Originally, I came to Chen Yingliang to collect protection fees. Miao Haichao certainly would not refuse Chen Yingliang's invitation to meet. Not much time has passed after Qian Xiangmin negotiated, more than 20 militia cavalry surrounded Miao Haichao and came to the city. They were afraid of sneak attacks with bows and arrows on the city wall, so they dared not get too close to the moat. They held the war horses about 120 steps away from the city wall. Seeing this, Chen Yingliang shouted on the city wall: "Miao Haichao, Brother Miao, please come and talk with me. There are no archers around me, and I am not the kind of despicable villain who hurts people with hidden arrows."

Miao Haichao and his group hesitated for a while, and after discussion, they urged them to move forward again. They arrived next to the moat in Yongxian small town before pinning their horses. Chen Yingliang also stood out of the city to express his sincerity, and shouted loudly: "I'm going to order everyone to put down their bows and arrows. Who dares to attack secretly? I will be killed immediately." Chen Yingliang's personal soldiers sang in unison, helping Chen Yingliang to calm Miao Haichao and others under the city.

It was also at this time that Chen Yingliang could barely see Miao Haichao's appearance. He was twenty-six or seven years old. Because he was born in a wealthy family, his skin color was obviously whiter than the soldiers of the militia next to him, and he looked more gentle. Then Chen Yingliang did not hesitate and bowed to Miao Haichao and said loudly: "Brother Miao, it's been a long time since I haven't seen you for two years. My brother's style is still the same, and he is already famous all over the world. It's a happy congratulation."

Of course, Miao Haichao was also looking at Chen Yingliang carefully. While being surprised by Chen Yingliang's young and handsomeness, Miao Haichao was stunned by Chen Yingliang's polite words. It took some time to remember that he had indeed said something familiar to Chen Yingliang in front of outsiders. For some reason, Miao Haichao agreed to Chen Yingliang's politeness and immediately returned to Chen Yingliang: "Brother Chen, you are worthy of it when you are famous all over the world."

"There must be Du Fuwei's eyeliner under the city." Chen Yingliang was happy. He knew that since Miao Haichao had agreed to the nonsense relationship before, Du Fuwei's people would be monitoring him, otherwise there would be no need to be so troublesome. After confirming this, Chen Yingliang hurriedly said loudly: "Brother Miao is too rewarded, let's keep the polite words in the future. Let's go straight to the point. Brother Miao, are you here to ask for the money and food?"

"It's right," Miao Haichao nodded and said loudly: "Chen Tongshou, our King Du Fuwei Du said that as long as you hand over 10,000 stones of grain, 5,000 pieces of cloth, and 5,000 stagnant of money, we will withdraw our troops and change courses, and will no longer go deep into Qiao County to get food. You already know this. Now I come to ask you at the order of King Du, do you want to hand over this money and grain?"

"Of course I am willing to hand over this money and grain." Chen Yingliang's answer made everyone stunned. Then Chen Yingliang asked Miao Haichao loudly: "But Brother Miao, do you think this little Yongcheng can afford so much money and grain?"

Miao Haichao was also stunned by Chen Yingliang's first sentence. After listening to Chen Yingliang's second question, Miao Haichao was silent for a moment before saying, "This has nothing to do with me. I'm just here to ask you, are you paying money and food? Or are you talking to swords and guns?"

"Brother Miao, this matter has something to do with you," Chen Yingliang replied loudly, and said with confidence: "Brother Miao, you are different from Du Fuwei, the rioter Du Fuwei is born with a bad nature, he is lazy and labor-loving, and he is happy about misfortune. He likes to kill and set fire, so he becomes a bandit, killing innocent people everywhere, but you are different from you. You are because corrupt officials bullied the people. In order to help the elders of the villagers, he resolutely raised an army. He is righteous and has no choice but to rebel. Therefore, this matter is not only related to you, but also has a lot to do with you."

