The secret envoy of the Wu army who was ordered to come to Wuwei to meet Fan Yunde was named Wang Shiduo, a native of Nanjing, Jiangsu. He was once surrounded by the Taiping Army in Nanjing with Wu Chaoyue. After the city of Nanjing was broken, Wu Chaoyue ran away shamelessly. Wang Shiduo, who was a juren, was forced to join the army to serve in the Taiping Army, so he hated the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom very much. Although he was not as devoted as the iron-core traitor Zhang Jigeng, he only wanted to be a lackey for the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, but he refused to serve the Taiping Army and wanted to escape.

Later, by chance, Wang Shiduo escaped from Nanjing by chance and made a living in Hubei. He was discovered by Guo Songtao, an important official of the Wu army, and joined the Wu army because of his outstanding geography. He then moved to Feng Sanbao's tent. Although he was not as dazzling as the Li brothers under Feng Sanbao, he was also trusted and valued by Feng Sanbao, who had always respected scholars. This time, Feng Sanbao needed a reliable person to go to Wuwei City controlled by the Taiping Army to cheat. Wang Shiduo, who deeply hated the Taiping Army and was more familiar with the internal situation of the Taiping Army, volunteered to be this man. As the Taiping Army secret envoy came quietly to Wuwei to test the authenticity of the Taiping Army's intention to surrender, and to do another major thing.

As the saying goes, laymen watch the fun, and experts look at the tricks. After the Taiping Army secret envoy landed at the Shentang River Wharf, not much time passed, Wang Shiduo, who had been forced to join the Taiping Army for a period of time, vaguely discovered something was wrong. He felt that the Taiping Army stationed at the wharf seemed to be too careless about his identity. The Taiping Army secret envoy who led the way had just presented the token to demonstrate Fan Yunde, and the garrison at the wharf immediately waved his hand and let it go without carefully checking Wang Shiduo who disguised as a Taiping Army soldier but had no temples. However, because the Shentang River garrison was directly affiliated with Fan Yunde, Wang Shiduo was not sure that the Taiping Army was intentionally indulging, and could only hide his suspicion in his heart and continue to carefully observe the every move of Wuwei Taiping Army.

He went north and entered Wuwei City very smoothly. Wang Shiduo soon saw Fan Yunde, the chief general of Wuwei Taiping Army, in the secret room. What surprised Wang Shiduo was that Fan Yunde, who was named Qi Tianhou in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, actually bowed to him to the ground as soon as he met and claimed that he was guilty and accused him of guilt. Wang Shiduo, who was familiar with the rules of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was surprised and wavered for a while, and felt that Fan Yunde really wanted to surrender.

Next, Fan Yunde did not reveal any flaws in front of Wang Shiduo. The attitude of asking for surrender was sincere, and the reason was completely reasonable. He had always been affiliated with Yang Xiuqing's Eastern Palace. He also stood on Yang Xiuqing's side during the Taiping Army's civil war. Even if he could protect Wuwei City, he had to worry about Hong Xiuquan's revenge. At the same time, the situation on the Wuhu battlefield was also very beneficial to the Wu army. Fan Yunde decided to take the initiative to surrender for his own wealth and life, and followed the example of the Zhao brothers in Tongling to abandon the secret and turn to the light.

Listening carefully to Fan Yunde's reasons for surrendering without any flaws, Wang Shiduo, who had been highly vigilant, suddenly asked: "General Fan, I want to ask for advice on Wuhu and Wuwei. Since you intend to surrender to the King of Zhennan of the Qing Dynasty, why don't you contact General Cao Yanzhong? Instead, you go and look far and send an envoy to Tongling to contact our Feng Junmen?"

"Because General Jiu didn't know whether General Cao could accept my request for surrender." Fan Yunde replied without any consideration: "General Cao defeated the Heavenly Kingdom army one after another in Wuhu, but he never surrendered a general of the Heavenly Kingdom. When he encountered enemies, he would directly defeat him. Therefore, General Jiu was worried that he would not like General Jiu to surrender. But on the contrary, General Feng gave He Yunlong in Chizhou, and accepted the surrender of our Heavenly Kingdom army in Tongling. He was magnanimous and benevolent, so the last general went far and sent people to Tongling to contact General Feng."

