Chen Yingliang was completely forced to accept the Turkic initiative to sincerely send Yuan Tiangang to Yanmen City to send grain, the reason is also very simple, Chen Yingliang very much hopes to make some more merits to climb higher, and at the same time hopes to seize this golden opportunity to hit the vitality of the main Turkic force hard, fight a battle to fight for 20 years of peace in the north, and also defeat the biggest alien support force when Li Yuan raised an army against the Sui.

Yang Hui, the king of Qi, wanted to fight more than Chen Yingliang, because Yang Xuan couldn't even get much credit for negotiating a truce with the Turks, let alone the coveted crown prince's throne.

But there is no way, no matter how much Chen Yingliang and Yang Jin want to continue fighting, they have to stop fighting, it is a matter of national policy, Chen Yingliang and Yang Jin no matter how bold they are, they dare not refuse to make decisions for Emperor Yang of Sui, and it is also related to the big question of whether Emperor Yang of Sui will be hungry, Chen Yingliang and Yang Jin have no courage to refuse the Turkic initiative to send grain to show their sincerity conditions, and at the same time, Yin Shishi, Li Jing, Wang Shichong and Liu Changgong and others did not dare to speak up on this major matter, Chen Yingliang had to listen to Li Yuan and Yun Dingxing's Jianyi, and put Ashina · Gu Lulu temporarily took him hostage, and sent Yuan Tiangang, who was eager for meritorious service, to Yanmen to deliver food to Emperor Yang of Sui.

Accepting the conditions to test the sincerity of the Turkic peace talks, Chen Yingliang of course could only give up the plan he had decided to go north for ten miles to set up camp again, and the main force of the Sui army, which had only fought a big battle yesterday, also got at least a day's rest, but what surprised Chen Yingliang was that after the order for the army to rest on the spot was conveyed, there was a considerable cheer in the Sui army camp, which also made Chen Yingliang a little strange, and felt that the reaction of the soldiers under his command was a little unusually intense, because the combat intensity of the main force of the Sui army was not very high before, the army was not exhausted to the point where it was so desperate to rest.

Putting this little thing aside for the time being, Chen Yingliang set up a banquet to entertain the Turkic envoy Ashina Gu Lulu, and wanted to take the opportunity to extract some Turkic military information from Gu Lulu's mouth, who knew that this Gu Lulu was gentle and humble in appearance, but he was cunning and abnormal, and every time he encountered a military topic, either Wang Gu talked about him left and right, and did not match Chen Yingliang's stubble at all, or he had no mouth to praise Chen Yingliang's young and promising, both civil and military, and used soldiers like gods, and he was already among the top generals in the world at a young age. The fleshy sycophants made the two sycophants of the Great Sui Imperial Court, Wang Shichong and Yun Dingxing, a little embarrassed, and Chen Yingliang grinded with him for almost an hour, but in the end he still found nothing.

For the sake of prudence, Chen Yingliang asked the army to immediately dig a trench to protect the camp, cut down timber and set up a circle of antlers outside the camp fence to resist horses, and waited for Emperor Yang of Sui to reply, and at the same time ordered the scouts to closely monitor the movements of the Turkic army, and also sent a large number of scouts to the rear patrol and sentry very carefully, so as to prevent the powerful Turkic army from returning to the back of the army and cutting off the vital food route of the army.

After these were arranged, Chen Yingliang dealt with some military affairs documents, and only left the big tent in the afternoon to inspect the army in the camp, and also checked the progress of the construction of the fortifications of the camp by the way, but it was okay not to inspect, Chen Yingliang's nose was almost crooked after half a circle, and the whole battalion except for the Chinese army camp controlled by the Peng Yan system, the four battalions on the left and right sides of the front and back had fallen into a very obvious state of laziness, and the soldiers were lazy and the generals were slack, almost two hours passed, and the excavation of the camp trench actually only started at one point. The antlers who had been asked to erect the camp did not even see a single piece of wood slag - because the army that had gone to the mountains to cut timber had not yet returned.

