After finalizing the decision to cut off the main supply of the rebel army, Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi, who were loyal to Emperor Sui Yang, arranged a tactical plan overnight regardless of the darkness of the night. Ordinary people went out of the city overnight to guard and monitor the only road between Jinyong City and the Mangshan battlefield, so as not to give the rebels the slightest chance to secretly smuggle food and grass.
Because of his meritorious service in analyzing the situation of the enemy's grain transportation, Liu Changgong, who had been in the limelight twice, once again got a good post to cooperate with the Nationalist Army to attack the rebel grain transportation team. Fan Zigai assigned the task of destroying roads and bridges to another Huben Lang of Youwuwei gave He Lanyi the task of building the Beacon Tower. Fan Zigai only gave He Lanyi one day to set up the Beacon Tower in order to quickly convey the enemy's situation and send troops to the Luoyang army. Rob food for preparation time.
Of course, the most arduous task of robbing food was handed over to Chen Yingliang and the Baoguo Army. In order to save time and facilitate the battle, Fan Zigai, who regarded power as his fate, gave Liu Changgong and Chen Yingliang the right to fight independently, so that Liu Changgong and Chen Yingliang could fight in the future. After asking for instructions, at any time, you can lead your troops out of any Luoyang city gate and rush to the battlefield to attack the rebel food transport team. You don't have to ask for Fan Zigai's consent as before, and you have entrusted Liu Changgong and Chen Yingliang enough trust.
The next morning, after a night of rest in Luoyang City, Pang Yu sent by Wei Xuan took Fan Zigai's reply letter and left bitterly. Ken believes that Chen Yingliang's strategy of cutting off the enemy's food supply can really work. He arbitrarily believes that the Luoyang army is afraid of war and the enemy. .
If Pang Yu left an hour later, perhaps what happened later would not have happened, because less than an hour after Pang Yu left, when Chen Yingliang was still handing out the rewards to the soldiers of the national army When they were in the hands, Luoyang's Anximen and Shangchunmen sent people to report to Chen Yingliang at the same time, saying that they saw the smoke rising outside the city. It is likely that the Sui army scouts had discovered the rebel food team, and Chen Yingliang was unambiguous. Immediately, the awarding of rewards was temporarily suspended, and the soldiers were ordered to put on their clothes and prepare immediately.
After the Baoguo army was ready to go to battle, another fast horse rushed directly into the Baoguo army camp, and brought Chen Yingliang the news that the rebel food transport team had indeed set off from Jinyong City. Chen Yingliang was also unambiguous, and sent people to fly Report to Liu Changgong and ask him to lead the rear army to the battlefield for reinforcements as soon as possible. At the same time, he did not hesitate to lead the 800 Bao Guojun out of the camp from Anximen, and trotted to the north to intercept.
It was also God's destiny to let Chen Yingliang show off the limelight again. When Chen Yingliang led the patriotic army to the official road in the north of Luoyang, there were about 3,000 rebel troops and a large number of civilians, carrying thousands of soldiers. Grain carts, large and small, happened to be heading west from the direction of Jinyong City. Chen Yingliang didn't hesitate, and immediately pointed his sword horizontally, and the 800 Bao Guojun rushed straight up, screaming like chicken blood.
I saw the national patriotic army team that killed their own team in the city of Jinyong the day before, and the rebel team that escorted the food and grass had already lost their souls. I saw the national patriotic army shouting to kill, three thousand From top to bottom, the rebels had no fighting spirit. They threw down the grain and grass vehicles, and those who scrambled for their lives just fled for their lives. It went smoothly and quickly, so that when Liu Changgong rushed to the scene with the rear army, there was no sign of a rebel soldier on the scene.
It took so little effort to achieve such a great achievement. Of course, General Liu's team couldn't even close their mouths with laughter, and everyone in the Nationalist Army team was also smiling. Chen Yingliang didn't have time to celebrate the victory with the soldiers. I personally interrogated several rebel soldiers who sprained their feet when they escaped and were captured alive by the Nationalist Army. "Where are your food and grass going to be taken? Besides your food team, is Yong Jin City preparing any other food transport teams?"
