"What? Chen Yingliang's little thief fell ill? Li Mi also broke the Hulao Pass and surrounded Luokou Cang? Is it true or false?"

Li Yuan couldn't believe his ears. The Li Jiancheng brothers and the rebels and Wenwu next to him were also shocked, and they couldn't believe that such a good thing could happen. Guo Nu, a rebel messenger who had just returned from the Sui army, was full of excitement and nodded quickly and said, "As a villain saw with his own eyes, Chen Yingliang's dog thief fainted on the spot when he received the news that the Hulao Pass was broken by Li Mi, and then fell ill. His personal soldiers said that Chen Gou's thief had not had a good rest since he entered the pass, and he fell ill after he accumulated illness."

The rebels' civil and military officials continued to be silent, only Li Er shook his head and said to Li Yuan: "Father, you can be sure that Yun Dingxing didn't tell the truth. Chen Yingliang knew that Anu was actually sent by us, so he acted in this drama to deceive us. According to the child's opinion, there is no need to leave Yun Dingxing's disaster, so he should be killed earlier."

Dou Cong and Liu Wenjing and other rebels nodded, and they all felt that they should immediately get rid of Yun Dingxing Yong's troubles. Li Yuan had little expression. After careful consideration, Li Yuan asked Guo Nu again: "Anu, what happened later? After Chen Yingliang fell ill, did he see you again? Do you have any other explanations?"

"Chen Gou Thief did not see the villain again, but he asked the villain to bring back a reply." Guo Nu nodded and answered truthfully: "Later, Chen Gou Thief's aide Fang Xuanling came forward and asked the villain if he could return to the city to deliver a letter to Yun Dingxing. The villain followed your instructions from the general and said that Yun Dingxing arranged someone to answer me on the city wall. Fang Xuanling handed a letter to the villain and sent someone to send the villain outside the Guanghua Gate overnight. The villain had the chance to come back smoothly and report to you to the general."

As he said that, Guo Nu quickly took out Chen Sangliang's letter and held it in his hands. The guard forwarded it to Li Yuan. Li Yuan took it and opened it and took a closer look. He quickly started to curse, "The little thief who was killed in heaven is indeed treacherous and slippery."

Everyone asked the contents, and Li Yuan then showed the letter and snorted coldly: "The little thief has never believed in Yun Dingxing at all. He used the excuse that opening the city late at night is too dangerous, and the location of Guanghua Gate is not good. Even if it is successful, it is difficult to join the subsequent army to ensure the city is taken down. He asked Yun Dingxing to be at ease and continue to lurk in our army, waiting for a better opportunity to appear before talking about it."

Li Er, Pei Ji and others quickly took the letter and read it. In addition to the content of Li Yuan's verbal introduction, Chen Sangliang also understood and told Yun Dingxing that in Daxing City, Yun Dingxing, the rebel general, was not the only one in Daxing City, had secret contact with the Sui Army in the Eastern Capital. There were also several rebel generals who were quite trusted by Li Yuan. Anyway, it was planned that the Sui Army in the Eastern Capital would break Daxing City, but for some reason, Chen Sangliang did not want the rebels to give up the outer city and retreat to the inner city. In addition, Chen Sangliang arranged two tasks for Yun Dingxing, one was to find out the grain inventory situation in the Daxing Imperial City for the Eastern Capital Sui Army, and the other was to ask Yun Dingxing to spy on the contact between the main forces of the rebels and the four forces, Xue Ju, Li Gui, Bai Yupo and Xiao Zong.

The civil and military officials of the rebels immediately agreed with Li Yuan's judgment and felt that Chen Sangliang did not trust Yun Dingxing's sincerity in surrendering, so he politely declined Yun Dingxing's kindness and refused to risk his army to steal the city. With Yun Dingxing's character, this was also a normal reaction of Chen Sangliang. It is not difficult to understand that there were other generals in the rebels who attempted to rebel. If Yun Dingxing surrender was true, he could cheer for Yun Dingxing. If Yun Dingxing surrender was false, he could play a counter-espionage role, causing the rebels to suspect each other, and whether it was true or false. This also shows that Chen Sangliang was treacherous and resourceful and did not trust Yun Dingxing enough.

As for the two tasks assigned to Yun Dingxing, they are actually irrelevant trivial matters. Even without Yun Dingxing, the Sui Army in the Dongdu can collect these two information through other channels that only needs to be understood. Yun Dingxing surrender is true, and it is certainly a good thing to get these two information for Chen Sangliang; Yun Dingxing surrender is false. As long as Chen Sangliang compares the information collected through other channels, he can immediately know whether Yun Dingxing said the truth, and then distinguish whether Yun Dingxing's intention to suspense is true. At this point, it can also be seen that Chen Yingliang's prudence and lack of trust in Yun Dingxing.

