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"Deputy envoy, it's not, it's certain." Kan Jiao, who has a taciturn personality, rarely spoke, and said in a deep voice: "When Du Fuwei was under Du Fuwei's tent, he had heard of his uprising in Qi County. He knew that he had known Li Zitong as early as Changbai Mountain in Qi County. He heard that he had a great friendship, so it was natural for them to join forces.

Chen Yingliang's brows frowned a little again, because there had been a long investigation in Shuyang that it was Du Fuwei's army that had reached more than 35,000 after annexed Zhao Pocheng. At the same time, Yin Weng, the prefect of the East China Sea, also reported to Chen Yingliang that Li Zitong's team also had 15,000 or 16,000 people. If the two thief troops were really combined into one, the force would immediately exceed 50,000. Chen Yingliang, who had only more than 5,000 troops in his hands, did not want to fight head-on with so many enemies - it was not impossible to fight head-on, but doing so would definitely lead to heavy casualties.

After a moment of calculation, Chen Yingliang made up his mind and ordered Yuan Tiangang: "Mr. Yuan, write a letter of help for me immediately to Wang Shichong, and we said that we had found the exact news. Du Fuwei and Li Zitong had decided to join forces. After the two thieves joined forces, the army exceeded 50,000, which was more than ten times that of our army. Our army had few soldiers and could not defeat us. We could only give up the planned tactics of going east to the East China Sea and stayed in Suyu for a while to ensure the security of Xiapi County. He asked him to lead his army to Suyu west to join forces with our army, and then discuss strategies to defeat the enemy."

"Deputy envoy, Wang Shichong would never agree." Yuan Tiangang said in surprise: "If Wang Shichong goes west to Suyu, then his Huai River defense line will have huge flaws. Du Fuwei and Li Zitong take the opportunity to break through the Huai River defense line and break into Jiangdu, and then he will be in trouble."

"Of course Wang Shichong would not agree. How could that old slippery guy suffer such a loss?" Chen Yingliang sneered: "I know he would refuse, but after he refused, I have the opportunity to bargain with him, right? As long as I can bargain, I can find a way to let him Wang Shichong play this main force, first fight Du Fuwei and Li Zitong head-on, and then I will pick peaches."

Yuan Tiangang suddenly realized, so he quickly picked up his pen and wrote a letter, and then sent someone to Wang Shichong's camp. There was also a Sishui channel between Suyu and Shanyang. With the smooth flow, Chen Yingliang's letter of help was delivered to Wang Shichong, who was still stationed on the north bank of the Huai River the next morning. After reading Chen Yingliang's letter, Wang Shichong cursed like Chen Yingliang, just sneered and said, "It turns out that he is a traitor. He is obviously afraid that the official will hide from behind and choose the cheaper. He uses such an excuse to bargain, and thinks beautifully."

"Does Chen Yingliang want to bargain?" Wang Shichong's fourth brother Wang Shiyun asked in surprise.

"Yes, I want to bargain." Wang Shichong nodded and said with a sneer: "He knew that I would never be able to throw down the Huaishui defense line and move closer to him, but he deliberately asked me for help, just to let me refuse and let me discuss the strategy of advancing with him carefully, and then take the opportunity to push us in front and hold the front for him, so he can take the opportunity to hide behind and pick up the cheap."

"Damn it, this traitorous boy." Wang Shiyun cursed and said, "Brother, then Yu Qiang doesn't pay attention to him. Let's go back to Huainan and let him and Du Fuwei and Li Zitong fight him."

"You underestimate Mr. Chen too much." Wang Shichong smiled and said, "My little boy Chen will no longer advance eastward. It is obvious that he is guarding against us suddenly retreating to Huainan. If we retreat back to the south bank of Huaihe River, even if he is alone in Suyu, he will not be afraid of Du Fuwei and Li Zitong's coalition forces, because he has a strong city under the jurisdiction of Xiapi County, and a natural danger of Sishui to defend. It is not difficult to block Du Li and the two thieves from Du Li who have no rear robbery and supplies, once they are sold out, they will have to retreat obediently. At that time, we who retreated in the last battle will not be able to explain in front of the court and the emperor."

"Treacherous little thief." Wang Shiyun cursed again, then asked: "Brother, what should I do?"

"Go to the point." Wang Shichong waved his hand easily and said, "First negotiate with Chen Yingliang's little thief, bargain, lure him to leave Su Yu, enter the wilderness without natural dangers, and then design to let Du Fuwei and Li Zitong deal with him first."

"It is easy to bargain, but how can we lure Du Fuwei and Li Zitong to deal with him first?" Wang Shiyun asked worriedly.

"Easier." Wang Shichong smiled and said, "Send someone to recruit Du Fuwei, pretending to persuade Du Fuwei to surrender to us, and take the opportunity to tell Du Fuwei the truth of the boy Chen Yingliang. Du Fuwei's last time he went west to Qiao County, but was so ugly that Du Fuwei was seriously injured and almost sent his life to Qiao County. He must have always been holding a grudge. He found that he had the opportunity to take revenge, and would he miss it?"

