Thanks to the imperial edict of Emperor Sui Yang, Chen Sangliang's commander-in-chief was still carried out by everyone. In the early morning of that day, Liu Changgong, Yun Dingxing, and Li Yuan, who were ordered to send troops, led 10,000 troops to the north and arrived at the camp of Qiaopeng. Joined Chen Yingliang outside the gate, Yin Shishi himself came with a thousand troops to help Chen Yingliang as a military law team and supervising team, Chen Yingliang also brought 10,000 troops out of the camp, joined the crowd, and combined more than 40,000 troops People, ready to launch a decisive battle with the Turks in Nao County.
This was a hastily organized decisive battle, and the preparations were seriously insufficient. The conscienceless Chen Sangliang didn't even have time to know the names and official positions of many Sui army generals, let alone the combat effectiveness of each army and each corps, as well as the The combat style and reliability of the generals of the battalion were to launch this decisive battle without knowing the enemy or the enemy. If it was extremely dangerous, it was tantamount to betting on the prestige and authority of the Qinwang coalition commander, and won. Naturally, it is easy to say anything, if you lose, you can neither explain it to the court, nor to the soldiers of the King Qin coalition army.
Under such hasty circumstances, the reason why Chen Yingliang decided to initiate this decisive battle was that the generals of Qin Wangjun knew that the weather of this day became the key. As a result, when the sun gradually rose to the top of Dongshan Mountain, Li Yuan's mouth I couldn't close my smile, and Liu Changgong and Yin Shishi, who were close to Chen Yingliang, were also worried - after many days of sunshine, today is another sunny day, the sky is as blue as washing, let alone rain There is no sign of it, that is, not even a wisp of white cloud can be found.
Seeing this scene, even the old General Yun Ding Xingyun, who had climbed up to the Zuo Tunwei General by flattery, felt a little guilty, and couldn't help but asked Chen Yingliang in a low voice: "Commander, doesn't it seem like the weather is going to rain?" Huh? Most of our soldiers are exhausted from a long distance, and fighting in such weather is exhausting, isn't it?"
The matter is of great importance, and Chen Yingliang is of course more guilty than anyone else, but at this point, Chen Yingliang can no longer turn his head back, and Yuan Tiangang winks and nods one after another, asking himself to trust his judgment, Chen Yingliang can only answer in a low voice, don't worry. , and then ordered loudly: "Order the three armies to march towards Nao County!"
With the sound of the horn, the army of the 40,000 kings of Qin began to march northward one by one. Of course, Li Yuan's team who volunteered to be the vanguard was at the forefront, followed by Yun Dingxing's Zuo Tunwei team, followed by Chen Yingliang and Yin Shishi's team. Followed behind him, the Dongduqin army led by Liu Changgong walked at the end, the Chen Zishuai flag of the coach of the Sui Zhuluqin army was waving in the wind in Qiaopeng's army, and the loud and clear military song "Serving the country with loyalty" was held in front of Qiaopeng's team and Youwuwei. The ranks echoed neatly, and the four armies joined forces like a slow-flowing torrent, flowing slowly but firmly to the north.
Looking back to see Chen Yingliang's tall handsome flag, Li Yuan, who was leading the army at the front, spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm, but still looked back to see Chen Yingliang's handsome flag, but Li Yuan's precious son Li Er was full of envy in his eyes, Li Yuan's precious The son-in-law, Chai Shao, had very complicated thoughts. He never thought that the poor boy who was so poor that he couldn't even afford rice porridge would have such a day. After being the commander-in-chief of an army of 120,000 troops, he actually served as a small lieutenant under his command, leading his horses and throwing them into stirrups, acting like a cow and a horse, and being a small chess piece on his commanding board, too small to be seen chess pieces.
"Don't bully the young and poor." The words of Zeng's brother-in-law suddenly echoed in Chai Shao's mind, and Chai Shao couldn't help but sighed softly, feeling a little bit regretful for the first time.
At the same time, the news of the large-scale dispatch of the Sui army to the north had of course been scouted by the Turkic scouts and reported to the leader of the Turkic general Ashina in Nao County. After learning of this situation, Chen Yingliang had already eaten it. Ashina, who had been defeated in two battles, was so angry that he cursed the barbarians in the Central Plains for bullying people too much, and immediately ordered the whole army to leave the camp to fight to the death with the invading enemy.
