Ashina Elifer's white-haired commander's flag suddenly fell. Without Chen Sangliang sending another force to join the battlefield, the balance of the various local battlefields would have collapsed on its own. The morale of the Turkic army in chaos was low. ·The safety of Elifer and the survival of the flag array, the soldiers looked around in panic, looking for a way to escape, and also hoped that the generals of the army would order a retreat as soon as possible. Many smart soldiers were already adjusting their direction and preparing to retreat quickly. Up and down are unwilling to fight.
Contrary to the Turkic army, seeing the disappearance of the Turkic commander-in-chief flag, the Sui army's cheers and morale were greatly boosted. Without Chen Yingliang's order, they had launched a counterattack on their own. Zhu Can's team, which was once on the verge of collapse, also took the opportunity to re-stabilize their position and began to launch a counterattack under the leadership of Zhu Can. A Turkic soldier, Miao Haichao also took advantage of the momentum to join Zhu Can, and jointly counterattacked the enemy on the opposite side.
At the same time, Chen Yingliang issued an order, the drums of the general offensive sounded, and the Sui army began to counterattack across the board. Li Yuan, Wang Shichong, Liu Jingye, Zhu Can, and Miao Haichao all turned from defense to offense, violently attacking the opposing enemy. Dingxing also led an army to fight out from left to right, outflanking the two wings of the battlefield. The Turkic army, which lost its command, only lasted for a moment before collapsing across the board. Flags, weapons, armor, and wounded horses were thrown everywhere in the open land surrounded by the remaining veins of Taihang. In order to escape faster and more conveniently, these barbarians from the grassland did not hesitate to drop almost all their wounded companions , Stepping on the body of his own wounded soldiers and fled in a hurry, the Turkic camp was crying and screaming, and the ugly screams and begging for mercy and help came one after another, but still no Turkic soldier general was willing to help his wounded companion.
Chen Yingliang also personally led the Qiao Peng Sui army to launch a pursuit, but just like the last Nao County battle, Chen Yingliang still let his direct descendant Qiao Peng Sui army keep the formation and move northward slowly, rather than capture it, take precautions and be ready at any time Wipe the ass of the former army and clean up the funeral. It is precisely because of Chen Yingliang, a coach who understands the overall situation, that the other Sui troops can safely advance and chase after the Turkic army. It is a pity that the Sui army is mainly infantry, and the Turkic army But all of them are cavalry, so no matter how much they chase, it is impossible to wipe out these collapsed Turks. At most, they just try to expand the results of the battle.
The response from the Turkic camp was also very fast. Before the Sui army had chased the defeated Turkic army ten miles away, about 20,000 Turkic light cavalry rushed to the north and formed formations on the official road to intercept the Sui army's pursuit and cover the defeated army. Retreating to the camp, many defeated Turkic soldiers tried to escape into their ranks for protection, but they were mercilessly shot into hedgehogs with random arrows, forcing the defeated troops to retreat to the two wings. Seeing this situation, Chen Yingliang, who was not ready for a decisive battle, also decisively ordered to call for gold, gather his troops to preserve the existing results, and avoid further expansion of the war, which led to the Sui army's insufficient preparation to launch a full-scale decisive battle with the Turks.
The sound of the golden gong sounded, and relying on the mountainous military order established by the brother-in-law before, all the Sui army units stopped chasing and killing one after another, retreated and regrouped to rearrange their formation, while Qiao Peng and the Sui army continued to maintain a strict formation. The Turkic reinforcements on the opposite side confronted each other and covered the retreat of the friendly army. The two armies were separated by miles, but each remained calm. They gave priority to protecting the friendly army and did not risk fighting. Seeing this scene, Chen Yingliang couldn't help but praised, saying: "That's right, I didn't expect that Turkic has a handsome talent. If he takes the risk to attack us, our gains will only be greater."
