Chapter 38: Bold

As Chen Yingliang introduced to Fan Zigai, although the wealthy Sui Right Wuwei did not equip every soldier with a war horse, he let every soldier have trained the most basic war horse riding skills, and at the same time, because of the strong folk martial spirit in the Sui and Tang dynasties, a considerable number of soldiers in the national army are still very good at riding, which is much stronger than Chen Yingliang, who inherited the memory of the dead ghost Chen Yingliang's horsemanship.

Of course, there are also soldiers of the National Army who are really bad at riding, and they don't have the confidence to ride horses and run for sixty miles, but fortunately, there are not many of them, a total of only about 30 people, Chen Yingliang did not force them to fight, let them stay in the camp to exercise their riding skills, and then temporarily set up a separate soldier with the ability to ride a horse as a forward, and the soldiers who can only ride horses and whip and cannot fight immediately act as a rear team, let them get off their horses and fight on the battlefield, and then make some necessary arrangements, and after noon, Chen Yingliang led the team of the Baoguo Army out of the city from Anximen, and rushed to the Bishan battlefield under the guidance of the guide.

The guide who was forcibly brought to the army by Chen Yingliang was called Qian Xiangmin, a school scholar of the ninth grade, with a somewhat greedy personality and fear of death, and also loved to put the official shelf of the sesame mung bean official in front of the **** soldiers, and several times provoked Guo Feng and Zhao Yu and other grumpy **** soldiers to be angry, but in front of Chen Yingliang, Qian Xiangmin did not dare to put on any official stand, on the contrary, there was some deliberate flattery - Lord Qian is not a fool, knowing that Chen Yingliang is currently red and purple in the eastern capital, and he can often meet Yang Tong, Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi and other super powerful people, now offended Chen Yingliang, there is absolutely no good fruit to eat.

Of course, Chen Yingliang doesn't like to deceive Qian Xiangmin, but this risky attack does need Qian Xiangmin's intelligence support, so Chen Yingliang can only ask Qian Xiangmin about the various situations on the Bishan battlefield with a pleasant face, but unfortunately this Lord Qian is also a character who doesn't know anything about military affairs, even if he condescendingly observed the situation of the rebel camp, he still couldn't provide Chen Yingliang with any useful information, and he didn't even know anything about the fortifications in the rebel camp. Not to mention the weakness of the rebel camp that Chen Yingliang hoped for the most.

In desperation, Chen Yingliang had no choice but to change his goal and asked Qian Xiangmin: "Lord Qian, since you are too far away to see the situation of the rebel camp, then you have been in Wei Shangshu's camp for almost a day, you should always know the situation of Wei Shangshu's camp, right?" How is Wei Shangshu's camp armed, and how many layers of fences are there? Have you dug a trench to protect the camp? What kind of fortifications are there? โ€

"Chen Ji Room, what are you asking for? What's the use? "Qian Xiangmin is confused.

"Master Ma doesn't need to ask too much, please just go into as much detail as possible." Chen Yingliang was too lazy to explain to Qian Xiangmin in detail.

For the sake of the super magnates such as Fan Zigai, Huangfu Wuyi and Pei Hongce behind Chen Yingliang, Qian Xiangmin didn't dare to ask more, and truthfully introduced: "Wei Shangshu's camp only has two layers of fences, the outer layer protects the camp, and the inner layer protects the camp of the Chinese army. As for the other fortifications, there were basically none, probably because of the rush of time, Wei Shangshu's team only built some guard towers. โ€

Chen Yingliang nodded, quite satisfied with Qian Xiangmin's introduction, and after a little calculation, Chen Yingliang suddenly asked again: "Lord Qian, where is the grain and grass of Wei Shangshu's team hoarded?" Do you know the location? โ€

"I know, it's in the back camp, and I've been there during dinner." Qian Xiangmin replied casually, and then asked suspiciously: "Chen Jiroom, what do you want to do when you ask us where the grain and grass of the Daxing army are hoarded?" โ€

"You'll know when the time comes." Chen Yingliang smiled and said, "Lord Qian, if the battle situation is really as I expected, maybe you will make a great contribution to the imperial court this time." Qian Xiangmin was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked himself what great achievements he had made for the imperial court, but Chen Yingliang smiled and refused to answer, but ordered Qian Xiangmin to lead the way for the self-army, and rushed directly to the Bishan battlefield on the flat official road.