In a fit of rage, Chen Yingliang casually grabbed a punching bag, scolded a Sui military captain who was overseeing the work on the side of the trench, and questioned how slow his team was digging the trench, and had not dug a three-foot-deep trench for almost two hours, and even asked why his soldiers were so slack, just laughing and making trouble, and not digging with all their might? The unfortunate lieutenant did not dare to argue, and in addition to honestly pleading guilty, he explained: "The marshal forgives the sin, because the brothers heard that the Turks had sent an envoy to sue for peace, and they felt that they would not be able to fight, so they were a little lazy. ”

"The Turks sent an envoy to sue for peace?" Chen Yingliang was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "How did you know the news?" ”

"Sue us above." The hapless lieutenant replied truthfully: "At first, the brethren thought it very strange when they saw our men sending grain to the north, so they inquired with each other about the reason, and later the general from above also told us that the Turks had sent an envoy to sue for peace, and that there was no need to fight today, so the brethren began to be lazy. ”

"Whose subordinate are you?" Chen Yingliang asked angrily.

"The last general is Liu Changgong, General Liu's subordinates." This answer from the unlucky lieutenant made Chen Yingliang shut his mouth and couldn't continue to attack - after all, friendship was here.

viciously ordered the unlucky lieutenant to command the army to go all out to build, and Chen Yingliang hurriedly sent a military law team to various places in the camp to understand the situation, but what made Chen Yingliang extremely depressed was that most of the news that the Turks sent envoys to sue for peace was spread by Liu Changgong's soldiers, and the culprit who led the disheartened army also happened to be Liu Changgong himself, Chen Yingliang had no choice, so he had to call Liu Changgong in private to complain, asking him to shut up and not to shake the morale of the army, and then summoned the generals, All armies and battalions were required not to slack off in the slightest, and they must continue to be vigilant against the Turks, and there must not be the slightest carelessness in underestimating the enemy.

Relying on the efforts of the generals of the Sui army and the military law team of the Yin Division, after beating dozens of lazy and slack-lazy Sui army soldiers and soldiers, the situation in the camp of the Qin Wang Sui army has improved somewhat, and the trench that is eight feet deep and one zhang wide is still not completed, and the antlers and horses are only erected less than one-fifth, Chen Yingliang had no choice but to draw 3,000 troops from each of the five Sui armies, let them take on night duty, always prepare for war and beware of Turkic night attacks, and ordered Li Yuan to dispatch 2,000 cavalry again to the left side of the camp to sleep in the open and prepare for war. Beware of the Turkic army moving south in a roundabout way from the open on the left flank.

Nearly 20,000 troops were on duty all night, and even the ghost of the Turkic army did not see half of it, only a few Turkic scouts routinely observed the movements of the Sui army's camp, and at the same time the scouts sent to reconnoiter the Turkic camp also reported that the Turkic army did not have any abnormal movements, and nearly 20,000 troops fed the autumn mosquitoes all night in vain, and although the generals and soldiers with black circles on their faces did not dare to complain publicly, they were also full of complaints.

When the sky was light, Yuan Tiangang, who went to deliver grain, also sent someone to deliver the news, saying that the grain and grass had been sent into Yanmen City, and that Emperor Yang of Sui and the court of the Great Sui were safe and sound, but whether to agree to negotiate with the Turks and Emperor Yang of Sui still needed to be considered before making a decision, and Chen Yingliang had to wait patiently for a while. After getting this news, Chen Yingliang was inevitably a little shaken, and said secretly: "Could it be that the Turks are asking for peace this time?" Do you really plan to withdraw troops in exchange for a truce? ”

Shaken and shaken, Chen Yingliang, who was less courageous than a mouse, still did not dare to have the slightest slackness, and learned the lesson of the first day, just got up in the morning and went to the edge of the camp to inspect it, and personally urged the soldiers of the Sui army to build the camp fortifications, and at noon he ran around the camp with a team of pro-soldiers, until it was confirmed that the progress of the construction of the camp fortifications was unsatisfactory, and there was no more lazy and slack bad behavior, Chen Yingliang relaxed a little, and began to think about Emperor Yang of Sui once he agreed to negotiate peace. How will you deal with this situation?

