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Chapter 191 anticlimactic

Chen Sangliang, who is of great character, is so loyal and graceful. No matter how thick-skinned the Wagang Army is, he is embarrassed to fight with Qiao Peng Sui Army again. Chen Yingliang was not stupid enough to attack the Wagang Village head-on and consume his precious strength. Qiao Peng Sui Army and Wagang Army were also tacitly aware of each other and did not cause trouble for each other, and adopted a confrontation tactic together.

This happened to Wang Shichong, who was almost forgotten by Chen Yingliang, who had been so forgot about several days, suddenly sent someone to send news that he had already captured the main force of Yan Xuanzheng's bandit army in the East China Sea, but it was not completely eliminated, allowing Yan Xuanzheng to lead the remaining troops to escape into Xiapi County. Because Xiapi County was the best situation for Chen Yingliang to supervise the four counties, it was very important for Chen Yingliang, so Wang Shichong decided to help his son-in-law to the end, and personally led his troops to chase Xiapi County. Just because Wang Shichong's army was far away from the rear of Jiangdu and it was difficult to supply grain and grass, Wang Shichong asked his son-in-law Zhu Yong to provide his own army with 30,000 stones of grain and grass for the Sui army in Jiangdu to suppress bandits.

"The old man is really good at quarreling." After seeing Wang Shichong's letter, the unfilial son-in-law Chen Yingliang immediately cursed, "It took only ten days to break through Yan Xuanzheng. He dared to ask me for 30,000 stones of grain. The 20,000 troops ate 333 stones a day. Including the food and grass consumption you have spent on the way back and forth, this time, the thief suppression is already overwhelming. He dared to ask me for 30,000 stones of grain. Old man, do you really think that my son-in-law is the sucker?"

"Mr. Wang is indeed a bit dark. He actually needs three times the food and grass to repay his son-in-law. It's too ruthless." Wei Zheng, who was also in charge of military supplies, nodded and agreed. He also felt that Wang Shichong's quarrel was too ruthless. He also suggested: "Deputy envoy, you must not give so much. First, the people are too burdened, and second, after opening this hole, if we want to ask him for anything in the future, he will only be arrogant, and will be more ruthless."

"Of course, you can't give so much, at most half." Chen Yingliang said angrily: "Mr. Xuancheng, please give Zhu Yongzhu a document and ask him to give him 15,000 stones of grain to dispense with this shameless Lao Budhi. If you still feel dissatisfied, ask him to come to me and I will deal with it."

Wei Zheng agreed and immediately wrote a book for Chen Yingliang. However, a dissatisfied voice came from outside the central army's tent. It was the voice of another old man Zhang Xutuo. He asked loudly in displeasure: "Deputy Envoy Chen, who are you calling Lao Buddy? Shameless Old Buddy, are you scolding me behind your back?"

"Bad, why did Old Man Zhang hear it?" Chen Yingliang complained in his heart, so he had to get up and leave the table, go outside the tent to greet Zhang Xutuo, and then lead Zhang Xutuo into the central army tent and present Wang Shichong's blackmail letter, explaining that he was scolding the shameless old man Wang Shichong, instead of scolding Zhang Xutuo, who came to pick up the cheaper one this time.

After listening to Chen Yingliang's explanation, Zhang Xutuo was a little satisfied, but he still snorted again: "You kid, can you accumulate some moral character? No matter what, Wang Shichong has also helped you a lot this time. Last time you robbed him so much, and he secretly made his daughter's belly bigger. This time he did not grudges and came to help you again. Do you have the face to scold him behind your back? Is it too much?"

"Ambassador Zhang, I am not deliberately disrespectful to him, but because he was quarreling too much." Chen Yingliang quickly explained, "Ambassador, you don't know how much grain Wang Shichong used in a month's 20,000 troops in Huai's subway to Huai, and he was so handsome that he asked me for 30,000 stones of grain. I was so angry that I scolded him for the sake of the people of Xia Pi."

"Your father-in-law and son-in-law are really the best." Zhang Xutuo sighed, not knowing whether it was to accuse Chen Yingliang of being unfilial or to scold Wang Shichong for being greedy. He could only wave his hand and say, "Forget it, anyway, this is a matter between you and your father-in-law, I am too lazy to care. When it comes to serious business, if you really care about the people and want to reduce the burden on the people, tell me quickly, what are you planning to fight this time? How long does it take to take the Wagang Thief Village?"

