The bloody battle between the Qiao Peng Sui army and the Baoguo army finally allowed the Taiyuan Sui army under Li Yuan to pick up a lot of advantages. When Li Yuan personally led 10,000 Taiyuan troops northward to the battlefield, the Turkic army had already begun a full-scale attack. Li Yuan, who originally planned to make things up, immediately changed his original intention, and immediately ordered the army to launch a pursuit. He competed with the Qiao Peng Sui Army and the Baoguo Army for the fruits of victory. The Taiyuan Sui Army under Li Yuan's command also seemed to be beaten. Like blood, one rushed faster than the other, and relying on the advantages of physical strength, they got a lot of victorious fruits in the pursuit battlefield, and finally redeemed the face of Li Xiaogong's fiasco.
Seeing that Li Yuan came to take credit so shamelessly, of course Chen Yingliang wanted to eat Li Yuan raw without dipping it in soy sauce! However, Chen Yingliang is also a calm person. Like Li Yuan before, he was already mad with hatred in his heart, but in front of the public, Chen Yingliang did not dare to prevent Li Yuan from joining the battle to give political opponents a chance to catch him. He could only helplessly. Seeing Li Yuan's team desperately grabbing credit for the first rank, and scrambling for the spoils of the prisoners, he was so angry that he was helpless at the same time.
The result of competing for merit is not to expand the results of the battle, but to affect the record instead. In view of the despicable methods of the Taiyuan Army to grab the cake, they only cared about grabbing the existing fruits instead of making the cake bigger. The angry Qiao Peng team only pursued Seven or eight miles away, they stopped, turned around and snatched the heads of the corpses, and competed for the weapons and armor abandoned by the Turks. Soon there were conflicts and quarrels with the Taiyuan army. What made Qiao Peng even more angry was that, The Sui army in Taiyuan was so shameless that it was unimaginable-stealthly cut off the heads of Qiao Peng's fallen soldiers, and pretended to be the heads of Turkic soldiers to claim meritorious service!
After discovering this point, the conflict naturally expanded quickly. The angry general Qiao Peng fought with the friendly army in Taiyuan, and once drew their swords at each other. In the end, Chen Yingliang and Li Yuan had to come forward to investigate and deal with the matter in person. Four days later, Chen Yingliang and Li Yuan, the two biggest leaders of Qin Wangjun, finally met under such circumstances and exchanged a few words.
The result of the investigation was that the stolen goods were obtained together. The heads of the two soldiers of Qiao Peng who were unfortunately killed by arrows in the pursuit were identified on the spot by the soldiers of Qiao Peng. Two soldiers from Taiyuan who stole the heads of friendly troops were also found out However, the two Taiyuan soldiers relied on the fact that they were not under Chen Yingliang's command, resolutely denied it, and insisted that General Qiao Peng was wrong, and that they were not criminals who stole and sacrificed the heads of friendly soldiers. The rascal appearance made Qiao Peng furious. A large group of Qiao Peng soldiers drew their knives and wanted to fight them. Fortunately, Chen Yingliang calmed down and stopped his soldiers in time. Then he asked Li Yuan with a livid face: " Ambassador Li, tell me, what should I do?"
If it were another friendly team, Li Yuan, who is very strict in the army, would have immediately beheaded the two scoundrels on the spot, but in this case, he had met Chen Yingliang's team. Old and new grudges rushed into his heart together, making Li Yuan hold his head high, and said with a sneer, "Fushi Chen, this matter is very difficult. Your soldiers insisted that it was my subordinates who did it, but my subordinates did not do it." I didn’t even see it, and the witnesses are not enough, this old man is really embarrassed.”
"Very good." Chen Yingliang nodded, and said with a smirk, "I've heard for a long time that Ambassador Li is good at running the army, and seeing him today really deserves his reputation. This is an eye-opener for you today."
