As the saying goes, good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil. It’s not that there will be no retribution, the time has not yet come, and when the time comes, disaster is inevitable. In the Huaishui War, Wang Shichong fought the battle, Wang Shichong gave the strength, Wang Shichong died, and Chen Yingliang took advantage of it. The war in Teng County was reversed. Chen Yingliang fought the battle, Chen Yingliang gave the strength, and Chen Yingliang died. The advantage was taken by Zhang Xutuo, the cycle of nature, the retribution is not good, and the impermanence of nature made Chen Yingliang unavoidable.
Fortunately, Chen Yingliang is a fairly well-bred person. I believe that Zhang Xutuo, who has a good character, did not intend to take advantage of this, and the situation is irreversible. Temporarily in the black account book, vowed that one day the account will be recovered with interest. Learn to suffer a lot and fight a lot, and don't spoil the court's important event of jointly suppressing thieves and countering rebellion just because of a little bit of petty gain. It can be said that it will finally appease the generals.
Chen Yingliang held back his anger, while Zhang Xutuo was happy on the other side. Since he joined the anti-insurgency battlefield in the sixth year of his great cause, the Qi County troops under Zhang Xutuo's command were not only fighting fires everywhere, but also reinforcing friendly troops everywhere. The friendly army wiped their ass and cleaned up the mess. When did they pick such a big deal? This time I finally came across such a great thing, the Qijun team laughed from top to bottom, and I am grateful to the Qiaojun team for making such a big cake. I would like to thank Chen Yingliang and hope that Chen Yingliang will continue to work hard and do a few more such good deeds in the future.
Of course, there are many people who are more miserable. The poor brother Lu Mingyue is much more miserable than Chen Yingliang. First, Chen Yingliang wiped out the main force, and then Zhang Xutuo's new force caught up with the extreme exhaustion. The 120,000 troops were defeated. The entire army was wiped out, and all the food, grass, and military supplies accumulated with great difficulty were also lost. In the end, Brother Lu Mingyue was able to get rid of the pursuit with hundreds of cavalry. This is already the result of the virtues of the ancestors. .
After the Battle of Baodu Mountain, in view of the exhaustion of the army, Chen Yingliang, who was also exhausted, ordered the beautiful Baodu Mountain to rest for a day before withdrawing troops. Chen Yingliang's tired teachers can rest in peace, and those who slaughtered pigs and sheep rewarded Chen Yingliang's team - these pigs and sheep were of course snatched from Lu Mingyue, and should belong to Chen Yingliang. At the same time, Zhang Xutuo naturally had to hold a banquet to celebrate the victory, and invited Chen Yingliang and other generals from Qiao County to join in the celebration.
During the banquet, the generals of Qi County, who had easily won a big battle, were of course smiling and full of cheers, but the generals of Qiao County headed by Chen Yingliang were all downcast and depressed, especially Chen Yingliang himself, who was even more frowning. With a smile, his face was extremely ugly. In the end, Zhang Xutuo couldn't stand it anymore, and couldn't help but scolded Chen Yingliang: "Boy Chen, you really can't take any losses? This time, the old man accidentally took advantage of you, and the credit and the spoils are also divided." Why are you still looking so ugly? Why don’t you think about it, how did you take advantage of Wang Shichong in the Huaishui battlefield?"
"Ambassador Zhang, you have misunderstood. This junior is not because of his ugly face." Chen Yingliang said with a sad face: "I have had a good night's sleep last night after confronting Lu Mingyue for more than ten days. , I was injured again, how can I feel better?"
"Do you know how powerful you are?" Zhang Xutuo's voice was a little gloating, and he scolded, "You haven't slept well for more than ten days. Do you know that last month, the old man confronted Zuo Xiaoyou at the Squatting Dog Mountain for three days and three days?" Compared with the old man, you were lucky for not being able to take a nap at night."
After scolding the younger generation, Zhang Xutuo waved his hand again and said: "Okay, since you are too tired to bear it, go back and rest first, don't spoil everyone's interest here, and we will talk about it tomorrow if you have anything to do."
Tired and injured, Chen Yingliang was really sleepy, and he was not polite. He left the Chinese military tent first after accusing him of a crime, leaving the Qiaojun generals to continue drinking and celebrating in the tent, and ended up leading a few soldiers. On the way back to the dormitory, Chen Yingliang accidentally ran into Mulan in armor again. It was very unfortunate that he met face to face, and he couldn't pretend to be invisible. In desperation, Chen Yingliang had no choice but to say hello, "General Mulan , why didn't you go to the big tent to drink and celebrate?"
