The news that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty ordered Chen Yingliang to be the commander-in-chief of King Qin's coalition quickly spread among the Qin King's coalition. Qiao Peng and the Sui Army were of course very pleasantly surprised and cheered when they heard the news. In the Youwuwei team, there are also countless soldiers who are smiling and excited - for example, the soldiers of the Baoguo Army, and the Youwuwei soldiers who have followed Chen Yingliang to participate in the defense of the Eastern Capital and the decisive battle of Hongnong. However, among the other King Qin's troops, this news did not bring surprise and excitement.
Needless to say, the Taiyuan Sui army under Li Yuan's command, many people heard that after Chen Yingliang was appointed as the commander-in-chief, they felt as if they were in mourning. And more Taiyuan Sui Army soldiers, like more friendly soldiers, were extremely surprised, worried and questioned, worried that Chen Yingliang, who was only 19 years old, would not be qualified for this position, and that his incompetence would kill thousands of troops, and he would be trapped. Countless soldiers of the Sui army died in vain, and their morale, morale, and fighting spirit were greatly affected, even including the army of King Daxingqin from Chen Yingliang's hometown.
Of course, many friendly people also seized this opportunity to stir up troubles, secretly bewitch the morale of the Qin-king coalition forces, and weaken their own morale and fighting spirit. The head fell to the ground because they were afraid of the remaining prestige of the Sui court and Emperor Sui Yang, and these friendly people did not dare to stand up and make trouble for the time being.
Chen Yingliang, who accidentally won the first prize in the Mark Six lottery, of course knew that it was difficult for him to convince the crowd, but within a short period of time, Chen Yingliang had no way to change the situation. Li Jing was ordered to bring with him the team of Mayi, which was forcibly detained by Li Yuan, and he was preparing for the next day's Nao County battle. Li Yuan only left 30 people as interpreters and guides. Army Liu Changgong also followed Chen Yingliang north to return to his camp, and Yin Shishi also came here uninvited, and followed Chen Yingliang north to Qiaopeng Day Camp.
The serious and cautious Yin Shishi abandoned the army and took the initiative to follow Chen Yingliang to the north. Of course, it was not to flatter Chen Yingliang, the new general. On the contrary, Yin Shishi immediately left the hostile Taiyuan Sui army camp. He warned Chen Yingliang: "Commander, it is too risky to send troops to attack the Turks in Nao County tomorrow. You have just been appointed as the commander of King Qin's army, and there are many affairs in the army that need to be dealt with urgently. You don't want to integrate the internal affairs first, but take the risk of sending troops to attack Nao County first. Turkic, if you win the battle, it’s okay, but if you encounter a disadvantage, it will be even more difficult for you to be the coach.”
"Yeah, Brother Yingliang, aren't you taking too much risk?" Liu Changgong also said something serious, and also warned: "The armies you named to fight, except for the army under Li Yuan, all came from afar. The team that has just arrived at King Xinkouqin is exhausted before taking much rest, and its combat effectiveness is greatly affected, so I am not very optimistic about taking the initiative to attack tomorrow."
"It's okay." Chen Yingliang said carelessly: "The Turkic army is most powerful in cavalry and archery. It will rain heavily tomorrow, and the Turkic abolition of cavalry and archery in the rain is equivalent to abolishing half of the combat power. Although our army is exhausted, we can't break through. There is no problem with shooting the Turks in Nao County.”
Hearing that Chen Yingliang mentioned the problem of rain again, Yin Shishi and Liu Changgong couldn't help but look up at the sky. Seeing that the sky was still clear and there were no clouds, Yin Shishi and Liu Changgong were inevitably even more worried, and they both asked, "Commander, Are you sure it will rain heavily tomorrow? Look at the weather, doesn’t it look like it will rain?”
"I can trust Mr. Hakka." Chen Yingliang pouted at Yuan Tiangang, and said casually: "By the way, let me introduce to you, this Mr. Yuan Tiangang is the most brilliant astronomy master, astrology master, and the most outstanding Fengshui master in the world. He said that it will rain tomorrow, and it will definitely rain tomorrow. When he and I were suppressing bandits in the Central Plains, every time I went into battle, I asked him to predict the weather, and only one time out of ten was inaccurate. He has been paying attention to the weather for a long time, and he will never be wrong in predicting that it will rain tomorrow."
Seeing Yin Shishi and Liu Changgong looking at him full of doubts and worries, Yuan Tiangang smiled slightly, cupped his hands and said: "The commander-in-chief really appreciates the prize, and Yuan is really ashamed to be the most brilliant master of astronomy in the world. But also Please rest assured, Prefect Yin and General Liu, Yuan is really sure this time, there will definitely be heavy rain in this area tomorrow."
