The battle of ambushing the rebels and attacking the team was the first city defense battle fought by the Baoguo Army in cooperation with other Sui troops. Under this circumstance, the Luoyang defenders achieved a brilliant record of killing more than 1,800 enemies. They were lucky enough to shoot and kill Yang Xuangan's second brother Yang Xuanzong in the chaos. So much so that after confirming this unexpected harvest, the Shangchunmen City, which was already joyful, burst into thunderous cheers once again, and the soldiers and generals rushed to celebrate each other, cheering for a long time.
This is also a victory of great significance. Facing the main force of the rebel army that has never been defeated since the formation of the army, it is also an elite rebel army that has just defeated 40,000 Daxing reinforcements. Their morale is very strong and they are eager to take revenge The Dongdu garrison not only withstood their attack, but also engaged in bloody hand-to-hand combat with them for the first time, and finally completely wiped out the elite rebel soldiers who attacked the city wall, and even became abnormal. At one point, he deliberately retreated, luring the rebels to resort to refueling tactics. Through fierce and bloody battles, more elite rebels were eliminated, and they became more confident in winning. The main force of the rebels splashed a basin of ice water on their heads.
At the same time, this was a great victory for the defense of the city that confused the decision-makers of the Eastern Capital. In the middle of the night, a loud shout of killing came from the direction of Shangchunmen. Fan Zigai of Lidefang jumped up from the bed in shock, and rushed out of the room barefoot to check the situation. When he found that the shouting came from behind the Shangchun Gate, Fan Zigai's wrinkled old face suddenly became smaller than his. The beard and hair are still white. As for Huangfu Wuyi, who was sick in bed, he fainted from shock, because Huangfu Wuyi knew that - he and Fan Zigai had already deployed most of the reserve team at Anximen.
When it was almost determined that the eastern capital was in danger, the Shangchunmen defenders who were supposed to be fighting alone and were underprepared suddenly sent news of their success in ambushing the enemy, before they even had time to send Fan Zi, who Pei Hongce sent to reinforce the army. Naturally, Gai and Huangfu Wuyi fainted on the spot, and asked each other whether Pei Hongce had arranged for Pei Hongce to set up an ambush at Shangchunmen. After getting a negative answer from each other, if it wasn't for the tense battle, Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi would definitely He immediately called Pei Hongce in front of him and asked him carefully in person.
It is precisely because of this that when they received the news of the great victory in defending the city and the defeat of the rebels, the first thing Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi did was of course to lead a large group of frightened Dongdu Wenwu to Shangchun Gate. In the city, they confronted Pei Hongce Xingshi face-to-face—why didn’t he report to the decision-makers of Dongdu beforehand for such a large ambush? Pei Hongce replied very aggrieved: "Fan Liushou, General Huangfu, you can't blame me for this, but I'm not sure about it. I didn't expect my unfilial nephew to guess so accurately. Not only did he guess that the traitor was going to sneak attack, but he also made a surprise attack." I even guessed the time and place of the sneak attack, I was afraid you would think it was too absurd, so I didn’t dare to report it to you, so I just used the defenders of Shangchunmen to set up an ambush.”
"What?" Fan Zigai felt unbelievable again, and asked with wide-eyed eyes: "Your unfilial nephew, not only guessed that the traitor was going to sneak attack, but also guessed the time and place when the traitor launched the sneak attack? He Can you predict the prophet?"
"It's not a prophet." Pei Hongce replied truthfully: "He analyzed the traitor's intentions based on some clues. Although I think his analysis results are too miraculous, it is impossible to guess all the enemy's plans, but I thought his analysis was very reasonable, so I arranged the ambush according to his suggestion, but I didn't expect that this little bastard would guess everything right."
"How did he guess?" Fan Zigai blurted out, and before Pei Hongce could answer, he waved his hand and shouted, "Where is he? I'm going to ask him directly, you little bastard, you didn't report this matter to me in advance! What a great opportunity, if I let the old man know in advance and transfer the reserve team to Shangchunmen to set up an ambush, our gains this time will at least double!"