"Ambassador, didn't you agree to confront each other? Why are you forcing me again?" Chen Yingliang was a little confused, and then immediately woke up and asked quickly: "Is there something wrong in our rear?"

"I guessed it right." Zhang Xutuo sighed and replied, "In order to help you eliminate Wagang Village, I stationed troops in Jibei for a while, giving the rioters east of Qi County a breather. As a result, the rioters who had been suppressed repeatedly took the opportunity to get up again. More than 20,000 people gathered from Penglai to kill back to Gaomi County, and continued to go north to contact Hao Xiaode and Zhang Jin said that Gao Jianpi was restrained by Song Shimo's thief army and could not take action to wipe out, so he could only ask me for help."

"Ambassador, then you should go back to the rescue." Chen Yingliang was happy when he heard this and hurriedly said: "Wang Bo, the rioter who was the first to uprising, has a lot of prestige in the rioter army. If he sits aside, he may soon become a big shot."

"I think beautifully. I came here for hundreds of miles to suppress the Wagang thieves. I withdrew my troops before I took down their thieves. What do you think when it was heard?" Zhang Xutuo scolded angrily, "Retreat now. How can I explain to the soldiers in the army? What is their purpose here this time? Can you still not know? Don't try to swallow the years of savings of Wagang thieves."

After scolding, Zhang Xutuo changed his tone and said, "I am also for your own good. You have seen the combat effectiveness of the Wagang thief. If you don't stay here to help you, I am really worried that you can't destroy them."

"I never thought about destroying them." Chen Yingliang muttered in his heart, but thanked him respectfully, and asked carefully: "Ambassador, what should Wang Bo's thief army do?"

"I and Jia Wuben have calculated carefully and feel that there is still some time." Zhang Xutuo replied: "I can stay here for seven days and help you for seven days. Within seven days, you must find a way for me to break through this Wagang Thief Village."

"Seven days?" Chen Yingliang cried and said distressedly: "The ambassador, it's not that the Xiaguan wants to take over the oil and water of the Wagang Thief Village alone, but the Xiaguan really has no choice. If the tactics of aggression and aid that the Xiaguan had prepared before could be successful, then in the decisive battle in the wild, you and I would join forces to wipe out the Wagang Thief. But now the main force of the Wagang Thief has retreated back to the backey village in advance. You can attack and retreat to defend. What other ways can the Xiaguan fight quickly and eliminate them?"

After carefully looking at Chen Yingliang's mourning expression, Zhang Xutuo frowned and said, "What should we do? Why don't we attack head-on and try to take down the Wagang Thief Village directly?"

Chen Yingliang, who was trying hard to maintain his strength, had to quickly declare that he was not sure to break the Wagang Village head-on, and also expressed his attitude that he would never adopt a frontal attack tactic with huge casualties. He also urged Zhang Xutuo to get out of the army and save the rear, so that he would stay and continue to confront the Wagang Army, use up all the food and grass of the Wagang Army, and force the Wagang Army to go out of the decisive battle. Zhang Xutuo was hesitant, neither was sure to take down the Wagang Village through strong attacks, nor did he want the army to work hard for nothing.

Seeing Zhang Xutuo's hesitation, Chen Yingliang gritted his teeth and said, "Ambuyer, I am the junior official, I advise you to return to Beihai for your own good. Gaomi. If you must suspect that I want to take over the years of savings of Wagang Thief Village, then I can promise you now that after I use confrontation tactics to break the Wagang Thief Village, half of the savings in the thief village will still be yours, right?"

"Don't say that it sounds so ugly, it's like I'm a greedy person. I'm worried about you, worried that you can't stand these powerful Wagang thieves, so I don't want to withdraw." Zhang Xutuo scolded him angrily, and hesitated for a moment. Then Zhang Xutuo said, "Let's do that, Rong, think about it, discuss with Jia Wuben again, and then decide whether to withdraw the troops."

