The weather is getting warmer and warmer, under the clear sky, a few yellow finches are combing their newly built nests with black-trimmed feathers, tender green grass grows in the sunny place, the river has melted safely, the spring flood is rising, and the dead leaves of winter have not yet fallen on the turquoise water, which are flowing quickly southward.

With the advent of spring, the battle of Hebei once again kicked off, the Sui army mobilized 100,000 elite troops stationed in Zhuo County and Boling County, like two teeth of a pincer, one north and one west, looking at Hejian County with fierce eyes, in addition, there were 40,000 troops under the leadership of the main general Xu Shiji, taking hundreds of large ships from Pujin and arriving at Liyang City, preparing to attack Hebei from the south.

The total number of troops of the Sui Dynasty in the Hedong region was only 170,000, and this time the Hebei Campaign mobilized 140,000 troops, which was almost an overwhelming army.

In mid-February, Yang Yuanqing arrived at the Sui army camp in Zhuo County under the escort of 3,000 cavalry, this time his cloth general changed slightly, he personally served as the chief general of the North Route Army, appointed Li Jing as the Sima of the North Route Army, Pei Xingyan as the deputy general, and Qin Qiong was transferred to Boling County as the chief general of the West Route Army, Luo Shixin as the deputy general, this battle is extraordinary, it needs to be won steadily, relatively speaking, Qin Qiong's calmness reassures him more.

The army of the North Route Army is located on the south bank of the Juma River in the south of Zhuo County, with a total of 70,000 troops, set up a large camp that stretches for nearly ten miles, the military tents in the camp are neat, the soldiers and horses go their own way, in the middle of the military camp is a training ground nearly five miles wide, no matter day or night, there will be troops training here.

Yang Yuanqing rode a horse from the side of the road slowly, looking at Yang Sien led a thousand Modao recruits to train on the school field, this is a group of recruits recruited last year, mainly Jinzhong Erlang, selected from the 100,000 army, a tall and burly person, according to the standard of Modao soldiers, the height can not be less than six feet five, must lift a hundred-pound stone lock five times in a row, and must be able to carry a hundred-pound stone lock to run three miles. The conditions are very strict, and only one person can be selected from nearly a hundred.

In this way, the number of Modao soldiers reached 6,000, and together with 5,000 heavy cavalry, it became the most elite trap army in the Sui army.

The shouting on the school field was like thunder, Yang Sien saw the arrival of the coach, he shouted, and waved the Mo knife at Yang Yuanqing, and a thousand soldiers also yelled at him, and at the same time slashed at Yang Yuanqing. The momentum is spectacular. Yang Yuanqing waved his hand at them with a smile, turned around and asked Li Jing: "Li Sima thinks that if you use five thousand heavy armored cavalry against six thousand Mo sword army, who is more likely to win?" ”

Some time ago, Li Jing and Pei Xingyan defended the Turks in Dingxiang County. did not participate in the Battle of Youzhou, and after the Sui Turks signed a reconciliation agreement, Yang Yuanqing transferred them back. Dingxiang County only left 2,000 garrisons, and in this battle against Dou Jiande, Li Jing served as the general marching Sima, and Pei Xingyan served as Yang Yuanqing's deputy general.

Li Jing shook his head and smiled bitterly, "To be honest, I don't know, if I have to comment, if the Modao heavy armored infantry can withstand the first wave of heavy armored cavalry." Then it should be the heavy armor infantry that has the advantage, and if they can't withstand it, then the heavy armor cavalry can defeat the Modao infantry. ”

"I think Sima's idea is very interesting!"

Pei Xingyan next to him smiled and said: "It's best to let the two armies compete, who is stronger and who is weak, then won't it be understood?" Boss, can you arrange this? ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled without saying a word, and asked Pei Xingyan rhetorically. "General Pei is very confident in his martial arts, so who do you think is higher in martial arts than Luo Shixin?"

"Of course I'm a little bit higher." Pei Xingyan replied confidently.

"But I also asked Luo Shixin, and he also confidently said that his martial arts are slightly higher than yours. What can I do? ”

"Then let's compare and see who is higher and who is lower!"

Then. Li Jing already understood what Yang Yuanqing meant, and patted Pei Xingyan on the shoulder with a smile and explained: "What the chief means is that if the heavy cavalry and the heavy infantry do not compete, the soldiers will feel that they have two strongest armies, and if they compete, there will only be one left, the winner is proud, but the loser is deeply hit, it is better to maintain a kind of mystery, let the two armies feel that they are the strongest, and give the soldiers double hope, General Pei and General Luo are the same." ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "Sima Li knows my heart!" ”

They talked and walked, and soon came to the front of the big tent of the Chinese army, and Yang Yuanqing immediately ordered: "Order all the generals above the partial general to come to the big tent to concentrate, I have something to say!" ”……

The Sui army camp was stationed on the south bank of the Juma River, about fifty miles away from Hejian County, and at this time in Wen'an County, Hejian County, a scout cavalry of more than 100 people was slowly walking on a mountain road with dense shade.

"Uncle Cheng Shi, does my father really owe you 500 hanging wine money and haven't paid it back?"

In front of the team, the seventeen-year-old young player Xiao Yannian looked puzzled, he didn't believe it in his heart, his father would never owe any favors, but Uncle Cheng Shi's serious appearance beside him made him have to believe it a little more.