Of course, Chen Yingliang will be with the National Bao Army team. In the fierce battle last night, the National Bao Army has always occupied the initiative on the battlefield, but the opponent is the most elite main force in the rebel army after all, so the casualties of the National Bao Army are still the same. It was not small, a total of thirty-six people were sacrificed, including one of the earliest brigade commanders of the Nationalist Army, and the number of lightly or severely injured people reached a hundred, setting the record for the largest casualty since the formation of the Nationalist Army. You have to accompany the soldiers to bid farewell to the sacrificed comrades, right? At the same time, in order to buy people's hearts and shape the image, the actor Chen had to apply medicine and bandage the wounded soldiers himself, didn't he
After being picked up by the tall Fan Zigai like an eagle, Chen Yingliang first begged Fan Zigai to put himself down for the time being, and waited until the wounded soldiers in front of him were bandaged up, then Chen Yingliang led the nationalist army to report to the country. Fan Zigai and others saluted, but Fan Zigai waved his hands impatiently and said: "The salute is unnecessary, and you have made great contributions to the imperial court. I will naturally ask His Highness the King of Yue to reward your contributions. What should you do? Chen Yingliang, you bastard come with me, I have something to ask you."
After all, without waiting for the officers and men of the national army to salute and thank you, Fan Zigai immediately snatched the thin Chen Yingliang aside like an eagle catching a chick, and asked Chen Yingliang, "How did you guess it? Answer carefully for the old man." , otherwise, the old man can only suspect that you have communicated and rebelled, and that you have joined forces with Yang Ni and the traitor to cheat the old man into your trust."
"Fan Liushou, I didn't expect you, an old man, to tell jokes." Chen Yingliang said with a wry smile: "The villain has ruined the good deeds of Yang Rebel several times, and even killed his second brother Yang Xuanzong. Yang Rebel now wants to kill the villain The knife is cut to pieces, the villain went to collude with him, didn't he send it to his door to test the knife?"
Huangfu Wuyi, Yang Wang, and other civil and military officials in Dongdu all laughed, Fan Zigai couldn't help but also smiled, and shouted: "Stop talking nonsense, tell me quickly, how did you guess it?"
"It's actually very simple, it's reasoning and analysis." Chen Yingliang also replied at this point: "Yesterday at noon, the villain boarded the Anxi Gate to investigate the enemy's situation and found that the enemy was rushing to build siege weapons on the battlefield. Deliberately lure the enemy, trying to lure our army to attack, and then use the infantry to contain our army, and then use the cavalry to copy our flanks or back. Regarding this, the villain has asked Uncle Pei Guogong to report to you and General Huangfu. The scouts who became ordinary people also discovered that the rebels did indeed have an ambush, which proves that the villain's speculation is correct."
"The old man also felt that there was something wrong with the traitors rushing to build siege weapons on the battlefield, so I didn't send you to fight." Fan Zigai nodded, and urged: "Speaking of the point, how did you guess that the traitor Yang was planning to launch a surprise attack?" of?"
"The villain figured it out by relying on Yang Rebellion's shallow trick to lure the enemy." Chen Yingliang replied truthfully: "At that time, the villain still laughed at Yang Rebel's whimsy, and wanted to use such a shallow trick to deceive the enemy." When we went out of the city, we never considered that our team would stick to the big city of Dongdu, which had as many as twelve gates. There were not many mobile troops, so we had to be cautious every time we went out. But the villain soon discovered that something was wrong, and felt that the young Young and ignorant villains can also consider this point, how could the experienced traitor Yang Xuangan and the cunning Li Mi traitor not consider this point? Why use this rather crude trick to lure the enemy?"
"The villain analyzed at the time and thought there were only two possibilities." Chen Yingliang continued: "The first is Yang Ni's rebels, relying on his sufficient strength, and want to try their luck to see if they can lure the enemy successfully. The second is Yang Ni The traitor has another purpose, the so-called trick to lure the enemy is just to set up a false appearance, let us take it lightly, reveal flaws, and let him achieve the real goal he expects."