Yin Shishi and Liu Changgong were still very worried, but seeing Chen Yingliang's firm attitude, Yin Shishi couldn't persuade him anymore, so he cupped his hands and said, "Commander, since you insist on doing things like this, then you won't dare to oppose and obstruct, the time is not too early , the general will go back to prepare for tomorrow's supervisory team, after the arrangements are made, the general will accompany you to battle tomorrow."
Chen Yingliang agreed, then turned to Li Jing who was silent all the time, and ordered: "Li Juncheng, by the way, send the interpreter guide under your command to Prince Yin to take back. He is in charge of the military's legal affairs and also supervises the mission of the battle team. He has a heavy responsibility. , arrange ten interpreters who are familiar with Turkic language for him.”
Li Yuan cupped his fists and sang promises, and immediately returned to his team to make arrangements. Taking this opportunity, Yin Shishi leaned into Chen Yingliang's ear again, and whispered: "Commander, be careful with this Li Jing, as far as I know, this Li Jing These days, I have been getting very close to Li Yuan, I often go in and out of Li Yuan's back tent, and I have many contacts with Li Yuan's confidantes, today his behavior is also a bit abnormal, it is best for him to be less involved in your military affairs."
"Thanks for your guidance, this junior will remember." Chen Yingliang thanked in a low voice, but at the same time he was a little hesitant - Chen Yingliang could of course see that Li Jing's behavior today was not only abnormal, but also unreasonable. Chen Yingliang was reluctant to give up on Li Jing's strategy skills, and it would be a pity not to reuse them, but he was worried about reusing them. Chen Yingliang was in a dilemma as to how to deal with Li Jing.
Chen Yingliang was worried about Li Jing here, and there was another accident in Li Jing's team. After ten interpreters assigned to the Yin Shishi's team came out, a soldier suddenly protested loudly, saying that he did not want to go to Yin Shishi's tent. However, the voice of resisting orders directly reached the ears of Chen Yingliang and Yin Shishi, "I'm not going to be an interpreter in the military law team. I'm here to kill the enemy and make meritorious service. going or not!"
It is easy and safe to be a supervising team, which is the dream job of every soldier of the Sui army who does not seek to make progress, but now a soldier who is unwilling to join the supervising team suddenly appears, Chen Yingliang is inevitably a little interested, and leads everyone Da Ma returned to Li Jing's team, only to see a team under Li Jing's command yelling at the soldier who resisted, "Hu Jingde, shut up! Don't forget, you are not a blacksmith now, but Mayi of the Sui Dynasty. Soldiers of the county! The military order is like a mountain. Wherever you are arranged, you go there. If you dare to disobey the order, be careful with your head! Besides, if you are assigned to supervise the battle team, is that treating you badly? Go, you have taken advantage of it!"
"What's the matter?" Chen Yingliang asked, and carefully looked at the soldier who resisted the order, and found that he was tall and strong, with dark skin and a thick beard. move.
"The commander-in-chief forgives the crime. It's all because the subordinates are not strict in running the army. The commander-in-chief is alarmed. The subordinates are guilty." Li Jing hurriedly handed over his hands and pleaded guilty, and then explained the reason, saying that he had arranged a group of Mayi soldiers who could speak Turkic to the underworld. Shishi's team acted as an interpreter guide. As a result, the reckless soldier heard that Yin Shishi's team didn't need to go into battle, but just hid in the rear as a military law team and supervising team. As a result, it became noisy.
Hearing Li Jing's explanation, Chen Yingliang was not only not angry, on the contrary, he admired the tall soldier Hu Jingde, so he asked him with a smile: "Your name is Hu Jingde, you don't want to be an interpreter in the supervisory team, so what kind of team do you want to join? "
"Commander, I want to go to a team where I can go to battle and kill the enemy." Hu Jingde clasped his fists and replied loudly: "The villain joins the army because he wants to go to battle to kill the enemy, charge forward, and don't want to kill his own people with a knife. I want to ask the Marshal to show mercy and give me a chance to fight the enemy."
"Very good, for the sake of your ambition, I will give you this chance." Chen Yingliang nodded with a smile, and ordered: "Li Juncheng, change someone to serve as an interpreter in the Yin prefect's team. Ma Sanbao, bring this Hu Jingde to your In the army, let him act as your interpreter, and bring him with you when you go into battle, and if he has any outstanding performance on the battlefield, remember to tell me."
Li Jing and Ma Sanbao sang their promises, and Hu Jingde was also overjoyed. He hurriedly saluted Chen Yingliang happily and thanked him. His smile was from the bottom of his heart, and Chen Yingliang couldn't help but smile again, secretly saying: "It's the material for a strong general, it depends on your performance on the battlefield. Unfortunately, if you change your surname, I will immediately appoint you as the guard of the Chinese army."
