After dawdling for a long time, his airs were higher than Yang Guang's, until Liu Changgong, who had a bad temper and strong family background, lost his temper and asked Xiao Huaijing if he refused to read the imperial decree intentionally? Li Yuan also whispered that Liu Changgong was born in Feng Yi Liu's family, Xiao Huaijing didn't dare to swear with Liu Changgong, and honestly opened the imperial decree and read it in public, completely ending his sole power in front of Chen Yingliang.
The content of the imperial decree was similar to Xiao Huaijing's oral introduction. It was an announcement that he would accept the peace talks with the Turkic army, and asked Chen Yingliang to temporarily stop attacking the Turkic army. Keeping pressure on the Turkic army at all times, and ready to go north to meet Sui Yang Emperor's Luanjia at any time. In addition, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty naturally had to praise Chen Yingliang severely in the imperial decree, and also explained that Chen Yingliang would be rewarded heavily after the success of the welcome.
After finally listening to Xiao Huaijing recite the imperial decree shaking his head, Chen Yingliang first led King Qin to salute and thank him respectfully, and then immediately ordered the Turkic envoy Ashina Gudulu to be invited to the tent of the Chinese Army Commander, announcing to him that the Sui Dynasty had cooperated with the Turkic army. The peace talks started, and he allowed Gu Dulu to return to the Turkic camp at any time. At the same time, Chen Yingliang said to Gu Dulu very politely: "Duke Gu Dulu, please report back to Sibi Khan. In order to avoid misunderstandings and conflicts, during the peace talks Before the end, I will restrict the soldiers of the lieutenant army not to cross the range of ten miles to the north of the camp, and I also ask the soldiers of your army not to cross the range of ten miles to the south. If our soldiers go beyond this range, your army can deal with our soldiers who cross the border at will. . . . "
"If our army's soldiers cross the border, your army can deal with it at will, and our army will never interfere." Gu Duolu took the initiative to take over the conversation, and said respectfully: "Please rest assured, Marquis Chen, we will definitely work hard to restrain the soldiers in the army , do our utmost to avoid misunderstandings and accidental conflicts until the end of the peace talks."
Chen Yingliang nodded, and said: "Fortunately, Duke Gudulu, you are free now, and I have had your mount prepared for you. If you want, you can leave now."
Chen Yingliang opened his mouth. Before Gu Duolu could speak, Uncle Xiao Huaijing, who was unwilling to let this go, had already said: "Marshal Chen, your master is too heartless, right? Anyway, Gu Duo Duke Lu is a guest of our Great Sui army. How can there be a reason in the world for a master to drive away guests? You must show some kindness to the landlord, host a banquet for Duke Gu Duo Lu, and then personally send Duke Gu Duo Lu out of the camp. Only in this way can we show the hospitable demeanor of our Sui officials?"
Chen Yingliang glanced at Xiao Huaijing, and said coldly and impolitely: "Doctor Xiao, I am the commander-in-chief of King Qin's Army personally appointed by His Majesty the Emperor. How I treat guests is my freedom. You don't seem to have the right to interfere?"
"That's right, I have no right to interfere." Not to be outdone, Xiao Huaijing continued, "But this Duke Gu Dulu is not only an envoy from a neighboring country, but also the number one contributor to the peace talks between the Sui Dynasty and the Turks. He is our friend. How can you treat our friend so coldly?"
"Your friend?" Chen Yingliang sneered, and said with a smile: "Doctor Xiao, you said this yourself. Colleagues, you have heard it too. Just now, Doctor Xiao called the Turkic Duke a friend. Now we are fighting with the Turkic army. It's just a temporary cessation of fighting, and there is no real truce. Our emperor is still besieged by the Turks in Yanmen City. Doctor Xiao can't wait to regard the Duke of Turks as a friend. It seems that Doctor Xiao thinks whether His Majesty the Emperor is still under heavy siege It doesn't matter, as long as Duke Gu Dulu treats him as a friend."
"Marshal Chen, how can you talk like that?" Xiao Huaijing's face turned pale, and she hurriedly yelled, "You are chasing the truth, taking the meaning out of the letter, making excuses, framing slanders, I..., I..., I want His Majesty the Emperor to make decisions for me."
"Doctor Xiao, then you go." Liu Changgong, who had been displeased with Xiao Huaijing for a long time, also opened his mouth, and said angrily: "Anyway, I heard with my own ears just now that His Majesty the Emperor is still surrounded by Turkic troops. The Turkic people became friends, and they forced Brother Yingliang to treat the Turkic people as friends. You go and ask His Majesty to make the decision, and I will testify to Brother Yingliang. I want to see, His Majesty the Emperor thinks you are doing the right thing. I still think Brother Yingliang did the right thing."
