Chen Yingliang has always been very trustworthy to his friendly colleagues. After resting for a day and two nights, although the army was still very tired, Chen Yingliang still abided by the agreement with Qin Wang Youjun, returned the old camp to the friendly army, and led Qiao Peng Youjun out of the camp. Going north, a new camp was built ten miles in front of the friendly army, and it was very selfless at the forefront, directly standing at the forefront of contending with the Turkic army.
For Chen Yingliang's righteous deed, the small group Qin Wang Youjun headed by Yin Shishi was full of praise, praised Chen Yingliang as a friend who was loyal, and also extended a helping hand to help Qiao Peng Sui army build a camp, but the Taiyuan Qin Wang army led by Li Yuan was Without any indication, they are still stationed on the west side of the camp of Yin Shishi and other friendly troops, hiding in the safe area behind the Qiao Peng Sui army. At the same time, Chen Yingliang and Li Yuan, the two largest leaders of Qin Wangjun, still haven't met each other, saying The last sentence put on a ruthless posture of never getting in touch with each other.
Chen Yingliang was not surprised by Li Yuan's attitude, but Chen Yingliang was a little puzzled by the actions of the Turks. Judging from the activities of the Turkic scouts, the Turks must have known about the arrival of Qiao Peng and the Sui Army at the Xinkou battlefield, but it took a day and two nights However, the Turkic side did not take any action or reaction, and did not take advantage of Chen Yingliang's exhaustion from afar to launch an attack. At the same time, the scouts sent by Master Yin also brought news that the Turkic army still did not stop attacking Nao County. , but concentrated its forces in the south of Nao County, and established a camp in power.
Regarding this situation, Chen Yingliang and Yin Shishi were a little puzzled. They didn't know whether the Turkic army was underestimating the enemy's negligence and contemptuously. Emperor Yangdi's head, and then turned around to deal with King Qin's Sui army? Or do you want to pretend to underestimate the enemy, lure King Qin and the Sui army to take the initiative to attack, and then use cavalry and shooting to defeat the enemy in the field battle that the Turks are best at? At the same time, because of the lack of understanding of Shibi Khan's military style, neither Chen Yingliang nor Yin Shishi could judge the real intention of the Turkic army.
Fortunately, when Qiao Peng's Sui Army camped nervously, Li Jing came to Chen Yingliang again, and under the sign of congratulating Chen Yingliang and visiting and studying, he scouted the situation of Qiao Peng Sui Army's camp in an open and honest manner, and his eyes were specifically directed at Qiao Peng. Taking a peek at key points of the Sui army's camp, peeking at key facilities such as granaries, stables, secret posts, watchtowers, watchtowers, and generals' sleeping tents, it made General Qiao Peng, who was setting up camp, furious, and Chen Yingliang was also somewhat displeased. It's a pity that Li Jing was not satisfied. When he saw that the fortifications of the Sui army's back camp in Qiaojun were as solid and complete as the front camp, Li Jing laughed and said: "No wonder Li said behind his back that the deputy envoy was suspicious and cautious, and turned the rear camp facing the friendly army. It’s also built so solidly, so be careful.”
"No way, our camp is ten miles away from the friendly army, so we must be more careful."
Chen Yingliang replied indifferently, and then hurriedly invited Li Jing to discuss matters in the big tent of the Chinese army. Li Jing returned to the Chinese army with Chen Yingliang, and continued to praise Chen Yingliang for his good command of the army and his strict and orderly establishment of the camp. Shining as a star, Chen Yingliang was perfunctory and modest, but Li Jing said suddenly, "It's just that the right battalion is a little weak. It is a prudent choice to let the river beach avoid sudden flash floods. The space for the enemy to attack in a roundabout way. The officer feels that it is best to increase the garrison in that area by another thousand people."