Ashina's decision to form an association was persuaded by the love general Duo Bi, who persuaded him: "Duke Jiesheng, our army has fought twice before and failed twice in succession. Morale has been affected. The Central Plains barbarians are dispatched again this time." With a force of more than 40,000, the coming force is not trivial. If we rush out of the camp for a decisive battle, if there are any disadvantages, it will be difficult to retreat to the camp. The task assigned to us by the Khan is to intercept the reinforcements from the Central Plains. The terrain in this area is not open. Instead of risking a decisive battle, it is better to stick to the camp, lure the Central Plains army to attack, and use our good bows and arrows to fend off the enemy. First frustrate the Central Plains army's spirit, wait until their morale declines and reveal their flaws, and then send troops from the rear camp or two wings to outflank and turn around. Attack where their positions are weak, and you will be victorious."
Feeling that General Ai's suggestion was reasonable, Ashina's association leader did not hesitate, and immediately changed the order to let the army stick to the camp first, and then wait for an opportunity to attack. At the same time, just to be on the safe side, Ashina's association leader listened to the aggressive It is suggested that a messenger be dispatched to send an urgent message to Shibi Khan, his elder brother, to report the movement of the Sui army's reinforcements, and request Shibi to send an army to the south for reinforcements, just in case.
Of course, Chen Yingliang also sent scouts to spy on the movement of the Turkic army. Seeing that it was only fifteen or six miles away from the Turkic camp, but there was still no report of the Turkic army leaving the camp and going south. Turks are good at riding and archery, do they like to fight in the field? Why has our army gone north here, but the Turks haven’t sent troops yet? Could it be that the Turks are going to fight a camp attack and defense with us?”
"Turks like to fight in the field, but they are afraid of battle, especially afraid of fighting with our Sui army." A voice sounded first from a little distance, and said calmly: "In the second year of the Kaihuang of the Sui Dynasty, Daxi Changru, the general of the Sui war, led the army. An army of 3,000 fought against 100,000 Turks. They set up square formations in the field to meet the enemy. They fought fourteen times in three days. Our soldiers in the Sui Dynasty used up all their weapons and had to fight the enemy with fists and kicks. The Turkic army was still unable to break through the fierce battle. Our square array was forced to withdraw our troops. Ten out of ten of our troops died, but over 10,000 Turks died in battle! Since then, what the Turks fear most is fighting in the open with our Great Sui army, and they only like to flow with our Great Sui army fight."
Hearing this, Chen Yingliang quickly turned his head to look at the speaker, only to find that the speaker happened to be Li Jing, the Prime Minister of Mayi County who was still not sure of his position. Seeing Chen Yingliang looking at him with a surprised expression, Li Jing smiled slightly, and said, "Commander, I don't know if you mean it, but in short, you let our four armies line up, and the distance between them is very close, which happens to be Turkic soldiers." The most feared way of marching, because once they come out of the camp to attack, we can immediately fight in formation, and the Turkic army does not want to suffer from the battle, so of course they will not come to die in vain."
Chen Yingliang suddenly realized, and smiled awkwardly: "To tell the truth, Li Juncheng, I was fooled. I don't know much about the Turkic army, and I am really afraid of their cavalry and shooting. That's why I let the army line up and march, ready to fight at any time. Let the front and back The four armies are close together for the convenience of mutual reinforcement and command."
"You can find the best way to restrain the Turks just by your intuition. The commander really deserves to be a genius." Li Jing smiled ironically, and then said with a smile: "But forgive me, although the Turkic army is not good at defending, it can Their camp is not so easy to take down. We attack directly, just to give the Turkic bows and arrows a chance to show off their power. The Turks lined up to release arrows. The bows and arrows are endless and overwhelming. Our attacking army must have suffered a lot of casualties. The two wings of the battalion attacked and outflanked the camp. We surrounded the camp on all sides, and our strength seemed to be somewhat insufficient. We had 40,000 troops, and the Turks also had more than 40,000 troops. The officials will not show their ugliness."
Chen Yingliang was silent, and looked up at the sky again, seeing that the sky was still full of red sun, without any cloud, and there was no sign of rain coming, Chen Yingliang could only smile bitterly at the sky, and then continued to urge the horse to go north, feeling Keep thinking, what if it really doesn't rain today? Did you throw gunpowder weapons on the battlefield of the Turkic division? The result of the calculation is that if it doesn't rain today, I can only use the gunpowder weapon as the last trump card in front of the Turkic partialist and rival Li Yuan, and use a victory to establish my own prestige and prestige.