Chen Yingliang's choice of the road to march surprised Guo Feng and Chen Ci and other military captains who served the country, and they all came to Chen Yingliang to question, "Chen Ji's room, isn't it too risky to take the official road to the Bishan battlefield?" Yang Xuan felt that the traitors would definitely deploy heavy troops on the official road to intercept us? โ€

"What's the matter? Scared? Chen Yingliang smiled and asked: "When I was in the city just now, I asked you if you were afraid of going to attack Yang Rebel's back, and they all said that they were not afraid, and now that they are less than five miles out of the city, why are you so scared that you don't even dare to leave the official road?" โ€

"Chen Ji's room has misunderstood, we are not afraid." Guo Feng shook his head and said: "We are worried that we will waste time by being intercepted by the enemy, and we will not be able to rush to the battlefield to support the Daxing army." โ€

"It's okay, let's go, I have already made arrangements." Chen Yingliang said confidently with a smile. Guo Feng, Chen Ci and others had long been obedient to Chen Yingliang's words, and seeing Chen Yingliang's confident expression, they didn't say anything more, but honestly led the army away.

Chen Yingliang did have an arrangement, after marching for more than ten miles, he sent soldiers who were proficient in horsemanship to carefully confirm that there were no rebel scouts around, Chen Yingliang immediately ordered the army to stop advancing, and all took off the white cloak on behalf of the identity of the **** and hid it, and ordered the flag of Jingzhong to serve the country and the Sui army flag were all taken down and hidden, and replaced with a group of rebel flags captured from the battlefield, and then ordered the team to continue to advance along the official road. It was also at this time that Qian Xiangmin, Guo Feng and others finally understood Chen Yingliang's intentions, and exclaimed: "Chen Jiroom, are you going to let us pretend to be rebels to go to the Bishan battlefield?" โ€

"You guessed it." Chen Yingliang snapped his fingers crisply, and said with a smile: "The Yang rebel army has not been formed for a long time, the fish and dragons are mixed, and they continue to recruit rebels, desperately expanding the team, the various armies will definitely not be very familiar with each other, all rely on the banner to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy, we swagger to the Bishan battlefield under the military flag of the Yang rebel thief, and it will be difficult for the Yang rebel army to distinguish between the enemy and me." โ€

Guo Feng and the others opened their mouths, and then Chen Ci exclaimed: "But Chen Ji Room, we are still wearing the Great Sui military uniforms and armor?" โ€

"Stupid, chanting the scriptures stupidly?" Chen Yingliang scolded with a smile and said, "When we fought with the traitor team a few times ago, didn't you see that many of the former right guard soldiers who surrendered to the traitor side were still wearing the Great Sui military uniforms? Also, the Great Sui armor captured by the traitor team from the battlefield is all elite equipment issued to them, and if we wear the armor to the past, it will make the traitor scouts think that we are traitor elite soldiers, and they will be more polite and polite to us. โ€

Guo Feng and the others continued to be dumbfounded, and Chen Yingliang said with a smile: "Don't be angry, let's go, don't worry, if you are recognized, it's a big deal to start fighting, what's there to be afraid of?" Go and tell our soldiers, don't do anything when you encounter the enemy, and I will personally come forward to negotiate with the enemy, and you are not allowed to act rashly without an order. โ€

Guo Feng, Chen Ci and the others thought about it carefully, and felt that even if they were recognized by the enemy, they would just start fighting - anyway, they went to the battlefield to fight, so they didn't say anything more, and immediately went to the order according to Chen Yingliang's explanation, but Qian Xiangmin next to him was so frightened that he trembled, and said tremblingly: "Chen Ji room, don't mess around, there are tens of thousands of traitors over there." โ€

