The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 564 Spend a lot of money to break Yang Tong's poisonous plan

On this day, the eight-door golden lock camp was completed, Fang Xuanzao and Shan Xiongxin finally breathed a sigh of relief, Shan Xiongxin said a little tiredly: "Hurry up, finally the camp is repaired, but next, what should our army do?" ?”

In the battle of Xiang'an, the Wei army lost about 4 people, and its superiority in military strength disappeared. Shan Xiongxin only had 4 elite soldiers and [-] soldiers who had been promoted to combat soldiers.There are still [-] elites in Qingliu County resting, but this is the only army available to Li Mi. If Xu Shiji and Wang Bodang are not supported, they will need to be urgently dispatched from the [-] people. The scale of the city is so huge that even the apportionment to the city wall is not enough, so how can it be used?There are some county soldiers in other counties, but it is also necessary to prevent local tyrants from causing chaos, and Meng Haigong in the south also restrained [-] Wei troops.That is to say, it is impossible for Li Mi to take the initiative to send troops before the recruits have transformed into warriors.

"Wait!" Fang Xuanzao uttered a word after pondering for a moment.

"Wait?" Shan Xiongxin looked at Fang Xuanzao blankly, and asked in doubt, "Is it that simple?"

"Yes! It's that simple!" Fang Xuanzao explained: "According to reports from our military scouts, there were only 5000 soldiers and horses when Yang Tong brought Du Jun. This is his emperor's army, and its mission is to protect the army. Yang Tong's safety means that Yang Tong's army will attack only at critical moments. Based on this calculation, Du Fuwei's available troops are still only his original army. Although our army was defeated, Du Fuwei went through successive battles, It is absolutely no better than our army. Although he is temporarily victorious at this time, it is very difficult to break through our camp with his troops. Now we only need to guard the camp, rebuild morale, train soldiers, and wait for Du Fuwei to come. Just attack, if they invade the camp rashly, they will seek their own death! If Du Fuwei does not come, it will just leave more time for the king to recruit soldiers and train the army."

"Okay, the last general will follow Mr.'s words!" Shan Xiongxin nodded. As the general of the Wei State, he knew the situation of the Wei Army quite well. Now he really dare not send troops indiscriminately. Elite soldiers are quite precious.

At this moment, bursts of mourning and music suddenly came from outside the camp, Shan Xiongxin and Fang Xuanzao frowned at the same time, Shan Xiongxin's deputy Xu Shiren looked cold, and said sharply: "Who is making noise outside?"

"Back to the general, the Sui Emperor sent someone to play the mourning music!" A school lieutenant quickly stepped inside and replied.

"Bastard!" Shan Xiongxin slapped the table and saw Fang Xuanzao's eyes, and suppressed the anger in his chest, and said in a deep voice, "Why didn't you shoot them to death?"

"General, they were ordered by Emperor Sui to return the remains of our soldiers. It's not easy to shoot arrows!" the school lieutenant said with a wry smile.

"What? Return the body?" Shan Xiongxin asked loudly.

The captain replied: "Exactly!"

"Who is coming?" Shan Xiongxin's eyes flashed a cold look.

"Back to the general, the person who came is Du Fuwei's adopted son Wang Xiongdan." The captain said in a deep voice.

"I'll kill him!" Xu Shiren snorted, and ran out of the barracks with a knife in his hand.

"Stop!" Shan Xiongxin stood up and snorted coldly.

"General?" Xu Shiren turned his head and looked at Shan Xiongxin in confusion.

"The two armies do not kill their envoys when they are fighting. This is a rule and cannot be broken! Besides, they are here to return the corpses of our soldiers. It is reasonable and sensible, so we can't do too much." Shan Xiongxin walked out of the commander, calmly Said: "Let's go! Follow me to meet the corpses of the soldiers."

"Here!" Xu Shiren clenched the broadsword unwillingly, and followed behind Shan Xiongxin, Fang Xuanzao and several generals also filed out.

Outside the camp, there was a bloody smell coming out of his nostrils, Shan Xiongxin couldn't help frowning, but Fang Xuanzao's heart sank, those civilian husbands who came with the Sui army were still singing their mourning music.

A large group of soldiers from the Wei army had bad eyesight and surrounded two hundred cavalrymen from the Sui army, but the soldiers from the Sui army turned a blind eye to them. Gu Jing's calm face exuded a calm temperament. Even if they were riding on horses, their waists were still straight , with a sharp and extraordinary aura, like a long knife drawn out of its sheath, piercing straight into the sky.

