In fact, Shibi Khan Ashina Tuji had heard of Chen Yingliang before the war in Nao County, and he also knew that Emperor Yang of Sui had appointed Chen Yingliang as the commander of the Sui Army Qinwang coalition—Emperor Yang of Sui sent the imperial edict with driftwood He issued nine edicts with the same content, four of which were washed to the bank by the river, and then were found by Turkic soldiers and sent to Shibi Khan. Therefore, Shibi Khan not only knew Chen Yingliang's name and identity, but also came through the captives. Civil and military officials of the Sui Army had a certain understanding of Chen Yingliang.
The information about Chen Yingliang learned from the prisoners of the Sui Army once made Shibi Khan burst out laughing. The 19-year-old boy was not even qualified to join the regular army of the Sui Army, and his fiancée was once poor enough to be married The family forced the divorce. Two years ago, by luck, they caught Yang Xuangan, who was at the end of the road, and picked a cheap one to become an official. Afterwards, he followed the famous general Zhang Xutuo to pick up cheap ones everywhere to gain experience, and got caught in the arrest of an ambassador from the twelve counties of Henan Province. Official position, I don’t know what kind of shit luck I got this time, I was appointed as the coach of Qin Wang’s coalition army by Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty who was in the water, and I never met such an opponent with no experience, no qualifications, no family background, and no age knowledge. It was really hard for Bi Khan not to laugh.
The cruel fact quickly made Shibi Khan laugh out loud. Less than two days after hearing the name of the devoid of conscience Chen Sangliang, the Turks in Nao County, who were in charge of intercepting the reinforcements of the Sui Dynasty, were defeated. It was extremely miserable. The 50,000 Turkic army was defeated by King Qin's Sui army in the first battle, and less than half of the army fled back to the Yanmen battlefield. They lost all their food, grass, luggage, and countless precious war horses. The reinforcements who were part of the division just in case also suffered a lot of losses. In addition to being extremely shocked by this news, Shibi Khan also remembered the name Chen Sangliang forever, and never forgot it again.
While being extremely shocked, Shibi Khan naturally had to immediately summon Ashina, who had fled back from Nao County in embarrassment, to learn about the whole process of the fiasco. What surprised Shibi Khan was that although King Qin and the Sui Army relied on In a rainstorm, they were lucky enough to win, but they won the victory when the number of troops was not as large as that of the Turkic army. At the same time, Chen Yingliang's command and dispatch were quite methodical. A very strong reserve team took precautions, which extinguished the last hope of the Turkic counterattack. After grasping the situation, Shibi Khan suddenly felt that he could not understand Chen Yingliang more and more.
"Boy Chen Yingliang, did you win our Turkic army by luck? Or did you defeat our Turkic army by relying on strength?"
What Shibi Khan couldn't understand about Chen Yingliang the most was that in the Nao County battle, did Chen Yingliang win by virtue of his strength? Or was it just luck and a sudden rainstorm that got away with winning? Or is it both? When convening his subordinate Ashina Chaza to discuss the military situation, a group of generals in charge of Turkic military and political affairs also had different opinions. Some believed that the Sui Army won by luck, some believed that the Sui Army should not be underestimated, and some believed that Chen Yingliang was insufficient. For those who are afraid, they even think that they should be careful about this Chen Yingliang. They have completely inconsistent opinions on how to deal with the Sui Army Qinwang's coalition forces. There are opinions on the main battle and the suggestion to kill the Sui Army Qinwang's soldiers and horses first, and there are even opinions. Voices of discussion and retreat.
The key reason for the disagreement among the Turks is that the enemy’s situation is unclear. The decision-making level of the Turkic army currently does not know the specific number of troops in the Great Sui Qin-King Coalition Army, how many follow-up reinforcements are left, let alone the composition of the Sui Army’s Qin-King Coalition Army. How many cavalry, how many infantry, who has the highest combat effectiveness, is it a mess, or a group of tigers and wolves? The information on Chen Yingliang, the coach of the Sui Army, was even more pitiful. Not even a Turkic person had ever seen what Chen Yingliang looked like. So after discussion and discussion, Shibi Khan still made a relatively safe decision to temporarily stop attacking Yanmen City, collect as much as possible the specific situation of King Qin's coalition forces in the Sui Dynasty, and then decide how to proceed.
