"Everyone, please sit down. The commander-in-chief announced the first order after his inauguration. Before sunset today, the number of soldiers and the composition of the troops must be registered together. The book, presented in front of this commander, must not be mistaken. My commander's account is not here, it is my former Chinese army account, colleagues, please remember."
"The commander's second order, all armies and battalions must prepare for battle within today. Once there is an order from the commander from tomorrow, Yizhu Xiangnei must send troops according to the order. Anyone who violates the order or delays will be severely punished by military law. , will never tolerate it."
"The commander's third order is that if King Qin's army goes north to Xinkou in time, they must report to the commander immediately. The military camp will be arranged by the commander. There must be no mistakes. Ambassador Li Yuandi, you are the comfort ambassador of Hedong and Shanxi , the official documents in the Sanjin area were given to you before, and from now on, you don’t have to accept these official documents, and submit them directly to me. The official documents you received before will also be delivered to me before sunset today In the handsome account, there must be no mistakes."
The monkey is crowned, the clown jumps the beam, and as soon as Chen Sangliang took office, he immediately issued three orders in one breath to confirm his command of the commander, threatened and intimidated the friendly army to hand over their capital and details, and snatched them away. The information and transportation system that Li Yuan mastered alone was extremely high-spirited and at the same time extremely successful. The poor civil and military officials of the Sui Dynasty present were bound hands and feet by the imperial edict of Sui Yang. Not only did they not dare to resist doubts, but they could only make promises and obediently obey orders. Ambassador Li Yuan, who had a gloomy face, did not dare to If there is even the slightest disobedience, I can only sing promises with my colleagues, secretly hating the injustice of the sky and the injustice of the world.
After announcing these three orders, Chen Yingliang was even more impolite, and immediately pointed the finger at Li Yuan, and said grandly: "My colleagues, the way to govern the army is to put military law first. The army has no discipline, it looks like loose sand, and rewards and punishments are unknown. Nothing can be done, since this commander was ordered to lead the entire army, this important matter of military discipline must be taken seriously first—Ambassador Li, please hand over your two personal soldiers."
Everyone's eyes turned to Li Yuan, and most of them didn't understand why Chen Yingliang mentioned Li Yuan's two soldiers. There was even the slightest disobedience, so he could only give orders to the soldiers next to him in a low voice. Not a moment later, Li Jiancheng, the eldest son of Li Yuan, who had a good relationship with Chen Yingliang, personally escorted two tied Taiyuan soldiers into the account. Then Li Jiancheng immediately knelt down on one knee to Chen Yingliang, and the head of Ji saluted and said, "Commander, steal the soldiers who died in battle from the friendly army." The two scumbags whose heads have taken credit for their merits have already arrived, and I ask Marshal Chen to punish him."
Hearing Li Jiancheng's words, the faces of many generals of King Qin's army suddenly changed color, and Liu Changgong, who was more irritable, stood up and said angrily, "What? These two bastards actually stole the heads of friendly soldiers to take credit? Is this okay? Ambassador Li, they are your people, why didn't you kill them on the spot before? Do you want us Qin Wang's army to kill each other and take the heads of our friendly troops to reward each other for credit?"
Li Yuan's face was ashamed, and he quickly stood up and apologized, while Li Jiancheng quickly kowtowed and said, "Marshal Chen, my father didn't kill these two scumbags on the spot before, because the battlefield was too chaotic at that time, and it was difficult to find out whether it really happened. Later, after the troops were withdrawn and returned to the camp, it was found out that this happened that night, and my father immediately ordered them to be tied up and imprisoned, and he was going to hand them over to the friendly army for apology.
"You took them down the night before yesterday? Ambassador Li, is this really the case?" Chen Yingliang asked calmly.
"That's true." Li Yuan bit the bullet and replied: "On the battlefield the day before yesterday, the situation was too chaotic. After the troops were withdrawn and returned to the camp, they found out that this was the case, and immediately ordered the two scumbags to be imprisoned and imprisoned, and strictly prohibited such evil deeds. Everyone in the Taiyuan Army knew about this matter, and Commander Wan Wang clearly investigated it. I also ask the commander-in-chief to forgive the crime of negligence of the young general."
Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng's father and son have talked to this point, and Chen Yingliang can't take advantage of this matter to continue to punish Li Yuan, so he nodded and said: "Well, since Ambassador Li put them in prison the night before yesterday, the commander-in-chief also I have not been appointed as the head coach of King Qin, so I will not pursue the crime of Ambassador Li's negligence this time. But these two scumbags can't be lightly forgiven. Someone will push them out of the account and beheaded in public. Army, make an example to others!"