"What a boldness!" Rao Shan Xiongxin was extremely depressed. He couldn't help but look bright when he saw this Sui army soldier. However, this time Wei Jun suffered such a big loss at the hands of Du Fuwei. Naturally, he would not have a good face, looked at the leader Wang Xiongtan indifferently, and said coldly: "You are Du Fuwei's adopted son, Wang Xiongdan who is known as the little general?"

"Wang Xiongdan has seen General Shan!" Wang Xiongdan got off his horse, bowed his hands, and then corrected him: "General Du is my foster father, but I am not a junior general, and now I am just a school lieutenant in the Sui Dynasty."

"Captain?" Shan Xiongxin was slightly surprised, Wang Xiongdan made such a big name in Jianghuai, but in the Great Sui Army, he was actually just a colonel?
Wang Xiongsheng straightened his chest, and said proudly: "Thanks to the grace of the Holy Lord, I am now a captain of the Xuanjia Army, the number one force in the Sui Dynasty."

Only then did Shan Xiongxin realize that he knew what the Xuanjia Army was. Although Wang Xiongdan was demoted as a lieutenant in this army, he actually had a bright future. Why are you here?"

Li Mi respected Sui Zili, and Shan Xiongxin couldn't directly call Yang Tong by his first name.

"There is a word from the Holy One: The two sides are a battle of luck, and there is no personal grudge between the two sides. The soldiers are fighting for their own masters, and their lives and deaths are their own destiny. Now that the soldiers of your army are dead, the Holy One will not bear the death of these soldiers of the same clan. Afterwards, the corpses were exposed in the wilderness, so I was specially ordered to come here and send the corpses of your army back, so that they can be buried in the ground."

The surrounding Wei army officers and soldiers heard this, but the anger in their eyes faded a lot. Indeed, it is the fate of soldiers to die on the battlefield. Death is a very normal thing. This time it is the Wei army besieging Xiang'an. If the city is broken, Du Fuwei may be more or less fortunate. Can you still blame Du Fuwei for not arresting him without a fight?

Quite a number of soldiers of the Wei army looked at the hundreds of corpses packed full of carriages, with sadness in their eyes. The morale that was originally filled with righteous indignation quickly dropped, and some soldiers even couldn't help weeping in a low voice.

Looking at the corpses unloaded from the carriage, and his soldiers who were pale with fright from the fragmented remains, Shan Xiongxin suddenly felt that the low morale of his soldiers fell to the bottom, he only felt a tightness in his chest, followed closely A murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and he snorted coldly: "Wang Xiongdan, are you not afraid that I will kill you?"

"Why did General Shan kill me? What reason do you have for killing me?" Wang Xiongdan smiled and said, "General Shan is a hero in the world, with clear grievances and grievances, and being upright, how can he not distinguish between right and wrong? I will send you back to your army officers and men Even if you don’t reward the corpse, you shouldn’t kill me, right? If so, next time, our army can only let the corpses of your soldiers be exposed to the wilderness, and let the birds and wild dogs eat them.”

"Okay, hahaha!" Seeing Shan Xiongxin's murderous intent, Fang Xuanzao on the side suddenly burst out laughing, the laughter was very abrupt, the military attachés of the Wei army around were startled, and looked at Fang Xuanzao puzzled.

Wang Xiongdan just looked at Fang Xuanzao indifferently, the knuckles of the hand holding the rein turned pale due to excessive force, but his face was still calm and breezy.

After a long time, Fang Xuanzao stopped laughing, and said loudly: "It seems that General Wang is not only strong and courageous, but also has extraordinary strength and eloquence. Come here, give 2 taels of gold to General Wang, thank him for sending me Return the corpses of our soldiers."

"Sir?" Xu Shiren on the side was in a hurry. The 2 taels of gold was given to them by King Wei for emergency use, so they just gave it away?Or send it to the enemy?

Fang Xuanzao ignored Xu Shiren, and said loudly: "In the heart of King Wei, every soldier in our army is a priceless treasure. What is this 2 taels of gold? If there are mountains of gold and silver here, I will also uphold the principles of Wei." Wang Zhizhi, give everything to thank General Wang for such a righteous act."

Looking at the expressions of excitement and gratitude on the faces of the soldiers around him, Shan Xiongxin immediately understood Fang Xuanzao's intentions, the matter of donating ten thousand taels of gold, and if these words spread in the army, the soldiers would not be ashamed of Wei Wei. The king's affiliation and loyalty will be extremely high, and morale will also rise steadily as a result.Before this critical battle, it is really worthwhile to use [-] gold to collect the loyalty and majestic morale of [-] soldiers!
Soon, forty personal guards came to Fang Xuanzao carrying twenty heavy boxes, Fang Xuanzao waved his hand, and those personal guards carried the boxes to Wang Xiongchan.