It's a pity that the quality of the rebel soldiers is as low as that of the Luoyang Sui army scouts. They don't know all about Chen Yingliang's questions. They just kowtow and beg for mercy. They can't provide any useful information to Chen Yingliang. , I had to change my words and asked: "Then do you have a deadline for transporting grain? It is your general, did you order you to transport the grain to the destination by a certain time?"
"General, what is the destination?" A rebel soldier asked timidly.
"It's really tiring." Chen Yingliang patted his forehead and shouted: "It's Yang Xuangan's place, and the destination is Yang Xuangan's camp. Did your general order you to transport the food to Yang Xuangan's place by a certain time? "
"Yes, yes." Several rebel soldiers hurriedly kowtowed, and rushed to answer: "General Yang told us that within tomorrow, the food and grass must be transported to Chu Gong's camp. Everyone has to be punished, General Yang has to be punished, and we all have to be punished!"
"Within tomorrow?!" Chen Yingliang was overjoyed, he clenched his fist and blurted out, "That's great, Yang Xuangan really doesn't have enough food, otherwise, Jinyong City wouldn't be in such a hurry to deliver food!"
Having basically confirmed that his own judgment and analysis was correct, Chen Yingliang was delighted, but at the same time secretly worried, because no matter how correct Luoyang's tactics are, they still need Wei Xuan's cooperation to be effective. If Wei Xuan doesn't Listening to Fan Zigai's kind persuasion, refusing to adopt the tactics of sticking to the consumption and insisting on sending troops for a decisive battle, then no matter how Luoyang side cuts off the enemy's food supply, it will be useless. — Chen Yingliang, who is familiar with the world, can see that Pang Yu sent by Wei Xuan is very dissatisfied with him, and when he returns to Wei Xuan, he is likely to speak ill of himself.
With this in mind, after returning to the city triumphantly for the third time, Chen Yingliang immediately came to Fan Zigai to see him, and reported his worries directly to Fan Zigai. As a result, Fan Zigai smiled wryly after hearing this, and said: " You are worried that Wei Wensheng won't listen to the old man's advice. The old man is more worried than you. Although the old man and Wei Wensheng have a little friendship, he knows that the old man has a stubborn temper. Except for the emperor, it is difficult for others to persuade him, so the old man gave He might not listen to his letter suggestions."
"Stay behind, my lord, what should we do?" Chen Yingliang asked worriedly: "If Wei Shangshu insists on refusing to fight, we must immediately send troops to fight Yang Ni's main force. If there is any accident, it will be useless for us to run out of food. .”
Fan Zigai thought about it for a while, and then said quickly: "Tonight, I will write another letter to Wei Wensheng, tell him your achievements and harvest, and persuade him again. If he still refuses to listen, then I will There is no other way."
"Is it useful to do this?" Chen Yingliang was still extremely worried, but he really couldn't think of any way to make Wei Xuan firmly implement his tactics, so he had to let Fan Zigai take a gamble. At the same time, Chen Yingliang comforted himself secretly, "I'm afraid of a ball! No matter how badly Wei Xuan loses, it's none of my business? If that old bastard refuses to listen to my good idea, then he'd better die in battle, so as not to lose his life in the future." Bear the grudge! If that old man has a beautiful and unmarried granddaughter, I will take care of her granddaughter for him in the future, and I will be very worthy of him."
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Chen Yingliang, who has been lucky since he came to Luoyang, seemed to have absorbed all the luck of the people around him, and this time was no exception. Relying on the deliberate indulgence of the rebel army, Pang Yu smoothly brought Fan Zigai's letter back to Wei. Xuan Daying also brought to Wei Xuan the news that the Luoyang defenders were 'ungrateful' and refused to help. Wei Xuan, who was already worried about the successive defeats, suddenly became furious, and did not read the contents of Fan Zigai's letter. After Pang Yu's introduction, he slapped the table and roared, "Fan Huazong, you old bastard! This old man came hundreds of miles to save you, and you just repay this old man?!"