"Judging from the banner, the Turkic general in front should be Ashina Simo." Li Jing next to him introduced: "As far as I know, he has always been known in the Turkic army for his courage and strategy, and he is a rare general. But fortunately, he has the mixed blood of the Hu people, so he was not named as an inspector, and he did not have the power to command the soldiers alone, and his status in the Turkic army was not very high, otherwise it would be even more difficult to deal with."
Chen Yingliang has heard the introduction from Li Jing and Changsun Wuji before, Chen Yingliang also knows that members of Ashina family who are not pure blood cannot be killed by inspection—but Chen Yingliang doesn't know how the Ashina family can tell whether they are pure blood However, Chen Sangliang, who is devoid of conscience, is not interested in how Ashina's family distinguishes species. Chen Sangliang is concerned about another matter, and asks Li Jing curiously: "The former Ashina Simo If he is of Hu blood, he cannot be reused by the Turkic Khan, so what is his attitude? Is he very dissatisfied, especially resenting Shibi Zeitou?"
"As far as I know, no." Li Jing smiled and said, "Ashina Simo is a bit like our Highness Cai Wang in the Sui Dynasty. Stand up and fulfill your responsibilities as a member of the royal family, so if you, Commander-in-Chief, want to sway him, I'm afraid you don't have much hope."
(Historical facts, in history, when the Eastern Turks were beaten to the end by Li Jing, almost all the Turkic nobles betrayed the Turkic Jieli Khan at that time, but Ashina Simo, who could not be reused, persisted in Jieli Khan until After Jieli Khan was captured by Li Jing, Ashina Simo surrendered under the order of Jieli Khan.)
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter how loyal he is, I still have a way to deal with him." Chen Yingliang, who is familiar with Luo Zhijing and Qin Hui's biography, grinned, and asked Li Jing impatiently: "Where is Shibi Zeitou's attitude towards Ashina Simo?" What attitude? Is there any suspicion? Is there any sign of doubting Ashina Simo?"
"This..." Li Yuan hesitated for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "Forgive me, Commander, the official really doesn't know about these circumstances, but please rest assured, Commander-in-Chief, if you need it, the next official can collect this information for you. Fortunately, we have captured quite a few Turkic generals, so it is easier to collect information on this.”
Chen Yingliang nodded in satisfaction, and urged Li Jing to deal with the matter as soon as possible. Seeing that all the Sui troops had assembled, Chen Yingliang decisively ordered the entire army to retreat to the camp, and led his descendants to personally serve the entire army, and slowly went south to return to the camp. Na Simo saw that the Sui army was well-organized, and the retreat was still orderly after victory. There was no opportunity to take advantage of it, so he did not lead the army to pursue it. He carefully protected the chaotic and defeated troops and slowly retreated northward. Thus ended the first battle.
Slowly retreating to the gate of the camp, the camp of the Sui army was already full of laughter and laughter. At the same time as the triumphant Sui army retreated into the camp, Yin Shishi, who stayed behind in the camp, went out to greet Chen Yingliang in person, and was covered in blood. Guo Feng, Pei Xingyan, Chen Ci and other generals who reported to the national army also rushed to Chen Yingliang to salute and ask for credit. Guo Feng also smiled and said to Chen Yingliang: "Chen Jishi, guess who we caught for you?"
"Who did you catch?" Chen Yingliang was stunned, and then he showed a happy expression, and asked, "Have you captured the Turkic general alive?"
"Chen Jishi, after using your fire and thunder bottle, if you can't catch the Turkic general again, why don't you take our skin?" Chen Ci, who has always been more stable, smiled once in a while, and then hurriedly said: " Chen Jishi, it is not surprising that you guessed that we were able to capture the Turkic general, but you will never guess who the Turkic general is when we capture him."
"Smiling so happily, he must be an important person in Turkic." Chen Yingliang analyzed: "It is definitely impossible to be Shibi Bandit Chieftain. Could it be some important person under Shibi Bandit Chieftain's command, such as his younger brother or something."
"The commander-in-chief is wise, and he guessed right. Yes, he is a younger brother of Shibi Zeitou." Yin Shishi laughed and said, "And he is also the most important younger brother of Shibi Bandit Chieftain. His second brother Ashina Elifer!"
