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Volume 1 Chapter 601 Making Mysteries

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    The only person who knows an unfilial son-in-law is his father-in-law. As the old fox Wang Shichong expected, the treacherous father-in-law will definitely send a messenger out of the city to Luokoucang to contact Wang Xuanying. As expected, Chen Sangliang ordered the night watch army to deliberately relax some precautions, even if a messenger was found leaving the city.  He deliberately did not stop him and let the Zheng army's messenger pass the Sui army's blockade, rolling and crawling to the east.  After confirming that there were indeed messengers in the city leaving the city overnight, Chen Sangliang made a decision and immediately began to arrange the plan for the Eastern Expedition. He decided to personally lead an army of 35,000 to attack eastward to capture Hulao Pass and Luokou Cang, allowing Yuan Tiangang and Qu Tu to pass through.  He led the rear army to continue the siege of the Imperial City of Luoyang, and continued to build the unfinished siege fortifications. He also told them that if the enemy counterattacked out of the city, they must not send troops to fight, but only closed the camp to protect themselves.  Both Yuan Tiangang and Qu Tutong persuaded Chen Sangliang to bring more troops to the Eastern Front, because the Zheng Army not only had nearly 40,000 troops on the Eastern Front, but also had strong cities and strong passes to defend. The troops brought by Chen Sangliang were in strength.  It was really a bit stretched in terms of use. At the same time, even though the main force of the Sui army suffered certain losses in the three battles, but with the addition of two partial divisions, Liu Heitai and Qin Qiong, the total strength was still more than 90,000. Even if Chen Sangliang went further east,  Tens of thousands more troops were sent to the front line, and the strength of the rear army was still enough to trap Wang Shichong to death in the imperial city.  Chen Sangliang declined the kindness of his accomplices such as Yuan Tiangang and Qu Tutong. Because the two partial divisions Liu Heitai and Qin Qiong fought one after another, the soldiers were exhausted and seriously injured, and their combat effectiveness was greatly affected. At the same time, the main force of the Sui army  We are not in the best condition now. While we are always on guard against Wang Shichong's desperate attempt to jump over the wall, we also have to take on the important tasks of collecting food, guarding camps, and urging the people to lower their troops and build fortifications. The pressure is no less than the attack on Hulao Pass and Luokoucang.  Therefore, Chen Sangliang insisted on leaving most of the army to surround Luoyang, and also left two tired divisions, Liu Heitai and Qin Qiong, on the Luoyang battlefield, allowing them to undertake the relatively easy task of guarding the camp and providing relief to their tired soldiers.  Take a chance to rest.  As for the generals on the expedition, the rebellious Luo Shixin and Chen Sangliang must of course take him with them before they can rest assured - otherwise Yuan Tiangang and Qu Tutong will really be unable to subdue him. Wang Fubao, who is good at assault warfare, must also take him with him.  On top, Yuchi Jingde, Mulan, Qiu Xinggong, Shi Wanbao, Yin Kaishan and the generals of the Baoguo Army also accompanied the army, supplemented by civilian officials such as Feng Deyi and Sun Fuga.  In addition, Chen Sangliang also unexpectedly brought the newly surrendered general Xu Shiji into the army by name, and specially selected more than 500 newly surrendered soldiers from the prisoners of war to accompany him, and handed these newly surrendered soldiers to  Xu Shiji commanded.  There is also a flag issue. Originally, Chen Sangliang planned to let Yuan Tiangang and Qu Tutong use his own flag to intimidate the enemy, while he would use Qu Tutong's flag to go to the Eastern Front to deceive others. However, considering his father-in-law's character, he didn't care.  No matter what he did, he would definitely become suspicious. Chen Sangliang simply came to respond to all changes by staying the same, and swaggeringly put on his arrogant Tang Dynasty flag to launch the Eastern Expedition, while the rear army only established the banners of Yuan Tiangang and Qu Tutong.  , The real thing is real, the imaginary thing is imaginary, so that the cunning father-in-law can be suspicious.  Not to mention, Chen Sangliang's move really made the Zheng court think a lot. On the city wall, they saw a partial division of the Sui army marching westward under the banner of Chen Sangliang, not to mention the treacherous Wang Shichong.  