Looking at the right battalion in surprise, Chen Yingliang realized that the right battalion facing the Hutuo River was indeed somewhat insufficient. In order to avoid the sudden flash flood and affect the camp, too much river beach area was given up, giving the enemy room to attack in a roundabout way. , but because of the natural protection of the Hutuo River, there are relatively few troops stationed there. Once the enemy surrounds and attacks the camp from all sides, the right camp is most likely to be broken through first. Shocked in his heart, Chen Yingliang hurriedly readjusted the garrison of the right battalion according to Li Jing's instructions, and dug a trench for careful protection. Then Chen Yingliang couldn't help but glanced at Li Jing again, and thought to himself: "This guy, does he really want to help? I?"
What Li Jing made Chen Yingliang unable to understand is still behind. After entering the Chinese army tent, without outsiders present, Li Jing took out another topographic map of mountains and rivers and gave it to Chen Yingliang, explaining: "I made it myself before. The topographic sand table has been taken by Ambassador Li to his central army tent, but fortunately, I also drew a topographic map of mountains and rivers by myself, if the deputy envoy doesn't mind it, he can use it as much as he likes."
After receiving the map presented by Li Jing and opening it, Chen Yingliang found that it was a very detailed and clear geographical map of mountains and rivers. The width and the water sources and streams of various places, with this picture, a new sand table can be created immediately, Chen Yingliang is inevitably more puzzled, and it is even more difficult to judge Li Jing's real intention. In the end, Chen Yingliang could only hand over the map to the great expert Yuan Tiangang to identify the authenticity, and then thanked Li Jing respectfully. Li Jing laughed and said that you are welcome, this is just a matter of course.
After realizing that he couldn't understand Li Jing more and more, in order to continue to test his sincerity and to clarify another doubt in his heart, Chen Yingliang simply asked Li Jing, who was familiar with the Turkic situation, why the Turkic army continued to attack Nao County Li Jing didn't even think about the reason, and replied casually: "The Turks stayed still, of course, to cut off the way for our reinforcements to go north to King Qin. After the Turks failed to attack Shengjia, they besieged Yanmen. It was our Tai Sui who deceived us." It is difficult to gather reinforcements for a while, and time is very precious to the Turks. Taking Nao County can gain a buffer, slow down the speed of our army's advance, and buy time for them to capture Yanmen. Going south to resist our reinforcements will only waste time. Although the bandit chieftain is a barbarian, he still clearly distinguishes the priority of this point."
"But our reinforcements have arrived one after another?" Chen Yingliang asked: "Isn't Turkic afraid of attacking Nao County with all his strength, and we stabbed him from the back with a hole in the rear?"
"Turks are not afraid." Li Jing answered quickly, "There are two reasons. First, Turks rely on their advantages in cavalry and archery. They feel that they are invincible in field battles, so they are not afraid of our attack. Second, to be honest, the deputy envoys don't mind The Turks still don't care about your strength, they are confident that they can fight on both sides and win on both sides, so they dare to attack the city and set up a camp at the same time."
"Turk is so confident?" Chen Yingliang sneered.
"The Turks have such confidence." Li Jing nodded and explained with a smile: "There has been no large-scale war between the Sui Dynasty and the Turks for 14 years. , have passed away one after another, and the Turkic side also understands this, and feels that since these old enemies are dead, there is no one in the Central Plains who can defeat the Turks. Strange."
Chen Yingliang was a little skeptical, always felt that Li Jing's analysis was a little unreliable, and the Turkic army should not be so careless about the enemy. Li Jing glanced at Chen Yingliang, and then said calmly: "Vice Envoy Chen, I have just said that there has been no war between the Sui and Turkic armies for fourteen years, and all the famous Sui generals who could make the Turks fearful have died. If you can grasp the Turkic weakness of underestimating the enemy and be the first to win a battle, I can guarantee that the Turkic army will remember your name immediately, and the Turkic main force in the Siege of Yanmen will inevitably divide their troops and go south, Your Majesty the Emperor! The pressure we are facing will also be greatly reduced immediately.”
"What Li Juncheng means is to suggest that I launch an attack as soon as possible, and make a good start first, so that the Turks will know how powerful we are, and dare not attack Yanmen City with all our strength?" Chen Yingliang asked cautiously.
