At the end of the Sui Dynasty, I am the king

Chapter 34: Triumph back to the city

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This battle is definitely the most brilliant battle for the Sui army since the Yang Xuangan mutiny. The Sui army, which has been in a passive position, took the initiative to attack the rebel camp for the first time, and broke into the rebel camp for the first time. The rebel team, which had an absolute advantage in the number of troops, was only able to parry and had no power to fight back.

This was also the most glorious moment for the Sui army in Luoyang since the Yang Xuangan Mutiny. There were at least 30,000 to 40,000 rebel troops inside and outside Jinyong City, and more than 20,000 rebel soldiers were armed. I can only watch helplessly as the Sui Army troops with less than 5,000 people flaunt their power outside Jinyong City, killing people and setting fire to them, wantonly massacring their families, young and old. There were also cries everywhere, and countless rebel soldiers cried loudly because they saw their parents and family members died tragically under the sword of Sui soldiers.

It's not that there are no rebel soldiers who want to go out of the city to fight the Sui army, but when they see the national patriotic army team waiting outside the city gate, almost everyone is a blood-stained national patriotic army team, but none of the rebel soldiers dared to fight against the Sui army. Open the city gate and rush out of the city to rescue your relatives. At the same time, two brothers Yang Jishan and Yang Wanshuo also sent a team of confidants to guard the city gate closely, not allowing anyone to approach the gate, for fear that after the city gate is opened, those white-robed demons outside the city will take the opportunity Entering the city of Kim Yong, where countless grains and supplies are hoarded, then the rebel army is the real situation.

Correspondingly, the fierce reputation of the National Defense Army has naturally risen again among the rebels. The defeated rebels who were still in shock complained about the fierceness and terror of the white robe soldiers on the battlefield, killing people like hemp, exaggerating the white robe soldiers with one voice He is brave and good at fighting, invincible, and he boasts that his combat power is at most quasi-first-class. The patriotic army boasts that there are few in the sky, and it is unique on the ground. Everyone is invulnerable with copper heads and iron arms. An ant is easier, and even a local rebel soldier in Luoyang swears, "They are the reincarnation of the white-robed soldiers more than 80 years ago! My father's grandfather saw them when he was a child, and sang about them." nursery rhyme, my father also taught me that nursery rhyme."

"What nursery rhyme? How to sing it?"

"Famous generals should not be locked up. Thousands of troops avoid white robes! It means that no matter how many troops you have or how famous the general is, you have to go around when you meet white robes! My father's grandfather also said that he saw it with his own eyes. When seven thousand white-robed soldiers fought against millions of former troops, they defeated millions of former troops, and the corpses were piled up higher than the mountains, and few of the white-robed soldiers died!"

After wreaking havoc outside Jinyong City for more than an hour, the Sui army team set fire to almost all the houses and tents in the rebel camp. Originally, the Sui army team wanted to continue chasing and killing the family members of the rebel army, but Chen Yingliang, who was thoroughly brainwashed by modern education, really couldn't see it. After going down, he asked Liu Changgong to order the troops to retreat on the pretext that the rebels were hiding in Jinyong City, and that their own army had no siege weapons. Although Liu Changgong, who took the time to rape a civilian girl himself, was still a little bit excited, he didn't have the guts. Leading the army alone to fight against the rebels, he had to quickly order the team to assemble and prepare to retreat. Countless family members of the rebels who hadn't run far escaped their lives by chance.

When retreating, as usual, Liu Changgong's team took the prisoners and trophies to the front. Chen Yingliang also personally carried a wounded soldier on his back as usual, and led the Nationalist Army to the rear for the Sui army. When retreating, Chen Yingliang did not dare Turning his head to look at the camp of the Baoguo Army, because Chen Yingliang was extremely afraid that he would not be able to accept those pictures, those miserable scenes would torture his little conscience forever.

The scene of the rebel camp after the Sui army raged was indeed unacceptable to the traverser Chen Yingliang. The rebel camp that was bustling like a market more than an hour ago is now completely shrouded in a sea of flames and thick smoke. The corpses are piled up like a mountain, and most of them are the corpses of old and weak women and children. Many of the corpses of women are still naked. , the broken flag and broken guns floated, the air was full of the stench of burnt human body, people wanted to vomit, the scene was so miserable that it was unbearable to read.

