Refusing Wei Xuan's request to send troops to attack the main force of the rebel army, Chen Yingliang just said this suggestion, and the prison gate Zhige Pang Yu sent by Wei Xuan immediately became furious. The three of Pei Hongce remained calm - because they had seen Chen Yingliang's judgment and analysis of the situation of the war, and knew that Chen Yingliang would never go after the target indiscriminately, and there must be reasons and reasons for opposing the dispatch of troops.
Chen Yingliang, who had expected this result a long time ago, smiled wryly, and cupped his hands to Pang Yu, who was already blushing with anger, "Pang Daren, please be calm and don't be impatient, and listen to the villain. The reason why the villain opposes sending troops is... . "
"Shut up!" Pang Yu was furious, and roared with a livid face: "You, a mere official with no official position, dare to talk nonsense on important court affairs? Shut up for me!"
"Pang Dao, please suspend the fury of thunder." Fan Zigai regretted letting Chen Yingliang express his opinion in public, and said, "Pang Dao, this Chen Jishi is really good at military tactics. Our Luoyang army recently The several victories we fought were all based on the correct strategies he proposed, so the old man asked him to express his opinions."
After all, it was the interim emperor in the eastern capital city. Fan Zigai opened his mouth, and Pang Yu didn't dare to lose face, so he suppressed his anger and said, "Don't blame Fan for staying behind. I'm a little impulsive, but I think that this For important military affairs, it is best not to let such a yellow-mouthed child with no official or job talk nonsense."
"Don't worry, Pang Da. If he is really talking nonsense, the old man will deal with it in accordance with the laws of the country, but let's listen to him first." Fan Zigai comforted Pang Yu, and then said to Chen Yingliang: "Yingliang, what do you say?" Well, why do you object to sending troops to attack Yang Xuangan's traitor?"
"My lords left behind, my lords, do you find something strange?" Chen Yingliang pointed to Pang Yu and said, "This huge man came to Luoyang from Mangshan camp to deliver a letter, and came to contact us on behalf of Wei Shangshu. Intercepted and hunted down by the rebel team?"
"What do you mean?" Pang Yu was even more displeased with Chen Yingliang, and said angrily, "Do you want me to die at the hands of the thieves?"
"Pang Dao, can you stop talking for now?" Fan Zigai drank, and then asked Chen Yingliang, "You mean, the rebels deliberately let Pang Zhige come to Dongdu to report?"
"That's right!" Chen Yingliang nodded vigorously, and said loudly: "My lords must be aware of the strength of Yang Ni's scouting team. In the past few days, our Luoyang army has sent out scouts, and there is almost no one who has not been attacked by the rebel scout cavalry. The ambush and pursuit caused us to be ignorant of Yang Ni's main force splitting up under our noses, and it also made it difficult for us to communicate with Wei Shangshu's reinforcements, and there was even a situation where Yang Ni's traitor forged Wei Shangshu's letter. , Pang Dao sent a letter from the Mangshan camp to the east, and passed by the camp of Yang Ni's main force, and he was not intercepted and hunted down, isn't this unreasonable?"
Luoyang Wenwu who was present whispered, and Fan Zigai's face changed, and he quickly turned to Pang Yu and asked, "Pang Zhige, you are here to deliver a letter this time, will you be spotted by Yang Ni's team on the way?"
"This..." Pang Yu wanted to answer truthfully, but he didn't want to let Chen Yingliang show off, so he gritted his teeth and said, "No, I took a small path and I was not found!"
"Pang Zhige, the matter is very important, please answer truthfully!" Pei Hongce saw something strange and shouted sharply.
"No, no." Pang Yu raised his head and replied loudly: "The rebel team can only see me from a distance at most, and my followers and I are riding good horses from the Western Regions. Yang Ni's cavalry can't even chase them Come on, so I don't know whether the Yang Ni cavalry tried to chase me down or not."
