Chen Yingliang was completely forced to accept the Turkic initiative to send Yuan Tiangang to deliver food to Yanmen City in good faith. The reason is very simple. Chen Yingliang very much hoped to make more contributions to climb higher, and at the same time hoped to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It severely damaged the vitality of the main force of the Turks. One battle brought about 20 years of peace in the north, and it also destroyed Li Yuan's largest foreign support force when he rebelled against the Sui Dynasty.
The king of Qi, Yang Hao, hoped to continue the fight more than Chen Yingliang, because Yang Hao would not even get much credit for the peace talks with the Turks, let alone the coveted crown prince.
But there is no way, no matter how much Chen Yingliang and Yang Hao want to continue fighting, they have to stop the war. It is related to the national policy. Whether they will be hungry or not, Chen Yingliang and Yang Hao have no guts to reject Turkic’s offer of sending food to show sincerity. At the same time, Yin Shishi, Li Jing, Wang Shichong, Liu Changgong and others dare not say anything about this important matter. Therefore, Chen Yingliang had no choice but to follow the advice of Li Yuan and Yun Dingxing, temporarily took Ashina Gudulu as a hostage, and sent the eager Yuan Tiangang to Yanmen to deliver food to Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty.
Accepting the condition of testing the sincerity of the Turkic peace talks, Chen Yingliang of course had no choice but to give up the plan he had decided to go north to set up camp again. The main force of the Sui army who fought a big battle yesterday also had at least one day's rest, but Chen Yingliang was quite moved. Surprisingly, after the order for the army to rest on the spot was delivered, there were quite a few cheers in the Sui army camp. This also made Chen Yingliang a little strange, feeling that the emotional reactions of the soldiers under his command were a bit unusually intense, because before The combat intensity of the Sui army's main force was not very high, and the army was not so exhausted that it urgently needed a rest.
Putting this trivial matter aside for the time being, Chen Yingliang hosted a banquet for the Turkic envoy Ashina Gudulu, hoping to take the opportunity to obtain some Turkic military intelligence from Gudulu. He is extremely cunning, and whenever the topic of the military is talked about, either Wang Gu talks about him and doesn't take Chen Yingliang's fault at all, or he just praises Chen Yingliang for his youth and talent, he is both civil and military, and he is like a god at a young age. Among the famous generals, Wang Shichong and Yun Dingxing, the two big sycophants of the Sui court, were a little ashamed by their nasty flattery. Chen Yingliang quarreled with him for almost an hour, but finally got nothing.
There was no other way, Chen Yingliang could only agree to Gu Duolu's small request to let him meet with Elifer first, and then set about setting up the camp. For the sake of caution, Chen Yingliang asked the army to immediately dig a trench for the camp and cut down the wood Set up a circle of antlers to resist horses outside the barracks, and waited for Emperor Sui Yang's reply. At the same time, he ordered scouts to closely monitor the movement of the Turkic army, and very carefully sent a large number of scouts to patrol the rear to guard against the powerful Turkic army. Detour to the back of the self-army and cut off the vital food road of the self-army.
After all these arrangements were made, Chen Yingliang dealt with some military official documents. In the afternoon, he left the big tent to inspect the army in the camp. He also checked the progress of the construction of the fortifications of the guard camp. It turned out that it was okay not to inspect, so Chen Yingliang walked half a circle. His nose was almost out of breath. Except for the Chinese army camp controlled by Qiao Peng's descendants, the four battalions in the front, back, left, and right sides of the whole camp had fallen into a very obvious state of laziness. The soldiers were lazy and the generals were slack. The excavation of the trenches in the camp has only begun, and the horse antlers that were required to be erected around the camp have not even seen a piece of wood residue—because the army that went to the mountain to cut wood has not yet returned.