Chen Yingliang wanted to delay time and quickly agreed. He finally sent Zhang Xutuo away. On the same day, the Wagang Army sent an envoy to inquire about Shan Luoli. In order to continue to stabilize the Wagang Army and prevent them from impulsively acting, Chen Yingliang could only continue to hold Shan Luoli and just agreed to reply to the Wagang Army within three days, and then sent the Wagang Army envoy away.

The rear of the crisis suddenly changed. What dangers would be there to continue to delay? Zhang Xutuo knew, so after hesitating for more than a day, Zhang Xutuo still sent someone to order Chen Yingliang to discuss and discuss the withdrawal of the army. Chen Yingliang did not dare to be negligent and immediately ran to Zhang Xutuo camp to listen to the advice. After meeting, Zhang Xutuo also told Chen Yingliang directly, saying: "Yingliang, I decided to adopt your suggestion. I will go back to the army to save the rear. Please give it to you all in the Wagang Thief Village.

When Chen Yingliang heard this, he quickly patted his chest and promised to withstand this burden, and would not be afraid that Wagang Village would never withdraw its troops. Of course, if he had to move his troops to rescue the troops, there would be no way. However, Zhang Xutuo was not as happy as Chen Yingliang, his face was extremely serious, and he said seriously: "Yingliang, you must be ready. Once I withdrew my troops, the Wagang thieves will definitely understand that there will be changes in my rear. With the encouragement of the army, they will definitely be thinking of bullying you alone. Once the Wagang thieves leave the village to fight, you will face a very dangerous decisive battle."

"Thank you Ambassador's advice, I understand." Chen Yingliang also understood that Zhang Xutuo was a kind warning, so he quickly bowed and said solemnly: "Please rest assured that I have been raising my energy for a long time and have sufficient military strength. Even if the thieves in Wagang went out to fight to the decisive battle, I was not afraid of them."

"That's good." Zhang Xutuo nodded and suddenly said: "I leave Qin Qiong and the elite cavalry of five regiments to you to help you resist the counterattack of Wagang thieves, and also make your mobile troops more sufficient, so you can calmly deal with the surprise attacks of Wagang thieves."

"What?" Chen Yingliang's joy was extraordinary and asked, "Really?"

"Of course it's true." Zhang Xutuo nodded and said with a smile: "I know you have been coveting Qin Qiong and his cavalry for a long time. This time I will fulfill your wish, but I declared in advance that I just borrowed it, not gave it to me. After you break the Wagang thief, they will be able to return it to me."

After saying that, Zhang Xutuo added with a serious expression, "Be careful, it is difficult to deal with the thieves in Wagang. You have to take care of yourself. I cannot be without you as your deputy."

Hearing Zhang Xutuo's heartfelt concern and considerate words, Chen Yingliang, who had played a lot of tricks this time, blushed a little. In his heart, Chen Yingliang also saluted solemnly and thanked him sincerely. Zhang Xutuo waved his hand and said, "That's it. This time I'm sorry for you. I said I'm here to help you break Wagang Village, but I'm going to withdraw my troops suddenly, making this battle even harder to fight. When I have the chance, I'll apologize to you."

"Ambassador, this time I'm actually sorry for you. I never thought of breaking Wagang Village."

He was just working but not doing it perfunctorily, but Zhang Xutuo was still considering himself like this. The disparity in character was so huge. Chen Yingliang was extremely ashamed even if he was completely despicable. When he looked at Zhang Xutuo's appearance again, Chen Yingliang suddenly realized that in just over a year, Zhang Xutuo seemed to have been ten years old. It was difficult to see black hair and beards again. The wrinkles on his face were much more, and he was obviously thinner. People in his early fifties looked like a sixty-year-old man. Thinking about his breakup with Zhang Xutuo this time, he might not have a chance to meet again. Chen Yingliang's nose couldn't help feeling a little sour.

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Yingliang suddenly said, "Ambassador, I heard that you have a problem with shoulder soreness and often need to massage your shoulders. Today I am a little free, so I will ask me to rub your shoulders and massage your back."

"What's wrong with you? Why did you suddenly remember to rub my shoulders and backs for me?"