"My brother is very smart, it's a clever plan." Wang Shiyun laughed loudly and quickly acted according to Wang Shichong's arrangements. While sending Wang Renze to Suyu to bargain with Chen Yingliang, he sent an envoy to Du Fuwei's camp to recruit surrenders, and instructed the envoy to take the opportunity to tell Du Fuwei the truth about Chen Yingliang.

Under the intrigue between each other, a ridiculous scene appeared. He said that he joined forces to defeat the thief. Chen Yingliang led his army to station under Suyu City on the east bank of Sishui. The deep ditch and high avenue refused to go further east. Wang Shichong was also cautiously stationed on the north bank of Huai River, leaning against Liyang Dual Fences and refused to continue to move north. The distance between each other was about 120 miles away from Du Fuwei's camp, but no one was willing to move first. They were both looking forward to each other's head, hoping that each other would stand the front of the battlefield, but no one was willing to take this loss, and no one wanted to take advantage of the attack.

The intrigue between the two sluts Chen Yingliang and Wang Shichong was of course a waste of money. Du Fuwei, who was being attacked from both sides, allowed Du Fuwei to survive the most dangerous moment of fighting alone without any danger. He successfully waited for his old friend Li Zitong to lead reinforcements to the south to meet. The combined army had more than 50,000 troops, and his strength increased greatly. At the same time, Du Fuwei also unexpectedly welcomed Wang Shichong's envoy to surrender, and also saw the sincere letter of surrender written by Wang Shichong.

No matter how sincere and beautiful Wang Shichong's letter of surrender was, it was useless. Du Fuwei was ignorant. Just over half a year ago, Wang Shichong burned incense in front of the Buddha statue in Tongxuan Temple in Wujun and sweared, promising that Liu Yuanjin's remaining party would surrender and not kill him. As a result, when Liu Yuanjin's remaining troops surrendered, Wang Shichong buried all the more than 30,000 people in the fields to make fertilizers. Only when Du Fuwei was stupid would he believe Wang Shichong's letter of surrender. So after reading Wang Shichong's letter of surrender, Du Fuwei laughed out loudly, and immediately ordered the envoy to behead him outside the tent.

Fu Gonghu spoke in time to stop Du Fuwei's impulsive behavior. A middle-aged scholar stood behind Li Zitong, who had just met with Du Fuwei, and bowed to Du Fuwei and said, "King Du, please calm down. Although Wang Shichong is a despicable person and has no faith and righteousness, he will not be killed when he fights with his two countries. What's more, this person is a de facto messenger of the government. Killing him is not only useless, but also hurts morality and is not conducive to King Du's reputation."

"Who are you? Why haven't I seen you before?" Du Fuwei looked at the scholar and found that the scholar was about the early thirties, with a thin appearance and inconspicuous appearance. He looked very elegant and polite, and seemed to have a good education.

"Brother Du, let me introduce you." Li Zitong spoke and introduced Du Fuwei: "This is Mr. Mao Wenshen. He has loved reading military books and classics since he was a child. He once served as the county chief in Dong'an. He resigned from his post because he hated the darkness of the officialdom and was angry. This time I went south to Dong'an, and he defected to my army to help me provide advice and handle document accounts. He is a rare talent."

Du Fuwei is a very ambitious thief. He knows the importance of civilian talents. He nodded immediately after hearing what Li Zitong said, "It turns out that he is Brother Li's confidant. Come and set up a seat for Mr. Mao."

The bandits in the tent agreed and immediately brought a stool to Mao Wenshen and placed it next to Li Zitong. Mao Wenshen thanked him politely but did not sit down. He just pleaded with Du Fuwei for the envoy. Seeing that Fu Gonghu also opposed the beheading of the envoy, Du Fuwei waved his hand and said, "Okay, since Mr. Mao pleaded with Brother Fu, let him get out."

The envoy Wang Shichong, who escaped from death, was overjoyed and thanked him quickly, and then said goodbye. Mao Wenshen stopped him again and said, "Wait, letting you go is not without a price. I have a question. Since your Shangguan Wang Shichong sent troops to conquer us, why did his army stop moving after crossing the Huai River and no longer take a step north?"

"Mr. Mao, it's not that the villain doesn't want to answer you. I really don't know." The messenger said with a sad face: "The villain is just the Secretary of the Military Affairs Office of Wang Juncheng. He is not qualified to participate in major military affairs. I don't know why Wang Juncheng stopped moving."

"It's okay, I'll ask another question, you can just answer truthfully." Mao Wenshen said calmly: "I heard that your army has a ten-mile camp and a lot of military flags. How many troops did you Wang Junzhu bring to cross the Huai River this time?"

"Thirty thousand elite soldiers are the main force when our Wang Junzhuo pacified Liu Yuanjin."