In a fit of rage, Chen Yingliang grabbed a punching bag and scolded a captain of the Sui Army who was the supervisor of the trench by the side of the trench. He asked his team to dig the trench so slowly that they hadn't dug three feet in almost two hours. Deep trenches, and even asked why his soldiers were so slack, just talking and joking instead of digging with all their strength? The unlucky captain didn't dare to refute. Apart from pleading guilty honestly, he explained: "Forgive me, Commander, because the brothers heard that the Turks sent envoys to sue for peace, and they felt that they would not fight, so they were a little lazy. Finally, this Just urge them to dig with all their strength, and won't let them be lazy anymore."
"The Turks sent envoys to ask for peace?" Chen Yingliang was startled, and hurriedly asked, "How did you get this news?"
"The higher-ups told us." The unlucky captain replied truthfully: "At first, the brothers thought it was very strange when they saw our peasants delivering grain to the north, so they asked each other about the reason. Later, the general above also told us, It is said that the Turks sent envoys to seek peace, and there is no need to fight today, so the brothers started to be lazy."
"Whose subordinate are you?" Chen Yingliang asked angrily.
"The last general is Liu Changgong, General Liu's subordinate." The unlucky lieutenant's answer made Chen Yingliang shut up, unable to continue the attack—after all, friendship is here.
Viciously ordered the unlucky lieutenant to command the army to do all the construction, and Chen Yingliang hurriedly dispatched a military law team to various places in the camp to understand the situation. What made Chen Yingliang extremely depressed was that most of the news about the Turks sending envoys to sue for peace came from Liu Changgong's subordinates The culprit who caused the morale of the army to spread was the big-mouthed Liu Changgong himself. Chen Yingliang had no choice but to call Liu Changgong to complain in private, asking him to keep his mouth shut so as not to shake the morale of the army. , Then he summoned all the generals and asked all the armies and battalions not to relax in the slightest. They must continue to be vigilant against the Turks. They must not underestimate the enemy in the slightest. Shishi personally led a team to inspect the military situation in the camp, and immediately dealt with those who neglected military plans, without any tolerance.
Relying on the efforts of the generals of the Sui army and the Yin Shishi military law team, after beating dozens of lazy and slack Sui army officers and soldiers with sticks, the situation in King Qin's Sui army's camp has somewhat improved, requiring a depth of eight feet. The ten-foot-wide trench was still unfinished, and the antlers of the horses stood up to less than one-fifth. Chen Yingliang had no choice but to draw 3,000 troops from each of the five Sui armies, and let them serve as night duty, always ready for battle. When the Turks attacked at night, Li Yuan was ordered to dispatch another 2,000 cavalry to sleep in the open on the left side outside the camp to prepare for the battle, to prevent the Turkic army from detouring southward from the open left wing.
Facts have proved that what Chen Sangliang, who is devoid of conscience, is completely wasting his military power in vain. Nearly 20,000 troops stayed on duty all night without sleep. Not even a ghost of the Turkic army was seen, only a few A Turkic scout routinely observed the movement of the Sui army camp, and at the same time the scout sent to reconnaissance the Turkic camp also reported that the Turkic army did not have any abnormal movements, nearly 20,000 troops fed the autumn mosquitoes all night for nothing, and the general with dark circles on his face Although the soldiers did not dare to complain openly, they were full of complaints.
At dusk, Yuan Tiangang, who was going to deliver grain, also sent someone to send news that the grain and grass had been successfully delivered to Yanmen City, and that Emperor Sui Yang and the Great Sui court were safe and sound. It still needs to be considered before making a decision. Chen Yingliang needs to wait patiently for a while. Upon receiving this news, Chen Yingliang was inevitably a little shaken, and secretly said: "Could it be true that the Turkic peace is true this time? Are you really planning to withdraw troops in exchange for an armistice?"
Hesitant to waver, Chen Yingliang, who was less courageous than a mouse, still didn't dare to relax in the slightest. He also learned the lesson of the previous day. He went to the edge of the camp to inspect the edge of the camp as soon as he got up in the morning, personally urging the soldiers of the Sui army to build the fortifications. At that time, Chen Yingliang took a team of personal soldiers and ran around the camp. It was not until he confirmed that the progress of the construction of the camp fortifications was not satisfactory, and there were no more lazy and slack behaviors. After negotiating a peace, how will I deal with this situation.