Miao Haichao's face changed, and he secretly glanced at a knight not far away. The knight wearing a felt hat with a wide edge lowered his head slightly, unable to see his expression or reaction, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Brother Miao, my messenger has explained the reason very clearly." Chen Yingliang said with confidence: "I ask for peace from you, not because I am afraid of you attacking the city, nor because I am worried about defending the seven cities of Qiao County. I am just because I am not sure to block you from going deep into the hinterland of Qiao County and hurt the innocent people of Qiao County. I am willing to risk the world's worst offense and send envoys to you for peace, and answer to apply money and grain to exchange for your redirection to retreat my good intentions. Du Fuwei doesn't understand, but you can understand Brother Miao. For the innocent people of Qiao County, and for the loyal and brave righteous men of Xia Pi under your command, you cannot stand by and fight against Du Fuwei head-on, and strive for a more reasonable solution. Neither you need to sacrifice your soldiers in vain, nor do you have to let the innocent victims of Qiao County be innocently injured."

He peeked at the felt hat knight again, and saw him turning his head and nodding to him, Miao Haichao then asked Chen Yingliang: "What are you going to do?"

"Don't let Du Fuwei blackmail" Chen Yingliang said loudly: "Brother Miao, you are from a scholarly family. Unlike Du Fuwei, who robs families every day. You know the sufferings of the people and know how much money and grain can a small county town have. In order not to prevent the innocent people in Yongxian from starving to death, then don't blackmail them unreasonably. They extort 5,000 stones of grain, 2,000 stagnant and 2,000 buns. This is the most money that Yongcheng can do. If Du Fuwei is willing, I will give him this money and grain. If he doesn't want to, I have to talk to him. He relies on the large number of people and powerful people to bite the flesh of Qiao County. Even if I can't stop him, at least he will have to let him break a few teeth."

Miao Haichao went to see the felt hat knight again. Seeing him nodding, he said yes, as long as Chen Yingliang took it out immediately. Miao Haichao then turned to Chen Yingliang and said, "Okay, brother Chen, since you are so reasonable, then Brother Yu will be the master of King Du. As long as you take out this money and grain now, we will withdraw our troops immediately and leave Qiao County immediately."

"Thank you, Brother Miao, for your fulfillment." Chen Yingliang was overjoyed, clasped his fists and bowed deeply to Miao Haichao, and said, "But Brother Miao, you must wait another day. I can only hand over this money and grain to you tomorrow morning."

"Why?" Miao Haichao got angry a little, thinking that for your sake, I have had so many conflicts with Du Fuwei. When you come, you come to fool me again, right?

"Because I'm not ready yet." Chen Yingliang bowed his hand apologetically and said loudly: "When my messenger brought Du Fuwei's reply back yesterday, because the money and grain that Du Fuwei asked for by Yongcheng would never be able to take out, I stopped collecting grain from the people and preparing for the war with all my might. So I haven't prepared so much money and grain yet. But Brother Miao, don't worry, tomorrow morning, you come here again tomorrow morning, and I will hand over the money and grain to you immediately."

After discussing a few more words with the felt hat knight, Miao Haichao said loudly: "Okay, I promise you, I will give you another day to prepare. But Brother Chen, I will say the bad words in front of you. When I come here again tomorrow morning, if you don't hand over the money or food, or do anything, don't blame me for turning against you. Then not only will the military barracks outside your city not be able to be protected, but even this small Yongcheng, our 30,000 troops will also step on it into powder."

"That's of course, that's of course." Chen Yingliang quickly bowed his gratitude and said solemnly: "Thank you, Brother Miao, for your fulfillment. Please rest assured. Although I dare not say anything, I can also guarantee that I can make a promise. Please wait for another day. Tomorrow morning, the money and food will definitely be delivered to you."

After finishing the promise solemnly, before Miao Haichao offered his farewell, Chen Yingliang suddenly said loudly: "Brother Miao, there is another thing, I want to introduce someone to you by the way."

When Miao Haichao looked up in surprise, he saw a young old man in fine clothes standing beside Chen Yingliang. His hair was gray and he was wearing a valuable fox fur coat, and his appearance was very noble. Chen Yingliang pointed to the old man again and said, "Brother Miao, let me introduce you to you. This is senior Yun Dingxingyun, who is now a Shaoqing of the Shaofu, a senior of the court, and is also our elder."

"What did you introduce him to me?" Miao Haichao wondered, but out of politeness, Miao Haichao, who had received a good education when he was a teenager, bowed to Yun Da Shaoqing and said politely: "Miao Haichao, younger generation, have met Senior Yun."

"Mr. Miao is polite, there is no need to be too polite." Yun Da Shaoqing smiled and returned a polite greeting, and said with a smile: "Mr. Miao, I have heard of your great reputation in Daxing and Luoyang for a long time. I have seen you today. It turns out that I am extraordinary in appearance and have no moral character. I have been growing up for decades. I have never seen many young heroes like Miao Zhuang.