"Ashina Elifer?" Li Jing was surprised and exclaimed, "You have captured Ashina Elifer? The second person in the Turkic army, the first heir to the Khan of Shibi Bandit Chieftain was arrested Did you catch it?"
Chen Yingliang was dumbfounded, and he couldn't believe how lucky he was to report to the national army, and he was able to capture the number two of the Turkic army in one fell swoop, but Yin Shishi, Guo Feng and others laughed triumphantly, and immediately ordered Ashina to be sent out. Elifer offered his captives, and the result was very fast. Four soldiers of the Nationalist Army in white robes actually pushed a strong Turkic man with disheveled hair, and wanted to kneel him in front of Chen Yingliang. Insisting on not kneeling, shouting and not knowing what to say, Li Jing next to him quickly translated, "I am Duke Elifer, younger brother of Sibi Khan, and I demand the treatment I deserve as a prisoner of war. You must not abuse me, I am He is the Duke of Turkic, and he has also received the title of Emperor of the Central Plains."
With the facts in front of him, it was difficult for Chen Yingliang not to laugh out loud. He laughed and hugged several beloved generals of the Nationalist Army one by one, and thanked them loudly. He was locked up in his own Chinese army camp under strict supervision, waiting for his own interrogation, while all the civil and military soldiers of the Sui army scrambled to congratulate Chen Yingliang. Everyone was smiling, but Ambassador Li Yuan's smile was a bit hypocritical, and he cursed in his heart, " Fuck it, these lunatics in filial robes are really fucking lucky!"
At the same time, Li Jing quietly approached Chen Yingliang's ear, and said in a low voice: "Commander, if your expectations are correct, Ashina Simo must not have known that Ashina Elif was captured by us. The situation, otherwise, he would have to try to launch an attack to rescue Ashina Elif—under normal circumstances, Ashina Simo would not have an easy time when he returned to camp."
Chen Yingliang nodded, thinking quickly about how to make Shibi Khan subdue Zhongliang and scatter the morale of the Turkic army. At the same time, he noticed that Li Yuan, who was smiling hypocritically, was congratulating him. Chen Sangliang immediately smiled even more Hypocrisy, Busy thanked you modestly and asked with a smile: "Ambassador Li, how are you doing today?"
"The last general is incompetent. He only had more than 400 beheads, and he ranked last among the troops who left the camp." Li Yuan replied very depressed—and indeed depressed, because the Taiyuan Sui Army mainly fought long-range bow and arrow battles with the Turks, and shot the enemy to death. It is also impossible to cut off the head and ask for credit.
"It's okay, it's okay." Chen Yingliang smiled and comforted: "Today is a defeat battle, and it's normal that we won't gain much. Next time, I will definitely give you a chance to show your strength and decapitate as many enemies as possible to serve the country. meritorious service."
Li Yuan thanked sullenly, but on the other side His Royal Highness King Qi Yang Hao couldn't wait to stand up and asked Li Yuan face to face: "Ambassador Li, there is something very strange. Why does Turkic seem to be watching our other teams to fight?" However, the Taiyuan army seems to be deliberately forbearing to you, deliberately not to engage in close combat with you? Dare I ask Ambassador Li, what is the reason for this?"
Chen Yingliang didn't even ask this question, but Yang Hao, who had reached an agreement with him secretly, questioned him face to face. Li Yuan turned his head quickly in shock, but saw that Yang Hao's smile was a little sinister, as if he had malicious intentions. Li Yuan was even more surprised, so he had to be truthful. He replied: "His Royal Highness Qi, I also feel that this matter is a bit strange, but I don't know the reason."
"Ambassador Li really doesn't know?" Yang Wei smiled, then turned to Chen Yingliang and said, "Marshal Chen, since our loyal and courageous Sui soldiers have captured the Turkic generals, I think it's best for the Marshal to interrogate the prisoners of war." Let’s ask this question by the way to see why the Turks deliberately did not fight Ambassador Li’s army.”
