Since the beginning of the battle to the eastern capital of Luoyang, it took almost two months of hard work, until the end of the Hongnong War, the poor little Zhengtai Chen Yingliang finally got a rest, and he could hide in Hongnong City with peace of mind to accompany Wei Xuanlao to stubbornly drink wine and eat meat, and receive good news one after another.

can indeed be at ease, relying on despicable tricks and a little luck, after capturing Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong alive, although Yang Jishan and Li Mi and other rebel generals are on the run, Yang Xuanting also led more than 4,000 rebel elites to entrench in the dangerous place west of Hongnong, but it doesn't matter, all kinds of signs show that whether it is Yang Xuanting or Yang Jishan, it obviously does not have the appeal and cohesion of their eldest brother Yang Xuangan, the main force of the rebels After the defeat of Hongnong, the defeated army no longer has any signs of gathering into an army, Cuihan Road is full of chaotic rebel guerrillas, not to mention that it can be regarded as Liu Changgong's team of the regular army, even the township soldiers of Hongnong, Taolin and Shaanxi County can easily abuse and clean them up at will.

There is also Yang Xuanting's side west of Hongnong, under normal circumstances, even if it is a ****, it is not sure to compete head-on with the absolute elite of more than 4,000 rebels under Yang Xuanting, but Chen Yingliang and Yang Zhiji, who are good at attacking psychological warfare, used various channels such as ordinary people and prisoners of war to send the news of Yang Xuangan's capture into Yang Xuanting's army, and the elite division under Yang Xuanting soon became a plate of scattered sand, Yang Xuanting once led the army back to the division to save his brother, but before the army arrived at Hongnong City, more than 4,000 troops had already run nearly one-third, There was no need for the Sui army to make a move, and Yang Xuanting's army, whose morale was extremely low, completely lost its combat effectiveness.

The rebel team can't do it if it doesn't collapse, Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong were both captured, and the whereabouts of Li Mi, who is still in the growth period, are unknown, and the brave and unscrupulous Yang Xuanting and Yang Jishan can't pick up the burden left by Yang Xuangan at all, and the cohesion is completely lost, and what's even worse is that because the Sui army team kicked the rebel camp with one kick, the rebels' grain and grass were also captured and burned by the Sui army, and they didn't even have to eat.

The overall situation has been decided, Chen Yingliang naturally no longer needs to tie his head to the belt of his trousers to lead the army to fight, and at the same time, Chen Yingliang, who has already made enough limelight and made enough credit in the counterinsurgency war, must also sell some favors to the friendly team, after obtaining the consent of Wei Xuan and Yang Zhiji, Chen Yingliang simply handed over all the sweeping work to Liu Changgong's team and the remnants of Zuo Wuwei's army, so that they could sweep away the remnants of the enemy and gain military achievements. By the way, he took care of Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong, the two biggest trophies.

When it came to the time to fight the tailwind battle, General Liu's team always played exceptionally well, and the remnants of Zuo Wuwei under Wei Xuan's command were not far behind, and they joined forces with General Liu to win a lot, and successively defeated Yang Xuanting's team who had no heart to fight several times, killing and capturing more than 1,000 enemies, Yang Xuanting's team fled to Yan zhòng, and finally even Yang Xuanting himself disappeared at night, and more than 4,000 elite troops were wiped out by the veteran soldiers under General Liu.

There are also good news in Shaanxi County, Taolin and Mianchi, especially in Mianchi, Husi Wanshan and Pang Yu, who fled into the city of Mianchi, and other Daxing civil and military forces learned the news of Hongnong's victory, and immediately took the remnants of the team out of the city to the west, and attacked the defeated rebels who had not escaped from Cuihan Road, and got a lot of credit on the remnants of the rebels, and also captured a few rebel prisoners of sufficient weight, and saved a lot of face for Wei Xuanlao's stubbornness. And as the three main forces of the Sui army entered the Cuihan Road, the death knell of Yang Xuangan's complete annihilation of the rebels also sounded, and the Sui army was faced with only the question of how many enemies to kill and how many to capture.

Good news is frequent, once so sad and angry that he almost apologized for his own crimes, Wei Lao stubborn suddenly became a lot younger, he took Chen Yingliang to drink and listen to music all day long, free from corruption, Chen Yingliang also took the opportunity to learn a lot of corrupt methods in this era, but Chen Yingliang was a little regretful, Yang Zhiji, another major hero of the decisive battle of Hongnong, since the end of the war, he went into his Taishou Mansion and lived in a simple place, almost never met Chen Yingliang and Wei Xuan, Wei Xuan and Chen Yingliang invited Yang Zhiji to a banquet several times, but was also politely declined by Yang Zhiji, He didn't accept that even once, and he never even allowed Chen Yingliang and Wei Xuan to enter the door of his house!