Even many civil and military officials of the pseudo-Zheng court were full of suspicion, doubting whether Chen Sangliang had led his army to leave the Luoyang battlefield - there was no way, Chen Sangliang's reputation in this regard was too bad.  Therefore, when Wang Renze, Zhang Tong'er, Dong Rui and other reckless men suggested taking the opportunity to leave the city to counterattack, not only were they reprimanded by Wang Shichong, but their colleagues also warned: "Generals, please don't be reckless. Chen Thief is full of tricks and is the best at using  It is very doubtful that he personally led the army away from the main battlefield. Our army must not attack easily. Once it falls into the trap, it will be too late to regret it! " The enemy's situation is unknown, and the Luoyang Zheng army does not dare to launch a counterattack easily, but the stunned Chen Sangliang does.  Not caring about the end, he led more than 30,000 Sui army soldiers in a hurry. It took only one day to arrive at Yanshi, where they met with the bird thief's cousin Li Keshi, whom he had only met a few times.  After meeting and exchanging the courtesy of uncles, nephews and ministers, Chen Sangliang immediately asked Li Keshi about the latest situation in Luokoucang and Hulao Pass. Li Keshi quickly said: "Your Highness, our army's scouts not long ago  We found out that just this morning, the king's bandit army, about 5,000 strong, suddenly moved from Hulao Pass to Luokou Cangcheng. ""Wang Xuanying should send troops from Hulao Pass back to Luokou Cangcheng?" Chen Sang.  Liang Yi was overjoyed when he heard this and asked hurriedly: "Why? Have you found out the reason?" "No." Li Keshi shook his head and said very puzzledly: "The general is also wondering about this. For no reason, how could Wang Xuanying do it?  Such an adjustment? If he had discovered the news that Your Highness was personally leading the army to the east, and then quickly mobilized troops to strengthen the defense of Luokoucang, it was too late, Your Highness, you only sent troops early this morning, how could he be there?  "Reacted this morning?" "Old fox Wang Shichong was indeed fooled, and that boy Wang Xuanying was exactly the same as before, listening to his father's words."??, don¡¯t dare to disobey in the slightest.  " Chen Sangliang was secretly happy, and did not rush to explain the reason to his cousin. He just quickly asked about the enemy's current strength and subordinates in Hulao Pass and Luokoucang. " Li Keshi answered truthfully, saying that Wang Shichong's eldest son Wang Xuanying was currently  He was stationed in Luokou Cang. After reinforcing his troops and accepting the remnants of Zheng Jun Xi Bian who had fled from Huiluo, the total force was estimated to be 27,800 people, including about 4,000 cavalry. The main commander was Chen  Zhilue, Xi Bian, Guo Shizhu, Ge Yanzhang and others; the side of Hulao Pass was garrisoned by Wang Xuanying's deputy Yang Gongqing, with about 12,300 troops, including a small number of cavalry. The main civil and military personnel were Dai Zhou,  Shen Yue, Wang Xingben, Pei Xiaoda, Zhang Sheng, etc. Among them, Wang Xingben was Wang Shichong's nephew and was awarded the title of King of Jing. However, he did not have much battlefield experience and could not take on important tasks, so Wang Xuanying appointed the experienced general Yang Gongqing as the primary target of Hulao Pass.  The defenders of Hulao Pass were less than half of the secondary target Luokoucang. This certainly made Chen Sangliang feel even more happy. However, the solid city of Hulao Pass was placed there after all. No matter how few the defenders were, it would not matter.  It was so easy to deal with, and the 12,300 garrison was also a force that could not be ignored, so Chen Sangliang did not dare to be careless in the slightest, and decided to mobilize 4,000 troops from the Yanshi garrison to join the battle eastward.  After all these arrangements were made, the Sui army's partial division, which only had ten days of food and grass, crossed over the next day.  Luoshui moved towards Luokou Cang. Zheng Jun's scouts reported the situation to Wang Xuanying. Wang Xuanying did not dare to show any signs of neglect and immediately ordered the entire city to be under martial law. He closed the four gates in preparation for battle and deployed the four gate guards and responsibilities early.  General. Then in the afternoon, the Sui army arrived at the gate of Luokoucang City. Wang Xuanying hurriedly climbed onto the city wall to observe the Sui army's camp. Wang Xuanying did not see the Sui army's camp. On the contrary, he saw the Sui army's soldiers.  