After roughly figuring out the purpose of Li Er's stay in the Turkic camp, Chen Sangliang calculated for a while, and soon made up his mind. He decided to launch a decisive battle tonight according to the established plan, without making any adjustments to the tactical plan, and at the same time It was also decided to adopt Li Er's suggestion to deport the Turkic prisoners who had been captured before as forwards after cutting off two fingers, and to attack the Turkic ranks.
Of course, several of Chen Yingliang's accomplices raised doubts and concerns, including Li Jing, who was a little worried that Li Ertai, who was too treacherous, was unreliable and desperately betrayed the Sui army's tactical plan to help the Turkic army defeat King Qin and the Sui army. Chen Yingliang said calmly, "It doesn't matter. My last hole card is enough to turn the tide of the battle. Even if I fall into the trap, I have the confidence to come back. The worst outcome tonight is that we both lose. There is no need to worry that we will be defeated. And what is my hole card?" , even you don’t know, let alone Li Shimin, so even if we were caught off guard by the Turks tonight, we can also kill the Turks by surprise and even the battle.”
"Besides, I think the possibility of Li Shimin betraying the Sui army is very small." Chen Yingliang added: "He won't get much if he betrays the Sui army. On the contrary, he can get the biggest return by helping us defeat the Turkic army with all his strength. Because of his family background, as long as he made a decent contribution in this war, it would be easy for him to be promoted, but if he betrayed the Great Sui and His Majesty the Emperor, his family would be destroyed again. It can't help him, Li Shimin's intelligence must have considered the pros and cons of this kind of relationship very clearly."
Seeing that Chen Yingliang had already made up his mind, and seeing that Chen Yingliang was so confident in his final card, Yin Shishi and the others didn't say anything more, they all clasped their fists and made promises, accepting Chen Yingliang's decision. Then Chen Yingliang said to Li Jing again: "Li Juncheng, you worked hard last night, go to rest, and heal your injuries by the way. You are coming here in the evening, accompany me to dispatch troops, and continue to help me with military affairs. , to command the army."
Li Jing was stunned for a while, and when he looked carefully at Chen Yingliang's appearance, he found that Chen Yingliang's face was serious, not joking, so Li Jing bowed his hands to Chen Yingliang without saying a word, while the Yin Shishi next to him had a gloomy expression. I don't understand why Chen Yingliang trusts and values Li Jing so much, but since there is no evidence to prove that Li Jing has betrayed, Shishi Yin can't say anything more, so he can only say to Chen Yingliang: "Commander, be careful, after the army starts to move tonight , you'd better take Ambassador Li Yuan with you at all times until the end of the war."
"Good idea. I want Ambassador Li to see how I defeated the Turks with my own eyes." Chen Yingliang agreed with a smile, and then said: "Prefect Yin, ten soldiers disguised as Turkic attachments, I will leave it to you to arrange , we must choose the most reliable person. In addition, everyone is surrounded by two absolutely reliable people for protection, and by the way, they are also prepared to pass the news back to me in time if the false report fails."
Yin Shishi agreed, and then joined forces with Li Jing to resign. After Yin Shishi and Li Jing left, Chen Yingliang sent a large number of messengers to each battalion to make the army step up preparations for the night battle, and let the main soldiers hurry up and send people to summon Kan Ling came to see you. The heralds went away one after another, and it didn't take long before Kan Leng, who belonged to Qiao Peng's direct lineage, came to Chen Yingliang's tent and saluted Chen Yingliang: "The last general Kan Leng was ordered to meet the commander-in-chief, please come to the commander-in-chief." order."
Chen Yingliang was not in a hurry to give an order, but first took a closer look at Kan Leng, and found that the tall Kan Leng was still standing upright as usual, with a standard standing, and the expression on his face was as stable and resolute as ever. Chen Yingliang Nodding in satisfaction, he said, "Kan Leng, I summoned you because I have an extremely difficult and important task for you. This important task is related to the survival of our army and the final result of our decisive battle with the Turks. Such an important task, in the army of the 130,000 King Qin, I think only you can complete it, but this task is also very dangerous, and you are destined to face fierce battles. I hope you will never refuse, and you must give it to me at any cost. mission accomplished!"