"Exactly." Li Jing nodded vigorously, his expression still firm.
Hearing this, not to mention Chen Yingliang, who is treacherous and suspicious by nature, even Wei Zheng and Yuan Tiangang, who are more kind people next to him, look at Li Jing with suspicion. Encourage the self-army to attack the Turkic army head-on, and use the hands of the Turkic army to severely injure the Qiao Peng Sui army.
As if he didn't see the suspicion of Chen Yingliang and others, Li Jing asked Yuan Tiangang for the map back, and said: "Of course, I don't want to persuade Chen Fushi to send out all the troops to attack head-on and confront the Turks head-on. The officer suggested that the deputy envoy might as well take advantage of our infantry's strength in defense to defeat the enemy."
"How to defeat the enemy with tactics?" Chen Yingliang quickly pricked up his ears, wanting to hear what advice Li Jing, the number one general in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, had.
"Deputy Envoy, please look here." Li Jing pointed to a location on the map and said, "To the east of the Turkic camp and to the southeast of the city of Nao County, there is a plateau called Ziganyuan. It is also very sufficient, and you can garrison troops. If the deputy envoy sends more than a thousand infantry up the mountain from the trail behind the mountain to seize this Ziganyuan, then you can look down at the Turkic camp from a high position, and then you send troops to attack the front of the Turkic camp. The Turkic army must go out to meet the enemy, and the deputy envoy will lure them far away from the camp, and your infantry stationed in Ziganyuan can take the opportunity to surprise the Turkic camp and win a big victory!"
After listening carefully to Li Jing's tactics, and then carefully looking at the map, Chen Yingliang's nose was almost out of breath, because Li Jing's tactics were ridiculously absurd. Sentinels were placed on duty on the plain, and the Sui army infantry walked up the mountain and walked up the mountain. The way down the mountain for the infantry of the army, how many infantrymen will die when they go up the mountain, there is almost no hope of survival.
The nose is crooked, the nose is crooked, Chen Yingliang still has the demeanor he should have, and he bowed his hands to Li Jing respectfully to thank him, expressing that he will carefully consider the tactics proposed by Li Jing, Li Jing is also very satisfied that Chen Yingliang obeyed his words, and then made excuses Wanting to go back to serve Marquis Li Yuan, he bowed his hand and bid farewell, but Chen Yingliang was too lazy to send him off, and let him go after a few words. Li Jing thanked him, but when he was leaving the account, Li Jing turned around and said: "Deputy envoy, the subordinate officer proposed The tactic is absolutely feasible, I hope you think twice."
Chen Yingliang smiled gracefully and nodded, expressing that he would think it over carefully, Li Jing left satisfied, but as soon as Li Jing left, Chen Yingliang scolded him immediately, "Fuck! What is the intention of this bastard? How did he get out of here?" Given such a bad idea to me, does he really want to take refuge in me, or does he want to help Li Yuan pit me against my first battle?"
Several of Chen Yingliang's staff officers, Yuan Tiangang, Wei Zheng, and Changsun Wuji were not very good at military tactics. Of course they were all surprised to hear Chen Yingliang's scolding, so they hurriedly asked for details. When Chen Yingliang pointed out the absurdity of this tactic, Changsun Wuji He and Yuan Tiangang also immediately became angry, scolding Li Jing for being uneasy and kind, making it clear that they wanted to help Li Yuan pit himself from the army. Wei Zheng, who has an upright personality, was rarely displeased, and said angrily: "This thief has ulterior motives, and he really has no good intentions! Just now I felt that something was wrong. First, I said that I used our infantry's good defense skills to make tricks, but in the end it was to arrange our troops The infantry attacked the Turkic camp, so contradictory, do you want to hide it from our army?"
"Yeah, it's clear that I'm uneasy and kind!" Yuan Tiangang quickly took over the conversation and said angrily: "The trail behind the mountain that stole Shangziganyuan is still located east of the Hutuo River. Water, surrounded by Turkic troops in the future, death can no longer die! It is suggested that we use troops like this, it would be more convenient for us to dig a hole and bury ourselves!"
