: Playing the trick

It's night.

Datong, the general's headquarters.

Lu Liu hurriedly walked in and said to Wang Pu: "General, look at the whistlemen on the building to report that the horses that Jiannu went out to grazed in the morning have not yet come back."

"Huh?" Wang Pu asked, "It's so dark, haven't come back yet? The horses from the Four Gate Camp have not come back?"

"That's right." Lu Liudao, "This morning, the four camps of Jiannu went out to herd horses. The horses in the east and north of the city did not come back, but the horses in the west and south of the city returned to the camp."

"In the east of the city, the horses from the camp in the north of the city have not come back?" Wang Pu pondered, "That's what happened to Jiannu's horses."

"General, letter!"

When Wang Pu was thinking about this, Monk Zhang suddenly broke in, holding an arrow in his hand, and a letter was inserted into the arrow.

"Xin?" Wang Pu asked, "Monk, who shot this Xu in?"

Monk Zhang said: "It's too dark, I didn't see clearly."

Wang Pu reached out and said, "Take it and see it."

Monk Zhang hurriedly took the letter and handed it to Wang Pu. Wang Pu spread the letter paper and looked at the signature first. It was "Li Yan", and then read the content:

General Wang Junjian:

Two times before, Yan and all the soldiers of the rebel army expressed their gratitude. They always wanted to repay him but suffered from nothing. There was nothing in Datong City, so they had to give up. Now, Yan has obtained a few more and has won a group of Jiannu war horses. He is willing to give him two thousand good horses to show his heart.

However, there are few saddles on the mountain, so I hope my brother will purchase 8,000 sets of saddles on his behalf. I am very grateful... Li Yan came to visit.

Seeing that Wang Pu looked strange after reading the letter and didn't say anything for a long time, Monk Zhang couldn't help but ask carefully: "General, whose letter is this?"

Wang Pu smiled bitterly and said, "Li Yan's."

"Li Yan's?" Zhang said in surprise. "What... what's the matter?"

Wang Pu said: "He said he would give us two thousand good horses, and asked us to order eight thousand saddle sets for him."

"I want to send us two thousand good horses? This is a good thing." Monk Zhang scratched his bald head and asked in confusion, "But why is the general still a little unhappy?"

"Can I be happy?" Wang Pu threw the letter in his hand on the table and smiled bitterly, "The horses that the general plotted against Jiannu have not been there for a day or two. They are a group of good-looking war horses, which are much better than the short horses we snatched from the Tumotes last time that they could only be used as pack horses!"

Indeed, in order to plot against Jiannu's war horse, Wang Pu did carefully prepare a trap and was about to be implemented. Unexpectedly, Li Yan snatched it first and took away nearly half of the war horses in one go. Can Wang Pu feel happy? Can this tone be smooth?

"It's good now. Before I can do anything, Li Yan got 10,000 pieces in one go. He also said that he would give me 2,000 pieces to sell, and I would give me a favor. Hey, this transaction is a big loss."

"Hey, I said why did the thief suddenly have so many good horses?" said Monk Zhang. "It turns out he got it from Jiannu?"

Lu Liu suddenly said, "No wonder the war horses in the two large camps of Jiannu did not return to the camp. It turns out that the thieves were robbed? What method did Li Yan use to snatch the horses from Jiannu?"

Wang Pu shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Monk Zhang said, "General, do we want these two thousand good horses?"

"Of course, you have to." Wang Pu said, "Why don't you?"

Lu Liudao: "Does the eight thousand sets of saddles help the thieves order?"

"You have to help." Wang Pu said helplessly, "Li Yan's abacus is pretty. If we don't order these eight thousand sets of saddles for him, he wouldn't give us two thousand good horses. Besides, the thief bought saddles to deal with Jiannu. Now Jiannu is our common enemy, and helping the thief is to help ourselves."

"Yes." Lu Liu and Monk Zhang replied in unison. "I need help."

Wang Pu said again: "Liu'er, go and find Lord Wei immediately and ask him to summon all the craftsmen and cobblers in Datong City to make saddles. If there is a ready-made one, buy them at a high price. Don't be afraid that the price is too expensive. Anyway, the wool will be borne by the sheep. The money will be paid by the thief in the end."

"Yes." Lu Liu responded respectfully. "The villain is going to find Lord Wei."

Lu Liu turned around and went.

When Monk Zhang wanted to leave with him, Wang Pu suddenly shouted: "Monk. Wait a moment."

Monk Zhang turned back to Wang Pu and asked, "General, what else do you have to give?"

