace to be found."
With that, the two looked at each other and smiled. Zhu Yuanzhang was not suspicious of the sound just now.
In fact, the sound just now was made by Chu Liuyan, and Chu Liuyan came to Zhu Yuanzhang to report to Zhu Yuanzhang about the deployment in Hanyang City, so that Zhu Yuanzhang could capture Hanyang in one go.
But when Chu Liuyan came to the tent, Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Shanchang, who suddenly heard it, were discussing things, Chu Liuyan felt that it was not good and immediately went in to disturb it, so he stood outside the tent for a while.
But the two people in the tent drank a lot of wine today and forgot the taboo. thought that if they drove away the left and right, no one must have listened to their conversation, so their voices couldn't help but be a little higher, and Zhu Yuanzhang paid extra attention to Chu Liuyan outside the account when he talked about Kang Maocai's matter, so the matter discussed by Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Shanchang fell into Chu Liuyan's ears word for word.
Zhu Yuanzhang said that Kang Maocai's encounter was actually a trap painstakingly designed by Zhu Yuanzhang, the purpose was to lure him into Hanyang City to meet Chen Youliang, and then instigated Chen Youliang to send troops to Longwan to help Zhu Yuanzhang break the enemy and win. Chu Liuyan, who was outside the tent, was extremely surprised when he heard this, and he didn't expect that he would be used by Zhu Yuanzhang as a pawn that came and went at a moment's notice.
Just for success, so unscrupulous, Chu Liuyan couldn't help but feel a chill.
Chu Liuyan was furious, he couldn't listen to it anymore, so he immediately pulled out his legs, performed light skills and left.
Chu Liuyan returned to the house in Yingtian City overnight, packed up his clothes, thought carefully for a moment, and prepared to leave a letter to Zhu Yuanzhang, and then left Yingtian without saying goodbye.
After writing this farewell letter, the sky was slightly white, the sky was about to dawn, running around for days, Chu Liuyan was a little tired, so he went to bed with his clothes and slept for a while, thinking that after waking up, he would immediately pack some baggage and leave Yingtian City.
Who knew that he slept until noon, and when he got up and freshened up, Chu Liuyan sealed all the objects rewarded by Zhu Yuanzhang, picked out some old clothes, and made them into a small burden.
Then he put the letterhead he had written last night in front of the makeup mirror table, wrapped it on his back, stepped out of the house, closed the door, and floated away.