In fact, the biggest reason why the Turks refused to go out for a decisive battle is that the terrain in Nao County is not wide enough. The area in Nao County, which is surrounded by the Luliang Mountains and the remaining veins of Taihang Mountains, has an average width of only 20 miles. This kind of terrain is suitable for blocking. However, it is not suitable for mobile warfare. The Turks in Nao County, who were tasked with blocking the reinforcements of the Sui army, also made good use of this narrow terrain to build a strong camp with a length and width of about ten miles, and dug a protective barrier. The trenches and ditches were erected as fences, and the camp was built quite solidly. In the case of basically equal forces, the Sui army was not very sure of defeating the enemy in the first battle.
It was also because of this that after seeing the situation in the Turkic camp with his own eyes, Chen Yingliang, who could barely be regarded as an old sparrow on the battlefield, was somewhat worried, but he dared not express this worry, and Chen Yingliang could only order the army to take the lead Arranged his own command flag array on a small hill on the left side of the official road. Qiao Peng Sui Army was responsible for defending the flag array and serving as the central army's phalanx, and arranged the Dongdu Army led by Liu Changgong on the left wing. The Zuo Tunwei army was deployed on the right wing, and the Taiyuan Sui Army under Li Yuan's command was unceremoniously pushed to the front by Chen Yingliang, serving as assault cannon fodder and part-time human shields.
It was half past time, the autumn tiger was raging, the sky was scorching hot, and the soldiers of the Sui army who came from afar had not had enough rest. In such weather, their physical strength was quite affected. After a short rest, Chen Yingliang hurriedly summoned Li Yuan, Yun Dingxing, Liu Changgong, Yin Shishi and other generals to hold the final pre-war meeting and assign combat tasks. After everyone arrived, Chen Yingliang immediately ordered Li Yuan to dispatch 3,000 light infantry as engineers, and use the toad carts brought with the army to fill up the trenches of the Turkic guard camp.
Hearing Chen Yingliang's order, Liu Changgong, who was on the wrong team before, and Yun Dingxing, who changed the position of his butt in time afterwards, covered their mouths and snickered, but Li Yuan's face turned pale, and he said angrily, "Marshal Chen, do you really want to attack head-on? It's not like you haven't seen how powerful the Turkic bows and arrows are, and you don't know the casualties if you let the troops of the last general fill up the trenches of the Turkic camp?"
"Ambassador Li, I told you yesterday that today's battle is a decisive battle." Chen Yingliang said calmly, "The Turks refused to go out to fight a decisive battle. How can we attack the Turks' camp if we don't fill up the trenches of the Turks' guard camp? How can we fight with the Turks?" Turkic decisive battle?"
After asking Li Yuan to be speechless, Chen Yingliang smiled again, and added: "Besides, this commander is very kind to you, the ambassador. At least I brought you a toad cart in advance, so that you can easily fill the trenches of the bandit camp. , is better than asking you to carry soil and rocks to fill the trench directly? Don’t worry, I will give you enough time to fill up the two-mile-long Turkic camp trench within an hour, isn’t it embarrassing you?”
Looking at the twelve toad carts that Qiao Peng and the Sui army brought with them, Li Yuan immediately understood that Chen Yingliang was not holding back for a while, but that he had already expected that the Turkic army might close their camp, and had already sent scouts. After finding out the situation of the Turkic camp, I prepared the toad cart early, and prepared to let the self army serve as the engineer coolie. He was so angry that he almost chewed his lips and bleed, but Li Yuan had no choice but to cup his fists and say that he would obey orders, and then rushed back to the self-army team to make arrangements, leaving Liu Changgong and Yun Dingxing behind Chen Yingliang. The smile in the flag array was even happier, thankfully the self-army did not have such a bad luck.
In no time, Li Yuan's team hurriedly prepared to fill the trenches. While the drums were beating, Chen Yingliang's first battle began after Chen Yingliang took office as the commander of Qinwang's coalition forces. The crossbowmen stepped forward slowly, and set up temporary fortifications outside the Turkic camp to cover the crossbowmen and suppress the Turkic soldiers in the camp with bows and arrows, so as to reduce the forward pressure of the toad convoy. Then twelve toad carts came forward, a group of a hundred people Pushing a toad cart, relying on the long shield to protect the two wings and rushing forward, rushed to the ditch outside the Turkic camp.