"What is Yang Ni's real purpose? That's what the villain thought at the time. If we fall into the trap and think that Yang Ni's traitor is just trying to lure us out of the city for a decisive battle, then we will definitely adopt the following strategy. One is not to fight, and two It is to gather heavy troops at Anximen to strengthen the defense of the Anximen section, because the Yang rebels used drums and gongs every half an hour to disturb our Anximen defenders the night before yesterday. He dared not take the risk of fighting at night, but also had to guard against the sudden arrival of Yang Rebellion's rebels. If he really attacked Anximen at night, he could only concentrate the reserve team in the area of Anximen in case of emergency. .”
"Thinking about this, the villain immediately discovered that we have a flaw." Chen Yingliang put away his hippie smile and said solemnly: "Our reserve team is concentrated under the Anxi Gate, so if the other gates are attacked, the defenders will only It may be a lonely battle, but our emergency reserve team cannot rush to the battlefield as quickly as possible to reinforce, and because the rebels continue to harass Anximen, our reserve team in Anximen will never dare to rush to the battlefield immediately We must confirm the enemy's situation before we dare to act, so as not to be distracted by the enemy, deceive our reserve team, and then take the opportunity to attack Anximen. Therefore, the villain concluded at the time that Yang Rebellion kept harassing Anximen. The purpose of arranging an ambush outside the Anxi Gate is to lure us to gather our heavy troops at the Anxi Gate, and then take the opportunity to attack other city gates!"
"Brother Ying Liang's analysis is too correct." Liu Changgong, who was in charge of leading the reserve team next to him, interrupted, and said, "Last night we heard shouts of killing from the Shangchunmen, and the last general was worried that Yang's traitor would lead the tiger away from the mountain. Dare to lead the reserve team to the Shangchun Gate for reinforcements, and the last general dares to lead the army to reinforce it until it is confirmed that the Shangchun Gate has been attacked by the rebel brigade."
Fan Zigai shook his head, sighed, "It's reasonable, why didn't I think of such a reason yesterday?"
"Then how did you guess the time of Yang Ni's sneak attack?" Huangfu Wuyi asked.
"Two o'clock." Chen Yingliang held up two fingers and explained: "The first is the weather. Yesterday's weather was bad and the sky was very cloudy. It is basically certain that there will be no good moonlight at night, which is a good time to launch a surprise attack." Opportunity. The second is Yang Xuangan’s quick temper as a traitor. Our Dongdu army destroyed his dream of annihilating the Daxing army. He already hated us to the core. Therefore, the villain immediately concluded that the traitor Yang would definitely launch a sneak attack last night!"
"Chen Jishi, how did you predict that Yang's traitors would sneak attack on Shangchunmen?" Yang Wang, the famous great-granddaughter of Guozijian Jijiu, also asked curiously: "There are as many as twelve gates in the eastern capital. Why do you conclude that Yang Rebels attacked Shangchun Gate instead of other city gates?"
"The villain uses the method of elimination." Chen Yingliang replied: "There are twelve city gates in the eastern capital. Of course, Anximen, which has assembled heavy guards, is the first to be eliminated. Longguangmen and other four gates in the northwest can also be eliminated, because These four city gates all lead directly to the imperial city, the city defense is the strongest, and the city walls are also the highest. At the same time, there are many mountains, forests and rivers outside these four gates. Although the terrain is conducive to sneak attacks by small groups of rebels, it is not conducive to large groups of rebels. Marching and deploying, even if a small team succeeds in sneak attack, there will be no follow-up team after attacking the city wall. Another point is that these four gates have urn cities. If we abandon the urn city, we can trap the rebel sneak attack team and win Maximum buffer waiting time."
"There are five gates in the south city, let alone that is impossible." Chen Yingliang continued to introduce: "The south city of Luoyang, the eastern capital, is located on the south bank of the Luoshui River. If the rebels stationed in the northwest of Luoyang want to attack the south gate, they must first go through this period of time. The Luoshui River in the flood season is not only a waste of time, but it is also extremely easy to be discovered by our scouts. Taking a step back, even if the rebels really succeeded in attacking Nancheng, they would pose no threat to us, because there are only three cities in the north and south of Luoyang. There are two bridges for traffic, and when we found that Nancheng was attacked, we had enough time to deploy heavy troops on these three stone bridges to intercept them, or even directly destroy these three bridges, so that the rebel team could not cross the river."