It was rare to see Chen Yingliang's tone so solemn, and Kan Leng's expression became more serious and solemn than usual, and he said to Chen Yingliang: "The commander has the grace of life and knowledge for the general, and the general will be smashed to pieces." , It’s hard to repay the Marshal’s great kindness just in case, since the Marshal is so trusting of the general and entrusts such an important task to the general, then the general will spare his life and fight until the last soldier. Do your best to complete the errand entrusted by the commander! The final general swears!"
Chen Yingliang nodded, and called San Gouzi, the captain of his personal army, to stand side by side with Kan Leng, and said to Xiang, "San Gouzi, take the soldiers from those two regiments with you tonight to accompany Kan Leng." Action, until the last moment, you are not allowed to expose yourself, do you understand?"
San Gouzi sang promises loudly, and Chen Yingliang then told Kan Leng, "Kan Leng, tonight, you will lead two thousand Mo Dao soldiers, two thousand of the most reliable and elite Mo Dao soldiers, to join forces with San Gou Zi's two regiments." After the battle, Sangouzi's team will give you the role of a crossbowman, covering you with long-range weapons, you must protect Sangouzi's army at all costs, understand?"
Kan Leng respectfully sang promises, and then Chen Yingliang ordered again: "Tonight, I will arrange for your two armies to accompany King Jiang Duqin's army, and I will also arrange for Wang Shichong to fully protect your team in the early stages of the battle, and reserve your physical and military strength. During the battle, if you see my fireworks signal, you will immediately take action to kill the Turkic army that is fighting with Wang Shichong, and then join hands with Wang Shichong to support our friendly army. Get closer! This point is very important, you must remember, you must rescue the friendly army west of Yanmen with Wang Shichong, and then move closer to my Chinese army, you don’t need to pay attention to the friendly army east of Yanmen City!"
Kan Leng and San Gouzi agreed, remembering Chen Yingliang's explanation carefully, and then Kan Leng hurriedly asked, "Marshal, what is a fireworks signal?"
"San Gouzi will tell you when the time comes, I will set up signalmen in the forest next to the battlefield to send out multiple signals, so you don't have to worry about delaying the military plane." Chen Yingliang explained, seeing Kan Leng nodding, Chen Yingliang then said: "Again Remember, if the battle goes well and Wang Shichong successfully defeats the Turks, after the Turks are defeated, you two armies don’t have to participate in the pursuit, and you will rush to Xixing Pass immediately, and seize the narrow official road south of Xixing Pass, completely Block the escape route of the Turkic army, and help our army wipe out the defeated Turkic troops!"
"On the official road south of Xixing Pass, there are currently Turkic Tuojie Hu soldiers stationed." Chen Yingliang continued: "Tonight, I will use the strategy of diverting the tiger away from the mountain, and let the Tuojie Hu soldiers retreat to the north of Xixing Pass through the narrow mountain road. If the adjustment of the tiger from the mountain goes well, you can relax a bit. If the adjustment of the tiger from the mountain fails, then you must use all your strength to capture the intersection, and at any cost, withstand the impact of the Turkic army on both sides, and support it until our main force arrives for reinforcements. I will give you as soon as possible Send reinforcements to share the pressure for you."
Kan Leng and San Gouzi agreed again, while Chen Yingliang looked even more solemn, and said in a deep voice: "Tuojie Hu Bing is very powerful in combat, if my attempt to transfer the tiger away from the mountain fails, you must be mentally prepared for a bloody battle. It is up to you whether the Sui army can defeat the Turks, and whether the first battle can bring peace to northern Xinjiang for 20 years!"
Speaking of this, Chen Yingliang simply got up and came in front of Kan Leng and San Gouzi, and said to them: "Brother Kan, San Gouzi, the life and death of the 130,000 Sui King Qin army, the twenty years of peace in the northern border of the Sui Dynasty , I will entrust everything to you. The matter is of great importance. On behalf of the 130,000 soldiers of the Great Sui Dynasty and the thousands of people in the northern border of the Great Sui Dynasty, I would like to salute you and thank you in advance for your efforts and sacrifices."
After all, Chen Yingliang really knelt down on one knee to Kan Leng and San Gouzi, and when his head reached the ground, Kan Ling and San Gouzi were so excited that tears filled their eyes, they hurriedly knelt down to Chen Yingliang, bowed down and returned the salute, and Chen Yingliang stood up , picked up Kan Leng and San Gouzi one by one, hugged each of them, and whispered to each of them, "Please."