Li Yuan sneered, ignoring Chen Yingliang's irony with a shy face, Chen Yingliang also ignored him, just turned to the two Taiyuan scoundrels, sneered and said: "You two are lucky today, someone is protecting you, I have nothing to do with you. But you should have heard a saying, it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge in ten years! You two had better burn incense and pray every day, and ask God to let you be protected for the rest of your life, and for your family to be protected for the rest of your life! I will remember that too You, always burn incense and pray, praying that the two of you will be free from disease and disaster, and have a long life!"
The difference in status is placed here. Hearing Chen Yingliang's eerie words, the two Taiyuan scoundrels were unavoidably frightened. They turned pale and secretly went to see Li Yuan. Li Yuan was furious and shouted: "Chen Fushi, What do you mean by that? A threat?"
"Ambassador Li, it seems that you are not only strict in running the army, but also unique in understanding." Chen Yingliang said with a sneer, "So many people are listening here, is the sentence of the subordinate a threat? We need to ask Ambassador Li to find witnesses first!"
After finishing his speech with a sneer, Chen Yingliang shouted: "Take our fallen brother with him, and take his head back and sew it up so that he can be buried! Also, by the way, prepare a pen and paper for me, I want to report to the court!"
Filled with anger, General Qiao Peng agreed abruptly, carried the corpses of the two companions on his back, surrounded Chen Yingliang and strode away, while Li Yuan's face turned blue and black, suddenly pointed at the two Taiyuan scoundrels, and shouted: " From now on, the two of you are the old man's personal soldiers, and all your family members will move to live in Tang County, my fief, and I will provide for the food and clothing! When the troops return to the camp, the old man will also report to the court!"
The generals of the Taiyuan Army obediently agreed, but a new sneer sounded from the side, "Ambassador Li, it's better to build more houses in your Tang County. Set a precedent like this and see how much you can protect in the future."
Li Yuan turned back furiously, but saw that Guo Feng was leading a group of soldiers of the national defense army and sneered beside him. Seeing Li Yuan glaring at him, none of the soldiers of the national defense army were afraid. Quickly went to catch up with Chen Yingliang's team. Li Yuan, on the other hand, was ashamed and angry, and felt a little bit regretful in his heart, knowing that he had set a precedent in a fit of anger, and it would only be more difficult to lead the army in the future, and the military law would be even more difficult to be strict.
This small episode did not spoil the reunion between the soldiers of the Patriotic Army and Chen Yingliang. As soon as they returned to the camp, the soldiers of the Patriotic Army who had been killed so bloody that they could not even wipe off the blood on their faces had already run to Chen Yingliang to salute. Greetings, Chen Yingliang was not polite, hugged Guo Feng, Chen Ci, Zhao Yu and other old lackeys and just yelled, desperately venting his longing and joy after reuniting after a long absence. At the same time, Chen Yingliang was very pleasantly surprised to find that Pei Xingyan, who almost became his brother-in-law He is still in the national defense army, and has become one of the four captains of the national defense army.
Taking the time to ask about Pei Xingyan's situation, Chen Yingliang finally found out that Pei Xingyan had been promoted in the three wars against Goguryeo. Another captain who reported to the National Army had unfortunately died in Goguryeo. Nearly half of them are not the old people left behind by Chen Yingliang. The old people who disappeared were either sacrificed or seriously injured and retired from the army. The relationship is also very strange. Not only did it not weaken, but on the contrary, it became deeper-not too strange. Without the foundation left by Chen Yingliang, the treatment and equipment of the national army would not be so good that all friendly troops would be jealous.
After lamenting that things are right and wrong, Chen Yingliang asked Pei Xingyan in a low voice: "Uncle Pei, and your sister, how are you doing now?"
"Father drove north with him, and is currently trapped in Yanmen City." Pei Xingyan replied in a low voice: "As for my sister, she hasn't married yet, and her temper is still the same as before. I didn't dare to tell her father this time. She was also surrounded by Turks, otherwise she would definitely follow."
"Why didn't you let her come with you? It's cold in Yanmen Pass at night!" Chen Yingliang sighed in his heart, and then asked Guo Feng and others: "By the way, who are you following this time? Dongdu How many King Qin troops have come?"