As soon as they arrived at the Shizi River, they immediately started building multiple pontoons on the river, and seemed to be preparing to cross the Shizi River immediately. Wang Xuanying saw Daqi and said in surprise: "It's almost halfway through Shenshi, why didn't Thief Chen seize the time to set up camp?  Why are you still building a floating bridge?  Could it be that if he wanted to build his camp on the east bank of the Shizi River, wouldn't it be inconvenient for him to attack Luokou Cang?  " "Is Thief Chen's target really Luokou Cang?  "Guo Shizhu also said with great suspicion: "If he wants to attack Luokou Cang, he must place his camp to the west of Shizi River. He crossed the river as soon as he arrived at Luokou Cang. It doesn't look like he is preparing to attack Luokou Cang.  What does it look like?  " " Could the real target of the Tang thief be Hulao Pass?  Chen Zhilue, a member of Chen Sangliang's family who likes to quibble, saw the trick and said: "We will do the opposite. We bypass Luokou Cang and take Hulao Pass first. After we succeed, we will close the door and attack the tiger. Then we will turn around and attack Luo Kou."  Koucang?  " Hearing Chen Zhilue's words, Wang Xuanying was somewhat shaken, but after thinking about it carefully, he shook his head and said, "No, our army has done detailed research and found out that Chen Zhilue's army did not bring many heavy vehicles this time. If he directly  If he goes to attack Hulao Pass, he will be in trouble if he can't get enough food and fodder for a long time. With us nailed to his throat, it will be difficult for him to replenish his food and fodder.  Besides, my father has already found out that Thief Chen¡¯s real target this time is Luokou Cang, and it can¡¯t be Hulao Pass. My father can¡¯t be wrong.  " After discussing for a long time, they still couldn't figure out Chen Sangliang's real intention. Wang Xuanying simply came and stayed the same to cope with the changes. He sat back and watched the Sui army build a bridge to cross the river, waiting for his brother-in-law to make new moves before deciding how to respond. As a result, the Sui army  The entire team actually crossed the Shizi River that day, and in the evening they set up a temporary camp ten miles east of the Shizi River for the night. Then some generals from the Zheng Army proposed to rob the camp at night, but Wang Xuanying remembered his father's intention of holding on to Luokou Cang.  Wang Xuanying regretted his decision the next day. In the early morning of the next day, nearly 40,000 Sui troops under the leadership of Chen Sangliang continued to attack the tiger.  After setting off from Laoguan, it didn't take long to arrive at the gate of Hulaoguan and set up camp only five miles away from the gate. The scout reported the news to Wang Xuanying. Wang Xuanying was stunned and suddenly fell into a dilemma. Let's attack.  It not only gave the cheating brother-in-law a chance to fight in the field, but also had to disobey his father's order to only defend the city and not go out to fight. If he didn't attack, once Hulao Pass fell, Luokou Cang would be completely isolated and helpless, and the reinforcements that Dou Jiande was about to send would be helpless.  He drove directly to Luoyang City to relieve the siege. Wang Xuanying, who was in a dilemma and had very average talents, was completely at his wits' end. When Wang Xuanying was in a dilemma, Chen Sangliang couldn't wait to go to Hulao Pass to peek at the enemy's situation.  Sure enough, some precautions have been taken against the army's gunpowder blasting tactics. A wall of sheep and horses was built under the city to prevent the pointed wooden donkeys from approaching the city wall. At the same time, the moat was deepened, Yaksha was installed and a large number of horse-repelling antlers were built.  , tried every means to prevent the Sui army's siege weapons from approaching the city wall, and the defense was very tight.In other words, Chen Sangliang, who did not carry heavy artillery this time, was still as uncertain as last time.  Looking at the solid fortifications of Hulao Pass and frowning, Chen Sangliang called Xu Shiji, who was accompanying him, and asked him: "General Xu, remember that Li Mi used tunnels to capture Hulao Pass. How many diggings did he make?"  "A tunnel?" "As far as I know, it's just one." Xu Shiji answered truthfully: "But that tunnel leads to the east gate of Hulao Pass. After he succeeded, Li Mi ordered the tunnel to be refilled to prevent it from being blocked by the enemy.  Reuse. "Although he basically had no hope for this, Chen Sangliang was still extremely disappointed after receiving this unfeeling answer.  Over there, Xu Shiji quietly looked around and asked Chen Sangliang in a low voice: "Your Highness, I would like to ask you, do you want me to lead these new soldiers into Hulao Pass?"  