In this regard, Chen Yingliang, who originally planned to learn something more from Yang Zhiji, a well-known thinker in the Great Sui, of course had some regrets, but Wei Xuan, who had completely changed his impression of Chen Yingliang, scolded in private: "Little guy, don't think that His Royal Highness King Cai is putting on a show, he is protecting himself, and it is also for the sake of you and the old man, what happens if the foreign minister is too close to the emperor's relatives, haven't you seen it in the history books?" ”

At this point, Huangfu Wuyi also warned Chen Yingliang, of course Chen Yingliang understood, but Chen Yingliang was still a little puzzled, taking the opportunity of a private conversation, Chen Yingliang said in a low voice: "Wei Liushou, of course the juniors understand the truth you said, but is His Royal Highness King Cai a little too careful?" The younger generation also heard that His Royal Highness King Cai only read two enlightenment books, "Analects" and "The Book of Filial Piety", to his five sons, and then did not allow his sons to learn any articles and martial arts. ”

Elder Wei was stubbornly silent, and only after a moment did he say: "This is a private matter of His Royal Highness King Cai, and we have no right to intervene. But remember, His Royal Highness King Cai cares for you little guy very much, and if you have the opportunity in the future, you must repay him well. Do you know no, on the day of Hongnong's victory, why did His Royal Highness King Cai rush to write a Tang newspaper to Fan Zigai, the old stubborn good news? We have the odds in our hands, do you think His Royal Highness King Cai is really in a hurry to ask for help? He had another purpose! ”

"What other purpose?" Chen Yingliang hurriedly asked.

"Publicize your merits, lest others rob you." Wei Lao stubbornly replied coldly: "He personally wrote a Tang report to Fan Zigai to report the good news, you are the person appointed by Fan Zigai Immortal, so you will naturally immediately report the good news to the emperor and ask for credit for you, the emperor knows that it was you who caught Yang Xuangan with your own hands, and no matter how much others rob this Gaishi Qigong, they can't snatch it away, now you understand?" Little guy, His Royal Highness King Cai has taken care of you, don't you know how to appreciate your kindness. ”

This time, Chen Yingliang was silent, and after listening to Wei Xuan's explanation, Chen Yingliang suddenly understood that Yang Zhiji was indeed very interesting, if it weren't for Yang Zhiji's immediate use of Tang Bao to publicize his own miracle skills and put them in the hands of the absolutely reliable Fan Zigai, then not to mention that the main general of the Sui army who was about to rush to Hongnong might snatch away his credit, even the stubborn Wei Xuan in front of him might also use this black hand and completely snatch away his own genius skills of capturing Yang Xuangan. Thinking of this, and thinking of the sentence in history when Yang Zhiji was dying, 'I knew today that the leader of the Debao was not on the ground', Chen Yingliang was inevitably full of sympathy for Yang Zhiji - this King Cai of the Great Sui with real talent and a sense of responsibility is indeed not easy.

As Wei Xuan expected, although they were unwilling, but when the wood was already in the boat, Yuwenshu and the others still didn't dare to fight the bad idea of grabbing merit and grabbing prisoners of war, and they didn't rush to Hongnong to receive the results. At the same time, because the battle situation had become a foregone conclusion, Yuwenshu and Qu Tutong, who didn't want the army to work hard in vain, simply didn't even enter the Cuihan Road, and directly stationed in the open area east of the Cuihan Road to rest their troops. Only in a hurry to clean up the unfilial son of Lai Hu'er with the main force of the right Yiwei, together with Pei Hongce's team into the Cuihan Dao to participate in the tail sweeping battle that is destined to have no good luck, but unfortunately Lai Hu'er is still a step late, and when he finds the unfilial son Lai Yuan, Lai Yuan has been captured by the remnants of Zuo Wuwei and imprisoned in Michi City, and then Lai Hu'er can only beat the unfilial son out of anger, and accept Pei Hongce's kind dissuasion not to slaughter this unfilial son with his own hands, so as not to be suspected of murder again.

At this point, the two-month Yang Xuangan rebellion was finally completely quelled, the culprit Yang Xuangan and the number one scum of the Great Sui army, Li Zixiong, were captured alive together, Yang Xuangan's two younger brothers Yang Xuanting and Yang Jishan were nowhere to be found, Chen Yingliang's only jealous Li Mi also evaporated from the world, I don't know whether he died in the chaos of the army, or fled incognito, almost all of the more than 40 people who defected to Yang Xuangan were captured and killed, only a few disappeared, and the rebel team that had reached more than 100,000 people at the peak was wiped out. More than 20,000 surrendered, and the rest were either killed or fled, and not a single soldier continued to resist stubbornly.