Thinking about it, Chen Yingliang led his own troops to the Taiyuan Sui army camp on the northwest side of the camp unknowingly. In the end, Li Yuan also took pride in not going out of the tent to greet Chen Yingliang like Yun Dingxing and Liu Changgong, and pretended not to know. Hiding in the big tent and refusing to show up, Chen Yingliang didn't mind, but continued to patrol the camp. However, at this moment, Yang Hao's confidant Qiao Lingze suddenly appeared in front of Chen Yingliang, bowed and bowed to Chen Yingliang, and invited Chen Yingliang to post an account on behalf of His Royal Highness Yang Hao, saying that it was Yang Hao I want to discuss some military matters with Chen Yingliang alone.
Under the melon field, Chen Yingliang went to talk with Yang Wei alone after being stupid, and immediately smiled: "Please Qiao Yitong report to His Highness King Qi, just say that I still have to patrol the camp and urge the soldiers to build camp defenses, and I don't have time to visit him for the time being." If you have anything to do, please go to the big tent of the Chinese army to discuss it in public, and then I will apologize to His Highness face to face."
"Marshal, it's not convenient to discuss these matters in public, so I'd like to ask Marshal to step aside and talk to His Highness privately."
Qiao Ling persisted idiotically, and even winked at Chen Yingliang, but Chen Yingliang pretended not to understand Qiao Lingze's hints, and excused his busy military affairs to quickly throw Qiao Ling away and continue his inspection, leaving Qiao Ling behind. Ling Ze was greatly disappointed where he was, and he also gritted his teeth and secretly scolded Chen Yingliang for his ambition and lack of appreciation. A soldier from the Taiyuan Sui Army had already reported the situation to Li Yuan. Li Yuan was overjoyed when he heard the report, and said with a dark smile, "Little thief, no matter how cunning you are, you are not as cunning as you are partnered with a pig-like ally like Yang Hao." It doesn't work at all, let's see how you can team up with this idiot like Yang Hao to trick me this time!"
Proudly inspecting the Li Yuan Camp, he found that the Taiyuan Sui Army had done a good job of fortifications—better than General Liu’s camp. Chen Yingliang nodded in satisfaction, and led the troops to leave the Taiyuan Camp. At this time, the accident happened again. When passing Li Yuan's Chinese army camp, Chen Yingliang suddenly saw three acquaintances walking side by side on the road leading to Zuo Tunwei camp. Chai Shao, who became Chen Yingliang's brother-in-law, and at the same time, the Li brothers and Chai Shao also happened to see Chen Yingliang who was riding a white horse in a very aggressive manner.
Embarrassment comes from embarrassment. Under Li Jiancheng's signal, Li Er and Chai Shao still bit the bullet and came up with Li Jiancheng to salute Chen Yingliang Jishou. You are the generals of Zuo Tunwei, why did you come here? Did you get permission from your superiors?"
"Report to Commander, the last general and General Chai have obtained the permission of the Shangguan, General Liu Jingye." Li Erdan knelt and clasped his fists, and said respectfully: "Commander Mingjian, the last general heard that my father accidentally caught the wind and cold last night, and he felt a little unwell. Jiang was worried about his father, and General Chai was also worried about his father-in-law, so we asked General Liu for leave and came here to visit father."
"Oh, so that's the case, then it's all right. I'll return to the Zuo Tunwei camp earlier, and don't delay for a long time."
Chen Yingliang nodded, and reluctantly accepted Li Er's explanation. Li Er bowed his hands and thanked him, and Chai Shao also bowed his hands to thank Li Er's hint. At the same time, Chai Shao and Li Er were naturally extremely depressed—the one who picked vegetables and leaves to cook porridge back then Poor boy, now I have to kneel down to salute him alone, and answer with fists clasped. Isn't this worldly way too fucking ridiculous
After asking why Li Er and Chai Shao came here, Chen Yingliang turned his attention to Li Jiancheng, got off his horse and helped Li Jiancheng himself, and said with a friendly smile: "Brother Jiancheng, this is not a military tent, so you and I don't need to be so polite." , get up quickly. By the way, why haven't you shown up all this time, where have you been hiding? I'm too busy, and I tried to talk to you several times but couldn't find the time. Why didn't you take the initiative to find me? "
"Commander, the last general wanted to visit you many times, but after much deliberation, he still didn't go. Please forgive me, Commander." Li Jiancheng replied respectfully.