Fake surrender? If so, when will the general take action? ""Smart, I really misjudged you." After praising Xu Shiji with a smile, Chen Sangliang admitted frankly that he did have this plan, and then said: "But this matter.  Don't be impatient, the enemy is not a fool. If you rush to surrender as soon as our troops arrive at the city, everyone will suspect that you are faking a surrender. Not only will your life be in danger, even if the enemy temporarily believes you, they will definitely disarm you and put you away.  You are temporarily detained. If you want to succeed in your false surrender, you have to wait for the opportunity to appear." Xu Shiji agreed, and then quickly backed away from Mulan's gaze, keeping a certain distance from Chen Sangliang to avoid falling into the melon field. Chen Sangliang was thinking quickly.  , secretly thinking, "I only have ten days of food and grass, and today is the third day. Even if I can retreat to Yanshi to replenish food and grass, I only have six days left at most to capture Hulao Pass. If I miss this opportunity, the enemy will definitely  I will re-enforce the troops at Hulao Pass. My time is precious. Now I have the advantage of not being afraid of field battles. The enemy may still doubt my real target, and they will definitely doubt my ability to quickly defeat the city.  What should I do?" As he was thinking about it quickly, shouts suddenly came from the west gate of Hulao Pass. When Chen Sangliang looked up, he saw several Zheng Jun civil and military officials in luxurious clothes appeared on the city.  A soldier reported that Wang Xingben had come forward to invite him to answer questions.  Chen Sangliang wanted to agree, but as soon as his horse started to move, Chen Sangliang changed his mind and said secretly: "I can't go. Another advantage I have is that the enemy must still doubt whether I have come to Hulao in person."  "Guan Xia, my appearance at this time will only confirm this suspicion for the enemy, and will only make them continue to be suspicious." Thinking of this, Chen Sangliang reined in his horse again, and after some calculation, he ordered Xu Shiji to come forward and declared that he did not want to.  He ignored Wang Xingben, and at the same time made wild words to ask Wang Xingben to wash his neck and wait for death. Within seven days, Wang Xingben's head would be taken off to avenge his ancestral grave!  Xu Shiji stepped forward to answer the order, but insults soon erupted in Hulao Pass. Some people drew their bows and fired arrows to shoot the traitor Xu Shiji to death. Fortunately, Xu Shiji reacted quickly and escaped early.  After escaping back to Chen Sangliang in embarrassment, Xu Shiji wiped the sweat from his face and said to Chen Sangliang: "Your Highness, I forgot about a very important person before, but I suddenly remembered that I saw him just now.  If you are in Hulao Pass, it will be difficult for you to pretend to surrender." "Who is so powerful?" Chen Sanghao asked curiously.  "Wang Shichong's Minister of War, Dai Zhou." Xu Shiji answered truthfully: "This man is very cunning, resourceful, and full of tricks. In the battles in which Wang Shichong defeated Li Mi, many victories were actually won by his advice. He was a subordinate of Wang Shichong.  The chief adviser, even Li Mi is a little afraid of him. " Chen Sangliang has heard of the name Dai Zhou more than once, but because he has never appeared on TV, Chen Sangliang really hasn't paid much attention to it.  This person, of course, became very interested after hearing Xu Shiji's introduction. When he quickly asked about the details, he realized that Dai Zhou was a counselor who gradually rose up under Wang Shichong after he entered Guanzhong. He once became Wang Shichong's mastermind.  , was sent to Hulaoguan to serve only because he strongly opposed Wang Shichong's proclaimed emperor.  But even so, after Wang Shichong became emperor, he still gave Dai Zhou the important position of Minister of War. This also reflects Dai Zhou's weight in Zheng's army.  After listening to Xu Shiji's introduction, Chen Sangliang seemed to suddenly see a direction in a fog, but how to determine this direction was something Chen Sangliang couldn't do for a while, and he didn't want to stay under the city for too long and have his identity confirmed by the enemy.  , Chen Sangliang simply ordered to retreat to the camp, preparing to carefully consider how to break the city after returning to the camp.  But what Chen Sangliang really didn't expect was that his unintentional move would create an opportunity for him From a distance on the city wall, he saw a white-robed knight suspected of being Chen Sangliang returning to his horse and leaving, and his eyes widened.  