Neither Yang Jishan nor Yang Wanshuo had the guts to lead their troops in pursuit. They did not open the city gate until they repeatedly confirmed that the Baoguo army had gone far, and then sent troops to clean up the battlefield. Under the city of Luoyang, at the same time, because scouts reported the battle situation to the Eastern Capital, outside the Anxi Gate, Chen Yingliang and the soldiers of the Baoguo Army were once again grandly welcomed by the defenders of the Eastern Capital. All civil and military officials from the capital went to the city gate to welcome Chen Yingliang, the victorious army, and spoke highly of Chen Yingliang, and the name of Chen Yingliang's God of War resounded throughout the entire city of Dongdu.

At this point, the first counterattack by the Dongdu defenders against the rebel camp came to an end. With only 26 Baoguo soldiers and more than 100 Sui soldiers lost, Chen Yingliang and Liu Changgong jointly won the battle. Unbelievable results, beheading more than 11,000 enemies, including the family members of the rebels, so that the Sui army who cleaned the battlefield could only count the results by cutting off the noses of the corpses, and could not carry So many heads returned to the city, and at the same time they seized a large amount of rebel weapons and supplies, and captured more than a thousand prisoners, including women. The brilliant achievements made everyone in Dongdu amazed, and it also made the other three Huben Lang of Youwuwei jealous, almost mad with jealousy, scrambling to express their willingness to lead the army instead of Liu Changgong in the next fight—to be precise, to lead the army. The army cooperates with the national army to fight.

In the face of such a brutal record, if Yang Tong and Fan Zigai don't order a heavy reward, then no one will be willing to work for them in the future. With Yang Tong's consent symbolically obtained, Fan Zigai gave an order, and the car was completed. The car's fine wine and big baskets of roast meat were immediately sent to the camp of the Baoguo Army, and the Sui Army troops under Liu Changgong's command were also rewarded with wine and meat. That way you can let go of your belly and eat your fill of wine and meat, but it is very strange that no one complained about it—these soldiers of the Sui army were not fools, they knew what they were rewarded for, and they also knew that they must not provoke the Baoguo army at this time.

Chen Yingliang and Liu Changgong were directly summoned into the imperial city to participate in the celebration banquet held by Yang Tong himself, and to receive the congratulations from the civil and military officials of Dongdu. All the civil and military officials who are qualified to enter the imperial city but have no official duties were also present. They kept praising Chen Yingliang and Liu Changgong, the two great heroes. , emphatically said: "All soldiers use their lives, His Majesty the Emperor's great blessing, the villain was able to win by chance today. I am not afraid of the jokes of the adults, the villain did not even touch a drop of the enemy's blood on the knife today, It’s really a puppet who accepts it, and a puppet who accepts it.”

"Chen Jishi is too modest. As long as he can win the battle, what does it matter if he doesn't kill the enemy?" An official from the Eastern Capital said with a smile: "Back then, Chen Qingzhi led seven thousand white-robed soldiers to the Northern Expedition to the former Wei Dynasty. Twelve seats, forty-seven battles, big and small, invincible, when did he kill an enemy with his own hands? Chen Jishi led the army to suppress the rebellion as a clerk, and he won every battle, just like Chen Qingzhi."

"Yes, yes." Many Luoyang officials echoed, and another official asked curiously: "Chen Jishi, you and Chen Qingzhi happen to have the same surname, and you both let soldiers wear white robes to fight, where are your ancestors from? Are you related to former Liang general Chen Qingzhi?"

"This… ."

Chen Yingliang was in a bit of a dilemma. He really didn't know where the ancestor of the dead ghost Chen Yingliang was from, and whether it was possible to have a relationship with Chen Qingzhi. Pei Hongce, who was also present, changed his expression slightly. He was just about to open his mouth to change the topic, not wanting people to delve into Chen Yingliang's life experience, but a guard of the Imperial Army just flew in from outside the hall, knelt down on one knee and cupped his fists and said to Yang Tong: " Reporting to His Royal Highness King Yue, Wei Xuan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, sent the prison gate Zhige Pang Yu as an envoy to come to the Eastern Capital for emergency, but Da Pang has already arrived outside the hall, and I request His Highness to summon him immediately."

Hearing this, Yang Tong, who was only nine years old, subconsciously turned his head to look at Fan Zigai, who is currently the real head of the eastern capital Luoyang, but Fan Zigai's expression changed, and he said in surprise, "Worry? Is something wrong? Hurry up and ask Pang Da to come in!"