"If these ten city gates are ruled out, the target of the rebel team's surprise attack is almost ready, which is one of Shangchun Gate and Hui'an Gate." Chen Yingliang said with a smile: "And the surprise attack on these two city gates is very important to the rebels." Yan also has two advantages, the first is to create darkness under the lights, so that even if we suspect that the rebels are attacking from east to west, it is hard to imagine that the rebel team will sneak attack on Shangchunmen or Hui'anmen, which are the closest to Anximen."
"Secondly, because of the distance, the villain could clearly hear the rebels' repeated harassment outside Anxi Gate the night before yesterday in the Jiaoyefang adjacent to Shangchun Gate, so our army on Shangchun Gate City The soldiers will definitely be able to hear it, and it will also be affected. The distance between Shangchun Gate and Anxi Gate is already relatively far, and Hui'an Gate, which is closer to Anxi Gate, will naturally be affected. Sleepless at night due to harassment, and then lost vigilance due to poor rest, creating more and better sneak attack opportunities for the rebel team."
After slowly nodding his head, Fan Zigai pondered and said: "So, you conclude that the reason why the rebel team attacked Shangchunmen and ignored Huihui'anmen was because of the distance? The distance between Shangchunmen and Anximen The distance is nearly half of the distance between Hui'an Gate and Anxi Gate. In this way, it will definitely take more time for our reserve team at Anxi Gate to rescue Shangchun Gate than to rescue Hui'an Gate. "
"Reporting to Fan staying behind, the distance is only a small matter, and there is a more critical point." Chen Yingliang said respectfully: "The villain concluded that Yang's traitorous traitor, Shangchunmen, was the target of the surprise attack because of Yang Xuangan's traitorous character. Shangchunmen humiliated Yang Xuangan with words, and listened to the captives’ confession that Yang Ni was disfigured because of half of his ear shot by our army. Therefore, the villain concluded that with Yang Niang’s rebellious and arrogant character, he would definitely choose Shangchunmen Yixue Shame!"
The civil and military officials of Dongdu who were present at the scene stopped talking, and they all looked at Chen Yingliang as if they were looking at aliens. Fan Zigai also looked at Chen Yingliang coldly, his eyes were cold and sharp, so that he could pay them with public funds. Chen Yingliang, who bought the iPhone by himself, felt nervous, fearing that his shameless crimes would be discovered by Fan Zigai, who was known for his honesty and integrity. To Chen Yingliang's surprise, Fan Zigai suddenly raised his leg and kicked Chen Yingliang in the stomach, and roared, "Bastard boy, why didn't you report to the old man yesterday for such a reasonable and incisive analysis? If you had Speaking of which, the old man arranges the reserve team on the Shangchunmen battlefield, how much can we expand the results of the battle?!"
"Yeah." Liu Changgong also said very depressed: "Brother Yingliang, why didn't you tell me yesterday? Otherwise, I would lead my troops in ambush at Shangchunmen, wouldn't our gains be even bigger?"
"Forgive Fan Liushou, General Liu, I am not greedy for merit." Chen Yingliang held his stomach and said with a wry smile: "I said it yesterday, can you believe it? I don't have any circumstantial evidence for these judgments, they all rely on reasoning and analysis out of thin air. , I told you yesterday, you may not believe it, and I am not absolutely sure, if my analysis and reasoning are slightly wrong, the consequences may be disastrous."
"Let's talk about it." Chen Yingliang took the opportunity to say again: "The villain doesn't even have a pass token to enter the imperial city, how can he go to see you Fan Liushou or General Huangfu and report this matter to you?"
"Little bastard, you really know how to seize the opportunity." Fan Zigai, who is old enough to be Chen Yingliang's grandfather, cursed, and said, "Okay, I will ask for a pass token for you when I return to the imperial city. If there is any important military plan in the future, you Enter the imperial city to report at any time."
