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Volume One Chapter 583 Surprise

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    Of course, Chen Sangliang's travels today will never be the same as when he went to Liaodong to join the army. He would go on the road alone with a broken horse and a broken knife. When he went out and came in, he only had 300 armored soldiers to protect him, but he still did not forget the grace of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty.  Ben, this time he has to go to the enemy's walls in person to recruit surrender. No matter how low-key Chen Sangliang is, he still has to bring three thousand elite soldiers to show off, right?  And because of his cousin Li Jing's instructions, Chen Sangliang also brought with him the Patriot Army, which had been expanded to eight schools. Nearly 5,000 brightly-armored infantry and cavalry were surrounded by Chen Sangliang, who was riding a white horse and wearing a white robe.  Sangliang walks in the middle, and of course he has to be as cool as he is, and as coquettish as he is.  Seeing such an impressive and coquettish Sui army coming out of camp towards the East City of Taiyuan, the Taiyuan defenders naturally became extremely nervous. They rang the alarm bell early, and the officers and soldiers of the Taiyuan Army on duty in the East City hurriedly went to the city to prepare for battle.  The reserve team in the city also immediately gathered for orders, and then the west city of Taiyuan also immediately stepped up its guard. However, because he did not receive a request for help from the east city, Li Jiancheng, who set up the general headquarters in the west city, did not rush to the city to command the operation, but continued to sit in command.  Shuai Tang is waiting for news.  However, Li Jiancheng could no longer sit still. Not long after, Yin Kaishan, who was responsible for the defense of the East City, sent someone to report to Li Jiancheng, saying that the Sui army was led by Chen Sangliang himself, and Chen Sangliang also sent people to fly white flags.  He came to the east gate of Taiyuan East City and asked Li Jiancheng to come to East City to answer the question.  After hearing this report, the Taiyuan army civil and military personnel, Li Shentong and other members of the Li clan who rushed to the commander's office one after another held their breaths and looked at Li Jiancheng with some nervous expressions. However, Li Jiancheng only thought about it for less than three seconds.  After a few minutes, he ordered: "Let Yin Kaishan tell Chen Yingliang that I have nothing to say to him and ask him to go back. If he wants to attack the city, I will accompany him at any time." The Dongcheng envoy sang the promise with some hesitation.  , just as he was about to turn around and return to his life, Pei Ji, the chief minister of the Taiyuan Army over there, hurriedly stopped him, then turned to Li Jiancheng and said, "Commander Zuo, as a matter of courtesy, the enemy commander wants to speak to you. It must be something important that needs to be done."  To negotiate with you, it¡¯s better to meet him first.¡± ¡°What else can he do that¡¯s important?¡± Li Jiancheng said calmly: ¡°It¡¯s just to persuade him to surrender. Anyway, I will definitely do it.  If he refuses, it is better not to meet him than to waste words with him. " Pei Ji really didn't expect that Li Jiancheng would refuse so simply. He was speechless by surprise. Fortunately, another important confidant of Li Jiancheng, Wang Gui, also stood up and persuaded him.  Said: "Captain Zuo, let's meet him. Not to mention that you and Chen Yingliang were once good friends. It would be a good idea to take the opportunity to test Chen Yingliang's siege tactics to see if he will really attack Jinfen as we most feared.  If he is determined to flood the city with water, we can take precautions early, right?" After hesitating for a long time while playing with the brush in his hand, Li Jiancheng nodded reluctantly and agreed to go to Dongcheng to meet Chen  Meet the good guys.  Hearing this decision, many Taiyuan military officers and soldiers and many members of the Li clan breathed a sigh of relief, and a glimmer of hope rekindled in their hearts. They all said to themselves: "I hope Chen Thief can convince Li Jiancheng." They looked very reluctant.  