"There are tens of thousands of traitors, but there are also tens of thousands of our Great Sui soldiers." Chen Yingliang said lightly: "Don't be afraid, just rest assured to follow me, with our **** to protect you, the rabble of Yang rebels can't hurt you a single hair." โ€

So, at the request of the bold Chen Yingliang, the team of the Baoguo Army, who didn't even bother to change the armor, put on the rebel flag, and directly swaggered towards the Bishan battlefield, and as a result, the **** team did not deceive the rebels for the time being, but first scared some Sui army scouts who patrolled the sentry next to the official road half to death, and rushed to the depths of the grass and woods on the side of the road to escape for their lives, and could vaguely hear the heart-rending screams, "Yang rebels are here, run!" The appearance of the panicked wolf bรจi made the **** soldiers laugh, and also made Chen Yingliang shake his head and sigh, and he didn't dare to have any hope for the scouts of the Sui army in the eastern capital.

After traveling more than 20 miles to the west, a group of rebel scouts wearing canvas armor finally appeared on the official road, and the atmosphere of the team of the **** suddenly became tense, and many soldiers reflexively went to handle the spear, Chen Yingliang hurriedly drank, and then shouted to the rebel scouts who took the initiative with a majestic face: "Stop!" Whose subordinates? Password! โ€

"General, I am a scout under General Yang Xuanting and Yang San!" The group of rebel scouts obviously never dreamed that the enemy would dare to pretend to be a self-army team in broad daylight, and said loudly with a smile on his face: "Our captain is General Zhao Daduan, and the villain is the gang leader." โ€

"It turned out to be under the command of the three generals." Chen Yingliang smiled a little, and then shouted, "What is the password?" Haven't answered yet! โ€

"Password?" The rebel scout leader paused and asked with a surprised expression, "General, what is a password?" โ€

"Don't even know the password?" Chen Yingliang almost didn't fall off his horse, and for a while he wanted to strangle all the scouts in the Eastern Capital City to death - when he encountered such a rookie enemy, he couldn't find out the enemy's situation, and he was so incompetent that he should apologize!

After secretly scolding a few words about the incompetent scouts of the Luoyang Sui army, Chen Yingliang shouted with a majestic expression: "Who arranged today's scouts? We don't even give us a single password to distinguish between friend and foe, what if the officers and soldiers disguise themselves as our people? โ€

Seeing Chen Yingliang's majestic bearing, the rebel scout leader was a little frightened, and said with a wincing voice: "General Yu, today's scout was arranged by General Pingda Xuping, the general of Yingyang. โ€

"Pinghu dog, wait until I see the third general, see how I clean him up!" Chen Yingliang gritted his teeth and scolded, and then beckoned to the gang leader and said, "Come here." โ€

"No." The rebel scout commander was relieved, hurriedly led nine of his men to dismount, quickly ran to Chen Yingliang's front and knelt down on one knee to salute, and said respectfully: "Little man Yicheng, meet the general, dare to ask the general, where did you come from?" โ€

"Get up." Chen Yingliang gave a big order, and said: "This general's surname is Chen, and on the order of General Yang Jishan, he escorted a noble man from Kim Yong City to the Bishan battlefield to meet the Duke of Chu. โ€

As he spoke, Chen Yingliang pointed to Qian Xiangmin, the only one next to him who was not wearing military clothes and armor, and said with a smile: "I've seen Lord Qian, this Lord Qian came thousands of miles from Liaodong and brought a great news to the Duke of Chu, I just arrived in Jin Yong City today, General Yang Jishan sent us to protect him to the Bishan battlefield, and let him do his best to report the good news to the Duke of Chu in person, and ask the Duke of Chu to decide a big deal!" โ€

"The villain is easy to become and lead the team to meet Lord Qian." Ma Yicheng hurriedly led nine more subordinates to salute Qian Xiangmin, and Qian Xiangmin was already frightened, and it took a long time before he waved his hand under Chen Yingliang's hint, letting Ma Yicheng and other rebel scouts get up.