Thinking about it, Chen Yingliang led the pro-army team to the Taiyuan Sui army camp on the northwest side of the camp unknowingly, but Li Yuan was also very face-saving, and he didn't go out of the tent to greet Chen Yingliang in person like Yun Dingxing and Liu Changgong, pretending to hide in the big tent without knowing and refused to show up, Chen Yingliang didn't mind, just continued to patrol along the camp. However, at this moment, Yang Ying's confidant Qiao Lingze suddenly appeared in front of Chen Yingliang, bowed and bowed to Chen Yingliang, and invited Chen Yingliang to settle the account and talk on behalf of His Royal Highness King Yang Yingliang, saying that Yang Yin wanted to discuss some military affairs with Chen Yingliang alone.

Under the melon field, Chen Yingliang was stupid before going to talk to Yang Yun alone, and immediately smiled: "Please ask Qiao Yi to return to His Royal Highness King Qi, just say that I still have to inspect the camp and urge the soldiers to build camp fortifications, and I don't have time to visit him for the time being. ”

"Marshal, these matters are not convenient to discuss in public, and please move to your steps for the time being and talk to His Highness alone."

Qiao Lingze continued to insist very idiotically, and also looked at Chen Yingliang for killing chickens and wiping his neck, but Chen Yingliang pretended to be stupid, pretending not to understand Qiao Lingze's hints, and quickly got rid of Qiao Lingze under the pretext of being busy with military affairs and continued to inspect, leaving Qiao Lingze disappointed in the same place, and also gritted his teeth and secretly scolded Chen Yingliang for being a villain and not knowing how to lift. There were already soldiers from the Taiyuan Sui Army next to him who reported the situation to Li Yuan, Li Yuan was overjoyed when he heard the report, and said with a secret smile: "Little thief, how about you are cunning?" partnered with Yang Yong, such a pig-like ally, no matter how cunning you are, it doesn't work at all, this time see how you join forces with Yang Yong, a straw bag, to trap me! ”

Toured around Li Yuan's camp in a big way, and found that the Taiyuan Sui army had done a good job of the camp fortifications - how could they be stronger than General Liu's camp, Chen Yingliang nodded with satisfaction, and led the pro-army team to leave the Taiyuan camp, but then the accident happened again, when passing through Li Yuan's Chinese army camp, Chen Yingliang suddenly saw three acquaintances walking side by side on the road leading to Zuotunwei's camp, namely Li Jiancheng and Li two brothers, and Chai Shao, who had almost become Chen Yingliang's brother-in-law, At the same time, the Li brothers and Chai Shao also happened to see Chen Yingliang riding a white horse and pretending to be forced, and the number was relative, and everyone was immediately embarrassed.

Embarrassing to embarrassing, under Li Jiancheng's signal, Li Er and Chai Shao still came up with Li Jiancheng to salute Chen Yingliang, calling him handsome, Chen Fuliang was not polite, and asked directly: "Li Shimin, Chai Shao, you are the generals of Zuotunwei, why did you come here?" Did you get permission from your superiors? ”

"Marshal Qiyu, the last general and General Chai have asked for the permission of General Liu Jingye." Li Erdan knelt down and clenched his fists, and said respectfully: "Dashuai Mingjian, the last general heard that his father was occasionally infected with a cold last night, and he was a little unwell, the last general was worried about his father, and General Chai was also worried about his father-in-law, so we took leave from General Liu and came here to visit my father." ”

"Oh, I see, then it's fine, return to the Zuotunwei camp early, don't delay for a long time."

Chen Yingliang nodded, reluctantly accepting Li Er's explanation, Li Er thanked him, and Chai Shao also thanked him under Li Er's hint, and at the same time, Chai Shao and Li Er were naturally very depressed in their hearts - the poor boy who picked vegetable leaves to boil porridge and drank back then, now he actually wants to kneel down to him and salute him, and answer with his fists, this world is too fucking ridiculous, right?

After asking why Li Er and Chai Shao came here, Chen Yingliang turned his gaze to Li Jiancheng, turned over and dismounted to pick up Li Jiancheng personally, and said with a friendly smile: "Brother Jiancheng, this is not a military tent, you and I don't have to be so polite, get up quickly." By the way, why haven't you shown up all this time and hid there? I'm too busy, I can't find time to talk to you a few times, why don't you take the initiative to find me? ”

"Qi Qi Marshal, the last general has also wanted to visit you many times, but after thinking about it repeatedly, he still didn't go, please forgive me." Li Jiancheng replied respectfully.