After saying that, Fan Yunde said in a somewhat disgusting manner: "Also, the general of the Criminals know that Feng Junmen is not only the governor of Hunan in the Qing Dynasty, but also the governor of Hunan with a high position and a powerful position, but also the father-in-law and elder of the King of Zhennan in the Qing Dynasty. If the general of the Criminals can join his sect and receive his support, his future career will be more guaranteed."

After carefully observing Fan Yunde's expression and reaction, he saw that he had answered without any interruption, Wang Shiduo's doubts were not eliminated. He knew that if Fan Yunde had not really wanted to surrender, he had prepared in advance and had expected that he would have this question to prepare the answer in advance. Then, without being able to judge the authenticity of Fan Yunde's words, Wang Shiduo could only discuss the details of surrender with Fan Yunde according to the requirements of Feng Sanbao, Li Hezhang and others, and further test the authenticity of Fan Yunde's intention to surrender.

The surrender plan proposed by Fan Yunde had no flaws. As long as the Wu army launched an attack, the Wuwei Taiping Army would immediately give up the far-distance Nibanhe Wharf, and at the same time block the news of Shidakai's army in Yuncao Town, giving the Wu army time to land. Then, as long as the Wu army approached Wuwei City, Fan Yunde would immediately open four gates and lead the army out of the city to surrender to the Wu army. During this period, if there were any generals and soldiers of the Wuwei Taiping Army dissatisfied, Fan Yunde would be responsible for solving the problem. If it really didn't work, please ask the Wu army to take action.

In addition, in order to win the trust of the Wu army, Fan Yunde also offered to contact Feng Sanbao and Cao Yanzhong, so that Cao Yanzhong would also send troops to help Feng Sanbao surrender and prevent Shi Dakai from taking action. This was also Fan Yunde's last resort, and he could only bet on whether Feng Sanbao would be greedy for merit and eat alone.

Still no flaw was found, but the surrender plan proposed by Fan Yunde gave Wang Shiduo a chance. After careful calculation, Wang Shiduo asked: "General Fan, then in Wuwei City, who will definitely follow you?"

"Xiao Fusheng, who guards the Niban River Wharf, must be fine. He is the confidant of the criminal general and already knows that I secretly asked for surrender to Feng Junmen." Fan Yunde still did not think about it and immediately said: "There are also Liu Huaijiu, Ma Yutang and Yan Duan in the city, they are also my confidants. They all know my affairs. They will definitely follow me when the time comes, and will help me kill other dissatisfied people..."

"Ma Yutang?" Wang Shiduo quickly interrupted Fan Yunde's words and asked in surprise: "General Fan, is there a general named Ma Yutang under your tent?"

"Yes." Fan Yunde nodded and asked in confusion: "Mr. Wang, do you know Wang Shiduo?"

"Not sure, maybe it's just the same name and surname." Wang Shiduo shook his head and asked again: "General Fan, is this General Ma Yutang in your account from Linxiang, Hunan? The one who joined you in the second year of Xianfeng?"

Hearing this, Fan Yunde was surprised and smiled and said, "That's right, it's him, why? Mr. Wang, do you know him?"

"It's not just a matter of knowing me?" Wang Shiduo, who had already asked about Ma Yutang's information from Zhao Jinfu, smiled and said, "When he was in Linxiang, he and I were very good friends. At that time, he was fishing on the river. I was teaching a private school by the river. He was illiterate and wanted to learn from me. He often gave me fresh fish I had just called from the river. I taught him to read, and gave him a brush and taught him to write his name step by step. However, after he joined you, we broke off contact. General Fan, I haven't met General Ma for a long time. Can I let me meet him?"