Wang Xingben, who was in pain, had no choice but to give up. He rubbed his painful eyes and said, "It's too far away. I can't see clearly if it's the traitor. It's a bit similar, but a bit different. Did Chen Thief come to Hulao Pass in person?"" "No doubt, it must be Thief Chen.  Dai Zhou said confidently: "Designing to divert the tiger away from the mountain, deceive our army into weakening Hulao Pass and strengthening Luokou Cang, and then unexpectedly attack Hulao Pass and kill us by surprise. This is obviously Chen Yingliang's treacherous military style."  Refusing to meet with you, His Highness King Jing, is just to pretend to be a ghost, so that we cannot find out his true and false intentions.  " Dai Zhou had this confidence, but Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben did not dare to have such confidence. When the Hulao Pass defenders were weakened by themselves and the Luokoucang defenders did not dare to attack easily, it naturally became important to find out the enemy's specific reality.  Therefore, Wang Xingben and Yang Gongqing still discussed in a low voice. Ordnance Manager Shen Yue also suggested: "Your Highness, General Yang, if you want to find out whether the traitor Chen Yingliang came to Hulao Pass in person, there is no way.  , just send someone who is familiar with Chen Thief to sneak out of the city and go to the rebel camp to falsely claim that he represents someone from Guanzhong who is about to surrender the city. Then Chen Thief will definitely receive him in person, and then he will escape and come back. Will Chen Thief come to Hulao Pass in person?  Can the truth be revealed?  " "No need!  Dai Zhou immediately objected and said, "It doesn't matter whether Thief Chen comes to Hulao Pass in person now. What's important is to guard Hulao Pass and preserve the path for Dou Jiande's reinforcements to advance!"  The Chen bandit's army marched nearly seventy miles a day. The army must be short of food and grass, and Luokou granary has strangled his food channel. It will not last long. We only need to strengthen the city and defend it in less than ten days.  The bandits at Guanxia will definitely retreat on their own!  " "Shilang Dai, I think this is very important.  Shen Yue, who was under Dai Zhou, persisted and said plausibly: "If we can confirm that Chen Thief is here in person, then we only need to send the news to Luoyang City, and His Majesty can immediately launch a counterattack and attack the rear of the bandit army.  The traitor army is in a hurry, and Chen traitor will definitely retreat. If we take advantage of the situation to cover up the enemy, we will definitely win a great victory!  " "Easy to say!  If Thief Chen could be defeated so easily, why would he have to wait for you?  " Dai Zhou sneered and continued to object, but Shen Yue did not pay attention to Dai Zhou, a boss who had fallen out of favor, and said to Wang Xingben and Yang Gongqing: "His Royal Highness King Jing, General Yang, Your Majesty is trapped in Luoyang City and is in danger.  , what you are thinking about day and night must be how to counterattack and defeat the enemy. If you can find this opportunity for His Majesty, Your Majesty will definitely be delighted, and the crisis in Luoyang can be resolved immediately.  And if we do this, even if we fail, we will only lose a mere messenger and gain a huge profit, so why not do it?  " Shen Yue's words hit the heart of Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben. In order to be favored in front of Wang Shichong, after discussing in low voices, Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben decided to take a gamble and spy on the Sui army's true and false situation¡ª¡ª  Anyway, even if it failed, it would only be the loss of one messenger, and no one would feel bad except for the unlucky messenger's family. However, after agreeing to this suggestion despite Dai Zhou's firm objection, Yang Gongqing and Wang Xingben said in a dilemma: "That faction.  Who will serve as this messenger?  There seems to be no one under our command who is particularly familiar with the traitor Chen Yingliang?  " "This is easy to handle.  Shen Yue said easily: "The two family members brought by Xiaguan from Luoyang often accompanied Xiaguan to participate in the morning court during the previous dynasty. They often saw Chen thief outside the gate of the imperial city. They are all very familiar with Chen thief.  Just send one of them.  One of them, Shen Jian, is quite clever and has some tongue-in-cheek skills, so he should be qualified for this position.  " "Well, let's ask Shen Sibing's family to take a hard trip.  Wang Xingben was overjoyed when he heard this and said hurriedly: "Quick, since there is still some time now, let's quickly figure out how to deceive that treacherous little thief Chen Yingliang."  "
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