The envoy was a little timid and explained a fake number as Wang Shichong's order, and then quickly added: "Mr. Mao, I am very clear about the situation on Deputy Envoy Chen's side. Deputy Envoy Chen brought more than 5,000 people this time, four of which were cavalry, seven were heavy infantry, and the rest were all light infantry."

"I also know that Deputy Envoy Chen did not bring much food and grass during the Eastern Expedition. He used to transport grain and supplies through Tongji Canal. Later, after leaving Xiaqiu, Deputy Envoy Chen's army relied on the local government in Xia Pi. At present, his food and grass were mainly supplied by Suyu. There were only more than a thousand township guards in Suyu City, and the guard was Deng Chengchun, the commander of Xia Pi. In addition to these, the villain also knew that Deputy Envoy Chen had no rear army, and his remaining army was all in Qiao County, and he would not be able to reach the East China Sea battlefield for a while."

After hearing the introduction of the envoy Wang Shichong, Du Fuwei, Fu Gonghu, Li Zitong and others were not very clear about Chen Yingliang's strength, and Fu Gonghu, Li Zitong and others were overjoyed. However, Mao Wenshen looked strange and asked in confusion: "Aren't you Wang Shichong's Military Secretary Office? How could you be so clear about Chen Yingliang's army? He even knew his food and grass situation and the situation of the rear army? How did you know these situations?"

The messenger was stunned and didn't know how to answer Mao Wenshen's question. Du Fuwei, who had suffered a great loss, became suspicious and shouted: "Say, otherwise you will be killed."

Wang Shichong's messenger was sweating profusely and still did not dare to answer. Mao Wenshen suddenly smiled and said with a smile: "If I said nothing wrong, Wang Shichong should have introduced you in detail the situation in Chen Yingliang's army. Let you tell us on purpose?"

"How do you know?" the messenger was shocked and blurted out.

"Mr. Mao, how do you know?" Du Fuwei, Fu Gonghu and others were also shocked.

"I guessed that it is normal for Wang Shichong to do such a thing." Mao Wenshen replied with a smile, bowed to Du Fuwei and said, "King Du, please temporarily detain this envoy outside the tent. The student has a few words to say."

Du Fuwei waved his hand and asked the bandits to take the envoy outside the tent. As soon as the envoy left, Mao Wenshen immediately bowed to Du Fuwei and Li Zitong and said, "Congratulations to King Du, Congratulations to King Li, and congratulations to Brother Gong Hu. This good opportunity is in front of us. This time the official army is advancing, we not only do not need to worry about being unable to resist, but also have a great chance to defeat Chen Yingliang and Wang Shichong's army."

"What does Mr. Mao mean?" Du Fuwei asked happily.

"Chen Yingliang and Wang Shichong were in a strife, and they didn't want to send troops to fight us first, and they both wanted to hide behind to pick up cheap." Mao Wenshen said with a smile: "Wang Shichong crossed the Huai River but did not go north. He set up more camp flags. The purpose was nothing more than bluffing and threatening us not to fight with him. Chen Yingliang stationed his troops in Suyu but did not advance east because he was insufficient and he was not sure to defeat our coalition forces, so he was forced to seize the city to defend the danger. Both of them expected that the other party would send troops first, and after the other party fought with us, they would take advantage of the opportunity to fight for military achievements and defeat the other party at the minimum cost."

Seeing Du Fuwei and others nodding and agreeing with his analysis, Mao Wenshen said again: "The students can guess the introduction of Chen Yingliang's military situation by the envoy Wang Shichong, which is exactly the reason. Students can conclude that the introduction of Chen Yingliang's military situation by the envoy Wang Shichong is definitely true, and even if there are differences, it is definitely not a big deal. Wang Shichong hopes that we will seize the opportunity of Chen Yingliang's insufficient strength and take the initiative to attack Chen Yingliang. Then no matter who wins and who loses, as long as our strength is consumed to a certain extent, Wang Shichong can immediately take the lead."

"It's reasonable." Fu Gonghu nodded quickly and sneered: "What happened like this is exactly what Wang Shichong is like."

"Mr. Mao, what does the god-given opportunity you just said mean?" Li Zitong asked quickly.

"The God-given opportunity is of course the envoy sent by Wang Shichong." Mao Wenshen said with a smile: "A few kings just send this envoy to Chen Yingliang, and write a letter to tell Chen Yingliang truthfully about his military information and what the envoy said and done. Do you think that Chen Yingliang and Wang Shichong may continue to work together? These two traitors turned against each other, and the God-given opportunity we will defeat them will come soon?"

"Miscellaneous Scheme" Du Fuwei jumped up and said happily: "Hurry, act according to the plan, and get rid of the two traitors Chen Yingliang and Wang Shichong, and make them turn against each other. We will immediately send troops westward to find Chen Yingliang's traitors to avenge them."
Chapter completed!