When a group of civil and military officials went out, Li Jiancheng met the brothers Li Er and Li Yuanji who had arrived late. Although Li Jiancheng deliberately turned a blind eye to his two precious brothers, Li Yuanji was very ignorant and asked: "Brother."  "I heard that the traitor Chen Yingliang personally led his army to Dongcheng. What is he going to do?" "He wants to see me and talk to me face to face." Li Jiancheng replied expressionlessly: "I didn't want to see him at first, but Uncle Pei and Mr. Shu Jie persuaded him."  I might as well meet them, so I had to go and make a trip." After looking at Pei Ji, Wang Gui and others, Li Yuanji blinked his eyes, and suddenly whispered in Li Jiancheng's ear: "Brother,  Thief Chen must have come to surrender to you. The hatred for killing our father is irreconcilable. You must not waver, and you must not forget the hatred of our father's murder." Li Jiancheng was a little surprised. He took a look and thought it was possible?  The incompetent fourth brother who could waver, Li Jiancheng nodded, said "Of course I won't" and moved on.  Seeing that Li Jiancheng agreed with his persuasion, Li Yuanji thought to himself: "Yes, you must not be swayed. The more firmly you refuse to surrender, the greater my contribution to dedicating Taiyuan City to His Highness the King of Tang."  When Yuanji deliberately persuaded Li Jiancheng to insist on refusing to surrender, Li Er was also rolling his eyes and thinking about it. He also quietly ordered the soldiers Li Yuanji lent him: "Go back to my house immediately and take my four-stone carved beam bow."  Come, take it to Dongcheng City and hand it over to me." "When Jiancheng and others arrived at Taiyuan Dongcheng, which was not very fast, the east gate city was already under full martial law, and all the soldiers were in position with their crossbows and arrows ready.  Kaishan immediately came up to greet him, pointed at the Sui army far outside the city and reported Chen Sangliang's position in a low voice. Looking down at Chen Sangliang's Tang Dynasty flag with teeth and claws waving, Li Jiancheng felt extremely complicated.After a long time, he said in a low voice: "Call him over." Yin Kaishan agreed, then walked to the arrow stack and loudly told the Sui envoys below the city that Li Jiancheng had arrived, and the Sui envoys immediately rushed back to Chen Sang.  Liang reported, and then, surrounded by troops led by Yuchi Jingde, Guo Feng, Chen Ci and other generals, Chen Sangliang trotted towards the east gate.  Seeing the familiar figure of his former friend getting closer and closer to him, Li Jiancheng, who had been deliberately keeping a straight face, his heart beat faster and faster, and secretly said: "Brother Ying Liang, we finally meet again, this time.  , can I continue to be worthy of your brother as I used to be?" As he said this with disappointment, Li Jiancheng couldn't help but think of all the past events between himself and Chen Sangliang, and recalled the past events when he and Chen Sangliang met in a restaurant.  I remembered that I and Chen Sangliang still had a heart-to-heart relationship even though they knew they had a grudge against each other. I thought of my surprise and envy when I heard that Chen Sangliang had created all kinds of impossible miracles. I also thought of Chen Sangliang¡¯s frank treatment and kind advice to me. I also thought of myself.  After becoming enemies with Chen Sangliang, they entrusted each other with funeral affairs on the battlefield of Tongguan  Unconsciously, Li Jiancheng's eyes were filled with hot tears.  "Prepare the bows and arrows." Yin Kaishan's whispered instructions next to him brought Li Jiancheng back to reality from the past. Almost subconsciously, Li Jiancheng immediately shouted: "Put down the bows and arrows! Everyone, put down the bows and arrows immediately! Without my order,  Anyone who releases arrows without permission will be killed immediately!" Upon hearing Li Jiancheng's roar, the archers of the Taiyuan Army who were quietly preparing their bows and arrows looked at each other. Yin Kaishan, who was on duty in the east city, had no choice but to wave his hands to all the soldiers to put down their bows and arrows.  But the matter was not over yet. As Li Jiancheng looked around the scene, he happened to see Li Erzheng sneakily hiding a bow behind his back. Li Jiancheng didn't think much, and strode forward to grab the bow from Li Erzheng.  