Refusing Wei Xuan's request to send troops to flank the main force of the rebels, Chen Yingliang's Jian Yì had just spoken, and Pang Yu, the prison gate sent by Wei Xuan, immediately burst into a rage, and Yang Wang and other civil and military officers in the eastern capital looked at each other, but Fan Zigai, Huangfu Wuyi, and Pei Hongce were silent - because they had already seen Chen Yingliang's judgment and analysis of the battle situation, and knew that Chen Yingliang would definitely not be untargeted, and there must be reasons and reasons for opposing the dispatch of troops.

Chen Yingliang, who had long expected this result, smiled bitterly, and said to Pang Yu, who was already flushed with anger: "Huge man, please be calm and don't be impatient, and listen to the villain's words, the villain opposes sending troops because of ......." ”

"Shut up!" Pang Yu was furious, and roared with a blue face: "You are a mere official with no official or position, and you dare to talk nonsense on major affairs in the imperial court? Shut up to this official! ”

"Huge man, please take a break from the wrath of thunder." Fan Zigai also regretted letting Chen Yingliang express his opinion in public, and said: "Huge man, this Chen Ji Office is indeed very good at military tactics, and the few recent victories of our Luoyang army have all relied on the correct strategy he proposed, so the old man let him express his opinions." ”

In the end, it was the temporary emperor in the eastern capital, Fan Zigai opened this mouth, and Pang Yu didn't dare not give this face, so he had to suppress his anger and said: "Don't blame Fan for staying behind, Xia Guan is a little impulsive, but Xia Guan thinks that such an important military aircraft matter, it is best not to let such an unofficial and unemployed Huangkou child talk nonsense." ”

"Don't worry, if he is really talking nonsense, the old man will deal with it in accordance with the law of the country, but for now, let's listen to him first." Fan Zigai comforted Pang Yu, and then said to Chen Yingliang: "Yingliang, you say, why are you opposed to sending troops to attack Yang Xuangan's rebels?" ”

"Left-behind adults, ladies and gentlemen, do you notice something strange?" Chen Yingliang pointed at Pang Yu and said: "This huge man rushed to Luoyang from the camp in Bishan to deliver a message, and came to contact us on behalf of Wei Shangshu, why was he not intercepted and chased by the rebel team on the way?" ”

"What do you mean?" Pang Yu looked at Chen Yingliang even more unpleasantly, and said angrily: "Do you want this official to die at the hands of the thief team?" ”

"Huge man, can you stop talking for a while?" Fan Zigai drank a sentence, and then asked Chen Yingliang rhetorically: "You mean, the thieves deliberately let Pang Zhige come to the Eastern Capital to report the news?" ”

"Exactly!" Chen Yingliang nodded vigorously, and said loudly: "All of you adults must know the strength of Yang Rei's team scouts, these days, our Luoyang army sent out to scout, almost no one has not been ambushed and pursued by the rebel scout cavalry, and we don't even know anything about the division of Yang Re's main force under our noses, which also makes it difficult for us to communicate with Wei Shangshu's reinforcements, and there is even a situation where Yang Rui's traitors forged Wei Shangshu's letters. In this case, isn't it unreasonable that a huge number of people came from the east of the camp in Bishan to deliver a letter and passed next to the camp of Yang Cheng's main force, and they were not intercepted and hunted down? ”

Luoyang Wenwu who was present whispered, Fan Zigai's face also changed, and he quickly turned to Pang Yu and asked, "Pang Zhige, you came east to deliver a letter this time, and you were discovered by Yang Zhi's team on the way?" ”

"It's ......." Pang Yu wanted to answer truthfully, but he didn't want Chen Yingliang to be in the limelight, so he gritted his teeth and said: "No, I took the small road and was not discovered!" ”

"Pang Zhige, it's a big deal, please answer truthfully!" Pei Hongce saw that something was strange and opened his mouth to drink.

