Since he was the first local official who led the regular army to the Xinkou battlefield, Chen Yingliang was of course warmly welcomed by all the soldiers of King Qin of Xinkou. They couldn't get it out, they kept asking about Chen Yingliang's name, official position, origin and identity, and why the Sui army from the Central Plains was the first to arrive at the Xinkou battlefield. After Chen Qing, there were unavoidable exclamations and heartfelt cheers among the teams of King Qin from all walks of life.
These Shanxi officials and soldiers cheered like thunder. Of course, it was not without reason. After receiving the edict of King Qin, these local civil and military officials from Loufan, Yanmen, Mayi, Hengshan and northern Taiyuan, although relying on their geographical advantages, led the army first. They rushed to King Xinkouqin, but in a hurry, these local officials had no time to form too many troops, so they could only mobilize the troops in the counties and counties as much as possible. The minimum number is only three or four hundred people, and the combined total is less than 10,000 troops, and the team is messy, good and bad, and the equipment is absolutely insufficient.
This pitiful force, facing hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry, not to mention King Qin rescued them, of course it is difficult to protect themselves. Everyone is looking forward to the follow-up reinforcements like the stars and the moon. Now Chen Ying Liang brought 20,000 well-equipped regular troops in one go, so why not enjoy the treatment of these Qin Wang's allies
While struggling to deal with the problems of the friendly army, Chen Yingliang also hurriedly observed the situation at Xinkou carefully, and found that Qin Wang's army had joined forces to set up a camp on the west side of the Hutuo River, backed by a branch of the Taihang Mountains, and borrowed from the fast-flowing Hutuo River. The southeast and southeast sides of the camp are protected by the high mountains, leaving only the enemies on the northwest side. It is a very typical defensive camp, and a fairly solid camp defense has been built. The tactical thinking of standing firm and holding back the Turks is very clear. .
Nodding and praising the correct tactics of Qin Wang Youjun, Chen Yingliang turned around and was about to speak when a middle-aged man in his early forties appeared in front of him. He was dressed in a fifth-rank civilian uniform. The man bowed his hands to Chen Yingliang very politely, and his smile was very friendly. Chen Yingliang, who was already overwhelmed, bowed his hands back symbolically, and then couldn't wait to ask: "Dare to ask this colleague, who is the leader of King Qin's army here?" ?”
"Who is the leader?" The middle-aged civil servant was stunned for a while, and then immediately said with a wry smile: "Returning to the deputy envoy, there is no leader among the dragons. His Majesty the Emperor ordered the world's soldiers and horses to work hard this time. However, no one was appointed as the commander-in-chief of King Qin's army, so we can only discuss things according to the situation, and no one is in charge of the army."
Chen Yingliang frowned, and only then did he know that Emperor Sui Yang had not appointed the commander-in-chief of Qinjia's army. Before that, Chen Yingliang also said that Emperor Sui Yang had already appointed this commander-in-chief, but it was not mentioned in King Qin's edict. However, Chen Yingliang couldn't help it. He took another look at the camp of King Qin's coalition army. Chen Yingliang pointed to the camp that was located in the middle and occupied the largest area, and asked the middle-aged civil servant: "Then, may I ask, which camp is stationed?" Whose soldiers and horses are they?"
The middle-aged civil servant pursed his lips and was about to answer when a man in armor in his fifties stood up beside him and said loudly, "It's my camp, my name is Yin Shishi, and I'm the prefect of Loufan. Deputy envoy, I have admired your name for a long time, and I am lucky to see you today!"
"Master Yin?" Chen Yingliang was taken aback, and blurted out, "You are Master Yin? Your daughter..."
Fortunately, Chen Yingliang was quite sensible, swallowed the words in time to ask if Yin Shishi's beautiful daughter is married, then quickly put on a friendly smile, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I almost lost my composure, Prefect Yin, this junior has admired you for a long time." The great name, after the former Zhou Zhu Kingdom, the famous general of the Sui Dynasty, the former Zhuojun stayed behind, and made great achievements in the east and west. The younger generation has been famous for a long time—but, the prefect of Yin, when did you take office as the prefect of Loufan? Why have you never heard of it? ?”