"Get up, it's really a blessing for you to have the opportunity to meet this Lord Qian!" Chen Yingliang bluffed a few more words, and then asked Ma Yicheng, "How is the situation ahead?" Is our team at war with the officers and soldiers? โ€

"General, Lord Qian, I'm very happy." Ma Yicheng said with a smile on his face: "This morning, Duke Chu personally led the army to a decisive battle with the official army, and Duke Chu used Li Junshi's clever plan to deliberately send people to the ranks of the officers and soldiers to spread the news, saying that the officers and troops had captured the Duke of Chu, but as soon as the officers and soldiers were fooled, they all rushed up, and the Duke of Chu took the opportunity to lead the ambush soldiers to suddenly kill, defeated the officers and soldiers, and rushed into the camp of the officers and troops in one go!" โ€

"Really? That's great! Chen Yingliang was overjoyed and asked, "So what's the situation now?" Did you catch Wei Xuan's old horseman? โ€

"I don't know." Ma Yicheng replied truthfully: "The villain just heard that we won a big victory and rushed into the camp of the official army, and the other villains don't know. โ€

"All you need is a big win!" Chen Yingliang applauded and laughed, and hurriedly shouted: "Okay, don't waste time, give way, General Ben still has to protect this Lord Qian to see Duke Chu!" Ma Yicheng and other rebel scouts hurriedly agreed and quickly got out of the way, while Chen Yingliang waved his big hand and led the 800 Baoguo troops to continue riding on the road, while Ma Yicheng and other rebel scouts nodded on the side of the road and sent off the elite cavalry team of the rebels from Kim Yong City.

It wasn't until he was far away from Ma Yicheng and other rebel scouts that Qian Xiangmin's face regained a little color, and he trembled and arched his hand to Chen Yingliang and said: "Chen Ji, the lower officials really obeyed you, your courage is really iron, at such a close distance, you dare to say so many things to the rebel team." โ€

Chen Yingliang smiled, and said in his heart What is this, when Lao Tzu was a little criminal policeman, he had been undercover in the drug den for more than a month, and that was called thrilling!

"What's so scary about that?" Guo Feng next to him sneered and said: "There are only a dozen traitors, and when Chen Ji's room gives an order, he will immediately let all their heads fall to the ground." By the way, Chen Ji Room, do you want to take a few brothers back and clean them up? โ€

"I don't think it's necessary." Chen Ci interjected and said: "They obviously didn't see through our identities, killing them has no effect, and will only expose us." โ€

"That's right, there's no need to expose us for ten rookies." Chen Yingliang nodded, and instructed Guo Feng: "Captain Guo, give you a task, and then run into the traitor scout patrol in a while, if they dismount and salute and listen to my questioning, forget it, if you dare to take the initiative to interrogate our origin and identity, you will give the lead a slap in the face, the heavier the pump, the better, and then tell him, I am General Chen sent by Yang Jishan from Kim Yong City, escort this Lord Qian to the Bishan battlefield to meet Yang Xuangan, dare to stop it, and immediately kill him!" โ€

"Slap in the face?" As soon as Guo Feng heard the music, he hurriedly smiled and said: "The last general obeys the order, you can see it in the Chen Ji room, those traitors obediently dismount and salute, if you dare to interrogate our identity, the last general will keep him all over his face!" โ€

Guo Feng, who is unknown in history, is a good captain who does what he says, and after reporting **** and traveling a few miles to the west, there is really another rebel scout team blocking the way, and he has to shout loudly to ask Chen Yingliang and others about the identity of the people, but Guo Fengce, who is tall and tall, stepped forward immediately, and really slapped the rebel scout captain in the face without saying a word, and pulled blood out of the corner of the rebel leader's mouth on the spot, and then Guo Feng yelled, saying that the army was ordered by Yang Jishan to protect a noble person to visit Yang Xuangan, Then the rebel gang leader immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty, rubbing his red and swollen cheeks and watching the **** pass away from the dust in front of him, not even daring to take a breath of air.