"Why?" Chen Yingliang asked in surprise.

"I'm a little embarrassed." Li Jiancheng replied with a wry smile: "Marshal, you are now the commander of the whole army, the last general is just a small pawn in the Taiyuan army, take the initiative to ask to see the marshal, the marshal, you see the last general, others will say that the last will climb the high branch to take the position, if the marshal you are busy with military affairs and have no time to meet the general, the last general is nothing, others will say gossip about the marshal, and the malicious marshal you don't miss the old feelings, so the last general thinks about it, and this has not been to see you." ”

"Alas, Brother Jiancheng, why didn't I find out that you had such a mother-in-law before?" Chen Yingliang said with a smile: "You and I are brothers, we are like brothers and sisters, we will meet when we have time, and we will change the day if we don't have time, for fear that others will gossip?" ”

After that, Chen Yingliang turned around and ordered the three dogs, asking him to take a waist card and hand it to Li Jiancheng, so that Li Jiancheng could enter and leave his Chinese army camp at will, Li Jiancheng waved his hand and did not dare to accept it, Chen Yingliang forced the waist card into his hand, Li Jiancheng thanked him, and then said in a low voice: "Dashuai, please do something, let my second brother be exempt, the day before yesterday on the battlefield, his Turkic arrow shot his leg, although the injury was not serious, but he knelt for a long time ......." ”

"I didn't mean to, I don't know." Chen Yingliang was also very interesting to Li Jiancheng, first explained that he didn't mean to make things difficult for Li Er, and then immediately asked Li Er and Chai Shao to get up without courtesy, Li Er, who was indeed a little injured in his leg, thanked him, and when he got up quickly, Li Jiancheng helped his younger brother again, picked Li Er up with his own hands, and asked Li Er in a low voice about his leg injury.

and Li Jiancheng agreed on the time of the next meeting, Chen Yingliang ordered Li Jiancheng and others to leave, Li Er and Chai Shao couldn't wait to do so, and hurriedly said goodbye, Li Jiancheng also said goodbye to Chen Yingliang, and then carefully carried the second brother to the back camp gate. Seeing the back of the two brothers supporting them to leave, Chen Yingliang was nothing, but the captain of the pro-soldier next to him, Sangouzi, said in a low voice: "Dashuai, your good friend Li Jiancheng is really a good person, good to you and good to his younger brother." ”

"Jiangongzi is a good person." Chen Yingliang nodded, and said casually: "It's a pity, if he doesn't guard against his second brother, I'm afraid that he will die at the hands of his second brother in the future." ”

"Dead at the hands of his second brother?" The three dogs were taken aback, and said suspiciously: "Dashuai, what do you mean by this?" They are brothers, how can brothers kill each other? ”

"Brother?" Chen Fuliang, who had heard of the Xuanwumen Change, snorted coldly and said: "It is true that they are brothers, but they all have the blood of the Hu people, don't you know that the Hu people are tempered?" Killing their father and marrying their mother, fratricide is commonplace for them! Hu people's brotherhood, hum, bullshit! ”

After scolding this swear sentence very immorally, Chen Yingliang was just about to turn around and get on the horse, but when he touched the reins of the horse, Chen Yingliang was shocked again, and hurriedly said: "Three dogs, what did I say just now?" ”

"Dashuai, don't you remember what you said?" The three dogs were confused, and hurriedly repeated: "Dashuai, you just said that the Hu people killed their fathers and married their mothers, and fratricidal killing, which is just commonplace for them. The brotherhood of the Hu people is all bullshit! ”

Hearing Sangouzi repeat what he had just said, Chen Yingliang stood on the spot, pinched the reins of the horse and pondered for a moment, Chen Yingliang came back to his senses, and said secretly in his heart: "Understood, no wonder I always feel that something is wrong, it turns out that something is wrong here." ”

After saying it in his heart, Chen Yingliang immediately got on the horse, beat the horse and went straight back to his Chinese army tent, and then immediately pounced in front of the sand table to take a look, and took out the sketch of the army camp to study and calculate, his expression was still very solemn, and when Chen Fuliang's expression slowly relaxed, there was news outside the camp, saying that Yuan Tiangang led the grain transportation team back to the camp, and also brought the imperial court's counselor Xiao Huaijing and a holy decree of Emperor Yang of Sui. Hearing this news, Chen Yingliang was neither surprised nor surprised, but quickly calculated for a while, called the three dogs in front of him, and whispered an explanation in his ear, and then hurriedly ordered to blow the trumpet and raise the account, open the gate of the Chinese army, and welcome Xiao Huaijing and the holy decree.

