The enemy's situation was unclear, and Chen Sangliang not only missed an opportunity to break through the Turkic camp, but on the way back to the camp, Chen Sangliang also seemed a little preoccupied, and couldn't help but said to himself in his heart: "Tuo Jie Hu Bing is still defeated by Shibi." Khan was appeased. There are only two days left in our agreement with Shibi Khan. If we can’t defeat the Turks within two days, Emperor Sui Yang’s place may run out of food again the day after tomorrow. We have no idea how to defeat the enemy. What should we do? Could it be that we really want to fight a hard battle to attack the camp at any cost?"
Returning to the Sui army camp with concerns, Yin Shishi, Liu Changgong, Yun Dingxing and others who stayed behind in the camp greeted them out of the camp gate. Chen Yingliang, who hadn't slept all night, cheered up and asked with a smile: " Prefect Yin, Brother Liu, Old General Yun, military matters are important, and I didn’t win any battles this time, so I returned without success, so you don’t need to come out to greet me personally?”
"Marshal, we are not here to greet you, but we have some good news to tell you in a hurry." The always serious Yin Shishi raised his eyebrows rarely, and while presenting an official document to Chen Sangliang, he said with a happy smile: " The Taiyuan Express just received said that Qu Tutong, the ambassador for arrest in the pass, and General Zuo Xiaowei, received the imperial edict from King Qin in Xiping County, and immediately organized an army to rush to King Qin of Yanmen. He had already arrived in Lingling two days ago. Shi, counting the distance, even if General Qu Tu needs to replenish food and grass in Taiyuan and take a short rest, he can arrive at the Yanmen battlefield in at most five days."
"General Qu Tutong is here too?" Chen Sangliang was a little surprised, but there was no joy in his tone.
"That's right, it's General Qu Tutong." Yin Shishi said excitedly: "Moreover, among the more than 20,000 troops brought by General Qu Tutong, there is also the main combat force of Zuo Xiaowei. Useful on the battlefield."
"It's not just old Qu Tu, but also General Zuo Yuwei and Xue Shixiong who stayed behind in Zhuojun." Liu Changgong couldn't wait to add: "General Xue's Zhuojun King Qin army arrived at Feihu four days ago, ready to take the Taoist spirit. Qiu and Fanzhi went directly westward to Yanmen, and surrounded the Turkic main force with us. It's just that his road was not easy to walk, and there was no food and grass supplies on the road. He must carry a lot of food and grass to march, so the time to arrive at the battlefield was a little late Some, but we estimated that after seven days at the most, General Xue’s King Qin’s army will be able to cross Fanzhi, go out of the mountains, and hit the back of the son of a bitch Turk.”
"Then how did General Xue get in touch with us?" Chen Sangliang hurriedly asked again.
"His messenger got in touch with us by taking the road of Jingxing Pass." Yin Shishi introduced: "Old General Xue originally wanted to take the road of Jingxing Pass, but considering the detour, he still had to cross the Taihang Mountains. pulse, so I simply took the road of Feihu, Lingqiu, and the Turkic sons of bitches on our side."
"Old General Xue also brought more than 30,000 King Qin's army, plus General Qu Tu's King Qin's army and the bone instrument team that is escorting grain to the north, our strength will soon exceed 200,000." Yun Dingxing was also excited. Said: "I'm afraid we don't need to do it at that time, and the Turks can be scared away by scaring them."
Reinforcements arrived continuously, including powerful reinforcements with very strong combat effectiveness. All the generals of the Sui Army were overjoyed by the good news, but Chen Sangliang remained calm, with a slight frown on his brow. The world teacher was inevitably a little puzzled, and asked: "Marshal, what's the matter? Why do you seem unhappy?"
"I'm not unhappy, I'm worried." Chen Yingliang replied: "Of course I'm also very happy that the reinforcements keep arriving, but don't forget that the food and grass in Yanmen City can only last until tomorrow at most. If we If we don’t do anything and wait for reinforcements, won’t His Majesty the Emperor and the generals of Yanmen start starving again in the morning after tomorrow?”