"No is nothing." Pang Yu raised his head and replied loudly: "The rebel team sees me from a distance at most, and I and my entourage are riding good horses from the Western Regions, and the Yang rebel cavalry can't catch up if they want to, so I don't know if the Yang rebel cavalry tried to chase and kill me." ”

Pei Hongce and Fan Zigai both frowned, although they both suspected that Pang Yu did not tell the truth, but there was no evidence to continue to ask, Chen Yingliang said: "Ladies and gentlemen, whether Yang Rebellion's cavalry tried to hunt down and kill the huge people, this is no longer important, the important thing is that Yang Rebellion's main force now has no need to continue to cut off our contact with the Daxing reinforcements at any cost, because just today, Yang Rebellion's main force has hit our reinforcement main force as he wished, and let the huge people bring the news to Luoyang. It can not only hit our morale and morale, but also induce our army to go out of the city to rescue Wei Shangshu's team, and reduce his siege pressure in the future. ”

Glancing at the thoughtful Fan Zigai and others, Chen Yingliang added: "There is a more important point, the location of the Yang rebel army is also very unfavorable to our army's troops, just now I have asked a huge person to point out the location of the main force of the Yang rebel army, from the map, the terrain in that area is quite complicated, the mountains are high and dense, very suitable for ambush warfare, in the case of unknown enemy situation, our army rashly dispatched, it will only be more than lucky." ”

"It makes sense." Huangfu Wuyi nodded and said: "Our scouts are so incompetent that we know almost nothing about the situation of Yang Wei's main force, in such a situation, we can't rush into battle, at least we can't send a large number of troops to fight in complex terrain at will." ”

"General Huangfu, why do you echo this yellow-mouthed boy's nonsense?" Pang Yu was far less afraid of the sick Huangfu Wuyi than he was of Fan Zigai, and said angrily: "Wei Shangshu led the army of the Western Capital hundreds of miles away to rescue you, and you still refused to send troops to fight with him, are you worthy of Wei Shangshu?" ”

Huangfu Wuyi, who had a better temper, looked embarrassed, and some couldn't find the words to deal with Pang Yu's accusations, Fan Zigai raised his white eyebrows, and said in a rough voice: "Pang Zhige has said that they are all serving the imperial court, as long as it is for state affairs, there is nothing to be sorry for among private individuals, and Renjian did not say that he was unwilling to cooperate with the reinforcements to fight, but only said that the area around Bishan is not suitable for our army to fight." ”

"Then please let Fan stay and show me, what the Luoyang army plans to do, and the lower officials can return to Wei Shangshu." Pang Yu said angrily.

Fan Zigai didn't answer, but turned his gaze to Chen Yingliang, Chen Yingliang understood, and replied loudly: "Stay behind the lord, the villain thinks that at present, our army does not have to go directly to the Bishan battlefield to reinforce Wei Shangshu, just ask Wei Shangshu to stick to the camp, and our Luoyang army can solve the remaining problems!" ”

"How to fix it?" Fan Zigai hurriedly asked.

"The villain just asked about the camp of the main force of the huge man Yang Rei." Chen Yingliang replied with a smile: "The huge man said that Yang Rebellion's main force did not show signs of deep ditches and high fortifications, but only started to build simple fortifications such as fences, which shows that Yang Rebellion's main force has the intention of a quick battle and a quick decision, and does not intend to confront Wei Shangshu's army for a long time, and then it can be inferred from this that Yang Rebellion's main force must not have much grain and grass in the battalion, and it must rely on Jin Yong City for supplies!" ”

Fan Zigai, who has also read a lot of military books, immediately lit up his eyes, and blurted out: "What do you mean, let our Daxing reinforcements only defend without fighting, contain Yang Rebellion's main force, and we will send troops from Luoyang to cut off the grain and grass supply road for Yang Rebellion's main force?" ”

"Exactly!" Chen Yingliang nodded and said: "The villain also asked the huge man just now, the grain and grass situation of our Daxing reinforcements, and the huge man replied that the grain and grass can be used for 40,000 troops for five days, and now the Daxing army has only about 20,000 left, that is to say, Wei Shangshu's current grain and grass can support at least ten days!" If you save on use, it is not impossible to even support the first half of the month! ”