Both Pei Hongce and Fan Zigai frowned. Although they both suspected that Pang Yu was not telling the truth, but there was no evidence to press him further, Chen Yingliang said: "My lords, did Yang Ni cavalry try to chase and kill Pang Pang? It doesn't matter anymore, the important thing is that there is no need for the main force of Yang Ni to continue to cut off our contact with the Daxing reinforcements at all costs, because just today, the main force of Yang Ni has hit our main force of reinforcements as he wished, making the huge people Bringing the news to Luoyang can not only hurt our morale, but also induce our army to go out to rescue Wei Shangshu's team, so as to reduce the pressure on him to attack the city in the future.
Glancing at the thoughtful Fan Zigai and the others, Chen Yingliang added: "There is also a more important point, the location of Yang's rebel army is also very unfavorable for our army to send troops. Just now I asked Pang Da to point it out. The location of the main force of Yang Ni's rebel army is located on the map. The terrain in that area is quite complicated, with high mountains and dense forests, which is very suitable for ambush warfare. When the enemy's situation is unknown, our army rashly dispatches troops, it will only be more dangerous than good."
"That makes sense." Huangfu Wuyi nodded, and said: "Our scouts are too incompetent, and we have almost no knowledge of the situation of Yang Ni's main force. Under such circumstances, we can't rush to fight, at least It is impossible to dispatch a large number of troops to fight in complex terrain at will."
"General Huangfu, why do you agree with this yellow boy's nonsense?" Pang Yu was not as afraid of the sickly Huangfu Wuyiyuan as Fan Zigai, and said angrily: "Wei Shangshu led the Xidu army for hundreds of miles. Yuan came to rescue you, but you still refused to send troops to cooperate with him in fighting, are you worthy of Wei Shangshu?"
Huangfu Wuyi, who had a better temper, was in a dilemma. He couldn't find words to respond to Pang Yu's accusation. Fan Zigai raised his white eyebrows and said in a rough voice: "Pang Zhige said that he is serving the court. As long as it is for the state affairs, there is nothing to be sorry for between private individuals, and Renjian did not say that he would not cooperate with the reinforcements to fight, but only said that the Mangshan area is not suitable for our army to fight."
"Then please let Fan Liushou show you what the Luoyang army is going to do, so that the officials can report back to Wei Shangshu." Pang Yu said angrily.
Fan Zigai didn't answer, but turned his attention to Chen Yingliang, Chen Yingliang understood, and replied loudly: "My lord stay behind, but I think that my army doesn't need to go directly to the Mangshan battlefield to reinforce Wei Shangshu right now, we just need to ask Wei Shangshu to stick to the camp That's it, our Luoyang army can solve the remaining problems!"
"How to solve it?" Fan Zigai asked quickly.
"The villain just asked about the situation of the main force of Yang Ni's camp." Chen Yingliang smiled and replied: "The man said that Yang Ni's main force did not show any signs of deep ditches and high fortifications, and only started to build simple fortifications such as fences. It can be seen that Yang Ni's main force is determined to fight quickly and does not intend to confront Wei Shangshu's army for a long time, and then infer from this that Yang Ni's main force's battalion must not have much food and must rely on Jinyong City for supplies!"
Fan Zigai is also a person who has read many military books, his eyes lit up immediately, and he blurted out: "You mean, let our Daxing reinforcements only defend but not fight, and contain Yang Ni's main force. We send troops from Luoyang to cut off Yang Ni's army." The main food and grass supply road?"
"That's right!" Chen Yingliang nodded and said, "The villain just asked Pang Daxing about the food and grass situation of our Daxing reinforcements. Pang Daxing replied that the food and grass can support an army of 40,000 for five days, and now there are only about 20,000 left in Daxing's army." , That is to say, Wei Shangshu's current food and grass can last for at least ten days! If it is used sparingly, it is not impossible to last half a month!"
Pang Yu's face became even more ashen, and he almost wanted to point Chen Yingliang's nose and ask Chen Yingliang if he wanted to make the Daxing army hungry. Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi showed ecstasy together and asked in unison: "Then the main force of Yang Ni The food and grass in the camp may last for more than ten days?"