When it came to the question of whether Emperor Sui Yang was starving, all the generals of the Sui Army remained silent. They swallowed all the suggestions they had intended to persuade Chen Yingliang to stand firm and wait for help. Chen Sangliang squeezed out some smiles and said: "We can slowly discuss how to fight in the future. The arrival of reinforcements is good news, but this good news needs to be kept secret for the time being. It cannot be announced, so as not to weaken the morale and fighting spirit of the soldiers. We only put our hopes on the reinforcements and refuse to work hard. fight."
Everyone agreed, and then Chen Yingliang led them back to the camp. At the same time, Chen Yingliang also ordered to temporarily suspend the reinforcement work on the camp fortifications, so that the soldiers could rest at ease and preserve their strength for fighting. Originally, this order by Chen Sangliang was by no means in line with the tactic of fortifying the camp and waiting for help. Plan, but considering that Qin Wang's coalition forces have been exhausted these days, last night they tossed and tossed for half the night, and the generals of the Sui army did not question and object. Yun Dingxing, Liu Changgong and other Sui army generals also returned to their respective places The camp organized the army to rest.
He went back to the big tent even more preoccupied. Chen Yingliang, who didn't sleep at all last night, didn't go to rest either. He just sat down on the handsome chair and stared at the top of the tent in a daze. Why Sangliang's will is so low is inevitably a little strange, but Li Jing saw what Chen Sangliang was thinking, and asked cautiously: "Commander, are you worried that the two old generals Qu Tutong and Xue Shixiong are not easy to control?"
"A little bit." Chen Yingliang said weakly: "The two veteran generals are highly respected, regardless of their age, seniority and prestige, they are far above me. If there is any conflict between them and my tactical plan, it will be very difficult for me."
"Don't worry, commander." Yin Shishi comforted: "The two old generals are loyal to the emperor. You are the commander-in-chief of King Qin personally appointed by His Majesty the emperor. Even if they are dissatisfied, they will definitely obey your words."
Chen Sangliang shook his head, frowned and said: "I am a little worried that these two old generals will not accept me, but it is not the main reason. As long as their tactics are appropriate, I will definitely obey and adopt them. What I am worried about is the Yanmen City. The situation, as you all know, the food in Yanmen City is only enough for two days. If we can’t rescue Sheng Jia quickly, His Majesty the Emperor will starve the day after tomorrow. For a long time, if there is any accident in Yanmen City, the consequences will be disastrous."
"There is still a chance to fight." Chen Yingliang said again: "We finally pushed to the edge of the Turkic camp, and three battles and three victories severely damaged the morale of the Turkic army. The terrain in this area is also very favorable for our Sui army's operations. This is a great opportunity for the Turks, if we don’t seize this opportunity and let the Turks escape to the north of Xixing Pass, if we want to have such a good opportunity, we don’t know how long we will have to wait.”
When Chen Sangliang reached this point, Yin Shishi, Wei Zheng and the others finally came to their senses, and they all asked in surprise, "Commander, don't you want to wait for the reinforcements to arrive and launch a decisive battle before the reinforcements arrive?"
Chen Yingliang nodded, and said viciously: "Waiting for help with a strong wall is indeed a very safe and stable tactic, but it is too dangerous for His Majesty the Emperor. We can take risks, but we cannot let His Majesty take risks!"
Chen Yingliang pulled Sui Yang Emperor out as a shield at every turn. Yin Shishi, Wei Zheng and others dared not speak up if they wanted to object, but Li Jing said: "Marshal, fight, I support you! Send troops to break through the Turks as soon as possible, and seize Rescue His Majesty the Emperor before Yanmen ran out of food, and save the Sui court from dire straits!"
After finishing speaking, Li Jing muttered in his stomach again, "You have also made great achievements in Qin Wang! Little guy, don't think I can't see it, you are still worried about Qu Tutong and Xue Shixiong sharing your credit."
"Fight?" Chen Yingliang smiled wryly, pulled off his helmet and pulled his hair, and said distressedly: "How to fight? Two false envoys went to the Turkic camp one after another, but there has been no response until now. They lured Tuojie and Hubing into rebellion, and they were about to succeed." , those Tuojiehu soldiers suddenly became quiet again, and after working hard for so long, they killed an insignificant Ashina Simo. How sure are you in attacking more?"
