A small boat came from the east, crossed the Xiangjiang River, and arrived at the water stronghold of the Sui army. The visitor was quite like an ancient scholar. He did not avoid the sword and walked straight to Chen Kedi. Without saying a word, he handed over the letter and then turned around and walked away.
This letter was written by Li Shimin to Chen Kedi.
"Kaifu, my dear brother: I see words like my face. We have not seen each other in Jicheng for three years. How are you, my dear brother? Now that I know that my dear brother has led an army to the west, I am very happy to be reunited. Now I have led the army. After three years of many battles, I realized how hard it is to eat the wind and drink the dew, to go through life and death, and to be alone. I am a new leader, so I may not be able to adapt to it, so I should practice more. Now that I have come to the west, we are divided into two countries, each for his own. Lord, it is destiny to fight each other even though we die. However, we both studied under Duke Wei and came from the same family. I am the older brother, so I should give way to my younger brother. Moreover, I have already shouldered the burden once, and I can't bear to live happily without being married. I have lost my husband, so I ask my virtuous brother to return to the south of the Yangtze River to avoid swords and arrows. I am sending you good words for my brother. I hope that I will turn back quickly and don¡¯t let me be known as the one who killed my brother! Thank you, brother!"
Looking at the letter written by Li Shimin to himself, Chen Kedi wanted to hit him more and more.
How humble Li Shimin¡¯s tone in the letter was, how arrogant his words were. Before the two men started fighting, Li Shimin was certain that he would defeat Chen Kedi. Especially the sentence "I can't bear to lose my husband while still unmarried" almost hit Chen Kedi's lungs.
Although Hao Hao is now his fianc¨¦e, he is Li Shimin's substitute. Chen Kedi couldn't hate Huang Mingyuan or be happy, so he could only transfer his hatred to Li Shimin.
¡°At least at his age, he can¡¯t look away.
But after all, Chen Kedi was a well-educated person and couldn't curse loudly, so he had to put the letter on the table, frowned and said, "It's too much to bully someone!" At this time lingchenks.com Zhang Si
However, after all, Chen Kedi was not the kind of simple-minded reckless man who only yelled and killed. When the initial anger dissipated with calmness, Chen Kedi looked at Li Shimin's letter and felt awkward.
He and Li Shimin have not been together for a short time, but their relationship is average.
Both of them are indeed talented, one is a descendant of Guan Long, the other is from a poor family in Jiangdong; one is the second son of a high-ranking official in the imperial court, and the other is the eldest son of a retainer and counselor; one has an out-of-the-box personality, is bold and chivalrous, and the other is gentle, honest, and cautious to the end. beginning. Apart from having the same abilities, the two of them are not the same kind of people, and they grew up in different circles.
However, even so, the two of them came from the same school and were considered old friends. Plus, Huang Haohao was in it, so there was no need for Li Shimin to humiliate himself like this.
After all, this is not only humiliating yourself, but also humiliating others.
Chen Kedi shook his head, picked up Li Shimin's letter again, and read it carefully.
At this time, Chen Kedi suddenly discovered that Li Shimin's letter seemed to be modest, but in fact it contained murderous intentions, and every word was intended to anger him.
Chen Kedi suddenly understood what Li Shimin meant.
Li Shimin did not hesitate to humiliate himself and reconcile in the letter, fearing that he was deliberately irritating himself and forcing himself to fight with him.
By leaving Junshan Island, he cut off the connection between Li Shimin and Jiangling, and he was sitting on the Yangtze River waterway, so he didn't have to worry about being dragged down by Li Shimin. But what Li Shimin lacked most was time. If the two sides were at a stalemate in Baling for several months, Li Shimin would not be able to survive without food alone unless the main reinforcements of the Sui army arrived.
So Li Shimin had to seek a decisive battle with himself.
And according to intelligence, Li Shimin has an elite cavalry force that has the power to determine victory in a field battle.
Thinking of this, Chen Kedi wanted to laugh a little. 强牺 lingchenks.com 读牺
Li Shimin, Li Shimin, your arrogance has really not changed at all. He calls himself a hero, has nothing left to lose, and looks down on anyone.
"Could it be that in your eyes, Li Shimin, Chen Kedi is such a reckless man who can't hold his temper?"
This time, I have to fight you, Li Shimin, to the end.
"As long as our army doesn't move, what will you do?"
Chen Kedi suddenly felt that Li Shimin was nothing more than this, and at this time he could only use these little tricks to turn the tide of the battle.
However, Chen Kedi was suddenly stunned and felt that something was wrong.
He was originally a calm person who was not easily affected by external things. Unexpectedly, Li Shimin suffered from dementia several times.
Chen Kedi walked to the map and looked at it quietly without saying a word.
From Baling to the south to Tongshan, from Dongting Lake to the west to the mountains in the east, this area is 150 kilometers from north to south.??, there are only two places in Baling and Luo County in the plain that is sixty or seventy miles wide, and there is no suitable place for defense. Moreover, the Xiang River extending from the south of Dongting Lake divides the entire Jingnan into two.
Therefore, once Li Shimin fell into a stalemate with the Sui army and was unable to break the situation in time, his troops would be tightly restrained by the Sui army in a narrow area east of the Xiangjiang River and would not be able to return westward.
As for Chen Kedi, as long as he defends Junshan Island and keeps a close eye on Li Shimin's troops, he will be invincible.
Therefore, in Chen Kedi's view, although Li Shimin's best choice was to fight the main force of the Sui army, the safest option was to abandon Baling and retreat.
As long as Chen Kedi does not move, Li Shimin's lone army will not do anything in Jingnan. It's great to occupy the counties in Jingnan, but it has no significance for the overall situation.
"Li Shimin should be able to figure it out!"
Chen Kedi turned to look at his assistant general Li Mengchang in his tent and asked: "The guest (Li Mengchang) thinks that if you are watched by the enemy and still want to break out, what should you do?"
At this time, Li Mengchang replied: "Then we will beat the enemy so hard that they will not dare to pursue, and then we can break through calmly."
"What if the enemy is cautious and only pursues you slowly, but does not fight you?"
"Then there will be many sheep and troops. I will remember Zhang Fei, the famous general of the Three Kingdoms. In the battle of Dangyang, he blocked twenty cavalry from behind, broke the bridge by the water, and raised his spear with angry eyes. No enemy dared to approach, so he You have to avoid it. Since you can't attack the enemy, you have to intimidate the enemy."
Chen Kedi nodded and said: "It's exactly what you said when you treat the guests." Zhi Da Zhi Xiao
Chen Kedi somewhat understood Li Shimin's intention. Li Shimin should have known that he was always cautious, so he deliberately used a trick. He first wrote a letter to anger himself. If he was provoked, he would fight with him, which would be his goal. And if he had figured out that Li Shimin was deliberately irritating him, he would have ordered the camp to be held firmly and no wasteful fighting would occur. This would naturally expose gaps in the defense, and Li Shimin could quietly retreat while he was unprepared.
Chen Kedi couldn't help but sigh at Li Shimin's scheming, one plan within a plan, all connected with each other, calculating people's hearts to the extreme, and he was almost entangled by him.
" However, Chen Kedi saw through Li Shimin's plan, so he had to use his own methods to return the favor.
Chen Kedi decided that since Li Shimin wanted to run away, he would do as he wished, hold the camp firmly, pretend not to know, and wait until Li Shimin's troops broke through, then lead the main force to advance by land and water, attack from behind, inflict heavy casualties and even annihilate Li Shimin.