After this little episode, Yin Shishi left first with his assigned interpreter guide, and then Liu Changgong also took his assigned interpreter back to Youwuwei camp to prepare for the war, while Chen Yingliang took Li Jing and Ma Sanbao and others continued to go north to Qiaopeng Daying Camp. It was also at this time that Chen Yingliang found an opportunity to talk with Li Jing alone, and asked Li Jing with a smile: "Li Juncheng, I decided to send troops to attack the Turks in Nao County tomorrow. Do you have any opinions?"
"Of course there are opinions, but I don't think there is any need to say any more." Li Jing cupped his hands and replied, "Marshal Chen trusts Mr. Yuan Tiangang's forecast of the weather and rain, and is determined to seize this rare opportunity to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop. Of course, what I say is nothing. It is better not to speak than to use it in vain.”
"Yes, I won't listen if you object, because I absolutely trust Mr. Hakka." Chen Yingliang nodded, then asked with a smile: "Li Juncheng, I wonder if you have the same image as Mr. Hakka, and have my absolute trust?"
Li Jing was a little silent, and asked after a while: "Marshal Chen, I don't know what you mean by your words. I am an official of the imperial court, and now I am your subordinate. Whether you absolutely trust me is a personal matter for you. What's the matter?"
"Is this guy playing hard to get, or reminding me that he is only serving me for the sake of the court?" Chen Yingliang was confused by Li Jing's vague answer again, and he couldn't understand Li Jing's position more and more. , I had to sigh quietly, and said with a graceful smile: "Yes, Li Juncheng's words are very correct. It doesn't matter to you whether I trust you or not. But I can tell you that I trust you very much. In the future You must participate in any military discussion or tactical analysis."
After all, Chen Yingliang, who couldn't tell Li Jing's position as loyal and treacherous, clipped his horse and left first, while Li Jing maintained his previous speed and followed closely behind, with a strange expression on his face, so that no one could see what he was really thinking.
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After Chen Yingliang rode his horse back to the camp of the Qiaopeng Sui Army, he was naturally greeted by the soldiers of the Qiaopeng Sui Army. He saw Chen Dashuai's cheers one after another, one after another, for a long time. Wei Zheng, who is famous for his dislike of flattery He also made an exception, holding a newly made Qin Wang coach's handsome flag in front of Chen Yingliang with both hands, smiling and congratulating Chen Yingliang on being promoted to coach and holding power in his hands. And then naturally, the commander-in-chief of Zhu Luqin, the commander-in-chief of the Sui Dynasty, also quickly rose to the top of Chen Yingliang's Chinese army tent, and the general Qiao Peng once again cheered like thunder, cheering from the bottom of his heart, venting his heart crazily of great joy.
On the contrary, when Qiao Peng's camp was full of joy, the Taiyuan Sui army camp, which had been arrogant and domineering for several days, was completely lifeless. At the extreme, many soldiers have already begun to think about how to escape when Chen Yingliang deliberately pushed them to the front line as cannon fodder, and they dare not expect to get promoted and get rich, and bully the friendly army. At the same time, it is also natural that the Taiyuan Sui Army's Qin Wangjun coach Li Zida Banner, which was carefully made before, was quietly thrown into the fire by the soldiers of the Taiyuan Sui Army and burned, not even a piece of cloth was left behind.
The most depressing atmosphere was still in Li Yuan's large tent of the Chinese army. Li Yuan sat crookedly on the new coach's chair and stared at the top of the tent in a daze. No one cleaned up, Li Yuan's confidantes stood beside the sawdust and bowed their heads in frustration. Li Er and Chai Shao, who belonged to Yun Dingxing's team, were also among them. A dozen or twenty people gathered in one tent, but it took more than a quarter , No one said a word, made a sound.
I don't know how much time passed before Li Yuan said with a blank expression, "Tell me, what should we do next?"
"Ambassador, let's go!" Xu Shixu yelled, "Return to Taiyuan. I don't want to see him again, no matter what the little thief Chen Yingliang does!"
"Yes, I don't want to see him again!" Li Xiaogong also roared: "Just find an excuse to retreat to Taiyuan, we don't care about Xinkou here!"
"You two idiots, can you shut up your stinking mouths for this old man?" Li Yuan cursed weakly: "You want me to die? The little thief Chen Yingliang already hated me to the bone. You can take the edict and kill me, and then kill my whole family."