As Ma Yutang's direct superior, Fan Yunde was of course very clear about the past of his subordinates. When he saw that Wang Shiduo was telling the truth, he immediately sent someone to invite Ma Yutang to meet Wang Shiduo. However, Fan Yunde was also a cunning person. While continuing to discuss the details of surrender with Wang Shiduo, he ordered people to prepare a banquet to let Wang Shiduo and Ma Yutang meet in front of him.

Unfortunately, the road is one foot taller, and the devil is one foot taller. After a while, when Ma Yutang came to Wang Shiduo under Fan Yunde's guidance, Wang Shiduo, who had long known Ma Yutang's appearance characteristics from Zhao Jinfu, did not hesitate at all. He immediately rushed up and hugged Ma Yutang, shouting excitedly: "Brother Ma, you miss me to death! Do you still remember me, Wang Shiduo, who taught you to read in Linxiang?"

Without giving Ma Yutang a strange chance, Wang Shiduo immediately whispered in Ma Yutang's ear, "Madam Zun is in the hands of our Shuai Feng, she is very safe."

Wang Shiduo dared to do this because Zhao Jinfu introduced Ma Yutang in detail his personality and temperament. As a result, Ma Yutang, who left a note in history books, did not disappoint Wang Shiduo. He immediately hugged Wang Shiduo and shouted excitedly: "Mr. Wang, why are you? Why are you here?"

At the same time, Fan Yunde, who had been observing Ma Yutang carefully, also lost all his doubts. He also said that it was a coincidence that the secret envoy sent by the Wu army happened to know his subordinates. At the same time, out of trust in Ma Yutang, Fan Yunde was secretly happy and felt that this fraudulent surrender was expected. He quickly invited Wang Shiduo and Ma Yutang to the banquet and let them tell each other about their farewell in front of them. However, it was a pity that because the Taiping Army traitor Zhao Jinfu was too familiar with Ma Yutang's situation, Wang Shiduo and Ma Yutang told the old story at the dinner table not only without revealing any flaws, but on the contrary, the more they said it, the more they became more and more realistic, and the more they said it, it became more and more seamless, which also made Fan Yunde completely believe that Wang Shiduo and Ma Yutang really had old age.

With such a friendship, when the three of them were drunk, Wang Shiduo proposed to go to the toilet again, and his old friend Ma Yutang also went with him. As a result, when he arrived at the place of reincarnation in the grains, Wang Shiduo seized the time to whisper to Ma Yutang: "It's Zhao Jinfu telling us General, don't worry, your wife is very safe and has not been bullied, she will meet you again."

"What the hell do you want to do?" Ma Yutang asked in a low voice while putting water.

"Is Fan Yunde's request for surrender true or not?" Wang Shiduo asked in a low voice, and said, "Tell the truth, when we take down Wuwei City, the fourth rank of martial arts official, 5,000 taels of silver, and let you and your husband reunite and fly together."

The critical moment of deciding the direction of the Wuwei battlefield came, and hesitated until he finished letting out the water, and Ma Yutang answered in a low voice...

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After learning the truth from Ma Yutang, Wang Shiduo no longer hesitated. As soon as the banquet ended, Feng Sanbao accepted the surrender of the Wuwei Taiping Army, agreed to Fan Yunde's surrender plan, and submitted a letter to Feng Sanbao promised to reward to Fan Yunde. Wang Shiduo was overjoyed and quickly thanked Wang Shiduo repeatedly. Then, according to Wang Shiduo's request, he sent someone to protect Wang Shiduo out of the city to Shentang River Wharf, and asked Wang Shiduo to take a boat to report the situation to Feng Sanbao.

Before the matter was over, after sending Wang Shiduo out of his Qitianhou Mansion with Ma Yutang, Fan Yunde did not ask Ma Yutang to go back, but called Ma Yutang back to the back hall and asked with a smile: "Did Mr. Wang say something when he went to the toilet with you just now?"

Knowing Fan Yunde's character and temper, Ma Yutang was not surprised at all. He just nodded calmly and said, "Reporting to the weather, when he went to the toilet just now, Mr. Wang did whisper to the general."