Li Jing closed his mouth, and comforted him after a while: "Marshal, wait a little longer, wait patiently, there will be good news. Since Shibi Bandit Chieftain has killed Ashina Simo, it is enough to prove that He has been caught in the trap, and he fully believes in the information Ambassador Li provided him. No matter how patient we are, there will be good news.”
"It's true that the Shibi thief chief killed Ashina Simo." Chen Sangliang shook his head in pain and said, "But there is another possibility that the Shibi thief chief suddenly woke up after killing Ashina Simo." , or Chai Shao and Mao Fugui showed their flaws and were spotted by the Turks. Even the head of Ashina Simo I saw today may be fake. I have never seen Ashina Simo at all, and I don’t know what he looks like, so it’s easy to deceive me with a fake head.”
Li Jing was completely speechless, and he admired Chen Sangliang's cautiousness and suspicion even more - even Li Jing might not have thought of the dummy head. However, at this moment, Wang Shichong's voice begging for an audience came from outside the tent. After the depressed Chen Sangliang nodded and agreed to meet him, Wang Shichong ran up quickly and said impatiently while saluting: "Commander, the last general just now After thinking about it carefully, we should stop wasting time, we should let the soldiers work tirelessly to strengthen the camp immediately, and first build our camp to be impenetrable, so that we can remain invincible... "
Putting on the airs of a father-in-law, Wang Shichong made full use of his wordy expertise, nagging and persuading Chen Yingliang to strengthen the camp with all his strength, waiting for the arrival of follow-up reinforcements, and enumerating various advantages of joining forces with Qu Tutong and Xue Shixiong , until Chen Sangliang, who was in trouble, was dizzy and couldn't help covering his ears with his hands. But the matter was not over yet, and outside the account, Qi Wang Yang Wei soon asked to see him. As a result, after Chen Yingliang agreed to summon him, the first sentence Yang Hao said after entering the account was, "Marshal, you can't pin your hopes on the reinforcements, father and queen will run out of food in the sky. We must rescue the emperor as soon as possible to prevent any accidents!"
Yang Hao’s idea of not waiting for the reinforcements, Chen Yingliang can guess it with his toes thinking—for fear of spoiling his first achievement in entering Yanmen City to meet Sui Yang Emperor, although Yang Hao’s idea also suits Chen Yingliang’s appetite , but Chen Yingliang didn't dare to let go of Yang Hao's proposition before he had a strategy to defeat the enemy, so Chen Yingliang could only nod symbolically while listening to Yang Hao's high-spirited speech.
Immediately afterwards, Yun Dingxing and Liu Changgong, who had stabilized the affairs of the camp, also came to the Chinese army tent to ask for an interview, and they also expressed their opinions on the next tactics. Yun Dingxing, like Wang Shichong, also advocated standing on the wall and waiting for help However, Liu Changgong advocated to continue to launch small-scale offensives while standing firm and waiting for help, constantly exerting pressure on the Turks, and indirectly sharing the pressure for Emperor Sui Yang. As a result, Chen Sangliang was of course puzzled and asked Liu Changgong who came up with this idea? Liu Changgong was quite honest, and frankly speaking, it was his uncle Liu Jingye's suggestion—Chen Yingliang and the generals of the Sui Army also suddenly realized it, and they all said that it was not your brain that came up with it.
In fact, the suggestions of several important generals of the Sui army are feasible. The suggestion made by Liu Jingye, a veteran of the Zuotunwei through Liu Changgong, is the most correct. Yin Shishi, who is absolutely loyal to Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, also agrees with this suggestion. Accept the promise, but let the generals express their opinions. Fortunately, Ambassador Li has been placed under house arrest. The most troublesome Yang Hao is also resolutely leading the battle out of personal interests. The generals of the Sui Army did not quarrel. Everyone expressed their opinions, but even so, everyone's words still made Chen Yingliang dizzy and staring at him.