After cursing Chen Sangliang's treacherous and suspiciousness, Li Er raised a very critical question and said: "Father, since Chen Yingliang's little thief does not trust Yun Dingxing and cannot distinguish the authenticity of Yun Dingxing's inner thoughts, why did he act in front of Yun Dingxing's messenger? He pretended to be sick and falsely said that Hulao Pass was broken?"

"This is easy to explain." Li Yuan replied casually: "The little thief Chen Yingliang hopes that we believe that he is already ill, but he can't find a suitable opportunity to tell us the news. He suspects that Anu was actually sent by us, so he acted in front of Anu."

"Father, what is the purpose of Chen Yingliang's little thief doing this?" Li Er asked.

"What other purpose can we have besides luring us out of the city to fight to the decisive battle?" Li Yuan sneered disdainfully and said: "He is attacking the masses this time with a small number of people, and he also has to face the difficulties of attacking. Of course, he hopes that we will fight to the decisive battle in the wild and give him a chance to defeat them. Shameless man, treacherous thief, this little trick, dares to be in front of me..., wait...

Speaking of this with a sneer, Li Yuan suddenly remembered a big thing and blurted out: "Wait, there is another possibility that this little thief may stabilize us and let us continue to stick to the city. The battle with him made us feel that as long as we defend the city, he would have no choice but to defend the city passively, so he could take the opportunity to surprise and give us a heavy blow."

Although Li Yuan's analysis was a bit confusing, it was not impossible, because even if it was just a waste of money, the rebels could not lose money in the Dongdu Sui army, which held Yongfeng Cang, might not have much confrontation with the rebels for a month or two, but if the time was longer, the rebels would have to have problems with the food and grass. At the same time, the main force of the rebels had a passive advantage in the number of troops, and the morale of the military would inevitably decline one step closer, and there would only be more internal problems. Chen Sangliang, who likes to take advantage of the opportunity, could seize the flaws and take advantage of the opportunity.

Knowing that this level of power is more powerful, Li Yuan and his son and the rebels were even more suspicious, and they saw Chen Sangliang's real purpose. When they racked their brains to figure out Chen Sangliang's intentions, they naturally didn't bother to pay attention to Yun Dingxing, who was hanging on the line of life, and decided to continue to put him in the palace. This is also normal. It is not surprising that the surrendered generals were killed without any evidence, or the Sui general who surrendered troops. It would be strange that the other surrendered generals of the rebels were not in danger.

In the Sui army camp at the same time, Fang Xuanling and Yuan Tiangang and other Sui army officials did not understand Chen Sangliang's real intention. When asked Chen Sangliang about the reason, Chen Sangliang's answer also made them angry, "There is no intention. Li Yuan's old thief is extremely treacherous. His precious son Li Er is not a good thing. He will be seen through with 99% of the tricks on them, and will only harm our soldiers in turn. So I have no purpose, just a simple maze array, let them guess for themselves. The more suspicious they are, the more dizzy they are. If we want to use timers on them, we will be more successful."

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"It is fake to exchange prisoners, but it is real to have other ideas." Fang Xuanling, who is good at understanding people's hearts, pointed out incisively, "The old thief Li Yuan sent an envoy to pay a visit, and he must have other purposes."

"It makes sense." Chen Sangliang also agreed with the analysis and said in confusion: "What is the purpose of the old thief Li Yuan?"

"Maybe it has something to do with what happened last night." Fang Xuanling pointed out again: "The maze array you set up, even those around you don't know your real purpose, let alone the old thief Li Yuan. You are famous for using tricks and tricks on the battlefield. In order to understand your true intentions, the old thief Li Yuan sent an envoy to survey the situation, which is very likely."

In order to save Yun Dingxing, the aimless maze array was set up by Yun Dingxing, and he actually received such an effect. Of course, Chen Sangliang was overjoyed and quickly asked his accomplice to make some preparations. Only then did Chen Sangliang ordered the envoy Liu Shilong, who summoned Li Yuan.

By the way, let me explain the origin of Liu Shilong. Liu Shilong was the head of Jinyang, Taiyuan before Li Yuan rose up. He had a good relationship with Pei Ji in private. On the surface, he maintained an intimate relationship with two deputy left-behind Wang Wei and Gao Junya in Taiyuan. He often went in and out of Wang Gao's private houses and got quite a lot of important information in Taiyuan for Li Yuan. He was one of the important contributors to the success of Li Yuan's mutiny. He was meticulous and good at judging and reasoning through clues and analyzing and collecting various information. Li Yuan sent him to negotiate with Chen Sangliang, and he also took a fancy to his advantage. Of course, if Li Yuan knew that Chen Sangliang had sneaked into the undercover of the poison nest twice after 1,500 years, he would definitely not have such great confidence in Liu Shilong.