"Ambassador, there is no need to be so pessimistic." Changsun Shunde said cautiously, "Chen Yingliang was lucky enough to be appointed as the commander-in-chief of King Qin's army by the emperor. This cannot be changed, but we don't need to worry too much. Change your attitude towards Chen Yingliang in time, and try your best to help him break through the Turks and rescue Sheng Jia, I believe you will not suffer too much loss, and you will get a lot of rewards when you succeed in the future."
"What do you mean? Let the old man obediently be a dog for Chen Yingliang, watch over his house and guard the courtyard, and charge into the battle, but he will follow the lead?" Li Yuan asked very rudely.
Sun Shunde's expression was extremely embarrassing, and he hurriedly said: "The ambassador misunderstood, I just advise you to act according to the order, and don't give Chen Yingliang a chance to make trouble for you, otherwise, once the conflict with this little thief continues to expand, the consequences will be serious." It’s unimaginable.”
"Dream!" Li Yuan's voice finally got louder, and he shouted: "I want this old man to obey his orders obediently, dreaming! The deep hatred between this old man and that little thief is irreconcilable, and it is still hard to get rid of my heart." hatred, not to mention helping him to make contributions and make him climb higher and higher?"
The eldest grandson Shunde didn't dare to say anything, Chai Shao nodded silently, agreeing with his father-in-law's point of view from the bottom of his heart, but Li Er stood up, cupped his hands to Li Yuan and said, "Father, although you can't adopt the suggestion of uncle eldest grandson, my son also doesn't want you to accept it." Accept it, but the boy still thinks that you should respect Chen Yingliang at least on the surface, and don't give him a chance to catch him, and then design to overthrow him to the ground and replace him."
"What clever plan does my son have?" Li Yuan had some confidence in his second son's plan.
"Father wants to replace Chen Yingliang, the most effective way is to destroy his prestige and make no one follow him." Li Er suggested, and said with a smile: "It's also just right, tomorrow is the best opportunity."
"Of course tomorrow is a good opportunity, of course I know that." Li Yuan nodded, and then said: "But what if it really rains tomorrow? The idea of Chen Yingliang's little thief to fight the weather in Yanmen is not a day or two. Today he ordered At that time, he looked confident again, what if it really rains heavily tomorrow?"
"If it really rains tomorrow, Chen Yingliang may indeed win in one battle. First, lift the siege of Nao County." Li Er nodded, then smiled and said, "But after the siege of Nao County is lifted, we want to deal with him again. It's easier."
"What does my son mean by that?" Li Yuan was a little confused by his son.
Li Er smiled, and did not answer in public. He just strode forward and whispered into Li Yuan's ear, "Father, have you forgotten who was surrounded by the Turks in Nao County? In Nao County, His Royal Highness Qi Wang Yang Hao, this His Royal Highness Qi Wang is the second son of His Majesty the Emperor. After the eldest son of His Majesty Yuande Prince Yang Zhao died of illness, he had already set his sights on the position of the Prince, but because he could not be the emperor His majesty loved him, but he never got what he wanted. On the contrary, the three sons of Prince Yuande were very fond of the emperor. Legend has it that King Qing was quite worried about this. This time, his majesty was besieged in Yanmen City. Is it the best opportunity for our Highness Qi Wang...?"
Li Er didn't finish his sentence, but Li Yuan sat up straight, his eyes rolled wildly and calculated quickly. After a long time, Li Yuan asked, "How should I start?"
"Father, have you forgotten?" Li Er said with a smile: "During the discussion last night, because you were afraid of Chen Yingliang's scheming and cunning, you specially arranged a chess piece to ambush him. It's to watch out for Chen Yingliang's little thief, and now Chen Yingliang is lucky, and accidentally won the position of King Qin's coach, so father, the ambush you arranged can be of greater use?"
Li Yuan smiled, and smiled very happily, nodded and said: "Erlang is still smarter, much better than your idiot brother, yes, this move is well used, we can not only turn defeat into victory, but also make Chen Yingliang's little thief beheaded." !"
After the grinning grin was over, Li Yuan's spirit and strength returned to Li Yuan's body, causing Li Yuan to stand up, and shouted loudly: "Okay, cheer up the old man, prepare for the battle with peace of mind, send troops to the north on time tomorrow, and accept the dispatch of his little thief Chen Yingliang Order. Of course it would be best if it doesn’t rain tomorrow, even if it really rains tomorrow, the old man will have a way to deal with Chen Yingliang, that little thief!”
When Li Yuan's confidantes clasped their fists and sang promises, Li Er's handsome face also showed a happy smile, and he thought to himself: "Father is right, this move is well used, we can not only turn defeat into victory, but also make Chen Yingliang little The thief’s head fell to the ground—if it’s true, Wugou, I won’t despise you.”