Wang Pu touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "I heard that Li Yan had a general named Jing Maocheng. This man used to be a mountain king in Shaanxi. He heard that he was a man! When the saddle is ready, you take someone to take Ma'an to Leigong Mountain to exchange for the thief's war horses, and then take the opportunity to approach Jing Maocheng. This guy has been a bandit, and you have also been a sound horse thief. It can be said that it is half a pound to eight taels. If you put together a piece, you must have a lot of words."

Monk Zhang scratched his bald head and asked, "General, do you ask Bei Yi to instigate that Jing Maocheng?"

"No, it's not that you are asking you to instigate Jing Maocheng, but that you are just asking you to make friends with him." Wang Pu suddenly showed a faint smile on his lips, and then said, "If he talks about being a bandit, you will talk to him about being a bandit. If he wants to say something else, you won't say that, just say it's good. If he lobbies you as a thief, don't agree or refuse, do you understand?"

"I understand." Zhang said without thinking, "Anyway, even if you talk about the horse, you can't talk about other things. If you ask me tightly, you will say that you won't talk about these unpleasant things today, and then you will talk about things when you are a horse. Apart from the horse, you will not mention a word of the humble one."

"That's right." Wang Pu laughed, "This is only what you monk can do, just like it!"

"Then..." Zhang monk scratched his head and said, "If you have nothing else, Bei Zhi will leave now."

"Let's go." Wang Pu waved his hand and suddenly said, "Oh, by the way, I almost forgot about this. Yuanyuan said that you would ask your wife Xiaofeng to take two children with you and live in the Wang family compound for a while."

"Hey." Monk Zhang replied. "Bei Zhi turned around and told Feng'er to go."

Leigong Mountain, Li Yan's head.

Li Hu asked with a dark face: "Brother, do you really want to give Wang Pu two thousand good horses for free?"

"Yes." Li Yan said, "The ancients said that the grace of water should be repaid with a spring of water, but Wang Pu saved the fate of our rebel army twice. Isn't it necessary to send him two thousand war horses?"

Li Hu said: "That's right, Wang Pu saved our rebel army on the battlefield and gave us some food and bacon. But we will save him on the battlefield in the future, and then return the food and bacon to him. Why do we have to give him a war horse? Brother, this is a good war horse, not a mule and horse!"

"Brother knows." Li Yan said calmly, "But these two thousand war horses must be given away."

Li Hu squatted on the ground with his hands in his arms, muttering, "I can't figure it out."

"Huzi." The Hongniang, who was standing behind Li Yan, couldn't help but say, "If Wang Pu didn't send two thousand war horses, he wouldn't have ordered saddles for us. If there were no saddles, what's the use of these ten thousand war horses? You can't let the soldiers ride naked horses to fight with Jiannu, right?"

"Why do we fight with Jiannu?" Li Hu shouted, "We are now bringing the food from the mountain, bacon and 10,000 war horses back to Shaanxi. With this batch of food, we will not starve to death. With this batch of war horses, we can train an elite cavalry. In less than two years, we can conquer the entire Shaanxi. Finally, we will conquer the city of Xi'an. Brother, you can sit on the ground and be on the same level as the King of Chuang, and compete with each other!"

"Shut up!" Li Yan said furiously, "If you dare to talk nonsense again, don't blame me for not thinking about brotherly love."

"Brother." Li Hu looked at Li Yan in surprise and said with a sniff, "I'm all thinking about you."

"You are harming me!" Li Yan slammed the table and said angrily. "I tell you, no matter how strong the Shaanxi rebel army is, or how powerful it is? We will always have only one king, that is, the King of Chuang! I, Li Yan, am worthy of the heavens and do not respect the land, and will never do anything to be sorry for the King of Chuang!"

Hong Niangzi advised softly: "My husband, it's actually not unreasonable for Hu Zi to say the ground."

"Even you are confused?" Li Yan frowned, "If the King of Chuang, you and my husband would have been killed by the government long ago. What's more, the King of Chuang has the kindness of knowing me. I, Li Yan, are just a scholar who has no power to tie a chicken. However, I was entrusted by the King of Chuang to take the important task and led the Shaanxi army alone. The King of Chuang trusts me so much, how can I repay my kindness with grudges?"

"No." Hong Niangzi said anxiously, "I don't mean that. I mean, we can not get entangled with Jiannu, and just bring food and war horses back to Mizhi. As for Jiannu outside Datong City, let Wang Pu and the Dog Officer to deal with it. They will kill both sides and get hurt."

