Tao Shuang was in his early fifties and served as the Sima of Pingliang Prefecture during the Jianyan period. After the Jin soldiers captured Pingliang Prefecture, Tao Shuang surrendered to the Jin soldiers and was appointed as the chief historian of Pingliang Prefecture, in charge of government affairs.
He happened to escort thousands of sheep to the Jinbing camp today, so Wanyan Ulu simply asked him to go into the city to persuade the enemy general to surrender.
Of course, if Wanyan Wulu knew that the leader of the Song army was Chen Qing, who killed Wanyan Lou's family, he would not have sent anyone to persuade him to surrender.
Although Tao Shuang was extremely reluctant, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and come to Jianjun Pass.
A Song soldier covered his eyes with a black cloth and led him toward the barracks.
Not long after, Tao Shuang was taken into a room and a black cloth was removed from him. The soldier said to him: "Please wait a moment, the commander will handle some matters and will be here soon."
Tao Shuang was really uneasy, but he was a little better than before. At least the general was willing to see him and did not directly order him to be pushed out and beheaded.
At this time, a soldier who looked like a teenager came in carrying a plate with a glass of water.
Tao Shuang glanced at the cup in surprise. There was only half a cup of water in the cup.
He asked in confusion: "Why is there only..." in this cup?
"It would be nice to have this water to drink." The young soldier put the cup in front of him dissatisfied.
Tao Shuang didn't dare to drink. If anything goes wrong, there must be a demon. How can you entertain guests with only a little water? What if there is poison in it?
The soldier licked his lips and said timidly: "If my husband doesn't drink, can you give me a reward?"
"If you want to drink it, take it!"
The soldier grabbed the cup and drank it in two gulps, looking intoxicated.
"Why, you don't have enough water to drink like this?"
"It's hard to describe, each of us only has this little water every day."
"Why?"
The soldier remained silent, and Tao Shuang asked again: "How old are you and where are you from?"
"The villain is fifteen years old and is from Chencang County, Fengxiang Prefecture."
"You and my wife are from the same hometown! She is from Huangxi Township, Chencang County."
"It's right next door to my house! I'm from Fengwei Township."
"I have been to Fengwei Mountain. The scenery is quite good, especially the river, which is crystal clear."
"My home is at the foot of Fengwei Mountain. The river my husband mentioned is called Cangshui, and it flows right in front of my house."
"Who else is in your family?"
"My parents are here!"
"Your parents are here and you are still so young, why do you want to join the army?"
The soldier whispered for a long time: "Dad fell ill last year and owed a huge debt. In order to repay the debt, he went to war with General Chen and gave him three taels of silver."
Tao Shuang suddenly found an opportunity. He took out ten taels of silver and gave it to the soldier, "Here is this for you. Take it back to pay off the debt!"
"No! No! No! I can't have it."
"You can take it if you want. My wife is from the same hometown as you, and she might even know your parents."
"Thank you sir!"
Xiaobing squeezed the silver tightly, unable to conceal the excitement in his heart, turned around and quietly stuffed it into his arms.
Tao Shuang could see these details clearly. He was well versed in the ways of the world and knew very well that this soldier had been bribed by him.
"Little brother, can you tell me why there is only this little water?"
The soldier sighed and said: "A few days ago, the Jin soldiers attacked and burned the city. The warehouse was set on fire. Everyone fetched water to put out the fire and finally put out the fire. The next day, they found that the spring water had been cut off, leaving only half a pool of water. At most, it was only enough water.
We drank for seven or eight days. In the past few days, General Chen was digging wells everywhere, but he couldn't find a drop of water. He didn't even dig out water from the pine forest in the south. The general had sent people to Wujia Town to get water, but he probably couldn't get much water.
, but more than a thousand people came today. The water was already tight, and everyone complained."
"What is your general doing? Why doesn't he see me?"
"Jin Bing put in a lot of orders just now. The general has led people to search. All orders must be handed over. Anyone who dares to hide them will be killed!"
Tao Shuang understood. It turned out that he was searching for the surrender letter.
At this moment, there was a noise outside, and a general was heard angrily saying: "I ordered all the orders to be handed over, and anyone who disobeys the order will be executed. As the head of a dignified city, you don't lead by example, and you even hid a surrender letter. What do you want to do?"
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Tao Shuang hurriedly walked to the door and saw dozens of soldiers holding torches in the distance. A Song Army general was kneeling on the ground, his hands were tied behind his back, and his helmet had been knocked off."
"Commander, I can't read. I want to know what is written on it? That's why I hid one."
"fart!"
The Song Army Commander said angrily: "Do you think I will believe you? Bring me here!"
A scribe was brought up and stood aside tremblingly.
General Song asked: "Did he ask you to read the contents on the list to him?"
"have!"
"Hmph! What else do you have to say now?"
Those who were tied behind their backs had their heads thrown out, and he loudly said: "All brothers know that Jianxiao Pass will be captured sooner or later. Now there is no water. Everyone persuades the commander to retreat, but the commander refuses to agree, thinking that everyone
Don’t know what you’re thinking?”
The commander-in-chief of the Song Army said grimly: "What do you want to say?"
"Everyone knows that you want to get promoted, but you can't climb up by stepping on the corpses of your brothers!"
The commander of the Song Army slapped him hard and ordered: "Drag him down and kill him!"