"Absolutely impossible!" Chen Yingliang replied decisively: "The distance between Mangshan Battlefield and Luoyang is only more than 60 miles, and the distance from Jinyong City in the northeast of Luoyang is also only 70 miles. The supply is relatively convenient. In the case of sufficient manpower , unless the traitor Yang Xuangan is insane, it is absolutely impossible for Yang Xuangan to hoard too much food and grass in the camp, which will hinder his main mobile combat. Therefore, the villain dares to conclude that the camp of the traitor Yang Xuangan is definitely not much food and grass, and he must always rely on it. Jin Yongcheng's supplies!"
"My lords, please think about it carefully." Chen Yingliang added with a smile: "Wei Shangshu's army will not fight. Yang Xuan feels that the rebels can't find a chance to fight decisively, so they can only confront Wei Shangshu or fall into a difficult battle, and our army takes the opportunity. Sending troops to cut off Yang Ni's grain road, making it impossible for Yang Ni's main force to supply food and grass, then Yang Ni's main force has only two options, one is to divide the heavy troops to protect the grain road, and the other is to return the whole army to Jinyong City for food. Whether Ni divides the troops or returns to the division, the crisis Wei Shangshu faces will be solved without a fight, and he can also take the opportunity to find opportunities to fight back!"
The faces of Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi became even more joyful, and General Liu Changgong, who had been afraid to speak before, jumped up and said loudly: "Fan Liushou, General Huangfu, this plan is great, the last general and Chen Jishi have joined forces After killing the rebel army in Jinyong City, it was easy to cut off Yang Niliang's road in the field. The final general asked Ling to fight again, and joined hands with Chen Jishi to intercept Yang Niliang's team, and ensured that the rebels in Jinyong City would not take one grain and one grain. Send the rice to the Mangshan battlefield!"
"The last general is willing to fight, the last general is also willing to fight!" The other three generals who had missed two chances of meritorious service also rushed to jump up, and the last general, general Hu Benlang, simply shouted the words of willing to establish a military order, saying He doesn't want to let Liu Changgong be alone in anything - and he doesn't want to let Liu Changgong continue to take advantage of Chen Yingliang.
"You guys? Why are you all talking nonsense like this yellow-mouthed petty official?" Pang Yu was anxious, angry and puzzled. He couldn't understand why such a large number of important ministers in the eastern capital would trust the unofficial and jobless Chen Yingliang so much. I really can't blame Pang Yu for being obsessive and unreasonable. The key is that Chen Yingliang's pretty face is too tender, which gave Pang Yu a strong impression of being unreliable.
Finally seeing several important generals under their command fighting bravely, Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi were of course secretly happy in their hearts, but both Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi were known for their prudence, and they didn't immediately decide to agree with Chen Yingliang's strategy. After careful consideration for a long time, Fan Zigai said to Chen Yingliangdao: "Ying Liang, it is indeed a good strategy for you to propose, but there is one problem, you know how incompetent our scouts are, will they be able to detect Yang Rebel's food shipment in time?" team?"
"Yes, yes." Pang Yu hurriedly echoed: "If Yang Ren's grain detaining team cannot be discovered in time, how can it be possible to cut off their grain road?"
Before Pang Yu finished speaking, Liu Changgong rushed to say again: "Your Excellency, General Huangfu, you can rest assured about this. When the emperor personally conquered Goguryeo last year, the last general went out with him. , Knowing that the transportation speed of this food, grass and luggage is not as fast as that of the army marching, there is a big difference."
"Oh, how is it different?" Fan Zigai had never escorted grain and grass, so he really didn't know the difference.
"Under the condition of retaining a certain combat strength, the infantry team can march up to ninety miles a day, and the cavalry can go up to a hundred miles." Liu Changgong replied happily: "But the food, grass and military supplies can't reach this speed. It's okay to say on the water. Transporting grain by land requires peasants to carry and drag mules and horses. The normal marching speed is only 30 to 40 miles a day, and the exhausted peasants can only travel more than 60 miles to the sky. At the same time, the roads are required to be flat and open. Okay, it will only take more time, so it will definitely not be that easy for the rebels in Yongjin City to send food to the Mangshan battlefield seventy miles away!"