After explaining the most critical and important task to Kan Leng and San Gouzi, Chen Yingliang summoned Ma Sanbao and Niu Jinda and ordered them to take the more than 2,000 Turkic prisoners captured during the last night battle in the afternoon. He proposed a prisoner-of-war camp, carefully tied his hands with ropes, and held them in the front camp for use. During this period, Chen Yingliang wanted to order the prisoners to have their thumbs cut off, but considering that doing so would cause the prisoners to resist and cause turmoil, he also dismissed this idea—anyway It's assault cannon fodder, it doesn't matter whether you chop your thumb or not. At the same time, the more than 5,000 Turkic prisoners of war captured in Nao County were still being held outside the city of Nao County. The time was urgent, and Chen Yingliang didn't bother to bring them up and listen to them. He planned to save them for the future.
After making these arrangements, it was already noon. Wei Zheng, Yuan Tiangang, and Changsun Wuji all advised Chen Yingliang to go down and rest quickly so that he could build up his strength and prepare for the battle at night. Chen Yingliang, who only slept for an hour in two days and two nights, also accepted the accomplice's advice Good intentions, but unfortunately, because of his overactive mind, Chen Yingliang tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep even when he was lying on the bed. In the end, Chen Yingliang had no choice but to return to the main tent of the Chinese army, while looking at the sand table map to figure out the various aspects of the night battle. While waiting for the passage of time, Yuan Tiangang, Yin Shishi and others advised Chen Yingliang to go back to rest, but Chen Yingliang shook his head and refused.
Time passed by every minute and every second. After half of the time, the Sui army camp that had been quiet for a long time became lively again. The main soldiers of the Sui army got up to prepare for the battle, and received all kinds of necessities for night battles. At the right time, Chen Yingliang decisively ordered to blow the trumpet to raise the tent. While the horn was whistling, the generals of the Sui army from all walks of life also came to the big tent of the Chinese army. They accepted Chen Yingliang's order and dispatched to hold the final meeting before the Yanmen decisive battle.
It wasn't until all the generals arrived that Chen Yingliang returned to the handsome chair from the map sand table to announce his promotion. All the generals of the Sui army, including Qi Wang Yang Hao, saluted Chen Yingliang respectfully. Chen Yingliang waved and said, "Generals! , we have finally come to this point. Your Majesty and the Yanmen defenders will run out of food tomorrow. We have no choice but to defeat the Turks at any cost tonight, lift the siege of Yanmen, and welcome back our Emperor. Tonight , we will have an earth-shattering decisive battle, a bloody battle, for the safety of His Majesty the Emperor, for the life and death of the Sui Dynasty, and for the thousands of people of the Sui Dynasty not to be enslaved and killed by the Turks. I hope you generals will work hard and fight bravely , to play out the national prestige and military power of our Great Sui Dynasty, and also to show the 20 years of peace in the northern border of our Great Sui Dynasty!"
"Follow the Commander's order!" All the generals of the Sui Army clasped their fists together and agreed loudly.
Chen Yingliang nodded, then picked up a command arrow, and said loudly: "Dong Duqin Wang Jun Xie Zichong listen to the command!"
"The last general is here!" Liu Changgong's deputy, General Huya Lang, and Chen Yingliang's former comrade-in-arms, Xie Zi rushed out to take orders.
"Xie Zichong, you lead the 8,000 soldiers of the right military guards to cross the Hutuo River in the east. You must cross the river on all fronts before the first quarter." Chen Yingliang ordered in a deep voice: "At the second quarter of the first quarter, you immediately lead the army north to Yanmen City. At that time, the Turkic army will surely ambush you. If you encounter an ambush, your army should not panic. You only need to fight in formation and resolutely entangle the Turkic army. It will not take long for the battle to turn around. When the Turkic is defeated, pursue it with all your strength, and you don’t have to worry about the Turkic army. It is a false defeat to lure the enemy, and the Turks are a real defeat!"
Xie Zichong sang his promise loudly, and took the command arrow solemnly. Chen Yingliang then picked up another command arrow, and loudly ordered Liu Changgong to obey the command. will be!"
"General Liu Changgong, your task is arduous and dangerous." Chen Yingliang said solemnly: "At the first watch tonight, you led 10,000 soldiers of the right guards to go north, and each soldier carried three days of dry food, taking the road northwest of the Turkic camp. Go north, detour to Yanmen City to pretend to be reinforcements, there will be a Turkic army ambushing you at that time, after being attacked, you cannot fight, flee to the east of Yanmen City with all your strength, attract the Turkic army to chase you with all your strength, until the Turkic army that chases and kills you Turn back to the west, and then turn around and kill the enemy. Go after the Turkic army with all your strength!"
