Chapter 180: Waiting for the Rabbit (Part 1)
Shu'er stared at Lin Ying's forged calligraphy in stunned silence. It was hard to tell the authenticity. Shu'er smiled and said: "If I had known you had such a ghostly handwriting, we should have stolen some of King Song's calligraphy while we were in the White Jade Palace and let you copy it."
The King of Song’s handwriting conveys Song’s secret military orders on his behalf! We can move the Song army wherever we want, and we can all move them out of Dongyang, so there is no need to fight at all.”
Lin Ying agreed in a serious manner: "What General Yan said is absolutely true. Lin is happy to do it for you."
Seeing that the snow had stopped, Sun Kuo said, "General Yan, it's time for us to return to the military camp. This matter should be done sooner rather than later, otherwise the guards may be in danger."
Shu'er put Lin Ying's note into the brocade bag and said to Lin Ying: "It's late at night, we really should go back. Xiao Ying, thank you very much for your words!"
Lin Ying couldn't help but feel warm in her heart when she heard that Shu'er finally stopped calling him "General Jingning", but called him "Xiaoying" as before. He said: "Sister Shu'er, you must be extremely careful when going to the Song Dynasty.
. If you encounter any trouble, you can always send someone to give me a message, and I will fight to the death. The plan to restore the country will be successful if it succeeds, and it will fail if it fails. As long as a person lives his life, he can be worthy of heaven, earth, and merit.
Success or failure is just a side dish! As long as you want to come, the door of Prince Sheng's Mansion will be open for you at any time, and you can always call me 'Xiaoying'."
Shu'er also felt warm in her heart. She said goodbye to Lin Ying, mentioned the bamboo basket of food that Lin Ying brought her, and said, "Give me my best regards to Aunt Su, thank her, and thank you."
Lin Ying waved her hand impatiently and said: "Why do you need to say thank you to me? Let's go quickly, go and relieve the guards early, restore your country early, and then come to Yuling to see me early!"
So Shu'er and Sun Kuo left the awning boat first. In order to avoid anyone bumping into General Jing Ning of King Sheng's army, who had a private meeting with the generals of the Restoration Army of Qi, Lin Ying sat quietly in the boat and waited for them to go far away before leaving.
The empty boat was still swaying in the Chu River. Lin Ying closed her eyes to rest, but all she saw in front of her was Shu'er.
He suddenly remembered a song that Aunt Song taught Shu'er to sing:
The Chu River is filled with mist and the dusk is cold, with a solitary lamp shining on the passenger ship.
When I wanted to speak but stopped playing the piano, I rolled up the curtain and looked towards the south of Jade City...
Shu'er, I hope you can escape in good health when you return to Jade City again. And it's best not to meet that bastard Liu.
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Returning to the Qi army camp outside Linjiang City, Shu'er and Sun Kuo gathered the right forward general Xu Chen, the other three lieutenants in the army, and a group of thousands and centurions in the military tent.
Shu'er said to everyone: "Generals, the army of King Sheng of Chujing will have a hasty battle with us outside Linjiang City tomorrow morning. It's just a show. You just let your soldiers wave the flag and shout until ten o'clock at lunch, Zhuge's
Dozens of merchant ships will arrive at Yangliu Wharf one after another. At that time, everyone will board the ship in an orderly manner. The soldiers who have not boarded the ship will continue to wave flags and shout. When we all go to the Jade Capital of Song Dynasty by water, King Sheng's army will be outside the city.
Throw some weapons on the fake battlefield and sprinkle some horse blood to create a tragic post-war scene."
Xu Chen was confused and said: "There is no doubt that King Sheng allowed us to enter the Song Dynasty, but why did we change our way to the Jade City by water? Didn't the leader say that we should go straight to Dongyang? What's more, the Wei army has already gone all the way to Dongyang.
Approaching..."
Sun Kuo interrupted categorically: "General Xu, the order to 'take Dongyang directly' was just to deceive the Song army. And after our four-nation allied forces captured Dongyang, wouldn't they have to go to Yudu sooner or later? In fact,
Dongyang is easy to capture, but Jade City is difficult to encircle. Instead of avoiding the important and taking the easy, it is better to take advantage of the strong morale and go straight to the Jade Capital to shake the power of the Song Dynasty first, and then delay the pursuit of Dongyang."
