The dignified Henan arresting ambassador, Pei Renji, defected to the enemy and almost cheated the main force of the Henan arresting army. When such news spread, the sensational effect caused was as big as it wanted. Chen Sangliang received five hundred The first reaction of the Eastern Capital court headed by Yang Yu was that they couldn’t believe the report sent urgently from Riga. They still received the report that Pei Renji’s son Pei Xingyan had absconded with guilt, and the Eastern Capital court woke up like a dream. Sangliang asked to mobilize the army and organize soldiers and horses to reinforce the Luokoucang battlefield.
As mentioned earlier, with the consent of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, the size of the Dongdu army has expanded to 100,000 people, and the military supplies such as food, grass and weapons are also very sufficient. However, due to insufficient training and lack of actual combat experience, the combat effectiveness is very low. Affected, coupled with the fact that there are too many important facilities that need to be guarded in the Eastern Capital area, when the Eastern Capital Army loses the buffer of the Henan Arresting Army, the two competent deputy left behind Yuan Wen and Duan Da, after discussion, offered to suggest Yang Tong invited Emperor Sui Yang to expand the army again, and at the same time suggested that before obtaining the consent of Emperor Sui Yang, a temporary army should be recruited to reinforce the troops, just in case.
Yang Tong agreed with Yuan Wendu and Duan Da's suggestion without hesitation, reported Pei Renji's rebellion to Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, and asked for permission to expand the army. In addition, he issued a decree to form the Dongdu Volunteer Army, calling on the people of Dongdu to join the army and serve the country. , to reinforce the Luokou Cang, recapture Hulao Pass, and ensure the safety of the Eastern Capital.
Yang Tong, Yuan Wendu and Duan Da's good intentions did bad things, thinking that the Wagang Army is just a group of thieves forced by hunger, and they also know that the one who is now leading the army in Luokou Cang is Chen Sangliang, the god of war who has never been defeated. , I feel that the title of military merit is within reach. In order to make meritorious service and get promoted and make a fortune, there are so many second-generation officials and second-generation rich people in the eastern capital who are more motivated to join the army than ordinary people. There are countless children of powerful and powerful officials, descendants of honored officials, sons of aristocratic families and wealthy businessmen, all scrambling to respond to Yang Tong's call, scrambling to bring their servants and servants to join the army, voluntarily going to the front line of Luokou Cang to fight. enemy.
When Chen Sangliang received the news that made him vomit blood, it was too late to object. As a last resort, Chen Sangliang had to quickly dispatch General Liu Changgong, who had a strong family background, back to Dongdu to preside over the eastward advance of the reinforcements. Secretly told Liu Changgong to screen out the team, organize these second-generation rich second-generation officials and their servants and servants into an army separately, form a second-generation army that is definitely useless, and let them get together and mess around casually, so as not to disperse Harm those real armies that can fight or have potential.
On the third day of Pei Renji's rebellion, 15,000 reinforcements led by Cheng Yaojin and Niu Jinda rushed to the Luokoucang battlefield for reinforcements. Chen Sangliang's old descendants also arrived in the same batch to serve the national army. Unfortunately, Pei Xingyan Having become the first deserter to report to the national army, Chen Sangliang had no choice but to appoint Yu Le, the standard bearer of his year, to replace Pei Xingyan as the school lieutenant.
Prior to this, the main force of the Wagang Army bullied Chen Sangliang, who had just arrived in Luokou Cang and was not stable, and also bullied the coach of the Henan Captive Army to rebel and unstable. He once launched a frontal attack on Luokou Cang, but unfortunately it was met by Kan Leng He and Ma Sanbao's army were attacked head-on, and they were killed and retreated without even being able to rush up the warehouse wall a few times. Then, the notorious Baoguo army and a large number of Dongdu troops came to help, and the main force of the Wagang army could only retreat obediently. After Hulao closed, he leaned against the closed wall to contend with Chen Sangliang, who was constantly arriving with reinforcements, and retreated a little, but still held the tactical initiative of the entire Eastern Capital battlefield.
Wei Zheng and Yuan Tiangang also came to Luokou Cang with the army. After meeting, Yuan Tiangang and Wei Zheng had to complain that Chen Yingliang acted too risky in the Henan arresting army incident, but Chen Sangliang shook his head and replied: "For Zhang Da Shuai left the old department, this risk is worth taking. By the way, how is she and her mother?"
Chen Sangliang didn't mention his name, but Yuan Tiangang knew who he was asking, and answered with his head bowed: "It's already in prison. Fang Qiaosong said hello to the Ministry of Punishment and asked the Ministry of Punishment to treat them kindly. They should be able to suffer less. .But according to the convention, they will at least be reduced to slaves in the future."