"Marshal, do you want me to flee to the east of Yanmen City?" Liu Changgong was a little tongue-tied, and hurriedly said, "What if the Turks don't retreat? Am I going to lose contact with you?"
"This is why I want your army to carry three days of food and grass." Chen Yingliang replied: "If our main force is not good in battle and you cut off contact with me, then you will continue to march eastward with the army. Bring Zhuojun King Qin's army from east to west, you go and join him. Remember, the more Turkic troops you hold back, the better!"
Hearing Chen Yingliang's arrangement, Liu Changgong reluctantly sang a promise, stepped forward to accept the command arrow, and Chen Yingliang shook his head and said, "No hurry, I have another order for you."
"Commander, please tell me." Liu Changgong replied with a sad face.
Chen Yingliang did not stand behind the commander-in-chief to give orders, but walked over the commander-in-chief, walked in front of Liu Changgong, and said softly: "Brother Liu, I am not issuing this order to you as the commander-in-chief of the entire army, but as your commander-in-chief." Brotherhood gives you an order, and this order is...."
As he said that, Chen Yingliang suddenly opened his arms, embraced Liu Changgong in public, and said, "Brother Liu, brother, my order to you is to come back alive! You are my good brother, show loyalty, and take care of me like a brother. So, you must come back alive for me."
As he said that, Chen Yingliang hugged Liu Changgong tightly, and said that he must come back alive, his voice was choked with sobs, Liu Changgong was stunned for a while, and then tears wet the corners of his eyes, and he also hugged him with open arms. Chen Yingliang hugged Chen Yingliang tightly, choked up and said: "Good brother, the eldest brother will definitely come back alive, we will continue to be brothers in the future! Be brothers!"
Chen Yingliang nodded, then handed the command arrow to Liu Changgong, then wiped away the tears on his face, returned to Shuai's case, picked up the third command arrow, and said loudly: "Wang Shichong listens to the order, at the third quarter of the first watch tonight, You lead the 15,000 Jiangduqin King's army out of the camp and slowly go north. When you find Liu Changgong attacked, you immediately go to reinforce him pretending to be intercepted by the Turks. You pretend to be defeated and lead the Turks to the west of Yanmen City. Direction, retreat to the foot of the mountain and fight with the Turks! When the Turks are defeated, pursue them with all their strength!"
"The general obeys orders!"
Wang Shichong also came out to sing promises, and he also hoped that his son-in-law would treat him like he treated Liu Changgong, and give him some heartfelt advice and care. Unfortunately, Chen Sangliang's nickname of "Little Chen Shimei" was not for nothing, and he ordered: " Also, I will arrange for Kan Leng to lead an army to accompany you. After encountering the Turks, you must fully cover Kan Leng's army and retreat first. Let the team decide on their own, no matter how critical the situation is, you can't let them encounter enemy attacks, let alone force them to join the battle!"
Glancing at Wang Shichong, who was full of embarrassment, Chen Yingliang said lightly: "Cheng Wang Jun, I didn't do this to take care of my own descendants. The Kan Ling army is the key to the battle tonight, the key among the keys. It's fine if the Kan Ling army doesn't make a move. Reverse the situation on the entire battlefield! The reason why I trust them to you is because I trust you, and at the same time, I want to protect you. With them, even if there are millions of Turkic troops besieging you, you will not be in any danger!"
"So powerful?" Wang Shichong was skeptical, but considering that the unworthy son-in-law was unlikely to be joking in such a scene, Wang Shichong clasped his fists and said loudly: "The general understands, please rest assured, commander!"
Chen Yingliang nodded, then handed the command arrow to Wang Shichong, and then ordered Yun Dingxing to go out, and said to Yun Dingxing: "Old General Yun, at the second watch tonight, you will lead 20,000 Zuotun guards out of the camp. Assemble at Sanli, and when you receive the news of Wang Shichong's attack or my order, you immediately raise your troops to the north, pretending to rescue Wang Shichong, but encounter Turkic interception, and fight and retreat to the west, attracting Turkic pursuit, and retreat to the foot of the mountain. Fight in formation, and when the Turks are defeated, I will fight back with all my strength! Remember, the more Turks you can contain, the better! Don't worry about danger, if the Turks don't retreat, I will help you!"