Xiao Huaijing was speechless, and her complexion became even uglier. Fortunately, Ashina Gu Duolu could barely understand a few words of Chinese. Seeing that Xiao Huaijing and Chen Yingliang had a conflict over their own affairs, she hurriedly cupped her hands and said with a smile: " Marquis Chen, Doctor Xiao, stop arguing, Khan is still waiting for my reply, I'd better go back and report the negotiation to him. Farewell."
"Duke, go slowly, see you again." Chen Yingliang didn't hold back, and arranged for a few soldiers to escort Gu Dulu out of the camp. Then Chen Yingliang looked at Xiao Huaijing who was sulking next to him, and said: "Doctor Xiao came to send a message from afar." The purpose is hard work, and I must have suffered a lot of frights in Yanmen City. People came, prepared banquets, cleaned up the dust and suppressed the shock for Dr. Xiao. Generals, don’t rush to leave, just stay with Dr. Xiao, and we will also pass by. Congratulations to the smooth delivery of food and grass to Yanmen City, Your Majesty will not have to suffer from hunger and thirst, I wish His Majesty the Emperor to be safe and sound, and get out of danger safely."
Chen Sangliang, who is usually so stingy that he can't even bear to drink a glass of wine, is so generous once. Of course, the generals of the Sui army would not refuse. Thank you Chen Yingliang. On the other hand, Liu Changgong, who usually likes to eat and drink, was awkward. He felt that Xiao Huaijing was not pleasing to the eye and didn't want to drink this glass of wine. Chen Yingliang insisted on forcing Liu Changgong to stay for a rare time, and finally let Liu Changgong sit down to accompany Xiao Huaijing to drink.
Xiao Huaijing soon realized that she shouldn't thank Chen Yingliang, because the food and wine served by Chen Yingliang's soldiers was pitifully simple. There was only one meat dish, which was the cheapest boiled pork, and there were only two vegetarian dishes, a plate of pickled radishes and a plate of vegetables. A bowl of boiled wild vegetables, and even more excessive wine, it turned out to be a pot of village brewed light wine in two packs, and there was only one pot in front of each person, and there was no wine jar to make it clear that they would not refill the guests. Seeing such a crude food and drink, Uncle Xiao Guo, who is used to rich clothes and fine food, got a little angry, and couldn't help but said: "Marshal Chen, this is your handsome tent's big banquet? Why can't even my family's servants have enough wine and dinner?" ?”
Chen Yingliang didn't bother to talk to him, but Yin Shishi said, "Doctor Xiao, you're right, this is Marshal Chen's tent feast, and Marshal Chen usually eats worse than this, and it's exactly the same as the meals of ordinary soldiers. Also, We have been treated preferentially, at least we still have wine to drink, the jug in front of Dashuai Chen is filled with clean water, if you don't believe it, you can go and smell it yourself."
Little Uncle Xiao Guo rolled his eyes, cursing in his heart that he is indeed a poor boy who picks vegetables and leaves to cook porridge, and he also regrets accepting Chen Yingliang's invitation to stay here for dinner - if he had known earlier, he might as well have said goodbye directly, and went to the cousin-in-law Ambassador Li's partial teacher Going to eat in the camp, the food there must be different from here. Chen Yingliang didn't pay any attention to Xiao Guojiu's pained look of being unable to eat. He toasted the wine with water, wishing Sui Yang Emperor's dragon body to be healthy and safe, and Xiao Guojiu had no choice but to hold on The scalp poured down the village brewed light wine that was more sour than vinegar—and I almost didn't spit it out on the spot.
Next, Uncle Xiao Guo was looking forward to ending this painful banquet early and went to his cousin's camp to eat and drink spicy food, but Chen Yingliang kept asking Uncle Xiao Guo about various situations in Yanmen City with great interest. Details are also time-consuming, and Xiao Guoshu, who has lost the power to restrain Chen Yingliang, can only answer one by one. While eating Chen Yingliang's crude food and drinks in pain, he accepts various cross-examinations from Chen Yingliang, and has to answer other Sui soldiers from time to time. The general's other problems were painful like hell, and when Chen Yingliang realized that the food and drink in front of everyone was almost gone, he quickly winked at San Gouzi, the captain of the personal army, and asked him to act according to plan. A signal for action was issued.