"Why?" Chen Yingliang asked in surprise.
"I'm really embarrassed." Li Jiancheng replied with a wry smile: "Commander, you are now the commander-in-chief of the entire army. The last general is just a mere soldier in the Taiyuan army. He took the initiative to ask to see the commander. When you meet the last general, others will To say that the last general is to get a job, if you are busy with military affairs and you don’t have time to meet the last general, it’s okay for the last general, and others will gossip about you, the general, and maliciously. , that’s why I haven’t visited you all this time.”
"Hey, brother Jiancheng, why didn't I realize that you have such a mother-in-law before?" Chen Yingliang said with a smile, "You and I are brothers, we are as close as brothers, we meet each other when we have time, and change another day when we don't have time, afraid that others will gossip about us?"
After finishing speaking, Chen Yingliang turned around and gave an order to San Gouzi, asking him to hand over a badge to Li Jiancheng, so that Li Jiancheng could enter and leave his Chinese army camp at will. , Li Jiancheng thanked him, and then said in a low voice: "Marshal, please let my second brother forgive me. On the battlefield the day before yesterday, he injured his leg with a Turkic arrow. Kneeling for a long time..."
"I didn't do it on purpose, I really don't know." Chen Yingliang was also very nice to Li Jiancheng, first explained that he didn't mean to make things difficult for Li Er, and then immediately asked Li Er and Chai Shao to get up without courtesy. Thank you, Li Er, who did have some injuries on his leg , When he got up quickly, Li Jiancheng helped his brother again, helped Li Er up with his own hands, and asked in a low voice about Li Er's leg injury.
He also made an appointment with Li Jiancheng for the next meeting, and Chen Yingliang ordered Li Jiancheng and others to leave. Li Er and Chai Shao wanted to leave quickly, and Li Jiancheng also bid farewell to Chen Yingliang, and then carefully carried his second brother back into the camp gate. go. Seeing the backs of the two brothers helping them away, Chen Yingliang was fine, but San Gouzi, the captain of the guard next to him, said in a low voice: "Marshal, your good friend Mr. Li Jiancheng is really a good man, and I treat you well. Good for his brother."
"Mr. Jiancheng is a good man." Chen Yingliang nodded, and then said casually: "It's a pity, if he doesn't guard against his second brother, he might die in the hands of his second brother in the future."
"Dead at the hands of his second brother?" San Gouzi was startled, and asked in confusion, "Marshal, what do you mean by that? They are brothers, how could they kill each other?"
"Brothers?" Chen Sangliang, who had heard about the Xuanwumen Incident, snorted coldly, and said, "It's true that they are brothers, but they all have the blood of Hu people. Don't you know that Hu people have a temper? Father marries mother, siblings kill each other, it's commonplace for them! The brotherhood of Hu people, huh, bullshit!"
After swearing this swear word in a very immoral manner, Chen Yingliang was about to turn around and get on the horse, but when he touched the rein, Chen Yingliang was shocked again, and hurriedly said: "San Gouzi, what did I just say?"
"Marshal, don't you remember what you said yourself?" San Gouzi was confused, and hurriedly repeated: "Marshal, you just said that Hu people kill their fathers and marry their mothers, and brotherhood is nothing to them. It's commonplace. Hu people's brothers and sisters are bullshit!"
Hearing San Gouzi repeat what he said just now, Chen Yingliang stood on the spot in a daze, holding the rein of the horse and pondering for a while, Chen Yingliang came back to his senses, and thought to himself: "Understood, no wonder I always feel that there is something wrong, It turns out that something is wrong here.”