"The Deputy Envoy is too well-known, I am ashamed to be an old man." Yin Shishi replied modestly, and his first impression of Chen Yingliang was not bad, and then he said: "I am the prefect of Loufan who took office before His Majesty's northern tour of the Great Wall. When the emperor arrived at Fenyang Palace, I had detected the abnormal behavior of Shibi Chieftain, and persuaded His Majesty to come to Jinyang Palace in Taiyuan, but His Majesty would not listen, thinking that we have always been friendly with Shibi Chieftain, and it is impossible for Sibi to do anything , who would have thought that such a thing would happen, alas."
Chen Yingliang nodded silently, admiring Master Yin for daring to say harsh and honest words but not daring to echo them - there are too many people around, if Chen Yingliang dares to agree with Master Yin that Emperor Sui Yang didn't listen to honest words, it is very likely that it will reach Emperor Sui Yang's ears Li—for example, that handsome middle-aged civil servant, Chen Yingliang knew at a glance that he must have been more oily than himself when he was young. Chen Yingliang, who knew what oily noodles were, of course had to be careful with him.
Fortunately, Master Yin did not continue on this topic, but changed his words and asked: "Fushi Chen, just now you pointed to my camp to look for me, what advice do you have?"
"Prince Yin, please forgive me. This junior has a merciless request." Chen Yingliang said straight to the point: "This junior's army has come thousands of miles away, and the soldiers are already very tired. They can't fight again if they don't take the time to rest, so this junior would like to borrow your camp for a while." Use it, let the soldiers under my command rest immediately, and ask the old senior's subordinates to take on the night duty, so that the soldiers under my command can rest at ease."
After finishing speaking, Chen Yingliang hurriedly bowed his hands to Master Yin, and added: "Senior Yin, please rest assured that the soldiers under this junior only need to rest for a day and two nights. In the morning after tomorrow, I will take them to set up camp by themselves, and I will also guarantee to set up camp." In front of you, resisting the frontal Turks for you."
"It's a trivial matter!" Yin Shishi laughed loudly, and immediately called his deputy, and ordered the deputy to organize the troops under his command to vacate the camp, let Qiao Peng Sui's army go to the safest self-army camp to rest, and explained very carefully to stay Put down the tent, let the self-army team sleep overnight, and let the Qiao Peng team who came thousands of miles away immediately live in the army tent to rest.
He also said that Yin Shishi would refuse to refuse, but he didn't expect his character to be so noble. Chen Yingliang, who was sorry for his moral character, was moved, and quickly thanked Yin Shishi. That's the way it should be. Then other local officials rushed to say that they offered to give up the tents of the camp to Qiao Peng for the Sui army to rest, and to sleep in the open as guards. He was also quite proud to find that the middle-aged civil servant who must have been more oily than himself when he was young, did not propose to vacate the camp and military tents, but chose to hide by the side without saying a word, and Chen Yingliang severely deducted another 30 points from his impression of him. point.
With the enthusiastic help of these kind-hearted friendly troops, the camping work of the Qiao Peng Sui army was naturally very smooth. There was no need to dig trenches, trees, fences and set up military tents, and they directly lived in the camp tents given up by the friendly troops. Taking into account the problem of stationing the reinforcements after their arrival, the area of the camp was prepared to be extremely large, so although the empty tents left by Qin Wang Youjun were not enough, there was still enough room to set up military tents, and the Heshan Youjun represented by Yin Shishi also took the initiative to set up camps. Help set up tents, so that the Qiao Peng Sui army who came from thousands of miles can rest as soon as possible, and quickly recover their physical strength and combat effectiveness.
After working for more than an hour, all the soldiers of Qiao Peng and the Sui Army lived in the safe area in the middle of the camp, and all the food and supplies were sent to the safe place in the camp for storage. The Sui army was on duty at night, and it was also at this time that Chen Yingliang was surprised to find that the middle-aged civil servant who refused to give up the camp tent, his team was stationed at the forefront of the camp, responsible for the most vulnerable front. The number of his tents was also pitifully small. After realizing that he had wronged him, Chen Yingliang hurriedly thanked the generals of Qin Wang Youjun, and offered to hold a banquet in the tent of the Chinese army to thank a group of colleagues for their selfless help.