At this time, Uncle Xiao Guo had already finished his simple food and drink in great pain, and then hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Marshal Chen, you are full of wine and food, and I don't dare to disturb you to handle military affairs, so I should leave. If the Marshal doesn't mind If so, I would like to live in Ambassador Li's camp, I wonder if it is possible?"
"Doctor Xiao, what's the hurry?" Chen Yingliang raised the wine glass filled with water and said with a smile: "Doctor Xiao, we forgot to wish the empress and empress a healthy body, come on, let's..."
After Chen Yingliang said this, he couldn't continue, and looked outside the tent of the Chinese army. Uncle Xiao Guo and the generals of the Sui army followed Chen Yingliang's gaze, but saw a messenger came outside the tent, The man in front of the tent door winked and made movements inside the tent, but didn't say a word. When everyone felt strange, San Gouzi, the captain of Chen Yingliang's personal army, had already walked up to him quickly and asked about the situation in a low voice. Immediately exclaimed, "Really? Are you sure?"
The messenger nodded, and San Gouzi was even more shocked. He hurriedly waved him away, then quickly returned to the tent, and whispered into Chen Yingliang's ear. With a sudden change, the wine glass with clear water in his hand fell to the ground with a slam, and his expression was lost. Yin Shishi and the generals of the Sui Army saw something was wrong, and hurriedly asked: "Commander, what happened?"
Chen Yingliang didn't answer, suddenly grabbed the wine pot in front of him, and smashed it hard on the ground in front of him, startling everyone, then jumped up and shouted: "We've been tricked! I'm on the inside of the Turks, just now An urgent message has been sent. The so-called peace negotiations between the Turkic Sibi thieves is actually a tactic with a hidden sword! The purpose is to scatter the morale of our Qinwang army, let us take precautions, expose our flaws, and then take the opportunity to sneak attack on our camp at night. Break through our King Qin army in one fell swoop!"
"What?!" All the generals of the Sui army were taken aback, and they all stood up and screamed, "Is the Turkic summation fake? Is it to make us take it lightly, and then take the opportunity to attack us?"
"That's right!" Chen Yingliang said angrily, "The Shibi chieftains sought peace, but they found that our combat ability is too strong, and it is difficult to win in frontal combat, so they arranged this poisonous plan to wipe out our King Qin at the lowest cost." Alliance!"
The generals of the Sui Army were dumbfounded, and then Li Yuan was the first to come back to his senses, and asked in surprise: "Marshal Chen, you just said that the Turkic insider, did you have an insider in the Turkic army?"
Chen Yingliang nodded, and then explained: "I didn't install it on purpose. It was a Turkic general who was dissatisfied with the Shibi thieves. He took the initiative to contact me and volunteered to act as an insider for us, secretly providing me with Turkic information."
"Who is this insider?" Li Yuan hurriedly asked, "Is he reliable?"
"Absolutely reliable. I also know the reason why he betrayed Shibi Bandit Chief. He is a reliable person." Chen Yingliang nodded and said, "But who this person is, I can't say yet."
"Oops, will this Turk insider leak my situation to the thief Chen Yingliang?" Li Yuan groaned in his heart.
"Marshal Chen, you can't joke about this." Uncle Xiao Guo trembled, "We have just started negotiating peace with the Turks, how could the Turkic army tear up the peace agreement and attack us immediately?"
"That's right, Marshal Chen, isn't this improbable?" Yun Dingxing also asked in surprise, "Sibi Thief Chief's younger brother, Duke Elifer, is still in our hands. , don’t want his brother’s life?”
"Shibi Bandit Chief doesn't care about his younger brother's life at all!" Chen Yingliang replied: "Sibi Bandit Chief is not only a brother like Elifer, he also has a son himself, so why should he care about such a younger brother? It would be best to sneak attack us and rescue his younger brother. If he can’t, he will lose nothing? At worst, he will marry his second younger brother’s wives to his third younger brother. What can I lose?"
Yun Dingxing was stunned for a moment, and then he thought that Bi Khan really didn't have to care about his younger brother's life or death—just like Old General Yun could encourage Sui Yang Emperor to kill his three grandsons in order to get promoted and get rich. The other generals of the Sui army also nodded, approving Chen Yingliang's analysis, but Uncle Xiao Guo, who was not part of King Qin's army, was skeptical, and said, "Marshal Chen, who is your insider? Is it reliable? Is the information he provided true? False, if we resume war with the Turks because of a piece of news, once His Majesty blames him, how will we explain to His Majesty?"