However, Liu Shilong is not a white sect. When he was just led into the central army tent, Liu Shilong saw Chen Sangliang sitting high in the middle at first sight, and immediately smelled a faint smell of medicine in the tent. At the same time, he noticed that Chen Sangliang was calm on the surface, but his face was a little pale, but he couldn't see it clearly from several steps away. Then, Chen Sangliang asked Liu Shilong straight to the point and said, "Old thief Li Yuan wants to exchange prisoners? Is it true or false?"

"It's true." Liu Shilong quickly bowed and said with a smile: "I believe Duke Xuchang also knows that Li Xiuning and Miss Li are not only the beloved daughter of Duke Tang, but also made unparalleled contributions to Duke Tang. Unfortunately, she was captured by Duke Xuchang..."

"Okay, okay, don't have these sweet words." Chen Sangliang waved his hand and said angrily: "Who is the old thief Li Yuan? How can I not know? The world's most ruthless, righteous, unfaithful, unfilial person can care about the life and death of his daughter? Tell me what you really want to come, and I am very busy and don't have time to talk to you."

"Duke Xuchang misunderstood." Liu Shilong quickly bowed and said, "Duke Tang sent villains to exchange for prisoners, and he had no other intentions."

Chen Sangliang looked at Liu Shilong suspiciously until he couldn't see Liu Shilong so he started to feel distressed. Chen Sangliang suddenly asked, "Old thief Li Yuan, are you sending you to test if I'm really sick, right?"

Liu Shilong was shocked at first, and then quickly denied, "Mr. Xuchang, what do you mean? Why can't I understand?"

"Call the ghosts, don't think I don't know. The messenger last night was actually sent by the old thief Li Yuan." Chen Sangliang said very directly: "You are too sluggish about my ability to do things. I have known that Yun Dingxing has been exhausted by the old thief Li Yuan. He has no military power in his hands, so it is impossible to open the city to meet me. So I just teased your fake messenger last night, wanting to see if he has the courage to go out of the city to fight me."

Liu Shilong's face changed slightly, but Chen Sangliang waved his hand again and said, "Since the old thief Li Yuan sent you to test it, it proves that he doesn't have this egg, and I am too lazy to waste time with you. Go back and tell the old thief Li Yuan to continue hiding in Daxing City. If you have the ability, you will hide in Daxing City for the rest of your life and see which of us can survive."

"Mr. Xuchang, what did you say? Why can't the villain understand?" Liu Shilong continued to pretend to be confused.

Chen Sangliang smiled, too lazy to talk to Liu Shilong, and he still calmly went to serve the teacup on the table with a calm expression. However, his hands trembled unnaturally and almost knocked over the teacup. Fortunately, he put the teacup back on the table in time. Then Chen Sangliang calmed down again and said calmly: "Go and tell the old thief Li Yuan that Li Xiuning was a criminal offender of the imperial court and should be executed. As the Dongdu ambassador, Guanzhong is seeking arrest, he must put national laws first and cannot exchange prisoners with you. It is best not to mention it in the future. Mr. Sun, who was left by Mr. Wei, and the two young masters of Mr. Qu Tu, I will rescue them from prison sooner or later. If you don't want to be...."

"If you don't want to be killed by our army and kill the whole family, it's better not to threaten the hostages." Fang Xuanling next to him quickly took over the conversation and shouted: "Okay, you can come now and see off the guests."

Liu Shilong originally wanted to say something else, but Chen Sangliang's personal soldiers in the tent did not say anything. He came up and asked Liu Shilong to leave. Chen Sangliang still sat high and did not move at all, and did not say another word. Liu Shilong was suspicious and said in his heart: "What's going on? No, why is Chen Yingliang's reaction a little wrong? Is it really a disease?"

Suspiciously, Liu Shilong continued to observe the details in the tent carefully. Unfortunately, except for the faint smell of medicine, Liu Shilong did not find any clues. Liu Shilong was disappointed and did not expect to be the key figures among the rebel decision-making level on the way to leave the Sui Army Central Camp. Yuan Tiangang, a famous and important lackey under Chen Sangliang, quickly crossed him, deliberately walking and said to the servants beside him: "We must make preparations for siege weapons. It will definitely snow heavily in three days. The climate in Guanzhong is very cold this year. At that time, the Daxing moat freezes into ice and can cross directly. It is a good opportunity for us to attack the city."

"Is this sentence intentionally said to me?" Liu Shilong sneered secretly and immediately guessed that Yuan Tiangang's words were actually said to him.
Chapter completed!