"What kind of banquet do you want?" Chen Yingliang's invitation was flatly rejected by a group of generals from the friendly army, and they all said, "Vice Envoy Chen, you should go back and rest quickly, you marched from the Central Plains to Xinkou, how hard the journey was, and none of us knew how hard it was." Understood? You are the general of the whole army, and we know that you are more tired than you are, so go to rest and talk about it tomorrow if you have anything to do."
"Deputy envoy, go and rest quickly, don't let down the good intentions of your colleagues." The middle-aged civil servant also smiled and said: "However, we are not all kind. , we will have to count on you to stand up front and fight against the Turks. At that time, don’t scold us behind our backs for taking advantage of the advantages and not contributing at all.”
Everyone in the friendly army laughed loudly, saying that was exactly the case, and Chen Yingliang couldn't help laughing, and he was really too tired to bear, so Chen Yingliang didn't continue to be polite, and quickly thanked everyone, and then returned to his bed tent After resting, after entering the sleeping tent, Chen Yingliang didn't even have time to get on the bed. Chen Yingliang, who is full of evil, didn't get any rheumatism, cold and arthritis from sleeping on the ground—Yuan Tiangang and Wei Zheng really committed crimes too!
It was also a coincidence that as soon as Chen Yingliang closed his eyes at ease in the sleeping tent, Li Yuan brought his King Qin to the Xinkou Camp. Seeing that the Qiao Peng Sui army had entered the camp and occupied all the tents of the friendly troops, Li Yuan remained calm. Li Xiaogong, his precious nephew Li Xiaogong and his confidant Xu Shixu and others were so furious that they asked the Yin Shishi and others who came to greet them face to face, why didn't they leave the camp tent for Ambassador Li's team to rest overnight
Among the soldiers of King Qin who rushed to the Xinkou battlefield first, except for the two magistrates from Hengshan County, Hebei, the rest were all subordinates of Li Yuan, the consolation envoy of Hedong and Shanxi. However, these local officials in Shanxi were afraid of Li Yuan, and Yin Shishi, who had just parachuted to the building to serve as the prefect not long ago, was not afraid, and confronted him face to face, saying why didn't you come first? Your team in Taiyuan, King Qin rescued you later than the team in Central Plains, how dare you blame us for not leaving you camp tents
After being robbed by Master Yin, Li Xiaogong, who was furious, wanted to go crazy, but he was slapped by his uncle Li Yuan several times, his face was full of flowers, the corners of his mouth were bleeding, and Li Yuan forced him to apologize to Master Yin. Then Li Yuan ordered to set up his own camp on the west side of King Qin's coalition army, and then settled the overnight disturbance. ——At the same time, after the incident, Li Yuan had to scold his nephew again, saying that Master Yin's background was not inferior to his Li family's, and he was trusted and favored by Emperor Sui Yang. He offended Yin Shi on this matter. Teacher, that is not courting death! Instead, he asked for his own destruction! !
While King Qin's army was setting up camp in Taiyuan, Li Yuan also observed the situation of King Qin's coalition army, and when he saw the middle-aged civil servant before, Li Yuan frowned and asked, "Why are you here? Where is Wang Rengong? Why didn't he come to serve the king?"
"Reporting to the ambassador, the Turks came too fast this time. Before Wang Taishou had time to send troops, the roads between Tucheng Pass and Loufan Pass have been blocked by the Turks." Our army can only take the mountain path to the south, the mountain road is too dangerous, Wang Taishou did not dare to take the main force of Mayi to the south, so he had to choose to contain the Turks north of Yanmen Pass, and share the pressure for His Majesty."
Looking forward to using Mayi's army as the main force, but in the end, this situation happened. Li Yuan, who had been walking around for the past few days, could imagine the depression in his heart, so he shouted again: "Then why are you here? How many troops did you bring?"
"Reporting to the ambassador, Mayi is located in northern Xinjiang. He has been in contact with Turkic people all year round and is familiar with various situations in Turks. This is something that the Southern Qin Wang Youjun does not have." With the consent of Wang Taishou, he took two regiments of troops to the south along the mountain path, and came to Xinkou to meet King Qin's army. Although the troops brought by the officials were small, these soldiers were familiar with Turkic language customs and combat habits. , it will definitely come in handy on King Qin’s battlefield.”