Chen Yingliang agreed with a smile on his face, but in his heart he scolded Yang Wei for being uneducated and uneducated. Seeing that the Sui army had won a battle today, he couldn't hold his breath. It's nothing to hand over the Taiyuan Sui Army to His Royal Highness Qi Wang, but after transferring the military power, it is tantamount to abolishing the important support of the Taiyuan Sui Army. Of course, Chen Yingliang, who is still a little weak at present, would not do such a stupid thing of breaking his own arm.
Chen Yingliang cursed in his heart, but Li Yuan was in shock and doubts. He didn't understand why Yang Hao would suddenly target him, let alone why Yang Hao, who should be eager to seize power, would suddenly stand by Chen Yingliang's side. Puzzled, Li Yuan quickly looked for an opportunity to wink at Li Jing, and let himself be placed next to Chen Yingliang. This insider hurriedly found an opportunity to have a private talk with him alone, to understand what happened between Chen Yingliang and Yang Hao. Li Jing understood, nodded slightly, but in his heart he was cursing Yang Hao for nothing, deliberately provoking Chen and Li conflicts, not only eager to snatch the military power in Taiyuan, but also had the vicious intention of pushing Chen Yingliang forward to be a villain.
At the same time, the troops of the Sui army had retreated to the camp one after another. Chen Yingliang, who shouldered the heavy responsibility, did not dare to neglect, and quickly arranged a night watch task in the Chinese army tent, and at the same time handed over the task of dealing with the Turkic sentry cavalry to the cavalry The Taiyuan Sui army, which had the largest number, asked Li Yuan to arrange 2,000 cavalry to use the school regiment as a unit to go out at night to sweep up the Turkic sentry cavalry to combat the rampant arrogance of the Turkic sentry cavalry. After Li Yuan took the order, Chen Yingliang announced the disbandment, and then even Before he had time to take a sip of water, he immediately proceeded to interrogate Ashina Elifer himself to learn more about the Turkic military situation. Yang Hao also asked to accompany him in the interrogation. Chen Yingliang did not refuse to save face and let him stay and participate in the interrogation.
Chen Yingliang personally interrogated the important prisoners. Of course, Li Jing, who is proficient in Turkic, had to stay in the Chinese army tent to serve as an interpreter. He couldn't find a chance to talk to Li Yuan alone. , Attacking the Turkic sentry cavalry outside the camp. But just after this matter was arranged, Li Er suddenly came to Li Yuan's camp to meet him. Li Yuan was overjoyed to meet him immediately. When the father and son met, Li Er was not polite and said directly to Li Yuan: "Father, the Turkic army deliberately did not attack by force today. The purpose of your team should be two, one is to show goodwill to you, and the other is to further drive a wedge between you and Chen Yingliang, and to expand the internal conflicts in our army, does father know about this?"
Seeing Li Yuan nodding his head to express his understanding, Li Er said again: "Then father, does the little thief Chen Yingliang have any statement on today's matter?"
"No." Li Yuan shook his head, and said depressedly: "That little thief is very cunning, Turkic tricks can't be hidden from him, so he didn't make any statement. But it's very strange, His Royal Highness Qi is holding on to this point If you don’t let it go, you will attack me in public, which makes me a little bit embarrassed.”
"His Royal Highness King Qi?" Li Er said in surprise: "Hasn't he already set his sights on this King Qin's first achievement? How could he attack you, father?"
Li Yuan smiled wryly and said that I didn't understand, and then he told his precious son about what happened in front of Daying Gate just now, and finally Li Yuan said: "I have already given Li Jing a wink, and asked him to find a chance to meet me as soon as possible." Let's see if he understands this, and see if the little thief Chen Yingliang is behind the scenes."
Li Er made some calculations, and after a long time, Li Er said in a low voice: "Father, my son thinks that if you want to thoroughly investigate whether Chen Yingliang is behind this incident, it seems that you are looking for the wrong direction. Li Jing is the insider we planted next to Chen Yingliang. It's true, but he's been in Chen Yingliang's account for too short a time, and Chen Yingliang's little thief is notoriously cunning and cunning, so it's unlikely that Li Juncheng will be involved in such a confidential matter."