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was interested. Hearing Yuan Tiangang's angry words, Chen Yingliang turned around fiercely, and quickly asked: "Mr. Yuan, what did you just say? There is a mountain in front? There is water next to it? What do you mean by that? "
"I mean the Hutuo River." Yuan Tiangang picked up the map, pointed to the mountain road that stole up to Ziganyuan and said, "This mountain road is located to the east of the Hutuo River. If our army fights according to his plan, it will be There are high mountains blocking the front, the Hutuo River blocking the way, and the Turks outflanking the back, so I can't die any more."
Chen Yingliang was a little stunned, hurriedly took the map and checked it carefully, and after thinking about it for a while, Chen Yingliang became a little puzzled, and said: "Could it be that Li Jing is deliberately testing me? I want to see whether I have a false reputation or a real talent." Practical study?"
"Brother, what do you mean?" Changsun Wuji asked quickly.
"His tactic is feasible, but it's not complete." Chen Yingliang replied: "We only need to change his tactic a little, and we will definitely be able to win the first battle."
"How to change?" Yuan Tiangang, Wei Zheng and others asked quickly.
"Let us sneak attack on Ziganyuan's team, take on the task of pretending to lure the enemy, and lure the Turks to outflank and encircle our sneak attack team." Chen Yingliang explained: "Then we will use the main force to attack the outflanking soldiers of the Turks. The team will face the dilemma of mountains and water in front of them, unable to make full use of their strengths in riding and shooting, and can only be surrounded by us in a narrow area, and the Turks must dispatch light cavalry if they want to outflank. The heavy infantry is good at melee combat, and the Turkic light infantry is weak in defense, and it is easy to win!"
"Then what should we do if we go up the mountain to serve as the infantry of the fake army?" Yuan Tiangang asked hastily: "Also, the Turks went up the mountain directly from the west of Ziganyuan, and the condescension is also a great threat to us?"
"Our false army can send light infantry to fight if they can, and if they can't fight, they can go down the mountain by other paths." Chen Yingliang explained, and then said: "As for the Turkic troops going up the mountain from the west of Ziganyuan, don't worry. The combat effectiveness of the Turks with horses will be reduced by at least 30%, and the combat effectiveness of the Turks who fight on the mountain road will be reduced by at least 50%, and they will only be tortured by us!"
Yuan Tiangang, Wei Zheng and others looked at each other, and then Changsun Wuji said in surprise: "Brother, since Li Jing's tactic is completely feasible, why didn't he just say it outright? Why did he just say half of it?"
"It should be testing me to see if I have the qualifications for him to follow." Chen Yingliang replied: "Otherwise, with his ability, he would not be able to say contradictory words. Later, he reminded me to think twice and made it clear. Just to test whether I would respect his opinion."
"In that case, there is a possibility." Changsun Wuji nodded, and said, "He is Li Yuan's direct subordinate, and he feels that his talent is underappreciated and he wants to give up Li Yuan and join us, which is tantamount to risking his own head, so he has to test you, brother. Whether you really have the talent to compete with Li Yuan, you have to test your attitude towards him, brother."
Chen Yingliang nodded, quite agreeing with Changsun Wuji's judgment, but felt that something seemed wrong, just like Li Jing's intention may not be exactly the same, under the judgment of others, Chen Sangliang even had such an idea, Secretly said: "Could it be that it is true, put a long line and catch big fish?"
After weighing the pros and cons for a long time, Chen Yingliang finally made up his mind and ordered: "Arrange a few scouts to scout out the terrain of the back mountain road where they stole to Ziganyuan, get to know the specific situation, and then decide whether to adopt this strategy. It doesn’t matter if the Turkic sentry detects it, it’s better to let the Turkic know that we are taking that mountain road.”
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While the scouts of the Qiao Peng Sui army were ordered to go out to explore the mountain road, Li Jing also returned to Li Yuan's Taiyuan army camp. Like last time, Li Jing reported the results of his negotiations with Chen Yingliang to Li Yuan in detail. And also truthfully explained that Chen Yingliang attached equal importance to the back camp, as well as the details of his advice to Chen Yingliang and Chen Yingliang's reaction.