Chen Yingliang hurriedly thanked him, but Fan Zigai didn't bother to pay attention to Chen Yingliang's hypocrisy, but asked again: "One more thing, I heard that you asked the soldiers to shout words to humiliate the traitor Li Mi in front of Yang Ni's traitor. what?"
"In order to separate the traitor Yang and the traitor Li Mi." Chen Yingliang put away his hippie smile again, and replied solemnly: "I think you, Mr. Left Behind, have also learned about the situation through interrogating the prisoners. Jinyong City, or the Daxing reinforcements who ambushed us, were actually all planned by Li Mi. The villain thinks that Li Mi is a traitor. If Yang Ni continues to obey him, the disaster will be even greater, so the villain will catch him. The opportunity to humiliate Li Mi, damage Li Mi's reputation, make Yang Ni less obedient to him, and reduce the harm of the rebel team."
Fan Zigai gave a rare smile, and said: "I hope your method will be effective, but it doesn't matter, Yang rebels have Li Mi, who is as cunning as a fox, and our Dongdu army also has you, who is more cunning than a fox." Little devil, do you still need to be afraid of Li Mi's traitor?"
Although the words were very ugly, Fan Zigai's admiration for Chen Yingliang in his words was almost beyond words. Chen Yingliang hurriedly pretended to be modest. Unfortunately, the straightforward Fan Zigai disliked Chen Yingliang's slickness the most. character, waved his hand and said: "Stop talking about those hypocritical nonsense, do what you should do, the old man also has official business, report the reward of the national army, and wait for the old man to invite His Royal Highness the King of Yue, and send someone to send it .”
"Thank you, Mr. Liushou." Chen Yingliang hurriedly thanked him, raised his head again, hesitated for a while, and then said to Fan Zigai: "Fan Liushou, villain, I have a few words, can I speak to you alone? Tell me?"
"What did you say? Is it related to the important affairs of the court?" Fan Zigai asked back, seeing Chen Yingliang nodding his head with a serious expression on his face, Fan Zigai didn't say anything more, grabbed Chen Yingliang and walked away, Dongdu Neither civil nor military dared to keep up.
After dragging Chen Yingliang to a secluded place farther away, Fan Zigai released Chen Yingliang, and then Chen Yingliang said in a low voice: "Fan Liushou, the villain's biggest worry now is that Yang's rebellious bandits will no longer attack Luoyang City." , led his rebel team to move westward to attack Guanzhong. We don't know the situation on Wei Shangshu's side for the time being, but it must be very bad. It is difficult to stop Yang's rebels from attacking Guanzhong. It is also difficult to prevent Yang Ni from attacking Guanzhong with the main force."
"This old man is more worried than you." Fan Zigai said in the same low voice: "The main force in Guanzhong has been taken to Dongdu by Wei Wensheng and basically lost. Now Guanzhong is empty. If Yang Ni's main force moves to the west, Guanzhong will be incomparable. Danger."
"Fan Liushou, the villain has a plan. He can keep Yang Ni's main force under Luoyang City with great confidence." Chen Yingliang said in a low voice: "It's just that this plan is a bit sinister, and it will hinder the reputation of Master Liushou."
"Tell me and listen." Fan Zigai ordered.
"Yang Xuangan's second brother, Yang Xuanzong, died in battle on the stone bridge of Shangchunmen, where our bows and arrows cover, so the rebel team failed to take away Yang Xuanzong's body, and the soldiers we asked to clean the battlefield brought back. "Chen Yingliang said in a low voice: "If the lord staying behind doesn't mind, you might as well go and write a letter with Yang Rebellion, saying that you will hang Yang Xuanzong's corpse on the Spring Gate and whip him every day..."
"Boy, it's shameful enough." Fan Zigai smiled coldly, then stopped his smile and said, "You can try it, that old bastard Wei Wensheng can dig up Yang Nizu's grave and burn his bones and ashes for the sake of the Sui court. In order to serve the country loyally, this old man is willing to bear this humiliating corpse."