Xiao Huaijing and Xiao Yu Xiao Guo's uncle are the same foot, and they are also the clan brother of Empress Xiao of Emperor Yang of Sui's palace, and they are also a national uncle, but because of their blood relationship, they are somewhat estranged, and they are not as tall as Xiao Yu and Xiao Guo's uncle. However, this other Uncle Xiao Guo did not lose to his clan brother at all in terms of momentum, and he did not salute after seeing Chen Yingliang, but just hummed and chirped to pass on the edict of the Qin Messenger, forcing Chen Yingliang to be forced to bow to him, and his attitude towards Liu Changgong, Wang Shichong and Yun Dingxing and other important generals of the Sui army was also quite bad and arrogant, but he was very affectionate to Yang Xuan, the second son of Emperor Yang of Sui, and Li Yuan, who was barely a relative, and was also commensurate with the brother of Ambassador Li of the same generation in person, Ambassador Li also recognized Xiao Huaijing, a cousin-in-law, with a smile in his heart, and secretly rejoiced in his heart. knew that he had an extra helper to clean up Chen Fuliang.

Xiao Huaijing put on a shelf Chen Yingliang didn't bother to care, because Xiao Huaijing's messenger sent the decree as long as he finished reciting the holy decree, he should go to the cool and go to the cool, Chen Yingliang didn't need to bird him anymore, in order not to see Xiao Huaijing and Ambassador Li's disgusting appearance of wolf bèi, Chen Yingliang simply urged: "Doctor Xiao, the incense case has been arranged, please announce the decree quickly, the military situation is like fire, it is war or peace, the army of 130,000 Qin Wang is looking forward to it, and please read the holy decree quickly." ”

"What is Chen Dashuai anxious about? You don't have to wait, you don't have to fight. ”

Of course, Xiao Huaijing also knew that after he had finished reciting the holy decree, Chen Yingliang could let him go to that cool, in order to disgust the clan brother and the enemy of the cousin-in-law, Xiao Huaijing deliberately said slowly: "Your Majesty has appointed Su Wei Su as the right minister plenipotentiary, and the official's clan brother Xiao Yu Xiao Guo Uncle is the deputy, representing the Great Sui Imperial Court to the Turkic camp and negotiating with the Turkic Shibi Thief Chief face to face. His Majesty sent the official here to deliver the decree to let the official inform you of this situation, and also to temporarily restrain you from fighting with the Turks again, so as not to cause trouble and sabotage the peace talks. So Chen Dashuai, you have to restrain yourself, don't be so impulsive and slammed, and miss the big thing of Your Majesty, I'm afraid you can't afford to be guilty. ”

Everyone could hear the hostility towards Chen Fuliang in Xiao Huaijing's words, and the important generals of the Sui army, such as Yun Dingxing, Liu Changgong and Wang Shichong, who were present, also suddenly felt a pang in their hearts, knowing that there would definitely be storms within the Sui army, but Chen Yingliang smiled slightly and asked, "Doctor Xiao, you just said that you were bound to me?" Could it be that the lower officials have to congratulate Dr. Xiao on his promotion and appointment as the commander of the Great Sui Qinwang Alliance? ”

"It's ......." Xiao Huaijing was speechless, and only after a while did he say: "This is not true, this official is just here to pass on the decree, not to supervise the army." ”

"I see, Xia Guan almost misunderstood just now." Chen Yingliang smiled on his face, sneered in his heart, and said secretly: "That's right, is Grandpa Fan Uncle Pei Uncle Pei called it for nothing?" Several of Lao Tzu's big backers are all around Yang Guang, and they are all Yang Guang's most trusted people, can these old slippery heads make you, a clown who jumps off the beam, become the supervisor and restrain Lao Tzu? Sigh, Chen Yingliang was neither surprised nor surprised, but quickly calculated for a moment, called the three dogs in front of him, whispered an explanation in his ear, and then hurriedly ordered to blow the trumpet and raise the account, open the gate of the Chinese army, and welcome Xiao Huaijing and the holy decree.