Seeing Yang Tong nodding, the guards rushed down to deliver the order, and the singing, dancing and laughter in the hall stopped abruptly. They all waited for the news with bated breath, but it didn't take long. A middle-aged man in plain clothes He stumbled up to the main hall, knelt down to Yang Tong, and said out of breath, "My minister, Pang Yu, pays homage to His Royal Highness, the King of Yue. My minister, under the orders of Daxing staying behind and Minister of Punishment Wei Xuan, came to the East They all reported the situation of the counter-insurgency war and asked for help."

"Ask for help?" Yang Tong was a little surprised, and said, "Pang Dao, Wei Shangshu led an army to rescue Luoyang, why did he turn to us for help?"

Everyone in the main hall also looked surprised, only Pang Yu looked extremely embarrassed, and kowtowed and replied: "Our army accidentally fell into Yang Ni's trick, was ambushed by Yang Ni's army, lost nearly half of the 40,000 troops, and was forced to retreat. In the shadow of Mang Mountain, Yang Ni's army took advantage of the momentum to attack. They are currently confronting our army in the area of Beimang. Attack Yang Ni back and forth, and defeat the rebels together! This is a letter written by Wei Shangshu, Your Highness, please read it."

As he spoke, Pang Yu held up Wei Xuan's request letter with both hands, and the guard quickly took it, first handing it to Yang Tong symbolically, and then quickly forwarding the letter to Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi, at the same time Pang Yu He also introduced the battle situation of Wei Xuan's army in detail. It turned out that because Wei Xuan did not receive Fan Zigai's suggestion in time, and was eager to avenge the shame of Xiaohan Dao's defeat, he walked out of Weihan Dao, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, yesterday evening. , stationed troops at the west end of Mount Mang, and this morning, Yang Xuangan suddenly led an army to fight in front of Weixuan camp. Wei Xuan sent an army of 20,000 cavalry to fight. , was lured by Yang Xuangan into the ambush circle set up at the foot of Mang Mountain, the rebel ambush suddenly broke out in three directions, Yang Xuangan also personally led the army to turn around and fight back, attacking Wei Xuan's team from all sides, Wei Xuan's army was defeated, only 20,000 troops Less than 2,000 people fled back to the camp, and the rest were either wiped out by the rebels or surrendered. Yang Xuangan joined the glorious rebel team. Wei Xuan was worried that he would be outnumbered, so he arranged for Pang Yufei to come to Luoyang for help, hoping that the Luoyang army would stab Yang Xuangan from behind.

After reading Wei Xuan's request for help and listening to Pang Yu's introduction to the battle situation, Fan Zigai, Huangfu Wuyi and the others all gasped. Inside, almost half of the Daxing reinforcements were wiped out. Pang Yu was sweating profusely and begged: "Fan Liushou, General Huangfu, the state affairs are important, and I ask you to send troops as soon as possible, otherwise, Wei Shangshu's place may not last long. Today's big defeat is very important to our army. The morale hit was too great."

Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi remained calm, but turned their gazes to Chen Yingliang and Liu Changgong, as did the Luoyang civil and military officials present. They all looked at Chen Yingliang and Liu Changgong. They went out to fight, but Fan Zigai, Huangfu Wuyi and others didn't count on him, they all focused on Chen Yingliang.

Of course Chen Yingliang understood what Fan Zigai and the others meant, and in a dilemma, Chen Yingliang left the table and cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, my lord stay behind, General Huangfu, can I ask Pang Da a few questions first?"

"Okay, you can ask." Fan Zigai nodded.

"Who are you? What qualifications do you have to ask me questions?" Pang Yu also noticed that Chen Yingliang was the only one present who was not wearing an official uniform, and couldn't help but feel a little angry.

"Master Pang Da, please answer his question truthfully. I will tell you about other things slowly later." Huangfu Wuyi coughed and said. Pang Yu had no choice but to nod in agreement.

"Excuse me, Mr. Pang Da, what is the strength of Yang's rebellious army on the Beiman battlefield?" Chen Yingliang asked, "Have you ever found out the situation of Yang's rebel army's food and supplies?"

"The strength of Yang's rebellious army?" Pang Yuwan was puzzled, and replied: "There are about 30,000 to 50,000 people. Our army scouts have not found out in detail, and we have not found out the situation of food and grass supplies."

Fan Zigai, Huangfu Wuyi, Pei Hongce and other important officials in Luoyang had their faces stretched longer than donkeys, because the Luoyang Sui Army had suffered enough from the incompetence of scouts and ignorance of the enemy's situation before, and they did not expect that the scouts of the Daxing army were also a virtue. Chen Yingliang also frowned, and hurriedly asked again: "Such a huge man, how is the deployment of Yang's rebel army? Apart from the team confronting Wei Shangshu's army, are there any other divisions setting up camps in other places?"

