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Chen Qing felt that something was wrong, and asked again: "Isn't Li Nong a ruler? How did he become a leader?"

"Reporting to the general, Wanyan Wushu suspected my general Tong Song, but there was no evidence, so he was demoted to the commander. It was originally the second army, but now it is changed to the No.13 army, becoming the last army, responsible for the outer patrol. .”

Chen Qing wondered, was it because he dyed his helmet blue and pretended to be Li Nong's Second Army that he was suspected of Tong Song?

Chen Qing looked at Dutou in front of him again, and seeing that his helmet was not blue, he asked, "Shouldn't the helmets of Li Nong's army be blue?"

Dutou smiled wryly, "Originally it was blue. After he was demoted, he removed all the blue in a fit of anger. Now there is no blue helmet."

Chen Qing nodded, "Let me ask you again, what are the rules for the patrolling cavalry?"

"Reporting to the general, you must patrol all the time during the day, and patrol three times at night, the first watch, the third watch and the fifth watch. Come and take a look at the fixed patrol spot. The humble officer is in charge of the old camp. There are two patrol teams along the river ahead. As long as the general passes through Dongjiawan before the fifth watch, he will not encounter patrols."

"How far is Dongjiawan?"

After thinking for a while, "There are still about 25 miles."

Chen Qing probably understood the patrol pattern of the enemy army, and immediately said: "The whole army set off, speed up!"

The confession of the head of the capital was indeed useful. Chen Qing seized the gap between the third watch and the fifth watch, and quickly walked through the 25-mile patrol section without encountering the sentinel cavalry again.

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At dawn, Zheng Ping hurried to Li Nong's big tent. He got the news that one of Li Nong's patrols disappeared last night. Zheng Ping immediately realized that the commander must have arrived, and he had to stop Li Nong from reporting. This matter must be concealed, otherwise if Wanyan Wushu finds out, the commander will be in danger.

Li Nong was the only general who was punished during the campaign to encircle and suppress Chen Qing in winter. The others, including Wanyan Huonu, Wanyan Alupu, Xiao Cong, etc., were fine. Only Li Nong was sued by Wanyan Alupu , Said that he had an affair with Chen Qing.

Although no evidence of collaborating with the enemy was found, Wanyan Wushu demoted him to be a commander for the crime of leaking secrets. Half of his 13 troops were taken away, leaving only [-] troops, which were organized into the No.[-] Army.

Li Nong was really depressed when he encountered an unexpected disaster, so he hid in the big tent and drank alcohol all day long.

"Did you get drunk again last night?"

When Zheng Ping walked into his big tent, he smelled a strong smell of alcohol.

Zheng Ping and Li Nong had a very good personal relationship, and it was Zheng Ping who guaranteed Li Nong to Wanyan Wushu, so that Li Nong was not exempted to the end and retained a commanding post.

Li Nong washed his face with cold water, sighed and said, "I want to stay drunk, but something happened to my subordinate last night, and I have to write a report to Zhao Bin, so that that bastard doesn't come to trouble me."

"You're asking for trouble if you write it!"

Li Nong was startled, "What do you mean by that?"

Zheng Ping looked at both sides, and said that this is not a place to talk. Li Nong took Zheng Ping into the big tent and sat down, and let the soldiers watch at the door, and then said: "Speak up! I'm all ears."

"I advise you not to make trouble for yourself anymore. Now that Wanyan Wushu is in a cup of bow and snake shadow, when you say that someone is missing, he will immediately think that it was Chen Qing who did it, and then send you to find Chen Qing. It's okay to find him, but he can't find you. How do you explain it? Do you think you haven't been punished enough? So I advise you not to worry about it."

Li Nong felt that what Zheng Ping said made sense, and asked again: "But Zhao Bin asked me what to do?"

"Zhao Bin is in Dasanguan! Why did he ask you? Besides, even if he came to ask you, wouldn't you change your explanation? Just say that the soldiers have deserted. There have been many deserters during this time. Yours It is normal for dozens of people under his command to run away, and then you say that they usually show signs of running away, Zhao Bin will definitely not go into it, he has enough troubles, and he will not make trouble for himself."

Li Nong ordered his soldiers to get some appetizers, he took out a bottle of wine and said with a smile: "Let me listen to you, you must have a drink with me."

"Drink just one drink, I've been dragged into the water by you too."

Li Nong filled a glass of wine for Zheng Ping, held up the glass and said: "Actually, I understand in my heart that you leaked the news to Chen Qing, otherwise Chen Qing would not pretend to be my army. I see that you are willing to vouch for me, so I will I know it must have been leaked by you kid!"