By the way, Li Yuan wronged Chen Yingliang a little bit this time. These toad cars were not built by Qiao Peng's Sui army, but left behind after the Turkic army failed to attack Qiao Peng's camp last time. They were brought here by Chen Yingliang for prevention just in case.
The front of the battle has long been full of flying arrows, and the Turkic army's feathered arrows are falling all the time, sweeping across the battlefield like a violent storm. Even if the Sui army's archers are covered with long shields, they are still under the pressure of the Turkic bows and arrows. There are not many chances to let go. The arrows fired back, and the infantry of the Sui army pushing forward with the toad chariot was even worse. Even if there was a towering toad chariot in front of them to protect the front and a long shield to protect the wings, they would still be shot to death by the Turkic feather arrows. There were many injuries, and a toad car even stopped moving because of too many arrows in the driver's hand.
Feathered arrows of different colors continued to fall like hail and raindrops, and the twelve toad carts quickly turned into twelve giant hedgehogs. The representative Taiyuan general roared beside Li Yuan, asking whether Chen Yingliang would fight? He even asked Chen Yingliang why he would hand over such a hard job to the self-army? Li Yuan stared at the front with a livid face, wanting to tear Chen Yingliang to pieces more and more in his heart.
Of course, Chen Yingliang was also watching the battlefield nervously. When he saw that the Sui army's temporary fortifications were filled with arrows like reeds, Chen Yingliang's heart moved, and he quickly called Li Jing to the front and asked: "Li Juncheng, Let me ask you something, since the Turks use feather arrows in such a large amount, how do they guarantee the supply of feather arrows? The cost of feather arrows is not low, how can the Turkic army have so many feather arrows?"
"Commander, there are three reasons why the Turkic feather arrows are so abundant." Li Jing replied truthfully: "First, the Turkic archers are good at archery. They hunt countless birds on the grasslands, with plenty of feathers, and the price is far cheaper than that in the Central Plains. Second, the Turkic arrows are very good at shooting. The territory is vast, there is no shortage of wood in the territory, wood is cheap, and it does not pay attention to the quality of arrow shafts like our army in the Central Plains. Generally, arrow shafts are discarded after use, and only iron arrowheads are recycled. The sources are very wide, and the quantity is naturally guaranteed. Third, the Turks pay attention to the protection of craftsmen, and the males looted from the Central Plains are basically used to produce feather arrows, so the supply of feather arrows is very sufficient."
Chen Yingliang nodded, then thoughtfully asked: "If that's the case, then why don't your officials on the border consider controlling the supply of pig iron to the grassland? Without pig iron to make arrows, no matter how much wood and feathers there are in the Turkic side, it's useless?" "
"I have been controlling it, but with very little effect." Li Jing replied: "The smuggling is too serious, and it is impossible to prevent it."
Chen Yingliang nodded again, and after a little more calculation, Chen Yingliang told Li Jing, "Li Juncheng, go and contact your interpreter, and ask them to teach the Turkic phrase "surrender not to kill" to all the soldiers, and tell our soldiers by the way, It is my order that when our army is chasing after the victory, our soldiers can shout this slogan to surrender, and they are not allowed to kill Turkic soldiers."
Li Jing agreed without hesitation, and immediately went down to make arrangements, while Yuan Tiangang came up and said in a low voice: "Marshal, you really don't intend to kill and surrender, do you? Are you so kind to them?"
"Sometimes, when it's time to be benevolent, you have to be benevolent." Chen Yingliang replied with a smile: "In order to shake the morale of the enemy's army and the morale of the Turks, I have another decision. Let it go, so as not to stay and waste food."
Chen Yingliang, who usually hates barbarians of different races, suddenly decided to show such kindness. Yuan Tiangang was inevitably a little dumbfounded. When he hurriedly asked the reason, Chen Yingliang smiled and didn't answer, saying that you will understand in the future, and then urged in turn: "Be careful!" Check the weather, if you find it’s going to rain, tell me right away, it’s up to you whether I, Qin Wang’s coach, can sit firmly in the handsome chair.”
"Don't worry, Marshal, it will definitely rain today. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that." Yuan Tiangang said confidently: "Although I can't be sure when it will rain, at least I can predict it a moment before it rains." .”
"It's up to you." Chen Yingliang smiled, and he was really full of confidence in Yuan Tiangang's magic stick skills - after all, the Chinese have been in China for five thousand years, and the only people who can compare with Yuan Tiangang in this respect are Zhuge Villager and Liu Shaobing. Several super monsters.