Pang Yu didn't dare to offend Fan Zigai, who was deeply trusted by Emperor Sui Yang, and quickly introduced a scapegoat. A small office official named Chen Yingliang slandered and encouraged Fan Liushou not to send troops to support us, and proposed some bullshit strategy of cutting off the thieves, food and roads, but Fan Liushou changed his mind again and refused to agree to send troops to help us put down the rebellion. "
"Chen Yingliang's clerk?" Wei Xuan was taken aback, wondering why the old man seemed to have heard of this name before? Then Wei Xuan was puzzled and said: "No, I know that Fan Huazong is immortal. He is stubborn, but he is still unambiguous in matters of the court. He has always been reliable in his work. How could he listen to a small official talking nonsense for no reason?"
"That little official just made a little contribution, and he happened to be by Fan Liushou's side at that time." Pang Yu then briefly introduced the situation at that time. Naturally, during the period, it was necessary to add fuel and vinegar to explain away the crime of Luoyang army's refusal to rescue Wei Xuanjun. When it came to Chen Yingliang, who he absolutely dared to offend, he intentionally or unintentionally concealed Chen Yingliang's incisive analysis of the battle situation, and turned Chen Yingliang's rational analysis into speculation and nonsense.
Being inflamed by Pang Yu, Wei Xuan, who was already in an extremely bad mood, inevitably became even more furious. That's why he opened Fan Zigai's autographed letter to read, but after carefully reading the contents of the letter, Wei Xuan calmed down a bit. Come down—after all, in the Liaodong War in the first year, Wei Xuan's team was the team that suffered the least loss when Emperor Sui Yang's blind command led to a complete defeat.
"Fan Huazong's suggestion is actually reasonable. If Yang Niliang's food and grass are really insufficient, he will cut off Yang Niliang's road in Luoyang. In a few days, I will have a chance to turn defeat into victory." Wei Xuan thought in his mind, and at the same time Warn yourself, "Don't be careless, Fan Huazong is good at managing politics and the people, but he is not good at fighting. Yang Ni's trend is getting worse and worse, and it is because of his ineffectiveness in suppressing the rebellion that Yang Ni is getting more and more rampant. The proposed tactics...."
After hesitating, Wei Xuan once planned to take a rest for a few days to see the effect of the Luoyang army cutting off the main force of the rebels—anyway, the Daxing reinforcements had just been defeated for a while, their morale was very low, and they were tired from a long distance, so they needed a rest when. So Wei Xuan was not in a hurry to order the battle, but ordered the army to step up the construction of the camp, do a good job of defense in the camp, and prepare to be invincible first. But…
"Stay guard, stay guard, there is movement in the rebel camp at the foot of the mountain!"
But no one expected that on the next morning, Wei Xuan's plan was disrupted by the change in the rebel camp at the foot of the mountain. After receiving the report from the sentinel, Wei Xuan personally led all the generals under his command to go out of the tent, climbed to a high place and condescended. He personally observed the movements of the rebel camp, and what surprised Wei Xuan and others was that a rather large rebel convoy was slowly driving into the rebel camp, and the car was full of sacks full of grain. Entering the back camp of the rebel camp, it quickly piled up into a hill. At the same time, there was a lot of smoke in the rebel camp, and rebel soldiers squatting on the ground eating steamed buns were everywhere!
Seeing this scene, Wei Xuan was of course startled and angry, and all the generals under his command were also whispering to each other, all worried about the sufficient food and grass for the main force of the rebel army, but Pang Yu taunted loudly beside him, "This is the effect of the Luoyang army cutting off the rebels' food supply." , This is the Luoyang army's clever plan to defeat the enemy, well done, really well done!"
It was also a coincidence that at this time, the messenger sent by Fan Zigai came to the camp of Wei Xuan's army, and brought Fan Zigai's second letter to Wei Xuan. After the news, Wei Xuan was furious immediately, and regardless of his identity, he dragged the Luoyang messenger to the side of the high platform, pointed at the rebel camp at the foot of the mountain, and shouted, "You cut off Yang Ni's food supply? You robbed Yang Ni of 20,000 shi of food? Where did the food and grass for these traitors at the foot of the mountain come from?"