"Fifteen thousand troops have come from Dongdu. We are the forwards, and the coach is General Liu Changgong. If there is no accident, General Liu will be able to arrive at Xinkou tomorrow morning." Guo Feng replied truthfully: "General Huangfu originally wanted to personally He came here, but his health was not good, and he heard that the situation at Yanmen Pass made him sicker, so we had no choice but to ask General Liu to bring us here."
"Liu Changgong?" Chen Yingliang was both happy and regretful. Of course, he was happy to be able to reunite with Liu Changgong, who was also a good friend after a long time. It was a pity that Huangfu Wuyi could not come to Xinkou in person. Otherwise, with his qualifications, Prestige and official position, as long as I push him to be the commander-in-chief of King Qin, I can easily overwhelm Li Yuan, and I don't have to be as unsure as I push Yun Dingxing.
Regrets are useless, Chen Yingliang can only hurry to gather the new and old lackeys together, let himself and the past accomplices get to know each other, ask them to be good friends, and work together to continue to help him. As a result, Guo Feng, Chen Ci, etc. The old man Baoguojun also hit it off with Cheng Yaojin, Kan Leng and others, and they chatted very quickly. During this period, Master Yin couldn't wait to come to Qiaopeng Daying Camp to congratulate Chen Yingliang. A large group of old and new friends gathered together. Joyful.
There was nothing to say at night, and the next morning, Liu Changgong led the main force of the Dongduqin King Army to the Xinkou battlefield. After receiving the news, Li Yuan went out to greet him in person, and wanted to draw Liu Changgong under his command, but it was a pity that General Liu Although his head likes to get in water from time to time, he is very loyal to Chen Yingliang. As soon as Chen Yingliang sent an envoy to contact Liu Changgong, Liu Changgong immediately led the Dongdu army to the north and set up camp behind Chen Yingliang's camp. He didn't pay much attention to Li Yuan. , Li Yuan's face was livid with anger, but he had nothing to do with Liu Changgong who belonged to Luoyang, the eastern capital.
Not everyone is as loyal as General Liu. In fact, except for the King Qin army in the eastern capital Luoyang, the small army of King Qin who arrived successively in the past few days have all been appeased by the high-ranking Li Yuan and stationed in Taiyuan In the camp of the Sui army, plus the nearly ten thousand Shanxi troops who had rushed to King Xinkouqin before, they had to obey Li Yuan's command. Li Yuan actually controlled an army of 50,000 troops, so even though it was unmatched in terms of combat effectiveness, Li Yuan The strength of the troops under his command still exceeds the sum of the Qiao Peng Sui Army and the Eastern Capital Sui Army, and he is still the most popular candidate for Qin Wang's commander-in-chief.
Compared with his old enemy Li Yuan, Chen Yingliang suffered not only in terms of age, seniority, official position, and family background, but also in intelligence. Li Yuan deliberately blocked Shanxi from providing information to Chen Yingliang, so Chen Yingliang stayed until the afternoon of the same day. It was only then that we learned from the scouts' reports that the 30,000 King Xingqin army led by Yun Dingxing had also arrived at Xinkou. After hearing the news, Chen Yingliang didn't dare to neglect, even though he was having a drinking party with Liu Changgong, he immediately got up from the table and wanted to go south to meet Yun Dingxing in person.
"Brother Yingliang, aren't you too mean?" General Liu was a little unhappy, and complained face to face: "Brother, I will come to Xinkou to meet you. If you don't go to greet me, just send someone to call me Come here, why is that old shameless Yun Dingxing coming, and you are going to greet him personally? In your eyes, is my friendship with you not as deep as my friendship with Yun Dingxing?"
"Brother Liu, don't worry too much." Chen Yingliang hurriedly explained, and said with a wry smile: "It is precisely because you and I are like brothers and sisters, and have a lifelong friendship, that's why I don't need to greet you in person, because I only know that I As long as I send someone to say hello to you, you will definitely come and stand with me. If I go to greet you and invite you, it will be a far cry from you. It's also because Yun Dingxing and I don't have the friendship like you , that's why I have to go to greet him personally, otherwise, he would never have come to join us no matter what."