Amidst the roaring sound like a swarm of flies spreading their wings, Chen Yingliang suddenly couldn't bear it any longer, slapped the table and shouted loudly, "Stop making noise! I'm already hard enough! Don't make it harder for me! The decisive battle is not sure! Standing firm and waiting for help, the emperor will run out of food the day after tomorrow, it is difficult enough for me, it is too difficult, don't make it harder for me!"
Since taking office as the coach, it was the first time that Chen Yingliang slapped the table in front of the generals of the Sui army and yelled loudly, which shocked all the Sui army present and shut their mouths. Only Chen Yingliang was left in the big tent. The roar echoed, "Do you think that we will be sure when the reinforcements come? Why don't you think about it? Qu Tutong's King Qin army rushed from Xiping County to King Qin of Yanmen. How much combat power? Xue Shixiong’s Qin Wangjun appeared in the east of the Yanmen battlefield. How can we contact him and cooperate with him? Yanmen City will run out of food in the day after tomorrow. How do we take it? Who can take this responsibility?"
Hearing Chen Yingliang's roar, Wang Shichong, Yun Dingxing and others who advocated fortifications and waiting for help completely shut their mouths, but Yang Hao nodded his head and said: "The commander-in-chief is right, you can't rely on reinforcements. We can only rely on ourselves, rely on ourselves to break through the Turks and rescue the father?"
"But how to attack? How to rescue?" Chen Yingliang almost didn't cry out, and simply bent down and put his face on the table, moaning in pain: "The Turkic troops are stronger than us, and they are still on the defensive. We are strong with weak troops." To attack the fortified camp, how to attack? How to break?"
Yang Hao, who was resolute in the main battle, also closed his mouth, and returned this question to Chen Yingliang to relieve his headache, while Chen Yingliang, who was under great psychological pressure, desperately touched the table with his forehead, as if he wanted to hit himself with a broken plan. For the first time, the fragile psychology of being overwhelmed was exposed. Seeing Chen Yingliang's painful appearance, all the generals of the Sui army couldn't find any suitable words to comfort them. Li Jing hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward, patted Chen Yingliang's shoulder, and said softly: "Commander, don't worry about it." Urgent, if it really doesn’t work, we will take Old General Liu’s suggestion and keep attacking while waiting for reinforcements.”
Chen Yingliang remained silent, but all the generals of the Sui Army nodded their heads in agreement with Liu Jingye's compromise strategy. However, at this moment, a scout rushed in from outside the tent, knelt down on one knee and said to Chen Yingliang: "Report The commander, the villain, etc. were ordered to see the enemy camp. Half an hour ago, they found that a Turkic army suddenly left the camp and headed for the direction of Xixing Pass. It is not yet possible to confirm whether they have moved camp or retreated."
"Going to the direction of Xixing Pass?" Chen Yingliang raised his head fiercely, and suddenly the most feared situation occurred, and he blurted out: "Turk is going to escape?!"
No one could answer Chen Yingliang's question, but Li Jing asked carefully, "Did you find out that the Turkic army is that team?"
"It's the Turkic Tuojie team." The scout answered, making Chen Yingliang jump up, screaming and asking if he was sure, but the scout replied truthfully: "It is indeed the banner of the Turkic Tuojie team. The Tuojie Hubing banner is different from the Turkic army. We See clearly."
"Why did Tuojie Hu Bing go to Xixing Pass? He also brought baggage vehicles?" Chen Yingliang was tongue-tied. For a while, he couldn't understand why Tuojie Hu Bing went to Xixing Pass and brought a lot of baggage vehicles.
"Marshal, it should be your plan to divorce!" Li Jing came to his senses, and quickly analyzed: "The Shibi chief was suspicious of Tuojie, but he didn't dare to use force to deal with these suspicious Tuojie soldiers at this moment. Dare not to keep these Tuojie Hu soldiers in the mud step of the camp, so they simply let Tuo Jie withdraw from Xixing Pass or move the camp, so that there is no need to conflict with Tuo Jie Hu soldiers, and there is no need to worry about these Tuo Jie Hu soldiers suddenly defecting ! This is a very safe approach!"