He held the bow down with both hands and slammed his knees upwards, directly breaking Li Er's beloved bow into two pieces, and then threw it down the city wall with a wave of his hand. Li Er knew that Li Jiancheng was angry and did not dare to say anything. He could only watch helplessly.  His beloved strong bow was scrapped, and he cursed in his heart: "Hypocrite!" At this time, Chen Sangliang also came to the moat of Taiyuan City under the protection of Yuchi Jingde and others, and saw a broken bow dropped on the city.  Chen Sangliang and others, Yuchi Jingde and others who were ready with their bows and long shields in their hands, were all nervous and whispered to remind Chen Sangliang to be careful of hidden arrows. Chen Sangliang didn't take it seriously, and laughed loudly and said to the city:  "Brother Jiancheng, if I'm not wrong, you must have thrown the broken bow off the city wall just now, right? Brother, thank you for your kindness!" Li Jiancheng finally appeared on the city, and he said coldly.  : "His Royal Highness the King of Tang has already said, who is Li Jiancheng, how can he dare to be worthy of His Highness and his brothers? I hope His Highness will be careful with his words and not condescend to others." "Brother, why are you talking like this? Have you forgotten the relationship between us?  Are we friends?" Chen Sangliang asked in surprise. He looked at Li Jiancheng carefully. What made Chen Sangliang sad was that Li Jiancheng seemed to have aged ten years after not seeing each other for less than three years, and his temples seemed to have grown hair.  His face has also become noticeably thinner. It is obvious that Li Jiancheng has had a very bad life in the past three years.  "That is in the past. Now I am the Left Commander of the anti-Sui rebel army. You are His Royal Highness the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and you are my father-killing enemy. You are an enemy, not a friend!" He answered loudly, and Li Jiancheng also looked at Chen Sangliang carefully.  I found that Chen Sangliang was obviously stronger than before, and his demeanor was much more graceful and noble. Compared with the thin and humble Chen Sangliang when they first met, he almost seemed like a different person.  After thinking about the past, Li Jiancheng couldn't help but sigh again.  Out of respect for his friends, Chen Sangliang did not act like a naughty person like he did with other enemies. Instead, he changed his title as requested and said loudly: "Okay, since brother insists, then I will call you Governor Li."  Right. Commander Li, you must be very clear about the purpose of my visit, but I still have to ask you, Commander, why are you still so stubborn when things have reached this point?  Please consider it with your subordinates? Don¡¯t you know that I not only never kill those who surrender, but also treat them with kindness and recruit them on their own terms?¡± ¡°I know that you are here to surrender,¡± Li Jiancheng sneered loudly.  Said: "But I'm sorry, your highness, your trip this time will only be in vain. Although I, Li Jiancheng, am not a hero, I am definitely not a person who surrenders! I swear to live and die with Taiyuan. This is the only thing I give you."  "Answer!" "Director Li, why are you doing this?" Chen Sangliang urged again: "You have only the lonely city of Taiyuan. My ally Liu Wuzhou has been defeated by me, and my other ally Dou Jiande has been blocked by King Luo Yi.  I can no longer come to the Taiyuan battlefield to help you. Your defeat has been determined. Why bother to fight to the death? Putting down your arms and surrendering to Kaicheng is your best choice. ¡±   "Your Highness said that my defeat is certain, but I'm afraid that's not necessarily the case, right?" Li Jiancheng sneered and said: "There are still 30,000 elite soldiers in Taiyuan City, and the food and grass can last for five years, which is enough to hold on for a long time! And your Highness, your interior, your rear, everywhere  There are hidden dangers. How long do you dare to stay outside Taiyuan City?" After that, Li Jiancheng advised you in turn: "Your Highness, you are a smart man. You must know the consequences of attacking the fortified city for a long time, right? So I advise you,  Your Highness, you'd better retreat as soon as possible, and don't let the innocent soldiers under your command die in vain for your own selfish interests!" Upon hearing this, the generals such as Yuchi Jingde and Guo Feng beside Chen Sangliang sneered.  