Xu Chen hesitated and said: "There is indeed some truth to this statement. But the military order is like a mountain. Before leaving, the military order issued by the alliance leader was to 'take Dongyang directly', not to 'attack Yudu'."
Sun Kuo looked at Shu'er and said, "General Yan, we will leave Chu Kingdom tomorrow. It's time to come up with the tips and tricks given by the alliance leader."
Shu'er took out the brocade bag from his waist and handed it to Xu Chen. Xu Chen carefully took out a small piece of Shu redwood paper from the brocade bag and saw that it read:
The guards marched all the way to Dongyang and diverted the tiger away from the mountain.
The Qi, Shu, and Chen armies surrounded the Jade Capital and jointly disturbed the power of the Song Dynasty.
Xu Chen clapped his hands together and suddenly realized: "That's it!" Then he gave the note to Shu'er.
At this time, a captain asked: "Instead of taking Dongyang, we attack Yudu. Is this a military order from the leader of the alliance? Or is there someone in our army who has colluded with the army of King Sheng in Chu and wants to help Chu get rid of the neighboring Song Dynasty?"
Strong? If our Restoration Allies disrupt the power of the Song Dynasty at this time, it will only further anger the Song State. Moreover, we don’t know whether the Chen Shu Allies will go to Dongyang or Yudu after entering the Song Dynasty from Xiling. If they go straight to
If Dongyang goes to reinforce the Wei army, then if our Qi army goes to attack Yudu, won't we be outnumbered and seeking death?"
Shu'er and Sun Kuo looked at each other, knowing that the captain was suspected of being a spy of the Song Army.
Shu'er handed the note in his hand to the captain and said: "I wonder if the captain can recognize the handwriting of the alliance leader? This note is definitely from the hand of the alliance leader. Before he left, in front of everyone, he wrote
The kit was handed to me and asked to be opened after we left Shu. I had already opened it and looked at it, but I didn’t want to reveal the military plan, so I had to wait until the day before we entered the Song Dynasty before making this tip to the public, lest the Song army would do it early.
alert."
The captain carefully looked at the note in the brocade bag, handed it back to Shu'er and said: "General Yan, this is indeed the handwriting of the alliance leader. Please forgive me for being reckless. You should not do anything without authorization..."
Shu'er waved her hand, indicating that she didn't mind him doubting the authenticity of the military order, but she interrupted: "Captain, the military order is true, and you have witnessed it with your own eyes. As for the word 'colluding with King Sheng' you said,
It's even more true. You all have known about my relationship with Prince Sheng's Mansion for a long time. Now that Prince Sheng has allowed us to enter the Song Dynasty, it will be beneficial and harmless to both the Chu State and the allies of the restoration of the country. If we say 'Collude with Prince Sheng
', I am not the only one who colluded. If our 40,000 Qi troops can successfully reach the Song Dynasty tomorrow, those 40,000 Qi troops will have colluded with King Sheng of Chu."
Shu'er saw that all the generals in the tent no longer had any doubts, so he ordered: "Please generals inform your soldiers that no one of King Sheng's army will be injured tomorrow. After we enter the Song Dynasty, we will go straight to the Jade Capital."
The generals took the order and left. Shu'er and Sun Kuo explained to Xu Chen the reason for this "ingenious plan".
Xu Chen frowned slightly and said worriedly: "If the Song spies in our army can really quickly spread the false news of the siege of Jade City to the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty can also withdraw the 60,000 Teng Yong troops from Jingan County.
In order for the Wei army to attack Dongyang smoothly... However, the Wei army did not know that our plan to go to Yudu was actually just a cover-up. Although we passed by Yudu, we would not attack, but would go north to Dongyang to fight with the Wei army.
The army will rendezvous. But will the Wei army think that we are really going to attack Yudu instead? Will they abandon Dongyang to help us?"
Sun Kuo shook his head and said: "No. There are many military orders. The order we received has always been to 'take Dongyang directly'. It doesn't matter which route we take. Even when we pass by Yudu, there is not a single guard in Yudu. We
Chapter completed!