"Commander, spare your life! Commander, spare your life!" The two Taiyuan rascals kowtowed and begged, but Li Yuan's personal soldiers looked at me and I looked at you, and no one dared to move. Chen Yingliang was a little angry, and said angrily: "What's the matter?" ? Do you want my commander’s personal team to do it? Ma Sanbao, go and call my personal team in!”
Ma Sanbao sang the promise, but Li Jiancheng was startled, and quickly kowtowed: "Don't dare to trouble the commander-in-chief's soldiers, come here, come here quickly, push these two scumbags out and chop them up, and put their heads in the account. Marshal Chen, please have a trial!"
With Li Jiancheng's order, Li Yuan's personal soldiers stepped forward, pushed the two Taiyuan scoundrels out of the tent and beheaded them, and put their heads in the tent for Chen Yingliang to test his punishment. Chen Yingliang's anger subsided a little. , After ordering the heads of the two rogues to be announced to the army, he thought for a while and said loudly: "Now announcing a personnel appointment, Loufan Taishou Yin Shishi obeys the order."
"The end is here." Yin Shishi stood up and cupped his fists.
"From now on, I will appoint you as the chief military judge of King Qin's coalition army." Chen Yingliang said loudly: "All the Loufan troops under your command will be redesignated as military law teams and supervising teams to carry out punishments. The following is up to you to handle at your own discretion. If the stick is over forty, report it to me for discussion. On the two armies, your team will serve as the supervising team, but there are those who retreat, no matter whose team it is, including the direct soldiers under the command of this commander. , all will be executed on the spot, no tolerance!"
There was a little smile on the corner of Yin Shishishi's mouth, knowing that Chen Sangliang was somewhat conscientious, and this was his full support before repaying himself, so he immediately sang his promise and accepted the order without any hesitation. And Chen Sangliang is also very good at rewarding meritorious deeds and punishing crimes, so he turned to Li Jing and said: "Ma Yi County Governor Li Jing listens to orders."
Li Jing stepped out of the queue and waited for orders with folded fists. Chen Yingliang then ordered: "Split up the Mayi troops under your command and assign them to each Qinwang army as an interpreter guide. For the Qinwang troops with less than 5,000 people, each army will assign five interpreters." For guides, there are 10 soldiers for every 5,000 and 10,000 soldiers, and 1 fire for every 5,000 troops, and so on, but each army should have no more than 30 people, so as not to have insufficient interpreters and guides. The remaining Mayi soldiers , all moved to the commander's camp, in order to obey orders."
Li Jing sang promises, and Chen Yingliang said: "Li Juncheng, you are familiar with the Turkic military and folk customs, and are proficient in Turkic language. From now on, you must participate in the meeting whenever there is a major military event, so that the commander can consult you at any time. What are your advantages?" As long as the strategy is appropriate, the commander will naturally adopt it as appropriate."
"Thank you, Marshal." Of course, Li Jing understood that Chen Yingliang was repaying the favor he had just given. After thanking him respectfully, Li Jing took a peek at Li Yuan again. It happened that Li Yuan also peeked at Li Jing from the same clan, and they exchanged meaningful glances.
At this time, the old general Yun Ding Xingyun suddenly stepped out, bowed his hands to Chen Yingliang and said: "Commander, when it comes to offering suggestions, the general has a plan to defeat the enemy and wants to offer it. Please accept it."
"Oh, old general Yun has a clever plan to retreat from the enemy?" Chen Yingliang was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly said: "What clever plan does old general Yun have? Please tell me quickly. This commander is all ears."
Given the opportunity to atone for his sins, Old General Yun, who accidentally stood in the wrong team just now, would not be polite, and hurriedly cupped his hands and replied: "Commander, the general thinks that the Turkic warlords did not succeed in attacking the Turks, and then they will be killed." Emperor Luan of the Sui Dynasty was surrounded by Yanmen City. What he wanted to deceive was that our Sui army could not go north to rescue the king in a short period of time. In this case, the general suggested that our army might as well expand the camp as much as possible, set up more banners during the day, and Send troops to move around in the camp, and set up bonfires with drums and gongs at night. Drums and gongs are in constant communication for dozens of miles. When we arrive, we dare not hold on for a long time and retreat on our own, the siege of Yanmen can be solved without a fight."