Liang Ye couldn't help but smile, and then Chen Sangliang looked at the civil and military personnel of the Taiyuan army beside Li Jiancheng. Seeing that they were all silent, he said to Li Jiancheng again: "Captain Li, you'd better stop talking like that.  , take a look at your left and right, what do they look like now? Is there anyone who dares to pretend to be as confident as you? They are all completely desperate for the war. If you continue to be stubborn.  Go down, maybe someone will come to me with your head in exchange for glory and wealth!" Chen Sangliang naturally came to scold him for his words, and the city suddenly heard scoldings directed at Chen Sangliang. It's a pity that these scolds were heard.  However, most of the voices were weak. Only a few of Li Jiancheng's confidants such as Yin Kaishan, Feng Li, and Xie Shufang were slightly louder and firmer in their scoldings. Li Jiancheng also took the opportunity to loudly say: "His Royal Highness, don't come here to sow discord anymore! Don't worry.  , this governor will never give you the opportunity to steal the city from within like last time in Daxing! If you want to attack the city with real swords and guns in Taiyuan City, I want to see it.  How many people do you have to die before you can take over my Taiyuan City?" Li Jiancheng had already reached this point. Chen Sangliang could no longer hide it, so he said loudly: "Captain Zuo, don't take it!  Taiyuan Fort threatens me. Taiyuan is a high city with deep trenches and is extremely difficult to capture. I really don¡¯t like to fight hard battles, but you should know that the biggest weakness of Taiyuan City is there! Do you really want to force me to dig it out?  Open up the Jinfen River and flood the city with water!" "What's coming finally came," Li Jiancheng sighed inwardly, and then said, "So what? I'll flood you in Queshu Valley.  Digging Jin River and Fen flooded me, we are even! What's more, Zhi Bozi flooded the city for three years, but he still failed to capture Taiyuan City? " "Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty, are you so cruel as to flood the city?" Li Jiancheng?  Finally, Yin Kaishan, who was beside him, intervened and asked loudly: "Our army flooded you in Queshu Valley. It was only aimed at your army and did not harm innocent people. You have always prided yourself on being loyal and loving the people. Why don't you defend Taiyuan?"  What do you think about the hundreds of thousands of innocent people in the city? " Chen Sangliang was most afraid of answering this question, and he was immediately speechless. However, beside Chen Sangliang, there was a bad guy named Yuan Tiangang who was waiting for this.  The question immediately made him laugh out loud, "Hahahahaha! Li Jiancheng, Taiyuan bandit army, your fox tail has finally been exposed, right?  As expected, I, Yuan Tiangang, guessed right. You are afraid that our army will flood the city, so you use the innocent people in Taiyuan City who are held hostage by you as a shield to prevent our kind-hearted His Highness the Tang Dynasty from breaking the embankment or flooding the city!  " Including Chen Sangliang, everyone turned around and looked at Yuan Tiangang in surprise. Yuan Tiangang, who had been holding back this evil for more than four months, had a red face. He pointed at Li Jiancheng and others and shouted: "But you are wrong!  You want to use innocent people as a shield, that is a big mistake!  To tell you the truth, it was no one else who proposed diversion of water to the city in the first place!  It is me, Yuan Tiangang, the Minister of Industry of the Sui and Tang Dynasties!  " "And since I, Yuan Tiangang, dare to propose this plan to His Highness the King of Tang, I dare to take responsibility for the hundreds of thousands of innocent people in Taiyuan City!  "Tiangang roared the strongest voice in his life, "Because the floods released by me, Yuan Tiangang, can break through the two eastern and western cities of Taiyuan without harming the innocent people in the city!  " As soon as these words came out, the whole place was shocked. Li Jiancheng, Yin Kaishan and others were shocked. Li Er, Li Yuanji, Li Shentong and others were so nervous that they rushed to the arrow stack to watch. Yuchi Jingde, Guo Feng and other Sui generals were speechless.  