Zheng Ping put the wine glass heavily on the table, "You are drunk before drinking, what nonsense are you talking about!"

"Drunk? I'm not drunk. I've always been sober. I leaked the net to you on purpose. You kid can't think of it, right? I told you the secret of the granary ambush, and you really killed Wang Jian with the help of the secret whistle. Why did you persuade him today?" I don’t want to report? Brother Zheng Ping, I’m like a bright mirror in my heart.”

Zheng Ping stared at him, and had the urge to cut him down several times, but in the end he was discouraged. The other party had already prepared, and he only reacted now. It's useless!

After a while, Zheng Ping asked, "When did you find out?"

"When Wang Jian secretly investigated you, I discovered the clue, and I knew that you came from Pingliang Mansion, and the time was not long after the accident in Pingliang Mansion.

The mistake Wang Jian made was that he went to bribe your confidantes. He never thought that your confidantes must also be Song Jun. How could he tell the truth to him, so in Wang Jian’s report, you became an aboriginal resident of Pingliang Mansion, The most critical loophole was missed by him for nothing, you obviously don't have an accent from Pingliang Mansion! "

Zheng Ping raised his short thick eyebrows and said: "Ming people don't speak dark words, I am Zheng Ping, if you want to be the ruler of the capital, then tie me to see Wanyan Wushu."

Li Nong smiled wryly and shook his head, "I knew you were Zheng Ping a long time ago, and I wanted to be in charge of the capital. Zhang Zhongfu will have the best chance when he goes down. I told you that you are not a descendant of my founding general Li Jixun." Do you hear anything strange?"

"What's weird?"

"I will call my ancestors by their first names?"

"Ah! Aren't you?"

"Of course I am! It's just that the Li family doesn't admit it."

Li Nong let out a long sigh, "My mother is a maid, do you understand? I am a posthumous child, and my father is a concubine of the Li family. He was killed in the second battle of Pingxia City. My mother gave birth to me in the same year. But the Li family refused to admit it and kicked my mother out of the Li residence.

My mother did not remarry, and she raised me up through hard work. When I was 20 years old, my mother died of overwork and illness. I ran to the Northwest and joined the Zhongjia Army. During the defense of Taiyuan, Zhong Shuai was killed, and I was also captured and surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin. "

Speaking of this, Li Nong's mood became very low, and his voice was full of sadness.

"I surrendered to the Jinbing with the intention of humiliating the Li family, but the more I think about it these past few years, the more I feel sorry for my mother. What does the Li family have to do with me? But my mother worked so hard to raise me, she didn't want me to be a traitor. I have insomnia night after night, and I just think of my mother doing laundry for others to earn money at night, she only wants her son to become a dragon, look what I have become?"

Speaking of this, Li Nong covered his face and burst into tears.

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Zheng Ping patted him on the shoulder, "Stop crying, I want my mother to smile at Jiuquan, can you do it now?"

Li Nong wiped away his tears and said, "Brother, tell me the truth, if I surrender to Commander Chen, will the court hold me accountable for my past crimes?"

"It depends on what crime you have?"

Li Nong was silent for a moment and said: "I told you before that I surrendered in the Battle of Fuping. I was actually lying to you. I also participated in the Battle of Fuping. Of course, I did not go to the front line. I am the logistics army of the Jinbing. I I also participated in most of the battles where the Jin soldiers captured Shaanxi Road, participated in the siege of the city, and I was the first to enter the city when I captured Jingzhao City. I am afraid that the imperial court will not allow me!"

Zheng Ping thought for a while and said: "Actually, I think you have two choices. The first choice is that you surrender to the imperial court as a ruler, and keep all your resumes intact. I don't know whether the imperial court will hold you accountable for your crimes in the future.

And the second option is to surrender to the commander of my family. Commander Chen has an advantage, that is, he likes to use the battle of Fuping as the cutting line. The previous things have nothing to do with him. Surrender, the previous things are completely cut off, the advantage is that you can wash away all the past, the downside is that you have no qualifications, and you can't be a high-ranking official. At most, you should start as a commander, just like me. "

Li Nong said without hesitation: "I was the commander when I surrendered to Jin Bing. I just thought that I had a nightmare in the past few years. I have returned to the original point. I am willing to surrender to Commander Chen."

……

That night, Wang Hao rushed to the Wucheng Inn again in the name of buying wine. Although the battle at Dasanguan was fierce, Monk Yuan was still calm. He should eat and drink, and it was normal for generals to drink secretly.

But this time Wang Hao took a little risk, and he brought a letter from Li Nong.

It's just that Wang Hao never expected that he would meet the leader Chen Qing at the Wucheng Inn.