Hearing Yun Dingxing's suggestion, Li Er, who was eavesdropping outside the tent, quickly pricked up his ears, wanting to hear what Chen Yingliang thought of his clever plan, but Chen Yingliang, who had a secret agent named Sima Guang, was very disappointed, and secretly said in his heart I said something about stealing Li Er, and I really can’t have too much hope for you, a shameless old man, in military terms, but the other generals of King Qin’s army next to me didn’t think so. Yes, according to the plan, there should be hope to scare away the Turkic bandits who like to bully the weak and fear the hard.
Taking another look at Yun Dingxing who was full of anticipation, Chen Yingliang said with a wry smile: "Old General Yun, your strategy is indeed very suitable, and there is indeed hope for success, but I'm sorry, I can't adopt it."
"Why?" Old General Yun, who was still full of confidence just now, was stunned, and Li Er's face sank outside the tent.
"It's very simple. The effect is too slow. Once it fails, the consequences will be unimaginable." Chen Yingliang shrugged and replied: "It is indeed possible to scare the Turks away by creating the illusion of a strong military force, but the effect will inevitably be slow, and His Majesty the Emperor and the civil and military officials of the Sui Dynasty are being killed. The Turks surrounded the city of Yanmen heavily, looking forward to the reinforcements breaking through the siege as soon as possible. Using this slow strategy will not only make His Majesty suffer, but once the Turks see through, the consequences will be even more unimaginable. Sir, even if your majesty is injured by a Turkic hair, we will all die."
Both Yun Dingxing and Li Er outside the account were greatly disappointed, but fortunately, our old general Yun has always been reliable in face, and he didn't feel ashamed at all when he failed to offer a plan. Urgent, thinking about what Your Majesty thinks, I really deserve to be a model minister and a model loyal minister. But Li Yuan who was next to him immediately sensed something was wrong, guessing that Chen Yingliang had the idea of a quick battle, his eyes rolled again, Li Yuan simply stood up and asked, "Marshal Chen, since you think Old General Yun's plan is inappropriate, it will work." It's too slow, so how should the general wait for the king to rescue him, and ask Marshal Chen to give orders as soon as possible, so that the general can follow the order."
Glancing at Li Yuan, who was definitely not convinced and wanted to make trouble secretly, Chen Yingliang said calmly, "Ambassador Li, don't worry, I will arrange for the king to rescue you and use troops to fight, and it will definitely be very soon."
"It really needs to be fast." Li Yuan nodded, gritted his teeth and said: "The commander-in-chief was right just now. His Majesty the Emperor was surrounded by Turkic bandits in Yanmen City. It must be hopeless for our reinforcements. The final general will also invite the commander-in-chief to come home to the world." The most important thing is the Sui court and His Majesty the Emperor. Don't waste any more time. The sooner you send troops, the better. The final general suggested that the commander-in-chief should send troops to the north tomorrow to fight the Turks to the death. His Royal Highness, then immediately come to Yanmen, Qin Wang rescues you!"
"Bastard, I really don't have good intentions. I wish I wasn't prepared enough to fight a losing battle, right?" Chen Yingliang gritted his teeth in his heart, and said with a smile on his face, "Of course it's not impossible to send troops to the north tomorrow, but it's just that the vanguard The position has not yet been appointed, Ambassador Li is so diligent in the affairs of the king, does it mean that he intends to be a pioneer?"
"As long as the commander-in-chief arranges it properly, the general will naturally be willing to serve as the vanguard." Li Yuan gritted his teeth and replied, and then said with a sneer: "However, the general also stated in advance that if the commander-in-chief wants to lead the Taiyuan King Qin army as the vanguard, the commander-in-chief is also required to give advice first." In the end, how to use troops, how to attack, and how to defeat the enemy! Otherwise..., hum."
"Otherwise, what will happen to Ambassador Li?" Yin Shishi, the most hateful subordinate, asked coldly, "Did Ambassador Li forget that His Majesty the Emperor clearly stated in the imperial edict that all Qin Wang's troops must obey the orders of Marshal Chen?" , if there is any disobedience, Marshal Chen can take the order to kill first and then play, does it mean that Ambassador Li wants to resist the order?"
Glancing at Master Yin with great resentment, Li Yuan snorted: "Of course the last general doesn't dare to resist orders, the last general just wants to ask Marshal Chen to explain how to defeat the enemy, so that he can implement Chen Dashuai's ingenious plan to defeat the enemy, so that the general will not After the unfortunate defeat, I couldn't explain to Marshal Chen and the Sui court."
The atmosphere in the big tent of the Chinese army became tense again. Chen Yingliang's face changed color, and he was about to growl and ask Li Yuan what he meant by this, but Yuan Tiangang, who had been standing next to the big tent, accidentally saw the flag fluttering outside the tent, and his eyes froze. Liang, then hurriedly cupped his hands to Chen Yingliang and said: "Marshal Chen, forgive me, I want to leave the account for a while, please don't decide the time to send troops for the time being, Marshal Chen may have good news in return."