Chen Sangliang was also so surprised that he couldn't believe his ears and exclaimed to Yuan Tiangang: "Yuan Shangshu, are you kidding?  It can destroy the city with floods without harming the innocent people in the city?  !  " "In front of His Highness, do you dare to say anything false?  "Yuan Tiangang's face was shining with pride, and he laughed wildly and said: "Actually, this method is also very simple. First, let the flood water be flush with the Taiyuan city wall, and then maintain the water volume to prevent the flood from entering the city. Then in two months and one month, we will dig again.  If you go to the dam to release water, the rammed earth city wall that has been soaked by the flood will collapse on its own!  Our army can directly enter the city and seize it without using any siege weapons!  "    "real?  !  Chen Sangliang asked ecstatically, "Then why didn't you tell me earlier?"  !  ¡± ??Of course it is true, if it soaks first and then dries up, the earthen wall will inevitably collapse!  Yuan Tiangang replied proudly, then raised his hands and said with a smile: "Your Highness, I forgive you. There are two reasons why I deliberately concealed it before. The first is to give you a surprise, and the second is to give the Taiyuan bandit army a surprise so that they will not come back again."  How dare you expect that our army will not dare to flood the city for fear of innocent people suffering!  " Chen Sangliang laughed loudly and admitted loudly that the surprise Yuan Tiangang gave him was indeed a surprise. However, Li Jiancheng and the Taiyuan Army soldiers on the city wall all looked pale - because they had seen it with their own eyes.  Yuan Dashengun was very capable in this regard. Then, Yuan Tiangang pointed at Li Jiancheng and others on the city and shouted: "Li Jiancheng, if you are smart, open the city and surrender as soon as possible. Otherwise, when our army's flood comes, I think you will still be able to do it."  How to fight to the death!  " Chen Sangliang, who no longer had any scruples in his heart, turned to look at Li Jiancheng and said loudly: "Brother Jiancheng, did you hear that?  Little brother, I really don¡¯t have to worry about hurting innocent people this time. If you continue to be stubborn, little brother, I will build a dam to store water when I go back and destroy your Taiyuan city!  " His face was pale and confused, but Li Jiancheng still answered loudly and word by word: "You can come here as fast as you can, Brother Yu, I will stay with you until the end!  " "I knew you would answer like this.  "Chen Sangliang sighed, and then said loudly: "Well, since brother you must resist stubbornly, then I won't force you any longer. Again, after the city is broken, brother you don't have to worry about the safety of your family.  , I will only treat my sister-in-law and them well.  Let's go!  " Having said that, Chen Sangliang pulled out his horse and went back excitedly to discuss with Yuan Tiangang how to attack Taiyuan by water. However, after taking two steps, Chen Sangliang remembered something again and hurriedly turned back to look at the city.  , Sure enough, he found his somewhat pale love rival Li Er next to the arrow stack. He couldn't help but smile coldly and said to himself: "This time, I'll see how you can run away!  " Li Er, who had equally good eyesight, also saw the ferocious smile on Chen Sangliang's face. As his face became even paler, Li Er couldn't help but secretly said: "Why is he smiling so ferociously at me?  Was he warning me that this was my last chance?  " At this time, Li Yuanji next to him also reached Li Er's ear, and said in a low voice with a trembling voice: "Second brother, His Highness Prince Tang sneered at me, as if to warn me that if I don't take action again, what he said before  The promise will not be fulfilled. Do you think we should take advantage of a little more time and hurry up that?  " Li Shuliang, Li Daozong, Li Fengci and other members of the Li family also looked at each other with pale faces. After exchanging a few glances, the members of the Li family focused their attention on Li Shentong's face. Li Shentong understood that a group of relatives  He hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded.
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