The victory of the counterinsurgency war is over, but no one knows how to deal with the aftermath next, and it must wait for Emperor Yang of Sui, who has a glorious reputation, to personally issue an order to know, originally Fan Zigai planned to order Chen Yingliang and Liu Changgong to escort Yang Xuangan back to Luoyang for detention, but considering that Wei Xuan made a lot of efforts in the Hongnong War, and Wei Xuan lost too badly in the early stage of the counterinsurgency war this time, and then snatched all the credit for capturing Yang Xuangan away from his old friend, Fan Zigai, who had a passable character, thought about it, Still very righteous and ordered Chen Yingliang and Liu Changgong to stand by and wait for Emperor Yang of Sui's will to arrive, so that Wei Xuan could share some credit and save some of the face and reputation he had already lost.

After Wei Xuan, who was very sorry for his old friend this time, learned of Fan Zigai's order, he immediately understood that his old friend was still a friend, and under gratitude and touching, in order to repay his old friend's kindness, while waiting for Emperor Yang of Sui's will, Wei Xuan naturally did a lot of work in secret, ready to repay his old friend.

Bored waiting for more than ten days, Emperor Yang of Sui's will finally arrived, so that Fan Zigai and Wei Xuan, the two emperors of the two great emperors, quite surprised, Emperor Yang of Sui, who has always liked to travel in the mountains and rivers, actually thought of going home once, and ordered Wei Xuan and Liu Changgong to take Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong to Daxing for detention, waiting for Emperor Yang of Sui to return to Daxing to deal with it personally, at the same time, Emperor Yang of Sui also mentioned Chen Yingliang and the army of the country by name, and asked Chen Yingliang and the army to go to Daxing to welcome the Hou Shengjia, In order to benefit all generations and leave a name for himself, Emperor Yang of Sui personally inspected it -- as for the reward given to Chen Yingliang, the holy decree did not mention a single word.

After receiving the order, Wei Xuan first teamed up with Yang Zhiji, who rarely went out once, to arrange a banquet to entertain the herald officials, and then asked Liu Changgong to sort out the team and prepare to leave, and then Wei Xuan wanted to tell Chen Yingliang to prepare for departure, but saw Chen Yingliang sitting silently on the side, pondering, Wei Xuan, who had already treated Chen Yingliang as a grandson, inevitably laughed, went up and kicked Chen Yingliang first, and then shouted: "Little guy, what are you anxious about?" The emperor did not mention the reward given to you in the holy decree, do you think that His Majesty forgot it? Little fool, this is a good thing, you little guy is about to soar! ”

"Ying Liang, the imperial brother didn't mention the reward for you in his will, which is really a good thing." Yang Zhiji, who hadn't left yet, also smiled and said: "The capture of Yang Xuangan is such a great achievement, but the imperial brother did not announce the reward for you in the holy decree, and asked you to go to Daxing to drive, you still don't understand what this means?" The imperial brother wants to reward you in person, and reward you in front of the civil and military officials of the Great Sui, not only to make you beautiful, but also to be thicker and heavier than the decree reward, you little guy, wait to be in the limelight. ”

"Wei Liu, His Royal Highness King Cai, you have misunderstood." Chen Yingliang shook his head with a wry smile and replied: "The juniors don't care about the reward, not to mention that the juniors also understand that the emperor is preparing to give the reward in person, even if there is no reward, it doesn't matter, the juniors are just ......, just ......." ”

Although Chen Yingliang's words were a little slurred, Yang Zhiji immediately understood what Chen Yingliang meant, and said with a smile: "It's just a little homesick, right?" ”

"Your Highness is clearly decided, the villain is indeed a little homesick." Chen Yingliang nodded honestly and said: "Although the villain has no relatives in Daxing, he still has an old family member who depends on each other, a confidant and friend, and the holy decree ordered the villain to return to Daxing, thinking that he would be able to meet them soon, and he missed them a little, so he was a little distracted." ”

"I see." Yang Zhiji smiled and said, "There is an old family member who depends on each other and a confidant and friend, so is there a confidant?" Or is there a girl you like? If you have any words, hurry up, take Wei to stay here, and quickly beg him to be a matchmaker, in Daxing City, there are few families who dare not to give Wei Liushou face. ”

"There's really no such thing, so I won't bother the guards for the time being." Chen Yingliang replied with a wry smile and explained: "The key is that I miss my third uncle, I only left him a little money for his life, and he is old and frail and in poor health, so I miss him very much." After my parents died, he took care of me and was my only parent, and I was very worried about his situation. ”

Saying this, Chen Yingliang couldn't help but think of the delicate appearance of the green-clothed girl Yang Yu'er in his mind, and he couldn't help but have such a thought in his heart, "Now that I am here, the distance between me and her should not be big, right?" There should be some hope, right? ”

Yang Zhiji smiled and nodded, very satisfied with Chen Yingliang's nostalgia and filial piety, Wei Xuan, who was not reassured by the holy decree and was finally relieved, also smiled, and said: "Since the little guy is homesick, then let's do it, when you enter Tongguan, the old man will allow you to go to Daxing to reunite with relatives and friends first, give them a little surprise, and wait for the old man to bring the army to Daxing, and then give them a bigger surprise." ”