Hearing Yuan Tiangang's words, Chen Yingliang was a little confused at first, but when he came to his senses, he was overjoyed and nodded his head in agreement with Yuan Tiangang's request. Yuan Tiangang rushed out of the tent, and then Chen Yingliang sneered at Li Yuan and said, "Ambassador Li, please be safe! Cao, sit down for a while, after a while, the commander will tell you the time to send troops."
Not knowing what Yuan Tiangang was pretending to be, or even who Yuan Tiangang was, Li Yuan snorted coldly, and sat back on Chen Yingliang's seat on the right, quickly thinking about how to make Chen Yingliang suffer a super defeat. How to let Chen Yingliang's prestige go to the ground, and how to let Chen Yingliang's conscience-stricken head fall to the ground. Chen Yingliang had a calm expression, waiting for Yuan Tiangang's return with peace of mind.
Fortunately, Yuan Tiangang returned to the big tent of the Chinese army not long after he left, and said with a happy face, "Marshal Chen, what a coincidence, what a coincidence, it's tomorrow! It just so happens to be tomorrow!"
"Really?" Chen Yingliang jumped up with joy, and asked, "Are you sure?"
"Sure!" Yuan Tiangang nodded vigorously, and said decisively: "The direction of the wind has changed, and it is stable and uniform. It is not an ordinary mountain wind, but a strong wind from the south! There will be heavy rain tomorrow, and the amount of rain will definitely not be small. A godsend opportunity for the Turks in Nao County!"
After all, Yuan Tiangang quickly stepped forward and told Chen Yingliang the approximate raining time. Hearing Yuan Tiangang's report, Chen Yingliang smiled happily, but the Chinese army's tent was full of uproar, scrambling to probe Observing the weather outside the tent, seeing that the sky outside the tent was still blue and cloudless, the generals of King Qin's army couldn't help being even more surprised, and asked one after another: "It will rain tomorrow, or heavy rain, how do you know?"
Yuan Tiangang laughed but didn't answer, and he couldn't answer—because if he didn't explain for three days and four nights, he couldn't explain clearly, but Chen Yingliang shouted: "Quiet! All generals obey orders!"
The big tent became quiet again, and everyone stood waiting for the order. Chen Yingliang didn't even bat an eyelid, and shouted directly: "Li Yuan, Liu Changgong, and Yun Dingxing will obey the order. The three of you will start preparing for the battle immediately. Tomorrow morning At Chenshi, each led 10,000 troops under his command to go northward, join up with his commander, and attack the Turks in Nao County together. First, lift the siege of Nao County and rescue His Royal Highness Qi! After the main force has defeated the enemy, immediately set out to march northward, and join forces with His Royal Highness King Qi at the city of Nao County!"
"Really send troops tomorrow?" There was another uproar in the audience, including Chen Yingliang's hard-core allies Yin Shishi and Liu Changgong, who were stunned, and Yun Dingxing even exclaimed: "Commander, are you kidding me? You just became the coach , I haven’t even had time to familiarize myself with the situation of each army and each battalion, so it’s too risky to send troops tomorrow?”
"Fighting opportunities are rare, don't miss them!" Chen Yingliang waved his hand and said loudly: "This is an order from my commander. Generals, it's time to take orders!"
"Follow the command of the commander." The generals gave the order helplessly, and then Li Yuan hurriedly said: "Marshal Chen, it seems that you believe that there will be heavy rain tomorrow, and you want to seize the opportunity that the Turks cannot use their cavalry and archery to attack, but if it doesn't rain tomorrow What about the rain? Have you considered the consequences of the risky attack?"
"Ambassador Li, if it doesn't rain tomorrow, my attack is to take risks. What will happen? It's how I explain to the court. You don't have to worry about it." Chen Yingliang said coldly: "Also, didn't you ask Ling to be in charge just now? Pioneer? I promise you, tomorrow you will be the vanguard, and I can tell you how you fight, that is, advance when you hear the drum, retreat when you hear the gold, attack from the front, and defeat the enemy from the front!"
After giving Chen Yingliang a more venomous look, Li Yuan cupped his hands and said, "The last general takes orders."
"Very good." Chen Yingliang nodded and said with a smile, "Let's spread out the tents. Everyone will go back to the camp and prepare for life. Tomorrow night, we will go to the city of Nao County to celebrate the first battle victory!"