"Is this good?" Miao Haichao wondered, and even more wondered why Chen Yingliang introduced Yun Da Shaoqing to him.

"Brother Miao, I introduced Yun Shaoqing to you because I want to tell you another identity of this Yun Shaoqing." As if I saw the doubts in Miao Haichao's heart, Chen Yingliang said loudly again: "Brother Miao, you may not know that Yun Shaoqing is also the father-in-law of the deposed crown prince Yang Yong."

"What?" Miao Haichao was shocked. He had heard of the bad relationship between Emperor Yang of Sui and his brother, the deposed crown prince Yang Yong.

"Brother Miao, you must be very strange?" Chen Yingliang said loudly: "Yang Yong, the deposed prince, has been sentenced to death by the imperial edict of the late emperor. Why did his father-in-law, become an official again and become an important official? The answer is very simple. I am a magnanimous person in the Sui Dynasty. I am a virtuous person in the Sui Dynasty. I never care about the mistakes and shortcomings of my ministers before. I only have talent and many mistakes before. As long as I have talent and virtue, I can sincerely repent, and today I will use it. I will give him a chance to atone for his sins, and then reward him with high-ranking officials and give him a grand title to senior Yun Dingxingyun. This is a living example."

Miao Haichao was stunned and fully understood Chen Yingliang's implicit sound, and was slightly moved at one point. However, the felt hat knight's face changed drastically. The eyes of Miao Haichao no longer had a slight doubt, but were full of suspicion.

"Miao Zhuangshi, the sea of ​​suffering is boundless, and it's the shore to turn back." Yun Da Shaoqing is very sorry for his character, but his head is not stupid at all. Without Chen Yingliang's guidance, he said loudly with a smile: "You are a talented and virtuous person. You know what I have to do. Think about it, think about it carefully."

If Miao Haichao immediately cursed, or immediately pulled a bow and shot the bad guys of Chen Yingliang and Yun Da Shaoqing, then the situation might not continue to worsen. However, Miao Haichao hesitated at this critical moment. It doesn't matter if this hesitation, the felt hat knight immediately turned his horse's head and rushed back from the horse route. The other militia troops around Miao Haichao also left halfway.

"This guy? Could it be Du Fuwei?" Chen Yingliang, who had been secretly concerned about the felt hat knight, was extremely suspicious and almost wanted to send someone out of the city to chase him immediately. However, after a little thought, Chen Yingliang gave up this plan and said intimately: "I am not sure to catch up with you. If you can't bear it, you will be in trouble. Let him go. If he is really Du Fuwei, it's good to stay and play with such an interesting enemy."

After making a quick decision, Chen Yingliang shouted to Miao Haichao: "Brother Miao, I know it is important. You may not believe me immediately now. Go back and think about it carefully. If you figure it out, you can come to me at any time. I will be happy at any time."

Seeing that Du Fuwei was about to leave, Miao Haichao was already in a state of confusion when he complained. There was still the intention to continue to talk to Chen Yingliang. He clasped his fists and said goodbye, and quickly led his people back to the team. However, when Miao Haichao just returned to his team, he immediately saw that more than 5,000 Du Fuwei's team, located in the rear, had already begun to retreat in the last battle and quickly retreated to the way he came.

Shocked, Miao Haichao quickly asked Zhang Yaozhu, the deputy who stayed behind the team, and said, "Did King Du order us to withdraw our troops?"

"No." Zhang Yaozhu shook his head and said, "King Du bypassed our team from afar, went back to his team directly, and then immediately withdrew the troops, but he did not ask us to withdraw the troops as well."

"Oh no," Miao Haichao cried out loud, knowing that the crack between him and Du Fuwei would only become deeper and bigger.

At this time, the west gate of Yongcheng, which had been closed tightly, suddenly opened some of them. Several servants drove a flock of sheep and pushed two cars out. Then the city gate was closed and the suspension bridge was lowered. The servants took the flock of sheep and the carriages in wine jars across the bridge and came straight towards Miao Haichao's team. At the same time, before Miao Haichao's order was made, someone in his team had already gone up to meet the flock of sheep and wine carts. Then soon, the soldiers came happily to report to Miao Haichao, "King, it is the wine and sheep that Chen Yingliang gave us. He said he was thanking you, please accept it."