Zhang Xutuo was covered in confusion, but Chen Yingliang stopped talking. He just stood up and walked behind Zhang Xutuo, rubbed Zhang Xutuo's shoulders and back, and massaged and pounded his back with great care. At the same time, tears flashed in Chen Yingliang's eyes, because Chen Yingliang knew very well that this was the first time he rubbed Zhang Xutuo's shoulders and back, and the last time he rubbed Zhang Xutuo's shoulders and back, whom he respected from the bottom of his heart. Zhang Xutuo gradually understood and turned around and saw the tears on Chen Yingliang's face, and smiled and said, "What kind of posture is to do? It's not separation from life and death, why are you crying?"

Hearing this, Chen Yingliang's tears flowed even more unscrupulously, and he said in a choked voice: "Ambassador, you must take care of yourself. The court cannot be without you, and the world cannot be without you."

"I know, I know, thank you for your concern, but don't praise me so high." Zhang Xutuo nodded with a smile, and said that Chen Yingliang was worried about his safety when fighting with Wang Bo, so he comforted him: "It's okay, although Wang Bo's thief head is cunning and can't be destroyed, he is not my opponent. I am still very sure to meet him."

Chen Yingliang nodded with tears in his head, and said hoarsely: "Ambassador, Wang Bo is indeed not afraid of it, but you must be careful of a person. This person is named Li Mi, who is the remnant of Yang Xuangan's traitor, and the only person who has deceived the younger generation on the battlefield. He is extremely cunning. If you encounter him, be careful. Please remember,... If, if, if the younger generation's army is next to you, you must summon the younger generation to reinforce, and the younger generation will do your best."

Zhang Xutuo nodded, saying that he had remembered it, and then reminded Chen Yingliang in turn that Chen Yingliang must be careful of the Wagang Army, whose combat power should not be underestimated, and must not be careless and underestimate the enemy, so as not to capsize the ship in the gutter and ruin his reputation for a lifetime. Chen Yingliang agreed with tears, but couldn't help crying for Zhang Xutuo who really capsized the ship in the gutter, and his mind was extremely complicated...

Since Zhang Xutuo decided to evacuate the battlefield of Wagang Village the next day, in order not to expose his lies, after returning to the camp of his own army, Chen Yingliang personally sent Shan Luoli out of the camp that evening and let her return to Wagang Village to reunite with Shan Xiongxin. After a few days of getting along, Shan Luoli's attitude towards Chen Yingliang also changed significantly. Even after Chen Yingliang untied the ropes on his body, he did not immediately cheer and leave. Instead, he looked at Chen Yingliang with a complicated expression and suddenly asked: "You..., really let me go?"

"There is no way. Chen Yingliang discovered that I arrested you. He is my boss and forced me to let you go. I have to let you go." Chen Yingliang continued to trick Mulan's sign and said with a smile: "Besides, what's the use of leaving you? In addition to feeding you every day, he also has to take care of your daily life. He has to get up at night to cover you with a blanket. What's the use of causing trouble?"

Thinking of the day and night with Chen Yingliang for several days and all the things that happened, Shan Luoli's face turned red and she whispered: "Thank you, you are a good person. I originally thought..., I thought you were a traitor, but now I understand that I blame you wrongly. Thank you, thank you for your kindness to me."

"Just say thank you?" Chen Yingliang squatted down with a smile, put his face in front of Shan Luoli, and said with a smile: "At least you have to be more delicious, is this considered sincere?"

I was already ready to be slapped, but after hesitating for a long time, Shan Luoli actually pouted her rosy little mouth, kissed Chen Yingliang's not too ugly face, and then whispered: "Brother Mulan, my name is Shan Yingying, I will not forget you."

After saying that, Shan Luoli actually kissed Chen Yingliang on the face again, then turned around, covered her hot little face and ran towards Wagang Village, leaving Chen Yingliang dazed in place, and said in his heart: "Can it be Stockholm syndrome? If that girl Mulan knew that I was using her sign to do such a thing, how would she deal with me?"

Thinking of this, Chen Yingliang couldn't help but feel a little regretful and said to himself: "Why didn't Zhang Xutuo leave Mulan for me? How cool is it to take that girl north to serve the king? It's already the eighth month of the lunar calendar, and the area around Yanmen Pass must be very cold. It would be great to have a personal captain who can warm the bed."