"You ask me, who should I ask?" Pang Yu was even more angry, and said: "Our army just walked out of Weihan Road yesterday evening, and our foothold is not stable. You should be more aware of the subordinates of the rebel army, right?"

"It's over, I don't know how to fight this battle?" Chen Yingliang sighed, bit his lips and thought for a moment, then Chen Yingliang cupped his hands and said, "Pang Dao, then I would like to ask three questions that you are sure to be able to answer. First, where are you going?" On the way to deliver the letter, have you ever been chased and intercepted by rebel cavalry? Second, how long can Wei Shangshu’s army last for a few days? Third, whether the camp of Yang’s rebel army was built by cutting down trees or setting up a deep ditch and high fortress. Fortification?"

"Why do you ask these questions?" Pang Yu was angry and puzzled, and replied angrily: "I am under the protection of a group of Zuo Wuwei elite cavalry to send letters eastward, and I have not been intercepted or chased on the way, otherwise , In two hours, can I walk more than sixty miles? Our army can last for five days with food and grass! Yang's rebellious army is going straight to Beiman to go down to the village. Is it a deep ditch and a high fortress? Is it okay for me to come in a hurry? I know, I just saw Yang's rebel army building the fence from a distance."

Chen Yingliang made careful calculations, and asked Fan Zigai to bring a map of the surrounding areas of Luoyang, and asked Pang Yu to indicate on the map where Wei Xuanjun and Yang Xuangan's main force camped. Finally, Chen Yingliang thought for a long time before asking Pang Yu again: " Big man, one last question, may I ask if the seven-day food you mentioned earlier is the five-day food for the 40,000 army? Or the five-day food for the rest of your army?"

"Of course it's the food and grass of the 40,000 army for five days!" Pang Yu had long been displeased with the constant problems of Chen Yingliang, and said angrily: "The rear of our army has not been attacked, and the food and grass have not been lost. Of course, it is the five days of the 40,000 army. Heaven's Grass!"

"It's easy to handle." Chen Yingliang finally showed some joy, turned to Fan Zigai and the others and said, "His Royal Highness King Yue, Mr. Left Behind, General Huangfu, it's about military affairs, can I take a step to talk to the side hall?"

"What do you mean by that?" Pang Yu gave up when he heard it, and said angrily, "Who are you? How dare you interrupt on important military matters?"

"Pang..., Pang Zhige, please be safe and don't be impatient." The censor Lu Chu said, stammering and struggling: "This..., this Chen Jishi, is an outstanding newcomer of our Eastern Capital Army. He has many unique insights in strategy and tactics, he can often predict the enemy's opportunity first, and he has made many good suggestions in the counter-insurgency war, so Fan Liushou and General Huangfu, they..., allowed him to speak in the hall."

"Oh, so that's how it is." Pang Yu finally calmed down a little, and hurriedly said: "Chen Jishi, don't mind, I am also anxious about military affairs, so I speak impulsively, if you have any good suggestions, please speak up .”

"That's right." Yang Wang, Yang Yuhuan's great-grandfather and Guozijian Jijiu, also smiled and said, "Chen Jishi, I have long heard that you are not only brave and good at fighting, but also skilled in both civil and military affairs. We have seen your martial prowess, now it’s time to see your military strategy and tactics, if you have any good suggestions, just talk about it, let us also open our eyes.”

"Yes, let's just say it. The people in this palace are all court officials, why worry about leaking the secrets?" Many civil and military officials agreed, their expressions full of curiosity.

Chen Yingliang was now in a difficult situation, so he could only turn his attention to Fan Zigai for help, but Fan Zigai, who was usually domineering and murderous, also said: "Speak directly, while all the adults are present, let the adults see you Your talents will also help you as a staff officer, one person is weak in skills, and two people are strong in skills."

"This..." Chen Yingliang couldn't laugh or cry, and looked at the expectant Pang Yu in embarrassment, and then Chen Yingliang said hesitantly: "The villain believes that our army must not send troops to attack Yang's rebellious army."

"What did you say?!" Just as Chen Yingliang was worried, Pang Yu sent by Wei Xuan jumped three feet high, pointed at Chen Yingliang's nose and roared: "Little man, what did you say? You can't send troops to rescue Wei Shangshu , You want to kill Wei Shangshu? You want to kill the 20,000 troops of the Great Sui Dynasty?!"