Wearing a heavy Mingguang armor and a signature white cloak, leading Guo Feng and Chen Ci, two henchmen, got on their horses and left the camp of the Baoguo Army. Chen Yingliang rode his horse and trotted towards Anxi Gate in the north of Luoyang. .
It was noon, and there were a lot of people passing by on the street, and there happened to be a group of civilian vehicles carrying supplies for the defense of the city passing by. It seemed a bit crowded. In order to let the vehicles loaded with supplies for the defense of the city pass, the soldiers escorting the vehicles even used leather whips, beat and scolded them, and forced the common people and passers-by to move out of the way. As a result, several yamen servants not only did not dare to say anything, but also had to swallow their breath to expel the people for the baggage team and clear the way forward.
In such a situation, it is reasonable to say that Chen Yingliang, who has no official position, has to wait until the baggage team has passed before he can cross this necessary street and go north to Anximen. Chen Yingliang and others in white robes rode their horses to arrive, and seeing Chen Yingliang's still young and tender face, the captain of the Sui Army who was in charge of escorting the luggage immediately jumped up as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, using his feet To kick the civilian soldiers, while shouting, "Give way! Make way! The white-robed soldiers are coming! The Chen Jishi is here! The Chen Jishi of the white-robed soldiers is coming, make way for him!"
People shouted and horses neighed, chickens flew and dogs jumped, and the heavy carriage, ox cart, and unicycle seemed to be pushed by some invisible hand. In less than a moment, Chen Yingliang gave way to a straight road five or six steps wide. Almost all of them were forced to stand against the wall, and the guards patrolling past and the Henan county government officials simply opened their hands together and held hands to stop the people behind them.
There were no complaints, including those ordinary people who had been whipped, and passers-by stopped moaning, and all stretched their necks to look at Chen Yingliang, and there were discussions, "Who is Chen Jishi? What? The kid in the middle is Chen Jishi?! Is it true or not? It looks a few years younger than my son, how could it be the Chen Jishi of the white-robed soldiers?"
"He is Chen Jishi? My God! He is so young! I heard that he took hundreds of white-robed soldiers, entered and exited seven times among hundreds of thousands of rebels, burned the food and grass of the rebels, and killed several Wan’s traitor! I heard that the corpses of the traitors on the Mang Mountain battlefield are piled up higher than Mang Mountain! He killed them all!”
"I also heard that he is the reincarnation of Chen Qingzhi, the reincarnation of Chen Qingzhi who brought 7,000 white-robed soldiers all the way from Jiangning to Luoyang City in more than 80 years. My grandfather even sang nursery rhymes about him. , Thousands of troops avoid white robes!"
Similar whispers and discussions came one after another, and the eyes they looked at Chen Yingliang were full of surprise, fear and admiration. Although Guo Feng and Chen Ci still straightened their chests, there was still a proud expression on their faces that could not be concealed. The main party, Chen Yingliang, had a fever on his face, and he bowed his hands to the captain of the Sui Army who nodded and bowed to him and thanked him: "Thank you, General, for making way, but I don't have any urgent matters. It is the court's important matter for you to escort the luggage. You should go first."
"Chen Jishi must not be polite, you should go first." The captain of the Sui Army was so excited that he stuttered, "It is the honor of the last general and our honor to be able to make way for Chen Jishi."
Before the lieutenant could finish his sentence, the brigade commander, team leader and team deputy under his command had already nodded repeatedly, echoing the statement of his immediate superior - it was an honor for his team to make way for Chen Yingliang. Chen Yingliang felt a little embarrassed, so he had to bow his hands to the captain and the others and said: "In that case, thank you General, General, continue to work hard, I will go first."
The captain hurriedly nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and led a group of subordinates to watch Chen Yingliang leave respectfully. It was only after Chen Yingliang rode his horse away that the captain slapped his thigh and screamed in great annoyance: "Oops, I'm so nervous, why did I forget the big thing? I finally got a chance to talk to Chen Jishi, I should beg him to let me join the white-robed soldiers! It's a pity, a pity, a pity!"
"General, there are only four regiments of white-robed soldiers, and all four regiments have captains. You used to be a captain, isn't it possible?"
"Fart! Who said that I want to be a captain of the white-robed soldiers? As long as I can enter the white-robed soldiers, I can be a soldier! Follow Chen Jishi to make more military exploits, and wait until I kill all the rebels. Can't be promoted?!"
Just like this, I arrived at Anxi Gate unimpeded all the way. Because of the enemy's war, the area around Anxi Gate is already under martial law, and the ramp leading to the city wall is guarded by heavy soldiers. It is difficult for ordinary people to get close to within 20 steps. Chen Yingliang, who is already well-known in Luoyang, does not want to give people the impression of arrogance. The brigade commander of the Sui army in the corridor had already rushed up, snatched Chen Yingliang's reins, and shouted: "Come quickly, help Chen Jishi get off the horse."
"No, no, you don't need to be polite, general." Chen Yingliang hurriedly declined the kindness of the brigade commander, grabbed the soldiers of the Sui army to help him off his horse, and said to the brigade commander who nodded and bowed to him: "General, I heard about what happened last night. , I also heard that the enemy was spotted outside the Anxi Gate today, and I want to go to the city to observe the enemy's movements, please send someone to the city to inform Master Yuan or General He, and ask them to allow me to go to the city."
"Chen Jishi, aren't you embarrassing the villain?" The brigade commander said with a bitter smile: "Others need to report when they go to the city, but who are you? Chen Jishi of the white robe soldier! The number one general of our Youwuwei You have to report and ask for instructions when you go to the city, General He must slap me in the face! I will tie the horse for you at the end, please go to the city quickly."