Several soldiers dragged the general on the ground and left. The general struggled and shouted: "We, surnamed Chen, are all raised by our parents. We have parents, wives and children at home. None of our brothers want to die. You can't do this...
.Ah!" Then there was a scream.
After a moment, a soldier came forward with a plate. On the plate was a human head, which seemed to be the general just now.
"General, Hongdu's head has been beheaded!"
"Hang it on the top of the city. Anyone who dares to surrender will be killed!"
Tao Shuang was shocked by what he saw. He walked back to the room and asked, "Is this your general?"
Xiaobing nodded, "You are here to persuade him to surrender, right? I advise you not to think about it."
"Why?"
"Wanyan Loushi died at the hands of my general. Do you think he would surrender?"
"Ah! Is he Chen Qing?"
"Exactly!"
Tao Shuang was filled with hatred. After fighting for so long, Wanyan Wulu didn't even know who his opponent was, and even sent himself to persuade him to surrender. It was really funny!
At this time, a soldier outside shouted, "Commander is here!"
The soldier turned pale with fright and quickly sneaked out.
Chen Qing strode into the room, and Tao Shuang saluted quickly, "Meet the General?"
"You surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin?"
Tao Shuang sighed and said: "No one wants to surrender to the Jin Kingdom, but if we don't surrender, the Jin soldiers will massacre the city. For the sake of the people, we can only endure the humiliation and bear the heavy burden!"
"Hmph! All the officials who surrendered used this as an excuse. I've heard it many times, but whether you surrender or not has nothing to do with me. I can't care so much. Go tell Wanyan Wulu and attack the city if you have the ability. Don't
It’s useless to do these little tricks!”
"I will definitely convey this to you."
"Also, I would like to ask, is there any movement at Liu Qi's side in Jingzhou?"
Tao Shuang shook his head, "Nothing happened?"
Chen Qing sneered, "I don't think so!"
Before Tao Shuang could speak, Chen Qing waved his hand, "Go back! Tell Wanyan Wulu that he has the ability to go to Guanzhong via Jingyuan Road. He wants to pass through me, but that is wishful thinking!"
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In the Jin Bing tent, after listening to Tao Shuang's detailed account, the water in Guancheng was about to run out, the soldiers' hearts were unstable, and internal strife had already occurred.
Wanyan Wulu was extremely proud. He stroked his beard and said to the generals: "Now you understand why I used fire to attack the opponent's city even though I knew it was full of stone buildings. It was just to consume the opponent's water and wait for them to run out of water."
Only then did they realize that we had cut off the water supply. I can imagine how dumbfounded they were on the spot, haha!"
All the generals bowed together and praised: "The commander is wise!"
Wanyan Wulu was very useful. He added: "But we really didn't expect that our opponent would be Chen Qing. Everyone, his head is worth one hundred thousand dollars! He can also seal ten thousand households. This was done by the Wolf Lord himself.
There is a reward, this opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune, it depends on whether you can seize it."
The generals in the tent were so excited that they screamed. Wanyan Wulu glanced at him and saw that Han Chang was silent and thoughtful, so he snorted and said, "What is General Han thinking about?"
The implication of his words was that he was blaming Han Chang for not following his own thinking?
Han Chang quickly bowed and said: "I'm thinking, why did Chen Qing mention Liu Qi? Does Liu Qi have plans to take the opportunity to attack Pingliang Mansion? The commander-in-chief had better remind General Chi Zhanhui to prevent a sneak attack by Liu Qi's army!"
"It makes sense. I did want to mention Chi Zhanhui, but when Chen Qing mentioned Liu Qi, he was actually testing our intention to take the Jingyuan Road. Later, he simply made it clear that he wanted us to take the Jingyuan Road.
, that way, he can really step on the bones of his soldiers and walk upward."
"Then what's the commander's next step?"
Wanyan Wulu very much hoped that his strategy of cutting off water would be successful in the end. Since he had made a good start, he should stick to it so that the Song army would collapse without a fight because of the complete lack of water.
This is of course also the essence of Chen Qing's "Chiang Kai-shek's plan", which successfully convinced Wanyan Wulu that the Song army was trapped in a water shortage and would be completely without water in a few days.
Chen Qing's real intention was to hold back Jin Bing on the West Road and buy time for Wu Jie.
Wanyan Wulu happily stroked his beard and said: "Since his water retention cannot last for more than a few days, then we simply wait for him for another ten days, until his army will collapse without a fight and retreat with all the water. Of course, we will continue to attack with fire.
Give me ten days of continuous attack and let them never have a moment of peace."
"Ah!" Han Chang was shocked and quickly reminded: "I'm afraid that Monk Yuan's battle won't last this long."
Wanyan Wulu said coldly: "Wouldn't Wanyan not be able to confront the Song army? It's normal for a confrontation to last for several months, let alone only ten days, and he can't even wait?"
"But Wu Jie may not be willing to confront him. Besides, Chen Qing can go to Wujia Town to fetch water. A cavalryman can fetch more than a dozen bags of water, and even use donkey carts to pull water. How can the water source be cut off?"
Wanyan Wulu's face suddenly became extremely ugly. After a while, he glanced at Han Chang with a cold look and said: "I just hope you understand that I am the coach, and I have the final say in this big tent!"
After saying that, he snorted heavily, turned around and left.