"That makes sense!" Fan Zigai came to his senses, and said happily, "Yes, it takes at least one day for the rebels to transport grain from Jinyong City to the Mangshan battlefield, and the road needs to be leveled to transport grain. No matter how incompetent those scouts are, they will definitely be able to spot the rebel army's food transport team in time!"
"Fan Liushou, there is another way." Chen Yingliang interrupted: "We can let our scouts disguise themselves as ordinary people and carry dry food to guard the roads day and night, so that we can avoid the scouts of the rebels and ensure that the rebels will not be transported." The food team sneaked away."
"You can also destroy some roads." Pei Hongce, who relies on civil engineering for a living, also made suggestions, and said calmly: "To destroy the roads that some rebel teams must pass through for food transportation, we can dig holes for irrigation, destroy roadbeds, and use trees The boulders block the road and make it more difficult for Yang Rebels to transport food, so that we can buy the most emergency response time."
"It's still..., you can still... wolf smoke." Lu Chu also stammered and said with difficulty: "After our scouts find the rebel food transport team, let... Let them light the wolf smoke, and we can immediately..., send troops immediately! "
Driven by Pei Hongce and Lu Chu, all the civil and military officials in Dongdu who were present at the scene became interested, and rushed to put forward a bunch of practical or nonsense good suggestions and bad ideas. Said: "A great plan! It's settled like this. If you don't go to Mang Mountain to take risks, you will cut off the food path of the rebels. Let's see what Yang Xuangan will do with the rebels!"
"Fan Liushou, what should we do?" Pang Yu was completely anxious, and hurriedly said: "We accidentally lost a battle today, and the morale of the army has been greatly affected. We need your assistance!"
"Pang Zhige, the old man decided to send troops to cut off Yang Niliang's way. Didn't he help you?" Fan Zigai asked rhetorically.
"But..., what if it's useless?" Pang Yu insisted, "What if Yang Xuan feels that the rebels have more food and grass than us?"
"Probably not. Chen Jishi has made a very clear analysis. It is impossible for Yang Ni to have too much food and grass in the main camp. I trust his judgment." Fan Zigai's personality is more stubborn than Pang Yu's. will be easily changed.
Pang Yu wanted to insist at first, but Fan Zigai interrupted him with a wave of his hand, saying: "You don't have to worry about it, if Yang Ni doesn't divide or retreat after ten days, I will immediately send troops to support Daxing's reinforcements. Now that the enemy situation is unknown, I can't follow along." Feel free to take risks with the defenders of the Eastern Capital. Wei Shangshu, the old man will write a book to explain to him, you take it back, and tell Wei Shangshu by the way, as long as he sticks to it for ten days, the war will definitely turn around!"
Seeing Fan Zigai's insistence, Pang Yu had no choice but to grit his teeth and shut his mouth, cursing the ungrateful Dongdu army in his heart, and at the same time glared at Chen Yingliang viciously, his eyes were full of hatred. Chen Yingliang noticed that Pang Yu was glaring at him, and guessed what Pang Yu was thinking, but he had no choice but to sigh secretly, "I and Daxing are really at odds! Living in Daxing is poor and unlucky." Forget it, first offended Lao Chai's family, and then offended Daxing who stayed behind to guard Wei Xuan, so I really dare not go back to Daxing casually in the future."
"It's bad, why did Pang Yu turn his anger on Ying Liang?" Pei Hongce also noticed Pang Yu's sinister gaze, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, "It's all because of Yang Wang and Lu Chu, who insisted on forcing Ying Liang Offering advice in public, if this Wei Xuan hates nephew Ying Liangxian too, it will be difficult for me to guarantee the career of nephew Ying Liangxian in the future."