"General, please don't say that. I don't dare to be the number one general in Youwuwei. I'm not even old enough to join Youwuwei." Chen Yingliang hurriedly waved his hands modestly, and said sincerely: "This general has military skills like a mountain. I am not a soldier defending Anxi Gate, and I don’t have a pass token or official document in my hand. I am not performing official duties. Without the permission of Master Yuan or General He, I am not qualified to go directly to the city. Please work hard and send someone to General He or General Yuan My lord will report."
Seeing Chen Yingliang's resolute attitude, the brigade commander did not dare to disobey, and honestly sent people to the city to look for Yuan Wendu or He Lanyi, who were guarding the Anxi Gate, to report the matter. , In less than a moment, Huben Lang with dark circles on his face rushed He Lanyi down from the city wall. When he arrived at the scene without saying a word, he immediately slapped the commander in the face heavily, and then He kicked him and sat him on the ground, roaring: "You're blind! Who is Brother Yingliang? He went to the city wall to inspect the enemy situation, and he still needs to ask me if he is allowed to go to the city? Go find the military judge , let him whip you twenty lashes!"
The unlucky brigade commander almost didn't cry, Chen Yingliang hurriedly saluted He Lanyi and said, "General He, don't blame him, I asked him to send someone to ask you for instructions, little brother, I have no official position, and it's not because of official business In the city, regardless of the military law or law, you must obtain the consent of General He or Master Yuan. This general has acted according to the law and has made meritorious deeds. I also ask General He to show mercy and spare him the punishment of whipping."
"Brother Yingliang, you mean it? Forget it, twenty lashes will be spared." Sparing the relieved brigade commander, He Lanyi pulled Chen Yingliang up and left, "Brother Yingliang, hurry up." Shangcheng, you came just in time, and Yang Ni's team is just outside the city messing around, come and help me to see what the hell Yang Niang is planning to do."
He Lanyi dragged him up to the city wall. Many soldiers from the Sui Army came to salute Chen Yingliang. Chen Yingliang respectfully returned the salutes one by one. When he reached the edge of the city wall, he pointed to the distance outside the city and said, "Brother Yingliang, look quickly, the bandit team is over there."
Looking in the north direction pointed by He Lanyi, Chen Yingliang first saw a rebel team sitting on the ground, the number of troops was about five or six thousand, and the equipment was obviously much better than the rebel team encountered by the Baoguo Army before. , is obviously the main force of the rebel army. And behind this soldier team, there are clusters of messy auxiliary soldiers, who are desperately cutting down trees and making equipment, but the distance is too far, and Chen Yingliang, who doesn't have a telescope in his hand, can't see the rebels clearly. What kind of equipment is being built, I can only guess that it should be a siege weapon.
Observing the enemy's situation in the distance, Chen Yingliang asked He Lanyi casually: "General He, what happened last night, can you give me a detailed introduction?"
"Don't be a general, just call me Lao He." He Lanyi also deliberately flattered Chen Yingliang, waved his hand pretending to be bold, and then said: "That's right, the main force of the rebels came back from Mangshan yesterday. After Jinyong City, we thought that Yang Ni would have to rest for a day or two before attacking the city. Unexpectedly, it was only half past midnight at the beginning of the night last night when a group of thieves came to Anxi's gate. Shouting to attack the city, Master Yuan was so frightened that he hurriedly prepared for battle, but after our brothers were ready to defend the city, that gang of traitors immediately slipped away."
"After that, we will suffer." He Lanyi sighed, and said: "After that, every half an hour, a group of thieves would come to the city to startle, shouting with gongs and drums, every time we were surprised. Ximen's team got up from the bed and put on armor to prepare for the battle, but every time the thieves made a fuss and left, they never launched even one siege, which disturbed us so that we couldn't even sleep well. Originally, I said to let the brothers feel at ease Sleeping, but Mr. Yuan was afraid that the traitor would suddenly show up, so he forced us to get up every time to be vigilant, not allowing us to be disarmed, and asking us to open one eye even when we fell asleep, so that the brothers It’s been a miserable toss.”
"Look if you don't believe me." He Lanyi pointed to her dark circles, and said with a wry smile: "Brother, I probably didn't get enough sleep for an hour last night. I finally squinted for a while this morning, and the gang of thieves came again That's it, the result is like this, the brothers thought I had ink on my face."
"Brother He, thank you for your hard work." Chen Yingliang comforted me, and then said with a smile: "But Brother He, you are not alone in suffering this. To tell you the truth, I was awakened several times last night, my brother. It’s too loud, and I heard it in Jiaoyefang.”
"General He, the four regiments we reported to the national army took turns to sleep last night." Guo Feng interjected, "Chen Ci and I led two regiments to sleep in the middle of the night, and Chen Zhihong and Zhao Yu led the other two regiments." Sleeping in the middle of the night is to prevent the rebels from attacking the city suddenly, and I am ready to come to Anximen to help you at any time."
"Really? Thank you so much." He Lanyi was overjoyed, clasped his hands and said affectionately: "Thank you brothers, I will invite you to drink and thank you another day. If the traitors come to do this again tonight, please continue." Take turns sleeping and always ready to come and help."
Guo Feng and Chen Ci were far behind He Lanyi in rank. Seeing that He Lanyi took the initiative to salute and plead, they were flattered and hurriedly returned the salute to He Lanyi, and agreed without hesitation, but Chen Yingliang said calmly, "Brother He, if you , yes, the rebels have too much manpower, arranging thousands of people to harass us in turn is just a trivial matter for the Yang rebels, and you got up every time to prepare for battle last night, which also proves that this tired soldier The trick is indeed effective, so I can conclude that the traitor Yang will definitely repeat his tricks tonight and continue to harass him again."