"That makes sense!" Chen Yingliang nodded quickly, regaining confidence, and immediately ordered the scouts to continue to monitor and investigate. After the scouts flew away, Chen Yingliang made some calculations, and then said to the generals of the Sui army: "Generals, His Royal Highness King Qi, you Don't worry, whether to wait for reinforcements or send troops to a decisive battle, let's see the changes in the military situation, don't rush to make a decision, you just need to appease the soldiers under your command and let them gather enough energy to wait for orders."
All the generals of the Sui Army nodded in agreement, and then Liu Changgong smiled and said, "Marshal, it seems that you should be the one who is not in a hurry? Your appearance just now shocked us all."
Yin Shishi, Yun Dingxing and others all laughed, Yang Wei and Liu Changgong laughed the loudest, Chen Yingliang blushed a little, and said brazenly: "I'm not in a hurry, I just did it last night. I didn't sleep, I was a little tired, so my temper was a little grumpy."
Everyone laughed and said, Commander, you should go to rest quickly, and then take your leave and leave. Yin Shishi and Li Jing, who were stationed in the Chinese army, also urged Chen Yingliang to go to rest quickly. can sleep? Even though he didn't sleep all night, he was still full of energy. He walked around in the big tent of the Chinese army and waited anxiously for an answer. It was useless to persuade Yin Shishi, Li Jing and others, so he had to let Chen Yingliang go.
It was not in vain to wait. About half an hour later, the sentry scouts sent the news that the Tuojie Hu soldiers had left the Turkic camp again, and then the news came from heaven, and the messengers reported that Chai Shao and Mao Fugui had returned safe and sound. In the Sui army camp, Chen Yingliang was overjoyed, and quickly met Chai Shao and Mao Fugui in the Chinese army tent, and asked them about the situation directly.
Chai Shao and Mao Fugui were quickly brought into the tent of the Chinese army. Chai Shao still had the ugly face that Chen Sangliang owed him 800 guan, while Mao Fugui truthfully reported his liaison and negotiation with the Turkic army. Knowing the result, Chen Yingliang was of course even more overjoyed, and hurriedly asked Chai Shao about the contact with Shibi Khan, but Chai Shao took out a letter and an arrow with wooden gold, and said angrily: "The Sibi chieftain believes in me." Yes, this is a letter he gave me, and he also gave me a golden arrow, saying that it is his sweat tent golden arrow, so that my father-in-law's people can contact him, as long as I show this golden arrow, the Turkic army will not intercept it My father-in-law's messenger."
"Turk's sweaty golden arrow?!" Yin Shishi and Li Jing screamed at the same time, and rushed to grab the golden arrow at the same time, and asked in unison: "How did you get such an important thing?" ?”
"It was given to me by Shibi Chieftain himself." Chai Shao replied truthfully, and then asked casually: "Is this thing important?"
"Is it important?" Yin Shishi and Li Jing shouted at the same time, "This is a token that can only be carried by the Khan tent attached to the Shibi thieves to deliver orders. With this golden arrow, the Turkic army can be directly mobilized. Do you think it is important? unimportant?!"
"What? This golden arrow can directly mobilize the Turkic army?" Chen Yingliang and Chai Shao were dumbfounded at the same time.
"That's right!" Li Jing nodded quickly, then raised the golden arrow, pointed to the wooden plaque sealed with wax on the golden arrow, and said, "The Turkic characters engraved on this wooden plaque contain the pre-agreed agreement between the Turkic Khan and various ministries to inspect and kill." The communication code is different in every battle, so although our army of the Sui Dynasty also captured it, it was impossible to forge it. This is the first time we have obtained the Golden Arrow Token while the communication code is still in effect during the battle!"
"Yes, this kind of secret language cannot be forged!" Yin Shishi also said quickly: "Our Princess Yicheng of the Sui Dynasty, even the Kehe Dun (Queen) who has been two generations of khans, is not qualified to know the details of every battle. What are the secret words of the golden arrow! Otherwise, we would have forged a lot to deceive the Turkic army!"
Chen Yingliang and Chai Shao were tongue-tied together, and after a long time, Chen Yingliang rushed forward and hugged Chai Shao, and said ecstatically, "Brother Sichang, shall we continue to be relatives?"
"Get lost! I will never marry my sister to you!"