"If Dr. Xiao thinks this news is unreliable, I don't have to take precautions." Chen Yingliang said coldly: "Dr. Xiao, didn't you just ask to live in Ambassador Li's Taiyuan military camp? To tell you the truth, the Turkic army is here tonight." To launch a sneak attack on our camp, the breakthrough point we chose happened to be the Taiyuan Qinwang Army Camp in the northwest corner of our army camp. You will be the first to live in it. If you don’t want to believe my information, you can immediately go to Taiyuan Qinwang Army Camp to rest overnight .”
Uncle Xiao Guo turned pale and closed his mouth, but Qi Wang Yang Hao, who had been silent before, suddenly showed ecstasy, stood up and said: "Great, if this news is true, it will be very beneficial to us, we can Immediately set up an ambush in Ambassador Li's camp to severely damage the Turkic attacking army. When the time comes, the Turks will take the initiative to attack us, and even if we resume the war, we can explain it in front of the emperor."
Reminded by Yang Hao, all the generals of the Sui army who were worried that the resumption of war would affect the peace talks nodded their heads and said yes, we set up traps to ambush the Turkic army. It was the Turkic army who attacked first and we were forced to defend ourselves. You’re not welcome, and dispatched troops on the spot, using Li Yuan’s Taiyuan army camp as a trap, and set up traps to meet the Turkic sneak attack army, and arranged tasks one by one, and then the generals of the Sui army asked the time for the Turkic army to send troops and the time for the sneak attack. At that time, Chen Yingliang hesitated for a moment, and then replied decisively: "The Turkic is going south from the camp in the third shift, with a man holding a horse and a hoof wrapped in a horse, and will attack our camp in the fourth shift! If the Turkic progress goes well, there is a possibility that the Turkic attack will be earlier. But it must have been after the second quarter of the clock."
Seeing that Chen Yingliang had already detected the time when the Turkic army sent troops, the generals of the Sui army had no doubts, and immediately clapped their fists and sang promises, and immediately went down to organize the army to lay out an ambush according to Chen Yingliang's request, while Chen Yingliang left behind Liu Changgong and Yin Shishi's second general , and then ordered to Liu Changgong: "Brother Liu, immediately send a group to set up a road sign ten miles to the north, and don't tell them that the Turks are going to attack us tonight, just let them know that they must not cross that boundary sign. , just find an excuse, give them some wine and meat, and let them take them there to drink and eat meat."
"Brother Yingliang, why did you do this?" Liu Changgong asked suspiciously.
"Of course it is to show the enemy falsehood." Chen Yingliang replied: "If we are too vigilant and the Turkic side temporarily changes the dispatch time, then our soldiers will have to work hard all night for nothing?"
Liu Changgong suddenly realized, and hurried away with fists in his hands, then Chen Yingliang turned to Shishi Yin again, and confessed in a low voice: "Prefect Yin, you should make arrangements tonight, after the Turkic army sneak attack us, you should try to catch as many as possible." The Turks live, it is really impossible to catch an ordinary soldier, and then take the prisoner to a dark place and let him go, and tell him that the reason why we have prepared in advance and know their route and breakthrough is because the Turkic side There was a well-known general who secretly mutinied and quietly leaked the Turkic military information to us, and asked him to bring the news back to the Shibi thieves, so that the Shibi thieves can find out the traitor as soon as possible to eliminate future troubles."
"Why do you do that?" Yin Shishi was taken aback.
"Don't ask why for the time being, I will tell you the specific reason tomorrow." Chen Yingliang said in a deep voice: "Anyway, please believe me, I did this for Tai Sui and His Majesty the Emperor."
Yin Shishi stared at Chen Yingliang, nodded his head after a while, and then asked: "There is another question, who am I to inform the Turks? Ambassador Li?"
Chen Yingliang hesitated for a moment, and almost wanted to agree, but considering that doing so would be too immoral, and at the same time make the upright Yin Shishi look down on him, Chen Yingliang said: "Just use the identity of a mysterious person who is friendly to Shibi Bandit Chieftain." Don't use the banner of Ambassador Li. Although Ambassador Li has a grudge against me, he is an official appointed by the court after all. If you contact Ambassador Li, you will be in big trouble."
Yin Shishi smiled, nodded, and then said with a smile: "Marshal Chen, I really admire you. Do you know that if you change the situation with Ambassador Li, I believe that Ambassador Li will not hesitate. To do such a thing under your banner, first frame you as a murderer who secretly communicated with the Turks."
Chen Yingliang also laughed bitterly, and said with a smile: "I also believe that he will do this, but there is no way, he is him, and I am me. What he can do, I can't do."