The Luoyang messenger was dumbfounded, and he said after a long while: "How is it possible? We have already cut off Yang Niliang's way? Yesterday I saw with my own eyes that Chen Jishi and the others escorted the captured rebel army food back to the city? Where did the rations come from?"
"Where did Yang Ni's food and grass come from?!" Wei Xuan was completely furious, and roared: "You ask me, who do I ask? You don’t know anything about the abundance of food!”
"Wei Liushou, even if I have a hundred guts, I won't dare to lie to you!" The Luoyang messenger quickly knelt down to Wei Xuan, who was as domineering and authoritarian as Fan Zigai, and said with a mournful face: "Chen Jishi and the others at noon yesterday , really robbed Yang’s rebel army of 20,000 hu of rations! Maybe, maybe…”
"That's right." The messenger quickly added: "Perhaps our scouts discovered this food transport team. Our Eastern Capital scouts are not good enough. Fan Liushou has already killed dozens of people who lied about the military situation and missed reports during this period of time." There are military scouts, and it was those useless scouts who failed to find out that the Yang Rebels had a food delivery team, which made Yang's rebels succeed in transporting food."
"I'm afraid your Dongdu army is not just scouts and incompetent, is it? It should all be wine bags and rice bags?!" Wei Xuan roared, "Go back and tell Fan Zigai that he doesn't dare to attack the traitor Yang Rebellion. Whatever he wants, he won't fight! , the old man fights by himself! Order the whole army to stop strengthening the camp and start preparing for battle immediately, and the whole army will be dispatched tomorrow morning to go down the mountain and fight to the death with Yang Rebellion!"
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At the same time, in the rebel camp, Yang Xuangan, Yang Xuanting and other rebel decision-makers were also watching the movement of the Weixuan army camp on the mountain with trepidation. Everyone was worried and all looked nervous. Only the military adviser Li Mi looked as usual and comforted Yang Xuangan with a smile. He said: "Mr. Chu, don't worry. Tomorrow at the latest, the old man Wei Xuan will definitely go down the mountain for a decisive battle. I know the old man Wei Xuan's temper. He is most impatient and adventurous. Dare to walk the dangerous road, seeing us transporting food into the camp, are you not in a hurry to fight us decisively?"
"I hope so." Yang Xuan sighed, and said: "If the old thief Wei Xuan refuses to go down the mountain for a decisive battle tomorrow and continues to stick to the danger, then we will be in big trouble."
After all, Yang Xuangan added another sentence in his stomach, "Because we have to run out of food the day after tomorrow!"
"Don't worry, Duke Chu, I'm sure that old thief Wei Xuan won't see through my trick." Li Mi smiled confidently, and quickly added, "But Luoyang needs to be on guard, the Luoyang army can guess that we don't have much food and grass. , sending troops to cut off our food roads and attack our vital points, it is impossible to guarantee that I will not see my clever plan. Fortunately, the scouts of the Luoyang army are not good. "
"Okay." Yang Xuangan nodded, and immediately ordered Yang Xuanting to arrange a strengthened scout battle, and to do everything possible to cut off the contact between the Wei Xuan army and the Luoyang defenders. , cut off my main force, if I don’t avenge this revenge, I will never get rid of the hatred in my heart! When I defeat the old thief Wei Xuan, I will go back to the army and find them to settle the score!"
"That's natural." Li Mi echoed with a smile, and said secretly in his heart: "However, I'm curious about the leader of the group of white-robed soldiers. I heard that he is a young man surnamed Chen. Come out, can you train a group of recruits who have never been on the battlefield so well?"
"Wait!" Li Mi suddenly remembered a big event, and said in his heart: "I remember that kid who scolded Duke Chu furiously and almost died in vain when he went to the spring gate in Luoyang. It seems that his surname is also Chen. Could they be The same person, right? Impossible? Scolding Chugong that brat, who doesn’t even look like he’s twenty years old, if they’re the same person, then this kid will be able to get it later when he grows up?”