"Thank you sir for the reward!" Wang Xiongdan waved his hand, and twenty Sui soldiers dismounted from their horses. Under the horrified eyes of all the Wei soldiers, they easily carried a box and strode towards the vacated carriage. , All of them didn't change their faces, as if they had done something ordinary.

Seeing that the carriages were all vacated, Wang Xiongdan cupped his hands and said, "The last general will go back and give an order to resign."

"General Wang, please wait!" Fang Xuanzao suddenly spoke again.

Hearing this, Wang Xiongdan frowned and looked at Fang Xuanzao, "What orders does this gentleman have?"

"Don't dare to obey the order!" Fang Xuanzao said with a smile, "I have met Emperor Shengwu several times, but now we have to meet each other on this battlefield. It's really a trick of luck! Please send my regards to the Holy Majesty. "

"This gentleman recognizes His Majesty?" Wang Xiongqian was a little more respectful.

"En." Fang Xuanzao nodded.

"I don't know what your name is, but the last general can repay His Majesty." General Wang Xiongdan said with a bow.

"You just say..." Fang Xuanzao said this, and suddenly asked in a detour: "Is Emperor Shengwu going back to Beijing?"

Wang Xiongdan shrank his eyes, how did this person know that the Holy Majesty was going back to Beijing?
Seeing Wang Xiongsheng's changed face, Fang Xuanzao smiled slightly: "General Wang said, the old man in Luoyang, the Holy Majesty will know."

"I'll remember this, farewell!" Wang Xiongdan nodded, seeing that Fang Xuanzao was not talking, he led the civilian team and left slowly.

After Wang Xiongdan left, the smile on Fang Xuanzao's face gradually dissipated, and the mountain of corpses in front of him, as well as the many mourning and weeping soldiers, made him feel depressed, and there was a deep worry in his eyes, for a long time, With a long sigh, he gave the order to choose a place for burial, and then glanced at Shan Xiongxin.

"Go to the big account of the Chinese army to discuss the matter!" Shan Xiongxin ordered knowingly.

"Here!" The generals followed silently.

"Fang Shangshu, Wang Xiongdan is Du Fuwei's adoptive son. He has repeatedly fought against our army and is a mighty general. Why don't you let me kill him?" Xu Shiren followed Fang Xuanzao and Shan Xiongxin sullenly, low asked loudly.

"After our army went south, the battles continued, and the soldiers were already tired of the war. Now our army was defeated in Xiang'an again, and the morale was greatly improved. Yang Tong now sent Wang Xiongdan to send back the bodies of our soldiers. The only thing to do is to further damage the morale of our army. Yang Tong's strategy is more vicious than killing people directly. What's more terrible is that we can't do it unless we are fooled. Now Wang Xiongsheng is just a lieutenant under Yang Tong, and sooner or later Going back to Luoyang with Yang Tong, life or death will not affect our army, if beheading him, it can certainly vent our anger for a while, but it will be very detrimental to our army's morale, how can I fall into his tricks?"

"Fang Shangshu, since the corpses of these soldiers are a trick of the enemy, should we return them?" Xu Shiren was shocked.

Fang Xuanzao and Shan Xiongxin: "..."

Xu Shiren smiled sheepishly, and asked again: "Send so much gold to Wang Xiong's birthday? Will it be able to defuse Yang Yu's scheming?"

"At least it will play some role!" Fang Xuanzao thought about the grateful and excited expressions of the soldiers, and smiled slightly: "This gold is a dead thing that cannot be eaten, but it has brought a loyal army for King Wei. It pays off."

Xu Shiren was stunned.

Suddenly, Fang Xuanzao smiled again, and said: "Although Wang Xiongdan is a mighty player, he is still young and has little knowledge. If he was tricked by me, he would let me know that Yang Tongyong is going back to Luoyang. As long as he leaves, I won't let him go." I'm worried that Du Fuwei will be able to break our camp!"

"Why are you so sure, Mister?" Shan Xiongxin asked curiously. Since he learned the formation, he admired Fang Xuanzao's profound knowledge, so he called him "Sir".

Fang Xuanzao smiled, and his face became more serious: "Du Fuwei is a young thief who has no knowledge and skills. He and Fu Gong Er organized the bandit rebellion under the current situation where there are many heroes. He is brave and quick-witted. It is true, but it cannot change the fact that he is weak in knowledge. Under normal combat conditions, he can achieve a lot with his keen insight, but if it is replaced by the formation that he knows nothing about, there is nothing he can do."

Shan Xiongxin smiled wryly when he heard the words, this is an innate gap, so why not him?

(End of this chapter)