Chen Sangliang nodded with a gloomy expression, and did not continue this topic, but asked again: "I will ask Your Majesty to send Wang Shichong to help attack the back of Hulao Pass. Have you sent the memorial?"
"Sent out." Wei Zheng replied truthfully, and then asked: "If you stay behind, do you definitely need Wang Shichong's reinforcements? With our current strength, it may not be impossible to take Hulao Pass?"
"It must be necessary." Chen Sangliang nodded, and replied: "The Wagang thieves are very powerful. Even if we can barely take back Hulao Pass now, we must pay a heavy price. If Wang Shichong attacks from behind, we can easily A lot. With Wang Shichong helping to guard Hulao Pass, I will be able to free up my hands to deal with changes in other places in the future. So for the long-term plan, I have to take this opportunity to try to get Wang Shichong here to help me .”
After all, Chen Sangliang involuntarily turned his eyes to the north, looking in the direction of Taiyuan, his eyes became extremely cold.
I kind of want to take back Hulao Pass, but I don’t want to go all out in order to preserve my strength. This kind of thing doesn’t play well. Even if Chen Sangliang stays behind in the eastern capital, he has to bear a lot of ties. But fortunately, after finally getting rid of Pei Renji, the super-bad god who was with whom, the long-awaited good luck returned to Chen Sangliang. The day after the first batch of reinforcements arrived at the Luokoucang battlefield, After finally clearing up for two days, the sky began to rain continuously again. The ground was soft and the roads were muddy, which was not suitable for tackling tough battles at all. With enough excuses to hold back the troops, he seized the time to recruit the Henan arresting army soldiers and horses, and at the same time drilled the new army, waiting patiently for the decision of Emperor Sui Yang.
At the same time, all kinds of bad news and bad news are still like snowflakes, flying to the eastern capitals of Luoyang and Jiangdu one after another. There are rebellions and civil uprisings everywhere. , and directly called himself the overlord of the Western Qin Dynasty, and changed his year name to Qin Xing, making it clear that the chariot and horses would go to the end on the glorious road of overthrowing the Sui Dynasty. What worries the court of the Eastern Capital even more is that Luoyang, the Eastern Capital, lost contact with most counties and counties east of Hulao Pass long before Pei Renji defected to the enemy. The counties are completely out of control.
The Tongji Canal had already been completely cut off by the Wagang Army, and it was very difficult for Dongdu to communicate with Jiangdu. Of course, Chen Sangliang had to wait a long time to receive a reply regarding Pei Renji's rebellion. However, during this period, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty announced that He issued an edict that made everyone in the world feel unbelievable, that is, in view of the torrential rain in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and starvation everywhere, Emperor Sui Yang actually issued an edict-open warehouses to release grain! The imperial edict ordered Liyang Cang, Ji County, to take out 800,000 shi of grain to help the hungry people in Shandong, where the disaster was the worst! In Henan County, because of Yang Tong's request, Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty agreed to send 300,000 shi from Luokou warehouse to help the disaster-stricken people in Henan County!
I can guarantee that my friends read it correctly. It is clearly recorded in the 184th volume of "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", that in the thirteenth year of Daye, Emperor Sui Yang did issue such an edict! ——Although this edict was a sign of water in the head to Emperor Sui Yang himself, this edict does exist!
Only by pinching his thighs green could he prove that he was not dreaming. Chen Sangliang, who was actually in charge of the Luokou warehouse, opened the Luokou warehouse without hesitation, took out 300,000 shi of grain one by one, and sent People sent people to the disaster-stricken counties in Henan County, and ordered the county officials to open porridge factories to give porridge to the poor people who suffered from floods and hunger. Then on the second day, Chen Sangliang couldn't wait to go outside the neighboring Gong County in person to inspect the specific situation of the porridge and relief.
The result of his personal inspection made Chen Sangliang furious. The porridge factories outside Gongxian County were indeed surrounded by poor people with yellow and skinny faces. At the same time, Chen Sangliang's soldiers also found countless grain bags that hadn't even been removed from the house of the Gong County official's yamen servant who had given relief. In a fit of rage, Chen Sangliang, of course, immediately ordered someone to arrest the county magistrate Chai Xiaohe, and asked him in public why he was withholding relief food
The talented Chai Xiaohe shouted for grievances, and begged Chen Sangliang to search his house and check his accounts, saying that if he only wanted to embezzle one grain of disaster relief food, he would ask Chen Sangliang to chop up his whole family immediately with his own hands. ! The people receiving relief also stood up to testify, saying that as long as Chai Xiaohe appeared, they could drink thick white rice porridge, but as soon as Chai Xiaohe left, the rice porridge immediately turned into rice soup. Only then did Chen Sangliang's anger subside, and while ordering Chai Xiaohe to strengthen supervision, he also ordered the beheading of more than 20 servants who embezzled the relief food in public, and personally beheaded the county magistrate of Gong County who had informed the various porridge factories. Take the initiative to ask Chen Sangliang to send troops to supervise the relief, so as to avoid similar situations from happening again.