Xiao Huaijing and Xiao Yu Xiao Guo's uncle are the same foot, and they are also the clan brother of Empress Xiao of Emperor Yang of Sui's palace, and they are also a national uncle, but because of their blood relationship, they are somewhat estranged, and they are not as tall as Xiao Yu and Xiao Guo's uncle. However, this other Uncle Xiao Guo did not lose to his clan brother at all in terms of momentum, and he did not salute after seeing Chen Yingliang, but just hummed and chirped to pass on the edict of the Qin Messenger, forcing Chen Yingliang to be forced to bow to him, and his attitude towards Liu Changgong, Wang Shichong and Yun Dingxing and other important generals of the Sui army was also quite bad and arrogant, but he was very affectionate to Yang Xuan, the second son of Emperor Yang of Sui, and Li Yuan, who was barely a relative, and was also commensurate with the brother of Ambassador Li of the same generation in person, Ambassador Li also recognized Xiao Huaijing, a cousin-in-law, with a smile in his heart, and secretly rejoiced in his heart. knew that he had an extra helper to clean up Chen Fuliang.

Xiao Huaijing put on a shelf Chen Yingliang didn't bother to care, because Xiao Huaijing's messenger sent the decree as long as he finished reciting the holy decree, he should go to the cool and go to the cool, Chen Yingliang didn't need to bird him anymore, in order not to see Xiao Huaijing and Ambassador Li's disgusting appearance of wolf bèi, Chen Yingliang simply urged: "Doctor Xiao, the incense case has been arranged, please announce the decree quickly, the military situation is like fire, it is war or peace, the army of 130,000 Qin Wang is looking forward to it, and please read the holy decree quickly." ”

"What is Chen Dashuai anxious about? You don't have to wait, you don't have to fight. ”

Of course, Xiao Huaijing also knew that after he had finished reciting the holy decree, Chen Yingliang could let him go to that cool, in order to disgust the clan brother and the enemy of the cousin-in-law, Xiao Huaijing deliberately said slowly: "Your Majesty has appointed Su Wei Su as the right minister plenipotentiary, and the official's clan brother Xiao Yu Xiao Guo Uncle is the deputy, representing the Great Sui Imperial Court to the Turkic camp and negotiating with the Turkic Shibi Thief Chief face to face. His Majesty sent the official here to deliver the decree to let the official inform you of this situation, and also to temporarily restrain you from fighting with the Turks again, so as not to cause trouble and sabotage the peace talks. So Chen Dashuai, you have to restrain yourself, don't be so impulsive and slammed, and miss the big thing of Your Majesty, I'm afraid you can't afford to be guilty. ”

Everyone could hear the hostility towards Chen Fuliang in Xiao Huaijing's words, and the important generals of the Sui army, such as Yun Dingxing, Liu Changgong and Wang Shichong, who were present, also suddenly felt a pang in their hearts, knowing that there would definitely be storms within the Sui army, but Chen Yingliang smiled slightly and asked, "Doctor Xiao, you just said that you were bound to me?" Could it be that the lower officials have to congratulate Dr. Xiao on his promotion and appointment as the commander of the Great Sui Qinwang Alliance? ”

"It's ......." Xiao Huaijing was speechless, and only after a while did he say: "This is not true, this official is just here to pass on the decree, not to supervise the army." ”

"I see, Xia Guan almost misunderstood just now." Chen Yingliang smiled on his face, sneered in his heart, and said secretly: "That's right, is Grandpa Fan Uncle Pei Uncle Pei called it for nothing?" Several of Lao Tzu's big backers are all around Yang Guang, and they are all Yang Guang's most trusted people, can these old slippery heads make you, a clown who jumps off the beam, become the supervisor and restrain Lao Tzu? ”