After saying this in his heart, Chen Yingliang immediately got on his horse, rode straight back to his big tent of the Chinese army, and then immediately rushed to the front of the sand table to study and plan. When Sangliang's expression slowly relaxed, news came from outside the camp, saying that Yuan Tiangang led the food transport team back to the camp, and at the same time brought Xiao Huaijing, an admonisher from the imperial court, and an imperial decree from Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty. . Hearing this news, Chen Yingliang was neither pleasantly surprised nor surprised, but after quick calculation for a moment, he called San Gouzi to him, whispered in his ear, and then hurriedly gave the order to blow the trumpet to raise the account, and opened his eyes wide. The gate of the Chinese army welcomes Xiao Huaijing and the imperial decree.
Xiao Huaijing and Xiao Yu and Uncle Xiao Guo are of the same foot, and they are also brothers of Empress Xiao, the main palace of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty. They are also considered as uncles of the country, but because of the somewhat distant blood relationship, they do not climb as high as Uncle Xiao Yu and Xiao Guo. However, this other Uncle Xiao Guo was not inferior to his clan brother in the slightest in imposing manner. After seeing Chen Yingliang, he didn't salute, but just hummed and put on airs as an imperial envoy, forcing Chen Yingliang to report to him. , the attitude towards Liu Changgong, Wang Shichong, Yun Dingxing and other important Sui army generals is also quite bad and arrogant. Only the second son of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Hao, and Ambassador Li Yuan, who is barely a relative, are very affectionate. Brother-in-law, Ambassador Li also recognized Xiao Huaijing, the cousin brother-in-law, with a smile, but secretly rejoiced in his heart, knowing that he had an extra helper to deal with Chen Sangliang.
Xiao Huaijing put on airs and Chen Yingliang didn't bother to care about it, because Xiao Huaijing, an imperial envoy who passed the decree, should go to the cool place as long as he finished reading the imperial decree. Said: "Doctor Xiao, the incense table has been set up, please declare the decree quickly, the military situation is like fire, whether it is war or peace, the 130,000 Qin King's army is looking forward to it, and please read the imperial decree quickly."
"Why is Marshal Chen so anxious? You don't need to look forward to it anymore, you don't need to fight."
Of course Xiao Huaijing also knew that after reading the imperial decree, Chen Yingliang could let him go to the cool place where he should go. In order to make his clan brothers and cousin-in-law's enemies more disgusting, Xiao Huaijing deliberately said slowly: "Your Majesty has appointed Su Wei and Su Youxiang as the prime minister. Ambassador Plenipotentiary, my brother Xiao Yu, uncle Xiao Guo, as deputy, represented the Sui court to the Turkic camp and negotiated with the Turkic Shibi thieves face to face. Your majesty sent this official here to tell you this Due to the situation, you are also temporarily restricted from fighting the Turks, so as not to create troubles and disrupt the peace talks. Therefore, Marshal Chen, you have to restrain yourself, and stop being so impulsive and violent, and miss your Majesty's important event, for fear that you will be punished Sorry."
Everyone could hear the hostility towards Chen Sangliang in Xiao Huaijing's words. The heavy generals of the Sui Army, including Yun Dingxing, Liu Changgong, and Wang Shichong, were also shocked. They knew that there would be another storm in the Sui Army, but Chen Yingliang smiled slightly. , asked: "Doctor Xiao, you just said that you are bound by me? Do you have to congratulate Doctor Xiao for his promotion and appointment as the commander-in-chief of the Sui King Qin's coalition army?"
"This..." Xiao Huaijing was at a loss for words, and said after a long while: "That's not true, this official is only here to deliver an order, not to supervise the army."
"So that's the case, I almost misunderstood just now." Chen Yingliang smiled on his face, sneered in his heart, and said to himself: "That's right, Grandpa Fan, Uncle Pei, is it for nothing? I have several big backers in Yang Yang Guang is surrounded by the most trusted people of Yang Guang, these old tricks can make you, a jumping clown, become a supervising army to restrain Lao Tzu?"