"The last general takes orders." Yun Dingxing sang his promise respectfully, and then asked curiously: "Commander, you have sent out the main forces of Youwuwei, Jiangdu Army and the last general's Zuotunwei, leaving only two of the five main forces. Guarding the camp, how can you send reinforcements?"
"Uncle, you'll know when the time comes." Chen Yingliang said with a smile, "Anyway, don't worry, I'm your little nephew, and I won't leave you alone."
Yun Dingxing smiled shamelessly, and then returned to the train, and Chen Yingliang shouted again: "Li Jiancheng, King Qi Yang, listen to the order! The second correction tonight, you all mentioned that King Qin's army in Taiyuan came out of the camp, lined up left and right, and My Qiao Peng Zhongjun joined forces to meet Shibi Bandit Chieftain! In this battle tonight, we must take down the head of Shibi Bandit Chieftain, and rush into Yanmen City to meet His Majesty the Emperor!"
"His Royal Highness King Qi." Chen Yingliang added another sentence, and said with a smile: "After defeating the enemy, you are the first to lead the army into the city to meet His Majesty. Your Majesty is connected with your father and son. You should also be the first to meet His Majesty!"
"The general obeys orders!" Yang Hao happily agreed.
"The last general obeys." Li Jiancheng replied very gently, and then took the initiative to say: "Commander, after the start of the battle, the last general please be the vanguard in the front and take the lead in attacking the enemy's line."
Chen Sangliang smiled, and said very gently: "As you please."
After the order was promulgated, all the generals of the Sui army immediately bid farewell and went back to fight with the whole army. Chen Sangliang bid farewell to each other one by one, cherishing each other. Asking about the preparations of the Turkic fake messengers, Yin Shishi replied: "Please rest assured, the commander, ten fake messengers and twenty followers are all ready. The uniforms, horses, armor and weapons are all in perfect condition." .”
"Very good, I will bring them here later, and I will issue an order to them personally." Chen Yingliang nodded with a smile, and then ordered: "Prefect Yin, you and Li Jing will fight with me tonight, and bring Li Yuan with you to the camp. Here, I will hand over to Wei Zheng and Yuan Tiangang to guard. Also, prepare the dummy head of Ambassador Li for me.”
Yin Shishi agreed with a smile, and then went down to arrange ten fake messengers to take orders. It turned out that at this time, the eldest grandson Wuji, who accompanied Chen Yingliang to the meeting as an aide, came forward and whispered in Chen Sangliang's ear. He whispered: "Brother, little brother, I thought about it carefully before, if we deliberately don't hand over the dummy head to the Turkic army tonight, wouldn't that boy Li Shimin...?"
Chen Sangliang smiled, and the smile was quite bitter, and replied: "This point should also be expected by Li Shimin. He knows very well that with my personality, as long as I can add another one to win the head of the Shibi bandit chief, I will completely lay the groundwork." If there is a chance of winning, I will follow his instructions. And with my friendship with his brother, it is impossible to deliberately kill him, otherwise, what face will I have to meet Li Jiancheng in the future?"
"But." Chen Sangliang said secretly again in his heart: "Li Er, you have a thousand calculations, and you definitely can't count at all. I don't want to kill you. It's because I don't want to completely change the course of history, and I don't want to lose and Yu'er. Double chance."
At the same time, the army of the 130,000 Kings has also started the final preparations before the war, receiving dry rations and torches, polishing swords, guns, swords and halberds, counting bows, crossbows, feathers and arrows, checking weapons and equipment, feeding horses and preparing forage, and cherishing each other. Last words, members of the military law team responsible for boosting morale ran back and forth in various camps, shouting loudly, "Soldiers, think of our Marshal Chen Yingliang, who doesn't know him? He was forced to divorce, but now, he is the commander of our army of hundreds of thousands of kings! Why? It is because he is loyal to serve the country, strives hard, fights on the battlefield today, and wants to become the second Marshal Chen , Today is your best chance! Best chance!"
"Bah! You son of a bitch!" A school lieutenant in Zuo Tunwei spat heavily, then glared at the soldiers next to him and shouted, "What are you looking at? Why don't you check your equipment quickly? Don't listen to those military law dogs. , that kid hasn't even killed a chicken, and he shot today with a knife and a gun? Bullshit!"