When Chen Yingliang was fantasizing, he didn't know that his fantasy partner Mulan was moaning and in pain in the tent. While changing the gauze for himself, he cursed in a low voice, "What medicine did Shan Xiongxin take wrong? Why did he fight for me? I was so seriously injured. If I don't bear the injury, the ambassador would definitely let me and Qin Qiong be with me... Forget it, I'm so unscrupulous, and I don't know why I have to stay for him?"

Shan Yingying's safe return of course caused a huge sensation in Wagang Village. Shan Xiongxin cried with joy and hugged his sister and asked about his shortcomings. While Li Mi finally established the first powerful prestige in Wagang Village. Not only did the soldiers of the Wagang Army begin to respect and admire him, but even some Zhai Rang who ignored him began to face up to Li Mi's existence and began to allow Li Mi to participate in military discussions. At the same time, the great news of Zhang Xutuo's sudden withdrawal of troops was also transmitted to Wagang Village through scouts. The soldiers of the Wagang Army who had suffered a lot in front of Zhang Xutuo cheered and Li Mi finally had the first chance to show his feelings.

"King Zhai, you must not miss the opportunity. If you don't come again, you should send troops immediately and fight to the death with Chen Yingliang's little thief." Li Mi said firmly: "Zhang Xutuo suddenly retreated, and his rear must have changed. He had to withdraw his troops. After he left, the morale of the team under Chen Yingliang's command would inevitably be greatly affected. At this time, sending troops to fight him to the decisive battle is the most confident of winning."

Unfortunately, although Zhai Rang finally let Li Mi participate in the military discussion, Li Mi's suggestions were far from being a world of difference. So after listening to Li Mi's suggestions, Zhai Rang not only did not immediately adopt this suggestion that was so correct that Chen Yingliang vomited blood, but also in turn doubted: "The old man Zhang Xutuo suddenly withdrew his troops? Could it be to lure us to attack? We sent troops to fight Chen Yingliang to a decisive battle, and he suddenly turned around and rushed over, or we sent troops to pursue him. Chen Yingliang took the opportunity to attack our parody. Then wouldn't we be in the dilemma of being attacked from both sides?"

"Brother Zhai's words are reasonable." Xu Shiyu also said: "The little thief Chen Yingliang is too cunning. Before we determine the authenticity of Zhang Xutuo's retreat, we should be more cautious and not send troops to risk it. Once we fall into a trap, we will be too late to regret it."

"No matter whether we are a treacherous plan or not, we cannot send troops now." Shan Xiongxin also said: "For Yingying, we just owed Chen Yingliang a favor. At this time, we sent troops to fight him to a decisive battle. That is to take advantage of others' danger. Even if we win, it will only ruin our heroes of Wagang in the green forest. I suggest that we wait for three more days and send troops to fight him in three days. We will not be despicable of taking advantage of others' danger, but also confirm whether Zhang Xutuo really retreats."

Hearing Shan Xiongxin's suggestion, Zhai Rang, who was extremely afraid of being attacked by Chen Yingliang and Zhang Xutuo, nodded and praised him immediately. However, Li Mi could only smile bitterly and said, "You really don't know how to write the word "death"? Only when it is beneficial to him will the traitor, behave like a gentleman, and when it is not good for him, it will be despicable and shameless. This little thief who has both established a archway and is a bitch can do it."

After a bitter smile, Li Mi was still extremely excited and couldn't help but say in her heart: "Chen Xiaozhei, Zhang Xutuo has many hidden dangers in the rear. The rear suddenly changed and was forced to withdraw. It would be impossible to send troops again after three days of fake news. Our confidant and mortal enemy finally have a chance to fight to the death.

Li Mi's long-awaited hope was finally dashed, because on the afternoon of the third day when Zhang Xutuo retreated, an edict that Chen Yingliang had been waiting for was suddenly sent to the camp of Qiao Peng Sui Army. After reading this edict sent by the prefect of Dongjun, Chen Yingliang was so excited that he even shook his hands a little. He immediately ordered all the civil and military generals of Qiao Peng Sui Army and Qin Qiong left by Zhang Xutuo, and then ordered to immediately withdraw the camp and raise troops and go north to rush to Baimadu.

Hearing Chen Yingliang's amazing orders, Qiao Peng Wenwu was of course shocked and asked one after another: "Why? Why should we go north? What should we do if we go to the thief village in Wagang?"