"Confused." Li Yan shook his head and said, "I'll ask you, what is Jiannu's most lacking now?"

The Hongniang said: "Food."

Li Huze said: "Forage!"

"That's it." Li Yan said, "Leigong Mountain is only a few dozen miles away from Datong. If we want to carry a large number of grain canteens and leave Datong and return to Mizhi, do you think it is possible? Wouldn't Jiannu send troops to intercept it? What's more, now we have robbed 10,000 of their war horses, and they will not let us go."

Li Hu said: "But Jiannu is restrained by the government troops in Datong City. They dare not act rashly. Last time we transported nitro soil to the city, didn't Jiannu dare to send troops to intercept it?"

Li Yan shook his head, and looked disappointed on his face, and said angrily: "Huzi, when will you grow a little? You won't think about it with your brain. If we turn to Mizhi this time with food and war horses, will it be the same as last time?"

Li Hu said: "What's the difference?"

"Oh." Li Yan sighed and explained patiently, "The reason why we were able to successfully send the nitro earth into Datong City last time was the restraint of the government troops in the city, but the main reason was that we did not carry food and supplies. The purpose of Jiannu land was to trap Datong to death, so they did not want to be troublesome."

"But what about this time? This time we not only brought a large amount of land and food in urgent need of land by Jiannu, but also snatched ten thousand war horses from them. Can they ignore it?"

"Also, don't expect the government troops in the city to help us restrain Jiannu. The government troops are not fools, and Wang Pu is not a good man. If we are willing to stay in Datong and fight against Jiannu together, he will be polite. He will give whatever we want, but if we don't want to stay in Datong and want to bring the grain he gave us back to Mizhi, he will immediately turn against us. At that time, he will only watch us fight against Jiannu and suffer both losses, and will never help like last time."

Li Hu had nothing to say.

Li Yan said this to this point. If he still couldn't figure it out, it would be a pig's brain.

Li Yan took a long breath and continued, "The most important thing at the moment is to cooperate with Wang Pu and kill Jiannu from outside Datong City first!"

Li Hu said in confusion: "Brother, even if it is not the time to withdraw from Mizhi, we can still watch it. Wouldn't it be better to let the official army and Jiannu fight to lose both sides?"

"No." Li Yan shook his head and said, "This war cannot be delayed anymore. If it is delayed, the people of Datong will be over! Hu Zi, remember that we rebelled to make the people of the world have food to eat. We all live a good life, not to let the people of the world suffer."

"Brother." Li Hu breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "I understand."

"Just understand." Li Yan nodded and said. "From now on, you should be broader and have a longer-term vision. That's right. Wang Pu is an official army, and we are the rebel army. Sooner or later, there will be a fierce battle between us and Wang Pu, and it will be a fierce battle that will last forever, but it is not now. We still have to cooperate with Wang Pu."

Li Hu responded respectfully: "Yes."

"Okay." Li Yan waved his hand and said, "Then you go down first."

Datong. General Headquarters.

Zhao Liujin stepped on the shaft with one foot, held his fist and bowed to Wang Pu, "I'm not here to see the general."

"Well." Wang Pu looked at Zhao Liujin calmly and suddenly said, "Zhao Liujin, if this general remembers correctly, it seems that you have been a guerrilla general for three years, right?"

Zhao Liujin responded respectfully: "Report to the general, it has been three years and six months."

"Oh." Wang Pu nodded and said. "It's time to move."

Zhao Liujin's heart thumped. He suddenly raised his ears and asked in a deep voice: "What is the general's meaning..."

Wang Pu said: "Look, since Zhao Santai committed suicide by greed for food and food, fearing guilt, there has been no deputy general in Datong Town. Although this general now has the rank of general in Datong Town, he will have to return to the capital one day."

"That's it." Zhao Liujin quickly smiled and said, "General, you are the prince consort, and you still have to go back to the capital to marry His Royal Highness the Princess."

"Who said no?" Wang Pu said, "But you also know that Datong Town is an important border town. The safety of Datong is directly related to the safety of the capital. If there is no reliable person in charge, the general will not sleep well even after returning to the capital. If something goes wrong, Long live the emperor, then he will not have to settle the score with me?"

Zhao Liujin is versatile and vaguely heard Wang Pu’s implication. It seems that he said that Wang Pu has the power to decide who will be the deputy general of Datong? Moreover, this deputy general is quite likely to replace Wang Pu as the general of Datong Town!
To be continued...