As usual, Mulan didn't have a good look in front of Chen Yingliang, but this time it was even worse, and she replied with a straight face: "I don't like that kind of noisy scene, so I asked the commander-in-chief for an errand to patrol the camp."
Chen Yingliang nodded, stepped up and walked towards his bedroom tent, seeing Chen Yingliang leave without saying a word, Mulan suddenly became angry for no reason, pursed her rosy lips, and simply turned her head to follow Chen Yingliang, Chen Yingliang also said that she was patrolling the camp and ignored her. It was not until Mulan followed to the door of the sleeping tent that Chen Yingliang realized that something was wrong. He hurriedly turned around and asked Mulan what was the matter. You talk alone."
Seeing that Mulan looked unfriendly, Chen Yingliang didn't dare to provoke this tigress who was ranked number one in history, so he nodded quickly and agreed to invite Mulan into his bed tent, and then asked Mulan to sit down. On the other side, Zai yawned and said, "General Mulan, please speak frankly if you have something to say, but please keep it as brief as possible. I'm really tired."
Of course there was not enough light in the dormitory, and even though it was only across the desk, Chen Yingliang couldn't see the expression on Mulan's face clearly. He could only hear Mulan asking himself in a very cold voice: "Okay, I'll ask you directly. What do you mean by that sentence?"
"That sentence from yesterday?" Chen Yingliang, who was exhausted, was a little confused for a while, but after realizing it, Chen Yingliang's heart suddenly trembled, and he began to regret the angry words he said out of anger.
Sure enough, Mulan's voice immediately became colder, and she lowered her voice and said viciously: "Don't be stupid! Yesterday you said you would find me a good husband's house, what did you mean? Are you like those stinky Qiu Ba, calling out behind your back? I'm a fake girl? Are you kidding me that I don't have a beard or Adam's apple, like a bitch?"
Chen Yingliang hesitated, his exhausted brain couldn't decide whether to tell Mulan the truth—he had known since elementary school that Mulan was a woman disguised as a man, and joined the army instead of her father to sneak into the army camp where even mosquitoes were male. Mulan stared at Chen Yingliang's face, and asked, "Why didn't you speak? Are you deliberately humiliating me like this?"
"This..." The tired and sleepy Chen Yingliang was extremely troubled, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "I didn't intend to humiliate you, I just made a joke with you. If you don't like this kind of joke, I won't make it in the future."
Mulan was a little taken aback by Chen Yingliang's answer. She didn't expect Chen Yingliang to admit that it was a joke so readily. She was overwhelmed for a while, and after she bowed her head and hesitated for a long time, Mulan asked in a low voice, "Are you really just joking?"
It was Chen Yingliang's deep snoring that answered Mulan. When Mulan looked up suspiciously, she saw that Chen Yingliang had already fallen asleep on the desk. Looking exhausted while supporting the case, Mulan changed her mind again, and picked up Chen Yingliang by the waist, put her on the bed and put it down, carefully covered Chen Yingliang with a quilt, hesitated for a while, then made a movement, and said in a low voice : "I'm sorry, I really misjudged you before. You are a good person, and like Ambassador Zhang, you are a true gentleman with noble morals."
After all, Mulan turned around and left the tent, and just as Mulan left, Chen Yingliang's closed eyes suddenly opened again, and they became very bright, and he snorted coldly: "Stinky girl, what's wrong with learning? What kind of arrogance are you going to learn? How good is it to admit your mistakes to me directly? Then put on women's clothes and let me take a closer look at how you are. If you are satisfied, I am short of a reliable captain."
After coldly snorting, Chen Yingliang rubbed his cheeks again, wondering, "What touched my face just now? That girl's hands are full of calluses from someone being stabbed with a knife. It can't be so soft?"
After this little episode, after resting for a whole day, Chen Yingliang, who recovered somewhat, returned to Teng County with his army. Zhang Xutuo also escorted the prisoners and the spoils, and it was also time to ride triumphantly. Zhang Xu Tuocai asked Chen Yingliang: "What's wrong with you this time? Just before the battle, you didn't even use any tricks to fight Lu Mingyue's gangsters. Is this still you?"
"There is no suitable terrain on the battlefield in Teng County, so we can only fight recklessly," Chen Yingliang said casually.
Zhang Xutuo believed it, nodded, and said: "It's hard for you, this time without you to share the pressure for the old man, even if the old man can break through Lu Mingyue's traitor, I don't know how much it will cost, and how exhausting the soldiers are. The old man will help the soldiers Thank you for the opportunity to be reunited with their families because of you."