The words of the middle-aged civil servant reminded Li Yuan, which reminded Li Yuan of an important event. He immediately changed his gentle face and said with a smile: "It's rare that you are still so careful. Yes, you think rightly. The things you brought There are few soldiers and horses, but their role on the battlefield will never be small! It just so happens that the official’s Chinese military tent has also been built. Come with me to the big tent to sit down and talk, and tell you everything you know about the Turkic situation. Sir."
As he said that, Li Yuan personally picked up the middle-aged civil servant, and went to the Chinese army's tent with him to have a talk. One knows.
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For the first time ever, Chen Yingliang did not personally patrol the camp once at night. Chen Yingliang slept until close to noon the next day before climbing out of bed, washing the dust and dirt on his face and body with sore body, during which Yuan Tiangang came to visit Chen Yingliang in the tent, Seeing that Chen Yingliang had woken up, Yuan Tiangang hurriedly stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Deputy envoy, your enemy Li Yuan is here. Xinkou, who arrived yesterday evening, has set up camp to the west of us. Also, he was at the center this morning. The generals were beating drums in the military tent, and all the officials from East and Shanxi who led the army to King Qin were summoned, and it looked like they wanted to take advantage of his status as the ambassador of East and Shanxi to take down the position of commander-in-chief of King Qin's army."
"Just take it if he likes it." Chen Yingliang yawned, and said with a sneer: "He is the comfort ambassador of Hedong and Shanxi, and of course he has the power to command the officials of Hedong, Shanxi. But I am the deputy envoy of the twelve counties of Henan Province. The immediate superior is Zhang Xutuo, not him, there is no edict from the emperor appointing him as the commander-in-chief of King Qin, any order from him is fart in front of me!"
Yuan Tiangang nodded, knowing that Chen Yingliang would use this excuse to refuse to carry out any orders from Li Yuan, and then Yuan Tiangang said cautiously: "Deputy envoy, there is another strange thing. Last night, among the friendly troops stationed in the front camp, there was a group of about four The friendly army of hundreds of people suddenly moved to Li Yuan's camp overnight, leaving no one left."
"There is such a thing? Why do you know?" Chen Yingliang finally showed some surprise.
"I haven't found out the reason yet." Yuan Tiangang shook his head, and added: "Master Yin is a good man. After learning about this, he immediately took an army to the front camp and blocked the loophole in time. Fortunately, yesterday There was no Turkic surprise attack at night, and it did not cause any major impact."
Since it had no effect, Chen Yingliang, who was still sore all over his body, didn't bother to worry about it. For the current Qiao Peng Sui army, let alone losing the protection of four hundred friendly troops, even if four thousand friendly troops left, it would be nothing. Therefore, Chen Yingliang nodded casually, expressing his understanding, and asked Yuan Tiangang to make some preparations, saying that he was going to visit the old senior Yin Shishi after dinner, to thank him for his kindness, and to learn about the Turkic military situation by the way. Tiangang agreed, and immediately went to prepare a thank you gift for Chen Yingliang in person.
After everything was packed, Chen Yingliang, who had a full meal, actually brought a gift to visit Master Yin. The Master Yin who had returned from Li Yuan's camp was not very polite to Chen Yingliang, and accepted the gift generously. He also greeted Chen Yingliang with care, cared for Chen Yingliang, a junior, and quickly accepted the title of Chen Yingliang's uncle. But when Chen Yingliang was about to turn the conversation to the main topic, Yin Shishi changed his serious face first, and said to Chen Yingliang in a low voice: "Nephew Yingliang, I have a question. I hope you will tell the truth to uncle. You and Li Yuanli Was there any festival between the ambassadors?"
"Yes, not too young." Chen Yingliang replied calmly: "What is the specific holiday, please forgive me, my nephew can't tell you now, anyway, the holiday between me and him cannot be resolved, this time I will join hands with him to escort the king , we can work together, but I can't obey his orders!"
Unexpectedly, Chen Yingliang answered so frankly, Sui Yin Shishi's complexion suddenly changed, and he sighed after a long while: "No wonder, no wonder such things happen, no wonder..."