Hearing that Chen Yingliang also attached great importance to the rear battalion's report, of course Li Yuan cursed. Knowing that his plan of deliberately not saving the friendly army at the critical moment had come to nothing, after listening to Li Jing's proposal, Li Yuan suddenly laughed and said, "Pharmacist , your idea is really bad enough, are you afraid that the little thief Chen Yingliang will see that you have bad intentions at a glance, and deliberately let him go to Ziganyuan to die? Lose trust in you?"
"It's okay, the next official said something vague again, let him guess for himself." Li Jing said with a smile: "The big deal is to make him feel that I don't trust him very much, and he needs to test his sincerity in soliciting me. Anyway, I The maps and rain records given to him are all true, pointing out that the Turks are currently underestimating the enemy, and suggesting that he send troops to win as soon as possible is also a correct suggestion. At most, he thinks that my level of tactics is not good, and he will not have too much doubt about me."
"Then why don't you suggest that he attack directly?" Li Yuan asked with a smile.
"That kid is too cunning. I suggest him to attack head-on. He must understand that the official wants to use the Turk's hand to consume his strength." Li Jing answered truthfully and smiled: "So the official can only implement the second plan of your ambassador. Deliberately using vague words, I offered him a sure-fire strategy, which completely confused his thoughts. In this way, he will die if he uses my plan for a sneak attack, and he will lose both sides if he uses my plan. It is extremely difficult to win. Let the ambassador win the time for the arrival of the rear army, let alone explain to the court and the emperor, a dilemma, a dilemma, enough to give him a headache."
"Well done." Li Yuan nodded with a smile, and said, "Don't take too long, old man, as long as you can completely confuse him and hold back within three days, then the main force of the old man will reach Xinkou after three days. Since the old man's troops are stronger than his, he can justifiably take on the burden of Commander Qin Wang, and there is no need to worry about this kid playing tricks any more."
Li Jing nodded with a smile, and thanked Li Yuan for his compliment, but Li Yuan, who was in good spirits, said: "I have another good news to tell you, the old man has just received the letter from Kuai Ma, and the old man's second son Li Shimin and his beloved son-in-law Chai Shao have also joined Qin Wang's army from Zuo Tunwei is rushing towards Xinkou. Don't you really want to meet them after hearing their grievances with Chen Xiaozei? I will let you get to know them when the time comes. You should get along well. Work together to assist the old man King Qin to rescue him, and after the matter is completed, the old man will never treat you badly."
"Second Young Master and Young Master Chai are here too?" Li Jing was stunned for a moment, then smiled happily, and said with a grin: "That's great, they're here too, wouldn't it be possible to see with your own eyes the ambassador, you avenge them gone?"
Li Yuan smiled and nodded, his smile was as ferocious as Li Jing's.
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As expected by Chen Yingliang, that afternoon, Qiao Peng, the Sui army scout who went to the back mountain path of Ziganyuan to investigate the situation, was indeed spotted by the Turkic sentries on the Ziganyuan plateau, but these Turkic sentries did not startle the snake. The scouts of the Sui army who drove away Qiao Peng, according to the order of Shibi Khan's younger brother Ashina, deliberately let the Sui army's scouts return after reconnaissance of the terrain, and at the same time reported the matter to Ashina's association.
"Damn barbarians from the Central Plains, you really are trying to make up for Ziganyuan." Having to report this, the Ashina Association was the first to swear, and then sneered: "Come on, if you like the idea of beating Ziganyuan, just come here Well, our Turkic army cannot garrison troops on the mountains, but we are not afraid of you coming to garrison troops.”
After the sneer, Ashina immediately ordered to send double scouts to Ziganyuan, and set up a beacon tower on the hillside to the west of Ziganyuan, demanding that once the Sui army was found to have stolen Ziganyuan from the back mountain path, they would be sent to Ziganyuan. Immediately ignite and set off smoke alarm!