Pang Yu's face turned even more pale, and he almost wanted to point at Chen Yingliang's nose and ask Chen Yingliang if he wanted to make the Daxing army hungry, but Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi were ecstatic together, and asked in unison: "Then the grain and grass in the battalion of Yang Rei's main force may support more than ten days?" ”

"Absolutely impossible!" Chen Yingliang replied categorically: "The distance between the Bishan battlefield and Luoyang is only more than sixty miles, and the distance from Jin Yong City in the northeast of Luoyang is only more than seventy miles, and the supply is more convenient. ”

"Please think about it, gentlemen." Chen Yingliang smiled and added: "Wei Shangshu's army is holding on without fighting, Yang Xuangan can't find a chance for a decisive battle, so he can only confront Wei Shangshu or fall into a hard battle, and our army takes the opportunity to send troops to cut off Yang Rebellion's grain road, so that Yang Rebellion's main force can not supply grain and grass, then Yang Rebellion's main force is left with only two choices, one is to divide heavy troops to protect the grain road, and the other is to return to Kim Yong City for food. ”

Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi's faces were even more happy, and General Liu Changgong, who had never dared to speak before, jumped up and said loudly: "Fan stays behind, General Huangfu, this plan is wonderful, the last general and Chen Ji Room have joined forces to kill Kim Yong Cheng's rebel army, and it is easy to cut off Yang Yong Cheng's rebel grain road in the field, and the last general will ask for the order to fight again, and join forces with Chen Ji to intercept Yang Reverse Grain team, and ensure that Kim Yong Cheng's rebel thieves will not be sent to the Bishan battlefield!" ”

"The last general is also willing to fight, and the last general is also willing to fight!" The other three tiger generals, who had already missed the two opportunities to make meritorious contributions, also rushed to jump up, and the last tiger general simply shouted out the words of the writ of the Willing Army, saying that he would no longer let Liu Changgong be the only one to be beautiful -- and would not let Liu Changgong continue to take advantage of Chen Yingliang again.

"You guys? Why are you all talking nonsense with this yellow-mouthed little official? Pang Yu was anxious, angry and confused, saying that he couldn't understand that such a large number of important ministers in the Eastern Capital would trust Chen Yingliang who had no official position so much - this really can't blame Pang Yu for being unreasonable, the key is that Chen Yingliang's little white face is too tender, giving Pang Yu a strong unreliable impression.

Finally saw several heavy generals under his command bravely ask for battle, Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi were of course secretly happy in their hearts, but Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi were both people who were good at stability, and they did not immediately agree with Chen Yingliang's strategy, and after carefully thinking for a long time, Fan Zigai said to Chen Yingliang Island: "Yingliang, it is really good that you put forward this strategy, but there is a problem, you also know how incompetent our scouts are, can they find the grain transportation team of Yang rebels in time?" ”

"yes, yes." Pang Yu hurriedly echoed: "If you can't find Yang Rebel's grain team in time, how can you cut off their grain route?" ”

Before Pang Yu's words fell, Liu Changgong hurriedly said: "Stay behind, General Huangfu, you can rest assured of this, when the emperor personally conquered Goguryeo last year, the last general went out with him, although he had not been on the battlefield, but he had escorted grain and grass for the army, and knew that the speed of the delivery of this grain and grass was not as fast as the army's march, which was very different. ”

"Oh, how is it different?" Fan Zigai really hasn't escorted grain and grass, so I really don't know the difference.