"What's the content? Could it be a reminiscence again?" Fan Yunde's smile became more friendly, but his eyes were fixed on Ma Yutang's face.

"Of course it's not reminiscing about the past." Ma Yutang shook his head and said, "He promised to grant the general a fourth-rank military position to the general, five thousand taels of silver, and the general will tell him the truth."

Fan Yunde smiled, smiling very pleasedly, and said, "At such a great price, in addition to the truth, I must ask you whether our inaction-based army of heaven is really surrendered or falsely surrendered, right? How did you answer?"

Ma Yutang smiled, suddenly knelt down on one knee to Fan Yunde, clasped his fists and said, "Qi Tianhou forgives the crime. In order to deceive the envoy of the demon soldiers, Mo General deceived you. In fact, Mo General did not know the envoy of the demon soldiers before. Wang Shiduo, the envoy of the demon soldiers, before! He had no friendship with him, and he had never learned anything to write from him!"

"What? You don't know that Wang Shiduo at all?" Fan Yunde was very surprised and asked quickly: "What's going on? Since you don't know that demon soldier envoy at all, why do you pretend to be familiar with him?"

"Because that demon soldiers threatened me with the beloved wife of the general Junyu!"

Ma Yutang replied in a deep voice, first he told Fan Yunde the whisper that Wang Shiduo took the opportunity to hug him, and also told him that his wife was unfortunately falling into the enemy in Anqing, and then said: "At that time, the general immediately understood that the envoy of the demon soldiers wanted to use Junyu as a hostage and forced the general to sell the kingdom of heaven to serve them. In order to be loyal to the kingdom of heaven and to avenge Junyu, the general had a sudden inspiration and deceived the envoy of the demon soldiers of the demon soldiers, and also deceived you. The general was guilty, please forgive me."

"What? You have been acting just now?" Fan Yunde was speechless and exclaimed for a while: "I didn't expect you to have such a trick. I was really deceived by you just now. I always thought you and that demon soldier messenger were really old acquaintances."

"The General of the Monkey King is guilty." Ma Yutang apologized again and said, "But if the General of the Monkey King does not play the elephant point, he will not be able to deceive the envoy of the demon soldiers, and he will not be able to avenge Junyu with his own hands!"

"What's wrong with your wife who was captured by the demon soldiers?" Fan Yunde heard that something was wrong and quickly asked about the situation.

Tears slowly shed in Ma Yutang's eyes, and he choked and said, "I will get accurate information. After Anqing City was broken, the demon soldiers captured Junyu and wanted to insult her. Junyu refused to obey and threw herself into the well..."

When he said this with a sob, Ma Yutang was already crying and crawling on the ground and cried bitterly, "Junyu, I'm sorry for you, I couldn't rescue you from Anqing City. At that time, I shouldn't have let you go back to my parents' home, nor should I let you go back to my parents' home..."

Seeing Ma Yutang crying sadly, Fan Yunde felt a little sad. He hurriedly went up to help Ma Yutang to comfort him, and asked strangely: "Yutang, since your wife has been harmed by the demon soldiers, why are they still threatening you with your wife?"

"The demon soldiers treated me as a fool, thinking that I didn't know that Junyu had been harmed by them." Ma Yutang's tears poured out of his eyes again, and he cried and smiled bitterly: "It's a pity that they don't know how much time I love my wife, and I don't know how much time and price I spent to inquire about Junyu's situation..."

Seeing Ma Yutang crying and laughing, Fan Yunde was busy and kind to comfort Ma Yutang. Fortunately, Ma Yutang was able to control his emotions. After a moment, he wiped away his tears and bowed and said, "Please rest assured. Mo Jiang pretended to be greedy for the rewards of the demon soldiers, pretending not to know that Junyu had been killed. He deceived the demon soldiers and said that we really planned to surrender. Mo Jiang guessed that the demon soldiers should have believed it. Please make arrangements early, arrange traps and ask the demon soldiers to come to get into it. Also, ask General Mo to approve General Mo to the front vanguard, and let General Mo avenge his beloved wife with his own hands!"
Chapter completed!