"What is Wagang Thief Village?" Chen Yingliang was even more righteous and slapped the table hard and shouted a long-standing words in his heart. "Our Emperor, surrounded by Turkic cavalry, was unable to escape and was in danger. He was forced to order the troops from all over the world to go north to serve the king. Is it important for His Majesty the Emperor, or is this small Wagang Thief Village important?"

Hearing Chen Yingliang's yell, the generals of Qiao Peng's Sui army were all white as paper, and then immediately all looked ecstatic, because Qiao Peng's civil and military knew very well that there was probably no second army in the world who could be as lucky as his own army. They were in a wartime state, with sufficient physical strength, food and supplies, and at the same time, they were just near Baima Du. It was so convenient to go north to serve the king that it was not more convenient to become the first army to arrive at Yanmen Pass to serve the king. How could the rewards of merits be less?

"I finally waited for this day." Chen Yingliang sighed in his heart, then raised his head and said to himself: "Farewell, Zhang Xutuo, it's not that I don't want to continue to be your deputy, it's that this mess is hopeless, I can only escape quickly, take care of you. Don't worry, if I can do it during the Battle of Datong Temple, I will definitely do my best to save you."

On the evening of that day, the Qiao Peng Sui army abandoned all unnecessary things and suddenly gave up the solid camp. The entire army headed north and headed straight to Baima Ferry. After the Wagang army found this news, they were shocked and suspicious. Because they could not determine the reason for the sudden rescue of the Qiao Peng Sui army, they were afraid of Chen Yingliang, who had always been good at tricks, did not dare to go out to pursue the army immediately, wasting the most precious attack time. It was not until after repeated confirmation that Chen Yingliang did not arrange an ambush, the Wagang army sent troops to counterattack at Li Mi's repeated suggestions. Unfortunately, the fighter plane had been missed.

After finally catching up with the team of Kan's general Kan's army, who was in the palace, he was immediately attacked by the gunpowder bottle of Kan's army. The Wagang army, which had been suffering from gunpowder weapons for the first time, was frightened and in chaos. The two generals Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong led the powerful Sui cavalry from the left and right wings. The Wagang army was defeated, and the Sui army, who was in a hurry, did not pursue it. They quickly withdrew from the battlefield. The huge Wagang Village expedition was also ended with a tiger-headed and a tiger-headed and a tiger-headed and a tiger-headed and a tiger-headed and a tiger-headed and scared.

It was not until the Qiao Peng Sui army crossed the Yellow River across the entire line and entered the territory of Henei County through Linqing Pass that Li Mi learned through his brother-in-law Qiu Junming that Emperor Yang Guang of Sui was surrounded by Turkic cavalry at Yanmen Pass. While surprised by the good news, a huge doubt also enveloped Li Mi's heart, "Why do I feel that Chen Yingliang's little thief is not here to attack Wagang Village this time? Instead, he came to the battlefield of Wagang Village and waited patiently for this huge change? If this is true, then did Chen Xiaozhe secretly collude with the Turks, or did he have the ability to predict the future?"

In addition, on the night when Chen Yingliang withdrew from the siege, a small thing that changed history happened. In order to more efficiently extort his unworthy son-in-law, Jiangdu County Chief Wang Shichong once again sent his nephew Wang Renze to the battlefield of Wagang Village to contact his son-in-law to extort more combat money and grain. As a result, after the Sui army learned the reason why Chen Yingliang withdrew from the troops north, Wang Renze, who was very responsible, made a quick decision. He didn't even see Chen Yingliang. He immediately returned to Xiapi County, replaced people all the way but not horses. He traveled day and night. He took only more than two days to bring the news to Wang Shichong. Wang Shichong, who had already crossed Sishui, was ecstatic when he heard the news, and then cried loudly. Finally, he ordered the entire army to go straight to Yanmen Pass without hesitation, and marched all the way to grab his son-in-law's contribution to the king.

Like in history, Wang Shichong led Jiangdu people to Yanmen to save the country. He was unkempt in the team and cried bitterly and lost his normal state. He did not take off his armor day and night, lying on the grass to sleep, expressing his loyalty to Emperor Yang of Sui to the fullest. It is also slightly different from history. While crying to the death in front of others, Wang Shichong couldn't help but laugh in his heart again...
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