"Under the condition of retaining a certain combat body, the infantry team can march up to 90 miles a day, and the cavalry can reach 100 miles." Liu Changgong replied with a fluttering eyebrow: "But the grain and grass military needs can't reach this speed, it's good to say that the grain transportation on the land road needs to be carried by the people, mules and horses are dragged, the normal marching speed of a day is only thirty or forty miles, and the tired people's husbands and mules and horses are only more than sixty miles to the sky, and at the same time, the road is also required to be smooth and open, if the road is rugged and difficult, it will only take more time, so the traitors of Kim Yong City want to send the grain to the Bishan battlefield seventy miles away, it is definitely not so easy!" ”

"Makes sense!" Fan Zigai came to his senses and said with great joy: "Yes, it will take at least a day for the traitors to transport grain from Kim Yong City to the Bishan battlefield, and they also need to level the road to transport grain. ”

"Fan stays behind, there is another way." Chen Yingliang interjected: "We can let our scouts disguise themselves as ordinary people and carry dry food to guard the big and small roads day and night, so that we can evade the hunt and kill of the traitor scouts, and ensure that the traitor grain transport team will not sneak away to the greatest extent." ”

"You can also destroy part of the road." Pei Hongce, who relied on civil engineering to eat, also proposed to build a road, and said quietly: "Destroy the roads that some traitors must pass through to transport grain, or dig pits for irrigation, or destroy roadbeds, use trees and boulders to block the roads, and increase the difficulty of transporting grain for Yang rebels, so that we can buy the most time to respond." ”

"It's ......, you can still wolf ......, wolf smoke." Lu Chu also stammered and said, "After our scouts found the rebel grain transport team, let ...... Let them light the wolf smoke, and we can immediately ...... and send troops immediately! ”

With the drive of Pei Hongce and Lu Chu, the civil and military forces of the Eastern Capital present were interested, and they rushed to put forward a bunch of good ideas that were practical or nonsense, and listened to Fan Zigai with a dazzled smile, and said on the spot: "Wonderful plan!" It's so decided, if you don't go to Bishan to take risks, you will cut off the grain route of the traitor, and see what he Yang Xuan will do if he feels like a thief! ”

"Fan stays behind, so what should we do?" Pang Yu was completely anxious, and hurriedly said: "We accidentally suffered a defeat today, and the morale of the army has been greatly affected, and we need your assistance in sending troops!" ”

"Pang Zhige, the old man decided to send troops to cut off Yang Reverse Grain Road, isn't it to assist you?" Fan Zigai asked rhetorically.

"But ......, but what if it doesn't work?" Pang Yu insisted: "What if Yang Xuan feels that the thief has more grain and grass than us? ”

"Probably not, Chen Ji's room has already analyzed it very clearly, it is impossible for Yang Cheng to have too much grain and grass in the main camp, and the old man believes in his judgment." Fan Zigai's personality is more stubborn than Pang Yu, and the things he decides will naturally not change lightly.

Pang Yu originally wanted to insist, but Fan Zigai waved his hand to interrupt him, and said: "Don't worry about the huge people, if Yang Shun does not divide the troops or does not withdraw from the army in ten days, the old man will immediately send troops to meet the reinforcements of Daxing, and now the enemy situation is unknown, and the old man can't just take the risk of the defenders of the eastern capital." Wei Shangshu, the old man will personally write a book to explain to him, you take it back, and by the way, tell Wei Shangshu, as long as he sticks to it for ten days, the war will definitely take a turn! ”

Seeing that Fan Zigai was so persistent, Pang Yu had no choice but to grit his teeth and close his mouth, scolding the ungrateful Dongdu army in his heart, and at the same time glaring at Chen Yingliang viciously a few times, his eyes were full of resentment. Chen Yingliang noticed Pang Yu glaring at him, and guessed what Pang Yu was thinking, but he was helpless, so he could only sigh in his heart, "Lao Tzu and Daxing, it's really a crime of eight characters!" Living in Daxing, poor and unlucky, even if you first offend Lao Chai's family, and then offend Daxing to stay behind to guard Xuan, I really don't dare to go back to Daxing casually in the future. ”

"It's bad, why did this guy Pang Yu get angry with Ying Liang?" Pei Hongce also noticed Pang Yu's vicious gaze, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, "It's all to blame Yang Wang and Lu Chu's gang for forcing Ying Liang to offer advice in public, if this Wei Xuan also hates Ying Liangxian's nephew, it will be me, and it will be difficult to guarantee Ying Liangxian's nephew's career in the future." ”