"Forget that you can talk." Liu Changgong chuckled, and immediately accepted the good brother's explanation, and then asked with some doubts: "However, Yun Dingxing's old man is not that important, is he? That old man just knows how to flatter Hurry up, it's useless on the battlefield, even if you call him, he'll just hide behind your back to pick up cheap, it won't be of much use, right?"
"Usually he's useless, but this time it's different. He's very useful. I'll explain it to you when I get to the road." Chen Yingliang shook his head and begged again: "Brother Liu, do me a favor and come with me to meet Yun Yun." How about Dingxing? You and I join forces and invite him to camp in the north and join us."
Liu Changgong really had nothing to say to Chen Yingliang. Hearing Chen Yingliang's plea, he got up and left the table without saying a word. He and Chen Yingliang each led an army to the south to meet Yun Dingxing's Daxingqin army. He told Liu Changgong about his plan to push Yun Dingxing to the Commander-in-Chief of King Qin, and begged Liu Changgong to join hands with him to push Yun Dingxing. Liu Changgong knew the grievances between Chen Yingliang and Li Yuan. I agreed.
He agreed, but Liu Changgong still kindly reminded him: "Brother Yingliang, don't blame me for speaking unluckily. This matter is a bit unclear. Yun Dingxing's official position and age are enough, but he doesn't have any decent records. In terms of qualifications, he is inferior to Li Yuan, if you push Yun Dingxing to be the commander-in-chief of King Qin, I'm afraid it will be hard to convince everyone."
Chen Yingliang was silent, and said after a while: "I will do my best, if it is not possible, I will do it alone!"
Liu Changgong took a look at Chen Yingliang, sighed, and rarely said a serious word, saying: "Unfortunately, Fan Liushou, Wei Liushou and General Huangfu are not here. If they were, they would be qualified by Li Yuan in that round? Our brothers can also do it." Join hands and kill your enemy directly!"
Chen Yingliang smiled wryly, and also sighed lightly. He didn't dare to imagine what would happen to him if he couldn't stop Li Yuan from becoming the commander-in-chief of King Qin.
After Liu Changgong went south for a certain distance, Chen Yingliang suddenly realized that the situation was not good. The Zuo Tunwei army who had just arrived from Daxing had already started to set up camp, and they were stationed on the west side of Li Yuan's camp, posing to stand shoulder to shoulder with Li Yuan. At the same time, he found the Zuo Tunwei army and asked about it. Chen Yingliang was surprised to learn that Yun Dingxing had been invited by Li Yuan to the Sui army camp in Taiyuan for a party. Hearing this news, Chen Yingliang, who was in urgent need of Yun Dingxing, an ally of King Qin, inevitably changed his face slightly. After thinking for a while, Chen Yingliang had no choice but to drag Liu Changgong outside Li Yuan's camp to seek an audience, and was prepared to do whatever he wanted. You have to meet Shang Yun Dingxing first, and bring back the past friendship first.
There was only a conflict with Li Yuan yesterday. Of course, Chen Yingliang would not have any good fruit to eat in front of the gate of the Taiyuan Sui Army. When he took a closer look at the people Li Yuan sent, Chen Yingliang was also completely desperate—the person Li Yuan sent to answer Chen Yingliang was none other than Chai Shao, who almost became Chen Yingliang's brother-in-law!
I haven't seen him for two years, and Chai Shao is obviously older. He is less than thirty years old, and his temples have gray hair. However, at this moment, Chai Shao is very energetic and in a good mood. As soon as they met, they gave a military salute and said respectfully: "The last general, Lieutenant Chai Shao of Zuo Tunwei, has seen Deputy Envoy Chen and Deputy Envoy Jin An arrested by the twelve counties."
"Brother Sichang, please excuse me." Chen Yingliang forced a smile, and said politely: "Long time no see, how is Brother Sichang?"