Since Cheng Yanjin was beaten with a hundred military sticks last time, his injuries have gradually improved, and he is bored in the army, Yang Yuanqing gave him a task to let him take Xiao Yannian to familiarize himself with actual combat, although Xiao Yannian learned real skills from his father Yuwen Chengdu, but he has no actual combat experience, although Cheng Yanjin is more slippery, but he is really rich in experience, especially good at saving his life, which is very important to Xiao Yannian, Yang Yuanqing does not want Xiao Yannian to die on the battlefield.

These days, Cheng Yannian has been leading Xiao Yannian as a scout in Hejian County, teaching him a lot of things, Xiao Yannian was born in Jiangmen, he is very young, he has spent many years in a strict and closed training life, and his father Yuwen Chengdu is an extremely serious person, which makes Xiao Yannian's thinking very simple, he listened to Cheng Yanjin's words, and admired him very much.

However, when his father actually owed him five hundred dollars, Xiao Yannian was a little unconvinced, Cheng Yanjin smiled slightly, "I just talked about this matter casually, but I didn't mean to ask you for money, don't get me wrong." ”

Xiao Yannian nodded silently, and after a moment, he asked curiously: "My father said that he only owes the first emperor and the chief manager in his life, and the others don't owe a cent, how can he owe Uncle Shi five hundred hanging money, I don't understand a little, Uncle Shi said Look, if this is the case, I will definitely pay you back for my father." ”

At this time, a soldier stepped forward and winked and smiled: "General Xiao, don't listen to his nonsense." He's lying to you! ”

Cheng bit Jin slapped the soldier away, and scolded with a smile: "Get out of the way, beware of Lao Tzu cutting your bird and drinking." ”

Everyone laughed for a while, and Cheng Yanjin said triumphantly to Xiao Yannian: "You know Yang Wei!" That big fat man. ”

Xiao Yannian nodded, "I've seen him, riding a camel, different. ”

"That's him, this kid is known as the desperate San Lang, when he was young in the capital was a gentleman, all day long to make trouble, probably in the second year of the great cause, once I drank with him in the Luoyang wine shop, as a result of your father led the troops to patrol the streets, at that time your father was praised as the first general in the world by the emperor Lao'er, but Yang Wei this kid was not convinced, ran out of the wine shop to challenge, but was kicked by your father into a wine delivery car at the door of the wine shop, crushed dozens of jars of wine, your father walked away, and finally I lost the money of the wine store."

Xiao Yannian frowned slightly, "In that case, it should be the money that General Yang Wei owes you, and it has nothing to do with my father!" And dozens of jars of wine are not worth five hundred hangs. ”

"This ...... Your father's phoenix wings were swept away, and he accidentally injured the wine shop guy and broke one of his arms, so I had to pay another 500 yuan for medical expenses. ”

Although Xiao Yannian is simple-minded, he is extremely smart, and he asked suspiciously: "Didn't Uncle Cheng say yesterday that Renshou was originally admitted to the second place in the martial arts examination in the fourth year, but he was topped down, so he left the sad place of Chang'an, and never returned to Chang'an and Luoyang, why did the streets of Luoyang appear again in the second year of the great cause?" ”

"Perhaps...... It's me who remembers the wrong time, hehe! It's been fucking long ago to mention it! Don't mention it! ”

Xiao Yannian understood, and he smiled slyly: "Uncle Shi is coaxing me to play!" ”

Cheng Yanjin laughed, stretched out his hand and patted Xiao Yannian's shoulder, "I just want you to invite me to a drink, you are just a child, how can you really ask for your five hundred hanging money, to tease you, I and your father have only met once in the fourth year of Renshou, and we competed with him, damn it, I only lasted for twenty rounds and lost, it's really embarrassing to say." ”

"But my father said that except for the general manager, he has never had a triad under him."

The crowd burst into laughter, and just then a scout came running from a distance, shouting, "There is an enemy army of five thousand men ahead, coming towards us, less than three hundred paces. ”

Cheng Yanjin's face changed, and he pulled Xiao Yannian, "Withdraw with me!" ”

Xiao Yannian said hurriedly: "But Uncle Shi, we are scouts......"

"Don't talk nonsense, save your life first and then become a scout."

Cheng bit Jin Sama and rushed towards the way back, Xiao Yannian had no choice but to follow him all the way away, in fact, according to his thoughts, the scouts should hide, observe the situation of the enemy army, and then find a way to catch two prisoners, this heard the news of the enemy and fled, where is it like the Sui army.

After running for more than ten miles all the way, everyone slowly stopped, and Cheng Yanjin said to Xiao Yannian: "You have to understand one thing, the enemy army is only three hundred steps away from us, we can't risk hiding at this time, first run away, lengthen the distance, and then think of spying on intelligence, at any time, saving your life is the first priority, followed by the task, remember?" ”

A veteran soldier next to him added: "General Xiao Xiao, General Cheng is right, the first priority of being a scout is not to be caught by the enemy, otherwise the enemy's intelligence will not be obtained, and we will leak the military aircraft ourselves." ”

"It's the same on the battlefield, you have to save your life before you can make meritorious service to the country, and your kid has no brothers, if you die happily, how can you let the chief explain to your father? How will your wife survive in the future? Cheng Yanjin's face became extremely serious.

Xiao Yannian nodded silently, "Uncle Cheng Shi, I remember!" ”

Cheng Yanjin patted him on the shoulder, smiled and said, "Since you call me Uncle Shi, I naturally won't let you call me in vain." ”

Cheng Biting Jin took out another ingot of silver from his arms and threw it far down the hillside, and the silver was particularly dazzling in the sun.

"Uncle Shi, what is this for?" Xiao Yannian asked puzzled.

Cheng Yanjin smiled, "This is bait, after the army walks by, there will definitely be soldiers who will secretly come back to pick it up." ”。

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