The way to collect information about the Sui army is nothing more than sending out more scouts to spy on them, capturing the Sui army prisoners for interrogation. At the same time, Ashina Simo, the only one in Ashina's family who has not been designated as an inspector, put forward a pretty good idea. With an idea, he suggested: "Khan, we have captured the thirty-nine cities of Yanmen this time, and captured a lot of Central Plains soldiers and their families. Why not pick a few out, promise to release their families and give them rewards, and send them Go sneak into the Central Plains army and spy on the internal situation of the Central Plains army for us."
"A clever plan, let's do it this way." When Shibi Khan heard that he was overjoyed, he immediately sent his cronies to act according to the situation, and arranged for some captured Sui troops to descend south to spy on the Sui army's military situation.
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Contrary to the panic-stricken Turkic main camp, Nao County was already full of cheers. The Sui Army, which had been huddled in the Xinkou area before, marched northward. In the second phase of the war, the Sui army in Nao County, which had been surrounded for nearly a month, also escaped from the prison under the leadership of Emperor Sui Yang's second son Yang Hao, and came together to express their gratitude in front of Chen Yingliang, who was the civil and military official who led Qin Wang's army in public He greeted Yang Hao, gave Yang Hao the courtesy of his servants, and respectfully invited Yang Hao into the camp of the Chinese army for a banquet.
In fact, it is not the first time that Chen Yingliang and Qi Wang Yang Hao have met. When Emperor Sui Yang returned to Luan Daxing, Chen Yingliang once met Yang Hao in Emperor Sui Yang's Luan. Chen Yingliang was quite affectionate, while Chen Yingliang listened to Wei Xuanshao's warning of contacts with the emperor's relatives, and also knew that Yang Hao was not a victor in history, so he deliberately kept a certain distance from Yang Hao, so he did not establish any friendship. And when they reunited two years later, the ambitious Yang Hao was of course more affectionate towards Chen Yingliang, who was a young man, but Chen Yingliang, who was under Guadai Lixia, was even more cautious and kept his distance, not daring to give any chance to the caring people next to him. Chance.
The most typical example happened at the banquet. In front of many civil and military officials, in order to show his importance and affection for Chen Yingliang, Yang Hao personally held a golden cup of fine wine in front of Chen Yingliang and asked Chen Yingliang to drink it. In order to express his gratitude to Chen Yingliang, Chen Yingliang didn't even dare to touch the golden wine glass, so he waved his hand and refused, explaining: "His Royal Highness Qi, it's not that I don't want to accept your reward, it's because the king's work is a big deal. I have been abstaining from alcohol during this time, so I ask Your Highness to forgive me, I must not drink your wine."
"Yes, His Royal Highness, please forgive me." Yuan Tiangang, who was very popular in the battle of Nao County, helped him: "Since he received the imperial edict from King Qin, Marshal Chen has always been abstaining from alcohol in order not to cause accidents caused by drinking. Even at the banquet, Dashuai Chen also substitutes water for wine, if your Highness doesn't believe it, you can check the jug in front of Dashuai Chen, it's not wine, but water."
Somewhat surprised, he picked up the jug on Chen Yingliang's banquet, smelled it and found that it was indeed filled with clear water, Yang Hao laughed, and said: "No wonder the father wants to pass the edict and appoint Chen Fushi to serve as the army of King Qin Commander-in-Chief, the commander-in-chief is indeed loyal. If my Sui royal family can have a loyal and capable minister like Chen Dashuai as commander-in-chief, why worry that the Turks will not be broken, and the siege of Yanmen will not be solved? Well, since Chen Dashuai doesn't drink, then the king will not drink alcohol. Don't force me, this king drank this glass of wine for you."
After all, Yang Hao really drank the wine offered to Chen Yingliang in one gulp. Chen Yingliang bowed his hands and thanked him. Yang Hao returned to his seat with a smile, and then winked at his confidant Pei Gai, who was serving as a secretary in the Qi Palace. Pei Gai in the room understood, immediately got up with a gift box, went to Chen Yingliang and said with a smile: "Marshal, Pei Gai, who is a low-ranking officer, also came from the Wenxi Pei family, and is of the same generation as your uncle Li Guogong..."
Before Pei Gai could finish his words, Chen Yingliang, who had been paying close attention to the Pei family's thigh, had already stood up, bowed his hands to Pei Gai, and called him uncle. Pei Gai smiled and said he didn't dare to climb high, then lifted the gift box in his hand, and said with a smile: " Marshal Chen, this small gift was given to you by the humble staff and some colleagues in the Qi Palace, the purpose is also very simple, just to express our admiration for you, please accept it, don't be polite."