Chen Yingliang was hypocritically modest, but Zhang Xutuo was not polite, and immediately said: "I want to discuss one more matter with you, the Wagang rebels who roamed around Xingyang and Liang Commanderies have become more and more active during this period, and they have already We succeeded in plundering water transport four times. Although the emperor has not issued an order to reprimand you and me for this, it will definitely not work if this continues. It happens that we join forces again. How about we join forces again and go west directly to wipe out the Wagang bandits? "
Chen Yingliang, who was most unwilling to fight the Wagang Army at the moment, heard the complaint and hurriedly said: "Ambassador forgive me, it's not that the lower officials refused to agree to you, it's because the battle in Teng County was too hard, and my army was too tired. The battalion is full of wounded soldiers, including myself. I urgently need time to rest. Besides, the Lu Mingyue rebels were not captured alive this time, and fled to the east. If we don’t dispatch troops quickly to put down the rebellion and prevent him from re-empowering, it’s very likely that wildfire will start again in no time.”
"Knowing that you kid will use this excuse to shirk." Zhang Xutuo snorted a little dissatisfied, and then said: "Okay, you don't have to go, anyway, there are not many Wagang thieves, and the old man is still sure that they can be defeated. They. The only thing I'm not sure about is finding this group of Wagang thieves for a decisive battle. You have a lot of ideas, help me find a way to create a decisive battle opportunity and help me defeat the thieves."
Chen Yingliang was once again in a dilemma, finding a way for the Wagang Army's main force to fight decisively. It's not that Chen Yingliang couldn't figure it out, but the last thing Chen Yingliang wanted to do now was to change the course of history too much and completely lose his prophetic advantage, let alone trigger a more serious butterfly As a result, the historical event that I expected will no longer happen, and helping Zhang Xutuo to destroy the Wagang Army, which is still in the growth stage, will definitely seriously change the course of history.
After waiting for a long time without seeing Chen Yingliang speak, Zhang Xutuo asked with a smile, "Why, can't you help me with this little favor?"
"It's not that I don't want to help." Chen Yingliang answered bravely, "It's about using tricks to lure the enemy and lure the snake out of the hole. You must adapt to local conditions and adapt to the situation. The ambassador wants this junior to come up with a strategy to lure the enemy right now. It's really difficult for this junior."
After all, Chen Yingliang quickly added: "However, the younger generation feels that the foundation of the Wagang bandits is not their camp, but the Tongji Canal water transportation. Even if you break through the Wagang village, you will not be able to hurt the Wagang bandits. Fundamentally, a team of thieves who broke the stronghold can give up at any time, and it will be revived as soon as you leave the ambassador. The Wagang thieves do not do production, and never plunder the local villages in order to buy people's hearts. All food supplies rely on looting. Jiqu, Ambassador, if you send troops to the west, as long as you make a fuss around Tongjiqu, it will not be difficult to find the main force of the Wagang bandits."
Zhang Xutuo nodded thoughtfully, and said: "It's a good way. After the old man arrives in Liang County, he has to make a fuss about the water transportation of the Tongji Canal to lure the gang of thieves to a decisive battle."
Chen Yingliang breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly said that as long as the decisive battle is in the wild, even if Zhai Rang, an honest man, can't beat you, he still has a chance to escape. As long as Zhai Rang and Li Mi, the best pair of partners, don't die, history should not undergo earth-shaking changes. And thinking of Li Mi who killed Zhang Xutuo in history, Chen Yingliang, who respected Zhang Xutuo very much in his heart, blurted out subconsciously: "Ambassador, and..."
Remind Zhang Xutuo to be careful when Li Mi's words came to his lips, Chen Yingliang stopped abruptly, because Chen Yingliang knew very well that Zhai Rang and Li Mi, the best pair of partners, could not die now, but Zhang Xutuo could die, and if Zhang Xutuo Unfortunately, if he died in battle early, maybe he would create better opportunities for himself.
"What else? Why aren't you talking?" Zhang Xutuo asked strangely.
"Also, don't use beacon towers or other methods." Chen Yingliang changed his words and said, "Wagang bandits have been rampant in Xingyang and Liang Commanderies for many years. They must have their own information channels. They built beacon towers along the Tongji Canal. It is true that the military information can be transmitted quickly, but once the Wagang bandits realize our intentions and resort to tricks such as fake beacon fires, you, the ambassador, can only be exhausted along the banks of the Tongji Canal, which is hundreds of miles long from east to west. The rogue was lured into a trap and was ambushed."
"Thanks for your advice." Zhang Xutuo rarely used a modest tone in front of Chen Yingliang, and said with a smile: "Thanks to you kid who reminded you in advance, to tell you the truth, the old man was already thinking about building a beacon tower just now. Fortunately, you kid is People of the imperial court, if you also become a rebellious thief, the world of Sui Dynasty will be offended."