"Wei Liushou, are you underestimating Ying Liang too much?" Yang Zhiji said with a smile: "Xiao Chen Qingzhi, seven hundred white-robed soldiers smashed the traitor's grain and grass, killed the thief in more than 10,000 battles and were invincible, and captured Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong alive, Ying Liang's famous name, I'm afraid it has already resounded inside and outside the entire Daxing City, right?" ”

"Impossible, it's impossible for Daxing to know Ying Liang's name! In Daxing City, at most, only a few officials who were particularly close to the old man knew Ying Liang's name, including His Royal Highness the Acting King, who was still unknown for the time being. ”

Wei Lao's stubborn answer made Chen Yingliang and Yang Zhiji a little confused, looking at Chen Yingliang and Yang Zhiji's surprised looks, Wei Xuan, the old slippery head of officialdom, smiled and added: "Because the old man never mentioned Ying Liang's name in the official document to Daxing and the recital to His Royal Highness the Acting King, he only said that it was Chen, the secretary of Henan Zanzhi Mansion, so Daxing didn't know the name of this little guy for the time being." In addition, as far as the old man knows, in the folk rumors of Daxing, he only calls Ying Liang Xiao Chen Qingzhi, or the little general in the white robe, and does not know Ying Liang's name. ”

"Why?" Yang Zhiji was a little confused, and asked curiously, "Why did Wei Liushou block this news?" ”

"Because of this little guy, of course." Wei Xuan patted Chen Yingliang's head and said with a smile: "The old man promised him one thing, in order to fulfill his promise and repay this little guy for his kindness to the old man and the Daxing soldiers, of course the old man will not give people the opportunity to know and prepare in advance." ”

Chen Yingliang and Yang Zhiji are so treacherous, Wei Xuan has said it to this point, Chen Yingliang and Yang Zhiji still don't understand the truth? Under gratitude, Chen Yingliang didn't know what to say, but Yang Zhiji hesitated for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Wei Liu, in order to vent his evil anger for Yingliang, why do you deliberately make such a big fuss?" ”

"It's not just a bad breath for the little guy, but also a bad breath for the old man himself." Wei Xuan's expression was stubborn, and he snorted coldly: "If it weren't for that dog who hates the poor and loves the rich, this kid Ying Liang would still be cheaper than Fan Zigai, that old immortal?" The old man went out of Tongguan this time, why did he lose so badly? ”

Yang Zhiji smiled bitterly and sighed secretly: "Poor guy, it seems that Wei Lao is stubborn and stubborn to use you as a punching bag and let you carry the black pot." Anyway, you are self-inflicted, this king can't blame Old Man Wei, Old Man Fan and Wen Xi Pei for you, so you don't bother to care, you ask for more blessings. ”

After sighing secretly, Yang Zhiji turned to Chen Yingliang again, and said with a chuckle: "Yingliang, this king knows that you must be full of resentment, and I don't want to stop you from being angry, this king just wants to remind you, you have to be forgiving and forgiving, you are still young now, and you have to plan for your own future." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your advice." Chen Yingliang also knew that Yang Zhiji was kind to him, so he also saluted respectfully and thanked him.

"It's okay, when the time comes, the wicked old man will do it, and there is no need for this little guy to offend people." Wei Lao stubbornly waved his hand, and said: "The matter is so decided, Ying Liang, you go down and prepare, tomorrow we will set off back to Daxing, if there is nothing to do, let's disperse." ”

"Wei Liu, His Royal Highness King Cai, wait, there is one more thing." Chen Yingliang hurriedly spoke.

"What's the matter? Say. Wei Xuan didn't even blink an eyelid.

"It's ......." Chen Yingliang's expression was very embarrassed, and said: "The junior said, Wei Liushou and His Royal Highness King Cai, don't laugh - junior, I want to borrow some money from you." ”

"Borrowing money? What do you borrow money for? Wei Xuan and Yang Zhiji froze.

"Travel expenses, living expenses." Chen Yingliang's expression was even more embarrassed, and he said with a wry smile: "I won't tell you that I went from Daxing to Luoyang to join the army, and I sold the tokens left by my parents as travel expenses, and it has been more than two months, and the money has long been used up. ”

Yang Zhiji and Wei Xuan looked at each other and smiled, and then said in unison: "Don't borrow!" Let your little one come home hungry! ”

"It's nothing to let the younger generation go home hungry." Chen Yingliang said with a sad face: "But when the juniors arrived at home, they also starved to death directly, and I won't tell you that in the first few months before the juniors left Daxing, they went to the vegetable market to pick up vegetable leaves that others didn't want to boil porridge and drink." ”