Glancing at the gift box that was obviously a bit dropped, and then at Li Yuan who was calmly standing next to him out of the corner of his eye, Chen Yingliang said with a smile: "Uncle Pei, since this is a kind intention from you and the seniors in the Qi Palace, my little It would be too disrespectful to you guys if you don’t accept this junior nephew, and if that’s the case, my nephew can only be a reward from uncle Xie.”
Yang Hao laughed, and Pei Gai smiled even more happily, and hurriedly handed over the gift box, but Chen Yingliang refused to accept it, and just bowed his hands to Pei Gai and said, "Uncle, your little nephew will accept it, but my nephew is bold enough to ask On behalf of the nephew, the uncle exchanged this gift for money and food, and passed it on to the families of the soldiers and civilians of the Sui Dynasty who sacrificed their lives to defend Nao County. My nephew led the army to rescue? How can His Royal Highness King Qi be kept safe? So my nephew dared to ask my uncle to pass this gift on to the families of these fallen soldiers to express my respect for them and to express my respect for them. They swore to the death to protect the gratitude of His Highness King Qi."
The smiles of Pei Gai and Yang Hao froze on their faces, while Li Yuan next to him kept his face calm and cursed in his heart, "Little slicker, you are really very cunning, I don't leave the old man with any excuses!"
The resignation was not out of Chen Yingliang's good intentions, so Pei Gai had no choice but to take back the precious gift in embarrassment, but a group of cronies under Yang Hao's command still refused to give up, and under the hint of Yang Hao, they raised the issue of Chen Yingliang's marriage and asked whether Chen Yingliang would be married after being divorced by the Chai family. Hire another good wife? Then Qiao Ling, the number one confidant under Yang Hao's command, couldn't wait to take the initiative to say that he had two daughters, one big and one small.
Another woman came to her door on her own initiative. Chen Yingliang, who has been a magician since he ruined his distant niece by the Sishui River, was very tempted. Unfortunately, even if Chen Yingliang wanted to disregard the suspicion this time, he couldn't accept a concubine. Before he finished speaking, the elder brother-in-law and eldest grandson Wuji stood up, introduced his identity, and explained that Chen Yingliang had already made an engagement with his sister, which completely blocked Qi Wang Yidang's mouth and made him Li Yuan, who was also at the banquet, looked a little ugly—Yang Wei slapped his face in public, and mentioned that Chen Yingliang was once divorced by the son-in-law of Li Yuan who thought he was poor and loved the rich. It was clear that he valued Chen Yingliang more than Li Yuan. Can you not be sulking
Relationships, friendship, money and beauties, still can't make Chen Yingliang tempted to get closer. Yang Yan secretly hated Chen Sangliang's villainy, but at the same time, he had no choice but to temporarily die to win over Chen Yingliang, and changed his goal to have a hot relationship with other officials of King Qin. In order to get promoted and make a fortune, many Qin Wangjun, civil and military officials with low official positions even burned Yang Hao, the second son of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, and had a good talk with Qi Wang's party. On the spot, he became brothers with the officials of Prince Qi's Mansion - including Li Jing who had lived in Mayi County for eleven years.
During the banquet, there was also a small incident, that is, Yin Shishi's subordinates suddenly received a report, saying that they found that Jiang Duqin's general Wang Renze violated the military law and hid a purebred Ili horse (Kazakh horse) captured on the battlefield. , did not submit it in accordance with the military law, and asked Chen Yingliang to deal with it. In the end, Chen Yingliang was not polite, and he didn't give the cousin of his concubine wife the slightest bit of face. He announced that in view of Wang Renze's ability to fight in the blocking battle on the first day and his meritorious service in killing the enemy, he decided to award this excellent war horse to Wang Renze to ride.
Chen Yingliang's punishments and rewards to Wang Renze, of course, were rewarded with applause. Wang Renze, whose buttocks were blown open, was also under the threat of his uncle Wang Shichong's wink, bowed his head and thanked him for his sins, and then, with the support of Chen Yingliang's personal soldiers Limp back to camp to apply medicine. Seeing Wang Shichong's apparently pretended gentle smile and the viciousness in Wang Renze's eyes, Li Yuan, who had found out that Chen Yingliang bought the ticket after Wang Shichong's daughter Wang Xueji got on the bus, was even more delighted, secretly said: "Very good, look. Not only Yang Hao can use it, but Wang Shichong's family can also make use of it!"