After all, Zhang Xutuo was amused by his own joke and laughed out loud, but Chen Yingliang didn't smile at all, and was still very confused in his heart, "In the future, I will save the Great Sui Dynasty, which is actually curable? Or is it like Li Yuan, turning against the completely useless Great Sui court and setting up his own family?"
With inexplicable confusion, Chen Yingliang and Zhang Xutuo led the Sui army back to the battlefield in Teng County smoothly. However, on the same day, an imperial decree that shocked the world was suddenly delivered to Chen Yingliang and Zhang Xutuo—the great and wise Sui army. Emperor Yangdi decided to implement the fortress policy in view of the fact that there were many thieves in the world, uprisings continued, and taxpayers fled. He ordered the people all over the country to live in cities. The purpose of granting is to facilitate the management of the people, and also to let the thieves and bandits have no food to go, and no soldiers to supplement.
Hearing this ingenious decree, Chen Yingliang and Zhang Xutuo all smiled wryly. Knowing that doing so would only waste money and waste money, Chen Yingliang once considered pulling Zhang Xutuo to join him in admonishment since his conscience had not been eaten up by dogs. However, the eunuch said that Pei Ju and Yu Shiji jointly came up with this idea, and Chen Yingliang quickly shut up again—in this situation, Chen Yingliang dared not offend Wenxi Pei, the backer behind him, by saying anything.
Fortunately, Zhang Xutuo didn't pull Chen Yingliang to jointly persuade Chen Yingliang to embarrass Chen Yingliang. At the same time, this decree was also for the local officials to implement, and there was no need to cause headaches for the chief and deputy commanders of the bandit suppression in the twelve counties, so Chen Yingliang and Zhang Xutuo were old Honestly received the decree to thank you, and then Zhang Xutuo also took the initiative to say to Chen Yingliang: "It seems that the old man can't rush to wipe out the Wagang bandits. Once this decree is implemented, there will be chaos in the local area. I have to keep the army. Just in case. You are the same, after returning to Pengcheng, let the army take the time to rest and recover, and if there is turmoil, you have to wipe it out as soon as possible, and you can't let the thieves take advantage of it."
"What about Tongji Canal?" Chen Yingliang asked hypocritically.
"There's no other way. We can only ask Yang Wang and Yang Qing to send troops to escort the grain boat." Zhang Xutuo sighed: "First, we will do our best to ensure the safety of the grain transportation, and we will talk about the rest slowly."
Chen Yingliang also sighed and stopped talking, while Mulan next to him interrupted and asked, "Ambassador, deputy envoy, what about the civilian boats? There are not only government tank boats going to and from the Tongji Canal, but also countless civilian boats?" If the Wagang bandits can't rob the tank boats, wouldn't the civilian boats suffer even more?"
Both Zhang Xutuo and Chen Yingliang were taken aback by the question, then they looked at each other, sighed again, and remained silent in frustration.
Mulan refused to give up, and asked Zhang Xutuo by the sleeve again, Zhang Xutuo remained silent, but Chen Yingliang said in a low voice: "Miss Mulan, don't embarrass Ambassador Zhang, this will make Ambassador Zhang feel more uncomfortable than you. If we don’t keep the grain flowing, we won’t be able to keep ourselves, and if we can’t keep ourselves, more people will suffer, and for more people, we can only make some sacrifices.”
Mulan was silent, then raised her head abruptly, clenched her fists and glared at Chen Yingliang, gnashing her teeth and asked, "Wait, what did you call me just now? You don't mean what you say, how did you promise me last time?"
Chen Yingliang was a little dumbfounded, and had nothing to say in front of the angry Mulan. Fortunately, Yuan Tiangang, who rushed over, saved Chen Yingliang's life, saying that there was an urgent matter in the army that Chen Yingliang needed to handle personally. Run away, leaving Mulan to continue gnashing his teeth, but Zhang Xutuo looked puzzled, and asked Mulan in a low voice: "Did he see you? What he said just now seems to be very natural, no Like everyone else, joking with you?"
Mulan was taken aback, then quickly turned her head to look at the direction Chen Yingliang was leaving, and thought to herself: "Yes, even Ambassador Zhang, before he knew the truth, he was very careful about what he said to me. This bastard is not as good as Ambassador Zhang Good character, but far more cunning than Ambassador Zhang! What? Why does his attitude towards me seem to be the same as that of a little girl all the time? Call me a girl, find me a husband, there is no sense of joking in his tone, just As if you really treat me like a girl?"