"Then how to investigate thoroughly?" Li Yuan asked.
"You should attack the people around His Royal Highness Qi." Li Er suggested, and then said with a smile: "Your Highness Qi's temper, father, you know that you can't hold two or two feces in your stomach, and you don't have a city. If he secretly and Chen Yingliang If there is any collusion, it will definitely let the cronies around him know that the crooked melons and dates around him are not reliable. As long as we find a breakthrough, it will not be difficult to know the behind-the-scenes activities of the little thief Chen Yingliang and His Highness King Qi. "
"That makes sense." Li Yuanda nodded his head, and then asked: "Then who should we attack?"
"Pei Gai." Li Erlian didn't even blink his eyelids, and said directly: "Pei Gai is the secretary of Qi Wangfu, who is in charge of the confidential documents for His Royal Highness, and he can basically know what secrets His Royal Highness has. And we There is another convenience in attacking him."
"What's convenient?" Li Yuan asked again first, then immediately came to his senses, and hurriedly said, "Let lawyer Pei come forward to spy?" (Don't laugh, real name.)
"Yes, Lawyer Pei." Li Er nodded vigorously, and said in a low voice: "Uncle Pei Ji and Pei Gai are both from the Wenxi Pei family. As a younger generation, it is reasonable and legal to meet Pei Gai, and it is very normal to have a few drinks with Pei Gai, after getting Pei Gai drunk, it will be easy to talk to him again?"
Li Yuan was overjoyed when he heard that, and quickly heard that Lawyer Pei, the son of Pei Ji, his confidant who is currently in the army, explained the task to him face-to-face, and then took out expensive gifts and a jar of fine wine out of his own pocket, and asked Lawyer Pei to return to Yang Jun while it was still dark. When I was in the Chinese army camp, I hurried to meet Pei Gai in Yang Hao's tent, and tried to find out the real reason for Yang Hao's defection. At the same time, just to be on the safe side, Li Yuan also sent the eloquent Hou Junji as an assistant to lawyer Pei, who helped lawyer Pei pour wine for Pei Gai, so as to extract the truth from Pei Gai's mouth.
As I said before, in order to appease His Royal Highness Yang Wei, the thorn in the head, Chen Sangliang asked Yang Hao to lead the army to accompany the Taiyuan Sui army. As a result, this also greatly facilitated the actions of Lawyer Pei and Hou Junji. At the same time, as Li Er said, Pei Gai, who spared no effort to help King Yang of Qi, was hated by Emperor Yang of Sui and never won the throne of the crown prince, was indeed unreliable. Good guy, first he was coaxed into joy by the expensive gift from his nephew, and then he was drunk by the sweet words and good wine from Lawyer Pei and Hou Junji. It was just dark, and Li Yuan and Li Jing had already spent the night when Li Yuan and Li Jing visited Yang Hao successively. What happened was explained...
When Hou Junji and Lawyer Pei successfully completed their mission and returned triumphantly, Li Er had already returned to Zuo Tunwei's camp to be on duty, and Li Yuan met Lawyer Pei and Lawyer Hou alone. After the set report, Li Yuan was dumbfounded at first, and then exclaimed, "How is it possible? The night before yesterday, just after I left, Li Jing went to see His Royal Highness Qi and instigated His Royal Highness to seize my military power? Such a big event, Li Jing Why haven't you reported it to me?"
Of course Hou Junji and Lawyer Pei couldn't answer Li Yuan's question, but just at this moment, a soldier from outside the tent came to report that it was Li Jing, Mayi County Prime Minister, asking to see him. Come in!"
The soldiers agreed, but just as he was about to turn around, Li Yuan suddenly changed his mind and said, "If you invite him in, you must be respectful."
The soldiers sang promises again, and Li Yuan turned to Lawyer Pei and Hou Junji next to him and said: "Remember, you should treat him with respect and affection as much as possible, and don't let him see anything. I want to test him, and he will It's still useful."