"Official administration, official administration." Chen Sangliang patted his forehead and lamented, then suddenly remembered something bigger, and hurriedly told Wei Zheng next to him: "Xuancheng, immediately arrange some people to check the situation in the affected counties, and then help me Draw up a memorial, and ask His Royal Highness the King of Yue to send censors to the counties to supervise the release of relief."
Wei Zheng agreed, and followed the order immediately, but Chai Xiaohe, who had not yet retreated, said with a wry smile: "Chen Liushou, I dare to make a bet with you. If the relief situation in other counties can be better than that of Gong County, I am willing to use it as a gift." Apologize to death."
Chen Yingliang quickly turned his head to look at Chai Xiaohe, and saw that he had a bitter smile on his face, but his expression was very serious. Chen Sangliang was silent for a moment, and then said to himself after a while: "I hope there are a few of you in the Liyang warehouse." Such an official can at least put some food in the hands of the victims, otherwise... "
After finishing speaking, Chen Sangliang sighed, shook his head, and did not make this bet with Chai Xiaohe.
As Chen Sangliang expected, and also as in history, Emperor Sui Yang's head-watering relief edict did not save his great Sui Dynasty, which was in decline. In the case of severe floods and starvation everywhere, food prices naturally fell. The rise couldn't rise any higher, and the edict of Emperor Sui Yang, which seemed to be able to save himself, became a godsend opportunity for officials from all over the disaster-stricken places to make a fortune. Chen Sangliang was resolutely staring at Luokoucang in the eastern capital, and the situation was still a little bit worse. It’s better, the Liyang warehouse is completely over, the big and small officials only care about their own wealth, and they don’t give a single grain of food to the victims. Tens of thousands of people starve to death every day, and the starved corpses near the Liyang warehouse are even more All over the mountains and plains, there were so many corpses that it was impossible to clean them up.
Under such circumstances, it is natural to give a great opportunity to those who are interested. On April 23rd, the Pushan Public Camp, which had re-strengthened 30,000 people, was led by Li Mi, and suddenly crossed the Yellow River from Yanjin to the north. Immediately marched westward and went straight to Liyang Cang. On the way, he shouted the slogan of taking down Liyang Cang and opening the warehouse for food relief, attracting tens of thousands of victims of the disaster and starvation to join his team. Then, just over a day later, Li Mi killed At the Liyang warehouse, after a great battle, Li Mi successfully captured the largest granary north of the Yellow River, and fulfilled his promise to immediately open the granary for relief, open the granary to let the hungry people get food, and naturally, within two days, Li Mi gathered a team of more than 100,000 refugees, and successfully defeated Yuan Baozang, the prime minister of Wuyang County, who came to suppress Yuan Baozang.
At the same time, Chen Sangliang also hoped for the long-awaited decree of Emperor Sui Yang. In addition to ordering the Eastern Capital court to execute Jia Runfu and Xiao Huaijing who were treacherous and collaborating with the enemy, Sui Yang, who was eager to regain Hulao Pass and open the Tongji Canal It was rare for the emperor to regain his senses, and he agreed to send Wang Shichong, who stayed behind in Pengcheng, to lead his army to the north to reinforce the Hulao Pass battlefield. Hulao closed the battlefield, and ordered the heads of Pei Renji and his son.
After receiving this decree, Chen Sangliang was finally relieved, and his confidence in recapturing Hulaoguan and defeating Zhai Rang increased greatly. Yuan Tiangang also immediately suggested to Chen Sangliang: "Stay behind, you might as well spread the news immediately so that Wa The thieves know that the Wagang thieves don't do production, and their supplies of food and grass are all plundered. It has been two and a half months since they occupied Hulao Pass. After hearing the news that Wang Shichong is coming to help, he will definitely have the thought of abandoning the gate and leaving, and our army will send troops to attack the city again, and the pressure will be greatly reduced."