Even if he didn't drink, Chen Yingliang didn't dare to let the generals drink too much in his tent. The banquet only lasted for more than half an hour, and Chen Yingliang ordered the banquet to be dismissed under the pretext that the king's work was too important. However, all the civil and military personnel of the Sui army did not dare to disobey Chen Yingliang's military order, so they honestly left the banquet and went back to the camp to preside over the establishment of the camp. Yang Hao had no choice but to take the civil and military officials of Prince Qi's Mansion to leave and go back to the city to rest. Go out of camp one after another, and then look for opportunities to chat on the road.
Soon, there were only some Qiao Peng Wenwu officials left in Chen Yingliang's central army tent, and Li Jing, the prime minister of Mayi County who was forgotten by everyone. It was also at this time that Chen Yingliang lay down on the handsome chair and stretched With a sigh, he sighed: "Tired, more tiring than fighting a decisive battle. Hurry up and withdraw the banquet, and submit the official documents, as well as our camp plan."
Everyone took orders, San Gouzi led the soldiers and briskly evacuated the banquet, Wei Zheng and Yuan Tiangang hurriedly presented a mountain of official documents, as well as the plan of the Sui army's new camp, while Chen Yingliang looked at the official documents and map, While asking: "Turkic side, have you noticed any changes?"
"Not yet." Yuan Tiangang replied: "In addition, up to now, the scouts we have sent out have not reported that the Turks have attacked Yanmen City. It seems that we have received ideals for yesterday's battle." As a result, the Turks no longer dared to attack Yanmen City with all their strength behind them."
"This is the best way, give me some time to integrate the army, and also give our army some time to rest." Chen Yingliang nodded in satisfaction, and quickly said: "Mr. Ke Shi, keep watching the weather for me. If the weather is as good as yesterday , tell me immediately."
"Marshal, this lowly position will disappoint you." Yuan Tiangang said with a wry smile: "Looking at the weather patterns in the Yanmen area, after the heavy rain yesterday, within ten days and a half months, it is impossible for the Yanmen area to Another rainy day."
"No more rain?" Chen Yingliang was a little disappointed, and then smiled confidently: "It doesn't matter, if there is no rain, there will be no rain. None of our great martyrs and famous generals in the Sui Dynasty relied on rain to defeat the enemy and make meritorious deeds. There is no ideal." I can still defeat the Turks in the same weather.”
"Well said, Marshal really deserves to be the youngest general in the Sui Dynasty. He really has the demeanor of a famous general." Li Jing, who was so low-key and almost forgotten by everyone, suddenly spoke, and praised Chen Yingliang respectfully. Chen Yingliang suggested: "Marshal Chen, the Turkic Turks in Nao County have been defeated by our army, and the main force of the Turks outside Yanmen City has become a direct confrontation with us. How to fight and defeat the enemy, please come to the commander. Make a decision."
"How do we fight next? I wonder if Li Juncheng has any advice?" Chen Yingliang asked the future Great Tang Army God.
"I don't dare to give advice, but I have some suggestions." Li Jing replied with a smile, and said: "But the lower officials don't understand what the commander-in-chief is thinking, so they dare not take the liberty to offer advice."
"It's okay for Li Juncheng to be outspoken, there's no need to hide it." Chen Yingliang said.
"Then I'm going to take the liberty to ask the commander a question." Li Jing nodded, and asked very bluntly: "Before offering advice, the subordinate must first know that, commander, you only want the help of Yanmen's relief. Just save His Majesty the Emperor? Or do you want to break the siege of Yanmen, rescue His Majesty the Emperor and all the civil and military officials of the Sui Dynasty, and at the same time defeat the Turks, making the icing on the cake?"
After observing Li Jing's expression for a while, Chen Yingliang smiled, and said: "Li Juncheng is tempting me, who doesn't want to add icing on the cake and make a bigger contribution? What's more, a young and vigorous young man like me can't make a big contribution Are you thinking about it? Please tell me directly, if I only want the success of Yanmen’s siege, how should I act? If I want both the achievement of Yanmen’s siege and the icing on the cake, how should I act?”
"If the commander-in-chief only wants to save Yanmen, then it's very simple, just lead our Sui army slowly northward." Li Jing replied calmly: "The official said to the commander-in-chief before that the Turks are most afraid of fighting with the Sui Dynasty." The army is fighting, so you just need to lead Qin Wang's army slowly northward, marching 30 to 40 miles a day, step by step, but if the Turks have any mobile combat opportunities, if they encounter Turkic attacks, they will fight with elite soldiers, then within half a month, The Turks will inevitably retreat on their own. It is safe to win in this way, there will be neither a big defeat nor a big chance of victory, and the problem of rescuing the holy driver is not a big problem, but the disadvantage is that the gains are not big, and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity will also be missed."