Sighing, Master Yin hesitated for a while, and then asked suddenly: "Nephew, do you know? Last night, Ambassador Li suddenly ordered that a King Qin army change camp overnight, and all of them were stationed in the camp of King Qin's army in Taiyuan. "
"I know." Chen Yingliang nodded, and he was extremely puzzled why Master Yin asked this question.
"Then do you know? Where did King Qin's army come from?" Yin Shishi asked again.
"I don't know." Chen Yingliang shook his head, and couldn't help asking curiously, "Uncle, where did that army come from?"
"Ma Yi." Yin Shishi said blankly: "Although the number of that army is small, they all understand Turkic dialect, are familiar with Turkic customs and customs, and combat habits. Their role is very important. Because they went south to the Turkic army to cut off the division, Mayi prefect Wang Ren Gong couldn't lead the main force to go south, so he had to ask his deputy, Li Jing, the governor of the county, to lead the two regiments down the mountain road to the south to provide help for our King Qin's army. Ambassador Li took all this army into his camp. The second time is that it is difficult to find an interpreter who understands Turkic.”
"Heh." Chen Yingliang almost didn't laugh out loud. He just wanted to proudly say that he was prepared, but he jumped up and yelled, "What? Li Jing? The one who was transferred from the army by Ambassador Li last night Commander, is it Li Jing?!"
"That's right, he is Li Jing, the Prime Minister of Mayi County." Yin Shishi nodded and said seriously: "Uncle doesn't know what his attitude is, but he is Ambassador Li's subordinate, and he must obey Ambassador Li's orders!"
Chen Yingliang was dumbfounded, and after a while he gritted his teeth and said in his heart: "No wonder he was not pleasing to the eye when I first saw him. It turns out that this bastard is the old Li family's capable lackey in history! Trouble, this guy just stood by Li Yuan when he appeared. Over there, if Li Yuan finds out that he is a military genius right now and wins him over, wouldn't I be in big trouble?"
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At almost the same time, Li Yuan, who was having a banquet with Li Jing, a subordinate of the same clan, in Taiyuan King Qin's tent, happened to receive the news that Chen Yingliang was going to visit Yin Shishi. After hearing this, Li Yuan nodded and did not speak, but sneered in his heart. Secretly said: "Little man, I also know that I will draw allies, but unfortunately, Yin Shishi, an ally, can't help you much. Since I am a direct subordinate of the old man, I must obey the old man's orders, and all the people under my command who are proficient in Turkic conditions have also been brought by the emperor. Yanmen is under siege, so there is nothing I can do for you."
After secretly laughing, Li Yuan raised his wine glass to Li Jing who was sitting opposite, and invited Li Jing who was sitting opposite to drink together. Li Jing thanked him respectfully, then Li Yuan drank the fine wine in the glass, put down the glass again, and said to Li Jing: " Pharmacist, go see Chen Yingliang this afternoon and explain that it was my order for you to move overnight, and you cannot disobey it, please understand."
"I will obey your orders." Li Jing respectfully agreed, and then asked: "Ambassador, if Deputy Envoy Chen asks me for an interpreter guide, how will I answer?"
"You just say that the interpreter is controlled by the old man, and you can only try to get a few people from the old man for him." Li Yuan said with a smile: "Also, you can tell him that if he needs, you can help him personally at any time, and He made a good relationship and let him know that you and the old man are not the same, do you understand?"
Li Jing's eyes flashed, and then he asked: "Ambassador, do you want the next official to stand by Chen Yingliang?"
"The old man likes to talk to smart people like you." Li Yuan smiled and said frankly: "I have already told you carefully about the festival between the old man and him. He is here to King Qin this time. If there is a chance Destroy the old man, the old man believes that he will never miss it. People don't hurt the tiger's will, but the tiger hurts the heart, the old man has to make some preparations, understand?"
Li Jing nodded and replied calmly: "Your official understands, please rest assured the ambassador, I will definitely do my best."
"Then please." Li Yuan patted Li Jing's hand, pressed the back of Li Jing's hand and said with a smile: "Blood is thicker than water, no matter how unworthy Chai Shao is, he is also the son-in-law of this old man. So don't worry, after this is done, the old man will not treat you badly." you."
Li Jing nodded, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, a slightly ferocious smile.