"I don't dare to be the last general, please call the last general by his name directly." Chai Shao took advantage of the situation very gracefully, and said with a smile: "Thanks to the deputy envoy, the last general is still alive."
Chen Yingliang, who had screwed the Chai family up enough, was extremely embarrassed, but Liu Changgong next to him was not happy, and said angrily: "Stop being a bitch, can you blame him for the matter between you and Brother Yingliang? Answer quickly, will Ambassador Li see you?" us?"
"Promise." Chai Shao sang promise, and then cupped his hands and said: "Report to Deputy Envoy Chen, report to General Liu, Ambassador Li sent a message from the last general, saying that he is having an old relationship with General Yun, and he cannot find time to meet with Deputy Envoy Chen, so I also ask Deputy Envoy Chen to go back for a while, and Ambassador Li will come to apologize at another day. As for General Liu, Ambassador Li invites you in!"
"Put your mother's stinky fart!" Liu Changgong was even more furious, and immediately yelled, "I have time to see me, but I have no time to see brother Ying Liang? What are you showing off? Go back and tell Li Yuan that I don't want to see him anymore. Don't look for me again!"
After all, Liu Changgong, who was really good to Chen Yingliang, pulled his good brother and walked back and forth, but at this moment, another young man jumped out from behind the camp gate, clasped his hands and said loudly: "General Liu, please Stay and listen to the last general's words, in fact, not only my father wants to see you, but also Liu Jingye and old general Liu also want to see you, please come in."
Liu Changgong's furious footsteps suddenly stopped, and Chen Yingliang also turned his head to look, but saw that the young man who suddenly jumped out was none other than Li Er and Li Shimin who had even robbed his beloved woman. Seeing Chen Yingliang looking at him, Li Er smiled slightly, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "The last general, Li Shimin, has seen Deputy Envoy Chen."
"General Li, it's been a long time." Chen Yingliang returned the salute casually, knowing in his heart that something was wrong today.
Sure enough, Liu Changgong immediately came up to him and whispered in Chen Yingliang's ear: "Brother Yingliang, I'm sorry, I have to go in. Liu Jingye is the uncle of our clan and the brother of the head of our Feng Yi Liu clan. If I dare not go to see him, the old immortals in the clan will not spare me."
Chen Yingliang already knew that Li Er would never mention this name for no reason, so he was not surprised when he heard Liu Changgong's words, but he just nodded and said, "It's okay, brother Liu, go in, and I will watch over your camp for you. "
Liu Changgong nodded, then patted Chen Yingliang on the shoulder, and said that I will go in for you to inquire about the situation, and then followed Li Er and Chai Shao into the camp. Chen Yingliang helplessly watched his good brother Liu Changgong enter the camp, shaking his head and sighing, Chen Yingliang accidentally saw Li Jing was also standing behind the fence of the camp gate, looking at him. When Chen Yingliang looked at Li Jing's expression carefully, he found that Li Jing smiled kindly at him. His expression was very gentle. He didn't know whether he was laughing at himself or Comfort yourself.
It was night, and Li Yuan didn't know what method he used to keep Liu Changgong from returning to Youwuwei Camp all night—considering General Liu's character, it should be a combination of good wine and beautiful women. At the same time, the envoys Chen Yingliang sent to Youtunwei camp to wait for Yun Dingxing never reported that Yun Dingxing had returned to the camp to rest, and made Chen Yingliang, who was anxious to understand the situation and meet Yun Dingxing, wait all night. And in the early morning of the next day, when Chen Yingliang was dozing off in a daze, Li Yuan suddenly sent his confidant Taiyuan County Magistrate Gao Binlian to meet Chen Yingliang and invite Chen Yingliang to come to the camp to discuss important military affairs.
"What important military affairs are you discussing?" Chen Yingliang asked cautiously.
"Replying to Deputy Envoy Chen, our Ambassador Li invited all the generals of King Qin's army to gather to discuss the commander-in-chief of King Qin, that is, the commander-in-chief of King Qin." After accepting the invitation, the only thing missing is Fushi Chen."