There was only such an unlucky guy who was slapped by Guo Feng, and then reported that although he had encountered three rebel scout sentry teams, they all obediently dismounted and saluted, and accepted the majestic Chen Yingliang to interrogate him sharply, answering all the questions, saying everything, and at the same time, relying on the confession of these scouts, Chen Yingliang finally knew that Wei Xuan's army had not been completely wiped out, and some of the remnants of the defeated army fled to the direction of Kuihan Road in the west under the personal leadership of Wei Xuan, and at the same time, there were rebel scouts to confess, said that Yang Xuangan had personally led the army to chase and kill Wei Xuan with all his might, and said that he would kill Wei Xuan completely.

After confirming this information, Guo Feng and other **** generals and Qian Xiangmin and others were shocked, and as soon as they arrived at no one's place, they said to Chen Yingliang: "Chen Ji's room, Wei Shangshu's army has been defeated and left, are we going to the Bishan battlefield?" โ€

"Why not?" Chen Yingliang asked quietly and rhetorically, and said: "There are two reasons, first, we have not confirmed the specific situation of Wei Shangshu, and second, Fan Liushou sent us to support Wei Shangshu, and if we don't fight, we will go back, how can we explain to Fan Liushou?" โ€

"But we only have four regiments, and we are still not satisfied with the four regiments." Chen Zhihong's face turned a little pale and said: "This little force, even if it reaches the Bishan battlefield, what role can it have?" โ€

"The soldiers are fine, not many." Chen Yingliang smiled and said: "No matter how small the knife is, as long as it is sharp enough, it can still kill, no matter how few troops are few, as long as it is used properly, it can still turn things around!" โ€

After saying it easily, Chen Yingliang changed his face and said to Guo Feng, Chen Zhihong and the others: "I won't hide it from you, in fact, this situation has long been in my expectation, Wei Shangshu took the risk of defeating the leader, the camp with almost no fortifications was captured by traitors, and Wei Shangshu led some of the remnants of the defeated army to flee to Cuihan Dao, these have long been in my expectation!" So I had already prepared a contingency plan and came up with an idea to turn the tide of the battle. โ€

"What's the idea?" Guo Feng and the others hurriedly asked.

"Raid Wei Shangshu's camp and burn the grain and grass of our Daxing army!" Chen Yingliang said categorically: "Yang rebel's grain and grass is definitely insufficient, if he wants to chase and kill Wei Shangshu's defeated army to the end, he can only rely on the batch of grain and grass left by Wei Shangshu, we burn that batch of grain and grass now, Yang rebel will have no food available, and he can't pursue too far, and Wei Shangshu, who is defeated like a mountain, can also win the opportunity to escape!" โ€

Looking at the dumbfounded Guo Feng and the others, Chen Yingliang said calmly: "I know that the current Bishan battlefield is already the world of the rebels, and it must be dangerous to launch a surprise attack, but I can also tell you that this danger is actually not big, because the main soldiers of the Yang rebel thief army must have already gone to pursue Wei Shangshu, leaving only some second- and third-line troops to clean up the battlefield, and their combat effectiveness is inferior to the enemies we encountered before, and their psychology is lax after the big victory, and they must be caught off guard in the face of our sudden sneak attack. It's actually easy for us to raid and burn food! โ€

Guo Feng, Chen Zhihong and others began to show joy, and Chen Yingliang said again: "If you dare not go, you can speak now, I am not reluctant, but I said ugly things in front, I left the army today, and I don't want to come back in the future." โ€

After hesitating again, Chen Ci was the first to shout: "I'll go!" Chen Ji Room expects the enemy to be the first, and wins all battles, and it is absolutely impossible to go wrong to fight with Chen Ji Room! โ€

"I'll go too!" Guo Feng also shouted: "The head has a scar the size of a bowl!" Lao Tzu is out of the way! If you succeed this time, the reward will definitely be doubled! โ€

"I'll go, I'll go." Chen Zhihong and Zhao Yu also competed and said.

"Good." Chen Yingliang nodded with satisfaction and ordered: "Go and convey the order to the soldiers, tell them how they are going to fight, and by the way, we will continue to dress up as rebels, and we will not be exposed lightly until the last moment!" โ€