"What golden opportunity did you miss?" Chen Yingliang asked.
"Of course it's an opportunity to defeat the Turks." Li Jing said calmly, "The Turks are afraid to join forces with our Sui army to fight, but our Sui army is afraid to fight with the Turkic army. Marshal Chen, please pay attention to the Yanmen sand table created by the humble staff. The Yanmen battlefield is surrounded by the Wutai Mountains and the Luliang Mountains. The Turkic army has almost no room for outflanking and roundabouts. The only open terrain in the northeast is also located in the depths of the mountains. It is surrounded on three sides by several major mountains. It is like a prison. Going south, stepping into this dungeon by yourself, commander, if you still want to just force the Turks away, wouldn’t it be a pity? Missing the opportunity too much?”
Having said this slowly, Li Jing smiled again and said, "Marshal Chen, I can assure you that if I defeated the famous Turkic generals before the Sui Dynasty, such as Yang Su, Changsun Sheng, Dou Dingrong, Yin Shou and Shi Wansui The famous general is reborn, and you are in your current position, then they will definitely cheer for God Bless Sui, and then immediately try to temporarily stabilize the Turkic forces so that the main force of the Turks cannot escape from this Yanmen prison, and finally they will go all out to completely annihilate the main force of the Turks. In this prison, the border of Yanmen has been peaceful for decades!"
The terrain around Yanmen has long been kept in mind by Chen Yingliang. The Yanmen battlefield is surrounded by the remaining veins of the Taihang Mountains. Only the terrain in the direction of Nao County and Xinkou is open, which is like a prison. Chen Yingliang has also noticed this for a long time, but Taking this opportunity to annihilate the Turkic main force in one fell swoop, Chen Yingliang has never had the presumptuous ambition before. So after hearing Li Jing's hint, Chen Yingliang was shocked, but also a little moved. After a little calculation, Chen Yingliang pondered and asked: "Are we strong enough now? Don't let the Turkic main force not be destroyed, but all the teeth will be broken. gone?"
"How is it not enough?" Li Jing laughed and said, "With the addition of Jiang Duqin's army who rushed to the battlefield yesterday, our army strength has reached 140,000, which is not much different from the total army strength of the Turks, and there are quite a few of them. An elite division, and there must be follow-up reinforcements arriving in a steady stream, and the Turkic army who is afraid of him being in an unfavorable terrain?"
Chen Yingliang squeezed his smooth pointed chin to calculate, and said after a while: "This matter is too big, let me think about it."
"Don't be afraid, it's a big matter. Commander, you have to think carefully, and I understand." Li Jing nodded, and then said: "However, I still think that it would be too much for the commander-in-chief to let this god-given opportunity slip away. It's a pity, that's why I feel that, Commander-in-Chief, no matter whether you accept the suggestion of annihilating the Turks, you should plan ahead and immediately start to arrange a plan to temporarily stabilize the main force of the Turks and prevent the Turks from breaking the siege and escaping from Yanmen Pass in advance."
"Li Juncheng, are you worried that the Turkic main force will escape early?" Chen Yingliang asked in surprise.
"Why don't you worry?" Li Jing replied: "The Turks are originally barbarians who bully the weak and fear the hard. They dared to attack the holy car when our army was unprepared, and they were good at riding and shooting. How could we not worry about being trapped by our army in the terrain and attacking them?" The extremely unfavorable death of Yanmen? Seeing that our Sui troops have continued to march northward to King Qin, and even defeated their division in Wuwanao County in one battle, how could the Turkic main force not have the idea of retreating early?"
Chen Yingliang continued to think, and after a long time, he said: "Then how to stabilize the Turks?"
"Your age, commander, and various internal problems in our army are the biggest bait to stabilize the Turks." Li Jing said with a smile: "If you, the commander, let the Turks know that you are young and talented, that there are many internal problems and conflicts There are so many things, you can't even sit firmly in the commander-in-chief position, let the Turks think that the victory in Nao County yesterday was just because of your good luck, and show the enemy a weakness, then the Turks will not escape, and will give birth to swallowing our army Lost mind."
Chen Yingliang pinched his chin for a long time, and then asked tentatively: "Li Juncheng, how should I let Turk know about this situation?"
"The commander-in-chief is very resourceful, how can such a trivial matter be difficult for you? Why do you need to seek advice from the lower officials?" Li Jing asked back, smiling even more mysteriously.