"Refer to the commander for the humble position!" Wang Hao knelt down on one knee and saluted.

Chen Qing was also very happy to see Wang Hao this time. He quickly asked him to sit down, "How is it? How is Fatty Zheng in your family?"

A sense of intimacy rose in Wang Hao's heart, and he also smiled and said: "He is still in charge, but his status has been slightly improved, and he is ranked fifth."

"Can all the 5000 people under him have complete control?"

"No problem, the main generals are all our brothers."

Chen Qing frowned slightly, he was a little worried, Zheng Ping used to have ordinary soldiers under his command, only two captains, these people have become the commanders and commanders of the Confederate Army, let him go back to be ordinary soldiers , would they like it?The so-called transition from frugality to extravagance is easy, but from extravagance to frugality is difficult. This is the truth.

If they knew they were going to act, would they inform Jin Bing?

Chen Qing told Wang Hao of his worries and asked him to go back and remind Zheng Ping to pay attention to this problem.

Chen Qing asked again: "Have you ever shot arrows at the top of Dasan Pass?"

Wang Hao quickly shook his head and denied, "Our army has been in Heshangyuan and has not been transferred to Dashanguan. How could we send an arrow letter to the city? Besides, if we want to contact Dashanguan, we will send pigeon letters through Wucheng Town Inn One day is enough for Immortal Pass, and then to Dasan Pass, and it is impossible to take this risk."

It seems that Jin Bing is really playing tricks, trying to pretend to be Zheng Ping to trick Song Jun out of the city.

"Reporting to Commander, there is one more important matter."

Wang Hao took out Li Nong's letter and handed it to Chen Qing, and told Li Nong's life experience again.

Chen Qing didn't express his opinion immediately, he paced back and forth, thinking for a long time.

This Li Nong's surrender was expected by Chen Qing, but Li Nong's surrender also meant that the risk was gradually getting out of control, and Chen Qing realized that it could not be delayed any longer.

He immediately said to Wang Hao: "Four days later, that is, the night of the second day of February, from the second watch to the fifth watch, we will cooperate internally and externally. General Zheng will be responsible for lighting the Jurchens' warehouse camp to see if there is any problem."

Wang Hao hurriedly said: "We have been preparing for this mission for a long time. Although there are ten thousand Jurchen troops in the camp, they are in charge of guarding the warehouse, and it is strictly forbidden for allied troops to approach the warehouse, but as long as it can cause chaos, if the commander attacks the camp from outside, we will In the midst of the chaos, there is always a chance."

Chen Qing nodded, "I know what to do. Go back and tell General Zheng. This matter will be kept secret. I will tell the relevant generals on the night of the operation. Don't leak it early."

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Chen Qing pointed to Li Nong's channel again: "Tell Fatty Zheng what I told him before he left, why I sent him instead of Yang Yuanqing to carry out this task, and let him think about it."

Chen Qing then wrote three letters, two confidential letters to Zheng Ping, in which Chen Qing wrote down the various implementation steps on the second day of February, and asked Zheng Ping to strictly implement the plan in the letter, and the third pigeon letter was written to Wu Jie, tell Wu Jie that they will act in early February, and ask Wu Jie to judge everything based on experience, and not to go out of the city to pursue them easily.

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On the last day of January, there was a light rain in the sky. The rain and mist in the night were misty, and the needle-like drizzle moistened the land in Guanzhong.

In the monk's original Jinbing camp, Fan Gong, a counselor, was offering advice to Wanyan Wushu, "My lord, Wu Jie will definitely doubt Jianxin, but this is not important. As long as we let the Song army realize that they can go out of the city to pursue them, we will reach the goal." The purpose is now, the key now is to determine the time, which depends on Chen Qing's arrangement."

Wanyan Wushu squinted his eyes and asked, "Do you know where Chen Qing is hiding now?"

"I don't know for the time being. In fact, it doesn't matter where he is hiding. I believe that he will come to the door on his own initiative. That is our chance. Before that, we must do whatever we can. My lord, our goal is not only to kill Chen. Qing, and more importantly, use Chen Qing to seize Dasan Pass."

"Is there any news from the Xie Congjun camp?" Wanyan Wushu asked again.

"I guess there will be news tonight!"

Just as Fan Gong said this, a personal soldier walked in quickly and whispered something in his ear.

Fan Gong laughed, "Humble job is not wrong, the news that the prince wants has come."

"Go and meet him! Report to me later."

Fan Gong left in a hurry, Wanyan Wushu stood in front of the big tent and looked at the Dashan Pass in the distance. It has been more than half a month since the attack on Dashan Pass, and 5 Jurchen soldiers have died in battle, and they still cannot conquer Dashan Pass , Fu Xuan, who had secretly communicated with him before, also remained silent. It is said that he has completely lost control of the army.

