At night, the Tang army camped in Commander Chai Shao's tent.
Chai Shao, wearing a golden helmet and golden armor, sat at the top. More than a dozen Tang Army generals lined up on both sides, all looking at the strong man in black night clothes kneeling in the middle, listening to him ramble on about the purpose of the trip.
"This villain is a personal soldier of General Guan Sheng, the deputy general of Long Zhi. Today Long Zhi tried to show off his heroism and forced himself to go to war. General Guan tried his best to dissuade him, but he gave him forty army sticks. After the defeat, he returned to the city and became even more angry and angry. General Guan drew his sword and faced him. Long Zhi was General Guan's immediate superior, and General Guan was afraid of his revenge in the future, so he decided to submit to the Tang Emperor and assist the general in taking Jinchuan."
Chai Shao curled up his lips and said calmly: "Since General Guan Sheng can understand current affairs so well, I am naturally overjoyed, but I want to know how he will assist me in taking Jinchuan."
The soldier immediately raised his hands and replied: "General Guan told the villain before he came that as long as the general raises his troops to attack Jinchuan County tomorrow, he will see the opportunity to open the city gate and welcome the general into the city."
After listening to the narration of Guan Sheng's soldiers, Chai Shao waved his hand and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, warrior. I have ordered the kitchen to prepare some meals for the warrior. Hero, go down and eat some to fill your stomach first!"
"Thank you, General!"
The soldier bowed to Chai Shao and slowly exited the commander's tent.
When the soldier walked away, Chai Shao immediately put away his smile, lowered his head and said nothing.
Qiu Xinggong on the side was puzzled when he saw this, and asked: "General Chai, someone is willing to surrender the city. This is a good thing. Why are you so depressed?"
Chai Shao shook his head when he heard this and said, "I'm not sure whether it's a good thing or not? This could also be a trick by the Sui army to surrender!"
Master Sheng Yan agreed: "What the general said is absolutely true. We, the Tang Dynasty, have marched eastward in five directions, but so far we have achieved very few victories. Instead, we have been defeated by the Sui army one after another. The Tang Dynasty can no longer afford more defeats." Yes, we should act more cautiously."
Qiu Xinggong immediately retorted: "It is precisely because of the numerous failures in this Eastern Expedition that we should seize this opportunity to capture Jinchuan, intimidate Jingxiang, and show the prestige of our Tang Army."
The simple-minded Guide Liyi yelled carelessly: "No matter if he is pretending to surrender, as soon as the city gate is opened, with these purple gold hammers in my hand, I will definitely kill the Sui army crying for father and mother."
Chai Shao still frowned and lowered his head in silence. After a long time, he raised his head and said slowly: "We captured many Sui troops in today's battle. General Sheng, go and pick a few prisoners for me. I will interrogate and interrogate them personally. Let’s see if they know about the feud between Guan Sheng and Long Zhi.”
Master Sheng Yan nodded and said: "The general is wise, I will take care of it now."
Not long after, the five Sui army prisoners of war were escorted to Chai Shao's handsome tent. The most impatient one, Nian Deli, immediately yelled: "Listen, you guys, I have called you here because I have something to ask you. Please give it to me." I will tell you the truth honestly. If you dare to be cunning and deceive, you will die without a burial place!"
Guan Deli was already ugly, and when he grinned and threatened, several Sui soldiers were so frightened that they kowtowed and said: "General, spare your life, general, spare your life. I will tell you the truth honestly."
"General Nian Deli, please step back first!"
Chai Shao frowned slightly, drank back his sticky drink, and said to the five Sui soldiers with a pleasant face: "I know that you are all ordinary soldiers, and you fight as soldiers to support your family. As long as you answer honestly My question is, not only will I let you go, but I will also reward each of you with ten taels of gold to help you settle down."
The five soldiers looked at each other, and they were all overjoyed. They raised their hands tremblingly and asked, "I don't know what the general wants to ask. As long as the villain knows something, I will definitely tell the general."
Chai Shao smiled slightly and asked lightly: "I want to know, before you went out to the city to fight today, did your chief general Long Zhi and deputy general Guan Sheng have a disagreement. In anger, Long Zhi even hit Guan Sheng with twenty military sticks? "
After hearing this, several soldiers lowered their heads and recalled for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, yes! This is indeed the case. At that time..."
The five soldiers told Chai Shao everything they heard and saw. After Chai Shao heard this, his frown suddenly relaxed. He turned to the commander of the soldiers behind him, Chai Zhong, and said, "Chai Zhong, go get fifty taels of gold and give it to them, and then send them out of the camp!"
"yes!"
Chai Zhong responded and led five Sui army prisoners of war out.
As soon as they walked out of the commander's tent, Qiu Xinggong said excitedly: "General, it seems that Guan Sheng's surrender should be true. At the end of tomorrow, the general will be willing to be the vanguard and lead the army into Jinchuan County to capture Long Zhi alive."
Master Sheng Yan, who originally advised Chai Shao to use his troops carefully, also said: "General, these prisoners of war were randomly selected from the prisoner of war camp by the general. They cannot be spies specially arranged by Long Zhi. Their words should be believed." . It seems that Guan Sheng could not bear the pressure from Long Zhi and surrendered to our army. It should have come from his true heart and was definitely not a trick to surrender."
Chai Shao nodded and said: "I think so too. God has blessed us in the Tang Dynasty. Once Jinchuan is captured by our army, our army can march straight into Jingxiang, or compete for Nanyang and threaten Yang Yanzhao. In order to keep Jingchuan, Yang Gao'er Xiang Genji will definitely mobilize reinforcements from the Central Plains, and our army's unfavorable situation in the Central Plains will definitely improve."
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At dawn the next day, in order to respond to Guan Sheng, Chai Shao's 40,000 elite men came out. Under the leadership of the fierce generals Nian Deli and Qiu Xinggong, they braved the rain of arrows and stones like a tide and launched a fierce attack on Jinchuan County.
When the three insiders Long Zhi, Guan Sheng, and Li Mi on the top of the city saw the elite troops of the Tang army coming out, they knew that Chai Shao had fallen into the trap, and they all looked at each other with a hint of joy in their eyes.
Li Bi bowed his hands to Long Zhi and Guan Sheng, and said in a low voice: "I will go to the city to arrange some arrangements first, so as to leave some backup plans for our army to retake the city in the future. General Guan can go there in an hour. The city is presented to you. Two generals, the Tang army is no better than other bandits, and they have as many fierce generals as clouds and advisors as rain as rain, so take care of yourself!"
Long Zhi and Guan Sheng both nodded and whispered: "Take care, military advisor."
Li Mi smiled slightly and walked down the city wall calmly.
Long Zhi and Guan Sheng quickly turned their attention to the Tang army outside the city, wielding their swords and calmly commanding the defenders at the top of the city to counterattack, resisting the Tang army's ferocious offensive.
About an hour later, Guan Sheng secretly winked at Long Zhi. Long Zhi understood and nodded slightly.
Guan Sheng immediately picked up his sword and slowly walked down the city wall. When no one was prepared, he opened the city gate, cut off the suspension bridge, and loudly called to the Tang army outside the city to enter the city: "Brothers of the Tang army, the city gate has been opened. Follow me quickly. Go into the city and kill this reckless man Long Zhi!"