"It's a good idea to change it to normal, but not now." Chen Sangliang shook his head, tapped his finger on the Liyang warehouse on the map and said: "You forgot Li Mi, the Liyang warehouse he is occupying now is only 100 meters away from Hulao Pass. For more than two hundred miles, if Zhai Rang learns that Wang Shichong is coming from behind him, he will probably have the idea of asking Li Mi for help, and Li Mi will also send troops to rescue him. Possibly bigger."
"Zhai Rang asked Li Mi for help?" Yuan Tiangang was startled, and said in surprise, "How is this possible? Li Mi was kicked out by Zhai Rang last time, and the two thieves had already turned their backs. How could they join forces again?"
"The last time Zhai Rang fell out with Li Mi was because of my scheming." Chen Sangliang replied: "Pei Renji knows what happened before and after my scheming, and now that he has surrendered to the Wagang bandits, he must have made the original matter known to him." Zhai Rang made the report. Even if Zhai Rang refused to say anything for the sake of face, he must have regretted it in his heart. If he had the idea of joining forces with Li Mi again, now Li Mi has won the Liyang Warehouse. Zhai has more soldiers and food, and no logistics supplies. Of course Jean wants to reunite with him even more."
"Li Mi's traitor is also very likely to be willing to join forces with Zhai Rang again." Chen Sangliang went on to say: "The grain storage in Liyang warehouse is less than a quarter of that in Luokou warehouse, so it is absolutely impossible to satisfy Li Mi's appetite and occupy Hulao Guan can attack Luokou Cang at any time, and grasp the initiative in the Eastern Capital battlefield, it is unlikely that Li Mi will sit back and watch us recapture Hulao Pass."
"So now, not only can we not intimidate the Wagang bandits by spreading the news that Wang Shichong is coming to help, but we also have to show weakness to the enemy, so that the Wagang bandits feel that they are strong enough to seize the Luokou warehouse, and Zhai Rang refuses to fight right away for the sake of face. Li Mi contacted and repaired it. In this way, when the Wagang bandits found out the news that Wang Shichong was killed from behind by themselves, even if they immediately sent someone to ask Li Mi for help, Li Mi would immediately send troops to reinforce him. The father-in-law Wang Shichong is not a good person, as long as Li Mi shows his flaws, he can usually catch them."
After listening to Chen Sangliang's explanation, Yuan Tiangang nodded again and again, and then Yuan Tiangang suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly asked: "We just received the news of the fall of Liyang Cang, stay behind and immediately transfer Liu Changgong's Invincible Battalion to Shizihedong Liying on the shore, did Chen Liushou have the idea of showing the enemy to be false at that time?"
Chen Sangliang smiled, nodded, and said: "Although it was not confirmed at that time whether Wang Shichong could come to help us, I also had to guard against His Majesty's disagreement with Wang Shichong's reinforcement of the Hulao Pass battlefield, and let the invincible camp set up camp on the east bank of the Shizi River. , not only can it show the enemy in vain, maybe it can also lure the Wagang thief out of the pass. The Wagang thief is a little afraid of me, but after seeing our invincible camp, they will definitely not be so afraid."
Yuan Tiangang laughed loudly, and said: "Yes, it looks like the Invincible Camp. Even if the subordinates are only civilians, they must have the courage to lead the army to fight in person, and they must dare to take the lead and rush to the forefront."
Chen Sangliang couldn't help laughing, but it turned out to be a coincidence. Just at this moment, scouts rushed to report that Wagang bandits had suddenly dispatched an army and were heading towards Luokoucang. Chen Yingliang was overjoyed when he heard that Knowing that Zhai Rang finally lost his temper and wanted to go out to fight, he immediately ordered the army to strictly guard the pontoon bridges of Luoshui and Shizi River, and ordered Liu Changgong not to attack, but to stick to the camp with all his strength, and let the Wagang army attack his invincible camp.
Oh, by the way, by the way, let me explain the origin of the name Invincible Camp. According to Chen Sangliang's request, Liu Changgong organized the second rich second-generation officials in Dongdu into an army separately, together with the servants and servants brought by these second-generation rich officials. , Formed an army of about 8,000 people, equipped with the best armor and weapons provided by the Eastern Capital court, wore the most gorgeous clothes and shoes, did not have to train as hard as ordinary soldiers, and there were rumors that there were beauties in the army, But these rich second-generation and second-generation officials are still unwilling to be satisfied, and insist on having a separate military name like the Nationalist Army. Liu Changgong couldn't be bothered by them, so he had to come to Chen Sangliang to solve the problem. Chen Sangliang personally splashed ink, and the name Invincible Camp was born.
Of course, everyone knows the ability of our General Liu to lead troops. Whether this army is truly invincible in the world is a question that only God knows.