Wanyan Wushu knew it well, if he continued to fight like this for half a year, he still wouldn't be able to win the big break.

If he can't tackle the problem with force, he can only use tricks. Fortunately, he has made full preparations before, and Chen Qing will be a key for him to open the big pass. That's why he refused to work hard to encircle and suppress Chen Qing, and finally let Chen Qing Running away, isn't it what he expected?

Fan Gong was right, after tasting big fish and meat, how could he go back to eat bran swallowed vegetables?After becoming a commander and commander, how could he go back to be the leader of the soldiers? This is human nature, but Chen Qing didn't think of this.

Not long after, Fan Gong came back in a hurry, Wanyan Wushu asked with a smile, "What did he say?"

"He said that Zheng Hui's subordinates went to secretly meet with Chen Qing yesterday. The operation time is set for the second day of February. It can be from the second watch to the fifth watch. At that time, Chen Qing will launch an attack from the outside."

"Is this time reliable?"

"Absolutely reliable, it was arranged by Chen Qing in his personal letter!"

Wanyan Wushu nodded, if it was a written arrangement, it would not be a big problem.

"Then what should we do?"

"Humble staff has three suggestions, first, don't make any special arrangements, everything is as usual, especially Zheng Hui, this person is very alert, he can easily see flaws.

Second, the prince must strictly keep this matter secret and not leak it, otherwise people will talk too much and cause us to fall short.

Thirdly, Dasan Pass will attack the city normally, and the prince will even go to supervise the battle in person. On the second night of February, the prince will launch a thunderous operation, take down Zheng Hui and Chen Qing, and then pretend to burn the camp. The fire will be huge. It gave the Song army the illusion that the camp was completely burned down, and the prince retreated in a panic, giving Wu Jie a chance to retake the monk. "

Wanyan Wushu laughed complacently, "Well, the certain family will play a good show with Chen Qing, and this Fatty Zheng, he pretends to be affectionate, and thinks that the certain family really values ​​him?"

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In the early morning of the next day, that is, the morning of the first day of February, Wanyan Wushu led an army of [-] to Dasan Pass. In the monk's camp, as usual, there were only [-] troops left. Ten thousand Jurchens army.

The [-] Xie Congjun army was led by the commander Zheng Hui, the deputy commander Ma You, and the commander Li Nong. Li Nong's army was in charge of patrolling the perimeter, Ma You's [-] troops were responsible for transporting grain and supplies, and Zheng Hui's army was in charge of guarding the camp.

The [-] Jurchens were also divided into two. Xiao Zong's [-] troops were responsible for the food security along the way, while Wanyan Alupu's [-] troops were responsible for the safety of the grain depots.

They performed their duties without interfering with each other. In the afternoon, a transport team full of grain was ready to go to Dasan Pass.

Xiao Zong sent a cavalry team of 3000 to charge the grain.There are [-] golden soldiers in the camp.

At dusk, Li Nong hurried to Zheng Ping's big tent. In addition to Zheng Ping, there were two commanders and five commanders in the big tent. It seemed that Zheng Hui was gathering generals to discuss matters.

Seeing Li Nong coming in, Zheng Ping nodded to him, and ordered his own soldiers to guard outside the tent, "No one is allowed to enter the tent!"

Zheng Ping's face became serious, "Everyone, we have been waiting for three full months, and the last moment is coming."

Everyone looked at Li Nong together. These generals were all soldiers of the Song Army who followed Zheng Ping into the Jinying camp, but Li Nong was an outlier.

Zheng Ping said with a smile: "General Li has long been one of our own. The key to the failure of the Jurchens to encircle and suppress the commander in winter is the information provided by General Li in time. In fact, General Li has joined us and has been approved by the commander. This time He will act with us."

Li Nong clasped his fists and said solemnly to everyone: "Generals, I am a Han Chinese. My ancestor is Li Jixun, the famous founding general of the Song Dynasty. What I have done has shamed my ancestors. I have always regretted surrendering to the Jinbing and hated myself for the past few years. Weak, hating myself for being greedy for life and afraid of death, but Commander Chen gave me this opportunity to change from evil to righteousness, I will cherish it, and I will cooperate with you to complete this great event, please believe me!"

After finishing speaking, Li Nong bowed deeply to the generals and won applause from everyone.

Zheng Ping continued: "Let's continue to talk about the business, let's take a look at the commander's order first!"

Zheng Ping took out Chen Qing's secret letter and handed it to everyone for circulation. Seeing that everyone had roughly read it, Zheng Ping continued to explain the situation to everyone.