"Kill all the sheep and smash the wine jar"

Miao Haichao, who was upset, roared in anger. Unfortunately, the Miao soldiers who failed to accept the gift smoothly yesterday were no longer there. They asked Miao Haichao why they did this. The deputy Zhang Yaozhu also advised: "Brother Miao, I know you are worried that Du Fuwei is suspicious, but Du Fuwei took the army away without even calling him, which means he had long suspected that we should not doubt it anymore. No matter how much we kill sheep and smash wine, it is useless. Instead of disappointing the brothers, it is better to bring the wine back openly. Du Fuwei wants to doubt it, he will doubt it. At worst, it is just a division. What's so great?"

"Yes." The soldier who had accompanied Miao Haichao to the city to answer, also said: "Master, although the young man has never read a book, he can also hear that the two officials just now like you very much. You may beg them in the future. Now that they have killed the sheep they sent and smashed their wine, wouldn't they slap them in the face?"

Miao Haichao was silent, looking at the wine and meat that Chen Yingliang sent to Chengyi, and then looking at the head of Yongcheng City in the distance. Thinking about Du Fuwei's conflicts with him over the past few days, suspicion and suspicion that he retreated in the face of the war, Miao Haichao finally made up his mind and shouted: "Take the sheep wine back and let the brothers enjoy it well and enjoy it for whatever he wants. What is Du Fuwei thinking? At worst, it's just a matter of separation."

The soldiers of Miao team were cheering like thunder, and happily withdrew from the army with Yangjiu. Miao Haichao walked in the middle of the team, thinking in his heart, sometimes frowning, sometimes gritting his teeth, and couldn't help but think of what Yun Da Shaoqing had just said...

"The sea of ​​suffering is boundless, turning back is the shore"

Standing on the city wall, Du Fuwei's team threw Miao Haichao away first, Chen Yingliang could see clearly. After seeing Miao Haichao's team accepting his gift, Chen Yingliang immediately smiled and laughed very happily, knowing that the Li Erjian Turkic plan he copied had basically succeeded. In joy, Chen Yingliang immediately ordered Dong You next to him: "Mr. Dong County, immediately prepare for the night battle for me, prepare enough torches and Yu Liang, and then take out the bandit clothes we seized in Mangdang Mountain and Jishan last time and send them to the new military camp for later use."

Dong You agreed respectfully and went down to make preparations immediately. Yun Da Shaoqing asked Chen Yingliang in confusion: "Nephew Yingliang, are you going to do something tonight? Are you a little anxious? Uncle thought that we should first explore the specific situation after the Qing thieves returned to the camp, and then act according to the opportunity, right?"

"No need, we have won this battle, and the rest is just a matter of how many results are." Chen Yingliang answered confidently, and said with a smile: "Uncle, wait and see the show. Before tomorrow morning, I will keep Du Fuwei's 30,000 chaotic thieves collapsed and disappeared."

"Really?" Yun Da Shaoqing was still a little skeptical. Seeing that Chen Yingliang looked confident, Yun Da Shaoqing, who was quite confident in Chen Yingliang's war and military use, nodded and said, "Okay, uncle is waiting to see you show your power. But nephew, when the war is over, you must tell me how you arranged this battle. I want to learn all my uncle."

Chen Yingliang, who was full of confidence, really didn't have to act according to the opportunity. When Miao Haichao's team retreated to the camp, the first thing they saw was Du Fuwei's team, which was already fully alert, and other rioters who were also already in a panic, all of them were looking at their Xia Pi team with vigilant eyes. At the same time, Miao Haichao's team staying in the camp had also entered a state of alert. There was not even one soldier wandering between the battalions. They no longer looked like friendly troops, but were tense, just like guarding against hatreds, and the atmosphere was unprecedentedly tense.

Seeing this scene, Miao Haichao was of course worried, so he quickly sent a few subordinates to send ten sheep and ten jars of wine to Du Fuwei's camp, and reported the incident to Du Fuwei. As a result, although Du Fuwei received half of the wine sheep that Miao Haichao took the initiative to distribute and also sent back gifts from two fat pigs to Miao Haichao, he did not let the army be unconscious, but only said that Miao Haichao would rest well and dispatch all the troops to Yongcheng to receive money and grain tomorrow morning.
Chapter completed!